On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 376 Three Way Attack
After Zhao Wen saluted Cui Che, he asked:

"The head of the family called me here, I don't know what it is?"

He insisted on refusing to change his address, so Cui Che could only let him go. Facing Zhao Wen's question, Cui Che was not in a hurry to answer, but just smiled:
"Wait a moment, there is still one person who hasn't arrived yet."

Soon, Zhao Mu came late, he was busy sorting out Maozhou registers.

Seeing that everyone had come, Cui Che explained the reason for his visit. It turned out that he had just learned about Xiangzhou's information through Li Longcheng's mouth today. This also made Cui Che realize that he had indeed neglected his intelligence work in the past.

Of course, one of the reasons is to spread out an intelligence network, and the expenses involved will not be small.

Fortunately, it is not too late to make up for it.

Cui Che solemnly said to Zhao Mu and Zhao Wen:

"The establishment of the Observation Division will be handed over to you two. If you need manpower or money, feel free to ask me for it."

Zhao Wen deeply felt that the responsibility was heavy, but he did not flinch from the important task entrusted by Cui Che, and immediately accepted the matter.

But Zhao Mu just felt that the name of the Observation Division was a little bit too real.

After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he single-handedly planned the rebellion of more than 280 cities in the north of Sizhou. With his organizational ability, it is not difficult to build an intelligence network.

Especially when Choi Cheol promised to give full support.

It’s just that building an intelligence network doesn’t happen overnight, Zhao Mu also had to remind Cui Che:

"Yan Gong's move is very kind, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to see the success overnight."

Fortunately, Cui Che is not someone who is eager for quick success, he nodded and said:
"Let's do it first, and it will come from usefulness."

Only then did Zhao Mu hand in his promise.

The two left, and there was a fast horse in the north who sent a secret letter to Cui Qiji.

At first Cui Che was skeptical. He was worried that the Goguryeo people would take advantage of the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty and plan to invade Liaodong.

Cui Che's feud with the imperial court also affected the relationship between Cui Qiji and Princess Nanyang. The two were at odds with each other, so Cui Qiji took a few more beautiful concubines. Seeing that the number of wives and concubines almost surpassed that of his father Cui Che, but Nothing ever came out.

This made Cui Che worry about his son's health all the time.

After Cui Che claimed that Yang Guang killed his father and rebelled against the imperial court, Princess Nanyang broke up with Cui Qiji completely. According to what Cui Qiji said in his heart, Princess Nanyang asked him to make peace and let her go back to her parents.

Cui Qiji originally agreed, but before leaving, Princess Nanyang suddenly had morning sickness, counting the time, there should be no mistakes.

The 35-year-old Cui Che also deeply felt that he was no longer young. Now Cui Qiji finally had good news. That night, Cui Che celebrated in private for this event.

The army rested in Guantao County for two days, and the other five tribes who were waiting to capture Maozhou gathered together. Then Cui Che redistributed troops and divided them into three groups.

On the first route, with Mai Tiezhang as the general, he led [-] cavalry from the Silver Saddle Khitan and [-] infantry from the Pishi Army. A total of [-] cavalry crossed the Zhangshui to the south and captured Weizhou.

On the second route, with Wang Dangwan as the general, he led the [-] cavalry of Dou Jiande and Zhou Kan, and the remaining [-] leather infantry, with a total of [-] cavalry to the west to take Mingzhou.

The third route is Cui Che personally leading the Zhangqianjie Army, Boling cavalry, Qin Qiong, Liu Heita, Cheng Yaojin, Lu Mingyue, Gao Xianya and other troops, a total of [-] cavalry, threatened Xiangzhou to the south, preventing Li Jing from supporting Ming and Wei states.

At the same time, Cui Che left Zhang Wu to lead an army of [-] to sit in Maozhou.

Maozhou is different from Beizhou. In order to show the mutual trust between Cui Che and Qinghe Cui, he did not send troops to garrison. After all, as long as Qinghe Cui continues to support Cui Che, there will be no chaos in Beizhou.

But Maozhou is related to the logistics safety of the three-way army, and it needs a trustworthy general to stay behind, so Zhang Wu naturally does his part.

Unlike fighting on the grasslands in the past, this time, Cui Che did not drive livestock to fight, but honestly relied on the Zhangshui River to transport grain, and used Guantao County as a storage place for supplies.

Just as Cui Che's three armies were all on the move, Zhao Renming also fled to Xiangzhou, but he had just entered Yecheng when the news of Li Longcheng's surrender came from behind him.

"I didn't expect that Li Longcheng, who was loyal and traitorous, misunderstood what this person said, and made a big mistake and lost Guantao!"

In front of Li Jing, Zhao Renming was filled with remorse.

Li Jing could only comfort him:

"With Li Long as the internal support, it will only be a matter of time before Cui Ni seizes Maozhou. Inspector Zhao doesn't need to blame himself for this."

In fact, Li Jing was also calling luck in his heart. Before Zhao Renming arrived, he had already decided to follow Li Jing's advice and rush to help Maozhou, relying on the city to defend it.

But he didn't expect Cui Che to come so fast. If he really sent troops to the north, he might bump his head into Cui Che's arms.

However, it didn't take long for Li Jing to be happy, and soon there was news that Cui Che divided his troops to attack Ming and Wei states, and went straight to Xiangzhou on another route.

All of this was in line with Li Jing's judgment. Cui Che really wanted to hit the morale of the soldiers of Ming and Wei in Ye City first.

Fortunately, what Li Jing said earlier also reminded Li Jing that he had already dispatched soldiers from Shenzhou (zhiyangping county, now Shenxian County, Shandong) to help Weizhou, and Xingzhou (zhilonggang county, now Shandong) The soldiers from Xingtai, Hebei rushed to the aid of Mingzhou.

The soldiers from Xin and Xing prefectures were originally to be conscripted to Yecheng, but the journey was far away, so they had not yet arrived. Now Li Jing simply sent the soldiers from the two prefectures to defend Wei and Ming.

Before Zhao Renming left, Li Jing came to Li Jing in a hurry when he learned about the military situation, and asked Ying Ying:
"Duke Ming, although there are soldiers from Xin and Xing moving to defend Wei and Ming, but they are not in their homeland, how can the soldiers be willing to fight to the death? Jing thinks that Wei and Ming are difficult to defend, so it is better to take the initiative to attack.

"Now Cui Ni divides his forces into three groups, with Guantao as the center, and attacks from all directions. I predict that Cui Ni will use Guantao County to hoard military resources.

"Li Jing is willing to lead the elite cavalry in the city, bypass the invading enemy, and attack Guantao. If he can burn his supplies, the enemy army will retreat!"

Li Jing was heartbroken upon hearing the words, if he could defeat others without fighting, then he had nothing to say, he immediately agreed to this, and asked Li Jing to go back and prepare to attack Guantao.

But after Li Jing left, Zhao Renming suddenly said:
"Mr. Li, I heard that Li Jing and Cui Che were close friends. Now that he is so considerate, I'm afraid there might be some difference."

Li Jing smiled and said:

"A pharmacist is not a double-faced person, Governor Zhao is too worried."

But Zhao Renming did not give up, he continued:

"Before Li Jing encouraged Li Gong to go north, how could he know that he was not secretly conspiring with Cui Che and doing it on purpose."

Li Jing was taken aback by these words. After all, if Li Jing really knew the news in advance and knew that Cui Che would go to Maozhou all day and night, then suggesting that he go north must have evil intentions.

Although there was no evidence, the seeds of suspicion had already been planted in Li Jing's heart. He hastily recalled Li Jing and decided to stick to the city and give up the plan to attack Guantao.

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(End of this chapter)