On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 392
After Xiao Mahe was defeated, Yang Su crossed Gaobi Ridge and approached the city of Xihe County, Jinzhou (now Linfen North, Shanxi Province).

Qiao Zhongkui, the guard of Xihe County, hurriedly asked Jinyang for help. This sudden change also ended the differences between Cui Che and Yang Liang.

Yang Liang in Jinyang City couldn't sit still anymore, Yang Su had rushed into the Taiyuan Basin, it was no longer the time to be suspicious of each other with Cui Che, Yang Liang rushed to Cui Che's handsome tent and said:
"Yang Su is coming very aggressively. Someone suggested to me to invite King Yan to lead the army into Jinyang and rely on the fortified city to hold on. Does King Yan have any intentions?"

Cui Che vetoed:
"Although Jinyang is a strong city, if Yang Su besieges and does not attack, and Yang Guang will transport supplies and replenish troops for him, sooner or later Jinyang will run out of food, and we will all be trapped in the city to death."

Hearing this, Yang Liang couldn't help feeling scared for a while, he asked Cui Che:
"How King Yan plans to defend against the enemy."

Cui Che resolutely said:
"Only Field Ears!"

When the manpower was exhausted, Yang Su attacked the city all the way, until now, the soldiers under his command were exhausted.

As the saying goes, at the end of a strong crossbow, it is impossible to penetrate Lu Jin, let alone the elite cavalry of the [-] Yan army who are waiting for work under the city of Jinyang.

Yang Liang felt Cui Che's full confidence, and finally let go of his fear. He held Cui Che's hand tightly, and said with emotion:

"The safety of the country depends on King Yan alone! I hope King Yan will work hard!"

Outside Xihe City, the Sui army camp.

However, Yang Su had a fierce quarrel with Liu Shilong, the censor supervisor in the command tent.

The news that Cui Che led [-] elites to Jinyang was already known to Yang Su.

He also knew that after capturing Xihe County, he could no longer go north, and the soldiers needed to be given a chance to breathe.

Previously, Yang Su asked Liu Shilong, the censor supervisor, for instructions, hoping to stop in Xihe County temporarily, but Liu Shilong moved out of Yang Guang's edict.

When Yang Liang proclaimed himself emperor, Yang Guang was furious. He ordered Yang Su to drive directly to Jinyang, and took Yang Liang to Daxing for questioning.

Therefore, after Yang Su crossed the river from Puban, unless it was a dangerous pass that could not be crossed, he had to seize it.

Otherwise, like Jiangzhou, Jinzhou and other cities along the way, Yang Su would be besieged with two thousand troops.

Previously, Yang Liang led an army of more than 2000 troops to enter the pass, and suffered a disastrous defeat, which also led to the emptiness of the east river, and the soldiers were all deployed in the dangerous pass. On the contrary, these cities did not have many troops, and [-] people were enough to trap them.

Now that Yang Su planned to take a temporary rest in Xihe County, he naturally violated Yang Guangsu's order to encircle Jinyang quickly, so how could Liu Shilong agree.

In the Sui Dynasty, there was no military supervisor. When Wei Xiaokuan was ordered to quell Yu Chijiong's rebellion, he was worried about his achievements, so he asked Yang Jian to send him a supervisor.

But that was before Yang Jian founded the country.

Perhaps it was because of the liberalization of all kinds of restrictions on generals, the absence of supervising troops, and the use of literature to control martial arts, which led to the brilliant record in foreign wars during the Kaihuang period.

Yang Su has fought under Yang Jian for so many years, when did he suffer this kind of anger?

Before the change, even if the emperor did not allow him to take a short rest in Xihe County and report letters from Hedong to Daxing, the time it took to go back and forth was enough to slow down the soldiers.

Now that the supervising army is in the barracks, how can there be such a good thing.

Don't look at Yang Suguan worshiping Shangshuling, he is both the head of the hundred officials and the marshal of the marching army, but he just has nothing to do with this little censor from the seventh rank.

In the court, Yang Su had a lot of means to punish Liu Shilong, but now Liu Shilong, as the censor and supervisor, represented Yang Guang. Yang Su had nothing to do with this literati who knew nothing about marching and fighting.

Previously, Yang Su also thought of a workaround, that is, to slow down the offensive against Xihe County, and take turns to rest all the ministries, so that the soldiers can take a breather while attacking the city.

However, although Liu Shilong doesn't know much about military affairs, he can still tell whether the soldiers have worked hard to attack the city, and how much effort they have exerted. It is so easy to be fooled.

Just now Liu Shilong found Yang Su and urged him to attack the city with all his strength, don't procrastinate under Xihe City, you need to know that the emperor is still waiting in Daxing to offer prisoners.

But Yang Su had long been dissatisfied with Liu Shilong, so he couldn't help but coldly shouted:

"Who are you! An Neng interferes with Yang's marching formation, and Yang's own decision on the battlefield, so don't bother you!"

Liu Shilong showed no sign of weakness:
"Although I have a humble official position, I was sent by the sage to supervise the army. Now the Duke of Yue ignores the sage's decree and perfunctoryly does things. Isn't he afraid of the sage's blame?"

This made Yang Su very angry, but he could only swallow his anger and patiently explained to Liu Shilong:
"Now the soldiers are exhausted, but Cui Che is recharging his energy in Jinyang. If he rashly goes north, it will be disadvantageous for the war."

However, Liu Shilong refused to enter. For him, Yang Su should worry about how the war will go after going north. All he has to do is to do his duty and ensure that Yang Su goes north quickly according to Yang Guang's instructions. .

The two broke up unhappy.

But early the next morning, Yang Su began to attack Xihe County with all his strength. He attacked Xihe County for three days in a row. After the soldiers were exhausted, he finally captured Xihe County.

Xihe defender Qiao Zhongkui and deputy Wang Ba led more than a hundred riders and fled back to Jinyang in a hurry.

After Yang Su occupied Xihe County, he just rested in the city for one night.

The next day, he ordered to pull out the camp and go northward, driving directly to Jinyang. All the soldiers complained.

Seeing this, Yang Su said to the officers and men under his command:

"The army is about to go north, and I will choose 300 people to stay in Xihe."

The news of Cui Che rushing to aid Jinyang had long been known to the generals of the Sui army. Everyone was exhausted and fearful of Cui Che and his elite Yan army, so they competed for the 300 places.

Yang Su finally picked out the remaining soldiers, and immediately ordered to behead all 300 of them.

Three hundred heads fell to the ground, which made the soldiers of the Sui army terrified. If they followed Yang Su to the north, they might still have a chance. Jinyang.

Fortunately, Yang Su slowed down his marching speed on the grounds of preventing Cui Che from ambush halfway. He marched no more than [-] miles a day, stopping and stopping along the way, which more or less allowed the soldiers to recover some strength during the journey.

Liu Shilong is not unreasonable, he also knows the danger of defending against the enemy with exhausted troops, now that he has such a suitable excuse, he can also have an explanation to Yang Guang in the future.

At the same time, Cui Che was also very puzzled by Yang Su's behavior. After all, in his opinion, instead of stopping and stopping along the way, it would be better to stay in Xihe County to rest for a while, and wait for the soldiers to fully recover. Qi, it's never too late to go north.

It wasn't until he heard that Yang Guang sent a censor supervisor to Yang Su that he realized that Yang Su's actions were beyond his control.

(End of this chapter)