On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 400 Stalemate between the two armies
Wang Ba and Shen Guang chatted happily in the city, while Cui Che, whom they wanted to serve, frowned and remained silent in the tent.

He originally thought that sending someone outside to curse Yang Guang would inspire Yang Su to fight him tomorrow, but Cui Che waited in the camp for a long time, but no Sui army envoy came to agree on the time and place of the decisive battle.

This made Cui Che feel that there must be something strange in it, maybe Yang Su had other plans, and he couldn't figure out how to make Cui Che fall asleep because of the tricks in it.

As the saying goes, one person counts the short, two count the long, now that Fang Xuanling is staying in Yecheng, Wei Zheng is in charge of logistics for him in Shouyang County, Li Jing is the only one who can participate with Cui Che.

Whether it is Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Mai Tiezhang, or Su Dingfang, these people are generals. It is easy to let them charge into the battle, cut the generals and capture the flag, but it is obviously embarrassing to ask them to make suggestions.

When Li Jing came to the tent, he heard Cui Che's concerns, he laughed loudly and said:

"What Yang Su thinks in his heart, the general can guess one or two."

Cui Che was greatly surprised. Although Yang Su once praised Li Jing for his talent as Wang Zuozhi when Li Jing was on duty in the sixth department, the two actually didn't have much contact with each other. Now that Li Jing's bold words can guess what Yang Su is thinking, Cui Che hurriedly asked:

"Pharmacist, don't play tricks on me, tell Gu quickly what Yang Su's plan is."

Li Jing explained:
"In the past, there were five famous generals in the kingdom, but now there are only two left, the Great King and Yang Su. When it comes to military exploits, the other three cannot be compared with the two.

"Yang Su is over [-] years old, and wealth and wealth are no longer the most important thing to him.

"What he pursues is nothing more than defeating the king, so that in the eyes of the world, he can surpass the king and become the well-deserved No.1 general of the Sui Dynasty.

"If you have such a wish, how can you fight the king when the morale of the army is low because of a few words of encouragement.

"In Yang Su's eyes, the outcome of this battle is far more important than whether Yang Guang will be held accountable afterwards."

Cui Che suddenly realized that when he met Yang Su before, the other party mentioned that after the rebellion started by Cui Che and Yang Liang, he would put down his military power and become a civil servant.

It's just that Cui Che didn't believe it at first, but after Li Jing's explanation, he finally understood.

What he pursued was different from Yang Su's. Cui Che's ambition was to encompass the entire world, while Yang Su only wanted to compete for the title of No. 1 general in the Sui Dynasty, and had no intention of competing in the world at all.

Naturally, Cui Che couldn't understand Yang Su's thoughts. Is it really so important to have a bad reputation?

It's just that what Cui Che, a traitor, disdains, is something that a loyal minister, Yang Su, values.

Now that he had figured out all the details, Cui Che immediately sent someone to summon Su Dingfang to tell Su Dingfang not to go to the Sui camp to abuse him tomorrow. Even if he scolded Yang Guang's [-]th generation, Yang Su would not go out to fight because of his anger.

Instead, it may be ambushed.

In fact, Yang Su is indeed arranging for the generals under his command to go out of the camp to ambush before dawn tomorrow, waiting for the cavalry of the Yan army to come and abuse them. morale.

It's just that Yang Su is doing useless work after all.

In the fourth year of Renshou, on December 28, veteran general Zhongwen led his troops to ambush outside the camp, but at dusk, the Yan army still did not come to provoke and abuse, so he had to return angrily.

Compared with yesterday's lively, today's two armies are obviously much quieter. After experiencing the first day's temptation, Cui Che and Yang Su no longer make moves easily.

In other words, Cui Che didn't have a good way to defend Yang Su's camp.

As for Yang Su, it was also difficult to take advantage of the fact that the cavalry of the Yan Army did not come.

When He Ruobi was alive, he once commented that Yang Su was a brave general, not a conspirator. This sentence may be biased, but it is not completely unreasonable.

Yang Su led the army with strict military discipline. He always found reasons before the battle and killed some soldiers so that they would not dare to disobey their military orders. Therefore, on the battlefield, the soldiers under Yang Su's command marched forward bravely. Dare to back down, so you can always defeat the enemy.

But if you really want to talk about scheming and tricks, Yang Su is indeed not Cui Che's opponent.

The Yan and Sui armies faced each other outside Jinyang City, and Yang Su even sent people to Guanzhong to ask for help in preparation for a protracted war.

Now Shu soldiers and Jingzhou soldiers are being recruited to Guanzhong one after another. At that time, Yang Guang can send more troops at any time to support the war in Hedong. If it continues to drag on, the situation will undoubtedly be more beneficial to Yang Su.

For this reason, Yang Su even sent Yang Yichen to lead the troops back to Xihe County to avoid being attacked by Cui Che.

Cui Che saw that Yang Su was unwilling to go to the camp to fight no matter what, he knew that he couldn't afford it, and no matter how rich Hebei was, it couldn't compete with the whole country for consumption.

Besides, I have been away from Hebei for too long, and if something happens, I will not have time to react.

Cui Che had no choice but to find another way to defeat the enemy. He began to send cavalry out of the camp to harass the Sui army's food roads. At first there were some successes, but since the Sui army strengthened their guards, there was little effect.

What's more, it is difficult to hurt the Sui army's bones even if it succeeds occasionally and burns part of the food.

After the autumn taxes from Lianghuai, Jiangnan, Sichuan, Jingxiang and other places were transported to Daxing one after another, Yang Guang mobilized a huge amount of materials for Yang Su to support the battle.

While Cui Che was worried about Yang Su's retreat, Yang Su was actually under tremendous pressure. At this time, Yang Guang didn't know that he was being abused by the Yan army, but he urged Yang Su to seize Jinyang as soon as possible. However, the minister departs from Daxing every day.

With the coming of the new year, Renshou has also been swept into the dustbin of history this year.

Yang Guang changed Yuan Daye, which was the first year of Daye.

And Yang Liang, the emperor of Jinyang, also changed his Yuan immediately, using Yongchang as his reign name.

On the eleventh day of the first month of the first year of Daye (AD 605), the two armies of Yan and Sui had confronted each other for half a month. Yang Su’s request to send reinforcements to Yang Guang was also rejected by Yang Guang. Yang Guang finally stopped urging Yang Su to fight quickly. , but intends to send Yu Wenshu to lead the army to attack Cui Che's rear, that is, Hebei, Qingzhou and other places.

Having been an official in the Sui Dynasty for many years, Cui Che also had his own eyes and ears in Daxing. When he heard the news, he did not immediately withdraw his troops.

Because Cui Che knew that Yu Wenshu still needed some time to prepare, and it was difficult to dispatch troops quickly.

Besides, there are [-] soldiers in Hebei, and [-] cavalry and a small number of rebels in Qingzhou. Even if he can't decide the victory with Yang Su as soon as possible, he can stick to it for a while.

And if he is in a hurry to retreat back to Hebei, this retreat will inevitably lead to the fall of Hedong.

If the east is lost, and the Taihang Mountains connecting the east and Hebei, there are several roads for Yang Su to attack Hebei.

(End of this chapter)