On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 521 Jiuyi Heights
Cui Che couldn't live in his own old house, and moved straight into the palace of the Han family.

The Gao family and Guanyin's servants were also taken to Chang'an by Cui Che. Regardless of whether the city was dilapidated or not, at least they had a foothold in Weinan.

After moving in, Cui Che asked Guanyin's maidservant:

"Xin'er, do you know why Emperor Gaozu moved the capital to Daxing?"

Maid Guanyin is now nine years old, and Cui Che can't always call her by her baby name.

So she was named "Xin", and she was still crowned with the surname of Changsun, so she was named Changsun Xin.

This small question is not difficult for Guanyin servant girl, she immediately replied:
"Chang'an is dilapidated, and the sewage is hard to drain, so Gaozu moved the capital."

However, Cui Che shook his head and said:
"What you said is just an appearance. The real reason why Gaozu moved the capital is that there are evildoers hidden in the palace of Chang'an."

As he said, he pretended to be mysterious to scare Guanyin's maidservant:

"That evildoer will come out to eat people in the middle of the night, and many court ladies will be killed by him."

The maidservant of Guanyin turned pale in fright, and Gao quickly comforted her:
"Don't listen to your father's nonsense, he is scaring you."

Seeing Cui Che's smirk, Guanyin's maidservant was very angry, she pouted and refused to talk to him.

The jokes with concubines and stepdaughters are just adjustments in life. For Cui Che, winning Daxing is the most important thing.

Li Yuan returned to obedience, Qizhou changed flags, many county guards in Kansai saw this, and they all had contact with Cui Che in private, as long as Cui Che captures Daxing, many places can spread their message.

On the same day, Cui Che transferred 15 soldiers from Weibei to guard Chang'an. The next day, he led an army of [-] troops to the south to encircle Daxing City.

The focus of Cui Che's attack was on the north side, and the north side was the Jiuyi Highland.

Jiuyi Highland is the main vein of Longshouyuan, and it is where the dragon's head is located. Standing on it and looking south, you can have a panoramic view of Daxing City.

In the later Tang Dynasty, Daming Palace was built on Jiuyi Highland. Daming Palace was the main palace of Tang Dynasty after Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, and it was the largest palace complex in the world at that time.

It can be seen that the terrain of Jiuyi Heights is open. Once Cui Che occupies Jiuyi Heights and sets up a trebuchet here, he can commandeer and directly attack the Daxing Palace under his nose.

Daxing Miyagi is located in the north of Daxing City, facing the threat of Jiuyi Highland, Yu Wenshu and others naturally know the importance of this highland,
Therefore, a camp was set up on Jiuyi Highland early, and thousands of soldiers were stationed there to guard the highland.

The main attack was on Jiuyi Highland, and Cui Che personally took command of the battle at the foot of the mountain to supervise the battle. Fifty thousand infantry attacked Jiuyi Highland from the east, west and north.

Cui Che sent another [-] elite cavalry to patrol the south of Jiuyi Highland, ambushing the Daxing defenders who were going up the mountain to support them.

The remaining [-] soldiers stood still. Once the attacking troops in front were frustrated, they would serve as a reserve team and take over the task of attacking the mountain in turn.

Cui Che believed that as long as the Jiuyi Highland was captured and trebuchets were set up on it, the development of the war would evolve to that of Feng Yi.

As for stone materials, Cui Che naturally had no shortage of them. He had lived in Daxing for many years and was well aware of the topography of the place. He had already decided on the strategy of capturing the Jiuyi Highland, condescending, and bombarding Daxing City.

Previously in Weibei, many people were sent into the mountains to collect stones.

Yu Wenshu left him many hungry people in Weibei, but Cui Che's military rations were not wasted in vain. Cui Che adopted the method of working for relief and hoarded a large amount of stones, enough for Yu Wenshu to drink a pot.

As a sharp and ear-piercing sound of dysprosium pierced the sky, the [-] infantry at the foot of the mountain were dispatched to attack the mountain.

Attacking the mountain is a tragic thing. From time to time, soldiers will be hit by arrows, or be thrown down the hillside by rolling stones, and the screams and wailing can be heard endlessly.

It's just that although the Jiuyi Highland is at the highest point of Longshouyuan, it is less than 2.96 meters high if converted according to the Sui Dynasty's one zhang of about 60 meters.

Cui Che started from Chang'an County on the north slope, and climbed to Longshouyuan in the south.

Going south along Longshouyuan to attack Jiuyi Highland, the relative height of Jiuyi Highland is even lower, even less than tens of meters. From a distance, it is only the height of a mound.

Compared with the towering and steep Gaobi Ridge during the Hedong War, it is obviously not worth mentioning.

Cui Che personally supervised the battle in the rear, which inspired the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty. Although the defenders' arrows and rolling stones caused them a lot of casualties, they still couldn't stop the pace of everyone's charge.

The hill of tens of meters is not an insurmountable pass. After launching three consecutive attacks, the soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty finally rushed to the top of the mountain carrying a simple long ladder.

They relied on long ladders to climb into the camp on the top of the mountain, and fought bloody hand-to-hand with the enemy.

Located at the Xuanwu Gate at the north gate of Daxing Palace, Yu Wenshu and Gao Jiong were also watching the attack on Jiuyi Highland.

Seeing billowing black smoke rising from the top of the mountain, and countless foot soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty rushing up to Jiuyi Highland, the two of them were very anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

The [-] Eastern Sui Jingqi located on the southern slope of Jiuyi Highland completely cut off the connection between Daxing City and Jiuyi Highland.

Even if Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu wanted to, they were powerless to rescue them.

Could it be possible to drive [-] defenders out of the city and break through Cui Che's most elite [-] cavalry head-on?

The battle ended before dusk. On Jiuyi Highland, inside and outside the camp, corpses were strewn all over the field.

In the Eastern Sui Dynasty, [-] infantry attacked the mountain, and more than [-] people were killed or injured. Some of them died on the way to attack the mountain. They died on the hillside before they had contact with the enemy.

The other part is the casualties caused by storming the camp on the top of the mountain.

If they were to be placed on the plains, where the two armies would form a majestic formation, Cui Che believed that the [-] defenders would not be able to catch up with the soldiers under his command.

However, when attacking a city or a mountain, the defenders already had an advantage. They were able to wipe out the defenders on the top of the mountain and occupy the Jiuyi Highland. In Cui Che's view, the casualties of more than [-] people were acceptable.

Walking up to Jiuyi Heights, there were many charred corpses among them, and the smell of barbecue rushed straight into Cui Che's nose.

The soldiers were already cleaning the battlefield. Cui Che stood at the Hanyuan Hall, the main hall of the later Daming Palace, looked south, and with the help of binoculars, he could see the situation in Daxing City clearly.

After a long time, Cui Che put down the binoculars and ordered:
"Order all ministries to encircle three towers and one, and release the west passage from tomorrow."

"promise!"

The accompanying generals and entourages responded in unison.

Cui Che didn't care whether Gao Jiong and Yu Wenshu were let go. In comparison, he hoped to quickly capture Daxing, spread his message to fix all the places in Guanzhong, and then rectify the troops, cross Longshan, and take over the land of Longyou.

Therefore, Cui Che adopts the strategy of encircling three ques and one, leaving a way for the defenders to retreat on the west side, so that they will not have the determination to die, and they will fight to the death and stick to the end.

That night, Cui Che moved into the cottage on Jiuyi Highland. The cottage had been cleaned inside and out, but the sporadic bloodstains in the corners still told that this place had just experienced a bloody battle earlier.

(End of this chapter)