On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 538 Restoration of water transportation
If you have never seen the light, you can endure the darkness.

This may be the true thoughts of Chen Yueyi and Yuan Leshang.

Instead of running away and abandoning because of old age and fading after a short period of joy, live in resentment for the rest of your life.

It's better to live with that beautiful affection forever.

Cui Che let out a long sigh and didn't insist anymore.

After ordering people to arrange the carriage, Cui Che personally sent the second daughter out of the mansion.

The second daughter bid farewell to Cui Che and was about to leave when Cui Che stopped her:
"When you go to Jinyang, no one will restrict your freedom. Whenever you want to see famous mountains and rivers, you can leave at any time.

"When you come back, if you like, talk to me about your journey.

"If I have free time, I will also visit you in the temple.

"I don't have a destiny in this life, and I can't stay together forever, but it is a blessing to have two more friends who can talk to each other with confidence."

The heights are extremely cold, and the higher one goes, the lonelier one becomes.

Chen Yueyi and Yuan Leshang were once the queens of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, how could they not understand Cui Che's inner loneliness.

They smiled sweetly and nodded slightly.

The carriage drove away slowly, and inside the carriage, Yuan Leshang asked Chen Yueyi:
"Sister, will you really not regret it?"

Chen Yueyi was silent for a long time before saying:

"If you can understand his mind, you will have no regrets."

Then, he asked Yuan Leshang:
"Will my sister regret it again?"

Yuan Leshang shook his head and said:

"It's too late to regret it now. In this life, I just want to support each other with my sister and never separate."

In the bumpy carriage, the two snuggled together.

Not long after Yuan Leshang and Chen Yueyi left, Cui Che regained his composure.

He sent Qin Qiong as a general to lead an army of [-] to march eastward, capture Tongguan and Hongnong counties, and open up the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains.

The grain from the Kanto can be transported to Daxing through water transport.

Now that the autumn harvest is approaching, it is impossible for Cui Che to continue to maintain so many peasants in Kanto to deliver grain, and they need to be sent home to farm, otherwise this year's harvest will definitely be affected.

At this time, it is very important to open up the connection with the Central Plains and restore the water transportation of the Yellow River.

At the same time, Cui Che also mobilized the [-] single-horse cavalry who had stayed in Weibei before, and ordered them to go north to cooperate with the letters he sent to the prefects in Guanzhong to force them to surrender to the counties.

In Guanzhong, Cui Che now only occupies the three counties of Feng Yi, Jingzhao, and Fufeng.

There are also Anding County (Zhi An Ding County, now north of Jingchuan County), Beidi County (Zhi Ding'an County, now Ning County, Gansu), Diaoyin County (Zhi Shang County, now Suide County, Shaanxi), Shuofang County (Zhi Yanlu County, now northeast of Jingbian, Shaanxi), Yan'an County (governing Fushi County, now northeast of Yan'an, Shaanxi), Honghua County (governing Heshui County, now Qingcheng County, Gansu), Yanchuan County (governing Wuyuan County, now Shaanxi Dingbian County), Pingliang County (governing Pinggao County, now Guyuan County, Ningxia), Lingwu County (governing Huile County, now southwest of Lingwu, Ningxia) and other places.

These areas belonged to northern Shaanxi and Ningxia in later generations, and they were actually regarded as the fringe areas of Guanzhong.

The real essence of Guanzhong is the three counties of Guanzhong Plain occupied by Cui Che.

The people in Weibei that Yu Wenshu and others gave up before were the people on the north bank of the Wei River in Jingzhao County.

Although the prefects in these areas were appointed by Yang Guang, when the overall situation in Guanzhong has been determined, they will recognize the situation clearly.

Things happened just as Cui Che expected, after some eunuchs learned of Daxing's change of master, they changed their flags and flags very wisely.

The rest of the prefects were vacillating, but after the cavalry sent by Cui Che went north, and under the persuasion of their subordinates, they surrendered to Cui Che.

It's not that there are no die-hard people, but their heads were taken by their subordinates and sent to Daxing.

The Western Sui Dynasty had already lost the hearts of the north because of a series of perverse actions and defeats on the battlefield.

For a time, all the counties in Guanzhong spread the message.

And Qin Qiong also sent good news. The army had not yet arrived at the forbidden ditch. The guard of Tongguan and the emissary of the prefect of Hongnong came to the army and asked to surrender.

After establishing the connection between Guanzhong and the Central Plains, Cui Che immediately dismissed the civilian husbands brought from Guandong, leaving only the people of Jingzhao and Fengyi counties to call.

War has never been the key to mass death, but the famine that accompanies war.

Previously, in response to Cui Che's entry, Yu Wenshu and others carried out the plan of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness. Therefore, Jingzhao and Fengyi counties had no harvest this year.

If Cui Che let go of him, how many people in the second county would starve to death.

This is also the reason why Cui Che did not seek to capture northern Shaanxi and other places before seizing Daxing.

Otherwise, the counties in northern Shaanxi will be forced to fortify their walls and clear the wilderness. I am afraid that what they are facing now is the situation of no harvest in the whole Guanzhong.

The people didn't have a harvest, so they didn't have the rations to support the next autumn harvest, so they needed to be supported by the court. If they really had to carry such a heavy burden, Cui Che wouldn't even think about doing anything for the next year.

The people in Kanto were dismissed by Cui Che, and the people in Jingzhao and Fengyi counties who had no farm work during the autumn harvest season became the main force for transporting grain and grass.

Borrowing the water transportation of the Yellow River and the [-]-mile-long Guangtong Canal, the grain from the Kanto can only be transported to Daxing, but it cannot be transported to Yong County by the Weihe River.

If the water transportation of the Weihe River was reliable, Yang Jian would not have built this wide canal back then.

Cui Che left Daxing at this time and went to sit in Yong County.

In the camp outside the city of Yong County, in the commander's tent, everyone was arguing endlessly over whether to take Longyou or Hanzhong first.

It was Cui Che who finally settled the dispute, and he wanted to grab both hands.

"Longyou has few soldiers, so there is no need for a large army to come in person, just send a partial division, promise high officials and rich salary, and you can get all the land.

"Hanchuan has Yu Wenshu sitting in the town, hoarding soldiers and horses, I have to recruit them myself!"

As soon as Cui Che's words fell, all the generals rushed to express their opinions, hoping to be the leader of the division.

Who doesn't want to gain the merit of regaining Longyou, and get a Duke of the country by virtue of it.

After all, in the eyes of everyone, Tianshui County, which occupies more than half of Longyou's population, has already surrendered, and the rest of the counties are sparsely populated, and there are only a few new troops temporarily recruited to defend the city.

The crowd was too enthusiastic, Cui Che couldn't make a decision for a while, everyone wanted such a piece of fat, so he simply asked the generals to draw lots.

Anyway, in Cui Che's heart, he also had the same idea. Taking Longyou, it is reckoned that only the prefect of Zhangye, Yin Shishi, would resist stubbornly.

Although Zhangye County is a county, its actual population is only 6126 households, which is not even comparable to a small county in Hebei. It is no wonder that Cui Che despises Master Yin, how many people can he have.

It is better to let them draw lots for this kind of free work, lest everyone think that they are favoritism.

Li Yuan was invited by Cui Che to participate in the military discussion. He thought he was just here to watch a show, but Cui Che smiled at Li Yuan:

"My son-in-law specially wrote one more sheet, why don't Master Taishan also come and try his luck."

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