On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 587
Not only Yang Guang, but even many veterans of Dayan who followed Cui Che in the army were also worried about the father-son relationship between Cui Che and Cui Qiji.

After all, only a few people know the inside story.

Luoyang, East Palace.

Wei Wang Cui Youzhi brought his second younger brother Cui Youming to greet his parents.

Taking advantage of the gap between mother and concubine taking his second brother to play in the garden, Cui Youzhi said in a low voice:
"The imperial grandfather wants the child to go south with the army and increase his knowledge. Let me ask the father what he means."

Cui Qiji was very envious. He never wanted to follow his father in the north and south, but because of his status as the prince, he had to stay in Luoyang to supervise the country when Cui Che was on his own.

"This is a good thing. In the military camp, learn more and ask more questions. If you encounter something you don't understand, you can humbly ask your grandfather for advice. The gains from this trip will surely benefit you for life."

Cui Qiji is also considered someone who has experienced it. When he was young, he was taken to the military camp by Cui Che to teach him by example. Now it is his son's turn, which makes him feel a little embarrassed.

When Cui Youzhi heard this, he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and it all showed on his face.

On February 612th in the fourth year of Kaiping (AD [-]), Cui Che officially promulgated the Southern Expedition Edict after three years of recuperation.

Zhongshu servant Zu Junyan drafted an appeal for Cui Che, denouncing Yang Guang again.

Although neither the imperial edict nor the proclamation clearly indicated the direction of attack of the Great Yan Southern Expedition.

But the world firmly believes that Huainan will be the focus of competition between Yan and Sui.

Cui Che, Cui Qiji, Cui Yanqing and his son personally ended up in this grand play, which lasted for more than half a year.

Among them are brothers seizing the heir apparent, father and son turning against each other and so on. Who would have thought that all these were Cui Che's strategic deception against the Sui Dynasty.

On February [-]th, Cui Che ordered to recruit more than [-] cavalry around Luoyang.

In just three days, various ministries gathered in the camp outside the city one after another.

The soldiers were all inquiring about the Huainan area, and no one doubted the purpose of their trip.

It wasn't until the night of February [-]th that Cui Che gathered his generals in his tent and confessed his true purpose to Dou Jiande, Liu Heitai, Qu Tutong, Xu Shiji and others, which shocked everyone.

On February [-]th, in the early morning, it was supposed to be Emperor Dayan who left the city with his officials to send off a large army for the Southern Expedition.

But Cui Che appeared in front of people wearing armor, even the young Wei Wang Cui Youzhi was also dressed in strong clothes.

On the contrary, it was the crown prince Cui Qiji, who was dressed in court clothes.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Cui Che led Wei Wang Cui Youzhi, followed by Prince Cui Qiji, and slowly climbed onto the high platform.

The whole place was silent, and everyone waited with bated breath, thinking that Cui Che was going to inspire the three armies when seeing him off.

Cui Che looked at the faces in the audience and could not see their faces clearly, but this did not prevent him from standing in front of a simple tin speaker and shouting to the more than [-] soldiers facing him:

"I am your emperor! This battle! I will fight with you personally, and I will be with you!"

In an instant, cheers like a tsunami erupted from the audience.

There is no need to doubt Cui Che's prestige among Dayan soldiers.

These people followed him to fight north and south and were used to obeying Cui Che's command.

Earlier when the soldiers heard that Wu Wang Cui Yanqing was the commander, even if Liu Fang and Li Jing were assisted by two famous generals, they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.

The so-called serving the country by serving the army is too noble.

The vast majority of soldiers still hope to take advantage of the opportunity of war to get promoted and make a fortune, and even change their own destiny.

And to achieve such a goal, it can only be achieved through one victory after another.

They have doubts about whether Liu Fang and Li Jing can lead them to seek wealth.

Now that they heard that it was Cui Che's personal conquest, the belief of victory rose in everyone's hearts, how could they not be overwhelmed by it.

In sharp contrast to the reaction of the soldiers, it was the officials who went out of the city to see them off.

Apparently, this sudden imperial conquest was beyond everyone's expectations.Zhongshu made Dou Luyu dumbfounded, he hurriedly asked Fang Xuanling beside him:

"Fang Xiang, what's going on here, why does Your Majesty suddenly want to go on a personal conquest?"

Fang Xuanling naturally knew the inside story, but he still shook his head pretending to be surprised:

"Fang doesn't know either."

Immediately, Fang Xuanling turned to Pei Xiu and said:
"Does Prime Minister Pei know the inside story?"

Pei Xiu is the head of the province and also leads the investigation department. He is the head of Dayan's secret service. With his close relationship with Cui Che, he also belongs to the category of insiders.

But Pei Xiu saw that Fang Xuanling was pretending not to know, so she also imitated him and said:
"The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, Pei really doesn't know."

Douluyu felt much better when she saw that neither of them seemed to know anything. Otherwise, among the three prime ministers, she was the only one who was kept in the dark, which would really hurt people's self-esteem.

Just when the three of them were going to ask Cui Che how to arrange state affairs after he left.

Prince Cui Qiji had already walked towards the three of them holding an imperial edict, and said with a smile:
"Father and the emperor personally went on a campaign, and stayed alone to oversee the country. The state affairs still require the assistance of the three prime ministers."

The three hurriedly knelt down to accept the order.

At the same time, Cui Che had already stepped off the high platform and was saying goodbye to Queen Yang Awu.

Yang Ah Wu complained:

"The concubine saw that His Majesty insisted on wearing armor before, and then changed Youzhi into a strong outfit, so I knew that His Majesty couldn't bear loneliness."

Cui Che didn't disclose this matter with Yang Ah Wu in advance, so he couldn't help but feel ashamed at this time:

"I should have told you earlier."

Yang Ah Wu snorted and said:
"Your Majesty really thinks that this concubine is stupid, although the prince was not born by this concubine, but my concubine also watched him grow up.

"What kind of father and son are against each other, this kind of thing is also deceiving outsiders, how can I be fooled by myself."

As he said that, Yang Awu tidied up Cui Che's internal documents, and said:

"Even if Your Majesty tells the concubine in advance, the concubine will not be able to help. If the concubine talks in her sleep at night, the servants in the palace will listen to her and leak the news."

Cui Che was very moved when he heard this.

Before, he thought that Yang Ah Wu didn't want to get involved in the conflict between him and Cui Qiji, so he stood by and watched. It turned out that he had already seen through all this.

When parting, Cui Che reluctantly said:

"You have to take care of yourself in Luoyang."

He had already lost Yang Lihua, and he didn't want Yang Awu to make any mistakes again.

No matter how favored Gao Shi, Li Xiuning, Gu Shi, Dou Shi and others are, their status in Cui Che's heart cannot be compared to the sisters of the Yang family. They are Cui Che's first wife.

Yang Awu was equally reluctant to leave, but she forced a smile and said:
"This sentence should be said by the concubine, the concubine stays in Luoyang to be pampered, where is the danger.

"On the contrary, His Majesty, you must take care of your health when you are away on an expedition."

Before finishing speaking, Yang Awu glanced at Cui Youzhi beside him.

Cui Youzhi understood, and moved away sensiblely.

Then Yang Ah Wu said softly:

"Don't forget, the concubine is still in Luoyang, waiting for her husband to come back."

Hearing this, Cui Che hugged Yang Awu in his arms and said in a low voice:
"This battle won't be too long. I will return safely and wait for me."

　There are only two chapters today, and four chapters will be guaranteed tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)