On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 593 Xiangyang is in crisis

Following Cui Che's order, Dou Jiande waited until nightfall before approaching the city of Xiangyang.

When the county lieutenant led the troops to garrison in Tanxi, and Xiao Jue did not return from his tour, Xiangyang is now dominated by the county chief who is under the county chief and the county lieutenant.

The so-called county magistrate, also known as the county magistrate, is responsible for selecting local talents for selection by the central government.

Because it is homophonic with the name of Yang Jian's father, Yang Zhong, the Chinese characters were omitted during the Sui Dynasty.

When a prefecture was established in a local area, it was called the prefectural official. Now that Yang Guang changed the prefecture to a county, he became the county official.

Not everyone is like Zhang Xutuo, who leads military affairs as a civilian. This Xiangyang County Magistrate is a civil servant through and through.

Although it was very dark, under the illumination of torches outside the city, he could still clearly see the scale of the invading enemy.

"Hurry, send someone to report to the prefect!"

The commander's voice was trembling.

Since the main force of the defenders is in Tanxi to guard against the so-called Wudang enemies, there are only a few thousand defenders in the city. If you don't immediately inform the prefect Xiao Jue and the county lieutenant, how can you defend Xiangyang as a civil servant with only a few thousand people.

Under nightfall, a group of messengers rode fast horses out of the city from the west gate and headed to Tanxi to report the news.

On the east side of Xiangyang, Dou Jiande assigned his soldiers to fill in the moat. He regretfully said to his deputy Liu Heita:
"Now that the city is empty and the defenders are unprepared, we could have sent troops to swim across the moat and attack Xiangyang at night, and we would be sure to succeed."

Liu Heitai comforted him and said:

"Your Majesty's intention is not with Xiangyang, but with the main force of the Tanxi garrison.

"If elder brother captures Xiangyang, the soldiers of Tanxi will retreat to Jiangling after hearing the news. Your majesty will not allow elder brother to attack Xiangyang."

The two were close friends before they took refuge in Cui Che, and they have been partners many times since then. It can be said that they have a deep relationship and are regarded as brothers.

Cui Che deliberately let the two of them lay out their battle, intimidate the guard, and ask the guard to ask for help from Tanxi, thereby eliminating the opponent's effective strength.

As for Xiangyang, once Tanxi's army is destroyed and the people in the city are frightened, it will be easy to take Xiangyang again.

Dou Jiande sighed:
"Why don't I understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts, it's just that I can't grasp the great opportunity, and I feel unwilling."

Not far away, the supervisor Xue Shang came towards the two men, and Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai greeted them with smiles.

Even though Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai were Yuan followers of Youzhou Jianyi and had followed Cui Che for more than ten years, with [-] infantry in their hands, it was impossible for Cui Che not to set up a supervisory army.

Although Xue Shou is young, only 21 years old, as a relative, he is one of Cui Che's trustworthy advisers.

Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai were much older than Xue Shou, but they did not dare to underestimate him. After all, the so-called supervisory army was monitoring the two of them.

It seems that [-] infantry are controlled by the two of them, but the generals in the army, big and small, all respect Cui Che, which is why the two have never had any different intentions.

Moreover, the two of them were originally from poor backgrounds, but Cui Che took them as his confidants and promoted them all the way to where they are today. Naturally, there was no need to doubt their loyalty before Cui Che declined.

Setting up a supervisory army is nothing more than a routine matter.

"I'm afraid the two generals still need to make some noise to avoid the defenders becoming suspicious, and at the same time force the other party to urge the Tanxi defenders to hurry up."

Xue Shou reminded him after meeting Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai.

The two felt that it was reasonable and hurriedly followed the instructions. While filling in the moat, they also sent some sergeants to go around to the south of the city. While the opponent's attention was on the east side, they attacked by swimming at night.

However, the defenders were on guard at this time, and the county dispatched timely support. Finally, when Xiangyang City was on the verge of collapse, the enemy in the south was driven back.But Xue Shou's purpose was not to break Xiangyang City, but to put pressure on the defender.

Sure enough, after repelling the Yan army's offensive, the commander-in-chief sent a group of messengers from Ximen.

On the only way for the messenger to go to Tanxi, Cui Che led [-] single-horse cavalry and was ambushing nearby. The reason why he asked Dou Jiande to wait until night before approaching Xiangyang was because he wanted to use the night to provide cover for his ambush.

Thirty thousand cavalry came around this place and were seen by many rural households along the way.

If they were fighting outside the Great Wall, Cui Che would directly order the people to be killed, but this was Xiangyang. Cui Che ordered people to tie up all of them, seal their mouths, and bring them here, leaving people to guard them.

This move was the same as killing people and silencing them by different means, hiding the whereabouts of the Yan army's ambush.

Watching two batches of messengers speeding past on the official road, Cui Che knew that they were messengers seeking help from Tanxi, so he began to wait patiently for Xiao Jue to fall into his trap.

At this time, Xiao Jue, who was in Tanxi, was also confused.

After fortifying Tanxi, he sent out scouts to find out where the Yan army that was heading towards Xiangyang was now.

Judging from the distance traveled, they should have entered Xiangyang County.

However, the scouts searched everywhere but could not find any trace of the Yan army.

It was not until just now that someone came to report that the Yan army had retreated to Wudang, which puzzled Xiao Jue greatly.

The commander thought for a moment and guessed:

"It must be that Cui Ni learned that Zhang Juncheng was going west and was worried about the way out, so he retreated to Wudang to guard the pontoon bridge."

Xiao Jian nodded slightly when he heard this. Now it seems that this is the only possibility.

Now that the Yan army has not come, Xiao Jue is naturally preparing to return to Xiangyang. Before setting off, the messenger from Xiangyang has already arrived at Tanxi.

When Xiao Jue saw the person coming in a hurry and with a rather flustered expression, he already had a bad feeling in his heart. When he heard that the Yan army was approaching Xiangyang City, he even shouted:
"What did you say!"

Xiao Jue couldn't believe this at all, and was a little worried and angry.

The messenger tried his best to explain:
"It's true! The east of the city is full of Yan troops. We can see clearly and don't dare to deceive the Lord."

Since the Han and Wei dynasties, the prefect has been regarded as a government official, so he is also honored as the prefect.

The other messengers also swore that the Yan army was indeed approaching the city.

Xiao Jue couldn't believe this, he murmured to himself:
"How is it possible, how is it possible? Didn't the Yan army retreat to Wudang? How could they bypass Tanxi and appear outside Xiangyang City? Could it be that they had wings and flew over!"

Xiao Jue initially thought it was the Yan army from Wudang who crossed Tanxi without knowing it.

But he quickly realized that the Yan Army, which had already retreated to Wudang, was too late in time. Now there was only one possibility left. The so-called Wudang Yan Army was just a bait to attract their attention.

After thinking about all this, Xiao Jian felt cold all over his body, as if he was falling into an abyss.

The county general reminded urgently:

"Your Majesty, now is not the time to think about how the Yan people can bypass Tanxi. Xiangyang is in danger. Please send troops to rescue quickly, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

Xiao Jue came to his senses and did not dare to waste any more time. He immediately ordered the evacuation of Tanxi and returned to Xiangyang to aid.

(End of this chapter)