On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 616 Soldiers Arrive in Chengdu
Pei Qantong's name is not auspicious, and his actions in the original time and space did not please Cui Che.

But after all, he had done a service to himself and sacrificed Ziyang County for him. Cui Che suppressed the disgust in his heart and comforted the uneasy Pei Qantong with kind words.

The various Yan troops were taking over the city in an orderly manner and collecting the armored armor of the defenders.

After entering the city, Cui Che asked Pei Qiantong in detail about the news about Chengdu. Pei Qian told him everything, and also let Cui Che know that Shu County was now empty and reinforcements from all parties had not yet had time to rush to Chengdu.

This is also reasonable. Cui Che only leaked the news after he captured Luchuan.

It took time for the news to be sent back to Chengdu. When all parties received Yang Jian's request for help, it also took time to gather troops. How could they rush to Chengdu so quickly?

But Cui Che still didn't dare to relax, and only rested for one night in Ziyang County. Cui Che then led [-] cavalry straight to Shu County without stopping.

At the same time, Yang Jian and Xue Shixiong also knew about the fall of Ziyang.

Yang Jian was furious and vented his anger in the mansion, leaving a mess all over the place.

"Rebellious ministers and traitors! Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country! It is in vain that Fei Gu trusted him so much. He is the same as the literati and scholars in the same world."

Being betrayed one after another made Yang Xian fearful.

Either Yu Wenshiji's relationship with the Yang family was not close enough, or Pei Qantong's time with his father was too short.

Yang Jian didn't know who else he could trust.

Xue Shixiong's face was livid. He originally hoped that Pei Qantong could hold on for a while so that he could wait for reinforcements from various places.

Unexpectedly, when the Yan army came to the city, Pei Qantong only received a letter from Cui Che to persuade him to surrender, and then he begged for mercy.

Considering that I have followed the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty for more than thirty years, even if I want to find my own way out, why can't I wait a few more days? Is it so impatient?

Xue Shixiong was still thinking about how to comfort Yang Jian to calm him down, but he heard Yang Jian take the initiative to say:
"A gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. Now Chengdu's troops are empty and he is unwilling to stay for a long time.

"Xue Sima, Gu has entrusted the city to you and allowed you to control all the troops in Shu. Can you take Gu's place in guarding Shu and resisting foreign enemies?"

Xue Shixiong knew that Yang Jian was running away again.

When he was guarding Guanxi, he also abandoned the city when the Yan army approached.

Xue Shixiong also knew that he could not keep Yang Jian. Today, he only has two sons, one legitimate and one concubine.

Compared with the 28-year-old Yang Xian, the concubine Yang Gaoshi was only six years old and obviously unable to serve.

Yang Jian was expected by all ministers, so he naturally did not want to fall into Cui Che's hands.

Chen Chang, the only remaining son of Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of the Southern Chen Kingdom, was abducted by the Northern Zhou Dynasty to Chang'an during the war.

In the end, even after Chen Baxian died and was redeemed by Nan Chen, his cousin who had succeeded him secretly sent someone to throw him into the Yangtze River and drown him.

Drawing lessons from past mistakes and providing guidance for future events, Yang Jian did not want to end up like this.

Facing Yang Xian's inquiry, Xue Shixiong said seriously:

"As long as I am still a low-ranking official, I will fight to the end for your great king."

Yang Jian didn't dare to believe it. He held Xue Shixiong's hand tightly and said with emotion:

"Yu Wenshiji, Pei Qantong and others have failed the country one after another. I have authorized Sima today. I hope Sima will not let him down."

Xue Shixiong sighed and said:

"All the lower officials are in Jiankang. I am already in my dying years, how can I live an ignoble existence?"

When Yang Jian heard this, he felt relieved a little.

He immediately returned to his Prince Qi's Mansion and asked his family to pack their bags. On the same day, under the protection of thousands of guards, he left the city and fled to central and southern Sichuan.

That is to say, they want to go east through Lingnan and escape back to Jiankang.

Yang Jian's escape not only damaged the morale of the defenders, but also took away thousands of guards from Prince Qi's palace, which also made Chengdu's already weak military even worse.Shu County governs [-] counties including Chengdu, Shuangliu, Xinjin, Jinyuan, Qingcheng, Jiulong, Mianzhu, Pixian, Xuanwu, Luoxian, Yang'an, Pingquan, and Jinquan. Among the counties in central Shu, it is second only to Badong County governs [-] counties.

Time was short, and the reinforcements from the remaining counties in Shu could not rush to Chengdu in time.

However, the remaining twelve counties in Shu County, except Chengdu, are already shrinking their troops and gathering in Chengdu.

When Cui Che led 6000 Yan troops to the city, there were already more than [-] soldiers and horses in Chengdu, as well as tens of thousands of temporary conscripts in the city to defend the city.

In fact, these young men can only carry supplies for the defenders and build momentum.

At this time, Cui Che already knew that Yang Jian had fled Chengdu. He sent soldiers to shout outside the city, claiming that Yang Jian had already abandoned the city and fled, so why did he still resist.

When the people in the city were shaken, the veteran Xue Shixiong shot the man who shouted to death with an arrow, and then used words to encourage the soldiers, which finally stabilized the people a little.

Cui Che put down the telescope, shook his head and said:
"This Xue Shixiong is really stubborn."

Cui Youzhi, who followed his grandfather to the front line, asked:

"Grandfather, what should we do now?"

Cui Che still stared at Chengdu City in the distance and said:
"What else can we do? Of course we have to attack the city by force. Do you really think that your grandfather only has the ability to recruit surrender and rebels?"

Cui Youzhi argued:

"My grandson has never thought about it this way. The emperor's grandfather was wise and mighty. My grandson respects the emperor's grandfather from the bottom of his heart."

Cui Che finally turned his head and said with a smile:
"Who taught you these flattery words?"

"No one needs to teach me, these are my grandson's true feelings from the bottom of his heart."

Cui Youzhi said seriously.

Cui Che laughed and rubbed Cui Youzhi's little head.

He is increasingly reluctant to let Cui Youzhi stay in Hebei in the future, and hopes to keep his grandson by his side.

Shaking his head and leaving the tenderness in his heart behind, Cui Che also began to think about how to conquer Chengdu City.

It was impossible to besiege the city. After Zhang Heng took away [-] soldiers, Chengdu was short of troops, but it had accumulated a large amount of supplies.

If you choose to besiege the city, I'm afraid it won't take three to five years to trap the Chengdu defenders.

In this case, the only way is to attack by force.

But unlike in the past, there were not many soldiers participating in the Western Expedition this time. There were only [-] cavalry, including [-] cavalry and [-] infantry.

Another [-] sailors are now guarding the prisoners in the rear.

It's not that Cui Che didn't want to bring more people. In order to prevent the Sui army in Huainan from breaking through the Huaihe River defense line, he arranged a large number of troops in Xuzhou as a containment.

With so many soldiers in Cui Yanqing's hands, Cui Che also had to leave some soldiers and horses for Cui Qiji, the prince who was overseeing the country, in case something unexpected happened.

Of course, all this is also related to Cui Che's victory in Longwang Shu. He originally only planned to capture Xiangyang, Jiangling and other places.

It was Zhang Heng who led the main force of the Shu army eastward that allowed Cui Che to see the hope of seizing Shu. He temporarily changed his plan and asked Yu Wenshiji to go to Badong to occupy the eastern gate of Shu for him.

After Cui Che went south, he originally mobilized a lot of government troops to support him, but he recruited surrenders and rebels along the way and dispersed his troops. When he got to the gates of Chengdu, only these people were left.

The other counties in Shu were responding to Yang Jian's previous call and sending reinforcements to Chengdu.

Among the [-] infantry and cavalry, [-] cavalry must be responsible for peripheral security and the task of blocking reinforcements, and cannot be engaged in siege warfare.

Therefore, the heavy task of attacking the city fell on the head of [-] infantry, which also made Cui Che feel that his troops were stretched thin.

(End of this chapter)