On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 436 Under the Dangerous Wall
Outside the city of Yizhou, the Eastern Sui army fell into a bitter battle. Even though Cui Qiji was brave and agile, leading his cavalry to charge left and right, it was still difficult to recover the decline.

The reason why the troops can survive till now is thanks to the fact that Cui Qiji followed Cui Che when he was young, and learned many of his father's methods of winning people's hearts, and was able to make the soldiers under his command work hard for him.

He also beheaded a Western Sui cavalry soldier in front of him and fell off his horse. Cui Qiji couldn't care less about getting off his horse and cutting off the man's nose. He wanted to use every ounce of strength to kill the enemy.

Cui Qiji is different from his father, he is more willing to take the lead to motivate the soldiers, as for Cui Che, he will use various means to damage the morale of the opponent before the decisive battle.

This battle was not initiated by Li Jing, no matter how bold he was, he would never dare to put Cui Che's eldest son in danger as a bait.

Instead, Cui Qiji took the initiative to contact Li Jing and asked him to go east to cooperate with him.

Before the battle, Cui Qiji was worried that if Li Jing lay in ambush around the battlefield ahead of time, he would be detected by sentry cavalry who came to protect his children. Therefore, Cui Qiji specially asked Li Jing to wait ten miles north of the battlefield, and only set off southward at noon.

Fortunately, Li Jing didn't make Cui Qiji wait too long. When the two armies were fighting in chaos, Li Jing finally rushed to the battlefield.

Seeing the familiar Yan character flag, Cui Qiji raised his long spear and shouted loudly:
"Everyone! Reinforcements have arrived! It's time to fight back! Feng Wife Yinzi, today! Follow me to kill the enemy!"

The soldiers of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, who were on the verge of collapse, were able to regain their strength when they saw the reinforcements from the north rushing in like a mountain torrent.

Correspondingly, the soldiers of the Western Sui Dynasty who originally had the upper hand fell into a panic.

Li Jing did not participate in the chaotic battle, but led [-] cavalrymen to rush towards the guard's handsome flag.

The confidant who came to protect the child hastily persuaded:
"If a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, please ask the general to avoid the edge for a while!"

Lai Hu'er gripped the long lance tightly, and shouted:

"I am a warrior. Fighting on the battlefield means my life is hanging by a thread. How can I say that I can't build a dangerous wall!"

After all, he pushed away his cronies, led thousands of cavalry who followed him from Caozhou to Xuzhou, and killed Li Jing.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, people shouted and horses neighed, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes resounded all over the field.

After throwing each other for a round, the cavalry threw down their horse bows, took long and short weapons, and was about to fight hand-to-hand.

Li Jing's soldiers shouted three times in unison at the moment of handover:

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

It was deafening, and the momentum was astonishing.

At least, the cavalry under Lai Hu'er's command were obviously intimidated.

They were facing cavalry soldiers who were more elite than Cui Qiji's soldiers.

These people were raised by Cui Che's kindness. As full-time soldiers, they didn't have to give birth. They only thought about killing skills on weekdays, received rewards for military merit, and sought wealth through military merit.

After the cavalry of the two sides met, the number of cavalry under Lai Huer's command decreased visibly with the naked eye, and people kept falling off their horses.

In the end, the victory between Li Jing and Lai Huer was decided before Cui Qiji's Qingzhou soldiers could not hold on.

The battle also ended with Lai Hu'er being killed by a stray arrow in the rebellion.

The death of the main general caused the soldiers of the Western Sui Dynasty to lose their fighting spirit, and the rest of the soldiers surrendered or collapsed.

The Battle of Yizhou ended with a disastrous victory in the Eastern Sui Dynasty. Li Jing did not suffer too many losses, but Cui Qiji's [-] cavalrymen suffered heavy casualties, with close to [-] dead.

Yishui has been stained red with blood, and there are corpses rising and falling in the river from time to time.

Cui Qiji was on the battlefield, silent.

Li Mi came to Cui Qiji's side and wanted to say a few words to him, but he didn't know where to start.

He also knew that Cui Qiji wanted to train these [-] step riders as his direct lineage. Now that he had suffered such a big loss, Li Mi could also see a part of Cui Qiji's depression.

After a long time, Li Mi patted Cui Qiji's shoulder to express his comfort.

Cui Qiji turned around and said to Li Mi:
"Tell the soldiers not to clean up the battlefield anymore, and wait for Cui Xingshi (the governor of Yizhou) to send someone to deal with them. The soldiers have just gone through a fierce battle. Let them rest well, and follow me south tomorrow morning."

Apparently, he wasn't wallowing in grief.

Li Mi asked:

"Do you want Li Sima (Li Jing to be the Sima of the Chinese and foreign government) to go south together?"

Cui Qiji shook his head and said:

"No need, now that Yu Wenshu is staring at him, he will soon know the news of Lai Hu'er's defeat. If Li Sima stays in Henan, he can also keep an eye on Yu Wenshu and prevent him from supporting Huaibei."

Li Mi nodded upon hearing this, and reminded Cui Qiji:

"This time the son is going south, don't cross the Huaihe River."

Cui Qiji smiled and said:
"Of course."

Although there is a navy in Qingzhou, it is difficult to move southward because it has to defend the Linhai Salt Field.

Li Mi stopped in Huaibei because he was also worried that after crossing the Huaihe River, the Western Sui Navy would enter the Huaihe River and cut off the way back.

Regardless of the fact that it is winter now, the Huaihe River during this period does not freeze, allowing ships to pass through.

Cui Qiji watched several small boats salvage the bodies on Yishui, and said to Li Mi:
"After this battle, it's time to suggest to grandpa to expand the navy."

Li Mi nodded in agreement, Yu Zhongwen, Duan Wenzhen, Yang Yichen, Yu Wenshu, and Lai Huer were the five generals arranged in the Central Plains by the Western Sui Dynasty, and now only Yu Wenshu is left to occupy Chen, Xu and other states.

At that time, under the encirclement and suppression from three sides, Yu Wenshu would not be able to last long. As long as the Central Plains were unified, the next step would be to consider whether to enter the customs or go south.

If you want to go south, you must develop a navy.

And the naval army can't be trained in one or two years, and it should be prepared early.

Li Jing chased and killed the defeated soldiers for twenty li to the south, and returned with a full load. He learned that Cui Qiji had entered Yizhou City, so he hurried into the city to pay his respects.

When he learned that Cui Qiji was going south tomorrow, Li Jing asked him if he needed to divide his troops.

Cui Qiji declined politely:

"Sun Ce was able to pacify Jiangdong with thousands of soldiers and horses. Now that the guardians have been defeated, the people in Huaibei are in panic. Qiji can have [-] cavalry to accompany him. Uncle has nothing to worry about."

Seeing this, Li Jing didn't insist anymore.

Although not many enemies were killed in this battle, a large number of Huaibei government soldiers fled back, but they were frightened this time and could not play much role in a short time.

If you ride south with [-] steps, even if you can't take all of Huaibei, you can still take many counties.

After Li Jing left, Cui Qiji asked Li Mi to sort out the list of dead and disabled soldiers, and planned to go door-to-door to distribute pensions after the class teacher in the future. These are some small tricks he learned from Cui Che.

In the early morning of the next day, Cui Qiji and Li Jing said goodbye outside the city of Yizhou. All the prisoners stayed in the city and were handed over to Cui Xing to take care of them temporarily.

Cui Qiji naturally wanted to lead his troops south, and Li Jing would not stay in Yizhou for a long time, so he had to return to his army quickly, so that Yu Wenshu would not attack Zhengzhou and other places while he was away.

　Today is gone. My stupid younger sister who put all her talent points on her appearance scored 310 in the college entrance examination. She finally passed the dance art test and got a score of 287. I'm going to celebrate her tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)