The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 21

Leshou County, on top of the city!
Dou Jiande and his righteous brothers Wang Fubao and Liu Heita were on tour.All three of them are tall and sturdy. Compared with the second and third younger brothers, Dou Jiande is a little less vigorous and more calm.

He claims to be a descendant of Dou Chong, the father of the Empress Dowager Han Jing, and has nothing to do with the Dou family among the nobles of Guanlong. The county area is quite famous, and was elected as the head of the county when he was young.

In the seventh year of Daye, when Yang Guang recruited troops to Goguryeo, he served as the leader of 200 soldiers. He witnessed the hardships of the soldiers and the people, and was indignant, so he resisted the Eastern Expedition.Leading Sun Anzu into Gaojibo, he raised his troops to rebel, his whole family was convicted and killed, and he led his troops to surrender to Gao Shida!After Gao Shida's death, he became the boss himself. He was a righteous man, often donated his share of harvest to others, and endured hardships like soldiers, so he was loved and respected by his subordinates.

In the past, the rebels from all walks of life mixed very well in Hebei Road, and often beat the Sui army who came to the ground, but since Yang Yichen came, Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida, Geqian and other forces were wiped out by Yang Yichen one after another , Zhao Wanhai and his ilk just pulled up the army and were defeated.Moreover, Yang Yichen is different from other generals. After he defeated the main force, he often only held the leader of the rebel army accountable. May the day when the knife edge licks blood!Yang Yichen's method of combining grace and power has disintegrated nearly a hundred rebel armies.

But now the policy of Hebei Province is better. The refugees and disaster victims only need to pay a certain amount of labor in exchange for money and food.Moreover, with these returnees leading the way and reporting, some rebels hiding in forests and swamps were wiped out one after another.

Anyway, from the day Yang Yichen arrived, everyone's life has become more and more difficult every day!In order to reverse the decline, Dou Jiande issued an order to invite heroes from all walks of life to discuss major plans in an attempt to jointly deal with Yang Yichen.However, before the solution was negotiated, the imperial court came again, Yang Yu, the Minister of Hebei Daoxingtai, and brought [-] troops at once. After crossing the Yellow River, they went straight to Leshou!

Yang Yichen from the north is gathering in Gu'an County after pacifying Hengshan, Boling, Shanggu, and Zhuojun. It won't be long before he goes south to Hejian. If he can't destroy all the troops, the coalition forces will fall into the desperate situation of the north, west, and south. !
Compared to Yang Yichen, Dou Jiande felt that Yang Tong was easier to deal with, although he defeated Wagangzhai which was ten times larger than himself with less victory.But he always believed that Yang Tong was just a pampered emperor's grandson, even if he defeated Wagang, it was just because Wagang killed Zhang Xutuo and underestimated the enemy, not because of how strong he was.

However, he encountered something troublesome today!

Gao Kaidao, the old general of Geqian, molested his daughter Dou Xianniang, and was beaten up by his righteous brother Wang Fubao. The two armies fought quickly, and each had casualties!Although I put the overall situation first and suppressed the matter, but the conflict has already arisen, how can I suppress it by myself?
What's more, after years of indoctrination, my own army has developed good habits. They have never done anything wrong to the people, but the banditry of the other allied forces is hard to change, and they have brought disaster to the entire Leshou County over and over again. In just a few days, the armies who were not convinced with each other and had old grievances had fought countless fights!Many people die in every fight.If this goes on like this, without the Sui army to fight, everyone will be killed because of internal strife.

He was the initiator of the alliance, and everyone came here at his call. What the 20 troops ate every day made him miserable.Song Zhengben, who was in charge of military supplies, told him that food was in short supply, and if the consumption of 20 people was calculated on the next day, it would only last for half a month at most.

There are powerful enemies from outside, internal strife, morale plummeting, and food shortages!
These four major problems made Dou Jiande worried.

"Brother, after Yang Tong arrived yesterday, he directly used defense instead of attack. He camped thirty miles away, and it seemed that there was no place to take the initiative to attack the city. The swordsmen let us collapse without a fight, and finally use the cavalry to pursue the victory, what a cunning character." Wang Fubao looked a little gloomy.

Dou Jiande was silent for a while, then said: "This is the saying in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" that 'a good fighter is invincible, but not defeated by the enemy'. First, he is waiting for us to run out of food, and second, he is waiting for Yang Yichen .”

"Brother! What should we do now? It's not a problem to serve those bastards like a master every day." Asked the youngest Liu Heita with a beard.

Dou Jiande's eyes narrowed, and he asked with a smile, "Third brother, do you have any ideas?"

Liu Heikai is an admirer of Dou Jiande. He used to admire Dou Jiande's heroism and righteousness very much. He was much younger than Dou Jiande. His parents died early when he was young. He lived with his brother and sister-in-law. He is delicious and lazy, and also becomes cunning and domineering, which makes his brother and sister-in-law disgusted, and often has the last meal but never the next one.

Every time he ran out of food, Liu Heitai ran to find Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande would always help him every time.Later, Liu Heita simply recognized Dou Jiande as his elder brother.During the days when Da Dou Jiande fled, Liu Heikai was by his side loyally, and his brothers fled everywhere.

Although Liu Heita is a rascal.But this kind of person is particularly bold.In the prosperous age, it is generally difficult for such a person to achieve great achievements.But in troubled times, such people are often able to take advantage of the situation and rise like a fish in water.

Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, was a rascal when he was young.To put it a bit closer, General Mai Tiezhang was such a rascal before!

"The actual situation before us is that we have to fight if we fight, and we have to fight if we don't fight! It's better to fight as soon as possible! Once we capture Yang Yu, the King of Qin, it will not only boost morale, but also force Yang Yichen to retreat, and even exchange for a Grain from Liyang warehouse."

"Yang Tong built fortifications and garrisoned on the spot, obviously not intending to confront us head-on. We can only win if we take the initiative to attack. Once the opponent's fortifications are completed, we have little hope of winning. So..." Liu Hei闼 suggested.

"So we can only attack tonight, and launch a night attack before their fortifications are completed and Yang Yichen has not arrived! This is also our only chance!"

"Brother, Yang Tong attacked Wagang Village to make a name for himself. If he is prepared, then our army will be tricked when we go there?" Wang Fubao said.

The corner of Dou Jiande's mouth raised, and he said, "So I am also betting."

"What are you betting on?" Wang Fubao asked curiously.

"Betting that Yang Tong doesn't know how good we are, betting that Yang Tong doesn't know our habits, betting that Yang Tong doesn't have much combat experience!" Dou Jiande sneered.

"Brother is right. He only won one battle by chance, so he doesn't know anything. What's more, we have enough troops, so there is nothing to be afraid of him." Liu Heitai agreed.

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At this time, in the Sui army's camp, there was a huge map hanging in the tent of the Chinese army.

Yang Tong, Yang Yichen and others are discussing urgently, in order to wipe out all the invading enemies.

Since Dou Jiande was not waiting for nothing, they could not let him escape again, but the location of the camp was not in any dangerous terrain, and it was very difficult to gather more than 20 people and wipe them out.Everyone thought of all kinds of methods, but no matter whether it was the fire attack or the soldiers outside, they could not achieve this goal.

Yang Tong's eyes wandered on the map. The distance between the two armies within [-] miles was completely within Dou Jiande's sphere of influence, and it was not a place to lay an ambush at all. These days, the common people hate the imperial court to death. If a commoner finds out and tells Dou Jiande will definitely fall short.

After thinking silently for a while, Yang Tong saw a place named Wude Mountain eight miles behind the camp, so he said, "I think we can send the camp to Dou Jiande, and then fight an ambush on Wude Mountain."

Generally, the place to set up an ambush should not be too dangerous.Because the more dangerous it is, the more it can make people feel suspicious, thus exposing the problem.But if you are not in a dangerous place, there is no natural danger to rely on, and it is not easy to wipe out the enemy army.Therefore, it is really troublesome to set up an ambush in an important place that cannot be suspected by the opponent and has natural dangers.

And this Wude mountain is a small gorge ten miles long sandwiched between two mountains, with a gentle slope, it is definitely an ideal place to set up an ambush. If an ambush is set up there, the other party will definitely not suspect it.

"Good way! Good place!" Yang Yichen and others' eyes lit up.

"Since everyone agreed, let's go here." Yang Tong smiled and asked Pei Renji, a steady veteran, to lead [-] soldiers to set up an ambush. All that was waiting was the surprise attack at night.

Regarding Dou Jiande's night attack at night, Yang Tong is [-]% sure.This time he has seen through the real problem that Dou Jiande can't afford to consume, so he set up this conspiracy. Dou Jiande now has only two choices, one is to take a risky night attack;

So don't worry about Dou Jiande not coming.

(End of this chapter)