The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 334 Surrounding Wei and Rescue Zhao

News of Gao Yaxian's East Route Army's victory in Shandong is frequent, and Coke has ruined Xiaming King Dou Jiande. Hebei, Shandong, and parts of Henan are all my old Dou's territory. What is especially gratifying is that my subordinates have emerged again. With military prodigies like Hei Kai and Su Dingfang, when Luoyang and Henan are captured, my old Dou will no longer be a little King Xia Ming, and I will also wear a yellow robe and be on the Ninth Five-Year Plan!

Dou Jiande shared the good news with everyone one by one with a wishful thinking in his heart. Liu Ya, Liu Heitai, Wang Xiaohu, Dong Kangmai, etc. were also very happy. In order to boost morale, Dou Jiande immediately sent someone to Shandong to deliver an order and reward Gao Yaxian and other soldiers of the Eastern Route Army made an exception and promoted Su Dingfang as a lieutenant general, and rewarded them with a hundred gold for their persistent efforts.

Don't underestimate the lieutenant general. There is a difference between a lieutenant general and a general. A lieutenant general is a general, but a general may not be a lieutenant general.The deputy general is relative to the chief general.Generally speaking, there is only one general in an army, and one or several deputy generals. However, in the war years of Guwu, there was generally one deputy general to assist the general in his work.Now Dou Jiande's top leader in the East Route Army is Marshal Gao Yaxian, of course the chief general.Fan Yuan is a military adviser, and Su Dingfang is a deputy general, which is equivalent to a deputy marshal. He is at least the third in command in the army. Other generals such as Cao Zhan and Sun Linpu can only be regarded as inferior.

However, through these few battles, they also admire Su Lie, a young general. Since ancient times, heroes have been born in youth, and their essays and martial arts are far behind them.

This time the morale of the East Route Army was greatly boosted, and Dou Jiande's main troops were also greatly encouraged.Regarding the current battle, Dou Jiande rejected the plan of the counselor Liu Ya to go south to take Xuchang and Nanyang, and then detour to Luoyang. He adopted Liu Heita's suggestion and decided to gnaw down the hard bone of Hulao Pass and go straight to Luoyang. Directly, after they negotiated, they adopted a strong army to suppress the border, waiting for the enemy's flaws to show up, and attacked them in one fell swoop.

But Wei Zheng is not Luo Shixin, and Hulaoguan is not Mingshui. Liu Heita wants to be as brilliant as the historical records, how easy is it? !
For several days in a row, Hulao Pass did not reveal any flaws.The reason is that Wei Zheng relied on the advantages of dangerous passes and the Yellow River, and with the assistance of the mighty general Wu Tianxi and the tiger general Qu Tutong, he commanded more than 3 soldiers and horses, and adopted static braking, defensive as offensive, and constant response A changing strategy.Another point is that Dou Jiande's troops cannot besiege the city. In this way, Weizheng and the others can temporarily get supplies from nearby states and counties.

Therefore, Hulao Pass was as strong as gold, so that in the end Liu Heitai lost his patience and led his army to attack for three days and three nights, but Hulao Pass still stood still.

After the loss of troops and defeat of generals, Liu Heitai was exhausted and was so angry that he drank and scolded his mother, Dou Jiande had to call the generals again to discuss countermeasures.

Counselor Liu Yadao: "Your Majesty, we will not be able to attack Hulaoguan for a long time. Bian Prefecture is only a few hundred miles away from us. If Xu Maogong's men and horses come here, it will only take a few days. In this way, we will be in the predicament of being attacked by the enemy. This is also the strategy that the subordinates proposed to go south. If we can’t make a quick decision, the situation is not good for us. It’s not too late to go south at this time.”

Dou Jiande is not an idiot, a counselor is a counselor, unlike a titan like Liu Heita. At this time, compared with Liu Ya, Liu Heita's strategy can only be described as short-sighted and impetuous.Therefore, he immediately made a decision and adopted Liu Ya's strategy to let Liu Heitai station in Xingyang. He personally commanded the army to move south, take Xuchang to Nanyang, and detour to Luoyang.

But when Dou Jiande hadn't finished his deployment, suddenly a scout rushed in in a panic and knelt down to report: "The report and the lord learned that there is no big deal. Yang Yong crossed the Yellow River from Tongguan with an army of 20, and copied our descendants." Road, kill and go to Mingzhou!"

This sentence is no less than a bolt from the blue. "This...how is it possible? Li Xiuning really lost? It seems that the southern part of Shanxi has also fallen into Yang Yong's hands. Otherwise, Yang Yong, who is far away in Tongguan, would not be able to fly to my Mingzhou!" Dou Jiande is worthy of Hebei. Wang, his brain is so good that he immediately thought of this level.

Mingzhou, which is now Handan, Hebei, is the old nest of King Dou Jian of Xia Ming.In the past few years, taking advantage of the turmoil at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Dou Jiande defeated the Sui army several times in Gaojibo, and annexed several groups of righteous bandits such as Sun Anzu and Zhang Jincheng. After the flag, he began to attack the prefectures and counties. After occupying Mingzhou, he used this base to radiate to the outside world, and soon ruled the whole of Hebei.

Mingzhou has been repaired several times, and it already has the scale of a king's capital. Dou Jiande's palace is now Yanran's palace.Right now, Dou Jiande sent troops in two directions and took large areas in the northern part of Shandong and Henan. In his mind, Dou Jiande already regarded Mingzhou as the future capital.He even thought in his heart that after he moved his master, he would return to Mingzhou to proclaim himself emperor and live the addiction of being emperor.Now when he heard that Yang Yong took advantage of the emptiness behind him and went to Mingzhou, how could he not be surprised?
Moreover, Yang Yong's prestige is now as bright as the sun, and everyone knows it. Li Jing, several heroines, as well as the father and son of the Pei family, are all invincible and invincible. Not to mention, Wang Shichong, the king of Luoyang, Li Mi from Wagangzhai, and Yuwen and his son, these strengths are no less than their own. In the two years since he was born, he had been beaten to ashes by Yang Yong's soldiers, and Li Xiuning's troops were probably finished too. Dou Jiande and the generals felt terrified when they thought about it.

Therefore, he didn't care about closing the Hulao in front of him, let alone going south to take Luoyang, Dou Jiande quickly overturned the original plan, called all the generals to discuss the countermeasures, and they all agreed, and quickly retreated back to the backyard to put out the fire!
This time Dou Jiande made the worst plan, and asked the general Dong Kang to lead 1 troops to defend Xingyang. In fact, he did not intend to take Xingyang, and the [-] troops were used later to protect his army from crossing the river safely. As for making trouble.

Then he took Liu Ya, Liu Heita, Wang Xiaohu and others to attract 20 soldiers and horses, 18 to be precise, and began to retreat across the river.

Previously, counselor Liu Ya had suggested that Gao Yaxian's East Route Army should also return to Mingzhou, so that the decisive battle with Yang Yong would be more certain, but Dou Jiande did not accept it.Dou Jiande's idea is that it is obvious that Yang Yong's surprise attack on Mingzhou this time adopted a strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao, and let the East Route Army continue to attack Bianzhou and Liangzhou. Being brave caused a certain amount of psychological pressure, and to a certain extent, it could relieve Mingzhou's pressure.

Moreover, Dou Jiande secretly compared his own strength with Yang Yong's in his heart. You, Yang Yong, are invincible with spears, and I, Dou Jiande, am not a vegetarian with a knife on my hips. I may not be as powerful as you in terms of force, but I am not inferior to you in terms of resourcefulness. Where are you going? You, Yang Yong, brought 20 troops, and my troops are close to 20. With the addition of troops from Mingzhou and other places, the troops are absolutely superior; you have Li Jing under your command, and I have Liu Ya under your command; you There are the Pei family and his sons, and I have Liu Heita and Wang Xiaohu under my command. They are no less powerful than you. As for those beauties, they are just a tool for you, Yang Yong, to talk quickly. What kind of heroines are just used to cover up people's eyes and ears; Moreover, this battle is being fought on my territory. Your front line is long, and supplies such as food and grass for soldiers are all problems. My old Dou is like being in my own home, of course there is a steady stream.As long as Lao Gao (referring to Gao Shida) can persevere and defend Mingzhou, Yang Yong will undoubtedly lose this battle.Therefore, Gao Yaxian's East Route Army did not need to withdraw at all.Otherwise, if we advance in two directions and then retreat, Yang Yong's men will inevitably follow up. Wouldn't that be halfway?

Dou Jiande's idea was not unreasonable, and quite shrewd, but later, Dou Jiande remembered Liu Ya's suggestion and regretted it. If he had adopted it at that time, it might have been a different result.

(End of this chapter)