Chapter 277: Fight to the Death
. Shumilou.CoM.Shumilou.Co
At this moment, a messenger sent by Wang Shichong finally broke through many obstacles and came to Dou Jiande.
That's a miserable, skinny skinny and bone, almost out of shape, and there are still injuries on his body, he should have been found and beaten on the way. When he arrived, the messenger was dying of hunger, and at first the sentry thought it was Hanako, but later found his waist tag, that is, his ID card, and hurriedly carried it to the barracks.
When the food was brought to him, the messenger woke up when he smelled the fragrance, and without saying a word, he bowed his head and ate wildly, and when he was full, he asked to see Dou Jiande.
Dou Jiande hesitated, but still received the messenger in person.
I can't help but say that Wang Shichong is still very careful in selecting messengers, not only with sharp teeth, but also a good actor at the national level. When he saw Dou Jiande, he burst into tears, and said bitterly how the emperor looked forward to King Xia, he was simply looking forward to it, and he didn't think about tea and dinner.
The messenger chattered for nearly half an hour, and many people were moved to cry, inexplicably feeling that Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande had such a good relationship, trusting and expecting each other, almost surpassing their own brothers.
All in all, in short, Dou Jiande did not adopt Pei Ju's idea in the end, perhaps because he didn't want to give up a good opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, or because he believed in the messenger's words, he suddenly felt chivalrous, and it was more likely that he still didn't believe that Pei Ju would have the same heart as himself.
The critical incident in Chang'an, which has always worried Li Yuan, has not happened, and even Dou Jiande, who has the most advantage in raiding, did not take action, but ignored the various unfavorable factors that have been holding Li Shimin for a long time, and continued to go on at the same pace as always.
"The morale of the Xia army is low. Mental slackness, and now that the weather is getting warmer, people are becoming lazy and tired. It should be the best time to fight. Yuan Ziyan laughed.
Everyone's eyes were shining, and they were excited to start a battle with Dou Jiande immediately.
"Strategist, how is it more appropriate to fight at this time?" Wei Chigong couldn't wait to ask.
"Hehe, it's all the King of Qin here, so I don't listen to it." Yuan Ziyan glanced at Li Shimin and said.
Li Shimin smiled slightly, it had been a long time since the last quarrel. I had forgotten it for a long time, but Li Shimin looked back and thought that his tone was too serious and hurt Yuan Ziyan's heart, and he felt a little distressed.
"The military advisor is far-sighted. I'm all convinced, even though I'm listening. Li Shimin arched his hand as he spoke, causing everyone to laugh.
"Good!" Yuan Ziyan slapped the table. Winked and smiled: "Then I'll say it!" ”
Everyone's hearts chuckled. looked at each other, this evil smile was obviously not a good idea, but he still stubbornly said in unison: "Strategist, please speak!" ”
"Who's going to be the vanguard this time?" Yuan Ziyan asked.
"Naturally, it's still me." Li Shimin replied.
"Yes, bold. The last time I bravely broke into the enemy camp, the results were good, but I didn't see Dou Jiande himself. May I ask King Qin, do you want to go to meet Dou Jiande for a while this time? Yuan Ziyan asked.
Everyone was sweating profusely, and last time it was a small fight. This time he went straight to the enemy camp, although it could have a great impact on it. But if you are surrounded, there will be endless troubles.
But everyone didn't speak, and if it didn't work, it had to be King Qin's own decision.
Li Shimin pondered for a moment and asked, "I don't know why the military advisor insists on doing this?" ”
"To put it simply, during this period of stalemate, the enemy and us have only fought a small fight, and there has been no large-scale substantive conflict, and the main force is still there. If our army clashes head-on with it, not to mention protracted periods, heavy casualties will inevitably occur. And the most worrying thing is that if Wang Shichong opens the city at this time and sends troops, whether it is attacking our side or the army under the jurisdiction of King Qi, it will have a huge impact on our army, and if there is another one who takes advantage of the chaos to attack Chang'an, everything will be over. ”
Yuan Ziyan said easily, but what he heard was a cold sweat, what they were most worried about was this, Dou Jiande would send troops to Chang'an, and the end would not be connected at that time, and the entire battle plan would be disrupted.
Without thinking about it for too long, Li Shimin nodded in agreement, and then made a detailed plan with everyone.
In May of the fourth year of Wude, the weather began to get hot, and Dou Jiande was having a regular meeting, which was nothing more than saying some high-sounding words of encouragement, and the ministers were all fighting when they heard it.
Dou Jiande has a characteristic, he likes to speak in public, and he talks endlessly. It's okay if you say something different every time, because of the low level of education, there are often repeated words and topics, which makes some people unbearable, but they just grit their teeth and insist.
This law was also explored by the Tang army, so he chose to send troops suddenly when Dou Jiande held a closed routine meeting, and went straight to the main camp.
Dou Jiande was talking about the foaming stars flying wildly at this time, quoting scriptures and scriptures, and he felt very level, and suddenly heard the noise of people outside, as if there was a sound of fighting.
Dou Jiande was startled, hurriedly walked out of the camp tent to check it in person, just walked outside, suddenly his eyes flashed, he hurriedly dodged sideways, and a flying arrow grazed the tip of his nose, it was really dangerous!
Dou Jiande hurriedly looked up, and immediately sweated in shock, God, why did this Li Shimin suddenly come out!
Li Shimin was full of elite soldiers behind him, and he killed anyone he could, and in an instant, blood flowed like a river, and corpses were everywhere. Dou Jiande hurriedly shouted to escort the car, but at this time, who could take care of him, the civil and military officials shouted wolf rushing, and there was a stampede in the panic, and the scene was completely out of control for a while, and it was chaos!
Dou Jiande complained bitterly, and Li Shimin was killing him, so he hurriedly retracted back into the camp tent, and hurriedly sent someone to bring the horses from the back door of the camp tent, intending to escape.
The Xia army was quite numerous, and when they heard that the central headquarters had been taken over, they hurriedly rushed towards the center to kill the generals, and behind them was also a sound of killing, and the support of the Tang army also surrounded them.
The Tang army in the center began to storm outside, and the Xia army could not quickly gather in one place, could not form a large scale, and was divided and eaten by the tenacious and heroic Tang army.
The two sides fought for more than two days, and they were exhausted, but they were still frustrated by the news that they were at a disadvantage and that the leaders had fled in private.
In the end, under the coercion and temptation of Cheng Yanjin and others, in addition to the number of those who died in battle and fled, there were as many as 50,000 who finally surrendered, which can be described as a complete victory.
Many soldiers burst into tears with excitement, so much so that they washed away the blood on their faces. Dou Jiande's defeat meant that the Tang Dynasty was officially moving towards the majestic goal of unification.
At this time, Li Shimin was chasing Dou Jiande with several generals.
Dou Jiande fled frantically under the escort of thousands of people, which can be described as panicking, and from time to time thousands of people stayed to fight with Li Shimin and others, leaving Dou Jiande with more time to escape.
Dou Jiande didn't dare to stop, and even the war horse was tired to death, so he replaced it with one and continued to run. Because Dou Jiande knows very well that if it falls into the hands of Li Shimin, it must be a dead end.
I can't see the shadow of Dou Jiande several times, Li Shimin and others are also the best friends, on the way, I met a stream and drank two sips of water, caught what to eat, mainly young leaves, and kept Dou Jiande, he would be ambitious and immortal, and he must cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Li Shimin and the others were all BMWs under their crotches, and after the last batch of dead soldiers of Dou Jiande died in battle, the distance between them and the Tang Army became closer and closer, and finally approached the position of Niukou Zhu, Wei Chigong shouted excitedly: "Look, the person in front should be Dou Jiande!" ”
Indeed, there were people wearing python robes and crowns, and they fled with their lives. But Li Shimin frowned slightly, although he couldn't see his real appearance, he vaguely felt that there were only some wounded soldiers around this person, and there was no person who looked like a minister.
Hmph, Li Shimin let out a sneer, and then ordered: "Send out five hundred people to pursue this group, and kill them all, no need to show mercy." The rest of the people chased me in this direction, and I concluded that that person was just a stand-in for Dou Jiande, and how could he dare to wear it so eye-catchingly, it must have been a plan to make the golden cicada get out of its shell! ”
Yuan Ziyan gave a thumbs up to Li Shimin with a smile, not panicked, calm and alert, it was really good.
Sure enough, less than five miles after chasing out, a team of people finally appeared in front, although the pace was chaotic, but the clothes were good, although the first person was dressed **, but whether it was age or posture, it was very consistent with Dou Jiande.
"Stop!" The soldier shouted.
Dou Jiande glanced back in a panic, thinking to himself that I just don't stop, whoever stops will die!
If you don't stop, you will die, Li Shimin swished a few times with a bow and arrows, and the three civil and military officials fell to the ground in response, Dou Jiande was full of heart and gall, and fled forward with no life.
Li Shimin and the others urged the war horse under their crotch, and the war horse seemed to smell the breath of victory, neighing and galloping forward, narrowing the distance between him and Dou Jiande and the others.
"Everyone, don't hurt Pei Ju!" Yuan Ziyan suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd, and hurriedly shouted.
"Look at me!" Yu Chigong swooped forward, then jumped up from the horse, and at the same time threw the lance in his hand in an instant.
And when Wei Chigong landed, he was almost trampled to death by the hooves of his own people behind him, but he was really desperate!
By the time Dou Jiande discovered the abnormality, the lance had already flown in front of him and hurriedly turned sideways, but he was still hit in the right back, spit out a mouthful of blood with a wow, and lay on the horse's back.
The ministers were terrified, and some of the people who followed behind looked at each other, so they stopped and continued to move forward but turned back, hoping to surrender voluntarily and seek leniency.
Dou Jiande clutched his stuffy chest, but he was so angry that he couldn't say a word, and the people next to him walked more and more, and in the end there were only two people left.
One is Dou Jiande, and the other is Pei Ju.
"Pei Gong, why don't you run away?" Dou Jiande smiled miserably.
"Start well and finish well, since I have returned to Xia, I can't easily apostatize." Pei Ju also looked gloomy, and secretly sighed that his fate was not good, and he didn't end well with the three masters.
Dou Jiande was full of emotion and remorse, he knew that Pei Ju had such determination, and he should not have doubted him in the first place. (To be continued......)