As soon as Liu Bowen said this, the generals in the tent laughed loudly: "What Mr. Liu said is extremely true, Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng has just been released back to Chang'an by His Majesty for only one year, and his third son Li Yuanji is going to become a distinguished guest in Jiangdu again!" ”

After listening to Liu Bowen's words, the corners of Li Jing's mouth lifted slightly, and he quickly regained his composure, slowly walked out of the ranks amid laughter, and said to Xue Rengui: "General, the last general has come up with a clever plan, which can not only frustrate Li Tang's spirit, but also severely damage Dou Jiande." ”

Xue Rengui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised: "Pharmacist Li is really resourceful, I have a commander like Pharmacist Li in both civil and military affairs, and a strategist like Liu Bowen, it's really a great luck!" ”

"Where, where? In front of General Xue, how dare Li Jing claim to be both civil and military! ”

Li Jing smiled modestly, and then lightly explained his strategy: "When Li Tang sent troops, Dou Jiande probably did a lot of things to add fuel to the fire." Weichen suggested that General Xue personally lead the main army out of the camp and go east, leaving only part of the troops in the camp. Dou Jiande knew that he would definitely think that the Tang army would come to help in a big way, and he would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to go out of the city to attack our army's camp. At that time, General Xue led the main force to kill back, and only sent a partial division to ambush Li Yuanji. ”

Xue Rengui, Chang Yuchun, Yang Jiye and other generals were all dazzled when they heard this, and Yang Jiye immediately came out and said: "This plan is very good, the old man is willing to raise an elite army to stay in the camp." ”

"General, do you want the last general to stop Wang Shichong first, let's set off together, and the momentum will be better." Senior General Lu Xiangsheng whispered.

Li Jing smiled slightly, shook his head and vetoed Lu Xiangsheng's proposal: "General Lu, don't forget, Wang Shichong has dealt with Dou Jiande and Li Mi for many years, and Dou Jiande knows him very well. This person is by no means a subordinate person, we will divide the troops with him, but it will make Dou Jiande more convinced that the Tang army is coming in a big way, Wang Shichong is worried about the foundation, so he does not listen to the military order, does not join our main force of soldiers and horses, and rushes to Luoyang first. ”

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In Xingyang City, Dou Jiande was staring at the scribe in front of him with a gloomy face.

This scribe's surname is Wang Mingcong, and he was originally a county leader of Hejian County, and he once relied on Hejian County to resist Dou Jiande's attacks many times.

According to the normal development of history, this Wang Cong should surrender to Hejian County after the death of Yang Guang in the Jiangdu mutiny.

However, because of the birth of Yang Gao, the Sui Dynasty did not exist in name only as it did in history, and Wang Cong, who had continued allegiance, still stubbornly resisted Dou Jiande's invasion after the Jiangdu Mutiny. Until Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was born, he used a deception to open the gate of Hejian County and capture Wang Cong alive.

After Wang Cong was captured, there was no shortage of people in the Xia army who hated him to the core, and they asked Dou Jiande to kill Wang Cong. However, Dou Jiande considered that Wang Cong had a high reputation in Hebei, and finally pardoned Wang Cong.

After Wang Cong was captured, he was already disheartened, thinking that he would spend the rest of his life under house arrest and surveillance. However, a recent news suddenly made him suddenly see a ray of light - at the beginning of this year, Yang Gao married Dou Jiande's daughter Dou Xianniang in Jiangduna.

After hearing the news, Wang Cong was overjoyed. Dou Jiande has already married His Majesty today, so doesn't he have the hope of turning hostility into friendship?

Wang Cong immediately expressed to Liu Heimin, the general of the Xia Army who stayed in Hebei, that he wanted to see Dou Jiande, and under his arrangement, he rushed from Leshou to Xingyang in the starry night.

"The king, now that the saint has married the county lord, the king can be regarded as the saint's father-in-law, how can there be a reason for his own father-in-law to beat his own son-in-law? If the king can return to the saint, the old man believes that the saint will not treat the king badly. ”

Wang Cong kept talking eloquently, and he didn't notice that Dou Jiande, who was sitting on the top position, was already flushed with anger, and his hands had clenched his fists unconsciously.

What is Yang Gao's father-in-law? His baby daughter Dou Xianniang was obviously forcibly admitted to the palace after being captured by Yang Gao in front of the battle. Yang Gao, the son-in-law, has not been recognized by Dou Jiande at all, not only has he not been recognized, but he has been regarded by Dou Jiande as the biggest stain in his life.

All the civilians and warriors in Xingyang City were very knowledgeable and did not dare to mention this matter in front of Dou Jiande, and they didn't even dare to mention the name Dou Xianniang. But Wang Cong, the old horseman, not only told the matter mercilessly, but also strongly persuaded him to surrender to Yang Gao. This simply made Dou Jiande angry and blew his lungs.

"King Xia, King Xia! There will be an urgent military report. ”

At this moment, the general Zhu Di hurriedly walked into the house, bowed down and said, "King Xia, there is a large-scale transfer of the Sui army camp outside the city. ”

After Zhu Yuanzhang's fiasco in Luoyang, he fled to Xingyang with hundreds of remnants. Seeing that there were only a few hundred of the 30,000 soldiers and horses left at the time of the expedition, and the henchman Xiong Kuohai was still captured, Dou Jiande was so angry that he almost pushed Zhu Yuanzhang out and beheaded him to show the public.

However, under the persuasion of the generals, thinking that Zhu Yuanzhang is also a talent, Dou Jiande calmed his anger a little. Later, Liu Heimin came to report that Luo Yi in Youzhou seemed to have the intention of going south, so Dou Jiande sent Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhuo County to resist Luo Yi and make meritorious contributions, but considering that the Central Plains was more short of manpower, he left his son Zhu Di and nephew Li Wenzhong behind.

Seeing the heroic Zhu Di, Dou Jiande's eyes lit up, this is the son-in-law he likes in his heart, but unfortunately it is no longer possible.

Dou Jiande sighed secretly in his heart, and then smiled at Zhu Di and said, "What happened to the Sui army camp outside the city that made General Xiao Zhu so unbreathable?" ”

Zhu Di arched his hand and said: "King, half an hour ago, Wang Shichong led fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses out of the camp and headed west. Just now, Xue Rengui personally led more than 100,000 troops out of the camp. At present, there are only 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses left in the Sui army camp. ”

Hearing this, Dou Jiande quickly got up and asked eagerly, "What you said is true?" So who is guarding the Sui army camp now? ”

"It's true!"

Zhu Di said affirmatively: "The last general saw with his own eyes that Xue Rengui led more than 100,000 troops to leave the camp and go west, and now the banner in the camp of the Sui army is Yang Ye, the king of Zhenyue. ”

Dou Jiande laughed when he heard this: "It must be Guanzhong Li Tang who sent troops to the Central Plains to threaten Luoyang, God really helped me, and ordered the whole army to immediately set off to kill out of the city and defeat the Yang Yebu outside the city." ”

"Think twice!" Wang Cong was shocked when he heard the words, and he didn't listen to a lot of things he said, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "Li Tang sent troops, the situation in the Central Plains is critical. If the king can submit to His Majesty at this time, then he will definitely be the first prince of the dynasty in the future! ”

"Shut up, you sour man who doesn't know how to lift!"

Dou Jiande couldn't bear it anymore, and walked up to Wang Cong and scolded loudly: "Yang Gao'er is too insulting!" Resolute has been decided, you dare to say more. Believe it or not, kill you and sacrifice the flag! ”

Wang Cong still said unwillingly: "King, if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will be killed in the future!" ”

Dou Jiande's long-pent-up anger finally broke out, and he said loudly: "Come on, drag Wang Cong out, and beat him to death." Tell all my Daxia officials, whoever dares to persuade Gu to surrender to Yang Gao Xiao'er, Wang Cong will be the end! ”