Chapter 346: Southern Expedition to Dou Jiande

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After a while, Yu Mingfang said, "Now you all know the enemy's situation, right?" ”

All the generals nodded yes.

"Good! Now I have begun to lay out the battle plan, and our army has committed a total of 200,000 troops to attack. Left, center, and right. The left army was led by Wei Chi Jingde as the main general, Guo Yi and Lin Mo as deputy generals, leading 60,000 troops to attack Zhao County. ”

"The right army is led by General Luo Yi as the main general, Luo Yi and Luo Shou are the deputy generals, leading 60,000 troops to attack Hejian County."

"The Chinese army is led by Benwang as the main general, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yanjin as deputy generals, leading 50,000 troops to attack Hengshui County."

"And the grain and grass of the army are transported by Yu Yuqing and the red sleeves leading the soldiers." Yu Ming said loudly.

"What? The county lord and his wife are also going to fight? When the generals heard this, they were all stunned.

"What does it matter? Didn't I fight General Luo Cheng before? Yu Yuqing said with a dissatisfied face.

"Don't worry! I fought the Koreans with my husband five years ago, and General Luo Cheng was still with us at that time. Redsleeves explained.

At this time, all the generals were not good at objecting, after all, Yu Yuqing and the two daughters of Red Sleeves had an extraordinary relationship with Yu Ming.

"Then do you want to leave more people to protect the grain and grass? Is there less than 10,000 people? Luo Shou couldn't help but say.

"What? General Luo doesn't believe in the ability of me and Sister Redsleeve? Yu Yu Qing raised her eyebrows and asked.

Luo Shou immediately fell silent. If he insists on objecting, it will make the two girls think that it is a distrust of their own abilities. It's no fun to annoy them. Moreover, U Yu Ha and Red Sleeves do have combat experience, so if they are careful, they should be fine.

"Alright! Since no one is against it, let's go after that day! Strive to end the fighting within two months and bring Hebei under the rule of our army! "Yu Ming is colorful.

"Obey King Zhou's orders!" The crowd responded.

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The news of the Liaodong Army's attack soon reached Dou Jiande's ears. He didn't dare to slack off, and immediately summoned the generals to discuss countermeasures. Many of his brothers who rebelled with him have died. At present, he is still alive, and the only people he can trust are Ling Jing, Gao Shixing, Liu Heimin and so on.

"This Yuming is menacing, and he actually dispatched 200,000 troops, and the troops rushed towards us, it seems that he wants to exterminate us in one fell swoop!" Dou Jiande said with a worried face.

After Gao Shixing heard this, he said nonchalantly: "Why should King Xia grow the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige? Although the Liaodong Army is powerful, they have just pacified Youzhou, and there are many casualties among the soldiers and horses. Now that Yuming immediately launched an attack without resting, it was our opportunity to break the myth of the invincibility of the Liaodong Army. ”

"General Gao, don't underestimate the Liaodong Army! Although our army also has more than 200,000, you and I both know that among these more than 200,000 people, less than half of them can really confront the Sui army head-on. And the Liaodong Army is also the elite of the Sui Army. If we really fight them head-on, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat them. Liu Heimin is obviously much more cautious.

"I said Lao Liu! You are so afraid of the Liaodong Army, it is better to simply surrender. What else are we fighting for? Ling Jing said with some anger.

"Ling Jing, it's too much for you to say that! I'm just illustrating the difficulties of the moment. Do I have to say that Ling Jing blew over the 200,000 Liaodong Army in one breath, then it is called bravery? Liu Heimin said sarcastically.

Ling Jing was furious when he heard this, and Liu Heimin said this with the intention of satirizing him as a brave and reckless man. When he was about to scold, Dou Jiande raised his hand to stop the quarrel between the two.

"Alright, alright! They are all their own brothers, what are they arguing about? Dou Jiande waved his hand impatiently, then turned to Gao Shixing and said, "Shixing, what do you think of the situation in front of you?" ”

Gao Shixing is Dou Jiande's military advisor, Dou Jiande was able to develop so quickly after raising the army, and became one of the major forces in the peasant rebel army at the end of the Sui Dynasty, half of the credit should be attributed to Gao Shixing.

"King Xia, although our army currently has 200,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is indeed not comparable with the Liaodong Army, if you are like them, I am afraid that the army will be defeated......" Gao Shixing said in a deep voice: "Gao thinks that now our army should choose one of them to attack with all its strength and defeat it!" The other two Liaodong armies only had to hold on to the city. Even if they beat some of them, it would not be enough to break the bones of our army. Then, our army went straight into the rear of the enemy and plundered his grain and grass. After the Liaodong army ran out of food, it would naturally retreat. ”

I have to say that Gao Shixing's plan is relatively old-fashioned and discerning, and Ling Jing and Liu Heimin couldn't help but nod yes.

After Dou Jiande thought carefully for a while, Fang frowned and said, "Senior Gao, your plan is good. But which enemy will our army defeat first? ”

"Does that need to be said? Of course, defeat Yuming's Chinese army first! As soon as he is defeated, I am afraid that the Liaodong Army will retreat immediately! Ling Jing replied immediately.

"The one who attacked Yuming, I'm afraid it is in the arms of the Liaodong Army!" Gao Shixing shook his head and said, "Although in the Liaodong Army, Yuming's troops are the least. But presumably, the army assigned to him must be the most elite unit in the Liaodong Army, and the combat effectiveness is only above the other two. Even if our army went all out, they relied on their numerical superiority to defeat Yuming. I'm afraid that I won't be able to fight the other two Liaodong armies anymore. ”

"So, Gao means the right army that is mainly attacking the enemy-Luo Yiyi's army responsible for attacking my Hejian County." Gao Shixing said.

"Luo Yi? His Youzhou Iron Cavalry is only afraid that it will be difficult to deal with! And we fought so many battles with him, almost all of them were broken at the touch of a button, and we had to hide in the mountains and wait for them to go out before they came out. It's hard for us to beat him! Dou Jiande said with some concern.

"King Xia, don't worry! Luo Yi knows this person very well, he and his brother Luo Shou, and Luo Cheng all look down on us and other rebels, and they are arrogant. And this time we're going to let him lose it once! Gao Shixing smiled and said: "After Luo Yi is defeated, we can drive straight in, go straight to the rear of the Liaodong Army, loot the grain and grass, and cut off its return, and Yuming will inevitably fail at that time!" ”

"Good! So let's do it! After Dou Jiande heard this, he was also happy and said: "Inform me to do everything according to the orders of the senior military division!" ”

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In Hebei in September, there is already a trace of coolness in the autumn wind, and the morning sun shines on the rice leaves in the fields, reflecting the golden ears of rice, and the day of autumn harvest is getting closer and closer.

And in the northern part of Hejian County, in an open plain, a large army is coming from the north.

Walking in the front was a flag officer, carrying a large black flag embroidered with a big "Luo" character embroidered on the flag. And behind the flag bearer is a general dressed in Mingguang armor.

For a veteran over 50 years old with gray hair. To his left is a middle-aged military general in his forties, who is slightly younger. To his right is a handsome young man with a face like a crown of jade and eyes like a star.

They are the generals of the right army who went south to conquer Dou Jiande this time, the veteran is Luo Yi, the middle-aged military general is his younger brother Luo Shou, and the young general is Luo Cheng.

This time when I went south, people were all preoccupied. Luo Yi and Luo Shou wanted to establish their position among the generals of the Liaodong Army through a big victory. And Luo Cheng was immersed in his thoughts of Yu Yuqing. A few months ago, he fought against U Haru, and although both of them were injured, the result was very unexpected.

There is a way that the relationship between men and women is so wonderful, Luo Cheng and Yu Yuqing didn't know each other, and the two had a sense of admiration in visiting each other and cutting martial arts. Especially in the past few days, the two of them are like glue. The generals in the Youzhou army who were familiar with Luo Cheng were congratulating him on becoming the brother-in-law of King Zhou.

In this southern expedition, Luo Cheng is also ready to use a hearty victory as a dowry gift to Yu Yuqing.

It's just that they have just entered Hejian County, and they received a letter of surrender from Ling Jing, the general of Hejian County, Dou Jiande's general. He said that the Liaodong army was powerful, and it was the inheritance of the orthodoxy of the Great Sui, and Zhou Wang Yuming was a famous general today, and Dou Jiande's stubborn resistance was a mantis arm as a car. Therefore, I am willing to lead ten thousand soldiers and horses to surrender.

The Luo family's father originally held back his strength to fight a tough battle, but he didn't expect that he had just entered the enemy territory, and the enemy surrendered, which made them really bored. In this way, an opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service is missed.

However, they also know that Yuming wants to achieve the greatest victory at the lowest possible cost. The enemy's willingness to surrender was unwanted, so they had no choice but to agree to Ling Jing's request.

"Big brother, I didn't expect this battle to end so easily. After we enter Hejian County, we will have a good rest for a day, and then we will head to Leshou! Luo Shou said on horseback.

"Yes! However, we still have to send people to escort these prisoners back to Beiping, and it will take a lot of time to reorganize them. I'm afraid one day is not enough! Luo Yi touched his nonsense.

At this moment, a personal soldier came to report: "General Yu, Ling Jing has just sent a messenger to inform them that their army has arrived ten miles ahead and is waiting for us to reorganize. Do you think you want to meet the messenger? ”

"Oh? This Ling Jing is quite interesting! Luo Yi was also a little surprised: "You tell the messenger, we will rush over immediately." It's okay if a rebel envoy is gone......"

"Father, how about I lead 10,000 cavalry to surrender first?" Luo Cheng asked a little excitedly.

Before Luo Yi could answer, Luo Shou interjected first: "Cheng'er, don't fight with me!" You will still have a war in the future, but the second uncle is already old. Let me lead my troops first. I want to see Ling Jing bow his head to me! ”

Luo Cheng saw that his uncle had spoken, so he had to nod in agreement.

"Alright! Second brother, then you will lead 10,000 cavalry to surrender first, and we will lead 50,000 infantry to arrive! Luo Yi said.

Luo Shou was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately led 10,000 Youzhou cavalry to speed up. The cavalry accelerated with great speed and soon left the infantry behind.

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