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The news of Li Shentong's defeat in Qianshuiyuan made Li Yuan very anxious, if his younger brother, who was not angry, was defeated in Longyou or Hedong, he could not care. But now he is defeated near Guanzhong, which will seriously shake the foundation of his rule, especially when he has just ascended the throne and the people's hearts are unstable. Before, he had always thought that Xue Ju was just one of the countless bandits who rebelled at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but now he knew that he was underestimating Xue Ju.

Just when the ministers in Guanzhong were helpless, Li Shimin stood up and volunteered to lead his troops to retreat from the enemy. Li Yuan was overjoyed, although Li Shimin was still very young at this time, he still made an exception to let Li Shimin serve as the chief general of the First Army, and appointed the veteran Qu Tutong as a deputy general to make up for Li Shimin's lack of combat experience.

After Li Shimin led the reinforcements to arrive, he first ordered Duan Zhixuan to lead 10,000 soldiers to attack Tianshui County, and forced Xue Ju to retreat with the strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao.

Then he held on to it and adopted the method of avoiding its edge, which wore down the morale of the Western Qin army. When Xue Ju relaxed a little, he attacked with a large army and won several games in a row.

Xue Ju has been unable to attack for a long time, and heard that there was a fire in his backyard, so he had to withdraw his troops back to Tianshui County. Li Yuan redeemed Zhang Baode with five taels of gold, so that the critical situation in Guanzhong was alleviated.

However, while Li Yuan was playing a triumphant song, Yuhua Ji was defeated in successive battles, and it could almost be said that he was defeated for thousands of miles.

Originally, Yuhua occupied Jiangdu, Jiankang, Wu County, Huiji and other counties, and it was also a major force in Jiangnan. But most of the soldiers under his command and the officials in Jiangdu City were from Guanlong, and they wanted to return to Guanlong, and they didn't want to stay in Jiangnan at all.

A few months ago, in order to seize Jiangdu, Yuhua made a promise to the 100,000 Sui troops and officials in the city, claiming to take them back to Guanlong, so that Sima Dekan and Dou Yi and other Guanlong generals would surrender to him.

But after he killed Yang Guang and occupied Jiangdu, he immediately established himself as the emperor, a big official, put on a posture of taking root in Jiangdu, and even ordered his subordinate sergeants and officials to marry the daughter of Jiangdu City as his wife and settle down in Jiangnan. These measures made the people who originally supported him very dissatisfied, and there was a wave of deserters on a larger scale than when Yang Guang was there.

In just a few months, more than 10,000 soldiers and dozens of officials fled. This made Yuhua and couldn't help but be anxious.

However, it rained in the house, and after Yuhua and established himself as the emperor of Daxu and set up the capital Jiangdu, the surrounding Du Fuwei, Lin Shihong, Li Tong and others regarded him as the number one enemy, so they formed a unified anti-Xu alliance and sent troops to attack Yuhua together.

Although Yu Hua and his subordinates also have fierce generals like Yu Chengdu, they have no choice but to beat four hands with two fists. And most of the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and they just want to go back to Guanlong.

The two sides fought several battles in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Xu army suffered more defeats and fewer victories, and most of the territory south of the Yangtze River was taken by Du Fuwei and Lin Shihong. Only Jiangdu City and the surrounding area are still in the hands of Xu Jun.

In this case, Yuhua had no choice but to accept Dou Yi's proposal and had to lead the army north along the canal, wanting to return to Guanlong along the Yellow River.

But with such a big move, how can it be concealed from the people along the way? After Li Mi learned that Yuhua was heading north, he immediately sent Shan Xiongxin and Xu Shiji to lead 50,000 troops each to intercept it. In his opinion, after Yuhua killed Yang Guang and sacked Jiangdu City, he must have carried a large amount of treasure. But he wants to seize the world's power, if he can rob this wealth, it will be greatly beneficial to the future conquest.

After Yuhua and Li Mi fought several battles, they lost one after another, and there were fewer and fewer people around him, only less than 10,000 people, and they were forced to retreat to Liaocheng. In the end, he had to accept Yu Chengdu's suggestion to go north to Hebei and take refuge with Er Yuming.

At the same time, Yuhua was also worried that he would be intercepted again on the way north, so he sent his nephew Yujie to lead more than 20 horsemen to ask for help, and asked Er Yuming to send troops to Liaocheng to pick him up.

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Just when Yuhua and retreated to Liaocheng, Dou Jiande and his party were walking south from Qi County with a depressed face. They had already visited Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang, but when these two saw that they only had about 2,000 people left, they looked down on them at all and ignored Dou Jiande. And Dou Jiande is a high-minded and arrogant person, he couldn't stand this anger, so he accepted Gao Shixing's suggestion and planned to go south to Haizhou to seek further development.

And at this moment, Dou Hongxian, who had a keen sense of hearing, heard a burst of vibration on the ground.

"Father, the ground is shaking, it seems that a troop of cavalry is coming!" Dou Hongxian said with a happy face. She thought that Xu Yuanlang might have changed her mind again, so she sent someone to invite them back.

But Gao Shixing, who has always been cautious, said: "King Xia, I think it's better to take shelter in the forest next to you for a while!" I don't know if the comer is an enemy or a friend, if it is a detective of the Liaodong Army and finds us here, I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble. ”

Dou Jiande had already been scared away by the Liaodong Army, and after hearing this, he also nodded again and again, and then ordered more than 2,000 people under his command to take refuge in the woods, and then found grass and lurked.

After a while, I saw a group of people running over the official road, the number of which was only more than 20 people, but everyone was already sweating profusely, and even the horses were spewing rough air.

When the knight saw that there was a grove of trees, he cried out, "Rest your brothers!" Half an hour later. We must rush to Hebei tonight! ”

"What? Going to Hebei? Could it be someone related to the Liaodong Army? Dou Jiande and Gao Shixing glanced at each other, both surprised and delighted. Then he pricked up his ears and listened.

After listening for a long time, Dou Jiande found that the leader of this Biao was Yu Huaji's nephew, Yu Ming's cousin Yu Jie, and most of the people accompanying him were Yu's younger brothers. They seem to be going to Hebei to find Yuming.

When Dou Jiande heard this, he didn't hesitate. He and Yu Ming have a deep enmity like the sea, if it weren't for Yu Ming leading the army to the south, why would he have been exiled to Shandong and become a lost dog. Therefore, he immediately glanced at his daughter Dou Hongxian and the military advisor Gao Shixing, and then waved his hand: "Brothers! Take down this gang of dog thieves and use their heads to pay tribute to the two brothers, Ling Jing and Liu Heimin. ”

More than 2,000 Hebei rebels immediately rushed over, like a storm and clouds, and arrested Yujie and his party.

"Brave men, I have no grievances with you. Leave us alone! My brother is the king of Zhou! Yu Jie said boldly.

"Humph! You're the one who kills! Yuming and we have a deep hatred like the sea, many of my brothers died at the hands of the Liaodong Army, and today I just killed you to sacrifice the flag for my brother! Dou Jiande snorted heavily.

Yu Jie couldn't help but cry bitterly when he heard it, secretly wondering why he was so unlucky, seeing that he was about to reach the border of Hebei, but he met a group of Yuming's enemies.

He was a greedy person who was afraid of death, and he was immediately so frightened that he kowtowed like garlic and said, "Guys! Spare our lives! I'll give you all the money I have! ”

"Humph! It's just this amount of money, and it's inevitably less! Do you ask for food when we are? Several soldiers of the Hebei Army said angrily after taking a look at the pockets of Yu Jie and others.

Yu Jie didn't know how to answer with a bitter face, he was going to report the news, and he didn't move, how could he bring a lot of money with him?

"That's it! You can tell me honestly: why did you suddenly think of going to Yuming? Dou Jiande saw that these people were almost frightened, and Fang Shen said: "If I remember correctly, your emperor Yuhua should have raised troops in Jiangdu, right?" Why did he think of sending you to Hebei to find Yuming? Is it to let him continue to attack south? ”

Dou Jiande's news is relatively closed, and he has been fighting against the Liaodong Army in recent months, so he has no idea that the situation in the south has changed dramatically, and Yuhua and Daxu have long existed in name only.

"This ...... Daxu has already failed, and we are here to take refuge in Yuming. Yu Jie had no choice but to say honestly.

"Oh? Tell me what's going on? Tell me everything you know about the current situation in Jiangnan! What exactly is the problem with your U? Gao Shixing heard this and asked with interest.

"That's right! Answer honestly, don't play tricks with the old man! Otherwise, he will be your example! Dou Jiande raised the big knife at this time, swung it hard, and immediately cut off the head of a Yu family disciple standing beside him. The blood in the man's neck spurted wildly, splattering Yujie's body.

Yu Jie was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body, and nodded again and again: "Don't kill me!" I'll be honest! ”

After that, he said everything about the process after Yuhua and Yang Guang were killed and occupied Jiangdu like pouring rice into a bamboo tube.

Dou Jiande and Gao Shixing both frowned when they heard this, they never expected that the situation in the world was really unpredictable, they had killed Yang Guang before, overthrew the Yuhua of the Great Sui, and in the blink of an eye, they had decayed to such a state. There was no place to stay, so I had to take refuge with Er Yuming.

At this moment, Gao Shixing slapped his thigh and said with a happy face: "King Xia, there is a way!" With this news, Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang will look at us differently. And I had to treat us as guests! ”

"Oh? What is the clever plan of the high military division? Dou Jiande asked with a puzzled expression.

It was not that he had not been in contact with Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang before, but he personally visited these two righteous army leaders in Shandong. It's just that Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang saw that there were only more than 2,000 people around Dou Jiande, and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they really lacked combat effectiveness. However, Dou Jiande himself is a hero who crisscrosses Hebei, and he has defeated the Sui army many times, and his reputation is outstanding.

Therefore, the two were deeply afraid of luring the wolf into the house and causing the dove to occupy the magpie's nest, so they refused to accept them. But Gao Shixing actually said that there was a way to make Wang Bo and Xu Yuanlang take the initiative to accept it, which could not but surprise Dou Jiande.

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