In the following days, the border war was in full swing as Xie Fenghua thought.

The eyes of all the kings and ministers of the two countries were fixed on this war.

The new emperor of the Liang Dynasty ascended the throne, and the eldest princess and the important ministers of the court captured the rebels, and the situation in the court was controlled in a short time. And this time Yuan Mindong's escape, after the change of power in the Northern Underworld Court, still caused a lot of turmoil, and even tomorrow Xiang personally found the Zhenguo Mansion and tried to arrest Gan Tiansheng.

However, the Zhenguo Mansion was bent on protecting Gan Tiansheng, even in the face of tomorrow Xiang's strong suppression, he still did not retreat half a step. This incident caused an uproar in the Northern Underworld Dynasty, coupled with the prestige of Zhenguo Gong in the court, even though Tomorrow Xiang was resentful in his heart, he was helpless.

On the seventh day of February, it is the season when the snow and ice melt.

Yuan Mindong, escorted by his entourage, rushed to the army led by the father and son of the Dou family.

At this moment, the father and son of the Dou family sat in the tent of the Chinese army, looking at the map in front of them. After a short silence, Dou Shiqian wrinkled his eyebrows and said, "The Marquis of Dingyuan has just sent news, so we must stumble on the pace of Tang Mengqian's army. Son, what do you think this time? ”

Dou Changke was also worried, his fingers swept over the plains and rivers on the map little by little, and then stopped on a city. He was silent for a moment before he said, "Father, if you want to stumble Tang Mengqian, it is tantamount to leaving everything behind to chase the army ahead. This is extremely disadvantageous for us. ”

"Why don't you understand as a father?"

Dou Shiqian is also a famous general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and naturally knows how much impact this move will have.

In the past few days, all kinds of "deeds" on the way of Tang Mengqian's army have also reached their ears. It can also be seen from this that the purpose of this person is to cooperate with the Northern Ming army to flank Dingyuan Hou and others. Even if they catch up, the other party may not pay attention to them.

But such a move is greatly detrimental to them.

Not to mention that it is very likely to disrupt the rhythm of the march, if it is impossible to win a battle after a long time, it is very likely to cause psychological irritability or discomfort to the soldiers. In the event of a tougher enemy, they are not afraid to guarantee that their morale will not be affected.

Dou Shiqian suddenly thought of something, slapped his thigh suddenly, and said irritably: "My father suddenly thought of something, and my heart became more and more uneasy. You say, Tang Mengqian doesn't know our plans? How can they obediently allow us to pose a threat? ”

"Father, you mean, they might have a trick?" Dou Changke's face changed, he stood up sharply, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and there was a bit of obvious murderous aura on his face.

As soon as he thought of this possibility, his heroic eyebrows and eyes were immediately enveloped in gloom, and he hurriedly said: "If Tang Mengqian really does this, then we must be extra careful during the march." As far as we know, Tang Mengqian abandoned the four cities of Jin Luolin Jing, and there should be no troops after us, so there is no situation where the enemy is on his back. ”

Dou Shiqian also thought of this, and immediately answered, "If you want to stop us, either divide a part of your forces and wait for us to catch up, or intercept from the left and right and cut off our way forward." For now, the latter is more likely. ”

Before the words fell, the father and son glanced at each other, and they both saw the difficulty of this matter in each other's eyes.

Since Tang Mengqian was unwilling to divide his forces to stop them, he was bound to get support from the side. Who else can do that now?

Dou Changke scratched his head irritably, secretly thinking that if the boss was still there, he would not fall into such a situation of ignorance. It's a shame that he didn't learn the boss's skills before, and he can't even do anything about this little thing at the moment, which is really embarrassing.

Just thinking like this, Du Chengyuan's voice suddenly came from the door, the father and son glanced at each other, but the next moment they heard Dou Shiqian's response, and Du Chengyuan's figure appeared at the tent door.

"What's wrong with Cheng Shilang?" Dou Changke asked straight to the point.

Du Chengyuan's expression was indifferent, as if the-for-tat confrontation with them that night did not exist.

Hearing this ill-meaning question at this moment, there was no discoloration on his face, and he just arched his hand and said, "I'm here just to ask, is there anything that needs help?" ”

Xu was aware of the doubts of the two of them, and he explained: "No matter what, I am also the emperor's order. At this time, any grievances and entanglements must be put aside. As far as I know, Tang Mengqian has already left us some distance behind, and if we rush to catch up, it will be a great blow to morale. ”

When Dou Shiqian heard this, he temporarily abandoned those prejudices and asked, "What is Cheng Shilang's high opinion?" ”

"I don't dare to do it." Du Chengyuan curled the corners of his lips and said unhurriedly, "What Lord Dou is worried about is that someone intercepts him halfway and stumbles on the footsteps of the army. If my expectations are correct, if the other party really wants to do this, there is a chance that they will sneak up from the left and right, intending to catch us off guard. ”

As soon as the words fell, Dou Shiqian hurriedly nodded, "My father and son also guessed this." It's just that for a while, I haven't found a solution. Cheng Shilang is very intelligent, since he said so, he must have a way to deal with it? ”

How did Rao is Dou Changke not treat this hypocritical person, as soon as he heard that he had a way, he couldn't care about those grievances, and hurriedly said: "Tell me, what can you do to let us catch up unhindered?" ”

Du Chengyuan gave them a big salute and said solemnly: "If the two of you can trust me, I am willing to take someone to intercept these sneak attackers who suddenly appeared." And you only need to stare at Tang Mengqian, and don't worry about anything else. ”

When it comes to life and death, the father and son have also become extremely cautious, and they didn't even respond immediately.

And Du Chengyuan was not in a hurry, standing quietly, waiting for their decision.

After a while, Dou Shiqian clenched his fists, had already made a decision, and replied: "Since Cheng Shilang has this determination, then this matter will be handed over to you." I'm going to put things in order right now and allocate some of my forces to you. ”

"Wait," Dou Changke opened his mouth to stop, "Father, we don't know where the other party is sneaking up on and stopping it yet, can Cheng Shilang do this alone?" ”

Dou Shiqian turned to look at Du Chengyuan, obviously having this doubt.

Unexpectedly, Du Chengyuan seemed to have thought of this problem a long time ago, and immediately replied: "The two of you don't know, before I left Tianjing, I brought out all the secret guards. Moreover, before I came here, I had also looked at the map, and the only places where I could encounter an ambush along the way were two canyons. As long as the secret guards are arranged separately, it is not difficult to grasp the whereabouts of the other party. ”

Seeing that he had a countermeasure, Dou Shiqian and the others also put their minds at ease and hurriedly arranged the next things.

A quarter of an hour later, under the leadership of Dou Shiqian, the army hurried overnight. And Du Chengyuan led the elite troops in the army to guard the advancing army with a cold attitude.

As Du Chengyuan guessed, the army drove thirty miles overnight, and the scout officer did detect the ambush. It had been said before that these people would be solved by Du Chengyuan, and the father and son of the Dou family did not make adjustments to the army, and still hurried forward.

Unexpectedly, Du Chengyuan took the elite soldiers and horses to meet the attack for a while, and actually fled in disgrace!

Du Chengyuan fled from the battle!

When this news reached the ears of the Dou family's father and son, it was tantamount to a thunderbolt in the night! Before they could fully prepare for the response, the enemy had already outflanked them from the left and right, and cut off the front and rear roads with lightning speed.

For a time, the father and son of the Dou family were trapped in the nearby city!

Looking down from the castle tower, the enemy army is fierce, but the number is more than expected.

Dou Shiqian looked at the four city gates, and a thought suddenly came into his mind, and the whole person was like an ice cellar.

"Father, these people ...... What are these people going to do? Dou Changke remembered the current situation of being embattled, but his face was unprecedentedly pale.

There was a thought in his head, but subconsciously he didn't dare to believe it.

But Dou Shiqian's words instantly broke his luck psychology!

"These people, this is to kill us in the city!"