A few days later, Su Dingfang took the remnants of the army back to the Hebei Army camp, which aroused the sympathy of the officers and men in the army, and they had opinions on Su Dingfang, a young general. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After all, it was he who failed in his sneak attack and was not steady enough, so he induced the main army to attack, fell into an ambush by the enemy, and suffered a crushing defeat.

Some military attachés unleashed rumors behind their backs, spread rumors, pointed the finger at him for this defeat, and deliberately smeared him.

There are different factions in this, such as Dou Xinglie, he is Dou Jiande's righteous son, it stands to reason that in the future, Dou Jiande will be the king, he is likely to be the prince, the heir to the throne, but Dou Hongxian loves Su Dingfang, if the two are combined, Su Dingfang will become Dou Jiande's son-in-law in the future, which is overly complicated by power.

Because Su Dingfang is young and handsome, once he marries Dou Hongxian and gives birth to a baby boy and changes his surname to Dou, then Su Dingfang and his children may inherit all the power of Dou Jiande.

This is Dou Xinglie's careful thinking, his own strength is not enough, he does not want to forge ahead, he never thinks of relying on his own ability to break out of the world, but he always thinks about inheriting the power of his father-in-law, and hates anyone who can prevent him from gaining supreme power, jealousy and stinginess, and suffers from gains and losses.

Some other generals didn't want to see the rookie generals and overpower them, so they also added fuel to the fire in the army, causing the sergeants to talk about it for the past few days, feeling that Su Dingfang was in vain and was not qualified to be a general.

"Fixed!" When Dou Hongxian learned that he returned to the camp alive, he almost cried and ran over to meet him.

"Red Line, don't worry, I'm back."

In front of everyone, Dou Hongxian was shy and restrained, did not jump directly into his arms, stood in front of him, and found that he was embarrassed, his left arm was still bandaged, but there was no serious injury, so he put his mind at ease.

"Dingfang, what is going on, why did this sneak attack fail?"

"Hey, don't mention it, we were originally very smooth, and when we were about to arrive at the Sui army camp, we were ambushed by Luo Cheng's troops, and he seemed to have expected that we would come to a sneak attack, so he planned to plan and staged a scene of being attacked in the rear of the Sui army camp, which made General Zhang on the river bank mistakenly think that we succeeded in a sneak attack, so he also fell into a trap!"

After hearing this, Dou Hongxian was secretly surprised that Luo Guoran appeared, which was by no means good news for the Hebei Army.

However, when she learned of this defeat, she was excusable and relieved, and she was also worried that she had seen the wrong person, and it was really like the rumors of those who chewed the root of their tongues behind their backs.

"It's good that you can come back safely, let's go, let's go see my father immediately and tell the truth about the matter, so that everyone can solve their doubts, otherwise, you will be determined by this black cauldron." Dou Hongxian was in a better mood, took his hand, and went directly to the main camp's handsome tent.

Entering the big tent, Su Dingfang truthfully told Dou Jiande about the attack, which dispelled Dou Jiande's doubts, nodded slightly, and felt that he was still useful, this matter, everyone would suffer a big loss, after all, he had a heart to calculate whether he had a heart or not, and Luo Cheng personally led the troops to ambush him, even if he had the ability to break out of the encirclement.

Dou Jiande convened a gathering meeting again, and asked Su Dingfang to tell it in detail in front of the generals, and many strategists and generals knew that they had missed him, but there were still people with hostility.

"Generals, is there any other way to deal with the Sui army on the north bank?" Dou Jiande asked.

No one answered, all of them were silent, even tiger generals like Wang Fubao had nothing to do with the Sui army's defense line, not to mention that there was a Luo Cheng behind him who was dispatching and commanding, strategizing.

Song Zhengben said at this moment: "General Dou, I think that we should think in the long run, not in this fierce attack, the fierce battle continues, Luo Cheng suddenly appeared, it means that he has pacified the Gao clan in Liaoxi in the short term, and then led the troops south, rough estimates, the Sui army on the other side, I am afraid that there are no less than eighty or ninety thousand people, plus the new soldiers continue to recruit from the four counties, and our soldiers and horses are similar, if I still feel that the strength of the army can be forcefully attacked, and after our army is exhausted and the number of people has plummeted, It is likely that Luo Cheng led the army to counterattack the Hebei Army, so it is time for us to change our strategy. ”

Ling Jing frowned, and said on the side: "I also agree with Song Changshi's suggestion, we can't consume military strength anymore, if the Liaoxi Gao clan is destroyed, if we lose our allies, it will be no longer enough to destroy the Luo family army in the north, and if we continue to fight like this, we will be greatly injured and miss the great opportunity to dominate the world." ”

All the soldiers nodded one after another, and they didn't want to continue to fight with the Sui army, not to mention that the god of war Luo Cheng appeared again, and they all had no bottom in their hearts.

Dou Jiande saw that everyone was already psychologically cowardly before fighting, and he also knew that he could no longer fight hard with Luo Cheng's army, so he sighed and asked: "Do we want to stop the Northern Expedition, turn back the original way, and end in failure?" ”

Song Zhengben shook his head and said: "Of course not, there is a plan under the plan, which can turn passive into active." ”

When Dou Jiande heard this, he showed a look of anticipation and asked, "What is Song Changshi's plan, tell me quickly." ”

Song Zhengben coughed dryly, moistened his throat, and said, "This plan is called driving wolves and chasing tigers!" ”

Everyone was stunned, they were a little puzzled, in the art of war, there was a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, using one side to balance or solve the other, in order to protect themselves, Xun Yu's strategy during the Three Kingdoms period, provoked the struggle between Liu Bei and Yuan Shao, resulting in an empty state in Xuzhou, so that Lu Bu saw that Xuzhou was empty, and would take advantage of the emptiness to seize Xuzhou, drive Lu Bu and swallow Liu Bei.

"Hehe, Song Changshi, are you mistaken, that's called a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, right?" Some people made fun of it, and everyone laughed.

Dou Jiande knew that Song Zhengben had read the scriptures and history books a lot, and he would definitely not be mistaken, so he waved his hand to stop everyone's ridicule and let Song Zhengben continue.

Song Zhengben had a mocking look on his face, and he didn't care about these big bosses, and said: "This is from that plan, pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, but I temporarily thought that if Luo Cheng is compared to a jackal, then General Dou is a tiger, the king of beasts, my strategy, is that we stop attacking the Daqing River defense line, and do not continue to fight with the Sui army, but strengthen the river embankment, and also learn from the Sui army on the other side, establish a river beach defense line, layer by layer, no longer the Northern Expedition, concentrate on the management of Hejian, Xindu, Shanggu and other surrounding six or seven counties, Make the momentum bigger and bigger, send people to Jiangdu and Luoyang to spread the news, when the time comes, Yang Yu, the king of Yue, and Yang Guang, the faint king, will definitely be impatient, and will issue an order to let Luo Cheng take the initiative to fight to pacify us, at that time, we will be transferred to the identity of the Sui army on the other side, and they will attack us, and our army will wait for work, occupy the defense line of the river beach, and also consume the Sui army on the north bank, this plan is to drive the wolf and chase the tiger! ”

After hearing this, everyone was all taken aback, and felt the insidiousness of the strategist, so to speak, turning their hands into clouds and turning their hands into rain, and turning the situation around in an instant.

No one laughs at him anymore for not knowing the words 'drive the tiger and devour the wolf', obviously, this is a brand-new strategy, on the basis of the old strategy of the Three Kingdoms, it is revised, and Luo Cheng is compared to a jackal, and Dou Jiande is compared to a tiger, which is very in line with the psychology of everyone, if it is transferred, it will be reversed, and most people are embarrassed by the rude just now.

Cao Zhanya, who was the first to make fun of Ji Ce's name, stood up and saluted Song Zhengben with a sincere face, expressing his apology and ignorance, which was enough to give Song Zhengben face.

After Dou Jiande pondered carefully, he smiled: "This plan is very good, not only can it reduce the loss of our army, but also wait for Luo Cheng to lead the Sui army to attack, so that they can often cross the river and fight." ”

Song Zhengben continued: "This plan also has the advantage of being able to completely blockade the four border counties, isolate the Luo family's army, and cannot connect with the Central Plains. ”

Dou Jiande's eyes lit up, and he agreed to this suggestion, and at the same time decided that the Hebei Army would be stationed in Hejian County, make every effort to develop the vast land north of the Yellow River, stabilize the territory and strength, and not fight Luo Cheng for the time being.