Tiger prison Kandong thirty miles Banzhu, Dou Jiande Xia army camp.

At this time, Dou Jiande was wearing a crown of heaven and an ochre yellow robe, and he was furious in the big tent, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desk were all pushed down by him, fell to the ground and shattered, only to hear him angrily say, "Rice bucket!" It's a fucking rice bucket! What the hell are you all eating! No one reminded me that Li Shimin would send someone to cross the Yellow River north to cut off my grain route! And that Zhang Qingte is also a fucking rice bucket! Don't you always brag to me about how skilled you are in martial arts, brave and invincible! I entrust him with the responsibility of escorting military rations! Thousands of people and horses escorting grain and grass will be defeated by Wang Junkuo's 1,000 people, all of them are fucking rice buckets! ”

All the civil and military forces were trembling and lined up on both sides, not daring to answer, and secretly said in their hearts that this strategy of relying on the Yellow River and relying on boats to transport grain and grass back and forth, but also to ensure that the logistics are worry-free, is also determined by you personally. Who would have known that Li Shimin was cunning and abnormal, and sent people to cross the Yellow River north to harass the rear. That Zhang Qingte is indeed a rice bucket, several times the strength can't protect the grain and grass, and he deserves to be captured by Wang Junkuo!

Dou Jiande was angry for a while, and most of his anger disappeared, looking at the group of military generals below, his heart said that at this time, he still had to rely on them after all, and it was not good to be too much.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he had no choice but to say, "Although the grain route has been cut off and cannot be transported temporarily, this is nothing!" Our army's food stock is still enough for the army to consume for ten days! However, this is not a long-term solution, what can you do to break the enemy? ”

All the civil and military officers below were scolded by him, but they were all silent, unwilling to touch their moldy heads. Only the sacrificial wine Ling Jing came out of the class and said: "It has become a stalemate before the Tiger Prison Pass, and the king might as well send all his troops and horses to cross the Yellow River north and capture Litang Huaizhou, Heyang and other places." Then the faction crossed the Taihang Mountain, entered the Shangdang, slightly Fenzhou, Jinzhou, and went to Pujin. Then contact the Turks to attack Guanzhong. In this way, you can kill three birds with one stone, one of which Li Tang is empty here, the remaining troops are insufficient, and the victory can be said to be foolproof, and the second is to expand the territory, you can call up soldiers and horses, and the country is stronger, and the third nest is captured, and Li Tang in Guanzhong will be shocked, and the siege of Luoyang of Zheng Guo will be lifted. For the sake of today, there is nothing more appropriate. ”

Hearing this, Dou Jiande thought for a moment and said, "This is reasonable!" "At the moment, I was ready to act according to Ling Jing's strategy. Arrange men and horses to prepare to cross the Yellow River north and attack Li Tang's rear.

At this time, the order had not yet been conveyed, and the following people came to report, and King Zheng Shichong sent a secret envoy to ask for a meeting.

It turned out that Wang Shichong was sitting in the city of sorrow, and when he saw that Li Tang's army was besieging but not attacking, the grain and grass in the city had already been eaten. Dou Jiande went south and stopped in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, how could he not be anxious, and hurriedly sent his henchman Wang Wan, the eldest grandson An Shi to lead the team, escorted by three hundred elite soldiers, broke through overnight, and went to Dou Jiande for help.

Li Tang's army besieged but did not attack, and stability was the top. The two of them didn't bother much to break out of the encirclement and rushed to Dou Jiande's camp non-stop.

When he saw Dou Jiande, he burst into tears and cried, "King! Luoyang City is in danger! The grain and grass in the city have been exhausted, I am afraid that I can't hold on for too long, and under the cold lips and teeth, it is difficult to guarantee that you and I will be broken by Li Tang one by one! My lord begs the king to send troops to save him quickly! ”

Dou Jiande sent troops to rescue him this time, but he was not at ease, not to mention that he was about to adopt Ling Jing's advice at this time, let alone send troops.

However, he is very deep in the city, so it is not good to refuse in person, so he persuaded the two of them with kind words, and said, "Your envoy broke through and was physically and mentally exhausted, go down first to rest, I have my own plan for this matter, and I will discuss it later!" ”

Wang Wan and the eldest grandson An Shi saw that the old god Dou Jiande was there, and they didn't seem to be going to send troops, so they had no choice but to retreat and rest.

The two returned to the resting place, and Wang Wan lowered his voice and said, "It seems that it is really as King Zheng expected, then King Xia seems to have other plans, it seems that he wants to send troops as promised, it is difficult!" ”

The eldest grandson, An Shi, nodded in approval: "Not bad! Luoyang is out of ammunition, you and I are the king, we must find a way to convince King Xia! ”

Wang Wan replied, "Then according to the king's orders, you and I will act separately and buy Dou Jiande's henchmen and generals with a lot of money." Make it for my use, and be sure to persuade King Xia to send troops. ”

At that moment, the two acted according to the plan overnight, and privately visited the heavy generals of Xia Guo one by one.

That Wang Shichong occupied the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and the royal secrets accumulated by the Great Sui for decades were all obtained by him, and there were countless treasures among them.

Wang Shichong could see it openly, and knew that once Luoyang City was broken, these treasures would not be able to be kept. This time, it was a bloody investment, and the priceless treasures were secretly sent to the generals of the Xia Kingdom through Wang Wan and the eldest grandson An Shi. The wealth is moving, but in just one night, Dou Jiande's generals were all bribed, and he swore to pat his chest and promise to persuade King Xia to send troops to rescue.

On the second day, Dou Jiande convened the civil and military forces to discuss how to send away Wang Shichong's secret envoy. Those Xia generals received benefits, so they naturally wanted to speak for Wang Shichong. As soon as the wind changed, he persuaded Dou Jiande to send troops.

I only heard a rough-looking, tall and strong military general come out of the class and say, "King, in my opinion, Ling Jing's words are just a scholar's foolish opinion!" How does this lead troops to fight, he is a weak scholar who has no power to restrain chickens, and he knows a fart! Our 100,000 troops came from afar, spent countless grains, grasses and military funds, and didn't even catch a single hair, so isn't that a loss-making deal? What's more, the king is also well aware of military affairs, and 100,000 soldiers and horses are marching south, but they don't dare to fight to the death with Li Tang, but they want to turn around and retreat, what does this make his brothers think? And what a blow to morale? There is a cloud in the art of war, and the anger can be puffed up but not discharged, if you vent this strength, you want to gather, but it will be difficult! ”

This person is Dou Jiande's confidant general, called Wang Cong. He has been following him since his beginnings, and he is now the number one general of the Xia army since the execution of the general Wang Fubao. After Wang Cong finished speaking, there was a voice of echo below, "Yes, General Wang is right, Ling Jing, that scholar knows a bird?" ”

"Rotten Confucians, who can only talk on paper, we have an army of 100,000, why do we retreat without a fight? As long as the king gives an order, what bullshit and tiger prison will be flattened a long time ago. ”

"Damn, when Lao Tzu was the king of the mountain, he knew the truth that no profit can not be early, so many people and horses spent countless people to come south, morale is booming, and all of his brothers are looking forward to meritorious service and reward! But you said you wouldn't fight? When is it a child's play? As soon as the upper and lower mouths touch, they will withdraw from the army, and they will turn their heads when they say they will turn their heads? ”

The words of this group of generals were just saying that in Dou Jiande's heart, he came this time, but he was not a peacemaker, an army of 100,000, people eat horses and chew, and they spend countless money and food a day. This time, Dou Jiande originally wanted to wait for Tang Zheng to lose both and then jump out to pick peaches.

Instigated by this class of generals, Dou Jiande's mind became lively again, and Ling Jing's strategy before was completely overturned by him, he waved his hand to stop the generals below, and said, "Now the morale of the brothers is strong, and everyone is looking forward to fighting and making meritorious contributions, this is the will of heaven that cannot be violated!" Take this opportunity to fight to the death with that Li Shimin child, you will definitely be able to win a big victory, and the generals will obey the order! ”

Ling Jing was in a hurry when he heard this, so he had to go out to refute it. Unexpectedly, Dou Jiande had already made plans, and said, "Ling Sacrifice Wine doesn't need to say much, I have made up my mind!" Wang Shichong is now in a critical situation, and the destruction of the country and the extinction of the species is only in the moment, if I abandon him at this time, I am afraid of the enemy and treacherous! Aren't you willing to follow me in the first place to overthrow the Sui Dynasty precisely because you admired me for keeping my promises and valuing righteousness? How can you forget your heart! With that, with a wave of his hand, Ling Jing was put out.

After making up his mind, Dou Jiande began to dispatch troops, and prepared to fight Li Shimin soon.

As soon as the generals' orders dispersed, Dou Jiande's wife, Cao, hurriedly walked in. She married Dou Jiande, and the relationship was naturally deep, and he also respected the Cao family.

Dou Jiande has good self-control, he is not greedy for money or lustful, and he wants to do great things. Whenever an opponent is defeated in a siege, he will not take any of the money he obtains, and he will reward all the generals. He also has a simple style, does not eat meat, and his three meals are just vegetables and peeled corn. His wife, Cao, did not wear silk clothes, and there were only a dozen wives and maids.

Na Ling Jing saw that he had tried to persuade Dou Jiande several times to no avail, and knew that the relationship between the king and the queen was extraordinary, so he came to the queen to persuade him, and told the Cao family about the situation.

"My lord, I heard the report of the sacrificial wine Ling, so I hurried to look for you. How can national affairs still take into account the righteousness of brothers? At present, as long as the king takes advantage of the emptiness of the Tang State from Fukou, and gradually captures Shanbei, Dai, Fen, Jin and other places, and can use the Turkic army to plunder Guanzhong to the west, the Tang army will inevitably return to the division to save itself, and do you still have to worry about the siege of Zheng's eastern capital? If you stand still here, you will lose your morale and consume your financial resources, and if you want to succeed, you will have no hope!" Cao Shi first saluted Dou Jiande, and then said straight to the point.

Dou Jiande frowned when he heard this, this wife doesn't pay much attention to military affairs on weekdays, but just eats fasting and recites Buddha. What's going on today? His face sank, and he said unhappily, "What important military affairs do you know as a woman?" Follow the blind mixing! Say no more! After that, he ignored Cao Shi and walked away.

In fact, at this time, Dou Jiande also knew that he was suffering and had to continue fighting. When he first set up troops to go south to rescue, he originally came with the idea that the snipe and the clam would compete and the fisherman would benefit. Another one, as I said before, if he failed to make a meritorious service, and supported 100,000 troops to avoid fighting with Li Tang, then it would inevitably make his subordinates feel that the commander was cowardly and cowardly, and how huge would the blow to the morale of the army?

If you move to Jinfen and other places, although you can get the territory and continue to recruit troops and horses, you are just recruiting a group of farmers who can only farm the land.

Although Guanzhong was shaken at that time, Zheng Guozhi's danger was solved, but how could Li Tang give up? Once he returns to the division, he Dou Jiande can fight the city, but he may not be able to defend it. At that time, countless grains and grass will be wasted, and in the end, the bamboo basket will be empty.

His Xia Kingdom seems to have tens of thousands of soldiers, which is unstoppable, but there are many factions in the mountains in the country, at this time, taking advantage of the prestige of Meng Haigong, he can still have enough prestige to suppress it, and his morale can still be used.

After making up his mind, Dou Jiande personally urged his generals to step up the drill every day, and at this time, the morale of the Xia army was high, and everyone was holding back a good battle to be rewarded. Dou Jiande saw that the army's heart was available, and when the 100,000 army was overwhelmed by Mount Tai, Li Shimin was just a mantis arm as a car, and he was even more complacent.

Suddenly, on this day, Tanma reported that "the Tang army ran out of forage and released horses north of the Yellow River." ”

Dou Jiande was overjoyed, looked up to the sky and laughed, and said to the next group of generals, "Hahaha!" A godsend! I'm worried that Li Shimin's child will not come out of the turtle shell in the tiger prison! Come on, give me the drum to gather the generals, order the three armies, tomorrow the three watches, and the five watches to pull out the camp! The whole army attacked and went straight to the Tiger Prison Pass! Be sure to hit the ground running! ”