Dou Jiande personally led an army of 100,000 soldiers, strategists and generals, starting from Xindu County, all the way north, along the way Wuyi, Lucheng, Xiabo, Fucheng, etc. all swept away, the Sui army in the city either abandoned the armor and surrendered, or fled in the wind, most of the county orders, government soldiers and generals also chose to escape, dare not fight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

These large and small Chengyi were occupied one after another, opened warehouses to release grain, and recruited new troops, so that the Hebei army expanded to 150,000 horses, and entered Hejian County in a mighty way.

Hejian County is located between Xindu County and Zhuo County, the governance is Hejian City, and several Chengyi in the south, such as Raoyang, Leshou, Wuwei, Jingcheng, Changlu, etc., have been conquered by the Hebei army.

The armor, horses, grain, and coins of the Hebei army have been supplied to a certain extent, and they have become strong and strong, mighty, murderous, and approaching Zhuojun.

Luo Yi and Xue Shixiong led 50,000 troops, from the north of Hejian County, waved their troops south, and accepted the soldiers, horses, and financial resources of Qingyuan, Zhengxian, Gaoyang, Boye and other counties in this county, so that the army expanded to 70,000 or 80,000 people, but compared with the Hebei army, it was still half of the difference.

After the two generals discussed, they decided to avoid its edge, and did not directly fight with Dou Jiande in Hejian County, but camped for hundreds of miles, held the Daqing River, and blocked the Hebei army from continuing to move north.

Wang Fubao and Fan Yuan led 30,000 vanguard troops to storm the Sui army on the other side of the canal, and suffered great losses in the landing, and the Sui army was repulsed by the Sui army with geographical advantages in three fierce attacks.

The turbulent river, from west to east, isolated between the two counties, the river bank was guarded by the Sui army, and many simple beacon towers were built, and in the event of a war, reinforcements would be immediately notified everywhere.

Every few miles, there are military camps stationed, company camps sixty or seventy miles, flags fluttering, and the sound of phalanx drills is constant.

Rangers and scouts are constantly patrolling, always beware of the Hebei army's sneak attack at night.

At present, Dou Jiande ordered the army to rush to build ships for the operation of crossing the river, and at the same time sent a lot of spies to reconnoiter the weak points of the riverbank defense line, where it is suitable for large-scale landing, the upstream and downstream of the river, and where there is a shallow water area, which can bypass the defense area and outflank the rear.

"Xue Shixiong and Luo Yi are the mainstays of the generals of the Sui Dynasty, and the famous military generals of the Sui Dynasty, such as Yang Su, Yu Qingze, Han Baohu, He Ruobi, and Yu Wenxin, are no longer there, Zhang Xutuo, Yang Yichen, Xue Shixiong, and Qu Tutong, who have passed the age of knowing the Mandate of Heaven, have all become the powerful generals of the Sui Imperial Court." Song Zhengben lamented that there were many military generals in the Sui Dynasty, and there were many famous generals, but now they have fallen apart, which shows that the military and national strength cannot reach the hearts of the people in the end.

Gao Yaxian said: "These two veterans, together, each responsible for the defense of a section of the canal, the transfer of troops is moderate, the military discipline is strict, not impatient or impatient, no matter how to scold, never go to the river to fight with us, but to wait for work, waiting for us to cross the river to attack, which is not good for our army." ”

"There have been several encounters, and the defense is impregnable, and it is really difficult to break!"

"If you can't break it, you have to attack, we have twice as many people as them, and there are always weaknesses in such a long defensive line."

Dou Jiande was dressed in military armor and was burly, standing on the high hill on the bank, staring at this river, with a solemn expression, after listening to a round of strategists, he said half-loudly: "I can't wait, Luo Cheng is not here, it means that he has personally led the troops to pacify the soldiers and horses of the Gao family in Liaoxi, once the Gao family is defeated, turn around, and continue to increase troops, our army will be more passive, so the general decided to send an elite team to the upper reaches of the river, land from the Zhuoxian area and then rush to the rear of the defense line, destroy the camp, beacon fire, when the time comes." , the army took the opportunity to cross the river, and it could overcome this line of defense and approach Zhuojun. ”

Song Zhengben proposed: "It is better to continue the attack every day, and everything is as usual, so that the Sui army will not notice." ”

"This matter should be handed over to the brave and good generals to do, after all, if you go deep into the enemy area, you should have the courage to sacrifice your life, except for Wang and Zhang, there are suitable candidates in the army?"

"General Dou, I think that the two little generals are the most suitable for this hundred-mile raid mission."

"Oh, who is it?"

Gao Yaxian recommended: "Su Dingfang and Cheng Mingzhen, who have recently made continuous contributions in the army, fought in the Sui army, attacked the city and the village, and were very brave, and Su Dingfang was born in the general's door, familiar with the art of war, superb martial arts, courageous and knowledgeable, suitable for this time to lead the army into the rear of the enemy camp." ”

Dou Jiande nodded, he had recently heard that these two famous young generals, who started from the team, and with their military exploits, they had become captains, and they both had the talent to lead the army.

"Okay, let's use these two." Dou Jiande agreed.

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Luo Zhaoyun took 20,000 elites, passed through Beiping County and Yuyang County, and returned to Zhuo County, without returning to Jicheng to meet his family, he rushed directly to the southern border of Zhuo County, bordering Hejian County.

He was still a little worried in his heart, after all, in history, Xue Shixiong's generation of famous generals was folded in Dou Jiande's hands, so Luo Zhaoyun was not very relieved.

Of course, in history, Luo Yi is just Dou Jiande's nemesis, entangled and fighting against each other for several years, and still does not distinguish between them, Dou Jiande has never taken Youzhou with his great military strength, and there is nothing he can do about Luo Yi.

Therefore, Xue Shixiong and Luo Yi, one negative and one positive, whether they can restrain Dou Jiande's army, Luo Zhaoyun is not easy to estimate.

Three days later, Luo Zhaoyun arrived at Shilipu, where the eldest grandson Wuji was located, and gathered into a ten-mile radius of poor people, where refugees from all walks of life migrated and built wooden squares and temporary shelters.

The eldest grandson Wuji governed the people in a good way, acted vigorously and resolutely, took care of the local area in an orderly manner, organized the people into households, undertook some tasks of building cities, and distributed some wages, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people, not pure relief, nor would it be an unlimited conscription and forced labor, so that refugees voluntarily joined the labor.

In addition, the eldest grandson Wuji applied to the Chamber of Commerce to open a wine shop and a weaving workshop here, so that both men and women can mobilize their labor to support themselves, work more and get more, and will not idle labor, and can also improve the quality of life of refugees, so that their social structure and economy can operate.

After Luo Zhaoyun arrived, he saw the orderly block planning in Tucheng, simple tents, wooden houses, fence yards, although simple, but the refugees had a new look, no longer ragged clothes, unkempt hair like beggars, but groomed, plain but neat, people's faces are no longer sad and yellow-skinned, full of vitality.

"The eldest grandson Wuji, he can leave a lot of fame in the history books, and he really has real talent and real learning!" Luo Zhaoyun feels that he may not be better than the other party in governing the people, and not everyone has that kind of talent and character.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Mai Zhongcai heard that General Luo was there to observe and inspect in person, and they all came over excitedly to meet.

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PS: There should be Mai Jicai in the two chapters of the previous and Mai Tiecane Rush, which is written as Mai Zhongcai, and Zhongcai has been with the eldest grandson Wuji on the refugee side.