Yecheng.

Hebei pacification envoy yamen backyard, pacification envoy Li Jing's family has been living here since he took office, and there is no other mansion??。

On this day, the family who fetched water suddenly found that flowers like lotus flowers had grown on the wall of the well, and on the water surface of the well, dragon shadows appeared from time to time, and after a while, they turned into war horses in armor and soldiers with weapons.

After a while, the god-man who was several feet high rose out of the well, and the shadow of the god-man was four or five feet long.

The servant's frightened bucket fell to the ground, and it was only after all the strange images had dissipated that he regained some strength to get up. He ran to report to the housekeeper in a panic, and the housekeeper was busy reporting to Li Jing.

The butler said worriedly, "According to legend, this is an unlucky thing, and it is here to eat human blood. ”

Li Jing did not believe this nonsense, and even thought that it was a lie made up by the servant, so he rebuked the steward and sent someone to whip the servant.

A few days later, an envoy came from Taiyuan.

It is said that he came with a letter from the emperor himself.

Li Jing opened the letter, and the beginning of the letter was the four words General Li, which was the emperor's handwriting. In the past, every time he faced the saint, the emperor always called him General Li and never called him by his name, in order to show special honor.

The emperor said to Li Jing in the letter, some people say that you are Luo Cheng's teacher, so you rebelled with Luo Cheng, but I do not doubt your loyalty, and some people say that they want to transfer you away, just in case. But I still believe in you, and continue to appoint you as the pacification envoy of Hebei Province.

The emperor also said that the current situation is turbulent, and he is far away in Jiangnan and cannot return to the capital for a while, so he specially granted Li Jingcheng the privilege of worshipping the seal and acting cheaply, and also gave him Shang Fangjian, which can behead all the civil and military generals under the pacification envoy, and allow him to recruit soldiers and horses, unlimited soldiers, and all the counties of Hebei Province and the soldiers and county soldiers of the military government and all places, all of which are transferred by him moderation.

"I am waiting for the good news of General Li to quell the bandit rebellion in Jiangdu!"

Seeing this letter, Li Jing sighed.

"If only Your Majesty could have sensed the situation in the world earlier, it wouldn't be like this."

"The emperor trusts me so much, I can only be loyal to the king with my life."

Li Jing summoned the generals, handed over the emperor's handwritten letter to everyone, and took out the Shang Fang sword sent by Xiao Yu, indicating his determination to continue to fight for thieves and restore peace in Hebei.

"Before, although our Hebei officers and soldiers killed dozens of bandit armies such as Yang Zhongxu one after another, the rebels still sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, killing endlessly, and prohibiting them endlessly. Now on the ground in Hebei, there are three powerful rebel armies, namely Dou Jiande, who occupies the south of Hebei and calls himself King Xia, Lu Mingyue, who occupies the central part of Hebei, who claims to be the supreme king, and Wang Xuba, who claims to be the king of Mantian, occupies the eastern foot of the northern part of Taihang Mountain. ”

"We don't care about anything else, just focus on managing our part, exterminate the rebels, and re-secure the people." Li Jing decided to destroy Dou Jiande first, recapture Liyangcang, and at the same time relieve some pressure on Wang Shichong's army in Luoyang.

Fortunately, Hebei has always been rich, and during the Eastern Expedition, a large amount of grain, grass, money, silk and equipment were also transferred and stored here, and now Li Jing decided to take out all these money, silk, grain and grass, and recruit young and strong soldiers from among the displaced people, and then at the same time settle their families down, provide disaster relief and give food, and draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle to avoid the rebels from constantly coercing the people.

Li Jing put grain to recruit troops in Yecheng, Fuyang and other places, and there were many applicants for a while.

In a short period of time, Li Jing recruited tens of thousands of young people.

So they formed a team and gave weapons and clothing.

Early October.

Li Jing's new army was still in training, but Dou Jiande, who occupied Liyangcang in Ji County, south of Yecheng in Wei County, couldn't sit still, and he was very afraid when he saw Li Jing training his troops and horses like this.

Decide to strike first.

Dou Jiande sent his general Liu Heimin to lead 5,000 elites along the canal to attack the eastern city of Wei County, Huanshui, and sent the general Wang Fubao to attack Wu'an County in the north of Wei County, and he personally led his troops and horses to attack Yaocheng in the south of Wei County.

Li Jing decided to break each one, and he sent his generals to lead most of them south, pretending to find Dou Jiande for a decisive battle, but in fact, he personally led 3,000 elite soldiers and horses to rescue Huanshui.

"Outnumbered, if I go out of battle today, I will be defeated in a hundred battles, and I should take it by calculation. Ordered to 2,000 men and horses to play more banners, bluff in front of the water to block the water back city and lure it, I look at the enemy's situation, will light the enemy to attack, when he crosses the water, with a thousand fine horsemen lying on the side of the city, wait for it to cross the half and attack it, will break the thief. ”

He divided his three thousand men into two divisions, and his two thousand infantry lined up on the other side of the river, and he hid behind the city with a thousand fine horsemen.

Liu Heimin really underestimated the enemy, led troops to cross the water to attack, and when they crossed the river halfway, Li Jing led a thousand elite cavalry to kill, and Liu Heimin's army was defeated.

After defeating Liu Heimin's army and relieving the siege of Huanshui, Li Jing immediately led his troops south and caught up with the large army that was deliberately marching slowly.

A few days later.

Li Jing and Dou Jiande fought a decisive battle in the north of Yaocheng.

Dou Jiande's Xia army was arrayed for more than ten miles, with strong soldiers and horses, with more than 50,000 people.

And Li Jing only had more than 20,000 men and horses, forming a one-way formation along the river embankment to resist the Xia army. At the time of the strong wind, Dou Jiande attacked by the wind, most of Li Jingjun were recruits, at this time the wind was prominent, and he couldn't see it for a while, and the result was attacked by Dou Jiande's army, and the Hebei official army was defeated, and countless soldiers and horses were damaged.

Li Jing had to retreat, Dou Jiande took the opportunity to chase fiercely, but after chasing for more than ten miles, the wind direction changed abruptly, and the sand and rocks flew for a while, and the pursuing Xia army couldn't open his eyes.

Li Jing was overjoyed when he saw this, so he boosted his morale, and took the lead in the soldiers to kill Dou Jiande's army, the Xia army was a big enemy, and in the chaos, Li Jing let people shout that Dou Jiande had been captured, so the Xia army believed it and was defeated.

This time it was the turn of the official army to chase and kill more than ten miles and kill more than 10,000 Xia troops.

Dou Jiande was defeated.

The defeated retreated to Tangyin City, south of Yaocheng, and stationed there, gathered the defeated troops, 50,000 horses, and lost 30,000. In addition to being beheaded by more than 1,000 people, nearly 10,000 people were chased and beheaded during the rout, and no less than 10,000 people were captured, and then about 10,000 people saw the defeat and fled directly.

Since the beginning of the army, Dou Jiande has worked hard, from the initial more than 100 brothers, to now has no less than 100,000 people, occupying several counties in southern Hebei, and has never suffered such a defeat.

I couldn't help but feel disheartened for a while.

"I didn't expect Li Jing to be so powerful, he lost first and then won, and he deserved to be Luo Cheng's teacher. Otherwise, we'll just do it! Dou Jiande also received a letter of surrender from Luo Cheng earlier, and Luo Cheng promised Dou Jiande to lead his troops to join the imperial court, and please make him the Marquis of Hejian and the Taishou of Qinghe County.

"My lord, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, but how can you surrender once you lose. Our brothers, why bother to join the Sui army, we once swore that we would not be Sui officials or Sui generals in this life! The brothers persuaded.

"King, if we don't go back to Yaocheng tonight, today's defeat is just because the wind is unfavorable, I think that Li Jingbu is mostly recruits, if it is a night attack, it will definitely be chaotic."

Dou Jiande hesitated again and again, and finally decided to take a desperate risk.

"Okay, let's fight again, if we lose again, we will withdraw to Douzigang, if it really doesn't work, we will go to Luocheng!"

That night, Dou Jiande led his troops to quietly kill Yaocheng.

As a result, Li Jing had already defended, deliberately let Dou Jiande get close first, and then ambushed the troops in all directions, and the killed Dou Jiande army was defeated and fled, Li Jing led his troops to pursue again with victory, killing thousands along the way.

At this time, the sky suddenly became foggy, and the white fog was vast, and I couldn't see my fingers.

Dou Jiande and the others were fleeing in defeat, so when they saw this, they simply gritted their teeth and killed them back.

For a time, the two armies did not recognize each other, and could only fight and slash indiscriminately, as a result, Dou Jiande's army was doing a battle of trapped beasts, and those who were chased had nowhere to escape.

After a short battle, many recruits began to flee in a panic, and as a result, they trampled on each other, but Dou Jian's German army turned defeat into victory.

In the melee, Li Jing was stabbed by the rebel spear in the fog, although he was rescued by his own soldiers and fled back to Yaocheng, but when he returned to the city, he died that morning.

As soon as Li Jing died, Dou Jiande killed Yaocheng again, and most of the officers and troops were scattered, so no one could stop them, and the city opened the door and surrendered.

Dou Jiande asked people to collect Li Jing's corpse, bury it ceremoniously, and then wave his troops north, all the way like a bamboo, the officers and soldiers of Hebei have no leader, and no one can stop them.

Dou Jiande successively attacked Wei County, Wu'an County, and Xiangguo County.

For a time, Dou Jiande's prestige in Hebei was great, and his Xia army occupied the eight counties of Jijun, Weijun, Wuyang, Qinghe, Wu'an, Pingyuan, Xiangguo, and Xindu.

Countless county officials surrendered to the Xia army, and Dou Jiande showed a different leniency from the ordinary rebels at this time, and he was very lenient to the officers and soldiers of the Sui army who surrendered, as well as the local officials.

Not only did he not kill indiscriminately, but he also trusted the civilian and military generals who surrendered to him, and they were all awarded important positions.

And Dou Jiande is also very good to his old brothers, whenever he captures the city, all the money he gets is distributed to the soldiers under his command, and he usually doesn't like luxury, let alone beauty.

Every time he captures a place, he doesn't grab it all like other bandits, and then loot it. He will carefully appoint officials, and then restore order, pacify the people, and resume production.

Under his these strategies, Dou Jiande is still good in the hearts of the people in Hebei.

For a time, countless people came to vote, and there were not even other bandits in his territory.

Liu Heimin and other old brothers, at this time, also persuaded Dou Jiande to simply call the emperor the founding of the country.

So, in mid-October, Dou Jiande captured Hejian County, took Leshou County as the capital, and built Jincheng Palace in the city.

When he led his men into Jincheng Palace, five big birds landed in Leshou City in the sky, and thousands of birds flew with them, and it took a full day before leaving.

There was also a common man who offered a black Xuanyu, and Kong Deshao then said, saying that in ancient times, Xia Yu personally received the talisman and God gave it to Xuanyuqi. Now this auspicious omen is the same as Xia Yu, so the country name should be Xia.

Dou Jiande then accepted this suggestion, named the country Xia, took Leshou between the rivers as the capital, the palace was named Jincheng, and the year name was Wufeng.

At the same time, he also issued an edict to restore the state and county system, change the county to a state, grant the assassin history, and grant land to the soldiers under his command, and also grant the official land and the terra nullius to the displaced people, so that they can settle down again.

For a time, Dou Jiande's Great Xia Dynasty was also prosperous.

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