At this time, the fate of the world has undoubtedly reached the most critical moment, if the Tang Dynasty can eliminate Wang Shichong, it will be able to win the Central Plains, and at that time, the opponent of the Tang Dynasty in the north will only be Dou Jiande. (Liang Shidu was now no longer qualified to be regarded as an opponent by the Tang Dynasty, and in the past two years, he was often defeated by the strength of Duan Decao, the head of the marching army.) ）

Dou Jiande's territory, the north is Luo Yi, who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the west is the land of Hedong, if the Central Plains is taken by the Tang Dynasty, he will face the Tang Dynasty's three-sided attack, in the face of such a situation, how many years can he support?

Therefore, the current war in the Central Plains is really a key battle related to the belonging of the world!

In such a crucial battle, Li Yin had to work hard to participate in it and make greater achievements.

Since the Mengjin ferry was captured, Li Yin's army can enter Henan from Hanoi at will, after learning that Dou Jiande led an army to rescue Wang Shichong, Li Yin thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to lead troops to guard the Tiger Pass and resist Dou Jiande's army.

In the current situation, Wang Shichong lost his troops, ran out of food, and centrifuged up and down, and the army of the Tang Dynasty did not have to spend energy to attack, as long as they continued to besiege, they could sit and wait for him to be defeated.

Dou Jiande had just defeated Meng Haigong, the generals were proud and the soldiers were tired, Li Yin was like a heavy soldier guarding the Tiger Prison Pass at this time, as if he was choking Dou Jiande's throat.

At this time, if Dou Jiande took the risk of a decisive battle, Li Yin could rely on the Tiger Prison and easily defeat him, and if Dou Jiande hesitated and did not come to fight, he could only sit and wait for Wang Shichong to defeat himself, which was definitely not acceptable to him.

So after thinking about it for a long time, Li Yin and the strategists felt that although Dou Jiande's army was large, it was a paper tiger, and if they competed with him, their side was at least undefeated, and the possibility of defeating him was also very high.

So Li Yin took 50,000 elite soldiers, crossed the north, went to Heyang, and came to the Xiongguan Tiger Prison Pass in the Central Plains by way of Gongxian.

In fact, there was another reason that prompted Li Yin to finally decide not to compete with Li Shimin for the first entry into Luoyang.

He wants to capture Dou Jiande alive!

This is not a whimsical thing, in history, Dou Jiande was captured alive by Li Shimin during the battle to rescue Wang Shichong, it is true that the process of Dou Jiande being captured alive by Li Shimin has the accident of what happened, but there are also inevitable factors.

Every time Dou Jiande marched and fought, in order to boost the morale of the army, he almost personally sat in the front army, which gave the people who raided him a chance.

Last year, after Dou Jiande captured Xiangzhou, Zhou and other places guarded by Li Shentong, he continued to lead troops to Weizhou, divided the troops into three roads, baggage, family members lived in the center, foot cavalry on both sides, he himself led more than 1,000 cavalry to walk in the front, near Liyang, he was almost taken advantage of by Li Shiji's general Qiu Ganghe.

And Dou Jiande's recent defeat in Youzhou, if he hadn't gone too far ahead, the Xue brothers would not have been so easy not to be discovered if they wanted to dig the tunnel near him......

Therefore, Dou Jiande in history, as a prince, was captured by Li Shimin during the war, in fact, it was not for nothing, and this is also the reason why Li Yin felt that he had the opportunity to capture Dou Jiande alive.

On July 26, Li Yin led 500 horsemen out of the tiger prison and went more than 20 miles east of the city to observe Dou Jiande's camp.

Li Yin left the accompanying cavalry along the road, and let Li Shiji, Cheng Yanjin, and Qin Shubao lead them respectively, ambush them on the side of the road, and only bring four cavalry to go with him.

Li Yin said to Wei Chi Jingde: "I am holding a bow and arrows, and you follow me with a spear in your hand, even if you come to a million people, what can you do with us?" He added, "When the enemy sees me, it is the best policy to return." ”

Three miles away from Dou Jiande's camp, Li Yin and the others met Dou Jiande's guerrillas, who thought they were scouts who reconnoitred the enemy's situation. Li Yin shouted: "I am the King of Jin." "Draw a bow and shoot an arrow, and shoot one of the opposing generals. Dou Jiande's army was greatly panicked, and sent five or six thousand cavalry to chase after him, and the people who followed Li Yin were so frightened that their faces changed.

Li Yin said: "You just have to go in front, myself and Jingde Palace." ”

So he grabbed the reins and walked slowly, and after the pursuers were about to catch up, Li Yin drew his bow and released arrows, killing one person with each arrow.

The pursuers were afraid and stopped the pursuit, stopped for a while and chased again, several times and three times, each time someone caught up with someone must be killed, Li Yin shot several generals of the other side successively, Wei Chi Jingde killed more than a dozen people, and the pursuers did not dare to advance again.

Li Yin deliberately lingered or retreated a little later to lure the pursuers into the ambush circle, Li Shiji and others fought hard, defeated the pursuers, beheaded more than 3,000 ranks, and captured Dou Jiande's generals Yin Qiu and Shi Zan to return to the tiger prison.

Dou Jiande was blocked in the tiger prison and could not advance, stayed for more than a month, and failed to win several battles, and the soldiers were all worried. On the 30th, Li Yin sent Cheng Yanjin to lead more than 1,000 light cavalry to rob Dou Jiande's grain transportation team, defeated him again, and captured Dou Jiande's general Zhang Qingte.

Ling Jing said to Dou Jiande: "Your Majesty, you might as well send all your troops to cross the Yellow River, capture Huaizhou and Heyang, send heavy generals to guard, beat the war drums and erect battle flags, cross the Taihang Mountain, enter Shangdang, Fenzhou and Jinzhou, and go to Pujin, which has three advantages: First, enter the land of no one, and victory can be said to be foolproof; the second is to open up the collar to recruit soldiers and horses, and the country is stronger; The third is that Tang in Guanzhong was shocked, and the siege of Luoyang of Zheng Guo would naturally be lifted. There is no better strategy at the moment. ”

Dou Jiande was ready to act according to Ling Jing's suggestion, but Wang Shichong continued to send people to report the emergency, Wang Wan and the eldest grandson An Shi also cried day and night, begging Dou Jiande to rescue Luoyang, and secretly used gold and jade to buy Dou Jiande's generals to obstruct Ling Jing's plan.

All the generals said: "Ling Jing is a scholar, where does he know about war, how can he listen to his words?" ”

So Dou Jiande said to Ling Jing: "Now everyone's morale is very high, this is God helping Lone, take this opportunity to fight a decisive battle, you will definitely be able to win a big victory, you can't do it according to Mr.'s advice." ”

Ling Jing argued repeatedly, but Dou Jiande was unhappy and ordered someone to take him out.

Dou Jiande's wife, Cao Shi, also came with the army, and said to Dou Jiande at this time: "You can't fail to obey the words of Lord Sacrificial Wine." Now that the king took advantage of the emptiness of the Tang State from Fukou, the company battalion gradually seized Shanbei and Dai, Fen, Jin and other places, and with the help of the Turkic army to plunder Guanzhong to the west, the Tang army must return to the division to save itself, and still 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, there will be no date! ”

Dou Jiande said: "This is not something that women can understand! I came to save Zheng, Zheng is now in a very critical situation, and he is about to lose his country, and I abandoned him because I was afraid of the enemy and treacherous, and I couldn't do it. ”r