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And from Handan to Fuyang, it is only one hundred and twenty miles away.

If you ride alone, you can almost start from Handan to Yecheng. But the march of the 180,000-strong army is far from being that simple.

Just pulling out the camp is huge.

Therefore, before Dou Jiande's soldiers and horses all left Handan, Li Yanqing had already gotten the news.

"Dou Jiande is demonstrating to me."

When Yanqing got the news, he was eating in the government office in Yecheng.

Hearing the news of Dou Jiande's army, he breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said to the eldest grandson Wuji and Xue Shu: "It seems that the King of Qin sent troops to conquer Michi, which caused Dou Jiande a lot of pressure...... But the more he does that, the better it will be for us. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly, "Yanqing, that's an army of 150,000!"

Counting the 30,000 horses of Cao Dan in Fuyang, Dou Jiande can be regarded as having made his old mistakes this time and poured out of the nest. He is not afraid, his hometown will be raided? ”

Li Yanqing smiled, "That Hou Junji is not an idler." ”

Although the memory is very vague, the name Hou Junji is still quite impressive to Yan Qing. In his previous life, from the little white ape in the first commentary "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", to the later Chengren, from the Hou Junji Hou General in the history books, Li Yanqing could not easily forget.

Even if I don't know much about Hou Junji's life and death, I can remember that this person was a rare general under Li Shimin.

Yan Qing and Hou Junji have never intersected, but from Xu Shiji's mouth, I know that this person knows how to use soldiers and is longer than strategy. People are very arrogant, they seem to be a little empty-sighted, and their surnames are irritable, in Xu Shiji's words: There is a bit of a fierce Zhang Fei.

Li Yanqing didn't know what kind of achievements Xu Shiji had at this age.

But from the current point of view, the taste of his early Tang military god is getting stronger and stronger. Speaking of which, Xu Shiji can be regarded as having a wealth of experience, from being a companion for Zheng Hongyi at the beginning, to being a county Sima later, and then becoming an eagle general, every step is very solid.

In addition, under the influence of Fang Xuanling and others, Xu Shiji's use of troops has become more and more stable.

From the beginning of the attack with surprise troops, to the later command of the army calmly, the power exuded by the gestures is enough to make people fearful. And now, he is only twenty-four years old. Li Yanqing can be sure that Xu Shiji in history has no such ability. I vaguely remember that Xu Shiji at the turn of the Sui and Tang dynasties was repeatedly defeated, and was even captured alive by Dou Jiandesheng, and then attached to Li Tang.

And now, Xu Shiji's body is full of confidence.

That's the confidence that comes from one big win after another...... From the beginning of Yang Xuangan's rebellion to recapture the city of Xingyang, to later sit in Luokou, and eliminate bandits again and again. After that, he was stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass, clashed with Li Mi several times, and even 8,000 iron cavalry, chased and killed Hao Xiaode for thousands of miles, until he sat in Liyangcang and became the military commander of a county. Li Yanqing feels that the current Xu Shiji is more old and mature than Xu Shiji in this period in history.

Therefore, Li Yanqing's evaluation of Xu Shiji is categorically impossible to ignore.

However, this time Dou Jiande attacked Jijun, and the two people Li Yanqing was most worried about did not follow.

One is Song Zhengben, who stayed in Xindu due to illness; The other is Hou Junji, stationed in Yi County, to defend against the former governor of Youzhou, who has returned to Tang, the tiger general Li Yi.

Speaking of which, Li Yanqing is no stranger to this King of Yanjun.

Li Yi's real name is Luo Yi, and at the beginning of the second year of Wude, after Li Shimin defeated Liu Wuzhou in the Battle of Baibi, he surrendered to Li Tang.

His people were originally from Xiangzhou, brave and good at fighting, and there were eighteen horsemen of Yanyun under his command, known as invincible. However, don't think that Yanyun's eighteen horsemen are eighteen people, that's just a title. The true meaning of Yanyun's eighteen iron horses is the eighteen brothers who followed Luo Yi in their early years. Luo Yi relied on these eighteen brothers to gain a firm foothold in the bitter cold land of Youzhou, and continued to grow and develop. Today, Yanyun's eighteen iron horses have developed into eighteen hundred horses, which are arranged in order according to the names of the eighteen brothers of that year, and the number is eighteen horses.

Li Yanqing had no interest in the Eighteen Cavalry.

What he is really interested in is, is Luo Yi's son really called Luo Cheng?

Although Li Yanqing's Qilin Terrace has not yet covered Youzhou, it is not a difficult thing to explore Luo Yi. Luo Yi's father is named Luo Rong, and he was a general in the Kaihuang period. In the first year of Renshou, he was dismissed from his official position because he was implicated by the crown prince Yang Yong...... Luo Rong is an official in Jingzhao, but Luo Yi has been staying in his hometown of Xiangzhou. In the spring of the fifth year of the Great Cause, he had to be recommended to join the army, and was soon promoted for his merits.

During the Battle of Liaodong, Luo Yi served under Li Jing, the general of Zuo Wuwei.

Later, he joined forces with Xue Shixiong to guard Zhuo County, fill the vacancy of the Tiger Benlang General, and Zhuo County Eagle Yang Lang General.

Luo Yi has a total of three children, the eldest son is named Luo Song, and the second son is named Luo Cheng...... This Luo Yi really has a son named Luo Cheng.

is three years older than Li Yanqing, and Luo Shixin is in the middle of the house.

Li Yanqing was very surprised by this, didn't some people in later generations say that Luo Cheng and Luo Shixin are the same person?

Ha, I don't know what kind of situation these two Luo will be when they meet.

"Mowgli, everything will be done according to the plan.

You and Shixin are stationed in Yecheng, Zhangbei...... Remember, there is no need to hold on, and if you see that the situation is not good, you will immediately disperse and wait for my orders.

By the way, come to my study before you go, I have some things to hand over to you. ”

Yan Qing retracted his thoughts and focused his gaze on the map again.

Xue Shui and Eldest Sun Wuji did not speak again, but looked at Li Yanqing quietly......

"My lord, in this way, you are making a dangerous move. Is it really okay to pin everything on what Zhao Xichen just sent? ”

"yes, that's a good thing to set off fireworks, but if it's put on the battlefield, it can really be that useful?"

The 'thing' that Xue Shui and the eldest grandson Wuji said was sent by Zhao Xichen before Li Yanqing set out to conquer Yecheng. Li Yanqing named it Thunder, in fact, it is based on gunpowder, after Li Yanqing invested a lot of money, Zhao Xichen after six years of research, developed **. Zhao Xichen researched a total of three formulas, and also sent about 300 catties of tribulus terrestris fireball gunpowder.

Three catties of gunpowder, mixed with two catties of fine tribulus terrestris, sealed in a bamboo tube.

According to Zhao Xichen, the explosion range of this tribulus fireball is not large, while the coverage area of thistle terrestris is even smaller. But this fireball has an advantage, that is, the sound produced when it explodes is very amazing. A ten-pound bamboo tube, a total of thirty, if buried in one place and exploded, it can cover a radius of five zhang...... If we follow the measurement method of later generations, it is about eleven meters.

The power is indeed not large, but it is also the limit of what Zhao Xichen can do at present.

Li Yanqing didn't blame, after Wen Yan appeased him, he came to Yecheng with the three hundred catties of the most primitive **.

The eldest grandson Wuji was a little worried, because he knew that Li Yanqing would use these three hundred catties of never-used items as the winner.

Yan Qing smiled, "I'm afraid that it won't succeed, and I'll know when the time comes." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji nodded helplessly, and agreed to come down.

But in this heart, there are always up and down, and some are not very peaceful......

******

On the tenth day of November, after Dou Jiande and Cao Dan's soldiers and horses converged in Fuyang, an army of 180,000 troops approached the city of Yecheng.

The eldest grandson Wuji and Luo Shixin, who were stationed in Yecheng in Zhangbei, abandoned the city and fled without a trace after a short confrontation.

After Dou Jiande captured Yecheng in Zhangbei, he could yearn for Yecheng in Zhangnan across the water.

Looking at the dilapidated walls of Yecheng, Dou Jiande was full of confidence......

"People say that the children of the Li family use soldiers like gods, and in the eyes of Lone, it is nothing more than that. Kong Deshao, you immediately send someone to cross the river to Yecheng to write a book, and ask the Li family child to surrender as soon as possible. If not, Hugh blames the lonely king for being ruthless...... When the lonely king horse stepped on Zhangnan, it was the head of the Li family. ”

Kong Deshao went as ordered, but in his heart, he was always a little apprehensive.

In the evening, Dou Jiande's envoy was sent back from Yecheng in Zhangnan......

"How did you become like this?"

Dou Jiande looked at the messenger in front of him and was furious.

Kong Deshao said: "The children of the Li family said that the king was too arrogant, so he cut off the ears, nose and tongue of the messenger who went to write the book and returned it. ”

He took a deep breath and handed the blood-stained letter of surrender to Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande saw it, and immediately became angry, "The Li family's child bullied the orphan too much, if the orphan doesn't take the child's head, he will not give up...... Ordered the three armies to make food at the right time and attack at the right time. Ming said that at this time, Lone wanted to be in the city of Yecheng and saw the head of the Li family's children! ”

With that, he slammed the letter of surrender on the bookcase.

On the bloody letter of persuasion, there is a shocking line of bloody words: Li Yanqing, don't surrender!

(To be continued)