As the wall in the southeast corner collapsed section by section, the city could no longer be defended, and Dou Jiande's army of 25,000 was forced to abandon the city and evacuate.

It's not so much about evacuation, it's better to run away, 25,000 people are desperately running in the wilderness, their target is Dong'e County, sixty miles away, they are not yet mentally prepared to fight to the death with the Sui army, thinking that the Sui army is chasing behind, thinking about the strength of Zhang Xuan's army, and the heart of every thief soldier will collapse along with the city wall.

After a mile of the thief army, 20,000 Sui troops pursued closely, the banner covered the sky and the sun, and the war drums rumbled like a life, which made the fleeing thief soldiers even more frightened.

After running for about twenty miles, many soldiers felt that the earth was trembling, and Dou Jiande also realized that something was wrong, and turned his head to look in the southeast direction.

I saw yellow dust rolling in the southeast direction, and a long black line rushed towards this side, getting closer and closer.

"It's cavalry!" The soldiers' voices changed in fright.

Dou Jiande's face turned pale with fright, and he muttered to himself, 'It's over, it's really over!' ’

The 4,000 cavalry of the Sui army under the leadership of Pei Xingyan were overwhelming, getting closer and closer to the fleeing thief army, and the 20,000 Sui troops behind were also in hot pursuit.

The thieves suddenly became panicked, and they scrambled to be the first to flee desperately, to the wheat fields, to the distant woods, to the direction of the Yellow River in the north, and the ranks were completely disorganized, like a swarm of bees that had lost their purpose, scattered and routed.

The soldiers shouted to Dou Jiande: "Dou Gong, run for your life!" It's too late. ”

Dou Jiande sighed, knowing that he should surrender, he complained to himself while galloping westward, and dozens of personal soldiers followed him on horseback to flee for his life.

After a short time, the Sui cavalry caught up with the fleeing thief army. Rushing into the ranks of the thieves like a raging storm, the swords were slashed, the heads rolled, and the blood sprayed, and the thieves had no way to flee for their lives, and they knelt on the ground and cried and pleaded.

But the hurricane cavalry ignored the thief soldiers who begged for mercy. They continued to pursue westward, leaving the soldiers who had begged to surrender to the main infantry of the Sui army behind.

Not long after, Zhang Xuan led 20,000 infantry to catch up with the fleeing thief army, looking at the broken corpses all over the ground and the soldiers kneeling and begging to surrender, Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "Accept surrender!" ”

The soldiers rushed forward to collect the weapons of the surrendered thief soldiers, and at this time, Pei Xingyan rushed up and hugged his fists and said: "Boss Qiqi, Dou Jiande has fled westward." It is estimated that he fled to Fan County, and he was willing to lead a team of cavalry to capture him. ”

Zhang Xuan pondered slightly, and said with a smile: "To be a man, you have to be a little plain, and you must leave three points of leeway in doing things, let him go!" ”

Pei Xingyan was stunned and said hurriedly: "Dashuai, this is a great opportunity to seize Dou Jiande, let him go, and let the tiger return to the mountain." ”

"I know. Leaving him in Hebei still has a role, don't chase it anymore. ”

Pei Xingyan was helpless. He didn't dare to disobey the military order, so he had to order: "Go and tell General Wang quickly, just chase the big group of thieves, and don't chase the enemy general if he escapes." ”

Pei Xingyan was still not at ease, so he bowed to Zhang Xuan on the horse, turned the horse's head and galloped westward.

This chase. The Sui army killed nearly 5,000 enemies, captured more than 18,000 people, and escaped less than 1,000 people. The Sui army was packing up weapons, supplies and corpses.

Dou Jiande was also one of the escapees, he didn't dare to stay when he fled to Dong'e County in one breath, and continued to run westward, until he escaped a hundred miles away and was sure that there was no Sui army chasing after him, he stopped, and there were only more than 20 people left in the personal soldiers who followed behind.

At this time, a soldier who was familiar with the situation in Jibei County said: "Dou Gong, if you want to cross the Yellow River, you can go to Fan County, there is a Yellow River crossing over there, and you should be able to find a boat to cross the river." ”

At this time, Dou Jiande was panicked in his heart, he had been killed by Zhang Xuan, and he just wanted to fly across the Yellow River with wings, and when he heard that Fan County could cross the river, he did not hesitate to say: "Since this is the case, we will go to Fan County immediately!" ”

The group galloped towards Fan County in the northwest.

Fan County is located at the junction of Dong County and Jibei County, about 300 miles away from Lu County, which is the famous crossing of the Yellow River and belongs to the sphere of influence of the Wagang Army.

At this time, the Wagang army had just been divided, and there was no time to take care of the Fanxian ferry, which was quite lively, and was not affected by the war in Luxian, because of the war on the east line of the Yellow River, a large number of merchants who crossed the river were transferred to the Fanxian area, so that the business of the ferryboat here was quite prosperous.

Dou Jiande led more than 20 cavalry to rush to the dock, frightened the merchants to dodge, the soldiers detained the two ferries, and Dou Jiande stepped forward to look at the boats.

The boats were all 500 stone flat boats, much larger than the boats he used to carry troops across the river, and two ferries were enough to carry more than 20 people across the river.

"Boatman, transport us across the Yellow River, and I will give you a heavy reward!"

Several boatmen were so frightened that they dared not say a word.

Dou Jiande waved his hand, "Get on the boat!" ”

The soldiers led the horses to the boat, and Dou Jiande also got on the boat, and the boat swayed away from the shore and headed towards the center of the Yellow River.

At this time, a Sui cavalry rushed over, Dou Jiande and his personal soldiers were all soldiers, their faces changed in fright, and they all opened their bows and arrows, and when they saw that there was only one person, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The cavalry rushed to the shore and shouted: "My commander has something to say to Dou Gong, for the sake of Dou Gong's always good treatment of the people, this time let Dou Gong go, if the army of Hebei dares to mutilate the people of Li and oppress the good, my commander will never spare it!" ”

After the cavalry shouted, he turned his horse's head and ran south, and gradually disappeared.

Dou Jiande looked at the Sui cavalry that was gradually moving away, and he felt infinite emotion in his heart, he remembered the 20,000 soldiers who were thrown by himself in Jibei County, and his heart was extremely sad, in the final analysis, he was still because of insufficient intelligence, if he knew that Zhang Xuan had such a powerful naval army, why did he cross the river to the south, isn't this self-destruction?

Zhang Xuan still has cavalry, he doesn't know at all, Gao Shida hid this key information from himself.

Thinking of this, Dou Jiande couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

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In Jixian County, Zhuo County, Lu Qingyuan handed Zhang Xuan's handwritten letter to Guo Xuan, the governor of Youzhou, Guo Xuan looked at Lu Qingyuan, and was slightly unhappy in his heart, Zhang Xuan finally married the daughter of the Lu family, which means that Zhang Xuan and Luo Yi have a kind of in-law relationship.

Although this kind of in-law relationship is not enough to affect the overall situation, if the Lu family coordinates from it, will there be some kind of tacit understanding between Luo Yi and Zhang Xuan?

Guo Xuan had a trace of doubt in his heart, why did Zhang Xuan suggest that he attack Gao Shida and Dou Jiande?

He pondered for a moment and said to Lu Qingyuan: "This matter is very important, I need to think about it carefully, the virtuous nephew can go back to the house to rest first, and I will inform the virtuous nephew as soon as there is a decision." ”

"That junior is leaving!" Lu Qingyuan bowed and retreated.

Guo Xuan walked to the map with his hand in his hand, looking at a huge map of Hebei on the wall, in fact, he knew very well that Zhang Xuan was currently facing great pressure, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande both Chen Heavy troops on the north bank of the Yellow River, the number of troops was as many as 200,000, ready to go south to Qingzhou, and Zhang Xuan's troops were only 30,000, the difference in strength was huge, even if Zhang Xuan was good at fighting, he could not stop the impact of the 200,000 army, and only relied on the Yellow River to block the 200,000 army from going south, this pressure was indeed too great.

Because he understood the pressure Zhang Xuan was facing, Guo Xuan was not surprised by Zhang Xuan's request for help, but Guo Xuan was more worried about Luo Yi.

At present, Luo Yi is stationed in Beiping County, Youzhou has an army of 40,000, Luo Yi is in charge of an army of 15,000 people, Guo Xuan controls 25,000 people, and the well water of each other does not interfere with the river water, he is afraid that after he leads the army south, Luo Yi will make small moves for himself behind his back, and he is afraid that he will suffer heavy losses.

At this time, a soldier in the hall reported: "Mr. Yao is here." ”

Mr. Yao's full name is Yao Kai, and he is Guo Xuan's staff, Guo Xuan hurriedly said: "Please let him in!" ”

After a while, Yao Kai walked into the lobby quickly, he was about forty years old, tall and thin, with a clear appearance, quite talented, and clear thinking, often able to see through the appearance of problems, and won Guo Xuan's trust.

Yao Kai stepped forward and bowed and saluted, "See the Governor!" ”

"You don't have to be polite, sir, I'm here just in time, I can't make up my mind about something."

Yao Kai smiled slightly, "Governor, please speak!" ”

Guo Xuan told Zhang Xuan about asking him to send troops, and Yao Kai asked with a smile after hearing this: "What does the governor think is wrong?" ”

Guo Xuan hesitated and said: "I'm actually worried about Luo Yi's side, he and Zhang Xuan are both the sons-in-law of the Lu family, will they be the two of them?"

"If the governor is worried about this, I don't think it's necessary, although Zhang Xuan is ambitious, I don't think he will collude with Luo Yi, I believe he may not want Luo Yi to become the lord of Youzhou."

"Why?"

"As the governor said, they are all the sons-in-law of the Lu family, does the governor think that the saint will allow the two sons-in-law of the Lu family to control Hebei? I'm sure Jang Hyun is well aware of this. (To be continued.) )