Hebei, Le Shou.

"General, it has been found out that Luo Yi attacked Hejian County, first fought with the East China Sea Gong for thirty miles outside the city, retreated forty miles after the defeat, and hung the battle card for several days in a row, and refused to fight with deep ditch barriers. As a result, the Duke of Donghai collected his troops and returned to the city, and raised the city to drink and celebrate, but unexpectedly, Luo Yi had already sent hundreds of spies to infiltrate the Hejian County earlier, and suddenly grabbed the city gate at night to welcome the army into the city. There were more than 50,000 men and horses of Donghai Gong, and before the first battle, the whole army was wiped out, Liu Badao was captured, Gao Kaidao only led dozens of horsemen to flee, and Donghai Gong was beheaded! ”

Quiet! Leshoucheng County is extremely quiet.

Dou Jiande had already reorganized 120,000 horses at this time, but he was still wearing gray robes, and from a distance, he looked like an old peasant. It's just that at this time, under Dou Jiande's simple cloth and hair, those eyes are shining with sharp light. His face was even more gloomy and gray.

Under his seat, Fan Yuan and other subordinate generals also bowed their heads and frowned, silent.

When writing that letter, Dou Jiande and the others understood that Gao Shida would most likely not go south, and he would most likely die at the hands of the imperial court. It's just that they never thought that Gao Shida had 50,000 horses, and there were two tiger generals Liu Badao and Gao Kaidao, Luo Yi was not injured at all, and Gao Shida, who had a strong city to defend, had already been beheaded in just a few days.

It's so fast, so fast that it shocks them.

As soon as Gao Shida died, now they have 20,000 soldiers and horses of Luo Yi in the north, 70,000 troops led by Chen Pojun in the southeast, and 50,000 soldiers and horses of Li Jing in the south, and they are surrounded on three sides. Originally, I thought that Gao Shida would be able to hold Luo Yi for three or five months, but he didn't expect that he would be taken over the city and taken the head in three or five days.

Dou Jiande coughed, "What other information?" ”

In charge of the intelligence was the scribe Ling Jing. This is the strategist that Dou Jiande gathered when he defeated Zhang Jincheng. Ling Jing, who is over 50 years old and was born in Hebei, is a Hebei cultivator and heirloom. But the family had no choice but to die at the hands of the local county soldiers, and even he was locked in prison. Later, when Zhang Jin claimed to have broken through the county seat, he saw that he was a literati, so he accepted him as a clerk. During the last battle of the Plains, Ling Jing persuaded Zhang Jin to say that he was in front of the reorganization of the people. You can't attack Hejian without permission, but Zhang Jin said he didn't care at all.

After Dou Jiande captured him, he heard about it and immediately met him in person, and after the two talked for a night, Dou Jiande accepted Ling Jing as his adviser and trusted him deeply. Now Dou Jian's military intelligence scouts and other affairs in the German army are handled by him.

Ling Jing said with a solemn face, "The information I just received is that Chen Pojun's army is still in Jingcheng, but he has already sent Xue Shixiong to lead the Hebei army of 30,000. Instead of Ding Xue Dingguo, he quickly came to Le Shou. ”

"It was Xue Shixiong who led the troops?"

Several exclamations rang out in the hall, and everyone was shocked.

They are all from Hebei, and they naturally know about Hebei's generals. Xue Shixiong was born in a family of military generals in Hebei, and he has been in Hebei for a long time, not only as the general of the left imperial guard, but also as the Taishou of Zhuo County. He guarded Zhuo County, Hebei Province, defending the border fortress, and the grassland people did not dare to attack the border. Seven years of great cause. The Hebei rebels continued, and soldiers and horses crossed the border everywhere. Peasant uprising. But in the land of Zhuojun, although there are also those who are arrogant and powerful. But in the end, none of them could settle down in Zhuojun, and they were beaten by Xue Shixiong and went south in panic.

Lu Mingyue, the supreme king who once crisscrossed Hebei, Henan and Shandong, originally raised troops in Zhuo County, but was quickly beaten south. Later, Lu Mingyue was once strong and strong, known as the kingless, and the number of soldiers and horses reached 400,000 at most, but Lu Mingyue never dared to set foot in Zhuojun again.

In the northeast of Hebei, the imperial court has always sent Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, and Li Jing, the general of the right military guard, to guard the town, which shows the importance of this place. And the Hebei army has always been strong, Xue Dingguo, Luo Yi, Guo Xun, those are all strong generals in Hebei, famous all over the world.

Now that Li Jing is dead, Chen Pojun sent Xue Shixiong, a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, so that these anti-generals who were born with mud legs feel heavy in their hearts. Especially Dou Jiande and others, when they once conquered Liao, they were also Xue Shixiong's subordinates. At that time, Dou Jiande was a lieutenant of two hundred conscripted soldiers, and Xue Shixiong was their top boss. A few years have passed, and the psychological pressure on them, who were small soldiers at the beginning, now has to face the great generals who used to look up to them.

"Guo Xun had 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he was able to defeat our 60,000 men, and in the end we lost 30,000 horses before we barely annihilated them. Now there is a more powerful Xue Shixiong, and he also brought the unparalleled fierce general Xue Dingguo, a handsome and a general, and also commanded 30,000 elite soldiers. In this battle, there are many auspicious generals. Fan Yuan said with a white face. …,

Dou Jiande bit his lip and was silent, he had just reorganized 120,000 horses, and most of them were newly formed soldiers. These soldiers and horses have no combat effectiveness at all, if they are okay against ordinary imperial court and county soldiers, but against strong soldiers like the Shangbei Army, and even more generals like Xue Shixiong and Xue Dingguo lead the troops, he is panicked in his heart, and he can't rise to the slightest sense of confrontation.

And everyone understands that Xue Shixiong, a handsome who was invincible in their hearts in the past, can only surrender to Chen Pojun. Then even if they defeat Xue Shixiong, what can they do? Xue Shixiong's 30,000 soldiers and horses were defeated, but there were still 40,000 soldiers and horses of Chen Pojun, 20,000 soldiers and horses of Luo Yi in the north, and 50,000 soldiers and horses of Li Jing in the east.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt that Zhang Jin's previous battle in the plains, Leshou besieged and annihilated Guo Xun, and it suddenly seemed to be useless. What if you win one or two games? It's a pity that the power is too weak after all, if only he could develop a few years earlier. It's too late now, but if he wants to let him go, he is unwilling in his heart.

He fought Zhang Jin in a bloody battle, saying that 50,000 against 250,000. He ambushed Guo Xun and surrounded and annihilated Guo Xun's 10,000 elite cavalry with a rabble. Such a record and such an experience brought him the agreement to win one victory after another, and it also inspired the deepest desire in his heart.

A manly man, he is not born to eat, and he is dead to be cooked.

Everyone had cowardice in their hearts, and they only waited for Dou Jiande to speak, and they planned to surrender to the official army.

But waiting left and right, everyone found that Dou Jiande was biting his lip, his eyes were full of unwillingness, his hands were clenched into fists, and the green tendons on the back of his hands were exposed.

Although Ling Jing was trusted by Dou Jiande, he had been sitting at the back because he had been in the army for a short time. When he was in Pingyuan County, he once had a long talk with Dou Jiande all night. Of course, I understand what Dou Jiande is thinking. At this time, although he felt that the army was overwhelmed, he did not have much fear in his heart. Seeing Dou Jiande struggling there. I sighed in my heart.

"General, in antiquity. Whenever a saint has an indecisive intention, he will ask the heavens for good fortune. Now that the general is in this uncertain situation, why not make a fortune? ”

When Fan Yuan and the others heard this, they all felt that this Mr. Ling was really a bit nonsense. Such a big deal. How can it be left to a God who is at a loss to decide? However, seeing Dou Jiande's eyes lit up, everyone couldn't refute it, so they had to continue to be silent.

"Father, there is a witch in Leshou City, and my daughter heard that her divination is very effective, why didn't my father ask her?" Dou Hongxian suggested.

"Good!" Dou Jiande nodded in agreement and immediately stood up.

In a chaotic camp in the city of Leshou. Dou Jiande and his subordinate generals met the legendary witch with magical powers. The witch's face was withered and her head was covered with silver frost. Dressed in a black robe full of various patterns all year round, the whole person has a kind of ** atmosphere. She lived in a dimly lit hut, kneeling on a cushion like a dried corpse. But I heard that Dou Jiande and others were coming. As soon as her eyes opened, those eyes were extremely sharp and bright, and Dou Jiande looked at them, and even had a tingling sensation in her eyes.

When the witch saw them come in, her eyes opened for a moment, and she glanced at Dou Jiande and then immediately closed them.

"You're here to ask for battle and surrender?" The witch was nowhere to speak, but a cold, dry voice that gave goosebumps rang out from the room.

Fan Yuan and the others were shocked in their hearts, and their faces were shocked. They didn't expect the witch to be able to figure out the purpose of their trip. Xue Shixiong led his troops to attack, which was a secret in the army. And no one else knew about it. How could this witch tell their purpose when she saw them? Time. Fan Yuan and others, who didn't believe in ghosts and gods, couldn't help but be suspicious.

Dou Jiande was also in a turbulent mood in his heart, but he forcibly suppressed the surprise in his heart and kept his face silent. asked indifferently, "Please make a divination for this general, but ask about the future." ”

The witch nodded, not asking anything, still keeping her eyes closed. She stretched out her withered hands and gestured for a moment. Then he opened his eyes and stared at Dou Jiande for a while, shook his head, sighed, but suddenly stood up.

The witch turned and walked to the side, and then everyone found that in this dim room, there was actually a row of wooden cages over there, in which birds, snakes, rats, toads and other animals were kept. The witch reached out and grabbed a crow from one of the cages, stepped aside, picked up a knife and slashed it off, cutting off the crow's head. The witch held the raven in her hand, chanted the words, and put the raven's blood into an empty bowl. …,

"Running away is a bad omen!" The witch's dry voice rang out.

"What about surrender?" Fan Yuan asked hurriedly when he heard the fleeing murderer.

The witch sat there, closing her eyes and muttering, and after a moment she shook her head.

"Surrender is also a great omen!"

As soon as these words came out, Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai and others were all as pale as earth. In this way, if you can't escape or surrender, you can only fight. But can you fight? Thinking of this, Fan Yuan suddenly secretly looked at Dou Jiande and Ling Jing, as well as Dou Hongsi and the witch.

In the county government before, everyone was willing to surrender, but the general was unwilling to surrender. Later, Ling Jing asked Ji for divination, and the informant immediately said that this witch had strong mana. Now that the witch diviner says that surrender and flight are both bad signs, is there something wrong with this? Could it all be because the general was unwilling to set up a situation with Ling Jing in private? Thinking of this possibility, Fan Yuan suddenly had a cold war in his heart. He suddenly remembered Gao Shida, the general obviously had the intention of self-reliance, but on the surface, he wanted to be loyal. But right now, Gao Shida is already in a different place, but the general has become the head of the Hejian Rebels.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, he couldn't believe in his heart that the general who was born and died with them, who was not greedy for money, not lustful, who was both benevolent and righteous, would be such a scheming person. Over the years, bloody storms, guns and arrows, they have gone all the way, and the general's love for his subordinates is not to say. He did not believe that the general would ignore the lives of so many of his followers for the sake of his own ambitions.

"Can't escape, can't fall? Do you want to fight? Dou Jiande asked with a trembling voice. At this time, his heart was full of entanglement and hesitation, and as the leader of the rebel army, he clearly understood their current situation. Surrounded by Chen Po's army on three sides, and the soldiers and horses are all in their own elite division. The battle between the righteous army and the Liaodong army is tantamount to an egg hitting a stone, but on the other hand, he is extremely unwilling in his heart. He is unwilling to fail, he wants to compete with the world and compete in the Central Plains.

Hearing the witch's words now, it was as if he had found a support for his ambitions. But the other side of his heart told himself that if he chose this path, he might let hundreds of thousands of brothers die with him. So many brothers trust themselves so much that if they really want to fight, then it is tantamount to using those brothers as their pawns. His heart was hesitant and painful. On the one hand, he was born and died brothers, but on the other hand, he was his own ideals and ambitions.

The witch opened her eyes and glanced at Dou Jiande again, her tone was full of decay, "Escape and surrender are both fierce, and only attacking before sunrise is lucky." Do it for yourself! After saying this, the witch stopped speaking, and closed her eyes as if she were asleep.

Dou Jiande knew that the witch had nothing to say, so he hurriedly asked Dou Hongxian to send three sacrifices and left ten taels of gold before leaving with everyone.

Everyone returned to the county office, but at this time everyone was even more silent than before.

Ling Jing was the first to break the silence, "According to the report of the Tanma Institute, Xue Shixiong's troops and horses are now one hundred and seventy miles away from us, and it is already afternoon. If we do what the wizard said, then we must rush to fight Xue Shixiong before sunrise tomorrow. ”

"I want to fight!"

Dou Jiande's firm voice fell to the ground like a jade bead, and he stood up and glanced at his subordinates. "What do you think, brothers? If you fight, then you will die for life, and I don't want this matter to be decided by me alone, everyone here can say what is in their hearts, and finally make the final decision according to the majority. ”

"Father, it's not that we want to fight, it's that Chen Pojun who forces us to fight. If he wants to fight, we will fight. Daddy, even if your uncles refuse to fight with you, your daughter will definitely accompany you to the end. Dou Hongxian got up and said loudly in a very loud voice.

Everyone hesitated, Cao Dan got up and said, "Brother-in-law, I will also accompany you to the end." ”

"If he wants to fight, we will fight!"

Fan Yuan and the others were also affected by the emotions of Dou Hongxian and the others, and they all stood up with excited faces, clenched their fists and said loudly.

Dou Jiande was overjoyed, and stepped forward and punched Fan Yuan and others in the chest, "Okay, they are all good men in Hebei, and they are all my good brothers Dou Jiande." If he wants to fight, we will fight, and even if we die in the end, we are all good brothers together. War! ”

"Fight!" (To be continued.) )