"What do you think about this?" Gao Lie glanced at Gao Hui and asked.

Gao Hui pondered and said, "I think this is a temptation by Zhang Xuan." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"How many bandits has Zhang Xuan exterminated, he has never chased the poor, and Gao Shida has not poisoned the living beings like Zhang Jincheng, in fact, he treats the people very well and exempts all taxes, but Zhang Xuan pursues him for doing evil in Bohai County, it is really unreasonable, if Gao Shida does not defect to us, will Zhang Xuan ignore him? I guess he just wants to see his brother's attitude, if his brother is soft, he may let Hebei go for a while, if his brother decides not to hand over, then he can't retreat south with peace of mind, and the battle between the rivers is bound to be fought. ”

Gao Lie paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he also recognized the temptation that Xiaomei said, of course, it didn't mean that Zhang Xuan would let him go, Gao Lie knew very well that even if Zhang Xuan's army retreated south, he would use Dou Jiande to deal with him.

Gao Lie is not afraid of Dou Jiande, he is just afraid of the Qingzhou Army, especially now that he needs time to integrate prisoners of war, if Zhang Xuan is really willing to withdraw the army, he will naturally not care about a Gao Shida, he is afraid that Zhang Xuan will still refuse to withdraw after winning Gao Shida, and he will not be a person inside and outside at that time.

After pondering for a long time, Gao Lie said slowly: "Regardless of whether Zhang Xuan promises to withdraw the army, we must take the initiative to attack, please ask my little sister to go to Wagang and let the Wagang army attack Qingzhou, and then Zhang Xuan will have to withdraw his troops." ”

"Then did the eldest brother still hand over Gao Shida to him?"

Gao Lie nodded, "This little face still has to be given to him." ”

Gao Lie immediately found a confidant and said to him: "Quickly go and ask Gao Shida to come to the official office to discuss matters, and talk about dealing with Dou Jiande." ”

The subordinates turned around and left, and Gao Lie wrote another warrant, handed it to another henchman along with the golden arrow, and instructed him: "Go and give the letter to General Mu quickly." Tell him to surround the Gao Shida military camp tonight, and he can't let any of them go! ”

Since Gao Shida defected to Gao Lie, he has been treated quite well, not only has a separate military camp, Gao Lie has also given him plenty of food, and even returned his youngest son to him. He is not needed as a hostage.

Gao Shida knew that this was because his strength was too weak, and there was no point in taking hostages, but even so, Gao Shida was still very moved.

At dusk, Gao Shida was thinking about how to expand the army in the barracks, and when he escaped from Nanpi, he only took 3,000 henchmen with him, and later more than 1,000 people fled one after another, so that he now has more than 4,000 people, which is still too little. If you want Gao Lie to pay attention to yourself, you need at least more than 10,000 people.

But to expand the army, you need money and food, where can you find so much money and food? Gao Shida felt a pang of distress in his heart.

At this moment, a soldier reported, "The lord of the high council has sent someone to invite the king!" ”

Gao Shida walked out of the big tent, and Gao Lie's subordinates bowed down and said, "The master of the meeting invites the general to go and discuss military affairs!" ”

"Did the Lord say anything?"

"It seems to be about dealing with Dou Jiande."

Gao Shida was tempted, Dou Jiande now has only 30,000 people left, which is a very good piece of fat. How could Gao Lie let it go, he would definitely swallow this piece of fat before the Sui army. Maybe he can still get a piece of the pie, and then his army will be able to break through 10,000 people, which is simply a wish.

Gao Shida was overjoyed, nodded and smiled: "I'll go now!" ”

He immediately explained the military affairs, and then rode to the city with a dozen of his own soldiers, and it was not long after. Gao Shida came to the front of the county office, which is also Gao Lie's official office, and there are already Gao Lie's engagements waiting for Gao Shida, who stepped forward and grabbed the reins and smiled: "The master has been waiting for a long time, the general, please!" ”

Gao Shida turned over and dismounted. He turned around and instructed his soldiers: "Don't make trouble, just wait here, and I'll be back soon." ”

Only then did he walk into the door quickly, and a steward came out and greeted Gao Shida's men warmly, "Go to the mansion to rest and wait!" If there is no rice, there is still food in the kitchen, there are large pieces of roast meat, and it seems that there is still some wine, in short, I will not treat you brothers badly. ”

Gao Shida's personal soldiers heard that there was wine and meat, and there was no need to cause trouble, who was not tempted, and followed them to the kitchen, and it was needless to say what kind of food and wine were waiting for them.

Let's say that Gao Shida followed him to the guest hall, and said with a smile: "The general will sit down for a while, and I will go to inform the master!" ”

He walked briskly to the outside of the courtyard, and as soon as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he saw him take out a cup from his arms and slam it on the ground, only to hear 'Bang! There was a crisp sound, the cup was smashed to pieces, Gao Shida was stunned, at this moment, dozens of knife and axe hands poured out from the wings on both sides, and killed him together, at this time the courtyard door was closed, faintly only heard Gao Shida yelled a few times, and then a miserable scream, no longer life.

If poor Gao Shida had not defected to Gao Lie, he might still have a chance of life, but if he defected to Gao Lie, he eventually became a trade, including his two sons and thousands of henchmen, who were almost killed and wounded, and three days later, Gao Shida's head appeared on Zhang Xuan's table.

The main force of the Qingzhou Army immediately began to retreat south, embarking from the north bank of the Yellow River, and the army returned to Beihai County

At the same time that the situation in Hebei changed dramatically, Li Yuan of Bingzhou took the excuse of 'Qing Jun's side, punishing traitors', the army quickly went south, all the way like a bamboo, the civil and military officials of various counties opened the city and surrendered, and Li Jiancheng cooperated with his father Li Yuan from Changping County to go south, captured Changping and Shangdang counties, and joined his father's army in Linfen County, three days later, the army passed through Jiang County, killed into Hedong County, and the soldiers pointed to Guanzhong.

At this time, Li Yuan incorporated the soldiers of various counties and counties, and the total number of troops had exceeded 80,000, and he named his fourth son Li Yuanji as the general of Zhenbei, and led an army of 20,000 to stay in Taiyuan.

Li Shimin, the second son of Feng, was the governor of Dunhuang and the western army, and led an army of 20,000 as the right army; Feng's eldest son, Li Jiancheng, was the governor of Hanoi and the eastern army, and also led 20,000 troops as the left army.

Li Yuan personally led an army of 20,000 and proclaimed himself a general, and in just one month, he occupied all the counties and counties of Bingzhou except for the four counties of Dingxiang, Mayi, Yanmen and Loufu, shocking the world.

At the same time, the Wagang army also swept across the Central Plains, rapidly expanding its strength to 250,000, occupying a large area of land from the Yellow River in the north to Jianghuai in the south, completely cutting off the connection between Jiangdu and Luoyang.

Not only Li Yuan and the Wagang Army, but also the soldiers and generals of the counties all over the world also stood up against the Sui, Liu Wuzhou was in Mayi County, Xue Ju was in Longxi County, Li Liang was in Wuwei County, and Liang Shi was in Lingwu County.

At the same time, Xiao Milling in the south was in Yueyang County, Lin Shihong was in Poyang County, Meng Haigong was in Yuhang County, and Shen Faxing was in Wu County and Xuancheng County.

At the beginning of the lanterns, in front of the Dou Mansion in Chang'an, Dugu Shun's carriage slowly stopped, and Dou Liang, who was waiting at the door, hurriedly greeted him, "Little nephew, see Shibo!" ”

Dugu Shun walked out of the carriage and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I was a step late to go out, so I made you wait for a long time." ”

"It's okay, Shibo, please come with me."

Dugu Shun nodded, followed Dou Liang to the mansion, and came to the door of the outer study, Dou Wei had been waiting for a long time, he smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Which fragrant wind blew my brother here?" ”

"Brother Xian laughed, now the world is full of fire and wind, how can there be any fragrance?"

"Huh! Brother, please come into the house. ”

The two walked into the study and sat down, a maid served them tea, Dou Wei took a deep look at Dugu Shun, and said with a smile: "Brother seems to have something on his mind?" ”

Dugu Shun nodded silently, he sighed and said, "Don't tell Brother Xian, I'm under a lot of pressure!" ”

"It's the pressure that the Yuan family put on my brother!" Dou Wei couldn't help but sneer.

Dugu Shun is indeed hard to speak, originally the Yuan family was originally scheduled to raise troops in Honghua County in the autumn, more than 8,000 Zhuang Ding have been sent to the manor of Honghua County one after another, and the armor and weapons have been accurately completed, just wait for the Jiangdu coup, because the main planner of the Jiangdu coup is Yuan Min, if once the Yuan family raises troops, it will inevitably implicate Yuan Min and affect the coup plan.

But now that Li Yuan's troops are like a bamboo, and the vanguard has been killed in Hedong County, if the Yuan family does not have troops again, I am afraid that the Guanlong nobles will turn to support Li Yuan, so that the Yuan family will completely lose the opportunity to rebuild the Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, the Yuan family continued to put pressure on Dugu Shun, asking him to stop Li Yuan from entering Guanzhong, but Dugu Shun was no longer able to contact Li Yuan, he could only come to Dou Wei, and now only Dou Wei could influence Li Yuan.

"Brother Xian, the Yuan family's delay in raising troops is also for the sake of the overall situation, if the Yuan family raises troops, the plan on the Jiangdu side will fail, Brother Xian should understand this."

"Brother, I really don't know?"

Dou Wei sneered, "Whether the Yuan family raises troops and what does Jiangdu have to do, Yuan Min can completely hide and plan behind his back, at this time, is it still necessary for him to be nostalgic for the position of the scholar in the middle school?" It's just an excuse. ”

Speaking of this, Dou Wei raised his eyes and looked at Dugu Shun sharply, "The Yuan family's delay in raising troops is entirely their own responsibility, they sold the tens of thousands of stone grain stored in Honghua County in Wuchuan County privately, originally wanted to make up for the food gap after the autumn harvest, but the plan is not as good as changing, now that Li Yuan has raised troops, they can't get food, this is the reason why their plan to raise troops cannot be implemented, do you want to deny it?" ”

(To be continued.) )