Dugu Shun's face also turned cold, he slowly stood up, and said coldly: "I don't understand what you're talking about, but there is one thing I want to tell you, Wuchuan Mansion supports the Yuan family, and all the families agreed at that time, including your Dou family and the eldest grandson family, now that Wuchuan Mansion is in a state of division, I hope Li Yuan can return to Taiyuan, if he still regards himself as a member of Wuchuan Mansion, he should focus on the overall situation, Dou family master, I know that you are secretly supporting Li Yuan, without your 500,000 yuan, Li Yuan's march will not be so fast, You should be able to convince him. ”

"Okay!"

Dou Wei also stood up and said: "Since my brother has already spoken, I might as well tell the truth, now not only the Dou family and the eldest grandson family are supporting Shude, but also the Yu family, the Zhao family, the Hou Mo Chen family, the Helan family, the Daxi family and the Dou Lu family have all expressed their willingness to contribute money and food to support Shude, I don't know what agreement my brother and the Yuan family have reached, but if the brother insists on going his own way, it is the general trend for Shude's army to enter the customs, I am afraid that in the future, I will register the merit book and not see the name of the Dugu family, isn't it a pity?" ”

Dugu Shun's face changed, he stared at Dou Wei for a long time, suddenly stomped his feet, turned around and walked away quickly.

"Then we'll see?" Dugushun's voice came from afar.

After a while, Dou Liang walked into the room and asked in a low voice: "Second uncle, everyone is not optimistic about the Yuan family, why is the master so stubborn, Shude is his nephew!" ”

Dou Wei shook his head and sighed softly, "Sometimes people can't see the situation clearly when they get old, and the so-called old fool means people like him." ”

"But he has the resources of Wuchuan Mansion in his hands, and if he refuses to let go, the situation will be very unfavorable to Shude."

"Don't worry! As long as Shude's army enters the pass, he will change his mind. ”

Although Li Yuan's march in Bingzhou went smoothly, his good fortune seemed to have disappeared after entering Hedong County, where Li Yuan encountered a fierce opponent. Yang Yu, the acting king, sent Huyalang to lead Song Laosheng to garrison Hedong City with 20,000 troops, and sent Qu Tutong, the general of Zuo Wuhou, to lead 30,000 troops to Hedong to meet Li Yuan.

Song Lao defended Hedong City to the death, so that Li Yuan's army could not attack the city.

At this time, Qu Tutong led an army of 30,000 to cross the river from Pujin Pass into Hedong County, and Li Yuan was afraid of Qu Tutong's prestige, so he retreated to Anyi County. However, there were unforeseen storms in the sky, and Hedong County began to rain continuously, and the rain was rapid, and the fields became Zeze, and the army could not fight, and the two sides were deadlocked in Hedong County.

The camp of Li Yuan's army was stationed on a high ground in the north of the county town of Anyi, and the white curtain of water poured down from the distant woods and the nearby grass, and the air was filled with the smell of humidity and the smell of earth, making people feel wet all over. The soldiers stood in front of the tent staring blankly at the gray sky, and many of them had forgotten what the sun looked like, as if it were a distant past.

The heavy rain has been falling for ten days and ten nights, as if the entire Tianhe has been poured into the earth, and Li Yuan's cursing sounds have been heard from time to time in the big tent of the Chinese army, and even Li Gong, who is famous for his calmness, can't help but be anxious and angry, yes! The delay of time is very unfavorable to Li Yuan, and tens of thousands of reinforcements from various counties of Bashu will also arrive in Guanzhong one after another. It brought great pressure to Li Yuan.

But what made Li Yuan feel the most pressure was that there was not enough food, and he had already sent an eagle letter to Taiyuan ten days ago to urge food. But now there is no knowledge of the progress of the grain, and there is no news from Taiyuan, which makes Li Yuan very worried.

At this time, the soldiers reported at the door: "General Qiyu, both of them have arrived!" ”

Li Yuan nodded, "Let them in!" ”

Moment. The eldest son Li Jiancheng, the second son Li Shimin, as well as the eldest Shi Pei Lin and Sima Liu Wenjing walked into the big tent with umbrellas, and they closed their umbrellas one after another and handed them over to their own soldiers, although they were holding umbrellas. But everyone was wet, Li Yuan hurriedly ordered someone to send hot water and dry cloth, everyone washed their faces with hot water, and wiped their faces and necks with dry cloths, so that the dampness was washed away.

"Look at this rain, it will rain for at least five or six days, Pei Changshi, this kind of weather should be very rare!" Li Shimin asked with a smile.

Pei Lin is a native of Hedong County, he knows the weather and geography here, he smiled bitterly and said to everyone: "This kind of weather is actually not uncommon, in my memory, at the turn of spring and summer, it is most likely to rain continuously, about once in three or four years, anyway, there was no such weather last year and the year before last, and it rained heavily for more than ten days the year before last, but it was autumn." ”

Everyone talked about the weather, they all sat down, Li Yuan said: "Although we are trapped, but Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong are also trapped, I heard that the water on the official road has reached the thigh, and there are even seven feet in the low-lying place, and it is impossible to march over, but the terrain is higher on our side, and the terrain is even higher to the north, so it is feasible for us to return to Taiyuan County, I am looking for you to discuss, whether to send the old and weak wounded soldiers back to Taiyuan, in addition, there is also a food problem, there is no news from Taiyuan, but our food can only support ten days, What do you say, should you continue to wait for military rations, or withdraw the troops back to Taiyuan first? ”

Everyone didn't speak, and Li Yuan said to Pei Lian: "Let's talk about it first!" ”

Pei Lin sighed and said: "There are rumors in the army, saying that Liu Wuzhou has captured Taiyuan, which makes people panic, now the rain is too strong, Song Laosheng and Qu Tutong stick to the city, it is difficult to attack, and the families of the soldiers are in Taiyuan, Taiyuan can not be lost, I think you can go back to the foundation of Taiyuan first, and slowly plan the future strategy." ”

Liu Wenjing also said: "It's not appropriate to withdraw all of them to Taiyuan, it's better to withdraw half of the army to Taiyuan, and the other half of the army to strictly defend Jiangjun, turn the offensive to the defensive, and then march into Guanzhong after the grain and grass are sufficient!" ”

As soon as Liu Wenjing said me, Li Shimin got up and said: "Bingzhou is full of grain and grass, we occupy so many counties and counties, what are we worried about?" The army expedition, the most taboo is to retreat without a fight, our morale is low, the enemy is reluctant to pursue, so what should we do? In the end, the whole army will be defeated and captured, aren't all those grass bandits defeated like this? We must not retreat, on the contrary, as soon as the rain stops, we must go into battle and fight to boost morale. ”

Li Yuan asked his eldest son, Li Jiancheng, who had been silent, again: "What about the opinion of Jiancheng?" ”

Li Jiancheng said lightly: "Catch ten soldiers who spread rumors and behead them, and the heads will be spread to the whole army, and the morale of the army will be stable." ”

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The rain for several days not only had a great impact on Li Yuan's army, but also had a great impact on the two Sui armies, Song Laosheng's army was stationed in Hedong City, and the conditions were slightly better, while Qu Tutong, who was stationed north of Hedong City, encountered great trouble, and a soldier under his command stationed in Shangdao was attacked by a mudslide, the camp was swallowed up, and more than 1,000 soldiers were killed, while the main camp was stationed at a high place and did not encounter danger.

Although the main camp did not suffer from the mudslide, but ten days of heavy rain non-stop, the barracks everywhere mildew, the soldiers complained, Qu Tutong was also upset, he has been in the army for 30 years, all kinds of situations have been encountered, this continuous rainstorm has also experienced twice, although there is a certain experience, but experience can not solve the problem, in the face of bad weather, Qu Tutong is also helpless.

At night, Qu Tutong was sitting in the tent and writing a letter to the acting king, asking Chang'an to increase the supply of meat to his army.

But Chang'an actually gave a lot of fat mutton and venison to the Hedong army, but meat and other items were generally sent to Hedong City first, and after the hands of Song Laosheng, there was basically no Qu Tutong.

Not only is there no meat, but even the necessities such as grain, grass, tents, etc., Song Laosheng is also insufficient, needless to say, there is a big gap in food, although it is wartime, Qu Tutong also has to ration the soldiers according to the usual food standards.

According to the regulations, three liters of rice a day in wartime and one liter of rice a day in peacetime, the two armies confronted each other, and the soldiers only had the standard of one liter of rice a day, and there was no flesh, which made the soldiers very dissatisfied, and thought that Qu Tutong was deducting their military rations.

Tents are also particularly lacking, the general Sui army standard is 20 people per tent, but Qu Tutong only has less than half of the tents, can only let 50 people squeeze into a tent, the conditions are very bad, so it is easy to make soldiers sick.

Although Qu Tutong was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, he also had to take into account the overall situation, and did not want to fight at a critical moment, so he had to hold back the anger in his heart and directly write to Acting Wang Yang Yu for help.

At this time, a pro-soldier whispered outside the tent: "Great handsome! Handsome! ”

Qu Tutong put down his pen, walked to the door of the tent and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

A captain stepped forward and whispered a few words, Qu Tutong was taken aback, and the pen in his hand fell on the table in a panic. (To be continued.) )