Dou Jiande led dozens of civil and military generals to gallop all the way under the escort of more than 1,000 personal soldiers, and escaped more than 50 miles in one breath before slowly stopping, at this time the sky was already bright, Dou Jiande was overwhelmed with sadness, he looked back at more than 1,000 personal soldiers, thinking of the 100,000 army was wiped out, he couldn't help but feel sad and squatted in the field and cried loudly.

The generals looked at each other, they all shook their heads and sighed, Kong Deshao turned over and dismounted, came to Dou Jiande's side, and comforted him in a low voice: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, don't be sad, although the army is gone, but the main generals are there, and we clean up the remnants of the army, maybe there will be tens of thousands of people, and now we need the prince to cheer up and deal with the Sui army going south!" ”

All the generals persuaded him one after another, Dou Jiande wiped away his tears, stood up and said to everyone: "The responsibility for this failure lies with me, I regret that I should not listen to your advice and blindly meddle in the battle situation in Youzhou, I, Dou Jiande, will remember today's shame and make a judgment!" ”

Dou Jiande pulled out the dagger from his boots, and in the midst of everyone's exclamations, he swung his knife and cut off the little finger of his left hand, and suddenly blood gushed out, two personal soldiers rushed up and hurriedly bandaged him, and all the civil and military officials knelt down together, "Please take care of the prince!" ”

Dou Jiande sighed and helped everyone up one by one, at this time, a personal soldier pointed to the north and shouted: "Lord Wang, there are cavalry coming!" ”

Everyone turned their heads together, only to see a black line appear in the hazy morning light in the north, at this time the earth began to shake slightly, everyone's faces changed greatly, and they turned over their horses, and several anxious generals had run out of more than a dozen steps.

"Wait!" Dou Jiande shouted, his eyes stared at the north, and said to a pro-soldier: "Go and take a look!" ”

Without waiting for the pro-soldiers to step forward, a group of cavalry had rushed in the distance, and the outfit was Dou Jiande's army, Dou Jiande knew that the person who was the leader was Liu Heimin's pro-soldier captain, he was overjoyed, and he guessed correctly.

Captain Pegasus arrived for the first time. Turned over and dismounted and knelt down on one knee for Dou Jiande, "Lord Qiqi, General Liu is back with 10,000 cavalry!" ”

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief, it turned out to be Liu Heimin's cavalry. A moment Liu Heimin led 10,000 cavalry to arrive, the cavalry stopped a mile away, Liu Heimin galloped forward, he was ordered to attack Luo Yi's camp, just to avoid the night attack of the Sui army, he escaped from the camp on the other side, but met Dou Jiande halfway.

Liu Heimin stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Liu Heimin is late for rescue. Please condemn the king! ”

Dou Jiande got 10,000 living cavalry, and his heart was settled, and he hurriedly asked, "How is the Luo Yi military camp?" ”

"Report to the prince, Luo Yi's 30,000 army has broken the camp, the soldiers have fled, most of them have fled with their armor, if it is a soldier from Hejian County, they will definitely flee back."

This news made Dou Jiande happy again. At least more than 20,000 people fled back to Hejian County with their soldiers, and with the collection of some remnants of the army, the losses were not too heavy. At this time, Kong Deshao stepped forward and suggested: "Lord Wang, Gaoyang County is blocked by the Sui army, we must take a detour back." ”

reminded Dou Jiande at once, he nodded and said to everyone: "Go around from the east and avoid the Sui army in Gaoyang County!" ”

More than 10,000 cavalry escorted Dou Jiande to the southeast......

In the Dou Jiande camp in the south of Zhuo County, the sky has not yet dawned, the war has just stopped, the camp fence has been dismantled, the tents have been pulled out, and the soldiers of the Sui army are busy collecting food, ordnance and other materials in the camp. The corpses of the enemy soldiers killed in the battle were buried deeply, and groups of prisoners were escorted to the Sui camp by the Sui army, and hundreds of female escorts carried first-aid kits to treat the wounded in the camp.

At this time, Yang Jiachen rushed to Yang Yuanqing and bowed down to report: "Chief Qiqi, the prisoners of war have been counted, a total of 43,450 people. More than 12,000 enemies were killed, and the rest of the enemy troops had fled, but Dou Jiande did not catch them. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, looked at the fertile and empty land around him, and said to Yang Jiachen: "The injured can stay in the Sui camp for treatment first, and the rest of the prisoners of war ordered them to be in Tuntian, Zhuo County, and you will temporarily lead 3,000 troops to supervise them, and tell them that as long as Dou Jiande is destroyed, they will be released to return to their hometowns and reunite with their families." ”

"Yes!"

Yang Jiachen turned around and rushed to arrange prisoners of war, Yang Yuanqing's eyes fell on the dark Zhuoxian county in the distance, the reason why he did not chase Dou Jiande was because his strategic focus at this time was not Dou Jiande, but Youzhou Luo Yi.

A scout in the distance rushed to the city and bowed down to report: "Report to the chief manager, the Youzhou army in the city has left the city gate and fled to the northeast. ”

"These bunnies, they're slipping away!"

Yang Yuanqing scolded in a low voice, and immediately ordered: "30,000 cavalry are rectified, follow me to chase the Youzhou army!" ”

The 30,000 cavalry were resting intensively, and after receiving the order to fight again, they mounted their horses one after another and followed Yang Yuanqing to the northeast......

Xue Wanche seized the opportunity of the great battle between the Sui army and Dou Jiande's army, and led 20,000 troops to rush out of the city gate and flee to the northeast.

After escaping for more than 30 miles, the sky was already dark, Xue Wanche saw that there were no pursuers behind, so he ordered the men and horses to rest for half an hour, the soldiers rested in a forest, a stream was crowded with people and horses drinking water, Xue Wanche sat on a big rock, slowly chewing a piece of dried meat, in fact, his heart was very conflicted at this time, he saw Luo Yi's camp was defeated, which made him feel a kind of desperation to follow Luo Yi, he knew that Luo Yi was finished, and they had to find another way.

He also saw with his own eyes that the Sui army entered the camp of Dou Jiande's army and defeated Dou Jiande's army, which made him feel awe in his heart, and a kind of gratitude for being relieved, in fact, that time was his best chance to surrender, but he hesitated for a long time, or gave up this good opportunity to surrender, he did not want his surrender to affect his brother.

Xue Wanche sighed, he only felt at a loss in his heart, and he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, everyone stopped moving, and their faces showed a kind of uneasiness and horror, as if they felt something, Xue Wanche also felt it, the earth was shaking slightly, but his consternation was only for a moment, Xue Wanche suddenly jumped down from the stone and shouted: "It's the cavalry, it's the enemy's cavalry!" ”

"General, it's too late!"

A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, Xue Wanche also saw it, a black line was rapidly pushing to this side, a kind of general's bravery erupted in Xue Wanche's heart, at this time he had thrown away the idea of surrender without a trace, he shouted sharply: "The army is on the horse, ready to fight!" ”

The cavalry got on their horses one after another, and his five thousand heavily armored cavalry also quickly wore armor and helmets, and the war horses also put on armor, and the cavalry got on their horses with the assistance of the horsemen, and tied the ties tightly, and the horsemen were actually ordinary cavalrymen, and they immediately got on their horses and lined up on the plains, preparing for a decisive battle with the Sui army.

Yang Yuanqing led 30,000 cavalry to chase after him, he saw from a distance that 20,000 Youzhou troops had lined up to prepare for battle, he raised his hand, and the cavalry team began to slow down, ran out of a mile, and also stopped, "Queue!" ”

The Sui army also began to quickly assemble the team, Yang Yuanqing immediately sent a personal soldier to answer with Xue Wanche, the personal soldier flew to the front of the Youzhou army, dozens of soldiers surrounded him, and the personal soldier said loudly: "I am ordered by the chief to pass a word to General Xue." ”

Xue Wanche glanced deeply at the Sui army, it turned out that Yang Yuanqing was in the midst of the chasing soldiers, he slowly urged him to step forward and asked, "What does Yang Yuanqing want you to say?" ”

"The head of my family hopes that the general can understand the general trend and not kill the soldiers of the Youzhou army because of a momentary hothead, and the head also said that he was also in charge of Youzhou, and he was unwilling to fight in the same room."

Xue Wanche sighed in his heart, bowed his head and said silently, and his own soldiers said: "The general also said that if the general hesitates, he is willing to make a bet with the general, he will use 5,000 cavalry against 5,000 heavy armored cavalry, and defeat the heavy armored cavalry within two quarters of an hour." ”

Xue Wanche was stunned, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, "What if Manager Yang loses?" ”

"If the chief loses, he will let you go back, and he will never chase again, if he wins, surrender or not, whatever the general!"

Xue Wanche pondered for a long time, and resolutely said: "Okay, then it's a word!" ”

The rumbling drums sounded in the wilderness, and the five thousand heavy armored cavalry lined up to fight slowly, Yang Yuanqing looked at the other party and shook his head gently, he knew that Xue Wanche actually had the intention of surrendering, but he couldn't let go of his face, and he had to fight such a battle with himself, so he would find a step to surrender.

Wang Junkuo stepped forward and bowed and said, "Chief, please let the lowly post fight this battle!" ”

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "You don't know my tactics, I can actually break him with only a thousand cavalry, you press the formation for me, and see how I defeat this heavy cavalry." ”

He took out a horn from his bosom and blew it vigorously in the sky, 'Woo-'

The low sound of horns resounded throughout the field, and then dozens of horns sounded, and a thousand guards cavalry followed Yang Yuanqing out of the formation slowly, forming a phalanx, and a thousand spears were raised, dense as a forest, and rushed towards the wilderness step by step.

Five thousand heavy armored cavalry have appeared three miles away, they are still in a row of 100 people, lined up in forty-nine teams, 5,000 long lances coldly pointed at the Sui army, the morning glow shines on the cold armor, turning into a magnificent crimson, and the strict cavalry formation reveals a powerful killing force.

At this time, Xue Wanche had already faintly felt a little bad, he saw that the Sui army was prepared, and there were only a thousand cavalry to fight, but the arrow had been wound, and he was not allowed to send it, so he had to grit his teeth and order: "Attack!" ”

'Boom! Boom! Boom! The rapid sound of war drums sounded, and the five thousand heavily armored cavalry burst out with an earth-shattering cry, and began to start, and the iron cavalry rushed towards the Sui cavalry with an unstoppable overwhelming force.

"Kill!" Yang Yuanqing roared wildly, waved the sky-breaking lance and rushed out, and a thousand cavalry also followed with a shout, rushed out of the horse, and followed the commander to rush towards the five thousand heavy armored cavalry......

In the three-mile-wide wilderness, the two cavalry teams rushed closer and closer, seeing that they were about to collide together, all the soldiers couldn't bear to turn their heads, but at this moment, an accident happened, a thousand Sui cavalry was like two black dragons breaking out of the sea, suddenly divided into two, rushed to both sides, quickly divided into two teams, and the heavy armored cavalry passed sideways, causing the soldiers on both sides to exclaim, Xue Wanche slowly closed his eyes, he knew that the biggest weakness of the heavy armored cavalry had been grasped by Yang Yuanqing, and the heavy armored cavalry had completely lost.