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Chapter 478: It's not that you shouldn't damn it, it's just that the occasion is wrong

The weather at the beginning of August is still hot and makes people feel the urge to jump into the water and not come out, but it has begun to get cooler in the morning and evening, and it is unbearable to feel the heat during the day, and if you are still bare-chested in the middle of the night, you will definitely get goosebumps all over your body.

However, compared to July, the march has become much more comfortable.

After a hot day, the coolness brought by the evening breeze makes people feel refreshed. If you've never marched in the scorching sun in leather armor, no one can describe in detail how uncomfortable that feeling really is. During the day, the strong sunlight shone on the leather armor, and the temperature under the leather armor was enough to make people feel the pain of steaming the skin. After a lot of hydration, there is almost no urine, and the sweat can make the clothes feel as if they have been blistered, and the water can be wrung out with a twist.

However, for the 30,000 Yanyun elite soldiers who crossed the river, the pain they endured had little to do with the heat, but the discomfort brought by the reversal of day and night.

Li Xian's army chasing down Liu Heimin had already attracted some attention, and when the news of Liu Heimin's Flying Bear Army being wiped out spread, it was like dropping a huge bomb in the water. No one can believe that the Flying Bear Army, which is known as the top five in the Xia Army, was wiped out of the team's number in one day?

The news that a large number of Yan Yunjun secretly crossed the river spread like a wind, and some people said after serious analysis that the team of Yan Yunjun who secretly crossed the river without knowing how was definitely not less than 50,000 people, and it was the elite of 50,000 whose combat power was not inferior to that of the Flying Bear Army. Otherwise, it would never be possible to defeat the Flying Bear Army in such a short period of time, you must know that it was an elite soldier trained by General Su Dingfang with all his might, and it was by no means inferior to the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion.

According to the most reasonable speculation, at least 50,000 elite soldiers of Yanyunzhai secretly crossed the Yellow River, and then suddenly completed the siege without the Flying Bear Army knowing it, and launched a surprise attack with almost no resistance from the Flying Bear Army. However, if this is really the case, how did the more than 50,000 Yan Yunjun come over?

Such a huge team suddenly appeared in Hebei, could it be borrowed from the Netherworld?

When the news of Liu Heimin's killing and the destruction of the Flying Bear Army reached Dou Jiande's army, Dou Jiande was stunned for a moment, and then in a fit of rage, he kicked over the table, and then kicked the messenger who reported the news far away. Dou Jiande, whose face was pale, drew his knife and wanted to cut down the messenger, but was persuaded by the general Cao Dan.

"This person must be a spy of Yanyun Village, messing with our army's heart!"

There was a trace of fear and helplessness hidden in Dou Jiande's angry eyes, he naturally knew that the messenger could never be a spy of Yanyunzhai, but he also knew that if this news spread out, the army's heart would be immediately in chaos, from crossing the river to now, Yanyunzhai people and horses have not been found to fight, and the flank is pinned down by Xu Shiji's Qi County people and horses, he was already a little hesitant whether to continue to go south, once the news of the destruction of the Flying Bear Army spreads, the 100,000 army that has not encountered the enemy at all may be directly defeated by the rumors!

"Get in!"

Cao Dan looked at Dou Jiande's face and scolded the messenger loudly. Frightened, the messenger who flew to the sky subconsciously climbed into the tent, knelt on the ground, trembling, and did not dare to speak. Cao Dan stepped forward and kicked the messenger fiercely, and scolded loudly: "Where did you get this news from hearsay, and you dare to talk nonsense in front of King Xia!" Don't you know that just the day before yesterday, the Flying Bear Army had crossed the Yellow River to meet the Yanyun thief Xu Shiji's men? ”

"Huh?"

The messenger was stunned for a moment, then understood. He hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake, saying that what he just said was indeed a rumor. was just worried about the danger of the army's back road, so he rushed to report the news in the starry night. Cao Dan looked at Dou Jiande's face was still ugly, he kicked the messenger again and said angrily: "Don't beg for mercy?!" ”

The messenger couldn't stop kowtowing and begging for mercy, Dou Jiande's face softened and said: "I will spare your capital crime today, if you dare to walk around this kind of rumor again, I will punish your nine clans!" Today, for the sake of you and Daxia, I will spare you once, strip you of your official position, and make meritorious contributions! ”

"King Xie Xia's grace of not killing!"

The messenger was busy kowtowing, Dou Jiande's anger subsided a little, and he was silent for a while and said: "Tell Gu about the rumors from your hearsay carefully, if you miss a word, Gu still won't spare you." ”

The messenger hurriedly said the beginning and end of the destruction of the Flying Bear Army, and every word he said was preceded by four words, and after speaking, all his clothes were soaked with sweat. A pair of legs trembled involuntarily, as if Dou Jiande's stern look could crush him. Because of his nervousness and excitement, every word he said seemed stumbling, but he finally said it clearly in detail.

Dou Jiande's face had changed after hearing this, the previous anger dissipated, replaced by an extremely strong worry and fear, he really couldn't imagine that Yan Yunjun had really gone to his own territory unknowingly, and then blatantly launched a surprise attack on an elite army with a size of 30,000 people. There is a saying that a general must be plucked when running for a thousand miles, unless the command of his subordinates has reached the level of a general, no one dares to easily lead the army to go deep behind the enemy to raid.

It's Li Xian!

After listening to this, Dou Jiande made a judgment in his heart.

Li Xian actually led the army to Hebei in person!

No wonder the main force of Yan Yunjun could not be found, it turned out that the Xia army went south, and Yan Yunjun had quietly gone north, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Xia army.

"Have you ever heard how many people are in that unwarranted Yan Yun army?"

Cao Dan pondered for a while and asked.

"Humble Detective...... I heard that the Yanyun Village did not exceed 5,000 people, all the cavalry, coming and going like the wind, and then when the sun rose, they attacked from the east, led by a general wearing black armor and riding a very majestic black horse, but it was impossible to tell who it was on the banner. ”

"Sure enough, it's him"

Dou Jiande whispered four words, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"You stand down first"

Dou Jiande waved his hand, and his voice was very soft, as if he had been drained of strength for a moment, but in fact, he did have a very troubled sense of powerlessness. Since the day of going south, it has been full of weirdness, first of all, the Yanyunzhai Naval Division has no fortification at all, and after the army crossed the Yellow River, it was half a month after the army did not find the people and horses of Yanyunzhai, and the flanks were threatened, Dou Jiande was worried that this was Yanyunzhai's plan to lure the enemy, and he did not dare to rush forward, so that after walking for more than half a month, the army was still more than 100 miles away from Juyeze. Although Su Dingfang's vanguard army had arrived less than thirty miles away from Yuncheng, it stopped on the grounds that there were suspected that there were a large number of Yanyun soldiers and horses near Yuncheng.

It's a scam!

Dou Jiande, who was in deep thought, suddenly understood, and his hand couldn't help shaking.

Yan King Li Xian didn't go to attack Wagangzhai at all, the elite soldiers he personally led must have used the golden cicada to get out of the shell, and it seems that they are still confronting the people and horses of Wagangzhai west of Lei Ze, but in fact, they have already secretly crossed the Yellow River!

The sailors dispatched by Yanyunzhai to attack Wagangzhai are just empty shells!

Dou Jiande immediately thought of this again.

The seemingly huge sailors were actually empty ships, and it looked like they were going to block the grain route on the Wagangzhai waterway, but in fact, it was just to transport Li Xian's elite soldiers to Hebei. First of all, a golden cicada is out of the shell, and then another trick is dark Chen Cang, a good Yanyun Village, a good Yan King Li Xian!

Dou Jiande took a deep breath, and now he finally understands that all this is just a deception set up by Li Xianbu, just to cover up the illusion that he is going to enter Hebei. He didn't plan to attack Wagangzhai from the beginning, what he wanted at the beginning was to kill Liu Heimin and give himself a dismount!

He glanced at Cao Dan and found that the other party also had a heavy face.

……

……

Cao Dan saw Dou Jiande looking at himself, knowing that it was King Xia who wanted to ask for his opinion, Wang Fubao, the most insightful and capable general in the army, was imprisoned for suggesting that Dou Jiande delay his claim to be king, and now the most trusted person in the army is him, but he is also very confused in his heart now, and he has no idea at all.

He is a man who can't do big things, but he can handle small things to the extreme.

Therefore, he did not immediately say anything about the matter of Yan Yunjun's northward march this time, but gave Dou Jiande a salute and said: "The minister will ask the messenger again, he was obviously frightened by his appearance just now, and the minister is afraid that he has missed something and forgot to say it...... The minister felt that there was something strange about this matter, and he couldn't believe it easily. ”

Dou Jiande was annoyed in his heart, he also knew that Cao Dan was not a general, so he waved his hand helplessly and said: "Go ahead, ask clearly and carefully, especially the strength of Yan Yunjun, you must ask clearly." It was impossible to have only 5,000 cavalry, and Li Xian would never take this risk. ”

Now that the people in the tent are his cronies, there is no need to emphasize that it is hearsay.

"The minister understands"

Cao Dan nodded, turned around and walked out of the big tent. He sent his own soldiers to call the messenger to his big tent, at this time he was also very confused, Dou Jiande's eyes obviously with the meaning of asking for advice made him a little frightened, he knew that he was not the kind of handsome man who was thousands of miles away in the middle of the strategy, but he could do other things, and it could be regarded as doing his best to eliminate trouble for King Xia.

After a while, the messenger arrived tremblingly, and when he saw Cao Dan, he immediately made a big salute to thank him for saving his life, he knew that if it wasn't for Cao Dan to help him just now, Dou Jiande had already cut himself with a knife and escaped death, although he hated Cao Dan who was greedy for money and lustful and incompetent, but this time he was sincerely full of gratitude to him.

"Thank you to the general for saving your life!"

"Nothing"

Cao Dan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't have any grievances, you know, King Xia is also forced to do so, if the news you report spreads, the morale of the army will inevitably be in turmoil, and the 100,000 army may be defeated if it is not fought in a battle, how can King Xia allow such a thing to happen?" ”

"Humble duty understands! It is a reckless depravity, and the lowly position should ask to see King Xia in private, instead of saying it in a hurry in the big tent. The humble post really thanks the kindness of the general, and in the future, the general will have a place to get the humble position, just one sentence, and the humble post will never give up! ”

"That's right!"

Cao Dan smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I saved you to help King Xia." ”

He himself filled a glass of wine and handed it to the messenger, saying, "Drink a glass of wine and suppress the alarm." ”

Flattered, the messenger took the glass and drank it with great excitement.

Cao Dan saw that he had drunk, and his smile became more gentle and kind: "You also know that my relationship with King Xia is the closest, and I want to protect King Xia and not let anything unfavorable to King Xia happen." I saved you in the big tent before, because King Xia couldn't lose his temper in front of so many generals, and he couldn't kill you, if he killed you, the person who came all the way to report the news, it would also chill the hearts of those generals, which was not good for King Xia's reputation. ”

"But I have to say, King Xia is right to want to kill you."

Cao Dan changed his words and said: "If you are alive, it is possible to tell the news of the destruction of the Flying Bear Army in the rear, although you have made a guarantee, you can guarantee that this kind of thing has never been reliable, if your closest friend asks, you may not be able to hide it." Even if you have a strict mouth, what if you are drunk and babbling nonsense? Even if you quit drinking in the future, will you be able to guarantee that you won't talk in your sleep? The most trustworthy is not any living person, and the dead cannot speak. ”

He smiled and said gently, "I stopped King Xia from killing you because it wasn't the occasion to kill you, not because you didn't deserve to die, understand?" ”

The messenger's face had changed dramatically at this time, and he was about to open his mouth to speak, but there was a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of black blood, and his eyes were dark, and he could no longer control his plop and fell to the ground, and his limbs twitched a few times and died.

Cao Dan looked at the corpse and sighed, squatted down and caressed the messenger's eyes and said slowly: "It's okay to die, such a troubled world may be reincarnated as soon as possible, which is not a good thing." ”