Under the city of Huoyi, the two armies confronted each other.

Li Yuan stared at Huoyi, at this moment, Huoyi City was already densely packed, and the Sui army was densely packed on the city wall.

Huoyi was originally a small city, but since Li Yuan's rebellion, Huoyi has received orders and began to build city walls on a large scale, and now it has the prestige of a heroic city.

"Father! Huoyi City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is heavily guarded, Qu Tutong is a famous general, good at defending the city, if we force the attack, I am afraid of heavy losses! A general in his twenties behind Li Yuan said.

This person is Li Yuan's son Li Shimin. Another general of the same age next to Li Jiancheng is Li Jiancheng, but at this moment, the two did not fall out, they are compatriots of the same mother, and they have a good relationship.

"Yes! Father, since Qu Tutong has taken a defensive posture, why don't we take the opportunity to train our troops in Taiyuan, and then attack Guanzhong after the army is trained. Li Jiancheng was also puzzled.

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Time is not waiting for me!" Although Taiyuan is an important town, it is located in a remote area, and it is not a place to become a king at all. I also want to wait for my father, but the difference between Taiyuan and Daxing City is too big, and the acting king Yang Yu already has the image of Zhongxing, and the more I wait, the smaller the hope of victory, and now I am riding the momentum of a drum and laying down Guanzhong is the vitality of my Li family. ”

"Acting King Yang Yu!" When the three members of the Li family mentioned this name, they only felt a lot of pressure.

Now Daxing City is world-famous, one of its own, with a large amount of wealth, and newly recruited 100,000 new soldiers, strong soldiers and horses, Yin Shishi and Qu Tutong famous generals gathered. Not to be underestimated.

"Xiuning was injured at the hands of the soldiers in Guanzhong." Li Shimin's eyes were cold, the relationship between the Li family brothers and sisters was very good, when Li Xiuning returned to Taiyuan with an injury, the miserable situation made everyone in the Li family cry, and now Li Xiuning is still recuperating in Taiyuan.

"Okay, I'll talk about Xiuning's affairs later, now I'm still imagining how to break through Huoyi!" Li Yuan shouted, he was very annoyed that Li Xiuning didn't obey the order and insisted on staying in Guanzhong, and now he was angry.

"Yes. Father! Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were silent.

Looking at Huoyi City. Li Yuan and Li Shimin turned around a few times, and couldn't help but feel numb in their scalps, Qu Tutong deserved to be a famous general, and the entire Huoyi defense was like a hedgehog. It may be extremely difficult to capture Huoyi.

"Qu Tutong is the highest military general in Daxing City. Now Yang Yu is taking advantage of Qu Tutong to lead the troops outside. suddenly seized power, Qu Tutong must be very resentful in his heart, why don't we recruit Qu Tutong! Li Jiancheng said suddenly.

Li Shimin shook his head. Said: "We only have 30,000 troops, but Qu Tutong has 50,000 troops, Qu Tutong has an advantage in strength, and it is impossible for him to surrender to us." ”

Li Yuan's eyes lit up: "Even if he can't succeed, he can shake the military spirit of the Daxing Army, and he can also fight in the future, otherwise the generals of Daxing City will think that he has two hearts." ”

In Huoyi City,

Qu Tutong held Li Yuan's letter of persuasion and shouted angrily: "Li Yuan's traitor actually deceived me like this, I, Qu Tutong, am worthy of Sui En, how can I be as ungrateful as you!" ”

"The general is wise!" The generals shouted in unison.

The corners of Qu Tutong's mouth twitched slightly, you Li Yuan only had such a little strength, and you really dared to open your mouth and let me surrender to you.

Moreover, the Sui Dynasty has other regulations, as long as the general is out on the expedition, the whole family must stay as hostages, Qu Tutong's family is now in Daxing City, how can he Qu Tutong not surrender to Li Yuan.

Even if Qu Tutong is willing to surrender, and other soldiers are not willing to surrender, Daxing City has such a generous military salary, what do you Li Yuan have, rely on your mouth to fool?

"General, if we attack with heavy troops, we will directly capture Li Yuan's rebels and return them to Daxing City, and they will be handed down by His Royal Highness the Acting King." A general asks for war.

"No, His Royal Highness the Acting King has an order, you must defend for a month and wait for all the grain in Xingluocang to be transported back." Qu Tutong shook his head.

He Qu Tutong had Yang Yu's order in hand, and he occupied the advantage of the city, so he didn't need to fight a field battle with Li Yuan at all.

"Come on, cut off Li Yuan's envoy and send it back!" Qu Tutong shouted, and he showed his attitude of fighting to the death with practical actions.

"Yes!" The soldier shouted.

Qu Tutong tore up the letter of surrender in his hand, walked out of the door, and looked up at the gloomy sky.

In the sky, bursts of lightning streaked by, and clouds were thick.

"It's going to rain!" Qu Tu looked at the sky and muttered.

"Crackling." Rain cats and dogs.

The power of nature is enormous, and God can't bear to see a human tragedy happen, so he is furious and prevents a human tragedy from happening.

Li Yuan braved the rain to lead the army and slowly retreated, because Jiahu Fort had been occupied by Sang Xianhe, at this moment Li Yuan could only station the army in a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, set up camp, and wait for the opportunity.

………………

between the rivers,

In an unknown small city, Dou Jiande's tens of thousands of troops gathered.

"Xue Shixiong, this old thief, is really too deceitful, he can't rescue Luoyang well, he has to attack us!" A dark-skinned, tall, armor-clad strong man said angrily.

He is Dou Jiande's general Liu Heihe.

When Yang Guang summoned Xue Shixiong to rescue Luoyang, he issued an order that all the thieves along the road could be destroyed, and Xue Shixiong set his sights on Dou Jiande, the biggest thief leader in Hebei.

Dou Jiande and the other generals were also defeated, the gap was too big, don't look at them before they were jumping very happy, as soon as they met the real elite of the Sui Dynasty, Dou Jiande's army was immediately defeated.

Now the generals under Dou Jiande have no fighting spirit against Xue Shixiong, and they have no strength to fight at all.

Dou Jiande looked around, sighed helplessly, and thought of a ruthless move in his heart.

"Everyone, now that the Sui army is strong, we are not opponents, and now there are only two ways to live in front of us." Dou Jiande gritted his teeth and said.

The generals couldn't help but look at Dou Jiande.

"Either we surrender to Xue Shixiong, or we will fight him to the death." Dou Jiande said bitterly.

The generals couldn't help but be silent, their eyes dodging.

Let's fight to the death! Their strength is not good, and Xue Shixiong is unwilling to surrender. Moreover, the imperial court has a precedent of killing surrendered soldiers. The generals were in a dilemma for a while.

"Or else! If we arrive at Xue Shixiong's camp before dawn, then attack at night, and if we arrive after dawn, we will surrender Xue Shixiong, everything is up to heaven's will. Dou Jiande said.

"The general is wise!" The generals were overjoyed.

"Good! Then I will lead the two hundred and eighty brave soldiers first, Liu Heihou, you lead the other soldiers to follow, and then arrive at the Xue camp at night, and we will attack them, if the sky is already bright when they arrive. We surrendered. Dou Jiande shouted. At the same time, Weiwei and Liu Hei made a look.

Liu Heiman nodded knowingly, of course he understood what Dou Jiande meant, this was what they had discussed in advance, once they arrived at Xue Shixiong's camp before dawn.

Night.

Dou Jiande walked forward overnight. He personally led 280 soldiers of the death squad to touch Xue Shixiong's camp.

At this moment, Xue Shixiong's camp. It's pitch black. Apparently the soldiers were asleep, and it was a good time to attack.

Everything is ready, just wait for Liu Heivalve to come with troops.

Little by little, time passed. But Liu Heivalve's figure still did not appear.

"General, it's almost dawn!" A dead man said anxiously.

Waiting left and right, the sky is gradually getting brighter, and the east is white.

At this time, Liu Heilord finally led the army belatedly and finally arrived, but Dou Jiande's heart slowly sank.

Is it really necessary to surrender according to the previous agreement, Dou Jiande is unwilling, he has gone from a deserter to the current hegemon, killing all the old and young in his family by the official army, how can he surrender willingly.

"General!" Liu Heivalve stood in front of Dou Jiande with a guilty face

He overestimated his influence, without Dou Jiande in charge, almost all the generals would not be dead, if it weren't for him Liu Hei to take out Dou Jiande's order to coerce, it is estimated that they are still halfway now.

Rao is like this, it was still late when he joined Dou Jiande, and it was already dawn.

Dou Jiande's face was gloomy as ice, and a thick sadness surged into his heart, he actually messed up.

"General!" The other generals stepped forward and looked at Dou Jiande expectantly.

Dou Jiande got up sadly, looked at Xue Shixiong's camp, and suddenly found a white expanse.

"Foggy?" Dou Jiande was stunned.

A spiritual light stood out, and Dou Jiande jumped up and said in ecstasy: "It's foggy!" ”

"Foggy?" The generals were confused.

At this moment, the fog is getting bigger and bigger, and the visibility is only about ten zhang.

"God help me!" Dou Jiande was overjoyed.

"It's a great time to attack the camp!" Liu Heivalve also reacted and said happily.

The other generals were also moved in their hearts, and couldn't help but look at Dou Jiande, could it really be the will of heaven. They are used to being the king of grass, and of course they are not willing to surrender to the court again.

At this moment, this is a great opportunity, of course, I will not let it go, but there is still a certainty that I can't escape.

"Pass the order, the whole army assault!" Dou Jiande shouted in high spirits.

Dou Jiande's army took advantage of the fog and sneaked in front of Xue Shixiong's camp.

"Kill!" Dou Jiande drank.

Countless Dou troops suddenly slaughtered out of the thick fog, like divine soldiers descending from the sky.

At this moment, many Sui troops were still asleep, and they were suddenly attacked and immediately bombed the camp.

"What's going on?" The white-haired Xue Shixiong came out of the tent and shouted.

"General Qiyu! Heavy fog fell from the sky, Dou Jiande suddenly attacked the camp, and our army was disrupted. The adjutant general hurriedly reported.

"Command the armies, kill me back!" Xue Shixiong shouted.

"Yes!" The lieutenant general took the order and left.

After a while, the lieutenant returned covered in blood.

"General! The army is in disarray, and the soldiers have fled. Our army is defeated! The adjutant general bowed his head and said guiltily.

"Impossible!" Xue Shixiong's heart shook and faltered.

"General, let's retreat!" Adjutant said.

"Can't be returned! Go back and kill me! Xue Shixiong's long knife pointed at a wave of routs and shouted.

If Xue Shixiong's words were in normal times, it might work, but it was foggy from the sky, and the soldiers couldn't tell who was who, so they just blindly fled for their lives.

Seeing that the situation had deteriorated to this point, the adjutant general immediately summoned Xue Shixiong's fifty personal soldiers and rode Xue Shixiong to Zhuo County.

In this battle, Xue Shixiong's 30,000 army was annihilated, and Dou Jiande won a great victory.

Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, who stayed behind in Zhuo County, also played smashed, but Xue Shixiong played a very high price, and the 30,000 army was wiped out, and soon, Xue Shixiong, who returned to Zhuo County, died depressed.

When the news broke, the world shook. (To be continued......)