Hearing that the messenger sent out had returned, Dou Jiande immediately summoned him.

When the messenger had finished praying, he stepped aside and stood.

Dou Jiande looked at the man in the room, his heroic posture was as tall as a Zhilan jade tree, and his demeanor was like his writing, upright and elegant.

"What's your name?"

The man replied without humility or arrogance: "The surname of the contemptible person is Wei Mingzheng, and the word is Xuancheng." ”

"Wei Zheng...."Dou Jiande read his name again, and immediately announced: "From today on, you will join the army in the office, work hard, I will not treat you badly." ”

Wei Zheng's flat expression finally changed slightly, and he said with a little excitement: "Thank you Lord, Wei will definitely assist the Lord wholeheartedly and achieve hegemony." ”

Dou Jiande smiled with satisfaction.

In the following days, Dou Jiande really reused Wei Zheng as he said, and handed over any letters or edicts to Wei Zheng to write.

From time to time, he would discuss current affairs with Wei Zheng and discuss decisions.

In terms of food and clothing, Dou Jiande also gave Wei Zheng good treatment.

Abundant and diverse food, comfortable and surplus clothes, boots and socks, spacious and independent courtyards, and rich rewards..... Everything is so beautiful.

In the past, Wei Zheng was lonely, poor, and down-and-out, and it was a luxury to be well fed and clothed.

Wei Zheng thought of the hard days in the past, and thought of the beautiful life now, and his heart was very touched, and he was also very grateful to Dou Jiande.

He originally thought that Dou Jiande and his family lived a simple life and were stingy, but later learned that Dou Jiande only asked himself and his family to live a simple life, but he was very generous to his subordinates and the people.

No wonder the military and civilians in Hebei are desperate for him.....

He thought that he had finally taken refuge in a British lord.

Under the flickering candlelight, Wei Zheng picked up the brush with great ambition and wrote on the paper.

On the second day, Wei Zheng went to see Dou Jiande with the results of the all-night battle.

Dou Jiande was startled when he saw that his eyes were red and swollen and his eyes were blue: "Xuancheng, this is ...... Beaten? ”

Wei Zheng hurriedly said: "No, Wei read late last night, so he looked haggard." ”

As he spoke, he took out a book from his bosom and offered it with both hands: "Lord, this is what I wrote last night, ten strategies to stabilize the world." ”

Hearing the last sentence, Dou Jiande became interested, and he took it with his own hands and looked at it.

Wei Zheng clasped his hands together and looked at Dou Jiande nervously.

After a while, Dou Jiande closed the recital and praised it sincerely: "These ten strategies are completely in line with the current situation, and they are really wonderful." ”

Wei Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense expression eased.

"Xuancheng, you come with me, let's discuss these ten strategies....."

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Not only Dou Jiande in Hebei, but also the rebels from all over the country are seizing the time to conquer the city.

After Li Mi recaptured Huiluocang, he carefully laid out, captured Liyangcang, and sent Fang Yanzao to garrison it.

Liyang Cang is the largest granary in Hebei, and Dou Jiande originally planned to snatch it, but was robbed by Li Mi.

After Li Mi captured Liyangcang, soldiers and civilians from near and far took refuge in the Wagang Army, and in ten days, the Wagang Army increased by more than 100,000 young and middle-aged people.

Dou Jiande sighed again and instructed Wei Zheng to write a letter to Li Mi to congratulate him, and once again mentioned the suggestion to support Li Mi as emperor.

When Liu Heimin heard this, he rushed to stop him: "Why does the Lord support Li Mi?

"In the past, our strength was not good, and we attached ourselves to Li Mi in order to preserve our strength.

"Now we have most of Hebei and we have powerful weapons in our hands, so we don't need to be attached to anyone.

"If anyone disobeys, we will destroy him."

With such an arrogant tone, Dou Jiande just smiled, and was not affected by it: "Li Mi has an army of 400,000 troops, and we currently only have more than 100,000 horses, although we have powerful weapons, but there are not many of them.

"Even Zhu Cang, who is the king, and others have attached themselves to Li Mi, and I have to say that Li Mi is gaining momentum, and we should not fight with him. Or avoid his edge, temporarily support him, and develop his own strength. ”

Liu Heimin was not convinced, waved his hand and said: "There are too few people and horses, we will have more territory." With our weapons, and the combat effectiveness of our soldiers, sooner or later we will have an army of 400,000, 500,000 or even more. ”

Wei Zheng couldn't stand it, and interjected: "General Liu, it takes time to build weapons, and it also requires manpower and financial resources, and it is not achieved overnight.

"We have to admit that we are not strong enough on our own, and we need to buy enough time to build up the army."

Liu Heimin choked and couldn't say anything to refute.

One word, it is "poor".

They started as a peasant army, and they didn't have much money in their hands, and the daily army spent a lot of money, and they had to take out money to build new weapons, armor and other military materials, and there were also people at the bottom who needed to take care of it, and there were too many places to spend money.

Li Mi occupies the three major granaries, and even if he does not have abundant money, many people will rush to the granaries to take refuge in him, and he easily has hundreds of thousands of troops.

and Li Yuan, not to mention, is both an imperial prince and an important minister. Money, power, and prestige, raise their arms and shout, and there are many responders.

In just a few months, hundreds of thousands of troops have already entered Guanzhong.

"Okay, I don't know much about these political affairs, in short, I will fight wherever the Lord needs me."

Liu Heimin no longer stopped Wei Zheng from writing a letter, but discussed with Dou Jiande: "Now except for the counties near Liyangcang, Hebei is under our control, and next, let's march to Henan and Shandong."

"Su Dingfang's kid is good, marching and arranging, attacking and defending, and he is a general.

"There is also Lin Dalang, who is talented at a young age, with the assistance of their two brothers, the great cause of the Lord will be achieved just around the corner."

Dou Jiande couldn't help but smile, and took down the map from the shelf: "Let me take a look at ..... first"

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On the tenth day of the ninth month, the army sent by Li Yuan from all walks of life sent a report.

The westward army led by Xu Shichang and Yin Kaishan has been stationed in the ancient city, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and other armies have been stationed in Acheng, Li Jiancheng has retreated to Yongfengcang, and Liu Wenjing and Li Jing have blocked Qu Tutong and other Guanzhong reinforcements from Tongguan.

On the same day, more than ten counties in Guanzhong surrendered to the rebels.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, unfolded the map, and observed the situation again.

At this moment, Wang Kangda walked into the conference hall with a solemn face, first glanced at Li Yuan cautiously, and then pondered and said: "Tang Gong, there is news from Chang'an, the Yin World Master ....."

Hearing the name Yin Shishi, Li Yuan suddenly raised his head from the map and looked at Wang Kangda with sharp eyes: "Say." ”

Facing Li Yuan's face that was not angry and arrogant, a chill suddenly rose in Wang Kangda's heart, he took a deep breath, and said quickly: "Ten days ago, the Yin World Master sent someone to dig up your ancestral grave and destroyed the five temples of the Li family. ”

The Son of Heaven set up seven temples, and the Duke set up five temples.

"Bang!"

Li Yuan hammered his fist on the case, and the case cracked.

"This old horseman, when I take Chang'an, I will make him worse than dead....."

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