Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 177 Dou Jiande retreats

Dou Jiande got the news through scouting immediately when the Tang army reinforcements arrived in Xiangzhou.

Therefore, he seemed extremely anxious.

Don't look at him killing King Yong'an and shooting off one of Li Shentong's ears.But that was not his record at all, but the aggressive handwriting of the Turks.

Originally, Dou Jiande was very happy to have a powerful Turkic army, because he once took most of Hanoi's territory.

But after Li Shimin led the army to arrive, the situation began to reverse. First, he was beaten by Li Shimin with a strong wall in Hanoi, and then he retreated to Hebei and was killed by Li Shimin.

Now, there are still two or five boys backstabbing him.

Er Wu Zai is none other than Turkic aggressive.

Dubi is the younger brother of Chuluo Khan. In the Turkic Empire, his power is second only to Chuluo Khan. He has a population of hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of soldiers.This time he went south aggressively, although he only brought [-] Turkic cavalry, but Li Shimin still had a headache because of this.

After all, the Tuqi came and went without a trace, Tang Jun's infantry had no advantage over the Tuqi, and Tang Qi was suppressed by the Tuqi.

But Li Shimin is the god of war after all, and soon formulated a new round of "strengthening the wall and clearing the field" tactics.In this way, the unlucky one became Dou Jiande.

Because since he went south, he has been paying for all the eating, drinking and messing around.Now the longer the battle, the more he will spend on food and grass.If he doesn't beat Li Shimin for a day, he will have to pay overtime pay for a day.

This is still a trivial matter. After all, he gritted his teeth and took some food and grass from his own army to give to the Turkic people.

But the unscrupulous looting of the Turks in Hebei made Dou Jiande very angry.

This Nima is his hometown, not the hometown of the Turks.After the Turkic robbed and killed, he patted his ass and ran back to the grassland to continue herding sheep, but he would be pointed at his nose by fellow Hebei and called a bastard.

How is this still playing?
But now, Li Shimin got reinforcements, and he would definitely die with him again, and he couldn't last at all.

Xiangzhou and Linzhang.

"Your Majesty, our army's food and grass can only last for about a month, so we must think about the way out!" Kong Deshao, the counselor, explained a fact to Dou Jiande with a very serious expression on his face.

Song Zhengben also reminded: "Your Majesty, the aggressive troops looted the villagers. The people hated our army very much. In the Linzhang area, the people violently resisted our army's grain collection."

Because of the shortage of food and grass, Dou Jiande could only order to buy food from the people.But now the common people can't get enough to eat, so how can they be willing to sell food.In addition, the Turkic people robbed everywhere, and the common people thought it was Dou Jiande's instigation, and now they reject Dou Jiande even more.

He didn't want to learn from Zhu Can and embark on the road of anti-humanity, so he couldn't rob the people of food.

Dou Jiande walked up and down in the tent, sometimes sighing, sometimes frowning in thought, but never said a word.

"Your Majesty, why don't we fight Li Shimin! I still don't believe it. Could it be that Li Shimin is really invincible!" General Liu Heitai asked to fight.

Liu Heita is also the No. [-] fierce man. When he was young, he was a well-known local hooligan. He was lazy and relied on Dou Jiande for help.Later, when the world was in chaos, he first attached himself to Li Mi, then Wang Shichong, and now he followed Dou Jiande.

Although he came from a mediocre background, Liu Heitai was very fierce in battle, and he was also a little clever, able to confuse people's hearts, so he gathered a group of loyal and fierce men under his command.

Hearing Liu Heita's words, Dou Jiande shook his head, he was too young, and Liu Heita was still too young!
Fighting against Li Shimin these days, Dou Jiande has already seen that Li Tang's Qin King is indeed worthy of the name, and his strategic planning is far superior to that of Huai'an King Li Shentong.In terms of position defense alone, Dou Jiande felt that no one in the world was a match for Li Shimin.

why?

First of all, it is natural that Li Shimin can endure, he can endure any temptation.Some time ago, when he was on the battlefield in Hanoi, Dou Jiande obviously couldn't resist and had no choice but to retreat, but Li Shimin didn't take the opportunity to chase and kill, but continued to advance steadily as a mountain.

This made Dou Jiande very desperate. Li Shimin didn't eat oil and salt, and he didn't eat hard and soft, so he could only bite the bullet and confront Li Shimin.

But the problem is, he can't consume Li Shimin!

This is the main reason why Li Shimin is strong. He has a powerful and extremely wealthy Guanzhong that can give him a steady stream of food, grass, soldiers and horses to support him.

Who can stand this?
Every step forward, Li Shimin made the surrounding strategic locations impregnable and strictly guarded against them.It literally pushes people back step by step, until they are finally cornered.

Dou Jiande understood that Li Shimin would never attack rashly until he bombed the camp.

Ultimate torture.

Now he is desperately attacking Li Shimin, there is no chance of winning, he will only be consumed to the point of disability, and eventually retreat.

But it is precisely because of this that he is now in a dilemma.

Hit it, but you can't hit it.

Get out, Li Shimin won't let him go.After all, when Lee Hyo Ki died, he also had blood on his hands.

If he doesn't fight or withdraw, he won't be able to consume Li Shimin.

No matter how you go, it's a dead end.

uncomfortable.

Seeming to see Dou Jiande's concerns, Kong Deshao suggested: "Your Majesty, we might as well let the Turkic people contain Li Shimin, and our army will keep the main force, withdraw Leshou, and plan for the future."

Song Zhengben added: "In order to avoid the suspicion of the Turkic people, Your Majesty can leave a part of the army to help Jubi fight against Li Shimin. Now our army is about to run out of food and grass, but Li Shimin has plenty of food and grass, and the soldiers are ready to fight. It is unwise to attack!"

Dou Jiande was very moved by this proposal. He was not happy to see the Turkic people, and he was even more unhappy to see Li Shimin. It was the best thing to see them dog-eat-dog.

However, he hesitated: "In this way, wouldn't you offend the Turkic people?"

Kong Deshao chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the Turkic people have no morals at all, they only have interests in their eyes. If you want to take advantage of the Turks next time, you can make another promise."

Dou Jiande pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's do it!"

"Send an order to let Fan Yuan and Dong Kangmai lead the army to stay, and the others will follow me!"

"Yes."

Liu Heikai quickly interrupted, "Your Majesty, we have a strong army now, and we have Turkic people to assist us, why not give it a go!"

Dou Jiande asked him back, "Are you confident that you can defeat Li Shimin?"

Liu Heitai stopped talking. He knew that he was not [-]% sure that he could defeat Li Shimin after fighting against each other these days.

Immediately afterwards, Dou Jiande said earnestly: "We are not defeated by Li Shimin, but by food and grass. If the food and grass are sufficient, we can continue to fight Li Shimin. But we have no food and grass. If we don't retreat, once the soldiers mutiny, The consequences could be disastrous."

Liu Heitai's mind is full of killing the enemy, and he has never considered the issue from Dou Jiande's point of view, of course he doesn't know this.

Now that he knew it, he just felt even more aggrieved.

Not losing to Li Shimin, but losing to himself.

Before Dou Jiande left, he told Fan Yuan and Dong Kangmai that if the situation was not right, they should immediately give up the Turkic retreat and not care about the mess.

Fan Yuan and Dong Kangmai immediately understood that the Turks had been abandoned.

But they didn't feel guilty, because it was the Turks who died, not the brothers under their command.

(End of this chapter)