Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 299 Erdang Immediately Gets a Fame

After the words fell, Xie Shufang and Duan Zhixuan still didn't quite understand.Before they could ask, Li Zhiyun took the lead in explaining.

"The scouts sent by the king sent back news that Luo Yi is holding back Dou Jiande from the rear."

Isn't this a good thing?

Wouldn't it be beneficial for Tang Jun to defeat Dou Jiande if Luo Yi restrained Dou Jiande?

"However." Li Zhiyun changed his voice, "You must know that if Luo Yi attacks Dou Jiande with all his strength, Dou Jiande will not dare to leave Le Shou to fight this king."

The current Dou Jiande is no longer the previous Dou Jiande.Since Li Shimin almost killed Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande has been lingering on his last breath, no longer a grand occasion.Therefore, even if Luo Yi's strength is not as good as Dou Jiande's, it is not enough for Dou Jiande to underestimate him.

"Your Highness means that Luo Yi is watching?" Duan Zhixuan guessed.

Li Zhiyun shook his head and said: "I don't know, although Luo Yi publicly submits to our court, but he supports the army and stands on his own, he listens to the instructions and does not listen to the announcement, what is in this person's mind, I don't know.

In this case, caution must be exercised.You all know about the Turkic invasion and merger of the state, so you should understand.We must not fail, otherwise Hebei will be lost. "

Duan Zhixuan clasped his hands and said, "It's the last general who didn't think about it."

"No problem." Li Zhiyun waved his hand.

In the first month of the fifth year of Wude, for more than a month, Tang Jun seemed to have taken root in the Changhe, and remained motionless, making it impossible to see what Tang Jun was planning.

During this period of time, Dou Jiande repeatedly sent troops to attack Changhe, but was defeated again and again, losing nearly [-] troops.

In addition to the frontal attack, Dou Jiande also sent cavalry to surround the rear of the Tang army in an attempt to cut off the Tang army's food road.

But unfortunately, it still failed, and it still plunged into Li Zhiyun's pocket, a failure with heavy casualties.

big camp.

"You are Cheng Mingzhen?" Li Zhiyun looked at the man kneeling on one knee in front of him.

Li Zhiyun was defending the camp in Changhe, so he naturally knew that Dou Jiande might send cavalry to quietly cut off his food road.So he used his plan to set up an ambush on the grain road, and kept trapping and killing Dou Jun's cavalry, causing Dou Jiande to suffer heavy losses.

Li Zhiyun can control the general direction, but he can't control some small details.

The day before yesterday, when the Tang army was transporting grain from Yongnian in Mingzhou, it was attacked by Dou army cavalry. At the critical moment, Cheng Mingzhen stepped forward and led hundreds of people from Yongnian County to repel the invading small group of Dou army cavalry.

"Yes." Cheng Mingzhen replied.

Li Zhiyun stretched his arms and asked, "Have you ever fought?"

"I fought. I followed Dou Jiande before. Later, when King Qin conquered Dou Jiande, he was dismissed and surrendered to the imperial court. He was loved by the saint and named Yongnian county magistrate." Cheng Mingzhen said truthfully.

Cheng Mingzhen, Cheng Mingzhen.

Li Zhiyun chanted the name, feeling a little familiar.He recalled the history carefully, and remembered that there was indeed such a person in history.

"Do you have a son named Cheng Wuting?"

Cheng Mingzhen was taken aback, "How could His Royal Highness the King of Chu know about Gouzi?"

He does have a son named Cheng Wuting, but he is only a few years old this year.

Li Zhiyun said casually: "I heard from my second brother before that Cheng Mingzhen, the county magistrate of Yongnian, is rarely brave. You know, my second brother rarely praises others, so I asked about it."

"Don't dare to be praised by His Royal Highness King Qin." Cheng Mingzhen said modestly.

Li Zhiyun smiled and said: "You should get fame immediately, why waste your time ruling the county. This king wants to use you as a general to attack Dou Jiande, are you willing?"

Cheng Mingzhen didn't even think about it, he clasped his fists in response.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, I am willing!"

Li Zhiyun raised his hand to let him stand up, and immediately asked: "How is the situation in Mingzhou?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, when the next official came, Chen Junbin, the governor of Mingzhou, had already summoned the young and strong to defend Yongnian."

Chen Junbin, this person is also a talent.

Li Zhiyun thought for a while, and immediately said: "You go to General Duan Zhixuan, and tell him that this king asked you to go. Li Zhen, take him there."

"Yes."

Li Zhen left with Cheng Mingzhen.

Afterwards, Li Zhiyun put down the documents, got up and went behind the screen, opened the curtain, and walked in.

A curtain of a map of Hebei was hung in the center, and Du Ruhui, Xue Shou, Xue Yuanjing, Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenwen, Wei Zheng and others gathered on both sides.

The map shows information on the garrison of Dou Jun's soldiers and horses in various positions.

Seeing Li Zhiyun coming, everyone immediately stopped discussing and saluted Li Zhiyun.

"No." Li Zhiyun stepped forward and asked, "Keming, you may see what Dou Jiande really wants to do?"

Although Dou Jiande has been attacking non-stop during this period, Li Zhiyun is very clear that he has not used his full strength yet.He didn't use all his strength, he could only explain that he had other plans.

Du Ruhui said: "According to the current news, Dou Jiande has been shrinking his defense line. Before that, his troops were deployed in Shenzhou, Zhaozhou, and Jizhou. However, they began to shrink on a large scale ten days ago, and now they are gathered in Jizhou.

The subordinates and colleagues felt that Dou Jiande might want to fight His Highness in a decisive battle. "

"Decisive battle?" Li Zhiyun narrowed his eyes, stepped forward and looked at the location of 'Jizhou' on the map, in the north of Jizhou is Leshou, the capital of Dou Jiande.In the south of Jizhou are Beizhou and Dezhou.

Xue Shou said: "However, this is just speculation. As His Highness said before, Dou Jiande is really too arrogant this time. He ignored Luo Yi and transferred a large number of troops to the south. I'm afraid there will be something strange."

Wei Zhengdao: "We speculate that there are two possibilities. One is that Dou Jiande is attacking east and west and fighting us on the surface, but he is secretly preparing to lure Luo Yi, and then ambushes Luo Yi. But this possibility is relatively small, because our army can go north at any time.

Second, Luo Yi might collude with Dou Jiande in order to lure His Highness to attack. "

"What do you mean?" Li Zhiyun asked.

Chu Suiliang explained: "According to our guess, if Luo Yi and Dou Jiande colluded, they might kill each other first, so that Luo Yi could gain His Highness's trust. Then Luo Yi pretended to defeat Dou Jiande, invited His Highness to fight together, and then launched a sudden attack. attack.

Based on the reality that Luo Yi has not been able to go south, we feel that there must be some kind of tacit understanding between Luo Yi and Dou Jiande.They may not have reached a cooperation yet, but they have begun to hook up. "

Li Zhiyun didn't wrinkle tightly, and didn't speak for a while.

Seeing this, everyone fell silent, not daring to disturb Li Zhiyun's thoughts.

After a while, Li Zhiyun said: "This king has already sent someone to see Luo Yi to inquire about the news there. After a few more days, we will know why Luo Yi has not moved."

Although he had doubts in his heart, Li Zhiyun would not act rashly as long as there was no confirmation.Anyway, he can afford it.

Cen Wenwen looked at the map and asked, "His Royal Highness, could it be that Gao Kaidao has already joined forces with Dou Jiande, and Gao Kaidao will restrain Luo Yi from the rear?"

Li Zhiyun did not refute, but thoughtfully said: "I don't know yet, Gao Kaidao is a bit far away from us, and the news is not very clear at the moment."

Xue Yuanjing said: "Dou Jiande, Luo Yi, and Gao Kaidao from Hebei have grievances and grievances among the three. If we talk about joining forces, I'm afraid they won't be able to reach a cooperation so quickly."

"We can't pin our hopes on others. We have to annihilate Dou Jiande ourselves, so that everything will be clear." Wei Zheng said: "Our army now has an absolute advantage. As long as we don't make mistakes, Dou Jiande won't last long."

Li Zhiyun nodded and said: "That's right, you need to be strong to strike the iron. To defeat Dou Jiande, no matter whether Luo Yi has a second heart or not, this king can solve him."

(End of this chapter)