The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 394 Brotherly estrangement
At this time, the setting sun was about to set, and the golden light shone all over the sky. They were walking on the official road in the dark and bright moon. This area is a flat wilderness. There are only a few low hills, and there are no high mountains or swamps. She found a hill, and camped at the northern foot of the hill.

Faint cooking smoke wafted up, and the camp was filled with a tangy smell of meat. Beside a fire, several female soldiers grilled several stripped and cleaned wild boars on a tree branch.

A majestic big eagle stood beside Yin Mingyue. It walked up and down, showing its greedy appearance in a very humane way, as if it was waiting for the barbecue.

Wrapped in a coat, Pei Qinghua looked at the indifferent Yin Mingyue. After getting along for many days, she found that this female general was as cold as a stone. She asked curiously, "General Yin, I don't know how many female generals like you there are in Sui."

"not much."

"..." Pei Qinghua was speechless, how could we continue the conversation.

"General Yin, your carving is so big." A maid looked at the big carving walking around Yin Mingyue, and said cutely.

A group of busy female soldiers were dumbfounded when they heard this, and after a while, all of them had distorted smiles, almost dying of laughter.

They have been with a group of old women for a long time, and they also know some nasty jokes, which are more understandable.

Even Yin Mingyue's ice-like face twitched.

"It's not mine, it's His Majesty's!" Yin Mingyue quickly denied it.

"The sculpture of the Holy One is really big and majestic." The cute maid You said without knowing it.

When all the female soldiers heard this, they laughed so hard that their stomachs twisted.

"Xiao Lu, shut up!" Pei Qinghua couldn't know what the female soldier was laughing at, but felt his face burning and his whole body becoming hot.

"It's already big."

Pei Qinghua was furious: "I'll feed you to wolves, believe it or not."

Xiao Lu looked at the dozens of wolf corpses on the ground, and was scared.But in my heart, I feel that this big eagle is even more powerful, and these wolves are all caught by it.

But she seemed to be a chatterbox, she was silent for a while and then asked: "General Yin, can wolf meat be eaten?"

"can!"

"how is the taste?"

"good."

"Then can I have a taste?" Xiaolu's words moved Pei Qinghua's heart too. She has never eaten wolf meat since she grew up.

Yin Mingyue was too lazy to speak, but a female soldier said kindly: "I advise you not to eat Central Plains wolves."

Pei Qinghua asked curiously, "Is there a difference?"

The female soldier said: "The wolves on the grassland eat sheep and grow up, and the wolves in the Central Plains eat people and grow up. We only eat grassland wolves."

Pei Qinghua stopped talking, this Central Plains wolf really couldn't eat it.

"Why are the male soldiers eating wolf meat?" Xiao Lu asked puzzled when she saw the male soldiers on the side started to eat.

"They don't understand! Hehe..."

Pei Qinghua: "..."

. . . . . . . . .

East!

A group of about [-] fine cavalry rushed west along the south bank of the Yellow River. They set off from Yanggu, Jibei County, and aimed at the Sui army's garrison.

The leader was a burly, middle-aged man with dark skin and a square face, with a pair of small eyes on his rough face, which shone with a sly light from time to time.

This person is Dou Jiande's confidant General Liu Heita, who is a few years younger than Dou Jiande. The two grew up together and practiced martial arts together. They have a deep relationship.In the seventh year of Daye, the severe drought in Hebei turned into a severe flood, and countless people died of starvation. The two rebelled in this year.

But there are really hard-to-read scriptures, and Qingzhou is no exception. Xia Wang Dou Jiande is the lord of Qingzhou in name, but in fact Qingzhou is divided into two parts. He Dou Jiande occupies the four counties of Beihai, Donglai, Gaomi, and Langye. Hei Kai controlled the two counties of Qilu.

The sworn brothers, who had been at each other's throats, now have some distrust of each other, and the reason is still the issue of military power.

Because Li Mi turned to the south, Dou Jiande's Xia Kingdom got a chance to breathe, and the soldiers and horses recovered to 8. Although it could not be compared with the peak moment, it also recovered a little vitality.

Among the 5 Xia Army, Dou Jiande himself directly controls 3 people, and Liu Heita controls [-] people stationed in Qilu Second County.

This is also Dou Jiande's helpless move. When he was in Hebei, his army was a hodgepodge of dozens of bandits. In the first battle, he collapsed, and his army was basically lost.

Dou Jiande wanted to learn the lessons from the past and control all the troops in his own hands, but Liu Heitai had already tasted the taste of power at this time, so he was not willing to let go of the military power that was the foundation of his life. Although he did not turn against each other, he discussed it many times In the end, the two tended to drift away.

When Dou Jiande was loyal to Li Mi, in order to split the two, Li Mi named Dou Jiande the King of Xia and Liu Heita the King of Qi. The rift between the two further widened.

Li Mi saw that there was a tendency to separate Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai, so he simply changed his tactics, no longer attached to Qingzhou, and turned his strategy to the south.However, Dou Jiande lost Li Mi as a strong enemy, so he accelerated the pace of integrating the army, and some small bosses were forcibly purged, which also made Liu Heita more vigilant. Not only that, but he also communicated with Li Mi behind Dou Jiande's back.

Li Mi was happy to see that Liu Heita was fighting a big battle, so he not only donated food money, but also gave Liu Heita [-] war horses bought at a high price from the Sui Dynasty for nothing.

Liu Heikai selected the elite from the army and the people, and formed [-] of the most elite cavalry, commanded by his younger brother Liu Shishan, who was called the Guards. Eat good food and conduct high-intensity training. This is Liu Heikai's idea after seeing the lethality of the Xiaoguo Army. He wants to make these three thousand elite cavalry into his own sharp blade. to death.

Two days ago, Liu Heitai received a secret letter from Li Mi, saying that a thousand Sui fine riders escorted Princess Yan to pass through Juancheng, Dongping County, and sleep in the wilderness. As long as Liu Heitai can capture her alive or kill her, Li Mi will Give him 30 shi of grain as a reward, and even if he is unsuccessful, give him 15 shi, and at the same time let the Jibei County defenders not defend him.

Liu Heitai knew that Li Mi was using him to provoke the Sui-Xia War, but he couldn't bear the temptation of 20 shi of grain.

Because of the severe drought this year, the harvest in the two counties of Qilu and Shandong is almost at a loss, and Dou Jiande is stuck with 3 people to provide him with food, which makes the dream of expanding the army come to an end. So I know that Li Mi has sinister intentions, but for this it is enough for an army of [-] to [-] people for a year. For food, he decided to fight for it.

He didn't take Da Sui's revenge at all. Anyway, he is now holding the banner of Xia Guo, and when the time comes, he will have Dou Jiande to carry it. At worst, he himself can change the banner and surrender to Li Mi.

In order to complete this mission, Liu Heita personally led the most elite cavalry of [-] guards to come.

"Brother! We have already arrived in Fan County, and another fifty miles will be Juancheng County, Dongping County." At this time, Liu Shishan, who was sweating from running, speeded up and caught up with his elder brother.

Liu Heitai looked back at the three thousand elite cavalry that followed closely, and smiled with satisfaction: "Shi Shan, you have lived up to my high expectations and trained me the three thousand fine cavalry, and it is not in vain for me to pull out [-]% of the supplies. Here you go."

"Brother is too famous." Liu Shishan said modestly.

"Send the order, speed up, and rest in an hour." Liu Heitai ordered to the commander of the personal guards beside him.

"Here!"

The order is issued, and the three thousand fine riders will exert their strength again.

"Brother!" Liu Shishan said with some hesitation: "This operation is of great importance...Once we do it, we are almost done. King Xia has broken up, and there is no turning back..."

"Why don't I know? It's just that King Xia was bewitched by traitors and pressed my brother every step of the way!" Liu Heitai's face became a little grim: "Fan Yuan, Dong Kangmai, Zhang Junli, Wang Xiaohu, Cao Zhan are here. King Xia still persisted in the most difficult time. One and two followed from Jizhou to Qingzhou, but after King Xia settled down, how did he treat them? They were all appointed as civil servants. If they had this level, I would There will be no second words, but look at these people, not only did not manage the place well, but they became more and more chaotic. What does this mean? It means that everyone is not the same material, but King Xia still employs him. What does this mean? It means that Xia The king does not want these veterans to be in charge of the army. If our brothers had not had an army of [-] in their hands, I am afraid that we would have been like them, huddled in a place where the birds don’t shit. Why do you have to be loyal to him?"

Liu Shishan said: "It's just..."

"Don't just..." Liu Heita interrupted his younger brother, looked up at the three eagles passing overhead, and said leisurely: "Our brothers did not betray King Xia, all we did was to protect ourselves."

"But I heard that it is the Xiaoguo Army that guards Princess Yan." Liu Shishan said with a wry smile: "We all saw the power of this army in the Battle of Wude Mountain. This army is invincible outside the Great Wall. times more than the enemy, but I am worried that they may not be their opponents!"

At that time, Yu Wenhua used a dispirited and hungry Xiaoguo army to kill the Wagang army, which was dozens of times larger than himself, and even Zhai Rang died in the chaos. There is an essential difference between the culture and the Xiaoguo army. They are an invincible army in all battles. Although it cannot be said that there is a world of difference, the gap must be very big.

After hard training, their [-] guards indeed have extraordinary combat power, but Liu Shishan really has no idea.

"Don't worry! I'm not a fool. If things can't be done, we'll just withdraw our troops." "What about the food? Will Li Mi give it?"

Liu Heikai pointed to the flying flag and sneered, "For Li Mi, it doesn't matter whether we win or not, and it doesn't matter whether we can kill Princess Yan! Li Mi only hopes that we will carry this banner to attack Princess Yan. As for the guard team, as long as the Sui Dynasty knows that they are angry with King Xia... nothing else matters... This is also Li Mi's real intention!"

(End of this chapter)