Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 777
Hebei.

Dou Jiande swung his troops back from Henan to Hebei.

At this time, the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Hebei, but something unexpected happened again.

The troops led by Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier were originally ordered by Guo Xuan to go to Xiangguo County and Wei County to collect food and grass for food. As soon as the soldiers and soldiers left Guo Xuan's sight, they drifted away like a kite with a broken string.

They relapsed into old ways and burned and killed everywhere.

When Guo Xuan heard about it, she hurriedly sent someone to reprimand Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier, ordering them to purge their troops.

But at this time, the two soldiers and horses were all thrown out, and they took care of the food and grass by themselves. The bandits had no military discipline at all, and it was completely messed up when they were thrown out.

Those big and small thieves will not only attack cities and villages under the banner of the imperial court, but also wantonly coerce the young and strong into soldiers, and wantonly expand their soldiers and horses.

Anyway, in the bandit army, whoever has the most soldiers has always been the boss, now that they have come out, who would not take the opportunity to expand their strength.

In a short period of time, 10,000 to [-] bandit soldiers became [-]+ people.

Guo Xuan asked Song Zhen to harass his subordinates, but they couldn't do it either.

Luo Siye also heard the information here at this time, and sent someone over to ask Guo Xuan to simply dismantle most of the bandit army, and as a result, the news spread.

Over there, Zhen Zhaier and Wei Daoer quit.

Now that the two have each become the leader of the thieves in a county, they have robbed a lot of land, money and food, and their subordinates have expanded a lot.

The thieves were angry and dissatisfied.

So he simply broke away from Guo Xuan's restraint.

Song Jingang led Shanggu thieves to occupy Zhaojun, and called himself the governor of Zhaojun.And Zhen Zhaier simply called himself Marshal in Xiangguo County.

The two commanded 6 or [-] horses each, and ignored Guo Xuan, the Jiedu envoy, at all.

But at this time, Dou Jiande's vanguard general Wang Fubao led the Xia army to fight back. Guo Xuan hurriedly fought, but he was invincible.

When Guo Xuan led Fan Yang's soldiers to defeat by the Zhangshui River, the Beiping soldiers went to watch the fire on the east bank of the Zhangshui River, and refused to cross the river to rescue them.Sitting and watching at this critical moment caused Guo Xuanjun's flanks to be opened, and Wang Fubao's cavalry made a roundabout attack, and then the Chinese army broke through and the whole army was defeated.

Guo Xuan died directly in the battle.

Fan Yang's soldiers under him were also defeated and collapsed, losing countless soldiers, and many were captured by the Xia army.

At this time, the thousands of Dingxiang cavalry brought by Liu Hongji were sent by Guo Xuan to conquer Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier. Hearing that Guo Xuan was defeated, he simply withdrew to Hengshan Zhending instead of going to Zhao County of Xiangguo. city.

After Wang Fubao defeated Guo Xuan, he took advantage of the victory and went straight to catch up. He simply entered the two counties of Boling and Hengshan, intending to take the opportunity to seize these two counties.

Feng Xiaoci, Luo Siye, and Ashina Simo had no choice but to dispatch elite Qingqi to the reinforcements.

An encounter broke out between the two sides on the banks of the Hutuo River.

The third general Feng Luo and the fourth general Liu Hongji had a total of [-] elite soldiers, while the second general Wang Fubao and Liu Heita led more than [-] vanguards of the Xia army. However, the two armies were in encounter battles, and the two sides fought for a day.

Wang Fubao and Liu Heita were defeated and retreated. Liu Hongji and Ashina Simo led thousands of Qingqi in pursuit. As a result, a day later, Dou Jiande led the main force to the north bank of the Zhangshui River.

Liu Hongji and Simo were outnumbered and defeated.

Liu Hongji was shot to death because of his horse, and was directly captured by Dou Jiande's army. Simo fled back to Zhending with only a thousand horses.

Dou Jiande sent troops north to Zhending.

At this time, Wang Junkuo and Qu Tutong had already captured Linyu Pass, and they arrived with more than ten thousand troops and a large amount of grain and grass.

The two sides fought fiercely, and Dou Jiande took advantage of it, but failed to defeat the Liao army.

Luo Siye and others retreated to the north and entered Zhending.

Dou Jiande marched under Zhending City, and the army besieged the city.

But the continuous attack lasted for several days, and after a few days, Xia Jun couldn't hold on, because they were about to run out of rations.

As a result, Dou Jiande had no choice but to escape from Zhending City, and retreated to Hejian and Wudu, while he returned to Leshou Jincheng Palace.

later.

Reinforcements from the Liao army from Boling, Shanggu, Hengshan, Fanyang, and Beiping also arrived one after another. Luo Siye also dispatched a group of troops from Yunnei County to the west of Taihang Mountain. They went out of Feihu Trail, crossed Taihang Mountain and entered Shanggu, and then went south to Boling. , Hengshan two counties reinforcements.

For a while, the situation stalemate again.

The Xia and Liao armies were both gathering large armies at this time, but they were both short of food, so it was difficult to concentrate on fighting.

"Your Majesty, your Highness has sent an urgent message."

Luo Cheng, who had rushed back to Liaodong, was still dispatching troops to attack the Koguryo rebels in Xuantu County. Hearing that the situation in Hebei had changed dramatically, he couldn't help but began to write to Luo Siye and the others. Originally, Luo Cheng was unwilling to dictate in the rear After all, the situation on the front line changes greatly, the news lags behind, and it is easy to go wrong when commanding and operating from the rear.

But now there is a big problem.

Luo Siye and others didn't seize the opportunity to capture Hejian before, so they can't be blamed. It's not easy to take down the Beiping counties in the Upper Valley of Mount Heng, and the supply of food and grass can't keep up.

However, the rebellion between Song Jingang and Zhen Zhaier should not have happened. After capturing the second county of Shanggu on Hengshan Mountain, those bandits should have been recruited in an appropriate amount, and the rest should be dismissed, but Guo Xuan did not. All of them were collected under the command of one brain.

At the critical moment, all of them are thrown out again, and it will naturally get out of control.

But at this time, Dou Jiande has already returned, but he is still alone in Wudu, which is even more inappropriate.

But Luo Cheng didn't want to criticize Guo Xuan and Siye too much, but fortunately the situation was stable.

Generally speaking, the soldiers and horses of the several groups gained a lot. They did not attack Dou Jiande, but they took down the two towns of Beiping and Fanyang.

"Under the festival, His Royal Highness urgently ordered that the three counties of Hengshan, Boling, and Shanggu be set up as the Hengshan Jiedu Envoy, and General Feng Xiaoci was awarded the Hengshan Jiedu Envoy, the military title was brave, Feng Xiaoci was named the Hengshan County Duke, and the Fuguo General."

"Fanyang, Beiping, and Yuyang counties constitute the Fanyang Jiedu Envoy, and Wang Junkuo serves as the Fanyang Jiedu Envoy. The original Anle County is merged into Yuyang County, and Wang Junkuo is granted the title of Duke of Fanyang County, the General of the Assistant State, and the title of God. Air Force."

Holding Luo Cheng's urgent military order, Luo Siye couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"What happened this time is that we didn't manage it well, we screwed it up, the situation was good, and we didn't grasp it. Originally, Dou Jiande was over this time."

The envoy smiled and said, "King Qin had already guessed that Jiexia would say this, so he told me to tell Jiexia that he is satisfied with the current situation. We sent troops this time, and the effect was far beyond the plan. Don't think about it just once. How can it be so smooth to calm the world, after all, we are only a few towns of frontier troops, and our foundation is still too weak to support such a large strategic plan, so we accept it as soon as it is good."

"What now?"

Luo Siye asked.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin asked Jiexia to lead the Dingxiang Xuanwu Army back to Dingxiang. Li Yuan has now entered Guanzhong and returned to Xijing. He has sent troops into Hedong with the intention of clearing the river. The next step is to go out with Xiao Yu and Yang Yichen. Yanmen, crusade against Liu Wuzhou in Mayi. Your Highness asked Jiexia to help Liu Wuzhou stabilize his position. As long as we stabilize our position, then we can use the land of more than ten counties we won this time to farm and produce. In the coming year, we can reorganize a conquest together .”

(End of this chapter)