At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 481 Dou Jiande's plan
Gao Bufan and Yuchi Jingde chased after Li Mi tightly, and they didn't stop until it was completely dark. At this time, they had already entered the territory of Xindu County.

Yuchi Jingde lost half of his cavalry because he suffered a big loss in Zhongfu in Hengyang County, so he tried his best to avenge Li Mi. If Gao Bufan didn't order to stop the pursuit, he would probably light a torch and chase all night.

In Gao Bufan's view, it is obviously impossible for a thoughtful hero like Li Mi to be killed easily, so if he continues to hunt down, there is a high probability that he will escape, and he may even be killed back to his carbine. It was dark, the road situation was unclear, and the soldiers under his command had been exhausted after a day of fierce fighting, so they had to stop and rest, otherwise accidents would easily happen.

After this battle, Gao Bufan undoubtedly became much more cautious, and he did not dare to look less at these heroes in history. In such a big game, I had deceived myself. If it wasn't for the unexpected factor of my second brother, I would definitely be the one who failed miserably.

Thinking of this, Gao Bufan still had lingering fears in his heart, and he broke into a cold sweat secretly, and the old fox Dou Jiande was not easy to deal with. He heard that Wang Shichong was even more sinister and cunning, and he was not a fuel-efficient lamp. To be invincible among such a group of people, you still have to be more cautious, otherwise you will really be eaten to the bone.

Let's say that Dou Jiande retreated all the way upstream, and Lu Sheng led two thousand infantry to follow him. He kept looking for an opportunity to catch a bite, but until dark, this opportunity did not come up, because Dou Jiande was very cautious. Hundreds of hidden cavalry responded, once the Sui soldiers pounced, they would definitely not be able to take advantage of it, and they would even be hit head-on.

Now that it was getting dark and the situation was reversed, it was Lu Sheng's turn to worry about being ambushed, so he had no choice but to stop chasing, and found a high ground to set up camp to prevent Dou Jiande from killing him.

"Great Sima, the Sui army has stopped and set up camp."

Dou Jiande breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news, and continued to retreat upstream for more than ten miles. Then he ordered the bamboo rafts he carried to be pushed into the river to cross the river in batches, and he himself led the elite troops to the rear.

"Da Sima, Miss Dou is here!"

All the troops had crossed the other side, and Dou Jiande was about to cross the river when a soldier suddenly reported loudly.

Dou Jiande frowned and said, "Ms. Xian is here? Where is she?"

The soldiers pointed to the direction downstream, and Dou Jiande hurriedly looked up, and sure enough, he saw a fishing boat sailing up from the downstream, with a fishing lantern hanging on the bow, and his daughter Dou Xianniang standing gracefully on the bow, and two well-dressed women Soldiers are in charge of rowing.

"Father!" Seeing that her father was safe and sound, Dou Xianniang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and jumped ashore.

Dou Jiande's eyes flashed, and he frowned and asked, "Xian Niang, where are you from?"

Dou Xianniang said with a guilty conscience: "Daughter came from home, Dad, you are too much, why didn't you tell your daughter about such a big matter?"

Dou Xianniang used offense instead of defense, and was the first to question her father Xingshi. It seems that the military books she read recently were not in vain.

Dou Jiande snorted coldly and said: "What are you telling me? Are you making trouble for you girl? From now on, you should take care of the men's affairs, just stay at home and accompany your mother obediently."

Dou Xianniang pouted and said, "You don't have to take your anger out on your daughter if you lose the battle!"

Dou Jiande couldn't help being furious, and raised his hand as if to hit him, Dou Xianniang's eyes were red, she closed her eyes and said loudly: "You hit it, let's kill my daughter, anyway, mother is dead, sister and brother are dead, there is no one in this world." No matter how much people love me, you and your stepmother will have a few more children!"

Dou Jiande's palm froze in the air and trembled for a while, but finally let it down silently, covering his chest with a pained expression on his face.

Dou Xianniang opened her eyes slightly, she couldn't help being startled when she saw this, she hurriedly stepped forward to support her father and stroked his chest, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you, Dad? Are you injured?"

It took a long time for Dou Jiande to let out a breath, and snorted heavily: "Isn't it because you, who are against women, said that you secretly reported the letter to Gao Changqing, so that he escaped from our encirclement in time?"

Dou Xianniang shook her head and said, "No, my daughter has arrived, and you have already surrounded brother Gao in the bamboo forest. I can't blame me for this."

"How dare you lie, you want to be angry with Dad!" Dou Jiande covered his chest again, as if he would have a heart attack at any time.

Dou Xianniang said aggrievedly with red eyes: "My daughter didn't lie to you, she just... gave some food to Brother Gao!"

"What else?" Dou Jiande said angrily.

"It's Gao Shibo looking for reinforcements!" Dou Xianniang said in a low voice.

"Ni Nu, you...you want to harm your own father!" Dou Jiande rolled his eyes angrily.

Dou Xianniang hurriedly patted his chest and back for him, and said: "I'm sorry, Daddy, don't be angry, brother Gao said that he won't hurt you, daddy, you see, daddy's loss is not too big, brother Gao is very happy It's obvious he's showing mercy."

Dou Jiande said angrily: "What do you mean you won't hurt me? That kid sent 2000 people to follow your father all the way. If your father didn't have two brushes, it's uncertain whether he would be able to cross the river alive!"

Dou Xianniang muttered: "Anyway, Father, you are not doing well now."

"It's unreasonable, that kid Gao Changqing didn't know what kind of drug you gave this rebellious girl." Dou Jiande was angry, and suddenly saw a lot of torches appearing on the opposite bank downstream, he couldn't help being slightly surprised, and hummed: "I'll deal with you when I go back. "

After Dou Jiande finished speaking, he jumped into the boat, and Dou Xianniang also hurriedly boarded the boat. The father and daughter crossed to the other side. Soon, the torches downstream were getting closer and closer, and a soldier rushed to report: "Da Sima, it's the East China Sea. !"

Dou Jiande glared at his daughter, and said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense when you see Mr. Donghai later. If Mr. Donghai asks, just say that you are here to find your father. Do you hear me?" The two female soldiers behind Dou Xianniang.

"Understood." Dou Xianniang nodded in a low voice, and the two female soldiers also nodded in agreement.

Soon, Dou Jiande and Gao Shida joined forces. The latter had just suffered a big defeat, and almost all his troops were wiped out. He narrowly escaped death, like a frightened bird, and was tired and hungry, and he was not in the mood to see Dou Xianniang After being harassed, I just asked a few words and went back to the camp to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, Dou Jiande, Gao Shida and others rushed south and returned to Gaojibo. Now that half of the elite troops have been lost, they are also worried that the officers and soldiers will take the opportunity to encircle and suppress them, so they dare not stay outside for a long time.

And when Dou Jiande returned home, his wife Cao knelt down on the ground with an apologetic face and said, "Ms. Xian kept pestering her so much, so the concubine couldn't help but tell her. I didn't expect that it would ruin the important affairs of the family."

Dou Jiande sighed, helped Mrs. Cao up and said, "It's not your fault, I expected that you would tell Xianniang this girl, so I told you the news in advance."

Cao was surprised and said: "The head of the house, why is this?"

Dou Jiande said helplessly: "The girl is not allowed to stay. Xian Niang has given her body and mind to Gao Changqing, so she can't let Xian Niang become a widow? I thought that this time at least Gao Changqing's team could be disabled and he would be allowed to be a widow in the court." If he can't get along, when he has nowhere to go, he will be recruited to his subordinates to marry Xian Niang, so that he can get the best of both worlds, but unfortunately things don't work out, this kid is so lucky, he escaped from our trap in the first place Surround them on all sides, otherwise, when Xianniang arrives, everything will be over.

In the end, not only was Gao Changqing not maimed, but our four coalition forces were maimed. Now, Gao Changqing should be reused by the court. Soldiers and bandits are incompatible. I am afraid that sooner or later we will meet each other . "

When Cao heard the words, she couldn't help but said worriedly: "Then what should I do?"

Dou Jiande said helplessly: "Let's go with nature, but I think Gao Changqing's development of power in the local area and raising horses may not mean that he is sincerely loyal to Yang Guang."

Dou Xianniang actually knew about Xu Shiji secretly building Youyan iron cavalry at Yufeng Racecourse. Obviously, Dou Xianniang kept her mouth shut, not even revealing to her own father, otherwise Dou Jiande would not have to guess again.

"The head of the family, I heard that Duke Donghai lost a lot this time. More than 3000 people only came back and more than 100 people." Cao said in a low voice.

Dou Jiande nodded, Cao's eyes flickered, he hesitated to speak, the former frowned and waved his hands and said: "You don't have to say it, this matter is definitely not feasible, doing so will only lose humanity and justice, bear infamy, people's hearts are against you, the gain outweighs the loss!"

Mrs. Cao could only nod her head and said, "The concubine is going to prepare hot water for the master."

(End of this chapter)