At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 574 Soldiers meet each other
Once Zhang Xutuo died, everyone was busy grabbing territory, or planning to grab territory, and the rebel armies everywhere were in full swing, and it had become a prairie fire. At this time, it is estimated that Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, would not be able to save him if he came back to life.

Naturally, Dou Jiande was not far behind. In fact, as early as Yang Yichen was dismissed and Zhang Xutuo withdrew from Hejian County, Dou Jiande had already taken down Raoyang County in Hejian County, and also brought the county magistrate Song Zhengben under his command. Soon after At that time, Dou Jiande returned to Pingyuan County to collect the dead body of Donghai Gong Gao Shida and cry for sacrifices, and took the opportunity to collect the remnants of Gao Shida, and his strength soon reached [-].

After recovering some of his strength, Dou Jiande began to call himself a general and conquered cities and land in Pingyuan County.In the past, Gao Shida's practice was to kill all the officials he caught, and rob all the property of the local gentry and divide it up. However, Dou Jiande completely abandoned Gao Shida's practice. He would spare the other party's life. If he was an official with real talents and learning, Dou Jiande would treat him with courtesy, and he would not offend the local gentry, especially the scholars.

Dou Jiande's way of acting is undoubtedly immediate. The local will to resist Dou's army is obviously not so strong. Some state and county officials even voluntarily surrendered to Dou Jiande.

Therefore, during the several months of fierce fighting between Zhang Xutuo and the Wagang Army, Dou Jiande actually took down Pingyuan County and Xindu County, as well as some counties in Bohai County. It also gathered a large number of civil and military talents, and its momentum far exceeded that of Gao Shida when he was alive.

After news of Zhang Xutuo's death in battle came, Dou Jiande was both surprised and delighted. He accelerated his pace of attacking the city and looting land, and pointed his troops at Qinghe County. In a few months, he occupied the land of the two counties, so he attracted the attention of Xue Shixiong, who was left behind in Qi County.

Xue Shixiong can barely be regarded as one of the famous generals of the Sui Dynasty, but he is also very old. He is sixty and two years old this year.

Xue Shixiong obviously felt that Dou Jiande's development was too fast and threatened Qi County, so he led an army of [-] troops to the north to encircle and suppress Dou Jiande.

It is said that there is a talent under Dou Jiande named Ling Jing, who is quite resourceful. This person offered a plan to Dou Jiande. After hearing this, Dou Jiande was overjoyed and slapped his thigh and said: "Good plan, let's do it like this!"

Let’s say that Xue Shixiong, who stayed behind in Qi County, led [-] Sui troops into Qinghe County, and confronted Dou Jiande’s army tit for tat. As a result, before the two armies came into contact, Dou Jian’s army fled from camp and retreated from the occupied prefectures and counties. Come out, it is simply invincible.

When Xue Shixiong saw it, he was overjoyed. It is really the shadow of a famous tree. It seems that Dou Jiande is afraid of this general.
Hehe, General Xue really feels good about himself!
In fact, Xue Shixiong is not stupid, but too conceited. He comes from a family of generals, is proficient in the art of war, and has experienced many battles. He participated in Yang Guang's three battles against Goguryeo. As a general, he naturally looks down on Dou Jiande. Seeing Dou Jiande's army encountering him, the Caotou army, who was born in a mud leg, ran away like a mouse seeing a cat, so he underestimated the enemy's carelessness and chased him all the way to Xindu County. Even if he camped at night, he did not build fortifications. Very lax.

After Dou Jiande inquired about the situation of Xue Shixiong's army, he knew that his strategy had worked.

Daye 12 years On the ninth day of October, the distance between Dou Jun and Xue Jun was more than 100 miles. That night, Dou Jiande divided his troops into three groups, preparing to attack Xue Shixiong’s barracks overnight. Dou Jiande led the first army, Su Dingfang led the second army, and Dou Xianniang led the army. The Third Route Army, taking advantage of the darkness, rushed straight to Xue Shixiong's camp.

However, when Dou Jiande and others arrived, it was already dawn. It was obvious that the scouts had miscalculated the distance between the two armies. Their three routes of elite soldiers add up to only four or five thousand soldiers, how could they defeat thirty thousand Sui troops.

Just when Dou Jiande was about to give up, a heavy fog fell from the sky, and cattle and horses could not be distinguished ten meters away.Dou Jiande couldn't help being overjoyed, God helped me, and immediately launched a fierce attack under the cover of thick fog.

The Sui army under Xue Shixiong's command was very lax. The camp didn't even have decent fortifications. Suddenly it was attacked from three sides, and the order was in chaos. Coupled with the thick fog, it was impossible to see how many enemies were coming. The Sui army was terrified. They scattered in a crowd, and nearly ten thousand people were killed or injured just by trampling on each other.

Seeing that the general situation was over, Xue Shixiong rushed out of the camp under the cover of dozens of personal soldiers, fled back to Qi County in embarrassment, and died of grief and anger not long after.

Let’s say that Dou Jiande defeated Xue Shixiong’s [-] Sui army, gained a large amount of horses, weapons and food, and his prestige was also greatly boosted. He immediately sent his troops to pursue the victory, captured the prefecture of Qinghe County, and took Qinghe County into his pocket. Fortunately, the Cui family of Qinghe had already All moved to Zhuojun, otherwise the real loss would be heavy.

This is terrible. Dou Jiande has occupied the land of the three counties in less than half a year, and his strength is faintly comparable to that of Youzhou. Dou Jiande's name is getting louder and louder. It was his turn.

"General Dou, why don't we take advantage of the situation and take down Qi County." Su Dingfang said eagerly.

Su Dingfang was young and energetic. During this period of time, he fought with Dou Jiande in all directions, and gradually emerged, showing a strong potential. Therefore, he was highly valued by Dou Jiande, and now he seems to be Dou Jiande's number one general.

Dou Jiande shook his head and said: "Qi County is too close to Jiangdu, the centipede is dead but not stiff, Yang Guang still has some strength, let's not touch Qi County for now, now our threat comes from the north, we have to Solve it first, and then talk about it when there are no worries."

Su Dingfang's heart moved, and he blurted out: "Could it be that General Dou wants to deal with Gao Changqing of Youzhou first?"

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "How can we allow other people to sleep soundly beside the couch? Presumably Gao Changqing can't tolerate us either. I would have received news a few days ago that Gao Changqing had sent Pei Xingyan to Hejian County. Once Gao Changqing took down the entire Hejian County, how can our north be safe?"

Su Dingfang said solemnly: "The words are reasonable, but Youzhou has strong soldiers and strong horses, and there are so many counselors and generals. I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "That's true, but now Gao Changqing has sent troops to attack Yingzhou, Xu Shiji's Youzhou cavalry has also left the pass, and Yuchi Jingde, the brave champion of the three armies, is also fighting outside the pass, so it is the weakest in Youzhou right now. Time, if we don’t plan it now, when will we wait? Once Gao Changqing wins Yingzhou and Xu Shiji returns to his teacher, then we will have no chance.”

Su Dingfang said happily when he heard the words: "What General Dou said is very true, then the subordinate will lead the army to meet Pei Xingyan for a while."

Dou Jiande smiled and said: "It's exactly what I want, but the decision should not be taken lightly. Although Pei Xingyan is not well-known, since Gao Changqing can send him to Hejian County, he must have some skills."

Su Dingfang said confidently: "This subordinate understands, I will kill him and fuck off."

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "Go, but don't say anything about it, especially don't let Xianniang know."

Su Dingfang was stunned for a moment, and asked inexplicably, "Why?"

"Don't ask, this general has his own reasons!" Dou Jiande said in a deep voice.

Su Dingfang frowned secretly, full of doubts, Dou Jiande's eyes flashed, he patted Su Dingfang's shoulder and said: "Dingfang, you are not too young, if you can win Hejian County this time, I will marry Xian Niang Here you are, you also know that this general has no children, only a daughter called Xian Niang, if you marry Xian Niang, your son-in-law will inherit the general's family business in the future."

Su Dingfang was shocked, his hands were shaking a little with excitement, he took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, General Dou, my subordinates will definitely take down Hejian County and bring Pei Xingyan's head back to you."

Dou Jiande smiled slightly, then patted Bai Su Dingfang on the shoulder and said: "Go, work hard, this general takes good care of you."

Su Dingfang was full of energy and fighting spirit, as if he had beaten ten catties of chicken blood, he ordered [-] soldiers and horses and went north to Hejian County, preparing to face the ten thousand enemy Pei Xingyan.

(End of this chapter)