At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 580

When the news of Su Dingfang's defeat came, Dou Jiande led [-] main forces to Wuyi County in the north-central part of Xindu County, about two hundred miles away from Leshou County in Hejian County.

After listening to the battle report, Dou Jiande almost didn't beat his chest. He regretted and felt pained. Alas, Su Dingfang is still too young and inexperienced. It was really a mistake for him to let him take charge too early!

Dou Jiande originally wanted to take advantage of Su Dingfang's youthful vigor to seize Hejian County in one fell swoop, so he did not hesitate to promise to betroth his only daughter, Dou Xianniang, and even hinted that Su Dingfang could inherit his own family business in the future. Inspiring Su Dingfang's strong fighting spirit, unexpectedly, he lost his wife and lost his army in the end.

The 10,000 people under Su Dingfang's command are all young and strong elites, and now they have lost nearly [-]% of their value, and they have also taken over a thousand cavalrymen. It is not easy for him to earn money.

However, Dou Jiande is worthy of being a hero on the side of the tiger. He quickly calmed down and continued to command. He has experienced setbacks not only once or twice in these years, and he was almost wiped out several times. Therefore, Lao Dou's will is as firm as a rock, and a defeat will naturally not change his strategic goals.

As the saying goes, wolves eat meat when they travel thousands of miles, and dogs eat shit when they travel thousands of miles. He, Dou Jiande, is a wolf that eats meat. Bottom line, otherwise this military operation would be a complete failure.

Two days later, the [-] troops led by Dou Jiande crossed the Zhangshui River and arrived outside Leshou County in the cold wind. Gao Yaxian and Su Dingfang came out of the city to meet them. In front of his horse, he said in embarrassment: "This subordinate is careless. He fell into the enemy's trick and was defeated. Su decides that Fang deserves to die, and he has come here to confess the crime to the general."

Although Dou Jiande was annoyed, but at the moment when he was employing people, how could he kill a general without authorization, so he got off his horse, helped Su Dingfang up, and comforted him with a pleasant face: "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs, and this general has also suffered a lot of defeats, so It’s not your fault this time, get up quickly.”

"Great general...!" Su Dingfang couldn't help but burst into tears of gratitude, choked up and couldn't speak. At this moment, it is estimated that he would not frown even if he was asked to go through fire and water for Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande wanted this kind of effect, but immediately he changed his expression and said sternly: "Although this general will not punish you this time, you have to learn to suffer from losses and reap losses. You can't make the same mistake again. If you make a mistake This time, I will never let you down!"

Although Dou Jiande came from a humble background and did not read many books, he understood the principle of combining kindness and power. Su Dingfang was grateful and awe-inspiring after eating this set, and quickly swore that he would learn his lesson, be brave after knowing his shame, and strive to take the blame and make meritorious service.

Dou Jiande then patted Su Dingfang's arms with satisfaction and said: "It's good for young people to suffer a little loss. As long as you don't die, setbacks will only make you stronger. Go, this general looks forward to the day when you will avenge your shame." !"

Su Dingfang was so excited that he clenched his fists and said solemnly: "This subordinate will do it!"

Dou Jiande nodded, turned to Gao Yaxian and asked, "Pei Xingyan and Cheng Yaojin are stationed nearby?"

Gao Yaxian shook his head and said: "A few days ago, I have retreated to the vicinity of Hejian County. I guess it was an idea to attack Hejun County, but it is very strange that Wang Cong, the prefect of Hejian County, did not surrender the city. General, what do you think of this Wang Cong? What do you want? Neither us nor Youzhou, does he intend to be loyal to the imperial court?"

A flash of anger flashed in Dou Jiande's eyes, and he said coldly: "This old man Wang Cong looks down on me, Dou Jiande, because he is from a noble family, so naturally he refuses to take refuge in me. At this time, he is shutting himself up and defending himself, most likely because he wants to see the direction of the wind. General Ben and Gao Changqing will decide the outcome thoroughly, and this old man will really express his opinion."

Su Dingfang said angrily: "What an old guy who doesn't know how to praise. After we defeat the Youzhou Army, he will have no choice but to sacrifice the city and surrender. I, Su Dingfang, will take the white head on it."

Dou Jiande was noncommittal, waved his hands and said indifferently: "The order will go on, the army will camp outside the city to rest for one night, and leave for Hejian County tomorrow. Since Wang Cong wants to see a play, let him see it to his full."

With Dou Jiande's order, [-] troops set up camp outside Leshou County.Su Dingfang couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, because the general didn't mention the matter of marrying Xian Niang to him again, alas, he blamed himself for being careless, and missed such a good opportunity, and he didn't know if the general's promise that day was still kept.

On the second day, Dou Jiande personally led an army of [-] troops, with great fanfare, and marched towards Hejian County, clearly the rhythm of a decisive battle.

It is said that after Pei Xingyan and Cheng Yaojin defeated Su Dingfang together that day, they immediately reported the victory to Ji County, and then Gao Bufan sent a warrant ordering Pei Xingyan not to fight Gao Yaxian for the time being, so Pei Xingyan led the army Afterwards, they withdrew to Qilijing in the northwest of Hejian County, set up camp again, and built a large number of fortifications.

At this time, Pei Xingyan and Cheng Yaojin were standing on the tower in the camp, looking at the banners covering the sky and the people's heads moving all over the mountains and plains in the distance, their faces became more dignified.

"As expected, Dou Jiande really came in person!" Cui Zisheng said solemnly, obviously a little nervous.

Pei Xingyan sneered and said, "It's better to come, once and for all, by the way, where is Manager Gao?"

Cui Zisheng replied: "I guess I should have passed Gaoyang County, and I will arrive within three days."

Cheng Yaojin followed Zhang Xutuo in the South and North Wars, he is an out-and-out veteran in the battlefield, he has seen many big scenes, and he dared to face Li Mi's million-strong army without fear, so naturally he didn't take Dou very much at this time. The tens of thousands of people built were in the eye, and he grinned and said: "That is to say, we have to resist Dou Jiande for at least two days?"

Cheng Yaojin was shot by Su Dingfang that night with an arrow on his left shoulder. Pei Xingyan said relaxedly, "General Cheng, take care of your wounds and leave the rest to me."

Cheng Yaojin waved his right arm and said, "It doesn't matter, even if I only have one hand, my old Cheng is unambiguous."

As soon as Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, he saw the dust head flying in the north, and when he tilted slightly, a cavalry appeared in everyone's sight. The blue animal pattern armor (leather armor) was like a turbid wave rolling in, roaring The sound of horseshoes shook the ground.

Cui Zijian lifted his spirits and said joyfully, "It's our Youzhou armored cavalry, that boy Lu Sheng is here!"

Pei Xingyan looked around, and he saw a general flag with the word "Lu" waving in the wind.

Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but blurted out: "It turned out to be armored cavalry with animal patterns, I'm afraid there are three thousand, you Youzhou are really fucking rich."

Cui Zisheng said proudly: "The good tutorial general learned that there are still [-] armored cavalry in Youzhou, but [-] of them have already gone to Yingzhou with Xu Sima, and the other [-] are in training."

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but widen his butcher's eyes, and made a tsk-tsk sound in his mouth. He is a knowledgeable man, so he knows that raising a cavalry is a waste of money, especially armored heavy cavalry. To build a thousand-man cavalry, the equipment alone costs It's worth more than 100,000 taels of silver, not to mention the iron cavalry of 2000 people, and the three thousand beast-pattern armored light cavalry in front of you is not easy. Youzhou is so rich, and Dou Jiande actually wants to play Youzhou's idea. Kicked to the iron plate.

At this time, the three thousand beast-patterned armored cavalry had already rushed to the north of the camp, but they did not enter the camp from the north, but circled around to the south and headed straight for the Dou army camp. The momentum is scary.

Cheng Yaojin rubbed his eyes, and said with a strange expression: "General Pei, could it be that this General Lu is braver than you, and he just started doing it?"

Pei Xingyan also looked confused, what is this kid Lu Sheng doing?It's not like his style!
It is said that although Pei Xingyan has only been in Youzhou for a few months, he still knows a little about Lu Sheng. This kid is very witty and not reckless.

Sure enough, Lu Sheng led the three thousand beast-patterned armored light cavalry for a big circle, and then turned back. Dare just ran to the front of the formation to show off, or it would be more appropriate to fight psychological warfare. After all, such excellent equipment, I'm afraid that Dou Jun on the opposite side has never even seen him. This is undoubtedly a blow to their morale.

Let's say that Lu Sheng led the cavalry to the camp and reined in their horses. Pei Xingyan and Cheng Yaojin opened the camp gate to welcome them out.

"Xiao Lu, it's done, it's awesome!" Pei Xingyan's eyes were full of envy and hatred.

Lu Sheng said with a smile: "This is not my own idea, but the general manager specially ordered it, so that Dou Jiande can weigh it."

Pei Xingyan's heart moved. He knew about the relationship between Dou Xianniang and Gao Bufan. From this, it can be seen that Changqing still cared about the old relationship and deliberately showed his strength before the battle so that Dou Jiande would retreat in spite of difficulties. However, Dou Jiande might not appreciate it. Said: "Where is the general manager?"

"I have already passed Gaoyang County, and I should be able to arrive the day after tomorrow. The general manager learned that Dou Jiande has arrived in Leshou, so he specially ordered me to lead the cavalry to come to support." Lu Sheng said, looked at Cheng Yaojin, clasped his fists and said: " General Cheng, we meet again!"

Cheng Yaojin smiled in embarrassment, clasped his fists and returned the salute: "Brother Lu, we don't know each other anymore."

It is said that when Lu Sheng followed Gao Bufan to the south of Pingyuan County, he fell into the trap of Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen. At that time, Lu Sheng was in charge of leading the Youzhou army to retreat, but was chased and killed by Zhang Xutuo and Yang Yichen. Later, Xu Shiji set up a plum blossom in Jiaohe. In response, Zhang Xutuo's Eight Wind Camp fought against Zhang Xutuo.

At that time Lu Sheng was trapped in the Eight Wind Array, and Cheng Yaojin also participated in the siege, so seeing each other at this moment, even Cheng Yaojin has a thick skin and is a bit embarrassed.

Lu Sheng said generously: "Before you and I were masters, General Cheng didn't have to worry about it. Now that General Cheng has taken refuge in our Chief Manager, the previous affairs will be written off. From now on, we will be brothers fighting side by side."

Cheng Yaojin chuckled and said, "It should be so!"

(End of this chapter)