Will Ming

Chapter 680 Three Hundred

In the mid-July of the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, it rained for three consecutive days in the Dongjun area. The hundreds of thousands of Xia troops who marched near the Dahai Temple in the Dongjun had to stop to rest and set up camp for more than ten miles. Continuous ups and downs, it looks like a giant dragon sleeping on the ground.

Standing at the door of the large tent, Dou Jiande looked at the pattering rain outside, his eyes were full of restlessness.It has been more than a month since the army went south, and how can he not be impatient if he hasn't won a morale-boosting battle yet?Although food and grass are not in a hurry, but if this consumption continues, the supplies and supplies consumed by hundreds of thousands of troops every day is a distressing figure. return situation.

If it's just returning without success, that's fine, but the key point is that Li Daozong, Yuwenshi and these two people are sticking together like a dog's skin plaster. When Xia Jun's brigade forces them to come, they will retreat, stop, and these two people will send people to come. Harassment.If it is to attack Yuwen Shiji, Li Daozong will certainly lead the army to respond, if it is to attack Li Daozong, Yuwen Shiji will not pretend to turn a blind eye.The cooperation between these two people is very tacit, since these days Dou Jiande has been messed up.

This tactic has an almost joking name called Tired Wolf.

Dou Jiande knew this allusion, so he was even more depressed.

It is said that hunters enter the mountain to kill wolves, and they will enter the mountain when the female wolf is giving birth.While the female wolf was out hunting, she stole the cubs out, and then two hunters each took a wolf cub up a tree. Howled, the female wolf rushed to the big tree and howled wildly.The hunter on the other side also made the pup scream, and the mother wolf ran to this side again. Repeatedly, the mother wolf was exhausted, and would even be exhausted to death.

Dou Jiande is now in such an embarrassing situation. Although Li Daozong and Yuwen Shiji did not join forces together, it is even more troublesome than joining forces.

There have been repeated fierce battles these days, but all of them are small-scale battles.Although Dou Jiande had many soldiers, he was taken advantage of by Yuwen Shiji and Li Daozong.In the past month, those two people came and went, which abruptly consumed nearly [-] soldiers of the Xia army. The most important point is that the morale of the Xia army has been low to a certain extent.If there is no more hearty victory, I am afraid that the morale of the army will fluctuate and there will be no power for a decisive battle.

Although this rain was not violent and violent, it had been raining for three days.Even if the rain stops early tomorrow morning and the sky clears up, the road is muddy and it will take a few more days to get on the road.Although there is no danger in Dongdu, who knows if something will happen.Li Xian used his troops cunningly, and all the generals under his command were also very difficult to deal with.Dou Jiande's biggest headache is this kind of battle that he can't touch and can't fight. It makes people feel depressed and even wants to rush into the rain and roar.

"How long has General Cao been gone?"

Dou Jiande asked anxiously without turning his head.

The general standing behind him, Dugu Shao, replied: "I have been walking for ten days, and it takes three to five days to get to Xingluocang after bypassing the Tang army's camp. Now most of the Tang army is here. There shouldn't be anything wrong with it."

Dou Jiande originally wanted to say that he regretted sending Cao Dan to lead the army to attack Xingluocang now, but if he said this, not only Cao Dan would be underestimated, but also his way of employing people would be criticized.

"I know..."

Dou Jiande took a breath, and after the moist and cool water vapor penetrated into his nose, the oppression in his chest and abdomen was relieved a bit, and he felt a lot more comfortable in his heart.

"It is precisely because I know that there are not many defenders in Xingluocang, and there is no danger to rely on, so I will let him go. You all stay in the army because this is the most important and dangerous place. The soldiers are not as good as you, and it is far more important for you to stay than to lead the troops to raid Xingluocang."

He turned around and walked to the front of the map, looked at the places above, and said: "After Li Gandang led the army, Mo Chou led the army on the left wing, and Wang Fubao led the army on the right wing... You are the vanguard, so arrange it in my heart." Be firm."

After saying this, Dou Jiande suddenly froze for a moment, remembering that he had countless generals under his command, Su Dingfang, Liu Heita, Yin Qiu, Shi Zan, Cheng Mingzhen and others, which one is not a unique general?Especially Su Dingfang and Liu Heitai, who are capable of commanding thousands of troops, but now that the Great Xia has established a country, there are not many generals who can be used in the court.

When Liu Heitai and Su Dingfang were there, people like Dugu Shao were only well-known in the army. Now Dugu Shao is already one of the four generals of the Xia Army.

"Regardless of whether the weather will be fine or not tomorrow, the army must be dispatched."

Dou Jiande looked at the map and sighed: "This place is still hundreds of miles away from Dongdu, and the road behind is still far away..."

Just as he was talking, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside, and the messenger who was already soaked in clothes ran to the door of the big tent, knelt down on one knee and said eagerly: "Report! Your Majesty, Yan Yunjun Yuwen Shi and the army leader Come in the rain and raid the left-wing camp!"

"How many people are here!"

Dou Jiande asked.

"The thieves never approached. They only waved their flags and shouted in the rain. There were not many people."

"Don't bother!"

Dou Jiande thought for a while and ordered: "It's just a trick, it's just to make my troops feel uneasy, so they can take advantage of it... Send the archers of each battalion to support the left flank, as long as the Yanyun Army dares to approach There is no need to fight, let's shoot a rain of arrows."

"Here!"

The messenger responded and turned around and ran into the rain again.

"Wait!"

Dou Jiande suddenly called the messenger to stop again, a coldness flashed in his eyes.

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Two miles away from Xia Army's camp, more than a thousand soldiers of the Yanyun Army held a flag in their hands and kept shaking it. Under the command of a different general, these more than a thousand soldiers kept shouting and charging.

On a high slope, two people were drinking and playing chess in the see-off booth.

A tall and slender man, and a fat man with a similar build to Wan Yulou.

"Don't regret the game!"

Fatty looked at the rogue brother in front of him annoyedly and said, "Luzi takes root, do you understand?"

"Fatty Xue, don't talk nonsense to me... If it wasn't so boring, how could I be interested in talking with you? This thing is the most exhausting, and I don't bother to think about it."

"Call me fat again, and I'll..."

The fat man raised his jaws, pouting his plump and clean cheeks and said a few words before being interrupted by the man opposite him. The arrogant man opposite him pouted contemptuously and said: "What about you? Can you beat me or catch me?"

This person was sent to Yuwen Shi and Xue Wanche in the army by Li Xian just before the capture of Chang'an.

Sitting across from him, speechless with anger, was naturally his elder brother Xue Wanjun.The two brothers lived in Youzhou all the time after their father died in battle. Later, they followed Luo Shixin to Liyang, and after only a few small battles, they were sent to Dongdu by Li Xian. The frequent battles here made the two of them really happy I've had enough of it.

"You are too small!"

Xue Wanjun held back for a long time before retorting: "Benevolence, righteousness, propriety and trustworthiness... you will ruin every single game of chess! How can there be such an unreasonable person like you!"

"When did I ever speak the truth in front of you since I was a child?"

Xue Wanche paused for a moment, then smiled triumphantly and said: "Since you were young, it seems that you have never defeated me once. In my opinion, the so-called benevolence, righteousness and courtesy are nothing but poor skills when the weak complain about being wronged. If you refuse to accept , we can play a game in this gazebo, if you win, I will call you brother."

"You don't call me, I'm your brother too!"

Xue Wanjun held his sagging stomach, and said angrily, "I really don't know how you can still smile so brightly in this weather!"

"Why not brilliant?"

Xue Wanche asked back: "Anyway, there is nothing to do, and Dou Jiande's people definitely don't dare to come out. This rainy day affects everyone equally. We don't dare to get too close, so naturally he doesn't dare to send troops out rashly.

"There are only 1000 people, which frightened Dou Jiande."

Xue Wanjun was too lazy to argue with Xue Wanche, and then said with some emotion: "General Yuwen took away the brigade, if Dou Jiande knew that there were only less than 3000 troops left in our Yanyun Army, he would not die of anger?"

"It's best to be mad, save me doing it myself."

Xue Wanjun didn't continue to answer, but asked with a sigh: "Do you really trust Li Daozong?"

Xue Wanche was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "So what if you don't believe it? The key point now is that you and I must not only hide Dou Jiande, but also Li Daozong. General Yuwen's plan is too risky. It's all on your shoulders...a careless word..."

"Go to battle and kill the enemy, I am not as good as you."

Xue Wanjun smiled and said triumphantly: "But you may not be able to catch up with me... With me here, how could something careless happen? Is it possible that Xia Jun dare to fight out in this weather?"

Just when this sentence was finished, suddenly there was a humming horn sound from Xia Jun's direction, followed by a shocking shout of killing, Xue Wanche's face changed, and then he cursed fiercely: "You are a crow's mouth!"

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After returning to Tiance General's Mansion from Songbai Tower, Li Xian, who drank a little wine, not only did not feel tired, but became more energetic. There was nothing urgent to deal with at hand, so he simply left the study and walked slowly A single courtyard not far away walked past.

Originally, there was only one woman living in that small courtyard, Zhang Xiaodi.But Li Xian knew that the little girl said that she was bored living alone, so she insisted