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Chapter 210
Li Chongjiu thought about the matter of taking action against Song Jingang and unifying Shanggu County. As far as the forces on the battlefield are concerned, he has no ability to defeat Song Jingang. Since he can't win the battle, he can only use tricks.

After several months of great changes in Hebei, Xue Shixiong broke Gao Kaidao, Gao Tansheng, Wang Xuba, Yang Yichen and now Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida.However, Dou Jiande, as Sima in the original Gaoshida army, took in the remnants at this time, and first captured Raoyang by surprise, and had a base for the soldiers to cultivate and thrive.After that, Dou Jiande rebelled against the rebellion against the king and the habit of killing court officials and scholars after capturing the city. He treated Song Zhengben, the magistrate of Raoyang County, as his mastermind.As a result, Dou Jiande gradually won the support of court officials.

Then not long ago, Li Chongjiu heard about Dou Jiande's taking in the defeated army, and restraining the corpses of those captives who were killed by the Sui army's betrayal after surrendering to Yang Yichen, so that they could be buried.Afterwards, Dou Jiande declared himself a general, and made a funeral for Gao Shida. The whole army disappeared. In less than a month, Dou Jiande had gathered [-] to [-] people, and over [-] soldiers.In the words of the imperial court, it is the resurgence of thieves.

So what is Dou Jiande's next goal now? Li Chongjiu remembers that if he followed the historical path, after Dou Jiande gained power, he would annex Wang Xuba's team after his death, so he absolutely has the same goal as himself right now.

The two sides have common interests, but whether they can cooperate with each other is what Li Chongjiu has to consider.In history, Dou Jiande was the hero of a generation who captured Hebei, and after Li Mi, the only one among the world's rebels who could compete with Li Yuan.If Li Chongjiu wants to seize Hebei in the future, there will inevitably be a bloody battle with Dou Jiande.

Will the cooperation between the two parties be seeking skin from a tiger?Today's alliance may turn into an enemy tomorrow, and it is possible that Dou Jiande also regards himself as a strong enemy in his heart.Of course, the best thing for both sides is to eliminate Wei Daoer's department first, Li Chongjiu can annex the whole county of Shanggu, and Dou Jiande's benefits are not small.But how can we get on line with Dou Jiande? Li Chongjiu thought of Zhao Wansan, and immediately ordered someone to invite him to the study.

Zhao Wansan put on his official uniform, walked into the study, and paid a respectful salute to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu signaled the other party to sit down, and Zhao Wansan immediately said: "Report to the prefect, the situation in Fanyang is now stable. Before Wang Xuba's chaos, many wealthy families in Fanyang County escaped. I have tried my best to invite them to return to Fanyang. One or two rich families agreed."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "Pepsi is busy at the moment, and Zanfu is also in charge of Fanyang and Feihu counties, but it is handled in an orderly manner. It is really a capable official."

Zhao Wansan was very happy to receive the compliment, and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for the prefect's compliment. This is something that should be done in a lowly position. Now the newly recruited [-] county soldiers in Fanyangli have been trained by Captain Gao for a month. For the military ration of one bucket of rice per month, the people in Fan Yangnei signed up very enthusiastically, so it can be considered that they have selected a group of good soldiers."

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu knew in his heart that a bucket of rice is more than twelve catties, which is about thirty or forty yuan according to the current price of rice.In this era, if an adult man wants to eat well, he needs at least two buckets of rice, and half a bucket of rice is almost enough for his wife and children to cook porridge for half a month. Three young and old.What's more, if you enter the military camp, you will definitely be able to have a full stomach. For the people living in the war, this is simply a good job.

However, for Li Chongjiu, the entire Shanggu County now has only two thousand soldiers standing, not because he does not want to expand the army, but because there is not enough food and grass.These [-] grassland iron cavalry went south, and the daily consumption of horse chews was an astronomical sum.Two thousand soldiers is the limit of Shanggu County.But even with the addition of these two thousand county soldiers, Li Chongjiu was still not sure of capturing Yi County and defeating Song Jingang.
Li Chongjiu said immediately: "Zan Mansion is capable of doing things, I know it, but I invited you here this time, but I asked one thing. When I went to Zhaozhuang, I remember that Zan Mansion seems to have an old relationship with Dou Jiande, right?"

Zhao Wansan immediately stood up when he heard this, with sweat dripping from his forehead, he said in panic, "Reporting to the prefect, Duke Dou used to be kind to me, Mr. Zhao, but after he became a prefect, he was humbled to be loyal to the prefect. I have no more contact with Duke Dou."

Li Chongjiu waved his hands and said, "It's okay, Zanfu sit down and talk."

Zhao Wansan sat down on the Hu chair with his buttocks on one side.Li Chongjiu said: "Don't worry about Zanfu, I came here for the matter of Dou Jiande, how do you know him well?"

Zhao Wansan immediately said: "Don't dare to lie to the prefect. I met Dou Gong when the emperor first conquered Liaodong. At that time, Mo Yanggong and I, brother Sun Anzu and grandson, were going to Liao together. Brother Sun is brave. The county magistrate intends to use him again, but at this time Brother Sun’s house has just been flooded, and his wife starved to death. Brother Sun pleaded with the county magistrate and exempted him from military service. The county magistrate wanted to whip Brother Sun, and the few of us I can't see it all, and I killed the county magistrate together with Brother Sun."

"Afterwards, we fled all the way. Fortunately, Dou Gong rescued us, so we were saved from death. Afterwards, Brother Sun wanted to go to Gaojibo to become a bandit. And I was worried that my family would sneak back to Zhaojiabao, and the government didn't want me. A few years later, the original patriarch died of illness, and I became the patriarch of the Zhao family."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Zanfu, what do you think of Dou Jiande?"

Zhao Wansan gave a thumbs up without hesitation, and said: "Prefect, Mr. Dou is the most loyal person I have ever met. Back then, we killed officials because of the beheading. Dou Jiande, Brother Sun and I are not very old. He is willing to risk his life to help him because of his friendship. A few years ago, when his father died of illness, all the heroes from the village and Hebei Province came to the funeral. There were thousands of people. No. How can Zhao Wansan not admire such a good man who values ​​righteousness and despise wealth."

"Li Chongjiu nodded. From Zhao Wansan's admiration, he already has a general understanding of Dou Jiande. Such a person is not easy to deal with, and he is easy to deal with. Success or failure depends on his words. If you change In the past, when Li Chongjiu asked Dou Jiande to send troops rashly, there was a high probability of being rejected. But after familiarizing himself with history, Li Chongjiu knew exactly what Dou Jiande was thinking about now, and the two sides would hit it off in all likelihood.

At that moment Li Chongjiu said: "Right now our army wants to defeat Song Jingang, but the battle is unfavorable. We are temporarily trapped in the upper valley and need to seek reinforcements from outside. I intend to join Dou Jiande in defeating Wei Daoer. Zanfu is willing to run for me .”

Zhao Wansan had a bit of trouble on his face when he heard this.Seeing Zhao Wansan's expression, Li Chongjiu knew that he was unwilling to give up his personal relationship for business affairs, and this matter made him embarrassed twice.

However, Zhao Wansan still said: "Since the prefect has a life, I will run for the prefect in a humble position. I think the prefect and Duke Dou are both heroes today, and they will surely achieve great things together."

(End of this chapter)