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Chapter 216 Everyone is happy
At the beginning of winter, when you cross the mountain ridge, the Yishui is gurgling, and countless icicles flow down the water, and there is a sound of ding dong ding dong.

The wind was cold in the north, Li Chongjiu and Su Su rode their horses by the Yishui River, and watched by the water.Li Chongjiu was stationed here, and he couldn't help but think that he would have traveled thousands of years earlier to come here to see the scene of Jingke singing away from the building.

Su Suyan said: "Xiao Jiu, your troops stationed here will neither go north to return to the grassland nor go south. The generals don't know your next plan."

Li Chongjiu said: "Fourth Uncle, I am waiting for two people!"

Su Su showed a serious look, and Li Chongjiu swiped Yishui with his whip in his hand, and said, "Fourth Uncle, in spring and summer, Yishui is soaring. We can take a boat from Yishui to Nanjuma River and go down the river." It can go directly to Yongji Canal."

"Yongji Canal!"

"That's right," Li Chongjiu said, "During the fourth year of the great cause, the emperor ordered Yanbi to supervise the Yongji Canal. After the completion, it only took one year to complete the construction. Although the width is not as wide as the Tongji Canal, it can be carried by a large boat from Dongdu to Zhuojun. Right now, Li Yang, where Li Mi is occupying, is where the southern section of the Tongji Canal meets the mouth of the Yellow River. If he wants to enter Hebei, he can follow the canal all the way north to the waterway, and my troops will go south here to respond, and the north and south will attack Duanda."

Su Su listened to Li Chongjiu's words and showed a serious face. Although the three major anti-kings in Hebei have all died in battle, there are still small bandits. At present, the Sui army in Hebei can only protect the area along the Tongji Canal.Therefore, Duan Da's main forces were stationed in sections along the river. If a certain county was attacked by rebels, they only needed to support it for a few days, and reinforcements could arrive from the canal along the waterway.Therefore, as long as the canal is not lost, Hebei is not in great danger for the Sui army, and Duan Da and Xue Shixiong's troops stationed in Zhuozhou can also respond at any time.
Of course, if Li Chongjiu and Li Mi attack along the north and south of the canal at the same time, Duan Da will fall into a situation of front and back.In this situation, even Yang Yichen is very embarrassed, not to mention Duan Da who is far behind Yang Yichen, otherwise Duan Da would not be called Duan Lao by the rebels.In the field corps of the Sui Army in Hebei, there were only Duan Da and Xue Shixiong. If Duan Da was wiped out, Xue Shixiong would not be worried.

Li Chongjiu said in a deep voice: "I have already sent a letter to Li Mi to capture Yi County, but I think the chances of Li Mi agreeing to me are less than [-]%. If Li Mi doesn't go north, then we have to postpone going south. There is no other reason. Liu Wuzhou According to Mayi, Yanmen, and Xue Shixiong under Zhuojun, if the two attached enemies are not eliminated, if our army goes south, the battle line will be too long."

Su Su sighed, and said: "Xiao Jiu, it's up to people to make things happen, so Xiao Jiu, who is the other person you are still waiting for?"

Just at this moment, there was a rustling sound in the ear, and several soldiers put up their bows to be on guard, and saw a cavalry soldier walking through the snow in the forest.The other party came straight to Li Chongjiu's horse, and reported: "The prefect, Dou Jiande sent a large army to approach Yi County from Hejian County in two ways. General Wang Yuchi has heard that General Yuchi has ordered all the troops to return to the city, and asked the prefect to return to the city quickly. .”

Li Chongjiu smiled when he heard the words, and said: "Dou Jiande finally came here uninvited."
Su Su snorted and said: "Dou Jiande went down to the Liba people and picked his head. His subordinates thought that with 20 people, they could be unscrupulous. Could it be that they are planning on our Yi County?"

Li Chongjiu said: "Dou Jiande is not like Gao Shida, Wang Xuba, and Zhang Jincheng. This man gathers people with benevolence and virtue, has great ambitions, can bend and stretch, and can be courteous and corporal. He can be compared to Liu Bei at the end of the Han Dynasty."

Su Su obviously didn't believe it, and said: "Although Liu Xuande is down and out, he is also a member of the clan, and he studied under the famous scholars Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan, and Dou Jiande, Tian Shehan. I don't know many big characters, so how can it be compared."

Li Chongjiu smiled and stopped talking, and then came another fast horse, and said: "Report to the prefect, Dou Jiande sent Gao Yaxian, and Dou Xianniang came here as envoys, Zhao County Chancellor please return to the city quickly."

Su Su snorted, and said: "Others are courteous before soldiers, but Dou Jiande is soldiers first and then courteous."

Li Chongjiu said: "Dou Jiande's move is for us to compromise, let's go back and meet these two people."

After Li Chongjiu returned to the city, he went directly into the commander's mansion. Before he entered the hall, he could hear Gao Yaxian, Dou Xianniang and Zhao Wansan talking in the hall from a distance.

"Uncle Zhao, in order to deceive Wei Dao'er that day, my father offended him a lot with his words. He said it was a last resort. I hope Uncle Zhao will not take it to the bottom of his heart, and he will make amends to you in the future." A woman's voice came, and it must be It's Dou Xianniang.

"This matter has passed, Dou Gong is also kind to me, how can I blame him for this matter, but why is your army suppressing the situation now?"

"Brother Zhao, this matter is Dou Gong's intention, and it will not be too late to talk about it after seeing Li Taishou."

While speaking, Li Chongjiu had already stepped into the hall. Gao Yaxian was dressed in a coarse cloth Tsing Yi, with a bit of vicissitudes on his face, and he did not take off his true colors, while Dou Xianniang was wearing a snow-colored fox fur. After seeing Li Chongjiu, her eyes revealed a little Very serious.

"Two, goodbye to Zhao Jiabao, I haven't seen you for almost a year."

Gao Yaxian stood up, said with a smile: "Time flies, this year the prefect served the barbarians in the north, and defeated Xiaoxiao in the south. This year is far more exciting than Gao Mou."

Li Chongjiu said: "Ashamed, ashamed, what am I compared to Duke Dou? But now Duke Dou has stationed [-] troops at the border, is it because he wants to hunt with me?"

Gao Yaxian laughed and said, "The eunuch has misunderstood."

Dou Xianniang said from the side: "Li Chongjiu, we risked freezing to death to defeat Wang Xuba, but your Excellency, in the name of Duke Dou, took down Yi County in one fell swoop. Is there anything cheap in the world like this?"

Seeing Dou Xianniang speak, Li Chongjiu retorted and asked, "When did I pretend to be Mr. Dou, what a joke?"

Dou Xianniang said: "Still quibbling, why did our army just defeat Wang Xuba, but you took the opportunity to enter Yi County in three days, isn't this taking advantage of our situation?"

Li Chongjiu said: "At the beginning I sent Zhao Zan's mansion to Raoyang to discuss with Duke Dou about attacking King Xuba, but Duke Dou himself refused to agree. Now I have defeated Song Jingang and taken the whole county of Shanggu by myself. How can I take advantage of the situation? Could it be that I can predict the foresight and predict that Duke Dou and Wang Xuba are a fraudulent alliance, and Duke Dou takes advantage of people's unpreparedness and strikes back."

"Bold, you dare to mock my father!" Dou Xianniang jumped up.

Li Chongjiu folded his arms across his chest and said, "Why did you have so many people that you didn't make a move when you were in Zhaojiabao last time? This time on my territory, are you going to make a move?"

Dou Xianniang's face turned green when she heard this, this Li Chongjiu is the brave general of the three armies, fighting him is not asking for trouble.

"Xianniang, don't be rude!" Hearing Gao Yaxian's scolding, Dou Xianniang sat down angrily.

Gao Yaxian said: "Prefect Li, the child is ignorant, so don't worry about it. But you also know that Song Jingang is Wang Xuba's subordinate. Duke Dou defeated Wang Xuba and took his followers. This Song Jingang also It was because he had thought of surrendering to our army, but now he was intercepted by the eunuch, taking Yi County, the generals are all talking about it."

Li Chongjiu smiled slightly and said: "Brother Gao, when I fought fiercely with Song Jingang, I lost more than a thousand soldiers and still could not leave Yi County. What kind of credit does Duke Dou have for this? I’ve heard of the empty-handed white wolf before, and Duke Dou is really amazing, if you just talk about it, do you want us to hand over Yi County?”

Gao Yaxian saw that Li Chongjiu's words were like knives, so he thought about it for a moment. It seems that Li Chongjiu ate Yi County and refused to spit it out.

So Gao Yaxian said: "Since the prefect refuses to give up Yi County, it's okay. Now in the land of Hebei, Zhang and Wang have died one after another. Dou Gong inherited Gao Shuai's behest not only to overthrow the innocent and stupid king, but also to compete in the world. I don't know. What does Prefect Li think?"

Well, Li Chongjiu's heart finally reached the stage of drama. First, the soldiers suppressed the situation, and then he deliberately disputed with himself about the ownership of Yi County. After all, he was just looking for an excuse.Li Chongjiu said: "I am an old general of the imperial court. Although I am dissatisfied with the emperor's actions, I have also received the kindness of knowing you, and I will not be an enemy of the official army. If Duke Dou has a heart for the world, I am willing to wait and see."

Gao Yaxian asked again: "Does the eunuch think that Duke Dou can win the world?"

Li Chongjiu laughed, and said: "How can I have such foresight, but back then Qin lost its deer, and the world chased after it. Gaozu raised three feet of clear frost, and he was quick enough. Back then, Han Gaozu and Duke Dou were both born It's cold, so Duke Dou's future depends on his own strategy."

Gao Yaxian, Dou Xianniang was overjoyed to hear that Li Chongjiu had compared Dou Jian to Liu Bang, but she didn't notice that Li Chongjiu was actually talking nonsense.

Gao Yaxian said: "How dare you ask the prefect's ambition? Is it just a county in Shanggu?"

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "In the next commoner, the so-called uprising is just to protect your own life and protect the safety of your father and brothers. As for the so-called ambition, it is only Shanggu County, otherwise you will not call yourself the prefect of Shanggu , now I am only a shepherd for the time being, if there is a Ming Lord in the world, I will offer it to the county. Of course, if Duke Dou can defeat Xue Shixiong, Duan Da, and seize the land of Youyan in the future, I will surrender to Duke Dou."

Listening to Li Chongjiu's words, Gao Yaxian and Dou Xianniang are both skeptical, but there are still more elements of disbelief.

Gao Yaxian and Dou Xianniang looked at each other and nodded.The two sides then discussed a lot of practical things, mainly to discuss whether the two parties would be hostile to each other.

Although Dou Jiande was unable to capture Shanggu County, he still received Li Chongjiu's kindness that he would never be his enemy.For Dou Jiande now, the main enemy is the imperial court, Xue Shixiong in the north and Duan Da in the south, so for Li Chongjiu, who has the help of the grassland cavalry, he is a difficult bone for the time being, not his current goal, as long as the two sides are not hostile , he can also temporarily tolerate Li Chongjiu's entrenching in Shanggu County.As for the reconciliation between Li Chongjiu and Dou Jiande, he was also very satisfied, so he didn't have to worry about the danger of fighting in the south, and he was given a safe period of one to two years to digest and integrate the forces of Shanggu County.

So the negotiations between the two parties were successful, and everyone was happy with each other.

(End of this chapter)