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Chapter 328
The old dynasty came to an end, the world fell apart, and after Yang Guang died.

For the majority of the world, the old officials of the Sui Dynasty defending one side, some like Shen Faxing sought self-reliance, and the rest sought their own way out, relying on nearby powerful forces.

For example, Chen Xiaoyi, the former magistrate of Yanmen County who had been keeping festivals for the Sui Dynasty and refused to serve himself, and now the county magistrate of Fanshi County, Chen Xiaoyi, has agreed to serve Li Chongjiu and serve in Youzhou.

Li Chongjiu also paid attention to the movements in all directions.On this day, Zhao Wansan, the prefect of Yanmen County, rushed to Zhuojun County to report to Li Chongjiu the movements of Dou Jiande in Hebei.

Zhao Wansan has an old relationship with Dou Jiande, so on the one hand, he came out to communicate with Dou Jiande for Li Chongjiu, and on the other hand, he also kept a close eye on Dou Jiande for Li Chongjiu, paying attention to the other party's movements.

Zhao Wansan reported to Li Chongjiu that the officials in Hebei also began to surrender to Dou Jiande one after another after hearing that the Sui Dynasty fell.

Dou Jiande led a large army to besiege Hejian all the time before, but was rejected by the county magistrate Wang Cong, and could not attack for a long time.

But after the city learned that Yang Guang was dead, they had no choice but to surrender. Wang Cong and others then led the officials to surrender at the gate of the camp, and Dou Jiande personally untied him.

At this time, Dou Jiande's subordinates said that Wang Cong had defended the city for half a year and killed and wounded many of our troops.

Dou Jiande said: "This man is a righteous man. I will reuse him in the future, so how can I kill him? In the past when everyone was a thief in Gaojibo, I didn't care about killing people casually. Now I want to win the world. How dare you kill Zhongliang?"

After speaking, Dou Jiande also ordered the army, whoever had a rift with Wang Cong before, who dared to waver now, would sin against the three clans, so all the troops feared.On the same day, Wang Cong was named the governor of Yingzhou.

After Li Chongjiu heard about Dou Jiande's methods, he couldn't help secretly praising him. This person really has a long-term vision.

Zhao Wansan went on to say that after Hejian surrendered, Dou Jiande recruited the old officials of the Sui Dynasty, such as Cao Zhangxuansu, a householder in Jingcheng. Zhang Xuansu refused to be a thief because of his identity, and now Sui was destroyed. Zhang Xuansu agreed to become an official of Dou Jiande and serve as the servant of the Huangmen.

At this time, counties and counties in Hebei were also vying to belong to Dou Jiande.

When Li Chongjiu heard Zhao Wansan's report that Wang Cong and Zhang Xuansu surrendered to Dou Jiande, they felt regretful.Because both of them were famous ministers of Hejian County, once they surrendered Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande could undoubtedly control Hejian.

Li Chongjiu felt sympathy for this hero who came from a humble background like himself, but unfortunately there can only be one winner in Hebei.As for Dou Jiande now, once he is in a position to become a decisive battle with himself, the day will not be far away.

At that moment Li Chongjiu asked: "Apart from Wang Cong and Zhang Xuansu, who are the civil and military personnel under Dou Jiande's command?"

Zhao Wansan said: "The counselors under Dou Jiande's command first recommended Raoyang Order Song Zhengben. After Dou Jiande broke Raoyang, Song Zhengben has been advising him. It came out of it. Dou Jiande is able to have today, and his credit is not small."

Li Chongjiu said: "This person was born in the old official of the Sui Dynasty, does Dou Jiande trust this person?"

Zhao Wansan said: "I don't know. I heard that this person often admonishes Dou Jiande directly, making him unable to go down the steps several times. Although this person is the mastermind, I don't know if Dou Jiande likes it or not."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "This is very important news, who is the leader of the general?"

Zhao Wansan replied: "The number one general of the Dou Army is Wang Fubao; this man followed Dou Jiande when he was from Gaojibo. He was brave and good at fighting. neglect."

Li Chongjiu thought in surprise, Song Zhengben is nothing more than that, why is Wang Fubao like Wang Fubao, and he has never heard of it?
Li Chongjiu immediately asked: "Who is Dou Jiande's real confidant?"

Zhao Wansan said: "That is Gao Yaxian, a fellow from the same country. Before Dou Jiande made his fortune, he was a brother of life and death."

Li Chongjiu nodded. He had met him once in Zhaojiazhuang that day. This person knew his identity at a glance, and he was a difficult person.But after all, there are still no familiar characters.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help asking: "Apart from these people, are there any other outstanding people under Dou Jiande?"

Zhao Wansan thought for a while and said: "There are still a few people who should not be underestimated. The current Minister of Internal History, Kong Deshao, is from the Kong family in Qufu."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but shook his head when he heard that, the Kong family in Qufu was not among the noble families at this time, but the Kong family in Kuaiji was very famous at this time, if you talk about Kong Deshao's background, it is not a mention at all.

Zhao Wansan said again: "There is also Ling Jing, the national character offering wine. This man is resourceful and has offered advice to Dou Jiande many times. As for the rest, I have to think about it."

Li Chongjiu said: "Tell me one by one."

Zhao Wansan thought for a while, and said: "There is also Liu Heikai, who is Dou Jiande's younger brother. He is a new recruit recently. I heard that he is quite cunning in using soldiers. As for Gao Yaxian's adopted son Su Lie, he has a fixed name. Last time we I’ve seen it before, and he’s also a brave man, and there’s also a side general, Cheng Mingzhen, who is said to be quite capable.”

Li Chongjiu was a little surprised when he heard it. It turned out that Liu Heita, Su Dingfang, and Cheng Mingzhen had not yet entered the backbone of the Dou army.
Liu Heitai and Su Dingfang don't mention it, everyone is familiar with it, let alone those who have read history books, everyone who has watched the TV series at [-] o'clock knows it.As for Cheng Mingzhen, he was also the chief of the Pyongyang Road March of the Tang Dynasty in history. Although his reputation is not as good as Su Dingfang, he has won many battles in Goguryeo and can be called a brave general.

If you compare Dou Jiande's military general Wen Chen with himself, Li Chongjiu suddenly finds that he is still a lot inferior.

Civil servants themselves have Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng, Lu Chengqing, and Chen Xiaoyi who can contend against one or two, but among the generals Liu Heita, Su Dingfang, and Cheng Mingzhen, except for Cheng Mingzhen who is slightly inferior, the other two are all generals who can rival Song Jingang in history. talent.As for Dou Jiande's No. [-] general Wang Fubao, he was even more powerful than these people.

In contrast, Li Chongjiu's subordinates, except for Yu Chigong who can be called brave, have no one who can compete with these people.

Back then Dou Jiande was able to kill Guo Xuan, Wei Daoer, and even Xue Shixiong, so it was not a fluke. If Li Chongjiu treated the opponent as Wang Xuba's peasant army, he would definitely suffer a big loss.In the event that Dou Jiande competed with him for Hebei in the future and sent troops northward, Li Chongjiu felt that he had no other choice but to mobilize the Fanjun cavalry from the grassland again to help the battle.

After Zhao Wansan left, Li Chongjiu was thinking carefully, waiting for Wei Zheng to see him.

Li Chongjiu chatted with Wei Zheng immediately.

Li Chongjiu said: "Now Youzhou is about to be pacified, and Dou Jiande is also ruling Hebei. In the future, there will be a battle between me and Dou Jiande. What countermeasures will Wei Juncheng have?"

Wei Zhengyan said: "The battle depends on the people, the officials, the generals, the generals, and the five soldiers. Those who make the king's eyes are nothing more than choosing strong generals and elite soldiers."

Li Chongjiu said: "The strong general will come out?"

Wei Zheng pinched his beard and said, "Has the Shijun forgotten the four tigers of the Xue family?"

Li Chongjiu said: "How can I not remember, it's just that none of these four people agreed to become an official when I conscripted before."

Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said: "I have heard about this matter. The emperor was still there, and the Xue family had the name of loyalty, so they couldn't take office. Now that the Sui Dynasty is no longer here, these four people have a great opportunity to join us. Why don't you follow suit? Liu Xuande paid three visits to the thatched cottage."

Li Chongjiu said with a smile: "I know that if you can really win a sage, you can go to the thatched cottage, but you have to find a good excuse. If you are rejected again this time, you have to find the four tigers of the Xue family to come out of the mountain again. It will be difficult."

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "Your words are true, I heard that Xue Shixiong was seriously ill a few days ago, so you might as well take this opportunity to visit the mansion, and use this name to find out about Xue's family."

Li Chongjiu clapped his palms and laughed loudly, "Good!"

The next day, Li Chongjiu and Wei Zheng went to Xue's mansion together by chariot and horse.

Different from the last time when the Xue family heard the report, the eldest son Xue Wanshu and the second son Xue Wanshu went out to greet him.

Xue Wanshu and Li Chongjiu are old acquaintances. As for Xue Wanshu, who is slightly younger than his elder brother, he is generally from Wenwen.Although the Xue family in Hedong had many military generals, they also had well-known literati like Xue Daoheng, so they can be regarded as having both civil and military skills.

According to Wei Zheng, the Xue family in Hedong originally came from the middle of Shu, and the big lords in the Central Plains always called them Shu Xue, despising them, and regarded the Xue family as a third-class gentry.But although it is a third-class gentry, the Xue family in Hedong is very competitive. Since the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, there have been many famous ministers and generals.
Because of this, Xue's family also has the qualifications to compete with such a famous family as Fan Yang's Lu family today.

Seeing Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu, Li Chongjiu bowed to them immediately, and Li Chongjiu said: "I heard that Mr. Xue is ill, so I came here to visit the mansion with a famous doctor and good medicine."

Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu thanked Li Chongjiu after hearing this, and welcomed Li Chongjiu in.

In the inner hall, the two sons Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche were standing in front of their father's sick bed, giving out porridge and feeding them.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help nodding when he saw the four sons of the Xue family serving their father with utmost filial piety. At this time, the ancient people's concept was that all filial sons must be loyal ministers, and people are judged by loyalty and filial piety.

Li Chongjiu looked at Xue Shixiong, a tiger general who was famous all over the world and shocked the barbarians in the past, but now he is like a bad old man.When Xue Wanjun served his father to drink porridge, rice soup was scooped from his mouth, but left out from the corner of his mouth and sprinkled on his clothes. This is not the style of the past.

After Li Chongjiu knew that Xue Shixiong was defeated by Dou Jiande, he was depressed, so he became seriously ill.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu invited the doctor to come forward for diagnosis and treatment, and the doctor stepped forward to prepare Xue Shixiong to take the pulse, but Xue Shixiong suddenly opened his eyes, held the doctor's hand behind his back, and asked, "Tell me, is the Sui Dynasty over? Is the Sui Dynasty over?" Is it over?"

After all, Xue Shixiong is a military commander. Although he was ill, he was very strong, and he squeezed the doctor's hand until it rattled.

The doctor couldn't bear it, he was crying out for pain.

The four sons of the Xue family hurried forward to persuade them, while Xue Shixiong was still pinching the doctor's hand, asking repeatedly like a madman: "Is the Sui Dynasty over? Is the Sui Dynasty over?"

(End of this chapter)