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Chapter 422
Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Li Chongjiu took a break from his busy schedule to drink tea with Yang Ehuang and Shi Deyun.

Shi Deyun grew up drinking milk tea made from mare's milk on the grassland since she was a child, but Yang Ehuang was born in the Central Plains. She has long been accustomed to brewing tea with powdered tea, so in their eyes, Li Chongjiu is such a drinker. The way of tea is very strange.

"Husband, you use tea leaves to directly brew boiling water, how can you drink tea?" Yang Ehuang couldn't help asking.

Li Chongjiu put down the teacup, touched the short beard on his chin and said: "Well, this is the way people in Sichuan and Sichuan drink tea. They don't grind tea leaves into tea powder, but directly brew their soup. "

"This is the first time I've heard of it." Yang Ehuang had never heard of it, how could she know that this is the way of drinking tea 1000 years later.

Shi Deyun started giggling suddenly, Yang Ehuang saw that Shi Deyun was leaning forward laughing, and asked without a smile: "Why is my sister laughing?"

Shi Deyun pursed her lips and said, "I've only heard of boiling medicine, boiling juice, and drinking its soup. Isn't drinking tea the same as drinking medicine?"

Li Chongjiu laughed loudly when she heard the words, and Yang Ehuang couldn't help but smile too. She took Li Chongjiu's teacup, put it on her lips, and said softly, "Although this tea soup is brown in color and less fragrant, it tastes a bit bitter. , but take its true fragrance, and it has a taste of returning to nature."

Hearing Yang Ehuang's words, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but feel deeply at ease with me. The way modern people drink tea originated in the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, tea merchants often use pesticides or industrial pollution to grow tea.Therefore, it is not easy to drink the original tea from thousands of years ago.

After listening to Yang Ehuang's words, Shi Deyun immediately took Li Chongjiu's teacup, took a sip, and frowned slightly, as if she still couldn't bear the bitterness in the tea.

Li Chongjiu saw two faint lip prints on the rim of the teacup, but couldn't help feeling hot in his heart, and reached under the table to hold down the thighs of the two women.Yang Ehuang and Shi Deyun couldn't help but feel ashamed on their faces.

Li Chongjiu was very happy in his heart, and when he was about to make the next move, someone outside the door reported, "Report to Lord Shanggu, Yanmen County has won a great victory!"

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Understood, I will come right away."

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was about to leave, the two daughters couldn't help feeling reluctant to part with them. The war had been going on for more than ten days, and today Li Chongjiu sneaked out of his busy schedule to accompany the two of them for a while, but he was about to leave in a blink of an eye.

Seeing the earnest eyes of the two, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but want to stay a little longer, but thinking of the raging fire of the war, he left the room immediately.

When Li Chongjiu walked outside the door, he saw Wen Yanbo and Ji Chuan were both waiting outside the door with happy expressions on their faces.

"Report to Lord Shanggu, the news of the great victory came from Gaochu, Yinghefu, outside Yanmen County." Wen Yanbo said.

"Let's talk." Although it was expected, Li Chongjiu couldn't help being very happy when he heard the news of the big victory.

"In the battle of Yanmen Fanshi, Liu Wuzhou led more than [-] enemy troops to attack the city. Captain Gao Chu defended the city for five days, causing more than a thousand casualties to Liu Wuzhou's army. More than [-] men from Wan Sheng's army arrived and wiped out most of Liu Wuzhou's [-] cavalry."

"Killed more than 500 enemies, captured more than 500 enemies, and the enemy only escaped with more than a thousand cavalry. Liu Wuzhou and more than [-] generals under his command died in battle. The wolf-headed flag was also sent to Youzhou. Our cavalry also suffered [-] casualties, and more than one-third of the [-] rural soldiers defending the city were also killed or injured."

Hearing the news of Liu Wuzhou's death in battle, Li Chongjiu couldn't help laughing loudly, every time there was a war in Youzhou, Liu Wuzhou would come to invade the border, and this happened every year for the past three years.

Liu Wuzhou has the support of the Turks, so he has nothing to fear, if he takes the initiative to attack, the Turks will definitely intervene, but now he is using Dou Jiande to attack, and Ying Hefu decided to lure Liu Wuzhou to Yanmen, and his army was wiped out at Fanshi City.

If Liu Wuzhou had no intention of taking advantage of the fire and came to attack Youzhou, how could he be where he is today? Now that all worries are gone, how can he not be happy.

Ji Chuan said: "My lord, if Dou Jiande finds out that the main force of our cavalry is not in Youzhou, but in Yanmen, he will definitely mobilize his entire army to go north to fight with us. At this moment, we must order Yinghefu and Erto to rush back to help. .”

Wen Yanbo said: "That's right. Now that Liu Wu died on Monday, most of the main force was wiped out. Song Jingang who attacked Lingqiu County also retreated. Now in Mayi, Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law is in charge of the overall situation. Neishi Lingyuan Jun Zhang, and General Gao Manzheng. After Liu Wuzhou died, Yuan Junzhang and Gao Manzheng will fight for power with Song Jingang. Liu Jun will not be able to take care of himself, and will not invade our Yanmen border again. Transfer to Youzhou and prepare for a decisive battle with Dou Jiande."

"Good." Li Chongjiu said yes by clapping his knees.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "Let the order go down, let Yinghefu, Yan Yelie, Sun Erniang and Fanqi Wansheng army take the Feihu Road and rush to Yi County. At the same time, order the captain Chen Ke and the deputy capital stationed in Feihu Lieutenant Zhao Quanting led [-] township soldiers to Yi County and guarded Yishui together with Wang Mahan."

"No." Ji Chuan and Wen Yanbo agreed together.

Gaoyang City.

At dusk, several tents were pitched in a forest outside the city.

Xia Jun's elite cavalry patrolled around, and a bonfire was lit between the tents. Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, Zhang Xuansu, Song Zhengben and other confidants were sitting by the bonfire, while their personal soldiers roasted hunting rabbit meat.

Dou Jiande and his generals reminisced about the old days, and chatted happily, bursts of hearty laughter came from time to time

Dou Jiande looked at the crowd with a smile, and said: "I, Dou Jiande, was originally from a commoner background, and I didn't have great ambitions at first. Back then, Brother Sun was my best friend. When the faint king conquered Liaodong and selected the strong people, Brother Sun was in this list. But that year, the Zhang River was flooded, and Brother Sun’s house was flooded, so he asked the county magistrate to be exempted from military service. But the county magistrate refused, and instead accused Brother Sun of stealing the neighbor’s sheep. Not only did Brother Sun be imprisoned, but his wife and children They were arrested and imprisoned together. Brother Sun’s wife starved to death with his six-year-old child.”

Dou Jiande paused when he spoke, and sighed when he thought about the past, everyone stopped talking and laughing long ago, showing a look of listening.

"Brother Sun killed the dog official in a rage when he heard about it. At that time, Brother Sun defected to me after killing the official. I told him that the emperor conquered Liao, and the world is in chaos. A fugitive captive. According to Gaojibo, a crowd gathered to revolt. Once things changed, it would not be too late to leave the mountain. Later, Big Brother Sun entered Gaojibo. Because the dog official slandered him for stealing sheep, he simply called himself Moyanggong , Looting is close to the Quartet. Because I have an old relationship with Brother Sun, my hometown is the only one that has not been harassed. But the county magistrate was urged by the superior, and if he couldn’t get Brother Sun, he had to find good people to take the blame, and punished my collusion The crime of banditry. Fortunately, I was not at home at the time and escaped, but all the more than 200 members of my Dou clan were killed by the dog official."

"Dog officer. Damn it!" Everyone couldn't help but be filled with grief and indignation.

And Dou Jiande recalled that his hometown was burnt and all his clan members were killed and injured. He couldn't help but burst into tears, and said: "Everyone knows what happened later. After the clansmen were slaughtered, I went to Brother Gao and started a rebellion. The year before last, I avenged my revenge by killing that dog official’s family. It’s ridiculous. People laugh at me as Dou Jiande, a farmer, and I want to take over the world. That’s right. Brother Gao thinks highly of me, brothers respect me, Dou, why am I here today."

Speaking of this, everyone is not silent.

Dou Jiande said in a deep voice: "The defeat of the Sui and Yang Dynasties was due to the government that disturbed the people and abandoned their businesses. There were many camps and ponds, and the labor of teachers and expeditions prevented the people from farming and women from weaving silkworms. I, Dou Jiande, am not talented. Today I want to sweep all directions and level the world. After the great chaos, it is easy to govern. I should rest and recuperate. I will not let the people fight thousands of miles on the battlefield, but work among the people. The wives and daughters will not worry about their husbands. , you are willing to help me."

"I am willing to share your worries for His Majesty." All the generals replied with enthusiasm.

Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty wants to sweep the world, and he must first unify Hebei, and he must take Youzhou, the danger of the whole Yanyun, as a guard for future advances and retreats."

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "Yes, I got the news yesterday that Liu Wuzhou was in the Yanmen. The ambush of Li Chongjiu's main cavalry almost wiped out his entire army, and he was not in the formation. Liu Wuzhou took refuge in the Turks, willing to be driven by the Fans, and died. It's not a pity, but Li Chongjiu for our army invaded, but he forbears it, and ambushed the main cavalry to Yanmen, so that Liu Wuzhou was destroyed, this man's scheming and resourcefulness are far above Liu Wuzhou, he is really a formidable enemy."

"Your Majesty, if Li Chongjiu is able to fight again, how is he compared to Xue Shixiong? We wiped out Xue Shixiong's [-] troops in the first battle. Is Li Chongjiu's army more elite than Xue Shixiong's soldiers?" Dou Jiande's wife and brother Cao dawn.

Zhang Xuansu said: "What General Cao said is very true. Now our army is far more powerful than before, and Li Chongjiu's main cavalry is now in Yanmen. If they rush to Youzhou in a hurry, they will be exhausted. Our army can take advantage of this." With the opportunity, storm the vital points of Youzhou, destroy its main force, and Hebei will be settled in the first battle."

All the generals called for battle one after another. Although Li Chongjiu's defeat of Liu Wuzhou relieved his worries, the movement of the main cavalry was already unknown.At this time, Dou Jiande doesn't need to worry for the time being, his light cavalry harass the grain road in the rear, and he can lead his army northward to fight Li Chongjiu in a decisive battle to determine the outcome.

Dou Jiande glanced over the crowd, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "What everyone said is that I have made up my mind, and the army will march out tomorrow to fight Youzhou!"

The first year of Wufeng, October.

Nearly a month after Dou Jiande's main force was stationed in Gaoyang, he finally dispatched. An army of [-] troops set off from Gaoyang County, passed Qingyuan, passed Suicheng, and approached the Yishui River.

At the same time, Li Chongjiu also dispatched troops from Jixian after learning the news of Dou Jiande's main force dispatch. The Prairie Fanqi is on the way.

So the main forces of the two armies confronted each other by the Yishui River, and the war was imminent.

(End of this chapter)