As soon as Liu Bowen said this, the generals in the tent burst into laughter and said, "What Mr. Liu said is absolutely true. Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng has just been returned to Chang'an by His Majesty for only a year, and his third son Li Yuanji will become a distinguished guest of Jiangdu again! "
After listening to Liu Bowen's words, Li Jing raised the corner of his mouth slightly, quickly regained his composure, slowly stepped out of the queue amidst laughter, raised his hands to Xue Rengui and said: "General, the last general has come up with a clever plan, which can not only defeat Li Tang's vigor can also severely injure Dou Jiande."
Xue Rengui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised: "Li Yaoshi is indeed resourceful. I am so lucky to have a commander like you, Li Yaoshi, who is both civil and military, and an unparalleled counselor like Liu Bowen in the Sui Dynasty!"
"Where is it? In front of General Xue, how dare Li Jing claim to be both civil and military?"
Li Jing smiled modestly, and then told his plan calmly: "When Li Tang sent troops, Dou Jiande probably did a lot to add fuel to the flames. The minister suggested that General Xue personally lead the army to leave the camp and go east. Only part of the troops will be stationed. Dou Jiande will definitely think that the Tang army is coming to help in a big way, and will definitely use this opportunity to go out of the city to attack our camp. When the time comes, General Xue will lead the main force back and only send a partial division to ambush Li Yuanji."
When Xue Rengui, Chang Yuchun, Yang Jiye and other generals heard this, their eyes lit up. Yang Jiye immediately stepped out and said, "This is a wonderful plan. I would like to send a group of elite soldiers to stay in the camp."
"General, why don't you go and stop Wang Shichong first? We can set off together and the momentum will be bigger." General Lu Xiangsheng suggested in a low voice.
Li Jing smiled slightly and shook his head to reject Lu Xiangsheng's proposal: "General Lu, don't forget that Wang Shichong has been dealing with rebels such as Dou Jiande and Li Mi for many years, and Dou Jiande knows him very well. This person is by no means a person who is inferior to others. We Separating troops from him would make Dou Jiande even more convinced that the Tang army was invading in a big way. It was Wang Shichong's worries that made him disobey military orders, not join up with our main troops, and rush to Luoyang first."
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In Xingyang City, Dou Jiande was staring at the scribe in front of him with a gloomy expression.
This scribe's surname was Wang Cong, who was originally the county magistrate of Hejian County. He had relied on Hejian County to resist Dou Jiande's attacks many times.
According to the normal development of history, this Wang Cong should have surrendered to Hejian County after Yang Guang died in the Jiangdu mutiny.
However, due to the sudden emergence of Yang Gao, the Sui Dynasty did not exist in name only as it had in history. Wang Cong, who had continued to be loyal to, still stubbornly resisted Dou Jiande's invasion after the Jiangdu mutiny. Until Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, came out of the blue and used a trick to defraud the city gate of Hejian County and captured Wang Cong alive.
After Wang Cong was captured, many people in the Xia army hated him deeply, and they all asked Dou Jiande to cook and kill Wang Cong. However, Dou Jiande considered Wang Cong's high reputation in Hebei and finally pardoned Wang Cong.
Wang Cong was already disheartened after being captured, thinking that he would spend the rest of his life under house arrest and surveillance. However, a recent piece of news suddenly gave him a glimmer of hope - at the beginning of this year, Yang Gao married Dou Jiande's daughter Dou Xianniang in Jiangduna.
After hearing the news, Wang Cong was ecstatic. Dou Jiande has already married His Majesty. Doesn't that mean there is hope of turning hostility into friendship?
Wang Cong immediately told Liu Heitai, the general of the Xia army who was staying in Hebei, that he wanted to see Dou Jiande. Under his arrangement, he rushed from Leshou to Xingyang at night.
"Your Majesty, now that the Holy One has married the princess, the King can be regarded as His Majesty's father-in-law. How can there be any reason for his own father-in-law to beat his own son-in-law? If the King can submit to His Majesty, I believe that His Majesty will not treat the King badly."
Wang Cong kept talking and did not realize that Dou Jiande, who was sitting in the upper position, was flushed with anger and his hands were clenched into fists unconsciously.
What is Yang Gao's father-in-law? His precious daughter Dou Xianniang was clearly captured by Yang Gao before being forced into the palace. Yang Gao, the son-in-law, was not recognized by Dou Jiande at all. Not only was he not recognized, but Dou Jiande regarded him as the biggest stain in his life.
The civil and military officials in Xingyang City were too smart to mention this matter in front of Dou Jiande, and they didn't even dare to mention the name Dou Xian Niang. But Wang Cong, an old man, not only told the matter without mercy, but also urged him to surrender to Yang Gao. This simply made Dou Jiande furious.
"King Xia, King Xia! There will be urgent military information to report at the end of the day."
At this moment, General Zhu Di hurriedly walked into the house, bowed and said: "King Xia, there is a large-scale mobilization of the Sui army camp outside the city."
After Zhu Yuanzhang was defeated in Luoyang, he led hundreds of remaining soldiers to flee to Xingyang. Dou Jiande was so angry that he almost pushed Zhu Yuanzhang out and beheaded him in public.
However, after being advised by the generals and considering that Zhu Yuanzhang was also a talented person, Dou Jiande calmed down his anger. Later, Liu Heitai came to report that Luo Yi from Youzhou seemed to have the intention to go south. Dou Jiande sent Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhuojun to resist Luo Yi and perform meritorious service. However, considering that the Central Plains was even more short of manpower, Dou Jiande kept his son Zhu Di and nephew Li Wenzhong behind. .
Seeing the heroic Zhu Di, Dou Jiande's eyes lit up. This was his favorite son-in-law, but it was a pity that it was no longer possible.
Dou Jiande sighed secretly in his heart, and then smiled at Zhu Di and said, "What happened outside the Sui army camp outside the city that made General Xiao Zhu so upset?"
Zhu Di cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, half an hour ago, Wang Shichong led 50,000 to 60,000 troops out of the camp and headed west. Just now, Xue Rengui personally led hundreds of thousands of troops out of the camp. Now the Sui army is large. There are no more than 40,000 to 50,000 troops left in the camp."
Dou Jiande stood up quickly after hearing this and asked eagerly: "Are you telling the truth? Then who is guarding the Sui army camp now?"
"Absolutely true!"
Zhu Di said with certainty: "The last general saw with his own eyes that Xue Rengui led hundreds of thousands of troops to leave the camp and go west. Now the banner in the Sui army's camp is Yang Ye, King of Zhenyue."
Dou Jiande laughed when he heard this and said: "It must be Li Tang from Guanzhong who sent troops to the Central Plains to threaten Luoyang. God is really helping me. I sent an order for the whole army to set out immediately to fight out of the city and defeat Yang Yebu outside the city."
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Wang Cong was shocked when he heard this. He said a lot about his feelings, but Dou Jiande didn't even listen. He quickly spoke out to dissuade him: "Li Tang is sending troops. The situation in the Central Plains is critical. If your Majesty can do it at this time, If you submit to Your Majesty, you will definitely become a first-class Duke of the country in the future!"
"Shut up, you ignorant bastard!"
Dou Jiande couldn't bear it anymore and walked up to Wang Cong and shouted: "Young child Yang Gao is too humiliating! You have decided to be alone, and you dare to say more. Believe it or not, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag!"
Wang Cong still said unwillingly: "Your Majesty, loyal words are hard to hear. If you don't listen to my words, you will be killed in the future!"
Dou Jiande's pent-up anger finally broke out, and he said loudly: "Come here, drag Wang Cong out and beat him to death with sticks. I warn all our Daxia officials that whoever dares to persuade the orphan to surrender to Yang Gao'er will be the fate of Wang Cong." !”
