"Hunjun, suffer death!"
Zhu Wen originally planned to hide in the pile of dead people and pretend to be dead to escape. Suddenly he saw Yang Gao, dressed in dragon robes, riding a horse from a distance. He immediately became murderous. When Yang Gao approached, he suddenly burst out with a spear in his hand. He stabbed straight into Yang Gao's chest.
clang!
Fortunately, Yang Gao got the system reminder and managed to block Zhu Wen's fatal shot, but he was still shocked to the point of numbness.
"Quick, protect His Majesty!"
The soldiers of the inner guard around Yang Gao were all shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Zhu Wen. However, Zhu Wen is also a person who can be ranked among the five generations of fierce generals. Although his martial arts skills are not as good as those of Li Cunxiao, Wang Yanzhang and others, they are by no means ordinary. A spear was swung out, killing the crowd in the blink of an eye and running straight towards Yang Gao.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Yang Gao has entered a fighting state, the force is +3, the base force is 89, and the current force has increased to 92."
Yang Gao swung his halberd to resist Zhu Wen's attack with all his strength, but Zhu Wen was holding on to the consciousness of exchanging one life for another at this moment, and the strength he displayed was far beyond usual. Yang Gao tried his best to resist Zhu Wen for more than 20 rounds, but Zhu Wen saw a flaw and shot the halberd away.
"Hahaha, little Yang Gao, you should die!"
When Zhu Wen saw that Yang Gao had lost his weapon, he was overjoyed, laughed loudly, and stabbed Yang Gao in the throat with his gun.
"How dare the traitor do this?"
At this critical moment, a roar sounded in the air. Yu Wencheng, who was originally escorting Dou Jiande, saw that Yang Gao was in danger, and immediately urged his horse to rush over quickly. In his hand, a gilded phoenix-winged boring bar struck down from the air with a force of thousands of pounds.
"Ding dong, Yuwen Chengdu's eagerness to protect the Lord has been detected. The force is +8, the base force is 104, and the current force has been increased to 112."
Zhu Wen was caught off guard and was hit in the head by a boring machine. His brain fluid immediately burst out. He fell off the horse with a groan. After struggling for a few times, he could no longer move.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Zhu Wen was killed by Yu Wen Chengdu. The host received 9 soul points. The current total number of soul points has increased to 179."
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Zhu Wen and Li Mi, three monarchs with the highest four-dimensional attribute values between 90-95, have been killed due to the host. Therefore, the host will be rewarded with an unlimited privilege summon and 60 soul points. Currently The total number of soul points has increased to 239."
Yuwen Chengdu killed Zhu Wen with one move. He hurriedly rolled off his saddle and dismounted, raised his hands and said: "The general is incompetent and has frightened Your Majesty. Please punish me!"
Yang Gao took a deep breath, calmed down, waved his hand and said: "General Tianbao, get up. No one would have expected that Zhu Wen was hiding among the dead, waiting for an opportunity to ambush me. You just saved me again." One life, no merit, no fault, how could I punish you?"
"Huh, what a pity. Zhu Wen couldn't kill you little thief!"
Yu Wen Chengdu stood up slowly and was about to thank him when Dou Jiande's voice suddenly sounded in his ears. He suddenly became furious and turned around and yelled: "Dou Jiande, how dare you be so arrogant as a prisoner? I think you are tired of living!"
Dou Jiande laughed wildly and said: "I have a scar on my head no bigger than a bowl, but I, Dou Jiande, will still be a good man twenty years later!"
Yu Wen Chengdu was so angry that he immediately pointed an angry finger at Dou Jiande, "Don't you think I really dare not kill you?"
"Chengdu, stand down!"
Yang Gao frowned slightly, drank Yu Wen Chengdu's drink, and then turned around and ordered: "Come here, take my father-in-law down and take good care of him. Don't neglect him!"
"According to the order!"
Several internal guards behind him responded, stepped forward to replace the soldiers escorting Dou Jiande, and took him down.
"Your Majesty, even if he is Empress Dou's father, he is entrenched in Hebei, openly defying the imperial court, and committing such a heinous crime. He just cursed Your Majesty like this, which is a heinous crime. Even if Your Majesty does not kill him, you should not treat him so favorably!"
Seeing Dou Jiande walking away, Yu Wencheng said angrily.
Yang Gao glanced at Yuwen Chengdu and said calmly: "Chengdu, I treat Dou Jiande favorably not because he is Xian Niang's father. It is because of his prestige in Hebei. Although Dou Jiande rebelled against the court, he has to admit that this person He is indeed generous and kind, considerate of the sufferings of the people, and has really done a lot of practical things for the people. If I kill this person rashly, it will definitely arouse the anger of the people of Hebei towards me. On the contrary, if I keep this person, maybe they will be interested in regaining Hebei in the future. Unexpected gains.”
Yang Gao's words were not without purpose. Historically, after Li Yuan beheaded Dou Jiande in public in Chang'an, a large-scale rebellion quickly broke out in Hebei, which had just been pacified by the Tang Dynasty. Many Dou Jiande's former officials killed Tang Dynasty officials in response to the rebellion.
In order to put down this rebellion, the Tang Dynasty paid an extremely heavy price. Even Luo Shixin, a famous brave general at the time, was unfortunately killed in the fight against the rebellion.
Yang Gao, who is familiar with history, naturally cannot make the mistakes that Li Yuan once made. Although Dou Jiande now hates himself deeply, Yang Gao believes that as long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. What's more, with the bridge of Dou Xian Niang, I believe that Dou Jiande can be persuaded to surrender one day.
As long as Dou Jiande can surrender, with his reputation in Hebei, the difficulty of the Sui army's march to regain Hebei will be greatly reduced in the future.
. . . . . . . . . .
Although most of the elite Xia troops were annihilated in the Battle of Dongling, there were still some fish that slipped through the net. The few surviving Xia soldiers rushed back to Xingyang and reported the disaster to Zhu Di who was left behind: "General Zhu, something bad happened. Our army was ambushed by the Sui army, and King Xia has been captured by the Sui army!"
"What? King Xia was captured?"
When Zhu Di heard this, a trace of unnoticeable joy flashed in his eyes, but he soon changed to a panicked look, and said in a low voice: "What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Of course we must mobilize all the troops to rescue King Xia!"
Before Zhu Di could finish his words, Liang Jianfang, the general of the Xia army on the side, immediately said loudly and displeasedly: "The King of Xia is the leader of millions of people in Hebei. If he has any chance, Zhu Di, even if you have ten heads, it won't be enough!" "
Zhu Di's lips curled up slightly, and he secretly winked at Li Wenzhong, who was standing next to Liang Jianfang. Li Wenzhong understood and took advantage of Liang Jianfang's unpreparedness to suddenly draw his sword and cut off his head with one sword.
After taking Liang Jianfang's life, Li Wenzhong calmly sheathed his sword and asked in a deep voice: "Cousin, what should we do?"
Zhu Di smiled slightly and said immediately: "Cousin, send an order immediately to abandon Xingyang and withdraw troops back to Hebei. Dou Jiande is now captured by the Sui army, and he has no son. Hebei has become a land without one. We rushed back immediately to assist his father. Turn Hebei into the territory of our Zhu family."
Li Wenzhong also smiled sinisterly, cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll go give the order right away!"
