Leshou County, above the city!

Dou Jiande and his adopted brothers Wang Fubao and Liu Heitai were patrolling. The three of them were all tall and burly. Compared with his second and third brothers, Dou Jiande was less aggressive and more calm.

He claims to be a descendant of Dou Chong, the father of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, and has nothing to do with the Dou family of the Guanlong aristocracy. His family has some assets, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is brave and powerful. In addition, he is a generous and chivalrous man. In Zhangnan,

He is quite famous in the county and was elected as the district chief when he was young.

In the seventh year of Daye, when Yang Guang recruited troops to Goguryeo, he served as the leader of 200 people. Seeing the hardship of the soldiers and people, he was indignant and resisted the Eastern Expedition. He led Sun Anzu into Gaojibo and rebelled. His whole family was convicted and killed, and he led his troops to surrender to Gao Shi.

Da! After Gao Shida's death, he became the boss himself. He was a righteous man and often gave his share of the harvest to others. He also endured hardships and stood hard like the soldiers, so he was deeply loved and respected by his subordinates.

In the past, various rebel armies did very well in Hebei Province, often beating the incoming Sui armies to pieces. However, since Yang Yichen came, Zhang Jincheng, Gao Shida, Ge Qian and other forces were successively annihilated by Yang Yichen.

, Zhao Wanhai and his like were defeated just after they raised their troops. Moreover, Yang Yichen was different from other generals. After he defeated the main force, he often only held the rebel leader responsible for his crimes, and all his followers were scattered to various counties for resettlement. Those ordinary soldiers

They are all refugees who are forced to make a living. Now that they have a living, they naturally don't want to lick the blood from their swords! Yang Yichen's method of combining kindness and power has disintegrated nearly a hundred rebel armies.

But now the policies of Hebei Province are better. Refugees and disaster victims only need to pay a certain amount of labor in exchange for money and food. Without the source of soldiers, of course they cannot be built. And there are these people who have returned to their countryside to lead the way, report, and some are hidden.

The rebels in the forest and swamp were all wiped out one after another.

Anyway, from the day Yang Yichen arrived, everyone's life became more and more difficult day by day! In order to reverse the decline, Dou Jiande issued an order and invited heroes from all walks of life to discuss plans in an attempt to jointly deal with Yang Yichen. However, before the method was discussed, the court again

Here came Yang Tong, the minister of Xingtai in Hebei Province, and immediately brought an army of 60,000. After crossing the Yellow River, they headed straight for Leshou!

After Yang Yichen in the north pacified Hengshan, Boling, Shanggu, and Zhuojun, he is gathering in Gu'an County. It won't be long before he goes south to Hejian. If he cannot defeat the army all the way, the coalition forces will be trapped in a desperate situation of a three-way attack from the north, west, and south.

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Compared to Yang Yichen, Dou Jiande felt that Yang Tong was easier to deal with. Although he defeated the Wagang village ten times his size with less, he always believed that Yang Tong was just a pampered grandson. Even if he defeated Wagang village,

Gang, it was just because Wagang killed Zhang Xutuo, a fierce general, and underestimated the enemy. It did not mean how strong he was.

However, he encountered something troublesome today!

Ge Qian's old general Gao Kaidao molested his daughter Dou Xianniang, and was beaten by his sworn brother Wang Fubao. The two armies quickly fought, each with casualties! Although he put the overall situation first and suppressed the matter, the conflict has already

Life, how can it be suppressed by oneself?

What's more, after years of indoctrination, our own troops have developed good habits. They have done no harm to the people. However, the other Allied forces' banditry is hard to change and they have brought disaster to the entire Leshou County over and over again. In just ten years,

For days, armies that are not convinced of each other and have old grudges have been fighting countless fights! Many people will die in each fight. If this continues, without the Sui army coming to fight, everyone will start killing each other because of internal strife.

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He was the initiator of the alliance, and everyone came in response to his call. He complained that the 200,000 troops were eating every day. Song Zhengben, who was in charge of military supplies, told him that food was tight. If the consumption of 200,000 troops on the first day was calculated, it would be enough.

It only lasts for half a month at most.

There are powerful enemies from outside, internal strife inside, morale plummeting, and food in short supply!

These four major problems made Dou Jiande worried.

"Brother, after Yang Tong arrived yesterday, he directly defended instead of attacking. He camped thirty miles away. It seemed that there was no place to attack the city. This was because he knew that we couldn't defend and planned to wait until we ran out of food and not move anything.

The swordsman allowed us to defeat without a fight, and finally used the cavalry to pursue the victory. He is such a cunning man." Wang Fubao looked a little gloomy.

Dou Jiande was silent for a long time and said: "This is the saying in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu that 'a good fighter can remain invincible without losing the enemy's defeat'. First, he is waiting for us to run out of food, and second, he is waiting for Yang Yichen

."

"Brother! What should we do now? It's not a big deal to serve those bastards like an uncle every day." Liu Heitai, the third child with a beard on his face, asked.

Dou Jiande's eyes narrowed and he asked with a smile: "Lao San, do you have any ideas?"

Liu Heitai was an admirer of Dou Jiande. He used to admire Dou Jiande's heroic spirit and righteousness. He was much younger than Dou Jiande. His parents died young when he was young. He lived with his brother and sister-in-law, but he did not lack control. He was addicted to alcohol and gambling.

He is also delicious and lazy, and he also becomes cunning and overbearing, which annoys his brother and sister-in-law, and they often end up having the first meal but not the next one.

Every time he ran out of food, Liu Heitai would run to Dou Jiande, and Dou Jiande would always help him. Later, Liu Heitai simply accepted Dou Jiande as his eldest brother. During the time when Dou Jiande was on the run, Liu Heitai accompanied him loyally.

All around him, brothers were on the run.

Although Liu Heitai is a scoundrel, this kind of person is particularly courageous. In prosperous times, it is generally difficult for such people to achieve great achievements. However, in troubled times, such people can often take advantage of the situation like a fish in water.

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was a scoundrel when he was young. To put it more recently, General Mai Tiezhang was also such a scoundrel before!

"The actual situation before us is that we have to fight even if we don't fight! It's better to go to war as soon as possible! Once we capture Yang Tong, the King of Qin, it will not only boost our morale, but also force Yang Yichen to retreat, and even get a

Grain from Liyangcang."

"Yang Tong has built fortifications and is stationed on the spot. He obviously does not intend to confront us head-on. We can only win by taking the initiative to attack. Once the opponent's fortifications are completed, our hope of winning is slim. So..." Liu Hei

Tao suggested.

"So we can only attack tonight. Before their defenses are completed and Yang Yichen has not arrived, we can launch a night attack! This is also our only chance!"

"Brother, Yang Tong made a name for himself by attacking Wagang Village secretly. If he had been prepared, wouldn't our army have been tricked if we passed by?" Wang Fubao said.

Dou Jiande raised the corner of his mouth and said: "So I am also betting."

"What are you betting on?" Wang Fubao asked curiously.

"Bet Yang Tong doesn't know how powerful we are, bet Yang Tong doesn't know our habits, bet Yang Tong doesn't have much combat experience!" Dou Jiande smiled coldly.

"Brother is right. We only fought a lucky victory against Xin Ding, so how can we know anything about him? Besides, we have enough troops, so what should we be afraid of?" Liu Heitai agreed.

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At this time, in the Sui army's camp, a huge map hung in the Chinese army's tent.

Yang Tong, Yang Yichen and others were discussing urgently in order to annihilate all the invading enemies.

Since Dou Jiande was not idle, they could not let him escape again. However, the location of the camp was not in a dangerous terrain. It was very difficult to gather more than 200,000 people and annihilate them. Everyone thought of all the ways, but no matter what

Neither fire attacks nor troops outside can achieve this goal.

Yang Tong's eyes wandered on the map. Within thirty miles between the two armies, it was completely within Dou Jiande's sphere of influence. It was not a place to set up an ambush at all. The people these days hated the imperial court so much. If a commoner or mountaineer found out and told

Dou Jiande will definitely fall short.

After thinking silently for a while, Yang Tong saw a place called Wude Mountain eight miles behind the camp, and said, "I think we can give the camp to Dou Jiande, and then conduct an ambush at Wude Mountain."

Generally speaking, the place where an ambush is set up cannot be too dangerous. Because the more dangerous it is, the more likely it is to make people suspicious and expose problems. But if it is not in a dangerous place, there will be no natural danger to rely on. It is not easy to completely wipe out the enemy. Therefore,

, it is really troublesome to set up an ambush in a strategic place where the other party cannot suspect it and is backed by natural danger.

As for Wude Mountain, it is a ten-mile long gorge between two mountains with a gentle slope. It is definitely an ideal place to set up an ambush. If an ambush is set up there, the other party will definitely not suspect it.

"What a way! What a place!" Yang Yichen and others' eyes lit up.

"Since everyone has agreed, then this is the place." Yang Tong smiled and asked the calm veteran Pei Renji to lead 10,000 soldiers to set up an ambush. All that was waiting for was a surprise attack at night.

Yang Tong was 100% sure about Dou Jiande's night attack. This time he had seen through the practical problem that Dou Jiande could not afford, so he set up this conspiracy. Dou Jiande now only has two choices, one is to risk a night attack; the other is to wait for food

They retreated and were crushed by tens of thousands of cavalry.
Chapter completed!