In Qi County, Qingzhou, the Sui Army's Changshan Central Military Camp, the stars of the generals were twinkling. Pei Xingyan, Shen Guang, Jia Wuben, Gao Yaxian and others on the Qingzhou battlefield all looked respectfully at Yang Gongren, who was in charge.

After Yang Gongren arrived here, he integrated the scattered forces of Pei Xingyan and Shen Guang into one, and handed over the task of defending Li Mi to Li Jing in Yingchuan.

"Commander, General Huya and General Huben of the Third Army are here."

"Commander, General Huya and General Huben of the Qingzhou Army have also arrived."

Shen Guang and Pei Xingyan looked at each other and stepped forward to salute and report that General Huben was the division-level general commanding five thousand troops, and General Huya was General Huben.

"General Shen, how is Dou Jiande's situation?" Yang Gongren asked Shen Guang.

"Commander, Dou Jiande has returned to Beihai after quelling Wang Xiaohu's rebellion. His army in Beihai totaled 80,000 people. This is the army he defeated. As long as we defeat this army, Dou Jiande will be defeated forever. Without turning over, Beihai, Donglai, and Gaomi will be in the pocket of our army. Currently, he is stationed at the western foot of Yaoshan Mountain on the east bank of Zi River, followed by Yidu County. It is obvious that Dou Jiande has the idea of ​​a last-ditch battle. "

Yang Gongren nodded and looked at Pei Xingyan: "General Pei, what about you? How did you arrange it?"

Pei Xingyan said angrily: "Whether it is strategic arrangements, post-war deployments, or weapons and food are all ready, the soldiers' hearts are full of passion and ambition to make achievements. It's time to start taking action; we can definitely fight. Ding Qingzhou and completely annihilate Dou Jiande."

"Great Sui Dynasty wins!"

The generals shouted loudly.

"Commander, when shall we take action?"

As soon as Pei Xingyan said these words, all the generals looked at Yang Gongren.

Yang Gongren rubbed his forehead and gave everyone a stunned reply: "Wait."

Pei Xingyan said: "We have 130,000 elite troops and 50,000 slave soldiers. We can kill them in one go. What else do we need to wait for?"

Simple, direct, and rough has always been Yang Tong's style. Influenced by Yang Tong, the civil and military forces of the Sui Dynasty also liked this domineering way of doing things. After taking into account various external factors such as weather and terrain, they could at most prevent the enemy from attacking. In the plan of flooding the camp with fire, they don't care how many plots and tricks the enemy has, they just attack in one direction. With such a strong strength, why should they be afraid of this and that? All calculations are for the weak. The problem has nothing to do with them.

Anyway, it’s just one sentence to break all conspiracies with absolute strength!

If you dare to resist, fine!

Then bear the life-threatening offensive.

The Sui Dynasty could afford the loss of a large number of slave soldiers, but the princes could not stand such a strategy. In their army, every soldier was precious, and they could not bear to let their soldiers fight with a bunch of idiots. He's a fool to take advantage of himself and risk his life.

"Is Your Majesty coming?" Compared to Pei Xingyan, the older Shen Guang is relatively more calm. He knows that Yang Tong and Emperor Wu are both restless emperors who like to make trouble, leaving their grandfather and grandson sitting there in misery. The imperial capital is quite difficult.

"The Holy One is not here, so don't ask!"

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Yidu County in Beihai is where Dou Jiande's new capital is located. Dou Jiande is patrolling the streets on horseback as usual. Behind him are more than a hundred loyal soldiers who came with him from Hebei.

It was already the busiest time at noon, but there were few pedestrians on the street, and it was difficult to see groups of people. This situation was related to the war, but it was mostly caused by the severe drought three years ago.

When there was a severe drought in the country, Dou Jiande was unable to provide for the people, and he could not bear the people to starve to death, so he could only watch the people run to Bohai County. He knew that after arriving in the Sui Dynasty, some of the people joined the army, but more people were assigned to fields.

, to live and work in peace and contentment.

Although Dou Jiande was unwilling to accept it, he knew that he could not feed so many people, so he let them go to the Sui Dynasty to survive. These people were not necessarily bad in the past. After they passed, they caused a huge burden for the Sui Dynasty, which was not low in disasters.

It gave Dou Jiande precious time to breathe, but the cities were just like dead cities, but it also made Dou Jiande's ambitions fade day by day, especially when he was young, the rebellion of his sworn brother Liu Heitai hit him particularly hard.

In the past, when the sun was at its peak in Hebei, many people persuaded Dou Jiande to proclaim himself emperor instead of just being a king of Xia. However, he himself was not interested in proclaiming himself emperor, but he hesitated for a while, because if he became emperor, he could use the title of prince.

, prince of the county, duke of the country, etc., united the hearts of the soldiers under his command. However, under the persuasion of Wang Fubao, Song Zhengben, Kong Desshao and others, he still gave up the idea of ​​becoming an emperor and only called himself the King of Xia. After his defeat in Qingzhou, he had the intention of proclaiming himself the emperor.

He downplayed it even more. He now left all government affairs to the commander Shi Kong Desao to handle. He only trained his troops. Although he did not have many troops, he still had to train to become an elite division. Only in this way could he be able to withstand the powerful Sui Dynasty.

However, when he was ambitious, an internal rebellion broke out. Until now, he has lost a lot of troops. What's more terrible is that the Sui army came over at this critical moment. He had no choice but to draw some young people from the people.

Strong, they gathered together to form an army of 80,000.

The situation ahead was urgent. He planned to leave the city gate and stay in the army permanently.

"How is the distribution of food? There is no trouble." Suddenly, Dou Jiande asked Sima Qi Shanxing, who was accompanying him on the inspection.

Ever since he made his fortune, Dou Jiande's food supply has never been in short supply. After the rebellion, Dou Jiande implemented a food rationing system under his rule, distributing it every three days. Each person could get three grams of rice and one dried fish. The elderly and

The number of children was reduced by half (ten combined equals one liter), and although they could barely reach half fullness, there was no disaster of starvation under Dou Jiande's rule.

Qi Shanxing was Dou Jiande's second-ranking civil servant, second only to Kong Desshao. Although he was not very capable and knowledgeable, Dou Jiande valued Qi Shanxing's integrity, so he handed over the food rations to him. Qi Shanxing devoted himself to

I tried my best, but there was never any big trouble.

"Your Majesty, everything is going well. Although the distribution is small, it is enough to satisfy the needs of everyone, so no one will starve to death." Qi Shanxing replied.

"Recently, when I was in the army, I heard some complaints from the soldiers, saying that the dried fish rations were very small. What was going on?" Dou Jiande asked again.

Qi Shanxing smiled bitterly and said: "Now is the season of strong wind and waves, and our boats are all small boats that cannot withstand big waves, so they can't go to sea now. When distributing food in the past, we gave priority to big fish, but now only some small ones are left."

Fish. This matter was reported to His Highness last month."

Dou Jiande thought for a while, it was true, but he had forgotten it. He smiled apologetically and asked, "How long will the storm last?"

"I have inquired from experienced fishermen. They said that it won't take too long if there are storms. I estimate that we will be able to go to sea in less than half a month."

"Half a month?"

"yes!"

"Alas!" Dou Jiande shook his head and murmured to himself: "The Sui army is attacking the camp in just a few days. I don't know if I can hold on for half a month."

Qi Shanxing was speechless. Dou Jiande was a good monarch who was kind and righteous and loved his people, but God did not take his course!

"Your Highness!" At this moment, a soldier galloped over on horseback.

"What's the matter?" Dou Jiandelima looked back. He knew that this soldier was on duty in the palace today. Why did he catch up with him as soon as he came out? Could something happen in the palace?

The soldier approached and whispered: "Your Highness, an envoy from the Sui Dynasty has arrived and is waiting in the mansion."

"Sui envoy?" Dou Jiande was greatly surprised. The Sui army was at its peak and had the potential for a decisive battle. The war was about to begin. Why did he send an envoy here? After thinking about it for a while, he made a decision: "Go home first!"
Chapter completed!