A heavy snow fluttered down, covering the vast fields of Hebei and making the Hebei Plain a snowy world.
Leshou County, south of Hejian County, is Dou Jiande's capital, and is also covered with heavy snow. In the early morning, there is no one in the snowy world. At this time, everyone is enjoying the fire and family gathering at home.
The warmth.
At this time, two black dots appeared from afar, getting closer and closer. Two soldiers riding horses struggled to pass through the snow and came to the city gate. At this time, the city gate had already opened.
The famous cavalry rushed into the city and rushed towards Dou Jiande's palace and Jincheng Palace.
In the imperial study of Jincheng Palace, two basins of charcoal burned strongly, making the room particularly warm. Dou Jiande was discussing the countermeasures of Hebei Road with his counselor Song Zhengben. Since the defeat of Hanoi County, Dou Jiande was deeply afraid of Yang Yuanqing. He knew that Yang Yuanqing
Sooner or later, he will attack Hebei. He has been spending so much worry that his ministers repeatedly requested him to establish a dynasty and ascend the throne, but he has no intention of responding.
Dou Jiande was considering this time to leave a way out for himself. It would be great if his army could defeat the Northern Sui Army, but if he could not defeat the Sui Army, at least he would have a retreat.
What Chun Jiande was considering Qingzhou Xu Yuanlang, who occupied the four counties of Qingzhou, such as Donglai, Beihai, Gaomi and Qi County. This place was originally Li Mi's territory, but after being occupied by Xu Yuanlang, Li Mi did not seem to be too big.
Dou Jiande regretted his reaction. He was also thinking about Qingzhou, but he was worried about turning against Li Mi, so he didn't take action. Unexpectedly, after Xu Yuanlang, the young man who was a fool, Li Mi actually agreed to it.
That made Dou Jiande very upset. He would have taken the lead if he had known it.
However, Dou Jiande also knew that Xu Yuanlang was originally a general of the Wagang Army. He occupied the four counties of Qingzhou. Perhaps Li Mi still regarded him as the power of the Wagang Army, so he didn't care. If it were himself, it would be completely different.
But no matter what, Dou Jiande has decided to seize the four counties of Qingzhou and leave a way out for himself. He is ready to marry Xu Yuanlang's sister as his concubine and annex the four counties of Qingzhou.
Chong said: "Xu Yuanlang has only 20,000 troops under his command, which is not worth worrying. What I am worried about now is Li Mi. If I annex Xu Yuanlang and annoy Li Mi, he will lead his army to attack Qingzhou, and Yang Yuanqing will attack Hebei again, so that I can
I was attacked from both sides. Originally, I hoped that Li Mi could help me and resist the Sui army's eastern expedition together, but I was worried that I would not eat the mutton and would instead cause a slut."
Song Zhengben smiled and said, "The lord wants to count on Li Mi to help with Yang Yuanqing's eastward expedition, but his subordinates don't think it's realistic."
"Why?" Dou Jiande turned around in confusion.
"Did your lord forget it? Li Mi has surrendered to Luoyang and calls himself a Sui minister."
Dou Jiande shook his head, "He surrendered was not sincere at all. He simply wanted to take advantage of the situation, seize Luoyang, and then use the emperor to command the princes. Don't take that matter to heart."
"But no matter whether he is sincere or not, he will do a good job on the surface and denounce us as traitors. More importantly, Yang Yuanqing's Eastern Expedition did not hurt his interests. He had no intention of helping us, but was just due to the previous alliance agreement.
It is hard to refuse, but after he surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, he found an excuse. Since he was a minister of Sui, how could he help us again? The lord said, right?"
Dou Jiande pondered for a long time and sighed softly: "You are right. If there is no benefit for a hero like Li Mi, how could he help us in vain? But if I seize the four counties of Qingzhou, will Ji Mi be angry? Instead, he will take advantage of the situation.
When Yang Yuanqing advanced eastward, he attacked me, and I was worried about this."
"Lord, it depends on Yu Wenji's performance. If he can hold up with Li Mi, there is no problem."
"Yu Culture and!"
Dou Jiande talked to himself and suddenly sneered, "That idiot, can he hold Li Mi?"
"Lord, although Yu Wenhua is an incompetent person, his general Chen Ling is very powerful and should not be underestimated."
"I also hope he can hold Li Mi back."
Dou Jiande sighed, looked at a rushing messenger in the square and said lightly: "It should be the news from Yu Wenji."
Soon, someone outside the door reported, "Prince, information has been coming from the south."
"Come in!"
Dou Jiande gave Song Zhengben a wink, and Song Zhengben also sat down. A sender rushed in quickly and knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to the prince, Li Mi's 200,000 troops confronted Yu Wenhua and his army in Pengcheng County,
It's almost a month."
"It's true that's not what the sir expected."
Dou Jiande laughed, he waved his hand and ordered the informant soldiers to go down. He said to Song Zhengben with some excitement: "We have a chance."
Song Zhengben also smiled and said, "It is estimated that Yu Wenji went north by boat, and the frozen Yellow River made it difficult for him to travel north, so he could only stay in Pengcheng County. The 100,000 troops in his hands were all regular troops of the Sui Dynasty, and they were very powerful. Li Mi
He may not be able to be easily eliminated. At least the confrontation will not be broken before February next year. The lord can take advantage of this opportunity to win Xu Yuanlang."
Dou Jiande couldn't help but feel excited and immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, I want to go south to marry the new princess!"
Just when heavy snow covered the land of Hebei, Yanmen County was also already in the snow and ice. To the east of Yanmen County was the focus of the defense of the Sui army. There are two strategic roads to enter Hebei, one is Jundu Xing and the other is
It's Feihu Xing.
The two strategic roads are all based on the rivers that cross the Taihang Mountains. The former is the Sanggan Water, while the latter is Yishui. The difference is that Yishui is only one of the sections. From Feihu County to Yixian, you can walk through the Yishui River Valley, and from
The section from Lingqiu County to Feihu County has to cross the mountain canyon, and the road is very difficult.
Cheng Yaojin ran to Lingqiu County in two days, but what he unexpectedly expected was that just half a day later, Yang Yuanqing also arrived in Lingqiu County. The attack on Yi County was of great importance, so he was still a little worried.
Cheng Yaojin.
Yang Yuanqing's entire strategic plan is to take two steps. The first step is that he will first find a foothold in Hebei to establish a logistics base, and then take the second step to launch a spring offensive.
Yang Yuanqing chose Shanggu County. He once attacked Wang Baxu, a Shanggu County in the winter of the seventh year of Daye, and was very familiar with the winter battle here.
There are 20,000 troops stationed in Yanmen County. The main general is Qin Qiong. Qin Qiong is currently the general of Zuo Xiaoqiu Guard. He has two Asian generals, one Niu Jinda and the other is Cheng Yaojin. Among them, Niu Jinda leads 5,000 troops to station in the Anbian Army Fort in the north.
, confronted Luo Yi's Youzhou army, while Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin led 15,000 troops to be stationed in Lingqiu County, waiting for orders to attack Hebei.
The Sui Army camp was not in Lingqiu County, but at the mouth of Feihu Gorge in the southeast of the county town. There was a river here, and the Sui Army camp was stationed in a wilderness on the west bank of the river.
Yang Yuanqing brought Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and more than a hundred personal soldiers to the Baishui River. In the distance, there was the entrance of Feihu Xing with a turbulent terrain. On both sides were low hills, covered with dense forests, and the hills were from west to east.
The height of the strata is the vast Taihang Mountains, and there is an abandoned Qin Great Wall distributed on the mountain.
"Did you see it?"
Yang Yuanqing pointed to a narrow open space on the other side of the shore and said to Qin Qiong: "In the fourth year of Renshou, I led 18 generals and more than 100 subordinates, and they defeated Yang Liang's army there in a flash.
More than ten years have passed, and it still seems like something happened yesterday. It was full of energy at that time, and it was really nostalgic to think about it!"
Qin Qiong was thinking about the task assigned to him by Yang Yuanqing, and captured Feihu County and Yi County. Yang Yuanqing's sigh did not resonate with him. Cheng Yaojin next to him sighed: "Now the general manager is also full of energy! While talking and laughing, Wei
Dao'er, no! Gu Jiande collapsed."
Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly and turned to Cheng Yaojin and said, "I heard from Xu Shiji that your plan to seize the Huzhu Pass is very good, and he has made full use of men's weaknesses of greed for women. This time I hope you will use surprise troops to capture Feihu County again."
"But……"
Cheng Yaojin shivered from the cold, "It's so cold that he can't stand it if he's pretending to be a woman with only body."
"You don't have to pretend to be a woman. You can think of other ways. If you take Feihu County, I will reward you with 3,000 taels of silver to make up for your losses. How about?" Yang Yuanqing stared at him with encouragement.
Cheng Yaojin thought about what a man liked the most in such a cold sky? His eyes rolled, and Qiran had a solution.
"Master, are there any villages in Feihu Xing?"
"Yes! There is a village with about a hundred families who make a living by hunting."
"Then you can give it a try!"
"good!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled at Qin Qiong with praise and said, "Let Lao Cheng attack Feihu County, General Qin seize Yi County, I will wait for your good news in Lingqiu County..."
Feihu County is a small county with less than a thousand households. It is located west of Taihang Mountain, at the intersection of Hengshan and Yanshan Mountain. It is the birthplace of Laishui and Yishui. Its geographical location is very important. It is also a transit station on Feihu Road.
You can go directly to Yishui River Valley here. After walking east for more than 200 miles, you can reach Yixian County. The county town is built on a hill. The city is as strong as a fortress, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
For the Sui army, if we want to seize Shanggu County, Feihu County was the first unavoidable bridgehead. Feihu County was also the west gate of Shanggu County. As long as we take Feihu County, the gate of Shanggu County will be opened.
You can enter the Yishui River Valley and rush straight to the hinterland of Shanggu County. Because Feihu County is small and cannot accommodate too many soldiers, there are only two thousand garrisons of Wei Daoer, led by Wei Daoer's nephew Wei Tiesheng.
At this time, Feihu County had been blocked by heavy snow, and the deepest part of the snow was at the waist. Unless there was enough manpower to remove the snow, it would be very difficult to come from Feihu Road. In addition, the Sui army attacked Hebei in the spring next year, should we go to Jingxing or Feihu?
Xing is not certain, so Feihu County’s defense is not strict, it is almost evening, and there are only dozens of defenders on the top of the city.
At this moment, a melodious camel bell suddenly came from the distance. The defenders discovered that a group of camels came from the distance, and they were actually coming from the Feihu Road, which surprised the defenders. Someone could have walked through the heavy snow.