Since Luo Yi launched a surprise attack ten days ago, Dou Jiande has been paying close attention to the development of the situation in Youzhou. He stationed 100,000 troops in the northern part of Hejian County. When Yang Yuanqing's army entered Zhuo County, he also suddenly sent troops.
Attack Zhuojun from the south.
It stands to reason that Yang Yuanqing's large-scale attack on Zhuo County left Shanggu County empty. It would be more effective for him to march into Shanggu County. However, in that case, his army would become the main enemy of the Sui army. This was not what he expected, but it was more important.
However, he was not here to rescue Luo Yi. There has been no news about Song Zhengben's disappearance, making his and Luo Yi's feud difficult to resolve.
The drunkard is not interested in drinking. Dou Jiande has long coveted the 5,000 armored cavalry of the Youzhou Army. If he can get these 5,000 heavy armored cavalry, why should he fear the Sui and Tang Dynasties?
In fact, this was the fundamental purpose of his agreement to form an alliance with Youzhou. He didn't care about Luo Yi's life or death. Even if Luo Yi was destroyed, as long as the five thousand heavy-armored cavalry were his, he could deal with the Sui army independently, but it was a pity for the human resources.
As luck would have it, Song Zhengben's unexpected disappearance shattered his dream.
Dou Jiande had been waiting for an opportunity until the Sui army and Youzhou's elite soldiers fought in Zhuoxian County. He immediately realized that the opportunity had come and immediately led an army of 100,000 people into Zhuoxian County and rushed towards Zhuoxian County.
One hundred thousand troops were overwhelming and stretched for more than ten miles. The army had crossed the Juma River and was only more than forty miles away from Zhuoxian City. However, at this time, the army slowed down its attack. Dou Jiande received two pieces of information in a row, and the Sui army headed west.
They withdrew to Laishui County, but the 30,000 reinforcements coming from Youzhou City had already passed Liangxiang County and were only forty or fifty miles away from Zhuo County.
Dou Jiande looked at the sky and saw that it was almost dusk. He was hesitant. Should he surround Zhuojun first and then send reinforcements? Or should he wait for the reinforcements to enter the city and then surround them together? Then add more troops to seize Youzhou, which had only 10,000 defenders.
city.
Dou Jiande knew very well that Luo Yi had recruited more than 40,000 new soldiers some time ago, bringing his strength to 75,000. Currently, Xue Wanjun led 10,000 troops to defend Duxing. He also divided 30,000 troops to rescue Zhuoxian County.
Yangjun and Anle
The county was divided to garrison 5,000 troops, so there were only 10,000 troops left in Youzhou City. Moreover, Gao Kaidao abandoned Beiping County and retreated to Liaodong. He was unable to support Youzhou like last time. This was a plan to seize Youzhou City.
Excellent opportunity.
It’s just that... there is Yang Yuanqing who is eyeing him. Will he let himself capture Youzhou City? Impossible. He just withdraws his troops to Laishui dozens of miles away and can come back at any time.
Dou Jiande sighed. He was very afraid of Yang Yuanqing and was afraid that he would make a fuss if he couldn't eat the mutton. He had to temporarily give up his ambition to capture Youzhou City. Thinking of this, Dou Jiande resolutely ordered: "The whole army will march faster.
In a few hours, we will surround Zhuoxian City!"
The army of 100,000 people suddenly accelerated. Dou Jiande personally led 30,000 cavalry to rush towards Zhuoxian County. An hour later, the sky was dark. Dou Jiande's army of 100,000 people arrived at Zhuoxian County one after another. They set up camps around Zhuoxian County and surrounded the county.
surrounded...
The sky has turned dark, and the Great Plains of central Hebei Province is completely silent. The population of Zhuo County is mainly concentrated near Youzhou City, while the population in the south is sparse. The Zhuo County area has been depopulated due to Wei Daoer's ravages, and every village has been destroyed.
The weeds submerged and only ruins remained.
A military camp appeared outside Ping'an Town, about fifteen miles northeast of Zhuo County. This was the 30,000 reinforcements led by Luo Yi himself. The 30,000 reinforcements were mainly infantry and were not very fast. Although they rushed on their way, they were still a step late.
Zhuoxian has been surrounded by Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops.
This unexpected incident was indeed beyond Luo Yi's expectation. He initially thought that Dou Jiande was coming to rescue him, but he did not expect that Dou Jiande had ulterior motives. He forced the Sui army back and directly surrounded Zhuoxian. Only then did Luo Yi suddenly realize that he was not only
Yang Yuanqing was not only an enemy, but Dou Jiande, a poisonous snake, lay beside him. This made Luo Yi break out in a cold sweat. If he formed an alliance with Dou Jiande, wouldn't this be luring a snake into the house?
Luo Yi hesitated. He did not dare to move forward. He thought of Youzhou City. There were only 10,000 troops stationed in the city. If Dou Jiande surrounded him and sent more troops north, Youzhou City would be in danger!
"Pass on my order to order Xue Wanjun's troops to withdraw quickly to defend Youzhou City and abandon the military capital of Xing."
Since Yang Yuanqing's army has reached Zhuo County, there is no point in defending the army...
The night was already very deep. Under the starry sky, Luo Yi stood in front of the tent and stared in the direction of Zhuoxian for a long time. His eyes were full of anxiety.
"Father, it's too late, rest!" The eldest son Luo Cheng appeared behind him at some point, his face full of concern for his father.
Luo Yi sighed, "The situation is serious, I can't sleep!"
"Father....."
Luo Cheng bit his lip and hesitated to speak. Luo Yi looked back at him strangely, "What do you want to say?"
"My child is asking if we can have a talk with Yang Yuanqing."
"What to talk about?"
"Let's talk about the conditions. We will give you Youzhou to him, and he will allow us to bring some troops back to Guanzhong."
Luo Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You think too simply. How could Yang Yuanqing allow us to lead troops across the border? Cheng'er, this is absolutely impossible."
"Then we don't want soldiers. We just want our family to cross the border. Didn't the Sui and Tang Dynasties sign a reconciliation agreement? If the Tang Dynasty asks us to cross the border, I think Yang Yuanqing will definitely agree."
"What if he agrees?"
A trace of sadness flashed in Luo Yi's eyes, and he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Li Yuan just wants Youzhou. If I, a polished manager, run away, what value can I use? I am still a king with a different surname. Is it possible for him to tolerate me?"
Luo Cheng wanted to say more, but Luo Yi held his son's shoulders, his eyes full of love and affection for his son, and he said softly: "I will not go anywhere, I will live and die with Youzhou, only you and Xin
My son, I can't worry. You returned to Youzhou City overnight, took your younger brother back to your hometown of Xiangyang, and stayed dormant, waiting for the situation in the world to clear up soon. If you want to be a businessman or a rich man, it's up to you."
Luo Cheng shook his head firmly, "If the child doesn't leave, the child will stay with his father."
"Asshole!"
Luo Yi suddenly turned his face. He grabbed his son's collar and glared at him: "I am nearly fifty years old, what else do I have to commemorate? You are my bloodline and the Luo family's bloodline. If you die,
What should the Luo family do?"
"Brother can leave, but I won't leave!" Luo Cheng still said firmly.
"You..." Luo Yi suddenly became furious, slapped his son down, pointed at him and shouted: "Son, do you dare not listen to me?"
Luo Cheng knelt down in front of his father and said with tears in his eyes: "My child can listen to his father in everything he says, but this is the only thing I can forgive him for not obeying!"
Luo Yi looked at his son blankly, seeing a man's courage and responsibility in his eyes. After a while, Luo Yi sighed with emotion, "With a son like this, what else can I, Luo Yi, not be satisfied with?"...
Yang Yuanqing's 50,000-strong army did not withdraw from Laishui. Halfway through the withdrawal, he discovered something unreasonable. Why didn't Dou Jiande attack Yixian directly? There were only 5,000 Sui troops guarding Yixian, and Dou Jiande had an army of 100,000. He
totally ok
He divided his troops to block himself in Laishui County, and then launched a large-scale attack on Yixian. Once Yixian was captured, a large amount of supplies would be destroyed. Even if his army could successfully withdraw to Hengshan County, this Hebei campaign would be considered a complete failure.
.
This was a major flaw. He did not believe that Dou Jiande would not have thought of this and went to Zhuojun to attack him. Yang Yuanqing immediately realized that perhaps Dou Jiande's true intention was not necessarily his own. Only in this way could he explain why he did not attack.
Yi County.
Yang Yuanqing's army temporarily stayed on the east bank of Laishui River, only thirty miles away from Zhuoxian County. The army was not stationed in camp, but was waiting for the order of the commander Yang Yuanqing, and Yang Yuanqing was patiently waiting for news from the scouts.
Yang Yuanqing was talking to several generals in the big tent. Suddenly there was a sound of running outside. A soldier rushed to the door of the big tent and said: "Report to the general manager, there is urgent news in Zhuo County!"
"explain!"
Yang Yuanqing stopped talking to the generals, and Qin Qiong, Xie Yingdeng and others also turned their attention. They were also extremely concerned about the situation of Dou Jiande's 100,000 troops.
"Reconnaissance information shows that Dou Jiande's army of tens of thousands has surrounded Zhuoxian. Luo Yi has led 30,000 reinforcements to Zhuoxian and stationed a camp fifteen miles away from the county seat."
"He's so fast!"
Yang Yuanqing sneered slightly and said to everyone: "As expected, Dou Jiande was not willing to eat dry food and jumped out to grab the food. I guess he also took a fancy to Luo Yi's heavy armor cavalry and wanted to take advantage of it. He really did it.
What a great idea!”
"Manager, what should we do?"
Qin Qiong said with some worry: "The Youzhou Army only has 20,000 people in Zhuoxian City. Once Dou Jiande's army rushes to attack the city, the 5,000 heavily armored cavalry will really belong to him."
Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, thinking about countermeasures. The addition of Dou Jiande made the situation very complicated. Now all three parties are enemies. Each party wants to get the maximum benefit from the three-party game, and they all hope that one of them will become a fisherman.
In fact, Dou Jiande could have become the biggest fisherman, but he was worried that the Sui army would take away the heavy armored cavalry, so he jumped out impatiently, and instead made the Sui army the fisherman.
Yang Yuanqing is now thinking about how to be a fisherman. He can neither let the 'crane' Dou Jiande eat up the 'clam' Luo Yi, nor make a move too early, causing the crane to fly away and the clam to escape. The key is to grasp this speed.
At this time, Wang Junkuo, who had been silent all the time, asked: "Does Dou Jiande not only want to eat the five thousand heavy armored cavalry, but also take advantage of the emptiness of Youzhou to add more troops to swallow up Youzhou?"
Xie Yingden next to him shook his head, "Youzhou may not be empty. Since our army has reached Zhuo County, there is no point in defending the army. Luo Yi will definitely transfer Xue Wanjun's 10,000 troops back to defend Youzhou City. This way
There are 20,000 people in the defense of Youzhou City. Since Youzhou is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack city, Dou Jiande cannot attack it for a while."
Seeing that Qin Qiong was thoughtful, Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked, "What do you think, Shu Bao?"
Qin Qiong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's just an immature idea. Can Luo Shixin attack Hejian County and force Dou Jiande to withdraw his troops?"
In fact, the purpose of seizing Hengshan County was to contain Dou Jiande's army from the flanks and move north to support Luo Yi. When Qin Qiong said this, everyone laughed in understanding.
"Not only must Dou Jiande's army be forced back, but he must also lose all his feathers, and Boling County will be his compensation for us."
When Yang Yuanqing said this, he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the army returns to Zhuoxian County and sets up camp ten miles away from Zhuoxian County!"