Kong Desao had already heard about this prophecy, and he had studied it carefully at home. After receiving the report, Kong Desao shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I guess there is a conspiracy in this."
Dou Jiande's face darkened a little. This Kong Desao was good at everything, with a sharp mind and broad ideas. It was this 'conspiracy that always spoke' that he didn't like. Seeing that Kong Desao started talking about conspiracy again, he suppressed his dissatisfaction and said: "
Putting aside the conspiracy, explain this prophecy to me."
Kong Desshao felt the displeasure of Qu Jiande, and he quickly smiled, "Actually, this prophecy is not difficult to understand. The first sentence of "There is a demon in Youzhou" means that this person was born in Youzhou and was called a demon. The prince
You might as well think about who the demon is referring to?"
Dou Jiande thought for a while and shook his head, "I can't think of it."
"My lord, actually I don't mean the demon path, but the demon sword."
Huang Jiande reacted immediately, "You mean Song Jingang?"
Song Jinjiang is known as one of the four most extraordinary generals in the world, nicknamed "Demon Sword". Isn't this Song Jinjiang from Shanggu County, Youzhou? Dou Jiande's brows furrowed, what does this mean?
Kong Desao continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, the second sentence has already made it clear. He said that he is the God of Subduing Demons. Isn't this God of Subduing Demons the King Kong?"
Dou Jiande came to his senses and realized that he was indeed referring to Song Jingang. "What does it mean to ride the clouds out of the White Sea and become the Qing Emperor?"
"Your Majesty, the White Sea refers to the North Sea. He will ride the clouds out of the White Sea and become the Qing Emperor. This means that this person will come out of Beihai County and then become the emperor of Qingzhou."
Dou Jiande's face became extremely ugly. The meaning of this prophecy was that Song Jingang would rebel and take his place. However, he was not surprised that Song Jingang was actually semi-independent now.
Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, and Qingzhou is no exception. Although Dou Jiande is the lord of Qingzhou, Qingzhou is actually divided into three parts of the world. He, Dou Jiande, occupies Qi County, Lu County, and Gaomi County, and Liu Heitai controls
Langya County and Song Jingang controlled Beihai County.
Originally, he could have integrated Liu Heitai's army, but his plan came to nothing because his niece Dou Xianniang escaped from marriage, and Liu Heitai fell out with him. However, Liu Heitai had grown up with him, so he would not be tempted to kill him.
Heart.
But Song Jingang was different. He first betrayed Wang Baxu, and it was rumored that Wang Baxu was killed by him. Then he betrayed Liu Wuzhou, and finally turned to himself when he was desperate. This man had a rebellious heart in his heart. If he wanted to occupy Beihai
, it is entirely possible to take Qingzhou.
Song Jingang was extremely cunning and refused to leave Beihai County. He had invited him three times to come to Qi County, but he just refused to come. It was difficult to kill him with a trick, so he could only attack by force.
Dou Jiande walked around the room with a livid face. Kong Desao knew what he was thinking, so he cautiously said: "Your Majesty, I think the origin of this prophecy is unknown. Maybe there is something wrong. Is there some... conspiracy?
"
Kong Desao hesitated for a moment before finally saying the word "conspiracy". Although Dou Jiande didn't want to hear it, he felt that was it.
Dou Jiande snorted coldly, "You want to say everything is a conspiracy, then who do you think is responsible for this, Yang Yuanqing? He faced Li Shimin in Hongnong County, how could he care about me, or Li Mi, he provoked me?
What does it mean? Since you are the mastermind, you should understand that there is no smoke without fire, and prophecies are such things, and you should not talk about conspiracies."
Kong Desao's face turned a little pale. Prophecies have always been mysterious and are generally tabooed by those in power, and can easily be exploited by others. In fact, he also knew that there has always been a conflict between Dou Jiande and Song Jingang, but this conflict was covered up.
Although Song Jiande also expressed his willingness to obey Dou Jiande's orders, no superior is willing to independently control the territory and own the army under his own subordinates. The conflict between Dou Jiande and Song Jiande will break out sooner or later. Perhaps because of this prophecy, their conflicts will be covered up.
It opened all of a sudden.
Dou Jiande looked at the roof with his hands behind his hands, and after a moment he said coldly: "I know about this matter. Thank you for your explanation, sir. I will consider the Song Jingang matter myself."
Kong Desshao understood that Dou Jiande had murderous intentions in his heart. He did not dare to say more and had no choice but to leave.
In the room, Dou Jiande was extremely troubled. Sometimes he would paralyze himself. Both Liu Heitai and Song Jingang were his subordinates, but they were in different factions. In the past, there were so many factions in his army that they could all be at his disposal.
Is that right? It’s not a big problem as long as you regard him as your lord.
But this prophecy was like a sobering medicine, waking him up from paralysis. He had to face the reality. Song Jingang and Liu Heitai were completely different from the previous factions. They only obeyed them on the surface, but in fact they had
He has established himself as a king. If Dou Jiande wants to rebuild his country, these two people are two big rocks that cannot be bypassed, and they are the first to be dealt with.
At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and someone hurriedly reported at the door: "Your Majesty, there is someone from Beihai County asking to see you. He is the third housekeeper of Song Jingang's house, and he has something important to report to Your Majesty."
Dou Jiande was startled and immediately ordered: "Bring this person up."
After a while, several guards led a middle-aged man in. The man had a small nose and small eyes, and a sad face. When he came in, he knelt down on his knees and prostrated on the ground, "Young man Li Afu, please pay homage to the prince!"
Dou Jiande looked at him and saw that he was a mediocre and miserable man, so he asked him: "Are you the housekeeper of Song Jingang's house?" He reported back to the prince that he was the third housekeeper of his house and was responsible for running errands and doing miscellaneous tasks.
"Well! Do you have anything important to report to me?" Dou Jiande asked as he sat down and drank the tea.
"Your Majesty, about five days ago, Song Jingang secretly received a guest. My daughter was responsible for delivering tea. She said that Song Jingang called this person Mr. Xie, an official from the Sui Dynasty."
Dou Jiande's hand suddenly froze. He slowly put the teacup back on the table, stared at the butler and asked, "What does this man named Xie look like?"
"He is a scribe, about thirty years old, very thin, and has a large black mole on the left side of his nose."
Dou Jiande's face changed drastically. He knew who this person was, Xie Sili, Yang Yuanqing's confidant. Dou Jiande's face became terrifyingly gloomy. After a while, he asked again: "Do you know what they talked about?"
"I don't know what I don't know. Song Jingang drove all the servants away. The doors and windows were closed tightly. He was surrounded by his own soldiers. No one was allowed to get close. They talked for about an hour."
"Asshole!"
Dou Jiande punched the table hard, and the anger in his heart almost made him roar. Song Jinggang had secretly colluded with Yang Yuanqing again. Needless to say, Yang Yuanqing must have promised him some high-ranking official and generous salary, and Song Jinggang was ready to rebel against him again.
.
His chest heaved violently, and after a while, he restrained his anger and asked the steward, "Why did you betray Song Jingang?"
The housekeeper kowtowed and said with tears: "Just the night before yesterday, Song Jingang got drunk and abused my daughter. My daughter resisted hard and angered him, so he rewarded my daughter to the soldiers. My daughter could not bear the humiliation.
, he hanged himself from a rafter after he came back. I went to him to reason with him, but he beat me severely and drove me out of the house."
Speaking of Li Li, the housekeeper lifted up his clothes with trembling hands and saw that his back was covered in whip marks and bloody, which was horrible to look at. He knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "My miserable daughter!"
Seeing this, Dou Jiande was convinced in his heart that he was a generous man. Seeing that the Sheng family had been beaten so badly, he felt pity and ordered his guards to "take him down for treatment and reward him with another hundred taels of silver!"
The butler kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The guards led the housekeeper down. Huang Jiande stood in front of the sand table with his hands behind his hands, staring at Beihai County without saying a word, with a fierce light in his eyes. At this time, he had completely believed that Song Jingang was going to betray him. The key was what Song Jingang was going to do.
Colluding with Yang Yuanqing? How will he act?
At this time, another guard came to report, "Your Majesty, General Sun is here and has important military information to report."
"Order him to come in!"
Soon, a general hurriedly walked in. This person was Dou Jiande's general named Sun Fuling, who was in charge of patrolling the outskirts of Qi County. He bowed and saluted, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that I have discovered something unusual due to my humble duty."
"What's up?"
"Beizhi has heard from fishermen in the past two days that there has been a significant increase in large ships overseas, many of which are warships. Beizhi feels it is unusual and came here to report it."
"warship"
Dou Jiande frowned. Where did this warship come from? Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something. He walked quickly to the wall and opened the curtain with a brush. On the wall was a large map, bigger than his sand table.
The scope is much wider, including Hebei and Liaodong.
Dou Jiande stared at Beihai County, where Laishui Bay is the largest seaport in Qingzhou. His gaze kept heading north, and finally stopped at the mouth of Ruhe River in Beiping County. Ruhekou was the port of the Sui army, and there were hundreds of warships there.
Where did the warships on the Qingzhou sea come from? They can only be the warships of the Sui army.
At this moment, Dou Jiande's thinking suddenly became clear. He knew how the Sui army was going to attack Qingzhou. It was to attack by water, so it was reasonable for Yang Yuanqing to bribe Song Jingang.
However, our own troops are mainly concentrated to the west of Qijun and along the Yellow River, leaving an empty back. Once the Sui army lands at Laishui Bay, it will form a flanking attack. At that time, Qingzhou will be in danger!
Dou Jiande was sweating profusely. He knew that as long as the Sui army finished the Central Plains Campaign, the next step would be to deal with him and attack simultaneously by water and land. He would not have much time left.
Thinking of this, he could no longer sit down and ordered: "Prepare the carriage and go to the military camp immediately!"
…
Steward Li Afu walked out of Prince Dou Jiande's palace with a hundred taels of silver in his arms. He bowed again and again, thanked him profusely, and walked out of the city.
But not long after leaving Prince Dou Jiande's palace, the mean look on his face disappeared. He snorted coldly and walked quickly until he reached a shop selling rice. He looked around and saw that there was no one there.
Went in through the side door.
When he walked to the backyard, a strong man saluted him and said, "Captain Li, was it successful?"
The man nodded, "It is successful now, but we must also pay attention to the mobilization of Dou Jiande's troops. Once we find that his troops are mobilizing, we will report it to Taiyuan immediately."
"Follow the order!"
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Two days later, Dou Jiande's 50,000-strong army gathered in Licheng County and quickly marched towards Beihai County. Dou Jiande finally made up his mind to get rid of Song Jingang first. At this time, a goshawk took off from Licheng County and flew towards Taiyuan.