Traveling through the troubled times of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Dou Jiande's army was stationed more than a hundred miles east of Hulao, facing Luo Cheng's Hulao Pass.

In the eyes of Dou Jiande's department, Hulao Pass is really insignificant, how can he stop his 30 cavalry.The guards at Hulao Pass could only obediently hide in the city, stay behind closed doors, and carry on to the end.

But Luo Cheng is obviously not the master of peace.

He fully implemented the sixteen-character policy "When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."

Dou Jiande's army first arrived at Hulaoguan City on the first night, and after a long journey, they were naturally exhausted physically and mentally. They wanted to rest for a night and fight again in the future.At this moment, Luo Yong led more than five hundred Yanyun elites to find fault. Dou Jiande's camp was attacked for a long time before he was overwhelmed. After he was overwhelmed, he flew into a rage. Is it okay? !It's just a few guards like you, it's fine if you don't guard the Hulao pass, but you dare to switch from defense to offense and raid my camp?Is it too long?I don't want to give you any color, look, you really think I have no temper, no, without further ado, I directly sent my cavalry to chase after me.

Luo Yong ran all the way with the men, and brought them to the ambush circle set up by Luo Cheng, flanked by flanks, and the Luo's army was all brave, with one enemy against one hundred, Dou Jiande's thousand cavalrymen chasing up were not enough to watch. He was beaten and fled, annihilating three hundred enemies.

In fact, it is not clear how clever this tactic of luring the enemy is, but in history, many smart people have been fooled, mainly because they were too proud and conceited.Dou Jiande is such an example. You said that he has so many advisers and he is not stupid. How could he easily be fooled by Luo Yong and fall into an ambush by Luo Cheng? He didn't pay attention to Tang Jun who was in Hulaoguan.

In this battle, the soldiers who fled back described the Luo family army as miraculous, and there is nothing in the sky and nothing on the earth.One person said that it was still somewhat true, but once it was spread ten to ten times, it was completely out of shape. There was a sudden gust of wind, and a group of soldiers appeared out of thin air. All of them were more than nine feet tall, with green faces and fangs. Amazing, capable of tearing apart enemy generals... Anyway, the Luo family army is rumored to be not much different from the ghosts of the Palace of the King of Hades.If we get involved with ghosts and gods, how can we fight?It's not wrong to lose.

By the time Dou Jiande discovered that such absurd rumors were constantly spreading in the army, the morale of the army, which was still at its peak before, had already begun to slacken.

Before Dou Jiande could find a way to cheer up the morale of the army, he was attacked again at the second watch of the night.

This time Dou Jiande didn't send anyone to continue chasing him, but stood still and stood firm in the camp. Sure enough, Luo's army didn't do anything, just disturbed you, killed a few of you, and then ran away.

Dou Jiande said in his heart that he expected you to be like this, how many people are there in your Hulaoguan city, can I not know?You want me to be angry, want me to be fooled, but I still don't like you, I'm so calm, I just stop chasing you, and I'm mad at you.

Dou Jiande ordered his subordinates to ignore the provocative Luo family army, and was only responsible for cleaning up the small battlefield after the Luo family army mopped up. When counting the number of soldiers, they found that more than ten soldiers had died. Waiting is nothing but a death struggle.When I take the Hulao down, I'll see how you turn around.

Therefore, Dou Jiande strengthened the defense of the big camp, and ordered all the soldiers to return to their respective positions. Those who should guard the camp should guard the camp, and those who should rest should not be affected by the surprise attack of the Luo family army.

Everything was arranged properly, Dou Jiande was also tired, returned to the big tent, just about to fall asleep in a daze, when a deafening drum sounded, pulling him back to reality, he sat up vigilantly, put on his clothes and became anxious Walking out of the tent, the torches alternated outside, the soldiers ran and shouted at each other, and Dou Jiande asked one of them: "What's going on?"

The soldier panicked and said: "Go back... If you go back to King Xia, the Tang army has come to attack the camp."

Dou Jiande yelled: "Damn Luo Cheng, why don't you let people sleep? How can someone attack three times in one night!"

Unfortunately, Dou Jiande said it too early.More than three times, the night when Dou Jiande's troops first arrived at Hulao Pass, they got up, got up, the second watch, the third watch, and the fourth watch, and so on for a total of five times. The army didn't go to sleep anymore, so they waited until the fifth watch with their eyelids open, waiting for someone to sneak attack!

Hey, it happened that the fifth watch passed, and there was no movement at all.

It's dawn now, why sleep?Hurry up and wash your face, cheer up.

The military meeting was held early in the morning of the next day. All the generals had two dark circles under their eyes. You looked at me and I looked at you, all of them looked helpless.

The teacup in Dou Jiande's hand was placed on the table loudly, and he said with a livid face: "What does Luo Cheng want to do? What does he want to do? Is there anyone who fights like him? Come on, give me [-] soldiers, Go to call Zhenhulaoguan, I must frustrate his spirit."

In the early morning, Dou Jiande's generals headed to Hulao Pass with a mentality of revenge, but let the drums beating to the sky, the generals who shouted were hoarse, and the gate of Hulao Pass was firmly locked. Shut up, but there is no movement, this is very anxious, this shouting from morning to night, and night again... With the lessons learned from the past, Dou Jiande can almost predict how to spend tonight, almost crying, Still let people live in peace?

In fact, during the daytime, the Luo family army at Hulaoguan was not as relaxed as Dou Jiande's department thought. People scolded and greeted your ancestors for eighteen generations. Can you not be angry?Take Luo Yong as an example, almost smoothed the stairs up and down the tower, but Luo Cheng dragged him back.

"General, do we need to be afraid of them? Don't say that Yanyun Jingqi is all brave and good at fighting, and can defeat a hundred with one enemy. If it really doesn't work, don't we still have that thing? You have tried so many times, and finally succeeded. Let’s use Dou Jiande’s department as a target and try to see the effect.”

Luo Yong said that in the first half, Luo Cheng was not doing well, but when he heard the second half, his face changed: "The power of gunpowder is much stronger than you imagined, once you use gunpowder, it will inevitably cause huge casualties Not only that, but now is the generation of cold weapons, if we suddenly break this balance, there will be a lot of troubles, so, if you can use gunpowder, don’t use it.”

Luo Yong had never seen his own general so serious before. Although he didn't quite understand, he still nodded and chose to obey, but there was something unclear in his heart: "General, since this thing is so bad, why did you blow it up more than 100 times?" , do you have to toss it out?"

Luo Cheng was speechless, could it be possible to tell Luo Yong frankly that he developed gunpowder since he was a child, so that he could use it to attack Japan one day and designate Japan as the territory of China, once and for all?

"When it's time for you to know, you will naturally know, now hurry up and order soldiers, at night—"

"Understood! Continue to harass Dou Jiande's camp at night!" Luo Yong said enthusiastically first.

"You don't need to go today, let Dou Jiande get a good night's sleep, and he will suffer a bigger blow tomorrow morning." Luo Cheng hooked his fingers, and Luo Yong leaned forward to listen, "With the experience of last night, tonight Dou Jiande's troops must be facing a big enemy, and all attention must be on the guards of the camp, so don't throw yourself into a trap to attack the camp at night. According to my observation yesterday, he led the army here this time, running around, Don't dare to slack off. Although the army has arrived, a large amount of food and grass may not have been escorted due to the problem of footsteps. You take more than [-] elite riders to go out from the trail, outflank from the rear, and ambush on the road leading to Dou Jiande's camp. I guessed it right, we will definitely be able to cut off his food path."

After hearing this, Luo Yong's eyes lit up: "Okay, then I'll do it right away. I promise, as long as Dou Jiande's food and grass have not arrived, I will definitely cut him off. I am best at this job. I used to train. , you don’t need to urinate even a day.”

"go Go."

That night, Dou Jiande's camp was calm and calm, and Dou Jiande also had no dreams all night, sleeping soundly until dawn, until he was awakened by a noise.

"King Xia, something serious happened to King Xia!" Meng Haigong rushed into the camp without even waiting for someone to report.

Dou Jiande was a little displeased, thinking that this Meng Haigong didn't know the rules, and he was so flustered that he couldn't make a big deal.With a gloomy face, Dou Jiande asked, "What's the matter? Luo Cheng came to attack again last night?"

"No... no."

"Nothing to panic without you."

Meng Haigong was panting from running, and now he patted his chest and said anxiously: "King Xia, Luo Cheng didn't come to attack the camp last night, but...but...he led people to intercept our food road on the way , burned our food and grass, even...even the general Zhang Qingte who escorted the food and grass was captured."

When Dou Jiande heard this, he suddenly felt his head buzzing, and he didn't react for a long time.

"King Xia? King Xia?"

"What did you say? Say it again."

"Luo Cheng led people to surround us, cut off our food and grass, and general Zhang Qingte was captured." Meng Haigong had to say it again.

Dou Jiande lost his mind for a while, he just blamed the news coming so suddenly that there was no good countermeasure for a while.

Just when Dou Jiande was at a loss, someone outside reported that a person from outside the camp had come. The name of that person passed between Dou Jiande's teeth. What?"

Who is it?

Naiwagang's new Marshal Wang Bodang.

If you want to say why this Wang Bodang secretly appeared in Dou Jiande's camp, it has to start with Li Yuan's attack on Luoyang.

This move made many people tremble, and they had to think about it at a deeper level-now that Li Tangjiangshan is in the limelight, there is no guarantee that I will be the next person to be wiped out.

Under such circumstances, these people generally only react in two ways. Either those who know the current affairs will become heroes and submit to Li Tang; or they will fight to the end and fight against him.Li Mi's Western Wei Dynasty obviously belongs to the latter.

It was only later that Li Mi found out the cause and effect of Qin Qiong and others being rescued, and also guessed that Qin Qiong and others must have gone to seek refuge with Li Tang.When I first found out about this, I regretted it. I wished I could go back in time and kill Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, etc. without paying attention. It was better than running into the enemy camp and becoming the future enemy of the Western Wei Dynasty.

The more Li Mi thought about it, the more unhappy he became. He happened to hear that Dou Jiande was going to form an alliance with Wang Shichong to support Luoyang. He rolled his eyes and said to himself that Dou Jiande had an army of 30, and Wang Shichong had a strong army in Luoyang. of.So, in this case, he thought about taking a share.

This is why Wang Bodang met Dou Jiande in secret alone. Li Mi wanted to form an alliance with Wang and Dou to repel the Tang army together.But among the three, he was the weakest, and he was afraid that if he came in person, he would be ridiculed by Dou Jiande and would not be able to step down, so he sent Uncle Wang to test the alliance.

If Uncle Wang came a day late, Dou Jiande might not have taken Li Mi's Western Wei Dynasty seriously, but it is better to come early than coincidental. Now Dou Jiande has suffered a series of blows, and the morale of the army is a little loose. Dou Jiande is suffering helplessly. At this moment, Wang Bodang's arrival is tantamount to a life-saving straw.Wang Bodang is not very powerful, and Li Mi is not a big deal, but these two people are one of the closest people to Luo Cheng.Dou Jiande is annoying Luo Cheng very much right now.

Uncle Wang was really flattered when he saw Dou Jiande coming to see him in the tent in person. He had prepared a set of flattery but it was useless. .

Wang Bodang finally understood why Dou Jiande treated him with more courtesy.After listening to Dou Jiande's account of what happened in the past two days, Wang Bodang fell into a long silence.

Seeing this, Dou Jiande's face was cloudy and he said: "Since the two armies are about to form an alliance, you must show some sincerity. This Luo Chengzhen is a bit suspicious. The reason why he is suspicious is because I don't know him well, but you guys It's different, this Luo Cheng used to be from Wagang, you get along day and night, you should know him well."

Wang Bodang was indecisive, with a struggling face.

Dou Jiande saw that he was acting like this, so he snorted and mocked: "Could it be that you still expect him to change his mind, go back to Wagang, and work for the Western Wei Dynasty? Not only did he leave by himself, but he also encouraged Qin Qiong and others to join the Tang army. You Western Wei Dynasty It’s really a good stomach, and I can bear it.”

Although it is an alliance this time, it actually has the meaning of attachment. The Western Wei Dynasty is no longer what it used to be. If there is no strong backer, it will be annexed sooner or later. What's more, as Dou Jiande said, he actually hates Wagang in his heart. Luo Cheng's, if Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others didn't leave, why would Wagang beg for mercy at this point today!After thinking about it, Uncle Wang finally made up his mind, and slowly, a few words popped out between his teeth: "Although Luo Cheng is strong in martial arts and full of courage, it is not impossible to defeat him."

Dou Jiande's eyes lit up: "Oh? Let's hear it."

Wang Bodang closed his eyes and said calmly: "I have a way to deal with him, because this person has a fatal flaw - Luo Cheng is too affectionate."