Dou Jiande's army had arrived in Gongcheng County, and Song Jingang led more than a dozen generals out of the city to welcome Dou Jiande's arrival.

Song Jingang stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I am not in charge of Song Jingang meeting with His Highness Changle, and I am willing to serve His Highness!"

Dou Jiande smiled and helped him up, "Brother Song is willing to defect to me, Dou Jiande. I have nothing to say. As long as I have a mouthful of soup, I will give half of it to Brother Song."

Song Jingang was moved. He had heard that Dou Jiande was generous. When he saw him today, he was indeed well-known. He said a little ashamed: "I am humble and incompetent, and I have not been able to protect His Highness Hanoi County. I really have no face to see His Highness."

Dou Jiande patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Don't say these words, this is not your problem. Yang Yuanqing personally led his army to rescue. You are not his opponent. If you can save Gongcheng County for me, this is your achievement. I will not blame you."

Dou Jiande's tolerance immediately made Song Jingang's worry go away a lot. He hurriedly said: "Please go to the city to rest. I have prepared a banquet to welcome your highness."

Dou Jiande smiled, "Thank you for your kindness, Brother Song, for your military affairs are urgent, so I won't go to the city. When I take over Hanoi County, I will have a celebration wine with you."

Dou Jiande immediately ordered the army to camp outside the city, and a tent quickly supported it. Dou Jiande walked into his big tent. Song Zhengben followed him and said, "Prince, this Song King Kong first rebelled against Wei Daoer, then Liu Wuzhou, and now he rebelled against Yang Yuanqing. Such a person cannot be kept, and he must be killed to eliminate future troubles."

Dou Jiande smiled coldly, "I know that keeping him is useful for the time being. One day I will let him die."

Walking into the big tent, Dou Jiande smiled and said, "I have considered the plan you proposed the day before yesterday. It's very good. I have decided to adopt it, but I am just worried that Yang Yuanqing will see through this plan."

Song Zhengben shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. The prince's main force is not far from Wang Fubao's army. Even if Yang Yuanqing sees it through, he can quickly merge the two armies. The key to gaining the advantage of military strength is to annihilate Yang Yuanqing. This is of great significance to the prince's capture of Hedong. You might as well give it a try."

Dou Jiande sighed slightly, "If Yang Yuanqing could die at my hands, I, Dou Jiande, could also become famous all over the world."

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Yang Yuanqing personally led 30,000 main force to reach Huojia County. Huojia County is located fifty miles west of Xinxiang County, which is a plain area. Within a radius of 100 miles, there are farmland and forests. There are many small rivers, convenient irrigation, and are connected to Xinxiang County. It has become the most developed agricultural area in the eastern part of Hanoi County. Yongji Canal passes through twenty miles south of the county.

According to Yang Qing's strategic deployment, he planned to compress the war in the narrow zone between Gongcheng County, Xinxiang County and Huojia County. His troops were relatively small, with only 40,000 people. Although his army was very powerful and well-equipped, Dou Jiande's army was not comparable to Liu Wuzhou's rabble army after many years of war. Yang Yuanqing was also very worried.

For a prudent consideration, he urgently ordered Qin Qiong to lead 20,000 troops from Taiyuan to quickly reach south to support Hanoi County, and at the same time ordered Li Jing to lead 10,000 troops into Hedong County. Strengthen the defense of Hedong County, and he was very worried that Li Yuan would take advantage of the opportunity that he was restrained in Hanoi County and launch a large-scale attack on Hedong County.

The county government office of Huojia County has been temporarily changed to the Marshal's Office. In the lobby, Yang Yuanqing was discussing military information with several generals.

"General Manager, if I transfer 30,000 troops from Taiyuan to the south, I am very worried that Taiyuan will be empty. Wei Daoer's army will also take advantage of the situation." Luo Shixin stood in front of the sand table and said worriedly.

"I have considered this risk. I have ordered Yang Wei to temporarily give up the defense of the six counties in Guanbei and reduce the defense army in Lingzhou to 10,000. Yang Wei will lead 20,000 troops across the river to Taiyuan. Strengthen the troops in Taiyuan, and Song Jingang's army heads north to Taiyuan to reorganize. Taiyuan's security should be fine. However, Hanoi County is under enemy forces and we are insufficient. To be honest, I am very worried about whether we can defend it." Yang Yuanqing frankly expressed his concerns in front of several important generals.

"Damn it, have you stabbed the hornet's nest? Why do people from all directions come to bite us? Is it over?" Cheng Yaojin was impatient and started to curse.

Yang Yuanqing looked at Luo Shixin and Xiao Feng next to him, and saw that they both looked at him with confusion. In fact, Cheng Yaojin expressed their thoughts. They had already had Li Yuan, the enemy. Now, for the sake of Hanoi County, Dou Jiande and Li Mi also attacked them at the same time. There were also hidden dangers of Luo Yi and Wei Daoer in the north. They were indeed facing the crisis of being attacked from all sides.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "The main reason is that we have seized Hedong and broken the original balance of power. In this case, almost all eyes will pay attention to us. Some bystanders, and some who want to take advantage of our foothold and not firmly bite us. This is normal. This means that we have not sat firmly on Hedong. As long as we survive this disaster, we can stabilize, recruit troops to expand our army, and enhance our strength."

At this time, Xiao Feng, a military officer in the journal room next to him, bit his lips and said, "Master, why can't we give up Hanoi County first and let Li Mi and Dou Jiande kill each other. When they fight to the point of losing both sides, we will return to Hanoi County?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The premise of doing this is that Li Mi and Dou Jiande are evenly matched, but in fact, Hanoi County is not Li Mi's fundamental interest. It is good to get it, but there is no loss if he doesn't get it. Moreover, if he attacks Hanoi County in large numbers, the logistics will not be guaranteed, so his attack can only be a robber-style sneak attack. Once we withdraw, with the strength of Dou Jiande's 80,000 troops, Li Mi will never fight him hard, and he will give up. In this way, Hanoi County will be occupied by Dou Jiande's troops without bloodshed. Not only will he occupy Hanoi County, he will also continue to attack Hedong because of our retreat. This is what I worry about the most."

"Then this battle against him hurts Dou Jiande. He dares not reach out to Hanoi County again!" Cheng Yaojin said hatefully.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier rushed outside the lobby to report, "Report to the general manager, General Gao of Xinxiang County sent someone to report, saying that the situation was urgent!"

"Send him up!"

After a moment, a report soldier was led up, and he knelt down on one knee to report: "Report to the general manager, 30,000 enemy vanguards have arrived in Xinxiang County and surrounded the city."

"Have they attacked?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"Report to the general manager, he has not attacked yet, but has just surrounded the city."

Luo Shixin said anxiously: "Master, I will lead my army to rescue Xinxiang County!"

Gao Zikai was his deputy general, and there were only 5,000 defenders in Xinxiang County. He knew that Xinxiang County was not a strong fort like Dali City or a heroic city like Taiyuan City. Thirty thousand troops could easily break through Xinxiang County.

Xiao Feng reminded him on the side, "General Luo, the opponent sieges but does not attack, obviously he wants to siege the city and attack aid. You lead the army to rescue, which is exactly what they want."

"But they only have 30,000 people. We can still kill them and defeat them if we concentrate our troops and cooperate inside and outside."

At this time, Cheng Yaojin grinned and said, "Little Luo, the general manager didn't say anything. What are you anxious about? The general manager will make the arrangements and we will fight. Don't have personal ideas!"

Luo Shixin calmed down and looked at Yang Yuanqing, waiting for Yang Yuanqing's orders. Yang Yuanqing stared at the sand table and pondered. He knew that Wang Fubao was the number one strong general under Dou Jiande and he won every battle. He had actually arrived in Gongcheng County long ago. Why didn't he attack Xinxiang? It was obvious that he was afraid that he would be eaten by his concentrating troops. Now sending troops to Xinxiang County means that Dou Jiande's army has also arrived in Gongcheng County. If he led his army to rescue Xinxiang County, what would Dou Jiande do?

"This is a bait!" Yang Yuanqing said coldly.

Luo Shixin was stunned and asked quickly: "Master, how can you see it?"

"Dou Jiande's ambition is no longer a Hanoi County. He wants to occupy the entire Hedong. He knows that I am here, so he ordered Wang Fubao's army to siege the city and fight aid, and wait for me to rescue him. When I reach Xinxiang, Wang Fubao will quickly retreat eastward."

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing used a wooden pole to draw an arc between Gongcheng County and Huojia County, and said in a deep voice: "Then Dou Jiande's army will quickly penetrate behind us, occupy Huojia County, and cut off my retreat, which will block me in Xinxiang County. Eighty thousand people attacked 40,000 troops, wanting to capture me Yang Yuanqing alive."

Luo Shixin took a breath. He suddenly realized that he had thought too easily. At this time, Yang Yuanqing suddenly smiled and asked Cheng Yaojin, "Old Cheng, what would you do if it were you?"

Cheng Yaojin scratched his head for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he blinked and smiled, "This reminds me of something. My former neighbor married a beautiful lady. There were always a few scoundrels who wanted to beat this beautiful lady. They thought of a way and told the neighbor that there were turtles in the river, and dozens of turtles could be caught overnight. They also bought more than a dozen turtles to pretend. The purpose is to trick the neighbors into turtles in the river for a night, so they could take the opportunity to sneak into the room to bully the beautiful lady. Unexpectedly, my neighbor heard about the buying of turtles in the market, so he asked me for help. We ambushed outside the wall at night, and while the scoundrels wanted to climb over the wall, they rushed up and beat him with a stick..."

Before Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Xiao Feng applauded, "Miscellaneous! It's indeed a clever plan!"

Yang Yuanqing reached out and took a shot on the back of his head, "It's not bad! It's a bit crooked."

Cheng Yaojin touched the back of his head and smiled, "If the general manager is not here, I'm afraid I'll rush faster than Luo. I am like this! I don't have the ability to lay eggs, but I still have a little bit of ability to steal eggs."

Luo Shixin nodded silently. His master told him more than once that Cheng Yaojin was actually a bit thick and thin, and he never believed it very much. Now he believed it. Cheng Yaojin seemed careless, but in fact he was extremely delicate.

"Master, I understand, I will still let me go to rescue. I will lead 5,000 troops to pretend to be the main force, and the Master is waiting for the effort to fight against Dou Jiande's 50,000 troops. We will not lose this battle."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head and pointed at Cheng Yaojin and said, "It's up to Yaojin to do the guise of rescue. Follow me and we will defeat Dou Jiande's main force."

Cheng Yaojin heard that he was asked to be a turtle, and his face turned a little green. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!