A heavy snow fluttered down, covering the vast fields of Hebei and making the Hebei Plain a snowy world.

Leshou County, in the southern part 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 enjoys the warmth of the fire and family gathering at home.

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 opened. Two cavalrymen rushed into the city and rushed towards Dou Jiande's palace and Jincheng Palace.

In the Jincheng Palace Imperial Study Room, two basins of charcoal burned strongly, making the room particularly warm. Dou Jiande was discussing Hebei Road's response with his adviser Song Zhengben. Since the defeat of Hanoi County, Dou Jiande was deeply afraid of Yang Yuanqing. He knew that Yang Yuanqing would attack Hebei sooner or later. He had been spending the past few months in a state of concern, so that the ministers repeatedly asked him to establish the dynasty and ascend the throne, but he had 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.

Dou Jiande was considering Xu Yuanlang, Qingzhou. This man 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 have a big reaction, which made Dou Jiande regret it. He was also thinking about Qingzhou, but he was worried about turning against Li Mi, so he did not take action. Unexpectedly, after Xu Yuanlang, a naughty young man occupied the four counties of Qingzhou, Li Mi actually acquiesced, which made Dou Jiande very upset. He had known that he would have taken the initiative.

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.

Dou Jiande stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and said worriedly: "Xu Yuanlang has only 20,000 troops, 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. I will be attacked by both sides. Originally, I hope Li Mi can help me and resist the Sui army's eastern expedition together. I am worried that I will not eat mutton, but will make me feel sick."

Song Zhengben smiled and said, "The lord wants to count on Li Mi to help resist 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 did not hurt his interests in the East Expedition. He had no intention of helping us at all. It was just that it was difficult to refuse due to the previous alliance agreement. 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, a hero like Li Mi. If there is no benefit, how could he help us in vain? But if I seize the four counties of Qingzhou, will Li Mi be angry? Instead, he will attack me while Yang Yuanqing is advancing eastward. What I am worried about is 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 winked at Song Zhengben, 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 and Yu Wenhua and his army have been confronting each other in Pengcheng County, almost a month."

"It's true that's not what the sir expected."

Dou Jiande laughed, he waved his hand and ordered the informing 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 is heading north by boat, and the frozen Yellow River makes it difficult for him to travel north and can only stay in Pengcheng County. The 100,000 troops in his hands are all regular troops of the Sui Dynasty. They have very strong combat power. Li Mi may not be able to destroy him easily. At least the confrontation situation 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!"

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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 were two strategic roads to enter Hebei, one was Jundu Xing and the other was Feihu Xing.

The two strategic roads are all based on rivers that cross the Taihang Mountains. The former is Sanggan Water, while the latter is Yishui. The difference is that Yishui is only one of the sections. You can walk from Feihu County to Yixian, while the Yishui River Valley canyon from Lingqiu County to Feihu County, and the road is very difficult and dangerous.

Cheng Yaojin ran away from the horse and rushed 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 about 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 a total of 20,000 troops in Yanmen County. The main general is Qin Qiong. Qin Qiong is currently the general of the Zuo Xiaoqiu Guard. He has two generals under his command, one Niu Jinda and the other is Cheng Yaojin. Among them, Niu Jinda led 5,000 troops to station the Anbian Army Fort in the north and confronted Luo Yi's Youzhou Army. Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin led 15,000 troops to be stationed in Lingqiu County, waiting for the order 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. The hills rose from west to east. The highest point was the vast Taihang Mountains, and there was 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 even more than 100 people who defeated Yang Liang's army there. More than ten years have passed in a flash. It still seems like what happened yesterday. At that time, I was full of energy. 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 Daoer, no! Dou 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 suddenly he 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."

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Feihu County is a small county with less than a thousand households. It is located west of Taihang Mountain and the intersection of Hengshan and Yanshan. It is the birthplace of Laishui and Yishui. Its geographical location is very important. It is also a transit station on Feihu Road. From here, you can go directly to Yishui River Valley. After walking east for more than 200 miles, you can reach Yixian. The county 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 and 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 of next year, and it was not certain whether to go to Jingxing or Feihu Xing. Therefore, Feihu County's defense was not strict, it was almost evening, and there were only dozens of defenders on the top of the city.

At this time, 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 Flying Fox Road, which surprised the defenders. Someone could actually walk through the Flying Fox Road covered by heavy snow.

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Chapter completed!