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The night was already very late, and in Dou Jiande's temporary palace in Xingyang, Dou Jiande had no sleep. Dou Jiande was in charge of the dynasty, but he did not completely lose himself in power and desire like a poor man who suddenly became rich. Dou Jiande is still the same Dou Jiande as before, he has a very good habit, no matter how late today's things are, he will finish them, and will not leave them until tomorrow.

Even if he drove to the front line, he not only had to worry about the military on the front line, but also the events in the 39 states of Hebei in the rear also needed him to worry about it. Although he was only born in a county order, he was a great talent, and he took care of the land of the 39 prefectures of Hebei in an orderly manner.

When he learned that Li Shimin was on an expedition against Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande led an army of 100,000 to the west, which not only meant to rescue Wang Shichong, but in fact, it was more considered to fight a decisive battle outside the country to avoid the war from spreading to Hebei, and to give the fathers and villagers in Hebei a peaceful and stable living environment.

The twists and turns that Dou Jiande looked at were actually all under the condition that spring plowing was completed in various places. Because of Yang Guang's three expeditions to Goguryeo, Hebei's materials and human resources were almost emptied, and Dou Jiande's defeat of Hebei was actually a mess. In order to improve the livelihood of the people in the 39 prefectures of Hebei, Dou Jiande also took great pains.

Accept the words, that is, the mouthpiece of the official, listen to the words of the lower and accept the above, and receive the words of the lower ones, and they will believe it. Song Zhiben did not live up to Dou Jiande's trust, and implemented the uniform land system in the 39 prefectures of Hebei, adopting the same lease modulation as Li Tang, and Li Tang was slightly different in that Dou Jiande stipulated that Ding Nan was over 16 years old (18 years old in the Tang Dynasty) and granted 100 acres of land, of which 20 acres were Yongye fields and 80 acres were divided into fields. Return to the field after death. The government collects rents from the people based on the records of land grants. Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they will pay a fixed amount of rent.

Slightly different from Li Tang, Dou Jiande's military officials are not as bloated as the Tang Dynasty, and the nobles are far less than Li Tang, the Longyou Li family is a very large family, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan canonized the fourteen founding heroes, fourteen dukes, however, Li Yuan only named his son as the king is twenty-four, nineteen princesses (not titled) more, in addition to the Liang King Li Cheng, Shu King Li Zhan, Han King Li Hong and other three brothers. If you count the cousins, the prince of the county, and the prince of the kingdom are no less than forty.

The Li Tang clan is more than 100 times that of the Dou Jiande Dou clan, and if you count the expense of the clan, the difference is more than 10,000 times. In fact, in the entire Dou clan, there is only one wife and two concubines for Dou Jiande, more than a dozen palace laves, and no eunuchs.

It is precisely because the clan almost does not consume taxes that Dou Jiande's rent is only half of Li Tang's. It is a stone for 100 acres of land, which is equivalent to a bucket per acre. Almost one-thirtieth of the peasants' income is handed over, and the rest is taken care of by themselves. However, it is precisely because of this low tax system that the fugitives from war or famine in Hebei have returned.

How could Liu Heimin raise the banner against Tang after Dou Jiande was killed, and in just half a year, he not only restored the thirty-nine states of Hebei and the Central Plains during the Dou Jiande period, but also almost subverted Li Tang? Presumably everyone has understood by now, because the common people are the most pragmatic, they don't care who is the emperor, but who is good to them, they can tell clearly.

The twists and turns sent by Song Zhengben made Dou Jiande feel like he had eaten honey, and in the words of later generations, the situation was very good. There are 4.6 million people registered in Dingkou in Hebei, which means that even if there is only one stone tax per 100 mu, Dou Jiande can get 4.6 million stone of grain, which is more than enough to feed his army of 300,000.

However, just as Dou Jiande looked at the last part of the recital, Ling Jing's voice sounded outside the palace: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, please rest early!" ”

"Ling sacrifice wine, I happen to be a little hungry, let's eat some supper together and then go to sleep!" Dou Jiande suddenly felt a little hungry, and said to the attendants beside him: "Go and pass two bowls of soup cakes!" ”

The soup cake is the noodles of later generations. However, the soup cake at this time is a bit like the belt noodles in Xi'an, which are wide and thick, but the taste is really good.

Ling Jing wasn't too surprised, after all, Dou Jiande didn't usually have any shelf. Not to mention that he is a national sacrifice wine, even if he is an ordinary big-headed soldier, Dou Jiande also gives them homely cooking, and also gives them food and lodging.

After a while, the attendant came in with two bowls of steaming dough.

Ling Jing took the soup cake and put it on the table, and arranged the chopsticks separately. Ling Jing suddenly noticed that Dou Jiande's face became very ugly.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat!" Ling Jing realized that something was wrong, and his heart chuckled. Could it be that Wang Shichong has been defeated again?

Dou Jiande said angrily: "Even if you eat a meal, you can't live in peace!" ”

"Your Majesty, could it be that Zheng Guo has suffered another defeat?" Ling Jing asked cautiously.

Dou Jiande shook his head and said with a wry smile on his face: "The situation is worse than Zheng Guo suffering a defeat!" ”

Ling Jing's heart sank, and he said with a solemn expression: "Hebei...... Change! ”

Dou Jiande sighed slowly: "Although it is not hit, it is not far away!" ”

Speaking of Ling Jingjiang's hand, to be precise, this is a national letter.

Ling Jing flipped it open casually, only looked at one beginning, and his eyelids jumped: "Chu Luo Khan is dead?" ”

Dou Jiande nodded and said: "Yes, Chu Luo is dead, according to Turkic tradition, Chu Luo is dead, and his son should succeed to the throne, but the Turkic Kedun Yicheng Princess, disgusted that Ao Shot is ugly, and cowardly, so he does not make him the Khan, but sets up his younger brother Dubi, and now Princess Yicheng has the second largest strength of the Turks, and has obtained the allegiance of the four Khans. ”

Ling Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty is worried, arrogant...... Jieli Khan may be bad for our Great Xia! ”

"Not possible, but for sure!" Dou Jiande was actually very hesitant, after all, he really didn't want to give up this opportunity in front of him, although he had already suffered a small setback in front of the Mo Dao Army, but now he had found a way to restrain the Mo Dao Army. That is the fire attack, no matter how strong the armor of the Modao Army is, it can't be cut with a knife, and the spear can't pierce it, but in the face of fire, the soldiers of the Modao Army are also flesh and blood, and they will definitely not be able to withstand the scorching heat and burning of the flames.

As long as the tiger is suddenly locked up and Wang Shichong is caught in the middle of Li Shimin, Li Shimin will be defeated, and in that case, he can fight the Turks for a long time.

Ling Jing muttered, "Your Majesty wants to withdraw the army?" ”

"Alas...... I'm not reconciled. Dou Jiande sighed and said: "This matter can't be dragged on like this, now the twelve Turkic Khans have gone to Dingxiang, not only to mourn Luo Khan, but also to meet the new Khan, these Khans will definitely not go empty, they will at least bring more than 10,000 parts, so that in just one month, the Turkic army gathered near Dingxiang will exceed 200,000 horses, once Jieli turns his face, our Hebei is also under its soldiers!" The most important thing is that I have lost patience with the war in this world, and I can't put it off any longer! It's time to put an end to the war once and for all! ”

Ling Jing said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty issued an edict, Liu Heimin is also the commander of the army and horses, and he will go out of the camp of Juyongguan in the town with the transfer of troops and fish talismans.

Dou Jiande's face suddenly froze.

The military capital, which is also the eighth part of Taihang Mountain, is called the military capital. The head of the military capital means that Liu Heimin will be in charge of the entire Hebei defense.

Dou Jiande hesitated for a moment and said, "But ...... However, Liu Heimin only has 40,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and he has to defend thousands of miles of land, I am afraid it will be ......."

Ling Jing frowned tightly and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a horseman in Liu Heimin's army, named Su Dingfang, who can open five stones and be strong, and bravely crown the three armies, and can send a representative of Your Majesty, congratulations to Jieli Khan, the new Khan." With the attaché, wait for the opportunity to emulate Fu Jiezi's old story! ”

Fu Jiezi was a famous diplomat in the Western Han Dynasty, and the most brilliant thing he did at that time was to kill the king of Loulan and set up the king of Loulan as the king.

Dou Jiande naturally listened to the meaning of Ling Jing's words, this is to ask Su Dingfang to take the opportunity to steal the Ao Shot out of the Turks in the name of congratulating Jieli Khan, as one of the Turkic Khans, the Ao Shot has a certain strength, and also has a certain foundation of people's hearts, since the Turks can support the puppets, such as Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, and Xue Ju, can't he support the Turkic puppets?

Even if Ao Shots is incompetent, as long as he is in his hands, he can at least create some trouble for Jieli.

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Li Shimin put out the hedgehog array, Wang Shichong is dog bites the hedgehog and has nowhere to put his mouth, just when Li Shimin thought that Wang Shichong had no way to take him, at this time, dense potholes appeared on the official road. The area of these potholes is not large, nor is it deep, at most two feet deep, which does not have much impact on people walking, but it is a fatal impact on Li Shimin's cart.

The most pittable thing is that these holes are dug vertically downward, and as long as the car wheel is stuck in, there is no way to push it out. Li Shimin only needs to move forward and fill the road. In this way, the already slow hedgehog array is almost like a turtle crawling.

In a whole day, Li Shimin advanced no more than 30 miles. At this time, there are still more than 40 miles away from Xin'an.

However, when Li Shimin was so angry that he smoked, there was a dense rejection of horses on the official road (if you don't know about rejection of horses, friends can Baidu, I won't explain it here). The soldiers of the Zheng army sealed the official road with the rejection of horses and deer, and the archers shot behind my body, and kept firing arrows at the Tang army.

As the so-called army is like a chess, when Li Shimin did not plunge into the trap set up by Tanlong Valley under the temptation of Heluo's left army as Wang Shichong expected. Wang Shichong also adjusted his deployment in time, and he placed the battlefield on the flat ground thirty miles east of Xin'an.

When the soldiers of the Tang Army were thinking about how to solve the trouble caused by the soldiers of the Zheng Army, they heard a piercing whistling sound, and several sharp arrows more than six feet long broke through the air and nailed to the shield of the cart.

"It's a bed crossbow!" Cheng Zhijie suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, if it weren't for his fast flash, this crossbow could penetrate him, don't look at him wearing two layers of heavy armor, under the crossbow of this bed, armor is a joke.

In fact, there is no need for Cheng Zhijie to shout, all the soldiers have already understood. Only a bed crossbow can shoot such an arrow as sharp as a short spear!

Before he could come to his senses, another bed crossbow fired, and three arrows were fired again, and the head of a horse pulling the cart was beaten to pieces, and the skull turned into fragments and splashed out, and the mule and horse fell with a bang, and the cart could not move. This is not the most fatal, the most fatal thing is that a bed crossbow even shot a crossbow more than six feet long, this crossbow passed through the gap between the carts and shot into the middle of the Tang infantry.

The upper body of a Tang soldier was torn alive, and the blood rain splashed five or six feet high, and the blood-soaked crossbow spear continued to shoot into the chest of a gang leader, sending him with his feet off the ground and flying backwards a few meters, and he was dressed in a string with a pikeman behind him!

Wang Shichong is not a Turkic, although he is a Hu person, but he inherited a large amount of inheritance from the Sui Dynasty, such as the military supervision of the eastern capital Luoyang, because after Yang Guang ascended the throne, the political center of the Sui Dynasty was moved from Chang'an to the eastern capital Luoyang, so Luoyang City is the most powerful city of the Sui Dynasty, such as excellent craftsmen, most of them are concentrated in Luoyang, not Chang'an.

A succession of bed crossbows roared from the Zheng army's formation, attacking Li Shimin's army, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Lie down, climb down!" ”

Li Shimin reacted very quickly, but no matter how fast he was, he was not as fast as the bed crossbow. Although Li Shimin also knew that the bed crossbow could not cause damage to targets below three feet, before the soldiers of the Tang Army could react, they were dressed as blood gourds.

"Bang!" Qin Qiong raised his steel halberd and smashed it towards a flying crossbow gun, but the crossbow gun was only crooked, but Qin Qiong's tiger mouth burst out. The bed crossbow is also known as the eight-ox crossbow, that is, it is claimed to have the power of eight oxen, of course, it is a bit exaggerated, there should still be five or six cows, and the Jin Dynasty also called it Wanjun, which is equivalent to the power of four hundred stones, that is, eighty times that of Qin Qiong's five-stone iron tire bow.

Seeing Qin Qiong's tiger mouth dripping with blood, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "The bed crossbow counterattacks!" ”

The Tang Army's bed crossbow took advantage of the fact that the bed crossbow in Zheng Jun's army was reloading, and completed the adjustment of the firing range, and with the loud bang, the bed crossbow in the Tang Army made a deafening roar.

The six-foot-long crossbow spear shot out, because the soldiers of the Zheng army were not like the Tang army lined up in a dense formation, most of the bed crossbows in the hurry fell short because of the lack of accuracy, but there were still two that hit those obstacles, and the stakes were broken as soon as they hit, and the horses were rubbed up, and they fell apart! There is also a crossbow gun that I don't know if it hit the big luck, and it can no longer be accurately shot on a bed crossbow, with a loud click, the bed crossbow was shot into pieces, and the sharp sawdust shot at the Zheng soldiers like sharp arrows, and suddenly a ghost cried wolf, and several Zheng soldiers were covered with wooden thorns, covering their blinded eyes and screaming.

However, at this time, Zheng Jun's bed crossbow, which had been loaded, once again sounded with a roaring sound, and Li Shimin's soul was gone.

However, this time luck favored Wang Shichong again, and a thick crossbow spear coincidentally hit Li Shimin's Daxi. Like a flagpole as thick as a goose egg, it broke off in response.

To say that to aim a crossbow at a flagpole is pure. The bed crossbow eight hundred steps away, when shooting, it was all based on feeling, but the crossbowman of Zheng Jun's bed crossbow was really unlucky, and a bed crossbow shot off Li Shimin's flagpole. This time, it really wants the lives of the Tang Army's soldiers.

The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army didn't know why Li Shimin's Da Shen fell, but there was only one situation when Da Shen fell, that is, the main general was killed.

Looking at the surrounding Tang Army soldiers showing a look of fear and worry, Li Shimin's face turned pale, and then turned from white to red, Li Shimin just opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

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