Li Chongjiu thought of taking action against Song Jingang and unifying Shanggu County. At present, when it comes to the forces on the battlefield, he does not have the ability to defeat Song Jingang. Since he cannot win the battle, he can only use tricks.

After several months of great changes in Hebei, Xue Shixiong broke Gao Kaidao, talked about the saints, Wang Xuba, and Yang Yichen now defeated Zhang Jin's name again, Gao Shida. As Sima of Gao Shida's army, Dou Jiande was inhabited by the remnants of the army. He first captured Raoyang by surprise and had a base to allow the soldiers to cultivate and rest. Later, Dou Jiande reversed the rebellion of the king and the thieves, captured the city and killed the court officials and scholars, and treated the Raoyang County Magistrate Song Zhengben, and made him his planner. Dou Jiande gradually won the support of the court officials.

Then, not long ago, when Li Chongjiu heard about Dou Jiande, he contained the defeated army and restrained the bodies of those prisoners who were killed by the Sui army after surrendering to Yang Yichen, and buried them happily. After that, Dou Jiande claimed to be a general and made a mourning for Gao Shida. The entire army was mourned. In just one month, Dou Jiande had gathered 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers, and more than 10,000 soldiers. In the words of the court, the thief was regained.

So what is Dou Jiande's next goal now? Li Chongjiu remembers that if Dou Jiande follows the historical route, after Dou Jiande takes the power, he will annex the team after Wang Xudiao's death, so he has absolutely the same goal as himself at the moment.

Both sides have common interests, but whether to cooperate with him or not is what Li Chongjiu needs to consider. In history, Dou Jiande was a generation of heroes in Hebei, and he was the only person in the world's rebel army who could compete with Li Yuan after Li Mi. If Li Chongjiu wanted to seize Hebei in the future, there would be a bloody battle with Dou Jiande.

Will the cooperation between the two sides be a scam with the tiger? Today's alliance may become an enemy tomorrow, and perhaps Dou Jiande regards himself as a strong enemy in his heart. Of course, the best of both sides is to destroy Wei Daoer's troops first, Li Chongjiu can annex the entire county of Shanggu, and Dou Jiande has a great advantage. But how can he join Dou Jiande? Li Chongjiu thought of Zhao Wansan and ordered someone to invite him to the study room.

Zhao Wansan wore an official uniform and walked into the study, and gave a respectful greeting ceremony to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu signaled the other party to sit down, and Zhao Wansan said immediately: "Report to the prefect, the situation in Fanyang is now stable. Before the rebellion of Wang Xuba, many wealthy families in Fanyang County have escaped. Huye has tried hard to ask them to return to Fanyang. Now one or two wealthy families have agreed."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "At present, everything is busy. Zan Mansion also serves as the affairs of Fan Yang and Feihu counties, but they are handled in an orderly manner. They are really capable."

Zhao Wansan was very happy to praise him and bowed and said, "Thank you for the praise of the prefect. This is something that a humble post should do. Now the newly recruited 1,000 county soldiers in Fanyangli have been trained for a month. Because he promised a dou of rice every month, the people who registered in Fanyang were very enthusiastic, so he also selected a group of good healthy soldiers."

Li Chongjiu knew it in his heart that a dou of rice was more than twelve pounds, and the price of rice was about thirty or forty. In this era, if an adult man wanted to eat well, he would need at least two dou of rice, and half a dou of rice was almost enough for his wife and children to cook porridge for half a month. If he had to accompany some wild vegetables, elm seeds, etc., it would be enough to support the family of two or three. Moreover, he would definitely be able to eat enough after entering the military camp. This is simply a beautiful thing for the people living in the war.

However, for Li Chongjiu, the entire Shanggu County is only 2,000 county soldiers are in stock. It is not that he does not want to expand his army, but that he really lacks food and grass. The 10,000 grassland cavalry traveled south, and eating horses every day consumed an astronomical figure. Two thousand county soldiers are already the limit of Shanggu County. However, even with these two thousand county soldiers, Li Chongjiu still did not have the confidence to capture Yi County and defeat Song Jingang.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "I know that Zan Mansion is capable of doing things. This time I invited you to come, but I asked something. When I went to Zhaozhuang, I remember that Zan Mansion seemed to have an old relationship with Dou Jiande, right?"

After hearing this, Zhao Wansan immediately stood up, sweating oozing from his forehead, and said in panic: "Report to the prefect, Mr. Dou has been very kind to me, Mr. Zhao, but after becoming a prefect, he was loyal to the prefect and had no contact with Mr. Dou anymore."

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, sit down and talk."

Zhao Wansan sat down halfway on Hu's chair. Li Chongjiu said, "Don't care about Zan's mansion. I'm here to come for you. It's for Dou Jiande. How do you know him?"

Zhao Wansan said immediately: "I dare not hide it from the prefect. I met Duke Dou. When the emperor conquered Liaodong, I and Duke Moyang, that is, Sun Anzu, were going to Liao together. Brother Sun was extremely brave and the county magistrate intended to use it. However, at this time, Brother Sun's house had just been sent to the county magistrate and his wife starved to death. Brother Sun then pleaded with the county magistrate and waived his military service. The county magistrate wanted to whip Brother Sun. All of us could not stand it, so we killed the county magistrate together with Brother Sun."

"After that we fled all the way, fortunately, Mr. Dou saved us from death. Brother Sun went to Gaojipo to become a bandit. I was worried that even if my family secretly returned to Zhaojiabao, the government did not want me. After a few years, the original clan leader died of illness, and I became the clan leader of the Zhao family."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Zan Mansion, how do you think Dou Jiande?"

Zhao Wansan gave a thumbs up without hesitation and said, "Prefect, Mr. Dou is the most loyal person I have ever met. At that time, we were all involved in beheading the heads. Dou Jiande and his brother Sun and I didn't have much friendship, and they were willing to risk their lives to help each other, purely for the word "righteous". A few years ago, his father died of illness, and all the heroes from the village or Hebei came to attend the funeral. There were thousands of people, and he would not accept any of the money given to him by everyone. How could Zhao Wansan not admire such a good man who values ​​righteousness and neglects wealth?"

"Li Chongjiu nodded. From Zhao Wansan's praise, he already had a rough understanding of Dou Jiande. Such people are not easy to deal with, and they are easy to deal with. Success or failure is just a matter of his words. If Li Chongjiu rashly asked Dou Jiande to send troops in the past, there would be a chance of being rejected. But after knowing history, Li Chongjiu knew exactly where Dou Jiande was now, and that both sides would hit it off.

At this moment, Li Chongjiu said, "Our army wants to defeat Song Jingang, but the war is not good. We temporarily sit in the upper valley and need to seek strong support from outside. I want to fight against Wei Daoer with Dou Jiande. The Zan Mansion is willing to run for me."

Zhao Wansan's face showed a hint of embarrassment when he heard this. Seeing Zhao Wansan's expression, Li Chongjiu knew that he was unwilling to give up his personal relationship for the sake of business, so he made him embarrassed.
Chapter completed!