The old dynasty ended, the world collapsed, and after Yang Guang died.

For the majority of the world, the old officials of the Sui Dynasty guarding the country, some seek self-reliance like Shenfaxing, while the rest seek self-reliance and rely on powerful nearby forces.

For example, Chen Xiaoyi, the former Yanmen County Magistrate who had always been a chaste for the Great Sui Dynasty and refused to serve himself, and now the county magistrate of Fanshi County, had agreed to serve Li Chongjiu and serve in Youzhou.

Li Chongjiu also paid attention to the movements in all directions. On that day, Zhao Wansan, the governor of Yanmen County, rushed to Zhuo County and reported to Li Chongjiu about Dou Jiande's movements in Hebei.

Zhao Wansan and Dou Jiande had an old age, so they came forward to interact with Dou Jiande on behalf of Li Chongjiu, while they were also staring at Dou Jiande on behalf of Li Chongjiu, paying attention to the other party's movements.

Zhao Wansan reported to Li Chongjiu that the officials of Hebei began to surrender to Dou Jiande after hearing the demise of the Sui Dynasty.

Dou Jiande led a large army to besiege Hejian, but was rejected by the county magistrate Wang Cong, but he could not capture it for a long time.

However, after learning that Yang Guang was dead in the city, he had to surrender. Wang Cong and others then led officials to tie the troops to the camp gate to surrender, and Dou Jiande personally loosened the bondage for him.

At this time, Dou Jiande's subordinates said that Wang Cong was guarding the city for half a year and killed many of our troops. Now he is desperate and has just surrendered, so he still wants to cook them.

Dou Jiande said, "This person is a righteous man. I will use it in the future, so how can I kill him? In the past, when everyone was a thief in Gaojipo, I would not care about you. Now that I want to win the world, how dare you kill loyal and kind?"

After saying that, Dou Jiande ordered that anyone in the army who had a rift with Wang Cong first dared to shake the situation and punish the three tribes, so all the troops were afraid. He also appointed Wang Cong as the governor of Yingzhou on that day.

After hearing Dou Jiande's methods of dealing with him, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but secretly praise him. This person's eyes are truly long-term.

Zhao Wansan continued to say that after the subjugation of Hejian, Dou Jiande recruited the former former Sui Dynasty officials, such as the Jingcheng household Zhang Xuansu. After the defeat of the city, Dou Jiande appointed him as the censor of the clerk, but Zhang Xuansu was an old official of the Sui Dynasty and refused to follow the bandits. Now that the Sui Dynasty was destroyed, Zhang Xuansu agreed to serve as the minister of the Huangmen.

The counties and counties in Hebei were also rushing to join Dou Jiande.

Li Chongjiu listened to Zhao Wansan's report and said that Wang Cong and Zhang Xuansu surrendered to Dou Jiande, and he felt quite regretful. Because both of them were famous officials in Hejian County, and one of them surrendered to Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande could undoubtedly control Hejian.

Li Chongjiu thought of this hero who was a humble man of his background, and he felt quite sympathetic. Unfortunately, there was only one winner in Hebei, who would compete for the world with the Eastern Capital of Guanzhong and the deep-rooted family representatives of Guanzhong. And once Dou Jiande is now in a decisive battle with him, it will not be far away.

Li Chongjiu asked: "In addition to Wang Cong and Zhang Xuansu, who are there any other civil and military officials under Dou Jiande?"

Zhao Wansan said, "Dou Jiande's counselor was the first to recommend Song Zhengben of the Raoyang Order. After Dou Jiande defeated Raoyang, Song Zhengben has always been giving advice for him. This person is knowledgeable and talented. Dou Jiande proclaimed himself the King of Changle. Most of the strategies to pacify Hebei were produced by him. Dou Jiande could do what he is today. He made great contributions."

Li Chongjiu said, "This person was born into an old official of the Sui Dynasty. Does Dou Jiande trust this person?"

Zhao Wansan said, "I don't know this. I heard that this person often advised Dou Jiande directly, which made him unable to get down several times. Although this person is the leader, I don't know whether Dou Jiande likes it or not."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "This is very important news. Who is the leader of the general?"

Zhao Wansan replied: "The number one general of the Dou army is Wang Fubao; this man has followed Dou Jiande from Gaojipo, brave and good at fighting, and is brave and brave, and ranked first in the Dou army. In the future, if our army fights with him, he should not be ignored."

Li Chongjiu was surprised and thought, it would be fine if Song Zhengben, why did he never hear about Wang Fubao?

Li Chongjiu asked immediately: "Who is Dou Jiande's real confidant?"

Zhao Wansan said, "That's his fellow villager Gao Yaxian. Before Dou Jiande became famous, he was a brother of life and death."

Li Chongjiu nodded. He had met with the other party in Zhaojiazhuang that day. This person saw through his identity at first sight and was a difficult person. But after all, he still did not have a familiar person.

Li Chongjiu couldn't help asking: "In addition to these people, there are those outstanding people under Dou Jiande?"

Zhao Wansan thought for a while and said, "There are still a few people who should not be underestimated. Kong Deshao, the current Minister of the Inner History, comes from the Kong family of Qufu."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this. The Kong family in Qufu was not among the gentry at this time, but the Kong family in Kuaiji was very famous at this time. If we talk about Kong Deshao's background, it is not enough to mention it.

Zhao Wansan said again: "There is also the national name priest Ling Jing. This person is resourceful and has offered advice to Dou Jiande many times. As for the rest, I have to think about it."

Li Chongjiu said, "Let's talk about it one by one."

Zhao Wansan thought for a while and said, "There is Liu Heita, who is Dou Jiande's childhood friend. He has recently joined the army and heard that he is still cunning in using military forces. As for Gao Yaxian adopted son Su Lie, whose courtesy name is Dingfang, we have seen him last time. He is also a brave man. There is also a general Cheng Mingzhen. I heard that he has some skills."

Li Chongjiu was a little surprised when he heard this. It turned out that Liu Heita, Su Dingfang, and Cheng Mingzhen had not yet joined the backbone of Dou Jun.

Liu Heita and Su Dingfang were not mentioned, and everyone was familiar with it. Not to mention those who have read historical books, but those who have watched the eight o'clock TV series know it. As for Cheng Mingzhen, he was also the chief marching manager of the Pyongyang Road in history. Although his reputation was not as good as Su Dingfang, he won many battles in Goguryeo and was a brave general.

If he compares the military generals and civil officials under Dou Jiande with him, Li Chongjiu suddenly realizes that he is much inferior.

The civil officials themselves had Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng, Lu Chengqing, and Chen Xiaoyi, but among the military generals, Liu Heita, Su Dingfang, and Cheng Mingzhen, except Cheng Mingzhen, were slightly inferior, and the other two were all generals who could compete with Song Jingang in history. As for Dou Jiande's top general Wang Fubao, he was even more powerful than these people.

In contrast, no one under Li Chongjiu's command except Yuchi Gong is brave enough to compete with these people.

When Dou Jiande was able to kill Guo Xuan, destroy Wei Daoer, and even Xue Shixiong was defeated by him, it would be a lucky reason. If Li Chongjiu regarded the other party as Wang Xuba's peasant army, he would inevitably suffer a great loss. If Dou Jiande competed with him for Hebei in the future and headed north, Li Chongjiu felt that he had no other way than to mobilize the foreign cavalry from the grassland again to assist in the war.

After Zhao Wansan left, Li Chongjiu was thinking carefully, waiting for Wei Zheng to see him.

Li Chongjiu was chatting with Wei Zheng at the moment.

Li Chongjiu said, "Youzhou is about to pacify now, and Dou Jiande will also unify Hebei. In the future, there will be a battle between me and Dou Jiande. What countermeasures will Wei County Magistrate have?"

Wei Zheng said, "War is about the people, officials, generals, and soldiers. Those who can plan in front of the king are nothing more than choosing the strong generals and elite soldiers."

Li Chongjiu said, "Will the strong general come out?"

Wei Zheng said, "Have you forgotten the four tigers of the Xue family?"

Li Chongjiu said, "How can I not remember? It's just that I was recruiting the ranks before, and none of these four people agreed to become an official."

Wei Zheng bowed and said, "I have heard of this matter. At that time, the emperor was still there, and the Xue family was called loyalty and righteousness, so they could not become officials. Now the Sui Dynasty is no longer there. These four people have a great chance to surrender to us. Why don't you imitate Liu Xuande and visit the cottage three times?"

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "I know that if you can really get a wise man, you can visit the cottage, but you always have to find a proper excuse. If you are rejected again this time, it will be difficult to find the four tigers of the Xue family to come out of the mountain in the future."

Wei Zheng frowned and said, "What the envoy said is very true. A few days ago, I heard that Xue Shixiong was seriously ill. You may take this opportunity to go to the mansion to explore the Xue family's style in this name."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "Good!"

The next day, Li Chongjiu and Wei Zheng joined forces to take a carriage and horse to the Xue Mansion.

Unlike the last time when it was facing a great enemy, this time after hearing the report from the Xue Mansion, the eldest son Xue Wanshu and the second son Xue Wanshu went out to greet each other.

Xue Wanshu and Li Chongjiu are old acquaintances. As for how old Xue Wanshu is slightly inferior to his elder brother, he usually works with literature. Although the Xue family in Hedong has many military generals, there are also scholars as famous as Xue Daoheng, so they can be considered both civil and military.

According to Wei Zheng, the Xue family in Hedong originally came from Shu. The Central Plains clan always called Xue Zhi, and regarded the Xue family as a third-class gentry. However, although it was a third-class gentry, the Xue family in Hedong was very successful. Since the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, many famous officials and generals have emerged, and they have served as governors and county magistrates in the two dynasties. There are as many as twenty or thirty people who have reached the fifth rank or above.

Because of this, the Xue family has the qualifications to be able to make friends with such famous families as the Lu family in Fanyang today.

Seeing Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu and Li Chongjiu bowed to the two of them immediately. Li Chongjiu said, "I heard that Mr. Xue is sick, so I came to visit the house with a famous doctor and a good medicine."

Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu thanked him immediately and welcomed Li Chongjiu into the room.

When we arrived at the inner hall, Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche's two sons were guarding their father's sickbed and feeding them.

When Li Chongjiu saw that the fourth son of the Xue family was very filial to serve his father, he couldn't help but nod. At this time, the ancients' idea was that all filial sons must be loyal ministers, and they should be loyal and filial to others.

Li Chongjiu looked at Xue Shixiong. The tiger general who was famous all over the world and was now as powerful as an old man. When Xue Wanjun served his father to drink porridge, he scooped rice soup into his mouth, but left it out of the corner of his mouth and scattered it on his clothes. There was no such thing as the past.

Li Chongjiu was depressed when he knew that Xue Shixiong was defeated by Dou Jiande, so he became seriously ill.

Li Chongjiu asked the doctor to come forward to treat the doctor. The doctor then stepped forward to prepare for Xue Shixiong to take the pulse. However, Xue Shixiong suddenly opened his eyes, held the doctor's hand with his back hand, and asked, "Tell me, is the Great Sui over? Is the Great Sui over?"

After all, Xue Shixiong was a military general. Although he was sick, he was very strong and he immediately pinched the doctor's hand and clattered.

The doctor could not bear it, and he shouted in pain.
Chapter completed!