Youzhou Governor's Mansion.

Li Chongjiu took a break from his busy schedule and savored tea with Yang Ehuang and Shi Deyun.

Shi Deyun grew up drinking milk tea made from horse milk on the grassland since she was a child, but Yang Ehuang was born in the Central Plains. She has long been accustomed to making tea with tea soaked in water, so in their eyes, Li Chongjiu's way of drinking tea is very strange.

"Husband, how do you drink tea directly with tea leaves? " Yang Ehuang couldn't help but ask.

Li Chongjiu put down the teacup, touched the short beard on his chin and said, "Well, this is the way for people in Sichuan and Shu to drink tea. They do not grind the tea into powder, but directly brew it to drink the soup."

"This is the first time I have heard of it." Yang Ehuang had never heard of it. She didn't know that this was the way to drink tea a thousand years later.

Shi Deyun suddenly started to laugh. When Yang Ehuang saw Shi Deyun laughing, she asked without a smile: "Why are sister laughing?"

Shi Deyun pursed her lips and said, "I have only heard of boiling medicine and juice and drinking soup. Isn't drinking tea a good thing to drink medicine?"

Li Chongjiu laughed when he heard this, and Yang Ehuang couldn't help but smile. She took Li Chongjiu's tea cup, put it on her lips and slapped it in a small mouth: "Although this tea soup is less tea-colored and has a lighter and bitter taste, it has a real fragrance, and it has a taste of returning to nature."

When Li Chongjiu heard Yang Ehuang's words, he couldn't help but feel deeply moved by my heart. Modern people's way of drinking tea originated in the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, tea merchants often grow tea with sprinkled pesticides or industrial pollution. Therefore, it is not easy to drink the original tea thousands of years ago.

After hearing Yang Ehuang's words, Shi Deyun also took Li Chongjiu's teacup, took a sip, and frowned slightly, as if she was still not withstand the bitter taste in the tea.

Li Chongjiu saw two faint lip marks on the edge of the teacup, but his heart felt warm. He reached under the table and pressed the thighs of the two women. Yang Ehuang, and Shi Deyun couldn't help but look shy on her face.

Li Chongjiu was very happy. Just as he was about to take the next move, someone outside the door reported: "Report to Duke Shanggu, Yanmen County is a great victory!"

Li Chongjiu nodded when he heard this and said, "I know, I'll come immediately."

Seeing that Li Chongjiu was about to leave, the two girls couldn't help but feel reluctant to leave. The battle was going on for more than ten days. Li Chongjiu had only had a break today to spend some time with the two, but they were about to leave in a blink of an eye, so how could they give up?

Looking at the earnest gazes of the two, Li Chongjiu couldn't help but want to stay for a while, but when the war was in full swing, he left the room.

Li Chongjiu walked outside the door and saw Wen Yanbo and Ji Chuan both being outside the door, with a happy expression on his face.

"I reported to Duke Shanggu, Ying Fu from outside Yanmen County, and Gao Chu heard the news of a great victory." Wen Yanbo said.

"Tell me." Although I was expecting it, Li Chongjiu was still very happy when he heard the news of the victory.

"After a battle between Yanmen and Fanshi, Liu Wuzhou led more than 7,000 enemy troops to attack the city. The commander Gao Chu defended the city for five days, and ordered more than 1,000 casualties from Liu Wuzhou. Later, the commander Ying Hefu, Yan Yelei and Sun Erniang led the grassland cavalry and more than 13,000 troops to arrive. Most of the 7,000 cavalry of Liu Wuzhou were annihilated."

"Kill more than 2,000 enemies and more than 3,500 enemies were captured. Only more than 1,000 cavalrymen escaped. Liu Wuzhou and his generals died in battle, and the bodies were all restrained. Liu Wuzhou's corpse and the wolf-headed flag of the Turkic Khan were also sent to Youzhou. Our cavalry suffered 500 casualties, and more than one-third of the soldiers guarding the city were killed and killed."

When Li Chongjiu heard the news of Liu Wuzhou's death in battle, he couldn't help laughing loudly. Whenever there was a big battle in Youzhou, Liu Wuzhou would come to attack the border, and this happened every year for three years.

Liu Wuzhou had Turks who were in charge of it, so he was not afraid. If he took the initiative to attack, he would be intervened by the Turks. But now he used Dou Jiande to invade and made a plan with Ying Hefu to lure Liu Wuzhou to Yanmen, and his army annihilated the city of Fanshi.

If Liu Wuzhou had no intention of taking advantage of the situation and attacking Youzhou, how could he have today? Now that the worries are gone, how can he be unhappy?

Ji Chuan said, "Report to the lord, if Dou Jiande learns that our main force of cavalry is not in Youzhou, but in Yanmen, he will definitely dispatch the entire army and go north to fight us. At this moment, Ying Hefu must be ordered to speed up his return to aid."

Wen Yanbo said, "Yes, now that Liu Wuzhou has died Monday, most of the main force has been wiped out. Song Jingang, who attacked Lingqiu County, also retreated to return. In Mayi, the ones who are in charge of the overall situation are Liu Wuzhou's brother-in-law, the inner historian Yuan Junzhang, and the general Gao Manzheng. After Liu Wuzhou's death, Yuan Junzhang and Gao Manzheng will definitely compete with Song Jingang for power. Liu Junzhang was too busy to take care of himself and would not invade our Yanmen border again. Therefore, the lord can turn Yanmen and Shanggu to guard against Liu Wuzhou's military strength to Youzhou, and prepare for a decisive battle with Dou Jiande."

"Good." Li Chongjiu slapped his knees and said yes.

Li Chongjiu said immediately: "Send the order to let Ying Hefu, Yan Yelei, Sun Erniang and the Wansheng Army of the foreign cavalry take the way from Feihu Road and speed up to Yi County. At the same time, he ordered Chen Ke, the commander stationed in Feihu County, and Zhao Quanting, the deputy commander, to lead 2,500 soldiers to Yi County to guard Yishui with Wang Mahan."

"No." Ji Chuan and Wen Yanbo said it was.

Gaoyang City.

At dusk, there were several tents in a forest outside the city.

The elite cavalry of the Xia army was patrolling around, and the bonfire was lit between the tents. Dou Jiande, Liu Heita, Zhang Xuansu, Song Zhengben and other confidant officials were baking hunting rabbit meat by the bonfire.

Dou Jiande and his generals reminisce about the past, and when they were happy, bursts of hearty laughter came from time to time

Dou Jiande smiled and looked at everyone, saying, "I, Dou Jiande, was originally a commoner, and I had no ambitions. When I touched Yang Gongsun, it was my friend. When the tyrant ruler conquered Liaodong and selected the people, he was here. However, that year, the Zhang River flooded and the eldest brother Sun had passed the water, so he prayed to the county magistrate for exemption from the service. However, the county magistrate refused. Instead, he falsely accused Brother Sun of stealing the sheep from the neighbor's house. Not only did he put Brother Sun in prison, but his wife and children were also arrested and brought to prison. Brother Sun's wife starved to death with his six-year-old child..."

Dou Jiande paused when he said that, and he sighed when he thought of the past. Everyone stopped talking and laughing, showing a look of listening.

"After hearing this, Brother Sun was furious and killed the dog official. After Brother Sun killed the official, he defected to me. I told him that the emperor conquered Liao, and the world was in chaos. If her husband did not die, he should make great contributions. How could he be a fugitive? But if things change, it would not be too late to go out again. Later, Brother Sun entered Gaojipo. Because the dog official slandered him to steal sheep, he simply called himself Moyang Gong and robbed him around. Because I had an old age with Brother Sun, only my hometown was not attacked. However, the county magistrate was urging by his superiors. He could not get Brother Sun, so he could only find good people to punish me and punish me for collusion with bandits. Fortunately, I was not at home at that time and escaped, but all the more than 200 people in my Dou clan were killed by the dog official."

"Dog official. Damn it!" Everyone couldn't help but feel sad and angry when they heard this.

Dou Jiande remembered the burning of his hometown and the death and injuries of his tribe, and he couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "Everyone knows what happened later. After the tribe was slaughtered, I defected to Brother Gao and started a rebellion. Two years ago, I took revenge and killed the dog official family. It's ridiculous. Others laughed at me, Dou Jiande, who also wanted to seize the world, yes. I was not a person with great ambitions, and I was desperate to do things at the beginning. If it weren't for Brother Sun, Brother Gao, and Brother Gao, respecting me, Dou, as a man, how could I have today?"

Speaking of this, everyone was silent.

Dou Jiande said in a deep voice: "The defeat of the Sui Yang was due to the policy of disturbing the people's business. He built many ponds and visited the expeditions, so that the people could not cultivate and the girls could not weave silkworms. I, Dou Jiande, was not talented. Today, I will sweep all directions and sank the world. After the chaos, I will rest and recuperate. I will not let the people fight on the battlefield thousands of miles away, but work among the people. My wife and daughter will not worry about their husbands. I can raise mulberry trees at home, so that the people will no longer suffer from the pain of bumpy and dislocation. You can help me."

"I am willing to share your worries for Your Majesty." The generals replied passionately.

Zhang Xuansu said, "Your Majesty wants to sweep the world, and you must unify Hebei first. If Hebei is unified, you must take Youzhou and complete the dangers of Yanyun, and be the guardian of advance and retreat in the future."

Dou Jiande nodded and said, "Yes, yesterday I got the news that Liu Wuzhou was caught in Yanmen. The ambush of Li Chongjiu's main cavalry was almost destroyed, and the man was not in the formation. Liu Wuzhou surrendered to the Turks and was willing to drive the foreign people. It is not worth mercy to die. However, Li Chongjiu invaded our army, but he endured it and ambushed the main cavalry to Yanmen. Even Liu Wuzhou was destroyed. This man was scheming and wise, and was far above Liu Wuzhou, and he was really a strong enemy."

"Your Majesty, how can Li Chongjiu fight again? How can he compare to Xue Shixiong? We destroyed Xue Shixiong's 30,000 troops in one battle. Is Li Chongjiu's troops more elite than Xue Shixiong's mansion today?" He spoke with Cao Dan, his wife's brother.

Zhang Xuansu said: "What General Cao said is very true. Now our army's power is far above the beginning, and Li Chongjiu's main cavalry is now in Yanmen. If he rushed to Youzhou, it would be exhausted. Our army can take this opportunity to attack the key points of Youzhou, break the main force, and decide Hebei in one battle."

All the generals asked for a fight. Although Li Chongjiu defeated Liu Wuzhou, he avoided the worries of the main cavalry. At this time, Dou Jiande did not have to worry. His light cavalry harassed the food road in the rear and could lead a large army north to fight Li Chongjiu to determine the outcome.

Dou Jiande's eyes swept across everyone, a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and he shouted: "What everyone said is that I have decided, the army will set sail tomorrow and fight with Youzhou!"

The first year of Wufeng, October.

Dou Jiande's main force finally dispatched nearly a month after Gaoyang, and the army of 100,000 set out from Gaoyang County, passed Qingyuan, passed Suicheng, and went straight to the banks of the Yishui River.

At the same time, after Li Chongjiu learned that Dou Jiande's main force was dispatched, he also sent troops from Ji County, led 8,000 prefecture troops from Ji County, arrived in Yi County through Zhuo County, and met with Wang Mahan, Chen Ke and Zhao Quanting. The grassland cavalry led by Ying Hefu was on the way.
Chapter completed!