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It was already very late at night, but Dou Jiande was not sleepy in the temporary palace of Dou Jiande in Xingyang. Dou Jiande was in charge of the court, but he did not completely lose himself in power and desire like a poor man who was once rich. Dou Jiande was still Dou Jiande in the past, and he had a very good habit. He would finish his work today no matter how late he would not leave it until tomorrow.

Even if the emperor personally fought and was on the front line, he not only had to worry about the military on the front line, but also had to worry about the incidents in the 39 Hebei provinces in the rear. Although his words, Song Zhengben was only a county magistrate, he was a talented person who managed the 39 Hebei provinces in an orderly manner.

When he learned that Li Shimin was fighting against Wang Shichong in the east, Dou Jiande led a 100,000 army to advance westward. He had the intention of rescuing Wang Shichong. In fact, more consideration was to fight abroad to avoid the war spreading to Hebei and give Hebei's fellow villagers a peaceful and stable living environment.

The memorials that Dou Jiande watched were actually completed in spring farming in various places. Because Yang Guang fought against Goguryeo three times, Hebei's materials and human resources were almost exhausted, and Dou Jiande defeated Hebei was actually a mess. In order to improve the livelihood of the 39 Hebei provinces, Dou Jiande also took great pains to improve the livelihood of the 39 states of Hebei.

When accepting words, the official of the mouthpiece will listen to the words of the lower ones and accept them by the upper ones, and be trusted by them. The Song Dynasty did not disappoint Dou Jiande's trust. He implemented the equal-land system in the thirty-nine prefectures of Hebei, and adopted the same rental modulation as Li Tang. What is slightly different from Li Tang was that Dou Jiande stipulated that Ding Man was over 16 (18 years old in the Tang Dynasty) and granted 100 mu of land, of which 20 mu were Yongye land and 80 mu were the land. After his death, he returned the land. The government collected rent and mediocre adjustment from the people based on the records of land granting. Regardless of the rich and the poor, a fixed amount of rent and mediocre adjustment will be paid.

What is slightly different from Li Tang is that Dou Jiande's civil and military officials were not as bloated as the Tang Dynasty, and there were far fewer nobles than Li Tang. The Li family in Longyou was a very large family. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan conferred the titles of fourteen founding heroes and the 14 dukes of the country. However, Li Yuan only conferred his son as kings as kings, twenty-four princesses and nineteen princesses (not titled). In addition, he also conferred three brothers including Liang King Li Cheng, Shu King Li Zhan, Han King Li Hong. If the cousin princes are included, the Duke of the Kingdom will be no less than forty.

The Li Tang clan family was more than a hundred times that of Dou Jiande and Dou clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan clan

It is precisely because the royal family hardly consumed taxes that Dou Jiande rented mere land rents only one half of that of Li Tang. He rented a hundred acres of land and was equivalent to one dou per acre. It was about one-thirty of the farmers' income that was paid, and the others were responsible for themselves. However, it is precisely because of this low tax system that fugitives who were hiding wars or famines in Hebei returned one after another.

How did Liu Heita raise the flag to rebel against the Tang Dynasty after Dou Jiande was killed? In just half a year, not only did he restore Hebei during the Dou Jiande period and the 39 states of the Central Plains, but he almost subverted Li Tang? I believe everyone has understood now, because the people are the most pragmatic, and they don’t care who is the emperor, but who is good to them can clearly distinguish them.

The memorial sent by Song Zhengben made Dou Jiande feel like he had eaten honey. In the words of later generations, the situation was very good. There were 4.6 million people registered in Dingkou, Hebei, which means that even if there was only one stone tax per 100 acres, Dou Jiande could still obtain 4.6 million stones of food, and it was more than enough to support his 300,000 army.

However, just when Dou Jiande looked at the last memorial left, Ling Jing's voice rang outside the palace: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, please rest early!"

"Ling Jiji, I'm a little hungry. Let's have some midnight snack before sleeping!" Dou Jiande suddenly felt a little hungry and said to the attendant beside him: "Go and pass on two bowls of soup cakes!"

Soup cakes are the noodles from later generations. However, the soup cakes at this time were a bit like the belt noodles in Xi'an, both wide and thick, but the taste was really good.

Ling Jing was not too surprised, after all, Dou Jiande had no airs. Not to mention that he was a priest, even if he was an ordinary big-headed soldier, Dou Jiande would chat with them and eat and sleep with them.

After a while, the servant came in slowly with two bowls of steaming bread.

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

"Your Majesty, it's time to have a meal!" Ling Jing realized something was wrong and his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Wang Shichong was defeated again?

Dou Jiande said angrily: "Even a meal, I can't be at ease!"

"Your Majesty, is it that Zheng State has suffered another defeat?" Ling Jing asked cautiously.

Dou Jiande shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The situation is worse than the defeat of Zheng State!"

Ling Jing's heart sank and said with a serious expression: "Hebei... has changed!"

Dou Jiande sighed slowly and said, "Although it is not far away!"

Speaking of the memorial in Ling Jing's hand, to be precise, this is a letter of nationality.

Ling Jing opened it casually, looked at the beginning only, and his eyelids twitched: "Is Chuluo Khan dead?"

Dou Jiande nodded and said, "Yes, Chu Luo is dead. According to the Turkic tradition, Chu Luo is dead. His son should succeed to the throne. However, Turkic Princess Kedun Yicheng despised AoShi's ugly and cowardly, so he did not make him the Khan, but his brother Duo. Now Princess Yicheng has the second largest strength in the Turkic state and has won the allegiance of four Khans. She supports Duo, and AoShi has no choice but to do anything. Now Duo officially ascends to the throne of Khan and is called Jieli Khan."

Ling Jing hesitated and said, "Your Majesty is worried, Duo... Jie Li Khan may be unfavorable to our Daxia!"

"Impossible, but certain!" Dou Jiande was actually very hesitant. After all, he really didn't want to give up the opportunity in front of him. Although he had already made a small frustration in front of the Mo Dao Army, he had now found a way to restrain the Mo Dao Army. That is, fire attack. No matter how strong the armor of the Mo Dao Army is, it cannot be cut in with a knife or stabbed through the gun. However, facing the fire, the soldiers of the Mo Dao Army are also flesh and blood, and they must not be able to withstand the heat and burning of the flames.

As long as he suddenly attacks Li Shimin with Wang Shichong, Li Shimin will be defeated. In that case, he can compete with the Turks.

Ling Jing murmured: "Your Majesty wants to withdraw your troops?"

"Oh... I'm not willing to give up." Dou Jiande sighed and said, "This matter cannot be dragged just like this. Now the Twelve Turkic Khans have gone to Dingxiang. They are both Luo Khan and New Khan for the mourning office. These Khans will definitely not go empty-handedly. They will at least carry more than 10,000 troops. In this way, in just one month, the Turkic troops gathered near Dingxiang will have more than 200,000 troops. Once Jie Li turns his back, our Hebei will be under the attack of his troops! The most important thing is that I have lost patience with the war in the world and cannot be dragged down again! It's time to end the war once and for all!"

Ling Jing said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty issued an edict to Liu Heita, the general manager of the military commander of the army, and took the Yutao to move the troops out of the main camp of Juyongguan.

Dou Jiande's face froze immediately.

The military capital is also the eighth pass of the Taihang Mountains, and is called the military capital. The military capital is in charge, which means that Liu Heita is in charge of the entire Hebei defense.

Dou Jiande hesitated and said, "But...but, Liu Heita has only 40,000 troops and horses. He is afraid he has to defend a land of thousands of miles. "

Ling Jing frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that a cavalry in Liu Heita's army, named Su Dingfang, can be powerful in five stones and is brave enough to win the three armies. You can send your representative to congratulate Jie Li Khan on his new ascending to the throne. He will take the opportunity to imitate the old story of Fu Jiezi!"

Fu Jiezi was a famous diplomat in the Western Han Dynasty. At that time, the most outstanding thing he did was to kill King Loulan and establish the Loulan King Proton as the king.

Dou Jiande naturally listened to Ling Jing's words. This was to ask Su Dingfang to take the opportunity to steal the Turks by congratulating Jie Li Khan. As one of the Turks' Khan, the Turks has a certain strength and a certain human foundation. Since the Turks can support puppets, such as Liang Shidu, Liu Wuzhou, and Xue Ju, can't he support the Turks' puppets?

Even if Ao Shooting is incompetent, as long as he is in his hands, he can at least cause some trouble for Jie Li.

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The hedgehog array set up by Li Shimin, Wang Shichong was a dog biting a hedgehog and had nowhere to mouth. Just when Li Shimin thought that Wang Shichong had no choice, at this time, dense pits appeared on the official road. The area of ​​these pits was not large or deep, at most two feet deep, and it did not have much impact on people's walking, but it was a fatal impact on Li Shimin's cart.

The most pitfall is that these pits are dug vertically downwards, and as long as the wheels are trapped in, there is no way to push them out. Li Shimin only needs to move forward and fill in the road. In this way, the already slow hedgehog array is like a turtle crawling.

During the whole day, Li Shimin walked more than thirty miles away. At this time, there were still about forty miles away from Xin'an.

However, when Li Shimin was so angry that he was smoking, there were dense crowds of horses on the official road (if friends who don’t know about horses can be Baidu, no explanation here). Zheng army soldiers used horses to block the official roads, and archers shot behind me, constantly firing arrows at the Tang army. The extremely large horse-rejected rifle was on the horses, flashing a terrifying cold light.

As the saying goes, the military power is like chess. When Li Shimin did not plunge into the trap set up in Tanlong Valley as Wang Shichong expected, under the temptation of the Heluo Left Army, as Wang Shichong expected. He also adjusted the deployment in time. He placed the battlefield on a flat ground thirty miles east of Xin'an.

When the Tang army soldiers were thinking about how to solve the troubles caused by the Zheng army soldiers, they heard a harsh whistling sound. Several sharp arrows more than six feet long came through the air and nailed to the shield of the cart. The thick shield penetrated with one shot and broke open!

"It's a bed crossbow!" Cheng Zhijie was shocked and sweated. If he hadn't flashed quickly, this crossbow gun could have penetrated him. Don't look at him wearing two layers of heavy armor, under the crossbow gun of this bed crossbow, armor is a joke.

In fact, without Cheng Zhijie shouting, the soldiers already understood. Only the crossbow of the bed can shoot such sharp arrows like short spears!

Before he could come back to his senses, another bed crossbow fired, and three arrows were fired at once. A horse pulling the cart was smashed to pieces, and the skull splashed out. The mule and horse fell down with a bang, and the cart was extremely moved. This was not the most deadly. The most deadly thing was a bed crossbow even shot a crossbow gun more than six feet long. This crossbow gun passed through the gap between the large train and shot into the middle of the Tang army infantry.

A Tang soldier's upper body was torn apart, and blood rain splashed five or six feet high. The blood-carred crossbow gun was still speeding and shot into the chest of a gangster, leading his feet to fly back several meters away from the ground, and pierced a string of spearman behind him!

Wang Shichong was not a Turkic person. Although he was a Hu person, he inherited a large amount of the inheritance of the Sui Dynasty, such as the military weapon supervisor in the eastern capital Luoyang. After Yang Guang ascended the throne, he moved the political center of the Sui Dynasty from Chang'an to the eastern capital Luoyang, so Luoyang City was the most powerful city of the Sui Dynasty. For example, most of the outstanding craftsmen were concentrated in Luoyang, not Chang'an.

Continuous bed crossbows roared from the Zheng army formation and attacked Li Shimin's army formation. Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Lying 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 knew that the bed crossbow could not cause damage to targets below three feet, the Tang army soldiers were penetrated into blood gourds before they could react.

"Bang!" Qin Qiong raised his steel halberd and smashed it at a flying crossbow gun. However, the crossbow gun was only hit by a crooked edge, but Qin Qiong's tiger mouth burst. The bed crossbow is also known as the Eight Cow crossbow, which is known as the Eight Cow power. Of course, it is a bit exaggerated. There should still be five or six cows. The Jin Dynasty also called it Wanjun, which is equivalent to four hundred stones, which is eighty times that of Qin Qiong's five stone iron arch.

Seeing Qin Qiong's mouth bleeding, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Bed crossbow counterattack!"

The Tang army's bed crossbow took advantage of the reload of the Zheng army's bed crossbow to complete the shooting range adjustment. With the loud bang bang, the Tang army's bed crossbow made a deafening roar.

The six-foot-long crossbow gun shot out. Since the Zheng army soldiers did not form a dense formation like the Tang army, most of the bed crossbows in a hurry were lost because of insufficient accuracy, but two of them hit the obstacles. The pinnacle stakes were broken as soon as they hit, and the horse was rubbed and immediately fell apart! There was also a crossbow gun that had hit the great fortune, so it was so accurate that it could not be shot on a bed crossbow. With a loud noise, the bed crossbow was shot into pieces, and the sharp wood chips shot at the Zheng army soldiers, and suddenly there was a ghost howling. Several Zheng army soldiers were covered with wooden thorns on their faces, covering their blinded eyes and wailing.

However, at this time, Zheng Jun's bed crossbow that had been loaded once again roared, and Li Shimin's soul was rising.

However, this time, luck once again favored Wang Shichong. A thick crossbow gun shot Li Shimin's big bell. It was like a flagpole as thick as a goose egg, which broke in response to the sound.

If you want to aim at the flagpole with a crossbow, it is purely bullshit. When shooting the bed crossbow, it depends entirely on your feelings. However, the crossbowman of Zheng Jun's bed crossbow was really lucky. A crossbow shot off Li Shimin's flagpole. This time, it really took the life of the Tang army soldiers.

The soldiers of the Tang army had no idea why Li Shimin's big deeds were lost, but there was only one situation in which the big deeds were brought down, that is, the main general was killed.

Seeing everyone around Tang soldiers showing fear and worry, Li Shimin's face turned pale, and then turned from white to red. Li Shimin had just opened his mouth and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Chapter completed!