In the valley, looking at the strictly guarded Yique Pass, as well as the dry firewood dripping with fire oil on the ground of the Yique Pass, Du Hao and Kou Yan were extremely depressed.

Liu Qi and Xi Li are waiting with a large army.

When Du Yan saw it, he was extremely resentful, and despite the sergeant's obstruction, he stepped forward and pointed at Xi Li and scolded: "Xi Li! You have a good name in vain! The king took you a lot, why did you descend to the Song Dynasty? ”

Xi Li sneered: "The king treats me well? My two brothers have taken refuge in Wang Qing, one has been suppressed in Luoyang, and the other has been stared at as a guard in Yique Pass and has not been allowed to be free, General Du, how does the king treat me well? How is today's Chu army different from the previous Song army? You General Du can fight well, and you also fought this Xijing at the beginning, but what did you get? When you took refuge in Wang Qing, you were a general who commanded 20,000 troops, and you are still now? Why wasn't it you who stayed in Xijing? You ......"

"Shut up!"

Du Bao was furious, "How I Du Bai is my Du Bao's business, don't talk to me, it's you who is talking now!" ”

Xi Li laughed and said: "How I am my Xi Li's business, but it's none of your General Du!" ”

"You ......"

Du Yan was helpless, seeing that the Song army in front of him and above his head was ready, and he didn't want to quarrel with Xi Li, so he had to slowly retreat into the valley again with people.

Walking to the middle of the valley, Kou Yan couldn't help but ask, "Big brother, where are we going now?" ”

Du Yan was silent, and a word came out of his mouth for a long time:

"Wait!"

"Big brother is going to wait for the valley fire to go out by itself?"

"That's the only way!"

Kou Yan asked again: "But there are still rolling logs and stones on the top of the mountain, how can the Song army watch us leave?" ”

"Now I can't do anything!" Du Yan said sadly, "I didn't expect you and my brother to be free for a lifetime, and today I have fallen to this, panicking like a lost dog!" ”

Kou Yan couldn't bear it, raised his head and said, "Big brother...... Or ......"

"Say no more!"

Du Yan shook his head firmly.

"There is nothing that the king cannot stand up to me, I cannot do such unfaithful and unrighteous deeds!"

"Big brother!" Kou Yan persuaded, "What Xi Li said is not unreasonable, the king reuses the eldest brother in the open, and has been secretly on guard, and the eldest brother has nothing to be sorry for him, and he doesn't owe him anything, so why bother to seek death for him?" ”

"Besides, the second, third, and fourth children have all been arrested, doesn't the eldest brother care?"

Du Bo was silent.

Kou Yan said again: "Big brother! I just heard the Song general say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"

"That's right! It should be Zhao Huan who has arrived! He put his father Zhao Ji under house arrest in Tokyo a month ago, and became a prisoner himself, and now he is not much different from being an emperor. ”

"But I heard that Zhao Ji is not doing well in Tokyo, and Zhao Huan is much better than him?"

Du Yan shook his head: "But he always put his father under house arrest!" Although I am not a pedantic person, but he is always unfilial to do this, and it is difficult for people to trust people who are not filial, who knows how he will treat the people around him after he becomes the emperor? I can't believe in an unfilial person! ”

When Kou Yan heard this, he shook his head secretly, and he didn't persuade anymore.

He still knows very well what his eldest brother's temperament is, when his father and mother were alive, he only knew how to dance with guns and sticks, make friends with heroes, and rarely go home; His home was originally remote, but one day he suddenly came home and saw that his father and mother had died at home for many days, and immediately regretted it, knelt in front of the grave for three days and three nights, and finally fainted and was carried home.

Since then, Du Xue suddenly woke up, and the whole person has changed his appearance, not only modest and studious, but also sincere and kind to the people around him, and the people around him are willing to follow him, and gradually form a climate.

The only regret is that I am still obsessed with the fact that there was no one around my parents when they died, and once I heard that someone around me was unfilial, I would immediately blow up my hair, and nine times out of ten I would take someone to teach that person a lesson.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Du Xue will surrender to Zhao Huan.

"Big brother! Since you don't surrender, leave the army behind and go! ”

"What nonsense? How could I run away alone? Du Xue immediately refused.

Kou Yan patiently persuaded: "Big brother, it's good for everyone that you escaped!" If you don't leave, the brothers will not surrender, and in this valley they will either starve to death or be stoned and burned to death by the Song army, and it will be difficult to escape! Only when you leave, the brothers will surrender, so that not only the loyalty of the eldest brother can be preserved, but also the lives of the brothers! ”

Well?

How else can it be explained?

Du Xue was stunned, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it.

According to the fifth child, is it right for me to leave my brothers alone?

Yes, I'll go, everyone surrendered smoothly to save their lives, it seems to be nothing.

"Do you really think so?" Du Xue was a little hesitant.

"Really! Anyway, you can't fight, and if you don't surrender, you will die in vain? Big brother, let's go! I remember that there was a place where the situation was relatively low-lying, and it was not difficult to leave with the efforts of my eldest brother; As soon as the eldest brother leaves, I will take the brothers to surrender! ”

Kou Yan pulled Du Xue all the way to the valley recess, pointed to it and said, "Only here is it possible to climb out, Song Jun must not have thought that the eldest brother is not bad, so he will not be guarded!" The eldest brother went up quickly, and it was too late to leave when Song Jun came. ”

Du Xue hesitated again and again, and finally couldn't stand Kou Yan's hard persuasion, and said, "Take care, brother!" If you work well for the Great Song Dynasty, you may not be able to get ahead in the future! The eldest brother was disheartened and went back to the mountains and forests! "Rubbing" jumped up the valley.

"Big brother! Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! I still have to go to the king and start over! ”

Kou Xuan shouted at Du Xue's back, Seeing Du Xue disappear, he turned back to his subordinate sergeants and said, "Today is a dead end, but there is still a glimmer of life, and this glimmer of life is in Zhao Huan's heart of surrender!" ”

"I know that many of my brothers have parents, wives and children at home, and it is my wish to have a life. Let's divide into two groups, one group of those who are willing to surrender, and the other group of those who are not willing to surrender. Later, let's go to Yique Pass, those who are willing to surrender will surrender directly, and those who are not willing to surrender will take the opportunity to rush through the pass and create chaos. The defenders of Yique Pass are busy collecting and surrendering the army, they must be unprepared, as long as the gate is opened, we will become, and bring Nanfeng Mansion to give the credit to the eldest brother, so that the eldest brother will not escape alone, but raid back, and the king will not be able to punish him! ”

Someone asked, "Why don't you talk to your eldest brother about this?" ”

Kou Yan shook his head: "Big brother, you still don't understand, he is loyal and upright, and he has the ability, but he is too sincere, how can he do such a repetitive thing?" I'll do it anyway! ”

"Good! Just listen to the fifth brother! ”

Kou Yan immediately divided the people, and most of them were willing to surrender, and only five or six thousand people were unwilling to surrender. Kou Yan didn't force it, and came to Yique Pass as he just said.