Dou Xianniang was dressed in military uniform, and came to Xingyang City under the escort of dozens of internal guards.

Because in recent days, ordinary soldiers often jumped over the wall and surrendered to the Sui army. Therefore, Dou Jiande specially sent his most trusted general, his brother-in-law Cao Dan, to serve as the chief general of the city defense to curb the surrender of the soldiers out of the city.

Seeing that dozens of Sui cavalry suddenly came from under the city, Cao Dan immediately drew his sword in his hand and shouted at the city: "Stop coming, otherwise you will die under the random arrows." ”

When Dou Xianniang heard Cao Dan's voice, she immediately raised her head and shouted: "Uncle, don't let go of the arrow, it's me, Xianniang!" ”

"Line girl?"

Cao Dan was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly poked his head out to look down, but saw a female general in silver armor surrounded by dozens of cavalry Sui troops, who was his niece Dou Xianniang, and shouted happily: "Xianniang, it's really you!" ”

When Dou Xianniang saw Cao Dan poking his head out on the city wall, she immediately shouted loudly: "Uncle, it's me." Father, is he okay? Can you bother Uncle Lao to talk to him and ask him to come out and see him? ”

"Okay, Xianniang, you wait, I'll go and ask King Xia to come out!"

Cao Dan answered, hurriedly descended the city wall, and ran towards the city in a puff of smoke.

It didn't take long for Dou Jiande, who got Cao Dan's report, to trot all the way up the city wall, and when he looked down, he saw that the female general surrounded by the Sui army under the city was his own pearl Dou Xianniang. Deng Shi was ecstatic and shouted, "Line Niang! ”

"Father!"

Dou Xianniang also saw her father Dou Jiande appearing in the city, and she also shouted, tears rolling down her eyes.

The father and daughter reunited after a long absence, and they were all in tears for a while, and they still didn't look at each other for a long time.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Zhu Di, who was beside Dou Jiande, coughed lightly, pulled Dou Jiande back from the excitement of seeing his daughter, and turned his head to Dou Xianniang under the city and asked: "Your Royal Highness, the last general heard that you were captured by Yang Gao's thief last year, and he was forcibly accepted as a concubine after being escorted back to Jiangdu City." Why did you suddenly come here today? ”

Dou Jiande was woken up by Zhu Di's words, and suddenly remembered that his daughter had another identity, and hurriedly asked: "Yes, informant, why did Yang Gao'er let you come back?" ”

Dou Xianniang hurriedly wiped the tears on her face, cleared her throat and shouted: "Father, my daughter came to persuade her father to surrender this time on the orders of His Majesty!" ”

"Bastard!"

Dou Jiande's face couldn't help but sink when he heard this, and there was no longer any joy on his face, so he raised his face and shouted: "Line Niang, what are you talking about?" If it weren't for Emperor Sui's mediocrity back then, how could Lone rebel, and how could he surrender to Yang Gao's milky and undried child now? ”

Dou Xianniang's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she continued to persuade her to surrender loudly: "Father, now that the Tang army has retreated back to Guanzhong, you no longer have any foreign aid, and there are more than 200,000 Sui troops outside the city, and it is definitely not my father who can resist." His Majesty has promised his daughter that as long as her father is willing to submit to the Great Sui, not only will he not hold her father accountable for his past crimes, but he will also reward her father heavily. ”

Bang!

Dou Jiande smashed his fist on the city wall with hatred, and scolded angrily: "You evil obstacle, have you forgotten the relatives who died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Sui army back then? If you don't avenge them, it doesn't matter, but you are still committed to serving the thief, which is really a shame for my Dou Jiande. ”

Dou Xianniang was scolded by Dou Jiande with tears in her eyes, but she still raised her head and persuaded Dou Jiande: "Father, Your Majesty was still young back then, and these things have nothing to do with him. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has always worked hard to make the country prosperous, and his daughter believes that he will be a virtuous king. ”

Dou Jiande was so angry that he shook his sleeve robe, and said coldly: "Since you believe in Yang Gao's thief so much, then you can be his concubine in the future, and I will not have you as a daughter!" Without looking back, he went down the city wall.

"Father!"

When Dou Xianniang heard Dou Jiande's last words, she was so shocked that she covered her face with her hands, and tears kept sliding down her fingertips.

At this time, Cao Dan poked his head out again and said lightly to Dou Xianniang: "Xianniang, you can go." You know your father's temper, and no matter how much you persuade him, it's useless. Go back quickly, don't embarrass your uncle. ”

"Thank you, uncle!"

Dou Xianniang bowed deeply to Cao Dan and left with tears in her eyes under the escort of the internal guards.

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In the middle of the night, in an inconspicuous mansion in Xingyang City, Wang Zuo, an important strategist of the former Wagang Army, was drinking alone. Today, Dou Xianniang persuaded to surrender under the city, although Dou Jiande did not agree to surrender, but Dou Xianniang persuaded him to surrender, and the morale in the city was greatly hit. Imagine that even Dou Jiande's biological daughter is not optimistic about the current form, so who can hope for the Central Plains war situation?

Wang Zuo gulped the wine into his mouth and muttered: "If it wasn't for the promotion and reuse of King Wei back then, where would there be today's Wang Zuo." King Wei died tragically at the hands of Yang Gao, this revenge will not be avenged, my Wang Zuo swears not to be a man! ”

Wang Zuo poured two more sips of wine, and said helplessly: "It's a pity that the sky has no eyes." I thought that Dou Jiande in Hebei Province was strong, and with the help of this person, he would be able to avenge the King of Wei, but I didn't expect to be forced to such a point by the Sui army. Revenge is on the horizon! ”

Wang Zuo drank a few more glasses alone, and suddenly a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and he suddenly had an idea: "When I was watching "Spring and Autumn", I read a story about breaking off his arm and stabbing Qingji. Why don't I learn from him and cut off his own arm, and then sneak into the Sui camp. Find an opportunity to get to Yang Gao's side, take the opportunity to stab him to death with a sword, and avenge the King of Wei. ”

Wang Zuo, who had made up his mind, drank more than a dozen bowls of wine, took off the armor on his body with the strength of the wine, pulled out the sword from his waist, and cut off his left arm with a sword.

After cutting off his left arm with a sword, Wang Zuoqiang endured the sharp pain from the wound, tore off the broken arm, pulled off an old battle robe, wrapped it, and hid it in his sleeve. A person went out of the room and quietly rushed to Dou Jiande's handsome mansion to ask to see Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande was upset because of his daughter's affairs and had not yet gone to bed, and when he heard that Wang Zuo asked to see him, he asked people to come in to meet him.

After a while, a few guards led Wang Zuo in, Dou Jiande didn't know if he didn't see it, he was startled when he saw it, Wang Zuo who walked in was pale and covered in blood, and suddenly got up and asked in surprise: "Sir, what's going on?" ”

Wang Zuo knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "King Qiyu, since King Wei was killed, the lower official King Duomeng Xia has taken care of him, and he has not been able to repay him. At present, the situation in the Central Plains is worrying, and Weichen is willing to follow the feat of wanting to leave Qingji in the past, go to Sui Ying to surrender, see the opportunity to act, and share the worries of King Xia! ”

"Sir, what's the matter?"

Dou Jiande sighed and waved his hand helplessly, "That's it, Mr. has now cut off his left arm, and he must have made up his mind, even if he stops alone, it is useless." I only hope that the sky will pity Mr. and live up to Mr.'s sacrifice. ”

Wang Zuo bowed deeply towards Dou Jiande and said, "Weichen, thank you Xia Wang Chengquan!" ”