"No! Father, how could a child do such a thing! Zu Zeqing denied it.

"Really?"

"Not really!"

"Then how did He Zhongjun die?" Zu Dashou said coldly, he still can't accept the fact that He Kegang is dead, after all, they are old brothers who have been fighting together for many years, thinking that his Zu Dashou, He Kegang, Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui and others were all capable generals under Yuan Chonghuan's supervisor's account, and fighting with Jiannu together can be described as a fighting friendship for the rest of his life.

"This ...... The child doesn't know, it may be that He Zhongjun has not eaten meat for many days, and his body is too weak, and he may have drunk a little too much broth this time, so he will have diarrhea too much! Zu Zeqing's eyes flickered.

"Are you saying that He Zhongjun died after diarrhea and prostration?" Zu Dashou said in surprise, then thought about it, pulled his face and said, "Did you mean that your father hurt him?" ”

"No, no, no, my father is compassionate to the soldiers, and a bowl of soup has to be given to He Zhongjun to drink, that is his care and compassion, how can it be said that his father harmed him! It's a pity that He Zhongjun is not able to make up for it, and his life is not good, so he has no blessing to suffer, and he can't blame his father. Zu Zeqing said.

"Alas!" Zu Dashou sighed and said: "He Zhongjun is loyal and courageous, honest and resolute, loves nurses and soldiers, and is sympathetic to soldiers, in such a difficult moment, the only little food is always reluctant to be self-sufficient, I heard that a little food that his father sometimes gives him is always distributed to his subordinate soldiers to eat, he is always starving, I can't imagine that this time I drank some broth, and I couldn't make up for it!" Alas...... It's really jealous and talented, and the sky has no eyes! ”

"Yes, He Zhongjun's untimely death is really a sigh!" Zu Zeqing cooperated with his father and said in a sly manner.

At this time, Zhang Cunren also walked into the big tent with the support of his own soldiers, and said in a panic: "Zu Shuai, Zu Shuai, it's not good, General He is dead!" ”

Zu Dashou lowered his head, wiped his tears and said, "Cunren, you also know, alas, he can be ...... Really...... It's miserable! ”

"Zu Shuai, you know?" Zhang Cunren said with some surprise, but then he was relieved, Zu Dashou was the commander in the army, and everything that happened in the army would naturally be reported to him as soon as possible.

Zu Dashou nodded and said: "Ke Gang is gone, the deceased is like this, we have no power to return to the sky, so we have to report to the emperor again in the future, please give Ke Gang a good burial." ”

After the shock, Zu Dashou gradually calmed down. Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, from Zu Zeqing's flickering eyes and obviously insincere words, he knew that He Kegang's death must be related to his son, he was angry at first, but after thinking about it, what his son said is not unreasonable, more than 10,000 soldiers, the key to whether he can survive is He Kegang.

If it weren't for He Kegang's efforts to stop him, Zu Dashou might have already led people to surrender to Huang Taiji, and he wouldn't have continued to starve until now, and I don't know how many soldiers would have starved to death.

Persist until this time, the imperial army was destroyed, I believe that with the ability of the Ming court, it will no longer be able to send reinforcements to rescue, and I surrendered at this time, which is worthy of the Ming Dynasty and Chongzhen, and it is not considered to be a betrayal of the lord to seek glory!

Thinking of this, Zu Dashou said slowly: "Cunren, Da Le, what do you think about your future plans?" ”

Zhang Cunren and Zu Dale glanced at each other, and their hearts were shocked at the same time, could it be that what does the death of He Zhongjun have to do with Zu Shuai?

However, both of them are old fritters, and whatever thoughts in their hearts will naturally not be revealed at the moment. Zhang Cunren said tentatively: "Zu Shuai, now that the food is exhausted, the brothers are going crazy, and the morale of the army has become even more unstable recently, and if it drags on, I am afraid that it will ......."

"Oh, General Zhang, can you not speak so reservedly? I'm a straight person, but I actually think that my father should consider sending someone to negotiate with the Jin Bing envoy. Zu Zeqing said bluntly.

Zu Dashou didn't answer, but turned to Zhang Cunren and Zu Dale and said, "What do you think? ”

How could Zhang Cunren and Zu Dale not know Zu Dashou's thoughts at this time? It's nothing more than wanting others to put it forward, and then he listens to everyone's opinions, so as not to be said that his ancestor Dashou himself wants to surrender, which is also "painstaking".

At that moment, both of them said: "The last general feels that what Zeqing said makes sense, and the brothers can't hold it anymore!" Of course, we also follow Zu Shuai's decision, and we will resolutely support Zu Shuai's decision no matter what he decides. ”

"All right, all go down! I've taken your opinions to heart, so let me think about it again. Zu Dashou thought for a while and said.

Everyone went down, only Zu Zeqing didn't move.

Zu Dashou glanced at him and said, "Qing'er, are you okay?" ”

Zu Zeqing nodded and said, "Father, the child went to contact that Shi Yanzhu in the afternoon, he said that Mrs. Hong hoped that his father could send someone to get in touch with him as soon as possible, since his father decided to surrender, is it better to send someone to contact him as soon as possible?" The sooner the brothers settled, the fewer deaths would have been avoided! ”

Zu Dashou looked at him, his face was not shocked, his expression was as usual, but he was silent for a long time.

Zu Zeqing was a little flustered, but the matter had come to this point, so he had to hold on.

Zu Dashou finally spoke: "You go and find Han Dong." ”

Han Dong is a close confidant of the ancestral family, and although he is only a guerrilla at present, he is deeply trusted by Zu Dashou.

Han Dong came to Zu Dashou's big tent, and Zu Dashou gave him a face-to-face lecture, and only the two of them knew what he said.

Then, Han Dong went out. In less than an hour, Han Dong came back again, followed by two people.

One of them is Shi Yanzhu, a Dajin general. The other was named Jiang Xin, who was originally a border general of the Ming Dynasty, but was later captured in a battle with the Houjin and surrendered to Dajin.

Zu Dashou, Zu Zeqing, Han Dong, Shi Yanzhu, and Jiang Xin talked secretly in the tent for a while, and then Zu Dashou called Zu Dale, Zu Zerun, and Zu Kefa, and ordered the three of them, Zu Zeqing, and Han Dong to follow Shi Yanzhu and Jiang Xin out of the city in the rain and go to Jinying......

Due to the continuous rainstorm, the march in the dark and rainy night became very slow, and it was not until about the end of the day that Guan Feng and Cao Bianjiao led the forward troops to rush to a few miles outside the city of Dalinghe.

Braving the rain, I touched the camp where the Jin soldiers were stationed, and saw the continuous camps in front of me, some of which were still lit up.

Guan Feng pulled out a long knife, wiped the rain on his face, pointed it with the knife, and said loudly: "Brothers! In front of it is the camp of the dog Tartars, and now that the rain is continuous, the Tartars will definitely not think that we will appear at this time! Kill! The time has come for revenge! Kill! ”