Dou Jiande's surrender did not surprise the Sui army officers at all, and Dou Jiande, who was only a few thousand weak brigades, had nothing to do to resist the Sui army, except to surrender, he had no way out.

Zhang Xuan accepted Dou Jiande's surrender, and at the same time allowed him to return to his hometown Zhangnan County for retirement, his subordinate generals who were willing to surrender could accept it, and those who were willing to return to their hometowns would not be hindered, and distributed the money and grain in Dou Jiande's warehouse to Dou Jiande's lieutenant generals and soldiers, so that they could go home to farm, so far, Dou Jiande's army was completely disbanded.

At night, Zhang Xuan appeased the last group of Dou Jiande's generals and asked the sergeant to take them back to the account, Zhang Xuan was really a little tired, so he ordered his soldiers to bring a basin of boiling water to burn his feet, at this time, Luo Shixin's anxious voice came from outside, "I have something important to report to the marshal, let me in!" ”

"General, the marshal is already very tired, if there is no emergency military situation, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

Zhang Xuan knew Luo Shixin's quick temper, and if he didn't let him say it, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to sleep well all night, so he smiled and said, "Let him in!" ”

After a while, Luo Shixin walked in quickly, bowed down and said, "See the big handsome!" ”

"What are you anxious about?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

"Dashuai, Dou Jiande must not stay, leaving him will cause trouble, he must be killed!"

"You're here so late to talk about this?"

Luo Shixin sighed, "Originally, I wanted to tell the marshal during the day, but I never had the opportunity, I just heard that Dou Jiande would be sent back to Zhangnan County overnight, and I was anxious, this person really couldn't let him go back, he was only temporarily frustrated, and his ambition was not lost, once our army went south and there was an empty situation in Hebei, he would definitely make a comeback, and he must kill this person to prevent future troubles." ”

Zhang Xuan saw that Luo Shixin was very sincere. smiled and said: "I can understand your feelings, and I also know that there will be trouble if I keep him, but I can't kill him now, killing him will chill those old Dou Jiande troops who just surrendered to me, so I will let him go for the time being." Let him go back to his hometown, and at the same time send someone to monitor him, just like when he monitored Zuo Xiaoyou, if he can retire with peace of mind, it will be fine, if he has a different heart, then don't blame me for being unkind to him. ”

Only then did Luo Shixin understand the boss's intentions, and he was silent for a moment and said: "Since the boss is not worried about him, it is better to kill this person halfway." Let's just say that he was killed by the remnants of the Bohai Society, or find a stand-in who looks like a god to go to Zhangnan, anyway, his wife and children are dead, no one knows if it's true or not, what does Dashuai think? ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head, "There is no point in doing this, everything has pros and cons, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to keep Dou Jiande." Maybe there will be a day when he will be used, as long as he is closely watched. I believe he can't turn the waves either, so don't worry, go back and rest early! ”

Luo Shixin had no choice but to salute, turned back, and stopped when he walked to the door of the tent. He turned around and asked, "Is our next step to attack Song Jingang?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and nodded, "I'm going to invite Luo Yi to destroy Song Jingang with me, but I wonder if he is interested?" ”

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At the same time that the Sui army of Qingzhou attacked the Bohai Society in Hebei, the battle in Guanzhong also entered a white heat, and the number of Li Yuan's army had increased to 200,000 at this time. It is mainly composed of the surrender of bandits from all over Guanzhong and the gathering of Zhuang Ding hidden in the manor by the major families of the Guanlong aristocracy.

Li Yuan's army besieged Chang'an City has entered the fifth day, the army attacked the city day and night, the soldiers at the head of the city resisted desperately, there were countless casualties on both sides, and the battle was very tragic.

A strict curfew had already been imposed in the city, and martial law was imposed during the day, with only one hour each day at noon and dusk allowing residents to leave their homes to buy food, and the streets were filled with patrolling soldiers.

The Yin Shi Shi issued a strict order, no matter what the origin, as long as the ban is violated, they will be arrested, in the final analysis, this ban is aimed at the Guanlong nobles in Chang'an City, the Yin Shi Shi is worried that they are secretly communicating with Li Yuan, and almost every family's mansion is closely monitored.

At noon, as soon as the relaxation time arrived, a carriage drove out of the Dugu Mansion in Wubenfang, and the Dugu Mansion was also closely monitored by secret sentinels, as long as more than three people came out, they would be intercepted.

The carriage obviously did not violate the rules, only the coachman, the windows on both sides were also open, and there was only one passenger, it was Dugushun, and the secret post monitoring them outside did not interfere and let the carriage leave.

Inside the carriage, Dugu Shun was really worried, if there was a second person in Chang'an City who was under more pressure than the defender's main general, it was Dugu Shun, Dugu Shun really didn't expect Li Yuan to advance so quickly, so overwhelmingly, even the famous general Qu Tutong surrendered to Li Yuan, and it was only a matter of time before he captured Chang'an City.

Dugu Shun has always supported the Yuan family to raise troops in Honghua County, but he did not expect that the tens of thousands of stone grains stored in the Yuan manor in Honghua County in Wuchuan Mansion would disappear.

Although Dugu Shun wanted to put this matter to rest, but the major families of Guanlong did not accept his plan, and everyone unanimously turned to support Li Yuan, and now in Wuchuan Mansion, except for his Dugu clan and Yuan clan, all other families support Li Yuan, which makes Dugu Shun very embarrassed, not only that, but he was under strong pressure within the family, and the clansmen have criticized his stubbornness and confusion, and mourned the interests of the Dugu family.

At this time, Dugu Shun himself also knew the mistake he had made, and he had no choice but to ask Dou Wei again to see if Dou Wei could help him.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of Dou Mansion, Dugu Shun stepped out of the carriage and walked directly to the gate of Dou Mansion, he already felt that there were people around him who were monitoring Dou Mansion, the same as monitoring Dugu Mansion, but at this time he didn't care about what the consequences would be.

Dugu Shun personally knocked on the door, and after a while, the small door next to him creaked open, revealing the vigilant eyes of the housekeeper of Dou Mansion, and the housekeeper recognized him at once, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the head of the Dugu family, please come in quickly!" ”

Dugu Shun walked into the door of the house and asked the housekeeper in a low voice, "Are you masters?" ”

"Of course, now that it's so strict, where can the master go? Please come with me. ”

Dugu Shun followed the housekeeper all the way into the inner house, and after waiting for a while in front of a small courtyard, Dou Wei greeted him with a smile, "I really didn't expect that Brother Dugu would come at this time, there is not much time, please come in!" ”

"I'm sorry to disturb my brother!"

Dugu Shun was not polite to him, so he went directly into the courtyard, and the two sat down in the room, Dugu Shun was not ambiguous, and went straight to the point: "I think the virtuous brother should know my intention." ”

"Brother Dugu is here for Shude?" Dou Qing asked with a smile.

Dugu Shun nodded, sighed and said: "Because of Yuan Min's death, I agreed to support the Yuan family, but I never imagined that the plan was not as good as changing, Shude marched so fast, I have no choice." ”

Of course, Dou Wei understands Dugu Shun's mood, he should be very remorseful now, originally the Dugu family could become the biggest winner, but now he has taken the lead, I'm afraid that the Dugu family will not even have the opportunity to drink soup in the end, but Dou Wei does not sympathize with Dugu Shun at all, this is his own punishment, he is on the wrong team, do you still want others to make him a scapegoat? Anyway, the Dou family will not transfer their interests to him.

Dou Wei took a sip of tea and didn't say anything, Dugu Shun knew that if he didn't show a little sincerity, Dou Wei would never help him, he smiled bitterly and said: "I deserve the position of the head of Wuchuan Mansion, I have decided to retire and let everyone choose another meritocracy." ”

Dou Wei smiled, "Speaking of Wuchuan Mansion, I don't think there is any need to exist anymore, once Shude enters Chang'an City, the existence of Wuchuan Mansion will be meaningless, brother said right?" ”

Dugu Shun nodded silently, one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Wuchuan Mansion is obviously divided into Li Yuan's power, Da Sui may be able to tolerate it, but Li Yuan will never tolerate it, it seems that Dou Wei does not accept his position as the head of the association, at this time, Dugu Shun suddenly felt that he couldn't take anything, he couldn't find anything to say for a while, and then he was silent.

Dou Wei also knew that Dugu Shun was Li Yuan's uncle after all, and it would be bad for him to push him too far, as long as he could get the bulk of the benefits, he would make concessions appropriately and give the Dugu family a little benefit, and he could also make himself a personal favor, anyway, Li Yuan would not be too harsh on his uncle.

Thinking of this, Dou Wei said with a smile: "Brother Dugu doesn't have to worry, even if Shude enters Chang'an, it doesn't mean that he will win the world, as well as Zhang Xuan in Qingzhou, Hebei, the Wagang Army in the Central Plains, as well as the Sui Dynasty forces in Luoyang and Jiangdu, as well as the southern forces, Shude will have many severe tests in the future, my brother can fully support him in the future, I believe he will definitely repay his brother's support." ”

Dugu Shun wants this sentence, of course he knows that he can support Li Yuan in the long run, the key is that the Dou family is willing to give him a little opportunity, you must know that the Dou family is a firm supporter of Li Yuan, and now he has become the natural leader of the Guanlong nobles, without the consent of the Dou family, Li Yuan really does not dare to reconcile with the Dugu family easily, so as long as Dou Wei agrees to give up the opportunity, Li Yuan will be easy to say.

Dugu Shun breathed a long sigh of relief and said with a smile: "There is another thing I want to discuss with Brother Xian, that is, about Jiangdu."

Without waiting for Dugu Shun to finish speaking, Dou Wei waved his hand, "Brother doesn't need to discuss the matter of Jiangdu with me, I have expressed my attitude at the beginning, I will not participate in Jiangdu, and now it is still this attitude, and my brother can make his own decisions." ”

Dou Wei's attitude is very clear, he will never participate in the change of Jiangdu, this has always been planned by Dugu Shun and the Yuan family, he did not participate before, and now even if Dugu Shun invites him to participate, he has no interest at all, after all, this is the overthrow of the Great Sui monarch, and the Dou family can't wade into this muddy water

Dugushun's carriage stopped in front of the Dou Mansion for only a quarter of an hour, and then drove back to Wubenfang.

Dugu shun sat in the carriage and fell into contemplation, dou wei's concession undoubtedly made it possible for him to implement many things, and now what he needs to do most to have an immediate effect is to donate money and food to li yuan or

Dugu Shun already had a plan at this time, and Li Yuan's most urgent thing now was to enter the city, so he could make a fuss about it.

(To be continued.) )