After Fan Zigai died of illness, Yang Guang left Dugu Zhen in the capital to assist Yang Tong, the king of Yue, but Dugu Zhen was not a monopoly on power, but by him and Guanglu Doctor Duan Da, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Weijin, the right Wuwei general Huangfu Wuyi, the right Shilang Lu Chu and other five people to assist Yang Dong, Dugu Zhen is only one of the five auxiliary ministers, all government affairs are decided by the five people, and the military power is in charge of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, when Yang Xuangan made a comeback, the news of the capture of Guanzhong reached Luoyang, and the capital was also in chaos, Yang Tong urgently sent Hu Benlang to garrison Song Laosheng with 20,000 elite soldiers into Hedong County to prevent Yang Xuangan from entering the eastern part of the country.

Dugu Zhen finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and on the night when Yang Xuangan's news came, Dugu Zhen came to Dou Mansion by carriage.

Yang Xuangan's invasion of Chang'an completely disrupted Dugu Zhen's steps, putting his long-planned plan in danger of failure, making Dugu Zhen anxious, and now he can only discuss with the Dou clan how to deal with it.

Dugu Zhen's carriage slowly stopped in front of the Dou Mansion, this is the mansion of Dou Wei, the head of the Dou family, Dugu Zhen got down from the carriage, and Dou Yun, the son of Dou Wei, greeted him, "Uncle Dugu Shi is here, so that the Dou family is very honored, my father specially ordered me to wait for Uncle Shi here, if there is any rudeness, please bear with Uncle Shi!" ”

Dugu Zhen returned the salute and smiled: "I'm not invited, disturb your father, he is in the mansion now?" ”

"Wait for Uncle Shi in the study, please come with me!"

Although the Dou family is not one of the Eight Pillar Kingdoms, it has gradually become one of the important families among the Guanlong nobles because of its many talents, because Li Yuan's wife Dou is the daughter of the Dou family, so the Dou family is also one of Li Yuan's most important supporters.

The Dou family and the Dugu family are both supporters of Li Yuan, but the two families are not convinced by each other, and they usually have no contact, and they both support Li Yuan in their own ways, and this time because of Yang Xuangan's accidental killing, the two families came together invariably, Dou Wei was also about to invite Dugu Zhen, but he didn't expect Dugu Zhen to come by himself.

Dugu Zhen walked into the study, Dou Wei was very enthusiastic, asked Dugu Zhen to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, Dou Wei is more than sixty years old this year, two years older than Dugu Zhen, most of the Dou family is known for their martial arts, but Dou Wei is beautiful and knowledgeable, he has been in the officialdom for decades, because he is too close to Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, and has not been used by Yang Guang, and was dismissed from his post at home the year before last.

After a few words of greeting for two years, Dou Wei directly picked out the topic, "Yang Xuangan is reversed, occupying Guanzhong, I wanted to send someone to invite the head of the Dugu family, but I didn't expect the head of the Dugu family to come by himself, it can be regarded as our common urgency, I don't know what countermeasures Brother Dugu has?" ”

Although Dugu Zhen was anxious, his face did not show it, he said unhurriedly: "Our countermeasures should be divided into two, first talk about Guanzhong, and then talk about Shude, okay?" ”

Dou Wei laughed, "If you want to talk about Guanzhong, then let me say it first!" I just received an urgent letter from my nephew Dou Qing this afternoon, and I know the latest situation in Guanzhong. ”

Dugu Zhen was overjoyed, "Brother Dou, please speak!" ”

Dou Wei took out a letter and said: "Although Yang Xuangan occupies Guanzhong, I think the problem is not too serious, although Yang Xuangan has the land of Guanzhong, but he has not won the hearts of the people in Guanzhong, most of the officials in Chang'an have fled, and the major Guanzhong gate valves have also cleaned up their family style, waiting to see the changes, and the people who take refuge in Yang Xuangan are mostly hungry people and bandits in Guanzhong, as well as traitors such as Yin Shishi and Guyi, and the people sent by Yang Xuangan to take charge of the army are also his clansmen, so it can be seen that although Yang Xuangan has the geographical advantage, he has no time, let alone people, and we still have a chance." ”

Dugu Zhen nodded, Dou Wei's insight was no less than him, worthy of being the head of the Dou family, he also smiled: "The Dugu family also has tens of thousands of fake sons and families in Guanzhong, and I also know that the Dou family also has countless families, but I suggest that now is not the time to use them, we must not only prevent Yang Xuangan, but also prevent Yang Guang, now we can use the official power of the Sui Dynasty in Guanzhong to fight against Yang Xuangan, so that he can't make up his mind to consolidate Guanzhong, from time to time, the imperial army will arrive, and use the imperial army to extinguish Yang Xuangan's rebellion for us."

This is the main purpose of Dugu Zhen to find Dou Wei, Dou Wei's two nephews are in important positions in Guanzhong, Dou Kang is the Taishou of Honghua County, and Dou Jin is the Taishou of Fufeng County.

Dou Wei understood what he meant, and he sighed slightly: "This is not a lonely family master to remind, I have thought that I have ordered Dou Kang to lead the army into Fufeng County, so that Dou Kang and Dou Jin can recruit tens of thousands of troops to resist Yang Xuangan's attack, in fact, I am most worried about Yang Yuanqing, if Yang Yuanqing leads the army south and attacks Fufeng County from behind, then Fufeng County will be over, and the elite of the Fengzhou army, the army of the imperial court may not be able to defeat it, this is what I am most worried about, once Yang Yuanqing's army enters Guanzhong, there will be no chance for us in the land of Guanlong." ”

Dugu Zhen smiled slightly, "I dare to assert that Yang Xuangan is the opposite, Yang Yuanqing will never send troops to participate, he will definitely draw a line with Yang Xuangan." ”

Dou Wei groaned and said, "You mean, the last time Yang Xuangan rebelled? ”

"Exactly!"

Dugu Zhen said with a smile: "He has already announced to the people of the world that Yang Xuangan is a rebel and severed the relationship between father and son, and now he helps Yang Xuangan again, how can he explain it to the people of the world?" And in the Battle of Yanmen, the Holy Shang just recognized him as a Sui minister, and recognized the Fengzhou Army as the Sui Army, if he sent troops to Guanzhong, he would definitely lose his trust in the world, and if people have no faith, they will not stand, and he will definitely consider this consequence, so I dare to assert that he will never send troops to help Yang Xuangan, of course, he will not help the imperial court, he should be on the sidelines. ”

"If that's the case, then we have a chance, Brother Dugu, do you think Shude used this time to suppress Yang Xuangan's rebellion and enter Guanzhong?"

Dugu Zhen walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, he shook his head, "Although the Holy Lord went to Jiangdu, he can still control the situation, although the Sui Dynasty is already full of holes, it has not fallen, and it has not yet formed a trend of falling apart. ”

"When does Brother Dugu think the time is ripe?"

Dugu Zhen said lightly: "Wait for the rebellion momentum in the world to be more fierce and more influential, such as the Central Plains, such as the south." ”

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Dugu Zhen said goodbye and left, Dou Wei sat in the study and pondered, at this time, his son Dou Yun behind him said: "Father, I think the Dugu family is too selfish, and he is not doing his best to help the Li family." ”

Dou Wei glanced at his son, shook his head and said, "You can't say that, who has no selfishness?" Everyone is for their own interests, isn't our Dou family the same? Dugu Zhen is already good, as soon as the news of Chang'an reached Luoyang today, he ran in a hurry, indicating that he cared about Yang Xuangan's rebellion, he hoped that Li Yuan could succeed, after all, Li Yuan is his nephew, the reason why you feel that he seems to be unsatisfactory is actually just a matter of face, he is unwilling to show what is in his heart, at least in front of the Dou family, he does not want to show it. ”

Dou Wei wrote a letter and handed it to Dou Yun, "You ask Xin'er to rush to Taiyuan and ask him to give this letter to Li Yuan." ”

"Yes! The child understood. ”

Dou Yun took the letter and bowed, only Dou Wei was left in the room, Dou Wei was silent in deep thought, although he said to his son that the Dugu family had no selfishness, but in fact, he also felt that the Dugu family was selfish, the most obvious thing was that he opposed his plan, and asked Li Yuan to wait for a while, and the actual conquest of Yang Xuangan was a good opportunity, why did he wait? Is it really because the time is not ripe?

Dou Wei thinks no, the real reason is that the Dugu family is selfish, Dugu Zhen wants to wait and see the situation again, he didn't put all the bets on Li Yuan, Dou Wei knows the tradition of the Dugu family very well, wasn't Dugu Xin like this back then?

Dou Wei sneered, it was Dugu Zhen who didn't know Li Yuan.

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Dugu Zhen's carriage was moving quickly in the cold night, the cold moonlight shone into the carriage through the crack in the curtain, shining on Dugu Zhen's face, making his face as white as jade, Dugu Zhen was covered with a thick blanket, his eyes flickered, thinking about something?

Yang Xuangan's sideways attack disrupted his plan and shook his confidence in Li Yuan a little, is it still possible for Li Yuan to seize the country?

He knows that Xiao Liang in the south is about to move, he knows that Li Mi in Wagangzhai is in the limelight, and he also knows that Dou Jiande in Hebei is accumulating, but these people are not worried, the only thing he is worried about is Yang Yuanqing, this person has brains, vision, skills, and patience.

Dugu Zhen felt that he couldn't hang himself on a tree, while supporting Li Yuan, he should leave another way back for the Dugu family, just like the attitude of the Wei family, they openly admitted that Wei Shiming and Wei Lun were the children of the Wei family, in fact, they were showing their attitude to Yang Yuanqing, and they were also leaving a back road for the Wei family.

There should be a person surnamed Dugu in the Fengzhou army.

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Dugu Zhen's carriage slowly stopped in front of Dugu Mansion, Dugu Zhen stepped out of the carriage and immediately ordered: "Go and find Dugu Lei for me." ”

Dugu Zhen returned to his study, and after a while, his family reported, "Master, Dugu Lei has arrived." ”

"Let him in!"

Soon, a man in his thirties walked into the study and bowed, "Nephew Dugu Lei sees the head of the family." ”

Dugu Lei is the grandson of Dugu Zhen's brother Dugu Tuo, with a low status in the Dugu family, he is the bow and crossbow of Shaofu Temple, just a petty official from the ninth grade, but he is skillful, especially good at making crossbows, can make extremely clever crossbow machines, when the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Yu Wenkai was full of praise for him, praised him as the first person to make crossbows in the Great Sui, although he is very capable, but in the Dugu family of heavy craftsmen, Dugu Lei has no chance to get ahead.

Dugu Zhen thought of this person at this time, that is, he took a fancy to his crossbow making talent, Dugu Zhen smiled slightly: "There is one thing, it is related to the rise and fall of the family, I want you to do it." ”

Dugu Lei was clumsy and not good at words, and the head of the family actually entrusted him with the important task of the rise and fall of the family, which made him panic, and he stammered: "The head of the family... Please command! ”

"From now on, you change your name to Zhang Lei, and you can take a dozen crossbowmen to Jiuyuan County, Fengzhou to open a shop selling bows and crossbows."

Speaking of this, Dugu Zhen lowered his voice and said: "If you want to find a way to become a master of the Fengzhou Army, you must be valued by Yang Yuanqing, and you must not disclose the identity of your Dugu family unless you are forced to do so, do you understand?" ”

"Nephew got it!"