The soldiers around were exclaimed, and everyone saw it clearly, there was an arrow stuck in the face of the head, it was their prince Dou Jiande, which made everyone have the idea that the general trend was gone.

Ruan Junming next to him wanted to stop it too late, he forgot to tell Cheng Yanjin on the way, Gao Yaxian is an extremely violent person, and he doesn't think much about the consequences, he should be persuaded first, and then take out the fake Dou Jiande head, but Cheng Yanjin took it out at this time, he was extremely worried, and his hand couldn't help pressing on the handle of the knife.

Cheng Yanjin has his own shrewdness, he knows that Dou Jiande's head is the easiest to intensify the conflict, if he takes out the head after entering the city, in case Gao Yaxian turns his face, there is no place for them to escape, it is better to take it out now, even if Gao Yaxian turns his face, they also have a glimmer of hope to escape.

If Gao Yaxian didn't turn his face when he took out his head, it means that he has accepted the reality of the destruction of the Xia army, and the rest is to negotiate.

Gao Yaxian stared at Dou Jiande's head, his face was swollen and red, and after a while, he ordered word by word: "Show me the head!" ”

Cheng Yanjin gave the head to a soldier, his hands were on the handle of the axe, and the corner of his eye vigilantly observed the movements of the knife and axe hands around him, and if there was the slightest problem, he would slash out.

The soldiers rushed to the head of the city and handed over Dou Jiande's head to Gao Yaxian, Gao Yaxian held the head in his hand, only to see an arrow shot in from his nose, it was his prince Dou Jiande, he suddenly trembled, and the fire of revenge for Dou Jiande in his heart began to burn.

He roared hoarsely, "Avenge the prince!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow suddenly shot from behind, an arrow hit the back of his neck, the tip of the arrow protruded from his throat, Gao Yaxian let out a muffled scream, and the head in his hand fell to the ground.

He grabbed his throat with his hand, turned slowly, and saw a man standing twenty paces behind him in the corridor of the upper city, holding a bow and arrow. It was his lieutenant Liu Ya.

Gao Yaxian's eyes widened. With a look of disbelief in his eyes, he pointed at Liu Ya, but couldn't say a word.

Liu Ya said coldly: "If you don't die, 30,000 brothers will be buried with you!" ”

He opened his bow and shot another arrow, this arrow hit Gao Yaxian's left chest, blood splashed, Gao Yaxian stumbled, took two steps back, and fell from the city. 'Plop! 'Fall into the moat.

Gao Yaxian's more than 100 personal soldiers reacted at this time, they roared loudly and raised their knives to pounce on Liu Ya, but hundreds of soldiers poured up on the road, fighting with their own soldiers.

The sudden change made hundreds of knife and axe men in the city at a loss, and they retreated one after another, and Cheng Yanjin took the opportunity to turn the horse's head and run more than 100 steps to the west. Nguyen Junming and other soldiers followed.

"General Nguyen. What's going on? Cheng Yanjin didn't know the situation and asked Ruan Junming urgently.

Ruan Junming's eyes also showed a look of surprise, and he said for a while: "It should be Liu Ya, the enemy army has infighting." ”

He glanced at Cheng Yanjin, everyone in the Sui army said that this person was a lucky general, and he really lived up to his reputation, he was really lucky, and this kind of infighting was actually encountered by him.

Cheng Yanjin grinned. "I said! This is Feihu County, I was named the county earl here, how can the land lord not give me a little face? ”

After a quarter of an hour, the battle at the head of the city gradually subsided, the gates opened, and groups of soldiers came out of the city, led by the general. Shirtless, with his hands tied behind his back, it was the deputy general Liu Ya, who knelt at the city gate and shouted: "Liu Ya, the criminal general, is willing to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and serve His Royal Highness the King of Chu!" ”

Cheng Yanjin secretly praised in his heart, this is a smart person, don't make any requests, surrender honestly, and have a sincere attitude, such a person will have a future in the future.

Cheng Yanjin hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help Liu Ya, untied the rope for him, and untied his robe for him to put on, pretending to comfort him and said: "I am on the orders of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and I am here to persuade you to surrender, that.... The main thing is to kill less and save the lives of the brothers, General Liu is well aware of the righteousness and admirable, I will tell the King of Chu truthfully, General Liu will be admired by the people of Hebei, and his merit will be in the future. ”

Liu Ya was overjoyed, although this Sui envoy looked dark and coarse, he spoke in a measured and reasonable manner, and what he said was very popular to listen to, this is a person who is good at speaking.

"Please send the envoy into the city to rest, the cavalry is distributed in three places, I will gather the generals, explain the situation clearly, and this afternoon, officially surrender to the Sui army!" ……

Early the next morning, outside the city of Yi County, the general Liu Ya led 30,000 cavalry to formally surrender to the Sui army, which was Dou Jiande's last army in Hebei, with the surrender of this army, marking the end of Dou Jiande's rule in Hebei, Hebei counties except for Anyang City, were incorporated into the territory of the Sui Dynasty.

But in the Sui Dynasty, it took a certain amount of time for the news to be transmitted, and the end of the war in Hebei often took half a month to spread all over the world.

A few days ago, an army of tens of thousands of people was stationed in a wilderness about five miles away from the Yellow River in Zhu'a County, which was the army of Xu Yuanlang, a separatist force in Qingzhou.

As early as a few months ago, after Dou Jiande was defeated from Hanoi County, Dou Jiande officially married Xu Yuanlong's sister as a side concubine, which is the goodwill that Xu Yuanlong has always expressed to Dou Jiande, as a small force sandwiched between Dou Jiande and Li Mi, Xu Yuanlong must please both parties at the same time, and he dare not offend anyone.

On the one hand, he surrendered to Li Mi and accepted the title of Duke of Lu County, which he bestowed on him, and on the other hand, he lowered his eyebrows and expressed his desire to marry Dou Jiande.

He maneuvered between the two powers, like crossing a single-plank bridge, carefully maintaining a balance while also defending his own interests.

Xu Yuanlang was originally a pirate in Donglai County, at the beginning of last year, he collected dozens of small bandits in Beihai County about 1,000 people, captured Beihai County, and his power developed rapidly, occupying Donglai, Beihai, Gaomi, Qi County, Lu County, Langya and other six counties in just a few months, with a force of nearly 50,000 troops.

More than a month ago, Dou Jiande sent someone to convey an order to him, ordering him to send troops to Hebei to participate in the war and jointly deal with the Sui army, which made Xu Yuanlang extremely worried, how could he send troops into Hebei to confront the Sui army?

After learning that Li Mi had only sent a few thousand people to be stationed symbolically on the south bank of the Yellow River, he immediately made a gesture and led 10,000 troops to be stationed in Zhu'a County, putting on a posture of preparing to cross the river.

In the afternoon of that day, several large ships sailed from the opposite bank and anchored on the south bank of the Yellow River, and more than 1,000 soldiers unloaded 500 large boxes from the boats.

Xu Yuanlang felt strange in his heart, and sent someone to the shore to inquire about the situation, on the bank of the Yellow River, five hundred large boxes had been moved ashore, and at this time, a burly and sturdy middle-aged man walked down from the boat, with dark skin, a square face of a country, a big nose, thick lips, and a rough face with a pair of small eyes, flashing a cunning light from time to time.

This person is Dou Jiande's henchman Liu Heimin, he is five years younger than Dou Jiande, the two are in the same village, grew up together, and practiced martial arts together, deep feelings, the great cause of seven years Hebei drought turned into a flood, starved to death countless people, Dou Jiande rebelled in this year.

However, Liu Heimin abandoned his family before Dou Jiande rebelled, and took refuge in Hao Xiaode of Douzigang, and later surrendered to Wagangzhai with Hao Xiaode, Hao Xiaode was killed in Zhai Li Huo, which triggered the first wave of escape in Wagangzhai, and Liu Heimin also fled back to Hebei to take refuge in his close friend Dou Jiande, and was deeply trusted by Dou Jiande.

In the early morning, Liu Heimin received news from the spies that Xu Yuanlang was in the camp on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Liu Heimin immediately began to act.

"The brothers picked up the box and went to Xu Yuenlong's camp."

A thousand strong men worked in pairs, picked up 500 large boxes and walked towards Xu Yuanlang's camp five miles away, and after walking a few miles, they met more than a dozen soldiers sent by Xu Yuanlang.

"Please wait!"

The soldier rode at a gallop and blocked the way, Liu Heimin waved his hand, "Put it down!" ”

Five hundred boxes were put down on the ground, and the first lieutenant stepped forward to Liu Heimin and said, "I came to inquire on the order of the Duke of Xu County, but is it General Liu?" ”

Liu Heimin smiled heartily, "I am Liu Heimin, I will send some property to Qi County first, and the prince will ask Uncle Xu to keep it on his behalf." ”

"Sure enough, it's General Liu!"

The lieutenant looked at the five hundred boxes and asked, "General Liu said that this is the property that King Xia wants to hand over to my general for safekeeping?" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Heimin waved his hand and said, "Open a few boxes and show them!" ”

The soldier opened three large chests, which were full of gold, silver, and jewelry, as well as fine silk and satin, and some porcelain wrapped in cloth.

The captain glanced at it, and immediately arched his hand and said, "I'll go back and report to the general, please wait for a while!" ”

He turned over his horse and galloped away, but Liu Heimin ignored him and said to everyone: "Keep walking!" ”

Then they took up the boxes and walked to the camp, which was miles away.

At the gate of the camp, Xu Yuanlang was surrounded by more than 100 guards, looking into the distance, and in the distance, he had already seen a group of people walking towards the camp gate, about three miles away.

The war horse galloped over, and several of his subordinates came first, dismounted and reported: "General Qiyu, it was Liu Heimin who led people to pick up 500 large boxes, saying that it was King Xia's belongings and wanted to deposit them with us first. ”

Xu Yuanlang frowned and asked, "Have you checked it?" ”

"I saw three large chests, all of which were gold, silver, jewelry, and porcelain, all of which were indeed very valuable belongings."

Xu Yuanlang thought for a while and asked, "How many people did they come?" ”

"About a thousand porters."

At this time, Liu Heimin had already walked a mile away, Xu Yuanlang was of course very interested in treasures, five hundred boxes of treasures for him to keep, if Dou Jiande died, wouldn't all these treasures belong to him?

It's just that Liu Heimin has too many people, and he doesn't want so many people to enter the camp, so he immediately ordered: "Let them put their things at the gate of the camp, and our people will pick them into the camp, and Liu Heimin can't have more than 100 people at most enter the camp to hand over." ”

With that, he turned and walked towards the camp.