Liu Hu stood on a big rock, took off his armor, opened his heart, faced the cold wind of early winter, and stared at the sun falling in the distance.

More than 200 cavalrymen were able to capture Dou Dalang and a few people. At first, Dou Dalang still bit his identity to death. Liu Hu ordered the people to be interrogated separately and beat them a few sticks, and then he knew that the one he got was the son of Dou Weiji, the commander of the Xishou Military Supervisory Division.

Taking the children to lead troops to fight is an old tradition of various forces over the years. It is not unusual. Even Liu Hu himself, his seventh brother Liu Yuan is also used in his words. However, the war is about to begin, and his son will run away first without taking into account the impact on the morale of the army. This is unusual. All aspects show that Dou Dalang's position in Dou Weiji's heart is extraordinary, and may have unexpected effects, which may speed up the process of the war.

Let the soldiers rest for a while, Liu Hu wrote a secret letter and escorted his own soldiers, and asked him to ride a fast horse first, bypassing the Xishou City in front from the small road in the mountains and sending it to Liu Jianji who was on the front line with Gao Daquan.

After making arrangements, Liu Hu ordered the departure and ordered Dou Dalang to be taken over.

A pair of tiger eyes looked at Dou Dalang who was escorting him. When Liu Hu arrived in front of him, he grabbed him and said, "Since you are so important in the clan, you are a distinguished guest in our army. You cannot make any mistakes! Let's ride with me and protect you in a good manner!"

After saying that, he threw Dou Dalang onto the horse like a chicken, pressed it with his hands, and turned over the horse.

Dou Dalang was implicated and frightened, and at this time he had no strength to resist, so he could only let Liu Hu fiddle with him.

With a shake of the reins of the horse, Liu Hu immediately carried Dou Dalang and ordered his subordinates to take the others to go to Xishoucheng.

Not far from Xishou City, Liu Jianji, who was in charge of the left wing, was discussing the war on the front line with Zhong Shiheng.

Xishou City built along the mountain has only two city gates in the east and west, guarding the road to Xiaoguan. The wall of Guancheng extends to the mountains on both sides. On the first day, Sang Yi on the front attacked the city fiercely, attracting the defenders to gather in the front. On the second day, Liu Jianji and Cao Keming on both wings suddenly attacked again and caught the defenders off guard.

It was already dark, and Zhong Shiheng ordered the soldiers to light the lamps and serve some wine and food.

At this moment, a guard hurried in and sang a promise to Zhong Shiheng: "General, Liu Hu, the first general behind the enemy, sent his personal soldiers back, saying that there was important military information and was waiting outside the tent."

Zhong Shiheng only thought it was a normal return, so he asked the guards to bring the people to the commander's account and report to the two main generals.

After a moment, Liu Hu's personal soldiers came in and after singing a promise, they reported the story of Dou Dalang who had chased out of the city today.

Liu Jianji didn't care and asked without raising his head, "Who is the one who caught? I think it's Dou Weiji's confidant who can leave the city at this time. If Liu Hu sent the person back tomorrow, maybe it can be used."

Liu Hu's personal soldiers crossed his hands and said, "I pointed out that after interrogation, I caught Dalang, the eldest son of the thief chief Dou Weiji!"

Liu Jianji said "Oh", still looking down at the map on the table, considering tomorrow's troops deployment. Just now, Zhong Shiheng walked in from the face at this time, heard the report, and moved his heart. He walked to Liu Jianji and whispered: "Everyone is the eldest son of Dou Qiweiji, his eldest son!"

Liu Jianji suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhong Shiheng, and was stunned for a while before turning around and asking the personal soldiers who came to report the news: "Say it again, who was the person he caught?"

"Everyone refers to the capture of the eldest son of the thief chief Dou Weiji. According to interrogation, Dou Weiji cares very much about this son."

Liu Jianji clapped his hands suddenly: "It's not just about caring, it's the only one in his family, and there are only one seedlings of fertile land!"

Before siege, Jiyisi in Sang Yi's army had already figured out everything the other party's generals clearly. Dou Weiji's family had no omission of Dang Xiang's identity. Several main generals on the front line knew that Dou Weiji placed the future of the family on this eldest son. Sang Yi, who was in charge of the war, repeatedly instructed the army to try to capture Dou Dalang alive as a bargaining chip. After the city was broken, Dou Weiji ordered the few people behind him not to defend the land. However, he did not expect that the city was broken and the people had already captured it.

Just now, Liu Jianji was all thinking about tomorrow's battle. He actually didn't hear what his personal soldiers reported. After getting the news, he hurriedly asked the personal soldiers who reported the news to tell the whole process again, and took Liu Hu's letter to take a closer look.

After asking in detail, Liu Jianji ordered his personal soldiers to go down and rest, and discussed with Zhong Shiheng and the others.

Zhong Shiheng said: "This matter is extraordinary. If you do it well, maybe Xishou City will be brought down because of this! For the sake of this, we should first send someone to inform the other two armies, and then send capable people to take Dou Dalang and his men to our army."

Liu Jianji nodded: "Yes, we can discuss how to deal with it slowly. The key is to take the person back first."

The mountains in this area are all low and gentle hills, which cannot prevent personnel from coming and going. Xishou City defended the road, blocking only the road for the army to march. At this time, the Song army had swept the foreign troops outside the city, completely controlling the battlefield, and the road to bypassing the city was smooth. At that time, Liu Jianji sent a commander, led more than 300 cavalry, and went around the city overnight to attack Dou Dalang.

When he sent someone, Liu Jianji sent someone to invite Sang Yi and Cao Keming and some of the main generals to discuss how to use this convenience.

After all arrangements were completed, Liu Jianji and Zhong Shiheng no longer discussed the war and ordered a banquet to be placed in the general's tent and wait for the arrival of the other masters. Dou Weiji in the city had no intention of fighting, and now he was just holding on. With his son, there was nothing to fight in this battle.

The bright moon rises eastward, a clear light sweeping through the mountains, and the cold wind looks particularly cold. The whole mountain is silent, only the lights in front of Xishou City decorate the Song army camp that stretches for twenty or thirty miles.

Sang Yi and Ming Hao arranged military affairs in the camp. When Cao Keming, who was on the right wing, came, rode his horse to Liu Jianji's army together. Walking in the night and looking at the lifeless Xishou City, Sang Yi said to Cao Keming: "The thieves in the city have no fighting spirit, and it is only a matter of time to break through the city. But the military situation is like fire. The most precious thing for us now is time. The Protector has always been worried that the Zhenrong Army will not be able to stop the Hao thief from leaving Tiandu Mountain and let him slip to Weizhou. The future war will be more laborious. If we can capture this place as quickly as possible and break Xiao Pass, we will block the Hao thief's road to Weizhou, and the battle will be half won."

Cao Keming nodded: "A few battles with the thieves, the two armies face the enemy head-on. In fact, it is just one day or two days. The two armies are waiting for several months to fight for a few months. We will break the city one day earlier, and the war may be another world."

Zhang Sheng said: "All those who fight will win with the right combination and will win with the strange. In this battle in Tiandu Mountain, Gao Daquan and Zhang Kang's troops are the right ones, and we are the strange ones. They forced the Hao thief to death, and the victory has been decided. As for how to win, it depends on us."
Chapter completed!