The moon is still high in the sky, with mottled shadows on the ground, without any popularity. The style of the morning is cold and blowing on the body is like cutting flesh with a knife, like a wind carrying countless ice chips.

Dou Weiji put on his clothes and left the bedroom, sat alone on the bed, looking at the moon in the sky, and staring blankly.

The Xishou Military Supervisor Office must not be able to defend the city. Everyone knows it from Dou Weiji. The only question is how long it can be maintained and what kind of ending will be. Dou Weiji has long since thought about it for several days and nights, but he could not think of a reason to work hard for Yuan Hao. He has gained some benefits from rebelling against Song Liguo, Dou family and other major families, and has also been very enthusiastic, but in the past six months, he has forced the printing of paper money and forced the matching, Yuan Hao has already collected all the benefits of it.

He had to fight Yuan Hao to death and let him rob his family property. Why? Not only Dou Weiji, but other major tribes of Dangxiang were also very tired of war, and no one wanted to continue this battle. In the past one or two months, the front-line wars were defeated one after another. In order to support the war, the rear had strengthened the people's plunder. In the past, they were plundering land for ordinary people, but now even these great tribes are not spared. The important officials who commanded the troops on the front have completely lost hope.

Now the Dangxiang has reached a critical point, and there is no major chaos. It only relies on inertia and Yuanhao’s accumulated power for 10 or 20 years. As long as there is a breakthrough point, the whole country may be in chaos and will collapse without fighting.

Dou Weiji looked at the moon in the sky, his face was gray and sighed. He was so unlucky. At this time, he went to the front line to be a commander. When he died in the future of a great change, he felt extremely cowardly. After a few months, he would never have to defend himself in the face of this situation. Just like when Li Jiqian rebelled against Song, he was defeated in a row, which one should the great chiefs take him? But now Yuan Hao still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands and is firmly in control of the situation across the country. For the sake of his family, Dou Weiji could not bear the responsibility of openly disobeying his orders. No matter what, he still had to defend here and live and die with this small border town.

Just as Dou Weiji sighed and was sad about the moon, an old servant came in and whispered to him: "Sir, Shiwulang has returned to the city! He is waiting outside and said that there is something urgent to see him."

Dou Weiji was surprised: "Didn't he protect Dalang and return to Lingzhou? Why did he return to the city? Call him in!"

Pacing back and forth in the moonlight, Dou Weiji was in a mess. Dalang was his lifeblood, and he held the hope of the whole clan and could not tolerate any mistakes. In this time of chaos in the country, if he was trapped here, there would be no capable person in the clan to protect the family business, and the consequences would be unimaginable. The foreign clans did not have gentleness, respect and humility, and they would attack each other in peacetime. When their family fell into that field, they were fat in the eyes of others. Who wouldn't want to come up and take a bite?

As soon as Dou Weiping came in, Dou Weiji stepped forward and held his hand, and said anxiously: "Shiwulang, where is Dalang? But you are safe to reach Lingzhou? You have always been cautious, there will be no trouble on the road, right?"

Dou Weiping sighed, and wanted to speak but stopped. The more this happened, Dou Weiji became more anxious. He held his hand and couldn't help but increase the force. The blue veins on his forehead burst out and his eyes turned red.

"Brother, I'm sorry for you." Dou Weiping only felt bitter in his mouth, as if he had a few bitter gills in his mouth, and even tried to speak. "On the way, we were caught in the trick of Song Jun, Dalang, Dalang, Dalang, Dalang,"

Dou Weijiru was hit by a bolt from the blue, let go of Dou Weiping's hand, took a few steps back, and looked dull.

"Brother, don't worry, listen to me finish my words. Today we left the city, we met a few Song soldiers on the road. I don't know how we saw that something was strange about us. They sent someone to recruit people and another person to pretend to have a conflict with us, and kept insulting us all the way. Dalang was young and angry, and the guy scolded him badly. He went back several times to go against him, and he was slow on the road. In the end, our party was captured by the Song army brigade who came."

Hearing this, Dou Weiji's eyes suddenly became sharp and stared at Dou Weiping and said, "Since you have been captured by the Song army, why are you back to the city? Where is Dalang now?"

Dou Weiping couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother, there is no need to suspect between us brothers. The matter has been clear. Song Jun took Dalang as a hostage and sent me back to the city to persuade you to open the city and surrender as soon as possible."

"Surrender?" Dou Weiji's eyes were spitting out of fire, "If I want to surrender, I won't surrender early? I can still make some contributions from the Song Dynasty! Now that my son is taken away and forced to surrender to the enemy, where can I have my place in the future? Abnish son! A waste!"

Dou Wei stood there quietly, waited for Dou Weiji to curse a few times, vented his anger, and said: "Now, these are useless. Brother, no matter whether he thinks about himself, Dalang, or the clan, cannot act irresponsibly."

As the moonlight came, he kept paced, Dou Weiji did not say a word, and a strong murderous aura was overflowing from his body.

I don’t know how long it took, Dou Weiji suddenly stopped and went to Dou Weiping and said in a deep voice: “What do Song Jun say?”

Dou Weiping said: "Outside the city are three large army of the Song army, Xuanwei, Qingshuo, Hengshuo. I have seen all their six masters. Before returning, the six of them agreed to protect me. As long as my brother opens the city and surrenders, everything in the past will be gone, and Dalang returns to his brother safely."

"How can I do what I can do without my word?"

"Just like a large army arrives, my brother takes the initiative to open the city. If my brother wants to stay in the Song Dynasty, the six of them jointly recommend it to the court, grant officials and titles, and reward money. If my brother is unwilling to stay in the Song Dynasty, and let brother leave with his personal soldiers, Dalang will naturally follow his brother. They will not stop him, and then give gold and silver worth 3,000 guan of Song coins to be his brother's money."

Dou Weiji asked without hesitation: "What should I do if I stayed in the Song Dynasty? How could Dangxiang tolerate me?"

"They will hide this matter first in the army, and let their brother go to take their family members. After returning to the Song Dynasty, everything will be based on the law of returning to the right, and offering the city will be considered a great merit. The court also has a good example, and everything will be based on the rules."

When Dou Weiji heard this, his face was unstable. With Dou Weiji's status, he naturally knew what the Song Dynasty said about the corrective people and what kind of treatment it was. Now the two countries are in wartime. The corrective people from Dangxiang and the Guiming people were treated well. Even ordinary people would give money to land and live a worry-free life. Those with special identities would also be granted official positions. Although Dou Weiji's status was not as good as those of Hui Weiliang at the mountain, they were not much worse. After entering the Song Dynasty, it was normal to be granted a free official of the fifth rank or above. If you add the contribution of Xiancheng, it might be better than Hui Weiliang at the mountain.

The only thing that made Dou Weiji unable to make up his mind was whether the six generals in front of the formation should be counted or not. How much weight does their words have in the court? He led his troops here to confront the Song army for so long. Although the Song army did not attack for a long time, it always blocked their way eastward. If the city really opened the city to surrender now, would he really expose these things and not mention them?

On one hand, he was the son who held the hope of the family, and on the other hand, the revenge that the entire family might have suffered, Dou Weiji was hesitant for a while and could not make up his mind. He knew very well that once he chose to open the city, he might become a beginning and set an example for other war-weary Dangxiang clans. Yuan Hao must hate himself to death.
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