Seeing the Song army approaching like a tide outside the city, Dou Weiji said to his son beside him: "Dalang, it seems that the Song army is going to attack the city today, and we will be unfortunate. Take advantage of this time, you go down to the city and go to Lingzhou."

Dou Dalang said: "How do you say this to my father? There has not been a battle yet and the outcome has not been decided. How can I abandon the city and escape!"

Dou Weiji couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Where is there any victory or defeat? The Song army used a slow-track strategy to attack the city at this time, keeping us here, with the heart of Wuzhu in Antiandu Mountain. Now they attacked the city, and it seems that there was a result in the Nanyuan, and we didn't even have a way out. In this battle, I am already loyal to Wuzhu, so how can the whole family stay here!"

After saying that, Dou Weiji waved his hands repeatedly and asked his followers to take his son out of the city. The Dou family was a large family of Dangxiang, and the price of abandoning the city and fleeing was too high, and Dou Weiji could not afford it. However, he did not have the awareness to make the whole family loyal to Dangxiang. Dou was a Han surname, originally a Han Chinese. After Dangxiang was located in the great chief of the foreign clan, he was a second-class person. He could do whatever he could.

Those who have been in the army for a lifetime, Dou Weiji can't see the situation in front of him. Dangxiang is not good at defending the city, and the walls built by the villages are far inferior to those of the Song army. They are often knocked down by the Song army with cannons in a few strokes. Sang Yi fought along the way, and Dou Weiji was stupid and knew that the artillery was powerful. How could he be able to defend his small city? He did not open the city to surrender, but he still had confidence in Yuan Hao and knew that this battle might not have taken his life. Yuan Hao was fierce and easy to kill. Once he surrendered, he was afraid that he would implicate the entire clan. In the end, he would sacrifice himself and save the family.

Most of the personal soldiers came from the Dou family, with children from far and near branches, and some were slaves in their family for generations. They only saw Dou Weiji. They immediately chose seven or eight strong and powerful people, surrounded Dalang's sacred city.

The Xishou Military Supervisor Office was built on the mountain. In front of it was a large mountain basin, and behind it was a road to Xiaoguan County. From Xiaoguan, you can go to Lingzhou or Weizhou. Xiaoguan was established in the Sui Dynasty and changed to Xiaoguan County in the Tang Dynasty. Later, it was in Tubo. In fact, there was no county construction, only county ruins. This is a strategic location. Dangxiang stationed an army and was under the jurisdiction of the Xishou Military Supervisor Office. Weizhou was Xihuizhou established in the Tang Dynasty. Later, it was renamed Yuanzhou. In order to resettle the Tuyuhun people who moved east, it was also renamed Anlezhou. It was once Nanweizhou in the Tang Dynasty. Dangxiang followed the place name from the Tang Dynasty.

Since the late Tang Dynasty, there has been no normal administrative establishment in this area. Most of the land was Fanhu that moved eastward. The place names were even more chaotic and many places were duplicated. For example, there were several places in Xiaoguan. In addition to the old name of Weizhou, Yuanzhou was also a name used by the Zhenrong Army. To the south, there was also Yuanzhou normally set up by the Song Dynasty. The Song people often used the establishment of the Tang Dynasty. If the name is the same as the prefectures and counties in the Song Dynasty, an ancient character is added.

Dangxiang only garrisoned troops in strategic locations to build cities, and his rule actually came according to the tribe. At this time, the defeat of Yuanhao had been revealed, and the people of the Fanhu tribe under his rule were in panic, waiting for success or failure, and some even hid in the mountains, with a deserted scene around them.

Because he was guarding the intersection, there were only sporadic Song troops wandering in the east of Xishou, monitoring the movements of the Dangxiang army in the city. Dou Dalang and his personal soldiers mingled among the scattered escaped crowds and headed east.

The war was fierce deep in the Tiandu Mountains in the south, and the defense was tight. Dong Shilian and his party also took this path. After Yuan Hao rebelled against the Song Dynasty, he changed his customs and wore foreign clothes and had hair. However, this area was full of foreign destruction, and the management power of the Party was not as good as that of the Han and Hu customs. Dong Shilian and others were wearing Hu clothes and wearing large Fan Yang hats, which did not make people feel abrupt.

Looking at the unguarded well under the big willow trees in front, Dong Shilian said: "We will drink a sip of water and eat some dry food. Only with the strength can we get there to hurry. The place where we come out is the place where the thieves are garrisoned in Xiaoguan, and we have to go there overnight."

Everyone should have whipped it to the well and fell off the horse.

This place may have been a tea shop in the past, but there was no trace of people at this time, leaving only a pergola. When it arrived at the pergola, Dong Shilian asked everyone to sit down and sent someone to the well to get water.

After taking the water, the few people just took out the dry food and heard the sound of horse hooves. They looked up together and found that they were walking on the road, and there were all good horses, surrounded by a young man with white faces.

Liu Yi whispered to Dong Shilian: "Brother, this person is not like a mountain herder. Is this a thief nobleman?"

Dong Shilian nodded: "It seems that, maybe he is the general in the thief military supervisor."

After saying that, he signaled everyone to lower their heads and not to see the flaws or miss the big thing.

Dou Dalang and his party stopped under the willow tree, looked at Dong Shilian and the others, and said, "These people are a bit strange. Although they are dressed in foreigners, they are not like those who have shepherded sheep all year round in the mountains. Are they deserters from the city?"

An elder named Dou Weiping next to him hurriedly whispered: "Dalang, these people look very strong, and they have swords around them, so they are not good people. It is important for us to escape, so don't cause too much trouble!"

Dou Dalang muttered a few words in a low voice, feeling unwilling to accept it, glared at Dou Dalang and others fiercely, and told people to fetch water. If he followed his former temperament, he would definitely take these people down and interrogate them carefully.

Liu Yi paid attention to Dou Dalang and his party from under Fan Yangli. Seeing that they did not dismount, someone came to get water and drink it, and did not eat dry food, he hurriedly left. Looking at the smoke and dust gradually faded away, Liu Yi spat: "These few birds are undoubtedly thieves and nobles from the city! Judging from their appearance, they are afraid that they will escape at the last minute. If they can come out of the city at this time, they will definitely be a big shot! Brother, why don't we make a vote and take these people away, it will be a great achievement!"

Dong Shilian said: "It's better not to have troubles. It's the main thing to send the letter of the Protector to the Grand Marshal Ren!"

Liu Yi said nothing, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "My old injuries have not healed, so it is inconvenient to follow you. As I am better than this, my brother still goes to deliver the letter. I will return the same way to find General Liu Hu. You can hurry up and go to these men and women, don't miss the big thing. Then it's better to have another person, drag them down, and I will bring someone to take it!"

Dong Shilian said: "How to hold them back? These people can see that they have been in the army for many years, and they are afraid they are not opponents when they fight with real swords and guns."

"It's okay, just let someone be more alert, ride a good horse, and find trouble to annoy them. As long as you follow along the way and shout and scold from time to time, how can that young man resist? I could see clearly just now that he was looking for trouble for us, and was persuaded by the older person around him. As long as the scolding was a bit ugly, such a spoiled young man would definitely not be able to resist it!"

Dong Shilian thought for a while and said decisively: "Okay! It's only ten miles away from Xishou at this time. You're going to hurry up on the road, so it should be too late! I asked Cao Sanlang to hold those few birds, and you will be with him after you bring people here!"

Liu Yi agreed, but he didn't have time to eat dry food. After discussing with Cao Sanlang, he turned over and hurriedly walked on the way. They met Liu Hu in the past and knew that Liu Hu was very famous and should not miss this opportunity.

Cao Sanlang is thin and has a little poor skill, but he is born with a sharp mouth and has not been able to resist being scolded by him.
Chapter completed!