The soldiers around were exclaiming, and everyone saw clearly. An arrow was inserted on the head and face. It was their prince Dou Jiande, which made everyone think that the situation was hopeless.

It was too late for Ruan Junming to stop him. On the way, he forgot to tell Cheng Yaojin that Gao Yaxian is a person with a very violent temper and does not consider the consequences. He should have convinced him first and then take out the fake Dou Jiande head. Unexpectedly, Cheng Yaojin took it out now. He was extremely worried and couldn't help but press his hand on the hilt of the knife.

Cheng Yaojin has his own shrewdness. He knew that Dou Jiande's head was the most likely to intensify conflicts. If he took out the head after entering the city, if Gao Yaxian turned against him, they would not have a place to escape. It would be better to take it out now. Even if Gao Yaxian turned against him, they would have a glimmer of hope of escaping.

If Gao Yaxian doesn't turn against him, it means that he has accepted the reality of the destruction of the Xia army, and the rest is negotiation.

Gao Yaxian stared at Dou Jiande's head, his face flushed red. After a while, he ordered, "Take a look at me!"

Cheng Yaojin gave the head to a soldier. He held his hands on the handle of the axe, and observed the movements of the knife and axe drivers around him vigilantly from the corner of his eyes. If there was anything wrong, he would slash out.

The soldier rushed to the top of the city and handed Dou Jiande's head to Gao Yaxian. Gao Yaxian held the head in his hand and saw an arrow shot into his nose. It was his prince Dou Jiande. His whole body suddenly trembled, and the fire in his heart that avenged Dou Jiande began to burn.

He shouted loudly, "Avenge the prince!"

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

He strangled his throat with his hands and slowly turned around. He saw a man standing in the corridor of the city twenty steps behind him, holding a bow and arrow in his hand. It was his deputy general Liu Ya.

Gao Yaxian's eyes widened. There was an incredible look in his eyes. He pointed at Liu Ya but couldn't say a word.

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

He opened his bow and shot another arrow. The arrow shot on Gao Yaxian's left chest, and blood splattered everywhere. Gao Yaxian staggered, took two steps back, and fell from the top of the city. "Pu!" fell into the moat.

Gao Yaxian's more than a hundred personal soldiers reacted. They roared and rushed towards Liu Ya with their swords, but hundreds of soldiers rushed up from the corridor and fought with their personal soldiers.

The sudden change made hundreds of swords and axes under the city at a loss and retreated one after another. Cheng Yaojin took the opportunity to turn his horse's head and run west for more than a hundred steps. Ruan Junming and other soldiers also followed.

"General Ruan. What's going on?" Cheng Yaojin asked Ruan Junming urgently without knowing the situation.

Ruan Junming also showed surprise in his eyes, and said for a while: "It should be Liu Ya, the enemy's army has had an internal strife."

He glanced at Cheng Yaojin. Everyone in the Sui army said that this person was a lucky general. He was indeed well-known and was really lucky. He encountered such internal strife.

Cheng Yaojin grinned. "I'm telling me! This is Feihu County. I was named the title of the county magistrate here. How could the Landlord not give me some face?"

A quarter of an hour later, the battle on the top of the city gradually subsided, the city gate opened, and a group of soldiers walked out of the city, leading the general. He was naked and tied his hands behind his back. It was Liu Ya, the deputy general who knelt at the city gate and shouted: "The criminal general Liu Ya, willing to surrender to the Sui Dynasty and serve His Highness the King of Chu!"

Cheng Yaojin secretly praised in his heart, this is a smart person. Don’t make any requests, just surrender honestly and have a sincere attitude. Only such a person will have a future in the future.

Cheng Yaojin quickly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to help Liu Ya up, untied the rope for him, and then untied his robe for him, pretending to comfort him, "I am here to persuade you to surrender to you, that... mainly to kill less and save the lives of my brothers. General Liu is very wise and admirable. I will tell the King of Chu truthfully that General Liu will be admired by the people of Hebei and will be praised for his achievements."

Liu Ya was overjoyed. Although this Sui envoy looked black and thick, he spoke in a concise and reasonable manner, and his words were very popular. This was the one who was good at speaking.

"Please go to the city to rest. The cavalry will be distributed in three places. I will summon all the generals to explain the situation clearly. This afternoon, I will officially surrender to the Sui army!"

...........

The next morning, outside Yi County, General Liu Ya led 30,000 cavalry to formally surrender to the Sui army. This was Dou Jiande's last army in Hebei. With the surrender of this army, it marked the end of Dou Jiande's rule in Hebei. In addition to Anyang City, all Hebei counties were incorporated into the territory of the Sui Dynasty.

However, in the Sui Dynasty, the transmission of news took a certain period of time. The war in Hebei often took half a month to spread throughout the world. In a period of news gap, many dramatic events often occurred.

Zhua County, Qi County, 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. This 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 Yuanlang's sister as his concubine. This is the kindness that Xu Yuanlang has always expressed to Dou Jiande. As a small force sandwiched between the two heroes Dou Jiande and Li Mi, Xu Yuanlang must please both sides at the same time, and he dare not offend neither of them.

On the one hand, he surrendered to Li Mi and accepted the title of Duke of Lu County that he gave him. On the other hand, he lowered his eyebrows and expressed his wish to marry Dou Jiande.

He was eased between the two major forces, just like crossing a single-plank bridge, carefully maintaining balance, and at the same time protecting his own interests.

Xu Yuanlang was originally a pirate of Donglai County. At the beginning of last year, he collected dozens of small bandits in Beihai County and captured Beihai County. His power developed rapidly. In just a few months, he occupied six counties including Donglai, Beihai, Gaomi, Qi County, Lu County, and Langya, with nearly 50,000 troops.

More than a month ago, Dou Jiande sent someone to convey an order to him, ordering him to send his army to Hebei to participate in the war and jointly deal with the Sui army. This made Xu Yuanlang extremely worried. How could he send troops to Hebei to fight against the Sui army?

After learning that Li Mi had only sent thousands of people to station symbolically on the south bank of the Yellow River, he immediately made a gesture and led 10,000 troops to station in Zhua County, posing as an attitude of preparing to cross the river. On the surface, it was crossing the river, but in fact it was to watch the battle according to the army. If the Xia army was not good, he would retreat. If the Sui army was not good, he would cross the river to support him.

That afternoon, several large ships arrived from the other side and were moored on the south bank of the Yellow River. More than a thousand soldiers unloaded five hundred large boxes from the ship. A spy had already rushed back to the camp to report.

Xu Yuanlang was surprised and sent someone to the shore to inquire about the situation. On the banks of the Yellow River, five hundred large boxes had been moved to the shore. At this time, a burly and strong middle-aged man walked down from the boat. He had dark skin and a square face with a large nose and thick lips. His rough face was paired with small eyes, and he occasionally flashed a cunning light.

This person is Dou Jiande's confidant Liu Heita. He is five years younger than Dou Jiande. The two are in the same village. They grew up together and practice martial arts together. They have a deep relationship. In the seventh year of Daye, the severe drought in Hebei turned into a flood, starving countless people to death. Dou Jiande rebelled this year.

However, before Dou Jiande rebelled, Liu Heita left his family and fled to Dou Zigang Hao Xiaode. Later, he surrendered to Wagang Village with Hao Xiaode. Hao Xiaode died in Zhai Lihuo, which triggered the first wave of escape in Wagang Village. Liu Heita also fled back to Hebei to surrender to his close friend Dou Jiande, who was deeply trusted by Dou Jiande.

During this Hebei battle, Liu Heita was ordered to arrange a retreat and wait for an opportunity to seize Xu Yuanlang's foundation in Qingzhou. Early in the morning, Liu Heita received news from a spy. At this time, Xu Yuanlang was in the camp on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Liu Heita immediately started the action.

"Brothers, lift the boxes and go to Seo Yuen-Lang's camp."

A group of a thousand strong men carried five hundred boxes and walked towards Xu Yuanlang's camp five miles away. After walking out a few miles, they met more than a dozen soldiers sent by Xu Yuanlang.

"Please wait!"

The soldier rode a horse and blocked the way. Liu Heita waved his hand and said, "Let go!"

Five hundred boxes were put down, and the head lieutenant stepped forward to Liu Heita and bowed to him, "I'm here to ask, is the order of Duke Xu Jun, please come and ask? Is the Lord General Liu?"

Liu Heita smiled heartily, "I am Liu Heita. I will send some property to Qi County first. The prince asked Uncle Xu to keep it for him."

"It's General Liu!"

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

“That’s right!”

Liu Heita waved his hand and said, "Open a few boxes to show them!"

The soldiers opened three large boxes, full of gold, silver and jewelry, high-quality silk and satin, and some porcelain wrapped in cloth.

The captain glanced at it and immediately bowed: "I'll go back and report to the general, please wait for a moment!"

He turned over and ran away, but Liu Heita ignored him and said to everyone: "Continue to go!"

Everyone raised the box and walked towards the camp several miles away.

At the entrance of the camp, Xu Yuanlang, surrounded by more than a hundred guards, was looking forward to the distance. In the distance, he had already seen a team of people walking towards the camp gate, about three miles away.

The war horse rushed over, and several subordinates he sent came first and dismounted and reported: "You reported to General Liu Heita, who led people to pick up five hundred large boxes, saying that they were the property of King Xia, and they wanted to store them here first."

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

"I saw three large boxes, all of which were gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, and silk. They were indeed very valuable assets."

Xu Yuanlang thought about it and asked again: "How many people have they come?"

"About a thousand porters."

At this time, Liu Heita had already walked a mile away. Xu Yuanlang was of course very interested in treasures. He asked him to keep five hundred boxes of treasures. If Dou Jiande died, wouldn’t all these treasures belong to him?

But there were too many people coming from Liu Heita, so he didn't want so many people to enter the camp. He immediately ordered: "Let them put their things at the gate of the camp and let our people lead them into the camp. Liu Heita cannot enter the camp for at most to hand over."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the camp.

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