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Chapter 2038 The Dou family surrenders (Part 1)

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    After Zhang Wenyuan left Chang'an City that day, he headed west all the way to the county seat.

    We have reached the Dou family¡¯s territory here.

    Of course, Yongshou divided his troops, and Dou Kang led about 20,000 horses southward, all the way to Xixian County, the Dou family's base camp.

    At this time, Dou Kang knew that the trend was irreversible and he was already thinking of seeking refuge with Huang Mingyuan.  However, Dou Kang regarded Huang Mingyuan as his enemy all his life, and his unswerving determination was to eradicate Huang Mingyuan, the scourge of Guanlong.  Now asking him to surrender to Huang Mingyuan would be more uncomfortable than killing him.

    Half a lifetime of hard work turned into a joke.

    "It's a pity that no matter how unwilling Dou Kang is, he has to put the interests of the family first.  In the face of family interests, even Dou Kang, a leader-level figure in the race, cannot disobey.

    Dou Kang is a mature politician. It is his nature to distinguish the pros and cons, and to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Therefore, after he divided his troops in Yongshou, surrendering to Huang Mingyuan became inevitable.

    The Dou family does not have the capital to stand on its own in Guanzhong.

    However, Dou Kang knew that his strength of 20,000 troops was really nothing. If he wanted to ensure that the Dou family could still maintain importance and even independence from Huang Mingyuan, he must have enough chips.

    So in the past few days, Dou Kang was not idle. He sent Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Xi, Dou Yan and others to occupy Wugong County, Yuzhi County, and Shangyi County (which governs today's Yongshou County, Shaanxi Province) around Yi County.  They also sent people to occupy Xilin Prefecture.

    The Dou family had a huge appetite. Except for Shiping County (today's Xingping City, Shaanxi Province) occupied by the Sui army, the rest of the Sanfu area west of Chang'an fell into the hands of the Dou family, as well as Longzhou, Chencang and Guo counties in the west.  .

    Fortunately, the Dou family is the leader of the Guanlong Group and has huge power. When they first rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, they had already impregnated the business operations around Yi County. Now that the Dou family has come forward, the officials from various states and counties who had no masters have joined in. Otherwise, it would only take more than ten years.  Sun, anyone else would really not have the ability to make the sun and moon change their colors.

    Dou Kang saw all the counties west of Chang'an and went to Yuzhi County himself. He also ordered Dou to attack and garrison Sizhuyuan. At the same time, he ordered his nephew Dou De to assist him and be responsible for future negotiations with the Sui army.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Out of all the people in the Dou family, there are quite a few who can become generals, but the one who has clear thinking and outstanding eloquence is none other than Dou Deming.

    Dou Xi had six thousand troops and was stationed in Si Zhuyuan, about a hundred miles away from Chang'an City.

    The Dou family chose to set up their frontier stronghold here because it is neither close nor far from Chang'an, so it will not be affected by Chang'an and can quickly contact Chang'an.

    Originally, according to Dou Kang¡¯s plan, Dou Xi wanted to have a fight with the Sui army before negotiating for peace. This would prevent the Sui army from underestimating the Dou family and obtain sufficient capital for peace talks.

    Dou Kang called it a peace talk, but he was still unwilling to admit that he was surrendering to Huang Mingyuan.

    Dou Xi was also prepared in this way.

    But when he arrived at Sizhuyuan, Dou Deming advised Dou Xi not to engage in battle with the Sui army, but to directly negotiate peace with the Sui army.

    In Dou Deming's view, if he wins this battle, he may be able to gain an advantage in the peace talks according to Dou Kang's ideas.  But the key is, what is the probability of winning?

    The Sui army on the opposite side was an elite division that swept through hundreds of thousands of Li and Tang troops. Dou Deming did not think that the Sui army could be defeated with just 6,000 troops.

    Once they lose, the Dou family will be embarrassed.

    Even if there is a small victory, if the Sui army commander is angered by this, there will be no peace talks.

    The current Dou family cannot help being so willful.  After all, the Dou family has no capital to bargain with the Sui army, so what can they negotiate?

    In fact, Dou Deming also tried to persuade Dou Kang, but Dou Kang was not moved at all.

    In Dou Deming¡¯s view, it was all just Dou Kang¡¯s petty thoughts, but it was really inappropriate to drag the entire Dou family under the butcher¡¯s knife.

    After hearing what Dou Deming said, Dou Xi thought about it and finally agreed to Dou Deming's suggestion. He still trusted his grandnephew.

    In fact, Dou Xi didn't want to fight the Sui army from the beginning. His family knew his own affairs, and he had some ability in terms of bravery, but he had no experience in fighting a big battle. If he really faced the elite of the Sui army, he would not be able to win.  big.

    Dou Xi didn¡¯t want to die before he left the army.

    So the two discussed it and decided not to follow Dou Kang's plan and to negotiate directly.

    Although Dou Kang is the leader of the Dou family, he is not even the head of the family. He can only make decisions in the Dou family because of his official position, status, and influence.

    The Dou family originated from Dou Lue, Dou Kang's great-grandfather, and grew from Dou Lue's three sons, Dou Yue, Dou Shan, and Dou Chi. Especially the fifth son, Dou Chi, was a famous general in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and was worshiped as Taifu.

      The Dou family is a typical family that borrows corpses to bring back souls.  Dou Lue claimed to be the ninth generation ancestor Dou Tong. He was the prefect of Yanmen during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. To avoid the danger of General Dou Wu, he fled to the Huns and became a tribal leader. Later, he moved to Daijun with the Northern Wei Dynasty.  But it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false. It is actually a Hu family, bearing the name of the Dou family.

    ??However, after the Dou family became prominent, they moved the family to Guanzhong. At the time when the Dou family in Fufeng was in decline, they occupied the Magpie Nest and became a powerful family in Guanzhong.

    Among the three branches of the Dou family, Dou Deming's branch is actually the long branch.  In terms of seniority, Dou Wei is still alive in the second generation of the Dou family, so brothers Dou Gui, Dou Cong, and Dou Xi, who were born in the third family, are far less submissive to Dou Kang, who is in the second family.

    Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Wenyuan arrived, Dou Xi ordered Dou Deming to go to the Sui military camp.

    On August 11, as soon as Zhang Wenyuan arrived at the east of Sizhuyuan, Dou Deming was ordered to send an envoy to the Sui army.

    From the very beginning, Dou Deming had a very positive attitude.

    It¡¯s not that the Dou family wants to negotiate with the Sui army, but whether the Sui army is willing to negotiate with the Dou family.

    It is said to be peace talks and negotiations, but it is actually surrender, even unconditional surrender.  The Sui army had hundreds of thousands of troops and was invincible. Why should the Dou family talk to the Sui army now?

    As for the Dou family's belief that the Sui army would be wary of the Dou family's position in Guanzhong, they really thought too much. Would Huang Mingyuan care about this?

    Even if the Sui army was willing to talk to the Dou family, its purpose was probably just to reduce casualties.

    Therefore, the purpose of this peace negotiation is to preserve the family first, and do not mention any extraneous demands.

    Sometimes Dou Deming really thought that Dou Kang was confused.

    Retention of the army, ennoblement, governor of Fufeng, general manager of Qizhou, one of the ministers, preservation of family property and land Each of these, one by one, which one of the Sui army can agree?

    It¡¯s so ridiculous to really think that Huang Mingyuan has the Dou family in his eyes!

    Dou Deming was very rational and cautious on this mission.

    When he arrived at the Sui Army's camp, the Sui Army directly led him in without giving him any warning.

    Dou Deming entered the camp and followed suit.

    The entire Sui army camp was filled with a murderous atmosphere, which made him feel uneasy.  Almost no one among the soldiers on both sides looked at him, not even the officials.

    Dou Deming didn¡¯t know the reason, and no one even looked at it. Could it be that the Sui army had already made up its mind to destroy the Dou family?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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