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Three days later…

Xiangcheng.

In the imperial study room of the palace, Dou Wei pointed to the map hanging on the wall and discussed with Dou Mu about sending reinforcements to Wuguan.

Five days ago, he received a request for help from Dou Kuang.

Immediately, he asked Dou Xiao to summon the Nanliang soldiers and horses near Xiangcheng.

After five days of preparation, 30,000 soldiers and horses were urgently transferred to Xiangcheng. He gave Dou Xiao 50,000 forbidden troops and ordered him to march to Wuguan tomorrow.

"Ma Han was able to conquer Qinzhou and Yongzhou within ten days because of the firearms given to him by King Yan. I didn't expect Zhao Xu to be so generous and gave his best firearms to the Ma family." Dou Wei pressed his fingers. In Wuguan's position, he frowned.

All along, he thought in his heart that King Yan would never completely trust Ma Han.

After all, the Ma family was once one of the eight major clans. Even if they surrendered to King Yan, they still belonged to a separatist force in the northwest of Dasong.

Dou Mu said: "Isn't King Yan afraid that Ma Han will raise his troops to rebel?"

His thoughts were the same as his father's. If the Ma family surrendered to Nanliang, he would definitely watch it carefully and would not be able to reveal his true feelings.

After saying that, the two looked at each other.

Naturally, they would not have thought that Zhao Xu's trust in Ma Han was due to his absolute confidence in his own strength.

Even if Ma Han rebels, he can easily deal with it.

Therefore, he was naturally able to arm his Ma family soldiers to the teeth to achieve his strategic goals.

While the two were talking, suddenly a eunuch came in a hurry and said something to Dou Wei.

When Dou Wei heard this, his expression changed drastically and he murmured: "This...how is this possible?"

"What's wrong?" Seeing Dou Wei's pale face, Dou Mu suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

Dou Wei had never been so panicked as at this moment, and said to Dou Mu: "Wuguan...Wuguan has been captured."

"Ah?" Dou Mu was stunned for a moment.

It also takes two days to get from Wuguan to Xiangcheng Kuaima.

In other words, Ma Han only spent one day to capture Wuguan.

Now, what they were most worried about has happened.

Rangcheng didn't last a day, Xiancheng didn't last a day, and even Xiaoguan and Ma Han only lasted one day.

It was precisely because he learned this terrible information that he asked Dou Xiao to immediately dispatch to Wuguan for reinforcements as soon as possible.

It's just that it takes at least four days for the infantry to travel from Xiangcheng to Wuguan, so they are still one step late.

Thinking of something, Dou Wei grabbed the eunuch's collar and urged: "Send out the fast horses immediately and call the imperial army back to guard Xiangcheng."

Dou Mu held the table with his right hand and sat down slowly. A trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He said, "Even if Dou Xiao comes back, Xiangcheng only has 100,000 forbidden troops. How many days can he hold off Ma Han?"

Seeing Dou Mu's dejected expression, Dou Wei couldn't bear it.

Although he himself was very panicked at the moment, he still comforted him by saying, "More than 400 artillery pieces have been deployed in Xiangcheng. They are surrounded by mountains and rivers, like copper and iron walls. As long as Dou Xiao can come back, with these 100,000 forbidden troops, we can withstand the Ma family's troops." After all, they are our elite in Nanliang."

Hearing this, Dou Mu felt a little relieved.

He said: "I'm afraid this is not very appropriate. We should let General Xiao Cheng lead his troops back and recapture Wuguan. Otherwise, Nanliang will never have peace in the future. Moreover, our border markets in Nanliang and Beidi will be abandoned and losses will be caused." great."

Dou Wei nodded, then rolled his eyes and said suddenly: "Your Majesty, you cannot be fooled by King Yan. I am afraid that King Yan ordered Ma Han to seize Wuguan. The purpose is to allow us to recall the 200,000 troops. Defeat them one by one. The more he does this, the more guilty he feels and thinks that he cannot deal with the Yan coalition. "

Dou Mu thought for a while and nodded slowly.

But the next day, as a piece of news came, they became nervous again.

About 60,000 Majia soldiers set out from Wuguan and marched towards Xiangcheng.

Although the Nanliang nobles blocked him on the road, they collapsed at the first touch and were no match for him at all.

At this time, they received news that the Ma family troops were in Neixiang County, a hundred miles away from Wuguan.

The next day, another piece of information arrived.

A wealthy family near Nanyang discovered traces of Ma family soldiers.

On the third day, the Xinye wealthy family encountered Ma family soldiers and horses.

The local wealthy people gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses to fight with them on the only way, but they were defeated and fled in just half an hour.

At this time, panic began to spread in Nanliang, and the wealthy families who fled to Xiangcheng described the Ma family soldiers as extremely terrifying.

It is said that their muskets can shoot ten miles away. They can cut off branches at will, turn them into sticks and throw them out, and they will explode.

These rumors made the people of Xiangcheng panic for a while.

"Your Majesty, Xinye is only one day away from Xiangcheng. Since the Ma family soldiers can reach Xiangcheng tomorrow, if you don't ask for help from my brother at this time, when will you have to wait?"

In the court hall, a general came out and bowed his hand to Dou Mu.

He turned out to be Xiao Cheng's younger brother Xiao Yuanshan.

After murdering Mo Zhai, he fled back to Yizhou.

Before the civil strife in Dasong, Xiao Cheng had been protecting him.

After the founding of Nanliang, he no longer had any scruples and generously found a position in the Nanliang court.

Today, as the Ma family's troops were about to arrive in Xiangcheng, Dou Mu summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures, and he couldn't help but speak out.

"Recalling General Xiao at this time and conquering King Yan will be in vain. Can't you tell which one is more serious and which is less important?" Dou Xiao said coldly.

In his opinion, Xiao Yuanshan was just a loser, and he had always been very disdainful of him.

Halfway through his march with the troops, he received an order to return to Xiangcheng.

Now all 50,000 forbidden troops have returned to Xiangcheng.

Xiao Yuanshan sneered, "The Ma family's soldiers and horses are so fierce, who can guarantee that the Yan coalition can defeat the King of Yan? If it fails, what will happen if Xiangcheng cannot withstand the Ma family's soldiers and horses? Besides, I am doing it for your own good. You want to hear it? If you don’t listen, Jingzhou is your Dou family’s inheritance.”

silence.

There was deathly silence in the courtroom.

Although Dou Xiao blushed and refuted Xiao Yuanshan, he knew very well that Xiao Yuanshan's worries were not unreasonable.

If the Yan coalition fails miserably and they cannot defend Xiangcheng, Nanliang will lose Jingzhou, and the situation will even be worse.

After all, this is the place that the Dou family has been running for more than two hundred years.

"Your Majesty, please recall General Xiao and the Beidi Cavalry." Dou Wei's voice broke the silence in the hall.

Three days ago, he was confident.

But as the disintegrated wealthy families poured into Xiangcheng, he began to have doubts.

Get rid of the exaggerated part of the rumors about wealthy families.

After questioning, he determined the relatively true information.

There are indeed about 60,000 Ma family soldiers heading to Xiangcheng at the moment.

Moreover, these soldiers have muskets with a range of more than 300 meters and strange wooden sticks that can kill a dozen people if thrown into a crowd.

It is this kind of thing that scares the wealthy people and spreads it like a god.

And such a Ma family army was obviously unable to stop Xiangcheng's 100,000 troops.

He cannot make the same mistakes as Ma Jin in Rangcheng and Xiancheng and the Beidi generals in Xiaoguan.

Xiangcheng.

Can't throw it away.