Yiyang City.

The capital of Yizhou, the current imperial city of Nanliang.

Since the retreat of Xiangcheng, the troops of Dou Xiao and his two families have retreated here.

Due to the loss of Jingzhou, the entire Nanliang people were in panic at the beginning.

Until Beidi captured Tubo and was adjacent to Nanliang, Beidi became the country of uncle and nephew, and Nanliang gradually stabilized.

Some people within the Xiao family who wanted to take the opportunity to seize power also stopped and had to continue to obey the Dou family.

At this moment, the palace sleeping hall.

A burst of curses came out, and the two palace maids and three eunuchs retreated in a panic.

Dou Wei happened to arrive in front of the study room and frowned. He sighed softly.

When he entered the bedroom, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, and Dou Mu was lying on the ground.

"I asked you to get out, didn't you hear me?" Dou Mu thought it was the palace maid and eunuch who came in to disturb him again, and shouted angrily.

"It's me." Dou Wei said in a solemn voice at this time.

Although he loved this son very much, Dou Mu has become increasingly unreasonable since he came to Yizhou.

It was completely gone from the appearance of a wise monarch before.

He was drunk all day long and was in a daze.

"Father." Dou Mu opened his drunken eyes, looked at Dou Wei, then lay on the ground, and laughed sadly, "You must be very disappointed with me now. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have to rebel. Now you wouldn't have lost Jingzhou and live under someone else's roof."

Dou Wei shook his head, "No, I have never regretted it. From the day of rebellion, I have known that the winner will be the king, the loser will be the enemy. Since I chose this path, I, Dou Wei, will continue to go all the way. As long as I can win, I will be willing to be my nephew and grandson for Beidi, and will not be like a drunkard in the market like you."

After pausing, he said, "Did you forget the great ambitions you set? Didn't you say you wanted to defeat the King of Yan and take over the great Song Dynasty? Have you admitted defeat now?"

When Dou Mu heard this, his heart was as if he was stabbed.

When the Nanliang Kingdom was established, he was ambitious and thought that the world could be obtained.

But the King of Yan defeated him lightly.

Now the King of Yan occupied the entire Jiangbei, and is said to have conquered Goryeo and besieged Japan.

He never expected such a great achievement in his dream.

Because in the history of the Central Plains, even emperors and generals who shine in ancient and modern times have never conquered Japan.

This made him feel a deep sense of frustration.

By comparison, he was so failed.

Moreover, since Jingzhou came to Yizhou, his authority has been constrained by the Xiao family.

Although his father saved the Dou family's army, the Xiao family was also a local tyrant in Yizhou.

Some of the children of the Xiao family did not accept him as the emperor.

He even laughed at him as a eunuch in private.

He is so decadent when he is both internal and external.

"I have never forgotten it, but I am afraid I can't turn the world back." Dou Mu sighed.

Dou Wei also lamented in his heart, and he naturally knew how bad the situation facing Nanliang was.

If it weren't for the Beidi reliance on the Beidi, his Dou family would have been suppressed by the Xiao family.

He was about to persuade him, when a eunuch came hurriedly, "Emperor, Prime Minister, King Tiemuta and the British delegation arrived outside Yiyang City."

"What?" Dou Weishi was shocked.

He could understand that the iron tower came to Yizhou, but it surprised him when a British mission came.

The British have always supported the Wu Kingdom.

After thinking about it, he said, "Mu'er, hurry up and cheer up, I'm afraid that the situation of Dasong will change."

Dou Mu is also a shrewd person. After the eunuch said that, he felt that things were unusual.

After Dou Wei finished speaking, he got up and tidied up his clothes. He said to the eunuch who was guarding the door: "Please bring me a bowl of tea and rinse my mouth."

He was afraid that the wine smelled badly and he was rude, so he made Temuta and the Britons despise him.

Immediately, he and Dou Wei went outside the city gate in person to welcome the Tiemu Tower and the Britons.

The two of them also learned about this and were delighted.

It was noon that Dou Muling held a banquet at the palace to entertain the Iron Tower and the British envoys.

After three rounds of drinking, Dou Mu said, "Thank you, King Tiemuta and Bu... Lord Brooke's support. I, Nanliang, will never let you down this time, and I will work sincerely with Wu and Nanping."

"I hope so, this may be the last chance of your power clan. The King of Yan will not give you a second chance." Brooke said.

Tiemu Tower nodded, and the threat of the King of Yan was like a sword pressing against his throat, making people unable to sleep or eat.

It is rare for the Britons to reach an agreement with the Kingdom of Ross to deal with the King of Yan.

Not only Nanliang, but also Beidi, they also seized this opportunity.

So he said, "In addition to integrating your three families of Shi clans, my uncle Ashur will also cooperate with you in the battle. Brooke is not only an envoy, but also a colonel of Britain. This time he will lead the army of Shi clan and the Beidi army to resist the King of Yan in Jiangnan."

After pausing, he continued: Within half a month, a major from Ross will arrive in Jiangnan and serve as Brooke's deputy, so are you willing to hand over the military power?"

"Since Beidi obeyed Lord Brooke, how could we win big?" Dou Wei said.

Now, as long as Nanliang survives, they are willing to pay any price.

Moreover, he felt that he owed other powerful tribes and could only rely on the British to make them reconcile.

Tiemtu and Brooke looked at each other and nodded slowly.

This is the strategy they formulated in Brah City.

The Dasongshi tribes are intriguing each other and cannot be united, which is a big problem.

Choose one leader among them, but the others may not be convinced.

It is better to let them Britain and the Ross states, and even join the Franks to unite and command them in unification.

Furthermore, many generals appointed by these powerful clans do not know one of them, and they act in a straightforward manner in war, even their ordinary soldiers are not as good as those of them.

They believed that they understood war better than the generals of the tribe, and could also cause more trouble to the Yan King's army.

After giving these instructions, Brooke and his party set out again the next day to head to the territory of Wu.

Time is tight, and he must unite the power tribes as soon as possible.

After seeing off Brooke, Dou Wei and Dou Mu were both excited.

The King of Yan went south, worried that not only the State of Wu, but also inexplicably frightened.

Now, they feel like they have taken a reassurance.

The most important thing is that the alliance they joined this time is much stronger than the Fayan Alliance.

The King of Yan is really going to die.

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Baima County.

Near Jiujiang, standing on the city wall, you can look at the rolling river water flowing eastward.

While the Dou family father and son were ecstatic, Chang Wei and other generals welcomed Zhao Xu into the city at the Nanmen Ferry.

From Yanzhou, they hoarded a large number of troops in Baima County.

Because opposite Baima County is Jinling City.

Although Yang Cheng is a big city, he is too far from Jinling after all.

Everyone waited for a while and saw a steamboat with smoke columns appearing in the distance.

This Jiujiang River is very wide, from Jinling to the estuary, the narrowest place is about two kilometers.

The artillery clan was on the opposite side and could not hit the shells to the center of Jiujiang.
Chapter completed!