The edict was dark again, and Dou Gu sat quietly. I don't know how long it took, footsteps sounded, Dou Gu opened his eyes suddenly, and said slowly: "Geng Gong, I know, you will come." ”

The person who came was really Geng Gong, he sighed and said, "Does the general still have the face to see me?" ”

Dou Gu was slightly angry: "I don't live up to the world, but the world doesn't live up to me, what do I dare not see?" ”

Geng Gong was also angry: "No matter if you don't have the emperor, you plant the party without authority!" Zhang Feng, Yang Wu and I are like brothers, and you have all killed them for no reason, what do you have to say! ”

Dou Gu was stunned for a while, and after a while, Fang said slowly: "Yes, Zhang Feng and Yang Wu both died at my hands, and the deaths of Wu Meng and Li Kang are also related to me." Geng Gong filled his chest with hatred, panting, and glared at Dou Gu fiercely, Dou Gu sighed: "Geng Gong, I know you hate me." These days, I have been locked up in the edict prison, thinking about the past, only to feel that my life was wrong, wealth is like floating clouds, and now I am locked up here, but it is better to be a jailer. Alas, when I came out of the edict prison, I should have understood these truths, but my blood was vigorous, and I just wanted to make a comeback and revive the Dou family. ”

Dou Gu's face was depressed, indescribably aggrieved, where is he still like a majestic general? What is the difference between it and the old man in the country? Geng Gong sighed: "General Dou, why do you care about your nephew!" Don't I know that Zhang Feng, Yang Wu and others really died at the hands of Dou Xian, especially my daring brother, who was killed by Dou Xian himself! ”

Dou Gu lowered his head and remained silent. Geng Gong said again: "You just want to preserve the bloodline of the Dou family, however, Dou Xian is narrow-minded, the wolf is ambitious, and those who harm the Dou family must be Xian!" After a pause, he said, "General Dou called me, I don't know what's going on?" ”

"I have been on the battlefield for decades, and all the credit I have accumulated is earned with a knife and a shot, although I am guilty, but I have made the mistakes made by the ministers of the world! However, the emperor was too ruthless, and he actually captured all my Dou clan, both old and young, and tied them to prison, I am afraid that I will be razed in the near future! ”

"General Dou, the emperor will not kill you, he has demoted you to a concubine, and he will issue an order in a few days."

Dou Gu was stunned for a moment, couldn't believe it, and said: "The emperor finally eradicated me, and he refused to even see me, how could he let the tiger return to the mountain and spare me death?" ”

Geng Gong said word by word: "How could I lie to you!" ”

Dou Gu said angrily: "The emperor belittled me as a commoner today, won't he give me a death tomorrow?" Will he care about my merits? Back then, Lü Buwei tried his best to assist the King of Qin, and after dominating the world, he still arrested Lü Buwei, and said, what credit do you have to the Qin State? Qin Guo sealed you in Henan, 100,000 food! Lü Buwei was relegated to Henan, and after only one year of reading, he was killed! ”

"The general is not Lu Buwei, and the emperor is not Qin Shi Huang, how can it be compared?"

Dou Gu sighed: "The emperor's instrument is deep, far from being comparable to Qin Shi Huang. The Dou family, the Geng family, and the Ma family are just chess pieces in the hands of the emperor. Now, the Dou family has been eaten, and it will be Geng's and Ma's turn next. Geng has always been humble and self-shepherding, and he will be able to do it for a long time; Ma's accumulation is intensive, once he gets his will, he will be arrogant and extravagant, and no one can control it. Speaking of this, Dou Gu stared at Geng Gong and said slowly: "Geng Gong, you are different from your brother Geng Bing, Geng Bing has the strategy of being a general, especially forbearing, has no grudge against others, knocks out teeth and swallows blood. Although you are proficient in the art of war, you are too upright and fearless, you must know that rigidity is easy to break, and the emperor does not like you, but only occasionally uses, lest he will be like me in the future, and will be reduced to a commoner. ”

Geng Gong was stunned for a moment, knowing that Dou Gu's words were very reasonable, but he had always been loyal, and there was no wave in his heart, so he raised his head and said: "General Dou doesn't need to say much, I only know that I am loyal to the emperor, and the emperor ordered me to die, and I have no complaints." ”

Dou Gu shook his head: "Geng Gong, you have to pay attention to horse defense." After a pause, he saw Geng Gong's indifferent face and sighed: "Saying so much is good for you, but it made you misunderstand." Okay, Geng Gong, let's go! ”

Geng Gong didn't move, and after a while, he said: "General, Xiqiang has been reversed, Longxi has fallen, and Zhang Xuan has died in battle." The emperor is determined to use troops, horse defense is the right, I am the deputy, tomorrow to go on the expedition, dare to ask the general, how to pacify Xiqiang? ”

Dou Gu was shocked and said: "I have guarded Xiqiang with my father for many years, and I know that the Qiang soldiers are fierce, and when they fight, there are advances and no retreats, some die but no life, and they are a few points more ruthless than the Huns." If you send troops to pacify, it will be a hard battle, I don't know how much blood will be shed, I don't know how many soldiers will die! He breathed for a while and said, "The Qiang soldiers have always respected my father and son, if the emperor sends me forward, even if he makes me a small marching horse, the Qiang will be afraid to obey me when he sees me." I went to the Qiang camp in person, with the prestige of the year, knowing the benefits, the Qiang soldiers surrendered themselves, and a war was avoided! ”

Geng Gong was silent, Dou Gu saw it, and said, "Yes, yes, how can the emperor rest assured of me?" Alas, in the eyes of the world, I am a traitor, if I don't rebel today, I will rebel tomorrow! Sighing, Dou Gu said: "Although Ma Fang was born in the general's door and has a strategy, he is not an opponent of Xiqiang, and the emperor is wise, how can he not know?" ”

Geng Gong bowed his head and was silent. Dou Gu shook his head and said: "Geng Gong, Xiqiang is a barbarian, capricious, if you want to pacify Xiqiang once and for all, you remember: show it with faith, know it with literature, fight with wisdom, and fight with bravery." ”

Geng Gong muttered: "Show it with faith, know it with literature, fight with wisdom, fight with bravery...... suddenly rejoiced, and said: "Thank you, general!" Farewell. With that, he turned and left. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said: "General Dou, you are relegated to Luoyang, and the person who monitors you is my brother Geng Bing, you can rest assured!" ”

The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river. An army walked on the horizon, and the sunset gave them a layer of golden bodies, all like gods. The first person, in a white robe and a white horse, holding a spear, was majestic. This person is Geng Gong. He and Ma Fang led 30,000 troops, were ordered to conquer Xiqiang, and left Luoyang in a few days. The two soldiers were divided into two routes, Geng Gong was the front army, and Ma Fang was the rear army.

It's late autumn, and everything is dying. All the way to the west, it became more and more desolate, and there was an indescribable gloomy atmosphere. On this day, it will be fast to Longxi. Geng Gong is trying to set up camp, wait for the horse defense, and discuss the plan for requisition. Suddenly, a cloud of sand and dust rose in front of him, and there was a piercing laughter all over the sky, like the cry of a night owl. Geng Gong was taken aback, Fan Qiang stopped his horse and said, "Brother, I'll go and take a look." After saying that, he was ready to go.

Geng Gong raised his eyebrows and said, "Wait, wait a while." ”