Chapter Thirty-Eight: Again on the Expedition

On the morning of the second day, when Meng Tian got up and put on his clothes and came to the hall, Meng Wu and Meng Tian and Meng Yi's mother Ying Ying had already started eating at the dinner table. Seeing Meng Tian come in, Ying Zhu asked, "Why did you play in Xiangguo Mansion for so long last night, your father and I waited for the two of you brothers to wait until it was almost hai, and we didn't see you two come back." ”

Meng Tian sat down, took the hot porridge brought by the next person, took a sip, and then said, "My brother and I did come back late last night, and Lao's father and mother were worried. Last night I was surrounded by a group of people at Xiangguofu, and if I hadn't drunk little by little every time, I guess I wouldn't have come last night. ”

As soon as Meng Tian finished speaking, Meng Yi rubbed his eyes and walked in, and saw his father, mother and eldest brother all looking at him, "What, is there something on my face?

"Okay, hurry up and eat, and after eating, I will go to the king to receive the talisman. Meng Wu said to his two sons, "By the way, Tian'er, a group of Hu people came to the mansion shortly after you left yesterday afternoon, and unloaded a lot of treasures from their cars.

Meng Tian nodded and said to his father: "This is true, yesterday I wanted to follow my younger brother to the Hu caravan to buy a gift and take it to Xiangguo's mansion, but I met Lu Buwei's adopted son who was there to rob a Hu woman, I didn't know his identity at the time, and I stopped him in the past." Then I saw that the woman was pitiful, and I bought all the treasures. ”

Meng Yi said tightly: "Big brother, I don't think you look at that Hu Ren woman pitifully, you have a fancy for that woman." But it's true that the bearded woman has a good face, more beautiful than some beauties in the palace, and I see that the woman looks at her eldest brother differently when she bows to you. ”

Meng Tian patted the back of Meng Yi's head with his hand, Meng Yi almost spit out a mouthful of hot porridge that he had just drunk as he spoke, Meng Tian said: "I can't stop your mouth if I have food, just pick something out of nothing and talk nonsense." I just saw that woman and her father being bullied by that Liu Xiaoye in Qin State, and I couldn't bear it, so I helped her. Besides, wouldn't it be a big joke that I, a dignified general of the Qin State, married a Hu woman. ”

"Okay, hurry up and eat, Tian'er is about to go to the battlefield after eating. Ying Ying burst into tears as she spoke, "He's only fourteen years old, and he's about to start killing people on the battlefield." ”

Meng Wu looked at his weeping mother and comforted: "Mother, don't worry, the child will definitely protect himself on the battlefield, and I promise that I will not lose a single hair when I come back." ”

Meng Wu also persuaded: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely take a good look at our Tian'er, and maybe I have to rely on him to protect it, a few days ago in Hangu Pass, Tian'er killed the enemy camp alone and rescued me." I believe in Tian'er's strength, he won't do it. ”

Ying Ying saw that the father and son were all looking at him, so he had to say: "Okay, Tian'er, you have to promise me, you must not be like when you were in Hangu Pass, you dare to rush into the encirclement of the enemy alone, you are now a general of an army, you must know how to see the situation on the battlefield clearly, instead of charging into battle, so that in the future, you can grow into a great general like your grandfather and your father." ”

"Yes, Mother, the child remembers. Meng Tian said.

After breakfast, Meng Wu and Meng Tian put on their armor. Meng Tian's armor has been replaced with the general's armor, and the helmet still wears a mask, but it is a little heavier than the previous helmet, and there is a red ribbon on the top of the helmet to show the identity of the general. The armor worn on the body has a layer of concocted leather armor inside to facilitate wearing, and the outside is a piece of bronze of different shapes worn on top of the leather armor with a string, and a round copper plate is added to the front chest and back to prevent the enemy's marksmen from attacking. At the waist was a sashed wire with a snap buckle hanging from the sword, and two skirts hanging from the belt to protect the wearer's thighs and knees. The whole armor weighed about thirty pounds, and it took Meng Tian nearly half an hour to barely put it on with the help of his mother and younger brother Meng Yi.

After putting on the armor, Meng Tian walked out of the Mongolian Mansion, Du Hui was already waiting for him at the gate of the Mongolian Mansion, seeing Meng Tian coming out wearing a new style of general armor, Du Hui praised: "The young general is really heroic, this armor and the posture of the young general are really like the generals in the sky." ”

Meng Tian laughed and said: "Brother Du, don't make fun of me, I am so uncomfortable wearing this armor, and it is so heavy, I don't think it is as comfortable as the armor of the ten-master before." ”

"Then do you want the young general to change the armor with the last general, but the last general can't ask for it. Du Hui teased.

Meng Tian patted the armor on his body and said, "Don't change it." Then he walked over to the sweaty BMW and turned over to the horse. Seeing that wearing such heavy armor could still get on the horse so quickly, it caused a burst of applause from the soldiers of the Mengjia army who followed Du Hui.

Walking on the way to the barracks, Meng Tian asked Du Hui: "Brother Du, I haven't taken care of the barracks for the past two days, I don't know how it is now?"

Du Hui replied: "Don't worry, the brothers who surrendered with me eat and live exactly the same as the Qin soldiers, and the military salaries are exactly the same, even more than what they paid in their own country before, so they have no complaints, and they train with the newly recruited Qin soldiers every day." ”

Meng Tian knew that Du Hui understood the meaning of his words, so he didn't continue to ask. Seeing that Meng Tian didn't continue to ask, Du Hui said: "Major General, the last general has a reluctant request, I don't know if the Major General can make decisions for his brothers?"

Meng Tian turned his head to look at Du Hui, "Brother Du can just say it directly, what else can't I say." ”

"That's right, the major general also knows that the only concern of us generals is our own family, I can say that there are no relatives in the family anymore, that is, the brothers below miss their families a little. I think that since we have all arrived in Qin, I want them to bring their families to Qin, so that they will truly regard Qinguo as their home. ”

After listening to Du Hui's words, Meng Tian clapped his palms and said, "Brother Du's idea is good, why didn't I think of it." Well, when my father and Uncle Wang have come back from the palace, I will tell them about it, and I think they will agree to such a favorable matter. ”

"The last general thanked the major general. ”

Meng Tian and Du Hui rode out of the city to the barracks, and before they arrived in the barracks, they saw from afar that the barracks of the Mengjia army were dotted with tents, and a big banner with the word "Mongolia" was flying in the air. There were ten soldiers on duty at the entrance of the barracks, and the standard armor on their bodies was printed with the word "Meng", and when they saw Meng Tian and Du Hui coming, the soldiers hurriedly stepped forward to move the horse-rejecting stake at the entrance of the barracks to welcome the major general back to the camp. In the barracks, except for the patrol and non-commissioned officers, all the soldiers took off their armor and practiced marksmanship on the school field in the center of the camp. Meng Tian and Du Hui and the soldiers who followed behind dismounted at the camp gate and walked to the barracks on foot. Walking through the central school field, Meng Tian and Du Hui came to the high platform built at the edge of the school field, looked at the soldiers on the school field, and remembered that he was one of them not long ago, and now he was a general who could lead them into battle, Meng Tian couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

Looking at the time, there was still half an hour before it was approaching, Meng Tian asked Du Hui to stop the training of the soldiers on the school ground, go back to the barracks to repair, and wait until his father and Uncle Wang Ben arrived, and then set off for northern Xinjiang with a large army.

After the disbandment, there was a half-burnt incense time, and the sound of horses' hooves came, and Meng Tian knew that his father and Uncle Wang Ben had arrived, so he ordered the heralds in the army to beat the drums and reorganize the army. After hearing the drums of the assembly in the barracks, all the soldiers ran out of their tents and went to the school field to find their respective captains and stand in line. By the time Meng Wu and Wang Ben walked to the high platform where Meng Tian was, all the soldiers on the school field had already stood in line, and Wang Ben saw that Meng Tian's new army was no slower than the speed of those veterans under his command, and nodded at Meng Tian with satisfaction.

Meng Tian saw that Wang Ben was very satisfied with his army, but he was a little embarrassed, Du Hui had been in the barracks for him for the past two days, and he had been an idle general for two days. Meng Tian nodded at Du Hui, meaning that the thing he begged for himself would be 100% successful. Du Hui was also happy to see that Meng Tian had conveyed a message to him, and a stone in his heart finally landed.