In the barracks, on the school ground, groups of Qin soldiers stood neatly in armor, motionless under the scorching sun. On the high platform in the center of the school field, there were several generals of the Qin State standing on it, led by two people standing side by side, namely Meng Fu and Wang Di, and behind the two were Meng Wu and Wang Ben. Due to the recurrence of Wang Qian's old illness, Wang Jian did not come this time, and it was his son Wang Ben who came.

Meng Wu stepped forward, holding a command flag in his hand, walked in front of Meng Fu and Wang Di, waved the command flag in his hand, and the soldiers on the school ground began to move their positions according to the phalanx they had practiced before. There were 5,000 soldiers on the school ground, moving in an orderly manner around the high platform in the center, waving according to the order flag in Meng Wu's hand and then moving their positions without the slightest confusion.

When Meng Tian and Meng Yi rode to the barracks, Meng Fu and the others just finished ordering their troops and walked down from the central platform. Meng Tian and Meng Yi dismounted at the gate of the barracks, and passed by the soldiers guarding the gate to verify their identities before entering the barracks. Seeing that the soldiers on the school field began to return to the barracks one after another, I realized that I was a step late, and my grandfather and father had already finished ordering. Meng Tian looked at his younger brother who was still behind him, and said, "Meng Yi, you should go faster, if you don't find your father, there will be no hope of following your grandfather on the expedition." ”

Meng Yi's body is not as good as Meng Tian, and his running speed naturally can't catch up with Meng Tian, "Big brother, go to your grandfather and father first, you run too fast, I can't keep up with behind, anyway, I won't follow you, so you can leave me alone." ”

"Okay, I'll go to Grandpa and Father first. Meng Tian turned around, stopped talking nonsense, and hurriedly ran towards the tent in the barracks.

Shuai Nei Mengqiu, Wang Di, Meng Wu and others are looking at the border defense form map on the sand table, studying how to crack the offensive of the Six-Nation Alliance. Meng Fu said: "The king's dispatch of us and others this time must have great confidence in our Qin army, so we can only win and not defeat against the alliance of the six countries this time, and we can't make the territory of our Qin State fall into the hands of other countries in the slightest, can you understand?"

Wang Yi and the others clasped their fists with their hands and said in unison: "The last general understands. ”

Just as Meng Fu was talking to everyone about how to strengthen the defense of the border pass, Meng Tian rushed into the tent of the handsome, looked up and saw that his grandfather, father and several other generals were looking at him, beat the dust on his body just now, knelt on one knee, and said to Meng Fu: "Grandpa, father, Tian'er wants to follow you to the border pass to kill the enemy and defend my Qin State." ”

Meng Wu looked at his son and said, "Tian'er, what are you talking about? You want to go to the border with us? How can this be done, you are still a child, the battlefield is not a child's play, if you don't pay attention, you will die under the enemy's sword, how can you go to this dangerous place?"

Meng Fu continued: "Yes, Tian'er, your father is right, fighting will kill people, and I won't allow you to go. ”

Meng Tian saw that his grandfather and father were not allowed to follow, and hurriedly said: "I am not young, I am thirteen years old this year, and according to Qin Law, I can sign up for the army." Grandpa, father, I know you are for my own good, but you can't let me stay with you for the rest of my life. Besides, after you dispersed, the king had promised me to follow you to the border. This is the king's order, grandpa, you have to agree if you agree, and you have to agree if you don't agree. ”

When Meng Tian heard Meng Tian say that this was an order from the King of Qin, he stroked his beard and smiled: "Since it is the king's order, is there an edict? If not, then I don't believe that this is the king's order." ”

When Meng Tian heard his grandfather ask him if he had an edict from the king, he thought badly, although Ying Zheng verbally promised that he could follow his grandfather on the expedition, but he didn't give himself an edict.

"The grandson came out in a hurry, and forgot to ask the king for his edict. But this is what the king himself said to me, if my grandfather and father don't believe it, you can find someone to ask the king to see if the king said it. Meng Tian said.

At this time, Meng Yi walked in, Meng Tian pulled Meng Yi's sleeve and said, "By the way, my brother was also present at the time, he can prove whether what I said is true or false." ”

Meng Wu asked Meng Yi, "Have you ever met the king before you came, and did the king say that you should let your eldest brother follow the army to the border pass?"

Meng Yi looked at the eldest brother and said to Meng Fu and Meng Wu: "Back to Grandpa and Father, we originally came out of the palace and rode home directly, but when we arrived home, we found that you and my father did not go home, so we hurried to the barracks again." It is precisely because the king said to the eldest brother that he could follow his grandfather and father to the border pass that the eldest brother is so anxious to see his grandfather and father, hoping that his grandfather and father will agree to the eldest brother's request. ”

After listening to Meng Yi's words, Meng Wei turned his head to look at Meng Wu, and found that Meng Wu was also looking at him, he understood that no matter whether the King of Qin said that Meng Tian would enlist in the army, the final decision was still in his own hands, so he said: "Okay, you two set it up, since the king agrees, then I have nothing to say." However, the decision on whether you can enlist in the army or not has to be in your own hands, I have one condition, if you can complete it, I will count you as passing the test, go to my account to be a personal soldier of mine first, and then give you a promotion after making meritorious service in the future, what do you think?"

After hearing this, Meng Tian said happily: "What are the conditions, as long as I can go to the battlefield, I am not afraid of anything." ”

After saying this, everyone in the account smiled, the children of civilian families all wanted to avoid enlistment, and would rather spend more money than let their children enlist in the army, who knew that the grandson of the general was crying and begging to enlist in the army, what a strange thing.

Meng Fu said: "Don't talk too much, my condition is that you fight with the veterans in the army, if you win, I believe that you have the strength to save your life on the battlefield, I will allow you to go to the border with me, if you can't win, then don't blame me, do you understand?"

"My grandson understood. "As soon as Meng Tian heard that it was just a martial arts competition, he was not even afraid of the masters around the king, could there be anyone in the army who was more powerful than the masters in the palace?

Everyone returned to the school field, many soldiers saw several generals come to the school field again, and they all gathered around, Meng Tian saw that all the soldiers were looking at him, clenched his fists, he knew that he had to win this test, otherwise he would be embarrassed not only by himself, but also by his grandfather and father's face.

Seeing that all the soldiers were gathered around, Meng Wei said loudly: "Today's school competition, whoever knocks Meng Tian down, this commander will promote him to three levels in a row, do you understand?"

Soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and there is a warlike flavor in their eyes, "Understood!" So everyone surrounded Meng Tian in the center, gearing up, what a good opportunity this is, as long as you can knock down the child in front of you, you can directly rise from a soldier to a thousand commanders, this is the military merit of dozens of enemy soldiers, now you don't have to go to the battlefield to have this opportunity, it depends on whether you have that ability.

Meng Tian didn't understand what his grandfather meant, and asked, "Didn't you say a one-on-one fight?"

Meng Fu looked at Meng Tian who was standing in the center of the field and said, "Tian'er, you won't be given a one-on-one chance on the battlefield, the enemy won't care how many people you have, you are the enemy of all of them, so now I just want to see if you can win in the battlefield battle." I'll give you a stick of incense time, and if you can still stand after a stick of incense, then I'll let you enlist in the army. ”

Meng Tian looked at the soldiers around him, and looked at him one by one as if he was a piece of fat, whether it was a new soldier or some veterans who had been in the army for some years, they all looked at him with fierce eyes, the blood in his body seemed to have burned, and he also wanted to try his martial arts, so he shouted loudly: "Okay, come on, let me understand the taste of the battlefield!"

When the surrounding soldiers heard this, they shouted and rushed, and immediately countless people beckoned to Meng Tian from their fists, Meng Tian saw this, and also shouted, his body was half squatting, his right leg swept, and he immediately hit a few soldiers who rushed in front, and then turned around and blocked a few fists that hit his back with his arms, and leaned back, kicked his legs on the two of them, and kicked four or five people to the ground, and then a carp stood up from the ground, punched in front of him, kicked in the back, and for a while no soldier could hit Meng Tian。

Meng Wei looked at his grandson who was moving around in the crowd, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Meng Wu beside him: "Tian'er's martial arts are really good, even more powerful than when I taught you back then, it seems that I have to agree to him this time." ”

Meng Wu was also happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw his son so brave, "Tian'er has been playing with the masters in the palace since he entered the palace to accompany the king, and I think these martial arts are all his experience in fighting one move at a time." It's just that in the future, my Meng family will not only need a general who can fight well, but also a handsome man who can command thousands of troops and horses on the battlefield, so Tian'er will have a lot to learn in the future. ”

Meng Yi said beside him: "Grandpa and father don't know, the eldest brother has read all the military books in the palace library, and Sun Tzu is studying the art of war every day, and the eldest brother has not only gone to the palace every day to find some masters to feed him, but the art of war has not fallen behind, so please rest assured that grandpa and father will be able to become a general who can command thousands of troops in the future." ”

After listening to Meng Yi's words, Meng Fu and Meng Wu both saw surprise in each other's eyes, they couldn't imagine that their children had such a deep study of military affairs, it seemed that they really underestimated him.

A stick of incense passed quickly, and there were dozens of soldiers lying on the ground in the school field, and more than a dozen soldiers were also a little injured, because those who insisted on staying on the field until now were some veteran oilers, who were proficient in fighting on the battlefield, and cooperated with the people around them, which caused Meng Tian a lot of trouble. Looking at Meng Tian's body again, there were several footprints on his chest and back, he was punched several times in his face, and his hair was scattered, but he was in good spirits.

"The time has come, Tian'er, you have passed the test, from today you will be a ten-master under my account, let's go home with your brother and rest first. In addition, all the soldiers who came on the field today were each given an extra month's salary as a reward. ”

The soldiers of the Qin army on the battlefield shouted in unison: "General Xie." ”