Chapter XXVII: The Captive
The soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, who were fighting with the Qin army, gradually stopped attacking after hearing Meng Tian's shout, and the soldiers who were closer to Meng Tian and Du Hui saw their main general lying on the ground and being pointed at guns by the Qin generals, and some of them had already lost their weapons. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Du Hui closed his eyes and sighed and lay on the ground.
The Qin army, which was still being hunted down, suddenly won the victory, and the Qin army, who was in a relaxed mood, raised the weapon in his hand and shouted loudly, "Young General, Young General", Meng Tian was surrounded by many Qin troops in the center, applauding and shouting for him.
Meng Tian rode on the horse and looked at his father, Meng Wu understood what Meng Tian meant, and said loudly: "Disarm all the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, escort them back to Hangu Pass for disposal, and quickly withdraw all of them to Hangu Pass." β
Meng Tian and his father Meng Wu rode a war horse at the front of the team, followed by Zhou Zhe, who was holding a rope in his hand, and the other end of the rope was firmly tied to Du Hui's hand. Du Hui's helmet was taken away by the Qin army, and he followed behind the butt of the war horse with a loose shawl, his eyes were scattered, and his hair was messy, Du Hui understood that even if he was not captured, he would inevitably be convicted and held accountable when he returned to the camp, even if he had saved Xinlingjun's life, he might not be able to save himself, and even if Xinlingjun wanted to save himself, how could he have an envoy of King Wei, and he became the general of Wei when he joined Xinlingjun, if the envoy of King Wei wanted to kill himself, Xinlingjun had no choiceγ Thinking of this, Du Hui was already dead, but he didn't expect that he had been so dominant in the Qi Kingdom, but now he had become a prisoner, and he couldn't even control his life.
Meng Tian glanced back at Du Hui's appearance on the horse, and said to his father beside him: "Father, the child still has some ability to see this general, it is better to hand him over to the child, maybe he can add another tiger general to my Qin State." β
Meng Wu also looked back at Du Hui and said, "I think this person is already dead, and it's not easy to recruit him." However, this person does have some ability, otherwise his father would have led his men and horses out of the encirclement tonight. As long as you have a way to recruit him into the army, your grandfather has me to talk to him, and you can just do it. β
Meng Tian immediately bowed to Meng Wu and said, "Thank you, father." After glancing at Du Hui again, he turned his head and continued to walk towards Hangu Pass.
At this time, the sky was already bright, and you could clearly see the Hangu Pass standing between the two mountain ranges. The Qin army on the Hangu Pass saw their men and horses coming, and hurriedly opened the gate of the pass to welcome the team into the city.
The team entered Hangu Pass, and Meng Wu ordered the soldiers to rest, and then took Meng Tian and Zhou Zhe to find Meng Fu to report the military situation. Since Meng Wei returned to Guannei in the evening, he has been waiting for Meng Wu and Meng Tian to return in the military camp tent, and Wang Di is also inside, and the two of them hastily ate something to replenish their strength after coming back, and they are waiting for Meng Wu and Meng Tian's return in the tent. Not long after dawn, soldiers came in to report that General Meng, General Meng Shao, and Vice General Zhou had returned victoriously and that the army had just entered the city. Before the soldiers could finish speaking, Meng Wei got up and walked out of the tent, and Wang Di followed closely behind.
Before Meng Wu, Meng Tian and Zhou Zhe entered the tent, they saw Meng Fu and Wang Ji coming out. The three of them hurriedly knelt down, and Meng Wu spoke: "Qi Qi Father, the child has returned with the troops, and he failed to retreat according to the strategy formulated by his father, and he asked his father to punish him." β
Meng Tian followed closely and said: "Marshal Qiyu, the young general does not listen to the generals and brings troops to save people without permission, please punish the marshal." β
Zhou Zhe saw that both of them were asking for guilt, thinking of the order given to him by Meng Fu, he didn't know for a while whether it was better to open his mouth to ask for guilt or to ask for merit, so he had to kneel next to the two of them, waiting for Meng Fu to deal with it.
Meng Fu saw that the three of them were kneeling on the ground, Meng Wu and Meng Tian were pleading, and they didn't know what to do for a while, although Meng Wu failed to take the initiative to withdraw according to the signal, but at that time he was surrounded by the coalition forces, and it was understandable that he did not retreat in time. As for Meng Tian going to Mengwu with troops without permission, he should have been punished heavily, but when he thought of a child for his father, it was understandable, and it was not much of a crime. Zhou Zhe originally led the troops to save people, but now that everyone has been rescued, what else can he say. Meng Fu looked at Wang Di beside him and asked him to think of a way for him.
Seeing that Meng Wei was difficult to choose between punishment and non-punishment, Wang Yi smiled slightly, and said to Meng Wei: "Why should the old general be embarrassed, General Meng Wu was besieged by several times his own enemy in the enemy camp, and he was able to preserve his strength to break out of the encirclement, which should be meritorious and without fault. The young general was young and vigorous, and when he saw his father in danger, it was his duty to go to the rescue as a son of man, and there was no fault in it. Vice General Zhou originally went to save the two generals, but now the two generals have been rescued, and they were meritorious at that time. Next, let the old general decide. β
After listening to Wang Di's words, Meng Wei smiled, and said to the three kneeling people in front of him: "What General Wang said is reasonable, Wu'er, you were besieged by several times the enemy at that time, and it can't be regarded as a sin if you can't retreat in time. Tian'er, if Tian'er doesn't go, he may be the father, innocent and innocent. Vice General Zhou, this time Wu'er and Tian'er can return safely, and Vice General Zhou should make the first contribution. Okay, you get up first and go to rest, when I see you come back, the stone in my heart and that of General Wang has finally landed, go and eat something and go back to the camp to rest, and I will go and write a military report to the king. β
The three of them said in unison, "Marshal Xie." Then he got up and went back to rest.
By the time Meng Tian was woken up, it was already dark, and the soldiers came in and shouted to Meng Tian that the marshal had something to call and asked him to come over. Meng Tian rubbed his eyes, thinking that his grandfather could have something important to make his ten-captain go over, and asked the soldier who came to deliver the message, but the soldier also said that he didn't know, and then went out. Meng Tian got up and put on his armor and walked out of the tent, washed his face with cold water, and walked towards the tent.
In the handsome tent, Meng Wei sat in the middle handsome seat, and Meng Wu and Wang Ji sat on both sides. When Meng Tian came in, he asked him to sit down in his seat as well, and then ordered Vice General Zhou to bring in the captured coalition general. After a while, Deputy General Zhou led two soldiers to bring Du Hui in, and the soldiers asked Du Hui to kneel, but Du Hui did not kneel, and the soldiers behind him kicked at the joint behind his knee, Du Hui shook his body, but still did not kneel. The soldier in the back wanted to kick again, waved his hand, and let the soldier out.
Meng Wei looked at Du Hui and said, "Who are you and what position are you in the army of the Six Nations?"
Du Hui glanced at Meng Fu and said, "If you want to kill, kill it, why do you ask so much nonsense? I won't say anything." β
Meng Wei smiled, looked at the people in the tent, and said: "If you don't say it, it doesn't mean that I don't know your details, your surname is Du, your single name is a Hui character, a native of Qi State, your reputation in Qi Country is not small, how did you become a first-order captive when you arrived in my Qin State? Could it be that it is caused by the lack of adaptation to water and soil? Hahahaha." Wang Di, Meng Wu, Meng Tian and Zhou Zhe all laughed.
Du Hui saw that Meng Wei told his origin, snorted coldly, and did not speak.
Seeing this, Meng Wei said: "A prisoner is still so arrogant, this commander doesn't care what you were before, now you are a prisoner of my Qin army, and you dare to play prestige in front of this commander, come to someone, drag it down first and beat fifty military sticks." β
The two soldiers who had just gone out walked in again, and one of them grabbed one of Du Hui's arms and pulled Du Hui out. Seeing this, Meng Tian hurriedly stopped: "Grandpa, I think this person is a general, so it's better to hand him over to me." β
Seeing Meng Tian speaking for Du Hui, Meng Fu said, "Okay, but Tian'er, you have to remember that some people can't be used by me and can't be used by the enemy, do you understand what I say?"
"My grandson understands, I will take care of it, please rest assured. Meng Tian said to Meng Fei.
Seeing this, Meng Wei didn't say anything, so he asked Meng Tian to take Du Hui away.