After the integration of 10,000 Mengjia soldiers and soldiers was completed, and after being inspected by the commander on the school field, Meng Wu ordered people to bring a cow and a sheep, and then killed the sacrificial flag, and then the auspicious time arrived, and the army immediately set off to support the northern frontier of Qin.

The army set off through the city of Xianyang, on the city wall, Qin Wang Yingzheng was accompanied by Xiangguo Lü Buwei, followed by his younger brother Chang'an Hou Chengjiao, general Wang Jian and other Qin ministers. Looking at the Mengjia army gradually moving away under the city wall, Ying Zheng said: "Old Marshal Wang, what do you think of the combat strength of this Mengjia army named by the widow himself?

Wang Jian leaned over slightly, because he was wearing armor, it was inconvenient to salute, so Wang Jian just hugged his fists and said: "Back to the king, although most of the Mengjia army named by the minister is new soldiers and soldiers of the six countries who were defeated and surrendered at Hangu Pass, the combat power is naturally a little lower than the Wang family army named by the previous king who was carefully trained by the minister, if this army is given a certain amount of time and battlefield combat experience, the minister thinks that in the future, this army and the minister's army will be the king's arms to dominate the world." ”

Lu Buwei said beside him: "Wang Laoshuai is right, the king, the minister also thinks that although the Meng family army is still in a short period of time, but the leader of the troops is the famous major general of my Qin State, Major General Meng Tianmeng, General Meng has just turned fourteen years old today, and he can lead the army to fight on the battlefield, and in the near future, I think the leader of my Qin State will be General Meng." ”

After Lu Buwei said this, the faces of Cheng Jiao, the ministers of the Qin State and many generals behind him changed slightly, and these words were clearly said to Wang Jian to hear, Lord Xiangguo was provoking the relationship between the Wang and Meng families.

After listening to Lu Buwei's words, Wang Jian did not have any reaction on his face, and continued to say to Qin Wang Yingzheng: " Lord Xiangguo said well, yesterday Meng Wu and Meng Tian and Meng Yi came to visit me in my house, I once said to their father and son, now my Qin State older generation of generals in addition to the deceased Wu Anjun Bai Qi, there are only ministers and Meng Fu old generals, now the minister is sixty years old, Meng brother is also similar to me, although our two sons changed early and enlisted with the two of us, now leading the army is only decent, more than enough, but not aggressive, so the minister and Meng Fu will focus on the younger generation. Meng Yi is the minister next to the king, not to mention for the time being, Meng Tian and the minister's grandson Wang Li are both talented at leading troops, but from the perspective of the ministers who have led the troops for many years, Wang Li is not as good as Meng Tian. Meng Tian, this little guy, has shown extraordinary ability to lead soldiers since he was a child, with a long-term vision, although his body is more martial, but he is also delicate, this talent is indeed a handsome talent. Therefore, the minister wants to face the king in advance, and after the minister is old, the minister is willing to hand over the post of generalissimo of my Qin State to Meng Tian, and he will continue to expand the territory for the king instead of the old man. ”

After listening to the words of Lü Buwei and Wang Qian, King Yingzheng of Qin turned to look at the ministers of Qin behind him, and said with a smile: "The old general is serious, the widow and Meng Tian have also studied together for many years, and they still know him well. Indeed, his talent for leading the troops is indeed good, but there is still a lack of tempering, the old general has fought more battles than he has eaten in his life, and the widow thinks that after Meng Tian came back from the north this time, he transferred him to the old general's command, so that he can follow the old general to learn to lead the troops to fight, as for who the old general wants to pass the position to, it is too early to say at this time, don't mention it. What does the old general think?"

"Do as the king commands. ”

Lu Buwei saw that his words did not play any role, and he was secretly unhappy in his heart, he understood that Yingzheng's backer behind him now was the military generals led by Wang Qian, if he could separate part of the relationship between the military generals, he would be able to sit on an equal footing with Wang Qian. Lü Buwei knows that he is now in the position of the Qin State, I don't know how many people are looking at it, although since the Zhaoxiang King Yingji, the phase of the Qin State has always been sat by people outside the Qin State, but he is not as good as his predecessors Wei Ran, Ying Hou Fan Sui and others, his only credit is to put the current king's father on the throne, so he will be so interested in the strength of the army. When he has the support of the army, and then he has military merits, then his own prime minister will not be like a mountain.

As the Mengjia army under the city wall gradually went north, at this time there was no longer a figure of the Mengjia army, Yingzheng retracted his gaze, and was about to lead the ministers back to the palace, when an inner servant hurriedly ran over and reported that there was a border pass military situation to report to the king. Ying Zheng took the report and looked at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, the battle report said that although Wei Xinlingjun led the army of the six countries to attack Qin, he won more than 30 cities in Qin in the early stage, which can be regarded as a big victory for the six countries to jointly resist Qin, but because of Lü Buwei's enemy strategy, Xinling Jun Wei Wuji fell short, and failed to seize power after returning to Wei, and was exiled by the king of Wei. Ying Zheng was overjoyed, and after returning to the palace, he ordered Meng Yi to write a will, and the army returned to defend the army in the recaptured city, and then he could return to Xianyang.

After writing the will, Ying Zheng ordered people to summon Prime Minister Lu Buwei into the palace, this time the fight against the army of the six countries was successful, and Lü Buwei's strategy between the enemies was not small, so Ying Zheng called Lü Buwei into the palace to reward him. Not long after, Lü Buwei walked into the palace under the leadership of the chamberlain, and after meeting with King Yingzheng of Qin, Yingzheng gave Lü Buwei a seat to sit down.

Lü Buwei said to King Yingzheng of Qin: "I don't know what happened to the king's summoning of his ministers?"

Ying Zheng ordered the internal attendant Meng Fu to take a report to Lü Buwei and said: "The talented widow received a report from the old general Meng Fu that this time to resist the attack of the Six Kingdoms on Qin, the middle father's enemy strategy was very great, so the widow will summon the middle father and want to discuss with the middle father what kind of reward to give the middle father." ”

After reading the report that the chamberlain gave him, and then heard Ying Zheng's words, he hurriedly stood up and bowed to Ying Zheng and said: "The first king and the king's rewards to the ministers are already very many, and this time to resist the attack of the six countries on Qin is the destiny of the king, and the ministers dare not ask for credit, let alone ask for the king's reward for the ministers." ”

"Father Zhong is polite, this time to fight against the Six Kingdoms to attack Qin, if Xinling Jun continues to lead the troops, compared to the soldiers who will come to Xianyang City at this time, the merit of Father Zhong lies in Sheji, how can the widow not be rewarded?" Ying Zheng looked at Lu Buwei and said.

Lü Buwei met Yingzheng's gaze, bent down and said, "In this case, the minister has a reluctant request, and I hope the king can allow it." ”

"The middle father said bluntly that it doesn't matter, just agree. ”

Lü Buwei said: "The king, the minister has an adopted son, who has been running some business in the minister's hometown before, and at the same time walking among my Qin country and the rest of the vassal states, to find out information for my Qin country, this time it is he and people who went to the Wei country to separate the king of Wei and the king of Xinling, Wei Wuji, so the old general Meng will turn defeat into victory in Hangu Pass, and the minister does not dare to invite him for his own credit, so he wants to ask the king for a reward for the courtier." ”

Ying Zheng was a little surprised in his heart, Lu Buwei also had an adopted son, which was quite unexpected, so he said: "Since the middle father said so, and there is such a merit, how can the widow not allow it, although the middle father said it." ”

"Back to the king, the courtier and the minister said that they wanted to join the army, but the day before yesterday, the courtier had some disputes with Major General Meng Tian, so he went to the Mengjia army to sign up for the army, and General Meng did not allow it, so the minister wanted to ask the king for a will today, allowing the courtiers to join the Mengjia army. ”

After listening to Lu Buwei's words, Ying Zheng glanced at Meng Yi who was not far away, and Meng Yi saw Ying Zheng looking at him, and nodded to indicate that what Lu Buwei said was true. Ying Zheng retracted his gaze, thought for a moment and asked Lu Buwei: "In that case, why don't you consider other military forces, but join the Mengjia army alone?"

Lü Buwei replied: "The minister also asked him, and the minister told the minister that he knew that he had offended General Meng, and at the same time admired the talent of the young general, so he only wanted to follow the young general under the command of the young general to fight for the king. ”

Ying Zheng nodded, "If you know your mistakes, you will change your true character to a man, since you are the adopted son of the middle father, it is convenient for the widow's brother, so the widow agreed to the middle father's invitation, and when Meng Tian returned to Xianyang victoriously, he would go to the Mengjia army to join the army." What do you think, Father?"

"The minister thanked the king for the child. Lü Buwei bowed to Yingzheng again.

After greeting Lü Buwei for a while, Lü Buwei retired. After Lü Buwei left, Ying Zheng waved his hand to beckon Meng Yi over and asked, "Lü Buwei has an adopted son, why don't you know about this?"

Meng Yi stepped forward and said: "The minister also just learned the day before yesterday that this adopted son of Lü Buwei is the son of one of his deceased, this person once saved his life according to Lü Buwei, and after his death, Lü Buwei adopted his son as an adopted son, and he came to Xianyang City not long ago. I thought about it just now, and I thought that it should be that after the end of the Wei State incident, he came directly to Xianyang, and this person got the title of 'Liu Xiaoye' a few days after coming to Xianyang, and bullied the market in Xianyang City. ”

"Oh?" Ying Zheng became interested, "Since he is so arrogant, how did he offend Meng Tian?"

"The day before yesterday, the minister went to the Xiangguo Mansion with the eldest brother for a banquet, and met this Liu Xiaoye on the road who was bullying a Hu woman, and the eldest brother couldn't get used to it and stepped forward to stop it, and he left after recognizing the identity of the eldest brother. Later, at the banquet, Lu Buwei called him to apologize to the eldest brother, and only then did the minister and the eldest brother know the true identity of this Liu Xiaoye. ”

Ying Zheng then asked, "What is the real name of this Little Master Liu?"

"The surname is Liu, and the name is Zhendong. Meng Yi replied.

Ying Zheng pronounced the name several times in his mouth, but didn't say anything. It seems that it still hasn't blocked the palm of Lü Buwei's hand that wants to reach out to the army, although his son has entered the army, but no matter what, as long as he can't take charge of the army, then Lü Buwei won't be able to set off much turmoil in the future. Thinking of this, Ying Zheng called Meng Yi to him and said something in his ear, and Meng Yi listened to the order and left.