When the team arrived outside the city of Kaihua, Jiang Yun was still a little hesitant, but when he saw Zhang Du personally out of the city to greet him, he was finally relieved that beside Zhang Du, there was a famous short general, and after Zhang Du's introduction, Jiang Yun knew that this person was Meng Xiao.

In the camp tent in the city, Jin Yuanwu asked people to place another chair next to the commander's position, let Meng Xiao sit side by side with him, and arched his hand: "If it weren't for General Meng this time, I really don't know how to explain to the marshal." ”

Meng Xiaozheng said: "General Jin is serious, but the enemy's main general is not slow to react, he has fled back to Xinzhou with his army, and he may lead his troops to attack Kaihua in a short time, and the general must be careful when defending the city in the future." ”

Jin Yuanwu nodded and said in a low voice: "This time I lost Kaihua City, I will report the battle process to the commander and ask for resignation from the position of chief general." ”

Meng Xiao didn't speak after hearing this, in his opinion, Jin Yuanwu and Ma Kongming were not suitable to be the main generals.

"General Meng, General Ma of Wuyuan City has asked us for help, and the situation over there may be very critical." Jiang Yun said.

One of the generals sitting under Meng Xiao smiled and said: "The crisis on the Wuyuan side has been resolved, we ambushed the enemy army, and less than a thousand of them have fled back to Xinzhou." ”

"This ...... It's just wonderful. Jiang Yun was both happy and shocked, this Meng Xiao's appearance was not amazing, he couldn't imagine that it was so powerful.

He originally thought that Lord Lu lacked generals under him, and the four of them from Yufengzhai must have a lot to do when they entered the army, and he felt even more so during the days when he got along with Jin Yuanwu, until he met Meng Xiao, he suddenly realized that he was wrong.

"You must not be careless." Meng Xiao said solemnly: "After my inquiry, the Anhua Army sent a total of 20,000 troops this time, led by Cheng Tai, the right commander, in addition to the two 5,000-strong vanguards, there are also 10,000 main forces. ”

Jin Yuanwu's face changed greatly after hearing this, and he asked, "What should I do then?" ”

Meng Xiao said in a deep voice: "Don't worry too much, now that they have folded five or six thousand men and horses, it is estimated that they will be much more cautious, our army has a city to defend, and the defensive equipment is also very sophisticated, even if the enemy army really comes to attack the city, it will be difficult to please." ”

"Then if they bypass the city and go straight to Hui'an Mansion, what should we do?" Jin Yuanwu asked, this is what worries him the most.

"After these two battles, they will never dare to take any more dangerous moves, even if they really have the courage to do so, it is a good thing for us, just enough to eat them."

Jin Yuanwu saw that Meng Xiao looked like a bamboo in his chest, and admired him very much in his heart, feeling that he was a little similar to Qin Quan, thinking that this is what a general should look like.

Meng Xiao suddenly said: "By the way, General Jin, I have captured more than 600 enemy soldiers this time, all of whom are locked up in the county jail, I hope you can find a way to collect them, we are now against the entire Tang State, we must save resources and feed the war with war." ”

"General Meng, don't worry, I know what to do."

"That's good." Meng Xiao stood up and said, "The defenders of Wuyuan City plus the city defense battalion are currently less than 1,500 people, but there are also more than 1,000 prisoners over there, I am a little worried, so I will go there first." ”

"Okay, I'll send General Meng." Jin Yuanwu said sincerely.

Out of the city, Meng Xiao led the troops to march to Wuyuan City, and along the way, the general who spoke in the camp under his command said with a smile: "General, fortunately we came to Hui'an Mansion, otherwise Lu Jieshuai would have relied on their gang to lead the troops, and it is estimated that he would be exterminated in less than a month." ”

This person is Meng Xiao's old subordinate, called Wang Xin, Meng Xiao is now leading the troops again, so he sent letters to many old subordinates, asking them to come to help him.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Meng Xiao reprimanded, glanced at Xu Qian, and saw that he was quite far away, so he shouldn't have heard what he said just now, so he glared at Wang Xin and said, "Can't you grow some?" Do you think there are really no generals in Hui'an? ”

"I know, you want to talk about Yu Xun again, but hasn't he taken refuge for a long time?" Wang Xin argued.

"You're wrong, it's not just Yu Xun, just say that Qin Quan, he can defeat Ning Guojun Xie Rang, and he won't suffer under Deng Xuanli, is this something that ordinary people can do?" Meng Xiao said in a deep voice.

Defeating Xie Rang is nothing, but when he heard Deng Xuanli's name, Wang Xin's face changed slightly, he and Meng Xiao were both members of Ning Guojun before, and they knew that Deng Xuanli was powerful, although his character was flawed, but he fought yin and ruthlessly, and even his own people in Ning Guo's army were jealous of him.

"The one surnamed Qin is really not simple." Wang Xin nodded.

"His sister Qin Youyu is not simple, it is likely to be more powerful than Qin Quan, I know Lu Jieshuai, he is not a person without vision, since he uses the Qin sisters and brothers so much, it is not because of men and women."

"I still think it's a bit ominous for Lu Jieshuai to use a woman as a general." Wang Xin muttered.

"That's why he can be a marshal, and you can only be a conductor." Meng Xiao snorted coldly, and then he lowered his voice and said, "And not only the Qin brothers and sisters, but even Captain Xu are not simple people. ”

"You said that kid in front of Xu?" Wang Xin looked at Xu Qian in surprise and said in disbelief: "Isn't he just a stuffy gourd?" ”

"You know what?" Meng Xiao snorted coldly: "There have been many times, you haven't seen the purpose of my march, but I know that Xu Qian has seen it. The reason why he didn't speak was because I hadn't made a mistake so far. When marching and fighting, there will always be times when I am not thoughtful, and when the time comes, the person who can remind me to help me will only be Xu Qian! ”

"General, you have gone too far, I have warned you before!" Wang Xin was dissatisfied.

"What trivial things are you reminding, and you also have the face to say, okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and march faster." Meng Xiao didn't have a good airway.

He is now more and more optimistic about the situation in Hui'an Mansion, and believes that if he wants to succeed in his career, he is here!

Shinshu.

Fenghua Army Battalion.

Chen Shu walked out of the military camp of the right commander Cheng Tai, his face was a little not good-looking, and Vice General Lu said angrily: "General, Commander Cheng is too partial, Xie Yuchen only brought back less than a thousand people, Commander Cheng didn't blame him much, you brought back more than 3,000 people, but he said that about you." ”

"Needless to say." Chen Shu's face became even more ugly: "You have made a mistake, Commander Cheng scolded me for protecting me, he didn't say anything to Xie Yuchen, but was really dissatisfied with him, and it is estimated that he will be transferred back to Raozhou in a few days." ”

"This" Vice General Zhang was stunned: "Then why do you still look unhappy?" ”

Chen Shu shook his head and didn't speak, in the Anhua Army, the only thing he admired was Xie Yuchen, if Commander Cheng really transferred Xie Yuchen, I was afraid that it would be even more impossible to defeat Hui'an Mansion.

……

Chizhou.

When Lu Weiyi learned that his subordinate Xie Rang had lost the battle and had let the Hui'an army take prisoners, he was so irritable, and after some consideration, he sent an envoy from Chizhou to Wu Yueguo.

The envoy was Du Yu, who had been an envoy to Hui'an Mansion, and he stayed in Hangzhou for three days, and then Wu Yueguo also sent an envoy to Hui'an Mansion, and Du Yu accompanied him.

Along the way, Wu Yue's envoy saw the prosperous atmosphere of Hui'an Mansion, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look.

After the communication, he soon met Lu Yuan, the envoy of the Hui'an army.

"Lu Jieshuai, we meet again." Du Yu smiled and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is the envoy of Wu Yueguo."

"You don't need to be polite." Envoy Wu Yue interrupted: "Lu Jieshuai, I came here because my king has two things that I hope Lu Jieshuai will agree, and Lu Jieshuai should not refuse." ”

Du Yu looked at Wu Yue's envoy in surprise, thinking that although your Wu Yue Kingdom is far stronger than Hui'an Mansion, there is no need to be so domineering.

He was not worried that Wu Yueguo would have a bad relationship with the Hui'an Mansion, what he was worried about was that Lu Yuan would not agree to return Xie Rang and Xu Da in a fit of anger.

"I don't know if there is anything that Lord Wu Yue needs Lu to do?" Lu Yuan said calmly.

"First, our army wants to attack the Tang State by means of Daohui'an Mansion, and I hope that Lu Jieshuai will not refuse, and second, immediately release Xie Rang and Xu Da of the Ning State Army." The envoy said proudly.

Lu Yuan pondered for a long time and said: "It's okay to release people, just as my respect for King Wu Yue, but it can't be borrowed, please forgive me." ”

The envoy said coldly: "If Lu Jieshuai refuses, my king will probably be very unhappy." ”

"If this makes King Wu Yue unhappy, then Lu has no choice." Lu Yuan said lightly.

"Okay, that's what you said, don't regret it!" Wu Yue's envoy left words similar to those that Du Yu had left, and turned around with a blushing face.

Du Yu left with him, feeling that King Wu Yue had sent a straw bag over to let this kind of person talk about problems, how could he talk about success?

Although he himself was very arrogant when he came to talk for the first time, but it was deliberately done by him, thinking of this, he was shocked, and looked at the envoy, only to see that he was no longer straight-faced, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Could it be that he also deliberately provoked Lu Yuan just now? Deliberately not letting things get done? Could this be the meaning of King Wu Yue?

Suddenly, Du Yu remembered something, he had investigated this envoy, and knew that he had an elder brother who was the left commander of the Yijin Army, if Wu Yueguo fought Hui'an Mansion, then it must be to send the Yijin Army, if it was defeated, then his brother would have the opportunity to be promoted through meritorious service, could it be his idea?

It seems that the water of Wu Yueguo is also very deep, Du Yu sighed secretly, in this way, he failed this mission again, and it is estimated that he will leave an impression in the heart of the handsome that it is not good.

After Wu Yue's envoy left, Lu Yuan immediately called Zhang Dezhong and Yu Xun to inform them of what had just happened.

Yu Xun smiled and said: "The excuse is false, and it is true to seek my Hui'an Mansion, Jieshuai, have you noticed it, there are many forces that have attacked the idea of Hui'an Mansion during this period of time, and it seems that everyone thinks that we are a piece of fat." ”