"What kind of tune is this? So weird? Sister, can you understand? ”

On the top of the mountain, Zhang Ji probed his head to watch Feng Yong and his party drift away, and glanced back at Guan Ji, who was standing quietly on the side.

Guan Ji shook her head lightly with a soft smile on her face, "I don't understand it either, but I know that this is the words of my brother's master, and I have heard him sing it before." ”

When he went to Hanzhong the year before last, along the way, didn't he just sing in the words of his master for several days?

At that time, I still felt that it was extremely ugly, and I almost couldn't help but stop it several times.

and the river in Nanxiang, my brother sang it to her alone.

Now that I think about it, my heart is still sweet.

"I see!"

Zhang Ji tilted his head slightly, thought for a while, then clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Ha!" I also remembered that Feng Langjun also taught me. ”

I saw her open her mouth and sang, her voice was very crisp, "The pond is full of water, the rain has stopped, the thin mud on the edge of the field is full of loaches, every day I wait for you to ......"

When Guan Ji heard this, her face froze.

Huang Yueying, who was standing behind them, frowned slightly, trying hard to remember the accent that Feng Yong sang.

At the same time, he thought in his heart, since this is the words of his teacher, if he has the opportunity to hear it elsewhere in the future, wouldn't that place have a connection with his teacher?

The crowd below was about to disperse, when suddenly they heard someone singing an incomprehensible tune, the voice was extremely crisp, completely different from the ethereal and melodious voice of Fang Cai.

So they couldn't help but look at each other on the ground, and an idea popped up in everyone's hearts: If you really marry a wife, you still have to marry a virtuous person!

It was the northernmost county controlled by the rebels after the Nanzhong Rebellion.

At that time, Zhu Bao, the former Taishou of Ke County, at the beginning of the rebellion, also wanted to pass through here, go around to the back of Pingyi County, and cut off Li Hui's back road.

Later, because of the poor cooperation between the rebels and their own selfish motives, Zhu Bao could not compete with the Governor's Mansion on his own, so this plan was not completed.

Later, due to someone's poisonous schemes, the militia swarmed south like locusts, and this northernmost turtle county bore the brunt of the victimization of the militia.

Not to mention the barbarians and the like who were surrounded by coercion and chaos, even the soldiers under Zhu Bao's own command, some of them disappeared from time to time, and at night, they didn't dare to step out of the city gate at all.

In addition, this place is too far north, far away from his old nest and Lan, Zhu Bao went to the back, and when the Han Dynasty had not sent troops over, he was forced to give up here alive and retreat to the south, which can be regarded as a strange thing.

The rebels coerced most of the people to retreat south, and the rest of the people also fled and did not dare to stay any longer, and the militia went south, and basically supplied in Pingyi County, when it was unprofitable here, who would come?

So this county government, which was prosperous in the past, is now a ghost town.

Today, this ghost town finally ushered in a large group of people for the first time.

"Look around, be careful, don't make a mistake."

Zhao Guang stood at the gate of the county seat and shouted loudly.

The soldiers behind him all agreed and divided into small groups and entered the city.

At this time, I saw a trilogy come to report: "Yu Langjun, the militia in the house has sent someone over." ”

Zhao Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "Let him come over." ”

"I've seen Erlangjun, I've seen the third uncle."

The man was dressed in simple leather armor, and wore a knife at his waist, a package, a water bladder, and nothing else.

first saluted Zhao Guang, and then saluted an old man beside Zhao Guang.

The old man squinted at him, bowed slightly, and closed his eyes again.

Zhao Guang saw the appearance of the old man, knew that the person who came was right, and looked at the person carefully, and felt that he was quite familiar, and it seemed that he was really a person from the house.

"No need to be polite. A few days ago, how did I do the things I confessed? ”

"Hui Erlangjun, the villain has found all the militia stewards in Nanzhong these days, and they are very talkative, and they all tell the villain what they know, so the villain knows about Zhu Bao's movements."

"How can it be difficult to speak?"

Zhao Guang sneered, "The militia in Nanzhong, who dares not to give my brother some face?" The elder brother had already found the gold lord behind them in Jincheng a few days ago, and those people were counting on the elder brother to find a way for them! ”

The corners of the Zhao family's militia twitched at the corner of his mouth, and this "brother", Erlangjun called it really smooth.

"You go on."

"Yes. Hui Erlangjun, this turtle city has long been empty. Not only that, but Zhu Bao heard that the imperial army had gathered all the soldiers and horses to Helan, so it was unimpeded from Turtle City to the south until this part of Helan. ”

"Zhu Bao gathered his men, did he want to defend Jilan or flee south, do you know?"

Zhao Guang looked to the south, only to see that as far as the eye could see, there were all barren grass and trees, and even the official road had been submerged in the grass, not to mention any human figures.

The person who came looked ashamed, shook his head and said, "This villain doesn't know." If it is north of Jilan, don't say that it is a rebel, that is, any mountain may contain barbarians, and the small ones can be told to Erlangjun. ”

"It's just...... After this, it is already a place where barbarians have lived for generations, and the militia is going, at most, to explore the way, and it is extremely difficult to find out the news, let alone find labor, even if they find it, I am afraid that they will not be able to bring it back......"

Zhao Guang looked at the old man of the Zhao Mansion in front of him speechlessly, and said in his heart, with this little thing in your hand, you forced that Zhu Baogui to shrink to Jilan, which is already unbelievable, and you still want to go south?

So what else do you need the imperial army to do?

Besides, when did I ask you about labor? Are you looking for labor to find addiction?

But...... Labor is indeed a good thing!

Zhao Guang touched his chin, thinking to himself that his brother was not planning to open some more estates in Nanzhong, so this labor, of course, the more the better, "labor...... Are you still looking for labor? ”

The steward of the militia shook his head, "Since the beginning of this year, Jincheng and Pingyi County have stopped selling dry food. If you don't have dry food, how can you still find it? ”

"Then how do you know about Zhu Bao's movements?"

"Although there is no way to find labor, the imperial court has spoken, if it can provide useful information during the southern expedition of the army, it can sell some dry food as appropriate, so many people are now thinking of listening to the news."

When Zhao Guang heard this, he thought to himself, this method is not bad.

Thinking of this, he asked again, "You just said, north of Jilan, which mountain has barbarians, do you know?" Could it be that there are still barbarians in the north of Jilan? ”

The steward of the militia grinned, "Not only that, but there are quite a few." It's just that these barbarians are all hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. If there is no one to lead the way, there is no way to find their cottage. ”

"And here in Nanzhong, there are many miasma in the forest, if people accidentally enter the miasma forest, four or five out of ten people will die. And those barbarians have lived here for a long time, and they have long been accustomed to it, but they are not harmed by it. Therefore, ordinary people do not dare to go to look for it. ”

When Zhao Guang heard this, he couldn't complain, and I also said when did you have such kindness and were willing to let them go.

"Alright, I got it. You go down first. ”

Zhao Guang waved his hand.

The man saluted, and went down, and in a moment he disappeared into the weeds.

After a while, I saw the soldiers who had entered the city come and report that the city was empty.

Zhao Guang nodded and said, "Enter the city." ”

Ma Zhong, who was leading the Chinese army to lag behind the forward for a day, received the news from the forward Zhao Guang, and immediately ordered: "Pass the order, and the whole army will speed up." ”

The order was passed down layer by layer, "Speed up!" ”

As a result, the troops who walked on the official road began to gradually speed up their actions.

"Also, send someone to send a letter to General Zhao, and let him rest in Turtle County for a day, and then go south immediately without delay."

"No!"

After the military order was passed down, a subordinate spoke, "General, the army has come all the way, and it is already tired. General Zhao's department is even more in front of the path, but he is afraid that the fatigue will be even worse. Why not let the soldiers rest for two more days to regain their strength to fight the thief army? ”

Ma Zhong, who was in his thirties, was in the prime of life, and smiled proudly when he heard this, "Zhu Bao has no guts and mouse ears!" Before our army arrived, it had retreated hundreds of miles, and now we had reduced all our forces to Jilan, and it was not too late for the army to advance to the city of Jilan. ”

"If Zhu Bao envoy is to treat the near and the far, and to wait for the work, wouldn't it be a bad thing for the prime minister?"

When Ma Zhong heard this, he immediately laughed, "If it is someone else, I still have this concern, but what about Zhu ......Bao?"

Speaking of this, the contempt on Ma Zhong's face was full of contempt, "This person is originally a talented and talented person, and he was sent by the first emperor to be a Taishou but turned against the Han, which is unrighteous." During his tenure as Taishou, he was tyrannical and tyrannical, and he had no grace on the people, who would really give him his life? ”

"In front of the militia group, he can't even defend the turtle city, how can he say that he is plotting? There is clearly nothing to be done. ”

Ma Zhong said this, with a thoughtful look on his face, "If he guards Helan in vain, he will be trapped in a cage." I'm afraid, if he plans to gather his troops and horses and flee south, and merge with the Yizhou rebels, I'm afraid it's not beautiful. ”

"Draw up another military order for the forward, after arriving at the city of Jilan, if you find that the rebel has fled south, you must think of a way to hold it off!"

"No!"

After the rebellion of Meng Huo and Yonghong of Yizhou County, although Dongwu appointed Yonghong as the Taishou of Yongchang, due to Yongchang Gong Cao Lu Kai and Fucheng Wang Yan led the officials to defend Yongchang, Yonghong was difficult to enter the city, so he had to retreat and divide Yizhou County with Meng Huo.

Meng was powerful, and he personally stationed in Dianchi County, and sent his brother Meng Yan to be stationed in Wei County.

And Yonghong, who initiated the rebellion, only won a small part of Yizhou County centered on Tangwolf County, and he was already dissatisfied in his heart.

In Dianchi County, Yizhou County in the south, Meng Yan walked hurriedly into the Dianchi Mansion, ignoring the barbarian soldiers who were guarding the door of the Mansion and saluting him.

He stopped the brute soldiers who were about to go to report it, and he crossed the front hall, and before the people reached the hall, they had already opened their mouths and shouted, "Brother, I am here." ”

"Angxiong is here?"

A person walked out of the front hall, with a short body, a dark face, a purple gold crown embedded on his head, and the tail hair of the wild pheasant on the edge of the purple gold crown shook from time to time, it was the head of the Meng family who occupied most of Yizhou County, Meng Yu.

"It's hot outside, so let's talk about it first."

"Brother, I heard that Gao Ding and Zhu Bao both sent people over and asked me to wait to go to support?"

As soon as he sat down, Meng Yan asked.

"Exactly."

Meng nodded his head.

"So what is Brother's plan?"

"It's not decided yet." Meng Yu had doubts and looked at Meng Yan, "That's why I sent someone to call Ang Xiong back to discuss." ”

"Brother, do you have any consideration?"

"Yes, my original intention was to let Na Yonghong lead the army to aid Gaoding, and I personally led the troops to meet Zhu Bao with Helan, what do you think?"

"No!"

Meng Yan hurriedly stopped, "Yizhou is the foundation of my Meng family, and we must not lose it." Brother does this, isn't Yizhou County empty? If Li Hui led his troops south, who would refuse? ”

"It's you, naturally."

"Me?"

Meng Yan's eyes showed a glimmer of essence, and then quickly covered it up, and his face showed just the right amount of doubt, "Brother means ......"

"Then if Li Hui wants to go south, he must pass through the Wei County where you are stationed, as long as the Wei County is not broken, Yizhou County will be safe and sound. So this time I will personally lead the troops, and you will guard the back road of our waiting. ”

"Why don't you let me lead the troops there, brother and defend himself?"

Meng Yan's heart moved, but another word came out of his mouth.

"No, although Zhu Bao is weak, he can be regarded as one of the leaders of the four major rebel armies in Nanzhong. If you go, you will nominally have to bend to your position, and then he deliberately asked you to lead an army to block the Han army, do you listen or not? ”

Meng Shu shook his head, "If I listen, I will wait for the soldiers in my hands to have a loss, if I don't listen, there will be a gap, and the two will not be pleased." It's better for me to go myself. ”

When Meng Yan heard this, he sighed even more in his heart, before the war started, they already had their own selfish intentions and calculations, how could they achieve great things?

"Brother, can you let me have an opinion?"

"Angxiong, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Meng Shu knew that this clan brother was brave and knew the art of war, so he let him guard the gateway of Yizhou, Wei County.

At this time, if you want to hear him talk about his views, is there any reason not to listen?

"The Han army is large, several times larger than me, even if it is divided into three routes, it still has an advantage. The people we are fighting now are only in dangerous terrain. If we divide our forces to meet the enemy as they did, wouldn't we be playing into their hands? ”

"It's better to concentrate your forces and attack one of them. As long as we break all the way, we will have a lot more room for manoeuvre. Wouldn't it be better if we were going to attack or defend it, and that was our decision? ”

Meng Shu heard this, thought about it carefully, and suddenly slapped his thigh, "This is reasonable!" ”

looked at Meng Yan again, his face was happy, "Then in your opinion, which way to break?" ”

"Naturally, it's Zhuge Liang."

Meng Yan said without hesitation, "Gaoding has the strongest troops, and it is the closest to us, so it is convenient for rescue." And on the other side, Zhuge Liang personally led the troops, which was the main force of the Han army. As long as you can break this road, you can't say that you can't say the other two roads, and you will retreat by yourself. ”

"Reasonable! Reasonable! ”

Meng Shu stood up abruptly, took a few steps back and forth, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was really good.

Although he is the head of the Meng family, and he is served by Yihan of Yizhou County, he also knows that it is because of the power of the patriarch, as well as the courage of this body, plus the ability to deal with things fairly on weekdays, so few people are not convinced.

But when it comes to leading troops and strategizing, speculating on people's thoughts, etc., it is far inferior to his brother Meng Yan.

"What about Zhu Bao?"

After Meng Shu calmed down, he asked again.

"In my opinion, that Zhu Bao will definitely not be able to hold Helan, why don't you directly tell him to give up Helan and continue to retreat to the south, so that the distance between us and him will be much closer."

"In this way, not only can the momentum be connected and the rescue can be facilitated, but also the dangerous terrain can be used to continue to block the Han army."

"I'm afraid he won't."

Meng Yu hesitated.

"If you don't, you won't leave him alone." Meng Yan's eyes showed ruthlessness, "The Han army is powerful, and we must not divide our troops." As long as you tell him about the situation, if he knows some current affairs, he will naturally know what to do. ”

"That's fine."

Meng Shu heard this and nodded.

After Meng Yan's analysis, he felt that he was reasonable.

At the beginning of April of the third year of Jianxing, the rebels of Yizhou County, Meng Shu and Yonghong, led their troops north to Yueshan County, wanting to rescue Gaoding.

At the same time, Ma Zhong, the East Route Army, led the army to rush and attack Jilan.