Meng Lang was about to leave and said to Pu Mao that there were two people who had to be careful.

Pu Mao asked, "Which two?" ”

Meng Lang replied: "Jiangzuo Jingzhou Huanmeng, conceited his talents, recruiting Jing Wu Haojie, condestining himself and respecting the people, known as a great ambition, now Jiangzuo with Yin Dang led Yangzhou soldiers to cross Huai, but do not use him, the minister Huan Meng must have a grudge against this, he is not a person who follows the rules, last year he attacked Shudi, not waiting for Jiangzuo to allow it, the above table is on the line, maybe this time, he will repeat the old tricks, and then come to a 'on the table is on the line'."

"The elite of the soldiers under his account, the crown of Jiangzuo, although Yuan Yang died, his military government is full of talents, there is still no lack of good strategy, fierce generals are like clouds, and the sharp of Pingshu, on the other hand, the guards of pseudo-Wei Jingzhou, now it is already the army is panicked, once he leads the troops to invade the north, the minister thinks, it will be easy to win. And as soon as Nanyang is obtained by him, the rear of my Wang Shi will be threatened, and it must be guarded against. This is one person. ”

"Pseudo-Wei Jingzhou", "Nanyang is what he gets" Yunyun, the front says Jingzhou, and the back says Nanyang County, Meng Lang's words seem to be incompatible, but in fact they are not. This is because, as mentioned above, Jingzhou of Wei is "in vain", just a meaning, like Liyang, Guixiang and other new counties, the jurisdiction of Jingzhou of Wei is also very small, mainly Nanyang County, that is, Nanyang County, is equivalent to Jingzhou of Wei, so Meng Lang has this statement.

As for the phrase "the guard of pseudo-Wei Jingzhou", did he say it? Luoyang? Pu Mao has been laid, is it Nanyang County? Hasn't Pu Mao sent troops to fight yet? Pu Mao really didn't fight.

Why Pu Mao hasn't beaten Jingzhou in Wei so far? The geographical location of Jingzhou in Wei is very important, it is adjacent to Luoyang to the north? In the south, it is separated from Yiyang County in Jingzhou, Jiangzuo, that is? Jingzhou of Wei and Jingzhou of Jiangzuo are directly bordered? For this reason, if Pu Mao goes to fight Jingzhou in Wei now, it is very likely that he will clash with the border guards under Huan Meng's account, in order to avoid fighting on two fronts? Is it to follow Meng Lang's suggestion? Pu Mao has not used troops here so far, and plans to wait until he conquers Ye County before coming to collect this place.

However, although Pu Mao did not use troops here, Luoyang had fallen, and Ye County, the capital of Wei, was in danger? Is it Jingzhou in Wei or Nanyang County in Wei State? It has become a lonely state and a lonely county, and the morale of the Wei guards in the territory can be imagined? With the elite of Jingzhou who is "the best in Jiangzuo" in Huanmeng, attack the demoralized Wei guards? Victory or defeat does not need to be said? Anyone can guess.

Nanyang County's county Zhiwan County and Luoyang are only more than 300 miles apart? The distance between Luyang County and Luoyang in Jingzhou Prefecture of Wei State is closer, only 200 miles, and although Nanyang and Luoyang are mountainous, but the two counties are in the same area, but there are few mountains and rivers to obstruct them, and the plains are mostly predominant. If this place is taken down by Huanmeng, Luoyang, which is close at hand, will inevitably be threatened by his subordinates, and Luoyang, as the rear of the Qin army besieging Ye County, once threatened, it will inevitably affect Pu Mao's siege of Ye County.

Pu Mao nodded and said: "Huan Mengfei is a pure minister, he is ambitious, and Nanyang was originally the land of Jingzhou, and Luoyang was the capital of the Tang Dynasty before the southern escape. What Master Meng said was very true, and he remembered it. Who is the other person? ”

——"Nanyang is the land of Jingzhou", the reason why Wei listed Nanyang County as a separate state and named it "Jing" is to indicate that there is a map of conquest of Jingzhou in Jiangzuo, and secondly, it is also because since the previous Qin Dynasty, Nanyang County has always been the territory of Jingzhou.

Meng Lang said: "Now the king and Yin Dang made a pact to attack Xuzhou together, He Hun was attacked on both sides, and the ministers were worried, if he was not in a good position......

Pu Mao interrupted Meng Lang's words, stroked his beard and smiled: "Master Meng's intentions are unknown!" Meng Shi must be worried that if He Hun can't protect Xuzhou, he may re-attach himself to the pseudo-Wei. ”

"The king and the gods, this is exactly what the minister meant."

Pu Mao thought about it, agreed, and first commented on He Hun with disdain, and said: "He Hun is not as good as the Murong family, he doesn't know benevolence and righteousness, and he is also a beast." Then he said, "Running for profit, this beast's nature." In order to protect Xuzhou, it is indeed not ruled out that he will attach to the Murong clan again, and Master Meng is very worried. The Lonely Society passed on the badger grandson and told him to pay close attention to He Hun's movements and beware of this. ”

Compared with Huanmeng's northern crossing, if He Hun evil rejoined the Wei State, in comparison, the impact on the Qin army's upcoming attack on Ye County is not so great, after all, He Hun evil is far away in Xuzhou, even if he surrenders to Wei again, in a short period of time, he does not have a lot of spare strength to help Murong Zhan's uncle and nephew guard Ye County, but then again, "there is no big spare power", it does not mean that he can't send out a soldier, now there is still a force of He Hun evil stationed in Gaoping County, Yanzhou, Gaoping County is located in the southeast of Ji County and Puyang County, away from Ji County, Puyang County is more than 300 miles, and if he waits until Pu Mao's troops attack Liyang and Ye County, he will transfer this army to quietly cross the Yellow River and attack Ji County and Puyang County, which will also cause some trouble to the Qin army, so it is true that he needs to be vigilant about this.

The Tang people looked down on the Hu people, and the Hu people were divided into three, six, nine and so on according to the depth of civilization, such as this Pu Mao, they looked down on He Hun evil, and in front of the many courtiers of various ethnic groups such as Di, Qiang, Xianbei, and Xiongnu during the banquet, they bluntly derogated it as "birds and beasts".

Di, Qiang and other courtiers, familiar with Pu Mao's self-proclaimed "the world's Ming Jun, traces of the ancient sages of China", Xianbei, Xiongnu and other newly attached ministers, do not know him very well, some have read some Tang books, hearing his words, I can't help muttering in my heart, thinking: "'Birds and beasts and the like', this is Tang Er's insult to us and other Hu people's words, the big royal family is the Di people, but how to use it calmly?" ”

It is no wonder that these Xianbei and Xiongnu newly attached ministers were surprised, but in the Wei State, Mo said "birds and beasts" and other words that meant clearly and were too insulting and contemptuous, which was a "Hu" character, and after Murong Yan succeeded to the throne, he also issued an edict in the country, prohibiting people from speaking.

The style of the monarchs of Qin and Wei is completely two types, one is more enlightened, and the other is sensitive because of cultural inferiority. ”

But after Meng Lang finished what he wanted to say, he raised his wine glass, drank the third glass of wine, and said: "The weather is hot, the big war is imminent, and the military affairs are heavy. ”

Pu Mao said: "Master Meng, don't worry! Lonely young and strong, some are energetic, but Meng Shi, this is going to your hometown, but you must go to bed and eat on time, and leave the trivial things to your subordinates to do, Meng Shi does not need to do everything himself. When Gu and Meng Shi defeated Ye County, Gu will capture Qingzhou for Meng Shi again, and let Meng Shi return to his hometown! Said with a smile, "Since you have unified the northern land, you are more merit than the former sages, and you are happy to return to your hometown with drum music?" ”

Meng Lang bowed his bow and thanked him, and said: "The minister does not want the drum music to return to his hometown, but only hopes to help the king unify the northern land as soon as possible and end this chaotic war!" ”

When it came to Meng Lang's departure time, Tonghuliang and others would invite Meng Lang to set off.

Meng Lang bid farewell to Pu Mao, sat in the ox cart, under the escort of hundreds of armored horsemen, in front of him was Pu Mao's two classes of drum music to open the way, and behind was Tong Hoof Liang, Xiang Red Axe and other generals, or rode horses, or rode chariots, marched along the road, and joined the endless stream of mighty and majestic marching Qin troops to Guixiang County.

Pu Mao stopped on the side of the road and watched his car go away until he couldn't see it, and he was reluctant to leave.

The left and right subordinates repeatedly asked him to camp, and a flock of birds flew through the sky, Pu Mao looked at the clouds, and looked at the back of Meng Lang's department in the distance, and the man chanted: "The deer thinks of the weeds, which can be used as a guest." I have a bottle of wine that I want to give to someone far away. He also groaned, "I am sad in my pitch, and I can't wave my tears." I am willing to be a double yellow bird and send my children to fly far away. ”

These poems are all from the "Farewell Poems" written by the Qin Dynasty in the previous generation, and Pu Mao used it to describe his mood of bidding farewell to Meng Lang at this time, which cannot be said to be very appropriate, but it can also be regarded as a backdrop.

The newly attached Xianbei and Xiongnu ministers, Tai Ban didn't understand, you look at me, I look at you, just staring at you.

The Tang scholars in Luoyang and other places who were newly attached to the city knew what poems Pu Mao chanted came from, so they opened their mouths to make fun, patted horses, and praised them one by one. A scholar with white hair and white hair spoke in a standard Luo Yin and said: "The king and Meng Ling, the monarch and the minister, the love is deep and deep, the previous generation can be compared, there is almost nothing, enough to set an example for future generations, for the future generations!" Congratulations to the king! Congratulations to the people of Hebei! ”

Pu Mao said with a smile: "Qing congratulates me, I know, I congratulate me on having Master Meng's help; Qing congratulates the people of Hebei, what do you congratulate? ”

The scholar said: "The pseudo-Wei drove the tiger and shepherded the sheep, and the people of Hebei have been suffering for a long time!" The voice of the king is praised all over the world, and the people of Hebei have heard it for a long time, and they are all good enough to treat the king! The king has been favored by the mandate of heaven, which is already the desire of the people, and now he wants to do the same thing, hang the people and kill the crime, and the destruction of the pseudo-Wei is just around the corner! The people of Hebei will be deprived of water and fire, so the ministers congratulate the people of Hebei! ”

Pu Mao smiled: "'People are not kind, what is the courtesy?' People are not kind, how can they be happy? 'The land of Hebei is not what I want, and it is my wish to save the people of Hebei from fire and water! ”

The Tang scholars were even more sycophant.

There is a quick mind and thinks: "Although the king is a Di person, he is familiar with the classics of the sages, knows the poetry of the previous generations, and does not despise the scholars of my generation, cherishes my generation, and does not hesitate to reward the officials. ”

Of course, it is impossible to have a strong loyalty to Pu Mao because of a sentence of Confucius in the "Analects" and because of a few poems of the Qin people of the previous generation, but at least, in a short period of time, Pu Mao made these Tang scholars in Luoyang and other places have a good impression of him with his Confucianism and respect for scholars who are very different from those of the previous monarchs of the Murong family.

Back in the camp, in front of Pu Mao's tent, the subordinates said goodbye and dispersed, just waiting for Meng Lang to arrive in Guixiang, they were going to start the preliminary battle to attack Ye County, attack Liyang County and other places, there were many military and political affairs, and they were busy with their own work.

Four people didn't leave.

All four of them are Tang people.

One year old, strong and burly, with a dignified appearance; One is short, more than four feet tall, with short eyebrows and a red beard; The remaining two are dark-skinned and look similar, and they are two brothers.

It was Li Ji, the commander of the Luoyang beggar army who had thrown himself into Pu Mao's tent before, and the three generals Wang Nong, Feng Tai, and Feng Yu under Li Ji.

The four of them whispered for a while, leaving Wang Nong and the three of them, and Li Ji went to Pu Mao's tent and asked to see Pu Mao.

Soon the sparrow came out and summoned him in.

Li Ji entered the tent, bowed down, and said, "Minister Li Ji, meet the king." ”

Pu Mao's clear voice came into his ears: "Qing, please get up." ”

Li Ji got up, bowed his hands, looked down with his eyes, and his posture was very respectful.

Pu Mao asked: "Qing said that there is something to be done, what is the matter?" ”

Li Ji said respectfully: "The minister heard that the king had issued an order to transfer Yang Man's troops to attack the party county, and the minister dared to invite the king to ask for Yang Man's assistance. ”

Pu Mao said: "Qing wants to go to the party county? ”

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the great chaos in the north, the minister's family and the minister's tribes, although it has been several generations in Hebei, but all the time, the ministers are looking forward to returning to their hometown! Therefore, the minister dared to have this request. ”

Shangdang County is the jurisdiction of the state. Before the Tang Dynasty moved south, the state of Bingzhou was also Jinyang County of Taiyuan County, and Li Ji's subordinates, in fact, were mostly from Taiyuan, but Shangdang bordered Taiyuan, and some of them were from Shangdang County. Whether it is from Shangdang County or Taiyuan County, they are all from Bingzhou, so after knowing that Pu Mao transferred Yang Man to fight Shangdang County, because Shangdang County is next to Liyang and Puyang County, Li Ji and his subordinates had the idea of assisting Yang Man to attack Shangdang and return to his hometown.

Pu Mao thought for a moment and said, "Gu said that he let Master Meng return to his hometown, but he forgot about you and your subordinates. Also, you begging is known as 'begging in the state', half of Thailand is the origin of the state, and now seeing that returning to the hometown is in sight, you feel homesick and anxious to return to your hometown, which is understandable. It's just that the capture of Ye County is the first contribution to the lonely and pseudo-Wei this time, and the Shangdang is only flanked. Are you willing to give up the first merit in exchange for that small merit? ”

Li Ji's words were considered by Li Ji everywhere, and Li Ji was a little moved and replied: "How dare you ask for credit?" It is already the hope of the ministers to be able to make some small contributions to the death of the king. ”

In the attack on Luoyang and other battles, Li Ji's begging army, although the number is not large, but one, Wang Nong and other generals are brave, especially Wang Nong, who is fierce and unstoppable, and secondly, the vast majority of beggar soldiers grew up in the army, and lived in hardship and war for a long time, and were taught lance, bow, and fighting skills by their father and brother since childhood, and their fighting skills and will to fight are very good, at the same time, many of their fathers and brothers, comrades-in-arms died in the past battles with Murong Xianbei, they have a deep hatred for Murong Xianbei, and they fight hard. Therefore, Li Ji and the beggar army really made a lot of military achievements for Pu Mao, but although the military achievements were not small, then again, the number of soldiers in his army was small, even if they were released to help Yang Man, it would not affect Pu Mao's battle plan to attack Liyang and Ye County.

Pu Mao then sighed: "The fox is dead, what about people? The war in the north has been raging for a hundred years, and countless people have been displaced in foreign lands. Longzhou Xin Youshu once sighed, before the lonely Wei, I tasted it, the clouds were prosperous, and the people were bitter; Death, the people suffer'. This sentence is deeply lonely! Solve the people upside down, and return the royal paradise of Hebei, this lonely ambition is also! Affectionately called Li Jide in small words, and said, "Monk Shi, I am lonely for you!" ”

Lee Ki bowed down and thanked him.

After the farewell, Li Ji went out of the tent.

Wang Nong, Feng Tai, Feng Yu and others surrounded him and asked him if Pu Mao would agree.

Li Ji said: "The king agreed, and he will make an order today." Let's get ready, and tomorrow we will set up camp and go to Shangdang County!" ”

It was a good thing to ask for permission from Pu Mao, but Li Ji's face was full of joy, and while taking the lead to the camp, his eyebrows were thoughtful, Feng Yu noticed it, thought he had something on his mind, and asked, "General, what are you thinking?" Are you thinking about how to build the party? ”

Li Ji shook his head and said, "No. ”

"What's that?"

"In the account of suitable talents, the king relayed to me a sentence written by Xin Youyou, Longzhou." As Li Ji walked, he said the words relayed by Pu Mao to the three of them, and asked, "What do you think of Xin You's words?" ”

Wang Nong frowned and said: "Death, of course, is the suffering of the people; Xing, how can the people suffer, I don't think this makes sense. ”

Mrs. Feng and Feng Yu didn't quite understand either.

Li Ji's family used to be the hairpin family of the Tang Dynasty, although he has not been a Tang official for a long time, but he has always controlled this Luoyang beggar army, and he is still a master, he can understand the meaning of the first half of Xin Er's words, and said in his heart: "Death, solid people's suffering; Xing, the people are suffering, when the Taoist clan, for personal gain, tyranny, enslavement of the people! ”

Wang Nong is rude, it doesn't matter if he understands it or not, forget it, Feng Yu is very appreciated by Li Ji, seeing him wrinkling his face, meditating hard, and if he doesn't understand, Li Ji told him his opinion.

Feng Yu suddenly realized and said, "It turns out that this is what Xin Youzhu meant!" "Walked a few steps, the heart said, "Xin Youzhu took Hanzhong in the south, Longxi and other counties in the west, and occupied Shuofang in the north, and his prestige in recent years is not small, hearing his words, he seems to be a compassionate person, but it seems to be similar to the king's benevolence and righteousness. I couldn't help but ask Li Ji and said, "General, what kind of person is Xin Youzhu?" ”