Tang Hu had already discovered that Tang Yuan had a very good set of methods for dealing with children, especially for girls.

At first, the guy was very resistant, but after chatting for a while, Meng Tao's attitude obviously changed, and finally sat next to Tang Yuan and accompanied the eldest brother to eat a leg of mutton.

Tang Huhan smiled and teased: "Hey, guy, do you think your big brother Tang Yuan looks good?" ”

"Well, just as good as Grandpa was when he was younger."

“…… Don't talk nonsense, how old are you to see your grandfather when he was younger? ”

"My family has a portrait of my grandfather when he was young, and he was a great general, majestic. According to grandpa, he once killed Donghu Wanfu in Mobei, begging Yan Daman! ”

The girl is a beautiful lady, she used to be the favorite granddaughter of the patriarch of the Meng family, and now she is still the daughter of the great warlord Meng Zong, and she may even become a princess in the future. Of course, the premise is that Meng Zong overthrew the Great Liang Dynasty and ascended to the throne, but unfortunately this kind of ability is not very large, but it is not that there is no chance at all

When the guy's mood stabilized, he showed a ladylike demeanor, although he could still see naughty elements in his personality.

"It's been a long time since you've eaten meat." Tang Yuan smiled.

The guy grinned and continued eating.

When the child was eating, Tang Yuan didn't arouse her sadness, but between the words, Tang Yuan already knew the origin of the girl.

Before Meng Danqing died, he had already calculated that there might be today's situation, and the only thing he couldn't let go of was this favorite granddaughter, so he asked Ji Yifa to hide her in a secret pile house.

It had been hidden for more than two years, so the girl didn't know that her grandfather had died and talked about the news, which was really beyond Tang Yuan's expectations. It's no wonder that when I first met her, I asked my grandfather to arrest those beggars, and she wanted to whip them.

It can be seen that the dark pile treats her very well, but why did the dark pile ignore her later, it is just a question, but Tang Yuan didn't ask, he planned to let the girl eat a full meal before asking.

Maybe it was because the Meng family had fallen, and the secret pile was afraid of revealing his identity, so he fled.

——

On the battlefield of Jingzhou, Meng Zong wanted to rely on his strength advantage to fight a quick battle, but Tang Xiao had to fight a protracted battle with him. Moreover, the troops were divided into divisions, occupying nearby cities, and from time to time sneaking into the rear of Meng Zong.

Li Liang and Ni Ding occupied Pheasant County and Duyang respectively, cutting off Meng Zong's grain route, Meng Zong ran back like crazy, and he had to take one of the cities and open up the grain road.

On this day, he had already led his troops to kill under the city of Duyang, and Ni Ding, the general of the city guard, stood proudly at the head of the city, and scolded with disdain: "Bold anti-thief, now there is only one way to surrender in front of you, if you are willing to put down the butcher's knife, with the contribution of your ancestors and ancestors of the Meng family to the Liang Dynasty, you and your family will not die." The emperor specially asked us to convey to you that there are still fifty people in the close line of your Meng family who are locked up in the prison, if you resist stubbornly, don't blame the emperor for being ruthless. ”

"Get out of your grandma's grandson, call me!"

Meng Zong scolded, before the troops were finished, the vanguard had already begun to attack the city, he came this time, brought 50,000 horses, there were 30,000 in Ye County, and the other 70,000 people had been led by Huang Ying to Kunyang, but Huang Ying attacked Kunyang for ten days in a row, and could not take it, and at this time Zhang Zhikui's situation was even worse, under the leadership of the vanguard force Wan Lin, they directly attacked Xiangcheng, which had thick walls and heavy losses.

Meng Zong ordered the soldiers to besiege the city on all sides, and they must take Ni Ding down and chop him up and feed him to the dogs. However, Ni Ding is also a tiger general in Hanzhong, defending the city, with 8,000 troops, he resisted for three or three nights.

Suddenly, Meng Zong received news that Ye County was lost.

Meng Zong scolded: "Thirty thousand people can't defend one Ye County? ”

The scout said: "Tang Xiao charged and rushed to the head of the city, and no one could be the Nine Rank Battle General." ”

Meng Zong suddenly became angry, shook it three times and fell down from his horse, stabilized his mind a little, and listened to Hong Mingshan beside him: "Dashuai, hurry up and inform Zhang Zhikui, Wan Lin, and Huang Ying to withdraw, let's not attack this time, we should defend." ”

"Okay, that's the only way, hurry, don't block the sun, let's go quickly, save Tang Xiao a while." Suddenly remembered something, and asked, "General Hong, where do you think it is more appropriate for us to guard?" ”

"We have to wait for Zhang Zhikui, we can't retreat too far, just wait for them in Bowang City, wait for us to gather together, and collectively withdraw our troops to Nanyang and Xiangyang, if it really doesn't work, we can also retreat to Jiangxia City and take refuge in the Southern Jin Dynasty."

"What? Take refuge in the Southern Jin Dynasty? ”

"Marshal, we can't hesitate any longer, while we still have soldiers, we can still look down on us if we take refuge in the Southern Jin Dynasty, if we are beaten like a lost dog, a hundred and ten people will cross the river, and I am afraid that even a thousand commanders will not be able to mix it up at that time."

"Presumptuous!" Meng Zong was furious: "My ancestors of the Meng family are not shared with the Southern Jin Dynasty, how can I take refuge in them?" Besides, even if Chen Sin loses Ye County, will we definitely lose? Don't let others be angry enough to destroy your own prestige and shake the morale of the army, I will kill you! ”

Fortunately, Meng Zong ran fast, otherwise, as he did, Tang Xiao would have been killed late.

Tang Yuan hurriedly marched to Duyang, with two purposes, one was to kill Meng Zong, and the other was that he cared about the beloved general Ni Ding very much.

When Ni Ding killed Duyang, there were already less than 10,000 troops, and almost at the same time as Meng Zong attacked Duyang, Tang Xiao began to attack Yexian.

Ye County's guard general Chen Xin also personally went to the city to command the battle, and lasted three or two nights, but on the last night, Tang Xiao suddenly went to the city in person, cut down Chen Sin, and opened the city gate.

Of the 30,000 soldiers defending the city, half were killed and half captured, Min Yue of the Great Pillar State came forward to interrogate several generals and ask them to defect to the imperial court, but several generals were loyal to the Meng family, and they were all shown to the public by Min Yue.

Subsequently, Min Yue stayed to clean up the mess in Ye County, and Tang Xiao led 20,000 Shence cavalry to rush to Duyang.

When Tang Xiao came to the city of Duyang, he sighed when he saw the tragic situation.

In fact, he attacked Yexian and Meng Zong attacked Duyang, this is a competition, it depends on who can fight fast and defend.

Obviously, there was a huge disparity in the strength of the battle to defend the city, and the losses in this battle were heavy, and the general Ni Ding was wounded, and the second division of the thieves was disabled, and it must be repaired immediately.

——

Luoyang, the Empress Dowager's dormitory, Empress Dowager Cao had trouble sleeping because of the Jingnan War.

Suddenly, I heard that there were scouts who broke into the palace.

This was allowed by the Empress Dowager Cao, and the fast horse scouts were not allowed to stop it, and all military reports went straight to the emperor.

Suddenly, the scout of the revolving gate pass came to report: Ximen Kuo has taken Chenggao with 100,000 troops and is preparing to march into the revolving gate pass.

Soon after, Xuanyuan Pass, Dagu Pass, and Yique Pass came to the battle report at the same time: Ximen Kun, Ximen Tai, and Ximen Lang had a total of 100,000 troops, and attacked the three passes at the same time.

"How could this be!" The Queen Mother was shocked: "How did the old man escape!" How did Ju Wuming do it, can't even an old man look at it! ”