When Song Wangyan pointed at Hui Ang with a sharp sword in his hand, the three military horses, such as Jing Hui, Dai Busheng, and Dai Yingzhi, opened their mouths to intercede for Hui Ang and persuade Song Wang Yan to calm his anger.

Including Meng Zhong, he interceded for Hui Ang while thinking about how to persuade Song Wangyan.

However, at this moment, I saw Song Wang Yan glaring at Hui Ang angrily, and finally lowered his hand holding the sword.

He glanced at Hui An, still with a little anger and said: "The widow has killed a lot in his life, but now, the Teng people are not afraid of the widow, and even the widow's courtiers are not afraid of the widow!" …… Tang Ying, why do you say this? ”

"Uh......"

Under Song Wangyan's questioning, an old man in his sixties at the banquet showed a little hesitation on his face.

This person is Tang Ying, and it was this person who served as the minister of the Song State before Hui Ang became the Song State - even after Hui Ang became the Song State, this person also served as the Minister of the Song State for a long time.

But now, Tang Ying's status in Song Wangyan's mind is far inferior to Hui An.

Facing Song Wangyan's questioning, Tang Ying promised for a while, and then said in a flattering tone: "King, the Teng people are not afraid of you, and the ministers are not afraid of you, perhaps because the people who have been sinned by the king in the past are all some people who are not good, and they are not afraid of the good. If the king wants the world to be afraid, when he condemns sin, he should not distinguish between the good and the evil, and judge the sins together, so that the people of the world will fear you, and the princes will fear you. ”

Hearing this remark, everyone present was dumbfounded.

And Meng Zhong's eyes widened in shock, and he secretly said in his heart: "What kind of is this?!" ”

After a moment of dead silence, the military Sima Dai Yingzhi pointed at Tang Ying and scolded, scolding the latter for vain words to confuse the king.

But Song Wangyan was very happy after listening to Tang Ying's words, laughed, stepped forward and patted Tang Ying's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Well said! Then it starts with you! ”

After that, before Tang Ying came back to his senses, the sharp sword in Song Wangyan's hand pierced the former's chest and abdomen with a sword.

Seeing this, the palace was silent, not to mention that Dai Yingzhi, who was still scolding Tang Ying, was dumbfounded, even Hui Ang and Meng Zhong were a little dumbfounded, and looked at Tang Ying in disbelief and looked at Song Wangyan in disbelief: "Big ...... King? ”

"Poof—"

The sharp sword was drawn from Tang Ying's chest and abdomen, and the blood splashed on Song Wangyan's royal robe, which was quite dazzling.

However, Song Wangyan didn't care, wiped the sword with the hem of the king's robe, and ordered: "Come on, drag this corpse down." ”

When even a group of Song soldiers walked into the palace and took Tang Ying's body out of the palace.

The dignified scholar of the Song Kingdom, Tang Ying, who was once the minister of the Song Kingdom, was killed by Song Wangyan lightly.

It was not until this moment that Meng Zhong finally saw the cruel and tyrannical side of Song Wangyan.

After returning to his seat, Song Wangyan held his sword in his hand, looked at Hui An, and asked, "Hui An, did you see it?" ”

"I saw it." Hui Ang arched his hand and said, his face without fear.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Persuade the widows, why do you oppose the widows attacking Xue Yi." If there is even the slightest bit of deception...... "He shook the sword in his hand slightly, and the meaning was self-evident.

However, Hui Ang was still not half afraid, and said with a calm face: "There are three reasons why the minister dissuades the king from attacking Xue Yi at this moment, one is that my Song State has just fallen to the Teng State, and the national strength and strength have been lost; Second, the Teng people are not convinced, and they still have resentment against our Song people, and if these grievances are left alone, resentment will breed resentment and eventually cause a catastrophe; Third, as far as the minister knows, Zhao is also currently attacking Zhongshan, and Qi has not yet decided its attitude towards Zhao. …… The conspiration between Zhao and Song to capture the State of Qi was originally an agreement between the king and the king of Zhao, so why rush for a while? ”

"......," King Song pondered, leaning on his sword.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Meng Zhong out of the corner of his eye, and asked, "Meng Zhong, what do you think of your brother-in-law Hui An's opinion?" ”

Hearing this, Dai Yingzhi and Dai Busheng both looked at Meng Zhong in surprise.

In fact, before the feast, Hui Ang had already introduced Meng Zhong to these two, so these two had already learned that Meng Zhong was Hui An's brother-in-law, but they didn't expect that at this moment, Song Wang Yan didn't ask them, but instead asked Meng Zhong, a fourteen-year-old boy, which was what surprised them.

Under the attention of everyone, Meng Zhong stood up and arched his hand and said, "King, I think Brother Hui Angyi is right. ”

"Hey!"

Song Wangyan pursed his lips and sneered: "He is your brother-in-law, of course you would say so." ”

Seeing this, Meng Zhong thought for a moment and asked Song Wang Yan: "King, if when you attack Xue Yi, the Qi State will use all its troops to attack, do you think the Song State can stop it?" ”

Song Wang Yan snorted lightly when he heard this: "Do you want to use this to persuade the widow?" ”

"Not really." Meng Zhong shook his head, and Zhengse said, "The kid just wants to tell you a trick of 'winning a hundred battles', even if the enemy is a powerful country like the Qi State. ”

"Oh?" Song Wangyan was a little curious, and said with a chuckle: "Let's hear it." After that, he seemed to think of something, and asked suspiciously: "I heard that a few days ago, Hui Ang took you to Zou to visit Mencius, you don't want to use Mencius's "benevolent invincible" words to fool the widow, right?" ”

"Not really." Meng Zhong shook his head and said.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan finally put his mind at ease, nodded with a smile and said, "Then you can try to talk about it." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong said: "First of all, the kid wants to ask the king, what do you need to rely on if you want to defeat a country like Qi? ”

King Song stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said, "Soldier? Chariot? Grain and grass? …… In short, it will not be a 'benevolent government'. ”

"The king is right, if you want to defeat the Qi country, you have to rely on more and better soldiers, as well as war weapons, including chariots, and sufficient food and grass ......"

Hearing this, Hui Ang looked at Meng Zhong with some surprise, but what was even more unexpected was obviously Song Wangyan, he nodded again and again and said, "Yes, that's right, kid, you go on." ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and then said: "Let's talk about the soldiers first, if you want to get better soldiers, then you have to train them, but how to get more soldiers?" Soldiers do not grow from trees or fields, they are either the beloved sons of their parents, or the loving fathers of their children, who want them to fight for the country willingly, and the monarch must "make the people the same way as the king", which is also the view of "Sun Bin Art of War". …… With the support of the people, the king can get a steady supply of soldiers, and then train them, and he will be an invincible army. ”

"......," King Song stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"Let's talk about chariots. The chariot is just a weapon of war, and in fact, the equipment needed for a battle is far more than the chariot, just like the chariot that the boy sacrificed before. But there is a problem that ordinary soldiers do not know how to build these equipment, which leads to the fact that the previous well chariot is easily destroyed by the soldiers of Teng State. ”

"......" Song Wang Yan nodded thoughtfully, after all, he also admitted that siege equipment like a well chariot could indeed make the war much easier.

"Speaking of food and grass, this is also the key to the boy's 'victory in a hundred battles'. …… Grain and grass is a kind of strategic material that can be attacked and retreated, and when our side is strong, we can use grain and grass to recruit more soldiers to promote victory; And if our side is weak, we can erect high barriers, sit back and wait for the enemy to have to retreat because of the lack of food and grass, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and from beginning to end we will dominate the battle, isn't this a strategy of winning all battles? …… Build a high wall and accumulate grain, then the Song army will be able to survive a hundred battles! ”

King Song pondered for a moment, and then he laughed for a while and said, "After talking for a long time, you still want to postpone the attack on Xueyi and let the people of the country work in peace." But...... It is indeed well-founded and convincing. ”

After that, he turned his head to Hui Ang and teased: "Hui Ang, listen, this is called strategy, I don't know how much better than your "benevolent invincible" rhetoric!" …… You're not like that! ”

Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Hui Ang naturally would no longer keep a straight face, and said with a smile: "What the king said is extremely true, and the minister is ashamed. ”

After the feast, Hui Ang and Meng Zhong strolled through the city.

During this period, Hui Ang said to Meng Zhong: "Ah Zhong, thanks to your remarks today. ”

Meng Zhong shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It's just a change of rhetoric. After that, he suddenly asked Hui An, "Brother, why are you assisting King Song?" Today, the king of Song is facing you, brother, you draw your sword and ......"

Hui Ang was stunned, and then his face showed a little melancholy.

After a long time, he shook his head and said: "The king is just angry, but he won't kill me, that guy Tang Ying actually wants to take this opportunity to ask the king to kill me, it's really confused, so confused that he lost his life." ”

After a pause, he added: "As for why I assisted the Great King, Master Zhuang and Master Meng, both of whom asked me this question, I also admit that the Great King was not a virtuous monarch, although wise, but tyrannical...... I just think that no matter where people wander in this life, they still want to return to their hometown in the end, Zhang Yi was prominent for a while, which made the countries fearful, but in the end he returned to Wei and died in his hometown; My clan uncle Hui Shi went to Wei to serve as the state minister before he was thirty years old, and served as Wei minister for decades, but after losing his phase, he first returned to the Song state, and eventually died in the Song state; Another example is Mencius, who spent nearly twenty years traveling around the world and fulfilling his ambitions, but after realizing his failure, he also returned to his hometown of Zou...... It may be like this, when he is old, he will one day miss the country where he was born and raised, but if that country no longer exists, is it not a sad thing? ”

Meng Zhong nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too heavy, Hui Ang patted Meng Zhong's shoulder and said with a smile: "But you are still young, it is time to go out, and the matter of protecting the homeland will be handed over to the elderly people like Brother Wei." ”

"Brother is in the prime of life, where can he be called an old man?"

"Hahaha......"

In the winter of the 32nd year of the reign of King Yan of Song, the Song State attacked and destroyed the State of Teng, and the Song Wangyan gave up continuing to attack Xue Yi, and the foreign war of the Song State came to an end temporarily.

When the war finally ended, Meng Zhong said goodbye to his brother Hui An, and together with the soldiers of the Meng clan, despite the cold and freezing weather of Layue, he returned to Jingbo to reunite with his family.