After the Qin army took over the Yin and Jin dynasties, Wei and Han also quickly retreated from the territory of the Qin state, except for the Hedong Wei army to withdraw to Hedong for temporary corrections, the Fangcheng army and the Korean army retreated into Korea and returned to their original garrisons.

During this time, Meng Zhong was the first to return to Daliang and prepare to surrender to the King of Wei.

In order to show the importance of Meng Zhong, in the days when Meng Zhong returned to Daliang, Wei Wangjun took the crown prince Wei Yu, the prince Wei Wuji, and dozens of domestic courtiers such as the minister Tian Wen and the great Sima Zhai Zhang to greet Meng Zhong outside the city of Daliang.

I have to say that this is already the highest standard of treatment in contemporary times, and even Meng Zhong did not expect it in advance.

Of course, in fact, what surprised him the most was that Tian Wen would acquiesce to such a thing......

But if you think about it carefully, even if it's Tian Wen, how can he stop it? After all, this time Meng Zhong forced the Qin State to compromise with the Wei State, which is almost never the case in recent decades, if Tian Wen dares to ignore Meng Zhong's merits this time, I believe that Zhai Zhang, Duan Ganyin and others will definitely target Tian Wen on this matter.

After all, now Meng Zhong's prestige and status in Wei are getting higher and higher, and it is no longer something that Tian Wen can suppress, I believe that Wei Wangjun also has a scale in his heart: once Tian Wen and Meng Zhong clash again, who should be left and who should be left.

On the same day, the one who sent the news to Meng Zhong in advance was Duan Ganchong, the eldest son of the Duan Gan clan, this young man with more than 100 followers, riding a horse and waiting at the border of Liangdu, when he saw Meng Zhong and a team of Fangcheng cavalry protecting him along the way, he sent someone to inform the Liang, and immediately stepped forward to inform Meng Zhong of the surprise that 'the king of Wei wants to lead the prince and a hundred officials out of the city to greet him'.

At this time, in Wei, Wei Wangjun had already released the good news of the 'Wei-Qin armistice' a few days in advance, and in this good news, he emphasized that the essence of this armistice was that Qin compromised with Wei, and said that Qin was also willing to cede several cities such as Dali, Linjin, Yuanli, Heyang, Shaoliang, and Jigu to Wei.

In view of this, this astonishing good news has spread to everyone in just a few days, and has become the talk of the Wei people after dinner, especially in Daliang, almost no one does not know about this matter, after all, in the war between Wei and Qin in recent decades, not to mention that such amazing progress has never been made, and even ensuring victory is very difficult, and often ends in defeat.

And this time, he Wei was able to force Qin to cede more than 200 li of land, which really made the Wei people feel angry.

As the biggest contributor to the crusade against Qin, Meng Zhong's reputation in Wei is naturally increasing, and some Wei people have gradually compared Meng Zhong to 'a better general than Pang Juan'.

Some people may think that Pang Juan is not a defeated general? Isn't it the one who made the Wei State gradually weaken and become sluggish, why do the Wei people always like to use Pang Juan as a metaphor? And not Gongsun Xi?

Actually, there are two reasons for this.

First, Pang Juan's personal ability to lead troops is stronger than that of Gongsun Xi.

Don't look at Gongsun Xi in Hedong for so many years, the Wei people often use Xiwu to honor Gongsun Xi, but Gongsun Xi's greatest merit - aside from the few times he fought with Tian Zhang, a famous general of Qi, in fact, he only resisted Qin's attack on Hedong, did he regain the Xihe County that he had lost for Wei?

No.

After all, Qin's Huayang Jun Mirong is not a dry eater.

But Pang Juan, back then, swept through the surrounding countries, and could be called an invincible opponent in all countries, but he was defeated in the hands of his fellow brother Sun Bin, and he was defeated so twice, the first time he was captured, and the second time he was humiliated again and simply killed himself.

As for the second reason, that is, when Pang Juan appeared, it happened to be stuck in the period when the Wei State was gradually weakening, but it barely supported the face of a strong country, so the Wei people at that time still had strong ideas about dominating the Central Plains and restoring the old hegemony, such as treating Pang Juan so well that he could tolerate many of his shortcomings.

And by the time Gongsun Yan and Gongsun Xi were brothers, Wei had been suppressed by Qin at that time, so how could they expect to defeat Qin and restore their old overlordship? It's good to be able to protect yourself!

Because of this, Pang Juan became the most regrettable general of the Wei people, even if the Wei people hated Pang Juan and even reprimanded Pang Juan in extreme disappointment, but in their hearts, they still looked forward to and waited for the appearance of outstanding generals like Pang Juan who could defeat the armies of various countries and carry the dream of the overlord of Wei.

I have been waiting for more than 50 years.

Fifty years later, Wei waited for Meng Zhong, a general who was taught by Master Zhuang of the Song State and surpassed Pang Juan in terms of personal morality and military strategy.

This statement is not an exaggeration at all.

Because when Meng Zhong rode a horse to the outside of Daliang City, he saw with his own eyes the people of Daliang outside the city, and heard the cheers of the mountains and seas such as 'Yuncheng Jun'.

To be honest, Meng Zhong felt very shocked at the time.

Take Tian Wen, the minister of state who is not feeling good after seeing this scene at this moment, he has been in the Wei State for more than 20 years now, nearly 30 years, although he has also received the welcome of the Wei people, but he has never enjoyed this scale of treatment......

At this moment, Tian Wen routinely wants to scold in his heart: Damn Meng Zhong!

Although Meng Zhong didn't know what etiquette to use at this time, he still understood the most basic etiquette, no, after approaching Daliang, after seeing Wei Wangyun, the crown prince Wei Yu and the courtiers, he turned over and dismounted, and took the Fangcheng cavalry who accompanied him who also dismounted and walked, and in the cheers of thousands of Wei people, he slowly walked towards Wei Wangyun, and knocked on one knee after getting closer, and clenched his fists.

At this time, Wei Wangjun also hurriedly stepped forward to help Meng Zhong with both hands, and said, "Qing, it's hard work." ”

Suddenly, the crowd of people, who had only been quiet for a moment, once again resounded with a sea of cheers, such as 'Long live', 'Long live the king', 'Long live Yuncheng Jun', one after another, deafening. [PS: 'Banzai' wasn't just for monarchs at the time.] 】

Afterwards, Wei Wangfu pulled Meng Zhong's battle robe, and slowly walked into the king's car amid the cheers of countless Wei people.

Finally, at the invitation of the King of Wei, Meng Zhong boarded the royal chariot and rode into the city with the King of Wei and headed towards the palace.

At this time, the streets in Daliang City were in a similar situation: countless Wei people were lined up on both sides of the road, vying to see the greatest hero of this attack on Qin.

How to say it, such a scale of greeting is really shocking, but it is also strangely tiring.

After following Wei Wangyun to the main hall in the palace, the crown prince Wei Yu, Gongzi Wuji, Zhai Zhang, Tian Wen and others have also returned to the palace in a carriage.

Everyone gathered in the palace and listened to Meng Zhong's report on the results of this crusade against Qin—this was just a routine matter, after all, the monarchs and ministers of Wei had already known about this result.

The report, or the reply to the King of Wei, is mainly divided into two aspects.

First, it is to affirm the complete victory of this battle against Qin.

Second, it expresses the final result of negotiations with Qin, that is, Qin admits defeat, cedes land and sues for peace, and so on.

After this, Meng Zhong complied with the agreement with the Qin State and asked the Wei Wang to resign from the post of Hedong Shou in person, and according to custom, he again recommended Gongsun Zhi to serve as the Hedong Shou.

To be honest, Gongsun Zhu is actually not the most suitable candidate, because this veteran is actually not very good at fighting, and what Meng Zhong really wants to recommend is actually Jin Contempt.

Jin Contempt was born in the Hedong Army, and he was fierce and resolute in battle, and when Meng Zhong discussed with Gongsun Zhu some time ago, the latter also thought that Jin Contempt was a very good choice.

But that kid was too young and too reckless to fight, so Meng Zhong was going to sharpen this kid for a few more years after discussing it with Gongsun Zhu, at least so that the kid knew how to use stratagems, instead of doing it brutally every time.

As for Meng Zhong's resignation from Hedong Shou, although Wei Wangjun felt pity, he finally recognized it.

I have to say that this time the king of Wei was really taken aback, he listened to Zhai Zhang's suggestion and appointed Meng Zhong as the head guard of Hedong, in fact, he originally wanted to scare the Qin State, but he never expected that the effect of this scare was too good, so that the Qin State was like a great enemy, and directly scared the Qin State, which was originally preparing to negotiate peace with the Wei State, and decided to fight a battle with the Wei State to break the net, in order to let the King of Wei take back his fate and transfer Meng Zhong to other places.

Compared with Wei Wangyun's heart palpitations, the mood of State Minister Tian Wen is actually more complicated.

At the beginning, Zhai Zhang recommended Meng Zhong to take over as Gongsun Zhi to become Hedong Punctuous, Tian Wen couldn't stop it because of his feelings, so he had to persuade himself to acquiesce to Zhai Zhang's suggestion, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was the Qin State that he hated the most who helped him remove Meng Zhong's position as Hedong Shou......

Is this a good thing?

Of course not!

Even the Qin State was afraid of Meng Zhong and did not dare to let him serve as the Hedong Shou, and did not hesitate to cede more than 200 li of land and asked the Wei State to remove Meng Zhong from the post of Hedong Shou, what kind of gain did this incident add to Meng Zhong's prestige and reputation?

Anyway, this time Meng Zhong didn't sit in the position of Hedong Shou in the end, Tian Wen couldn't laugh at all, he would rather Meng Zhong sit in the position of Hedong Shou than hope that Meng Zhong would be 'deposed' in this way.

But as I said before, Tian Wen at this time was completely unable to suppress Meng Zhong.

Subsequently, after Meng Zhong completed his reply to the King of Wei, the Great Sima Zhai Zhang expressed Meng Zhong's exploits on his behalf, and immediately, the King of Wei canonized Meng Zhong as 'Hou'.

Marquis, Marquis, this is already the title of a very human minister, and not every country can be canonized, such as Weiguo, the title of its monarch is just 'Earl', a few grades lower than the marquis, how to seal it?

In today's Central Plains countries, only those countries where the monarch is the king can justifiably canonize their vassals as marquis.

Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong, from today onwards, he has to be called Yunhou.

After this matter was completed, the palace prepared a celebration banquet that night, and Marquis Mengzhong was dragged to Duan Gan's mansion by Duan Ganchong, Tian Dian and others.

On the way back to Duan Gan's mansion in the carriage, Meng Zhong smiled at Duan Ganyin with a sigh of relief: "Uncle has supported me with countless wealth and war horses over the years, and today my little nephew is finally able to repay Duan Gan's ......."

"Hahahaha." Duan Ganyin laughed.

I have to say that at the beginning, Duan Ganyin aided Meng Zhong and Fangcheng a lot of funds and war horses, including some weapons and equipment needed by the Fangcheng army, and the Fangcheng army was able to form combat power in just a few years.

Of course, this is not gratuitous, the reason why Duan Ganyin funded Meng Zhong, aside from the fact that Meng Zhong was a disciple of Meng Ke, he actually hoped that Meng Zhong could help him in the future to recapture the Xihe River and recapture the land from the Qin State where he Duan Gan was a horse herdman for the Wei State.

Originally, Duan Ganyin didn't expect Meng Zhong to do this in recent years, but he never expected that in just four or five years, Meng Zhong would help him recapture Xihe County - although the recaptured Xihe County was not complete, Duan Ganyin was already satisfied enough.

No, at that time, Tian Huang teased: "This time, Ah Zhong is so mighty, he recaptured more than 200 miles of Xihe land from the hands of the Qin State, so that your Duan Gan clan can return to the land of your ancestors' horse herding, Brother Duan, don't you express it?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Duan Ganyin stretched out two fingers very heroically: "Of course you have to show something!" For my uncle, I am willing to fund 20,000 war horses in Fangcheng! How is it? ”

Not to mention, this number really shocked Meng Zhong and Tian Di, and both of them were a little skeptical that Duan Ganyin was too happy and confused.

You must know that those who can be used as war horses must be the best high-class horses, but 20,000 high-class war horses...... Not to mention the Duan Gan clan, whether the power of the Wei State can be done or not.

Probably noticing Meng Zhong and Tian Di's strange expressions, Duan Ganyin smiled angrily: "The old man didn't say that it would be delivered once, within five to ten years." ”

Five to ten years, that's pretty much it.

Meng Zhong and Tian Di looked at each other and nodded: This old man is finally not confused.

Subsequently, Duan Ganyin and Tian Di chatted with Meng Zhong about the Song Kingdom.

I have to say that the current situation of the Song State is not optimistic, this time the Qi State sent troops to attack the Song State, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way from Jinan (Jishui South) straight south, through the border of Dongjun Qilu, and attacked the northern part of the Song State, like Fang He, Shan Father, Taoyi, etc., all on this road The offensive route of the Qi army; On the other hand, the troops went out of Jucheng, went south to capture Tancheng, and then captured Xueyi and Pixian, and finally the peak of the army pointed directly at Pengcheng.

According to the latest news obtained by Wei, Tancheng has been broken by the Qi army, and more than 100,000 Qi troops marched forward to take Pengcheng, and the army of Song was defeated and retreated.

To be honest, Meng Zhong was puzzled by this.

Qi is strong and Song is weak, this is indeed an indisputable fact, this time Qi learned the lesson of the previous two failed crusades against the Song State, and devoted all the strength of the country to attack the Song State, which is indeed not something that the Song State can resist, but the Song State will not be defeated so quickly, right?

Fang He, Shan Father, Tao Yi and other northern cities of the Song Kingdom are not to mention, after all, the Song Kingdom has indeed not spent much effort in the north over the years, but Tancheng and Tancheng should not be lost so easily.

You must know that Tancheng is the city where Prince Dai Wu is personally stationed, and before that, Prince Dai Wu listened to Meng Zhong's suggestion and built several small cities in the area of Tancheng as a stronghold, although each small city is not large, only a few thousand people can be stationed, but they are not far from each other, which is convenient for mutual support and mutual fighting, it can be said that it is completely set up to prevent the Qi army from invading on a large scale, and it stands to reason that it should be able to hold for a longer time.

"About the Song Kingdom, the old man has heard a news......

Brushing his beard, Duan Ganyin said to Meng Zhong: "At the end of last year, it was rumored that Song Wangyan and the crown prince Dai Wu were at odds, and the crown prince Dai Wu wanted to raise troops to seize the throne......

“……”

Meng Zhong blinked, and didn't react for a while: "Who?" Prince? Dai Wu? Raising troops to seize the throne? ”

He felt incredulous.

If it is said that it is a matter of other countries, then he does not know, but it is the Song Kingdom, the country where he was born, will he still not know?

For example, how could Meng Zhong not understand the rumored Song prince Dai Wu who 'raised troops to seize the throne'?

The crown prince Dai Wu, the future monarch carefully taught by his righteous brother Hui Ang and Song Chen Xue Juzhou, behaved like a Confucian disciple in words and deeds, valued etiquette and benevolence, how could he raise an army to seize the throne of his father Song Wangyan?

What's more, the position of the monarch of the Song State, in fact, the Song Wangyan has long been passed to the crown prince Dai Wu, strictly speaking, now Dai Wu is the monarch of the Song State, and his father Dai Yan is the Taishang King, and his status is like the father of Zhao in the Zhao State......

"Huh?"

Thinking of Master Zhao's father, Meng Zhong chuckled in his heart for no apparent reason.

To be honest, if he hadn't personally experienced the affairs of Zhao Guo, he would never believe this rumor, because there was no reason for the conflict between Song Wangyan and Prince Dai Wu, father and son, who he knew, but because he had personally experienced the affairs of Zhao Guo, he couldn't bear it......

What is the essence of the change of the Dune Palace of the Zhao Kingdom? Is it because of the rebellion of Gongzi Zhao Zhang?

Maybe the vast majority of people in the world think so, but Meng Zhong, who personally experienced that incident, knew that the cause of the civil strife in Zhao actually lay in Lord Zhao's father......

Although Meng Zhong has always respected Zhao's father, and still doesn't want to forgive Zhao Wanghe because of Zhao's father, he must admit that the civil strife in Zhao was actually caused by Zhao's father, because Zhao's father regretted passing the throne to Zhao He too early, and tried to take advantage of the rebellion of his son Zhao Zhang to regain the throne, and be the king of Zhao for a few more years to realize his various ideas for Zhao......

In Meng Zhong's impression, Song Wangyan and Zhao's father are extremely similar in character, equally arrogant, equally belligerent, and equally enthusiastic about their respective countries......

"Is it ......?"

Frowning, Meng Zhong's color changed slightly.

He couldn't confirm whether the rumor Duan Ganyin said was true, but he was sure that if this rumor was true, there were indeed any contradictions and conflicts in political power between Song Wangyan and the crown prince Dai Wu, then it was definitely Song Wangyan who provoked it......

Because Dai Wu is not Zhao Zhang, Zhao Zhang has become radical because he has had the experience of being abolished as the crown prince, but Dai Wu has not, he has been cultivated as the future successor of the Song State from the beginning, and there is no possibility of being abolished as the crown prince, and Dai Wu was also trained by Hui Ang and Xue Juzhou to be like a Confucian disciple.

Destined to inherit the throne, and influenced by Confucianism, he attached great importance to the gift of father and son, how could Dai Wu raise an army to attack his father Song Wangyan in order to rule the Song State a few years earlier?

Unless, Song Wangyan is like Zhao's father, the king is tired of it, and hopes to take back the royal power again and display various ambitions for the country, which leads to strong dissatisfaction among those who follow the crown prince Dai Wu......

If so......

『…… Didn't that guy learn a lesson from the civil strife in Zhao at all?!"

Meng Zhong gritted his teeth in hatred.

He swore that if Song Wangyan really did such a foolish thing, he would definitely grab the other party's shirt and reprimand him fiercely.

You must know that he is no longer the fourteen-year-old him when he first met Song Wangyan.

Well, now he is in his twenty-third and fourth, and he has never been left behind in the training of personal martial arts, and he can beat Song Wangyan's sixty-year-old man with one hand......

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