The time goes back to mid-May, that is, around the time when Zhai Zhang and Sima Cuo led the Qin-Wei coalition army to aid the Song State, Wei Ran, the minister of the Qin State, also embarked on a journey to the Song State.

However, his destination was not Taoyi, but the current capital of the Song Kingdom, Pengcheng.

From Wei to Pengcheng, it is most convenient to take the waterway, just take a boat down the river in Jishui, and when you sit in the Taoyi area, you can flow from the tributary to Surabaya, and then you can follow Surabaya all the way to Pengcheng, during which you don't need to change to a carriage at all, which can be said to be very convenient.

The only obstacle is that at present, in the area of Taoyi, the Qi-Zhao coalition army led by Li Dui, Fengyangjun of Zhao State, is besieging Taoyi, which is guarded by the Song general Jing Yi, and the dominant Qi-Zhao coalition army has blocked the river in the Taoyi area, which has slightly hindered the journey of Marquis Wei Ran.

However, in the end, Wei Ran and his party still passed the investigation of the Qi and Zhao coalition forces as merchants, and successfully turned to Surabaya.

Before Zhai Zhang, Sima Cuo and others could lead the Qin-Wei coalition army to Taoyi, Wei Ran arrived at Pengcheng, the capital of the Song Kingdom, around May 20, and went ashore at the ferry next to the city.

When he saw Pengcheng with his own eyes, especially when he entered the city and saw the prosperity in the city, Wei Ran's entourage couldn't help but exclaim: "I can't imagine that the small Song Kingdom is so prosperous. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ran said with a smile: "Song Kingdom, it's not a 'little Song Kingdom'......"

Yes, in the heyday of the Song State, that is, during the Song Jinggong period, which conquered the Cao State and occupied Taoyi, the land area was comparable to today's Korea, in fact, it was not big, but the richness of the Song State was no less than that of Hedong of the Wei State.

The Jin State, which is rich in the country and backed by the alliance state, is precisely because the Song State dared to confront the Chu State at that time - you must know that the Chu State at that time, but the Chu State that competed with the Jin State for the position of the overlord of the Central Plains for a hundred years, the Qi State and the Qin State at that time were tied together, and they were not as strong as the Chu State.

Subsequently, the state of Chu gradually weakened, and the Jin state had three separate civil strife, logically speaking, this should have been the best opportunity for the rise of the Song state, but unfortunately, the generations of monarchs after the Song Jinggong, namely the Song Hou Zhao Gong, the Song Mourning Gong, the Song Xiu Gong, and the Song Pi Gong, were all ignorant kings, and they missed the best opportunity to rise in vain, but were attacked by Qi, Wei, Han and other countries, until the Song Dynasty usurped the throne and concluded an alliance with the Qi State, which made the Song State develop again.

And now the monarch of the Song State, Song Wangyan, although he is called a tyrant, it cannot be denied that under his governance, the Song State has developed stronger than the Song Dynasty when he was the monarch of the Song Dynasty, and he single-handedly repelled the Qi State that tried to annex his territory, who dared to imagine it at that time?

It's just that this time, the Qi State gathered the Zhao State and the Yan State, and gathered the strength of the Three Kingdoms to attack the Song State, and the Song State could not hold on.

There is no way, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and the Song State is not the Qin State, and it has the strength to defeat one against three.

After entering Pengcheng, Wei Ran first stayed in the post house in the city, bathed and changed clothes, and sent people to deliver a letter of worship to the mansion of Hui An, the prime minister of the Song Kingdom.

About an hour and a half later, when Wei Ran finished bathing and changing clothes in the post house, drinking warm wine and waiting quietly, Hui An, the minister of the Song Kingdom, hurried to the post house with his group.

When the two met, Hui Ang said ashamedly: "I don't know that the marquis has come here, and he has never been far away, forgive his sins." ”

Of course, Marquis Wei Ran didn't care about this, and laughed when he heard this: "What did Hui Xiang say?" I have diplomatic relations between Qin and Song for more than ten years, and the friendship is deep, so why be polite? ”

Hui Ang nodded, and then said to Wei Ran: "The king knows that the marquis is here, and has prepared a banquet in the palace, and specially ordered to come down to invite him to the banquet. ”

Wei Ran said with a smile: "Haha, King Song is so courteous, I dare not be ashamed." ”

After a few pleasantries, Wei Ran took a few entourages and followed Hui Ang and his party to the palace for a banquet.

As Hui Ang said, at this time, Song Wangyan had ordered someone to prepare sumptuous dishes in the palace and personally catch Wei Ran, which shows his importance to Wei Ran and the Qin State.

During the banquet, Wei Ran was full of praise for the dishes and drinks on the Song Kingdom's side.

Speaking of which, the historical background of the Qin State and the Song State is indeed different, the Qin State was originally only a vassal state canonized by the Zhou royal family, and it was a vassal state of the Zhou State; And the Song State, which was allowed by the Zhou State to continue the culture of the Shang State, made it a guest with the Zhou, so the Song State was not strictly speaking a vassal state of the Zhou State, and its status was transcendent.

After three rounds of drinking, Song Wangyan glanced at Hui An.

Hui Ang understood, smiled and said to Wei Ran: "Marquis, in March this year, my Song State courtier Li Shi sent an envoy to your country, imploring your country to send troops to help our country resist the attack of Qi and Zhao. ”

Hearing this, Marquis Wei Ran put down the wine cup and looked at Hui Ang with interest, seeing that Hui Ang felt a little inexplicable.

Hui Ang did not know that in March this year, when Li Shi, the envoy of his Song State, sent an envoy to Qin State and begged Qin State to send troops to help, it was just when Sima Cuo and Bai Qi sent troops to attack Wanfang.

At that time, the Qin State was also very difficult, although the Song State had to be saved, but my side had just started a war with Wei and Han, so it couldn't be stopped immediately, right?

So, the monarchs and ministers of Qin discussed it and decided to lay down the land of Wanfang first, and then send people to negotiate peace with Wei - Wei is also an ally of Song, and he also does not want Song to be annexed by Qi, in this case, even if the land of Wancheng is occupied by Qin, Wei can only grit his teeth and forget to swallow, admit that Wanfang's land belongs to Qin, and then negotiate with Qin to join forces to reinforce Song.

Qin Guo is good at calculating, right?

But no one thought that Sima Cuo and Bai Qi not only did not capture the land of Wanfang, but even, the two of them were defeated by Meng Zhong of Fangcheng, so that in the end, Bai Qi's 60,000 troops were almost wiped out, and Sima Cuo's 60,000 troops were besieged in Wancheng by Wei and Han's hundreds of thousands of troops, if it weren't for the Qin State to send people to Wei State in time, on the grounds that Qi and Zhao joined forces to attack Song State, they reached an agreement with Wei State and made peace temporarily, and it was not surprising that even Sima Cuo's 60,000 troops would be crushed by Zhai Zhang and Meng Zhong. Even the whole army was wiped out.

And the Wei general Meng Zhong, who played a key role in that battle, is the righteous brother of the Song State Minister Hui Ang in front of him, what do you say Wei Ran's mood is at this moment?

He Qin Guo originally had a good plan, but it was all disturbed by that Meng Zhong.

"I ...... Is there something wrong in the next step? ”

Seeing Wei Ran looking at him with a strange expression, Hui Ang was very confused.

"No, it's distraction, sorry, sorry."

Taking a slight breath, Wei Ran held the idea of solving the business first, and said: "As Hui Xiang said, my Great Qin has temporarily suspended troops with Wei and Han, and half a month ago, Qin and Wei have also organized a total of 190,000 coalition troops, of which 130,000 troops reinforce your country, and the other 60,000 troops will directly attack Zhao State, forcing Zhao State to retreat......"

Hearing this, Song Wangyan and Hui Ang Junchen were both happy in their hearts, and persuaded Wei Ran to drink again and again.

After drinking a few more bowls like this, Song Wangyan happily asked Wei Ran: "May I ask the Marquis, I don't know who is in charge of the Qin-Wei coalition army?" ”

Wei Ran said truthfully: "On the side of the Zhao State, my Great Qin's Xiao General Bai Qi will be the commander, and Wei will Tang Zhi be the deputy; As for the coalition army that reinforces your country, there are two commanders, one is Sima Cuo, the national lieutenant of my Great Qin, and the other is Sima Zhai Zhang, the great commander of Wei......"

"Sima Cuo and Zhai Zhang?"

Hearing this, Song Wangyan was reassured, after all, Sima Cuo and Zhai Zhang were both extremely famous generals in the world.

However, at this time, Wei Ran deliberately said to Hui An: "Speaking of which, the Qin and Wei coalition forces that reinforce your country, the generals in the army have a lot to do with Hui An......

"Oh?" Hui Ang moved slightly, as if he had thought of something.

From the side, Song Wangyan said curiously: "Who is it?" ”

Wei Ran smiled and said, "It's Hui Xiang's brother-in-law, Meng Zhong!" ”

"Meng Zhong?"

Somewhat unexpectedly Wei Ran, Hui Ang didn't hear this name much, but Song Wangyan asked in surprise: "That kid is in the Wei army?" ”

『…… Sure enough, the king of Song recognized that Meng Zhong.'"

Wei Ran turned his head to look at Song Wangyan and said quietly: "King Song also knows Hui Xiang's righteous brother Meng Zhong? ”

Hearing this, Song Wangyan was silent for a moment.

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the past when Meng Zhong asked him why he attacked Teng State.

It is no exaggeration to say that over the years, except for a few courtiers such as the upright Hui Ang and Xue Juzhou, the rest of the courtiers of the Song State were trembling in front of him, but as far as Meng Zhong questioned him back then, even Hui Ang did not dare.

But at that time, Song Wangyan did not blame Meng Zhong, just because Meng Zhong's grandfather, father, and brother all died in the war between Song and other countries.

Therefore, in the eyes of Song Wang Yan, Meng Zhong is his loyal queen of the Song Kingdom.

In particular, Meng Zhong's interpretation of the war, that is, "the son loses his father, and the mother loses his beloved son", Song Wangyan still remembers it today.

Picking up the wine cup and drinking all the wine in the cup, Song Wangyan played with the wine cup and asked seemingly casually: "That kid, is now in the Wei Kingdom...... How's it going? ”

There was a slight melancholy in his words.

Wei Ran was a little surprised by Song Wangyan's tone, and then said with a smile: "King Song, this righteous brother of Huixiang is amazing. A few years ago, my Great Qin and Wei and Han fought in Yique, and my Great Qin's general Bai Qi had already defeated Gongsun Xi and Storm Kite, but in the end, he was defeated by this little brother of Meng Zhong...... From last year to the spring and summer of this year, my Great Qin and Chu organized an army to attack Wandi, but they were once again defeated by that little brother Meng Zhong...... Hehehe, even in the face of Gongsun Xi in the past, my Great Qin's army had never been so embarrassed. ”

"Oh?"

Song Wangyan showed a little surprise on his face, and immediately, he turned his head and asked Hui An, "Hui An, do you know about this?" ”

"This ......" glanced at Wei Ran slightly, and Hui Ang said curtly: "The minister doesn't know ...... very well."

In fact, of course Hui Ang knew these things, after all, he and Meng Zhong had correspondence every month or two, so he knew that Meng Zhong had won the Battle of Yique for Wei, and he also knew that Meng Zhong had been named Fangcheng Order, and even Sima Cuo and Bai Qi attacked Fangcheng, he also knew.

It's just that because of time constraints, he hasn't received Meng Zhong's latest letter yet, and he doesn't know that the Qin army was so badly defeated in Wanfang.

"No wonder he looked at me like that......

Glancing at Wei Ran, who was smiling and groaning, Hui Ang suddenly realized.

I have to say that if Hui Ang had learned about the battle situation in Wanfang, he would never have asked like that, after all, it would be tantamount to slapping Wei Ran in the face in the face.

Seeing Hui An's expression flickering, Song Wangyan knew that what Wei Ran said was true, he sighed lightly, nodded and said, "The widow is really not mistaken, that kid ...... Extraordinary, indeed. ”

Hearing this, Wei Ran took the opportunity to say: "As King Song said, that little brother Meng Zhong is really unusual, and I am a little puzzled by this, why did King Song not stay in the country for reuse, but let him hold an important position in Wei?" Hehehe, thanks to that little brother, I, Great Qin, have sacrificed more than 100,000 people for this so far......"

Although he covered it up, in his words, there was no intention of asking the teacher to ask for guilt, after all, in his opinion, although Song Guo could not be blamed for this matter, Song Guo also had joint responsibility.

Of course, Song Wangyan could hear the slight dissatisfaction in Wei Ran's words, and after a long breath, he said lightly: "This son does not want to be used by widows. Speaking of this, he hesitated slightly, and then said to Wei Ran and Hui An: "The widow is a little unwell, go and rest for a while, Hui An, you entertain the widow for the marquis." ”

"Obey orders!" Hui Ang arched his hand.

Looking at the back of Song Wangyan leaving, Wei Ran was not angry, because he could see that Song Wangyan was obviously a little embarrassed, and as for the reason, Song Wangyan had already made it clear when he left the table.

So, after Song Wangyan left the table, he pretended not to know and said to Hui An: "Hui Xiang, did you say something wrong?" ”

Of course, Hui Ang didn't want to say much, just smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Because of this incident, this banquet can be regarded as unhappy.

Immediately, Hui Ang invited Wei Ran to live in his mansion temporarily.

Of course, Wei Ran would not refuse, after all, his other purpose in coming to the Song State this time was to solve the problem of Meng Zhong, after all, Meng Zhong had become an obstacle to his Qin State's attack on Wei and Han.

On the way to the latter's mansion in a carriage with Hui An, Wei Ran deliberately tested the relationship between Meng Zhong and Song Wangyan.

He could faintly feel that the relationship between Meng Zhong and Song Wangyan was not ordinary.

"Hui Xiang, just look at King Song's attitude below, it seems that he has some misunderstanding with Brother Ling Mengzhong?"

"It's a long story." Hui Ang nodded with a wry smile, and briefly told Wei Ran about the biggest contradiction between his brother-in-law Meng Zhong and Song Wangyan.

To tell the truth, in Hui'an's opinion, in fact, Song Wangyan likes his righteous brother Meng Zhong very much, he has courage and ability, and he is also a proud disciple of Zhuang Zhou, the sage of the Song Kingdom.

Just look at the congratulatory gifts sent by Song Wangyan when Meng Zhong got married that day, Song Wangyan only asked craftsmen to build six similar swords, but so far, these six swords have only been given to four people, the first three are the crown prince Dai Wu, Dai Busheng, Hui An, and the last one is Meng Zhong.

It is conceivable that Song Wangyan attached great importance to Meng Zhong.

But because Meng Zhong once had a conflict with Song Wangyan and asked Song Wangyan unceremoniously, even if Meng Zhong had the ability, Song Wangyan couldn't pull his face to send someone to invite Meng Zhong to come out, and Meng Zhong was actually in a similar situation.

In Hui An's words, these two are very stubborn, refusing to admit that the dispute back then was their own fault, and naturally refusing to bow to each other.

"That's a ......"

After listening to Hui An's story, Wei Ran was greatly surprised.

After all, in the rumors of the world, Song Wangyan is a very tyrannical person, and he has the meaning of the king of Shang who once prospered and those who disobeyed me died, but I didn't expect that there was still this side.

After thinking about it, he said to Hui An: "Having said that, in the past few years in the Wei State, Brother Ling has made my Great Qin pay heavy casualties. …… Although Wei and your country are also allies, if this continues, I am afraid that the king of our country will be angry with your country...... Hui Xiang, you know, my Great Qin wholeheartedly hopes to set foot in the Central Plains, but the Wei State is in front of him, and it is the object that my Great Qin must defeat, and now, although the Wei State has lost Gongsun Xi, there is a more tricky Meng Zhong ......"

"Understand below, understand below." Hui Ang nodded again and again and said, "Hui will find a way to deal with this matter." ”

Saying that, he explained to Wei Ran: "Although my brother Meng Zhong has some contradictions with the king, he is very close to the crown prince, and after a few years, when Prince Daiwu officially succeeds to the throne, maybe my brother will change his mind and return to China......

"Really?" Wei Ran said with some suspicion: "As far as Wei Ran knows, Brother Ling is now very useful in the Wei State, and the King of Wei not only appointed him as the Fangcheng Commander, but also gave Wuyang and Yeyi two fiefdoms......"

Hui Ang smiled and said: "My brother values righteousness over wealth, he won't care about that, as far as I know, the purpose of his trip to Wei is only to ensure the ...... of the alliance between Wei and my Song State" Speaking of this, he sighed lightly and continued: "I have persuaded him many times before, but he is still very concerned about what happened in Zhao State back then......

"Zhao Guo's business?" Wei Ran stroked his beard, nodded and said, "I've heard that Brother Ling once served as the guard Sima of Lord Zhao's father in Zhao State. ”

"Hmm."

Hui Ang nodded and said, "At that time, I just wanted to ask him to go to Zhao to increase his knowledge, but I didn't expect him to be favored by Lord Zhao's father and left by his side as a guard Sima ......"

Saying that, Hui Ang briefly told Wei Ran about Meng Zhong's past in Zhao State, and then sighed: "As soon as Lord Zhao's father died, Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui took charge of Zhao State, and they were friendly to Qi State and broke off diplomatic relations with my Song State. …… He thinks that if he had been more resolute back then, he might have changed all this......"

Wei Ran nodded slightly.

Through Hui An's narration, he also had a more favorable impression of Meng Zhong - who would hate people who value love and righteousness?

That night, Hui Ang arranged for Wei Ran to rest in the guest room of his house, and then returned to his bedroom.

Thinking of what Wei Ran said to him today, Hui An's mood was very complicated.

Seeing this, his wife asked puzzledly: "It's late at night, why does the husband sigh for a long time?" ”

Hui Ang explained, "I'm thinking about Ah Zhong? ”

"Uncle?" Madame asked with some surprise, "What's wrong with the uncle?" The concubine once listened to her husband's words, and the uncle is now quite used in the Wei State......"

Hui Ang smiled bitterly and said, "It's because it's too important, that's why I'm troubled." ”

I have to say that Hui Ang learned about Meng Zhong's situation through letters before, but he didn't think too much about it, he was just happy for Meng Zhong, but he didn't expect that this time the bitter masters would come to his Song Kingdom.

Because of the relationship between Meng Zhong, the Qin State lost more than 100,000 troops before and after, and Hui Ang really didn't know what to say.

Listening to the husband's story, his wife asked curiously: "That marquis, does he want the king to recall the uncle?" ”

Hui Ang stroked his beard and said with a wry smile: "Listening to his words, this is probably what he means...... After all, my brother has twice thwarted the wars of the Qin State against Wei and Han, and the Qin State will naturally not remain indifferent. ”

"That'...... Want to summon your uncle back to China? His wife asked curiously.

"Huh." Hui Ang smiled when he heard this: "Why do you want to recall? Ah Zhong is now highly used by the King of Wei in the Wei State, and if he becomes the Great Sima of the Wei State one day, it will also be a good thing for my Song State. As for the state of Qin...... Oh, just give him a headache. ”

Yes, don't look at Hui An's submissiveness in front of Wei Ran today, but he has no intention of recalling Meng Zhong at all, even if he knows that as long as he is willing to come forward, Meng Zhong will definitely give up everything in Wei and return to Song.

But the problem is that Meng Zhong's role in the Song State is far less than the role he can play in the Wei State.

If Meng Zhong returned to the Song State, at best, he would command the army of the Song State, and the problem was that the army of the Song State could not stop the armies of the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Yan, but if Meng Zhong was in the Wei State, he could influence the attitude of the Wei State and make the Wei State firmly on the side of the Song State, which meant that the Song State could have the armies of the two countries when resisting the Qi State.

There are some things that Meng Zhong can do even in the Wei State, but on the contrary, there are some things that Meng Zhong may not be able to do.

Such a simple thing, Hui Ang is not confused.

And he also believes that Song Wangyan will definitely not be confused in this matter.

As for Qin's dissatisfaction, then let Qin be dissatisfied, anyway, Qin is not a good stubble, don't look at Qin's current close relationship with Song, this is just because Qin needs Song to contain Qi, and once Qin defeats Wei and Korea, and annexes the lands of Wei and Han, will Qin still need Song to contain Qi at that time? - When the time comes, it would be good if the Qin State did not annex him and the Song State.

After being the minister of state for so many years, Hui Ang is still very clear about the deceit between these countries.

The diplomatic relations between the two countries are always based on whether the interests of each other are the same, and if they have the same interests, they are allies, otherwise they are enemies, and that's it.

In other words, it would not be a good thing to keep Meng Zhong in Wei to prevent Qin from annexing Wei and Han and then posing a threat to Song.

In view of the fact that there were 130,000 Qin and Wei allied troops to reinforce Taoyi, and it was still a combination of Zhai Zhang, Sima Cuo, and Meng Zhong, Song Wangyan and Hui Ang no longer worried about Taoyi's side, and instead focused on Tancheng's side.

Two days later, at the request of the Marquis Wei Ran, Hui Ang took Wei Ran to Tancheng.

This time he went to Tancheng, on the one hand, Wei Ran wanted to meet Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song State, and get closer to the future monarch of the Song State, on the other hand, he also wanted to see the strength of the Qiyan coalition army.

However, the battle situation on Tancheng's side was somewhat unexpected by Wei Ran.

You know, on the side of the Qi-Zhao coalition army, Fengyangjun Li Dui captured Taoyi, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the Qin-Wei coalition army, the Qi-Zhao coalition army is afraid that it will be able to attack all the way to Shangqiu, but what about the Qi-Yan coalition army? They can't even beat Tancheng.

Could it be that Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, is so powerful?

In this regard, the crown prince Dai Wu hurriedly explained: "It's just because the Qi army is not Kuang Zhang's ...... leading troops."

Wei Ran asked Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, in surprise: "Didn't Kuang Zhang lead the army?" ”

Prince Dai Wu shook his head: "It's the Qi army led by Tian Touch and Tian Da. ”

"I've never heard of it."

Wei Ran stroked his beard, and then asked, "What about Yan Jun?" Who is in charge? ”

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wu said with a slightly strange expression: "The commander of the Yan army is named Le Yi, and the generals under his command, one is called Zhao Hao, and the other is called Rong Yi. ”

"Oh." Wei Ran nodded, and immediately smiled at Dai Wu and Hui An: "I've never heard of it." It seems that unless this Qi Yan coalition army asks for Kuang Zhang, there is nothing to fear. ”

"Really?"

Hearing this, the crown prince Dai Wu and Hui Ang glanced at each other with a tacit understanding, and their expressions were a little strange.

The two of them knew very well that although the Qi-Yan coalition army on the opposite side did not have Kuang Zhang, there was a commander of the Yan army whose ability to lead troops to fight was comparable to Kuang Zhang.

It's just that the commander of the Yan army doesn't seem to want to contribute to the Qi army.

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