Because Meng Zhong was in charge of the Great Sima of Wei and Song Dynasty, the King of Wei gave Meng Zhong a house in Daliang City, if nothing else, Meng Zhong would have to live in Daliang for more time in the future.

At this time, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Le Jin and the army under their command were still stationed in Dongjun with Tang Zhi, and after hearing the news, these three people immediately ran to Daliang and congratulated Meng Zhong.

During the celebration, Meng Zhong told the three brothers about the 'Shangqiu Army': "The crown prince ...... No, Dai Wu, the king of Song, named me the Great Sima and ordered me to form an army in Shangqiu, I am afraid that I will not be able to stay in Shangqiu for a long time, I wonder which of the three of you can replace me? ”

As soon as he heard this, Meng Hu took the lead in expressing his attitude: "Don't look at me, I won't go." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong, Hua Hu, and Le Jin were quite amused, of course they knew why Meng Hu was reluctant to go to Shangqiu, the reason was that Shangqiu was not far from Mengcheng, if Meng Hu went to Shangqiu, I believe that his grandfather Meng Yan would stare at him every day and force him to marry a marriage, and our Menghu Army Sima also hoped to marry a Zhao girl.

Of course, in fact, Meng Zhong didn't expect Meng Hu to go, after all, although Meng Hu fought bravely, he may not have the patience to train a new army from scratch, and their Fangcheng army was actually trained by Meng Sui, Le Jin, and Wu Ying.

After discussing for a while, Le Jin said to Meng Zhong: "After this battle, I still have to go back to Yangguan, or let Huahu go?" ”

When Meng Zhong heard this, he looked at Hua Hu: "Hua Hu, what do you think?" ”

Hua Hu thought for a while and said: "In charge of a Song army that obeys the orders of the King of Song, I never dared to dream of it, but I just ...... I'm afraid of messing up. ”

Indeed, although Hua Hu had some experience in military training, at that time, he was under the command of Meng Zhong, Le Yi, and Meng Sui, training the army alone, and he had to select and train 20,000 or 30,000 troops in one go, which inevitably made Hua Hu a little hesitant.

In this regard, Meng Zhong smiled and said with relief: "Everything has to be done step by step, you can't be like Ah Hu, be a general who can only fight, right?" …… You're not a reckless man, Huahu. ”

As soon as he heard this, Meng Hu was immediately dissatisfied: "What's wrong with the reckless man?" What's wrong with only going to war? The Qin people don't know how much they fear me. ”

Meng Zhong rolled his eyes, not bothering to pay attention to this unmotivated guy.

Right now, Meng Sui is in Fangcheng, Le is stationed in Yangguan, Xiang Yu and Le Xu are in Yeyi, and Wu Ying is in Yuncheng.

It's not that Hua Hu is the one who picks the rest, it is no exaggeration to say that he is actually the most comprehensive of the brothers around Meng Zhong, who wants to be armed and powerful, to have strategy and strategy, and to know how to command the cavalry.

Of course, the premise is not to go up, and once the anger is up, this brother who is familiar with the art of war is even more reckless than Menghu's reckless man.

Seeing that Hua Hu should deal with this matter, Meng Zhong said to him: "I will write a letter when I go back, recommending you as the county Sima of Shangqiu, and you take this letter to the Song Kingdom to meet the King of Song......"

"And what about my cavalry?" Hua Hu asked.

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "Anyway, there won't be any war in Fangcheng for the time being, you can take it with you, just by the way, you can train a group of cavalry for the Song Kingdom, chariots and other things will eventually be eliminated." ”

Hua Hu nodded, but then asked, "Won't there be any dissatisfaction on the side of the beam?" ”

Meng Zhong shook his head with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Brother Hui Ang has signed more Wei and Song alliances with the King of Wei on behalf of the Song State, and in the future war involving the two countries, the Wei and Song countries will advance and retreat together......

Yes, only if the Wei and Song dynasties advanced and retreated together in the war, could Meng Zhong be tacitly approved by the King of Wei to take charge of the Great Sima of the Wei and Song dynasties at the same time.

In a sense, the current Song State is also a vassal state of the Wei State, just like the Song State that submitted to the Jin State and helped the Jin State seize the hegemony in the war with the Chu State.

"That's good." Hua Hu nodded when he heard this.

A few days later, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Le Jin returned to Dongjun, and then, Hua Hu took about 2,000 square city cavalry under his command and marched towards the Song Kingdom, leaving only Meng Hu, Le Jin and Tang Zhi still stationed in Dongjun.

Dongjun is the land that Wei conquered and seized from Qi this time, with a total area equivalent to one-fifth of the Qi State, and roughly the west of Mount Tai basically belongs to the Wei State.

In terms of wealth, Dongjun is not as good as the Song Kingdom, nor is it as good as Linzi of Qi State, but it is also one of the best counties in the Central Plains, after all, Dongjun is bordered by the big river in the north and Jishui in the south, whether from a strategic or economic point of view, Dongjun is a land with great development potential, and it can be said that it is the land of the entire Central Plains.

If Wei had obtained this land a few decades earlier, several countries such as Zhao, Yan, Qi, and Song would have been shocked by this, especially several small countries such as Lu, Zou, and Fei.

This is not casual nonsense, just say Tian Wen, after Meng Zhong returned to Daliang, Tian Wen went to Dongjun, saying that he intended to avoid Meng Zhong, but more importantly, Tian Wen also shouldered the task of inspecting Dongjun and pacifying small countries such as Lu, Zou and Fei.

The inspection of Dongjun is naturally to build Dongjun and build Dongjun into a real land of four links, deterring the Zhao State in the north, and the Yan State in the east, which has just annexed the third of the land of the Qi State; As for appeasing small countries such as Lu, Zou, and Fei, it is to restore the former hegemony of Wei, after all, for such small countries, it is better to submit them through diplomatic means than to spend manpower and material resources to conquer them.

As strong as the Wei State, it does not dare to destroy some weak and small countries at will, lest the Han and Song dynasties, which are dependent on it, have other ideas - the Qi State is self-inflicted and is not among them.

A few days before the first appointment of the Great Sima, Wei Wangfu invited Meng Zhong to the palace to discuss the situation in the world, and a certain former Great Sima who pretended to be sick accompanied him.

As for the Yan State, which has just annexed three-fifths of the territory of Qi, it is actually a secondary potential threat that will not move for at least ten years - compared to the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao and Chu, in fact, Wei Wangjun and Zhai Zhang are not worried about Yan at all.

After all, this time Yan State swallowed the strong with weakness, this risky and radical approach did leave a great hidden danger to Yan State, as long as other countries wanted, they could secretly fund those Qi people who were still resisting Yan State's rule, they could make Yan State anxious, like a snake stuck in the throat by a chicken, unable to swallow, and unwilling to give up, dilemma, dilemma.

Therefore, based on this, Yan State will not disobey the will of Wei State at present, after Wei State shows that it is trying to restore the old hegemony attitude, Yan State will most likely choose to acquiesce and avoid all conflicts with Wei State - after all, the current Yan State cannot be said to be unable to resist Wei State, but once it is an enemy of Wei State, Yan State will lose a lot, and it is not worth it.

Therefore, putting aside the destined enemy of Qin, and then putting aside Yan, a country that will not move for nearly ten years, Wei's current diplomatic goals are Zhao and Chu.

These two countries are what Wei hopes to win over.

In contrast, the state of Chu is easier to deal with, after all, there is the state of Song to clamp down on the state of Chu, after Hui Ang signed a strategic alliance with Wang Wei on behalf of the state of Song, once the state of Chu dares to disobey the wishes of the state of Wei in the future, then the two countries of Wei and Song can attack the territory of the state of Chu separately, the state of Wei fights Chu Ying, and the state of Song fights Wu Yue, so that the state of Chu is difficult to take care of.

The real trouble is Zhao Guo.

Zhai Zhang told Meng Zhong that when the armies of the Five Kingdoms were crusading against Qi, Wei Ran, the minister of Qin, had been living in Handan of Zhao during that time, and it was not difficult to guess that Qin had already started a plan to unite with Zhao to suppress Wei.

Although Zhao is one of the Three Jins, it has always been at odds with Wei, and now that Wei's momentum is getting bigger and bigger, Zhao will inevitably be flustered - after all, Wei did have a history of wanting to merge the Three Jin by force, and the friendship of the Three Jin has long become a joke.

Therefore, Zhai Zhang believed that Wei should strengthen its diplomatic relations with Zhao and must not cause Zhao to fall to Qin.

After all, in order to resist the Wei state, which was gradually regaining its strength, it was not impossible for the Zhao state to fall to the Qin state, after all, both countries were surnamed Ying.

As for the candidate to envoy Zhao Guo, is there anything more suitable than Meng Zhong?

However, just as Meng Zhong was preparing to go to Zhao as an envoy of Wei, news came from Korea that Wei Ran, the Marquis of Wei, was passing through Korea when he returned to Qin, and specially went to Zhengcheng to visit Han Wangji and Han Xianggong Zhongmin.

To be honest, this is not a good omen, after all, during the period when Wei is trying to win over allies, Qin will also divide Wei's allies, and South Korea may be the target that Qin is preparing to separate.

After discussing with Zhai Zhang, Meng Zhong decided to go to South Korea first.

In South Korea, there are two people who have the best relationship with Meng Zhong, one is Da Sima Storm Kite, and the other is Gong Zhongxuan, the younger brother of Han Xiang Gong Zhongmin.

Therefore, after Meng Zhong came to Zhengcheng, he was the first to visit the Great Sima Storm Kite.

At this time, the news that Meng Zhong was concurrently serving as the Great Sima of the Wei and Song Dynasties had already spread to South Korea, so when Meng Zhong visited the Storm Kite, the Storm Kite congratulated Meng Zhong for the first time: "The elder brother is now also the Great Sima of the Wei and Song Dynasties, and this matter is simply unprecedented." ”

"Where, where." Meng Zhong said humbly: "Zai Xia is just a stone brick to consolidate the Wei and Song alliances. ”

Hearing this, the violent kite smiled and said nothing, with a bit of inexplicable meaning in his smile: "My brother went to my country this time, I'm afraid it's because of Wei Ran, right?" ”

Such an obvious thing, even if Meng Zhong was spotted by the storm kite, he nodded and said truthfully: "I originally planned to send an envoy to Zhao State, but when I heard about this, I made a special trip. ”

"Sure enough." Storm Kite chuckled, and then said: "Brother guessed right, a few days ago, Wei Ran went to my South Korea, and he did come to separate Wei and South Korea, during which Wei Ran deliberately pointed out that you are also the great Sima of Wei and Song......"

Meng Zhong frowned, and immediately understood.

At this time, the violent kite stroked his beard and continued: "Wei Ran said to the king, now that Wei has the support of the Song State, it may not need me South Korea, if I South Korea is not vigilant against this, I am afraid that the disaster of Pang Juan's attack on Han will happen again, and this time, there will be no Qi State to save ......."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong said with a smile: "Without the Qi State, isn't there still the Qin State?" When the time comes, it will be completely too late for Korea to fall to Qin. ”

"......" Storm Kite glanced at Meng Zhong unexpectedly, and then said with a smile: "That's what I said to the king. ”

After that, he put away the smile on his face, and said: "Jokes are jokes, but brother, you are now the great Sima of the two countries, which really makes the king worry." ”

Meng Zhong certainly understood the concerns that Storm Kite was talking about.

Originally, Wei and Han joined forces to fight against Qin, and they were indispensable to each other, so the diplomatic relations between Wei and Han were very stable, even if Wei Wangjun had always been prejudiced against Han Wang, but under the threat of Qin, this prejudice did not affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

But now, the situation has changed, the Wei State with Meng Zhong already has the strength to be on a par with the Qin State, coupled with the full support of the Song State - Meng Zhong is also the Great Sima of the Wei and Song Dynasties, how can you think that the alliance between the Wei and Song countries is stronger, and the room for South Korea is asked?

To put it bluntly, what South Korea is most afraid of at the moment is that Wei kicked him out of the alliance, after all, South Korea, which has been invaded by Qin for decades, is inferior to Song in terms of army and economy, and Wei Ran saw this and tried to drive a wedge between Wei and Han.

No, after putting away his smile, Storm Kite asked Meng Zhongdao: "It just so happens that my brother is also here, and I want to hear your opinion on this matter." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong smiled bitterly, he shook his head and said: "From my personal standpoint, of course, I hope that your country will not listen to Wei Ran's discordant words, South Korea will always be a solid ally of Wei, but I think that if your country and King Han are already wary of our Wei country, then no matter what I say, your country will not completely believe it." ”

Indeed, are his words really convincing? - If the Wei and Song dynasties were really ready to kick South Korea out, he wouldn't be stupid enough to reveal it to the storm kite at this time, right?

"Not necessarily." The violent kite stroked his beard and smiled: "My Korean thoughts are actually the same as those of the Song Kingdom, the king has never thought of fighting for hegemony in the Central Plains, he only thinks about how to keep this country left by the former king, any country that tries to annex and invade my Korea, my South Korea will definitely resist to the death......"

Speaking of this, he glanced at Meng Zhong calmly.

Of course, Meng Zhong understood that this was expressing South Korea's final bottom line, nodded and said: "South Korea is an ally of Wei and Song, and Wei and Song will respect South Korea, and they have the responsibility and obligation to help South Korea resist the invasion of foreign enemies." ”

"Responsibility? Obligation? The storm kite touched these two words, and asked Meng Zhong with great interest: "Listen to the tone of the elder brother...... The elder brother seems to be sticking to the Wei-Han-Song alliance? ”

"Of course, it is reasonable, and I will adhere to the Triple Alliance." Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "In fact, I don't think your country actually needs to worry about this problem, to put it mildly, your country is now the first line of resistance against Qin, every time Qin launches a campaign against the Central Plains, your country must be the first to suffer, and it is with your country's sacrifice that Wei can ensure relative peace and development, let me ask, in this case, why would Wei attack a country that can be used as a western barrier?" ”

"Is that straightforward?" The storm kite was stunned, and then said with emotion: "Although it doesn't sound very pleasant, it is. …… The elder brother believes it, the elder brother will not be Pang Juan......"

"Not only will I not be Pang Juan, but today's King Wei is not King Wei Hui...... In the past, the Wei State fell from the overlord, and the King of Wei Hui was anxious, so he made all kinds of irrational behaviors, but now, the Wei State has fallen from the hegemony for a long time, although it hopes to restore the old position in the Central Plains, but it is not so urgent...... There is a saying that only when you lose can you know how to cherish, today's Wei State finally has the possibility of dominating the Central Plains again, how can it be easy to let the opportunity slip out of your hands? …… Your country will always be an ally of the Wei and Song dynasties, and it will remain unchanged for a hundred years! ”

Seeing Meng Zhong solemnly say the words 'unchanged for a hundred years', the violent kite was slightly moved, and then nodded heavily.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he lowered his voice and said to Meng Zhong: "Brother, there is no basis for what you say, I am worried that you will not be able to convince the king, it just so happens that the elder brother has a very good idea...... Brother thinks, anyway, you are already the great Sima of the Wei and Song dynasties, and you are not missing another one, right? ”

"Huh? …… Yes? Meng Zhong didn't understand for a while.

Seeing this, the storm kite pointed at Meng Zhong and said, "Your character, my brother has always believed in it, but I don't fully trust the Wei State, in fact, the king is also concerned about this. But if you are the great commander of our country and take on the responsibility of supervising the Wei and Song dynasties, then we will never pay attention to the discord between the Qin State! ”

“……”

Meng Zhong opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.