After a while, Meng Zhong and the others came to the several military tents that Gongsun Xi had sent to arrange for them.

In one of the military tents, Meng Zhong took advantage of the temporary break to tell Le Yi, Meng Sui, and Xiang Yi about what happened between him and Gongsun Xi, and they all frowned.

During the period, Le Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's also thanks to your keenness, otherwise Gongsun Xi might just stuff me and other two thousand five hundred weak soldiers, and send me to wait for me to be stationed somewhere away from the battlefield, and then it will be really a ...... of suffering."

And Meng Sui asked Meng Zhong: "Ah Zhong, haven't you ever torn your face with that Gongsun Xi?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong shook his head slightly.

I have to say that when he first heard Gongsun Xi's words, Meng Zhong was really angry in his heart.

You must know that he is no longer the same person he was when he first arrived in Zhao at the age of fifteen, and he didn't have much confidence in his heart to be honest, so even if Lord Zhao's father appointed him as the Sima of the 500 Xinwei Army at that time, he still felt a little uneasy, for fear that he would mess up; But now, he has personally experienced the "Zhao Expedition to Qi State", "Dune Palace Change", and "Battle of Qi and Song", and the number of soldiers under his command once exceeded 20,000, and he also has his own opinions on leading troops to fight.

However, Gongsun Xi only appointed him as the "commander of the division", and only allocated him 2,500 soldiers, although Meng Zhong did not feel humiliated, but the mood in his heart at that time was really bad, and he wanted to rely on the power of Duan Gan, Tian Di, and Xihe Confucianism to argue with Gongsun Xi.

However, Gongsun Xi was the main general of Wei to support Korea this time, and when he first arrived in Wei, he had a grudge with Gongsun Xi before he established an inch of merit, which was not conducive to the future, considering these, Meng Zhong dispelled the idea in his heart at that time, retreated to the second, and skillfully won 2,500 Wei soldiers from Gongsun Xi's side.

Although Meng Zhong also understood that this move would definitely make Gongsun Xi unswerving, but after all, the two of them had not torn their faces, and Gongsun Xi should not openly target him.

But I have to say that this is a very bad omen, which means that Gongsun Xi is still more biased towards Tian Wen after all.

After some discussion, Xiang Yi lowered his voice and said, "In my opinion, as long as we fulfill our duties, we don't want to be caught by Gongsun Xi...... As long as he is not caught by Gongsun Xi, when the time is right, Ah Zhong can show his edge a little. When we were in Zhao Kingdom, we were looked down upon because we were too introverted......"

Meng Zhong frowned slightly when he heard Xiang Yu mention their experience in the Zhao Kingdom as an example, but he had to admit that Xiang Yu's words were not wrong, if he had been more aggressive at the beginning, Master Zhao might not only see him as a "young man with potential", but might have listened to his advice - although he couldn't live with Zhao Wang He, if Master Zhao was willing to listen to his advice at that time, the royal family faction would definitely not be able to become the final victor at that time.

"Show your head properly...... Is it? ”

After pondering for a moment, Meng Zhong frowned and said, "It's hard to guarantee that you won't tear your face with Gongsun Xi." ”

Xiang Yiwenyan sneered: "For now, Gongsun Xi is obviously biased towards Tian Wen, since he is destined to be an enemy or a friend, why care?" …… As long as Gongsun Xi doesn't get the hang of it, can he still expel me and others under a trumped-up pretext? The head of the Duan Gan family is not easy to mess with. ”

"I don't have to tear my face with Gongsun Xi, but as Xiang Yi said, it's not wrong to be a little tougher......" Le Yi also whispered on the side.

Meng Zhong nodded thoughtfully, and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Rong Yi walking in, clasping his fists and saying, "Meng Sima, Gongsun Xi sent a few people over, saying that they were taking you to take over the army. ”

"Hmm." Meng Zhong nodded and said, "Please let him in." ”

Rong Yan came out with his fists clenched, and a moment later he led in a young soldier in his twenties, who Meng Zhong found to be one of the two guards standing in the latter's tent when he invited Gongsun Xi to see him.

"In Xia Gongsun Du, I came on the order of Xi Wu and took the commander to take over the soldiers."

"Gongsun?"

After listening to this person's self-introduction, Meng Zhong was a little curious.

The surname Gongsun is literally the descendants of the grandsons of the monarchs of various countries - whether it is Zheng or Jin, the descendants of their grandchildren are qualified to use "Gongsun" as the clan title, the most typical example is Gongsun Martingale (Wei Marting) and Gongsun Yan, Gongsun Xi brothers, don't look at all Gongsun clan, but Gongsun Martingale is the descendant of a certain generation of patriotic monarchs, and Gongsun Yan and Gongsun Xi brothers are the descendants of a certain generation of monarchs of Wei, and the two are not from one branch.

This is also the reason why people with the surname Gongsun abound all over the world. [PS: There are many similar examples, such as "Wang Sun". 】

Out of curiosity in his heart, Meng Zhong couldn't help but ask, "What is the relationship between the untold and the rhino head and the rhino martial arts?" ”

Hearing this, Gongsun Du said lightly: "Xi Wu is the uncle of Xia. ”

After that, he didn't explain in detail, and said with his fists clenched: "I wonder if Master Meng will go to take over the army today, or wait until tomorrow?" If it's the latter, I'll come back tomorrow. ”

It can be seen that this Gongsun Du's attitude towards Meng Zhong and others is also very cold, similar to Gongsun Xi, and he doesn't seem to want to have too much contact with Meng Zhong and others.

Since the other party was so cold, Meng Zhong was not in the mood to take the initiative to climb the friendship, and when he heard this, he hugged his fists and said indifferently: "Then there is a lot of work to take you forward at this moment...... It's hard work. ”

"Don't dare."

After a few simple words, Meng Zhong took his companions and twenty Song soldiers under the command of Rong Yu and followed this Gongsun Du to take over the army.

On the way, Meng Zhong asked Gongsun Du: "Isn't the Wei soldiers in this battalion all the soldiers and horses supporting Korea?" It doesn't seem like there's a lot of it......"

Gongsun Du hesitated for a moment, and then explained: "No, the soldiers in this battalion are troops drawn from Yuncheng, Chencheng, Xiangling, Yecheng and other places, and in addition, there are also troops from Hedong who will go to Korea together. However, the army in Hedong went straight through the Zhou state to Korea, so it was not on the same path as the army here. ”

"It turns out that the Wei army here is drawn from all over the Wei Kingdom, no wonder the strength feels uneven......

Meng Zhong suddenly realized when he heard this.

I remember that when he first entered this military camp, he felt that the armor and weapons of the Wei soldiers in the camp were not completely unified, and the strength was also uneven, and he wondered in his heart that the Wei State would send such an army to rescue South Korea, until he listened to Gongsun Du's explanation at this moment, he knew that the Wei army here was just one of the soldiers and horses of the Wei State to rescue South Korea, in addition to the Wei army from Hedong.

Hedong, that is the main battlefield of Wei to resist the invasion of Qin, you don't have to think about it to know that the Wei soldiers over there must be more elite than the Wei soldiers in this camp.

But it's a pity that in terms of the current relationship between Meng Zhong and Gongsun Xi, Meng Zhong didn't expect to lead those Wei soldiers - the Wei army in Hedong must be the army that Gongsun Xi relied on the most.

A moment later, Gongsun Du led Meng Zhong and the others to a camp area on the north side of the camp and came to one of the military tents.

"Wait a minute."

After saying a word to Meng Zhong, Gongsun Du stepped into the military tent, and after a while, he brought out a general in armor from the military tent, who was about forty years old, with a burly physique, a rough appearance, and even a bit of fierceness.

Gongsun Du introduced Meng Zhong: "This is the military Sima "Tang Zhi" in the Yecheng area. Tang Jun Sima, this is the newly canonized doctor Meng Zhongmeng of the king, and now he is a division commander in the army. Xi Wu has an order, please Tang Sima allocate 2,500 martial arts to Meng Shishuai......"

“……”

Listening to Gongsun Du's words, the military Sima named Tang Zhi was not surprised or surprised, but just looked Meng Zhong up and down coldly, it seemed that Xi Wu had sent someone else to tell him.

"Is that you?"

Looking Meng Zhong up and down, Tang Zhi said coldly: "A little hairy boy who has not dried up dares to take the ...... of the soldiers under my command" With a look of anger on his face, he suddenly reached out and grabbed Meng Zhong's throat.

Of course, Meng Zhong would not be so easily helped by the other party, he raised his hand and grabbed Tang Zhi's hand, and asked indifferently, "Tang Sima, what do you want to do?" ”

At this time, Tang Zhi exerted a few more forces and tried to choke Meng Zhong's neck, but Meng Zhong's right hand also grabbed his wrist, and after some wrestling, he found that he couldn't suppress the other party in a short time.

"This kid, I didn't expect to be energetic, I really didn't see it......

Tang Zhi thought secretly with a little surprise.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Rong Yi, Le Jin and others shouted loudly, and at the same time stretched out their hands to the saber at their waists, but the youngest Meng Ao was panicked at the moment because of the first encounter with this kind of friction in the army, and he was a little at a loss.

"Do what?"

Tang Zhi sneered and was about to speak, but saw Gongsun Du stretch out his hands and push them on the chests of Tang Zhi and Meng Zhong, and at the same time turned his head to Tang Zhi and said, "Tang Sima, this is the general order of the rhino force, does Tang Sima have to disobey?" ”

Hearing this, a few hints of scheming flashed in Tang Zhi's eyes, and after a few breaths, he snorted coldly, shook off Meng Zhong's right hand, shook off the wrist that was pinched by Meng Zhong and was slightly tingling, and said in a strange manner: "Since it is the general order of the rhino martial arts, how dare Tang dare to disobey?" …… Tang went to gather the soldiers. ”

After that, he glared at Meng Zhong coldly, and saw that his eyes seemed to be silently saying: Boy! Wait and see!

『…… I offended another person for no reason.'"

Looking at Tang Zhi's departing back, Meng Zhong sighed secretly.

But he also understood that this was unavoidable, after all, Wei Wushu was not an ordinary Wei pawn, how could there be no main general, even if he was replaced by Meng Zhong, I am afraid that he would not be willing to hand over the two thousand five hundred soldiers under his command to a guy who had never heard of it.

It's just that Gongsun Xi, as the general of Wei, did not allocate Wei Wushu to Meng Zhong from the army directly under his command, but ordered this Tang Zhi to allocate 2,500 soldiers, I am afraid that he will not be at ease - or simply, this is his revenge on Meng Zhong.

After about a moment, Tang went straight and returned, and with a gloomy face, he led Meng Zhong and the others and Gongsun Du to a clearing in the northern camp, where two thousand five hundred Wei soldiers were already standing neatly - of course, Meng Zhong did not count them, but he believed that there would be no mistake in the number.

Just when Meng Zhong secretly looked at the two thousand five hundred Wei warriors, Gongsun Du continued to introduce him with a cold face: "The army under the command of Sima of the Tang Zhijun has been deployed in the area of Yecheng before, mainly against the Zhao State, and has fought several battles with the troops under the command of Zhao State's Anpingjun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui......

Meng Zhong had a little understanding of this, after all, he had heard when he was in Zhao that the army under the command of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, Anpingjun and Fengyangjun, was originally deployed in the "Zhongmu" area in the south of Zhao, the purpose was to contain the army deployed by Wei in the "Yecheng" area.

"I wonder if Master Meng is satisfied?" Gongsun Du asked Meng Zhongdao.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong nodded slowly.

I have to say that Xi Wu really didn't play any tricks in this regard, he Meng Zhong opened his mouth to ask for 2,500 Wei Wu soldiers, and Xi Wu allocated him 2,500 Wei Wu soldiers, and Meng Zhong carefully looked at the 2,500 Wei soldiers in front of him, only to see them standing upright one by one, with solemn expressions, and at a glance he knew that he was a veteran soldier who had been fighting for a long time, and I am afraid that the strength was only higher than the original Xinwei army, so Meng Zhong was quite satisfied with these soldiers alone.

It's just that......

He glanced at Tang Zhi, who was gloomy at this time, and felt a little helpless in his heart.

Yes, these two thousand five hundred Wei warriors can indeed be called elite, but they were snatched from Tang Zhi, the military commander, Tang Zhi did not dare to hold a grudge against Xi Wu for this, and believed that this account would definitely be counted on his head Meng Zhong, which meant that Meng Zhong had offended a military Sima as soon as he arrived in the army.

may even offend more - who knows if this Tang Zhi has close and familiar colleagues in the army?

But there is no way, the war between Wei and Han and Qin is about to break out, and he Meng Zhong has no time to retrain a group of elites who can match Wei Wushu, so even if he offends Tang Zhi, the military commander, he must get these two thousand five hundred Wei Wushu, only in this way, he will have the capital to establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield in the future.

Thinking of this, he pretended not to see Tang Zhi's gloomy face, and said to the latter and Gongsun Du with a smile: "I think these Wei soldiers are worthy of the name of martial arts, thank you Xi Wu, thank you Tang Sima." ”

"Humph!" Tang Zhi snorted coldly, didn't look at Meng Zhong, and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Gongsun Du also clasped his fists and said to Meng Zhong: "There is still an empty camp in the northwest of the camp, and the commander can take these soldiers to the camp in the northwest corner and station them for drills. ”

Of course, Meng Zhong understood what Gongsun Du meant, but at this moment he could only pick up a good voice and say, "It's hard work." ”

"Don't dare."

With the back of Gongsun Du leaving, Le Yi walked to Meng Zhong's side and said lightly: "It seems that this is the test of Xiwu for us, or simply revenge......"

"There's no revenge." Meng Zhong shook his head slightly and said, "He is the chief general of the Wei army, so naturally he has no time and no obligation to help us arrange everything...... Let's take these soldiers to the camp in the northwest corner. ”

With that, he took a few steps forward towards the two thousand five hundred Wei Wu soldiers, and shouted in a deep voice: "As you can see, according to Xi Wu's order, in the future, you will wait for two thousand five hundred, and they will be under the command of my Meng Zhong, do you have any objections?" ”

When the words fell, the two thousand five hundred Wei Wu soldiers were silent.

Seeing this situation, even if it was Meng Zhong, Le Yi and others, they couldn't help but praise in their hearts: It is worthy of Wei Wushu!

In fact, they also understood that the two thousand five hundred Wei Wushu did not trust them at all and did not understand them at the moment, but even so, none of them stood up to question Meng Zhong, this is the degree of Wei Wushu's obedience to Shangguan.

From Wu to Pang Juan, and then to the current generation of Wei generals, Wei has always trained Wei Wushu in the way of Wu Qi back then, and attaches great importance to the obedience of Wu Wushu, to put it mildly, even if it is a pig holding a warrant, these Wei Wushu will obey its orders in most cases.

The so-called most cases refer to the situation where the casualties are not serious, as for wanting these Wei Wushu to surrender sincerely, and not hesitate to risk their lives for the general's order, it depends on the ability of the commander himself.

is also Wei Wushu, the Wei Wushu led by Wu Qi, can defeat the 500,000 army of Qin with 50,000 troops, and defeat 10 with one enemy; But when Wu Qi left Wei, 100,000 Wei soldiers could not defeat the hundreds of thousands of troops of Qin, which was undoubtedly the result of the gap between the main generals.

"Good!"

Seeing that the two thousand five hundred Wei soldiers had no objections, Meng Zhong nodded and said, "Now, immediately bring your weapons, armor, and belongings, and report to the empty camp area in the northwest corner of this camp!" …… Disband! ”

Hearing this order, the two thousand five hundred Wei Wushu disbanded, and after a few glances at Meng Zhong and the others with different eyes, the discussion dispersed one after another.

About half an hour later, these Wei warriors took their weapons and armor and the belongings they carried with them, and went to the empty camp area in the northwest corner of the camp to assemble.

This matter naturally attracted the attention of the entire Wei camp.

Before dusk that night, a general visited Tang Zhi.

After this person walked into the tent, he saw Tang Zhizheng drinking alone in the tent, so he smiled and quipped: "I heard that the soldiers under your command were sent to the camp in the northwest today, what's the matter, offended Xiwu?" ”

"Oh, it's Jiaoge."

Tang Zhi looked up, only to find that it was his long-known friend, Sima Jiaoge, who had been stationed in the area of Fangling.

After inviting Jiao Ge to sit down across the low table, Tang Zhi said angrily: "Don't mention it, I don't know where a milky little cub came out of nowhere today, relying on the order of the rhino martial arts, he forcibly took away 2,500 soldiers from my command...... Fuck it! ”

"Oh?" When the general named Jiao Ge heard this, his face showed a bit of solemnity, and he frowned and asked, "Who is it?" Could it be that he is a junior of the rhino martial arts? ”

"Probably not." Tang Zhi shook his head and said: "That kid is called Meng Zhong, I see that the guard Gongsun Du next to Xi Wu is also quite cold to that kid, but for some reason, Xi Wu sent someone to order me to allocate two thousand five hundred soldiers to that kid ......"

"Meng Zhong?"

Jiao Ge touched the short beard on his chin and pondered for a moment, then frowned and asked, "I haven't heard of it before......"

"Isn't it! I don't know where it came from! ”

Tang Zhi sullenly poured another sip of wine.

I have to say that in fact, Meng Zhong is still a little famous in the Daliang area of Wei State, and many people have heard of Meng Zhong in the public nobles in Daliang City, of course, this is just because Meng Zhong once made Xue Gongtian Wen lose face in Zhao State, but it seems that Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge, the local military horses of Wei State, naturally have no way of knowing about Meng Zhong, after all, Tian Wen will not spread the shame of Zhao State everywhere, and it is too late for him to cover up that kind of thing.

"Two thousand five hundred soldiers, ......"

Jiao Ge was a little unworthy for Tang Zhi, thought about it and whispered, "Do you want to try to teach that kid a lesson?" ”

"This ......"

Tang Zhijiu was in the army, of course, he knew how to squeeze out a person, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said: "I want to teach that kid a lesson, but the soldiers under his command were originally soldiers under my command, how can I do it......"

"How about I help you?" Jiao Ge said with a smile.

Tang Zhi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, and said with a little resentment: "Forget it, after all, it is the general of the Xi Wu." …… As long as that kid doesn't want to come nonsense in the future, so that he can lead those soldiers, this matter ...... Forget it. ”

"That's it?"

Jiao Ge was quite surprised and said, "If I were you, I couldn't swallow this breath." ”

“……”

Tang Zhi was silent when he heard this, holding the wine cup thoughtfully.

If he wants to say hate, of course he hates that kid who came out of nowhere, but the matter has come to this point, and he can't do anything about it, after all, it was the order of his Wei general Xi Wu, compared to revenge on the kid named Meng Zhong, Tang Zhi cared more about the 2,500 Wei warriors entrusted to the non-people - although that was not his original intention at all.

"That kid...... Are you really qualified to command my men?'

Thinking of this, Tang Zhi raised his head and said to Jiao Ge: "Hey, Jiao Ge, you just said that you want to vent for me?" ”

Hearing this, Jiao Ge showed a slight smile on his face, and smiled knowingly: "No problem, just wait until this battle is over, you invite me to a drink, and I will come forward to help you teach that kid a lesson." ”

"Don't hurt the soldiers under his command, after all, I personally trained the soldiers." Tang Zhi reminded in a low voice.

"Don't worry."

Jiao Ge smiled, lowered his voice and said: "What I have is the means, I will never hurt your soldiers, I will only try to make that kid lose face." Once he loses face, I see how he can lead the troops......"

As he spoke, he whispered his plan to Tang Zhi.

"Shh

After hearing this, Tang Zhi chuckled and said, "It's really a despicable method. …… So be it. ”

"You ...... guy"

Then the two drank a few more bowls of wine, and then Jiao Ge said goodbye and left.

After Jiao Ge left, Tang Zhi sat alone in the tent and thought for a moment, then immediately summoned two guards and ordered: "Send someone to keep an eye on Meng Zhong's kid's camp, I want to know every move over there." ”

"Whoa!" The two guards retreated with fists clenched.

"What the hell is that kid?"

While frowning and thinking secretly, Tang Zhi picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.

Inadvertently, his eyes couldn't help but see his wrist, that is, in his anger today, he reached out and grabbed the boy's throat, but the boy pinched the part of his right hand.

At this time, Tang Zhi remembered that the kid seemed to have a lot of strength, so much so that even he couldn't suppress the other party at that time.

Of course, strength is not enough to measure a person.

"Let Jiao Ge test that kid to see that kid's reaction, and by the way, you can also test what the relationship between Xi Wu and that kid is......

Tang Zhi thought secretly.