PS: Cervical spine pain, dizziness, uncomfortable, a little shorter today, I can't bear it. In other words, why haven't I commented in the past two days, and I can't copy the comments.

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“…… Here, I call on the people of the whole country to work together to resist the invasion of the Qi country, and our generation is determined to finally expel the Qi army from our country, and the Qi country will finally usher in the third defeat on the land of my Song country! ”

On the tower of the royal palace in Pengcheng, Dai Wu, the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, gave an exciting speech, and almost all the Song people in the city crowded into the open space and streets in front of the palace, listening to the prince's encouragement with respect.

When the crown prince Dai Wu finished his last sentence, tens of thousands of Song people outside the palace suddenly burst into cheers that resounded through the heavens and the earth.

"Hooray!"

"Long live the Prince!"

"Long live the Song Kingdom!"

Looking at the scene of the crowd and the excitement of the people below, the crown prince Dai Wu breathed a sigh of relief, only to see him beckoning to the Song people below amicably, and then turned around and walked to the inside of the palace tower.

There were four people standing there, namely Song Xiang Hui'an, military Sima Dai Busheng, court teacher Xue Juzhou, and Meng Zhong, who welcomed the crown prince Dai Wu back to Pengcheng.

"It's a wonderful motivator."

Seeing the crown prince Dai Wu walking towards the three of them, Hui Ang took the lead in stroking his palms and praised.

"Hui Xiang praised it." Dai Wu humbly arched his hand and said, "Actually, I was very nervous, for fear of saying something wrong......

In terms of age, in fact, Dai Wu is much younger than Hui An, probably six or seven years old, but in terms of generation, Hui Ang is also one of Dai Wu's teachers, as for the other teacher, that is Xue Juzhou.

Therefore, at this moment, the most happy people to be able to see the crown prince Dai Wu inspiring the Song ** people to unite against the invasion of the Qi State are actually Hui Ang and Xue Juzhou, after all, this crown prince His Royal Highness was carefully taught by them.

It's just that compared to Xue Juzhou, who was full of joy, the smile on Hui An's face was a little reluctant, probably because he saw the shadow of Song Wangyan from Dai Wu's burly back, and then thought of Song Wangyan now gloomily going to Wei, how could Hui Ang be completely happy?

"No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done a good job. You listen ......"

Hui Ang smiled and motioned to Prince Dai Wu to listen to the long cheers outside the palace.

Dai Wu listened carefully for a moment, and his face showed the joy of being recognized, but when he raised his eyes to look at Hui Ang again, his eyes still inevitably showed a little loss and regret.

Because the person he really wanted to be recognized was no longer in Pengcheng.

Yes, his father, Song Wangyan, although he acquiesced in his return to Pengcheng, did not approve of him, otherwise he would not have left the city before he returned to Pengcheng and went to Wei, which was very uncomfortable for the crown prince Dai Wu, who was deeply influenced by Confucianism, to not be able to get his father's approval.

As if seeing Dai Wu's low mood, Hui Ang was relieved: "The prince doesn't have to worry too much, the reason why the king left is because he can't face certain ...... Change, but on the other hand, doesn't it also show the king's trust in you? You know the weight of this country in the heart of the king, and if it weren't for the king's belief that the crown prince is capable of dealing with the current crisis, the king would never leave. ”

"......" Prince Dai Wu nodded, his face looked better, but his mood was still low.

Seeing this, Hui Ang smiled again and said: "The king has always been like that, conceited and stubborn, but the prince doesn't have to worry, but after this matter is over, he will go to Wei in the next meeting, and when the time comes, he will slowly persuade the king in the next meeting......"

The crown prince Dai Wu was shocked when he heard this, he heard something from Hui An's words, and exclaimed: "Isn't Hui Xiang going to leave me too?" ”

Seeing that Dai Busheng, Xue Juzhou, Meng Zhong and others looked at him in surprise, Hui Ang smiled bitterly, as if he was hesitating about something, and after a while, he said euphemistically: "The country must eventually promote newcomers...... By the way, when the time comes, there are other things to go to Wei and discuss with the King of Wei. ”

As he said this, his gaze glanced at Meng Zhong, intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, Meng Zhong would not see Hui An, and when he heard this, he interjected: "Brother Yi looks at me, it won't have anything to do with me, right?" ”

"Huh." Hui Ang smiled, didn't hide it, and said casually: "I'll talk to you about this later." ”

After a while, the people came to the main hall of the palace.

Although Song Wangyan had left Pengcheng at this moment, expressing his acquiescence to the crown prince Dai Wu in charge of the country, the crown prince Dai Wu still did not sit in his father's position, he ordered someone to set up a seat in front of the throne, and then sat there to discuss the current countermeasures with Hui An, Meng Zhong, Dai Busheng and others.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong couldn't help but secretly praise himself, Hui Ang and Xue Juzhou really taught this prince very well, at least in terms of morality, Meng Zhong didn't think that any prince in the countries at that time could compare to the crown prince Dai Wu, even if it was Zhao He, the young monarch of Zhao State.

But at the same time, Meng Zhong also slightly understood Song Wangyan's concerns: the character of the crown prince Dai Wu is impeccable, but it is inevitable that Dai Wu, who is deeply influenced by Confucianism, is indeed a little timid in the eyes of outsiders.

Is Confucianism cowardly?

In fact, no, after all, the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius has always advocated 'repaying virtue with virtue and repaying grievances with straightforwardness', and then think of the prince Dai Wu who has been sitting in Tancheng for many years and resisting the threat of Qi for the Song State, how can he be a cowardly prince?

It's just that the crown prince Dai Wu is too rigid in etiquette and benevolence on weekdays, so he seems to be 'weak and deceitful'.

Therefore, in the eyes of tyrannical and extremely controlling monarchs such as Song Wang Yan, the crown prince Dai Wu was not satisfied with this point.

In fact, this is the same reason that Zhao's father likes his son Zhao Zhang, just because his son Zhao Zhang is brave and martial, similar to him when he was young, and the prince Dai Wu, although he is very similar to Song Wangyan in appearance, his words and deeds are completely different from Song Wangyan.

Sitting on the seat under the throne, the crown prince Dai Wu glanced at these people in the palace, and said: "Although there is no famous word, but the temporary departure of my father means that he entrusts me with the affairs of the state, and Dai Wu has been away for several months, and he does not know much about the current situation......"

Hearing this, Hui Ang nodded and said, "The matter of the war will be explained by Dai Busheng Sima." ”

Dai Wu nodded, and turned his head to look at Dai Busheng.

Seeing this, Dai Busheng hugged his fists towards the crown prince Dai Wu and everyone present, and then said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the current battle situation, in fact, my Song Kingdom is extremely unfavorable. In the Prince's ...... Well, after being exiled, the morale of the army in Tancheng dropped greatly, and although the old ministers tried their best to block, they still couldn't stop the Qi army from breaking through Tancheng. …… After the Qi army broke through Tancheng, the soldiers were divided into two routes, one way to take Qiyang, and the other to Pixian. Due to the exile of the crown prince, the morale of the sergeants and soldiers in the army was completely lost, resulting in the fall of both Qiyang and Pixian in a short period of time. Subsequently, the Qi army in Pixian County captured Lüyi and joined forces with the Qi army stationed in Qiyang to launch an offensive against Pengcheng......"

When he told the battle situation, he sometimes looked at the crown prince Dai Wu, and sometimes at Meng Zhong, obviously he told Meng Zhong in such detail, so that Meng Zhong could understand the current battle situation.

Hearing that Tancheng, Qiyang, and Pixian had all fallen, not to mention the crown prince Dai Wu, even Meng Zhong frowned.

You must know that these three cities are the three very important 'centers' in the eastern part of the Song Kingdom, radiating the rest of the surrounding large and small counties and cities, especially Tancheng and Pi County, and if the Song Kingdom loses these two cities, it will be difficult to make any progress to the north and east.

In contrast, Pixian is okay, this city was built by Song Wangyan in order to conquer the land of Wuyue in the future, but Tancheng, the Qi army captured this city, which can effectively curb the Song State from launching a counteroffensive against the Qi State, and can effectively prevent the Song State from secretly sending troops to infiltrate the hinterland of Qi during the first Song and Qi War.

“…… In view of the fact that the king ordered to consolidate the defense in Pengcheng a while ago, my Pengcheng is temporarily worry-free, but the Qi army saw that it was difficult to conquer Pengcheng, so they decided to isolate Pengcheng. Liuyi in the southwest and Suqiu in the south are now being attacked by the Qi army, and once these two places fall, my Pengcheng will be sandwiched by the Qi army......" Dai Busheng continued.

Prince Dai Wu nodded, then glanced at Meng Zhong, and saw that the latter was frowning as if thinking about something, so he didn't bother, and said to himself: "On the way back to Pengcheng, I had some conversations with Meng Qing, according to Meng Qing, now the five kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Han, Zhao, and Yan are planning to jointly attack the Qi State, although the purpose of the five-nation alliance this time is to attack the Qi State itself, but it can also indirectly help my Song State......"

Among the few people present, in fact, only Xue Juzhou didn't know that the five countries were preparing to jointly attack Qi, and when he heard this, his face was overjoyed, and he asked: "I don't know when the five countries will send troops to attack Qi?" ”

"This ......" Dai Wu glanced at Meng Zhong and said, "This matter is still told by Meng Qing himself." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong nodded and said: "This time the Five Kingdoms Attack on Qi was initiated by the Qin State, counting the days, almost now the countries have sent people to Handan of the Zhao State, on the one hand, forcing the Zhao State to draw a clear line with the Qi State and join the ranks of the crusade against the Qi State; On the one hand, the specific strategy of joint destruction was discussed...... If I guess correctly, this time the five-nation alliance will first gather in Zhao State, and then cross the big river to the Gaotang and Plain areas, and directly attack Shandong...... I don't know if the Qi State has been informed of this matter at present, if the Qi State has been informed of this matter, then maybe it will be withdrawn from the Song State and deployed between the Great River and Jishui, and the battlefield when I think about it should also be this area. …… But judging from what Dai Sima said, it seems that Qi Guo has not yet learned about this matter. ”

"You say, do you want to reveal it to Qi Guo?" Dai Busheng asked Meng Zhongdao: "Right now, my Song Kingdom is under a lot of pressure, if I can manage to distract Qi Kingdom...... But in this way, the five-nation coalition may encounter greater resistance at that time. ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "This idea is okay, after all, the alliance of the five countries has not yet assembled, and letting the Qi country know about this matter now can effectively delay the offensive of the Qi army, and besides, I don't think that the Qi country can have a way to dissuade the five countries from stopping the crusade against it...... Therefore, there is no need to deliberately reveal this news to the Qi State, lest the Five Kingdoms have any misunderstanding, thinking that the Song State is using them to ......"

"Hmm." Dai Busheng nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing this, the crown prince Dai Wu asked Meng Zhongdao: "Then according to Meng Qing's opinion, how should our country deal with this battle now?" ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said, "For the time being, let's focus on defense, and increase troops to Liuyi and Suqiu to prevent those two places from being broken by the Qi army...... In fact, the Qi State is doomed to defeat this time, and maybe even the country will be divided by the countries, but the problem is that the Qi army is not aware of this matter now, so it is still attacking the Song State...... Based on this, Song Guodang focused on defense and minimized unnecessary casualties as much as possible...... If the Qi army insists on taking Liuyi and Jiangqiu, then it is not impossible to evacuate the local soldiers and civilians as much as possible, and hand over the two empty cities to the Qi army...... All in all, saving the strength of the troops, and when the Qi army is defeated by the invasion of the Five Nations Alliance, and then taking the opportunity to kill, not only can you recover the lost territory at a very small price, but you may also be able to get a piece of the pie......"

His words are in line with his usual view: if you are destined to win the war just by dragging it out, then there is no need to make more sacrifices.

Probably hearing Meng Zhong's last words, Dai Wu asked in surprise: "What does Meng Qing mean that my Song State can participate in the division of Qi Kingdom?" Won't this be dissatisfied with the five countries? ”

Meng Zhong smiled and said: "Strictly speaking, in fact, only Wei, Zhao, and Yan are involved in dividing the Song Kingdom, well, maybe in the end, there are only two countries of Wei and Yan, and the target of the Wei State this time is Dongjun, that is, the ...... in the middle reaches of the Great River."

"Did Zhai Zhang tell you?" Hui Ang asked in surprise.

He knew that Zhai Zhang, the Grand Sima of Wei, had a good relationship with his brother-in-law Meng Zhong, and that Zhai Zhang was also ready to let Meng Zhong take his place.

However, Meng Zhong's answer was unexpected: "No, because I made it." ”

“……”

Dai Wu, Hui An, Dai Busheng, and Xue Juzhou widened their eyes in shock.

Although they all knew that Meng Zhong was currently in a very high position in the Wei State, they never expected that Meng Zhong would be able to make such a big decision.

After a while, Dai Busheng blinked his eyes and asked, "In short, my Song Kingdom will not be dissatisfied with the dissatisfaction of all countries when I participate in the division of Qi Kingdom?" ”

Meng Zhong smiled and said, "Yes." …… For some reason, I suggested that Wei only take Dongjun. On Yan Guo's side, Le Yi ...... Le Yi, you all know, he is now the Great Sima of Yan Kingdom, unlike me, he wants to swallow Qi Kingdom in one bite, but I think it is difficult for him to succeed. When I talked to Le Yi about this a while ago, he was actually very inclined to Song to annex part of the territory of Qi State, and I listened to his meaning, it seems that he didn't want Zhao State to take advantage of it......"

"Why?" Dai Busheng asked in surprise.

Hearing this, Hui Ang stroked his beard and said calmly: "Because Zhao State is adjacent to Yan State, after the fall of Qi State, Zhao State has become the biggest threat to Yan State, and Le Yi is taking precautions in advance. ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Meng Zhong.

Whether it is Meng Zhong or Le Yi, who would have thought that these two young people would be able to make changes to the situation in the entire Central Plains?

…… It seems that I really have to talk to Ah Zhong.

Hui Ang secretly thought about it, and decided to have a good talk with Meng Zhong tonight, fulfilling the instructions that King Song Yan had given him before leaving.

He also believed that this matter was of great importance to the Song State, no less than welcoming back the crown prince Dai Wu.