After a while, Sima Mengqing invited all the clansmen who served as "chariot officials" to his military tent.

Including the clan soldiers who came to reinforce, there were a total of sixteen chariot officials, among which only Meng Zhong had a special status, because he was a disciple of Zhuangzi and obtained the qualification to sit in the tent, in addition to him, even if it was Meng Hu, the son of Sima Mengqing, he could only stand outside the tent, and looked at the tent a few times from time to time, looking at Meng Zhong, a good brother, with envy.

"Right now, there are forty-seven clansmen left in the army."

When Meng Ju opened his mouth to ask about the situation in the army, Meng Qing replied heavily.

Hearing this, the reinforcements were all silent.

You must know that two years ago, he Mengshi sent a total of 200 clansmen, and in the past two years, he has successively sent more than 40 clansmen, such as Meng Zhi, who returned to the battlefield immediately after recovering from his injuries.

However, there are only 47 of the more than 240 tribesmen in total, and nearly 200 people died in this battle.

"As for the troops, there are more than 500 at the moment." Meng Zhiyi, who was on the side, explained: "In the past two years, Pengcheng has recruited some civilians and successively replenished our army, which is currently maintained at about 500 people. …… Plus the reinforcements brought by the young sect master this time, that is, 1,200 people. ”

Hearing this, Meng Yu nodded, and suddenly asked, "What about Wang Shi?" As far as I know, this time Pengcheng only sent one army of Wang Division, and my Song Kingdom has more than this number of troops, right? ”

The "army" in his mouth is the number of contemporary armies, one army is 12,500 people, and the army of the Song State had at least three to four armies in the era of "Culling Chengjun", not to mention the current time when the Song Dynasty was in power.

Even if it is said that the Song State has nearly 100,000 troops, this is not an exaggeration.

However, these 100,000 troops may not be easily mobilized, because most of them are deployed in various places on the border of the Song State, guarding against the Wei State, the Chu State, and the Qi State, and the number that can be mobilized is probably only 30,000 or 40,000 people, and any more will depend on the clan soldiers of various families in the country.

"I've heard that two or three armies are deployed in Sihuai." Meng Zhi explained.

The so-called "Sihuai", that is, the land bordered by the Qi states of Xueyi, the Song states, and the Chu states, all indications indicate that it was also a place that the Song Wangyan hoped to annex, but for the time being, the Song state did not dare to act rashly, lest it provoke the Chu state and cause a war, although the Chu state was currently busy gathering the states to crusade against the Qin state again.

"First Teng State, then Xue Yi, and then either Qi State itself, or Sihuai, depending on the progress of Zhao State's crusade against Zhongshan State, this is probably the intention of King Song."

After carefully listening to the conversations of Meng Qing, Meng Zhi, and Meng Ju, Meng Zhong secretly guessed in his heart.

Subsequently, everyone talked about Tengcheng again.

In this regard, whether it is Meng Hu or Meng Zhong, they all feel incredible about this, you must know that the army of the Song State attacking the Teng State, the Wang Division and the soldiers of various families are counted, there are more than 40,000 people one after another, and the rest of the civilian servants who transport grain and grass are countless, but such a force still can't capture a Teng City?

What is the mystery of Tengcheng? So much so that it is so difficult to overcome?

"It's the Mo family!"

Meng Zhi, who is more talkative than his brother Meng Qing, explained: "In the past two years, the disciples of the Mo family have gathered in Teng Guo and helped Tengcheng build some equipment to defend the city, for example, there is a device that can fire several crossbow arrows at once, which is more powerful than a bow, and can often kill several soldiers at once. There is also a device called "throwing a car", which can throw boulders and charcoal fires, and is extremely powerful. But the most difficult thing is the equipment that we privately call "B wall" and "B cover......"

"What's that?" Meng Yu asked curiously.

Seeing this, Meng Zhi gestured with both hands and explained: "It is a kind of wooden shutter, my brother once personally took people close to the city wall to observe, this thing is shaped like a word B, the upper end is the shutter, the lower end is the base, the Teng people installed it on the city wall, so that the upper end of the shutter can protrude outside the wall, making it difficult for our soldiers to climb with a long ladder." …… In this way, the upper end of it is movable, and if we put the ladder on the wall, it pushes outwards and overturns the ladder; If we put the ladder on its upper visor, it will retract and the ladder will lose its support. …… What's even more troublesome is that this kind of equipment can also protect the Teng soldiers behind the city wall, so that our troops under the city can't shoot them, only from a distance. ”

"Can't you destroy it?" Meng Zhong interjected coldly.

"It doesn't make sense." Meng Zhi glanced at Meng Zhong, shook his head and explained: "It's not difficult to build this kind of 'Yibi', and the materials required are just wood...... The disciples of the Mo family all know how to build this kind of city defense equipment, and they have also taught the Teng people in the city. After a pause, he continued: "Therefore, the only way is to besiege the city, prevent the Teng people from going out of the city to cut wood, and burn all the trees in the surrounding area, but the Teng country seems to have stockpiled a lot of wood in advance......"

At this point, he shook his head again, obviously helpless against this simple city defense device.

Seeing that Meng Hu, Meng Zhong and other newcomers seemed to be a little unconvinced, one of the clansmen sighed: "In a few days, when Jun Sima tries to attack the city again, you will know how powerful this thing is." ”

Meng Hu, Meng Zhong and the others glanced at each other and didn't say anything more.

After the meeting, the clansmen dispersed one after another and went back to their respective tents to rest, but Meng Zhong was left behind.

In the absence of others, Meng Qing said to Meng Zhong seriously and sincerely: "Ah Zhong, I feel deeply guilty about your brother's matter, but don't worry, as long as Uncle Wei and Ah Zhi are still alive, one day they will capture Teng Hu so that you can avenge your brother......"

"Uncle Meng Qing......"

Meng Zhong actually wanted to say that he didn't blame the two uncles for this, but looking at Meng Zhi's serious and sincere expression, he finally nodded.

And at this moment, suddenly a clan soldier came to report: "Jia Sima, Jun Sima came to our side, saying that he came to comfort the reinforcements of the clan." ”

"Jun Sima Jingyi?"

Meng Qing was slightly stunned, and before he could think about it, he took Meng Zhong to greet him, and at the same time sent someone to summon Meng Yu, Meng Zhi and other chariot officials.

Not long after, Meng Zhong met Jing Yu in the camp and saw the supreme commander in charge of the Song State's crusade against the Teng State.

"Meng Zhi, I've seen Jun Sima."

"No need to be polite."

After greeting each other, Jing Yu, who was over seventy years old, explained with a smile: "I heard that the Jingbo Mengshi has reinforcements here today, and the old man came to condole, the Mengshi clan is really worthy of being the pillars of my Song Kingdom, worrying about state affairs, sending troops and reinforcements, it is even faster than the family on the Pengcheng side......"

"Jun Sima praises it."

Meng Qing hugged his fists and thanked him, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart.

Although Jing Yu kept saying that he was here to comfort Montessori's reinforcements, this was obviously not convincing, what kind of character was Jing Hui? It was the military Sima who commanded the first army of the king's division, and the general of the Song State who was Vateng, to comfort the Montessori for reinforcements, even if he sent a few personal soldiers at will, it was enough, and there was no need for him to come in person.

But since Jing Yu said so, of course Meng Qing would not ask what was going on.

Meng Qing felt that if Jing Zhen really had something else coming, he would finally tell his purpose.

Sure enough, after a few idle words with Meng Qing, Jing Yu pretended to ask casually: "Meng Qing, the old man heard that in your Meng clan, there is a young man named Meng Zhong, who is fortunate to worship under the door of Master Zhuang......

Meng Qing glanced at Jing Zhong strangely, and did not answer immediately, but turned his head slightly to look at Meng Zhong.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong took the initiative to salute and said, "Jun Sima, the kid is Meng Zhong." ”

"Oh?"

Jing Yu was slightly stunned, looked at Meng Zhong carefully, and then said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a young Yicai, and he is worthy of being a disciple of Master Zhuang." ”

From the appearance, it can be seen that it is "Yicai"?

Meng Zhong's expression was a little strange, and he secretly guessed in his heart.

The fact that he didn't believe that he was a disciple of Zhuangzi had spread throughout the Song Kingdom, and it was clear that someone had revealed it to Jing Hui, and that this person was of such a good status that Jing Wei was extremely polite and kind to him.

Thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid that only Song Wangyan and Hui Ang are the only ones who agree with the conditions.

But with Song Wangyan's character, he won't turn around and let Jing Wei take care of him at all - and Song Wangyan is unlikely to take special care of him, so there is only Hui An.

Sure enough, after praising Meng Zhong a few words, Jing Yu said with a bit of temptation: "I heard that when you were in Pengcheng, you lived in your brother's mansion, are you okay?" ”

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Meng Qing was confused when he listened.

But I saw Meng Zhong say: "Jun Sima refers to Dr. Hui Anhui, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes."

As soon as he heard this, Jing Yu no longer had any doubts, and said with a smile: "Doctor Hui is really the pillar of the country, and he and the old man can also be called old friends, if you have any needs in the army in the future, you might as well speak up to the old man, and the old man should be appropriate...... Hehehehehe. ”

In the face of Jing Hui's deliberate overtures, Meng Zhong couldn't help but sigh at the connections of his brother-in-law Hui An, as well as the connections of his mentor Zhuangzi.

"Thank you, Junsi." Meng Zhong clenched his fists and thanked him.

"No thanks, no thanks." Jing Yu smiled and waved his hand.

I have to say that Hui An's face is indeed not small, such as the siege battle a few days later, in the past, the Meng clan soldiers, like other families, were all served as the army of the royal division to assist in the siege of the city, to put it mildly, it was cannon fodder that consumed the physical strength of the defenders in the city, but this time, Jing Yu transferred the Meng clan soldiers to the flank, although it was claimed to the outside world that the Meng clan soldiers were guarding the flanks, but in fact they were withdrawn from the front line of the battlefield.

Referring to this siege battle, Meng Zhong had to say that although Jing Yu treated him very politely, this veteran did not have much accomplishment in attacking the city, and "ant attachment" seemed to be his only siege tactic - the so-called ant attachment, that is, the tactic of letting soldiers climb the city wall like ants.

In addition, in this siege battle, Meng Zhong also saw the Mo family's city defense equipment mentioned by Meng Zhi, especially the tool called "Yibi" by the Song soldiers, in front of this kind of city defense equipment, even if the Song soldiers could attack the city, they could not cross the "Yibi" and climb the city wall, so that Tengcheng blocked the Song army's attack without any danger.

"It's worthy of the city defense equipment built by the Mo family, but it's ...... Or it can be broken by the "well!"

Seeing that the Song soldiers were blocked under the city of Tengcheng and could not enter an inch, Meng Zhong thought secretly in his heart.