On July 17, the Wei-Han and Three-Kingdom coalition returned to Yiyang with great fanfare as victors.

After returning to Yiyang, Storm Kite ordered the general Han Zu and others to garrison the city, reward the army, and wait for the reward from Xinzheng, while he himself followed Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong and others back to Xinzheng.

It is worth mentioning that the Wei army's journey back to Wei did not actually pass through Xinzheng, but Storm Kite said that he had received a letter from his monarch Han Wangjiao, who ordered him to invite Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong, Dou Xing and other Wei generals to Xinzheng.

“…… When the self-allied army rushed to Hangu Pass, the king of our country was already preparing to celebrate the achievement, how could he ask a few people to return to Wei like this? ”

Storm Kite said with a smile to Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong and others.

Gongsun Zhu originally wanted to politely refuse, after all, he had received a letter from Wei Wangyun, who had also prepared a celebration in Daliang, asking him to lead the army back to China as soon as possible, and secondly, he was in a hurry to bury the body of his brother Gongsun Xi, after all, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Gongsun Xi's body would be about to rot if it dragged on.

Hearing this, the violent kite swore and promised: "At most, I will only delay you for three days, and I invite the Gongsun army to go to Xinzheng and his party." ”

couldn't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of the tyrannical kite, and considering that the subordinates really needed to relax after this vicious battle, Gongsun Jian finally agreed.

So, the Wei army slowly marched towards Zhengcheng, and Gongsun Zhu, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other military Simas, including Meng Zhong and his companions, but all the Wei generals who made meritorious contributions in this battle were invited by the tyrant kite, rode chariots, rode war horses, and went straight to Xinzheng, the royal capital of South Korea, under the protection of nearly 1,000 cavalry such as Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu.

accompanied by several people led by Zhou Zu, the general of the Eastern Zhou Kingdom.

On July 25, Gongsun Jian, Meng Zhong, and Storm Kite arrived in Xinzheng.

It is worth mentioning that Meng Zhong and the others were not allowed to enter the city at the beginning, which made Meng Hu complain a little: why were they stopped outside the city when they were invited to go to Han Wangji?

However, in this regard, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Xiang Yi and others have different views.

At that time, Meng Sui said to Meng Zhong in private: "Isn't it that King Han is going to go out of the city to greet him in person, right?" ”

Meng Zhong shook his head and said he didn't know.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for about half an hour, Han Wangji really took Han Xianggong Zhongmin and his courtiers to come out of the city to greet him.

I have to say that this made the generals of Zhu Wei not only flattered, but also quite happy in their hearts, even Meng Hu, who was still muttering just now, seemed to forget Fang Cai's unhappiness, staring at Han Wang Ji in the distance with wide eyes, looking up and down.

Seeing this, Meng Sui hurriedly stopped Meng Hu.

But it must be admitted that it is indeed a great compliment to have the monarch of a country personally go out of the city to greet him.

Not to mention that Han Wang also bowed to them.

Of course, Han Wang Ji explained this important gift very clearly: this worship was to thank the Wei army for helping him recapture Xincheng and Yiyang, so that he could regain two border fortress cities in Korea to fight against Qin.

In fact, if it weren't for the Wei army helping the violent kite recapture the two cities of Xincheng and Yiyang, how could King Han go out of the city to greet him in person?

Immediately, Storm Kite introduced the generals of the Wei army to Han Wangjiao, from Gongsun Zhu, Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Wei Qing, Zheng Zheng, Cai Wu and other military Simas, to Meng Zhong, Le Yi, Meng Sui, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu and others, one by one.

During the period, Han Wang couldn't help nodding his head, sometimes praising and praising loudly, until he introduced Meng Zhong, Han Wang's eyes flashed a few traces of interest, and he looked Meng Zhong up and down a few times, but because there were many people present, he didn't say much, but his actions of looking at Meng Zhong that were obviously different from others still attracted Meng Zhong's attention.

He didn't know that in fact, not only Gongsun Zhu repeatedly praised him in the battle report sent to Wei Wangyun, but Storm Kite also praised Meng Zhong many times in the battle report sent to Han Wangji, and even said that Meng Zhong was "overcoming the disadvantage in the Jedi", not only saving the Wei army, but also saving him the Han army, and helping the Wei and Han coalition forces to reverse the disadvantage, and in turn defeated the Qin army.

To say that the first hero of this battle, whether it is Gongsun Zhu or Tyranny Kite, they are all the first to recommend Meng Zhong.

Because of this, Han Wangji paid special attention to Meng Zhong when he introduced Meng Zhong, after all, Meng Zhong is not only outstanding, but more importantly, he is too young, he is not yet twenty years old this year, how can such a talent not attract the attention of others?

After a while, after the storm kite introduced the Wei generals one by one, Han Wang said to everyone with a smile: "A few days earlier, the widow has ordered the palace people to prepare a feast for the celebration, just wait for you to come back from victory, please go to the post house in the city to bathe and rest for a while, and at dusk the widow will send the palace people to take you to the palace for a banquet." ”

As the leader of the generals of the Wei army, Gongsun Zhu hurriedly bowed his hand and thanked him: "Thank you King Han, I am afraid." ”

"Where, you deserve it."

Han Wang Ji smiled and waved his hand, and personally led Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong and others, including several generals of the Zhou State, to the post house in the city.

"Everyone, let's rest in the post house for a while, and then the widow will order the palace people to drive to welcome you into the palace for a banquet."

After a few words of advice, Han Wangjiao left temporarily with the state minister Gong Zhongmin, Storm Kite and all the courtiers.

Seeing this, Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong and others went to the hall under the leadership of those Han pawns in the post house, bathed and changed clothes.

I have to say that the post house in Xinzheng City has always been responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, so naturally it will not be bad, but only one thing, there are no women in the hall, only a Han pawn.

In this regard, Meng Hu couldn't help but complain, after all, when they were in Zhao Kingdom, there were women from Zhao Kingdom who were very bright to help them bathe and rub their backs, and they didn't even mind helping them solve their physiological needs, but South Korea was good, and it was actually five big and three rough Han pawns serving them.

These words made Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Wei Qing and other military horses burst into laughter, and even the guards in the post house also laughed, and some people even immediately said that they could help Meng Hu and others find some, but they were stopped by Gongsun Zhu.

Of course, Gongsun Zhu just considered that this was the royal capital of Korea after all, and hoped that everyone would exercise some restraint, but he didn't have any opinions on Menghu.

In fact, Gongsun Zhu's impression of Meng Hu is still very good, after all, Meng Hu fought bravely, and he will inevitably become the fierce general of his "Hedong Wei Army" in the future - to be exact, for Meng Zhong's group of people, Gongsun Zhu's impression is very good, but among these people, he is the most optimistic about Meng Zhong.

"Hu, don't do this."

Meng Zhong, Meng Sui and others, who were quite embarrassed by this, hurriedly stopped Meng Hu.

But to be honest, everyone present didn't think there was anything wrong with Menghu's words and deeds, and even the post director next to him made a hint, implying that during the palace feast, Han Wang would naturally send the beautiful palace maids in the palace to serve everyone.

Hearing this, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Le Jin and others were full of interest, and it didn't take long for them to take Cao Chun, Cai Cheng and other lieutenant generals, and Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and other military Simas who had the same interest, and saw Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Xiang Yi and others shaking their heads helplessly.

After bathing and changing, Meng Zhong lay down on the bed in the room and rested for a while.

During this time, he had a lot of thoughts.

At the beginning, he inevitably thought of Bai Qi and this general of the Qin State who was on a par with him.

Even if he has to admit that Bai Qi is really powerful, this time he can beat the other party by a small margin, it is indeed a fluke.

Why is it a fluke, the reason is that in the battle of Yique Mountain, the Qin army under Bai Qi fought against more than 200,000 allied troops of Wei and Han, beheaded nearly 100,000 bodies, and was already exhausted, and he Meng Zhong just seized the weakest gap of the Qin army, so that Bai Qi lost the opportunity and was targeted and suppressed by Meng Zhong again and again.

For another example, when Bai Qi killed Gongsun Xi in front of the Qin and Wei armies, if the more than 20,000 Wei troops were not inspired by Meng Zhong's encouragement, but disintegrated and fled after seeing the commander Gongsun Xi killed, Meng Zhong would not have been able to defeat Bai Qi at all.

Because of this, even Meng Zhong felt that he could win this battle in vain, which was indeed quite a fluke.

『…… I'm afraid I'll see it again in the future."

With a white face in his mind, Meng Zhong thought secretly.

Thinking about it, he thought of Hangu Pass again, and thought of the Xiongguan that only his brother-in-law Tian Zhang had broken so far.

But unfortunately, during the period before his garrison in Hangu Pass, he also took Menghu, Le Yi, Mengsui and others around Hangu Pass many times, trying to see if there were any hidden mountain roads nearby, but unfortunately there was no gain.

After Hanyaseki, he thought of his mother, sister, and newlywed wife who were still in his hometown.

Thinking about it, the tiredness accumulated during this time caused him to gradually fall into sleep, until it was near dusk, when Meng came to the house and woke him up.

It turned out that King Han had sent palace people to drive the carriage and prepare to take them to the palace for a banquet.

The palace banquet that night, it can be seen that it was carefully prepared by Han Wangjiao, the dishes are rich, the wine is good, and even the palace maids who danced are all young and beautiful, and they can see that Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Menghu, and Huahu are in a rippling mood.

Thinking about it, Han Wangjiao could also guess what Dou Xing and Meng Hu were thinking, and after those palace maids finished dancing, he ordered them to serve wine at the guest table, and even Meng Zhong also came here.

However, unlike Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu and others, Meng Zhong was not interested in this woman.

It's not that he is high-minded, thinking that when he was in Zhao State, he was also pulled by Meng Hu to have something to do with the women of Zhao State, but in the final analysis, it was just to take what they needed, whether it was Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, or those women of Zhao State, they would not be too serious - they were women who were responsible for serving guests.

Just like those women in the hall at this moment, just by looking at them coaxing Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others into laughing in a delicate and flirtatious manner, you know that these women have been carefully trained, otherwise, how can ordinary women be so open?

Somehow, when he saw those women, Meng Zhong thought of his wife Le Yan in his hometown, and thought of her mother and sister who were still taking care of him in Mengyi, and then lost interest in that woman.

And the woman obviously didn't know the details of Meng Zhong, and when she saw that Meng Zhong politely rejected her closeness several times, she was no longer reluctant - maybe in her opinion, Meng Zhong, who was just a teacher commander, was not a noble lord worthy of her deliberate stuttering.

But Meng Zhong's side still attracted the attention of Han Xiang Gong Zhongmin's protégé Gong Zhongxuan.

Gong Zhong came to Meng Zhong's seat with a wine bottle, and said with a smile: "If Master Meng doesn't mind, can you allow me to disturb you a little?" ”

Meng Zhong hurriedly said: "Mr. Gongzhong is serious. …… Please. ”

Gong Zhong sat down at Meng Zhong's table, glanced at the woman, and then asked Meng Hu with a bit of a joke: "Could it be that Meng Shishuai is dissatisfied with this woman?" You can change the ...... for Master Meng below."

I have to say that Gong Zhong's extravagant behavior made the woman feel shocked and frightened.

After all, she may not recognize Meng Zhong, but she definitely won't recognize Gong Zhongxuan - this is a great talent who has been his South Korean minister.

Perhaps noticing the panic on the woman's face, or maybe he didn't want Gong Zhong to misunderstand, Meng Zhong hurriedly explained: "Mr. Gong Zhong misunderstood, and I just feel a little tired, not as energetic as 'them'......"

He nodded towards the guest seats of Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, and Hua Hu not far away, and then said: "Besides, I got married in my hometown next year, and I think it's better to take this kind of thing......

"Huh?" Gong Zhong was happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Is this okay? In the next thought, Mrs. Ling would not care if she was afraid. ”

Of course, Meng Zhong understood that most people in the world didn't care about this kind of thing, and he didn't want to explain anything, so Fu Yi smiled and said, "Having said that, I really don't have any interest at this moment......

As he spoke, he motioned for the woman to pour him a bowl of wine, lest the prince take it seriously and punish the woman, who had done nothing.

With Gong Zhong's extravagant experience, he naturally understood Meng Zhong's intention to deliberately let the woman pour wine, and when he saw this, he no longer continued the topic, and said to Meng Zhong in a low voice: "As far as I know, the king intends to give a city to Meng Shishuai as a food town. ”

As soon as he heard this, not to mention that Meng Zhong was a little stunned, even Meng Sui, Le Xu, Xiang Yi and others in the guest seats behind him also sat around and asked Gong Zhong Xuan in a low voice, obviously wanting to know whether what Gong Zhong Xuan said was true or false.

In this regard, Gong Zhong smiled and said: "Of course this matter is true, can it be fake?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Sui and the others all showed surprise on their faces, even Le Yi was no exception.

After all, it's a food eup, and today, how many people have obtained it by their own talents? Few and far between!

"Shh

Gong Zhong hurriedly made a gesture of silence, after all, this matter has not yet been implemented, and it is really not suitable to discuss it in public.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong and the others stopped talking about this matter, but the matter of Shiyi still lingered in their minds.

The next day, Han Wangjiao sent someone to invite Gongsun Zhu and Meng Zhong to the palace.

After Gongsun Jian and Meng Zhong were invited to the main hall in the palace, they found that there were not only Han Wangjiao in the palace, but also Gongzhong Min and Storm Kite beside them.

After seeing Meng Zhong, the fifty-year-old violent kite winked at him, which immediately reminded Meng Zhong of the "food yi" that Gong Zhong had said at the banquet last night.

However, Gongsun Zhu didn't know what was going on, and before and after leading Meng Zhong to the throne of King Han, he bowed his hand and said: "Gongsun Zhu visited King Han, I don't know what King Han sent to summon today, what happened?" ”

Hearing this, Han Wang said with a smile: "That's the case, the widow listens to the (violent kite) big Sima Yan, this time relying on the merits of the Gongsun army general and this Meng Shishuai, my South Korea was able to recover Xincheng and Yiyang, in order to show the joy and gratitude in the hearts of the widows, the widow intends to give the two of them a city, as a food town, please don't shirk the two." ”

Even though he was as steady as Gongsun Zhu, he was also shocked by Han Wangjiao's words, and then glanced thoughtfully at Meng Zhong beside him.

To say that in this battle, Meng Zhong made outstanding achievements, and the king of Han gave this son a city as a food town to express his gratitude, which is reasonable, but Gongsun Zhi thought to himself that he had no credit for himself - what credit did he have? He was only stationed in Yique Mountain, during which Meng Zhong led the Wei army to fight against Bai Qi.

In the final analysis, it's just that King Han blames him for giving Gongsun Zhu face, after all, in terms of name, his Gongsun Zhu is still the current fake commander of Wei Jun, and he is Meng Zhong's boss, if he rewards Meng Zhong alone and ignores his Gongsun Zhu, this is equivalent to humiliating Gongsun Zhu - even if Gongsun Zhu himself does not think so.

Since the other party abides by the etiquette and gives enough face, Gongsun Zhu naturally has to treat each other with courtesy, so he bowed his hand and humbly thanked him: "I don't have any credit for thinking about myself, and I don't dare to accept such a heavy gift from King Han." ”

Hearing this, Han Wangjiao persuaded him twice, but he was thanked by Gongsun Erly.

Seeing this, Han Wangjiao was no longer reluctant, and turned his head to Meng Zhong and said: "General Gongsun Jun thanked the widow for his thanks, but Master Meng must accept the widow's thanks." …… According to Da Sima, if it weren't for Meng Qing this time, I am afraid that the 300,000 Wei and Han coalition troops would all be wiped out by the Qin army, and the widow really didn't dare to imagine what kind of situation it would be. ”

Even if Han Wang is not very good at military affairs, he can be sure that if his 300,000 Wei and Han allied troops are wiped out in Yique this time, the Qin State will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and he does not know how many cities will be lost in Korea at that time.

And the appearance of Meng Zhong saved the defeat of the Wei and Han coalition forces, prevented South Korea from losing the city again, and recaptured Xincheng and Yiyang.

Thinking of this, Han Wang said to Meng Zhong with a smile: "Shangdang, Yingchuan, the cities in these two places, except for a few cities that are not easy to grant, the rest can be selected by Meng Qing. ”

Hearing this, the storm kite immediately explained to Meng Zhong in a low voice beside him: "Zhengcheng and Yangzhai are the former national capitals of our country, and they are not easy to grant...... Moreover, it is not easy to grant several important cities on the border of the country, and the rest can be ......"

The rest?

glanced at Han Wang, who was smiling, as if acquiescing to the words of the violent kite, Gongsun Zhu was secretly surprised in his heart.

Forget about Yingchuan, but there are still many relatively wealthy cities in Shangdang (county) in South Korea, such as "Linfen", "Qinshui", and "Changping", all of which are cities with at least thousands of households, and there are large tracts of fertile land around the city.

Speaking of which, is Meng Zhong worth such a big price to be paid by King Han?

Worth!

At least in Gongsun Zhu's opinion, it's totally worth it!

However, Gongsun Zhu did not want Meng Zhong to accept the reward of the Han king, because he hoped that Meng Zhong would be the defender of the east of the river, and once Meng Zhong accepted the reward of the Han king, the Wei king might be suspicious of Meng Zhong - why did he accept the food reward from the monarch of another country without the permission of the monarch of his own country, even though he was a general of the Wei state?

Therefore, when Han Wangji asked Meng Zhong again, Gongsun Ji stared at Meng Zhong intently with a serious expression, as a hint at Meng Zhong.

I have to say that Han Wangyi's generosity really surprised Meng Zhongyi, and even faintly moved.

After all, this kind of thing seems to be a standard for measuring talents in this world, and only those outstanding talents in the world will be rewarded by the monarch and granted to the food - its essence is nothing more than to tie this talent to the interests of the country in this way, after all, the involvement of interests is more trustworthy than simple loyalty.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Meng Zhong accepts the reward of Han Wang, then he will be a "high-ranking talent" who has been "awarded the title of food eup", and his name will immediately spread all over the world, which may be more effective than his victory.

Meng Zhong can not care about the actual benefits of Shiyi, but he urgently needs to have the "fame" brought by Shiyi.

After all, in this era, capable people may not be reused, but those who have the ability and reputation will definitely be reused, and reputation is more important than personal ability.

Therefore, when Han Wang blamed him and placed a reward of food in front of Meng Zhong's eyes, Meng Zhong also felt a little moved.

However, at this moment, he suddenly noticed that Gongsun Zhuzheng beside him was staring at him intently, as if hinting at something.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong suddenly woke up in his heart, and hurriedly thanked him: "King Han is gracious, and Meng Zhong has thanked him, but he thinks that the defeat of the Qin army this time is the joint credit of the 300,000 allied forces of Wei, Han, and Zhou. ”

Of course, Han Wangjiao also paid attention to Gongsun Zhu's actions, but he didn't say anything, just said to Meng Zhong with a smile: "The widow knows that you have been in the Wei Kingdom, so naturally they won't embarrass you." Today, I will give you a place of food, just to thank you for helping Sima, so that my Korea can recapture the two cities of Xincheng and Yiyang, even if the King of Wei learns about it, he will not blame you for this, and Meng Qing does not need to be taboo. ”

On the side, the violent kite also whispered to persuade Meng Zhong to accept Han Wang's kindness.

But in the end, Meng Zhong still thanked him politely.

After a while, after Gongsun Zhu and Meng Zhong said goodbye to the king of Han and walked out of the palace, Gongsun Zhu said to Meng Zhong: "Meng Zhong, the old man does not want you to accept the reward of the king of Han, not out of jealousy or anything else, but expects you to inherit the position of Hedong Shou of Xiwu, if you accept the reward of the king of Han, don't look at the current harmony between Wei and Han, but the king will still be suspicious of you." …… That's why you don't have to resent the old man. ”

Of course, Meng Zhong trusted Gongsun Zhi's character, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said: "The general's words are serious, and of course I understand the meaning of the general, and there is no resentment." ”

"That's good."

Gongsun nodded with a smile, looked at Meng Zhong and said: "You are a great talent, it is the old King of Han and the violent kite who want to envelop you, but you have to understand that Korea is weak, you will only wronged your talent here, only in my Wei country, can you realize the ambition in your heart......" After a pause, he said again: "As for that food, you don't need to regret it, in the old man's opinion, you will be able to get the food sooner or later, and even be crowned a prince and worship the marquis......"

Looking at Meng Zhong in front of him, Gongsun Zhu couldn't help but think of the night of the "Battle of Yique" again.

On that night, Gongsun Xi refused to retreat his army to preserve his strength when the Wei army lost the first opportunity, and Meng Zhong, in that case, countered the Qin army with a defeated army.

He didn't want such a wonderful young man to make a mistake, because this young man saved him.

If it weren't for Meng Zhong, his Gongsun Zhu would have died in Yique with Gongsun Xi, in the battle that wiped out his 300,000 allied forces of Wei and Han.

He didn't have the talent to inherit Gongsun Xi's position as Hedong Shou, but the young man in front of him had this talent!

And he has decided to do his best to help this young man, whether it is to repay the grace of saving his life, or to redeem the consequences of Gongsun Xi's insistence.

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