In February of the third year of the reign of King Wei of Wei, the Wei general Gongsun Xi led 80,000 Wei troops to set off in Daliang City, went up the river, successively passed through Xingyang and Chenggao, passed through Korea, and finally arrived in the Luoyang area of the Zhou State, and converged with the 100,000 Hedong Wei army directly under Gongsun Xi in the Luoyang area, totaling 180,000 Wei troops.

I remember that when following the army through the city of "Gong", Meng Hu once stood on the chariot and looked at the city in the distance, and said with some longing: "The city in the distance is not the city of "Luoyang" where Zhou Tianzi lives? ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Wu Ying, Rong Yi and others all looked at the city in the distance.

It's no wonder, don't look at the Zhou State now exists in name only, but after all, it is a country that has been inherited for 800 years, that is, it is now weakened to the point of being on an equal footing with small countries such as Wei Guo and Lu State, but it is undeniable that there is still a lot of influence in the world, even after the surnames of Shang Guozi such as Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Wu Ying, Xiang Yu, etc., they all know that their ancestors and merchants were destroyed by the Zhou Wangshi.

However, when Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Meng Sui and others were stopping their chariots and looking at the city in the distance, Cao Chun, Wei Xu, Cai Cheng and others were secretly snickering.

In the end, Cai Cheng said with a smile: "Several, that's Gongcheng, not Luoyang." ”

"Not Luoyang?"

Meng Hu was taken aback and asked puzzledly: "Didn't Fang Cai Lu Wen say that the city in the distance is the royal capital of the Zhou Kingdom?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Wen hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "I only said that the city was the royal capital of the Zhou Kingdom, but I didn't say that it was Luoyang. …… As Cai Cheng said, that is Gongcheng. ”

Meng Hu, Meng Sui and the others looked at each other, and even Meng Zhong was a little confused.

Seeing this, Cao Chun briefly explained to Meng Zhong and others.

It turned out that the Zhou State, which had been inherited for nearly 800 years, has not only weakened to the point that it can only sit on an equal footing with small states such as Wei and Lu, but even divided into two parts in the country - let's call it the Western Zhou Kingdom and the Eastern Zhou Kingdom.

The Western Zhou State still resides in Luoyi, with Luoyang as the capital, governed by the Western Zhou Duke, and survives by currying favor with the countries and getting close to the Qin State; The Eastern Zhou Kingdom, on the other hand, used the capital of Luoyang as the capital "Gong" City, which was governed by the Eastern Zhou Duke, because of the disagreement with the Western Zhou State and the relationship between the two Zhou states often went to war, they preferred to be close to the Three Jin Dynasty, especially the Wei and Han countries.

As for the Zhou Tianzi mentioned in Menghu's mouth, he had defected to the Western Zhou Kingdom and defected to the Duke of the Western Zhou Dynasty earlier, and it is no exaggeration to say that the inheritance of the Zhou royal family has been disgraced so far, and it can only be regarded as a remnant.

"There are actually two Zhou Kingdoms?"

After listening to Cao Chun's explanation, Meng Hu's expression was really strange, and he immediately lost interest in the Gongcheng in the distance.

You must know that Luoyang is not only the royal capital of the Zhou State, but also one of the royal capitals of the Shang State - it was called "Xi'an" at that time, and it was the son of the late merchant surnamed Zi, and everyone had a complicated mood about Luoyang.

As for Gongcheng, what kind of place is that? Never heard of it.

A moment later, 80,000 Wei troops arrived at the city of Gongcheng, and Gongsun Xi passed on an order to temporarily camp the army here.

The purpose of the garrison was simple, that is, to join up with the 100,000 Hedong Wei troops directly under his command and reorganize the army.

This order gave a total of 180,000 Wei troops a short but valuable opportunity to rest before the war, and during this period, many Wei generals went to Gongcheng to find a place to drink and have fun.

After all, even Gongsun Xi himself was invited to the city by the Eastern Zhou Gong in Gongcheng to hold a banquet and entertain him.

And Meng Zhong, as the commander of the division, is no less than a division commander of the military Sima during this time, of course he is also qualified to enter Gongcheng to have fun, but just like Meng Hu, Xiang Yi and others, he has no interest in Gongcheng, and in the end he just ordered Xiang Yi to take people around Gongcheng to see if he can get some drinks and treat the 2,500 Wei soldiers under his command.

Although he was fined by Gongsun Xi for half a year, Meng Zhong still had a lot of money on hand, some of which was the money he brought to Wei from the Song State, that is, the Song knife coins given by Song Wangyan and the crown prince Dai Wu when he got married, and some of the boxes of copper that Duan Gan secretly financed him before he followed Gongsun Xi on the expedition.

It is no exaggeration to say that as far as the Wei army is concerned, the money he carries with him at the moment is definitely the richest at the division commander level, even if it is a general at the level of military commander, he may not be as rich as him.

Of course, it was only in the army, after all, each military Sima had many fields and houses in the local area where he was stationed, which was incomparable to Meng Zhong who had just arrived in Wei.

After dusk, Xiang Yi returned from Gongcheng with more than 100 soldiers, bringing back a lot of wine, Meng Zhong waved his hand, and used these drinks to reward his soldiers, attracting cheers from his soldiers.

Again, as long as the master is generous, the soldiers under his command are willing to die for him, and Meng Zhong is very generous in this regard, so that in less than a month, the 2,500 Wei soldiers under his command gradually died to him.

Even Cao Chun, Wei Xu, Cai Cheng and others, who originally called "Shi Shuai" on the face but "that kid" behind their backs, gradually called Meng Zhong "Shi Shuai" from the bottom of their hearts, and the cohesion of the army was rising day by day.

Nearly ten days later, when Gongsun Xi led the Wei army to be stationed in Gongcheng, three waves of Korean army envoys came here to ask to see Gongsun Xi.

As for what he said, of course, Meng Zhong didn't know, but according to his guess, he probably urged Gongsun Xi to lead the army to the battlefield as soon as possible.

The next day, Gongsun Xi summoned the generals of the military Sima level under his command at the Wei Ying Shuai tent outside Gongcheng City, and discussed the military situation with them.

But having said that, Meng Zhong was also a little unhappy in his heart, because he was very worried that Gongsun Xi would casually send him to the rear of a certain battlefield, so that he would completely lose his chance to this war - although after the war, Gongsun Xi would definitely see Duan Gan's face and share a little credit with him, but the problem was that Meng Zhong was not uncommon.

The purpose of his Meng Zhong joining Gongsun Xi's command this time was to get enough credit on the battlefield so that he could gain a foothold in the Wei State, and even become a courtier or general in the "Wei and Song Alliance" that was enough to influence the attitude of the Wei State.

That night, Meng Zhong and Meng Sui, Le Yi, and Xiang Yi summed it up.

Xiang Yu said to him: "Since Gongsun Ximing wants to idle us, it is better for Ah Zhong to be stronger, even if he does not hesitate to move out of the Duan Gan clan and the Confucianism of Xihe for this reason......"

Hearing this, Le Yi frowned and said, "In this way, it may be inevitable to tear your face with Gongsun Xi......"

Xiang Yu lowered his voice and said: "As long as Gongsun Xi doesn't take out the handle, even if he tears his face with him, he doesn't dare to go too far." …… But if we wait for the patience of the wait, and wait until Gongsun Xi officially sends an order, ordering us to garrison a certain place, away from the battlefield, and then we resist again, it will become a disobedience to the order, and then Gongsun Xi will be able to clean up our ...... justifiably."

"That's just as well." Le Yi nodded, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, it seems that we still have to find a way to squeeze into the military discussion, so that we can figure out how Gongsun Xi will settle our gang......"

"Squeezed into the military council?" Meng Zhong nodded thoughtfully.

After this day, Meng Zhong handed over the army to Le Yi and Meng Sui, and he took Rong Yi and his people to wander around the Chinese army from time to time, asking when Gongsun Xi would summon his military commanders.

Although the Wei generals in the Chinese army also wondered why Meng Zhong often came to their Chinese army to wander around, no one interfered, after all, the incident of Meng Zhong trespassing into the back camp a while ago had already spread his name throughout the army, so that most of the Wei generals had already known that this kid was not easy to mess with.

Even if it is the 100,000 Hedong Wei army directly under the command of Gongsun Xi, he more or less knows that Meng Zhong's backstage is the Duan Gan clan and the Xihe Confucian Sect, and this kid is bold and reckless, but no one is idle and has nothing to do with Meng Zhong because of a trivial matter.

Of course, this matter still can't be hidden from Gongsun Xi's ears and eyes, and within a few days, a guard Gongsun Du reported to Gongsun Xiyu: "Xiwu, according to the sergeant of the army, Meng Zhong has often wandered around the Chinese army in recent days, and I don't know what the purpose is. ”

"Humph!" Gongsun Xi snorted coldly when he heard this: "The big war is coming, but this kid is very idle." …… Don't worry about him, after a few days, the old man will send him away. ”

With Gongsun Xi's words, the Wei soldiers of the Chinese army naturally ignored Meng Zhong and let him go around in the Chinese army.

In mid-March, Gongsun Xi led the 18th Wei army to arrive in the Yique area with a delay, and stationed about ten miles north of the Yique Mountain, ordering the soldiers to cut down trees nearby and build a camp.

During the period when the Wei army was building a camp here, the commander of the Korean army, Storm Kite, only brought a dozen guards to the Wei camp that had not yet been built.

After all, a few years ago, when Tian Zhang led the armies of Qi, Wei and Han to crusade against Qin, Gongsun Xi and Gongsun Xi served as Tian Zhang's left and right lieutenants, assisting Tian Zhang to break through Qin's Hangu Pass in one fell swoop, forcing Qin to cede land and sue for peace.

Since that war, Tian Zhang has certainly become famous all over the world and has become one of the few famous generals in the world today, and Gongsun Xi and Storm Kite have also gained popularity in their own countries because of this merit, and have won the trust of the monarchs of the two countries.

However, even if they are old acquaintances, the atmosphere of the conversation between Gongsun Xi and Storm Kite when they meet alone is not relaxed at all.

The reason is that it is clear that the two countries have made an agreement to resist the Qin army and crusade against the Qin State, but Gongsun Xi deliberately came late, and even stationed in Gongcheng for nearly ten days, which made the violent kite quite unhappy.

You must know that when the Wei army did not arrive, his Korean army and the Eastern Zhou army were resisting the Qin army.

How much help could the armies of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty play?

Although the storm kite is very affectionate, the number of troops in the Eastern Zhou State is no more than 10,000, and the strength of the soldiers is also quite weak, how can it resist the army of the Qin State?

But considering that the Wei army came to aid him in South Korea this time, the violent kite could only suppress the unhappiness in his heart and briefly introduce the current situation of the Qin army to Gongsun Xi.

“…… I have 100,000 Han soldiers under my command and nearly 10,000 reinforcements from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, mainly deployed in the area on the south side of Yique Mountain on the west side of Yishan Mountain to resist the Qin army coming from the direction of "Xincheng" in the south...... According to my inquiry, the strength of the Qin army is about 120,000 to 150,000, and the commander of the army is "Xiang Shou", as long as you and I work together, a total of 300,000 troops, we will definitely be able to defeat the Qin army in one fell swoop and attack the Qin state. In Gongsun Xi's handsome tent, the violent kite introduced to Gongsun Xi.

"Xiang Shou, ......"

After learning that the commander of the Qin army was Xiang Shou, the only trace of worry in Gongsun Xi's heart suddenly disappeared.

The Qin State is not without famous generals, such as Zhu Liji, Wei Zhang, Sima Cuo, etc., all of whom are fierce generals that even Gongsun Xi is afraid of.

Needless to say, this person defeated the alluring soldiers of Chu in the battle of Danyang and Lantian, and then immediately turned to Pu Shang and defeated Tian Zhang, a famous general of Qi, but all the countries of the Central Plains were frightened, fortunately, this famous general of Qin died early.

As for Wei Zhang, that is Zhang Yi's "confidant general" - Qin has always had a tradition of the ruling ministers of the court recommending trusted generals to command troops abroad, and during Zhang Yi's tenure as Qin's state minister, Wei Zhang cooperated with Zhang Yi's "lobbying" actions, among which Wei suffered the most in this regard: Zhang Yi first came forward to lobby Wei and demand that Wei submit to Qin. Wei refused to listen, and Zhang Yi immediately ordered Wei Zhang to send troops to attack Wei's cities and defeat Wei, and then Zhang Yi once again came forward to persuade Wei to surrender.

It has to be said that this was a very strong lobbying method, which forced the then King Wei Hui to temporarily give in, depose the minister of state Hui Shi, and appoint Zhang Yi as the minister of Wei. [PS: Because of this tradition, when Zhang Yi was expelled, Wei Zhang was also expelled by the Qin State. 】

As for Sima Cuo, he was a Qin general who shined when Qin and Chu fought for the land of Bashu a few years ago, when Sima Cuo defeated Chu in the land of Bashu, and then took the method of breaking through one by one, conquering the three countries of Ba, Shu and Tho, helping Qin to annex the land of Bashu in one fell swoop, and set up "Shu County" in the local area to occupy the fertile land of this land.

The year before last, Sima Cuo was transferred to the Eastern Front and led his army to capture Xiangcheng in Wei.

If you ask Gongsun Xi who is the most feared general of the Qin State now, then it is naturally this Sima mistake.

As for Xiang Shou, in Gongsun Xi's opinion, he was just a so-so opponent, but he was able to become the general of Qin because he was a maiden relative of the Empress Dowager Xuan of Qin, and his ability to lead troops to fight was indeed very sparse, and Gongsun Xi didn't pay attention to it at all.

"The Qin army is actually Xiang Shou's commander, not Sima Fault?"

For the sake of insurance, Gongsun Xi specially asked the storm kite for verification.

As if he had guessed Gongsun Xi's thoughts, Storm Kite nodded and said, "That's right, the commander of the Qin army this time is indeed Xiang Shou, although I don't know what the reason is, but it is indeed not Sima's fault." ”

"Will it ...... Is this a trick of the Qin State? Gongsun Xi asked with a frown.

"Are you saying that it is claimed to be Xiang Shou leading troops, but in fact it is Sima Fault?" Storm Kite thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Probably not, as far as I know, Sima Cuo's way of using troops is very fierce, if the commander of the Qin army is really Sima Cuo, he will definitely take advantage of the fact that your army has not yet arrived, take a fierce attack on our army, try to defeat our army first, and then fight a decisive battle with your army, but so far, the Qin army has only taken a decent attack, this is not like Sima Cuo's way of using troops, it should be Xiang Shou undoubtedly......"

"I see!"

Gongsun Xi nodded suddenly, secretly happy in his heart.

He didn't expect that Qin Guo would abandon Sima Cuo's fierce generals this time, and appoint a cowardly and incompetent person like Xiang Shou as the main general.

Of course, in all fairness, the Qin general Xiang Shou is not as unbearable as Gongsun Xi thinks, but compared with Zhu Liji, Wei Zhang, and Sima Cuo, this Xiang Shou is indeed too far behind, not enough to be compared with the above three famous generals of the Qin State.

With a slight roll of his eyes, Gongsun Xi smiled and said: "Since Xiang Shou leads the troops, presumably even if only the Han army is used, the general of the Storm Kite Army is enough to resist the Qin army, right?" ”

Hearing this, the violent kite changed color slightly, frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that Xi Wu wants to sit back and watch our Han army fight with the Qin army? Although it is my South Korea to ask for help from your country this time, Xi Wu must understand that the Qin State has always had the ambition to go east, if my Korea is defeated by the Qin State, does Xi Wu think that the Wei State will be able to benefit? ”

Seeing that the more the violent kite spoke, the more excited he became, Gongsun Xi hurriedly said: "The violent kite army will not be excited. …… Wei and Han have always joined forces to resist Qin, but this time your country was attacked by the Qin army, and the king specially ordered me to bring 180,000 Wei troops to help......"

As soon as he heard that Gongsun Xi had brought 180,000 Wei troops this time, the violent kite's face was a little pale.

After all, the army of Qin attacking South Korea this time was only between 120,000 and 150,000, and Wei was able to send 180,000 troops at once.

Seeing that the violent kite's face was a little pale, Gongsun Xi continued: "But the 180,000 Wei troops are uneven, except for the 100,000 troops that I transferred from Hedong, the remaining 80,000 Wei troops are transferred from Yecheng, Yuncheng and other places...... It's better to do this, first by your army and the Eastern Zhou army together to resist the Qin army, wear down the Qin army's sharpness, and when the time is ripe, I will lead 180,000 Wei troops to attack the Qin army, and win the battle, and then you and I will join forces and march into the Qin country together. ”

“……”

Storm Kite frowned slightly and looked at Gongsun Xi.

He is not stupid, how could he not guess the thoughts in Gongsun Xi's heart, it is nothing more than wanting to use his Han army to consume the Qin army first.

Thinking of this, he said with a wry smile: "Although I still have 100,000 Han troops under my command, these soldiers have been fighting hard with the Qin army since last year, and I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the Qin army......

"The Tyrant Kite Army is too humble to say this." Gongsun Xi said with a smile: "Who doesn't know today that South Korea is famous for its crossbows. The weapons (swords) and crossbows forged by your country cannot be resisted even if they are the strongest armor, as for the Storm Kite Army General himself, unless the Qin State uses Sima Cuo, it can be able to compete with the Storm Kite Army General, like a longevity generation, why bother? Speaking of this, he looked straight and swore a solemn promise: "Of course, if anything happens during the period, I should immediately send troops to reinforce your army, after all, Wei and Han are cold-mouthed, how can they sit back and watch your army be hit hard by the Qin army?" ”

Listening to Gongsun Xi's words, the storm kite frowned and thought for a moment.

Although he had guessed Gongsun Xi's purpose, he also understood that Gongsun Xi's last sentence really came from his heart, that is, Wei would never sit idly by and watch Korea be hit hard by Qin.

The reason is very simple, because the current situation is that Wei and Han are respectively containing a part of Qin's army, but if Korea's army is hit hard, then Qin will inevitably concentrate all its forces on Wei, whether it is Wei Wangjun or Wei Xiangtianwen, they will not sit idly by and watch this kind of thing happen, including Xiwu Gongsun Xi.

In other words, Gongsun Xi retained his strength this time, and he did not rule out the hope that Qin and South Korea would consume each other, but he would never dare to sit back and watch South Korea be consumed too much by Qin, and he would still immediately send troops to help at a critical time.

Thinking of this, and considering that this time it was the Wei State that came to the aid after all, and he couldn't ask for too much, the violent kite could only nod and reluctantly agreed: "If our army loses, I implore Xiwu to send troops to help immediately." ”

"The generals can rest assured."

Subsequently, Gongsun Xi instructed the sergeants to prepare some wine and food to entertain the tyrant kite.

The storm kite casually used some wine and food, and then said goodbye to Gongsun Xi and returned to his military camp.

After waiting for the violent kite to leave, Gongsun Xi immediately ordered to summon all the military commanders under his command.

After all, although he intended to let Han Jun and Qin Jun fight to the death first, of course, he had to implement the things that should be arranged and ordered in advance, after all, he was more or less skeptical about Qin Guo's "use Xiang Shou as a general instead of Sima Mistake".

At that time, Meng Zhong was in the camp of the Chinese army.

Because he had previously heard that the chief general of the Korean army, Storm Kite, had personally come to the army to discuss the military situation with Gongsun Xi, so he guessed that Gongsun Xi would probably summon his military Sima afterwards, so he had been wandering around the Chinese army, and now he really heard that Gongsun Xi had summoned the generals of the military Sima level under his command, and he immediately went straight to Gongsun Xi's handsome tent.

On the way to Gongsun Xishuai's tent, he met Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge.

At that time, Jiao Ge was quite surprised to see Meng Zhong here, and said to Tang Zhi: "What is this kid doing here?" ”

Tang Zhi didn't know what was going on, shook his head slightly, and simply stepped forward to stop Meng Zhong and asked, "Meng Zhong, what are you doing here?" ”

may have seen Meng Zhong's "nature" in the "Houying Incident" a while ago, and at that time, Meng Zhong "explained" Jiao Ge again, Tang Zhixian's impression of Meng Zhong is not bad, so he stepped forward to talk.

Seeing that the person who came was Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge, who did not interfere with the river water with their own well water after the "Houying Incident", Meng Zhong thought about it, but did not hide it, and said calmly: "Come to participate in the military meeting." ”

"Joining the military council?" Jiao Ge asked in surprise, "Aren't you a master commander?" It's not a military horse...... Did the Xiwu send someone to invite you? ”

"Not really. …… If you don't mind, can you let me follow you? ”

"......" Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge glanced at each other, and vaguely guessed a few points.

"You kid, you're so bold......" Jiao Ge looked Meng Zhong up and down.

"It's a little interesting...... Tang Zhi looked at Meng Zhong with a smile for a while, and then said lightly: "If you are stopped by the guards outside the tent, the two of us will not help you speak." ”

"I'll have my own way."

"Hey! Then follow along. ”

So, Meng Zhong followed behind Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge, and walked straight to Gongsun Xi's handsome tent.

However, it is a pity that the guards who are acting outside Gongsun Xi's tent at this moment are the guards around Gongsun Xi, who all know Meng Zhong, how could they let Meng Zhong get mixed into the tent.

No, a guard stopped Meng Zhong and asked, "Master Meng, you come to the tent, I don't know what the matter is?" ”

Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge really didn't help, they glanced at Meng Zhong with a little inexplicable smile on their faces, and walked into the tent by themselves.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong was not angry, after all, Tang Zhi and Jiao Ge really had no reason to help him, not to mention, they might not be able to help him.

"I have something important to see Xiwu."

"This ...... Xi Wu is about to summon the army Sima in the tent, can't Master Meng come to see Xi Wu later? ”

"Oh, then I'll wait in the tent."

After saying a word indifferently, Meng Zhong stepped into the tent.

How could those guards let Meng Zhong in so easily, and someone immediately grabbed Meng Zhong's shoulder.

At this time, I saw Meng Zhong turn around and glance at the guards with a fierce gaze, and said coldly: "I have something important to see Xi Wu, do you want to stop me?" …… Let go! ”

"Uh......"

Seeing Meng Zhong's cold eyes, the guard subconsciously retracted his hand and looked at the rest of the guards, feeling a little helpless for a while.

After all, they all knew that the commander in front of them was not easy to mess with.

Taking advantage of this gap, Meng Zhong flashed into the tent, and when the guards reacted and wanted to stop them, they saw that Rong Yan and the others had already stopped them with a smile.

After entering the tent, Meng Zhong met the eyes of many military Sima-level generals in the tent, and casually found a seat close to the tent and sat down.

From beginning to end, he was calm and calm, as if he was also a military horse.

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