In the evening of the same day, Feiyi's son Feiyou came to the palace in Handan and told Zhao Wanghe about "Meng Zhong's personal return of Feiyi's body".

After hearing this, Zhao Wang He sat up straight suddenly, and a sad look of disbelief appeared on his face: "Fat looks like him...... Was he really killed? ”

Fat Young nodded gloomily.

Seeing this, Zhao Wanghe seemed to have been hit hard, and suddenly sat down in his seat, with a little dazed and helpless on his face.

Because of the relationship between his mother and Empress Hui, when Zhao He was five or six years old, he was supported by Zhao's father as the prince, but at that time, most of the courtiers of Zhao expressed their opposition, saying that changing the crown prince was the source of national turmoil, but Zhao's father did not listen.

And among these opposing voices, there is Feiyi.

According to Zhao He's knowledge, because of this incident, Fei Yi also persuaded An Pingjun Zhao Cheng and Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao at that time, hoping that the two of them would come forward to persuade Zhao's father.

In view of the fact that Zhao's father had been in power for more than ten years at that time, during which he gradually gathered power, so unless there was an absolute conflict of interest, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng did not want to have a stiff relationship with Zhao's father, so at that time, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng did not adopt Feiyi's suggestion, but Yangwenjun Zhao Bao was finally moved by Feiyi's words, and the two gathered a group of courtiers to advise Zhao's father.

It's a pity that Master Zhao did not listen to the persuasion of Feiyi and Zhao Bao, so the matter of "Zhao He succeeding to the position of the crown prince" was decided.

In the initial period, Zhao He became the crown prince, but he was also on the cusp, because Feiyi, Zhao Bao and others did not give up the plan to make Zhao's father change his mind at that time, so that Zhao He's first year as the prince, his position in the palace was very embarrassing, during which some people pointed fingers behind his back, talking about his mother Wu Wa's charm of Zhao's father, slandering the queen Han and the former prince Zhao Zhang.

In fact, Zhao He must also admit that his mother Wu Wa is indeed a scheming woman, and when she saw that the courtiers were opposed, she came up with a trick, that is, she begged Zhao's father to let Feiyi be Zhao He's teacher.

At that time, Zhao He didn't think about it, but as he grew up later and understood more and more things, he gradually understood his mother's intentions - his mother wanted to disintegrate the Zhao courtiers who opposed him Zhao He becoming the crown prince through the exchange of interests.

And Fei Yi is one of the key figures, as long as he can get the support of this person, the remaining Zhao courtiers will naturally lose their momentum.

But it turns out that Wu Wa underestimated Fei Yi: Fei Yi's vision made him see through Wu Wa's intentions at a glance; And his positive point is not to accept this kind of exchange of interests between the powerful.

Therefore, even if Zhao's father later came forward and let Fei Yi serve as Zhao He's teacher, Fei Yi still treated Zhao He lukewarmly.

To put it bluntly, out of loyalty to Zhao's father, he reluctantly taught Zhao He, but after removing this, Feiyi was not close to Zhao He.

Such a relationship lasted until Zhao He was eight years old.

At that time, eight-year-old Zhao He respectfully asked Fei Yi: "Fei Xiang, are you so cold to me because I still have shortcomings?" Please let me know what I don't do so I can fix it. ”

Zhao Wanghe clearly remembered that at that time, Fei Yi looked at him in a daze, brushing his beard and not speaking.

After half a ring, Fei Yi asked, "Did the queen teach you?" ”

At that time, the queen in Feiyi's mouth was referring to Zhao He's mother Wu Wa.

At that time, after listening to Feiyi's words, Zhao He shook his head and said truthfully: "The queen mother only taught me to respect you, and I have always done this. …… But I don't understand why you are always so cold to me? Is it because of my mother's relationship? In the past two years, I have also heard some rumors, or some people accuse my mother of framing the queen of Han and her eldest brother mother and son, but as a son of man, I can't say that the queen mother is not, fat phase, what should I do? ”

In Zhao Wanghe's memory, Fei Yi stared at him intently at that time, and only after half a ring did he say: "Do what you should do, don't do superfluous things." ”

Since then, Fei Yi has gradually stopped mentioning the matter of "changing the crown prince", and in addition to handling state affairs, he is teaching Zhao He, and his relationship with Zhao He has gradually become closer.

Subsequently, under the influence of Feiyi, Yang Wenjun, Zhao Bao and other courtiers gradually acquiesced to Zhao He's position as the crown prince.

It was also during this time that the courtiers of Zhao gradually fell to Zhao He, so that the mansion of the former prince Zhao Zhang gradually lost the courtiers who visited and greeted; It was also during this time that the relationship between Gongzizhang and Feiyi deteriorated sharply.

A few years ago, Zhao He's mother Wu Wa passed away, and before she died, she begged Zhao's father to pass the throne to Zhao He, and Zhao's father agreed to this matter.

After succeeding to the throne, Zhao He, with the permission of Zhao's father, pursued his mother as the queen of Hui, but how to govern the country as a monarch, Zhao He felt very frightened.

He asked Fei Yi for advice: "Fat Xiang, the people of the country say that the reason why my Zhao Kingdom is getting stronger and stronger is because of a male lord like my lord father and a virtuous minister like you. But I don't have the courage of my lord and the wisdom of you, how can I govern my country well? ”

Fei Yi smiled and wrote eight words to Zhao He: Be good at accepting advice and follow advice.

Then, Fei Yi smiled and said to Zhao He: "In the past, Wei Wenhou dominated the Central Plains, is it all because of the talent of this monarch?" No, he was not as good as Li Kui and Zhai Huang in governing the country, and he was not as good as Wu Qi and Leyang in marching and fighting, and the reason why he was able to govern Wei so strongly was because he was good at discovering talents, and granting them trust and willingness to accept the advice of those courtiers. …… The old minister thought that there were only three things that the monarch needed to do, one was to take charge of the 'famous weapon'; second, to recognize the loyal ministers and traitors in the Qing Dynasty, to be close to the loyal ministers and stay away from the traitorous ministers; Third, rewards and punishments should be clearly distinguished, rewarding meritorious officials, granting them the treatment they deserve, and dealing with lawlessness and rebellion. …… As long as you do these three things, you can become a praised ruler, and the country can gradually become stronger. ”

"Does Fei Yi mean that a monarch doesn't need extraordinary force and wisdom?"

"Hehehe, as long as the monarch knows how to distinguish between right and wrong, distinguish between loyalty and treachery, be good at accepting advice, and follow advice, this is enough. If the monarch's talents can be all-encompassing, then what else do you need your courtiers to do? ”

"Uh......"

Recalling those pasts, the corners of Zhao Wanghe's mouth inadvertently raised a few smiles.

But when he opened his eyes again and saw the fat young man standing in front of him at the moment, the warmth in his heart suddenly disappeared without a trace.

In addition to his mother, Empress Hui, the old minister Feiyi, who once supported him the most, was finally killed and passed away forever, unable to fulfill his previous promise of "assisting you to the end of his life".

Thinking of this, Zhao Wanghe's heart surged with strong hatred for the first time, and his hands under his sleeves were clenched into fists.

"Fat phase...... How was he killed? What did Meng Zhong say? He asked expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Fatty Young replied: "When Meng Sima personally escorted his father's coffin to Feiyi, he did not explain the cause of his father's death, and when the minister asked him "whether he was killed by Gongzi Zhang", he nodded slightly......"

At this time, Gong Bo Xinqi was also on the side, and after hearing this, he said with emotion: "Presumably on the day of the Dune Incident, Fei Xiang had already been killed......

Hearing this, Zhao Wang He was shocked and angry.

What is surprising is that if it weren't for Fei Yi's prudence that day, he didn't tell him about the "Zhao Master's Father's summons", and went to the East Hall to attend the meeting alone, I'm afraid that even he would have died in the hands of Gongzi Zhang and Tian Buyu.

And the angry thing is that Gongzizhang didn't say anything about it at all, and he once taught him Feiyi.

After being silent for a moment, Zhao Wang He said to Fei You: "Fei You, since Fei Xiang has died, the fiefdom of Fei Yi will be inherited by you." …… You can rest assured, the widow will definitely recover this blood debt from Gongzi Zhang, avenge the fat minister, and comfort the fat minister's spirit in the sky! ”

『……』

Xin Qi glanced at Zhao Wanghe with some surprise, because he felt that when Zhao Wanghe said this, his eyes were full of murder, as if he had killed Gongzi Zhang and Tian Buyu.

I have to say that this is something that has never happened before, and I never thought that this monarch, who has a cowardly personality in the eyes of outsiders, will one day show such a look.

Fat Young arched his hand gratefully, and then said to Zhao Wanghe: "Thank you for wanting to avenge your father, but the minister came this time, in fact, he didn't come to beg the king to avenge his father......"

"What you're trying to say...... Meng Zhong? ”

When the name was mentioned, Zhao Wanghe's expression was still a little unnatural.

As for the reason, it is nothing more than that on the day of the Dune Incident, Meng Zhong's position and attitude made Zhao Wang He too disappointed and even cold.

"Exactly." Fat You nodded and said: "Because of the relationship between his father, the minister and Meng Sima have had several encounters, and the minister thinks that Meng Sima Nian has a friendship with his father, and protected his father's body in the hands of Gongzi Zhang and Tian Buyu, and personally sent it back to the fiefdom, it is true that he is a person who values love and righteousness......"

"I don't dare to agree with this!"

Xin Shi interrupted Fat You's words, and said with a sneer: "According to Yichen, Meng Zhong returned Fat Xiang's body, this is just that he wants to leave a way out. Hum! At a young age, his scheming is very deep. ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhao Wanghe, clasped his fists and said, "Have you forgotten?" When the Japanese ministers escorted you to Yang Wenjun's barracks, it was Meng Zhong who led the Xinwei army to ambush us and others, and also united with Pang Xuan and Gongzizhang to defeat the reinforcements led by Yang Wenjun himself. …… How did Meng Zhong treat you at that time? He didn't care about the friendship with you, and led the Xinwei army to attack us, without mercy, forcing us to flee into Jize, causing you to almost die in the swamp in Jize, without food and water, hungry and cold......"

In all fairness, the original letter period had a pretty good impression of Meng Zhong, and when he learned that Fei Yi intended to train Meng Zhong to be the right-hand man of Zhao Wang He in the future, he still had an attitude of being happy to see it happen, and even told his subordinates that Meng Zhong's son valued love and righteousness and was worthy of deep friendship.

Unexpectedly, this young man who he thought was worthy of deep friendship assisted Gongzi Zhang to rebel and almost forced Zhao Wanghe and them to death in Jize, especially at that time, Meng Zhong turned a blind eye to Zhao Wanghe's shouting, and still ordered the Xinwei army to attack them, which made Xinzhi angry.

After listening to the words of the letter period, Zhao Wang He also thought back to what he had experienced in Jize.

I have to say, he has always been pampered, how could he have fallen into that kind of field in his life? Regardless of starvation, he almost died in the territory of Jize - this is no exaggeration, if it were not for Lian Po's night attack on the rebels led by Hu Qian and Peng Qian, Zhao Wanghe and his group might have to be trapped and killed in the territory of Jize at night.

Every time he thought of this, Zhao Wanghe hated Meng Zhong too.

But today, Meng Zhong personally returned Feiyi's body, which made Zhao Wanghe's attitude towards the former inevitably a little wavering.

At this time, the fat young frowned and said, "Uncle Gong's words are too heavy. I didn't have much contact with Monsima, but I also talked to my father about him, and I learned that my father had always hoped that Monsima would succeed him in the future...... When I saw Monsima today, I felt that Monsima was in the midst of the rebels of Gongzizhang, and there might be something wrong with it. ”

"He told you? The so-called bitterness? Zhao Wanghe asked with a look of loss.

"Well, no."

Fat You shook his head and said, "Although I asked, Meng Sima didn't explain, he just smiled reluctantly, gave the minister a bag of money, and instructed the minister to properly handle his father's funeral, and then left." ”

“……”

Zhao Wang He sighed slightly when he heard this, and he couldn't help but feel a little empty in his heart.

In fact, to be honest, even if Meng Zhong told Fei You about the so-called "hardships" this time, Zhao Wanghe would not believe it.

Because it is possible that as the letter said, who can guarantee that Meng Zhong did not have a premonition that Gongzizhang's rebellion might not succeed after seeing him Zhao He flee from Jize, so in order to reserve a way to retreat, he used the excuse of returning the body of the fat minister to show favor to him through the mouth of the fat child?

However, Meng Zhong did not explain the meaning of the bitterness at all, which meant that the other party was just to return Feiyi's body, and had no intention of showing favor to him Zhao He and seeking forgiveness.

I have to say that this also made Zhao Wanghe feel a little 'hate'.

『…… Are those friendships between the widow and you so worthless?'

Zhao Wanghe's mood was very entangled.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Wanghe asked, "Meng Zhong...... Where is it now? ”

Seeing this, the letter period exclaimed: "Your Majesty! ”

As if he had guessed the mind of the letter period, Zhao Wanghe pressed his hand and said with relief: "The letter period, the widow just casually asked to understand the movement on the other side. ”

Xin Qi nodded slightly and explained: "As far as the minister knows, Gongzizhang's rebels are currently stationed on the northeast side of the "Quliangyi", and as for Meng Zhong, the minister does not know ......"

"The Monsima garrison is on the east side of Quliangyi." Fat and young interfaces.

Immediately, he saw that Zhao Wang He and Xin Qi both cast surprised eyes, so he explained: "When the minister was thanking Meng Sima, Meng Sima casually said that he was currently stationed on the east side of Quliangyi, so he took this opportunity to return his father's body, so as not to have time to take care of his father's coffin when the war started. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Wanghe frowned deeply.

Gongzizhang's garrison was on the northwest side of Quliangyi, while Mengzhong's garrison was on the east side of Quliangyi, which clearly indicated that Mengzhong intended to assist Gongzizhang in attacking Quliang.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wanghe said to the letter period: "During the letter period, the widow wants to go to Qu Liang. ”

"Your Majesty?" Xin Qi frowned and dissuaded: "The rebels are about to attack Quliang, why should the king risk his life?" Could it be that the king is still thinking about that Meng Zhong? ”

"No!" Zhao Wanghe's expression flickered, and he said, "The widow is just ...... I just want to see the defeat of Childe Chapter with my own eyes! ”

The letter general glanced at Zhao Wanghe suspiciously, and then slowed down his tone and said: "In this case, it is better for the king to wait a few more days, and when the rebels are defeated, it is not too late to go." ”

“…… That's fine. ”

Seeing that the letter period said this, Zhao Wanghe could only nod.

At the same time, Meng Zhong had already returned to the garrison of his army, and was taking Meng Hu to peek at the area of Quliangyi from afar.

Different from Xinji's speculation, Meng Zhong returned Feiyi's body only because he had a friendship with Feiyi, not at all to reserve a way out as Xinji said.

However, one thing is accurate, that is, the current situation of the rebels on Gongzizhang's side, let's just call them rebels, is indeed not optimistic.

This is not optimistic, mainly reflected in the aspects of money, grain and strategic materials.

Let's talk about money and food, money, the rebels are very scarce, so Gongzizhang, Meng Zhong, Pang Xuan and others can only stabilize the morale of the army by making empty promises.

However, the rebels still have enough food and grass for the time being.

After all, in order to attack the Qi State, the Zhao master father stationed as many as 100,000 troops in the sand dunes area, and the Zhao State transported a large amount of grain and grass to the military camps in the sand dunes area at that time.

Although the amount of grain and grass supplied to the rebels is not abundant, it is still no problem for more than 40,000 rebels to eat for two or three months.

As for strategic materials, they mainly refer to consumables such as arrows and crossbow arrows.

Although some are stockpiled in the barracks around the dunes, this thing is like grain and grass, and it is used a little less.

All in all, although the rebels are not short of food and grass for the time being, they cannot last long, which is one of the reasons why the rebels decided to fight quickly.

The problem is that if you want to attack Handan, you must first capture Quliang, and Anpingjun Zhao Cheng, Fengyangjun Li Dui, Yangwenjun Zhao Bao and others have laid down heavy defenses in Quliangyi early.

Obviously, after rescuing Zhao Wanghe, they were not in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with Gongzizhang's rebels, and even deliberately delayed this war, after all, the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be to the rebels, whether it was in public opinion or in terms of the comprehensive strength of the army.

According to Meng Zhong's peeping, Anpingjun Zhao Cheng was on the side of Zhao Cheng, who was generally known as Wang Shi, and they built three military camps on the edge of Quliangyi.

Judging by the banners of these three military camps, Fengyangjun Li Dui's army is located in the northeast of Quliangyi, Yangwenjun Zhao Bao's army is on the southeast side, and Anpingjun Zhao Cheng's army is located on the north side.

Between the three barracks, there were a number of small camps, so much so that from a distance, the three barracks seemed to be connected.

Storm...... To be honest, Meng Zhong felt that the victory rate was not large, it was not the army under the command of Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, and Zhao Bao, nor was it a rabble, they were all regular troops of Zhao State, and it was unrealistic to think that with 40,000 rebels attacking the military camp defended by nearly 40,000 troops.

"Raid the camp at night and cut off its food routes...... It seems that we have to start with these two aspects.'

Meng Zhong thought secretly.

Needless to say, there is no need to say much about night attacks, Meng Zhong relied on night attacks on Qi army camps when he first became famous, as for cutting off his grain and grass, it was Meng Zhong who considered that Quliangyi should not have enough grain and grass, after all, Wang Shi was preparing to go to the sand dunes to support Zhao Wanghe, until Lian Po rescued Zhao Wanghe, Wang Shi changed his tactics and withdrew to Quliang area, trying to kill the rebels here, and this means that Quliangyi should not have hoarded enough grain and grass in advance, as long as Meng Zhong can cut off Wang Shi's grain route and attack several armies transporting grain and grass, Wang Shi will inevitably collapse.

At that point, the rebels will be able to capture Quliang-eup without much effort.

At the same time, Fengyangjun Li Duizheng and Yangwenjun Zhao Bao were inspecting the camp.

It's no wonder, after all, Meng Zhong's nearly 6,000 troops arrived twenty miles east of Quliangyi and set up camp there, of course, this matter could not be hidden from the eyes of the scouts on Wang Shi's side - after all, Zhao Cheng, Li Dui, and Zhao Bao did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and sent out many times a day to stare at all the movements around them.

"According to my new information......"

On the way to inspect the camp, Fengyangjun Li Dui said to Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao: "Pang Xuan and Meng Zhong appeared in the rebels of Gongzizhang, and Pang Xuan attacked Xindu and garrisoned in the area of Xindu, as for Meng Zhong, the garrison is twenty miles east of Quliang...... Heh, this is really becoming more and more blatant, and I don't even hide it......"

Zhao Bao let out a long sigh when he heard this.

Of course he knew what Li Dui was referring to, it was nothing more than the Zhao master's father who was said to have been held hostage - now Gongzizhang led the rebels to Quliang, Pang Xuan and Meng Zhong did not take the opportunity to lead the army back to the Dune Palace to rescue Zhao's master, but obeyed Gongzizhang's order and were preparing for a joint attack on Quliang, I have to say, this is too obvious.

But even if you know it, there are some things that are still inconvenient to mention.

So Zhao Bao diverted the topic and said: "Please be sure to tell Zhao Cheng, that Pang Xuan is not simple, as for Meng Zhong, I won't say it, this son is good at attacking, you and I should be careful to beware of ......"

Hearing this, Li Dui chuckled and said: "I have a rough personality and has never been liked by me, but this person uses soldiers and tactics no less than that Meng Zhong, if that kid dares to come to attack at night, I will call him and his Xinwei army to come and go!" ”

Zhao Bao was about to say something, when suddenly a soldier came to report: "Fengyangjun, Yangwenjun, a team of carriages and horses appeared outside the camp, and it is suspected that someone is peeping into our military camp!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Bao raised his eyebrows and said, "It must be Meng Zhong!" …… The generals under the command of Gongzi Zhang don't know what to do with knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent and being invincible in a hundred battles, only Meng Zhong is familiar with the art of war and knows that he came to peek at our reality in advance. ”

"Humph!"

Li Dui snorted coldly and ordered the guards beside him: "Immediately send an order to Lian Po and order him to lead the army to expel that Meng Zhong!" …… If you have the chance, it doesn't hurt to kill this person! ”

"Whoa!" The guard immediately obeyed the order.

Afterwards, Li Dui and Zhao Bao came to the sentry tower on the southeast side of the camp, climbed up and looked at the chariots and horses outside the camp that were peeking at their virtual reality, and sure enough, they saw that about two hundred zhang away from the camp, there were seven or eight chariots parked there.

Not long after, Lian Po received an order, and immediately led more than 100 foot soldiers, rode out of the camp, and headed towards the seven or eight chariots in the distance.

At a distance of about 100 zhang, Lian Po stopped, pointed into the distance with his sword, and shouted loudly: "I am Sima Lian Po under the command of Fengyang Jun, and on the other side is Sima Mengzhong of the Xinwei Army?" ”

"Huh? Is he the Lian Po who killed Hu Qian and seriously injured Peng Qian?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Meng Zhong's heart, and the pressure hand motioned to the soldier on the chariot next to him to temporarily hang down the crossbow in his hand, and immediately, he looked intently at Lian Po in the distance.

"Yes, it's Meng Zhong down there!"

"That's right! I will come and kill you on the orders of Yang Jun! ”

Hearing this, Lian Po clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and rushed towards Meng Zhong and the others single-handedly.