The time goes back to March 18, that is, the day when Meng Zhong did not hesitate to risk tearing his face with Xi Wu and went to the commander's tent to participate in the military meeting without authorization.

After the end of the military meeting, Meng Zhong returned to his camp and summoned his subordinates, in addition to Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Meng Ao and others, he also summoned Cao Chun, Wei Xu, Cai Cheng, Lu Wen, Yu Ying, the five original brigade commanders, a total of about ten people.

In front of everyone, Meng Zhong said in advance about the adventure of going to the Chinese army's tent today, only to hear that everyone was frightened, among them, the youngest Meng Ao, had the most vivid expression from beginning to end, obviously pinching a cold sweat for Meng Zhong.

“…… In this way, Xi Wu ordered us to be stationed in Yique Mountain, to spy on the reality of the Qin army, and to monitor its every move. Finally, Meng Zhong said with a smile.

"Whew."

After listening to Meng Zhong's words, Xiang Yu let out a long breath and said with a smile: "Even if I listen to what you say afterwards, I feel thrilled. …… Although I advised you to be a little stronger a few days ago, you won't be in front of those dozen military commanders, right? Everyone wants to save face, and Gongsun Xi is no exception, if he is provoked by you at that time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Meng Zhong smiled faintly.

Indeed, the atmosphere in the tent at that time was extremely solemn, and fortunately Gongsun Zhi came forward to face the round - having said that, Meng Zhong felt that Gongsun Zhu's attitude was a bit strange, as if the latter did not want Gongsun Xi and Xue Gongtian Wen to get too close.

"It would be nice if the goal was achieved."

Le Yi said with a smile, and then looked at Rong Yi with a somewhat surprised look, and nodded approvingly.

After all, after Meng Zhong's story, Rong Yi was very witty at that time, and when Meng Zhong took advantage of the unpreparedness of the guards to dodge towards the handsome tent, it was Rong Yi and the rest of the Song soldiers who stopped the guards of Gongsun Xi with a smile, so that those guards couldn't stop them, and could only watch Meng Zhong walk into the handsome tent.

"Courageous!"

Wei Xu also gave a thumbs up and praised.

Once upon a time, he didn't care about Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, and Meng Hu, a group of young people who were younger than him, until after the "Houying Incident", he realized what an amazing master he was with.

At that time, thousands of people were standing in the rear camp, but Meng Zhong was the only one sitting calmly at a long table, waiting for the arrival of the rear camp master with a calm face.

Oh, by the way, in addition to Meng Zhong, Meng Hu was also quite brilliant that day, especially when Meng Hu gently pushed him away that day, took the lead in breaking into the rear camp, and shouted at the back camp, "Chen Chang get out of here", Wei Xu was deeply impressed by the brigade commander who was one round younger than him.

However, although it did not affect Wei Xu's dealings with Menghu, Menghu's deputy general was Cao Chun, not him Wei Xu, which more or less made Wei Xu feel a little regretful.

"Huh?"

Cao Chun noticed that Wei Xu glanced at him.

Cao Chun also felt a little puzzled by this, I don't know what was going on recently, Wei Xu would always look at him from time to time, and his eyes were full of some complicated looks that Cao Chun couldn't understand.

"Alright, alright."

After laughing for a while, Meng Zhong saw that the time was almost up, so he clapped his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet, and then he said with a straight face: "Now let's assign the task first." My idea was that three battalions would go to Mount Yique to cut down trees and build a camp, and two battalions would carry grain and grass and baggage...... This matter is responsible for the handover of this matter to the Houying Society. Well, the choice is yours. ”

Hearing this, even Menghu said with a bitter face: "Build a camp and carry grain and grass...... Does it sound like a chore? Why don't I take care of the hunt? I think there will be some birds and beasts on Mount Eque, and I should catch some and bring them back to the brothers to try. ”

In the good-natured laughter of everyone in the tent, Meng Zhong glanced at Meng Hu and said with a calm expression: "Okay, Meng Hu volunteered to cut down trees and build a camp, what about the others?" ”

"Hey, hey, ......"

Meng Hu hurriedly wanted to explain, but unfortunately Meng Zhong ignored him at all.

"Then I'll be in charge of logging and camping." Hua Hu said with a smile, and then said to Meng Hu, who was unwilling: "Ah Hu, which side of you and I is faster than the speed at which side of the camp is you?" What do you think? ”

"Oh?" Meng Hu tilted his head and glanced at Hua Hu, the unwilling look on his face was immediately put away, and he said with a smile: "Again? Swordsmanship, horsemanship, archery, military feats, marching...... Which time have you beaten me? Forget it, I don't feel like it's fun to always win. ”

"You ......" Hua Hu's face turned red with anger, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Less nonsense!" How, exactly? ”

"That's better than ...... I'm with you. Meng Hu said with a grin.

From the side, Mu Wu glanced thoughtfully at Menghu and Huahu, and then said with a smile: "Ah Zhong, then I will also be in charge of logging and camping......

"Huh?"

Meng Hu and Hua Hu turned their heads to look at Mu Wu when they heard this, but they saw Mu Wu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "If you want to compete, you two will compete by yourself, but don't pull me." ”

At this time, Meng Zhong nodded and said: "That's it, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu are responsible for logging and building camps, and Wu Ying and Le Jin are responsible for carrying grain and grass materials. Xiang Yi and Le Xu were responsible for the delivery with the rear camp, and they arranged it so without objection. ”

"Whoa!"

The people in the tent responded with their fists clasped into their fists.

After the meeting, Meng Hu and Hua Hu left him in the process of fighting with each other, which made Cao Chun and Cai Cheng, who were following them, feel a little embarrassed.

"I said that a while ago, right? You and I are opponents now. ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Cai Cheng said to Cao Chun helplessly.

When he was once under Tang Zhi, he had the closest relationship with Cao Chun, but he couldn't stand them, but the current Shangguan Menghu and Huahu were a pair of competitors who did not accept anyone.

"Huh." Cao Chun smiled and said, "I won't show mercy." ”

"......" Cai Cheng was stunned, and immediately laughed and scolded: "It's up to me to say this!" ”

At this time, behind the four of them, followed by Mu Wu and his deputy general Lu Wen.

"Hey! Let Huahu and Menghu fight, don't lose to me when the two of them come, hehehe...... Well, no, no, you can't show it for the time being, otherwise it will be embarrassing if you don't win by then......

Looking at the backs of Meng Hu and Hua Hu, Mu Wu laughed in a low voice for a while, and immediately straightened his expression.

“……”

Beside him, Lu Wen looked at his main general with a strange expression.

In all fairness, he felt that his main general was quite good, his martial arts were not weak, he knew the art of war, and his personality was calm, but he always chuckled inexplicably, and so far Lu Wen didn't understand what this general was laughing at.

Those who followed Mu Wu and Lu Wen out of the tent were Wu Ying and Wei Xu, Le Jin and Yu Ying.

As soon as I walked out of the tent, I saw Le Jin and said with a smile: "Speaking of moving grain, I suddenly thought of a joke, Yu Ying, let me tell you......"

"Brigade marshal." So Ying immediately interrupted: "Let's go and gather the soldiers first and announce the commander's order, right?" ”

"What's the hurry? I'll tell you......"

"Two, take your leave."

Seeing that Le Jin still didn't want to give up, Yu Ying hugged his fists towards Wu Ying and Wei Xu, pulled Le Jin to turn around and leave.

From a distance, you can still hear the conversation between Le Jin and Yu Ying.

"Yu Ying, let me tell you......"

"Shut up!"

In the end, only Wu Ying and Wei Xu were left to walk towards their tents.

I have to say that Wei Xu is by no means a taciturn character, but he met a taciturn Shangguan, and after following silently for a while, he couldn't help it, frowned and asked: "Brigade Marshal, when the commander asked me to choose the task by myself, why didn't you say a word?" ”

Wu Ying stopped when he heard this, and looked at Wei Xu in puzzlement: "Do you think it is more difficult to move grain than to cut down wood and build a camp?" ”

"That's not what I meant. It is true that it is easier to move grain than to cut down wood and build a camp, but I am not talking about this question, so why don't you ask? If there is a harder and more tiring task, and you don't say a word from beginning to end, won't it end up on us and others? ”

"Even so...... Someone has to be responsible for the harder and more tiring tasks, doesn't it? Wu Ying said righteous and awe-inspiring words in an unusually calm tone.

"Uh......" Wei Xu opened his mouth, but he was speechless.

After half a ring, he frowned and said tentatively, "What if it's a chance to fight?" …… Brigade marshal, Cao Chun and the soldiers under their command, our subordinates are also soldiers, we can't always pick up the rest of the ......"

"You want to make meritorious service?"

Wu Ying looked at Wei Xu with some surprise, and then nodded and said, "Don't worry, there will always be a chance." ”

“……”

Wei Xu took a deep look at Wu Ying and completely lost his temper.

In fact, Wei Xu was not in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, he just hoped that the main generals he followed could be stronger-this, their current division commander Meng Zhong followed his appetite, resisted the 180,000 Wei army commander Xi Wu head-on, and finally let the latter compromise and acquiesce to his participation in the military meeting, what a great and beautiful thing!

But the brigade commander in front of him ......

It's really, it's too steady, as if it's a pool of stagnant water, and even a short-tempered person like him Wei Xu can't get angry in front of this person.

"Damn Cao Chun!"

Dissatisfied, Wei Xu cursed Cao Chun viciously in his heart.

The next day, Xiang Yi and Le Xu went to the rear camp of the army, found Gongsun Zhu, the general of the rear camp, and asked the latter for some grain, grass and cooking utensils.

Meng Zhong, on the other hand, took Meng Sui, Le Yi, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu to climb Yique Mountain and select a suitable place to build a military camp.

In view of the fact that the purpose of the construction of this military camp was to peep into the camp of the Qin army and monitor its every move, Menghu and his party came to the mountainous area southeast of Yique Mountain.

Looking into the distance from here, Meng Zhong could not only see the camps of the allied armies of Korea and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but also the joint camps of the Qin armies in the distance, but because the two places were too far apart, they could only see the general outline of the Qin camp, but they could not clearly see the Qin soldiers walking in their camps.

But even so, if there is any change in the Qin military camp in the distance, it can still be seen clearly in this mountainous area.

In addition, the situation of the Xiangshan on the other side of the Yishui can also be monitored here, but for the time being, Meng Zhong has not found any signs of the Qin army on the Xiangshan Mountain, after all, the trees and vegetation on the Xiangshan Mountain block the view.

"Let's build a camp right here."

Meng Zhong, who was quite satisfied with the terrain in the vicinity, nodded and said.

Hearing this, Le Yi said on the side: "Before building the camp, let the soldiers in the army kill the beasts on the mountain, so as to prevent the soldiers from being injured by the beasts when the camp is built......"

Before Le Yi finished speaking, Meng Hu shouted excitedly beside him: "I agree with Ah Yi's words, Ah Zhong, take advantage of this opportunity, let's have a try, right?" See who has the most prey. ”

Meng Zhong glanced at Meng Hu angrily, but Le Yi said with a smile on the side: "It's okay, anyway, there is no hurry to build a camp, as for monitoring the movements of the Qin army, you only need to send some people to garrison here." ”

Hearing Le Yi say this, Meng Zhong thought for a moment, but agreed, after all, as Le Yi said, there is indeed no hurry to build a camp on Yique Mountain.

In the next few days, when Menghu, Huahu, and Mu Wu each took their Wei Wu to hunt all over the mountain, Meng Zhong often came to the southeast mountainous area of Yique Mountain with Meng Sui, Le Yi and others, and climbed high to look at the Qin army camp in the distance.

"It's strange, why didn't the Qin army attack?"

"I don't know."

After peeking for seven or eight days in a row, Menghu, Huahu, and Muwu were almost all the birds and beasts on Yique Mountain, and Meng Zhong still did not wait for the Qin army to come out of the camp to attack the Korean camp.

On the contrary, taking advantage of this time, Meng Zhong roughly figured out the deployment of the Korean army's camp and the daily drills of the Han soldiers in the camp.

It is worth mentioning that in view of his peeping, the commander of the Han army, Storm Kite, also specially sent a military Sima named "Han Zu" to take hundreds of Han soldiers up the mountain to see what was going on, and wanted to know who was peeping at his Han army camp on Yique Mountain every day.

At that time, Meng Zhong showed his talisman and explained that Xiwu had sent him to garrison and monitor the movements of the Qin army.

It is no wonder that although Meng Zhong's official position is low, he is a general sent by Xiwu to monitor this area, if the Qin army really comes to attack and the Han army can't parry, he has to rely on Meng Zhong to send someone to inform Xiwu immediately - knowing that this is the case, how could the general named Han Zu offend Meng Zhong?

What's more, Han Zu looked very real, and the Wei pawns who followed behind Meng Zhong were all burly and powerful soldiers, with a murderous aura, no matter how you look at it, they look like the elite of the Wei State, Wei Wushu.

After realizing this, Han Zu naturally respected Meng Zhong more, and after returning to Han Ying, he told the main general Storm Kite about this matter, and Storm Kite specially ordered someone to bring some wine and meat to Meng Zhong.

I have to say that whether it is a violent kite or Han Zu, the two of them misunderstood, mistakenly thinking that Meng Zhong, who was holding Wei Wushu, was a close general around Xiwu - after all, how could an ordinary general be qualified to command Wei Wushu?

At the beginning of April, seeing that Meng Zhong had not built a camp on Yique Mountain for a long time, and was still going back and forth between the military camp and Yique Mountain every day, Gongsun Xi sent Gongsun Du of the Guards to urge.

It's no wonder, after all, in late March, when Gongsun Xi convened a routine military meeting with all the generals under his command to learn about the current situation of the various armies, Meng Zhong was able to rush to the meeting in time every time, which made Gongsun Xi feel very irritable - he felt very irritable when he saw Meng Zhong, after all, except for Meng Zhong, who in the army was not obedient in front of him?

Only this Meng Zhong!

Under the urging of Gongsun Xi, Meng Zhong had no choice but to speed up the schedule of building a military camp on Yique Mountain, after all, after more than ten days, he had not started construction except for the fact that he had killed the beasts on Yique Mountain, although he was not in a hurry to build a camp, but it was really unreasonable.

Fortunately, there has been a rain in the Yique area in the past few days, so Meng Zhong can also use this as an excuse.

At the beginning of April, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu led a total of 1,500 Wei soldiers to cut down trees on the north and west sides of Yique Mountain, after all, the trees on Yique Mountain were not enough to build a complete military camp, and Meng Zhong did not plan to cut down all the trees on Yique Mountain, otherwise there would only be one military camp on a bare hill, and the Qin army could clearly see the movement of Wei soldiers in the camp from a long distance - Meng Zhong did not want his military camp to be completely exposed to the prying eyes of Qin soldiers.

During this period, Meng Zhong continued to climb Yique Mountain and peep at the movements of the Qin army.

Although it is said that the Qin army has not moved in the near future, it is idle anyway.

On this day, Meng Zhong took Meng Sui, Le Yi, Rong Yi, Meng Ao and other people up the mountain, accompanied by Wu Ying, Wei Xu, Le Jin, and Yu Ying, after all, the latter four people had moved a lot of grain and grass from the Wei camp in the Gongcheng area to the Yique Wei camp, and they did not need to be responsible for anything before the camp on the Yique Mountain was built.

During this period, when he was heading to the southeast of Mount Yique along the mountain road he had passed a few days ago, Meng Zhong suddenly noticed a trail he encountered along the way, leaving a series of footprints.

"Have we walked this road?"

Meng Zhong pointed to the trail and asked Le Yi.

Le Yi shook his head.

Meng Zhong frowned and looked up at the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain that the trail leads to is the northern mountainous area of Yique Mountain, and standing on the top of the mountain and looking into the distance, the only thing that can be seen is the camp of the Wei army that stretches for more than ten miles, which is why Meng Zhong has not climbed to the top of this mountain so far.

"Could it be that Ah Hu left them a few days ago?" Meng Sui speculated on the side.

“……”

Meng Zhong crouched down, frowning and observing the footprints on the ground.

It is undeniable that ten days ago, Menghu, Huahu, and Muwu did bring hundreds of Wei soldiers to catch prey all over the mountain, and even the snakes in the mountains were caught and roasted and eaten by them, but that happened before the rain, and then Menghu and those people went to the nearby woods to cut down trees, and they never ran to Yique Mountain, let alone the mountains near the Wei army camp.

"No, these footprints are very complete, not like they were left by Ah Hu before the rain, but like the ...... just left"

Speaking of this, Meng Zhong glanced up at the top of the mountain to which the trail leads.

"Let's go, let's see!"

At the sound of the order, Meng Zhong immediately changed his original interruption and took the lead along the trail to the top of the mountain.

During this period, Meng Sui asked with a smile: "Ah Zhong, you don't suspect that there is a fine work of the Qin army here, right?" ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed.

Qin Jun's spies? Ran here and peeked into his Wei army camp surrounded by 100,000 Han troops and 180,000 Wei troops? This is simply a self-defeating act!

"Master Shuai, it's almost to the top of the mountain ahead." Yu Ying said with a smile.

He was about to say, "Isn't there anything unusual," when he saw a group of soldiers coming down from the top of the mountain.

"Huh? Someone? ”

Meng Sui, Le Yi and others were also stunned for a moment, and immediately became vigilant.

……

"Where are these soldiers?"

Bai Qi and Meng Zhong glanced at each other.

Immediately, Bai Qi preemptively asked, "Who are you waiting for?" What are you doing here?! ”

Meng Zhong frowned imperceptibly, and then pretended to be inward-looking, pretending to be calm and said, "I...... We are soldiers under the command of Sima of the Han Foot Army, and we are responsible for patrolling the Yique Mountain...... You...... Who are you? ”

"Han Foot? Are these people actually Han pawns? I thought they were Wei pawns......

Of course, Bai Qi knew that there was a military Sima named Han Zu under the command of the commander of the Han army, and after listening to Meng Zhong's words, he immediately snorted coldly: "Coincidentally, I was also ordered to come to the mountain to inspect, but I was ordered by Xi Wu." ”

『……』

Hearing this, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Wu Ying, Wei Xu, Yu Ying and others all lowered their heads slightly, lest they show a strange expression and alarm these Qin army spies in front of them.

At the same time, they were ready for a sudden attack.

Only Meng Ao was young, and he was a little confused about the current situation: how could this person also come to inspect on the orders of Xi Wu? Wasn't the task of patrolling Xiwu handed over to Brother Meng Zhong?

"Rhino, rhino ...... Does Gongsun like General Gongsun? ”

Meng Zhong pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly beckoned Le Yi and the others to get out of the way.

『……』

Bai Qi glanced at Meng Ao, who was a little overwhelmed, and chuckled in his heart.

Sure enough, just when Bai Qi had just passed by Meng Zhong's side, he saw Meng Zhong change his previous appearance and suddenly draw his sword and slash at Bai Qi's neck.

Bai Qi had already guarded against this hand, and immediately drew the saber at his waist, and reflexively blocked the sword that Meng Zhong slashed at him.

"A sneak attack from behind is not something to be commendable." Bai Qi said flatly.

"Humph!" Meng Zhong chuckled, but did not respond, waving the sword in his hand and attacking Bai Qi.

At the same time, Le Yi, Meng Sui, Wu Ying, Wei Xu, Le Jin, Yu Ying, Rong Yi and a few other soldiers also drew their swords one after another, and without Meng Zhong's order, they killed those Qin army spies who faced them.

These are clearly the spies of the Qin army!

He also came to inspect the mountain on the order of Xi Wu, why are you also called Meng Zhong?!

However, Xiang Shou and the other twenty or so Qin soldiers reacted a little slower, and were forced to hurry by Le Yi, Meng Sui and others, and several people were injured immediately.

"Ding!"

A sound of soldiers sounded, and the sharp sword in Meng Zhong's hand and Bai Qi's sword slashed together again.

"Your sword...... Looks pretty good. ”

Seeing that the sword in the other party's hand was not cut off by himself, Meng Zhong was also a little surprised.

After all, the sword in his hand was given by Song Wangyan, although it is not as exaggerated as sharpening iron as clay, but it is indeed much stronger and sharper than ordinary swords, such as the guards beside Tian Wen at the beginning, and the sword in his hand was cut off by Meng Zhong's sword.

"Huh? You say this sword? Oh, after all, it is a gift from a nobleman, and it is naturally different from an ordinary sword. But listening to you say this, it seems that the origin of the sword in your hand is not simple......"

As he spoke, Bai Qi looked at Meng Zhong in front of him with interest, and then said with a smile: "Anyway, you are obviously a Wei pawn, but you actually falsely claim to be a Han pawn, and even I didn't notice your ...... for a while What a cunning step! ”

"Each other, each other!" Meng Zhong responded flatly.

On this day, the commander of the Qin army, Bai Qi, and his party of more than 20 people, and the commander of the Wei army, Meng Zhong, and his party of more than 20 people, were killed together on Yique Mountain.

Face the music!