"Hmm......

In the tent, Fengyang Jun Li Dui held the letter sent by the King of Qin to ask for peace, and while reading it word by word, he carefully pondered the writer's mentality when writing this letter.

At first, when he received this letter, Li Dui was extremely happy.

After all, 'forcing the Qin State to submit' is not something ordinary people can do.

In recent decades, there are very few people who can do this, and there are only a few people such as Su Qin, Master Zhao, and Tian Zhang.

In addition, the submission of the Qin State can also make this war stop - yes, although Li Dui insisted on crusading against the Qin State from the position of the Zhao State, he never thought of fighting the Qin State to the death, according to his idea, it was enough to hit the Hangu Pass and pose a threat to the Qin State, and now the results of the battle were far beyond his expectations, he was actually very satisfied, and he really did not want to completely anger the Qin State because of the relationship between the violent kite and Meng Zhong.

Therefore, after reading Qin Wangji's letter of seeking peace, Li Dui had actually accepted Qin's peace request in his heart, but Meng Zhongfangcai's words sounded the alarm in Li Dui's heart.

From time to time, Li Dui's eyes glanced at Meng Zhong who was sitting in the tent, secretly peeking at Meng Zhong's expression, trying to speculate on the credibility of Meng Zhong's warning.

But it's a pity, probably because of the relationship between Meng Zhong and Zhuang, Meng Zhong has done a good job in self-cultivation and his own emotional management, even if Li Dui has countless people, he can't see through what Meng Zhong is thinking.

Was Meng Zhong alarmist, or was Qin's request for peace really fraudulent?

To be honest, Li Dui is really difficult to judge.

After thinking about it, he asked Meng Zhongdao: "What is the basis for Yuncheng Jun's words?" ”

In fact, Meng Zhong had no basis for this, and even he didn't know whether Qin really wanted to sue for peace, but one thing Meng Zhong knew very well: if he didn't 'scare' Li Dui at this moment, Li Dui would immediately negotiate peace with Qin, and what else did he have to do with the tyrant?

Therefore, not to mention that he was not sure of Qin Guo's attitude, even if he confirmed that Qin Guo did have the intention of seeking peace this time, he would distort it and affect Li Dui's judgment.

In view of this, he pretended to sneer and said to Li Dui: "Fengyangjun, do you know why Xia came to your tent so coincidentally? ”

"Aren't you here to persuade the old man to continue the crusade against the Qin State?"

Li Dui glanced at Meng Zhong meaningfully, shook his head and said, "The old man doesn't know, please make it clear to Yunchengjun." ”

Meng Zhong didn't care about the deep meaning in Li Dui's eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Presumably Fengyangjun has also heard that in the past few days, a large number of Yiqu State cavalry has appeared on the battlefield, and the preliminary estimate is that there are nearly 10,000 cavalry......

"I see." Li Dui nodded in realization.

At this time, Meng Zhong continued: "Originally, I didn't think much about it, but I didn't expect to see the letter of peace from Qin State from Fengyangjun's side. …… This is strange, since the Qin State has the intention to seek peace, why did it recruit reinforcements from the Yiqu State? ”

Li Dui is also an important minister of the Zhao State, so naturally he will not be led by the nose by Meng Zhong's words, I saw him brush his beard, and objectively guessed: "Probably afraid of the Fangcheng cavalry under the command of Yuncheng Jun." ”

In all fairness, when it comes to the Fangcheng cavalry, not to mention that the Qin State is afraid, in fact, even Li Dui has a certain degree of vigilance.

Regardless of the strength of the Fangcheng cavalry, as a student of the 'Zhao State Cavalry', its strength is almost close to that of the teacher, but the most important thing is Meng Zhong's understanding of the cavalry.

You must know that except for Yiqu State, Zhao State was the first country in the Central Plains to form cavalry, but the Zhao people were not very experienced in the use of cavalry.

Don't look at the cavalry of Zhao State defeated Lin Hu, Xiongnu, and Lou Fu, it is because the other party is a grassland people, and most of them drive cavalry to fight, in other words, Zhao State just passively adapted to the war methods of these grassland peoples and defeated them.

But what about the battlefield here in the Central Plains?

How to use cavalry?

You must know that the war on the Central Plains side is different from the war of the grassland peoples, and the most different point is the city and the stronghold.

Most of the alien races on the grassland are nomadic people, mainly living by grazing, and the way of life is 'no fixed place', once the grass in the place is eaten by the grazing horses or sheep, these ethnic groups will migrate to another place with rich pasture to settle, because of the frequent migration, the nomads will hardly go to build a strong city, at most it is a circle of wooden fences on the periphery of the tribe's temporary residence, and the defense capability is not as good as the camp built by the Central Plains army.

Such a defense, of course, could not stop the cavalry, and because of the high mobility of the cavalry, the steppe people valued cavalry combat.

But the Central Plains are different.

The battlefield on this side of the Central Plains, almost all of them are for the purpose of 'attacking the city', the whole war revolves around the siege of the city, and the ultimate goal is to conquer the enemy city, simply put, most of the wars in the Central Plains are mainly based on the siege of the fortification, and in the attack, the foot soldiers and archers are the absolute main force, and the cavalry is really difficult to play a great role - the soldiers on horseback, how can they storm the enemy's city through the ladder?

The difference in the way of war made it impossible for Zhao to integrate the cavalry into his own military situation for the time being, and to put it bluntly, in addition to waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack the enemy army, they also did not think of what role the cavalry could play on the battlefield in the Central Plains.

However, Meng Zhong is an exception, this person's understanding of cavalry is almost inherited from Zhao State, but this person's use of cavalry has long surpassed any general of Zhao State.

Take the incident of his coalition army 'skillfully crossing the door water' a while ago, Meng Zhong ordered tens of thousands of coalition troops to feint against the Qin army and divert the attention of the Qin army, just so that more than 4,000 Fangcheng cavalry could take the opportunity to cross the gate water and go deep into the land of Huakun to cause sabotage.

If it weren't for Meng Zhong's thorough understanding of cavalry, the general would have done this?

It is precisely because of this that Li Dui also has a certain degree of vigilance against the cavalry of the other city - the cavalry of the city alone, he may not be inferior to the cavalry of the Zhao State, but if there is another Meng Zhong, to be honest, Li Dui is not sure.

After all, this Yuncheng Jun was the most outstanding 'disciple' cultivated by Lord Zhao back then, and in the expectations of Lord Zhao at the beginning, he was enough to carry the banner of his Zhao State Army!

To put it simply, Master Zhao hopes that Meng Zhong will become the 'Kuang Zhang' of his Zhao Kingdom!

In the face of such Meng Zhong and such Fangcheng cavalry, the Qin State hurriedly invited the cavalry of the Yiqu State to help, Li Dui did not think that there was anything wrong with this, nor did he think that the Qin State could deduce any tricks from this matter.

Thinking of this, Li Dui shook his head and added, "...... Like, the old man didn't think there was anything wrong. Previously, the Fangcheng cavalry under the command of Yuncheng Jun caused the Qin State to suffer huge food losses, so it was Qin State's decision to 'ride on horseback' and invite a cavalry from Yiqu State as reinforcements to avoid being attacked by the Fangcheng cavalry under the command of Yuncheng Jun, which is not difficult to understand. ”

In fact, Meng Zhong also felt that the specific situation was probably like this, but he sneered on his lips: "I don't see it that way, I think that the Qin State invited these Yiqu cavalry to cut off our army's grain route!" …… It's really ill-intentioned! ”

『……』

The corners of Li Dui's eyes twitched slightly.

He had to admit that Meng Zhong's point of view was correct, but the question was, wasn't this hidden danger caused by the storm kite and Meng Zhong? If it weren't for the fact that these two people advocated advancing more than 200 miles in one go, and in disguise let his coalition army stretch the grain and grass transportation line of more than 200 miles again, how could there be the hidden danger of 'the cavalry of the Fear Canal attacking the grain road' today?

However, listening to Meng Zhong's tone, it was a trick to blame all this on the Qin State, and Li Dui was also very amused.

He shook his head and said, "What Yun Chengjun said is indeed worth considering. But in the old man's opinion, since Qin Guo clearly exposed the Wanyiqu cavalry to our side, it can be seen that this is just a 'warning', warning us not to persecute them too much. …… If it is really as Yun Chengjun said, the purpose of Qin State's invitation to Yiqu cavalry is to sneak attack our army's grain and grass, then shouldn't Qin State hide this strange army? Why should they be exposed? Such an approach can only make the battle stalemate, but it will not be able to repel our army! ”

"Fengyang Jun is right, this is the purpose of the Qin State!" Meng Zhong said with a determined face.

"Huh?" Li Dui was stunned, not understanding what Meng Zhong meant: "Old man...... Don't understand. ”

Looking at Li Dui, whose face was full of confusion, Meng Zhong's mind spun quickly, and he calmly and calmly made up an explanation: "Stalemate! The impasse that Feng Yangjun said was exactly the purpose of the Qin State. …… Fengyang Jun thought about it carefully, it is only mid-September now, and there is no sign of lack of food in our army for the time being, if the Qin State sends the Yiqu cavalry to attack our army's grain route, we will naturally send the Fangcheng cavalry and your country's cavalry to resist, let me ask, in this case, can the Qin State defeat our army? No! Because once Qin's strategy of 'attacking the grain route' works, our coalition army will retreat immediately, and even if Qin launches a counterattack, it may not be able to win steadily, right? …… But if you postpone this for another two months, it's a different story! ”

"Two more months?"

Li Dui stroked his beard and frowned, obviously thinking of something.

"In two months, that is, in the depths of winter, the ice and snow will close the road, and it will be more difficult to transport grain and grass, even if the Qin State can't judge how much grain our army still has at present, they can guess that our army will definitely be short of food at that time. At that time, the Qin State asked the Yiqu cavalry to cut off the grain route of our army, and waited for our army to run out of food and then take the opportunity to chase and kill, then my more than 200,000 coalition troops would die without a place to bury! ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zhong pointed to the letter of the King of Qin in Li Dui's hand, and pretended to be profound: "Therefore, this is the plan of the Qin State to delay the army, and it is a trick set up to defeat my more than 200,000 allied troops!" ”

After that, he seemed to have seen through the tricks of the Qin State, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: he had finally come to a circle.

Relieved, he glanced at Li Dui quietly, wanting to see Li Dui's reaction.

I have to say that hearing Meng Zhong's alarmist words, Li Dui's face was full of solemnity, and even a slight sweat oozed from his forehead.

Also, although Meng Zhong's words were made up temporarily, Li Dui didn't know, in his ears, Meng Zhong's inference was indeed very reasonable.

At least, the 'winter food shortage' is indeed a huge problem that his coalition forces are about to face, although Li Dui's heart is biased towards the Qin State is indeed sincere in seeking peace, but he does not dare to take it lightly, lest he really be expected by Meng Zhong when he gets it.

If more than 200,000 coalition troops were destroyed by the Qin State in one fell swoop because he failed to listen to Meng Zhong's advice, then he would not only become a sinner of the Zhao State, but also in the history books, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not fall into the notoriety of 'being stubborn and self-serving' and 'not listening to loyalty'.

Suddenly, Li Dui glanced at Meng Zhong, changed his solemn attitude, and said with a smile: "Hehehehe, these are all lies made up by Yun Chengjun temporarily, right?" The old man knows very well that you and the violent kite advocate continuing to crusade against the Qin State, so naturally you don't want the old man to negotiate peace with the Qin State, which is alarmist in this matter. ”

If you are an ordinary person, you may be deceived by Li Dui, and what flaws will be revealed, but what kind of person is Meng Zhong, a Taoist disciple!

And the most basic thing for Taoist disciples is self-cultivation and sharpening their minds, how can they be easily deceived by Li Dui?

Just like Meng Zhong at this moment, although he was inevitably a little flustered in his heart, he was thinking quickly about what to do, but he didn't show the slightest clue on his face, and said indifferently: "Heh, does Fengyangjun think so?" In Fengyangjun's eyes, it turned out that the credibility of the lower was not as good as the credibility of the Qin State...... Hehehe, the credibility of the Qin State, does the Qin State still have any credibility to speak of? Does Fengyang Jun still remember the promise of the Qin State of 'Six Hundred Miles of Commerce'? ”

“……”

Li Dui frowned when he heard this, stroked his beard and said nothing.

Of course, he knew that Qin State had promised 'six hundred miles of business', after all, it was one of the few things that Zhang Yi was most proud of in his life.

And the Qin State also acquiesced to Zhang Yi's approach at that time, so it provoked the anger of King Huai of Chu and poured all his troops to crusade against the Qin State, which broke out the 'Battle of Danyang Lantian' related to the national fortunes of Qin and Chu.

Although after many years, the Empress Dowager Xuan of the Qin State made up for this incident after presiding over the state affairs and donated the 600 miles of business promised by Zhang Yi to go abroad, but this incident still had a great impact on the credibility of the Qin State.

No, as soon as Meng Zhong mentioned this matter now, Li Dui muttered in his heart.

Although he knew very well that Meng Zhong advocated continuing to crusade against the Qin State, and he might not deliberately deceive him in this matter, but compared with the credibility of Meng Zhong and the credibility of the Qin State, Li Dui thought about it and finally felt that Meng Zhong's credibility was more reliable - at least Meng Zhong would not deliberately trap the allies, but the Qin State was not sure, in order to achieve the goal, the Qin people have always been unscrupulous.

After thinking about it, Li Dui Zhengse asked Meng Zhongdao: "What Yun Chengjun said is indeed very reasonable, but how can Yun Chengjun ensure that there is no selfishness in it?" ”

Of course, Meng Zhong understood what Li Dui meant, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Fengyang Jun, you know that you have never liked fearless warfare in Xia, if the Qin State really has the intention to seek peace, and you can also obtain some benefits for our Wei State without bloodshed, you will in turn persuade the tyrant in Xia." …… My request is very clear, as long as Qin is willing to return several cities in Hexi, such as Yuanli, Heyang, and Linjin, I will agree to negotiate peace with Qin. ”

"Does this kid want to ask the Qin State for the Xihe County that once belonged to the Wei State? I have a big appetite......

Li Dui looked at Meng Zhong, who had a calm expression, and thought secretly in his heart.

But then again, although Li Dui felt that Meng Zhong's appetite was a little big, he believed Meng Zhong's words.

As for the cities and land that Meng Zhong was going to ask for from the Qin State, these things could be discussed slowly.

After all, whether it is politics or diplomacy, it is essentially a concession and compromise between each other, unless one side can't help but turn the table.

After pondering for a moment, Li Dui asked in a deep voice, "What did Yun Chengjun say...... But the truth? ”

Of course, he cares about Meng Zhong's attitude very much, after all, a single storm kite can't make a fuss, whether it is the ability of the storm kite itself, or the strength of South Korea behind the storm kite, but if Meng Zhong is on the side of the storm kite, it will be difficult to do, after all, Meng Zhong's ability is obvious to all, and behind Meng Zhong is the Wei State that must be close to him Zhao State, for various reasons, Li Dui can not take care of the attitude of the storm kite and even South Korea, but the attitude of Meng Zhong and the Wei State behind him must be respected.

Not to mention that he also knows very well that Zhao He, the monarch of his Zhao State, still remembers this Meng Zhong, and dreams that Meng Zhong can defect to him Zhao State again, according to what Zhao's master father and Fei Yi once thought, serve as the Jinyang Shou of his Zhao State, and the governor of Jinyang, Yanmen, Fushi, Xihe and other places, as a general stationed in Xinjiang to resist the Qin State and the Hetao alien race.

Hearing Li Dui's request again, Meng Zhong smiled and said, "Of course! As long as Qin is willing to meet Zaixia's requirements, Zaixia certainly does not want to take risks to fight Qin, but the question is, how credible is Qin's peace this time? It's just an epistle, and you don't believe it below! ”

This point of view is very pertinent, Li Dui nodded approvingly, in fact, just a letter, he didn't believe it very much, after all, the credibility of the Qin State was indeed very poor, and it was not much better than the Qi State.

After thinking about it, he asked Yu Mengzhong: "As Yun Chengjun said, it's just a letter, and the old man doesn't believe it, the Qin people must show more sincerity!" But what's the right fit? ”

Meng Zhong spread his hands and said with a smile: "It's very simple, as long as the King of Qin is willing to personally come forward to meet the King of Wei in the Great Liang of my Wei State, I will believe in the sincerity of the Qin State!" ”

"This ......"

Li Duihu glanced at Meng Zhong suspiciously, and secretly wondered if Meng Zhong had the idea of taking the opportunity to kidnap the King of Qin.

He knew the young man in front of him very well, and at this moment, the Yuncheng Jun in front of him, when he was in Zhao State, he was a 'judge' who obeyed the rebellious Gongzi Zhang to attack the royal family, and he was very bold.

"I'm afraid it's hard." He shook his head and said, "As far as the old man knows, Yun Chengjun is now quite prestigious in the Qin State, and the King of Qin may not dare to go to the Wei Dynasty to meet him in person. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong spread his hands and said, "Then let's let King Qin go to the Zhao Dynasty to see King Zhao in person, how about it?" This crusade against Qin, your country is the leader of the alliance, if Qin really has the heart to seek peace, it should go to Zhao to meet the king of Zhao. ”

"This ......"

Li Dui stroked his beard, and his heart was a little moved.

Think about it, if he can find a way to let the King of Qin go to his Zhao State and meet him as the monarch of the Zhao State, whether it is for the Zhao State, for the Zhao Wanghe, or for him Li Dui, what a face-saving thing!

"As long as Qin Guo is willing to agree to this condition, I will believe in Qin Guo's sincerity."

Seeing that Li Dui was moved, Meng Zhong immediately said.

Having said that, he didn't think that the Qin Congress would agree.

The reason is simple, because the state of Qin is far from being forced to the point where the monarch must personally rush to other countries to sue for peace.

Of course, it has nothing to do with him, he just has to stick to one point of view.

If the King of Qin does not come forward, that is, the Qin State has no sincerity!