In early April of the same year, at the same time that Marquis Wei Ran went to the land of Wancheng to meet with Sima Zhai Zhang, the Grand Master of Wei, Qin also sent Mi Rong as an envoy to Wei.

Wei Wangjun and Wei Xiangtian Wen naturally did not dare to slack off, and received Qi Rong as a guest of honor.

You must know that Mi Rong is also the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Xuan, the mother of King Yingji of Qin, but unlike the half-brother Wei Ran of the Empress Dowager Xuan, Mi Rong is the half-brother of the Empress Dowager Xuan, but no matter what, Wei Ran and Mi Rong, the two brothers who followed the Empress Dowager Xuan to the Qin State at the beginning of her marriage to the Qin State, have always been the most trusted Qin people of the Empress Dowager Xuan, and they are also the right-hand men in the court.

Some people may think that Wei Ran and Mi Rong can obtain a very high status and great power in the Qin State, thanks to the fact that their sister is the Empress Dowager Xuan, but in fact, Wei Ran and Mi Rong, these two are called the "four nobles" together with the sons of the Empress Dowager Xuan, Jingyang Jun Yingfu and Gaoling Jun Yingkui, which are really a little aggrieved.

Ying Fu and Ying Kui, pure gentlemen, only relied on the favor of their mother Empress Dowager Xuan to get the honor of being a king, but Wei Ran and Mi Rong were different, when Empress Dowager Xuan was not in power, Wei Ran and Mi Rong were already generals in Qin's hands.

Wei Ran's ability does not need to be repeated, the national policy of Qin in recent years was basically formulated by Wei Ran after consulting the Empress Dowager Xuan, and Qi Rong, as Wei Ran's younger brother (appeared, half-brother), he was enshrined in Huayangyi, across the river from Hedong County of Wei, and was mainly responsible for attacking Hedong County of Wei.

For a long time, Sun Xi, the head guard of the Hedong Shou Gong of Wei State, was mainly guarded against by Qin State's Mi Rong.

In view of the fact that Gongsun Xi is not a mediocre talent, Mi Rong has not bargained for anything over the years, but if he despises this person because he has repeatedly failed to defeat Gongsun Xi, it is a big mistake, you must know that Jing Que, the famous general of Chu State, was defeated by Mi Rong, and the "new city" guarded by Jing Que at that time - Xiangcheng was also captured by Mi Rong.

Because of this exploits, King Yingji of Qin also rewarded Xiangcheng to Qi Rong as a fiefdom, but it was similar to the situation when Wei Ran was enshrined in Sui County, for them the fiefdom was just an honor, representing their merits, but in most cases, they still lived in Xianyang, not in Sui County or Xiangcheng.

Just as Wei Ran expressed to Zhai Zhang, Qi Rong's intention to Wei Wangyun and Wei Xiangtian Wen is also very succinct: in view of the joint attack of Qi and Zhao on Song, Qin hopes to stop the fighting between Qin and Wei and jointly stop Qi and Zhao.

Afterwards, Wei Wangjun and Tian Wen privately discussed countermeasures.

I have to say that compared with Tian Wen, Wei Wangyun's attitude towards the Song State is more complicated.

Tian Wen's hatred for the Song State is nothing more than that when the Song State attacked the Qi State, he invaded his fiefdom Xue Yi in the Qi State, but later, as the Song Wang Yan re-gifted Xue Yi to Tian Wen as a fiefdom and promised not to allow anyone to encroach on Xue Yi, Tian Wen's hostility towards the Song State was resolved, so he agreed to the request of the Song State and persuaded Wei Wangjun to conclude an alliance with the Song State.

And Wei Wangjun is actually still coveting the richness of the Song State, but he also understands that he Wei State can't swallow the Song State - didn't he see that even the Qi State couldn't defeat the Song State alone? It is no exaggeration to say that the Song State under the rule of Song Wangyan was only stronger than South Korea.

Since he can't get it, he can't let others get it, with this in mind, Wei Wangjun and Song Wangyan concluded an alliance.

This covenant is mainly aimed at the Qi country.

Some people may find it strange, aren't Qi and Wei allies? Why did Wei Wangjun secretly target the Qi State?

The reason is simple, because the situation has changed.

It is also ironic that the three kingdoms of Wei, Zhao and Han, known as the Three Jin Dynasty, were in internal fighting most of the time except for the early period of their respective founding periods, and among them, Wei and Zhao fought particularly fiercely.

Although Wei dominated the Central Plains in the early days, with the changes of the years, Wei gradually weakened, and Zhao gradually became stronger, so Wei found Qi to contain Zhao, and then, during the reign of Zhao's master, Zhao also found Qin to contain Wei.

But now the situation has changed, and Qi has concluded an alliance with Zhao, which makes Wei also feel threatened.

Qi State, Zhao State, plus Yan State that had to surrender to Qi State, it can be said that the entire north of the Great River has been twisted into a rope, in this case, Qi State wants to follow the example of the ancestors to dominate the hegemony of the Central Plains, and Wei State will inevitably be attacked by Qi State in the future - even if Qi State does not attack Wei State, Zhao State will use the power of Qi State to invade Wei State.

Again, after the death of Zhao's father, the balance of the entire Central Plains has been broken, and the threat of Wei is not only Qin, but also Qi and Zhao.

It was under these circumstances that Xue Gongtian persuaded Wei Wangjun to form an alliance with the Song State, gather the strength of the Wei, Han, and Song Kingdoms, and reject the Qin State in the west and the Qi State in the east.

After all, the existence of the Song State can effectively contain the Qi State, if the Song State is annexed by the Qi State, then the Wei State may face a more powerful Qi State than the Qin State, which is not in the interests of the Wei State.

Therefore, although Qin and Wei fought twice in the past two years, and more than 200,000 soldiers were killed on both sides, in the face of the threat of Qi and Zhao, both Qin and Wei had to temporarily put aside their prejudices and jointly prevent Qi and Zhao from annexing Song.

On 20 April, messengers sent by Daliang arrived at Yangguan day and night, and handed over the order of Wei Wangfu to the great Sima Zhai Zhang, demanding that Zhai Zhang immediately stop fighting the Qin army and come forward to discuss with Qin the strategy of supporting the Song state.

After repeatedly confirming that the letter was correct, Zhai Zhang shook his head slightly and told Meng Zhong, Tang Zhi and other generals of Daliang's order.

But Tang Zhi said with a slight sneer: "It is really ironic that the two armies of Qin and Wei, who were still fighting to the death the day before, actually want to join forces to crusade against Zhao and reinforce Song this time." ”

However, this is the Warring States, for the sake of national interests, yesterday's enemies can become allies today, and today's allies may not be enemies tomorrow.

On the same day, Zhai Zhang sent several Fangcheng cavalry to Wancheng and the Han army camp on the northwest side of Wancheng to send letters, inviting Wei Ran and Storm Kite to go to Weiying tomorrow to discuss the formation of a coalition army.

About two hours later, the Fangcheng cavalry brought back Wei Ran and Storm Kite's affirmative reply.

The next day, April 21, out of respect for the Qin army, which was about to become allies, Zhai Zhang took Meng Zhong and other generals to wait outside the Wei camp in person.

After a short time, he saw Wei Ran and Storm Kite coming to the Wei camp with their respective generals.

There is no need to elaborate on the generals accompanying Storm Kite, but they are just familiar faces such as Han Xiao and Zhou Zu, while the generals accompanying Wei Ran include Sima Cuo, Bai Qi, Ji Hong, Jin Kuang and others, who are also familiar faces in this battle.

Coupled with Meng Zhong, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Le Jin and others on the Wei army's side, as soon as the three parties met, they felt that the atmosphere became solidified.

In view of the relationship between the number of observer generals, and considering that leading Qin generals with familiar faces such as Wei Ran, Sima Cuo, and Bai Qi to the barracks was likely to cause unnecessary trouble, Zhai Zhang sent the guards to build a simple shed outside the camp, put up tables and straw mats, and served as a place for the generals of the three armies to discuss the formation of a coalition army.

Regarding the position of the seats, Meng Zhong originally thought that there would be a triangular seat, with Qin, Wei, and Han on one side, but the result was just a very ordinary two-row seat, one row for Qin and one for Wei and Han.

The only exception is that Zhai Zhang and Wei Ran sit on the main seat, one on the left and one on the left, poor Storm Kite, the great Sima of South Korea, can't even mix up the main position, and people who don't know still think that Zhai Zhang's subordinates are in the time of the storm - of course, according to the relationship between Wei and Han, it is actually not bad.

Out of care of the tyrannical kite, but also out of courtesy, the chief naturally gave way to the tyrannical kite, as for the second seat, Tang Zhi and Meng Zhongqian gave up, and finally Meng Zhong sat in the third seat, and Meng Hu sat with him.

And behind the three of Storm Kite, Tang Zhi, and Meng Zhong, that is, the generals under their respective commands.

The situation on the other side of the Qin army was similar, Sima Co sat in the chief, Qin general Jin Kuang sat with him, Bai Qi sat in the second seat, Ji Hong sat with him, and the rest of the Qin army generals sat behind Sima Co and Bai Qi according to the army affiliation.

During this period, Meng Hu smiled and whispered to Meng Zhong: "Good girl, the big names of the Qin army are almost all here, you said that if you kill this group of people, will the Qin State be devastated because of this?" ”

Although his voice was not loud, it was inevitable that he would be heard by the Qin generals Ji Hong, Jin Kuang and others on the opposite side, no, Jin Kuang immediately glared at him fiercely.

"No kidding!"

At this time, Meng Zhong also warned Meng Hu in a low voice, causing Meng Hu to pout sheepishly.

But when Meng Hu looked up and saw Jin Kuang who was glaring at him fiercely, he couldn't control his mouth anymore: "What are you staring at?" ”

Jin Kuang's face sank when he heard this, and he was about to stand up with his right hand supporting the table in front of him, but he was held down by Sima who was sitting next to him.

Seeing that Sima Cuo shook his head slightly, Jin Kuang also knew that now was not the time to cause trouble, however, Meng Hu also seemed to notice Sima Cuo's actions and smiled at Jin Kuang, which made Jin Kuang particularly annoyed, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Boy, if you have the guts, you will be famous!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before Meng Hu could speak, he saw Qin General Zhongxu behind Bai Qi and said in a low voice: "He is Meng Hu!" ”

Hearing this, Bai Qi's subordinates, such as Ji Hong, Meng Yi, Tong Yang and others, turned their heads to look at Meng Hu, and their eyes flashed with complicated looks.

"Huh? Do you recognize me? ”

Meng Hu looked at Zhong Xu in surprise.

I saw Zhong Xu sneer, and said seemingly calmly: "Even if you killed Wang Wen, how could I not recognize it?" ”

"Wang Wen?" Meng Hu was stunned: "Who is that?" ”

As soon as the words fell, only to hear a bang, Qin general Meng Yi angrily slapped the table in front of him, and the rest of the generals under Bai Qi's command also showed annoyance.

It turned out that Wang Wen was Bai Qi's general, but during the battle of Yique that year, he was beheaded by Menghu in the chaotic army.

But then again, Meng Hu didn't actually mean to provoke the other side, he just forgot about it.

"That's enough."

Bai Qi stopped indifferently, his eyes glanced at Meng Zhong who was opposite, and then said lightly to his subordinates: "On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, life and death have their own destiny, Wang Wen was killed, it is his fate that should be like this...... Don't be embarrassed and make people laugh at it. ”

As soon as he heard this, Meng Zhong also understood the general situation, and said on behalf of Meng Hu with his fists clenched: "My brother Wei is upright, and he has never been distracted when he speaks, if there is any offense, please don't be surprised." As he spoke, he also reached out and pressed Meng Hu's deliberately raised neck, and said in a low voice: "Ah Hu, don't make trouble." ”

“……”

Ji Hong, Zhong Xu and other generals glanced at Meng Zhong and saw that the latter was sincere, so they gave up.

Witnessing this scene with their own eyes, Zhai Zhang and Wei Ran glanced at each other with some tacit understanding.

Meng Zhong and Bai Qi had contradictions, the two had expected it, after all, these two people began to clash with each other from the battle of Yique the year before last, and then to the battle of Wanfang this year, they clashed with each other dozens of times, and the soldiers killed on both sides had to be tens of thousands of people, how could there be no contradictions and friction between the two sides?

"Hehehe."

After laughing twice, Wei Ran said roundly: "Although the two armies of Qin and Wei were friends and enemies in the past, but now, the two sides need to work together to consider the overall situation. ”

Seeing that Wei Ran didn't mean to reprimand Meng Yi and the others, Zhai Zhang simply didn't reprimand Meng Hu, after all, he still liked Meng Hu, an upright and brave young man.

"Ahem."

Coughing and clearing his throat, Zhai Zhang looked at the generals of Qin, Wei, and Han in the grass shed, and said, "What the Marquis said is extremely true. …… Although we and some of the people present were enemies half a month ago, as a general of the country, we should first consider the interests of the country and the orders of the king. Now forced by Qi and Zhao to join forces to attack the Song State, our Wei State wants to form an alliance with the Qin State to crusade against the Zhao State, hoping that the generals and generals of both sides will restrain each other...... Even if you have any grievances, please put them aside for the time being. ”

Hearing this, all the generals in the grass shed bowed their heads and remained silent, seemingly accepting Zhai Zhang's request.

Seeing this, Zhai Zhang made a gesture of please to Wei Ran.

Wei Ran was not too polite, and after arching his hand towards Zhai Zhang, he said to the generals: "According to the envoy of the Song State, the two countries of Qi and Zhao attacked the Song State this time, and they were roughly divided into two armies, one of which was the combined army of Qi and Zhao. …… According to reliable sources, the commander of this coalition army was Li Dui, the Fengyang Jun of Zhao State, and the strength was estimated at about 100,000. ”

After a pause, he continued: "And the other coalition army is the alliance of Qi and Yan, according to speculation, it should be in Linzi to meet the alliance, and then attack Tancheng and Pengcheng of the Song State, the number of troops is not known for the time being, as for the commander of the coalition army, Song State guessed that it may be Tian Zhang of Qi State, but according to the news sent by the spies, Tian Zhang has been recuperating in Kuangyi for nearly two years, so it is possible that Tian Tentacle led the troops, well, it may also be the national drama Xin ...... of Yan."

"Huh." Meng Hu couldn't help but laugh, and everyone present turned their heads to look at him.

I have to say that Marquis Wei Ran is indeed a very cultivated person, even if he was interrupted by Meng Hu's strange laughter, he was not annoyed, but asked Meng Hu with a smile: "Does the little brother have anything to say?" ”

At this time, Meng Hu was just glared at by Meng Zhong, sneering and waving his hand.

Wei Ran looked at Meng Hu with interest, then turned his gaze to Meng Zhong beside him, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the national minister of the Yan Kingdom is the deputy general of Fang Chengling when he was in the Zhao Kingdom, right?" ”

“……”

Upon hearing this, half of the generals present showed a look of shock and looked at Meng Zhong with an incredulous expression.

At this time, he saw Meng Zhong shaking his head and said: "No, the Marquis must have made a mistake, when Ju Xin was in Zhao State, he was Pang Xuan's deputy general, not under the ......."

"Yes, yes, yes." Marquis Wei Ran nodded, and then said with a smile: "However, Fang Chengling was at the same level as Pang Xuan at that time, but it was actually not bad...... Tut-tut, back then, Master Zhao's side was really full of talents......"

Speaking of the Zhao master's father, Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling, Wei Ran was also quite emotional, after all, the reason why his sister, mother and son were able to dominate the Qin State today, the monarch of the Zhao State really helped them a lot, otherwise, they might not be able to easily win the battle with Gongzi Zhuang and Hui Wenhou, and hold the huge Qin State in their hands.

"Meng Zhong and Pang Xuan, the guards Sima who was selected by Lord Zhao's father among thousands of people......

Wei Ran took a deep look at Meng Zhong.

He knew that this Meng Zhong was very talented, and he defeated his heavy Bai Qi twice, and even his veteran Sima Cuo of the Qin State suffered at the hands of Meng Zhong, but in Wei Ran's eyes, this was still not as important as Meng Zhong's old title of "Master Zhao's Father and Guards Sima".

Thinking that he would have to send an envoy to the Song State next, he suddenly felt that it was necessary to talk to Song Wangyan and Hui An, the minister of the Song State, about this Meng Zhong, after all, this Meng Zhong had become a huge obstacle to his Qin State's eastward advance.

"Marquis?"

Seeing Wei Ran looking at Meng Zhong intently, Zhai Zhang coughed as a reminder.

Wei Ran reacted at this time, and said with a smile: "Seeing Fang Chengling, Wei inadvertently thought of the late Master Zhao's father, which made you laugh......

After that, he restrained the smile on his face and said, "About stopping Qi Zhao...... To be precise, the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Yan attacked the Song State, and Wei had a preliminary idea. Our coalition army may as well be divided into three branches, one of which rushes to Taoyi of the Song State to contain the main forces of the two armies of Qi and Zhao; the second went across the Song State to Tancheng to resist the Qi-Yan coalition forces; As for this last one, I propose to take the opportunity to crusade against Zhao and force Zhao to withdraw its troops......"

The implication is that the Qin-Wei coalition needs to elect three commanders, who will be responsible for the three battlefields.

Seeing this, the generals present looked at Zhai Zhang, Sima Cuo, and Storm Kite intentionally or unintentionally, after all, according to their qualifications, these three were the most suitable as the commanders of the coalition army.

However, the storm kite showed a look of embarrassment at this time, waved his hand and said: "Our country has fought many battles in recent years, and there are many casualties among the soldiers, and I have not received an order from Zheng Cheng so far, I am afraid that I will not be able to rescue the Song State with you......"

Hearing this, Zhai Zhang and Wei Ran glanced at the violent kite in unison and did not speak.

It is true that the Korean army has suffered heavy casualties in the past two years, especially the Battle of Yique, which lost nearly 50,000 elites in one go, but even so, South Korea actually still has the strength to rescue the Song State, but the storm kite does not want to do this.

Unlike Wei, which was threatened by both Qi and Qin, the threat of Korea was only Qin, and even if there was only the threat of Qin, South Korea had been defeated by Qin in recent decades.

What's more, the violent kite is still unsure, whether the rescue of the Song State is a trick by the Qin State to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, the purpose is to transfer the armies of Wei and Han to the Song State, and then take the opportunity to send troops to attack.

Not to mention, according to the Qin people's practice of tearing up the covenant and making it commonplace, this kind of thing may not be impossible to do.

And after the violent kite spoke, Zhai Zhang also thought of this layer.

In his opinion, rescuing the Song State, it is certain to be saved, and the Qi State must not be allowed to annex the Song State, but at the same time, he also has to guard against the Qin State, so he nodded slightly and acquiesced in the approach of the violent kite.

Seeing this, Wei Ran, the marquis of the war, smiled faintly, did not debunk it, and said to Zhai Zhang without any concern: "I heard that Li Dui, the Fengyang Jun of the Zhao State, tried to use the Taoyi of the Song State as his fiefdom, presumably he will lead the Qi and Zhao coalition forces to storm the Taoyi...... Along the way, I think it should be the main force of Qi and Zhao to attack the Song Dynasty, so it is better for Zhai Dasima to personally lead the expedition, how about it? ”

Zhai Zhang thought for a while, nodded and said, "What about the other two roads?" ”

"Reinforcements of Tancheng to resist the armies of Qi and Yan, I hope to be handed over to the national lieutenant ......" As he spoke, Wei Ran turned his head to look at Sima Cuo.

Sima wrongly arched his hand, and Zhengse said: "I am determined to live up to my expectations." ”

"As for the crusade against Zhao ......"

Not surprisingly, Wei Ran turned his head to look at Bai Qi, and immediately said to Zhai Zhang: "I still recommend Bai Qi in the next place." ”

Bai Qi is the one who once defeated Gongsun Xi and Storm Kite, Zhai Zhang naturally will not refuse, nodded and was about to speak, but saw Bai Qi clasping his fists and said: "Marquis Zhai, Zhai Da Sima, if the fate of the end will conquer Zhao State, the end will hope that Fang Chengling can serve as my deputy general...... As long as there is Fang Cheng's order to help, the last general will definitely be able to defeat the Zhao State! ”

Defeat Zhao Guo? Who told you to break the Zhao Kingdom? It's just that you are asked to sneak attack the hinterland of Zhao and force Zhao to withdraw its troops.

Everyone present was stunned, and their expressions were a little strange.

Immediately, Meng Hu reacted immediately, and said unceremoniously: "Hey, Bai Qi, are you provoking?" Do you want Ah Zhong to be your lieutenant? Then it is better to ask Ah Zhong to be in charge of the crusade against Zhao Guo! ”

"Where did you get the courage to make such a request?" Hua Hu also said unhappily.

Hearing Hua Hu's words, Ji Hong, Zhong Xu, Meng Yi and other Qin generals were ashamed and annoyed, and scolded one after another: "Last time in Yique, you waited for the time when our army was exhausted, so that you could win by luck; This time, if Wancheng hadn't been attacked, you thought you could win? ”

"Hahaha, that's ridiculous!" Menghu, Huahu, Le Jin and others are also sarcastic.

Seeing that the scene was gradually getting out of control, Zhai Zhang frowned and shouted, "Enough! ”

Immediately, he asked Meng Zhong, "Meng Zhong, do you have anything to say?" ”

Meng Zhong was silent.

At this moment, he couldn't help but flash the faces of Master Zhao, Zhao Wanghe, Fei Yi, Fei You, Zhao Ben and others in his mind.

After a while, he raised his head, ignoring the white Qi on the other side, who seemed to be full of expectation, and said sincerely: "If you can, I hope to lead an army to aid the Song State, instead of setting foot in the Zhao State with a hostile position......"

"......" opened his mouth, and a little disappointment appeared in his white eyes.

At this time, Wei Ran stroked his beard to look at Bai Qi, and then at Meng Zhong, with a slightly interested look on his face.

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