Under the leadership of the servant in the Duan Gan clan's mansion, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Meng Ao, Le Yi, Xiang Yi, Wu Ying, Le Xu and others came to the guest room in the mansion and saw Meng Heng and Meng Min who were drinking wine and eating meat in a big bowl in the house.

"Two brothers."

Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, and Meng Ao immediately clasped their fists and shouted, while Le Yi, Xiang Yi, Wu Ying, Le Xu and others also greeted Meng Heng and Meng Min, after all, they were not strangers to each other.

Seeing this, Meng Heng and Meng Min also hurriedly got up and returned the salute.

After all, although they and Meng Zhong, Meng Sui and others are all clan brothers, in terms of achievements, Meng Zhong and Meng Sui have left them far behind.

Seeing that Meng Zhong, Meng Heng, and Meng Min really knew each other, the clever domestic servant immediately said: "Master Meng, I humbly order someone to bring some more wine and food, so that you can sit down with the two clan brothers and talk slowly." ”

"I'm tired."

Meng Zhong thanked him, but he didn't refuse, after all, he had been eating and living in the Duan Gan Clan's mansion for a while, and it was not bad for this meal.

However, when Meng Heng and Meng Min heard this, their faces showed a little surprise.

After a while, when the servant left, Meng Heng wiped the grease on his mouth and said with a smile: "Ah Zhong, you are really getting more and more extraordinary, I have inquired, the Duan Gan clan is a big family of the Wei State...... I originally thought that it would be difficult for people from big families to get along, but I didn't expect that as soon as I reported your name, the people in the house invited the two of us to this room, and good wine and meat were served......"

Meng Zhong shook his head and explained: "It all depends on the face of Master Mengzi, Duan Gan is the descendant of Duan Ganmu, a disciple of Zixia, and has a lot of roots in Confucianism...... By the way, why are the two clan brothers here? What happened in the city? ”

Hearing this, Meng Heng said with a smile: "Let Ah Min tell you, I came purely with him this time, and I will take care of him on the way." ”

It is true that the places are not peaceful these years, so it is better to go out and go in a group, so that when something happens on the way, they can take care of each other.

At this time, Meng Min wiped the grease on his hands with the cloth on the table, then got up and walked to the bed in the room, took out a bamboo tube from the cloth bag on the bed, handed it to Meng Zhong, and said: "This time, the two of us came just to deliver this letter to you......

"Letters?"

Meng Zhong was stunned, took the bamboo tube and asked, "Who sent the letter?" ”

Meng Min shrugged his shoulders when he heard this, and said, "Don't ask me, neither Ah Heng nor I have read this letter. …… A while ago, a post guard sent this letter to Mengyi, and it was not clear who sent it, so Uncle Menghu opened it and read it, and then asked the two of us to go to Wei and make a special trip to hand over this letter to you. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong became more and more curious, so he immediately opened the lid of the bamboo tube, took out a roll of bamboo from it, and slowly looked at it after spreading it out.

After a cursory look, a little surprise appeared on Meng Zhong's face, and he muttered, "It's actually him......"

"Who?" Meng Sui asked curiously, "Who sent the letter?" ”

"Drama Xin." Meng Zhong replied.

"Drama Xin?"

Originally, Xiang Yi, Le Xu and others had already sat down at the table, and seemed to be about to have a few drinks with Meng Heng and Meng Min, but when Leng Buding heard this, they all showed surprised expressions: "Is it him?" ”

Looking at everyone, Meng Heng asked curiously, "Is it your old acquaintance?" ”

Hearing this, Meng Sui pondered and explained: "Old knowledge...... It's barely counted, I should say that I was a former colleague. When I was in Zhao, Zhao's father appointed Ah Zhong to form the "Xinwei Army", and at that time, there was a person named Pang Xuan who established the "Tan Guard", all of whom served as Zhao's father's guard. …… And Ju Xin was Pang Xuan's deputy general, but later after the change of the Dune Palace, he defected to Yan State with Zhao Hao. ”

After explaining, he turned his head and asked Meng Zhong, "Ah Zhong, what did Ju Xin write in the letter?" ”

I saw Meng Zhong say while reading the letter: "At the beginning, it was polite, and then he said in the letter that he had become the minister of Yan State, and Zhao Hao had also been worshiped by King Yan as the ...... of Shanggu."

"What do you mean by this guy?" Le Xu frowned when he heard this, and said unhappily: "Isn't it because you want to show off to us?" ”

"That's not ......"

Meng Zhong shook his head, and then said: "He said in the letter that the Yan Kingdom is currently in ruins, and he is also the minister of state, the great Sima, and the great situ, and he is either training the army all day long, or visiting the people's villages, and he is not able to do it. If I have nowhere to go, I hope to go to him......"

"Defect to him?"

Meng Sui, Xiang Yi, Le Xu and others were all a little unhappy on their faces.

In their opinion, forget Pang Xuan, after all, when he was in Zhao State, he was on an equal footing with Meng Zhong, but Ju Xin was just Pang Xuan's deputy general, and he had the audacity to ask Meng Zhong to defect to him, what is this?

Immediately, Xiang Yu sneered and said: "Hmph, now he is beautiful, and he must be very proud in his heart when he sends an invitation letter as a dignified Yanxiang." ”

"That's too much......"

Meng Zhong smiled and stopped Xiang Yu.

It is undeniable that there is indeed a little bit of ostentatious meaning in Ju Xin's letter, but the words between the lines are still relatively rigorous, and there is no meaning of the villain's ambition, and furthermore, he hopes that Meng Zhong and others will go to Yan Kingdom to join him, and he also writes quite sincerely, which shows that the government affairs on Yan Guo's side are indeed heavy to the point that Ju Xin is unable to support them, so that he reminds me of Meng Zhong and other colleagues who used to be in Zhao State.

"I'll take a look."

Meng Sui took the letter from Meng Zhong's hand, read it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Hmm...... Hehe, one person is in charge of three positions, it seems that this drama Xin can't hold it, yo, Ah Zhong, he said in his letter that if you are willing to defect to Yan Kingdom, he will recommend you to King Yan as the Great Sima...... Oh, this guy really dares to boast, if Ah Zhong intends to defect to Yan Guo, he still needs his recommendation? ”

Indeed, back then, Meng Zhong had a relationship with Master Zhao and Yan Wangzhi, and Yan Wangzhi admired Meng Zhong very much at that time, and even said in front of Lord Zhao that if he didn't stay happy in Zhao State, he could go to Yan Country to join him, and he would definitely reuse it - remember these words, which made Master Zhao very unhappy at that time.

"Da Sima? Tut-tut...... I'll take a look. ”

Xiang Yi, Le Xu and others also gathered around Meng Sui, and immediately, Le Xu said with a smile: "Ha, the letter also mentioned Ah Yi, tsk, Yuyang Shou...... This Yan country is really short of people, and the position of county guard will be given at will. Tsk, why don't you give it to us? ”

Hearing this, Le Yi smiled faintly: "At the very least, I have to give it to the military horse." ”

"That's nature."

Everyone laughed, and immediately put Ji Xin's letter aside.

After a while, the people in the house brought wine and food, and Meng Zhong and the others were in the house, accompanying Meng Heng and Meng Min to drink some more wine.

During the drinking, Meng Heng said to Meng Zhong in surprise: "Ah Zhong, according to the people in the palace, you have been appointed as a middle doctor by the King of Wei and served as a division commander in the army?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Meng Ao hurriedly corrected: "Brother Meng Heng, that was before, Brother Meng Zhong defeated the army of Qin in Yique a while ago, and the King of Wei canonized him as a doctor and gave him three thousand households!" ”

"Doctor?"

"Three thousand households?"

Meng Heng and Meng Min looked at each other, their faces full of surprise.

It's no wonder, after all, the territory of their Mengyi clan is only a few hundred households, although Meng Zhong and others all claim to be in Mengyi, but in fact, Mengyi is not completely owned by the Mengyi family, there are also Le's, Hua's and other families.

And now, the king of Wei has given Mengzhong 3,000 households in Yeyi and Wuyang, which means that these two cities are indeed owned by Mengzhong.

Less than a year after coming to Wei, Meng Zhong received four or five food estates in the territory of the Meng family—you must know that the land given by the Meng family has been passed down from generation to generation by the family.

Glancing at Meng Min, Meng Heng said with a wide eye: "The food town of 3,000 households must be very large......

Of course, Meng Zhong could guess what Meng Heng and Meng Min were thinking, and when he heard this, he immediately invited: "If the two clan brothers are bored in Mengyi, why don't you come and help the foolish brother...... The foolish brother will never treat the two brothers badly. ”

Hearing this, Meng Heng and Meng Min were overjoyed.

In this era, it is common for one person to gain power and the rest of the clan to defect.

As for Meng Zhong, compared with others, he naturally trusts his family's clansmen more - the so-called fighting tiger brothers, fathers and sons in battle, the cohesion of the clan army is much more united than that of ordinary armies.

What's more, Meng Zhong had just moved the city to defend the southern border of Wei, and he was bound to re-establish an army that he could trust, and if a family brother came to defect, it would naturally be a good thing.

"That's it!"

Meng Heng immediately rejoiced: "I think Lao Tzu used to be a veteran of the Battle of Song Teng, and now he is farming in the township, which is really ......."

"Hahaha."

Everyone laughed.

Not to mention, Meng Heng and Meng Min are indeed the veterans of Meng Zhong who joined the battlefield one step earlier in the Meng clan, I remember that during the battle of Song Teng, they also patiently taught Meng Zhong and Meng Hu how to save their lives on the battlefield, although the way they taught Meng Zhong and Meng Hu was a bit problematic at that time, but it cannot be denied that they sincerely hoped that Meng Zhong and others could survive on the battlefield, after all, in that war, there were too many casualties among the Meng's children.

After laughing, Le Xu also said to Meng Zhong: "Ah Zhong, speaking of which, there are also some brothers in my Le clan......

"It doesn't matter, as long as you want, you can come to me." Meng Zhong said politely.

To tell the truth, Meng Zhong married the clan daughter of the Le clan, Le Yan, so the children of the Le clan are his brothers, just like the children of the Meng clan.

Including Xiang Yi, Wu Ying, Hua Hu and their brothers, Meng Zhong is trustworthy.

If the children of these families in their hometowns are all defecting to Meng Zhong, even if Meng Zhong goes to Fangcheng, Yeyi, and Wuyang in the future, he can avoid the embarrassment that no one is available.

Because of Meng Zhong's promise, everyone was very interested, and the conversation became more and more enthusiastic.

Suddenly, Meng Zhong asked Meng Min, "Brother clan, have there been any wars in the Song Kingdom in the past year?" ”

"Do you mean with Qi Guo?"

When Meng Min heard this, the smile on his face slowly retracted, and he said: "As far as I know, the crown prince (Dai Wu) is sitting in Tancheng, and he has several battles with Jing Yu and Dai Busheng in the past year, but they have all repelled the ...... of Qi State."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong's face was full of surprise, and he asked with a strange expression, "Yes...... Is it Brother Tian Zhang leading the troops? ”

"Not really." Meng Min shook his head and said, "The general who commands the Qi army is called Tian Fu, and Kuang Zhang did not come forward. ”

"Tian Touch...... Oh, it was him.'"

Meng Zhong suddenly remembered the Qi general Tian Touch, who had been attacked by him at night with five hundred Xinwei troops, and his heart suddenly became abrupt.

Indeed, he taught the crown prince Dai Wu how to compete with the Qi State, that is, to put on a posture of wanting to break the net with the Qi State, as long as the Qi State still wants to compete with the Qin State for the position of the overlord of the world, he will definitely not fight with the Song State.

In addition, Meng Zhong also suggested that the crown prince Dai Wu build more fortresses and accumulate more grain and grass, in short, to make the Song State a hard bone full of barbs, so that the Qi State could not gnaw on.

But even so, if the Qi State was in charge of the troops by his brother-in-law Tian Zhang, Meng Zhong would inevitably be a little apprehensive in his heart.

Fortunately, Tian Zhang did not come forward these times.

『…… Could it be that there is something wrong with the physical condition of the righteous brother? Or is there some conflict between him and the Qi King's field?"

Meng Zhong was inevitably worried about Tian Zhanglai again.

At this time, Meng Min continued to tell what he knew: "...... I don't know much about the rest. Oh, by the way, it seems that the king has stationed more troops in Taoyi, and has also transferred Dai Ying's army Sima to Taoyi. ”

"Huh?"

Meng Zhong frowned when he heard this.

You must know that the Taoyi of the Song State only borders Wei and Wei, and in the past, the Song State stationed heavy troops in Taoyi, which was to guard against the Wei State, but now, the Wei State and the Song State have concluded an alliance, and the Song Wangyan actually has no reason to guard against the Wei State.

Guarding against the country is even more of a joke, there is only one Puyang left in the defense of the country now, if it were not for the protection of the Wei State, Zhao and Song would have sent an army to destroy the country.

Neither to guard against Wei nor to defend the country, why did Song Wangyan garrison troops in Taoyi?

『…… Zhao Guo!'

After a little thought, Meng Zhong had already guessed the reason in his heart.

Once upon a time, Zhao was an ally of the Song State, and the Song State had used the power of the Zhao State to fight against the Qi State and the Wei State, and now, the Wei State and the Song State have concluded an alliance, and the Zhao State has become the object that the Song State must guard against, I have to say that this is really embarrassing.

That night, Meng Zhong invited Meng Sui, Le Yi, and Xiang Yi to his house to discuss the current situation with them.

During this period, Meng Sui was the first to speak: "The king of Song has stationed more troops in Taoyi, and he must have realized the threat from Zhao...... If Qi and Zhao join forces to attack the Song Dynasty, most of them will meet in the "Dong'e" alliance, and then wave their troops south, and Taoyi will bear the brunt......"

"Don't forget Yan Guo."

Xiang Yu glanced at the low table next to him, because there was a letter from Ju Xin to Meng Zhong on the low table.

Immediately, he whispered: "Ju Xin, this person, is a little capable, but even so, it is impossible for Yan to be not afraid of Qi in the short term, if Qi really intends to attack Song, in addition to Zhao's accident, Qi will inevitably coerce Yan and Chu soldiers together, like this, Qi, Zhao and Yan invade Song, it is very likely that the troops will be divided into two ways, one of which is as Ah Sui said, that is, the armies of Qi and Zhao will meet in Dong'a, and then go south to attack Taoyi; On the other hand, it may be that the troops will go out of the East China Sea to contain the army of the crown prince Daiwu...... It's just that I don't know if the Yan army will be on the West Road or the East Road at that time. ”

At this time, Le Yi shook his head and said, "Ah Sui, Xiang Yi, you two think well, but ignore Wei Guo's attitude. …… If the Qi and Zhao coalition forces attack Taoyi, Wei will have time to rescue, so the main attack is still on the east road, and Zhao should be mainly responsible for containing Wei, if Wei really intends to rescue Song......"

"Do you really want to rescue Song Guo?"

Meng Sui and Xiang Yi turned their heads to look at Le Yi, as if they were a little puzzled, and even Meng Zhong turned his head over.

After half a ring, Meng Zhong frowned and said, "You mean Tian Wen?" …… Although Tian Wen has an enmity with me, he also hates Qi deeply, so he won't sit back and watch Qi annex Song, right? ”

Hearing this, Le Yi shook his head and said, "I'm not talking about this, Ah Zhong, do you think that if the Three Kingdoms of Qi, Zhao and Yan really use troops against the Song State, will the Wei State really rescue the Song State?" ”

"Why not?" Without waiting for Meng Zhong to speak, Meng Sui asked puzzled.

Listening to Meng Sui's words, Le Yi smiled and said, "In this way, let me put it another way, Wei Guo...... Is it capable of rescue? ”

Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, and Xiang Yu glanced at each other, and their faces gradually became solemn.

Because they suddenly thought of the Battle of Yique, in which Wei lost a full 100,000 troops.

“…… If Qi joined forces with Zhao and Yan to attack Song, would Wei dare and would risk being taken advantage of by Qin to send troops to rescue Song? After a pause, Le Yi continued: "If I were the king of Qi, I would send an envoy to Qin to persuade Qin to acquiesce in Qi's annexation of Song, as long as Qin agrees, when the time comes, when the armies of Qi, Zhao, and Yan attack Song, Qin will have troops on the border of Wei, do you think the king of Wei would dare to send reinforcements to support Song?" ”

"Persuade the State of Qin to acquiesce to the annexation of the State of Qi to the State of Song?" Meng Sui was surprised and said, "How is this possible? The State of Qin needs the State of Song to contain the State of Qi! ”

"But the problem is that now the Song State can't contain the Qi State." Le Yi Zhengse said: "In the past, the Qi-Wei Alliance, the Zhao-Song Alliance, but in fact, it was the Qi State that was fighting against the Zhao-Song Alliance alone, what was the Wei State doing?" He was fending off the attack of the Qin State. And now, the two countries of Qi and Zhao are united, and the Wei state is allied with the Song state, if the Qin state does not attack the Wei and Han countries, then the Qi-Zhao alliance and the Wei-Song alliance may be able to compete for a while, but the question is, how do you want the Qin state to deal with itself? Watching the Central Plains countries stalemate, but he didn't move? You and I both know that Qin has always wanted to enter the Central Plains, and he will not give up on conquering Wei and Han. …… Since this is the case, they simply reached a tacit agreement with Qi State, Qi State took Song State, Qin State attacked Wei and Han countries, and both sides first annexed relatively weak countries, so that Qin and Qi divided the world equally, and then made plans. ”

"Let everyone else be out first, and then Qin and Qi will divide the winners and losers...... Is it? ”

Touching his chin, Meng Zhong looked pensive.

He must admit that the idea proposed by Le Yi is not impossible.

And once Qin and Qi reach a tacit understanding, Qin will inevitably send troops to attack Wei at the same time as Qi attacks Song, so as to contain Wei for Qi and make it impossible to rescue Song, and in this way, Song must be prepared to fight alone.

At this time, Le Yi sighed slightly, looked at Meng Zhong and said: "If you become the Hedong Shou this time and directly take over the Wei army with a strength of 100,000 in Hedong, in the future, when the King of Wei hesitates whether to rescue the Song State, you can also influence the King of Wei through your identity as the Hedong Shou, but ......"

Speaking of this, he suddenly stood up, picked up the letter from Ji Xin on the low table not far away, and said at the same time: "Ah Zhong, since you can't influence the opinions of King Wei for the time being, then, you have to consider the ...... of Yan Kingdom."

"Defect to Yan Kingdom?"

Xiang Yi showed an incredible expression: "Ah Yi, did you drink too much?" Although Ah Zhong didn't get the position of Hadong Shou this time, he couldn't ...... what he said."

The pressure hand interrupted Xiang Yi's words, Meng Zhong looked at Le Yi, and suddenly asked, "Ah Yi, are you going to go to Yan Kingdom?" ”

Le Yi did not hide it, and said truthfully: "When I was in Yique, I was thinking about whether the Wei State, which had lost 100,000 troops, could still have the strength to protect the Song State...... The answer is no! At present, the Wei State is struggling to face the attack of the Qin State alone, how can there be spare strength to help the Song State? And today, this letter from Ju Xin has inspired me a lot. …… Since Song's ally, Wei, has been weakened, why can't we weaken Qi's power? For example, find a way to make Zhao and Yan not help Qi State. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong frowned and said, "Zhao Guo is now controlled by Fengyang Jun Li Dui, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince ......."

"That's why I thought of Yan Kingdom." Throwing away the bamboo tube in his hand, Le Yi said in a deep voice: "Yan and Qi have the 'hatred of the son', you and I have seen King Yan, and we all know that he hates Qi to the core, if there is no way, Yan will never succumb to Qi." In this case, why not use the Yan State as the 'internal response' of the Song State? …… Even if the Song State is defeated by the armies of Qi and Zhao at that time, as long as the Yan State army gives the Qi State a severe blow in the back......"

"But Yan Guo can't stop Qi Guo's revenge." Meng Sui asked with a frown.

"Hold ......"

Without waiting for Le Yi to speak, he saw Meng Zhong staring at the former, and said in a deep voice: "As long as Ah Yi is in Yan Kingdom, Yan Kingdom can stop Qi Kingdom!" But...... Ah Yi, do you want to be careful? Yan Guo is currently in ruins......"

"It's better than Fang Cheng, right?" Le Yi showed a little smile on his face, and teased: "I will go to Fangcheng with you, at most one city guard, but if I go to Yan Kingdom, that is Da Sima and Yuyang Shou ......" Speaking of this, he restrained his smile and said: "I originally only had a slight idea, but after thinking about it, I feel more and more feasible." Even if I'm not here on your side, there are still Ah Sui and Xiang Yi who can assist you, not to mention that I don't have to worry about you leading troops to fight...... In this case, I might as well go to the Yan Kingdom, which is still eager to seek talents, as long as I can gain the trust of the King of Yan, or I can influence the attitude of the Yan Kingdom when the Qi State attacked the Song Dynasty...... At all times, Wei has you, Yan has me, you and I conspire, or we can prevent Qi from annexing Song. …… What do you think? ”

“……”

Meng Zhong frowned and pondered.

He would not doubt Le Yi's original intention at all - if Le Yi had the heart to run for glory and wealth, after the change in the Dune Palace, he could go to Yan Country with Ju Xin and Zhao Hao, and it would be his turn to get Ju Xin to hold three positions in Yan Kingdom?

Le Yi is the talent of the prime minister!

But as a result, Le Yi followed a group of them back to the Song State first, and then went to the Wei State, to put it bluntly, only because of four words: love and affection.

And for now, he Meng Zhong has no way to influence Wei Guo's attitude, Le Yi stays by his side, and to be honest, it really can't make this great talent give full play to his talents.

But if Le Yi arrives in Yan State, they will be able to grasp the dynamics of Qi State, and try to make Yan State become the "internal response" of Song State, and give Qi State a fatal blow at a critical time.

What's more, Meng Zhong never thought that Le Yi's talent was below him, but for a long time, Le Yi was willing to be below him, and in the final analysis, it was only two words.

Friendship!

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