Gongzhong's extravagant military camp, because the camp was lit with a bonfire all night, was as conspicuous as the bright moon at night, and the Wei soldiers could not turn a blind eye to it, and immediately reported it to Meng Zhong.

Meng Zhong watched from a distance for a while, and then deduced from the size of the military camp in the distance that it was the military camp of the Korean army, so he told the soldiers to rest on the spot, and at the same time sent Meng Hu to the camp and shouted at them from afar.

But even so, the Han army under the command of Gong Zhong was still inevitably like a great enemy, especially at the beginning when Meng Hu and others approached, the alarm in the camp was loud, and three thousand Han soldiers and soldiers flocked to the camp one after another, probably mistakenly thinking that the Qin army was attacking the camp.

Even the chief general, Gong Zhongxuan, was a little skeptical of Meng Hu's claim to be Wei Jun.

It's no wonder, after all, the black light is blind, how can he be sure that the other party is the Wei army, and not the Qin army who wants to sneak attack them by taking the opportunity?

Therefore, he did not dare to immediately open the camp gate to let Meng Hu and other Wei soldiers enter, but stood on the guard tower and shouted from afar, to the effect that Meng Hu and the others would go back for the time being, and after dawn, he would personally visit the Wei army.

Hearing this, Meng Hu didn't care either, and left with his soldiers.

This move made Gong Zhongxuan believe Menghu's words even more, but out of caution, he still asked the soldiers in the battalion to be vigilant all night.

It was not until the next day, when it was dawn, that Gong Zhongxuan sent scouts to search for the traces of the Wei army, and sure enough, the traces of the Wei army were found in the woods about ten miles northwest of the barracks, with no less than 50,000 troops.

"It seems that it was really Wei Jun who contacted us last night."

After learning of this, Gongzhong's doubts were dispelled, and he immediately took more than 20 Han soldiers to the camp where the Wei army was stationed.

Because his team held high the banner of the word "Han", the Wei soldiers patrolling and guarding the surrounding area did not embarrass them, but pointed out the direction of the army for Gong Zhongxuan and others, until Gong Zhongxuan and his party approached the Wei army's station, they were stopped by a wave of Wei soldiers and brought to the military Sima Wei Qing first.

"In the lower public extravagance."

When Gong Zhongxuan revealed his identity in front of Wei Qing, Wei Qing immediately showed respect.

Who is Gong Zhong Luxury? Don't look at him now as just a guest of Han Xiang, but go back more than ten years, when the old Korean king Han Xiang Wang Han Cang was still alive, Gong Zhong was extravagant but had been an official to worship the Korean Prime Minister, and he and the "Uncle Baby" who was also born in the public office, and said that they were the two most relied on courtiers under the throne of Han Xiang.

He smiled and asked Gong Zhong extravagantly: "Is that camp ten miles southeast of the army the garrison of Mr. Gong Zhong's army?" ”

"Exactly." Gong Zhong nodded extravagantly, and explained with a little apology: "Although some soldiers of your army came to inform us of the arrival of your army outside our military camp last night, I am afraid that it is a trick of the Qin army, so I asked those soldiers and soldiers to return temporarily, and I have come to make amends today......

Of course, Wei Qing also knew about this, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Mr. Gongzhong is referring to those people in Menghu, right?" Hahaha, that is a soldier sent by Master Meng, in case your army mistakenly confuses our army with the Qin army......"

"Commander?"

Gong Zhongxuan's face showed a little surprise.

Of course, he knew that the current commander of this Wei army was a division commander named Meng Zhong, but what surprised and puzzled Gong Zhong was that Wei Qing, the military commander, did not feel any discomfort when he mentioned the word "Meng Shishuai", as if he had become accustomed to it.

What does this mean? This means that this person is quite convinced of the "Master Meng".

Seeing that Gong Zhong's face was different, Wei Qinghui was mistaken and explained vaguely: "For some reason, the commander of our army is currently held by 'Master Meng'...... Mr. Gongzhong can rest assured that Meng Shishuai is a very good ...... Commander. ”

Because it involved Gongsun Xi's death, Wei Qing deliberately explained to Gong Zhong extravagantly in vague terms, after all, Gongsun Xi was captured and then killed by the Qin army, which is not a commendable thing.

Seeing that Wei Qing spoke vaguely, Gong Zhongxuan also did not ask "Why is the Wei army now commanded by a division commander", he arched his hand towards Wei Qing and said solemnly: "Please ask Wei Sima to introduce you on your behalf, and I hope to meet with that Master Meng." ”

"Okay, Mr. Gongzhong, come with me."

Wei Qing nodded, and immediately took Gong Zhong to ask for Meng Zhong.

At the same time, Meng Zhong was sitting by a bonfire in the depths of the forest, discussing the next strategy with Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Fei Hui and other military horses who were not in charge of the night patrol last night.

After all, they didn't find any trace of the Qin army in this area - they didn't know at this time, they didn't meet the Qin army, it was just that Qin Shuai's chief general Bai Qi calculated that his Wei army would arrive here before the middle of the night last night, so he immediately withdrew his troops, and he had already gone straight to Xingyang at this time.

And beside the two bonfires not far away, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Hua Hu and others were talking and laughing while roasting the game they caught from the forest, I have to say that because of the relationship between Meng Zhong, the two thousand five hundred Wei Wushu where these people are located can be called a very special existence in the Wei army, even if it is Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Tang Zhi and other military Simas, they gradually remember Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, these are quite noisy boys, and occasionally joke with them on the march.

No, when Wei Qing walked towards the pair of bonfires where Meng Zhong was with Gong Zhong, Meng Hu greeted with a smile: "Wei Sima, I have a good harvest this morning, how about I leave half a rabbit for you?" ”

"Haha." Wei Qing smiled and said, "Okay, I'll invite you to drink when I go back." ”

After that, under the extravagant and surprised gaze of Gongzhong, he took the latter to Meng Zhong's side, and reported to the latter: "Shi Shuai, this is Mr. Gongzhong Gongzhong, and he is also the commander of the Han camp ten miles away, he hopes to meet you, please introduce him to the next generation." ”

"Gong Zhong extravagant?"

Several military masters such as Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge and others on the side showed a shocked look on their faces, and immediately restrained the smiles on their faces, and got up to salute Gongzhong with their fists in vain, but Meng Zhong's face was full of confusion: This Mr. Gongzhong, isn't it a very famous person?

It's no wonder, after all, Meng Zhong was born in Mengyi in the Song Kingdom, and to put it mildly, he is a kid from the countryside, how can he know that Gong Zhong is extravagant.

However, although he had never heard of Gong Zhong extravagance, from the attitudes of Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and others, Meng Zhong could also guess that the identity of the arrival person was not simple, so although he was half a beat slower than Dou Xing and others, he still reacted quickly, got up and saluted Gong Zhong extravagantly, and called him "Mr. Gong Zhong" in his mouth.

This reaction naturally fell into the eyes of Gong Zhongxuan.

He smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "Master Meng doesn't seem to know about ......."

"This ......" Meng Zhong was quite embarrassed.

At this time, Fei Hui explained to Meng Zhong in a low voice: "Gong Zhong is extravagant, he was the minister of South Korea during the time of the previous Korean monarch, that is, King Han Xiang, and was later deposed because of the competition for the throne of the princes. ”

"It's actually the Minister of State of South Korea......

Meng Zhong suddenly realized, and hurriedly saluted Gong Zhong more respectfully, and also expressed his apologies for being rude: "It's really rude and rude to be lonely and unheard of, and I don't know Mr. Gong Zhong." ”

"Master Meng is serious, and now he is just a civilian."

As he spoke, he looked Meng Zhong up and down.

I have to say that he still has a good impression of the young man in front of him.

First of all, although the young man in front of him is in a high position, he is not arrogant or arrogant, and his attitude is approachable; Secondly, this young man still followed Dou Xing and the others to get up and salute without knowing that he was extravagant.

Coupled with Meng Zhong's words and deeds, this made Gong Zhong extravagant appreciate the other party's character even more - this is a very cultured young man.

"Meng? Is there a big family in the Wei State with Meng as the clan?'

Gong Zhong secretly guessed.

He mistakenly thought that the young man in front of him must be from the big family of the Wei State, after all, in his impression, only the big family could cultivate a young man with such a culture.

It turned out that Storm Kite did not mention in the letter that Meng Zhong was born in the Song Kingdom, because in his opinion, it was not important.

Out of curiosity in his heart, after Meng Zhong invited Gong Zhong to sit down by the bonfire, Gong Zhong Hao couldn't help but ask: "I don't know which family Meng Shishuai is from in the Wei Kingdom?" ”

Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then said truthfully: "It's not a Wei person, but a Song person, born in a small family of "Mengshi" in Mengyi, Song Kingdom......"

"How is that possible?"

Gong Zhong muttered in surprise, and immediately saw Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and other Wei army soldiers looking at him with frowns, and hurriedly explained: "Don't misunderstand Master Meng, there is no other meaning in Xia, I just feel that Master Meng's gestures are not pretentious...... I have seen many children of famous nobles, but in terms of temperament and conversation, they are far inferior to Master Meng......"

Meng Zhong smiled slightly, and didn't care.

He knew why Gong Zhongxuan had such a misunderstanding, because some people often had this illusion about him, thinking that he didn't seem to come out of a small village in Mengyi in the Song Kingdom, in fact, the reason was very simple, it was just because he had an enlightenment teacher called "Zhuangzi".

Even if you don't need him as an example, just look at the gap between Menghu and Mengsui: also from a small village in Mengyi, Menghu has a jumpy personality, straightforward but also irritable and irritable, and sometimes shouts and screams regardless of the occasion and seems to be uneducated; On the other hand, Meng Sui, on the steady, is not under Meng Zhong at all.

This is the difference between having a teacher to teach and not having a teacher.

Of course, some people may say that Le Yi, who was born in Zhongshan Lingshou, also came out of a small village, and there is no teacher to teach, but why is Le Yi so calm?

This can only be said that there are some differences between people, Le Yi is just an example, most of the children of small families, especially those who are not taken seriously, are more or less like Menghu, straightforward, vulgar, and uneducated, but they will not harm people's evil intentions.

As for the children of ordinary people, the vast majority of them may not even touch books in their lives, so naturally they cannot be forced to have any upbringing.

In a word, reading may not be able to change fate, but it can increase knowledge, broaden people's horizons, and jump out of the previous small pattern, as if the frog at the bottom of the well can jump out of the well, and can really see the world outside the well.

When Gong Zhong Xuan secretly observed Meng Zhong, Meng Zhong was also secretly looking at Gong Zhong Luxury, and saw that the other party was about forty or fifty years old, and his hair was slightly gray, but he was in good spirits.

And the clothes and ornaments on his body, according to Meng Zhong's observation, are a little old, so he guesses that after Gong Zhong was deposed, his situation in South Korea is not very optimistic - Meng Zhong is really a little curious, why did the prime minister of a country fall to this?

However, considering that he and Gong Zhongxuan had only met for the first time and were not familiar with each other, he did not ask any questions, but asked the reason why Gong Zhongxuan was stationed here this time: "Mr. Gongzhong led the Han army here, is it not to resist the Qin army?" ”

"Exactly."

Seeing Meng Zhong mention the matter, Gong Zhong also restrained the smile on his face, and said: "The morning before yesterday, Xinzheng received the news of the fall of Xingyang and Zhaiyang, and in the evening, there was news that Zhengcheng was also broken by the Qin army...... I originally wanted to absorb some defeated soldiers who fled from Xingyang and Zhaiyang along the way, but I didn't expect the Qin army to come so quickly......"

"Wait!"

Hearing the words Qin Jun, Meng Zhong immediately interrupted Gong Zhong's extravagant words, and asked with a frown: "Mr. Gong Zhong said that Qin Jun has arrived?" Just around here? ”

"Exactly." Gong Zhong nodded extravagantly, and said with a little apology: "That's why, when Master Meng sent someone to contact our camp last night, he didn't dare to be gullible, for fear that it was the trick of the Qin army. ”

"......" Meng Zhong frowned deeply when he heard this, and asked, "Mr. Gongzhong, where is Qin Jun?" ”

Gong Zhong said truthfully: "Xu is on the north side of my camp, yesterday they wanted to attack our camp, but for some reason, they suddenly withdrew their troops. ”

“……”

Meng Zhong frowned, and immediately turned his head to look at Wei Qing.

Wei Qing understood, and immediately clenched his fists and said, "Send someone to investigate immediately." ”

With that, he turned and left.

Glancing at Wei Qing's departing back, Meng Zhong commanded in a deep voice: "Please send an order to your subordinates immediately, and be ready to fight with the Qin army at any time." ”

"Whoa!"

Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge, Fei Hui, Zheng Zheng, Cai Wu and other military commanders immediately hugged their fists and took orders, and left with serious faces.

Seeing this scene, a few traces of discoloration flashed in Gong Zhong's extravagant eyes.

He saw a lot of things from Fang Cai's scene, for example, Meng Zhong, a small division commander, really convinced Dou Xing and other military horses, which really surprised him.

For another example, the Wei army in front of him had obviously been defeated by the Qin army in Yique Mountain, so somehow he was not afraid of the Qin army at all, and as soon as he heard that there was a trace of the Qin army nearby, he immediately prepared to fight, as if he did not take the Qin army in his eyes at all.

"Even Gongsun Xi was defeated at the hands of that Qin army, but this Meng Shishuai in front of him was not afraid of the Qin army at all...... That's interesting.'"

With an interested mentality, Gong Zhongxuan waited for Wei Qing's news while chatting with Meng Zhongtian in the South China Sea.

Interestingly, because considering that Meng Zhong was a person from Mengyi in the Song Kingdom, Gongzhong did what he liked, and said with a smile: "I heard that there is a great sage in Mengyi in the Song Kingdom, known as Master Zhuang, who is pedantic and knowledgeable, I wonder if Master Meng has ever had the honor to meet him?" ”

Under the attention of Meng Hu, Meng Sui and the others who couldn't help but laugh, Meng Zhong nodded and said, "Naturally, I have seen it...... That great sage is the family teacher. ”

"Huh?"

Gong Zhong's eyes widened in surprise, and only after half a sound did he suddenly nod in realization, muttering to himself: "No wonder, no wonder ......"

He finally understood why Meng Zhong was born in a small village in Mengyi in the Song Kingdom, but his temperament and conversation did not look like he came out of a small place at all, it turned out that the other party was a Taoist Gaozu, a disciple of the current Taoist sage Zhuangzi.

"It turned out to be Master Zhuang's high feet." Gong Zhong arched his hand towards Meng Zhong, and then said with a little regret: "I have heard the world say that after Song Rongzi, the Taoist sage first recommended Master Zhuang......"

"Sir is overrated."

Although Meng Zhong was very happy that Gongzhong praised his teacher Zhuangzi, there were still some things that he needed to clarify, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to Zhuangzi: "Although it is true that the family teacher is indeed a Taoist sage, but the Taoist only has a family teacher, and this is over. ”

"Quaycland?"

Gong Zhongxuan's face showed a little confusion, as if he was not very clear about this.

It's no wonder, after all, after he was dismissed as prime minister, he was idle at home and had nothing to do, except for occasional drinks and fun with relatives and friends.

Moreover, in terms of fame, Zhuangzi's fame is indeed far above that of Kui Guanzi, after all, this is a great sage who once refused to be the prime minister of Chu State, and few people in the world can compare with Zhuangzi in terms of "treating fame as nothing".

After learning that the young man in front of him was actually a disciple of Zhuangzi, Gong Zhong Xuan was even more curious, and vaguely tested Meng Zhong's academics, at first it was Taoist thought, and then gradually expanded to govern the country and the people, Gong Zhong was surprised to find that the young man in front of him was really worthy of the disciple of the erudite and talented Zhuangzi, in addition to Taoist thought, he knew a lot about the "benevolent rule" of Confucianism and the "rule of law" of Legalism.

This shocked Gong Zhong, and he thought to himself that at Meng Zhong's age, he would never have this opinion.

"This son will be ...... in the future The future is limitless.'"

Gong Zhongxuan thought secretly, and suddenly a thought flashed in his heart.

After chatting like this for a full hour, the military Sima Wei Qing sent someone to deliver the news, they did find all kinds of traces of the army passing by on the north side of the Gongzhongxuan camp, but the strange thing is that there was no trace of the Qin army within a radius of dozens of miles.

In this regard, Gong Zhong smiled extravagantly and said: "Xu is Qin army learned that your army was coming, and hurriedly retreated. ”

Although Gong Zhong's original intention was to compliment the Wei army, Meng Zhong did not mean to be happy at all, because he vaguely felt that his Wei army was currently being led by the nose by the Qin army, and although he had traveled a long distance and marched in a hurry, he could never catch the tail of the Qin army.

In fact, it was not that the Wei army under Meng Zhong could not catch up with the Qin army, but they were dragged down, such as in the two cities of Xingyang and Zhaiyang, when the Wei army passed through these two cities, the Qin army had already left after setting fire, and the city was full of Korean civilians who were lucky enough to survive the massacre of the Qin soldiers.

This back and forth was naturally delayed for a lot of time.

But after two consecutive times, Meng Zhong also learned his lesson, so when he learned that the Qin army was going straight to Zhengcheng, he did not chase the Qin army again, but went straight to Xinzheng from Zhaiyang, trying to seize the front of the Qin army this time and intercept this army, but he didn't expect that the guy surnamed Bai was quite keen, calculated the schedule of his Wei army, and withdrew after showing his face in front of Gong Zhong.

I have to say that even Meng Zhong is a little annoyed.

『…… When the Qin army heard that our army was coming, they gave up attacking Xinzheng, did they return to Zhengcheng?"

In this regard, Meng Zhong was not sure about the dynamics of the Qin army for the time being.

At this time, Gong Zhong said on the side: "Master Meng might as well temporarily garrison the army here, first, to shelter Xinzheng, and second, I, Xinzheng, have prepared a batch of grain and grass, which can be supplied to your army." ”

The Wei army is currently short of food and grass, and Meng Zhong is naturally happy to accept it.

After Gong Zhong said goodbye and left, Meng Sui said to Meng Zhong in private: "Ah Zhong, I look at this Mr. Gong Zhong, it seems that I deliberately want to make friends with you......"

"Hmm."

Meng Zhong nodded, in fact, he could see it, after all, during the period when he was talking with Gong Zhong Luxury, there were many times when Gong Zhong Hao deliberately catered to him, Meng Zhong had seen such a person, so he could naturally see it.

But he didn't mind, after all, Gong Zhongxuan was the talent of the prime minister, and it was quite beneficial for him to make friends with such a person.

After all, according to Wei Qing, the current Minister of State of South Korea, Gong Zhong Min, is Gong Zhong Luxury's brother, and making friends with Gong Zhong Lu is equivalent to making friends with Gong Zhong Min - what's the harm of this?

Connections are never too much, and Meng Zhong has fully understood this truth in these years of experience.

Take Xue Gongtian Wen as an example, if it weren't for the fact that he once raised 3,000 guests and made friends with many powerful people from various countries in the name of "Aicai", now that he is wanted by the King of Qi and is a traitor, he can still serve as the minister of state in Wei unharmed? Impossible!

Under the urging of Gong Zhong's extravagance, the next day, Xinzheng transported a batch of grain and grass urgently needed by the Wei army, which made Meng Zhong, who had run out of grain and grass, really relieved.

What I didn't expect was that the good news was followed by bad news: the Qin army went and returned, attacking Xingyang again.

After learning the news, not to mention the attitude of the South Korean side, the Wei army was angered by the Qin army, and even Meng Zhong's mood was very bad.

He immediately summoned all the troops under his command to discuss the military situation.

It is worth mentioning that in order to show his respect for Gong Zhongxuan, he also specially sent someone to invite the latter to come together to discuss countermeasures.

I saw that in the military discussion, the military Sima Dou Xing said angrily: "Those Qin State dogs, they are playing us!" …… The division commander immediately raised troops to Xingyang and fought with the Qin army. ”

Hearing this, Fei Hui shook his head and said, "It's meaningless, even if our army goes to Xingyang, I'm afraid that the Qin army will immediately withdraw its troops and wait for the opportunity to attack the next city...... I think the key is that South Korea has to be able to defend the city. ”

His words made Gong Zhongxuan feel quite embarrassed, but there was no way, South Korea lost a large number of soldiers in the war with Qin last year, and this year it sent an army of 100,000 people from Storm Kite, and the country really can't make up more troops, and the word overstretched is the most appropriate to use as a metaphor for South Korea at this time.

Wei Qing had a good feeling about Gong Zhong's extravagance, so when he saw the latter's embarrassed face, he relieved the siege on his behalf: "South Korea can't resist the Qin army alone, that's why they asked my Wei State for help, Fei Hui, what's the point of you saying this at this time?" ”

"So what do you say? Divide the troops and garrison? ”

"No! Our army is equal to the strength of the Qin army, and if we divide our troops, we may not be able to defeat the Qin army......"

Just when the generals were talking, Meng Zhong suddenly coughed and pressed his hand to signal the generals to be quiet.

I saw Meng Zhong staring at the pair of bonfires where everyone was sitting, and said calmly: "I probably understand the intention of the Qin army...... Most of the time, he wanted to let our army run back and forth in vain, and when our army was exhausted, he waited for the opportunity to ambush our army halfway...... You don't have to worry, you have a strategy in your heart, you can break the Qin army. Speaking of this, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said in a low tone: "Since the other party wants to play, then I will play with him!" ”

With that, he shouted into the distance: "Ah Hu! ”

"Huh."

In response, Meng Hu ran from a distance with a grin: "What's the matter?" ”

I saw that under the puzzled look on the faces of the army Sima, Meng Zhong said to Meng Hu: "Ah Hu, do you remember the cavalry of Zhao State?" ”

"Of course." Meng Hu disagreed.

"I'm talking about the training and tactics of the cavalry."

"I'm an old knight." Meng Hu pointed at himself and said disapprerovingly.

Meng Zhong smiled, and then said: "Okay, next, I will hand over all the war horses in the army to you, and you will organize them into a cavalry army, and play well with those Qin troops." There is no need to be in a hurry to think about meritorious service, as long as you hang the Qin army and report its movements to the army at any time. For the rest of the time, you can use the Qin soldiers to train the cavalry. …… I think we need to train a cavalry. ”

"Wrap it up on me."

Meng Hu smiled, revealing a mouthful of smooth teeth.