On the way to Zhao by carriage, Meng Zhong had been thinking about Le Yi's way to dispose of King Qi's fields.

It is true that Le Yi first borrowed Chu Jiang Naoya's hand to kill the Qi King Field, and then borrowed those Qi people who were still loyal to the Qi King's field to kill Chu General Naoya, this series of borrowed knife killings is very beautiful, but in general, Meng Zhong still felt that Le Yi was too anxious.

Le Yi's consideration, Meng Zhong could roughly guess, it was nothing more than wanting to get rid of the Qi king's field and disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Qi people in Jucheng to resist the Yan army, and second, he wanted to transfer part of the Qi people's hatred for the Yan State to the Chu State by the way.

But Meng Zhong didn't know if Le Yi had thought that although he successfully induced the general of the Chu State, Naoya, to kill the Qi King's field, but at this moment, it was the army of the Yan State that occupied three-fifths of the territory of the Qi State.

If Le Yi really thinks so, then Meng Zhong can only say that Le Yi is too simple to consider.

After thinking about it, Meng Zhong decided to take advantage of his free time to go to Zhao to write a letter to Le Yi.

I remember that before the Five Kingdoms invaded Qi, Meng Zhong chatted with Le Yi about post-war related matters, and at that time Meng Zhong pointed out that letting the land of King Qi live was actually more powerful for the Yan State to occupy the State of Qi, including what he warned Dai Busheng when he was in Jucheng a while ago - the field of the King of Qi is certainly a hidden danger, but it is this faint monarch who has weakened the originally powerful Qi State to this point, and the hatred of the Qi people for this faint monarch is actually no less than that of the Yan army that invaded the Qi State.

At that time, Le Yi also agreed with Meng Zhong's point of view, but now, Le Yi still used Chu to kill the Qi Wangtian with the hand of Naoya, which shows that now in the Qi State - no, it should be said that in the Qi land, the resistance of the Qi people to the Yan State is still very serious, or rather, there is a tendency to become more and more serious, otherwise how could Le Yi change his mind?

But even as the Qi people increasingly resisted the Yan army, Meng Zhong did not think that Le Yi should see 'killing the Qi king's field' as the most effective way to break up the Qi people's resistance to the Yan state.

In Meng Zhong's opinion, Le Yi should try to win over the princes of Qi, that is, the Tian nobles who were like the 'Tian Jia' back then, who had been forcibly reclaimed by the Qi king's fields.

If Le Yi could support one of these people and allow them to re-establish a vassal state of Qi and restore their former fiefdoms and titles in Qi State, would this group of people still resist the Yan State? Meng Zhong thought that this possibility was extremely low - after all, this group of people could be said to have been abandoned by the fields of King Qi, how could they resist the Yan Kingdom for the sake of King Qi's fields? If they can get benefits from the Yan Kingdom, these people will most likely remain silent and even respond to the rule of the Yan Kingdom.

And these people fall to the Yan State, which means that the princes and nobles of the Qi State are divided internally, Le Yi can continue to increase the separation of the two, and when the time comes, he can even let the vassal state of Qi with Linzi as the national capital Qi State to fight against the Qi Wang Tiandi regime with Jucheng as the national capital some time ago, and use the Qi people to suppress the Qi people, wouldn't it be better for the Yan State to come forward directly?

Although Meng Zhong also knew that Le Yi looked down on the old Qi princes who had been deprived of their fiefdoms by the fields of the King of Qi, and did not want to reward these people with the Qi land that now belonged to the Yan Kingdom, Meng Zhong always believed that these efforts, or the compromise of some of the Qi princes and nobles, the Yan State was destined to be able to recover ten or a hundred times the return.

“…… The king of Qi lost his morality, and now the resistance of the Qi people to the Yan State stems from their loyalty to the Qi State. As far as I know, during the period of King Qi Wei, King Qi Wei appointed Tian Chongshou as Jimo Doctor, and now Jimo Doctor is believed to be the descendant of Tian Chongshou. The descendants of these field leaders, they may not recognize the current King of Qi's fields, but I believe that they are still loyal to King Qi Wei and King Qi Xuan, and I don't think that killing the fields of King Qi will break the will of the Qi people to resist the Yan Kingdom......

…… Today's Qi people, it is said that most of them are dissatisfied with the Qi Wang's field, you killed the field with the hand of Naoya, and you think you have taken advantage, but in fact, it is those Qi people who have made greater profits, they have long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Qi Wang's field, but because of their reputation, they dare not openly confront, but now that the Qi Wang's field is dead, they can logically support the sons and nephews of the Qi Wang's field, and choose one of them to support it, in other words, killing the Qi Wang's field will not completely disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Qi people, but will strengthen these people's will to support the country......

…… If the Yan State wants to rule the Qi land for a long time, the model of relying on the Yan people to govern Qi alone will not work, and the Yan State must be accepted by a part of the Qi people, and the Qi people will govern the Qi people, and the Qi people will fight against the Qi people, which is the long-term solution. ”

After writing the letter, Meng Zhong read it again, and immediately summoned the two Fangcheng cavalrymen accompanying him in the carriage, and ordered: "Send it to Shangqiu immediately, hand it over to Huahu, and ask Huahu to send cavalry to Qi County and hand it over to Changguo Jun Leyi of Yan State." ”

"No!"

The two Fangcheng cavalrymen took the letter, clasped their fists and saluted, and then turned their horses away.

Looking at the departing backs of the two horsemen from the car window, Meng Zhong let out a long breath.

Given that the Yan State would not be able to move for at least ten or even twenty years, and Meng Zhong was not worried about what threat the Yan State would pose to the alliance of the Wei, Han and Song Kingdoms after the annexation of the Qi State, he made some suggestions to Le Yi out of brotherhood.

As long as Le Yi is willing to listen to his advice......

Yes, as long as Le Yi is willing to listen, because in Meng Zhong's guidance, Le Yi is the kind of person who does not pretend, and his indifference to some people or things that he is not used to is Le Yi's last bottom line, and if he wants to persuade Le Yi to make false promises with some people, he can't do it.

At this point, Meng Zhong is slightly better than Le Yi, at least he endured Tian Wen's ridicule and humiliation of him for the sake of the overall situation, so that until now, Tian Wen has to walk around when he sees him - of course, it's not that Tian Wen is afraid of him, it's just that the arrogant Qi Gongzi doesn't want to salute him.

『…… At this critical time, when Zhao's position is wavering, Qin and Wei are trying their best to win Zhao's support, Qin and Wei are busy preparing for each other's future struggles, and no one has time to take care of Yan, so they have to seize the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Ah Yi......

Meng Zhong thought secretly in his heart.

A few days later, Meng Zhong first arrived at Yecheng, a major border city in the north of Wei, and met Tang Zhi, who had become the commander of Yecheng.

Tang Zhi set up a banquet to entertain Meng Zhong, and asked Meng Zhong with a smile: "I, the new Great Sima of the Wei State, can't stay in Daliang well, why did I come to Yecheng?" Could it be that you have any advice to Tang? ”

After ridiculing, Tang asked Meng Zhongdao: "Is Marquis Yun planning to envoy Zhao Guo this time?" I haven't received any news from the girder......"

Meng Zhong nodded and said: "Da Liang's side, I am paying attention to the matter of the three kings of Wei, Han and Song joining forces in Taoyi, and it is my personal decision to send an envoy to Zhao State. ”

Under Tang Zhi's inquiry, Meng Zhong briefly explained to him the true purpose of the alliance between the monarchs of Wei, Han, and Song in Taoyi this time, which made Tang Zhi's eyes widen.

Also, although it is not uncommon for countries to have joint armies in the past, they are all improvised, and they are suspicious of each other, and in fact they cannot exert their full combat effectiveness; But this time, the combined army that the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Han were preparing to form jointly was different, and this was a joint army that could truly be trusted by each other.

This army will serve as a good start for the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Han to deepen their trust in each other, and make the alliance between the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Han more and more solid.

In short, today's Wei, Song and Han Kingdoms seem to be the three kingdoms of Wei, Zhao, and Han that had just split up - the fashionable and united Three Jin Dynasty really swept the surrounding countries and was unstoppable.

A few days later, Zhao received news from Meng Zhong in Handan, however, at this time, Zhao Wang He was not in Handan, he was accompanied by his confidant and courtier, Fei You, and went to Lishi again to meet with Qin Wang Yingji, and now in Handan, it is Zhao Wang He's brother, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

After learning the news that Meng Zhong had come to Handan, Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng was pleasantly surprised.

Ten years ago, when Meng Zhong was still in Zhao State, Zhao Sheng and his younger brother Zhao Bao were only in their teens, and they had no connection with politics, nor did they realize what was so good about Meng Zhong at that time.

But now, Meng Zhong has become the great Sima of Wei and Song, and has become the most feared general of Wei in Qin, these two points alone are enough to make Zhao Sheng cheer up his spirit.

After some discussion, Zhao Sheng decided to take his younger brother Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao out of the city to greet Meng Zhong.

The appearance of these two brothers made Meng Zhong feel a little surprised, after all, Meng Zhong thought that the person who greeted him would be Fei You, Zhao Ben, and even Li Dui's son Li Ji, but he never thought that it would be Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao brothers - after all, these two Zhao princes, Meng Zhong's impression of them is still stuck in the several palace banquets he participated in with Lord Zhao's father ten years ago, when Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao were only ten years old.

"Marquis Yun."

After seeing each other, Zhao Sheng, the king of Pingyuan, who was only in his early twenties, said to Meng Zhong with a smile: "I have heard the name of the Marquis of Yun for a long time, but I haven't had the opportunity to meet him in the past ten years, and I feel very fortunate to see him today." ”

"The two sons are serious."

Meng Zhong bowed humbly, but his gaze stayed on Zhao Bao for a moment longer.

Seeing this, Zhao Sheng asked tentatively: "Could it be that Hou Yun saw my brother and thought of Yang Wenjun?" ”

The Yang Wenjun he said in his mouth, that is, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao, is the uncle of Zhao's father, and he is also a veteran of Zhao who once had a very good relationship with Meng Zhong, but it is a pity that not long after the change of the Dune Palace, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao passed away, think about it carefully, it has been eight or nine years ago.

Nodding with emotion, Meng Zhong exhaled slightly, and said to Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao: "This time I went to your country, but I have something important to ask King Zhao to see, I don't know ......."

"This ......"

Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao glanced at each other, and the former said in a slurring voice: "Brother Wang...... Not in Handan at the moment. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong frowned slightly.

Although Zhao Sheng did not say the whereabouts of Zhao Wanghe, Meng Zhong could guess with a casual guess that he must have gone to Qin Wang Yingji's date, after all, the alliance of Wei, Song and Han did make Qin and Zhao feel threatened.

Especially the Zhao State, after all, the size of the Zhao State is not as good as the Qin State, and there are not as many generals as the Qin State, if the Zhao State and the Wei State have a conflict, the Zhao State will not be able to resist the attack of the Wei, Song and Han Three Kingdoms Alliance, therefore, the Zhao State is anxious to accept the overtures of the Qin State, trying to unite the forces of the Qin State to deter the Wei State, so that the Wei State does not dare to use force against the Zhao State easily, which is not an unpredictable thing.

Seeing that Zhao Sheng was obviously reluctant to reveal the whereabouts of Zhao Wanghe, Meng Zhong didn't ask any questions, thought about it and asked: "I don't know when King Zhao will return to China, if you don't mind, I hope to stay in the post house in Handan for a few days, waiting for King Zhao to return to China." ”

Seeing that Meng Zhong didn't ask any further, Zhao Sheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Wanghe rushed to Qin Wang Yingji's date, in fact, it doesn't matter if he says it, but in the end, the atmosphere will become stiff, and if he can confuse the past, it is naturally better to confuse the past.

After being relieved, Zhao Sheng smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "How can you wronged the Marquis of Yun to stay in the post house in the city?" If the Marquis of Yun doesn't dislike it, you might as well live in Zhao Sheng's mansion temporarily, it just so happens that my brothers and I also want to hear some stories about the former king...... Brother Wang said to my two brothers, saying that the Marquis of Yun was taught martial arts and riding by the former king, and he was the most valued disciple of the former king, even if he was regarded as a righteous son, it is not an exaggeration......"

The first king in his mouth refers to Zhao Master's father, Zhao Yong, the king of Zhao Wuling.

Meng Zhong looked at Zhao Sheng with some surprise, of course he knew that Zhao Sheng was deliberately entrapping him and showing favor to him, but it was undeniable that this young Zhao Gongzi could indeed speak well, compared to his younger brother next to him, Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, at least in terms of eloquence.

That night, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, held a banquet in his own mansion to entertain Meng Zhong, and even invited many courtiers of Zhao as guests.

Among them, Meng Zhong is most familiar with Li Ji and Lian Po.

Meng Zhong came out with a feeling, and Li Ji seemed to have something to say to him, but due to the presence of the two sons of Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng and Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao, Li Ji had some scruples, and only when he toasted with Meng Zhong, he hinted that if he had the opportunity, he would invite Meng Zhong to his mansion for a banquet.

I have to say that although Li Ji is also noble as Yang Anjun, looking at the attitude of those Zhao courtiers who came to the banquet, Meng Zhong can clearly feel that Li Ji and even his father Fengyangjun Li Dui, the status of father and son in Handan has gradually disappeared.

Compared with Li Ji, when Lian Po saw Meng Zhong, his intentions were pure, he first congratulated Meng Zhong on serving as the Great Sima of Wei and Song at the same time, and then asked about the current situation of Jin Contempt, when he learned that Jin Contempt was cultivated in Wei as the next Hedong Shou, Lian Po raised his eyebrows, although he didn't say anything, but the will not to admit defeat in his eyes, Meng Zhong could see it clearly.

lived in Handan for half a month, in view of the fact that Zhao Wanghe had not returned to Handan for a long time, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao brothers were afraid of snubbing Meng Zhong, so they took Meng Zhong to enjoy the scenery of Zhao Kingdom.

After learning of the brothers' intentions, Meng Zhong thought for a while and pleaded: "If you don't mind, I hope to go to the Dune Palace to have a look, and then go to Lingqiu to pay homage to Master Zhao." ”

“……”

Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao glanced at each other and nodded.

For more than ten years, Meng Zhong had only been to Zhao Kingdom once, but he had never been to the Dune Palace and Lingqiu again, and now after coming to this land that he was deeply impressed, he couldn't help but tell Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao the story of that year.

“…… Back then, I and Pang Xuan, Le Yi, Ju Xin, and Zhao Hao protected Master Zhao and fought desperately out of the Dune Palace and came to Lingqiu...... At that time, it was not called Lingqiu, but a nameless hill, and at that time, Zhao's father had been injured, and he said that he would rather die on the land of Zhao than die on the way to flee to another country...... After the death of Zhao's father, I waited under the pursuit of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, escaped across the river, on the other side of the river, Nuo, that is, there were several of us there at that time, Pang Xuan returned to Chu State, Ju Xin defected to Yan State, and I took Le Yi and them and fled back to Song State first...... Soon after, I defected to the Wei State, and Le Yi to the Yan State......"

Listening to Meng Zhong tell the story of the year with a sigh on his face, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao didn't feel good in their hearts.

The change of the Dune Palace is an eternal pain in the hearts of this generation of Zhao people, because this civil strife not only buried such a male lord as Zhao's father, but also forced Meng Zhong, Pang Xuan, Le Yi, Ju Xin, Zhao Hao and others to flee from Zhao and defect to other countries.