In early April, because of the distance, the Fangcheng army under the command of Meng Zhong was the first to arrive in Yiyang, South Korea, with a total of about 4,000 cavalry and more than 12,000 foot soldiers.

By mid-April, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others, the subordinates of Sun Jian, the eastern defender of the Wei River, led about 30,000 Hedong troops to cross the river south and rushed to Yiyang, South Korea, becoming the second coalition army to arrive at the place of convergence after the Fangcheng army.

At this point, the army of Wei and Qin had all gathered in Yiyang, about 50,000 people.

Don't look at the number of this Wei army, it is only about 50,000, but you must know that these 50,000 Wei troops are all composed of the Hedong Army and the Fangcheng Army, and the Fangcheng Army has transformed into a battleworthy soldier after experiencing the Battle of Wanfang, not to mention that more than eighty percent of the soldiers in the army are the Hedong Army composed of Wei Wushu - yes, these Wei Wushu of the Hedong Army are the old soldiers saved by Meng Zhong in the Battle of Yique back then, and they are also the most precious strength of Hedong County to resist the Qin State.

On the same day, when the cavalry of Fangcheng sent the news of the arrival of the Hedong Army in Yiyang to the city and informed the storm kite and Meng Zhong, Meng Zhong and the storm kite went out of the city to greet Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other generals.

After a few years of separation, Dou Xing and Wei Qing were also quite excited, and after seeing Meng Zhong personally go out of the city to greet them, the two of them immediately left the team and took the lead in the chariot to meet them.

After coming to Meng Zhong and the others, the two of them got out of the carriage and stepped forward to greet Meng Zhong heartily: "Tyrant Shuai, Meng Sima, long time no see." …… No, it's right to call Meng Sima Yuncheng Jun now. Yun Chengjun, do you remember the two of us? ”

In the laughter of the violent kite, Meng Zhong nodded and smiled: "How can you forget the two Simas of Dou and Wei in the next place?" ”

As he spoke, he looked at the Hedong Army not far away and asked, "Are there only Dou Sima and Wei Sima who came this time?" ”

At this time, Dou Xing and Meng Hu hammered each other's chests, patted each other's shoulders and greeted each other warmly, after hearing Meng Zhong's words, Dou Xing explained with a smile: "Fei Hui and Liang Xi were left in Hedong by the generals. However, the general transferred a brave general to Yunchengjun. ”

After saying that, he turned his head to look at the Hedong Army not far away, and after looking at it for a while, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Jin Contempt!" Jin contempt! Come over here. ”

Meng Zhong looked in the direction of Dou Xing's gaze, and after about a dozen breaths, he saw a chariot slowly coming.

On closer inspection, there was a rather young general standing on this chariot, about twenty-six or seventeen years old, with a cold expression and an arrogant attitude, and at a glance he knew that he was not a good person.

I saw that this person came to Dou Xing and Wei Qing in a chariot, turned over and got off the chariot, hugged his fists towards Dou Xing and Wei Qing, and said angrily: "Dou Sima, Wei Sima." ”

"Come, Jin."

Wei Qing beckoned, summoned this general called Jin Contempt to the front, and immediately introduced to Meng Zhong: "Yun Chengjun, this is the brave general of my Hedong Army, Jin Contempt, Xi Wu also valued him very much during his lifetime. …… Jin Contempt, this is Yuncheng Jun. ”

Meng Zhong smiled slightly, and was about to say hello, but when he saw Jin looking at him expressionlessly, he said in a deep voice: "Yuncheng Jun Meng Zhong...... I know you, you sacrificed your rhino martial arts with despicable means to achieve your reputation. ”

"Jin Contempt!" Wei Qing's face sank, and he lowered his voice and scolded: "Shut up!" It's not what you think! ”

Hearing Jin Cong's words, Meng Zhong didn't react for a while, and asked in confusion: "I'm sorry, what did you just say?" ”

"I say, you sacrificed the rhino with despicable means, and this is what made your reputation." Jin repeated without changing his face.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong didn't say anything, and Meng Hu, who was beside him, was the first to get annoyed, strode towards this side, and scolded in his mouth: "Hey! What are you talking nonsense?! ”

"Hu!"

Meng Zhong stretched out his hand to stop Meng Hu, who was about to teach the other party a lesson, and immediately asked Jin Contempt calmly: "I don't understand, why do you think so?" ”

Hearing this, Jin looked at Meng Zhong and said in a deep voice: "There was a fugitive from the Battle of Yique who fled back to Hedong and told me the truth about the death of Xiwu, it was you...... It was you, Yuncheng Jun Mengzhong, who disturbed the morale of the army at that time, causing a part of the Wei army to retreat to Yique Mountain, causing Xiwu to be finally defeated and captured by Qin Gou......"

"Enough! Jin contempt! ”

Dou Xing came over and shouted: "I have repeatedly explained to you, Yun Chengjun's judgment at that time was correct, if it wasn't for Yun Chengjun who decisively persuaded the army general to retreat to Yique Mountain, the 180,000 Wei army at that time was destined to die in that night attack, it was Yun Chengjun who saved us and saved tens of thousands of soldiers of my Hedong Army!" ”

"No!" Jin retorted in a deep voice: "It was Xiwu who saved you and waited!" …… That night, Xi Wu and the tens of thousands of brave Hedong Erlang sacrificed on your behalf...... after that, he took a deep look at Meng Zhong and said coldly: "Yun Chengjun, you are very cunning, seeing that Xi Wu and those warriors and the Qin army were exhausted, you took the opportunity to attack the Qin army and took all the credit. ”

With that, he looked at Meng Zhong and shook his head slightly, then turned around and got into the chariot.

Seeing this, Dou Xing was furious, and walked a few steps to catch up, and at the same time scolded in his mouth: "Jin Contempt! You bastard, you give me back! Jin contempt! ”

However, Jin Contempt turned a blind eye, and with an expressionless face, he ordered the soldiers in the car to carry him back to the army.

Seeing Jin Cong return to the army in a chariot, Wei Qing also had an ugly face, and said to Meng Zhong a little at a loss: "Yuncheng Jun, please don't care, that bastard is a reckless man, where that guy offended, Lao Dou and I are here to make amends to you." ”

Meng Zhong smiled slightly and waved his hand to show that he didn't care, because he thought that Jin Contempt was a bit interesting.

In fact, in the Battle of Yique, Meng Zhong's most criticized point is that he failed to rescue Gongsun Xi by negotiating with the Qin army, but directly launched an offensive against the Qin army.

Of course, those who will raise this kind of question are basically melon-eating people who have not participated in the Battle of Yique, and the generals who really participated in the Battle of Yique, such as Gongsun Zhu, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others, including the tens of thousands of Hedong Army, have never questioned Meng Zhong because of this incident, because they experienced it personally at the time, and they all knew very well that in terms of the situation at that time, Meng Zhong had no way to save Gongsun Xi.

And the reason why Meng Zhong felt that this Jin Contempt was a bit interesting was because Jin Contempt's point of questioning him was different from the point of questioning him in Wei at that time - Jin Contempt did not question why Meng Zhong did not try to rescue Gongsun Xi, what he questioned was that Meng Zhong disturbed the morale of the army on the night when the Wei army was attacked, and the Wei army was scattered, and part of the Wei army retreated to Yique Mountain, which eventually led to the defeat of Gongsun Xi.

From this point of questioning him, it can be seen that Jin Contempt still understands right and wrong, at least he does not blame him for Gongsun Xi's death.

Glancing at Wei Qing, who was a little nervous because he didn't respond immediately, Meng Zhong smiled slightly and reassured: "Think about it carefully, in fact, he is right, without Xi Wu's struggle to resist the Qin army one night, which consumed the strength of the Qin army, how can we counter the Qin army the next day?" ”

Wei Qing nodded and said, "Having said that, that guy blames Yun Chengjun for the blame, but he shouldn't ...... But anyone who lived through that war knows very well what it was like at that time......"

From the side, Hua Hu asked lightly: "Wasn't this person in the army at the time?" ”

"Jin Contempt was transferred to Fenglingdu at that time, and Huayang Jun Qi Rong, who was guarding against Qin, saw that my Hedong garrison was empty at that time and took the opportunity to attack......" Dou Xing answered Hua Hu's doubts, and then said to Meng Zhong in a deep voice: "Yuncheng Jun, don't worry, I will definitely ask that guy to bow his head to you and admit his mistakes." ”

"There's no need."

Meng Zhong said with a smile: "I just looked at his expression, he didn't hate me, but questioned my judgment at the time, this belongs to the discussion of the art of war, when I have time in the future, I can debate with him and answer the questions in his heart, why make everyone unhappy for such a trivial matter?" ”

Dou Xing and Wei Qing glanced at each other, hugged their fists and said admiringly: "Yun Chengjun is open-minded, we admire him." ”

Meng Zhong smiled and waved his hand, then turned his head to look at the storm kite, and said with a smile: "Okay, give it to you to catch the wind, the storm commander has prepared wine and meat in the city, you two quickly settle the army, I will have a good drink today." ”

Hearing the drinking, Dou Xing suddenly became interested, licked his lips and said with a smile: "Okay, drink well, don't hide it from you, when I set off from Anyi, I secretly poured a few water bladders of wine, but before the army crossed the river, my wine bags were empty...... Later, in order not to delay the trip, I didn't dare to look for wine to eat, but I was hungry. ”

"Hahahaha......"

The crowd laughed.

"Okay, let's not talk about it for now, Wei Qing and I will go to settle the army immediately......"

"Okay." Meng Zhong nodded, and then admonished: "By the way, I also invite that Jin Sima, and ...... I know Dou Sima's temper, don't embarrass him. ”

Hearing this, Dou Xing glanced at Meng Zhong, and then nodded with a smile: "Okay, for the sake of Yun Chengjun's face." ”

With that, he and Wei Qing said goodbye to Meng Zhong and others, returned to the army, and guided his corporal to camp outside Yiyang City.

Looking at the Hedong Army stationed in the distance, the violent kite stroked his beard and chuckled: "There are still people who question my brother in the battle of Yique that day. ”

After saying that, he shook his head and said lightly: "Without my brother's efforts to turn the tide that day, the Wei and Han armies outside the city at this moment have long since ceased to exist. ”

In order to avoid the suspicion of inviting merit, Meng Zhong didn't know what to say, but at this moment, Meng Hu smiled and said: "Old tyrant, don't talk nonsense, there is still our city army here." ”

"Hahahaha......"

Hearing Menghu's jokes, the violent kite laughed.

About an hour later, after Dou Xing and Wei Qing had arranged the stationing matters, they forcibly took Jin Di back to the city gate.

At this time, Meng Zhong noticed that Jin Chen's left cheek was slightly swollen, he frowned slightly, and glanced thoughtfully at Dou Xing, who was talking and laughing with Meng Hu and Hua Hu, but in the end, he still didn't ask.

After all, this is also an internal matter of the Hedong Army, and it is not easy for him to interfere.

In the evening of the same day, the storm kite hosted a banquet for the generals of the Wei and Han armies in the county government in the city, because they were old acquaintances who shared each other side by side during the battle of Yique, so naturally they would not see anything else, so that at the beginning of the banquet, the atmosphere in the venue was very hot, toasting toasts, fighting wine, and so on.

The only exception is probably Jin Contempt, who sat alone in the corner, drinking sullen wine with a dark face.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong said hello to the storm kite, walked to Jin Con with his wine bowl, sat down directly beside Jin Con, reached out to pick up the wine spoon in the wine vat next to him, and scooped a spoonful for himself.

Of course, Jin Contempt was not so blind that he couldn't see Meng Zhong sitting down beside a big living person, frowning, but did not speak.

Suddenly, he heard Meng Zhong ask, "Jin Sima...... Hate me? Hate me for killing Xiwu? ”

Jin was silent.

To be sure, he didn't hate Meng Zhong.

After all, Wei generals like Gongsun Jian, Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Fei Hui, Liang Xi and other Wei generals in Hedong who followed Gongsun Xi to fight Yique in those years returned to Hedong after the war, and they all agreed that Xiwu's death had nothing to do with Meng Zhong.

These generals, that is Gongsun Xi's confidant and favorite general, if some of them question Meng Zhong, Jin Con may inevitably have some cranky thoughts, but these generals all agree that the death of Xi Wu has nothing to do with Meng Zhong, and Jin Contempt will naturally not blame Meng Zhong for Gongsun Xi's death.

In the final analysis, Jin Contempt is just a little unbalanced in his heart.

After all, in the battle of Yique that year, Gongsun Xi who single-handedly promoted him was defeated by an unknown general of the Qin State, which can almost be said to be ruined, on the other hand, Meng Zhong, before the war, was just a mere commander, but in the end he became the biggest hero of this war, even Gongsun Jian, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others were full of praise for this person, and expressed their hope that Meng Zhong would replace the late Gongsun Xi to take over the position of Hedong Shou, which made Jin Contempt feel unbalanced.

To put it bluntly, it's not that he doesn't understand some truths, it's just that he feels uncomfortable.

Seeing that Jin Cong didn't answer his meaning, Meng Zhong took a sip of the wine bowl, and immediately said abruptly: "As far as I know, all the Wei people who know the historical exploits of Xiwu sigh at the death of Xiwu, and so do I. The biggest reason for Xiwu's defeat that year was that he was too light on the enemy, thinking that the Qin generals Xiang Shou and Bai Qi were not enough to compete with him, and he thought that he had the chance to win, so that when the Qin army had not yet been defeated, he was in a hurry to start calculating the Korean army, trying to instigate the Han army to fight with the Qin army, so that the army under his command could win the victory with the minimum casualties...... Believe it or not, I have persuaded Xiwu several times, but he refused to listen, and finally sent me to Yique Mountain, where I was responsible for monitoring the movements of the Qin army. At that time, the people around me were very angry, but I was not angry, as long as the Wei army could win, I didn't care what Xiwu did to me. …… I am a Song person, since Zhao broke off diplomatic relations with my Song State, Wei State is the only ally that can protect my Song State from the threat of Qi State, and the purpose of my defection to Wei State and Wei State is to ensure that Wei State is still strong in addition to ensuring diplomatic relations between Wei and Song...... Killed such a famous general as Xi Wu because of private abolition and public harm? This is not my original intention of coming to Wei. ”

"......" Jin glanced at Meng Zhong when he heard this, but still didn't speak.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong didn't care, took a sip of wine and continued: "You question why I persuaded everyone to retreat to Yique Mountain on the night of the attack, in fact, the reason is very simple, because at that time, the Qin army took the lead, they broke through the north, west, and east camps, and many of our sergeants and soldiers didn't know what happened at that time, they were killed by the Qin army, and they rushed to the battle, how could they defeat the Qin army?" Therefore, I suggested to Xi Wu to retreat to Yique Mountain and regroup, but Xi Wu did not listen to my opinion at that time, and he wanted to use the repulsion of the Qin army to redeem his fallacy. …… But you are right, the day after the attack, the reason why I, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and others were able to counter the Qin army was indeed because Xi Wu and his brave soldiers fought to the death with the Qin army the night before, consuming almost all of the Qin army's physical strength, which made my plan at that time smoothly implemented, so you think that my reputation in the battle of Yique was because of the sacrifice of Xi Wu, I do not deny it, but I hope you can believe that I also do not want Xi Wu and those tens of thousands of Wei troops to die in battle...... As we just said, if the Wei state is weakened because of the Qin state, our Song state will not be able to get the protection of the Wei state. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Zhong turned his head to look at Jin Contempt, and Zhengse said, "I regret the death of Xi Wu, but in that battle, I have done everything I can. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine bowl and made a gesture towards Jin Cong.

“……”

Looking at the wine bowl that Meng Zhong was holding, and then looking at his sincere expression, Jin Wei hesitated for a moment, and finally raised the wine bowl in front of him and touched Meng Zhong slightly.

"Respect for the Wei State, respect for the Xi Wu."

“…… Respect for the Wei State, respect for the ...... of the Rhino"

Glancing at each other, Meng Zhong and Jin Cong both drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, and immediately, Meng Zhong patted Jin Cong's shoulder, stood up and walked towards his seat.

Looking at the back of Meng Zhong leaving, Jin Wei lowered his head and pondered, and then reached out and grabbed his hair.

At this moment, his face was no longer as indifferent as before.

"Wonderful."

After Meng Zhong sat back in his seat, Storm Kite gently slapped his palms and said with a smile: "In just a few words, you have resolved the misunderstanding of others about you, and my brother is worthy of being a famous disciple." ”

"No, it's a Taoist category." Looking at the somewhat confused kite, Meng Zhong chuckled and said, "My teacher Master Zhuang once taught me that if you want to convince others, it is best to persuade others through sincere and simple truths, and use clever words to persuade others, which can only make people believe you for a while; But convincing others with reason will make them believe in you at all times. ”

"It makes sense." Storm Kite nodded again and again, then raised the wine bowl and said with a smile: "To Master Zhuang." ”

Meng Zhong smiled, raised the wine bowl and touched it slightly.

Immediately, when he drank this bowl of wine with the tyrant kite, and turned his head to look at Jin Contempt's side, he saw that his brother Le Jin had already sat next to Jin Con at some point, and was drinking wine with the latter.

And Jin's disdainful attitude is obviously much more easy-going.

Probably noticing Meng Zhong's gaze, Jin Zhong turned his head to look over, and seeing this, Meng Zhong raised the bowl and signaled.

Immediately, Jin Contempt also raised the wine bowl.

Ten days later, Fengyang Jun Li Dui with Zhao Xi, Dong Shu, Lian Po and other Zhao generals, also led 50,000 Zhao troops to Yiyang, so far, Wei, Zhao, Han Sanjin's army, a full 150,000 troops, has been assembled in Yiyang.

By mid-May, the armies of Qi and Yan had also arrived in Yiyang, and under the command of Li Dui, the king of Fengyang, nearly 250,000 allied troops marched towards Qin's Hangu Pass.

Following that year, Tian Zhang, Gongsun Xi, and Storm Kite led the army to attack the Qin State, and the allied forces of the various countries will once again challenge the Hangu Pass, the Xiongguan that guards the gateway to the Qin State.

A fierce battle has begun.

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