After returning to Zhuangziju, Meng Zhong opened the package sent by his brother Momberto, and only then did he find that the package contained a stack full of cloth, and the words on the cloth were probably his brother's "family letters".

But why can't these letters be seen by the mother?

Meng Zhong was a little puzzled.

He picked up one of the pieces of cloth and read the words on it.

I saw that the cloth was written on it:

"On the fourth day of the second lunar month, when I finally arrived in Pengcheng, my brother Meng Ting and a few others were reprimanded by Uncle Meng Qing (crossed out) - Jia Sima for complaining about the hard work on the way, and I was not allowed to eat. Oh, it turns out that when you are in the army, you are no longer allowed to call Uncle Meng Qing, you must be honored by the title of Sima."

Seeing this, Meng Zhong couldn't help but show a little smile on his face.

After all, the letter is still very joyful.

Meng Zhong picked up the second piece of cloth.

"On the fifth day of the second lunar month, today I followed Uncle Meng Zhi and the rest of the clan brothers to Pengcheng for a walk, it turns out that Pengcheng is so prosperous. Ah Zhong, do you know, it turns out that Pengcheng is the capital of my Song Kingdom, I originally thought it was Shangqiu. In the evening, the officials of Pengcheng brought some women, who were said to be the daughters of the criminals, about thirty or forty people, and these women were about twenty to ten years old, and they all looked pitiful. What does it mean that Uncle Meng Zhi has handed one of these women into my hands? Do you want me to take care of her? She seemed to be very afraid, why? I won't do harm...... She's coming, what is she going to do......

"Hey, hey, there's no such thing."

Seeing that the letter came to an abrupt end here, Meng Zhong couldn't help but feel depressed.

Shaking his head, he continued to look down.

Letter 3:

"On the sixth day of the second month, yesterday really scared me, it turned out that those women were ...... Don't say it, Ah Zhong, you are still young, you don't need to know these things for the time being, in short, those women are really pitiful. In addition, Brother Wei didn't do anything last night, although today he was laughed at by Meng Min and Meng Heng because of this incident. …… Fang was called over by Uncle Meng Zhi, saying that Peng Cheng had passed down the order, and the soldiers of each family would rest and rectify in Pengcheng for three days, and then follow Wang Shi to conquer Teng State."

Letter 4:

"On the ninth day of the second lunar month, today is the last day of rest, and tomorrow everyone has to rush to Teng Kingdom. In the past two days, the brothers in the clan have been discussing in private the reason why our Song State attacked Teng State, but they didn't expect to be heard by the passing military Sima. Jun Sima is a very old man, and when I heard Uncle Meng Zhi, he seems to be called "Jing Yu (shàn)", and he is a very kind old man like Elder Meng. The old man told us that because the monarch of Teng had lost his virtue and done bad things, we were going to crusade against this country. Ah Zhong, let me tell you, Uncle Meng Qing, who served as the family Sima, was originally only a very small military official in the army, which is really incredible, obviously in charge of 750 people. But as far as I've heard, that old man named "Jing Yuan" actually manages an army of more than 10,000 people under his hands, which is really amazing."

Letter 5:

"On February 29th, I haven't written for twenty days, because the way is too hurried, it is said that the monarch asked us to rush from Pengcheng to "Pei County" within a month, Ah Zhong, you must not know where Pei County is, haha, it is (crossed out) - Pei County is similar to our Jingbo, there is a large lake to the north of it, and the opposite side of the lake is Teng Guo. This lake is really big, does the king want us to swim to the other side? The brothers are complaining again, but it's true that the water in the lake is too cold."

Sixth Letter:

"On the second day of the third month, today, many people were called to cut wood and build ships, and I wanted to go, but Uncle Meng Zhi stopped me, saying that it was done by soldiers in the army, and we were "soldiers", so we didn't need to do that kind of thing, so I didn't go. I took a closer look, and it seemed that the people who cut down and built the ships were all domestic slaves of various families, as well as the displaced people who had been gathered, as well as the servants sent by Pengcheng, and there were a lot of them."

Letter 7:

"On the fourth day of the sixth month, I didn't write much to you during this time, except for writing some letters to my mother, but there is nothing to write about, those people are still building ships, and we, the soldiers, were trained by Uncle Meng Qing (crossed out) Jia Sima for a while, Jia Sima is really strict. Not to mention that Sima said that he is strict with us at the moment, hoping that we can survive on the battlefield in the future, and he said very ...... It's scary, so we don't dare to be lazy."

Letter 8:

"On the second day of the seventh month, the boat was finally built, and everyone got on the big boat and crossed this great lake. One of the boats leaked, it seemed to be the boat of the Hua clan, and they were forced to abandon the boat and jump into the water, but fortunately we rescued them, but the family Sima of the Hua clan was very angry, and the old military Sima was also very angry, and killed some of the servants who built the ship, as if they had killed more than forty people, and those people were really pitiful."

Letter 9:

"On the twelfth day of the seventh month, today we finally fought with the army of Teng, and it turned out that Teng's army also had several thousand people, but we were many more numerous, so we won the battle quickly. However, our family is also dead, Uncle Meng Qiu is dead, he was shot by the bow and arrow of the Teng army, do you remember Uncle Meng Qiu? It's the uncle who teased you a few years ago when we were doing farm work in the fields. Also, Meng Mo is also dead, this clan brother Ah Zhong is not familiar to you, I have only recently become familiar with him, he fell in love with a prisoner named "Yin", and he had always said that he would make a contribution to help the woman get rid of the "crime". I inquired privately that thirty-two of our Montessori clan had died in this battle, and nine of our clansmen had died. Jia Sima was very angry, and scolded the dead Meng Mo in front of everyone, saying that he harmed others and himself, and he did not obey the command because he had a little force, and broke into the enemy ranks, and he was at a loss for what to do. Uncle Meng Qing said that the next time this kind of disobedience to orders happens, no matter who it is, he will immediately execute him! Uncle Meng Qing is really strict, but I think he is right, because Uncle Meng Zhi also said that if Meng Mo hadn't been surrounded by Teng Guo's soldiers, Uncle Meng Qiu and they would not have been killed by Teng if they wanted to save him."

Letter 10:

"On the 19th of July, after we won the last victory, the military Sima (Jing Wei) sent another person to advise Teng to surrender and submit, but the monarch of Teng refused to listen. The monarch of Teng is called "Teng Hong", and Peng Cheng said that he was a very brutal monarch. …… Last time, today is the 23rd of July, and the monarch of Teng State, "Teng Hong", personally led a large army to resist us, but was defeated by us, and this supposedly brutal monarch also died on the battlefield. It's strange, isn't this monarch brutal, why is it that after he was killed by the bow and arrow of the king's master, all the Teng people wept? Those Teng soldiers who were originally surrounded by us also rushed towards us one by one without fear of death, and were all killed by us. It's really strange that not a single Teng surrendered in this battle, all of them were killed, why did they do this? Could it be that they all support that brutal Teng Hong? I asked Uncle Meng Zhi, but Uncle Meng Zhi didn't answer me, just patted me on the shoulder and told me to go back and rest. I didn't sleep well at night, because I killed one of Teng's soldiers, and when he and his companions rushed over with a hideous face and scattered the foot soldiers, I was so frightened that I somehow stabbed his weapon and stabbed him to death. He rewarded me and rebuked our foot soldiers, who were supposed to protect their chariots, but were scattered by the enemy."

Letter 11:

"On the second day of the eighth month, Teng Hong, the monarch of Teng State, died, and Jun Sima (Jing Hui) sent someone to persuade Teng Guo to surrender, but Teng still refused, and Teng Hong's son Teng Hu killed the envoy sent by Jun Sima. Jun Sima was furious, and called Uncle Meng Qing over with Sima of the other families, and said what I don't know, but after Uncle Meng Qing came back, his face was very unsightly. Uncle Meng Zhi sighed in private, saying that if he wants to conquer this country, he is afraid that it will be difficult. I don't understand."

Letter 12:

"On the sixth day of the eighth month, a few days ago, Jun Sima sent a person named "Shi Qi", I don't know what this person is doing, but Jia Sima is very respectful to him. Today, we attacked a township in Teng, and that Shi Qi ordered to kill all the men in the township, leaving only the women. …… Why? Aren't we here to ask for the tyrannical Teng monarch Teng Hong? Why do you want to do this? The people of this township, they are not Teng Guo's soldiers at all, why? In the end, all the men in the village were killed, some of the women fled, some committed suicide, and some were captured by us. These women who were captured, they looked at us with terrible eyes, as if they wanted to eat us all. The clan brother Meng Zhi questioned Jia Sima, and he began to doubt the war, but he was reprimanded by Jia Sima, saying, "That's not something you should care about", and I also began to be a little suspicious. In the evening, I secretly questioned the women who were arrested, and they scolded me, I was not angry, but they told me that Teng Hong, the monarch of Teng, was a very benevolent Ming Jun and was admired by all Teng people. It turned out to be a Ming Jun? But why isn't that what I've heard? I asked Uncle Meng Zhi, but Uncle Meng Zhi did not answer, he just told me not to think too much, it was an order from the monarch. It's a pity that the next day, Uncle Meng Qing asked someone to send these women away, and I couldn't ask more about it."

Chapter 13:

"On the fifteenth day of August, this war was not right, we were deceived, Teng Hong, the monarch of Teng State, is a benevolent monarch, and he has not offended my Song State at all, but for some reason, he was attacked by my Song State. Yesterday, the clan brother Meng Zhi was imprisoned by Jia Sima, because Meng Zhi once again questioned the war and exposed Peng Cheng's lies, Jia Sima punched Meng Zhi to shut him up, and then warned us that we are Song people and should be loyal to the monarch of our Song country, and we don't need to pay attention to anything else. It turns out that Uncle Meng Qing is such a person? Several clan brothers were very angry and wanted to leave the army and return to their hometowns, but they were stopped by Uncle Meng Qing. …… Later, I heard Meng Zhi say that I learned that the person who tried to escape on the battlefield would also be questioned by the King of Song, and Uncle Meng Zhi also told me that Uncle Meng Qing didn't want to do this, and he had no choice, slaughtering and poking Teng people, this was the order of the King of Song, if Teng Guo always refused to surrender, we must kill all the men of Teng State. It turns out that it is not Teng Guo who is unjust, but my Song Kingdom. …… The morale of the family is very low at the moment. When will this unjust war end?"

『……』

Seeing this, Meng Zhong's mood was already very heavy.

He was not as optimistic as his brother Meng Bo, and knew from the beginning that his Song State had raised an army against Teng as an unjust war, but even so, his brother Meng Bo's account in the letter still shocked him.

"After this battle, I'm afraid that the Song Kingdom will be notorious."

Meng Zhong secretly shook his head and sighed.