About half an hour later, when Meng Zhong returned to Duan Gan's mansion, Duan Gan Chongzheng was standing in front of the mansion and looking left and right.

When he saw the carriage that Meng Zhong was riding, Duan Ganchong hurriedly stepped forward and greeted Meng Zhong who had just stepped out of the carriage: "Yunchengjun, you can count yourself back." ”

Seeing Duan Ganchong teasing himself, Meng Zhong also joked: "What's the matter, eldest prince, is there something wrong with you?" ”

However, Duan Ganchong waved his hand and said, "I'm not joking with you, quick, the king summons you, and you immediately enter the palace to meet you." ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong understood why Duan Ganchong, the eldest prince of the Duan Gan clan, was waiting in front of the mansion in person, and he also put away his joke and asked, "Do you know why King Wei summoned me?" ”

"How do I know that?" Duan Ganchong rolled his eyes, and immediately turned over and got into the carriage that Meng Zhong was riding.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong asked curiously, "Brother, is this entering the palace with the younger brother?" ”

Duan Ganchong, who was about to get into the carriage, heard this, and said with a smile: "Entering the palace is entering the palace, but I am going to see the prince." …… Give me a ride. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong couldn't cry or laugh.

Having said that, Duan Ganchong is really a close person next to the crown prince Wei Yuan, because it is a companion relationship, he has been quite close to the prince Wei Wei and Gongzi Wuji since he was a child, so many people think that when the crown prince Wei Wei takes the throne in the future, Duan Ganchong will definitely become the important minister of the new monarch.

On the way to the palace, Duan Ganchong said to Meng Zhong idly, "By the way, Ah Zhong, you haven't met the crown prince a few times, have you?" ”

Meng Zhong nodded: "It's just that I have seen the crown prince during several palace banquets." ”

"Oh." Duan Ganchong nodded abruptly, and then asked Meng Zhongdao: "I heard my father say, you will live in Daliang for a few days this time, right?" Do you want to take this opportunity to have a relationship with the prince everywhere? As far as I know, the prince has a good opinion of you. ”

As soon as he heard this, Meng Zhong had a strange expression on his face.

In fact, strictly speaking, Xihe Confucianism, Duan Gan's family, etc., can be regarded as people of the prince's line, and even Meng Zhong should actually be attributed to the prince's line, so as a courtier of the prince's line, Meng Zhong should have a good relationship with the prince Wei, but in fact, so far, Meng Zhong has not been too close to the prince Wei.

The reason is very simple, because Wei Yu, the crown prince of Wei, is a good man!

Good male style, in fact, is not uncommon in contemporary times, after all, there are many big names with status in the world who have ** at home, and it is okay on the Wei side, and it is said that it is especially common on the Qi side.

And it is inconceivable that this is still regarded as an elegant thing in modern times.

But Meng Zhong couldn't accept this kind of thing, rather than being stared at by the crown prince Wei Wei with strange eyes, he would rather stay with Tian Wen, who had always had a cold relationship with him, at least Tian Wen wouldn't look at him with that kind of creepy eyes.

"Hmm...... Later......" Meng Zhong retorted vaguely.

Seeing Meng Zhong's expression, Duan Ganchong seemed to have thought of something, looked at Meng Zhong with interest and smiled: "Ah Zhong, have you heard any rumors?" ”

Since Duan Ganchong had talked about this, Meng Zhong naturally wouldn't hide it anymore, and said with a strange expression: "As far as I know, the prince seems to be a good man?" ”

"Hahahaha." Duan Gan Chong laughed when he heard this, and pointed at Meng Zhong, who was overwhelmed: "I said why did you look so weird just now. You're not worried that the prince will take a fancy to you, are you? Hahahaha...... Let me tell you, you can rest assured in this matter, the prince likes 'beauties', and you can't talk about any beauties. ”

He deliberately accentuated the word beauty, obviously the beauty he was referring to was those with handsome faces.

“…… The first two years were still a bit possible. Glancing at the beard on Meng Zhong's lips, Duan Ganchong joked.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong touched the beard on his lips and said with relief: "Thank God, it seems that I also have to grow my beard. ”

"You!"

Duan Gan Chong smiled and shook his head.

Because of his close relationship with Meng Zhong, Duan Ganchong once saw Meng Zhong's ** upper body, and remembered that he was very surprised at the time, after all, Meng Zhong always wore deep clothes on weekdays, but he didn't expect that after taking off his shirt, his whole body was full of strong muscles, and he was worthy of being a general on the battlefield, which made him very envious of him who was full of soft meat.

It was precisely because he had seen the muscles on Meng Zhong's body that Duan Ganchong could conclude that the crown prince Wei Yu had absolutely no such meaning for him, because according to his understanding of the crown prince Wei Yu, this prince liked handsome beauties - well, both men and women.

Like Meng Zhong, he can't enter the vision of Prince Wei Yu.

But Meng Zhong's reaction is also interesting.

Chatting about some topics about the crown prince Wei Yu, Meng Zhong and Duan Ganchong rode in a carriage and soon arrived at the palace.

After getting off the carriage outside the palace gate, Meng Zhong said goodbye to Duan Ganchong, who went to the palace of the crown prince Wei Yu on his own, while Meng Zhong went straight to the main hall of the palace to meet the king of Wei.

After a while, when Meng Zhong came to the main hall of the palace and walked up the steps in front of the palace, he was greeted by an official who was waiting outside: "Yuncheng Jun." ”

Meng Zhong arched his hand, and immediately explained: "I heard that the King of Wei summoned me, and I came to meet in Xiate, but I don't know ......."

The official nodded and said, "The king has instructed that when the king of Yuncheng arrives, he can go straight to the palace." …… By the way, the king is in the palace with Tian Xiang and Fengyang Jun of Zhao State to discuss the matter of conquest of Qin State, in order not to disturb it, he will not report it in the next place, Yuncheng Jun please. ”

"Thank you."

Meng Zhong arched his hand, and at the same time understood the purpose of King Wei's summoning him: it turned out to be for the purpose of going on an expedition.

Stepping up the stone steps, and then stepping over the door of the palace, Meng Zhong really saw Tian Wen, Li Dui and others - in fact, not only the two of them, but also Zhai Zhang and Gongsun Zhu, at the moment when Meng Zhong stepped into the hall, Tian Wen, Li Dui, and Zhai Zhang were standing next to the Wang case, you and I said something to Wei Wangjun who was sitting behind the Wang case, as for Gongsun Zhu, he was standing aside, although he did not interject, but looking at his appearance, he was obviously listening attentively to the narration of several people.

When he got closer, Meng Zhong saw a map on the case of the king in front of Wei Wangyun, and it was obvious that Tian Wen, Li Dui, and Zhai Zhang were telling Wei Wangyun about the route of the expedition against Qin.

In view of the fact that it was not easy to disturb, Meng Zhong simply walked to Gongsun Zhu's side, and after nodding to each other with Gongsun Zhu, they listened to Tian Wen, Li Dui, and Zhai Zhang.

Similar to what was told at the military council yesterday, the route of the coalition army's crusade against Qin was divided into two routes, one from Hedong of Wei and directly threatening Hexi of Qin, namely Huayin, Huayang, Linjin and other places; The other route is the regular route, that is, the Hangu Pass that passes through Korea and attacks the Qin State.

But in roughly the same situation, there are some discrepancies in the details, for example, on the line of attacking Hangu Pass, the Storm Kite, which originally attacked Hangu Pass, has changed its mission - in Tian Wen's narration, Storm Kite will lead the Korean army from Yiyang to Luoyin, sneak attack the side of Hangu Pass, as for the task of Storm Kite on the frontal battlefield, it will be replaced by the two armies of Qi and Yan.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong whispered to Gongsun: "There are some discrepancies from what was told at yesterday's meeting." ”

Gongsun Zhu made a silent gesture, and then lowered his voice and explained: "Last night, Duke Xue discussed with Fengyang Jun and Da Sima for a night, and decided to change the original strategy slightly. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong immediately understood.

Obviously, what he said to Tian Wen, Li Dui, and Tian Zhang yesterday made these three people suspicious of Qi and Yan, so they deliberately arranged the two armies of Qi and Yan on the frontal battlefield.

Although Gongsun Zhu spoke very softly, it was still heard by Wei Wangyun, who raised his head and saw Meng Zhong standing beside Gongsun Zhu.

Meng Zhong immediately bowed his hand.

Seeing this, Wei Wangjun smiled slightly, raised his hand and pressed down slightly, signaling that Meng Zhong did not need to be polite.

Wei Wangyun's actions also attracted the attention of Tian Wen, Li Dui, and Zhai Zhang, and the three of them invariably glanced back at Meng Zhong, Li Dui and Zhai Zhang smiled and nodded, but Tian Wen continued to tell Wei Wangyun about his coalition's strategy to defeat Qin: "...... Although this front is closest to the Qin State, considering that Huayang Jun Qirong is sitting in Yin and Jin, it is believed that most of them cannot do their best, but they can effectively contain most of the Qin State's troops for the main army...... On the side of the main army, the key is still whether it can conquer Hangu Pass, as long as this pass can be captured, the coalition army can attack Xianyang and force the Qin State to submit. ”

Saying that, Tian Wen wanted Wei Wangjun to tell the route of the coalition army.

This crusade against the Qin State, the Wei soldiers went out of two places, one was the Hedong Army of Gongsun Zhu, and the main task was to contain the Huayang Jun Qi Rong of the Qin State; The other was Meng Zhong's Fangcheng army, and according to Tian Wen's meaning, Gongsun Jian would temporarily transfer about 20,000 to 30,000 troops to Meng Zhong's tent.

As for the route of sending troops, the Fangcheng army went straight into the hinterland of Korea and joined the Hedong army in Korea.

On Zhao's side, Zhao's army would pass through Hanoi in Wei and then move to Korea.

Coupled with the Korean army, these three armies are the core and main force of this joint crusade against Qin.

In addition, there were the armies of Qi and Yan, the former of which would enter the hinterland of Wei from Dongjun and then rush to Korea to join the coalition forces; The latter, on the other hand, took advantage of Zhao and eventually joined the coalition forces in Korea.

According to Tian Wen's estimates, the armies of Wei, Zhao, Han, Qi, and Yan could reach at least 200,000.

If Gongsun Zhu's army is included, the strength of this coalition is estimated to be about 250,000.

I have to say that the 250,000 troops, and they are all the regular armies of various countries, this is already a very powerful force, but considering that the target of this crusade is the Qin State, to be honest, Wei Wangjun is not very optimistic about this.

He thought for a while and asked Li Dui and Tian Wendao: "Fengyang Jun, Tian Xiang, 250,000 troops, is it a little less?" ”

But isn't it, thinking about the original battle of Yique, the armies of Wei, Han, and Zhou were close to 300,000, but the result was only a disastrous victory, and even, if it wasn't for a Meng Zhong in the Wei army at that time, the Wei-Han coalition army was afraid that it would be defeated in the hands of the Qin army.

Hearing Wei Wangyun's words, Zhai Zhang explained indifferently on the side: "Great King, the art of war is cloudy, the soldiers are precious, not expensive, although the alliance is estimated to be only about 250,000, but they are all the main armies of various countries, and the old minister thinks that this number is enough." …… Moreover, Qi and Yan harbored evil intentions, and if I sent too many troops to the Third Jin, the old minister was afraid that it would be difficult to retreat at that time. ”

Hearing this, King Wei slowly exhaled, and then shook his head and said, "Yan Guo is insignificant, Qi Guo's words ...... The widow thinks that Qi Guo should not risk offending my Sanjin to play any tricks...... Tian Xiang suspected that Qi wanted to play some tricks during the alliance army's crusade against Qin, and he was outnumbered......"

He shook his head, indicating that he wasn't quite convinced by the speculation.

In fact, it's right to think about it, during the period when Wei, Zhao, and Han Sanjin united to crusade against Qin, they reneged on the alliance with the Three Jins, and it stands to reason that as long as King Qi's mind is still normal, he will not do this kind of thing - offending the three countries of Wei, Zhao, and Han in one breath, King Qi Tiandi really thinks that he Qi State can fight against the Three Jin Dynasty with one enemy and three?

But Meng Zhong knew that Qi Wang Tiandi might really make such a stupid decision, and the reason was that Su Qin might have instigated this matter.

However, it is a pity that there is something about Su Qin, he can't say it clearly to Wei Wangjun and Tian Wen and others, after all, once the secret that Su Qin is a spy of Yan State is leaked, it will directly destroy Yan State's plan to overthrow Qi State - in the matter of the destruction of Qi State, Meng Zhong, as a Song person, his position with Yan State is probably the same.

Half an hour later, after Tian Wen, Li Dui, Zhai Zhang and others told Wei Wangfu about the tactics of the coalition army and said goodbye one after another, Wei Wangfu handed over half of the tiger talisman commanding the Hedong Army to Meng Zhong in front of Gongsun Zhu, and appointed Meng Zhong as a general - this is the main reason why Wei Wangjun summoned Meng Zhong to come today.

As for the other half of the tiger talisman, it is in the hands of Gongsun Zhuang.

A moment later, after Meng Zhong and Gongsun Zhu left the palace together, Meng Zhong looked at Gongsun Zhu with some embarrassment.

After all, Gongsun Zhu's age and qualifications are far above him, and after the Battle of Yique, Gongsun Zhu was trying his best to restore the Hedong Army, but this time the Three Jin Dynasty crusaded against Qin, but Meng Zhong was appointed as a general by Wei Wang, and the weight of power was better than that of Gongsun Zhu, Meng Zhong would of course be a little embarrassed.

However, Gongsun Jian didn't care, he smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "In terms of governing the territory and training soldiers, the old man thinks that he can still be competent, but if you ask me to lead the troops to fight, hehe...... I'm nowhere near as good as you. With that, he patted Meng Zhong on the shoulder and said, "This time, I will transfer Dou Xing and Wei Qing to your account, hoping that you will lead them to defeat the Qin army again." …… If you feel sorry for me, then you can kill more Qin people. If there is an opportunity to take off the white head...... Forget it, I won't put too much pressure on you, you just need to find a way to defeat the Qin army. ”

Meng Zhong didn't know what to say, so he just nodded.

"Okay, I have to rush back to Hedong as soon as possible, arrange the transfer of troops, and after defeating the Qin army this time, we will meet again." Patting Meng Zhong on the shoulder, Gongsun said with a smile.

The two said goodbye, and then Gongsun Zhi set off to return to Hedong County.

Soon after returning to Duan Gan's mansion, Tian Wen's protégé Feng Tan came to invite him and asked Meng Zhong to go to Tian Wen's mansion, saying that Tian Wen had something important to tell him.

As a result, when Meng Zhong came to Tian Wen's house, he saw Tian Wen throw a small bamboo book to Meng Zhong, and said, "Take this thing to see Neishi, and Neishi will allocate military food to you." ”

After that, he didn't wait for Meng Zhong to answer, and left on his own.

It turned out that what Tian Wen gave him was the approval of the Minister of State for the distribution of military rations.

With the approval of the military rations given by Tian Wen, Meng Zhong had no choice but to come to the Inner History Mansion and meet Tian He, the internal history of Zhisu.

It can be seen that this Tian He should be in the same party as Tian Wen, and may even be a Qi person in Wei, anyway, his attitude towards Meng Zhong is also very cold, and after seeing the approval document in Meng Zhong's hand, he sent Meng Zhong to see Taicang Lingcheng, that is, the subordinate official responsible for the management of Cangli under the jurisdiction of Zhisu Neishi, a Wei man named Wei Qi.

Interestingly, don't look at Shi Tianhe's attitude towards Meng Zhong is very cold, but his subordinates, Taicang Ling Cheng Wei Qi, have special respect for Meng Zhong, and when he saw Meng Zhong at the beginning, he bowed down and called Yun Chengjun, which made Meng Zhong a little embarrassed, after all, this Wei Qi was about thirty years old, about ten years older than him.

I saw that after confirming Tian Wen's approval, Wei Qi respectfully said to Meng Zhong: "It is indeed the approval of the Minister of State, yes, I don't know if Yun Chengjun sent troops to receive grain, or did he hope that Cangqiao would send someone to transport grain and grass to a certain place?" ”

Of course, Meng Zhong chose the latter: "If you want to ship it to South Korea, is there a problem?" ”

Wei Qi arched his hand and said: "As long as South Korea opens its passes, there will be no problem." …… I don't know where Yun Chengjun wants to transport these grains and grass? ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said, "Yiyang and Xincheng are all available, and I will send someone to say hello to the big Sima Storm Kite of South Korea when I go back...... Well, it's better to be Yiyang. ”

"I see." Wei Qi nodded, and arched his hand and said: "Yunchengjun, please rest assured, I will immediately send someone to recruit servants, and try to transport this batch of grain and grass to Yiyang before Yunchengjun's army arrives in Yiyang." ”

Meng Zhong waved his hand and smiled: "Doctor Wei doesn't need to be in such a hurry......

"How does this work?" Wei Qi smiled and complimented: "Yuncheng Jun is no less than the famous general of the world, this time to go to the Qin State, it will definitely be victorious, if because of the reasons below, the soldiers under the command of Yuncheng Jun will starve, Wei Qi will not be able to attest to death!" ”

"Doctor Wei is serious......" Meng Zhong couldn't laugh or cry.

I have to say that it was the first time he had met a Wei courtier who scolded him like this.

After chatting for a while, Wei Qi said goodbye and went to recruit the servants, looking at the back of this person's departure, Meng Zhong had a guard beside him and couldn't help but say: "This person deliberately stammered with Yun Jun, I'm afraid he is a utilitarian person." ”

Meng Zhong smiled when he heard this, and said lightly: "When the water is clear, there are no fish, and the utilitarian people ...... How many people in this world can be exceptional? ”

The guard nodded thoughtfully.

After solving the problem of military rations, Meng Zhong returned to Duan Gan's mansion, went back to his room and wrote a letter, and sent someone to send it to Meng Sui in Fangcheng.

As for the content, it is to ask Menghu, Huahu, and Lejin to lead their troops to South Korea and join him in Yiyang.

At the same time, Meng Zhong also told Meng Sui in the letter, asking Meng Sui to send more people to pay attention to the situation of the Song State and prevent the Qi State from taking advantage of the opportunity of the countries' crusade against the Qin State to play any tricks on the Song State.

Two days later, after everything was arranged, Meng Zhong said goodbye to Duan Ganyin, Duan Ganchong's father and son, and Tian Di, and embarked on a journey to South Korea.

In fact, he didn't need to be in such a hurry, after all, according to Tian Wen and Li Dui's plan, it would not be until the armies of Qi and Yan entered the territory of Korea to join the coalition forces that the fifth ** team would officially launch a crusade against Qin, so before that, he still had some time to get together with Le Yi, who had been separated for a long time.

It's just that now Meng Zhong has a mustard in his heart, and he doesn't know how to face Le Yi, and the two brothers are deceitful and deceive each other, so it's better not to see them.

Based on this, Meng Zhong took the lead in going to Korea, first, to meet Han Wangji and Da Sima Storm Kite, and secondly, to go to Hangu Pass in Qin State in advance to see the situation.

After all, the key to the five-nation alliance's crusade against Qin this time is whether it can break through Hangu Pass, just like his brother-in-law Tian Zhang once did.

By the way, I can also find a way to find out the opponent this time......

Well, there must be white rises in it.

Carefully calculated, after the battle of Yique and the battle of Wanfang, this should be the third time that Meng Zhong fought against Bai Qi.

Not to mention how Bai Qi would feel when he learned about it in the future, Meng Zhong also felt quite incredible about it.

It seems that no matter where you go, you can always meet the white ......