Zhang Meng's county soldiers broke through the state capital.

When the door of the mansion was smashed open, countless county soldiers armed with spears, knives and axes were ordered to rush into the state capital, in addition to the first few county soldiers were shot down by a few state soldiers archers, the soldiers who followed up quickly dispersed the government officials and state soldiers who still intended to resist, like wolves and tigers, they comprehensively searched the state capital, drove the surrendered officials to the front yard to guard, and arrested the Handan merchants who were still in the lobby and did not escape.

By the time Zhang Meng, who had controlled the situation in the city, came to the mansion in a hurry, calm had already been restored, only the blood stains on the ground that had not yet dried, silently telling about the fight that had just happened.

Zhang Meng saw the Handan merchant whose robe was torn and the crown and belt were nowhere to be found in the captive crowd, and his embarrassed appearance made Zhang Meng very relieved, but then he suddenly had a boring mood.

A bad old man who doesn't know anything about military affairs and is not clever in strategy in troubled times, killing him is like killing a chicken, which makes Zhang Meng, who has a very high vision, not interested in it at all.

Zhang Meng asked the soldiers to carry him to the lobby, and he sat on the former seat of the Handan merchant, with a slightly playful expression, looking at the Handan merchant with a condescending attitude, he waved his hand and asked the soldier to pull out the rags in the mouth of the Handan merchant, wanting to ask, what confidence does this bad old man have to dare to send troops to confront him.

As a result, as soon as he opened his mouth, Handan Shang reprimanded Zhang Menglai with righteous words.

"Thief, after you are still a famous general, you are blessed by the court, but you don't want to be loyal, but you want to collude with the chaotic party, trying to Yongliang, although I can't kill you, but you can't escape death, what kind of face do you have to see the heroic spirit of your ancestors after you die!"

Zhang Meng was furious when he heard this, he was about to order the soldiers to cut off the head of this bad old man, but when he dared to say it, Zhang Meng suddenly stopped again, and he even waved his hand to let the soldiers withdraw from the hall.

This bad old man, is he trying to ask for death?

The angry Zhang Meng was not carried away by the anger, and he began to calmly ponder the thoughts of the bad old man in front of him.

Rather than being beheaded to death by his next accusations, it is better to scold the thief in front of the court and stretch out his neck to receive this knife.

It is precisely because of this that he didn't want to kill him, Zhang Meng looked at the Handan businessman who couldn't die and drooped his head,

Although Handan Shang refused to say a word, Zhang Meng felt more relieved than killing him with a knife when he saw his frustrated appearance.

He laughed and walked out of the hall, and before leaving, he ordered the sergeant Handan Shang to be locked up, and then strode out of the state capital.

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At night, Zhang Meng, who had already returned to the county government, sat on the couch, holding a letter, quietly thinking about things.

In the lobby of the state capital today, Handan businessman scolded him for "colluding with the chaotic party", and of course he knew in his heart who this "chaotic party" meant.

It's just that the Han family has declined, and the troubled times are competing for power, Yan Xing, who is strong in this pass, is a chaotic party, is Yuan Shaodang, who is dominant, in Hebei, a chaotic party, and Cao Cao, who holds the Son of Heaven hostage and holds the title of Tianwei, a chaotic party?

In the cool land where strength is the strongest, the strong soldiers and strong horses are like Han Sui before, although he is an old thief who has rebelled for many years, but which of the heroes of the counties is not afraid of him, and when he sees the army under his command, he must not tremble and avoid, but those who shout the slogan of "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, crusade against rebellion", but do not have enough strength in their hands, have their heads cut off by the murderous rebels, and their bodies are eaten by jackals and turned into a pile of white bones.

Before that, Zhang Meng wanted to be the famous minister of this dynasty, Ren Yan, loyal to the emperor of the Han Dynasty, fight against the lawless and powerful, conquer the plundered Qianghu, and build irrigation canals, so that the Qianghu in Wuwei are obedient and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and become a happy land in the troubled times.

However, after easily defeating and imprisoning Handan Shang, Zhang Meng's mind soon underwent a subtle change.

He may not only be able to be a virtuous and guarded Ren Yan, but also be able to become the military general of the five counties in Xinghexi!

And how to achieve things, Yan Xing in Guanzhong is particularly crucial.

Things are not exactly as Handan Shang reprimanded, although Yan Xing in Guanzhong did send an envoy to secretly communicate with him, wanting to unite with him and deal with Handan Shang and Wei Duan together. After the matter was completed, he recommended himself to replace Handan Shang and become the new Yongzhou Thorn History, with jurisdiction over the four counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang.

But Zhang Meng did not reply.

Although he was dissatisfied with the Handan merchants who restrained him, and had the idea of replacing him many times, and the fruits that Yan Xing threw at him were tempting enough, this could not dispel his fear of uniting with Yan Xing, a fierce tiger.

Luring the wolf into the house can allow the evil wolf to eat the enemies in the room, but he will inevitably be injured by the greedy wolf, let alone let him enter a fierce tiger that has been eyeing and dancing with teeth and claws.

But today, in the state capital, the Handan businessman, who was afraid that he would unite with Yan Xing and wanted to preemptively raise troops, made Zhang Meng's heart suddenly agitated, and he had been worried about luring wolves into the house and doing more harm than good, but maybe clever circumference can also become a situation where the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

Since the heroes of Liangdi were so afraid of Yan Xing, why didn't he let this tiger in and let him bite Wei Duan and the others, and he took the opportunity of the fox and the fake tiger to use both soft and hard to completely unify the four counties of Hexi.

Yan Jun, He Luan, Zhang Jin, Huang Ang, Zhang Gong and others were afraid of Yan Xing like a tiger, Han Sui, who was once the largest force in Liangzhou, led the army to fight for Guanzhong, but as soon as he entered Fufeng, he was defeated by Yan Xing's army and fled, the soldiers and horses were gone, and the foundation of more than ten years was completely defeated.

This makes them, how can these small forces that divide the county not feel afraid in their hearts.

And he can take the opportunity to combine them and knead them together, so that he can become a Yongzhou assassin who is rich and saving, takes the river as a solid, dominates Qianghu, and has thousands of elite soldiers.

Dou Rong's deeds can also be realized in his own hands.

This idea that came up not long ago is like a vine after spring in the bottom of his heart, Zhang Meng, who is agitated, has no intention of sleeping, he feels that the huge power has reached his face, as long as he boldly opens his hand and closes it quickly, he can firmly grasp it in his hand in one fell swoop.

The lights in the room flickered, and Zhang Meng, who had never fallen asleep, first heard the footsteps, and then saw the shadowy figure from the dim light, his heart tightened, and he immediately shouted loudly outside:

"What?"

Hearing Zhang Meng's sober and loud voice, the guards outside were relieved, and hurriedly let go of their bodies and said:

"Fujun, there is something important to report!"

"Come in!"

Zhang Meng had already stood up, pushed open the wooden door of the dormitory and walked in to report the military officer who saw Zhang Meng's tall body, he subconsciously shrank his head, and he said tremblingly:

"Fujun, there is an accident in the state capital, the guard envoy, a pawn of the Handan merchant secretly released the prisoner at night, and wanted to escape from Guzang with the Handan merchant, but was discovered by other soldiers and recaptured both of them ,,,."

Zhang Meng didn't expect that there was still an unknown situation among the county soldiers guarding the state capital, and he wanted to desperately rescue the soldiers of Handan Shang, he was anxious and angry, and when he heard that the two people behind him were captured, he was very relieved, but he realized that the meaning of the soldier's words had not been finished, he raised his eyebrows, and then asked:

"Anything else is going on?"

"During the pursuit, the sergeant fired an arrow, killing the fleeing pawn, but also accidentally injured Handan Shang, although the arrow did not hit the vital point, but he was old and weak, bleeding too much, I'm afraid, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive tonight."

"Then find all the ulcer doctors in the army, give him the best gold sore medicine, and revive him no matter what."

"I also looked for the ulcer doctor in the army when he came, but it was just ,,,"

"Say!"

"It's just that the ulcer doctor said that mourning is greater than heart death, this Handan businessman is desperate and wants to die, even if Bian Que is alive, he can't be saved."

"These quacks, they can't save their lives from arrow wounds, and they dare to chew their tongues, you go back and tell them that they can't save Handan businessmen, and they will all act by military law!"

Seeing Zhang Meng's angry appearance, the military officials trembled, and after agreeing to the promise, they trotted away and hurriedly rushed to the state capital to give orders.

Seeing the back of the military official disappear from his sight, a look of worry appeared on the angry Zhang Meng's face again, and he sighed, this sudden disaster had completely disrupted his plan.

Although he gave a death order to save the lives of Handan merchants, Zhang Meng also realized in his heart that even if he killed all the doctors in the army, it would be difficult to save the lives of Handan merchants.

Once Handan Shang died, the situation in Yongliang changed drastically.

Since the decline of Han Sui, the largest force in Liangdi, the newly rising Li Biao of Longxi, the titular Liangzhou Mu Weiduan, and the Handan Shang of Wuwei have formed an equal balance of power, and the families that originally resisted Han Sui's annexation also began to move, wanting to take the opportunity to expand their own power.

He originally wanted to introduce Yan Xing, a fierce tiger, to make other forces suffer and fear. But I didn't expect that disaster fell from the sky, and if the Handan businessman who was put under house arrest died, he would immediately become the target of the public, Li Piao, Wei Duan, and even Wu Wei, Zhangye and other places Wuzong Haoqiang might take this opportunity to pounce on him, tear himself, and want to bite off a piece of flesh and blood from the rich Guzang.

"Old horseman, when you are dying, you will have to splash Naigong with blood!"

Zhang Meng thought of the Handan merchant who was bent on death, and cursed, he could no longer sleep peacefully at this time, he could only call the soldiers who were keeping vigil and let him help him put on his armor, he had to start preparing overnight to deal with the next big changes in the cool land.

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Handan Shang died, and another assassin appointed by the imperial court died in Liangdi.

And his death, Zhang Meng was not able to hide it for long, with the spread of the news of Handan Shang's death, Liangdi was like a pool of water that was thrown into a boulder, and soon set off an uproar.

At the end of May, Yan Jun in Wuwei pulled the flag and raised troops, claiming to avenge the assassination of Shi Handan Shang, openly killing officials, occupying cities, and recruiting troops.

Zhang Meng, who had already reorganized his army to fight the war, quickly sent troops to quell the rebellion, but the besieging Wuwei soldiers had not yet captured Wuwei City, where Yan Jun was located, and Zhang Ye's Heluan and Zhang Jin quickly raised their banners in response, summoned the Qianghu tribe who had always been good friends, and sent troops together to lead the cavalry to attack Wuwei.

In June, Liangzhou Muweiduan and Longxi Li Biao also announced that they would send troops to attack Zhang Meng, and before the Liangzhou soldiers of Hanyang and Nan'an had crossed the river, Li Biao and Li Yue had already gathered the big thief Cheng Yi, the Yang Kui who was put back, the Song family of Caohan, the group of thieves in Heguan, the Lu family and other families and horses, and sent troops from Jincheng to enter the territory of Wuwei.

Although Li Piao, who defeated Han Sui and first ascended to the high position, annexed most of the inheritance of the Han family in Jincheng, his prestige and strength were not enough to support his high position, so he could not forcefully pinch the various families and horses in the territory who turned to him.

He desperately needs a hearty victory to consolidate his precarious position and unite his various families with different intentions.

For a while, Zhang Meng, as he expected, had become the target of everyone, and various forces in Liangdi sent troops one after another, rushing into the territory of Wuwei, wanting to take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie on the precarious Zhang Meng.

At the same time, Yan Xing, who was in Guanzhong and looked at Yongliang, finally received an urgent letter asking for help.