A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Wei, Ju Fu, Wang Ping and more than 200 Yu Linlang wore soft armor and robes, and under the leadership of the post house order, they went all the way up to Mengda Mansion.

Speaking of which, this post house commander was called up in the middle of the night to lead the way, and saw that the envoy and his party were overwhelming, where did they not know that there was a cat in it? He didn't want to wade into this troubled water, but it was actually his wife and children who were detained by Yu Linlang, and Jiang Wei held the edict of the king of Hanzhong, so he had no choice but to agree.

Along the way, he encountered several groups of patrolling soldiers and horses, and the post house commander was coerced, only saying that there were too many envoys from Yizhou, and the post house was insufficient, so he needed to find another place to live. With him as a guarantee, the patrolling soldiers and horses are not worried about him, and they are all allowed to go one by one.

When they arrived near the left side of Mengda's mansion, everyone immediately divided into two ways. Wang Ping led two hundred feathers of Lin Lang to ambush in the shadows; Jiang Wei led Jufu and the rest of the men and horses straight to the door of Mengda Mansion.

Jufu stepped forward and knocked on the door and shouted: "The envoy of the king of Hanzhong is here, he has come to visit your master, open the door quickly!" ”

Menzi was sleepy-eyed, opened a crack in the door, and was surprised when he saw more than twenty strong men standing outside the door. In a hurry, he was about to close the door, but Jufu lifted his leg to hold the door. The door made the strength to feed, and the gate did not move.

"You... What are you going to do! ”

Jiang Wei slowly paced up with his hands in his hand, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, this little brother, you just go in and report, and say that I, Jiang Weinai, am the envoy of the king of Hanzhong, and I was ordered to comfort Shangyong." In addition, he also received a secret order from Lord Shangshu to visit General Meng as soon as possible. ”

Menzi swept the soldiers outside the door, pretending to be calm and said: "The villain will go to report, but there are hundreds of elite soldiers in the house, don't mess around." ”

Jiang Wei knew that he was bluffing, so he only waved his hand. Jufu let go of his hands, Menzi took the opportunity to close the door, patted his chest and ran to the house to report.

It is said that Meng Da was drunk at Liu Feng's banquet and was carried back to the mansion by the servants to rest. was asleep when he was suddenly woken up by a hurried knock on the door by the butler.

"General, a group of military men came from outside the house, saying that they were the messengers of the King of Hanzhong, and the person who led them was called Jiang Wei."

"Jiang Wei?" Meng Da was half asleep, half asleep, half sitting on the couch, and said in his heart: "I have been in Shu for many years, why is this name completely unimpressive?" ”

The butler said again: "Oh yes, he also said that he has the secret order of Lord Shangshuling, and he wants to visit the general immediately." ”

"A person who is filial and upright!" When Meng Da heard this, he suddenly woke up halfway from the wine, he lifted the quilt and shouted, "Quick, wait for Ben to change his clothes." ”

But why Meng Da attaches so much importance to Fazheng has to start from Liu Yan's old story.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and Liu Yan, a member of the royal family, gave up his high position in the imperial court in order to avoid the disaster of the Central Plains (some people say that he had different aspirations), and took the initiative to go to the remote Yizhou to be the state pastor, and took a good henchman to Yizhou to take up his post.

When Liu Yan entered Yizhou, the local local forces were very strong, and Liu Yan was weak and could not control the local tyrants. In order to suppress the local forces in Yizhou, Liu Yan formed a team based on the talents brought by the Shu, and at the same time recruited and recruited the displaced people in Nanyang and Sanfu who entered Yizhou, and trained tens of thousands of Dongzhou soldiers.

And these generals from Nanyang and Sanfu formed the so-called "Dongzhou faction".

Later, Liu Yan died, and after his son Liu Zhang took power, he compromised with the wealthy families in Shuzhong, and the Dongzhou faction was suppressed in turn. So when Liu Bei entered Shu, the Dongzhou faction chose to take refuge in Liu Bei without exception.

At present, Fa Zheng, Li Yan, and Meng Da are the three giants of the Dongzhou faction. After the three of them voted for Liu Bei, their circumstances were different, and the contact was not as dense as before, but after all, it was still an alliance of offensive and defensive mutual assistance.

Moreover, Meng Da was bullied by Liu Feng in Shangyong, and was deprived of the official position of Yidu Taishou by Liu Bei, and he was worried in his heart.

He walked out of the door, suddenly remembered something, and paused, and asked, "How many people have come?" ”

"About twenty people."

Meng Da breathed a sigh of relief: "It's just more than 20 people, even if these people come in a fake name, or if they don't have bad intentions, there are hundreds of Dongzhou elites stationed in my house, and there are only more than 20 people who can set off any chaos?" ”

He did not hesitate any longer, and personally led the butler to the door of the house to greet him.

The housekeeper opened the door, and what attracted Meng Da's eyes was a young and gentle smiling face. This person was very polite, and as soon as he looked at him, he bowed down and clasped his fists and saluted: "In Xia Jiang Wei, visiting late at night, I don't know if it disturbs General Meng's rest?" ”

Meng Da squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, then arched his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just that this general is ...... looking at his face."

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "I was originally from Tianshui Jicheng, and I defected to the king of Hanzhong a few months ago. ”

Hearing him say this, Meng Da believed that he was indeed a person who was a Fa Zheng.

Since ancient times, it has been a normal state of officialdom to form friends and gangs with hometown friendship. Jiang Wei is young and a new person, how can he be a close messenger of the king of Hanzhong? There is no doubt that he must have voted for a certain bigwig in the DPRK and China.

Fa Zheng is from Fufeng, and the two are barely considered fellow villagers. Therefore, needless to say, we also know that the person behind this messenger must be Fa Zheng and Dharma filial piety.

Meng Da no longer doubted, the door was opened, and everyone was introduced into the house.

Jiang Wei suddenly took a step closer and said in a low voice: "There is something important to report below, please choose a secret place for the general, just you and me." ”

Meng Da thought that Fa Zheng had something to pass on, so he hurriedly instructed the housekeeper to take Jiang Wei's entourage to the side hall to entertain, and he led Jiang Wei to the study to sit for a while.

Waiting for the servant to serve the tea, Meng Da leaned sideways and said straight to the point: "General Jiang, I don't know what's important?" ”

Jiang Wei suddenly withdrew the harmless smile of humans and animals, pretended to be distressed, and sighed: "General Meng, don't hide it, you have a catastrophe!" ”

Meng Da was shocked when he heard this, but his face was still calm, and he asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Jiang Wei approached and said: "A person named Liao Hua came to the Fangcai Post House, saying that you and the young general refused to send reinforcements, and disregarded the life and death of the former general, and he was ready to go to the king of Hanzhong to sue you." ”

"Hey, that's just it." Meng Da sighed and said with a smile: "It's good to teach General Jiang to know, just because the mountain city is newly attached and the rebellion continues, we really can't spare manpower, and I think the lord will not blame." ”

Jiang Wei said bitterly: "The general is confused! This kind of rhetoric is said by the young general, but you General Meng can't say it. ”

Meng Daqi said: "Why is that? ”

Jiang Wei didn't answer and asked: "A few months ago, did the general lead his troops to take Fangling County north as Yidu Taishou, and then wave his army to attack Shangyong?" ”

"Yes, everyone knows about this, Da is on the orders of the king of Hanzhong, is there anything wrong?"

Jiang Wei continued to ask: "But halfway through the general's attack, the king of Hanzhong suddenly sent a major general to the governor of the three armies, but is this so?" ”

"Uh, not bad......"

"That's it, after capturing Shangyong, everyone will be added to the ranks, but you General Meng didn't give a reward, but even the original Yidu Taishou was taken away, I don't know what I said?"

Meng Da sighed and said, "That's true. ”

"Don't you know why?"

"Alas, Weifu is all out of his own hands, how can the lord think about it, how dare I speculate......" Meng Da suddenly came back to his senses halfway through his words, and asked anxiously: "Could it be that General Jiang knows the details here?" ”

Jiang Wei nodded, and asked again: "When General Meng attacked Fangling, he killed Wei Guotai Kuiqi?" ”

"It is true."

Jiang Wei slapped the table and said, "That's it." Does General Meng know who this Kuai Qi is? ”

Meng Da was stunned: "Da only knows that he is the brother of Guanglu Xun Kuai Yue of Wei State, why, this person can't be killed?" ”

Jiang Wei sighed and said faintly: "The good general knows that in addition to this relationship, Kuai Qi is a famous person in Jingxiang, known as Zhiren, and he is a talent that the lord is eager to recruit. What's more, this person is still the brother-in-law of Zhuge Junshi! ”

"Ahh When Meng Da heard this, his brain suddenly dizzy, his hand shook, and the teacup slipped to the ground and shattered.

Now he fully understood why the attack on Shangyong was smooth sailing, and the lord suddenly sent a Liu Feng over, and after attacking Shangyong, he had no reward for himself, and he ignored it and hung it here. It turned out that he didn't notice it for a while, and he offended another big man in the court!

Jiang Wei saw his expression and said:

"The general is already in the realm of fish swimming in the kettle right now, and he can't make a mistake. The general also thought that the lord and the former general were like brothers and sisters, if he knew that the former general died and fell because of the refusal of the superior to send reinforcements, how should he be angry? After all, the young general is the righteous son of the Lord, and a little punishment is enough; But the general killed Kuai Qi in front and refused to send reinforcements behind, how should the lord be angry with the general? Therefore, when Fang just said about rescuing the former general, the young general refused, and you can't refuse General Meng! ”

Meng Da slapped his thigh and suddenly realized: "I see! If it weren't for the general's on-demand, it would... Da almost made a big mistake! ”

Jiang Wei said again: "The former general is the brotherly brother of the lord, and Jingzhou is also the key point of Zhuge Junshi Longzhong, so you can't miss it for a while." To tell the truth, he first went to Fangling County yesterday to meet Xiang Taishou, and he immediately said that he would lead his troops south to rescue. With the position and attitude of Xiang Taishou, even if Fangling City is not protected, the lord will be grateful for his will and will not blame! ”

When Meng Da heard this, he was moved. His face was flushed, and he paced back and forth for a long time, and suddenly hesitated: "It's just... It's just that the military power here is in the hands of the major general, and Fang Caida has already persuaded the major general to wait and see what happens, and if he argues with him again at this time, he is afraid that it will backfire. ”

Jiang Wei shook his head secretly. He has moved out of the three great gods of Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Fazheng, but he still can't dispel Meng Da's idea of preserving his strength. It can be seen that this person is indeed an old fritter that is slippery and not slippery, unless Liu Bei and Fa Zheng are in person, there is no possibility of subduing this person.

However, such an outcome is also within his acceptable range.

Previously, he had learned from Wang Ping that the soldiers of Shangyong were all locals of Shangyong, and their willingness to go south was not strong; Dongzhou soldiers are the nature of private soldiers, compared to the imperial court, more loyal to the main general, if Meng Da has the idea of preserving strength, then even if he goes to Jingzhou, it is useless, even if he takes away his military power, it is useless; The only one who can be mobilized is the three thousand Yizhou soldiers under Liu Feng.

Seeing that Meng Da was not in the trap, Jiang Wei's heart flashed and he decided to start implementing the second strategy.

He chuckled twice and said, "Not bad." The mediocrity is an important land, and it really cannot be lost. In this case, it is better to ask the major general to lead his troops and horses with me for the time being. The identity of the major general is transcendent, and it is also the intention of leading the army to rescue Jingzhou. As for the three counties of Shangyong, Fangling, and Xicheng, General Meng will lead the headquarters to garrison them, and they should be safe. In the next should also be to the king of Hanzhong to explain his affairs, in order to describe the general's merits. ”

When Meng Da heard this, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

It was a proposal he couldn't refuse, and in his opinion, there were at least four benefits.

First, the 4,000 Dongzhou soldiers in his hands do not need to rush to the front line, and they can fully preserve their strength; second, after kicking Liu Feng and his generals away, with the strength in his hands is enough to crisscross the three eastern counties, there will be no resistance from then on; Third, you can use Jiang Wei's recital to show your position and intentions to the king of Hanzhong, what if the king of Hanzhong changes his mind? This last advantage is that if the king of Hanzhong is obsessed, then he has 4,000 soldiers and horses, and he can't vote anywhere in the world......

Thinking of this, Meng Da suddenly shook his head.

His mind was racing, and the more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt. It's just that this last benefit, he never dares to reveal a single bit.

Jiang Wei saw his expression and knew that he had entered the alley. So he took out a roll of brocade silk from his arms, raised it casually, revealing the seal of the king of Hanzhong, and said with a smile: "Actually, I came to find the young general on the order of the king of Hanzhong, but I don't know why he didn't want to see him." I had to trouble the general to invite him to the mansion and talk to him in detail. ”

Jiang Wei used a vague statement here, he was indeed ordered by the king of Hanzhong, but this order was an order to proclaim consolation, not an order to directly transfer troops to Liu Feng. He had already made up his mind to seize power, but he just saw that Liu Feng's mansion was heavily guarded, and it was not easy to start, so he just wanted to use Meng Da to earn Liu Feng and control it while he was unprepared.

Meng Daman's mind was immersed in the plan of killing four birds with one stone, although he did not see the content on the brocade silk, but it was absolutely impossible for the seal of the king of Hanzhong to be fake, not to mention that at this moment he had asked Jiang Wei for help, and he did not dare to review it in person.

At this moment, his only thought was to quickly send someone to invite the major general. After Jiang Wei finishes conveying the edict of the king of Hanzhong tonight, it is best for the two of them to get out early tomorrow morning.