Looking at Gongsun Kang and bowing down, Meng Tian did not move, and Meng Yi on the side hurriedly reminded: "Brother! Don't let the eldest prince keep worshiping you like this, whether you agree or disagree, you have a position! ”

Only then did Meng Tian notice his gaffe, and hurriedly stepped forward, helped Gongsun Kang up, and sighed and said: "Since the eldest prince is bent on apprenticeship, if I, Meng Tian, refuse again, it will be ignorant of lifting!" ”

Gongsun Kang was so happy that he immediately asked people to arrange a banquet, one to celebrate, and the other to worship the teacher.

After going back, Meng Yi and Meng Tian walked together, and Meng Yi asked in a low voice: "Big brother, why does the eldest prince worship you as a teacher, but you don't seem to be interested all the time?" Isn't there anything you are worried about? ”

Meng Tian sighed, "I am a minister, and the eldest prince is a king, even if he doesn't apprentice, I will do my best to assist the professor, but now if I am apprenticed, it will not be so simple." In the future, we will only be military generals, leading troops to kill the enemy outside, but the prince is the one who will inherit the position of the lord. But the lord still has a son, if it involves the battle for the throne of the Tao, if it is like before, we can still stay out of the matter; But now, since he is the teacher of the eldest prince, it must be equivalent to being tied to the same boat as the eldest prince at that time! But the lord seems to prefer the second son, and if their brothers fight at that time, you and my brother will inevitably be implicated, so I have been worried about this matter. ”

After listening to Meng Tian's words, Meng Yi suddenly realized, he never thought that this simple apprenticeship would have so many complicated doorways in it.

"Since my brother has accepted the eldest prince as an apprentice, then I can teach him wholeheartedly in the future. Since ancient times, the eldest son inherited the throne of the lord is justified, and the lord is not an unreasonable person, the elder brother does not need to worry too much, take one step at a time! Now our primary goal is to take down Buyeo, and the eldest prince will definitely be appreciated by the lord at that time. ”

Take Buyeo, before this, Meng Tian also thought about taking the Buyeo royal city in one go, and then send a general to garrison it, not afraid that these Buyeo tribes will be disobedient; However, after the first day of fighting, even though he saw through Aobai's plan and won a great victory over Aobai, he found that Fuyu's soldiers and generals were not weaker than Gongsun Kang's men at all. Moreover, he had heard that Dolgon could fight well, but now that Dolgon had not gone out in person, he could not fight quickly, and if the confrontation continued like this, the only way to do so would be to withdraw his troops. Therefore, the battle with Buyeo is far from ending so quickly.

He just thought about these words in his heart, but he didn't say them to Meng Yi, otherwise it would cause instability in the army's heart.

The news of Aobai's defeat reached Dolgon's ears, and Mu Huali's truthful report made Dolgon's anger suddenly thunderous, and he immediately scolded: "Aobai this horseman! I didn't let him be the main general because this person didn't know how to be flexible and was easy to be impulsive when encountering problems, but I didn't expect that this time he didn't listen to the words of the main general, causing me to lose my troops and generals, which really annoyed me! I'm going to take him back and ask for his guilt!" ”

Dolgon's angry words made a young man about twenty years old on the side quickly get up and say, "Father, stop being angry! Now that Gongsun Kang's army is coming, we are waiting for the time to employ people, and we must not self-destruct the general! Although Ao Bai was defeated, he is also the first warrior of our Buyeo, so we can't move lightly, so it's better to think about how to retreat from the enemy first! ”

When Dolgon heard these words, he nodded with satisfaction, looked at the young man and said, "Xuan Ye, fortunately I have such a good son as you!" As for retreating from the enemy, if I want to personally lead an army of 5,000 people, I will definitely leave Meng Tian'er with nowhere to escape! ”

As soon as Dolgon finished speaking, Xuan Ye hurriedly got up and persuaded, "Father, don't!" Now that the tribes of Buyeo have just surrendered, it is precisely because of the shock of their father's soldiers and horses here that they dare not act rashly. If my father leads the troops to the battle, the leaders of the tribes in the rear will inevitably rebel again, and I hope that my father will put the overall situation first! ”

Xuan Ye's words made Dolgon stunned, he had previously subdued all the leaders of the Buyeo tribes with powerful force and soldiers and horses, he thought that these people were already very honest, but after Xuan Ye said this, he felt that he was still too careless.

"Xuan Ye, then in your opinion, how should I retreat from the enemy?"

Xuan Ye smiled, "Father used to recite the Han art of war before, haven't you ever heard of a soldier who surrenders without a fight?" Sun Tzu said: Therefore, the army is plotting, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege. Although we have no plan to defeat the enemy, we can connect with other forces, so that Gongsun Du is threatened, then Gongsun Kang will retreat. ”

After hearing this, Dolgon's eyes couldn't help but light up, "Didn't Xuan Ye mean uniting Goguryeo?" ”

Today's Goguryeo has a smaller sphere of influence due to the airborne Dolgon and many of his civil and military forces, and the current king of Goguryeo is Yeonyou, the king of the mountain, and the tenth king of Goguryeo. Due to the military threat of Gongsun Du, Goguryeo's territory is now getting smaller and smaller, so Xuan Ye's opinion is to unite Goguryeo's soldiers and horses to threaten Gongsun Du together. In this way, if Gongsun Du can't withstand the two-way war, he will inevitably let Gongsun Kang's army withdraw, which is Xuanye's plan.

After a period of fighting, Meng Tian led Gongsun Kang's army all the way into the battle line for two hundred miles, but at this time, Meng Tian had already found that there was not much grain and grass; The people sent to Liaodong to deliver grain had not yet arrived, and Meng Tian knew that it was time to retreat.

When he and Gongsun Kang were about to tie it, Gongsun Kang frowned, and said with some reluctance: "Now that I see that the Buyeo Royal City is about to hit the Buyeo Royal City, is it a failure to withdraw the army at this time?" As for the issue of grain and grass, let's see if we can collect some from the nearby people's homes, as long as we can hold on for two months, we will definitely be able to take the Fuyu Royal City. ”

Meng Tian expressed helplessness about Gongsun Kang's optimistic attitude, although the progress is now very smooth, but Mu Huali has never confronted Gongsun Kang's army, and the Buyeo army has no more losses except for the part lost by Aobai. And his own soldiers and horses, running around in these places, have lost part of them because of the terrain, and now the grain and grass are only enough to last for a month at most, and if they don't retreat, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out at that time.

"The eldest prince, listen to the last general's advice: I really can't go any deeper, even if we take the Buyeo Royal City, we will inevitably fall into the siege of the Buyeo tribes, and when the time comes, I'm afraid no one will be able to leave. I also hope that Gongzi will focus on the overall situation, and this time he will destroy five or six thousand enemies, and he will also be able to ask for credit in front of the lord. ”

Meng Tian's words hit Gongsun Kang's heart, but he saw that Mu Huali was defeated all the way, and he was eager to destroy Fuyu in one fell swoop, so even if Meng Tian said this, he still felt that he could try.