After nightfall, Jiuquan City was already curfew, and the guards patrolling the streets walked by in groups with torches.

A carriage slowly drove through the street towards the Liangwang Mansion, and the city patrol guards passed by the carriage as if they had not found the carriage. Let it slowly move down the street.

This is the carriage on Song Xuan's mansion, and the city patrol guards are used to this Liang King's half-brother going to Liang Wang's Mansion in the middle of the night. Especially in the past year, he has been in and out of Liangwangfu frequently.

There were two people sitting in the carriage, one was Song Xuan, and the other was an old man over fifty years old, with white temples, looking at the darkness outside the carriage, frowning from time to time, looking a little anxious.

After a while, the carriage stopped in front of the Liangwang Mansion.

"Lord Meng waits here for a moment." Song Miao saw that the carriage stopped, and got out of the carriage with a word of explanation.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Lord Song, please. ”

The old man in the carriage, who was called Master Meng by Song Xuan, arched his hand towards Song Xuan, straightened his clothes, glanced at the outside of the carriage, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Lord Song is so late, I'm afraid the prince has already gone to bed, if there is nothing important, why don't you come back tomorrow?" The guard at the gate of the palace stepped forward and saw that it was Song Xuan, and bowed to Song Xuan and whispered.

"This matter is very important, go and report to the prince quickly, and Song Miao asks to see him. There is something to be done by the old man. Song Xuan's face was serious, and his majestic voice came.

Seeing Song Xuan's expression, the guard guarding the gate was speechless for a while, quickly thought about it, and clasped his fist at Song Xuan and said, "Lord Song, wait a while, and I will tell the prince first." ”

"Go ahead!"

Song Miao was pacing back and forth at the gate of the mansion, and now it was almost three watches, and if it wasn't for something important, he wouldn't have come to see Li Wei at this time.

Just as Song Miao was about to enter the mansion in person, the guards guarding the door walked out of the Liangwang Mansion, ran quickly in front of Song Xuan, and said breathlessly: "Lord Song, the prince asked you to go to the council hall." ”

Song Miao walked to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and said in a low voice, "Lord Meng, the prince is invited." ”

The old man in the carriage quickly got out of the carriage and, under the leadership of Song Xuan, walked into the Liangwang Mansion.

"Song Miao has seen the prince." Song Miao entered the council hall and saw that Li Wei was already waiting for him.

"Huh. Virtuous brothers don't have to be polite, I don't know what is the important matter of coming here late at night? Who is this? Li Wei stroked his beard and looked at Song Xuan with a smile on his face.

"Lord Qiqi, this is Meng Kai, the envoy of Nanliang, who came here tonight to discuss important matters, so I have to disturb the prince to rest. Please forgive me! Song Xuan looked at the old man beside him and introduced to Li Wei.

"In Xia Mengkai, meet the Duke of Jiuquan." Meng Kai saluted Li Wei and said.

"Lord Meng doesn't have to be polite, this king heard that the Guangwu Gong ordered the three armies to attack the Huns, and the other two roads were almost wiped out, but the army of Lord Meng was only more than 5,000 people, and more than half of the tens of thousands of Huns were annihilated. It is a blessing that Guangwu Gong can get the help of Lord Meng. Li Wei heard Song Miao say that this person was Meng Kai, and got up and walked to Meng Kai's side.

"The Duke of Jiuquan has a good reputation, and he will not give up under the Duke of Guangwu, and he should be loyal to serve the great kindness of the Duke of Guangwu. Tonight's visit to the Duke of Jiuquan was on the order of the Duke of Guangwu to discuss important matters with the Duke of Jiuquan. This is a letter written by the Duke of Guangwu to the Duke of Jiuquan, please take a look at the Duke of Jiuquan. Meng Kai took out a letter and respectfully handed it to Li Wei with both hands.

Li Wei opened the letter, walked under the candlelight and looked at the letter written to him by the bald Wei Tan seriously, frowning from time to time, and the more he looked down, the more frightened he felt.

"This~ This is what Guangwu Gong means?" Li Wei held the letter tightly in his hand, stared at Meng Kai intently and asked.

"Exactly. The battle of Hongchiling, the Huns army lost nearly 20,000, the Huns in order to prevent Guzang from being captured by the Western Qin, deployed more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Guzang, Songchang County north of Hongchiling There are 10,000 garrisons, plus soldiers and horses stationed in Qilian, Wuwei and other counties, today's Hun army is only more than 80,000 people, this is the weakest time for the Huns, and please make a decision as soon as possible...... "Meng Kai will deploy the Huns' troops like a few treasures, as if immersive.

"Lord Meng, this king heard that the Guangwu Gong lost no less than 50,000 people in this battle, and now there are probably less than 50,000 people with armor in Nanliang, how can this king be trusted?" Li Wei could hear that Meng Kai had always said that the Huns were so vulnerable, it was nothing more than to induce Xiliang to send troops.

When Meng Kai heard this, he saluted Li Wei and said: "Jiuquan Gong's words are wrong, although my Daliang suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Hongchiling, I can still accumulate 60,000 soldiers and horses in the short term. If the Duke of Jiuquan agrees to send troops, the total number of soldiers and horses of the two families will not be less than 100,000, and they will definitely be able to settle the battle in one battle. Over the years, although you and I have formed an alliance, they have fought separately, so that the Huns have a chance to take advantage of it. If the two families raise troops together, the destruction of the Xiongnu is just around the corner. ”

"Such a big matter is by no means child's play, this king still needs to discuss before he can reply, Lord Meng, you live in Jiuquan City now, and wait for this king to discuss before replying?" Li Wei naturally wouldn't easily agree because of Meng Kai's words, so he let Meng Kai wait in Jiuquan City.

"That's natural, and it really should be done with caution. In this way, Meng Kai waited for good news and temporarily retired! Meng Kai saluted Li Wei again and withdrew from the chamber.

After Meng Kai left, Li Wei looked at Song Xuan, who was speechless, "What does the virtuous brother think about the proposal to jointly send troops with Nanliang to attack the Huns?" Will there be fraud in this? ”

"Brother, now that the Huns in the Hexi Corridor have occupied more than half, they will accumulate countless soldiers, horses, money and food in a few years, if you don't take advantage of the weakness of the Huns, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles. It's just that I'm worried, in case Nan Liang is using my Xi Liang to contain the Huns? Song Miao said what he thought.

Li Wei walked to the corner of the conference hall, looked at the map hanging there, and said in a deep voice, "Yes." Now that Nanliang has lost a large area of land and is still alive, it seems that they are going to fight against the water, otherwise they will be eaten by the Huns within three years. ”

"If it is really as Meng Kairuo said, now the Hun army is basically in Guzang and Songchang, Zhangye only has less than 20,000 soldiers and horses, if Nanliang can drag the more than 40,000 Hun troops in Guzang and Songchang, my Daliang only needs 50,000 troops, and Zhangye can be taken within five days." Song Miao nodded and said.

"This bald man has a lot of appetite, and the letter said that after the matter is completed, the west of Xijun will belong to my Da Liang, and the rest will belong to Nan Liang."

Song Miao walked up to Li Wei and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you need to inform Yan'er about this child, now the Zhenbei Army is already a well-deserved elite of my Xiliang, if my brother agrees to send troops to attack Beiliang with Nanliang, Yan'er's Zhenbei Army and the Huns also have the strength to fight." ”

"Good. I will write a letter, and you will send someone to the West Sea early tomorrow morning. ”