The army marched eastward strongly, Meng Ge thought that all parts of the country would look at the wind and fall, but he didn't expect that at this time, things were always unexpected, just when the army was about to arrive in Zhongmu County, there was unexpected news from the front, Zhongmu County County Commander actually did not fall, and was waiting with people.

When he first heard the news, Meng Ge was also stunned, and he didn't react for a while, this matter has become clear, there is no way out of stubbornly guarding, and there are still people who do this, knowing that they can't do it, it seems stupid, but it is admirable, there are not many people in the world who can do this.

Zhongmu County Order, Meng Ge knew clearly, this person was none other than Chen Gong, but Meng Ge really didn't understand, why didn't Chen Gong leave, if he wanted to escape, he would have already fled at this time, and he didn't have to wait until he fought with himself, what was the reason why Chen Gong didn't leave?

Curious, Meng Ge turned his head and said, "Xiahou Lan, call the Venerable, let's go see this Chen Gongtai!" ”

"Yes!" Xiahou Lan arched his hand, and immediately went down to prepare, and after a while, the pro-military camp was dispatched, and went straight to Zhongmu County in front, in order to meet this Chen Gong, and by the way, to inquire about his reasons, Meng Ge decided to see it for himself.

At this time, the battle formation in front had already been arranged, Xu Huang was in the front, and was preparing to launch a strong attack on Zhongmu County, seeing Meng Ge coming, he thought that Meng Ge was coming to supervise the battle, Xu Huang did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to Meng Ge.

Xu Huang saluted and arched his hand: "The last general has seen the general, and the army has already set up a formation, and it can attack at any time!" ”

Meng Ge put his hands behind his back and said easily: "Don't worry, wait first, I want to meet this county commander, almost everyone has descended along the way, it's boring, there is finally one who doesn't fall, you have to take a good look, this is a rare character." ”

Since the Tiger Prison Pass sent troops, everywhere they passed were looking at the wind and falling, it turned out that those wall grass, have fallen to Menggo, of course, Menggo also reciprocated, in addition to restricting their military power, the official position has basically not moved, as for the restriction of military power, the method is also quite simple.

If there are not many troops in the county, then stay, and at the same time divide the two sides, from then on, the county commander and other officials are not qualified to manage the army, simply put, it is to deprive the local officials of their military power, and the local garrison troops will also be incorporated into the military in the future.

All the sergeants will only obey orders from the upper echelons of the army, even the garrison sergeants, this is the way of Mungo, so that it can avoid a little, in the past, many people abandoned the public for private purposes, and regarded the army as private property, and this kind of thing is no longer possible.

Of course, even if he is unwilling, it is useless, if someone dares to object, then he will have to weigh the consequences, whether he is so capable, there will be only one system in the army in the future, that is, the general's palace headed by Meng Ge, if anyone wants to intervene in the army, it is overstepping.

Of course, the local military strength has also been weakened, and what is the strength of a county, Mungo gave a rule, as long as there are enough guards, and if it is exceeded, there must be sufficient reasons, such as preventing banditry, and of course, if there are bandits, such things must be reported immediately.

In short, all illegal establishments will be abolished, but careful work will have to go through a period of improvement, anyway, the general prototype is like this, and the army and administration will be the two parts of the reading power, and no one can interfere with anyone, of course, coordination is still necessary, otherwise some work cannot be completed.

For the local officials who surrendered, they naturally had to obey the deployment of the central government, and of course they still did not move now, but in the future, they would also obey the decrees of Shang Shutai in the future promotion and assessment, and everything would be controlled by the imperial court again, which would also take back the administrative power.

However, this time Chen Gong did not surrender, obviously setting a precedent, Xu Huang said uneasily: "General, the last general thinks that there should be no negotiation at this time, but should use the momentum of thunder, quickly cut through the chaos, seize this Chen Palace, kill him to set an example, and warn those who are half-hearted!" ”

Mungo was slightly surprised, this is true, but Mungo is not going to do this, if he wants the world to return to his heart, it is not possible not to govern benevolently, of course, necessary warnings are also needed.

But there has to be a degree between the two, Chen Gong is just strictly guarding the city gate, and he will do it without asking, which is obviously untenable, and there must be a suitable reason to fight, otherwise it will not work, and then kill everyone, and the court has to send people to manage, and now the manpower is a little tight, and he has to rely on these people, Chen Gong is also a great talent, if he can accept it, it is very good.

Thinking of this, Meng Ge shook his head and said: "Gongming, sometimes there is no need to fight, then don't fight, the so-called salute first and then the soldiers, as soon as you come up, put yourself in a position, this is not suitable, we are civilized people, we can't do this, we have to send someone to reason first, is this the right way!" ”

"Still civilized!" Xia Houlan rolled her eyes, and came to the door with soldiers, this is still called a civilized person, it is obviously a bully, Xia Houlan secretly slandered, of course he didn't dare to say it.

As soon as Meng Ge said this, Xu Huang was also stunned, he had some experience in fighting, but this reasonable word, to be honest, he was not good at it, of course, the most important thing was the words of a civilized person, Xu Huang was embarrassed for a while, this civilized person may not have much to do with him.

After pondering for a while, Xu Huang asked cautiously, "What does the general mean?" ”

Mongo said confidently: "Of course I will send someone to talk, and I will talk to him in person!" ”

Since Meng Ge had already given the order, Xu Huang had to obey the order, and after thinking about it, he said: "Okay, the last general will immediately let people shout, will the general move?" After all, the last general is not good at this negotiation! ”

This proposal is in Menggo's arms, this is what he wants, Menggo suddenly opened his eyes and smiled: "Go, hurry up, there is no one in this world, although we are not in a hurry to pursue, but if we don't hurry up, we can't form pressure, hurry up, let's talk about it as soon as possible!" ”

The shouting person was quickly arranged, this matter is also very easy, find a few loud voices, go to the city tower to shout, the city wall of Zhongmu County is not high, you can hear it if you stand a little closer, it is a little dangerous, but if you hide in the shield array, the problem is not too big.

At this moment, Xiahoulan stood in the center of the shield array, looking back at Meng Ge, hoping that Meng Ge would be kind, so he spared him this time, but Meng Ge's eyes definitely did not let him go back, but it was encouraging.

"Every time this kind of thing is me, I'm really miserable!" Xia Houlan had to turn around, her face was more ugly than crying, she thought that this time it was none of his business, but just after a while, Meng Ge felt that just looking for a soldier didn't seem to be enough, so he immediately let Xia Houlan go into battle.

Xia Houlan, who was reluctant, turned around, took a deep breath, and shouted at the city tower: "The people on the city tower listen, tell your county order to come out, General Meng has something for me to convey!" ”

At the beginning, the soldiers on the tower of this city still didn't understand, but now they finally understood, it turned out that they had something to say, but this battle was also bigger, the shield array with iron walls and iron walls, it was difficult to break through anything, and if there was no bed crossbow, ordinary attacks would be like tickling.

At this time, Chen Gong was on the city tower, and at first he didn't understand why the Meng Ge army suddenly stopped moving, but now he finally understood, it turned out that he was preparing to persuade him to surrender, which was really beyond Chen Gong's expectations, originally he thought that the enemy army was menacing, and even the formation was down.

But he didn't expect to negotiate in a blink of an eye, Chen Gong was really confused about Meng Ge's style of acting, and the negotiation also put on such a battle, it was simply full of food and nothing to do, but soon he understood that this bastard was by no means full of food and had nothing to do.

After thinking for a while, Chen Gong also wanted to hear the specific meaning, so he walked to the front row and said loudly: "Down there is Chen Gong, the county order of Zhongmu County, what is the reason for the rebel general to invade Zhongmu County for no reason?" ”

"Hah!" Meng Ge almost laughed, Chen Gong is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, this has not started negotiations yet, first charge you with the crime, and sure enough, you have to negotiate samadhi, whether it is or not, first put a hat on the other party, and then pull the skin, probe the details of the other party, if you don't make a mistake, the next thing is to pull the skin.

As soon as he came up, he was buttoned up, Xia Houlan quit, and immediately replied: "Lord Chen's words are wrong, the rebellious general was ordered to go out to fight against the rebellion, but my lord, I don't want to be loyal to the imperial court, but I am helping to do evil and hinder the march of my army, what is the reason?" ”

This is not leaky, Meng Ge nodded with satisfaction, this kid has stayed for so long, his eloquence has risen a lot, and then it depends on how Chen Gong responds, as long as he sees the move, it should not be a big problem.

Chen Gong frowned on the city tower, the other party said a few words, directly to the point, Meng Ge was indeed ordered to send troops, this is naturally nothing to say, even if Meng Ge controlled the court and issued a decree privately, he could not use this as a counterattack, because in this way, the other party would be able to buckle a big rebellious hat.

As for the crusade against rebellion, there is naturally no problem with defining Cao Ying and others as rebels, after all, Cao Ying and others privately brought troops into Beijing, named Qing Jun's side, and restored the Han Dynasty, but the final result was defeated, and the prince and the loser Kou were equivalent to sitting on the name of rebellion.

If you insist on it, Mongo is a rebellious minister, I'm afraid things are even worse, this is tantamount to giving people a handle, even if Mongo is unwilling, he has to kill the killer, so that there will be no room for maneuver completely.

For a while, Chen Gong was in a dilemma, so he had to say: "General Meng crusaded against the rebellion, we shouldn't have stopped it, but I didn't receive an order from Shangguan, so in order to ensure the peace of the party, I had to temporarily close the city gate!" ”

Without waiting for Chen Gong to finish speaking, Xiahou Lan interrupted: "Chen County Order, what you said is nonsense, Zhongmu County belongs to Yanzhou, Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, at this moment has been killed by the general because of rebellion, how can you get the order of Shangguan, it is clear that you deliberately shirk, if you don't know the current affairs, when the army breaks the city, don't regret it!" ”

The words have been said very clearly, the meaning of Xiahou Lan's words is very simple, whether to fight or not, it is all up to you to decide, if you insist on fighting, then fight happily, but when the city is broken, it is not up to you. In this way, there is no room for maneuver, Chen Gong said quietly: "Protect the people and die, Chen Gong dies without regrets!" ”

"You!" Xiahou Lan was almost angry, and died protecting the people, but it was wrong for him, looking at the soldiers on the city tower, they all showed a determined look, obviously because of Chen Gong's words.

Without waiting for Xiahou Lan to reply, Meng Ge shouted loudly: "I think Lord Chen misunderstood, even if our army breaks through Zhongmu County, it will not move the innocent people in the city, the war is just a choice, and the innocent will not be implicated, of course, if Lord Chen surrenders, the general will naturally not move the people at all, they are all Han people, and they will be treated kindly!" ”

"This!" Chen Gong frowned, obviously this is not in line with the legend, the name of the demon general of Meng Ge, naturally not in vain, Meng Ge killed countless people, when Meng Ge was outside the Tiger Prison Pass, he defeated the princes of Kwantung in a row, and killed no less than tens of thousands, those cities that were breached, I am afraid that none of them are intact, and the people will naturally suffer.

But now Meng Ge said that he would not move the people in the slightest, Chen Gong didn't believe it, it may not be groundless, the people in front of him were very cunning, and Chen Gong didn't dare to be gullible.

Without waiting for Chen Gong to reply, Meng Ge immediately said: "There is no basis for what I say, I promise hereby that if you choose to surrender, the army will not enter the city!" ”

This is already the greatest sincerity, if the army does not enter the city, it will naturally not disturb the people, Chen Gong is most worried about these people, rather than the city is broken, everyone will die together, it is better to compromise, what he wants is also very simple, it is a promise of Meng Ge.

Chen Gong hurriedly answered: "Is the general's words true? ”

"It's hard to chase a horse if you say it!" Meng Ge responded forcefully to Chen Gong.

Chen Gong is not a pretentious person, he has already got the answer he wants, Chen Gong hurriedly said: "Okay, since this is the case, I am willing to lead Zhongmu County to surrender!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Chen Gong shouted: "Someone, open the city gate!" ”

This move is to gamble on Menggo's credit, and Chen Gong has no choice but to gamble, betting that if he wins, he will be fine in Zhongmu County, and if he loses, it will be the same as losing the battle, and there will be no chance to turn over.

Sure enough, after Chen Gong's order, Zhongmu County finally opened the city gate, Chen Gong took the soldiers defending the city out of the city to surrender, Meng Ge also kept his promise, and the army did not move.

Seeing that Meng Ge kept his promise, Chen Gong finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the matter was not over, whether he could get through the last hurdle was the most important thing, I saw Chen Gong come to Meng Ge's side, his knees bent, and he fell to the ground in a blink of an eye, but his face was very calm.

Meng Ge was puzzled and said, "Lord Chen, what does this mean?" ”

Chen Gong leaned down, bowed, and said calmly: "Forgive the general, the palace deceived the general just now, capital crime, capital crime!" ”

Mungo said calmly: "Deceive! What have you deceived about me? ”

Chen Gong said calmly: "Chen Liutai guards Zhang Miao, and his family is in the city!" ”

"Hah! Ha! Ha! Meng Ge suddenly laughed and said: "I said Gongtai, is it just for this matter, since it is in Zhongmu County, it is naturally within the range, you just have to rest assured, I will not touch them at all!" ”

"Thank you, General, for your kindness!" Chen Gong bowed to the ground again, everything that should be saved was saved, and Chen Gong could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

(To be continued)