"King Meng, you are a hero all over the world, everyone knows the past, if the student says anything to see your past from your face, he will only laugh and be generous. However, the students found that there is a blue and black gas between your eyebrows, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of illness recently, and please take care of your body and take care of it. ”

"Mr. Chunfeng, you are too godly! It's amazing! Yes, I've been a little out of breath lately, and in the middle of the night the night before, I was coughing so much that I couldn't even breathe, and I didn't even know about it, but you can tell it from your face! Immortal! What a living immortal! ”

"The king has won the award, the carving insect skills, and the king can smile, which is already the ....... General Wang, don't worry, the student will show you, please stand under the lamp and let the student take a closer look for you. ”

"General Wang, with all due respect, your situation is somewhat similar to that of King Meng, there is also black gas between the eyebrows, but only black and no green, and the black gas is dissipating, if the student is not bad, general, you should have suffered a small misfortune not long ago, hurting the body, fortunately, the disaster has passed, so the black gas between the eyebrows gradually dissipated, I don't know if the student is wrong?"

"That's right! That's right! Yes, more than ten days ago, I was wounded by an arrow in Jiyin, and I was shot by a stray arrow, and I lost a lot of blood. Mr. Chunfeng, living immortal, please show me again to see if there will be any calamities in my hand? See, you can thank you as much as you want me to do! ”

The physiognomy of the super god stick Yuan Tiangang caused a huge sensation in Meng Rang's Chinese army tent, and the thieves and generals of all sizes surrounded Yuan Tiangang to the point that they couldn't get through, and they rushed to beg Yuan Tiangang to divinate for his face, and Yuan Tiangang was admitting to show his strength, using his natural Jianghu magic methods to pretend to be ghosts, and fooling Meng Rang's army and thieves into a flute, screaming endlessly. In the end, it was Meng Rang who spoke in person, and then drove the generals away, "Don't surround yourself, Mr. Chunfeng has come from afar to work hard, and it's so late, let him rest for the night, you want to invite him to meet, you can wait until tomorrow." ”

Meng Rang opened his mouth, and the thieves and generals reluctantly suppressed their curiosity and retreated according to the order, and Meng Rang smiled at Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Chunfeng, don't be weird, almost all of my brothers are coarse people, and they can't read a single word in Douda, and when they see that your physiognomy is so effective, they are all anxious, making you hard." ”

"It's okay, I've been used to it for a long time." Yuan Tiangang smiled and said: "When I was under the command of King Du, General Wang Xiongshui and General Ximen Junyi were even more anxious, and General Ximen almost put a knife on my neck and forced me to face him. It's too late at night, and tomorrow, tomorrow, if the general is still interested, the student can carefully push and repair the old one for him. ”

The thieves will be overjoyed, and hurriedly thank Yuan Tiangang, and rush to ask Yuan Tiangang to calculate the eight characters for himself the next day, Meng Rang opened his mouth again to stop, and then asked Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Chunfeng, you just asked the hexagram about the copper money for our march into Huaiyang, what water wind well hexagram did you get, how to solve this hexagram?" Is it evil or auspicious? ”

Yuan Tiangang's face was embarrassed, and he hesitated to answer, until Meng Rang asked again, Yuan Tiangang said with a embarrassed expression: "King Meng forgives the sin, the student didn't immediately explain the hexagram for you just now, but let you know the student's physiognomy first, originally to prove that the student's interpretation of the hexagram is not out of selfishness, but on the matter." But the student will think about it carefully, and it is better not to understand this hexagram. ”

"Why?" Meng Rang and the others were completely confused by Yuan Tiangang.

Yuan Tiangang looked even more embarrassed, and said: "Because the interpretation of this hexagram is just the opposite of the purpose of the student's coming, the student is worried that after explaining the hexagram, he will make the king feel that the student is selfish, in order to complete the mission entrusted by King Du, so he deliberately misinterprets the hexagram and misleads you." ”

The world is bustling, all for profit, Du Fuwei can't send Zhang Xutuo's letter to himself for no reason, Meng Rang has long known it, so Meng Rang is not surprised, just smiled and said: "Mr. Chunfeng, don't be polite, just tell me all your intentions, I'll listen." ”

"King Xie." Yuan Tiangang thanked him, and then said: "Don't hide it from the king, in fact, King Du is to let the students come to negotiate with you about the alliance, in the first month of this year, our King Du went west to the county, and was accidentally defeated by Chen Yingliang's traitors. The day before yesterday, our army inadvertently robbed Zhang Xutuo's handwritten letter, knowing that your team was on the way south, our King Du gave birth to the idea of inviting you to form an alliance with the army, and wanted to join hands with you to take the county, and the money, grain and property, your army can get sixty percent, and our army only needs forty percent, and our King Du is willing to suffer some losses, just to be able to avenge the shame. ”

After that, Yuan Tiangang took out a forged letter from Du Fuwei, and it was common for rebels from all walks of life to join forces to attack a city and village, Meng Rang was not surprised by this, he took the letter and just read it carefully, and saw that the content of Du Fuwei's letter was similar to Yuan Tiangang's introduction, which invited him to form an alliance and join hands to attack the seven counties of Qianjun County, which had the best money and grain in the Huaibei generation, and promised to divide the money and grain into four or six shares. The only thing that Yuan Tiangang's oral statement is different is that Du Fuwei pointed out in his letter that if Meng Rang led his army to move closer to his team, he could immediately get rid of Zhang Xutuo's pursuit, because Zhang Xutuo, whose nest was in Qi County, would never dare to go too south, which would make the situation in the Qilu area, which was already erosive, even more erosive.

After reading Du Fuwei's letter, Meng Rang did not rush to refuse or agree, but his eyes were rolling wildly, Yuan Tiangang observed his words and looks, and knew that he was still a little moved, so he took out a simple map from his arms, spread it out on the table, and said to Meng Rang: "King Meng, in fact, King Du and the auxiliary army division also expected that you might go to Huaiyang for food, but as far as we know, if you move to Huaiyang, I am afraid it will be very dangerous, and it is likely to be Chen Yingliang of Qianjun, The three armies of Yang Wang and Zhang Xutuo of Liang County joined forces to flank and suffered huge losses. ”

"Please tell me more carefully." Meng Rang hurriedly asked Yuan Tiangang to introduce the military situation, and at the same time carefully looked at the map brought by Yuan Tiangang, and found that this map was a little simpler than the official map he had seen when he was the lord of Zouping County, but it was barely clearly marked, and basically depicted the mountains, rivers, cities and lakes in the Huaibei area.

"King Meng, please see, if you enter Huaiyang, the biggest difficulty is how to cross the Tongji Canal." Yuan Tiangang gestured on the map and said: "Your current location is between Yucheng and Dangshan counties in Liang County, if you want to go west to Huaiyang, you first have to cross the Tongji Canal Canal between Songcheng in Liang County and Yongcheng in Qian County, but it is very unfavorable for you that this section of the canal is very densely populated, from east to west there are officials from Yongcheng, Yuxian, Xiayi, Gushu and Songcheng five counties, Songcheng and Yongcheng are also stationed in the main elite of the official army, although the strength is not enough to defeat the king of your team, But it's enough to bring you a lot of trouble, the king. ”

"In view of these circumstances, King Meng, if you lead the army to advance towards Huaiyang, it will be very easy to get food along the way, but you will definitely not be able to escape the eyes of the official and military scouts. If the officers and soldiers confirm your movements, they can immediately send troops to your river crossing location to set up camp to intercept them, and they can also rely on the advantages of the surrounding cities to travel lightly, without worrying about the supply of military rations, and the troops are very fast. ”

"King Meng, if your team is stopped by the official army on the north bank of the Tongji Canal, then you will be in big trouble, the Tongji Canal is the lifeblood of the tyrant Yang Guang, the river is wide and deep, in the rivers north of the Huai River, its water volume is second only to the Yellow River, far greater than King Meng, you have seen the small rivers of Lotus Water, Wenshui and Bianshui before, if there are no soldiers and horses on the south bank of the Tongji Canal, it will be difficult for your team to cross the river!"

Yuan Tiangang selectively forgot about the slow flow of the canal and the large number of boats on the river, which were easy to collect, and continued to bewitch: "At that time, if you are blocked by the official army on the north bank of King Meng, you will not be able to cross the river for a while, Chen Yingliang of Qian County will be killed from downstream, Yang Wang will also be killed from Song Cheng upstream, plus Zhang Xutuo, who has been biting you, will also chase from behind, you will be attacked on three sides, and there is no way to advance or retreat, what will be the consequences at that time, King Meng, do you dare to imagine?" ”

Meng Rang and others suffered a loss because they had never been to the side of the Tongji Canal, and they couldn't see with their own eyes that the water flow of the artificial river was flat and slow, and they could cross everywhere, and they didn't know that the self-army could cross the river by dividing their troops with manpower advantages, and in turn they would attack the officers and soldiers who were fortified along the river.

Meng Rang, a cultural person from a thin background of the county lord, gasped, not to mention Wang Xinwei and Li Chou and other mud legs who did not know a load, and under the shock, Wang Xinwei and others hurriedly asked about the width and depth of the Tongji Canal, and Yuan Tiangang replied truthfully, saying that the width of the Tongji Canal is forty steps and two hundred and forty feet, and in order to make the dragon boat of Emperor Yang of Sui navigable, the depth is unified to two feet and four feet, which is enough to drown three adults with their heads and feet stacked together! - Of course, Yuan Tiangang was not stupid enough to truthfully introduce the speed of the water flow in the Tongji Canal.

Knowing the width and depth of the Tongji Canal, Wang Xinwei and the others' faces changed, and they whispered to Meng Rang: "King, such a big river is not easy, our team is huge, and it took more than a day to cross a small river like Bianshui, if you want to cross a big river like Tongji Canal, you don't have more than three days, I'm afraid you can't do it." ”

Meng Rang remained silent, and after thinking about it for a long time, Meng Rang said to Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Chunfeng, what Du Fuwei means, I already understand, give me the hexagram you just now, it doesn't matter, just say whatever you want, I believe you." ”

"King, then the student will be outspoken." Yuan Tiangang arched his hand and said: "Don't hide it from King Meng, the water wind well hexagram is actually not a fierce hexagram, but it is by no means an auspicious hexagram, its main hexagram is the Xun hexagram, the hexagram is the wind, the guest hexagram is the Kan hexagram, the hexagram is water, the wind can be blocked and avoided, the power is huge, the cold wind is biting, symbolizing the passive side of the main side, the strength is very strong, and the attitude is tough; The water flows to a low place, which can be blocked and accommodated, and the boat can be floated and sunk, symbolizing that the guest is passive, strong, and easy-going. The guest side is restricted by the host, because both parties are passive, the relationship is stable, like a fixed position of the well, so it is called the water wind well hexagram. ”

Speaking of which, he glanced at Meng Rang and the others, who had already been stunned, and Yuan Tiangang said calmly: "King, your army enters Huaiyang from north to south, as the guest, the main water, passive and passive, and the official army is also passive, but they are the main side, the main wind, the strength between you is equally strong, and there is no weak side, and the two will inevitably fall into a stalemate when they meet." Therefore, the students believe that from the perspective of hexagrams, if you march to Huaiyang, although it will not be disadvantageous, it will be difficult to break through the blockade of the official army, and it is likely to form a stalemate with the official army, and it will take a long time to decide the victory. ”

The muscles on Meng Rang's face twitched a few times, and he secretly said in his heart: "If a stalemate is formed with the official army, then I will be in big trouble, and the old dog Zhang Xutuo behind me will definitely not miss this opportunity to kill me!" ”

Wang Xinwei and Li Chou and others exchanged heads and whispered, all of them thought that Yuan Tiangang's hexagram was correctly solved, and the official army had a large river like Tongji Canal to defend, so it was very likely to form a stalemate with the self-army, giving Zhang Xutuo, who was chasing behind, a chance to catch up with the self-army. After coming to this judgment, Li Chou couldn't wait to say: "Mr. Chunfeng, then you can give us another hexagram, and see which way we take to break through the siege most smoothly?" ”

"General Li, the student is only a little familiar with magic techniques, not a real immortal." Yuan Tiangang replied with a wry smile: "Only those charlatans who swagger and deceive will divinate several times in a day, and the real warlocks will only divinate one hexagram in a day, because no matter how much it is, it will definitely not work." As far as the students know, throughout the ages, the person who can even count the hexagrams in one day can be effective, that is, the Guan Guan Gongming who has seen the way of heaven, is just one person, and later he increased the longevity of the young Zhao Yan's divination, but also because of the leakage of the heavenly secrets, he was warned by the Big Dipper Star, and he did not dare to count the hexagrams a day, incurring the heavenly send! ”

"That's amazing!" Li Chou stuck out his fat tongue, and then hurriedly said: "Mr. Chunfeng, then you can't give your hexagram tomorrow to others, you have to leave it to me, I won't treat you badly." ”

Yuan Tiangang smiled bitterly and nodded, while Meng Rang picked up the map brought by Yuan Tiangang and looked at it carefully, pondered for a while, and suddenly asked Yuan Tiangang: "Mr. Chunfeng, Du Fuwei invited me to join forces to attack Qian County, did he want me to go there to join him?" ”

"Hooked." Yuan Tiangang smiled slightly in his heart, and then arched his hand and said: "King Meng, in order to show sincerity, our King Du let you decide the location of the division for yourself, you can learn from us in Yongxian County, or you can go to the south of Pengcheng first, get rid of Zhang Xutuo's pursuit, and learn from us in the area of Dingtao Mountain, and then discuss." How to choose, the king can decide for himself. ”

Meng Rang was stupid to join Du Fuwei in Yongxian County, and at the same time provoke Chen Yingliang and Zhang Xutuo, the two famous right-hand dogs of Emperor Yang of Sui, so Meng Rang immediately asked: "If we go to Dingtao Mountain to join you, what way can we go?" ”

"The road of Mangdang Mountain." Yuan Tiangang pointed out the road on the map and explained: "Mangdang Mountain is located at the junction of the three counties of Pengliang and Qiao, with high mountains and dense forests and complex roads, which is a good place for the heroes of the green forest to show their talents, and it is also a place where the officers and soldiers of the three counties of Pengliang and Qiao ignore it. This time, the students were able to avoid the blockade of the official army and come from Dingtao Mountain to contact you, which is the way to go. ”

Meng Rang's eyes lit up a little, because if it weren't for the beggar-thy-neighbor counties in the north, desperately driving his team to the neighbor's house, Meng Rang, who was almost killed by Zhang Xutuo and Zhou Fashang, would not have been able to make a comeback so quickly. So after thinking about it for a long time, Meng Rang made up his mind, slammed the table, and said loudly: "Okay! Just take this road to Dingtao Mountain! Look at him, Zhang Xutuo, old dog, dare to throw down the north and ignore it? Follow me to Dingtao Mountain! ”

………………

"Bang!"

Almost at the same time, in the camp of Zhang Xutuo's army hundreds of miles away, Zhang Xutuo also slapped the table heavily, and it happened to be on the letter of Chen Yingliang that Mulan had just brought back from Qian County, and his face was still extremely terrifying. Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, He Yanyu, Fan Hu and Tang Wanche and other famous generals of the Sui army standing on both sides were also all pale and gritted their teeth, and in the entire big tent, only Mulan's clear voice echoed, "...... That Chen Yingliang not only refused the ambassador's invitation to send troops, but also arrogantly said that the ambassador's tactics are a stupid method, and you will only be in a passive state all the time, and it will not work at all to chase after the front block! The last general was so angry that he almost cut him ...... on the spot. ”

"Shameless rats who are greedy for life and afraid of death!" Luo Shixin couldn't bear to roar, just like hitting a thunderbolt in the big tent of the Chinese army, and roared angrily: "We have been chasing for hundreds of miles, and we are finally about to surround Meng Rang dog thief, Chen Yingliang, the dog thief, dares to retreat!" I must slaughter him with my own hands and sacrifice his head to our fallen brethren!" ”

He Yanyu, Fan Hu, Tang Wanche and others also scolded one after another, extremely angry Chen Yingliang's cowardice, which made the pursuit of thousands of miles of the self-army fall short, only Qin Qiong, who had a relatively calm personality, did not say anything, but his face was very gloomy and terrifying, and he clenched his teeth extremely tightly, and the muscles on his face continued to twitch.

After a long time, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand, and the scolding in the big tent of the Chinese army immediately stopped abruptly, and then Zhang Xutuo said slowly: "Actually, Chen Yingliang is right, our front blocking and chasing after is indeed a stupid way, I asked him to join forces with Dong Chun and Yang Wang to block Meng Rang's southern escape road, this encirclement is indeed too big, his words are not wrong." He was ...... wrong. ”

Speaking of this slowly, Zhang Xutuo slapped the table again, and roared angrily: "He was wrong!" It is not to preserve strength, it should not have chosen to fight with all its might, and it should not have considered the terrible consequences of Meng Rang's flow to the Jianghuai area! He didn't know what the consequences would be once an experienced and powerful thief like Meng Rang was allowed to flow to Jianghuai! It is also possible to turn the relatively peaceful Jianghuai into the next Jibei! ”

The roar was too hard, Zhang Xutuo, who was already over half a hundred years old, didn't catch it in one breath, and couldn't help bending over and coughing violently, Qin Qiong next to him hurriedly stepped forward and slapped Zhang Xutuo's back, Zhang Xutuo waved his hand to show that he was fine, coughed and said: "I'm fine, it's almost time, you all go and rest, tomorrow we will continue to go south and pursue Meng Rang's team of thieves with all our might." ”

"Keep chasing?" Qin Qiong was a little worried, and hurriedly said: "Ambassador, Chen Yingliang refuses to send troops to the north, there are no troops to defend the Bianshui River section, according to the distance, Meng Rang's team should have already crossed the Bianshui, and it is unlikely that we can catch up?" ”

"Give it a try." Zhang Xutuo said helplessly: "I hope Yang Wang can give me a surprise, delay Meng Rang's advance speed a little, if you really can't catch up, let the army rest in Liang County, replenish some ordnance, grain and grass, and then turn back to Jiyin to solve Meng Haigong, the thief, it is not a mistake." ”

Qin Qiong lowered her head and agreed, but Mulan said viciously: "I hope that Meng will let that thief flow into Qian County, let Chen Yingliang, the rat generation, also come to beg us, and let him know how cruel and vicious Meng Rang is that thief!" ”

"It is unlikely that Meng Rang will enter the county, Chen Yingliang's boy is still a little famous, with Meng Rang's treachery and cunning, it is unlikely that he will enter the county and Chen Yingliang to fight hard." Zhang Xutuo shook his head and said weakly: "I'm not afraid that Meng Rang will enter the north of Pengcheng now, nor will he go directly south to Qiaojun, but I'm worried that he will flow to Huaiyang in the southwest, or kill in the south of Pengcheng, then either Huaiyang will never have peace, or we will be in a dilemma." ”

After speaking weakly, Zhang Xutuo, who was already tired and his eyes were bloodshot, slapped the table again, and sighed: "Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang, the old man really doesn't understand, how did a cowardly rat like you who is passive and war-avoidant break into such a big reputation?" The Holy Lord's entrustment of you to the important task of guarding the county is really inhuman! ”