Ma Yuan led the vanguard troops to Wangping County, only to see the banner of the Zhao family hanging on the county seat, and there were black soldiers standing on it, and the wall of Wangping County was strong, and it was not easy to attack it, Ma Yuan decided to choose a favorable terrain outside the county to settle down, and at the same time sent people to report Zuzhao's current situation.

After the camp was set up, Ma Yuan and Zhao Qi sat at the same table and asked him about the affairs of Wangping County. Zhao Qi told Ma Yuan that one of his fellow villagers named Zhao Meng was now stationed in the county seat, and that he wanted to follow the Yellow Turban Army during the Yellow Turban Uprising, but in the end he was unsuccessful. That Zhao Meng is very skilled, so that he has good knife skills, and his archery skills are also first-class, and he can easily shoot the enemy from a hundred steps away. Because he was not busy with the oppression of the township chief, he was angry and killed, and finally fled to a different place, and only moved to his hometown a few years ago.

When Zhao Ci raised troops against the Han and arrived in Nanyang, Zhao Qi and Zhao Meng participated in the Zhao Ci Rebellion together. At the time of the first battle, Zhao Meng was embraced by the soldiers because of his courage and invincibility, and Zhao Ci also praised him, and now he is one of Zhao Ci's right-hand men, and he can be called his right-hand man. This Wangping County is an important county seat in Liaodong County, and it is in a very important military position, which can be attacked and defended. That's why Zhao Ci ordered Zhao Meng to be stationed here.

"You and he are fellow villagers, so are you sure that you will persuade him to surrender?" Ma Yuan asked.

Zhao Qi said: "I'm willing to give it a try, but Zhao Meng's hatred of Han officials has been around for a long time, he is a dead-brained person, once he follows someone, it is difficult to change this idea, and now Zhao Ci values him so much, I am afraid that he will not surrender even if he dies." But I'm willing to give it a try, and if I can, I won't fight. “

Ma Yuan said: "When our army arrives, you can try, if you can surrender, you can surrender, if you can't, you can only fight, this Wangping County is an important place in my Liaodong County, you must not let them occupy it for a long time." ”

The two discussed it and did not rush there. Zhao Qi revealed that in this Wangping County, there are nearly more than 10,000 troops, if it is a strong attack, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, if this is a precaution, they will sneak attack, to take this Wangping County, I am afraid that it will be a price that cannot be paid.

Let's say that Zhao Meng in Wangping County has been named the Shenlong General by Zhao Ci at this moment, because he fights quickly and goes in and out of the battlefield without seeing the end, he is hereby given such a title, which can be regarded as the most powerful military general since Zhao Ci.

His spies found out that Zu Zhao's vanguard had arrived, that the army sent out to ambush had been wiped out, and that the surviving soldiers had taken refuge with the enemy. Zhao Meng sighed secretly, this Zu Zhao's subordinates did have some capable people, but he was not afraid. When he heard that Zhao Qi had also surrendered, he was a little angry and immediately sent an envoy to Ma Yuan's camp.

Ma Yuanjun's guards brought the envoy into see Ma Yuan, and when he asked, it turned out that the messenger was for Zhao Menglai to tell Zhao Qi that if he still remembered the feelings of his fellow villagers, then he would be powerful Zu Zhaojun, as for whether he would go elsewhere or return to the headquarters of the Zhao army, Zhao Ci didn't care, but if Zhao Qi chose to return to Zu Zhao, then if he met on the battlefield, he would definitely kill him, and when he defeated Zu Zhao, he would kill Zhao Qi without mercy.

Listening to the envoy's rude words, Ma Yuan was furious, and shouted that he was going to push the envoy out and behead him, and give Zhao Meng a little color to see, Zu Zhaojun is not easy to bully, but Zhao Qi stopped it, saying that the two armies would not be killed. Let the messenger go back and tell Zhao Meng that the person who knows the times is Junjie, what kind of person Zhao Ci is, he should know that if he sincerely thinks about the people, then it is better to abandon Zhao and return to his ancestors.

The messenger snorted angrily, scolded Zhao Qi for being spineless, and returned angrily, adding fuel to Zhao Qi's words, and saying that if he met on the battlefield, Zhao Qi would definitely kill him Zhao Meng. Zhao Meng was furious when he heard this call, he thought that he was good to Zhao Qi, he didn't expect Zhao Qi to say this about himself, he swore that he must capture Zhao Qi alive, let him see how he followed Zhao Ci to level the world, and let him see who is the strongest person in the world.

A day later, Zu Zhao led the army to Wangping County and joined forces with Ma Yuan. After hearing about Ma Yuan's deeds, he praised Ma Yuan, Ma Yuan heard Zu Zhao's appreciation, and he was very happy in his heart, and introduced Zhao Qi to Zu Zhao and Su De.

"Meet General Zu." Zhao Qi bowed.

Zu Zhao hurriedly helped him up and said: "I have listened to Pingyi about your affairs, you are a person who is sincerely for the people, it is my honor to have someone like you, Liaodong will be your home in the future, follow me, we will develop together." ”

Seeing Zu Zhao so polite and virtuous, Zhao Qi was very moved in his heart, saying that he must be following to the death for the benefit of the people, and then he told Zu Zhao and Su De the details of Wangping County, and took the initiative to petition to be willing to surrender Zhao Meng.

After Zu Zhao listened to his description of Zhao Meng, he felt that it was inappropriate, if Zhao Mengzhen had a grudge against him, he was afraid that he would be unfavorable to Zhao Qi, and out of consideration for his safety, Zu Zhao did not agree to him going. But Zhao Qi insisted on trying it in order to perceive the grace of the encounter, even if it was worth dying.

Zu Zhao was helpless, it was worth listening to him and letting them persuade Zhao Meng to surrender. Everything was arranged, Zhao Qi rode alone to the city the night before, and shouted towards the city tower: "I am the pioneer Zhao Qi, I want to see General Zhao Meng, please report." ”

Not long after, Zhao Meng appeared on the city tower, holding a big knife, carrying a bow and arrow, wearing a black armor, his face was covered with vicissitudes, it seemed that he had gone through a lot of things, he didn't speak, he directly took the arrow and pulled the bow, and shot an arrow with a whoosh, and the arrow flew whistling, like a meteor landing, and shot off the helmet on Zhao Qi's head.

"Zhao Qi, you and I are fellow villagers, but you want to take refuge in the enemy, although you are unkind, I can't be unjust, I won't kill you today, you go back, if I see you next time, I will never spare you." Zhao Meng said coldly.

Zhao Qi was not afraid, and said: "General Zhao, since you and I are fellow villagers, I have something to say to you, and I am not here to persuade you to surrender." I just want to tell you that you know Zhao Ci's personality better than me, because you have more contact with him than I do. I'm just a nobody, and I can't have much contact with him. But since our uprising, everywhere we went, we burned, killed and looted, causing the people to complain, and even more lawless, indiscriminately killing the people, raping women, these are all things that you and I have seen, but Zhao Ci did not stop it, and let these people hold important positions, and he himself repeatedly robbed women for his own amusement. General Zhao, think about why you killed the bureaucrats back then, wasn't it because they oppressed the people? What is the difference between us and the bureaucrats you killed back then? What is the difference between us hurting the people like this and traitors and traitors in the DPRK and China? Think about the first time we came here, the people actively cultivated, large-scale water conservancy, but after we arrived, disrupted the spring ploughing, what will the people eat in the coming year? ”

Zhao Meng bowed his head on the city tower for a long time, and said loudly: "It's not your turn to teach me how to behave and see things, I just need to take care of my subordinates, what you said, none of my subordinates dare to do it." ”

"That's right, you won't let your subordinates do this, but you are the person next to Zhao Ci, is there more of his people or more of yours? If you don't do what they do, you turn a blind eye and exalt yourself, this is aiding and abetting the abuse and harming the people. I know that this Wangping County has not suffered much harm now, but you don't know that Zhao Ci is stationed in Linxian County, right? It's a well-known fact that he kills civilians and defenders, and what do you think you can get by following such a lord? Zhao Qi said.

Zhao Meng shook his hand and said loudly: "I don't ask for anything, I just want to overthrow the Han Dynasty, as long as this mediocre dynasty is gone, the world will be peaceful." ”

"The mediocre dynasty is gone, but a large number of mediocre people control the life and death of this people, do you think you are doing good deeds or doing evil?"

"Shut up." Zhao Meng shouted loudly, and at the same time, a bow and arrow shot out, hitting Zhao Qi's left shoulder, and blood flowed out like flowing water. "You go, dare to say one more word, I will shoot not on your shoulder, but on your head."

Zhao Qi said: "Think about it yourself." Those who know the times are Junjie. After saying that, he rode back.

Seeing that Zhao Qi was injured, Ma Yuan had already ridden out and took him back to the camp.

"Are you alright?" Ma Yuan asked with some concern: "This Zhao Meng is really unreasonable, he said it well, why did he suddenly hurt people." ”

Zhao Qi couldn't help but smile and said, "It's a blessing that he didn't kill me." ”

After Ma Yuan brought Zhao Qi into the camp, Zu Zhao and Su De were already there and called a military doctor to treat his injuries. When they took off their armor, everyone was amazed, and they saw that the arrow shot into the front, and pierced directly from behind, and if it was an inch cheaper, it would hurt the aorta, and then he would definitely die.

"This guy is really good at archery." Ma Yuan sighed.

After dealing with Zhao Qi, Zu Zhao sent someone to take him down to cultivate, and then he and Su Demayuan and others studied how to defeat Zhao Meng.

Su De said: "I look at this Wangping county, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is attacked, we will definitely lose." Then we can only outwit and not attack. ”

"Outwitted?" Ma Yuan and Zu Zhao both asked in unison. Suder nodded, as if he had already thought of a clever plan.

Zu Zhao naturally understood in his heart that if he attacked this county seat, his army would definitely suffer a big loss, the enemy was waiting for the rabbit to be prepared to fight, and he was tired of traveling and driving, how to fight with others, and if he didn't take this county seat quickly, and when the other reinforcements of the thieves arrived, then he would definitely be defeated, and the grain and grass brought this time was not enough to last long, so he must fight quickly.