Zhang Jian took over the Meng Jiajun at the behest of Li Hongsheng, and everything went smoothly.

But soon, the problems began to be gradually revealed.

First of all, the generals refused to accept Zhang Jian, and he couldn't move the troops at all.

Zhang Jianchu was in charge of the Meng family's army, and before he could figure out the doorway inside, he began to command. The soldiers and generals of the Meng family army were all killed from the sea of corpses and blood, and they were very dissatisfied with Zhang Jian, a general who was parachuted in, and most of his orders were only perfunctory.

The second is that the military consumption of the Meng family army is far greater than they imagined.

Cheng Hanwen has written many times, the existing materials and treasury silver in the treasury will support more than two months at most, and this year's taxes have been collected, and if the taxes are temporarily increased, I am afraid that it will arouse public resentment.

However, if the tax is not raised, the national treasury may not be able to support next year's autumn harvest.

At the same time, Feng Xiuyu, who was far away in the Wu Dynasty, received a secret letter from Xi Jiang.

In the study, Feng Xiuyu kept nodding his head in admiration while reading the letter, which made Feng Yuming, who was trying to write a strategy on the table next to him, curious.

Feng Yuming put down the pen in his hand and walked to Feng Xiuyu's side, "Whose letter is it?" ”

"Who else? Meng Wan'er. With that, Feng Xiuyu unfolded the letter for Feng Yuming to read.

This letter Xi Jiang used her own handwriting, not Meng Wan'er's handwriting, so she was not afraid that Feng Xiuyu would leak the letter.

At the beginning, when he received Xi Jiang's letter for the first time, Feng Xiuyu sent someone to find Meng Wan'er's manuscript and compare it. But he didn't expect Xi Jiang to be so cautious.

After reading the letter, Feng Yuming was puzzled: "Is this woman crazy?" even let us feign to attack Mingde. Isn't she afraid that we will really attack? ”

Feng Xiuyu shook his head and explained: "This is the power of Meng Wan'er, she has calculated everyone. Whether it is in Mingde, or in the Jin Kingdom, our Wu Dynasty, or even the grasslands in the north, she has not let go. ”

"How?" Feng Yuming said curiously.

It was the first time he had seen Feng Xiuyu have such a high opinion of people.

Feng Xiuyu picked up the brush and said while writing on the paper: "The Mingde Dynasty has two pillar generals. ”

"I know, I know, Meng Changqi and Rong Kaishan." Feng Yuming replied quickly.

Feng Xiuyu smiled softly and continued: "There is a saying in the world that the Mingde army Meng Changqi accounts for five, Rong Kaishan accounts for three, and the rest of the generals account for two. It can be said that Meng Changqi and Rong Kaishan supported half of Mingde.

It is conceivable how strong the abilities of these two people are, and they are not inferior to Bai Jing, the military god of the Jin Kingdom, the general of Bashan of our Wu Dynasty. ”

Feng Yuming nodded again and again, he had also heard a lot of legends about the two of them.

Feng Xiuyu continued: "Mingde has a special political system and adopts a political structure of separation of powers, with military power vested in military generals, governing power vested in civil servants, and supervised by the royal family, but the three are not completely non-interfering with each other, and they will also intersperse and contain each other, which is very complicated.

Moreover, the civil and military disputes in China have existed since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and they are not only fierce, but also on the bright side. This time, Li Hongsheng wanted to take advantage of the civil and military dispute to take the opportunity to return the power to the royal family, but this was a completely wrong idea. ”

Feng Xiuyu saw Feng Yuming's puzzled face, sighed lightly in his heart, and explained: "The civil and military disputes in the Mingde Dynasty are fierce, but Li Hongsheng's behavior of taking power has touched the foundation of the regime and seriously affected the interests of the power family. In the case of shaking the fundamentals, no matter how fierce the civil and military struggle is, it will not help either side to take power and fall to Li Hongsheng. ”

Feng Yuming suddenly realized, "So Meng Wan'er united the power family of the Wenchen family, and it is impossible for Li Hongsheng to succeed in the country alone." ”

Feng Xiuyu nodded, feeling that his education was still successful.

He picked up the pen and wrote again in another place: "Let's talk about the Jin Kingdom." After our reminder, Meng Wan'er knew that the monarch of the Jin Kingdom and Li Hongsheng had an agreement. In the next few big battles, Meng Changqi always won or drew narrowly, don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? ”

"Could it be that those military deployments were deliberately leaked to the Jin army by Meng Changqi?" Feng Yuming's face was incredible, "This is too terrible!" ”

"Not only that, I always feel that Meng Wan'er has known about Li Hongsheng's secret dealings with Jin Guo for a long time. Every step she took was ahead of Li Hongsheng, like weaving a big net, just to trap Li Hongsheng alone. Feng Xiuyu said uncertainly.

"Meng Wan'er knew that Yu Guojun of the Jin Kingdom was an ambitious person this summer, and he would definitely take the opportunity to attack Mingde. And our Wu Dynasty looks very calm on the surface, but there is never a master of a country, and the political situation is actually more unstable than Mingde. Meng Wan'er expected that I would not leave a mess to you. Therefore, she chose to let us take action and make a false attack on the border. ”

"And what about the grasslands to the north?" Feng Yuming asked.

"That's even better. The Meng family can support the huge expenses of the Meng family's army, so they naturally have their own caravan. This year, they have sent a large amount of daily necessities to the grasslands. This winter, the nomads of the steppes will be better off than ever.

And this is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, taking this opportunity, the Meng family also opened the trade route on the grassland, leading to the direction further west. I heard that Mingde got a new grain from the merchants, and the yield per mu was extremely high. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Xiuyu couldn't help but sigh, "If Meng Wan'er is born as a man, I am afraid that the situation in these three countries will change." ”

"That weird woman is so powerful?" Feng Yuming asked.

"It's not just amazing, it's amazing. In the future, you must be careful, you must have one hundred and twenty hearts and eyes when you meet Meng Wan'er, and if you can become friends with her, don't be an enemy. Feng Xiuyu rubbed Feng Yuming's head and said, "However, you don't have to worry, I will always be by your side, and I will never let Meng Wan'er pit you." ”

A few days later, the Jin army began to attack Jiayang Pass, and there was movement on the border of the Wu Dynasty, and the situation in Mingde was even more severe.

In the Qinzheng Palace, Li Hongsheng jumped like thunder, the ground was full of debris and debris, the excerpts played by the minister were scattered all over the ground, and a secret letter was placed on the imperial case.

This is a secret letter written by Emperor Yu of the Jin State this summer to ask for payment.

A few years ago, Li Hongsheng and Yu met this summer, and the two reached an agreement at that time.

The Jin State helped Li Hongsheng get rid of Meng Changqi and get the military power, but in exchange, Li Hongsheng wanted to sell a hundred miles of land on the border. After Li Hongsheng obtained the military power, the Jin Kingdom took it upon himself.

The Jin State suddenly attacked this time in order to obtain this hundred miles of land, but it was violently counterattacked by the border guards.

This hundred miles of land was originally agreed, and Yu didn't want to attack and cause casualties on his side this summer, so he wrote this letter and asked Li Hongsheng to take the initiative to give up the land of a hundred miles.

Speaking of which, when he first heard Li Hongsheng's request, Yu was still a little surprised this summer.