After hearing what happened to Meng Yi, Meng Xingyuan and the others, Meng Tian glared angrily: "Damn the Huns, they actually make it so difficult for us. They didn't take us in their eyes, they didn't take our Great Qin Kingdom in their eyes! I'm so angry that I'm going to send troops to wipe out these ignorant guys!"

Meng Yi persuaded his elder brother: "Big brother is angry, don't be rash." The emperor meant to seek peace, not war. ”

"Yes, General Meng. Meng Xingyuan also said, "If we continue to fight, there will definitely be more casualties." We have to think about these hundreds of thousands of soldiers, whose families are looking forward to them or going back. ”

Meng Tian thought for a while and said, "Then we won't send troops for the time being, if the Huns don't negotiate with us well, I will definitely kill them without leaving a single piece of armor." ”

In the evening, Meng Tian arranged a banquet to reward Meng Yi and Meng Xingyuan. After three rounds of drinking, the three of them began to chat. Meng Xingyuan knew the sinister nature of officialdom, so he rarely spoke, and listened silently to the conversation between the two brothers.

The clever Meng Yi saw Meng Xingyuan's scruples, raised his wine glass, and said, "Brother Meng, you are resourceful and courageous, and you will definitely make great achievements in the future." I toast you. ”

"Thank you, second brother. Meng Xingyuan also hurriedly picked up the wine glass, touched it with Meng Yi, and drank it all.

"There are no outsiders here, I have a few words to say," Meng Yi put down his glass, "I don't know if Brother Meng wants to hear it." ”

"Second brother, please speak, brother listens. ”

Meng Tian said while nibbling on a leg of mutton: "Brother, if you have something to say, just say it, Brother Meng has long been our own person." ”

These two brothers are one literate and one martial, one soft and one strong, Meng Xingyuan reminded himself to be careful of their words.

Meng Yi ignored his elder brother, but said to Meng Xingyuan: "Brother, although you are not an ordinary person, you will definitely do something in the future." However, you have been in the court for a short time, and you have no foundation in the court except for the emperor. This is very detrimental to your future development. “

Meng Yi's words were right, although the emperor valued Meng Xingyuan very much, and also sealed him to a high position. However, Meng Xingyuan had never seen anyone else in the court except for knowing the Mengshi brothers. This is very detrimental to what you will do in the future.

"What the second brother said is reasonable, please make it clear to the second brother. Meng Xingyuan knew that Meng Yi's words would be very useful to him, so he listened very carefully.

"There are several groups in the current imperial court, which Brother Meng must not offend. Meng Yi nodded and continued, "The first one is Zhao Gao. Zhao Gao, as a distant relative of the Qin clan, was also the teacher of the youngest prince. This man was well versed in the law and eloquent. Once, when he committed a crime, I did not dare to bend the law, and I should have put him to death according to the law, but he was clever and said that the emperor had pardoned his sins and returned him to his post. In addition, this person is insidious and cunning and ambitious. I conclude that sooner or later he will do something that misleads the country and the people. ”

Meng Xingyuan was shocked in his heart: Meng Yi's vision was too poisonous, and he could actually see that Zhao Gao was a person who brought disaster to the country and the people. However, he definitely didn't expect that he and his family would be destroyed in the hands of Zhao Gao.

"Next is Prime Minister Li Si, this person can be said to be powerful in the world. His daughter is married to the prince, the daughter-in-law is a princess, and his son Li You is also a feudal official. and General Zhang Han, who was also picked up by him. Therefore, when he enters the court in the future, his brother must not have any unpleasantness with him. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, second brother, I will be careful. ”

"Don't worry too much, brother. You and I are like brothers, and we will be a family from now on. Meng Tian stared at Meng Xingyuan and said.

Meng Xingyuan knew that this was a hint from Meng Tian and Meng Yi to himself. Therefore, he also made it clear that he "took sides". He said: "As long as my two brothers look up to me, I will always be a brother to my two brothers." Come, I'm going to toast three times in a row, and I salute my two brothers. ”

Meng Yi and Meng Tian were a little moved, and they both knew how much Meng Xingyuan drank, so they also drank three glasses each.

Before he put down the cup, Meng Tian said in a rough voice: "Brother, my brother said immodestly, our Meng family is a family of famous generals. My grandfather was a famous general, and he was the supreme official. His father served as the internal history of Qin, and together with General Wang Jian Wang, he destroyed the state of Chu. Our brothers did not disgrace the ancestors, I was worshiped as an internal history because of my meritorious service, and now I have 300,000 elite soldiers. My younger brother is resourceful and has been given an official position, so he can ride in the same car with the emperor when he goes out, and he often serves the emperor at home. So, we can't be bullied by anyone. ”

There are people in the court who are good officials, and Meng Xingyuan showed a very happy look for the future, and became a "brother" with the Montessori brothers. However, whether or not to tell them what their final outcome will be, this needs to be carefully considered.

"Emperor's body, how is it now?" Meng Tian's words interrupted Meng Xingyuan's thoughts.

"Don't dare to hide my brother, the emperor's dragon body is getting worse and worse. Meng Yi sighed, "However, the prince can already take charge on his own, which is also gratifying." “

"You are in the palace, you must assist the emperor and the crown prince well, so as not to insult the reputation of my Meng family. ”

Suddenly, Meng Xingyuan heard Ah Feng say in his ear: "It's not good, there are a large number of unknown soldiers and horses coming towards us, it is likely that the Huns are attacking the camp." ”

Meng Xingyuan stood up suddenly and shouted, "Brother, don't drink." The cavalry of the Huns came to attack. “

Meng Yi was stunned: "How do you know?

"The military situation is urgent, and now is not the time to explain. Please give the order quickly, brother. ”

Meng Tian is a military general who has led troops to fight for many years, and said: "Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. Brother Meng is so sure that we will meet the enemy quickly. ”

The three of them dropped their glasses and hurried out of the barracks to do what they were supposed to do.

"Ah Feng, how far are they?" Meng Xingyuan asked quietly.

"There are still seven or eight miles of land. ”

Meng Xingyuan walked into his tent and asked, "How many people are there?"

"Five or six thousand. However, their horses carried fire and dried cow dung on their backs. There was no one else in the tent, and Ah Feng also came out of Meng Xingyuan's ears.

"I still want to attack with fire. Help me stop them and buy our preparations a little time to come out. Meng Xingyuan said while putting on his armor.

Ah Feng said indifferently: "I'll help you eliminate them, anyway, they are all people who have killed people, and they deserve it." ”

"It's time to teach them a lesson. But not for you, but for our soldiers to beat them hard. Meng Xingyuan walked out of the tent, "You go and stop them, and buy us a little time." ”

Ah Feng went, and in the dark night of this era, she was almost an invincible existence. Therefore, Meng Xingyuan did not have the slightest worry or concern.

Meng Xingyuan found Meng Tian and said, "It's dry and windless today, I guess the Huns are likely to have a fire attack, and we have to guard against it." ”

"Brother, you know things like a god. I trust your judgment. Meng Tian also nodded, "Then you go and prepare." “

Meng Xingyuan was very unhappy in his heart, he was humiliated by the Huns once during the day, and they actually dared to attack at night. Therefore, he decided to beat the Xiongnu this time and let them understand well: the Great Qin State is not easy to mess with.

The commander of the Huns who led the troops was also very uncomfortable, obviously it was only seven or eight miles away, and he didn't arrive after walking for a long time.

This sneak attack at night was his advice to Shan Yu. He thought that the Qin army's negotiating team was closed today, and their leader would be very angry, but he certainly wouldn't have thought that someone would attack at night.

In fact, the leader of the Xiongnu also wanted to negotiate peace with the Qin army. Therefore, there was hesitation in his proposal.

The captain further said: "Chief, let's go to a sneak attack tonight, first, we can let the Qin army know that although we have lost to him, we still have strength; second, we have won them once, and at the next negotiation table, we will also strengthen some confidence; third, our soldiers have low morale because they were defeated by the Qin army this time, so if this night attack is successful, we can also boost their morale." ”

Shan Yu still said uneasily: "Are you really sure of success? What if you fail?"

"In case of failure, we can also say that it is not our people, but people from other tribes. ”

Shan Yu hesitated for a long time, and finally agreed.