In order to show his favor to the heroes and cronies, the emperor of the Chen Dynasty specially gave three people the qualifications to open a mansion and build a tooth to lead an army alone and award a military flag, Zhanchuan County Palace, Pinghai County Prince, and the Shaochuan County Mansion in front of Nie Huan.

The visit at Nie Huan's state banquet really surprised Meng Yan, Meng Yan never thought that he would be able to see Nie Zhentian's descendants one day in his life, when he just took over the command of the night guard, the first task he received was to kill the family of Nie Zhentian, the assassin of Mozhou, when Meng Yan arrived, Nie Zhentian's family was waiting for their end neatly, Meng Yan was only thirteen years old at that time, and he had no ability to judge the right and wrong of the court, but he felt pitiful, so he privately released Nie Zhentian's only grandson Nie Huan, His grateful eyes on Nie Zhentian before his death will never be forgotten for a lifetime.

After Nie Huan entered the mansion to report his name, he encountered Meng Yan, who had just been punished and grounded for three days, was pestering an old man in a scoundrel, Meng Shen heard Nie Huan's name and immediately became vigilant, staring at Nie Huan with interest for a long time, and volunteered to take him to see Meng Yan in person, Meng Yan's vigilance was because Nie Huan was a character who suddenly appeared, and it was the long history of the Shaochuan County Mansion, and he originally thought that the seventh brother in this position would leave him clinker to kill a Nie Huan halfway.

Nie Huan looked around the entire mansion, this is also the only one who does not build a mansion in the new city, Zhanchuan County Mansion is the original residence of the lord of the country, and the Shaochuan County Mansion is the old residence of the Chong family, the west cross courtyard of the original Chong's old house has been changed to the Chencheng Mansion, and most of the rest is now the Shaochuan County Mansion, the furnishings in the whole mansion are very simple, there are not many maids and maids who come and go, and there is no luxury of the Chong family at all. There are relatives of the children of Montessori Longtan Hall living in front of and behind the main courtyard, and Meng Yan lives in the East Cross Courtyard, there is a stream passing between the East Cross Courtyard and the main hall, the natural dividing line just separates the main courtyard and the East Courtyard, there is a suspension bridge hanging above the stream and looks very pleasant, suddenly the shaking amplitude of the bridge increases, Nie Huan knows that it is Meng Shen who is walking in front of him who deliberately makes it bad, and it looks natural to stabilize his body slightly and walk with the swing of the bridge.

After getting off the bridge, you have to pass through a bamboo forest before it is the main gate of the East Courtyard, which is the sudden flash of two blood-colored people in the dense forest, and said coldly: "Young Master Ember, you should be grounded in the ancestral hall now, at this time, let the grandfather know that you have to be severely punished, and Lord Nie will be led in by his subordinates." ”

Meng Yan wanted to refute it, but when he heard Meng Yan's name, he pouted and said, "I'm not afraid of punishment, it's really boring to be grounded." After speaking, he turned around and left, and by the time Nie Huan reacted, the person had already disappeared at the end of the suspension bridge.

"Nie Changshi, grandpa is waiting for you in the bookstore." One of the guards said respectfully.

"Youlao leads the way." Nie Huan is becoming more and more interested in this person who once saved his life with a thought, since stepping into the place of the East Courtyard, he can hardly see a person walking, but there is a sense of oppression in the bamboo forest that is difficult to breathe, and it seems that the way the guards lead the way and walk also lays out the formation, this is not surprising, Meng Yan was assassinated in the battle of Shaonanguan and almost died, it is appropriate to be cautious, what makes Nie Huan wonder why the whole environment looks so natural, as if entering the hermitage of celebrities.

Walking for about half an hour with doubts, he finally entered the east courtyard, the east courtyard was very strange, Ye Bohuai was half-lying on the main hall drinking, a maid next to him was muttering something to him dissatisfied, Ye Bohuai didn't pay attention to drinking by himself, and when Nie Huan was asking why this Marquis of Lin Cheng was not in his own Hou Mansion, a smart and beautiful woman appeared in front of him, only to see the guard arch his hand and respectfully: "Madam, Nie Changshi has arrived, and the grandfather asked his subordinates to take him to the bookstore." ”

Nie Huan reacted that this was Cangshu Haoyue, one of the famous "Five Sheep and Three Evils", Cangshu Haoyue frowned, lightly opened her red lips and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "What kind of mess, today is a formal occasion, what's the matter with running to the bookstore, you go down first, I'll take Nie Changshi over." ”

After speaking, he gave Nie Huan a blessing and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised by Nie Changshi, the grandfather is a little casual in the mansion, don't be restrained, there are not so many rules in the mansion." ”

Nie Huan hurriedly took three steps back to show that he didn't dare to accept it, and respectfully returned the salute: "Meet Madame, Nie Huan is abrupt." ”

When he followed Cang Shu Haoyue into the bookstore in the side courtyard, he saw Meng Yan who was busy sorting out books with his sleeves rolled, Nie Huan was about to see the ceremony, only to see Cang Shu Haoyue stepped forward with displeasure to wipe Meng Yan's sweat and tidy up his clothes, muttering in his mouth: "How can you see people like this!" ”

"Madam, don't blame, Brother Huan is not an outsider, he has an old acquaintance." Meng Yan said dotingly.

turned to Nie Huan and said: "Brother Huan, come on, you are the long history of the mansion, and these books and books will have to be sorted out by you in the future." ”

Nie Huan was not polite when he saw this, he directly picked up a book and flipped through it, and then said: "Grandpa, it's better to separate these military intelligence books from ordinary books, otherwise people with a heart will make a fuss when they see it." ”

"Madam, you see that I have a good eye, I am the most impatient to sort out these on weekdays, and I will be liberated when Brother Huan comes." Meng Yan said happily.

"Yes, yes, yes! You're the best, you have the ability to get that guy out of the main hall, and Crisp Pear is already going crazy by him. Cang Shu Haoyue said angrily.

"What do you care about him, Crisp Pear is just unhappy these days, isn't it good for her to let the fire out?" Meng Yan said indifferently.

Cang Shu Haoyue glanced at him, and turned to Nie Huan and said, "Nie Changshi, you guys talk first, I'll go get some refreshments, there are not enough people in the house, please forgive me." ”

"Then there's Mrs. Law, and I'm really a little thirsty along the way." Nie Huan tentatively spoke casually.

I saw Cang Shu Haoyue smile and walked away with a smile, Nie Huan knew that it was indeed not polite that this county mansion was really casual.

"Come and sit down, it's good that you're here, the team in my house is also complete, everyone else has gone to do something, and I just have something to discuss with you." Meng Yan said with a big grin, etiquette can be omitted by him.

"Grandpa is he worried about Bai Zejun's affairs?" Nie Huan was also polite and to the point.

"Sure enough, you understand me, the lord of the country gave me the sole command of an army named Bai Ze, led 60,000 troops, and allowed me to choose generals in the old Xuanwu department, I really have some difficulty in choosing, just to discuss and discuss."

Qilin, Bai Ze, and Teng Snake are the three military titles that Xiao Huli gave Xiao Yu, Meng Yan, and Xiahou Ming respectively, and Xiao Huli allocated half of the original five armies except for the Xiong Zhen army to Xiao Yu's Qilin army, Xiao Yu divided 70,000 people into thirteen battalions, and privately the owners of each battalion will call themselves Qilin Thirteen Taibao; Most of Xiahou Ming's Teng Snake Army was composed of soldiers from all over the country, with a total of 40,000 people, divided into four battalions, jokingly known as the Teng Snake Four Wings; In order to compensate for Meng Yan's strength, he was specially allowed to freely choose generals in the old Xuanwu army, but Meng Yan had been recuperating from illness and training all the affairs of the sub-camp were handed over to Bai Zejun Sima Luling and Hou Zhuo Bailing to manage on his behalf.

Seeing that the day of the May expedition was approaching, and the commanders of the battalions had not yet decided that it was indeed a little burning eyebrows, Nie Huan didn't understand why this kind of thing was not discussed with Ye Bohuai or Zhuo Bailing, but with himself.

Meng Yan saw his doubts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Ye Bohuai has never paid attention to politics, and Zhuo Bailing is a general, and he avoids interpersonal matters, and you are the staff of the Military Aircraft Pavilion, I want you to be my long history, one is to reassure the lord of the country, and the other is that this position in the staff Langzhong must be very familiar with the generals of the eight states." ”

Nie Huan was shocked, Xiahou clearly explained that he wanted to supervise Meng Yan's actions in private, but it was always embarrassing to be exposed in person, but he was planning to defect to Meng Yan, so he immediately made up his mind, and said half-kneeling: "Grandpa, you are frank, I don't hide it, there is indeed a task of supervision in your army, but I prefer to follow you, the life-saving grace of my youth is unforgettable, and the Nie family is willing to serve the county prince." ”

Meng Yan just wanted to remind him not to go too far, but he didn't expect Nie Huan to have such an idea in his heart, so it's okay, it's his own people who do the supervision work, and he can do things as he wants, so he helped him up with a smile and said: "Brother Huan is too worried, I don't want you to do anything when I say it, I just want to tell you that we are all soldiers of the people of Chen Kingdom, and we can't be used by the people." ”

Nie Huan nodded appreciatively, and then said suspiciously: "Grandpa, many of the old Xuanwu army were brought out by you, is it really so difficult to choose?" ”

"Hahaha! It's my pleasure that you do my long history! After that, Meng Yan handed Nie Huan a piece of paper from the table, and saw that the list of important personnel of the Shaochuan County Duke and Bai Zejun was written on the paper.

Nie Huan looked at it carefully, the head on the paper was the deputy marshal of the Bai Zejun leading the Yuheng battalion commander Lin Cheng Hou Ye Bohuai, followed by the Bai Zejun Sima Luling Hou Zhuo Bailing leading the Tianquan battalion commander to train the troops, Bai Zejun joined the army Deng Gang, Bai Ze army commander Shi Nie Huan, Bai Zejun chief book Meng Xin, and then the list of commanders of each battalion, respectively, the Tianxuan battalion commander Zhuo Baiqing Division military intelligence scout, Tianji battalion commander Xue Zhen Division grain and grass logistics, Kaiyang battalion commander Yu Gengsi forward.

"The Beidou Formation? What about the Pivot Camp and the Shake Light Camp that day? Nie Huan saw the key at a glance.

"I lead the Shaoguang Battalion as the Chinese army, but the Tianshu Battalion has not yet been decided, and the Tianshu Battalion is biased towards the army, who do you think can take on this big task?" Meng Yan has the heart to teach.

"County Prince, who was in charge of the army after you were assassinated in the Battle of Shaonanguan that day?" Nie Huan guessed that Meng Yan intended to let his eleventh brother Meng Huan take charge of the Tianshu Battalion, but the Tianshu Battalion was the most critical position of Bai Zejun's army.

"Meng Huan is not good yet, he is too tender, and he still needs battlefield experience, I asked him to make Yu Geng a deputy general, change it." Meng Yan directly vetoed Meng Huan's succession.

Nie Huan was a little surprised, he didn't guess correctly, it seems that Meng Yan is very cautious about the candidates for the Tianshu Battalion, the good operation of the Tianshu Camp will be a big help for the main camp, and even in some cases, it can completely replace the position of the main camp, it is indeed difficult to choose, Nie Huan searched for it in his mind quickly, suddenly thought of a person, and hurriedly said: "How is Jin Qian?" ”

Meng Yan was a little stunned when he heard this name, and Nie Huan reminded: "The commander of Shixing County is Jin Qian. ”

Meng Yan reacted at this time, this person he knew, he was an old minister of the Chong family, and he led an army to fight with Zhu Mu many times, but this guy was withdrawn and not good at making friends with people, and later because of Chongqi's discord, he was transferred to the commander of the Wuyangcheng garrison battalion, Chongsheng wrote many times when he was alive to request that Xiao Huli be placed under house arrest for Chongsheng dislike, and was sent from the garrison camp to Shixing County as the county guard, if Chong's loss of power was not for Cang Shuliang personally entering the city to persuade him to surrender on the grounds of the lives of all the people, otherwise the entire border defense would be lost, Xiao Huli didn't have a lot of interest in this person and kept him in Siheung County, and he didn't have his share of the big reward this time, so he was indeed a good candidate.

"This person is good, he is the commander of the Tianshu Battalion." Meng Yan quickly decided.

"County Lord, but this person is very troublesome, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince, Lord Xiahou has wanted to transfer him to the Military Aircraft Pavilion many times, but he has refused." Nie Huan didn't have much confidence in whether Jin Qian could take office.

"Brother Huan, rest assured, he will be happy to take up my Tianshu Battalion Commander in less than seven days, you are a long history, just add Jin Qian's name and report it to the Military Aircraft Pavilion." Meng Yan is full of confidence, the old father-in-law can play a role, and he doesn't need Jin Qian's loyalty, he just needs him to lead this partial division well, and he can be reliable at the critical moment.

Nie Huan saw that Meng Yan was full of confidence and didn't say anything more, if such a character didn't have some means, it would be difficult to convince everyone, "County Prince, our Bai Ze Army has 60,000 sergeants, and there must be a fixed number of people in each battalion." ”

"The Shaoguang Battalion is 20,000 Chinese troops, the Tianshu Battalion is 10,000 partial divisions, and the Kaiyang Battalion is a pioneer battalion and a cavalry battalion, with only 5,000 people, or only 5,000 war horses." Meng Yan was very helpless when he said cavalry, there was a shortage of war horses in the south, and the Tu Shan clan had only raised 30,000 war horses from Xizhou in many places, and only 5,000 war horses could be shared with him, which was already Xiao Huli's favorite.

Nie Huan knew the difficulty in this, and said: "County Prince, in fact, war horses don't necessarily have to be transported from Xizhou, and the Cicada Cong Department of Tianfu is also good at horse training, but the quality of the horses in the Cicada Cong Department is not too high. ”

"Well, I'll leave that to you." Meng Yan was more satisfied with Nie Huan's performance in taking care of the work by himself, and then continued: "There are 10,000 people in the Yuheng Battalion, Ye Hou's 'Four Open and Six Arrays' needs so many soldiers to cooperate, the Tianxuan Battalion Division has 800 military intelligence scouts, and the Tianji Battalion Division has 5,000 sergeants for grain and grass logistics, and the rest are handed over to the Tianquan Battalion for reserve use." ”

"My subordinates have received orders, and I will submit the list to the Military Aircraft Pavilion later today."

"Brother Huan, do you know that once this piece of paper is presented, we will be grasshoppers tied to a rope." Meng Yan shook the paper in his hand and said.

"We were on a rope when you rescued me, weren't we?"