Following.

Ying Chengcheng invited Meng Wu, and Meng Tian's father and son got together.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

The three of them laughed and laughed, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Ying Chengcheng put down his chopsticks, got up and arched his hand, and looked sincere.

"Uncle Wu, Meng Tian, Cheng Chan, please follow me into the desert."

Meng Wu followed suit.

"You don't need to say it, Uncle Wu will also go with you. This time from Yanmen to Jiuyuan, not only to give this kid a platform, but also to accompany you. Cheng Gongzi, who has been silent for ten years, how can your Uncle Wu miss this jackpot? ”

After all the words were finished, I saw that my son next to him still didn't get up, and sat on the chair to drink by himself.

Meng Wu slapped the wine glass in his son's hand.

"Not yet!"

The shattering sound of the wine glass falling to the ground sounded almost at the same time as Meng Wu's roar.

Meng Tian got up, and Father's expression softened slightly.

The Lord of Jiuyuan arched his hands, and the scars on his right sleeve that were wet with wine were particularly obvious.

"Tian can't go out with Chang'anjun."

Without waiting for Ying Chengcheng to react, Meng Wu's expression changed immediately, his face was full of anger, and he slapped roundly.

"Rebel!"

Meng Tian stood up and sideways, his face expressionless.

"Father, you're going to ruin the Meng family.

"Alone in the depths, this is a dead end, you have led the army for many years, don't you know?"

Meng Wu withdrew his arm angrily.

"You kid! Forget what I said to you yesterday! Forget your Father! Your uncle Wang was once a vice general!

"Forget that Chang'an Jun guarded the Handan encirclement point to send reinforcements, and trapped Li Mu to death in it! In the end, with Lian Po, with a saddle, stirrups, and horseshoe, Li Mu surrendered without a fight!

"On war! You're so far behind! ”

Meng Tian bowed his head to Ying Cheng.

"Dare to ask Chang Anjun, how will you fight this time in the desert? Can you ask the prince for support? ”

Ying Cheng Cheng responded with a positive color.

"No, we will drive straight into the war, and fight to feed the war.

"Collect the Hu people as soldiers, take cattle and sheep for food, and go straight to the court of the Huns."

Meng Tian didn't have a hint of surprise.

Before Ying Chengcheng arrived in Jiuyuan, he stayed in Shangjun for three days.

Before Ying Chengcheng arrived in Jiuyuan, he had already received the flying pigeon from the prince to him.

The letter said that the uncle did not need supplies from the seven counties, and that he wanted to go deep into the desert alone, so he must stop his uncle.

Meng Wu was shocked, took a step forward, and hit the plate on the table to tremble, making a noise and unconscious.

"I've never heard of such a way of fighting! Chan'er, don't think that the Huns will despise them if they flee for 700 miles! Fighting like this is a death! ”

Meng Tian bowed his hand and bowed halfway.

"Chang Anjun stopped his father's slap on the street, so that Tian didn't lose face in front of the three armies, Tian is here to thank you!

"Tian has communicated to the prince, if Chang'an Jun intends to attack the Huns, the seven counties in the northwest will start to recruit the people from this moment, build a city three hundred miles away from Jiuyuan, and the defenders of Jiuyuan will be stationed.

"As long as Chang'anjun advances steadily, he doesn't want to go deep into delusions alone, and he will expand his territory with his back to the seven counties. Jiuyuan has been since Tian, and he listens to the order of Chang'an Jun! ”

Ying Cheng Chan didn't think twice and refused.

"The seven counties in the northwest have just improved, and the people have a smile on their faces, and there is surplus food at home. At this time, we must not ask the people to leave their homes, and the people should be compassionate!

"The seven counties are the most important thing today, which is to recuperate and develop the economy, not to participate in the war. At this time, the use of the seven counties is to be reckless, and the people are not happy. ”

The seven counties in the northwest not only refer to the seven big cities, but also the countless villages between the big cities.

There are more soldiers in Ayutthaya than there are people, and these villages, large or small, are the gathering places of the people in this northwest region, which can represent the people in the northwest.

Before coming to Jiuyuan, Ying Chengcheng deliberately changed into casual clothes and inspected the real situation in the northwest village.

Miserable!

The people outside the country are vigilant and fierce.

In order to find out the real situation, Ying Chengcheng changed into local rags every time, bypassed the village entrance sentry and slipped into the village, avoiding being strictly guarded as an outsider.

You can sneak in, and you succeed every time, but you will be discovered every time you want to inquire after observation. Because the villagers know each other, there is only one face.

There are only about 100 people in these Saiwai villages, and there are no more than 500 people, all of whom are from their own villages.

In order to conquer the Six Nations, Guanzhong conscripted troops repeatedly, and there were not enough people.

Wang Jian sent 600,000 troops to destroy Chu in the First World War, and more than one million soldiers transported heavy grain and grass!

There are only 5 million people registered in Guanzhong, Bashu and other places, and 1.6 million people go to war, and an average of one out of three Qin people is a soldier.

The Qin State was bent on internal conquest, and with such a high-intensity conscription, no more people could move to the outside of the country to open up wasteland.

The law of cultivating wasteland for oneself has long been banned, and these villages have not had any new blood from outside for more than ten years.

The plundering and heavy labor of the Hu people caused the number of deaths of the villagers to be far greater than the number of new births. Omura Guo becomes Nakamura Guo, Nakamura Guo becomes Xiaocun Guo, and Komura Guo becomes nothing.

During his unannounced visit, he saw that the houses in all the villages were similar, they were civil structures, very simple, built of wool grass and adobe bricks, and had the most basic role of shielding from wind and rain.

Almost no trees were planted in each village, and it was deserted as far as the eye could see.

The villagers are yellow-skinned, short, and have sunken eyes. It's only been a few decades that they have had a less obvious difference in appearance from the people in Guanzhong.

They are also more cheerful than Guanzhong, they can talk about their parents' shortcomings, they are full of energy when they cut wheat, and they look forward to how much grain they can have left this year after paying taxes.

Since the crown prince came to the northwest, taxes were exempted.

The Xiongnu were driven away by Meng Tian for 700 miles, and the Hu people did not come.

The life of the people in the seven counties has just improved, although this kind of life is really bad in the eyes of Ying Chengcheng, but in the eyes of these people, it is very good, much better than before.

In the past, it was an inexhaustible Great Wall and passes, and an inexhaustible supply of grain and taxes.

The two accompanied the people outside the Cypriot Fortress from birth to death.

Meng Wu and Meng Tian glanced at each other, and the father and son went into battle to do ideological work for Ying Chengcheng.

Ying Chengcheng also wanted to persuade the two of them, and moved out the set of tactics that he said to the First Emperor.

But everyone in the Meng family's father and son's art of war can hear what the difficulty lies when they hear it. Meng Wu asked how he could use the Hu people for his own use, and Meng Tian asked how to discern the direction in the desert and find the Hu tribe.

Ying Chengcheng is not in a hurry these days, so he has been prepared for a long time and answered them one by one.

And yet—

"If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!"

Meng Wu shook his head.

"Foolish tricks, Chang'anjun can't be trusted."

Meng Tian sincerely advised.

The father and son have always believed that Ying Chengcheng's tactics are not feasible and have big problems, and they are determined to fight steadily and steadily, step by step, and build the city forward.

Ying Cheng smiled angrily.

It's a waste of saliva to say so much to say together, I explained that you don't believe it, so why do you want me to explain?

With a wave of his hand, Qiangang was arbitrary.

"The gluttonous army is mine, and I can only follow my tactics, so I don't have to discuss."

Meng Tian held his head high, his bearing was calm, and his momentum was ten times stronger than when he first saw Ying Chengcheng in Chang'an Jun's Mansion.

Although the battle with the Xiongnu was not considered a military achievement, the battle record was real, which completely allowed Meng Tian to wash away the shame of the defeat of Chu.

Today's Meng Tian, age, physical strength, and self-confidence are all at the peak, and the spirit and spirit are all in one!

"Chang'anjun is bent on going his own way, and Tian can't follow it."

"What, use the same trick against me as a junior? You're going to detain my gluttonous army? ”

"Tian doesn't want to do it, but if Chang'an Jun insists on going his own way and wastes national strength, Tian can only be offended."

The two people standing outside the door on duty, one was Meng Tian's personal soldier Li You, and the other was the third prince of Great Qin, Yingjun.

This is Ying Chengyun's intention to cultivate the two, just like when King Qin Zhaoxiang, King Qin Xiaowen, and King Qin Zhaoxiang took him with him in everything.

Most of the things that he has been able to grow to this point today are cultivated by the Three Kings. The three kings died early, but the teachings were not broken, and they were continued in Ying Chengcheng.

"Brother Li, what do you think your uncle will do? I guess my uncle has his father's decree in his sleeve. ”

Ying Jiang Lu whispered.

In Jiuyuan, Meng Tian, who has absolute military power, is incomprehensible.

With the tiger talisman in hand, if you want to make the Jiuyuan army defect, unless the first emperor arrives in person, the prince can't come.

If you want to suppress Meng Tian, only the First Emperor can.

"No, it won't.

"Yesterday, Chang Anjun scolded you and was disappointed in you, clearly thinking that you should untie the general's restrictions by yourself, rather than relying on Chang Anjun's external force.

"Today, Chang'anjun is facing the same predicament as you, if you take out Your Majesty's holy decree, isn't this also an external force to solve evil? What did you say that yesterday? ”

Ying Jiang Lu pouted.

"You don't understand your uncle, he has always been like this, and the title of Vertical Son is not for nothing.

"If you question him afterwards, 'Isn't it also an external force for you to bring out the holy decree?'

"He can reply to you with a look of surprise: 'What kind of external force is this, the holy decree is coming from me, and it is not falling from the sky, it is my ability to get it, and you can take it if you have the ability?' I've got your hands tied? ’”

Li You was speechless for a moment and said:

"Then yesterday you could have said, 'It's my ability to ask you to come, don't come if you have the ability!' ”

Ying Jiang Lu sighed lightly.

"I don't dare.

"He would beat me up and throw me back to Xianyang.

"There are some things that can only be said by him, and he is such a double standard."

What is a double standard? What does this word mean?

Li Yougang wanted to ask, but the voice in the hall came at the right time, which made him suddenly realize that it was so simple.

Let his good brother Mu Ran be on the spot.

In the hall, Ying Chengcheng stopped Meng Wu, who was about to speak, and said to the domineering Meng Tian with a smile:

"Okay."

Good?

Meng Tian frowned, puzzled.

Is that what it means to let me withhold? This tone doesn't feel like a soft tone.

"General Meng wants to fight, and Cheng Chan will accompany him."

Aren't you going to fight the Huns? Where am I going to fight?

Meng Tian didn't understand for a while.

"I don't know if this gentleman will fight the Xiongnu, but he will definitely fight the lower Jiuyuan."

Meng Tian raised his head in shock!

He finally understood that Ying Chengcheng was going to take 47,000 gluttonous troops to start a war with him Meng Tian!

Meng Tian opened his mouth wide, wanting to say, "You dare to do this!" You're a traitor! ”

The Jiuyuan Army was the registered regular army of the Qin State, and the Gluttonous Army was a private army.

When a private army attacks a regular army, it is a rebellion.

But when the words came to his lips, he changed his words when he said them.

“…… Tian joked. ”

"Haha, Cheng Chan is also joking."

The brothers on duty outside the door didn't take it as a joke.

Ying Jiang Lu lowered his head and suddenly slapped his mouth in the face.

Li You watched silently and did not stop him.

Gluttonous Army, before Ying Chengcheng arrived, he listened to his Ying General.

Detaining the gluttonous army to guard the frontier, the first emperor will not be angry, and he is happy to see it, and everything will be fine if nothing happens.

But what if something happens?

He is the third son of Great Qin, and he has soldiers and horses in hand, how can Meng Tian suppress him as a general?

If the two sides fight, can Yingzheng still send a large army to kill his son? He's scared of a fart!

"The gluttonous army is Chang'anjun's, but the generals are not."

Meng Tian said in a deep voice.

The 47,000 men need to be dispatched by officers in the center, and it is impossible for the general to command them all.

The officers of the gluttonous army are all the old departments of the Meng family, and the generals of Great Qin who resigned from their official titles on the orders of Meng Fu were sent to the Great Qin, and there were many generals among them.

Without officers, Ying Chengcheng alone could not defeat the Huns.

Ying Chengcheng still stopped Meng Wu and said with a smile:

"Is this a joke?"

"It's not."

More than ten days later.

Lonely city, desert green space.

Outside Jiuyuan County, a veteran led a group of veterans to put the horses in front of the pass.

The armor on the veteran's body was scratched by a sharp sword, and the pits were carved out by a blunt instrument.

He stepped forward.

A sharp arrow came down from top to bottom, one step away from the warhorse, and half an arrow was inserted into the earth.

An old defender of the city squinted and drank with his hands in the sun.

"Whoever comes is named!"

The veteran immediately took off his helmet and his white hair fluttered.

"Wang Qi! Tell Meng Tian to come to see Naigong! ”

The sound was like thunder.

There was no movement in the city.

After a short time, the gates of the city were wide open.

Two black lines spread wildly outward from the Jiuyuan City Gate!

At first came out the cavalry of Ma Tie who ran out of the phantom, and then the infantry with two legs close to each other, riding together in a never-ending manner.

The cavalry galloped, standing on both sides at a hundred paces in front of the veteran, each circumferentially circling an arc, like making dumplings, wrapping the veterans in the middle.

The horses snorted restlessly, shook their heads and tails, and were extremely dissatisfied. It's easy to let it out and run for a while, just run this little way? What do you do with iron ladders for them? Inadequate!

The Qin sword in the hands of the infantry was unsheathed, the edge was exposed, and the reflected light seemed to be about to blind the sun!

The two long columns have an arc, not a single line, and are arranged in a row.

Among them, Meng Wu and Meng Tian galloped on horseback.

The horses sprinted twenty paces in front of the veteran, and the two dismounted together and walked in front of the veteran.

The dignified Lord of Yanmen County, Meng Wu, and the Lord of Jiuyuan County, Meng Tian, didn't dare to ride a horse in front of the veteran!

It stands to reason that it is inconvenient to give full etiquette when wearing armor, even if you meet the first emperor, you can also avoid some of the etiquette.

But the two of them, who were fully armed, arched their hands, bent deeply over ninety degrees, and gave a full salute that could not be more complete!

"Nephew to meet uncle!"

"Meng Tian has seen the prince!"

The veteran sat on his horse and looked at the two, thinking of the Qi man who broke a leg on the battlefield and drove the enemy ten miles away. After only one stop, the Qi people, who were originally pawns, relied on their bravery to enter the eyes of Wang Qi, a five-hundred-year-on-horse.

Since then, that Qi man has fought against Wang Qi, and the two have been promoted all the way by virtue of their military exploits, and they have won and lost in battles, but overall they still have more wins and fewer defeats.

Ten years later, both of them became generals, and the title of Qi was even higher than that of Wang Qi.

Wang Qi shouted about the injustice of the sky on his lips, but he always felt that it was taken for granted in his heart.

This Qi man who doesn't know big characters, doesn't know the art of war, and is full of foul language, is more Qin than Wang Qi on the battlefield!

The city that was conquered was more than Wang Qi, and the people killed were more than Wang Qi, so the title should be higher than Wang Qi, which is the truth of the Qin State.

Moreover, that Qi person respected the King of Qin more than everyone else.

If there is no Qi people in the Battle of Changping, people will slaughter Baiqi and go to Handan!

"Naigong is not a Qin person, Naigong is a Qi person! Naigong wants to gain a foothold in the Qin State! Naigong must honor the king! Wrong! Naigong followed the mistake! ”

That Qi man seemed to be prominent in his life, scolded all over the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and dared to slap the table when he saw King Qin.

In fact, he has no opinions of his own all his life, like a shadow of the king. Whatever the king wants, he will do.

When Wu Anjun died, Wang Qi was unhappy, so he resigned and returned home to ignore the king's orders.

The Qi people were also unjust, but they had to endure their grief and persuaded Wang Qi to return to the army by the king's order.

If you live up to the king's order, you must bear your own heart and Wu'an.

When he arrived at Wang Qi's mansion, the Qi man didn't say a word, but just sat for two hours and left.

In the case of choice, that Qi man did not lose his Wang Qi.

originally wanted to whip Meng Tian on his face, and pull a veteran with open skin and flesh and full of flowers, but in the end he just snorted coldly.

"Get out of here!"

The war horse man stood up, the father and son scattered, and the veteran rode his horse and galloped past.

"The three armies obey the order! Come with me into the city to see the general! ”

"Yui!"

The sound of thousands of people drinking together was not loud, only hoarse and old, and it didn't sound as loud as Wang Qi's voice alone.

The applicant is an old man who doesn't have much lifespan, so where is it loud.

One by one, the war horses rushed past Meng Tian's eyes in an orderly manner, and the glances they glanced at were all cold, disdainful, and hostile......

Menggong's grandson? Just this bird?

(End of chapter)