The time went back to the eighth day of the September 19th, the day after Li Chi and Niu Jian led their troops to this battlefield, just as Prince Zhang summoned the generals to discuss the next strategy in Quliangyi, on the side of the king's army, Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui also held an military discussion on the same day to discuss strategies against the rebels.

Compared with the important figures of Wang Shifang who participated in today's meeting, in addition to Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao and others, there were several more, such as Zhao Qi, Li Chi, Zhao Zao, Zhao Jun and Zhao Gu.

Zhao Zhi doesn't need to be said in detail. This person was the general who led the Right Army when Zhao destroyed Zhongshan Kingdom. After the fall of Zhongshan Kingdom, he was transferred to Yanmen as the county magistrate for his merits and presided over all affairs in Yanmen County.

Li Chi, this person is the clan brother of Fengyang Jun Li Dui, and is also one of the participants when Zhao destroyed Zhongshan Kingdom. At that time, Zhao's father ordered Li Chi to monitor every move of Zhongshan Kingdom.

After Zhongshan was destroyed by Zhao, Li Chi was appointed by Zhao as the guardian of the former Zhongshan Kingdom's Turin Shoucheng, mainly responsible for gathering the Di people in Zhongshan and implementing Zhao's policies.

Zhao Zao and Zhao Jun, the former is the inner historian of Zhao State, and the latter is the city guards who are stationed in the capital Wu'an, and are both important figures in Zhao State.

However, compared with these positions, the most heavyweight figures have to be said to be Zhao Gu.

Zhao Gu was a famous general of Zhao State during the reign of Zhao Suhou and was one of the direct participants in Zhao State's annexation of Dai County. After Zhao State annexed Dai territory and established Dai County, Zhao Gu was appointed as the Prime Minister and was responsible for governing Dai County.

Later, while Zhao Zhufu led his two hundred thousand troops to attack Zhongshan Kingdom five times, Zhao Gu was in charge of Dong'anyang and provided support for this army in the rear. It was not until he got older that Zhao Gu resigned and returned to Jinyang. After his later years, Zhao Zhufufa appointed Gongzi Zhang as the Lord of Anyang and appointed Tian Busuo as the Prime Minister.

However, this civil strife between King He of Zhao and Prince Zhang also alarmed the elderly veteran Zhao State. Especially when he learned that the battle situation of the king's army was unfavorable, Zhao Gu hurried to Handan despite his elderly body, hoping to learn about the situation in person.

What is most worth mentioning is that even King He of Zhao participated in this military discussion with the letter he trusted.

After the meeting began, Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui briefly talked about the "Fight in Quliang" and analyzed why the king's army suffered frequent failures.

During this period, two names of the rebels were repeatedly mentioned, namely Meng Zhong and Pang Yan.

"... At that time, Pang Yan was stationed in Xindu, and Meng Zhong was stationed in the hills east of Quliangyi. The two of them were familiar with military tactics, frequently attacked and harassed the royal army..."

In the story of Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui, Pang Qian's use of troops is actually quite normal, and most of them rely on formations to win. In comparison, Meng Zhong's use of troops tends to be "strange", using a feint attack, a fraudulent attack, and a real attack, harassing the land king's army. It is no exaggeration to say that the 5,000 troops under the command of Yangwen Jun Zhao Bao, plus the 5,000 troops under Fengyang Jun Li Dui, and the 5,000 troops led by Zhao Ben, were defeated by Meng Zhong alone.

At that time, Zhao Ben and Lian Po had 10,000 troops to use, while Meng Zhong had only about 6,000 rebels. But in the end, Zhao Ben and Lian Po had only about 5,000 troops left to evacuate from Quliangyi. On Meng Zhong's side, there were less than a thousand casualties, and even captured nearly 4,000 soldiers from the royal army.

Compared with the two, Zhao Ben and Lian Po were defeated miserably.

When talking about this, the people in the tent had different expressions. Zhao Ben and Lian Po were naturally ashamed, while Zhao Cheng and Li Dui hated Meng Zhong, who was disrupting the situation, after all, without Meng Zhong's tired enemy plan, how could the king's army lose in the battle with Gongzi Zhang one after another? It would not be forced to abandon Qu Liang.

Compared with these people, King He of Zhao was the most complicated.

After all, once, the late Zhao Xiangfei Yi recommended Meng Zhong in front of him. In Fei Yi's words at that time, when he died of old age, Meng Zhong, who was both civil and military, could replace him, Fei Yi, assist King He of Zhao, and guard against Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and other old noble forces, as long as they gave Meng Zhong the military's military power, and in the future, Zhao Benqi's troops under Zhao Benqi, who would replace Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao to guard Handan, the future, Zhao Wang He could not be afraid of Zhao Cheng and Li Dui.

More importantly, Meng Zhong and King Zhao were of the same age, and were loyal and righteous, and trustworthy.

Unfortunately, such a talent was committed to Gongzi Zhang's rebels and became his enemy Zhao He.

Afterwards, after telling the story of Pang Nuan and Meng Zhong, Fengyang Jun Li Dui mentioned another person, namely Niu Jian.

Perhaps Meng Zhong did not know Niu Jian's origin, but only knew that Niu Jian was the most trusted general of Zhao Zhufu, but Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others knew very well that Niu Jian was a descendant of the "Niu Jian" of Zhao State's Shiqing during the Zhao Liehou period. This Niu Jian was once regarded as a teacher by Zhao Liehou and had a unique status.

Since then, the Niu family has become increasingly powerful, so Niu Jian can be called a famous family.

Niu Jian, who was from a famous family, practiced martial arts since he was a child. After being appointed as the army Sima by Zhao's father, he gradually showed his talents and followed Zhao's father to fight south and north. He also led the cavalry to leave the border of Zhao and fight against the Hu people.

Compared with Niu Jian's ability to command troops and fight, what Zhao Cheng and Li Dui feared the most was undoubtedly the army under Niu Jian's command, the only cavalry in the Central Plains, and it also defeated the Hu cavalry and had already formed.

Regarding the history of the Zhao cavalry, it has developed for decades. As early as the reign of Zhao Liehou and even Zhao Suhou, when the chariots were still generally regarded as the main force of war in the entire Central Plains, in the north of Zhao State, the Zhao soldiers stationed on the border had already spontaneously imitated the combat methods of Hu cavalry.

The reason is that the chariot troops of Zhao State were vulnerable to the Hu cavalry.

After Zhao Zhufu implemented the reform of Hu clothing and cavalry, the organization of "cavalry" was officially established. The soldiers who spontaneously imitated Hu cavalry were all absorbed into this Zhao cavalry, so that this cavalry was extremely powerful at the beginning of its just being built.

Sure enough, in the subsequent war between Zhao and the Hu people, this Zhao cavalry showed strength no less than that of the Hu cavalry. They defeated the teachers they had once imitated, making the alien races in the north dare not harass the border of Zhao again.

It is worth mentioning that during this period, Niu Jian's cavalry also absorbed the Hu people's cavalry. For example, when Zhao Zhufu was patrolling Xihe a few years ago, he encountered King Lin Hu when he was confronting Xihe. With Zhao Zhufu's personal charm and generous treatment, many Lin Hu cavalrymen defected to Zhao.

Master Zhao also handed over these alien cavalry to Niu Jian, and gave them a title: Zhao Huqi!

Whether it is the Zhao cavalry or the Zhao Hu cavalry, they are not the light cavalry who only knows how to shoot arrows and harass the enemy's army in the distance. They are also good at rushing. When Zhao attacked Zhongshan, Niu Jian led the Zhao cavalry and Zhao Hu cavalry to the army of Zhongshan. In a short period of time, they pierced the Zhongshan infantry several times, killing the infantry that broke into the army.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the cavalry under Niu Jian is the most offensive army in Zhao State at present, no doubt.

Unfortunately, Niu Jian, the commander of such a cavalry, ignored the "rebellion" edict sent by King Zhao to him by others. He even publicly garrisoned troops in Xindu area in the past two days, with Gongzi Zhang and Pang Nuan as neighbors.

From this we can see that Niu Jian’s position is actually very clear.

How to solve Niu Jian, how to solve Meng Zhong and Pang Nuan, that is, today, the main discussion matters that Zhao Cheng, the Jun of Anping and Li Dui, the Jun of Fengyang, convened everyone to discuss.

After some discussion, Zhao Gu made a suggestion, suggesting that Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others send someone to negotiate with Niu Jian. After all, in this war, although Meng Zhong and Pang Nuan are so glorious, the one who can really decide the victory or defeat of this war is Niu Jian, and only Niu Jian is the only one who can decide the victory or defeat of this war.

If Niu Jian can be persuaded to turn against the King's Army, the rebels cannot be said to be vulnerable, but at least the chance of victory will be greatly reduced.

But how can we convince Niu Jian to turn against him?

For a while, people still couldn't come up with any good idea.

After the meeting that day, King He of Zhao summoned Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao alone, hoping that the latter could also go on behalf of him to lobby Meng Zhong, hoping that Meng Zhong could abandon the darkness and turn to the light and join him.

So, when he learned that Meng Zhong led his army to Feiyi, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao disguised himself and came forward with Fei You. Finally, he met Meng Zhong and expressed the meaning that King Zhao hoped that he would convey: I hope you will assist me!

When Zhao Bao conveyed the meaning of King He to Meng Zhong, Meng Zhong remained silent, so that the commander's tent was particularly quiet for a moment.

I have to say that Meng Zhong was actually quite moved, because in the words conveyed by Zhao Bao, King Zhao no longer blamed Meng Zhong for his ruthlessness on the day of the Sha Dune Incident. He even said that as long as Meng Zhong was willing to lead his army to rebel against the King's army, everything that happened before would not be mentioned.

But in the end, Meng Zhong shook his head.

“Why?!”

Seeing Meng Zhong shook his head, Fei You asked in disbelief: "Is it related to the death of your father? Meng Sima, although he was not in the Sha Dune Palace at that time, I believe that your father's death has nothing to do with you... And, the emperor never thinks that your father's murder is related to you..."

Meng Zhong nodded and then shook his head again.

Seeing this, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao sneered with a few sneers: "Is it because of Master Zhao? Boy, it is certainly a good thing to value love and friendship, but as the saying goes, too much is not enough. Master Zhao's decision is clearly a disaster to my State of Zhao..." Speaking of this, he glanced at Meng Zhong and deliberately said: "Or, in your opinion, Mr. Zhang has already occupied the victory, thinking about the glory and wealth after the event is achieved?"

Meng Zhong certainly knew that Zhao Bao was deliberately provoking him with words, but he didn't care and said lightly: "After this matter, I will leave Zhao State and return to Song State."

“…”

These words were greatly beyond the expectations of Zhao Bao and Fei You, and they looked at each other.

"Serious?" Zhao Bao looked incredible. Then, he frowned and asked, "Since you are not for utilitarianism, why do you want to assist Gongzi Zhang in rebellion? Is it really just to repay Master Zhao's father..."

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said, "It is just to ensure that Zhao can maintain its strength so far... Only when Zhao is still strong can it protect Song."

Zhao Bao was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at Meng Zhong with a surprised look.

Because he had asked Meng Zhong a similar question before, Meng Zhong also answered the same answer at that time. Now, after many things, Meng Zhong's answer is still the same as it was at the beginning, which made Zhao Bao think of the words Fei Yi used to often mention urging him: stick to one's heart!

At this time, Feiyou from the side frowned and said, "Does it be necessary to help Gongzizhang to ensure that Zhao State can maintain its strength so far? In my opinion, Gongzizhang has a violent personality and is not a candidate for a monarch at all..."

At this moment, Zhao Bao raised his hand to interrupt Fei You's words, looked at Meng Zhong and asked, "Is it because Gongzizhang supports the "Zhao Song Alliance", right?"

Meng Zhong nodded slightly.

It has to be said that since Prince Zhang and Tian Burui used him to lure and kill Zhao Xiangfei Yi, Meng Zhong's favor for these two people has fallen to a low point, but even so, he still felt that Prince Zhang became the monarch of Zhao and Song. After all, Prince Zhang married the daughter of Song Wangyan, and his confidant Tian Burui was also a minister of Song. Moreover, Prince Zhang himself also had a good impression of Song Wangyan, who still supported him to this day. Combined with the above factors, Meng Zhong could be sure that as long as Prince Zhang could become the monarch of Zhao, the Zhao-Song Alliance could be maintained for a long time. Even if Song Wangyan went in the future, the Prince Dai Wu of Song could continue to maintain the Zhao-Song Alliance with Prince Zhang.

This is difficult for King He of Zhao to do, because although King He of Zhao did not like or dislike both Song, Zhao Cheng, Anping Jun, Li Dui and others were all good at Qi. If Zhao Zhufu and Prince Zhang were gone, Zhao would definitely strengthen diplomatic relations with Qi, and even sacrificed the interests of Song to win over Qi and acquiesce to allow Qi to attack Song.

By then, Meng Zhong's hometown of Mengyi, naturally could not escape the war between Song and Qi. In order to defend their land in Song, the Meng family had to defend Song, and for this reason, they would not hesitate to send their tribe members to the battlefield one after another, causing countless Meng clans to die in the battlefield.

"well……"

After understanding Meng Zhong's thoughts, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao sighed slightly: "Some things, even I can't control them. But you still have a chance..."

He tried his best to persuade Meng Zhong and said, "Meng Zhong, the attitude of the Lord to you is very unusual. Even if you ambushed the Lord during the sand dune incident and forced us to protect the Lord and escape into Jize, the Lord still hopes that you can return to him and assist him... As for Zhao Cheng and Li Dui who are concerned about you, I am old and can no longer help you, but at least you can gain a foothold here (the king's army). You must understand that this is the real person.

In the case, Fei Xiang has passed away, and no one in Handan can curb Zhao Cheng and Li Du, but now, Zhao Cheng and Li Du dare not do anything. If they really have any ruthless thoughts, therefore, as long as you are willing to join the Lord, when the Lord speaks, I will help you. Even if Zhao Cheng and Li Du are not happy, they will definitely not disobey the Lord at this time. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I see."

Meng Zhong nodded.

Of course, he understood that what Zhao Bao wanted to express was nothing more than Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, facing the threat of Prince Zhang, he must have the title given by King He of Zhao to attack Prince Zhang legitimately, and only in this way can he protect his fief, MG and other rights.

Therefore, if Meng Zhong defected to the King's Army at this moment, King Zhao He suddenly appointed Meng Zhong as the Sima of the First Army. Even if Zhao Cheng, Li Dui and others were dissatisfied, they could only endure it. They would never have a quarrel with King Zhao He at this time. After all, in the final analysis, Gongzi Zhang is the most threat. If Prince Zhang wins, they will definitely be doomed.

"I am old, and I suffered a little in Jize some time ago. I have always felt powerless recently. I guess I can't live for a few years..." Speaking of this, Zhao Bao looked up at Meng Zhong and said seriously: "Although I am also a 'old noble faction' that you and Fei Xiang mentioned, I don't want Zhao Cheng and Li Dui and others to do anything ruthless. After this matter is over, I will hand over everything from the Handan army to Zhao Ben and ask him to help the king to prevent Zhao Cheng and Li Du, but Zhao Cheng and Li Du are very powerful. Even if there is Xinqi to help me, I am also worried that Zhao Ben will not fight against them. If you can assist the king... With Xinqi, Zhao Ben and you three are here, at least Handan can still be under the control of the king..."

As he said that, he paused, looked at Meng Zhong and said, "I can't disclose the specific details, but I can tell you that Gongzi Zhang's victory is only temporary. He has a big hidden danger, and he is destined not to succeed!"

"Because Gongzizhang has no title, right?"

Meng Zhong chuckled, played with the wine bowl in his hand, and said melancholy: "Yang Wenjun, Brother Feiyou, I am grateful for your feelings, but some things will not be able to turn back once they happen..." Speaking of this, he raised his head and looked at Zhao Bao and Feiyou and said: "I, Meng Zhong, have not participated in the murder of Fei Xiang, and I did not know in advance that Gongzi Zhang and Tian Bulu will rebel in the sand dune. This matter can be seen. But I have not done anything that harms the interests of the king. For example, on the night of the sand dune incident, I ambushed the king, Xin Qi and others' troops..."

"You don't blame you for this matter." Fei You said hurriedly.

He shook his head slightly at Fei You, Meng Zhong looked at Yangwenjun Zhao Bao and continued, "Yangwenjun, what you mentioned about Gongzizhang is nothing more than Gongzizhang's lack of status. Anyway, everyone here is insiders. It's okay to even say something if it's open..." He said this, he paused a little, and then his expression slightly changed, and he said seriously: "After the sand dune incident, when the lord was trapped in Jize, I asked Master Zhao's father to advise Master Zhao. I said that Master Zhao has no status and the whole country will not obey him. Instead of besieging Jize, it would be better to let Master Zhao come forward to affirm Prince Zhang's actions and give Prince Zhang the title so that Master Zhang can lead his army straight to Handan and take down the capital first..."

“…”

Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao's expression suddenly changed, and even sweated faintly on his forehead.

Because in his opinion, if Master Zhao had listened to Meng Zhong's advice at that time, Prince Zhang would have already controlled the situation, and what else should he do with Master Wang?

Just imagine, when King He of Zhao fled to Jize, Prince Zhang went straight to Handan when Zhao Zhufu came forward to affirm and gave him the title. Did Zhao Ben, who was stationed in Handan at that time, dared to stop Zhao Zhufu?

Before King He of Zhao made a sound, Zhao's father's order was the national order. If Zhao Ben dared to stop Zhao's father, Zhao's father could have beaten Zhao Ben as a traitor.

After the Zhao Ben was dealt with, Zhao Zhufu took over Handan and announced to the public that Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Du and others colluded with Xinqi to hold King Zhao He hostage, with a ill intention. Zhao Cheng and Li Du were immediately beaten as traitors.

At that time, Zhao Cheng and Li Dui had no status to resist Zhao Zhufu. They resisted, which means that they had confirmed the status of a traitor. Zhao Zhufu and Gongzi Zhang could naturally eradicate Zhao Cheng and Li Dui, unless they compromised and surrendered to Zhao Zhufu and Gongzi Zhang.

Whether they resisted as a "traitor" and were finally eliminated by Zhao's father, or Zhao Cheng and Li Du took the initiative to surrender to Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang. Anyway, as long as these two were resolved, even if King Zhao fled from Jize alive, Handan would have long been the world of Prince Zhang. Gongzi Zhang could completely put King He under house arrest on the pretext of protecting the emperor. By then, who dared to raise objections in Zhao's country? Even Zhao Cheng and Li Du compromised, who would dare? Who else would?

When he thought of this, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao burst into tears of cold sweat in shock, and he felt a vague illusion that he had survived the disaster.

At this time, Meng Zhong continued: "Later, after the lord fled back to Handan, he issued an edict to declare Prince Zhang a traitor. At that time, I also advised Master Zhao to come forward and give Prince Zhang a title. As long as Master Zhao gave Prince Zhang a title, the army of Zhao would wait and see for a while, and take this opportunity, Prince Zhang could go straight to Handan and defeat the king's army..."
To be continued...