When Song Wangyan pointed at Hui'an with a sharp sword in his hand, it seemed like Jing Zhu and Dai Busheng. Dai Yingzhi's three military sagers all started to plead for Hui'an and persuaded Song Wangyan to calm down.

Including Meng Zhong, he pleaded for Hui'an while thinking about how to persuade Wang Yan of Song.

However, at this moment, Song Wangyan glared at Hui'an, and finally lowered his hand holding the sharp sword.

He glanced at Hui Ang, and said with a little anger: "I have killed a lot in my life, but now, the Teng people are not afraid of me, and even my ministers are not afraid of me!... Tang Yang, why do you think this is?"

"Well……"

Under the questioning of Wang Yan of Song, an old man in his sixties showed a little hesitation on his face at the banquet.

This person was Tang Yang. Before Hui Ang went to office in Song State, he served as the prime minister of Song State. Even after Hui Ang came to office in Song State, he served as the prime minister of Song State for a long time.

But now, Tang Yang's status in the minds of Song Wang Yan is far inferior to Hui Ang.

Facing the questioning of Song Wangyan, Tang Yang was timid for a while, and then said in a flattering tone: "King, the people of Teng are not afraid of you, and the ministers are not afraid of you. Perhaps because the people who have been punished in the past are all bad people, so the good people are not afraid of you. If the king wants people to fear the world, it is better not to distinguish between good or evil people when submitting the crime, and discuss the crime together, so that people in the world will fear you, and the ministers will also fear you."

Everyone present was stunned by these remarks.

Meng Zhong opened his eyes wide in shock and said in his heart: "What nonsense is this?!"

After a moment of silence, the army Sima Dai Yingzhi pointed at Tang Yang and cursed, scolding the latter for saying something wrong.

But after hearing Tang Yang's words, Song Wangyan was very happy. He laughed, walked up to pat Tang Yang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Good words! Then start with you!"

After that, before Tang Yang came to his senses, the sharp sword in Song Wangyan's hand pierced the former's chest and abdomen with one sword.

Seeing this, Dai Yingzhi, who was still scolding Tang Yang, was stunned. Even Hui Ang and Meng Zhong were also a little stunned. He looked at Tang Yang in shock and looked at Song Wangyan with disbelief: "Big... King?"

"puff--"

The sharp sword was pulled out from Tang Yang's chest and abdomen, and blood splattered onto Song Wangyan's robe, which was quite dazzling.

However, Song Wangyan didn't care at all. He wiped the sword with the hem of the king's robe and ordered: "Come on, drag this corpse down."

Immediately, a team of Song soldiers walked into the palace and took Tang Yang's body out of the palace.

Tang Yang, a scholar-official in the Song Dynasty, was once the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was killed by Song Wang Yan in an understatement.

Until this moment, Meng Zhong finally saw the cruel and tyrannical side of Song Wangyan.

After returning to the seat, Song Wangyan leaned on the sword with his hand, looked at Hui'an and asked, "Hui'an, did you see it?"

"I saw it." Hui Ang bowed his hand and said, with no fear on his face.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan nodded and said in a deep voice: "Persuad to me, why do you oppose me attacking Xue Yi? If there is any false deception..." He gently shook the sharp sword in his hand, and the intention was self-evident.

However, Hui Ann was not afraid at all, and said calmly: "There are three reasons for persuading the king to attack Xueyi at this moment. First, our Song State had just destroyed Teng State, and the national strength and military strength were all lost; second, the Teng people were not convinced yet, and they still had resentment towards us Song people. If these resentments were left alone, then resentment would breed resentment and would eventually lead to a disaster; third, as far as I know, Zhao State is currently capturing Zhongshan State, and Qi State has not yet decided on its attitude towards Zhao State. If our Song State captures Xueyi at this moment, Qi State will inevitably abandon Zhao State and attack our Song State... The two countries of Zhao and Song conspire to capture Qi State were originally agreed upon by the King and King Zhao, so why bother to hurry?"

"..." Song Wangyan leaned on the sharp sword and pondered.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Meng Zhong from the corner of his eyes and asked, "Meng Zhong, what do you think of your righteous brother Hui'an?"

Hearing this, Dai Yingzhi and Dai Busheng, both military Simas, looked at Meng Zhong in surprise.

In fact, before the banquet, Hui Ann had already introduced Meng Zhong to these two people. Therefore, these two people had learned that Meng Zhong was Hui Ann's brother, but they did not expect that at this moment, Wang Yan of Song did not ask them, but instead asked Meng Zhong, a 14-year-old boy, which was what they were surprised.

Under the gaze of everyone, Meng Zhong stood up and bowed and said, "Master, I think Brother Hui'anyi is right."

"Hey!"

Song Wangyan curled his lips and sneered: "He is your righteous brother, of course you will say that."

Seeing this, Meng Zhong thought for a while and asked Wang Yan of Song: "King, if you attack Xueyi and Qi will do all the country's troops to attack, do you think Song can stop it?"

When Song Wangyan heard this, he snorted softly: "Do you want to use this to convince me?"

"Not." Meng Zhong shook his head and said seriously: "Boy just wants to tell you the trick of 'winning every battle', even if the enemy is a powerful country like Qi."

"Oh?" Song Wangyan became a little curious and said with a chuckling, "Let's hear." After that, he seemed to have thought of something and asked suspiciously: "I heard that a few days ago, Hui Ang took you to Zou Kingdom to visit Mencius. You don't want to fool me with Mencius's words "benevolent and benevolent"?"

"Not." Meng Zhong shook his head and said.

Seeing this, Song Wangyan finally felt relieved, smiled and nodded and said, "Then try to talk."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong said, "First of all, I want to ask the king, what do you need to rely on to defeat a country like Qi?"

Song Wangyan stroked his beard and thought for a while, and said, "Soldiers? Chariots? Food and grass?... In short, it will not be a 'benevolent government'."

"The king is right. If you want to defeat Qi, you have to rely on more and better soldiers, war weapons, including chariots, and sufficient food and grass..."

After hearing this, Hui Ang looked at Meng Zhong with some surprise, but even more unexpectedly, it was obviously Song Wangyan. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, that's right, boy, continue."

Meng Zhong nodded and continued, "Let's talk about the soldiers first. If you want to get better soldiers, you have to train them, but how can you get more soldiers? The soldiers are not grown on trees or in the ground. They are either their parents' beloved sons or their children's kind fathers. If they want them to fight for the country willingly and the monarchs, they must "make the people in the same way as the king." This is also the view of "Sun Bin's Art of War".... With the support of the people, the king can get a steady stream of troops. If he trains, he will be an invincible army."

"..." Song Wangyan stroked his beard as if he was thinking.

"Let's talk about chariots. chariots are just war weapons. In fact, the equipment required for a battle is far more than chariots, just like the well railing car that the kid had offered before. But there is a problem that ordinary soldiers do not know how to build these equipment, which leads to the fact that the previous well railing car is easily destroyed by the soldiers of Teng Kingdom. If our country can cultivate excellent craftsmen, wouldn't these equipment carefully crafted by craftsmen make war easier?"

"..." Song Wangyan nodded thoughtfully. After all, he also admitted that siege equipment like the Jinglan car could indeed make war much easier.

"Let's talk about food and grass, this is the key to the strategy of "winning every battle"....Food and grass are a strategic material that can be attacked and defended. When we are strong, we can use food and grass to recruit more soldiers and promote victory. But if we are weak, we can raise the barriers and wait for the enemy to retreat because of the food and grass, we have to retreat. We can attack and defend. From beginning to end, we will lead the battle situation. Isn't this a strategy of winning every battle?...Build high walls and accumulate grain, and the Song army will be able to win every battle!"

Song Wangyan thought for a moment, and then he laughed for a while and said, "After talking for a long time, you still want me to temporarily postpone the attack on Xueyi and ask the people to farm with peace of mind. However... it is indeed reasonable and convincing."

After saying that, he turned to Hui Ang and joked, "Hui Ang, listen, this is a strategy. It is much more wise than your "benevolent" rhetoric!... You are not like this!"

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Hui'an naturally no longer had a stern face and said with a smile: "What the king said is so true, I am ashamed."

After the banquet, Hui Ang and Meng Zhong strolled in the city.

During this period, Hui Ang said to Meng Zhong: "A Zhong, thanks to your remarks today."

Meng Zhong shook his head when he heard this and said, "I just changed my words." After that, he suddenly asked Hui'an, "Brother, why are you assisting King Song? Today, King Song is drawing your sword to Brother..."

Hui'an was stunned for a moment, and then a little melancholy appeared on his face.

After a long time, he shook his head and said, "The king is just angry, but he will not kill me. Tang Yang actually wanted to take this opportunity to ask the king to kill me. He was so confused that he lost his life."

After a pause, he said, "As for why I assisted the king, Master Zhuang and Master Meng, I have asked me this question. I also admit that the king is not a virtuous monarch. Although he is wise, he is tyrannical... I just feel that no matter where he travels in his life, he still wants to return to his hometown. Zhang Yi was prominent for a while, which made all countries afraid, but in the end he returned to Wei and died in his hometown. My uncle Hui Shi ran to Wei at the age of thirty.

The country served as prime minister and served as prime minister of Wei for decades, but after losing his position, he first returned to Song State and eventually passed away in Song State. For example, Mencius spent nearly twenty years traveling around the countries to show his ambitions, but after realizing the failure, he also returned to his hometown of Zou State... Maybe this is how people are. When they get older, they will one day miss the homeland where they gave birth to him and raised him. But if the homeland no longer exists at that time, wouldn't this be a sad thing?"

Meng Zhong nodded thoughtfully.

Seeing that the atmosphere was too heavy, Hui Ang patted Meng Zhong's shoulder and said with a smile: "But you are still young, and it is time to go out to explore and protect your homeland. Let's leave it to older people like Wei brothers."

"Brother is in his prime, so how can he be called an old man?"

"Hahaha……"

In the winter of the 32nd year of the Song Dynasty, the State of Song conquered Teng, and the State of Song gave up on attacking Xueyi. The foreign war in the State of Song came to an end for the time being.
Chapter completed!