Chapter 221: My Yue Meng is not a vegetarian either

The eastern foot of Wumeng Mountain.

The rushing march lasted for two days and two nights. The people of the sergeant Qiao Zhuang were already exhausted, and many of them even fell asleep on the bumpy horse's back. If it weren't for the fact that they had been tied to the horse's back, they would have fallen head long ago. But even so, the war horses would have gradually been unable to bear it.

The sky was just bright, and a red sun rose from the eastern sky. In less than a moment, the vast white mist surrounding the towering mountains had disappeared.

Meng Hu stopped, then suddenly raised his right arm and shouted: "Stop moving forward!"

Zhang Xingba, who followed Meng Hu closely, immediately shouted: "The general has an order, the whole army will stop advancing!"

The army that was winding along the valley soon stopped. The well-trained guard immediately divided into two strands, one strand scattered, one stranded, and the other strand surrounded more than two thousand people of Maocheng, the Maocheng people of Qiaozhuang's western army, and it was strictly forbidden for anyone to move around at will, so as not to escape.

Zhang Xingba took a breath and asked Meng Hu: "General, where are we?"

Meng Hu took out the map and looked at it, responding: "Turn the foothills ahead and enter the Gyeonggi Province."

Zhang Xingba licked his chapped lips, a bloodthirsty ray of fierceness flashed through his eyes, and asked in an insult: "Grandma, since I got off Qingniu Mountain, I have just run away all the way and haven't done any serious battles yet. General, should I kill you this time after entering Gyeonggi?

The Gyeonggi Province is the central key of the Glorious Empire. It not only hosts the most elite guards among the top ten empires, but also has a famous imperial guard. If someone else heard that he was going to the Gyeonggi Province, he was afraid that his legs would be weak, but Zhang Xingba was not afraid of this reckless man. In the eyes of this reckless man, as long as Meng Hu led him, there would be no place in the world that could not be reached. Even if it was a dragon and tiger den, he could go in and kill him a few rounds.

However, Meng Hu is not Zhang Xingba after all, so Meng Hu would not foolishly think that with a mere 500 guards, he could disrupt the Gyeonggi province. Although Zhang Xingba's guards were elite, they were still incomparable to the Royal Guards of the Glorious Empire, and were not on the same order of magnitude as the Imperial Guards. If they really dive into the Gyeonggi province, they would have to be wiped out.

Shaking his head, Meng Hu said in a silence: "No, we won't go to the Gyeonggi province, we won't do brainless things."

"Don't go to the Gyeonggi province?" Zhang Xingba asked in surprise, "Then where are we going next?"

Meng Hu said: "If nothing unexpected happens, the two pursuers from Li Yu and Yue Meng should have been led away by us. Lao Jia and Batian are probably heading towards Hulu Valley now, so there is no need for us to continue to tangle with Ma Sifeng. Go and gather the two thousand people in Maocheng."

"yes."

Zhang Xingba agreed and took the order.

In less than a meal, more than two thousand people in Maocheng were gathered together. Meng Hu walked slowly by the formation and shouted in a grim voice: "Do you want to survive?"

Most people were silent and dared not respond. Only a few people plucked up their courage and responded: "I think."

"Want to survive?" Meng Hu nodded with a ferocious expression and continued, "Okay, you all listen. Next, I will start training troops. How to practice this soldiers? It's very simple. I treat you as prey and let you run in front. I will lead the army to chase after you. As long as you can run away, you can survive. If you can't run away, hehe, I'm sorry!"

After hearing this, more than two thousand people in Maocheng were all ashamed and could not help but worry for themselves.

Meng Hu waved his hand again. The guards had already stepped forward to release the ties for more than 2,000 people in Maocheng. Although their legs and bodies were still tied to the horse's back, their hands were finally able to move freely. Meng Hu rode his horse to the right side of the official road and shouted: "Now, listen to the general's order, prepare to... run!"

Meng Hu whistled, and more than two thousand cavalrymen immediately rode their horses wildly. In less than a moment, they disappeared from the sight of Meng Hu and the five hundred guards, only the rising smoke and dust were still flying all over the sky.

Zhang Xingba asked Meng Hu in surprise: "General, this is..."

Meng Hu laughed and said loudly: "Send the order and the whole army will enter the valley on the right to rest! Let's sleep well and have a full meal. When you have enough food, you will rush to Hulu Valley to meet Lao Jia Batian and the others."

Thirty miles south of Maocheng.

Yue Meng and Li Yu were pursuing soldiers from both sides, joining forces to head south along the official road.

The army had been driving over thirty miles past Maocheng, but Yue Meng's brows were still tightening, as if he couldn't dissolve his heart. Wen Hu, who was following him, asked in a deep voice: "Do you have any worries?"

"Nothing." Yue Meng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I just felt that the rebels' appearance was a bit suspicious."

Wenhu, Leichi, Shan Qiu, Sha Polang, and Shi Tianzhu were all confidants of Yue Meng when he was in the Eastern Legion. These five people had experienced the Battle of Burning Hulu Valley. They all admire Yue Meng's wisdom from the bottom of their hearts. After Yue Meng took office as the commander of the Western Legion, he asked King Mengke of Yan to come to several Semitic corps of the Eastern Legion. Wenhu and other old subordinates were naturally confidant by Yue Mengyi.

Wenhu asked in confusion: "Is there any suspicious appearance?"

"Yes, the signs are suspicious."

Yue Meng nodded and said, "I always feel that the rebels went south to the capital and the provinces. There must be other mystery, but for a moment I can't figure it out."

"What kind of mystery can this be?"

Wen Hu disagreed, "But the Northern Governor Ma Sifeng sent someone to send a message to tell me that Meng Hu's rebels were found on the eastern foot of Wumeng Mountain? Meng Hu's rebels would not have been able to put on their wings and fly back, right?"

"Put your wings and fly back?"

Yue Meng murmured twice, and accidentally turned around and saw the vast Maoshan Mountain again. Although the army had already walked thirty miles away, they could still see the majestic shadow of Maoshan Mountain. Suddenly, Yue Meng's heart beat violently and shouted in a cold voice, "Wenhu, Leichi."

Wenhu and Lei Chi two generals rushed forward and responded: "What are the general's instructions?"

Yue Meng shouted: "Each of each led 500 elite soldiers to return to Maocheng immediately, and carefully searched every grass and tree within a radius of twenty miles of Maocheng, especially to focus on searching Maoshan, which is close to Maocheng. I don't believe it anymore. Meng Hu was so cruel that he could slaughter all the tens of thousands of unarmed people in Maocheng. Even if he really killed them all, he should have corpses!"

Lei Chi and Wen Hu agreed and each of them set off five hundred elite soldiers to take the order.

The army led by Yue Meng did not stop and continued to move south in a mighty manner. Although Yue Meng had doubts in his heart, he was not sure that the Meng Hu rebels who went south must be suspicious. After all, this is not a trivial matter. If Meng Hu's rebels really wanted to be released into the capital province that had not been attacked for hundreds of years, the consequences would not be that Yue Meng could bear.

In the evening, the Northern Army led by Ma Sifeng finally caught up with the "defeated troops" of Meng Hu's army.

But what puzzled Ma Sifeng was that the Northern Army only caught up with a small number of defeated soldiers, with a total force of less than 200 cavalry, which was different from the Meng Hu army he remembered. In Ma Sifeng's impression, the Meng Hu army was an iron army that could not be defeated, and it would never be possible to drag them down after a few days and two nights of rapid marching.

After intercepting more than 200 cavalry defeated soldiers and questioning them, Ma Sifeng finally knew that something was wrong.

It turns out that these two hundred cavalry defeated soldiers were not the real Meng Hu army, but the people of Maocheng who were wearing armor and stepped onto war horses!

Ma Liao rode his horse to Ma Sifeng and shouted: "Governor General, I have found hundreds of defeated soldiers ten miles ahead. Have you sent troops to chase him?"

Ma Sifeng raised his hand and said, "No need to chase after him."

Ma Liao said in surprise: "I won't chase after you?"

Ma Yuan, who was behind Ma Sifeng, sighed and said in a deep voice: "Those are all suspicious soldiers."

"Suspicious soldiers?" Ma Liao said in a lost voice, "How could it be a suspicious soldiers? How could it be a suspicious soldiers?"

"This is nothing impossible." Ma Sifeng said in a deep voice, "Meng Hu did this when he fought in the Mingyue Empire in the west."

Ma Yuan asked with some concern: "Then...what should we do now?"

Ma Sifeng thought for a moment and shouted in a deep voice: "I will report everything that happened here to the court with a flying pigeon, and then inform Li Yu and Yue Meng with a quick horse."

Almost as Ma Sifeng discovered that he was deceived, Yue Meng, who was hundreds of miles away, also discovered a flaw.

Sent out to search for Lei Chi in Maocheng, Wenhu found imprisoned people in Maocheng in the deep valley of Maoshan. After counting, more than 2,000 people were missing from Maocheng. The two immediately condemned the Kuaima report to Yue Meng to find out.

Yue Meng said in a voice: "What a Meng Hu, he is really a suspicious plan to attack the east and west, hum!"

Shan Qiu next to him said: "Meng Hu is really cunning, but we didn't expect that we all let him cheat."

Sha Polang also asked: "General, what should we do now? Since the rebels going south are suspicious soldiers of Qiao Zhun, the real rebels hid there?"

Yue Meng said in a deep voice: "Although Meng Hu is cunning, I, Yue Meng, are not vegetarians. His suspicious military strategy may be hidden from others, but I, Yue Meng, sent an order, and the army immediately turned around and headed north to Hulukou! Then I sent someone to notify Li Yu, saying that we have discovered the rebels' deeds and asked him to cooperate with the pursuit immediately."

Sha Polang and Shan Qiu agreed and took the lead.

The eastern foot of Wumeng Mountain was less than 300 miles away from Luojing. In less than three hours, Ma Sifeng's flying pigeon sent a letter to Meng Yan. Meng Yan was shocked after seeing it and urgently summoned Shi Miyuan and the Prime Minister of the Empire Ye Haotian to the palace to discuss matters. Ye Haotian had just rushed back to Luojing at noon, and had been promoted from Minister of War to the Prime Minister of the Empire.

After reading Ma Sifeng's Fei Ge's letter, Shi Miyuan's face changed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "No, Meng Hu is going to take the risk."

Ye Haotian's heart moved and asked, "What do you mean is that Meng Hu will lead his army to Hulukou, and then cross the southern Mori and the eastern Mori to the Great Wilderness?"

"It should be like that." Shi Miyuan replied in a deep voice, "It's really a mistake. I've made a lot of calculations, but I didn't even count that Meng Hu would go to the gourd mouth."

Meng Yan said: "Meng Hu really wants to go to the gourd mouth, isn't that going to seek death?"

"Yes." Ye Haotian nodded and agreed, "Although Monan and Modong grasslands are flat and easy to walk on, they are the territory of the people of the Galaxy after all. They are chased by thousands of galaxy light cavalry on the flat grasslands. That is not a joke. Moreover, it is already summer now, and heavy snow will fall in the sky in a few months, and Meng Hu's army will be unable to move forward."

Shi Miyuan shook his head and said, "We must not judge Meng Hu by common sense. In the eyes of others, the more impossible things are, the more likely this guy will do it. Although walking on the prairie is dangerous, it is not sure to die. If you do it well, there will still be a glimmer of life. I guess Meng Hu is going for that glimmer of life."

Meng Yan said annoyedly: "What should we do? In this way, our plan to take the opportunity to integrate local forces will be disappointed?"

Shi Miyuan said: "Meng Hu changed to the grassland, and the northern leopards in the northeastern province cannot move. However, the governor of the northwest province Le Yi and the governor of the northwest province Ma Sifeng made a mistake in interception. Yue Meng and Li Yu were unable to pursue and suppress. After integrating these forces, seven of the nine major provinces in the world are in the hands of His Majesty. The two major provinces in the southwest and northeastern provinces are no longer worth worrying. There is time to settle them in the future. Now the most important thing is Meng Hu, and he must not be allowed to run to the Great Wilderness!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ye Haotian echoed repeatedly, "Mr. is right, and this dangerous tiger must not be allowed to run away."

Taking a deep breath, Shi Miyuan said to Meng Yan: "Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, the old minister has to go to the gourd mouth in person."

"Your dear, please go to Hulukou?" Meng Yan asked in a lost voice, "Is this too dangerous? Moreover, Hulukou is far away from the northern border, thousands of miles away from Luojing. Even if you travel day and night, it is probably too late. According to my opinion, I would like to send a letter to the north and the two major provinces in the northwest to let Le Yi and Ma Sifeng send troops to intercept and kill them."

As Meng Yan finished speaking, Ye Haotian continued: "In addition, the news that nearly a thousand craftsmen in Meng Hu's rebels can be transmitted to the people of Xinghe. Xinghe has always lacked craftsmen, and after hearing the news, they will inevitably send light cavalry to intercept them. At that time, even if Meng Hu has the ability to understand the sky and the earth, the rebels led by him will probably not escape the fate of destruction."

"No."

Shi Miyuan shook his head and said coldly, "Ma Sifeng and others may be able to intercept Meng Hu's rebels, but they will definitely not be able to keep Meng Hu himself. It is not enough to stay Meng Hu if he is not in person! In addition, although Luojing is not far from the northern border, the old minister has expected that Meng Hu will follow the suspicion of his troops. Now it must be on the eastern foot of Wumeng Mountain. The old minister selects elite generals to ride good horses and can definitely rush to Hulukou in front of Meng Hu."

Meng Yan nodded gently and said, "Since my beloved has made up my mind, I will not persuade you anymore. However, I am going to Hulukou to deal with Meng Hu, which is extremely dangerous. In this way, I will bring my four guards with me, so that I can protect my beloved's personal safety, and I can also capture Meng Hu when necessary."
Chapter completed!