『ps: I spent a lot of money today, I feel sorry.

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"Report! A fire came from the direction of Quliang!"

After nightfall on the third day of September, soldiers who were monitoring the movements and movements in the nearby hills reported to Meng Zhong.

After learning about this, Meng Zhong initially mistakenly thought that Pang Nuan attacked the camp of Anping Jun Zhao Cheng or Fengyang Jun Li Dui at night, and immediately brought Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu and more than a thousand soldiers to see if he had the opportunity to assist Pang Nuan.

However, when Meng Zhong and his group arrived in Quliang, they found that not only the camps of Anping Jun Zhao Cheng and Fengyang Jun Li Dui, but also the crops in the fields near Quliang had turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong immediately understood that it must have been the king's army who set off a few fires before retreating, not only burning down his camp, but also burning the crops in the fields of Quliangyi, so as not to ripen the fields of the fields, so as not to fall into the hands of the rebels.

"It's so cruel..."

"It actually set fire to all the crops in a city..."

"Hmph, Master Wang...is like a joke."

Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Mu Wu were not stupid either. Even though they were stunned at first when they looked at the fields covered with raging fire, they still quickly reacted, either sighing about wasting their waste of resources or satirizing the behavior of Zhao Jun on the other side, they were really not worthy of being called the King's Army.

To be fair, the fact that Wang Shi abandoned Qu Liang was not beyond Meng Zhong's expectations.

In his opinion, the Wang Army had not yet had a way to solve his "tired enemy plan", so he was passive everywhere, so he had only two endings waiting for the Wang Army. He either captured Quliang by the army led by Gongzi Zhang, or took the initiative to abandon Quliang and retreat to Handan.

However, Meng Zhong did not expect that Anping Jun Zhao Cheng, Fengyang Jun Li Dui and others were so decisive and cruel. When they retreated, they set fire to the crops that were about to be harvested in the fields around Quliangyi, as if they had not considered how the people in Quliang City would live after losing this year's harvest.

Just as Mu Wu said, looking at the sea of ​​burning fire in front of him, it was really ironic to think that this fire was released by the royal army stationed here before.

"What should I do next?" Hua Hu turned to Meng Zhong and asked: "Attach the situation to occupy Quliang? Or should I pursue the evacuated king's army?"

Meng Zhong frowned and said, "It's okay to pursue the king's army. The evacuated king's army still has at least 20,000 troops. Not to mention that there are only more than a thousand soldiers around us. Even if thousands of people in our army are here, if we rashly pursue them, we may not be able to get any advantage. Let's just..."

He was about to say "take Quliang first", but suddenly he heard a vague sound of people coming from the fields in the distance.

He pressed his hands and signaled Meng Hu and others to calm down. Meng Zhong listened with his ears. This time he really heard the voice.

"Come and put out the fire"

"Get water again"

"The people in the fields in the north cannot be rescued. Go there, the fire there can be extinguished."

In the distance, such sounds came.

"Is it possible that the Zhao people from Quliang City are putting out the fire?"

Meng Zhongxin secretly guessed, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was very likely.

After all, the king's army could make up their minds to set fire to the crops in the fields during retreat, but the people of Zhao from Quliang City might not be able to watch their hard-earned harvest in the sea of ​​fire. So after the king's army evacuated, it is very likely that people should be organized to try to extinguish the fire.

The question is, how much can it be saved if it has reached this level?

Meng Zhong looked up at the sea of ​​fire in the distance, not optimistic about it.

After thinking for a while, he ordered: "To avoid unnecessary conflicts, we will retreat for the time being and come again after dawn tomorrow."

In this way, Meng Zhong led more than a thousand rebels back to Qunqiu Camp again.

The next day, Meng Zhong led Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu and more than a thousand rebels to Quliangyi again.

As for Meng Sui, Le Jin, Le Xu, Xiang Liao and others, they stayed in the camp to prepare for the relocation of the camp. After all, if the king had indeed evacuated from Quliang and retreated to Handan, there was no need for them to stay here again.

Around the Si hour, Meng Zhong led his army to the Quliangyi area.

The first thing to see is the former site of Zhao Bao, the camp of Yangwenjun.

Meng Zhong was quite familiar with this land because last month, he fought wits and courage with Zhao Ben, Lian Po and others here, but later the Handan army could not hold on anymore and gave up the barracks and joined the military camp of Fengyangjun, and joined the latter in the same place.

A few days later, Fengyang Jun Li Dui could not hold on anymore and finally evacuated the entire army yesterday.

Yes, after walking a while further, Meng Zhong saw the military camp of Fengyang Jun. Of course, there was only a piece of ruins left at the moment. It can be seen that the king's army has indeed retreated.

Passing through the middle of the former sites of the two camps, Zhao Bao's army and Li Dui army, Meng Zhong led more than a thousand rebels into Quliangyi.

Similar to the cities and towns of all sizes under the world, the entire Quliang City is also composed of many towns built around Quliang City. These many towns are like Mengyi, the hometown of Mengzhong and Menghu, and are like small villages.

Now, not far away, Meng Zhongjun passed by a small village-like town.

It is quite a pity that the fields around this town should have been covered with crops that are about to be harvested at this time, but at this moment, there is only a piece of charred ashes on the fields.

It is worth mentioning that a small crop survived in the distance.

Meng Zhong looked closer and found that there were traces of burnt fire on the edge of the crop. It was obviously the villagers in nearby towns who finally rescued them last night.

"Bang bang bang"

There was a sound of pounding metal in the distant towns.

Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu are all familiar with this voice. They knew that this was a warning voice. Most of the young and strong people in the towns found their traces, so they issued a warning message to the village, which was not much different from their hometown Meng Yi.

In Meng Zhong's impression, similar warning sounds sometimes sounded, mostly because traces of wild animals were found nearby, and occasionally to resist exiled bandits.

Meng Zhong still remembers that in order to drive away a big wild boar getting crops in his hometown, the young and strong people in the same village called out early warnings, and then beat a group of people with weapons to surround and kill the wild boar.

As for the result... the wild boar is delicious.

"Wow!"

From the side, Meng Hu's chuckle came.

Meng Zhong looked up at the front of the left and saw that the village gate was closed not far away, and through the gap between the wooden village gate, people could be seen flashing.

On the mail tower next to the entrance of the village, two or three young men holding long swords but not wearing armor were also seen. They were staring at Meng Zhong and his group intently.

"It seems we scared them very much." Meng Hu laughed in a low voice.

This is not surprising. According to Meng Zhong's visual observation, there are at least a hundred households in the village in front of him, with hundreds of tribesmen, while the rebels behind him have a team of 1,000 soldiers, and they are all soldiers with complete armor. When they suddenly pass by this place, of course, it will arouse the other party's vigilance.

"Do you want to scare them?" Meng Hu said with a wicked smile, with a prank expression on his face.

"Don't be troublesome!" Meng Zhong whispered to stop Meng Hu.

Meng Zhong certainly believed that with the nature of Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu, and others, they would never be able to plunder innocent villagers, but the soldiers of Dai County who were following them at this moment may not be necessary. In this era when soldiers plundering the people was even considered common, Meng Zhong did not want to plunder the villages by Dai County soldiers because of Meng Hu's temporary mischief.

No joke, as long as Meng Zhong acquiesced, the Dai County soldiers behind him will definitely plunder the town and even kill the villagers who stopped them.

And this is something Meng Zhong doesn't want to see.

Leading the army forward, passing through a group of villages that were vigilant about their arrival, Meng Zhong and others finally arrived at the southern gate of Quliang City.

During this period, Meng Zhong did not see any whereabouts of the king's army.

It is worth mentioning that just like the towns that I passed by before, Quliang City is also in a city gate at this moment. And because of the arrival of more than a thousand troops including Meng Zhong, the guards on the top of the city were panicked, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Who are you waiting for? Where is the army?!"

Soon, someone shouted at the city gate.

Under Meng Zhong's affairs, Meng Hu climbed forward and shouted to the city: "I believe in the commander of the guards Meng Hu. Behind me is the guards Sima Meng Zhong!... The one on the city, why don't you open the city gate?!"

"Xinwei Army..."

There was a panic coming from the top of the city, and then there was no response.

Even though Meng Hu shouted for a while, there was no response on the city.

"what to do?"

When he rode his horse back to Meng Zhong, Meng Hu scratched his head and asked, "It seems that the city refuses to surrender?"

"Don't be anxious." Meng Zhong comforted.

He knew very well that Quliangcheng was not unwilling to surrender, but that the royal army, which was afraid of tens of thousands of people, was defeated by them. How could Quliangcheng, which was only a few hundred soldiers, dare to stop the rebels?

It’s just that the people in the city are afraid of the rebels. As for what they fear, of course they are afraid of being plundered by the rebels. After all, the name of rebels is hard to trust no matter how you hear it.

To be honest, let alone the people in the city do not trust them, even Meng Zhong did not trust the Daijun soldiers behind him.

He was not sure if the city wall in front of him opened the door and surrendered, would the Dai County soldiers behind him rush up and rob property in the city?

Thinking of this, Meng Zhong suddenly felt that it would be a good idea not to enter the city. As for the city in front of him, after Gongzi Zhang led the army to arrive, he could throw the matter to the latter.

Just as Meng Zhong was about to lead the evacuation and patrol to the nearby area to ensure that the royal army had evacuated, the south gate of Quliang City not far away opened a gap, and then two old men with crutches walked out tremblingly.

When Meng Zhong saw this situation, he immediately understood and turned over and got off the horse and walked over.

Seeing this, Meng Hu, Hua Hu and Mu Wu also turned over and dismounted and followed Meng Zhong.

The two old men with crutches were probably Li Zheng, the township teacher of Quliang City.

Similar to the situation in the State of Song, the township and local officials are usually held by local respected family elders. They handle the affairs of the towns and towns on weekdays, but in special circumstances, they will also come forward to calm the situation, just like the fact that more than a thousand rebels are approaching the city.

"This young military general, don't know what to call him?"

When both sides approached, the two old men bowed and said, and they still saw a little panic on their faces that were pretending to be calm.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong also bowed and said, "I am Sima Meng Zhong of the Guards in Xiaxin."

When he heard the three words "Xinwei Army", it was obvious that the fear in the eyes of the two old men became stronger. He asked carefully: "Meng Sima doesn't know... I don't know if there is a high-profile job?"

"You don't have to do this. You are also a person who knows etiquette." Meng Zhong comforted him and then asked the two old men: "As far as I know, Anping Jun and Fengyang Jun's army had evacuated Quliang yesterday..."

Listening to this, one of the old men sighed, and immediately realized his loss of composure and quickly laughed awkwardly. After hearing the name of Anping Jun and Fengyang Jun, the other old man flashed a few anger on his face and replied with a sneer: "Indeed, I ruined my Quliang's harvest this year before leaving..."
To be continued...