Gong Zhongqiu's military camp was as conspicuous as the moon at night because the camp was lit all night. Of course, the soldiers of the Wei army could not ignore it and immediately reported to Meng Zhong.

Meng Zhong looked away for a while, and then inferred from the size of the military camp in the distance that it was probably the Korean army's barracks, so he asked the soldiers to rest on the spot, and at the same time sent Meng Hu to the camp and shouted to them from afar.

But even so, the Korean army under Gong Zhongqiu was still facing a great enemy. Especially when Meng Hu and others approached, there was a loud alarm in the camp, and three thousand Korean soldiers rushed to the camp, perhaps because they mistakenly thought that the Qin army attacked the camp.

Even the lord general, Gong Zhonggao, was somewhat suspicious of Meng Hu's claim to be Wei's army.

It's no wonder. After all, it's dark. How could he be sure that the other party was the Wei army, instead of taking the opportunity to make the Qin army that fooled them?

Therefore, he did not dare to open the camp gate immediately and let Meng Hu and other Wei soldiers enter, but stood on the mail tower and shouted from afar. The general idea was to ask Meng Hu and others to go back for the time being. After dawn, he would personally visit the Wei army.

Hearing this, Meng Hu didn't care and left with his soldiers.

This action made Gong Zhongga even more convinced Meng Hu's words, but out of caution, he still made the soldiers in the camp be wary all night.

Until dawn the next day, Gong Zhongchong sent scouts to search for the traces of the Wei army. Sure enough, he found the traces of the Wei army in the woods about ten miles northwest of the military camp, with an army of less than 50,000.

"It seems that the one who contacted us last night was indeed Wei Jun."

After learning about this, Gong Zhonggao's doubts disappeared and he immediately took more than 20 Han soldiers to the camp where the Wei army was stationed.

Because his team held the "Han" flag high, the Wei soldiers patrolling and guarding the surrounding area did not make things difficult for them. Instead, they pointed out the direction of the army for Gong Zhongga and others. It was not until Gong Zhongga and his group approached the Wei army's garrison that they were stopped by a wave of Wei soldiers and were first taken to the army's Sima Wei Qing.

"In Xia Gong Zhongqiu."

When Gong Zhonggao expressed his identity in front of Wei Qing, Wei Qing immediately showed respect.

Who is Gong Zhonggao? Although he is just a disciple of Han Xiang, he has been backward for more than ten years. When Han Xiang, the old king of Han Xiang, was still alive, Gong Zhonggao was once the prime minister of South Korea. He and "Gong Shuying" who were also from the same office were called the two most trusted ministers under the throne of Han Xiang. Such an identity is of course worthy of Wei Qing's respectful title of "Mr. Gong Zhong".

He asked Gong Zhongqiu with a smile, "Is that camp ten miles southeast the camp of Mr. Gong Zhong's army stationed?"

"That's right." Gong Zhonggao nodded and explained with a little apology: "Although the soldiers of the army came outside our camp last night to inform us of the arrival of the army, I am afraid that it was the Qin army's trick, so I asked the soldiers of the army to return temporarily and come to apologize today..."

Of course Wei Qing knew about this, and said with a smile: "Mr. Gong Zhong refers to Meng Hu, are you? Hahaha, those soldiers sent by Meng Shishou, in case your army mistakenly confuse our army with the Qin army..."

"Shishen?"

Gong Zhonggao's face showed a little surprise.

Of course he knew that the current commander of the Wei army was a commander named Meng Zhong, but what surprised and puzzled Gong Zhonggao was that like Wei Qing, the army Sima, he had no discomfort when he mentioned the three words "Meng Shishou" and seemed to have become accustomed to it.

What does this mean? This means that this person is quite convinced by the "Shishou Meng".

Seeing Gong Zhong's face showing a strange look, Wei Qing would have misunderstood and explained vaguely: "For some reasons, the commander of our army is currently the commander of "Meng Shishuai"... Mr. Gong Zhong can rest assured that Meng Shishuai is a very outstanding... commander."

Since it involved Gongsun Xi's death in battle, Wei Qing deliberately explained to Gong Zhonggao in a vague way. After all, Gongsun Xi was captured and then killed by the Qin army, which is not something worthy of praise.

Seeing Wei Qing's speech vaguely, Gong Zhonggao also tactfully did not ask about "Why is the Wei army now a commander in command?" He bowed to Wei Qing and said solemnly: "Please recommend Wei Sima to recommend it. I hope to meet Meng Shishang."

"Okay, Mr. Gong Zhong, please follow me."

Wei Qing nodded and immediately took Gong Zhongqiu to see Meng Zhong.

At the same time, Meng Zhong was sitting by a bonfire deep in the forest, discussing the next strategy with Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Fei Hui and other military Sima who was not in charge of the night patrol last night.

After all, they did not find the trace of the Qin army in this area. They were not clear at this time. They did not meet the Qin army. It was just that the chief general of the Qin army, Bai Qi, calculated that the Wei army would arrive here in the middle of the night last night, so they immediately withdrew their troops and had already headed straight for Xingyang.

Beside the two bonfires not far away, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Hua Hu and others were chatting and laughing while roasting the wild game they caught from the forest. It has to be said that because of Meng Zhong, the 2,500 Wei Wuzhangs in which these people were located can be called a very special existence in the Wei army. Even Dou Xing, Wei Qing, Tang Zhi and other Sima of the army gradually remembered Meng Hu, Hua Hu, and Mu Wu, who were quite noisy boys, occasionally joked with them during the march.

As soon as Wei Qing took Gong Zhonggao to the bonfire where Meng Zhong was, Meng Hu laughed and said, "Wei Sima, I have gained a lot this morning. How about I leave half a rabbit for you?"

"Haha." Wei Qing said with a smile: "Okay, I'll treat you to a drink afterwards."

After saying that, under Gong Zhonggao's surprised gaze, he brought the latter to Meng Zhong and reported to the latter: "Shishuai, this is Mr. Gong Zhonggao, and he is also the leader of the Korean camp ten miles away. He hopes to meet you, please recommend it to the next generation."

"Pong Zhongqiu?"

The soldiers and Sima, such as Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge, and other soldiers, all showed shock on their faces. They immediately restrained their smiles and stood up to salute Gong Zhongqi. Only Meng Zhong looked confused: Could this Mr. Gong Zhong be some very famous person?

It's no wonder. After all, Meng Zhong, who was born in the Song Kingdom, was just a boy from the countryside. He didn't know about people like Gong Zhonggao.

However, although he had never heard of Gong Zhong Gang, Meng Zhong could also guess from the attitudes of Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and others that the identity of the visitor was not simple. Therefore, although he was half a beat slower than Dou Xing and others, he still quickly reacted and stood up to salute Gong Zhong Gang, respectfully calling him "Mr. Gong Zhong".

This reaction naturally fell into Gong Zhonggao's eyes.

He smiled and said to Meng Zhong: "Meng Shishuai doesn't seem to know...

"This..." Meng Zhong felt quite embarrassed.

At this time, Fei Hui whispered to Meng Zhong: "Gong Zhonggao was the monarch of the previous Korean, that is, the prime minister of South Korea during the reign of King Xiang of Han. Later, he was dismissed because of the princes fighting for the throne."

"It's actually the Prime Minister of South Korea..."

Meng Zhong suddenly realized and quickly bowed to Gong Zhong with more respect, and expressed his apology for being rude: "I am ignorant and ignorant, but I don't know Mr. Gong Zhong. It's really rude."

"Meng Shishuai is so serious that he is now just a civilian."

As he said that, he looked up and down at Meng Zhong.

I have to say that he still has a good impression of the young man in front of him.

First, although the young man in front of him was in a high position, he was neither arrogant nor arrogant, and had an approachable attitude; secondly, the young man still stood up and saluted him without knowing that his husband Zhong was extravagant.

Coupled with Meng Zhong's words and deeds, Gong Zhonggao praised the other party's character even more. This was a very well-educated young man.

"Meng? Is there a large family in Wei State that regards Meng as its clan?"

Gong Zhonggao secretly guessed.

He mistakenly thought that the young man in front of him must have come from a big family in Wei. After all, in his impression, only a big family can cultivate young people with such education.

It turned out that Bao Yuan did not mention the fact that Meng Zhong was born in the Song Kingdom in the letter because it was not important in his opinion.

Out of curiosity in his heart, after Meng Zhong invited Gong Zhong Gang to sit down by the bonfire, Gong Zhong Gang couldn't help but ask: "I'm so brave to ask, I wonder which family Meng Shishuai came from?"

Meng Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then said truthfully: "I am not from Wei, but from Song, who was born in a small family of "Mengshi" in Mengyi, Song State..."

"How is that possible?"

Gong Zhonggao muttered in surprise, and then saw Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and other Wei army soldiers, all Sima, frowned and looked at him, and quickly explained: "Don't misunderstand, you have no other meaning. You just feel that Meng Shishang's every move is completely unpretentious... You have seen many children of famous nobles, but in terms of temperament and speech, they are far inferior to Meng Shishang..."

Meng Zhong smiled slightly, and didn't care.

He knew why Gong Zhonggao had such a misunderstanding, because people often had this illusion about him, thinking that he didn't seem to have come out of a small village in Mengyi, Song State. In fact, the reason was very simple, it was just because he had an enlightenment teacher called "Zhuangzi".

Even without him giving an example, you can see the difference between Meng Hu and Meng Sui: they are both from a small village in Mengyi, Meng Hu has a straightforward personality, but is also irritable and irritable. Sometimes they yell at each other regardless of the occasion and seem to be uneducated; on the other hand, Meng Sui is not inferior to Meng Zhong in terms of calmness.

This is the difference between having a teacher and not having a teacher.

Of course, some people may say that Le Yi, who was born in Lingshou in Zhongshan, also came from a small village and did not have any teacher to teach him, but why is Le Yi so calm?

This can only be said that there are some differences between people. Le Yi is just an isolated case. Most of the children of small families, especially those who are not valued, are more or less as straightforward, vulgar, and have no education, but they will not have the evil intentions of harming others.

As for the children of ordinary people, most people may not even touch books for their entire lives, so naturally they cannot force them to have any education.

In short, reading may not necessarily change one's destiny, but it can increase knowledge, broaden your horizons, and break out of the small pattern of the past, as if a frog at the well can jump out of the well and truly see the world outside the well.

When Gong Zhonggao was secretly observing Meng Zhong, Meng Zhong was also secretly looking at Gong Zhonggao. He saw that the other party was about forty or fifty years old, his hair was slightly gray, but he was in good spirits.

The clothes and accessories on his body were a little outdated as Meng Zhong saw, so he speculated that after Gong Zhonggao was dismissed from the prime minister, his situation in South Korea was not very optimistic. Meng Zhong was really curious. Why did a dignified country and national prime minister fall to this point?

However, considering that he and Gong Zhongchao were only meeting for the first time and were not familiar with each other, he tactfully did not ask, but asked why Gong Zhongchao was stationed here: "Mr. Gong Zhong led the Korean army here to resist the Qin army?"

“That’s right.”

Seeing Meng Zhong mentioning the serious matter, Gong Zhonggao also restrained the smile on his face and said seriously: "The morning before yesterday, Xinzheng received the news that the two places of Xingyang and Zhaiyang fell. In the evening, there was another news that Zhengcheng was also captured by the Qin army. Therefore, he was entrusted by the Prime Minister in the lower house and led 3,000 soldiers to garrison here as a disciple to block the Qin army's entry into Xinzheng... I originally wanted to absorb some defeated soldiers who fled from Xingyang and Zhaiyang along the way, but I didn't expect the Qin army to come so quickly..."

"etc!"

Hearing the words of Qin army, Meng Zhong immediately interrupted Gong Zhonggao's words and frowned and asked, "Mr. Gong Zhong said just now that the Qin army has arrived? Is it nearby?"

"That's right." Gong Zhong nodded and said with a little apology: "So, when Meng Shishuai sent someone to contact our camp last night, he didn't dare to believe it because he was afraid it was the trick of the Qin army."

"..." Meng Zhong frowned deeply when he heard this and asked, "Mr. Gong Zhong, where is the Qin army?"

Gong Zhonggao said truthfully: "Maybe it was on the north side of my camp. Yesterday they wanted to attack my camp, but for some reason, they suddenly withdrew their troops."

“…”

Meng Zhong frowned and immediately turned to look at Wei Qing.

Wei Qing knew it and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Send someone to investigate immediately."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

After taking a look at Wei Qing's departure, Meng Zhong ordered in a deep voice: "Sima immediately orders his soldiers to be prepared to fight the Qin army at any time."

"Here!"

Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Jiao Ge, Fei Hui, Zheng Shi, Cai Wu and other military Sima immediately clasped their fists and left with a serious expression.

Seeing this scene, a few strange colors flashed in Gong Zhonggao's eyes.

He saw a lot of things from this scene just now, for example, Meng Zhong, the little commander of the army, really surprised him.

For example, the Wei army in front of him had obviously been defeated by the Qin army in Yique Mountain, so he was not afraid of the Qin army for some reason. When he heard that there were traces of the Qin army nearby, he immediately prepared to fight, as if he did not take the Qin army seriously at all.

"Even Gongsun Xi was defeated by the Qin army, but the Meng Shishang in front of him was not afraid of the Qin army at all... This is interesting."

With an interesting attitude, Gong Zhonggao was waiting for news from Wei Qing while chatting with Meng Zhong from all over the world.

Interestingly, considering that Meng Zhong was a native of Mengyi, Song State, and Gong Zhong said with a smile: "I heard that there was a great wise man in Mengyi, Song State, known as Zhuang Master Zhuang, a scholarly and knowledgeable person, and omniscient. I wonder if Meng Shishang had the honor to meet him?"

Under Meng Hu, Meng Sui and others' attention, Meng Zhong nodded and said, "Of course I have met... that wise man is the master."
To be continued...