On July 17, the Wei, Han and Zhou coalition forces returned to Yiyang with great fanfare as victors.

After returning to Yiyang, Bao Yuan ordered the generals, Han Zu and others to station in the city, reward the army, and wait for rewards from Xinzheng. He himself followed Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong and others to return to Xinzheng.

It is worth mentioning that the journey of the Wei army to return to Wei State did not actually pass Xinzheng, but Bao Yuan said very much that he had received a letter from his monarch, Han Wangjiu. Han Wangjiu ordered him to invite Wei generals such as Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong, and Dou Xing to Xinzheng.

"... When the Self-Alliance Army rushed to Hangu Pass, the king of our country was already preparing for the celebration. How could he ask a few of them to return to Wei like this?"

Bao Yuan smiled and said to Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong and others.

Gongsun Shu originally wanted to refuse politely, but after all, he had received a letter from King Wei, and the latter was also preparing to celebrate the commemoration in Daliang, asking him to lead his army back to the country as soon as possible. Secondly, he was anxious to bury the body of his brother Gongsun Xi. After all, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and if he dragged it down, Gongsun Xi's body would soon be decayed.

Hearing this, Bao Yuan promised confidently: "It will only take you three days at most. Please give me the honor to Xinzheng and his party."

Unable to resist Bao Yuan's soft and hard work, and considering that his subordinates really need to relax after experiencing this fierce battle, Gongsun Shu finally agreed.

So the Wei army slowly headed towards Zhengcheng, and the Sima of Gongsun Shu, Dou Xing, Wei Qing and other soldiers, including Meng Zhong and his companions, were invited by Bao Yuan to ride a chariot and a war horse. Under the protection of nearly a thousand cavalry such as Menghu, Huahu, Muwu, etc., headed straight to the royal capital of South Korea Xinzheng.

The same people were also accompanied by Zhou Zu, the general of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

On July 25, Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong, Bao Yuan and his group arrived in Xinzheng.

It is worth mentioning that Meng Zhong and others were not allowed to enter the city at the beginning, which made Meng Hu complain: They were obviously invited by King Ju of Han, but why were they stopped outside the city?

However, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Xiang Liao and others have different views on this.

At that time, Meng Sui privately said to Meng Zhong: "Is it because King Han is going to go out of the city to greet him in person?"

Meng Zhong shook his head and said that he was not clear.

But unexpectedly, after waiting for about half an hour, King Ju of Han actually took Han Gong, Zhongmin and his ministers out of the city to greet him.

I have to say that this made the generals of the Wei Dynasty feel quite happy even though they were flattered. Even Meng Hu, who was still muttering just now, seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness just now, stared at Han Wangjiu in the distance, and looked up and down.

Seeing this, Meng quickly stopped Meng Hu.

But it must be recognized that it is indeed a great praise to make the monarch of a country go out of the city to greet him.

Not to mention that Han Wangjiu even bowed to them.

Of course, Han Wangjiu explained this important gift very clearly: this greeting was thanking the Wei army for helping him to regain the new city and Yiyang, so that he could regain two frontier cities to fight against the Qin State.

Actually, if the Wei army had not helped Bao Yuan regain the two cities of Xincheng and Yiyang, and King Ju Gui of Han was the monarch of a country, how could he personally go out to greet him?

Immediately, Bao Yuan introduced the generals of the Wei army to Han Wangjiu, from Gongsun Shu, Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Wei Qing, Zheng Shi, Cai Wu and other troops to Meng Zhong, Le Yi, Meng Sui, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Mu Wu and others, and introduced them one by one.

During this period, Han Wangjiu nodded constantly, and sometimes praised him. Until when he introduced Meng Zhong, a few interest flashed in Han Wangjiu's eyes and looked at Meng Zhong up and down. However, because there were many people present, he did not say much, but his actions of looking at Meng Zhong were obviously different from others, which attracted Meng Zhong's attention.

He didn't know that in fact, not only Gongsun Shu repeatedly praised him in the battle report sent to King Wei, but Bao Yuan also gave the battle report to King Han Ju. He praised Meng Zhong many times, and even said that Meng Zhong was "reversing his disadvantages at the Jedi". Not only saved the Wei army, but also saved him the Han army, and helped the Wei and Han coalition forces turn the disadvantages and defeated the Qin army in turn.

If we talk about the number one hero in this battle, whether it is Gongsun Shu or Bao Yuan, they are both the first to recommend Meng Zhong.

It is precisely because of this that Han Wangjiu was particularly concerned when Bao Yuan introduced Meng Zhong. After all, Meng Zhong is not only outstanding, but more importantly, he is too young and is less than twenty years old this year. How can such talents not attract the attention of others?

After a while, after Bao Yuan introduced the generals of Wei one by one, King Han said to everyone with a smile: "A few days ago, I have ordered the palace servants to prepare for a celebration banquet. I just wait for you to come back to victory. Please go to the inn in the city to take a bath and rest for a while. At dusk, I will send the palace servants to the palace to take you to the banquet."

As the leader of the generals of the Wei army, Gongsun Shu hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "Thank you, King Han, we are afraid."

"Where, this is what you deserve."

Han Wangjiu waved his hand with a smile and personally led Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong and others, including several generals from the Zhou Kingdom to the inn in the city.

"Everyone, let's take a rest in the inn. I will order the palace servants to drive to welcome you into the palace for a banquet."

After giving a few instructions, King Han took the prime minister Zhongmin, Bao Yuan and his ministers to leave temporarily.

Seeing this, Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong and others came to the hall under the leadership of the Han soldiers in the inn to take a shower and change their clothes.

It has to be said that the inn in Xinzheng City has always been responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, so it is naturally not a big deal. But the only thing is that there are no women in the museum, only one Han soldiers.

Meng Hu couldn't help but complain. After all, when they were in Zhao, there were watery women from Zhao who helped them take a shower and rub their backs, and they didn't even mind helping them solve their physiological needs. But South Korea is a good place, and there are actually big and thick Korean soldiers serving them.

These words made Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Wei Qing and other soldiers burst into laughter. Even the guards in the inn laughed. Some people even immediately said that they could help Meng Hu and others find some, but they were stopped by Gongsun Shu.

Of course, Gongsun Shu just considered that this place was the capital of South Korea and hoped that everyone would be restrained, so he did not have any objections to Meng Hu.

In fact, Gongsun Shu had a good impression of Meng Hu. After all, Meng Hu was brave in fighting and would inevitably become a powerful general of his "Hedong Wei Army" in the future. To be precise, Gongsun Shu had a good impression of Meng Zhong and his group of people, but among these people, he was the most optimistic about Meng Zhong.

"Ahu, don't do this."

Meng Zhong, Meng Sui and others, who were quite embarrassed about this, quickly stopped Meng Hu.

But to be honest, no one present felt that Meng Hu's words and deeds were wrong. The director of the inn nearby even made a hint that during the palace banquet, King Han would naturally send beautiful palace maids in the palace to serve everyone.

After hearing this, Meng Hu, Hua Hu, Le Jin and others were very excited. Not long after, they brought Cao Chun, Cai Cheng and other deputy generals, together with Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and other soldiers who were of the same interest, and saw Gongsun Shu, Meng Zhong, Meng Sui, Le Yi, Xiang Liao and others shook their heads helplessly.

After finishing the shower and changing clothes, Meng Zhong lay on the bed inside the house for a while.

During this period, he thoughts a lot.

At first, he could not help but think of Bai Qi, and this Qin general who was comparable to him.

Even if he had to admit that Bai Qi was indeed powerful, it was indeed a lucky thing that he could defeat the other party this time.

Why is it said to be a lucky person? The reason is that in the battle of Yiqueshan, Bai Qi's Qin army fought against more than 200,000 Wei and Han's coalition forces, beheading nearly 100,000 of them, and was already exhausted. Meng Zhong, who only seized the weakest gap in the Qin army, causing Bai Qi to lose the opportunity and was targeted and suppressed again and again by Meng Zhong.

For example, when Bai Qi killed Gongsun Xi in public in front of the Qin and Wei armies, if the more than 20,000 Wei troops were not inspired by Meng Zhong's motivation, but collapsed and fled after seeing the head coach Gongsun Xi being killed, Meng Zhong would not have defeated Bai Qi at all.

Because of this, even Meng Zhong felt that he could defeat Bai Qi in this battle, which was indeed quite lucky.

『…I’m afraid I’ll meet again in the future.”

Bai Qi's face appeared in his mind, and Meng Zhong thought to himself.

As he thought about it, he thought of Hangu Pass again, and the majestic pass that only his righteous brother Tian Zhang had broken so far.

But unfortunately, during the time when he was stationed in Hangu Pass, he also took Meng Hu, Le Yi, Meng Sui and others around Hangu Pass many times, trying to see if there were any secret mountain roads nearby, but unfortunately he had no results.

After Hangu Pass, he thought of his mother, sister, and newly married wife who was still in his hometown.

As he thought about it, the fatigue accumulated during this period gradually caused him to fall asleep. Until dusk approached, Meng Sui came to the house to wake him up.

It turned out that King Ju of Han had sent palace servants to take them to the palace for a banquet.

The palace banquet that night could be seen carefully prepared by King Han of Han, with rich dishes and excellent wine. Even the palace maids who performed the dance were young and beautiful, which made Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu and Hua Hu feel rippling.

I thought that Han Wangjiu could guess what Dou Xing and Meng Hu were thinking. After the palace maids finished their dance, they ordered them to come to the guesthouse to serve the wine, and even one of them came to Meng Zhong.

However, unlike Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu and others, Meng Zhong was not interested in this woman.

It's not that he is noble. I remember that when he was in Zhao State, Meng Hu was dragged by Meng Hu to have something happened to the women of Zhao State. But in the end, it was just a matter of getting what they needed. Whether it was Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, or the women of Zhao State, they would not be too serious. They were women responsible for serving guests.

Just like the women in the hall at this moment, just watching them coax Dou Xing, Tang Zhi, Meng Hu, Hua Hu and others into laughter during the delicate teasing, you know that these women have been carefully trained. Otherwise, how could ordinary women be so relaxed?

Somehow, when seeing those women, Meng Zhong thought of his wife Le Yan in his hometown. When she thought of her mother and sister who were still taking care of her in Mengyi, she then lost interest in the woman.

The woman obviously didn't know Meng Zhong's background. Seeing that Meng Zhong had politely refused her closeness several times, she no longer forced her to do so. In her opinion, Meng Zhong, who was just a commander, was not a noble master worthy of her deliberate cursing favor.

But Meng Zhong's side still attracted the attention of Mr. Zhongmin, the disciple of Mr. Zhongmin.

Gong Zhongqi came to Meng Zhong's seat with a wine bottle and said with a smile: "If Meng Shishuai doesn't mind, can you allow me to disturb you?"

Meng Zhong hurriedly said, "Mr. Gong Zhong is so serious... Please."

Gong Zhonggao sat down at Meng Zhong's table, glanced at the woman, and then asked Meng Hu with a little joke, "Is it because Meng Shishuai is dissatisfied with this woman? I can change it for Meng Shishuai..."

It has to be said that Gong Zhonggao's actions shocked and frightened the woman.

After all, she may not recognize Meng Zhong, but she will definitely not recognize Gong Zhonggao, a talented person who has served as his Korean Prime Minister.

Maybe he noticed the panic on the woman's face, or maybe he didn't want Gong Zhong to misunderstand. Meng Zhong quickly explained: "Mr. Gong Zhong misunderstood. I just feel a little tired, not as energetic as 'them'..."

He whispered to the guests not far away from Dou Xing, Tang Zhi and Hua Hu, and then said, "Besides, I've become married in my hometown next year. I think it's better to accept this kind of thing..."

"Wow?" Gong Zhonggao was happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "Is this okay? I think it's so scared that my wife wouldn't care."

Meng Zhong certainly understood that most people in the world didn’t care about this kind of thing, and didn’t want to explain anything. Fu Zhi smiled and said, “With that being said, I really don’t have the interest at this moment…”

As he said that, he signaled the woman to pour a bowl of wine for him so that Gong Zhonglu would seriously punish the woman. After all, the woman did nothing.

With Gong Zhong's extravagant experience, he naturally understood Meng Zhong's intention to make the woman pour wine. Seeing this, he stopped continuing the topic and said to Meng Zhong in a low voice: "As far as I know, the king intends to give a city to Meng Shishuai as a fief."

When Meng Zhong heard this, he was a little stunned. Even Meng Sui, Le Xu, Xiang Liao and others who were staying in the guesthouse behind him sat around and whispered to Gong Zhonggao, obviously wanting to know whether what Gong Zhonggao said was true or false.

And Gong Zhongqiu smiled and said, "Of course this matter is true, can it be fake?"

After hearing this, Meng Sui and others all showed surprise on their faces, even Le Yi was no exception.

After all, that is a fief. Today, how many people have obtained a fief by relying solely on their own talents? Very few!

"Shh!"

Gong Zhonggao hurriedly made a gesture of silence. After all, this matter has not been implemented yet, so it is really not appropriate to discuss it in public.

Seeing this, Meng Zhong and others stopped talking about this matter, but the fief still lingers in their minds.

The next day, King Ju of Han sent someone to invite Gongsun Shu and Meng Zhong to the palace.

After waiting for Gongsun Shu and Meng Zhong to be invited to the main hall in the palace, they found that it was not only Han Wangjiu, but also Gong Zhongmin and Bao Yuan in the hall.

After seeing Meng Zhong, Bao Yuan, who was nearly fifty years old, blinked at him. This action immediately reminded Meng Zhong of the "fiscation" that Gong Zhonggao mentioned at the banquet last night.

However, Gongsun Shu didn't know the truth. Before and after leading Meng Zhong to Han King Ju's seat, he bowed and said, "Gongsun Shu paid homage to Han King, but he didn't know what the King of Han sent someone to summon him today?"

Hearing this, King of Han smiled and said, "It's so. I listen to the great Sima Yan of the Grand Marshal. This time, thanks to the merits of General Gongsun Jun and this Meng Shishang, I was able to recover Xincheng and Yiyang. To express my joy and gratitude, I intend to give two cities and towns as fiefs. Please do not refuse."
To be continued...