"Lord Zuoxian, this is not General Wei." Meng Jia repeated unhappily, "This is General Chunyu, the King of Dulu, the son of the Chanyu who recognized his ancestors two months ago."

He emphasized the last two words.

Chunyu Luan chuckled nonchalantly, and when he looked at Wei Meng again, a flash of murderous intent flashed across his eyes.

He sat down and said in a low voice: "General Meng Jia, please go out and wait for a moment, I have something to say to King Dulu."

The development of the matter was within Meng Jia's expectations. He did not look surprised. He winked at Wei Meng and turned to leave.

According to the plan they had originally agreed on, Meng Jia left first, and then used a trick to transfer the guards outside Chunyu Luan's tent and replace them with his own men. Wei Meng would quarrel with Chunyu Luan in the tent. He pretended to go in to persuade Chunyu Luan to stop fighting, comfort Chunyu Luan, and let him drink poisoned wine. The reaction of taking this kind of poison is just drowsiness. Chunyu Luan was seriously injured and had not recovered yet. No one would doubt it if he announced to the outside world that he was injured after being angry. When the war started in a few days, no one would care about Chunyu Luan's life or death.

This was Meng Jia's trick to deceive Wei Meng.

In his real plan, after Chunyu Luan drank the poisoned wine, he would immediately kill Wei Meng in the name of revenge for Chunyu Luan, and then shout loudly to attract people. The purpose was to make Chunyu Luan's confidant Chaergua think that Wei Meng was colluding with the enemy and deliberately plotting to harm Chunyu Luan, and then he would be found out and killed.

In this way, he could kill two birds with one stone. And when the siege comes, it won't be difficult to design Chaergua to die in battle.

In less than half a month, he can return with a victory report. Eliminate the traitors and eliminate foreign troubles, kill two birds with one stone.

Meng Jia's back was straight when he walked out of the big tent. If someone was in front of him now, they would be able to see his confident smile at a glance.

In the tent, Chunyu Luan stared at Wei Meng, tapped the table with his right thumb wearing a deep emerald jade ring, and whispered: "You can hide what you are thinking from others, but not from me. The old Chanyu is old and his mind is not clear, so he was deceived by you. Wei Meng, I know you, you and Pei Yuan played a good drama, severing ties on the surface, but actually secretly colluding. You just want to get into the royal court and make us restless, and it would be best if there is an internal conflict so that you can benefit, right?" "

You misunderstood me." Wei Meng sat down opposite him and said sincerely, "You can ask General Meng Jia, I didn't do anything in the two months in the royal court, I really surrendered."

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? You're telling lies that can be seen through at a glance." Chunyu Luan snorted disdainfully, "I advise you to leave here as soon as possible and get as far away as possible, otherwise I will cut off your head tonight and give it to Pei Yuan as a gift on the day the city is broken."

"You really misunderstood me. There were indeed some rifts between Pei Yuan and I, and we finally parted ways, but it was not just the reasons rumored outside." Wei Meng lied seriously, "It was because I fell in love with the Princess of Jinbei and wanted to make friends with her secretly, but she actually told Pei Yuan! Pei Yuan naturally refused to tolerate me, but was afraid of damaging the princess's reputation..."

His words were true and false, and Chunyu Luan narrowed his eyes.

"Have you seen the princess?" Wei Meng asked him. Without waiting for an answer, he said in a daze, "She is simply the woman of my dreams. Not only me, I also learned that General Meng Jia fell in love with the princess at first sight. On the night before the expedition, he ignored the Chanyu's dissatisfaction and secretly spent the night with the princess."

Chun Yu Luan's eyes narrowed even more. He felt that what Wei Meng said was simply nonsense, but he mentioned Meng Jia again... Chun Yu Luan was half-believing and half-doubting. He deliberately did not cater to Wei Meng's topic and said coldly: "Why are you telling me this? Do you care which woman you are going to sleep with?"

Wei Meng said: "The princess actually likes me."

Chun Yu Luan was furious: "Don't talk to me about this, I don't want to hear it. Get out!"

"That night when she was with Meng Jia, she secretly came out to see me at around midnight." Wei Meng ignored his obstruction and continued, "Do you know what she told me?"

Chunyu Luan's wounds had not yet healed completely. He was an irritable person. Wei Meng's shamelessness in chatting with him made him feel that his authority was challenged. The blood in his chest boiled, and he stood up and overturned the table: "I said get out! If you don't leave, I will..."

"Shh, keep your voice down." Wei Meng turned his head to look at the movement at the door, and said to Chunyu Luan, "The princess said that General Meng Jia wants to kill you."

Chunyu Luan was stunned. Wei Meng asked, "You don't believe it? Actually, I don't believe it either."

He shook his head and said, "The princess told me that General Mengjia, under the order of the Chanyu, prepared a pot of poisoned wine, and was going to take the opportunity to persuade you to drink it. I said at the time that this was absolutely impossible! King Zuo Xian had made great contributions. Even if the Chanyu had long been dissatisfied with him, it was impossible for him to kill King Zuo Xian at such a critical moment before the war? Even if he was anxious to clear a way for his little son who had just turned one year old, he would not be in a hurry at this moment..."

Chunyu Luan had never thought that Wei Meng would be so troublesome. He wanted to rebuke him for his crimes, drive him out, or even drag him out and kill him immediately, but deep down in his heart, he still had doubts about what Wei Meng said. After all, the Chanyu had wanted to get rid of him for a long time, and he knew it in his heart.

"It's better to verify it yourself than to say it." Wei Meng advised, "If this is false, you won't lose anything, but you can work together with General Meng Jia to fight the enemy together. But if it is true, I saved your life, you should be grateful to me."

Chunyu Luan looked at him for a long time and asked, "Why did you help me?"

Wei Meng answered frankly, "Because I fell in love with a woman and wanted to live with her forever."

... What a weird reason. Chunyu Luan was speechless. He was silent for a while and asked, "How do

you test me?" "It's simple. Just pretend to quarrel with me." Wei Meng raised his eyebrows and said, "Come and hit me with a punch."

Chunyu Luan only knew that Pei Yuan was cunning and often used tricks that caught people off guard. He didn't expect that Wei Meng was not inferior to Pei Yuan at all. Hit him with a punch?

Chunyu Luan's mouth twitched, and he punched Wei Meng in the face without any hesitation. The big movement pulled the wound on his chest. Chunyu Luan groaned, and before he could react, Wei Meng had already kicked him, cursing, "You son of a bitch, you're asking for a beating!"

Chunyu Luan's eyes were full of anger. After receiving the kick, he roared and threw back.

...

Meng Jia heard the fighting in the tent and a look of joy appeared on his face, thinking that Wei Meng had really taken the bait.

He ordered the soldier guarding the door, "I'll call you later, come and deliver the wine, and leave after you've delivered it. No one is allowed to enter unless I call someone in!"

The soldier agreed. Meng Jia turned around, straightened his clothes, put on a worried look, opened the curtain and walked in, and said anxiously: "King Zuoxian, King Dulu, why are you fighting? You are brothers, why can't you sit down and talk it out? Why do you have to use force?"

He separated the two of them, helped them sit down, and comforted them: "A glass of wine can make up for the grudges. I know you had grudges in the past, but you will be brothers with one heart and one mind in the future. On a day like today, you should have a good drink. So, wait a moment, I will tell people to serve wine, even if it is to celebrate the victory in this battle in advance!"

After saying that, Meng Jia glanced at Chun Yu Luan, and seeing that he did not refuse, he smiled and turned to leave.

The curtain was lowered, and Chun Yu Luan's face immediately darkened, and his fist on his knee clenched. Wei Meng slapped his thigh in disbelief: "Oh, I didn't expect that what the princess said was true. Is there really poisoned wine? But maybe we think too much, General Meng Jia is just kind-hearted!"

Chun Yu Luan said nothing more, and silently pulled out the long sword stuck in his boots and held it in his hand.

His boots were made of deerskin, high to the knee, and his sword was more than a foot long. Wei Meng was secretly amazed.

He couldn't wait to see the next good show.

After a while, Meng Jia came in again, followed by a row of camp prostitutes serving food. The camp prostitutes silently propped up the table, placed the dishes and fine wine, and then put three glass wine cups on it. After everything was ready, they left silently.

Meng Jia sat at the table, first poured a glass of wine for Chunyu Luan, then for Wei Meng, and finally for himself.

"My two princes, Meng Jia will drink first as a sign of respect!" After saying this, Meng Jia picked up the wine cup and drank it all, then turned the cup down to indicate that he had finished it. He was originally smiling, knowing that Chunyu Luan always loved fine wine, and loved people who drank generously, and was waiting for his applause, but after a long silence, Meng Jia could no longer hold back his smile.

"This... two princes, did Meng Jia do anything wrong?"

"Drink a cup of wine from my cup." Chun Yuluan pushed the glass cup in front of him over, and the glass made a crisp sound when it hit the table. Meng Jia's face changed for a moment.

He forced a smile and said, "What do you mean, Prince Zuo Xian? What's the difference between your cup and my cup?"

"Of course they are different." Chun Yuluan asked with a smile, "The bottom of my cup was smeared with poison, right? General Meng Jia."

Meng Jia looked over in shock, his Adam's apple rolled, and he looked at Wei Meng.

Meng Jia didn't react immediately to what was going on. His mind was confused for a moment, and he quickly thought of the best way at the moment - to kill Chun Yuluan now. Chunyu Luan was still seriously injured and his skills were greatly reduced. It would be easy for him and Wei Meng to kill him together. In this way, the plan could be considered to be going smoothly.

Meng Jia winked at Wei Meng.

But Wei Meng just smiled and looked at him, indifferent.

Meng Jia was anxious. He no longer counted on Wei Meng, and secretly reached behind his waist, ready to kill Chunyu Luan himself. But before his hand touched the handle of the knife, he suddenly saw a silver light flashing in front of him. Chunyu Luan stood up and cursed: "You bold thief, how dare you do something wrong in my tent?" As he said that, he swung the knife and chopped at Meng Jia's neck.

The sharp blade cut iron like mud, but Meng Jia didn't even feel any pain. He only saw blood splashing in front of his eyes, and then his head and body were separated.

His body fell limply to the ground, his head rolled three feet away, his eyes widened unwillingly.

Chunyu Luan calmed his breathing with bloodshot eyes. He had no energy to think about the cause and effect in his rage just now, but now that he had calmed down a little, he realized that something was wrong. Was all this too logical? Why did Wei Meng learn of this news so coincidentally, and was he really, as he said, a lovesick man trapped by love? How is it possible!

Moreover, who would benefit the most from his killing of Meng Jia?

The clanging sound of iron colliding came from behind him, and Chunyu Luan sensitively held his breath. In a flash, he realized that he had been tricked, and all this must have been manipulated by Wei Meng! Chunyu Luan caught a glimpse of the shadow behind him, yelled angrily, turned around, and nimbly dodged the sharp sword chopped by Wei Meng, then jumped up, stepped on the table with his right foot, and tried to stab the knife in his hand into Wei Meng's abdomen.

His reaction was already very fast, but unfortunately, the knife was always shorter than the sword.

When Chunyu Luan's blade just cut through Wei Meng's armor in front of his abdomen, Wei Meng's sword tip had already passed through his back.

Chunyu Luan stopped moving, gasping in his throat, and soon, bright red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

Wei Meng pulled out the sword, walked to Meng Jia's side, put the sword in his hand, and then returned to Chunyu Luan who had fallen to the ground, and snatched the knife from his hand.

After doing all this, he picked up two slices of beef and put them in his mouth, wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth, and strode towards the door, shouting: "Oh no! Mengjia plotted to kill Zuo Xianwang. It's a pity that Mengjia is so powerful that I failed to stop him in time and let him succeed! Go and call the military doctor!"

...

When the incident happened, Chaergua was busy settling the 150,000 troops that had just arrived. When he heard the news that Chunyu Luan and Mengjia had both died, he was like being struck by lightning.

He rushed back in grief and saw Chunyu Luan's body.

Wei Meng patted his shoulder and comforted him, "Brother Cha, you have to mourn."

Chaergua angrily waved Wei Meng's hand away, drew his knife and roared, "You Han thief, did you kill Zuo Xian Wang!"

Someone tried to stop him, "Right General, we all know you are sad, but Dulu Wang is innocent, we all saw it..."

Chaergua refused to listen and insisted on confronting Wei Meng. The troops stationed under Fengxian City all followed Chunyu Luan's lead. After Chunyu Luan's death, they naturally obeyed Chaergua's orders. But the soldiers brought by Wei Meng were under the command of the old Chanyu. Meng Jia was dead. Even if they did not really believe in Wei Meng, they would not stand on the side of Chaergua.

After several quarrels, the 350,000 Xiongnu troops that had just gathered together fell into chaos and split into two factions. They even built a three-li-long wall between their garrisons and lived separately.

...

Pei Yuan got the news at the first opportunity.

He and Su Wei sat opposite each other and could not help but clap their hands and laugh: "Well done Wei Meng!"

"General Wei will never let us down." Su Wei also echoed, "After the war, I will definitely find a good marriage for General Wei."

Pei Yuan glanced at him, wondering why he thought of this. Just as he was about to say something, he heard a message from outside: "Your Majesty, General, we just received an urgent report from General Qiu. General Qiu has already led his troops back and is less than a hundred miles to the west of Dai County!"

"Good!" Pei Yuan and Su Wei looked at each other and were overjoyed.

Looking at the topographic map on the table that he had read no less than a hundred times, Pei Yuan took out a red pen, pointed to the location of Feng County and said to Su Wei: "Look, there are now 350,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Feng County, but they are not united and their morale is low. If a real fight breaks out, it would be good to be able to exert the power of 300,000 people. The garrison in Feng County is about 120,000."

He turned to Dai County: "Dai County has 100,000."

Su Wei pointed to the west and continued: "General Qiu is on his way with 250,000 soldiers and horses."

"But..." Su Wei frowned, "Should we wait until we join forces with General Qiu before fighting? If we only rely on the troops of Dai and Feng counties, we are a full 130,000 short of the Xiongnu, one third."

"We can't wait." Pei Yuan shook his head. "Look, Daixian and General Qiu are both on the west side. If we march eastward, there will be such a big commotion that no matter how dumb the Xiongnu are, they will be able to smell it and will definitely flee eastward at the first opportunity. By then, even if we have the advantage in terms of military strength, it will just be like a game of cat chasing mouse. The mouse will escape soon and we will be wasting our efforts."

Su Wei tilted his head to look at him and asked tentatively, "Then, should we take the risk?"

Pei Yuan's eyes were filled with anger . The light flashed, paused for a moment, and looked back at him: "Yes, take the risk and burn your boats! We will use the 200,000 people in our hands to attack Fengxian, which will be like throwing a stone into the water, catching the Xiongnu off guard. It will be difficult for them to continue to hold on in such a state of chaos. The best way is to retreat along this line."

Pei Yuan drew a line on the map: "Because this is the fastest way back to the Xiongnu royal court."

Su Wei slapped the table and said: "Okay, set up an ambush along this road and intercept them. !”

Pei Yuan immediately made a decision and called a messenger, saying: “Send a message to General Qiu, telling him not to come to Dai County, but to continue to go eastwards, all the way to the northeast side of Feng County, and station thirty miles away to block the Xiongnu’s retreat. Travel light, and leave everything behind except weapons and food. You must reach the designated location before tomorrow night!”

After that, he called another person: “Send a message to all the generals, to prepare for battle from now on, and to set out after dark tomorrow. Bring two meals of rations for the horses and one meal of rations for the soldiers. Apart from that, no other food is allowed except weapons! Let the soldiers sharpen their swords and knives. Those without swords should go to the kitchen to borrow axes and kitchen knives. All the soldiers who can go to fight should go to the battle. Tell them that this long war will end tomorrow night! Our goal is to kill all the Huns and make them terrified when they hear our names from now on. They dare not move south again for fifty years!"

...

Orders were passed down one after another, and the whole Dai County quickly moved. Everyone had waited for this moment for too long, like a fully drawn bow, with the arrow on the string, ready to be fired.

Su Wei stood in front of the window, watching the figures walking quickly in the dark with lanterns, like many grains of fire, dyeing the night bright.

Pei Yuan was beside him, saying slowly and firmly: "This will be a dark battle, but we will be on the victorious side in the end."

...

In the Huns' tent outside Feng County, Wei Meng was drinking with his legs crossed.

When he was drinking happily, the soldier who was sent to ask for firewood rushed in with a bruised face and nose, crying to him, "King Dulu, we did as you said and went to ask for firewood from the other side, saying that we were marching in a hurry and didn't have enough firewood, but they didn't give it to us and even hit me!"

"How could this happen?" Wei Meng sat up with his eyes wide open, threw the wine glass and said, "I can't swallow this. Find more people and go to ask for firewood again. If they don't get it, just rob them! Anyone who dares to hit our people will be beaten back, fuck him!"

The soldier took the order and retreated, and quickly assembled a small team of about twenty or thirty people. They broke through the barriers with knives, snatched more than a hundred pounds of firewood, and also chopped off the arms of two resisting soldiers from the other side.

Chaergua was furious when he heard this, but he still had some sense. He knew that the internal forces should not fight like this on the eve of the war, so he ordered: "Forget it, take it if you want, we don't need this little firewood. Guard the fence well and don't let them come again."

When Wei Meng heard the news, he laughed and said: "He is scared! You can find more people. This 100 kilograms of firewood is not enough. Take another 500 kilograms, which can be regarded as a lesson for them!"

He and Pei Yuan have worked together for many years and have fought countless battles of all sizes together. He has already guessed Pei Yuan's general fighting style. Pei Yuan will not sit idly by and watch the opportunity to fight slip. But if a fight breaks out, Pei Yuan's troops will definitely not have an advantage. What he can do is to make the water inside the Xiongnu more and more dilute.

...

Chargua endured it for a whole day, hoping that Wei Meng would stop, but on the second day, Wei Meng's side became even more aggressive. Not only did they ask for firewood, they also came to steal beef. Chargua

could no longer bear it and ordered resistance.

The two sides turned against each other because of a few hundred kilograms of firewood, and each took up weapons, and a small-scale fight broke out. Originally just a quarrel between a few hundred people, it became more and more intense, and more and more people joined in, as many as three or four thousand people, like an encounter, and both sides suffered casualties.

After seeing blood, the conflict could no longer be controlled, and more and more people joined the battle, and the infighting had reached its extreme.

When they were fighting, they suddenly felt a sound like an earthquake in the distance. Chargua was the first to react, looking into the distance in surprise. In addition to the earthquake, there was also the distant sound of a horn. Chaergua listened twice to make sure he had not heard it wrong. The sound was getting closer and closer. He finally realized that it was the enemy attacking and was shocked.

"Stop fighting, the enemy is coming, stop!" Chaergua stepped onto the platform and shouted anxiously.

The people below did stop, but instead of regrouping as he thought, they were panicked. The soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Chaergua slapped his thigh and said angrily: "Everyone return to the team! Line up! Get ready to fight!"

But the army rushing from the direction of Dai County was less than ten miles away. The Xiongnu soldiers were in chaos. Chaergua's shouting was almost ineffective, and the camp fell into chaos.

...

On the city wall of Feng County, Qian Feng took in the scene below the city. His eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that the opportunity had finally come.

Just as the princess said, there were indeed reinforcements.

He immediately sent people to knock on the drums on the wall, announcing that the army was assembled and ready to rush out of the city at any time.

After the news came out, there was a burst of cheers and joy. In less than half an hour, all the companies were ready.

Under the city wall, Pei Yuan's army was like a black tide, and Chaergua's men were like red reefs in the tide. The tide and the reefs kept colliding, and the red was retreating. Qian Feng's eyes were bright, and he shouted: "Open the city gate and kill them!"

...

The lights in the palace were all lit up.

Just like last time, Baoning sat at the table, quietly waiting for the news to come in.

But this time was different from last time, she was no longer anxious, her eyes were calm, and her heart was steady and stable.