Meng Dong

Meng Dong didn't expect that he would enter the capital of Chu State twice within a year.And this time, whether it is his identity, purpose, or the relationship between him and Yan Hong, earth-shaking changes have taken place.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that Yan Hong is still by his side.

After all, marching and fighting was no different than the previous outing, and they were rushing to the capital to join the King of Southwest, so it could be said that they were rushing along the way, even if they rested, they could only camp on the spot and sleep in the tent.The army is full of warriors, and they live in camps all year round. They have long been accustomed to this kind of life. Besides, it is still easier to travel than to go to battle to kill the enemy.

Meng Dong is probably the only one in the army who has not experienced this kind of running around.But he didn't show the slightest discomfort, whether he was riding on horseback, or eating simple meals cooked in the same pot with the soldiers, and even insisted on accompanying Yan Hong to patrol the camp before going to bed after daily fatigue.

Yan Hong himself didn't feel that these were any difficulties, but he knew that these were actually very hard things for Meng Dong, especially when he came back from the camp at night, Meng Dong often fell asleep in the tent before he had time to wash his face. In the eyes, it is naturally very distressed.

But Yan Hong could also see that Meng Dong was very satisfied with this rhythm, he never felt that he was so special, that he couldn't bear what others could endure.He even found new pleasures from these days. No matter what kind of hard work, it was a brand new experience for Meng Dong. Although he was tired, he was extremely happy.

Therefore, Yan Hong had no choice but to hide his distress, and let Meng Dong do whatever he wanted.

All the way to the south at high speed, Meng Dong discovered that the ability of the Southwest King was far greater than what he imagined.Not only did he recover several cities on the way from Jiangling to the capital, but he even used some means to persuade several generals who held military power to guard the southeast coast. The several ferry crossings along the river were originally under the jurisdiction of Jiangling, so during the tens of days when Yan Hong came back to aid Jiangling, the King of Southwest successfully occupied half of the country of Chu. He was able to regain the entire Chu State in one fell swoop and ascended the throne as the emperor.

Yan Tai had been sitting on the throne for more than ten years, but he never expected that in this short period of less than half a year, he would lose most of his country and fall into the trap of defending the capital.

It was said that they were defending the capital, but in fact there were not many soldiers left in Yan Tai's hands, and the total of the Yulin army was no more than ten thousand. Compared with the magnificent Southwest Army and the Jiangling army, it was even more vulnerable.If the two armies join forces to launch an offensive against the capital, with the current strength of the capital, it may not be able to last even ten days.

Meng Dong simply suspected that even if the current defenders of Jiangling City were transferred to the capital to take charge of the siege, the capital might be captured.

Seeing that the chances of winning were certain, the coalition forces were not in such a rush to attack the city. They directly stationed outside the city, rested on the spot, and took advantage of the situation to firmly guard several gates of the capital, cutting off all possibility of communication between the city and the outside world.Of course, given Yan Tai's isolated and helpless posture, even if they were allowed to communicate with the outside world, they probably wouldn't be able to find any reinforcements.

On the third day of the joint siege of the city by the Southwest Army and the Jiangling Army, Yan Hong finally led the soldiers he brought back to the capital all the way to the capital.

The atmosphere in the Southwest Army camp was very relaxed, and there was no sign of an imminent battle. Meng Dong followed Yan Hong off his horse outside the camp and walked all the way. He couldn't help being amazed at what he heard and saw: "I always thought that Jiangling's military discipline was strict. And sympathy for the soldiers is the reason for winning a hundred battles, but now it seems that the king of the Southwest has other ways to govern the army. It is the first time I have seen such a comfortable atmosphere in the army. In this environment, go to battle to kill the enemy It seems to be less scary."

Yan Hong laughed: "The King of Southwest is very interesting, and the city is extremely deep. Sometimes I always wonder why a person like him is willing to lie dormant under Yan Tai for so many years. If he wants to, maybe Yan Tai He should have given up his throne long ago."

"The king of Nanjun rushed back from Jiangling all the way, and he still didn't forget to praise me. This king is really touched." The curtain of the handsome tent was lifted from the inside, and the voice of the king of Southwest came out, "But outside After all, it is very cold, and there is still a battle to be fought, the king of Nanjun doesn't want to go into battle with his nose dragging his nose, and if your good-for-nothing uncle sees it, he might secretly laugh at you, so the king of Nanjun should come in and have a chat."

Meng Dong paused at the tent door, and glanced at Yan Hong in surprise, Yan Hong patted his hand lightly to comfort him, and then replied loudly: "Then I would like to thank King Xixi for his compassion. "

As he spoke, he took Meng Dong's hand and strode into the tent, and saw the Southwest King sitting lazily in front of the table, casually flipping through a military book, but he was obviously not concentrating. , because there is still a person on his lap, and he is sleeping peacefully at the moment, and he can still hear his shallow breathing when he gets close.

"Nanjun King, you're welcome. After all, I'm still your uncle. I should feel sorry for my nephew." As he spoke, he put down the book in his hand, and gently patted Qi Zhao, who was sleeping peacefully, with the other hand. Back, said softly, "Zhaoer, there is a guest, you should wake up."

Qi Zhao also felt something in his sleep. Like an arrow that had left the string, it bounced off the Southwest King's leg. When he stood up straight, he realized the existence of the other two people in the tent. One of them was the Nanjun King of Jiangling.His face immediately turned red, and he cupped his hands towards the two shyly: "Qi Zhao has met the King of Nanjun...and this young master."

Meng Dong looked at Qi Zhao curiously. He had heard about the reputation of this little general from Yan Hong and Xu Weidan before. He heard that he was a cold-faced god on the battlefield. When he was in the southwest in his early years, the tribes in the southwest heard that His name has been frightened, but when he gets off the battlefield, he is a child who is prone to blush. He often blushes half of his face without saying a few words, which is really interesting.

Meng Dong hadn't seen his prestige on the battlefield yet, but at this moment he could tell that the little general was indeed a shy one, and most of his face was already flushed with such a single sentence.Meng Dong believed that if he didn't want to maintain his image in front of outsiders, he might have hidden behind the Southwest King.

Meng Dong showed a very friendly smile towards Qi Zhao, and also clasped his fists towards the Southwest King: "Meng Dong has met the Southwest King, General Qi."

"So this is the famous Mr. Meng." The Southwest Wang had been busy admiring Qi Zhao's flushed face until Meng Dong spoke, and then turned his attention to him, "Mr. , I have to lead my troops back to aid Jiangling personally, if I have such a beautiful lover, I will still be willing to take it with me to rest assured."

Yan Hong glanced at Qi Zhao, then nodded knowingly: "No wonder."

The Southwest King raised his eyebrows: "No wonder why?"

"I think General Xiao Qi thought the same in his heart. No wonder General Xiao Qi, who fought against the enemy in the rain for most of the night in the battle of Jiangling City, rushed to help the Southwest King as fast as he could," Yan Hong smiled and turned his gaze to the Southwest King. On his face, "My lord is so beautiful, General Xiao Qi is not at ease."

The King of Southwest never expected that what he originally thought would be said in reverse by Yan Hong, and his face immediately turned a little ugly. Qi Zhao at the side immediately noticed it, and hurriedly explained: "I was really worried about rushing to help the prince that day, but it wasn't The kind of worry that the king of Nanjun said." He licked his lips, hesitated for a moment, and continued, "The king of Nanjun may not know something, my prince looks imposing, but in fact he only learned the most superficial things from me. Self-defense skills, the situation on the battlefield is dangerous, even if there are guards around, there is always a possibility of accidents, I can't rest assured unless I guard myself."

Speaking of this, he cupped his fists towards Yan Hong and said, "So Qi Zhao has a request here. In the next battle of the siege, I hope that my prince can sit in the commander's tent and not go to the battlefield. All the fighting work will be done." Qi Zhaozai, on the battlefield, my words are the same to the Southwest Army as my prince's words, and will not affect the overall situation, I hope the king of Nanjun can understand."

Yan Hong originally wanted to tease a few more words, but faced with the young man's sincere attitude, he couldn't open his mouth any more. He just looked at Qi Zhao and then at the King of Southwest, and finally nodded: "We have a good chance of winning the siege of the city." In my hands, even if General Qi doesn't say anything, in my opinion, there is no need for the King of Southwest to do it himself. After all, when the capital is captured and Yan Tai is killed, the King of Southwest will be the new king of our Chu Kingdom. In a siege battle, there is no reason for the king of a country to fight in battle."

The Southwest King originally looked at Qi Zhao helplessly and moved, but when he heard Yan Hong's words, he looked sideways slightly, and then slowly said: "When I ascend to the throne, I have to thank the King of Nanjun for his help. The King of Nanjun was not just curious, why did I I have been patient with Yan Tai all these years, and never thought of replacing him, because I, like you, are accumulating strength. There are many tribes in the southwest, and the territory has never been very peaceful. Just getting rid of them all these years has consumed a lot of my mind, okay? It is easy to calm down, but it is not easy to attack the court, after all, I lack a suitable opportunity, and Nanjun King and Jiangling just created this opportunity for me."

"My lord is so polite, but I'm not used to it." Yan Hong chuckled lightly, "Things that were discussed in advance, everyone just takes what they need. If there is no King of Southwest, I just rely on Jiangling's strength. How many years will it take to have a chance to showdown with the court, so my father and the king will have to wait for many more years? I also want to avenge my revenge earlier, go home earlier to support my mother, and stay with my lover forever."

Following his words, the King of Southwest glanced in Meng Dong's direction, showing a very meaningful smile: "It is indeed enviable for the King of Nanjun to have such a married couple."

"Everyone has different choices and preferences. It may be easy to find a lover you like, but it is extremely difficult to have a good general like General Xiao Qi to help you like the Southwest King. "Yan Hong held Meng Dong's hand, and said slowly, "I love Meng Dong, and I am greedy for comfort, but the Southwest King's heart is for General Xiao Qi, and his heart is in the world, which is very reasonable."

"It seems that with Mr. Meng here, the king of Nanjun can even speak very pleasantly." The king of Southwest laughed, and then said, "The king of Nanjun has been traveling all the way. I think he is very tired, especially Mr. Meng, why not go earlier Go back and rest, and when we wake up tomorrow, we will discuss the siege of the city again."

Yan Hongzheng had this intention, so he nodded: "Then I will take my leave." After speaking, he took Meng Dong's hand and walked out without looking back.

The Southwest King stared at their disappearing backs, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which disappeared in an instant.He turned his head and found Qi Zhao standing aside and yawning again, so he patted his leg and raised his chin towards Qi Zhao, "Would you like to continue sleeping for a while? I told them not to let anyone come over again." disturb."

Qi Zhao glanced at the tents, with hesitation on his face, and finally said: "If there is something important, I still have to report it. Just remember to wake me up before they come in, and don't let me be like that just now It's embarrassing." As he spoke, he returned to the side of the Southwest King, found his position just now, fell down again, rested on the Southwest King's lap, and yawned again, "I have been guarding outside the city for three days. Days, when I have nothing to do every day, I can't help dozing off, and I'm wasting my time."

The Southwest King stretched out his hand and gently nodded his face: "If you are getting impatient, I will give an order now to attack the city. You will lead the army in and take off the head of Yan Tai's neck and give it to me. ,How about it?"

Qi Zhao raised his head, looked into his eyes, and suddenly laughed: "You always pretend to be dizzy and desperate for me, but in fact you are the most sober, you will do it for me. It’s all because you know that although it looks absurd, it’s worth it in the end. If it’s not worth it or has no chance of winning, you won’t do it.”

"Who said, I can do nothing for you, so I'm not just pretending." Xi Nan Wang took out a token from the box on the desk, and waved it in front of Qi Zhao, "If you don't believe me, you can do it right now." Take this token and do whatever you want."

Qi Zhao reached out and took the token, hooked it in the palm of his hand, stroked the lines on it with his fingers, then stuffed it into his arms, and then yawned: "I am too lazy to do other things, I am now I just want to sleep." He closed his eyes as he spoke, and the sound of his breathing gradually became more pronounced, just when the King of Southwest thought he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard the man say, "I know you are willing to do anything. Give it to me, but I don't need you to be desperate for me, I want you to have me and everything."

The Southwest King was stunned for a moment, and smile lines slowly formed on his lips. He lowered his head, pressed a kiss on Qi Zhao's lips, and said softly, "I have everything if I have you."

"It's so sour..." Qi Zhao said in disgust, his voice became softer and softer, and finally fell asleep again.The Southwest King stared at his sleeping face, stretched out his hand to brush the messy hair on his side face, and said to himself, "Although you dislike it, you know that what I say is true. I can disappoint the whole world, but I never will lie to you."

General Xiao Qi's life of eating, eating, sleeping and sleeping lasted for another three days. After repeated discussions between the King of Southwest, Yan Hong and several generals in the army, he finally made a complete plan for attacking the city.In their eyes, the capital city was already inevitable, and how to win the capital city with the least loss was the focus of their discussions.

But in fact, considering the current Yantai and the capital city, it is not a difficult task.Yan Tai had long lost the support of the people in the capital, and after being betrayed by several generals who held heavy troops one after another, the morale of the army was no longer stable. The civil and military officials in the palace, even Yan Tai himself, knew very well in their hearts that the time belonging to Emperor Guangxi Yan Tai was running out.

It's not that no one is unshakable among them, Yan Tai is not considered a sage emperor, relatively speaking, there are not many people who are loyal to him regardless of their lives.For most of the other people, since they know that waiting for this person is already a dead end, why waste their time and energy, or even risk their own lives to defend a relationship with this person. Where do you live?

Even if they survived by luck, when Yan Tai dies and the new emperor ascends the throne in the future, they, the former ministers who were loyal to the former emperor, will naturally end up with no good fate.They still have wives, children, and children, and they still have their own lives to live. This throne should be reserved for those who are capable. He, Yan Tai, can't even keep his own throne, so why should they have to work hard.

There are not a few people who have this kind of thinking in the capital. Therefore, when the army really launched an offensive, it did not encounter too stubborn resistance. The defenders at the north gate even opened the city gate directly and drove the army all the way. Put it into the city and head straight for the imperial city.

The thick and heavy city walls built over several dynasties failed to stop the mighty allied forces, let alone the imperial city guarded by only a few thousand imperial guards.The coalition army went all the way into an uninhabited land, occasionally encountering extremely slight resistance, which was eliminated immediately, and there were almost no major casualties, and they entered the imperial city and the inner palace very smoothly.

Those who have been in the imperial city for a long time know the current affairs best. The palace people fled in all directions before the attack on the city, and those who did not have time to leave waited for the establishment of a new dynasty to be loyal to the new lord.And the nobles in the harem tried their best to hide in places they felt safe, but soon, they would be discovered, ending their noble and rich life and starting a completely different life.

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But Yan Hong didn't have the heart to care about the lives of other people. How to deal with the heirs of the former emperor's harem was something that the Southwest King should decide, and Yan Hong didn't bother to participate.He endured humiliation for more than ten years, all the way from Jiangling to the capital, wandering and wandering, all for one goal.

As a son of man, he must give an explanation to his respected and beloved father and king. After finishing all of this, he will also end all the hatred in his heart and give himself a relief.This might also be a relief for Yan Tai.

Yan Hong raised his head and looked at the majestic palace in front of him. His memory was not bad, and he could still clearly remember the scene when he came here last time, remember Yan Tai's pretentiousness, and how he responded patiently.

At that time, he and Yan Tai had seen through each other long ago, but they still had to pretend that they wanted to maintain each other.Yan Hong couldn't help being curious, how would that Yan Tai face him at this point?Surprise, anger, or hatred?Will there be any trace of remorse?After all, if he hadn't insisted on getting rid of his younger brother who had no second thoughts about him, and could even be said to be loyal to Chu State, how could he have enmity with his own nephew since then, endured humiliation for more than ten years, painstakingly The business was just to take his life and avenge his father.

But Yan Hong felt that people like Yan Tai would not regret it, they would only blame themselves, complaining that the late emperor gave Yan Chang too much attention, complaining that Yan Chang could not fulfill his duty as a minister, and entrusted Jiangling's military power He complained that Yan Hong was as disgusting as his father, and actually did something to deceive the emperor. From this, it can be seen that Yan Hong's father must also have evil intentions that day, so it is only natural for him to do it in advance.

Meng Dong turned his head and found that Yan Hong had stopped and was looking up at the palace in front of him. He didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't help worrying: "My lord, are you alright?"

Yan Hong came back to his senses and glanced at Meng Dong: "Why?"

Meng Dong grabbed Yan Hong's hand, clasped his fingers tightly, and said softly, "I understand how you feel at this moment. On that day, when I sneaked into Guo Gu's camp and prepared to attack him, it was probably like you at this moment. Some things have been accumulated in my heart for too long. When I finally leave, I will inevitably feel nervous and even a little bit reluctant, but it will end soon. Just like Guo Gu, Yan Tai, Even Sun Qianzhi, people like them will be punished in the end."

Yan Hong gently rubbed the back of Meng Dong's hand with his fingertips, and said slowly, "I'm not nervous or apprehensive. In fact, I still have a little bit of excitement."

Meng Dong froze for a moment: "Excited?"

"Yeah, I'm extremely excited," Yan Hong raised the corners of his mouth, "I can't help being full of anticipation when I think about solving all of this tonight and starting a new life with you, that's why I feel excited."

Meng Dong opened his eyes slightly, met Yan Hong's gaze, and suddenly smiled: "After all, you are more open-minded than me."

Yan Hong shook his head: "I'm not because I can't think about it. It's because that day, when you went to Jie Guogu, you were alone, but today I am different. I have you, so I can feel very at ease."

As he spoke, he dragged Meng Dong up the remaining steps, signaled the guards behind him to push open the heavy palace gate, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle, we meet again."

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I've been too tired recently, so I'm very sleepy. I guess there will be some typos in the second half. I'll read it again tomorrow morning. I hope everyone understands, good night.Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~

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