Meng Yi is a native of Xinyang Huangchuan, Deyu was voted under Chen Xinbo in the first year, Enkelu was a second-class jinshi, and his career was smooth, and he only knew Xinyang in eight years, with the loss of power of the Western Qin Party, Meng Chou was degraded to the people because of a small mistake, and even his fame was deprived.

Before Liu An'er's Hongzepu uprising, there were a large number of displaced people in the north, and bandits were rampant in Yangxin.

By the time Liu An'er led his troops to abandon Haozhou and march westward, the Zhaihe Township Soldiers were already a township soldier force that should not be underestimated. The Zhaihe River also stands on the Tianshan Mountain at the northern foot of the Huai Mountain, guarding the danger, Liu An'er and then Luo Xiancheng, Gong Yuci and other homeless people who entered Xinyang, Qu Shuai and other homeless people and commanders were at peace with them after extorting money and food.

When Meng Yi came out of Xinyang, he didn't have much prestige, but over the years, he led his people to form a village to protect himself, maneuvering between many homeless forces, struggling to survive, and his prestige soared.

In early February, the prefect of Xinyang fled, Meng Zhixiang gathered the people of Xinyang to defend the city as a small official, and all clans contributed money to finally keep Xinyang from being slaughtered by the remnants.

After Xiao Kuian's troops entered Yangxin City, he went back to Zhaihe - Dong Yuan rushed to Xinyang this time, he also wanted to invite Meng Yi out of the mountain, and he also planned to spend great efforts to win over the remaining local forces in Xinyang.

Dong originally wanted to invite Meng Yi to Xinyang City to meet, after he arrived in Xinyang, he drove the village on this side of the Ming River to loot the Liukou, with heavy casualties, Dong Yuan ran non-stop to inspect, but he didn't expect Meng Yi to come with two followers.

Meng Yi was forty years old, thin and small, his appearance was not good, riding a green mule, and when he saw Dong Yuan wearing a purple robe outside the armor, he came out of the mule, and hurriedly got off the mule to greet him, and said loudly: "Meng Yi, the grass people of Huangchuan, pay a visit to the Lord Xuanwei Du, and ......" walked to Dong Yuan and bowed.

Dong Yuan hurriedly grabbed Meng Zhen and said, "Lord Meng has tormented Dong Yuan!" ”

"Meng Yi's fame is not there, he has been spared from being sent off, as a grass people, seeing the adults bowing, it is for the sake of the ......" Meng Yi stood up straight, but his mouth was unforgiving.

Dong Yuan knew that Meng Yi was worried about winning fame and degrading officials for the people because of party disputes, and he didn't blame him for being pretentious, seeing that Meng Yi was surrounded by two entourage, and Xinyang City did not send people to escort him, he asked Meng Zhixiang, who came to Minghe with him to inspect: "The thieves in Xinyang are in trouble, and Lord Meng is still sent by the people of Xinyang, how can you not consider his thoughtfulness?" ”

Meng Zhixiang was also aggrieved in his heart, the Xinyang faction did not send someone to escort him, and he couldn't be the master.

Meng Yi just needed Dong Yuan to have the attitude of Corporal Lixian, and said: "My lord came to Xinyang in person, forgive Chen Hansan for his little remnants, and he didn't dare to go out of Huai Mountain to make waves, and Meng Yi Caomin is a grasshopper, and there is nothing to make the thieves worry about ......it."

"Lord Meng, please don't say that," Dong Yuan said, "It's also that I didn't think it through, and when I heard that the village here was slaughtered by thieves, I rushed over, and I didn't arrange it......" Dong Yuan didn't mind Meng Yi's posture, the more Meng Yi took his posture, the more he could rest assured that he could use Meng Yi.

Liu Tingzhou and Yue Lengqiu got close, and when they were in Huaidong, they were in tune with Yue Lengqiu everywhere. Liu Tingzhou was transferred from Huai'an Mansion and served as the right attendant of the household department and the leader of the Huaixi Army, including Xiao Kuian's departure from the town of Wuyang, which was Yue Lengqiu's proposition and recommendation.

Now the remnants of the Chu Party forces in the imperial court are also headed by Yue Lengqiu - Meng Yi is angry about the dismissal of the official because of the dispute between the Western Qin Party and the Chu Party, which means that he is unlikely to go to the same place with Liu Tingzhou and Xiao Kuian.

In addition, although Huaidong and the Chu Party have long drawn a clear line, and the case of Meng Zhen's demotion was directly through the hands of Gu Wuchen, who was the envoy of Jiangdong at the time, after Lin Gu broke up, Qingzhou was defeated, and Huaidong accepted the remnants of Qingzhou, Lin Jian himself was Gu Wuchen's son-in-law - Meng Yi's pretentiousness just now, whether it was his sincere hatred or deliberate performance, but Dong Yuan only needed him to have such a posture.

Dong Yuan invited Meng Yuan to enter the village to comfort the villagers after the robbery, and Meng Yi also accepted it when he saw it, after all, Dong Yuan's identity was there, and he had the posture of a corporal of courtesy, so he couldn't really expect to grovel.

Entering the village, seeing the corpses of the villagers carried out from his side and the pools of blood all over the ground, Meng Yi asked: "The soldiers under the command of the Lord are strong and strong, and Chen Hansan is easy to get rid of, but what is the dedication of Nailuo?" ”

Dong Yuan smiled bitterly: "What is the current situation in Huaixi, Lord Meng knows better than me, if Chen Hansan is supported by Luo, the situation in Huaishan is very complicated, I am afraid it will not be so easy to get rid of ......."

"Luo Xiancheng claimed to have 200,000 soldiers and horses in Suizhou and Xiangyang, and Liu An'er also had hundreds of thousands of troops in Huaisi back then, didn't it defeat the Changhuai Army and the Huaidong Army?" Meng Yi said, "The adults have 100,000 soldiers, why do they attach so much importance to Chen Hansan's remnants? ”

"Luo Xiancheng has a mixed army and people, with 200,000 soldiers, in fact, there are more people and fewer soldiers, and there are fewer elites, and when he is replaced, it does not constitute a big trouble," Dong Yuan said, "But now, Yan Yu occupies Henan and Shandong, and the soldiers are pointing directly at the Huai River, and the imperial court advocates appeasement, and it is also afraid ......that Luo Xiancheng will jump off the wall in a hurry."

"Even if the appeasement is successful, there is a precedent in Xuzhou, and Luo Xiancheng has always been a great trouble for the imperial court......" Meng Yi looked at Dong Yuan's face, as if he wanted to see through the true thoughts in his heart.

Meng Yi's idea of cutting grass and eradicating roots, Dong Yuan likes it, he was a little worried that the local forces in Xinyang had a tacit understanding with Luo Xiancheng, after all, if Luo Xiancheng was done, the northern foot of Huaishan Mountain might become a battlefield, as far as the local forces were concerned, they would rather survive than be more likely to fall into war.

"The Huaixi Prefectures are in tatters, and the back and abdomen are threatened by Yan Yu, so it is unrealistic to talk about entering Suizhou at this time," Dong Yuan said, "and I sent an envoy to Suizhou to invite Luo Xiancheng to jointly suppress Chen Hansan, how can it be unexpected?" At present, if Xinyang can become the western front of Huaixi, it must first block Yan Yu from crossing the Huai River from the western front and threaten Huaixi; Even if Luo Xiancheng changes in the future, he must not be able to go north from Huaishan Mountain from Suizhou......"

Dong Yuan's opinion is very clear, at this time, the time to talk about Luo Xiancheng is too immature, Luo Xiancheng dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, he can go out of Huaishan from Suizhou and ravage Xinyang, or he can enter Nanyang from Xiangyang and go north to Henan - at this time, first stabilize Luo Xiancheng, take the opportunity of encircling and suppressing the remnants of Chen Hansan, and focus on operating Xinyang, in fact, there are two hands ready in it.

"The adult's intentions, Meng Yi understands, but I don't know if the adults have summoned Luo Yi over, what is there to make Luo Yi work......" Luo Yi not only hoped that Dong Yuan would have the determination to exterminate the Changle bandits, but also feared that Dong Yuan would be too aggressive, so that the local forces in Xinyang would be involved in a war with little chance of victory in a hurry, seeing that Dong Yuan's mind was also to run Xinyang first, in order to prevent Luo Xian from becoming the master, it was in line with his thoughts, so he no longer hid it, and directly asked the core question of this meeting.

"I hope that Lord Luo can reluctantly make it difficult and come out to clean up the broken situation in Xinyang, Zhixiang has talent and prestige, I want to recommend him to be the secretary of Xinyang...... "Dong Yuan wants to win over the local forces in Xinyang, so naturally he will not be stingy with bargaining chips, and the two positions of Xinyang prefect and Sikou joining the army are given to the Meng family, and the gold content is not high. Dong Yuan also hoped to gather the local clan forces in Xinyang and form a Xinyang township army in Xinyang that could coexist with Xiao Kuian's troops, and when the time was ripe, Xiao Kuian could be transferred out of Xinyang, without worrying that there would be a big mistake on the western front in Huaixi.

"Meng Yi was demoted to a subordinate, and even his fame was taken away, how can he clean up the situation in Xinyang for the adults?" Meng Yi asked.

"In the tax case in Xinyang that year, there were a lot of grievances against Lord Meng, and it is natural to set things right at this time," Dong Yuan said, "Chen Xiang also knew that Lord Meng was wronged, and he also asked me to come over and ask Lord Meng what he meant first, so as to correct Lord Meng's name." I will take the confession of the soldiers of Xinyang Mansion with me and fill in my name, but the resignation of the prefect must be approved by the Ministry of Officials, and it will not be possible to do it for a while, and I will temporarily wronged Master Meng to be my staff. Only in this way can I immediately push the affairs of Xinyang's side to Lord Meng's head......"

Now that Huaidong's momentum is so fierce, Dong Yuan is not worried that Chen Xiyan and others will stumble on the issue of the Xinyang prefect, and he can only push Meng Yi to the position of the Xinyang prefect, so that it is possible to take the local forces in Xinyang for his own use.

In addition to the official seal of the prefecture and county to be appointed by the imperial court, the auxiliary officials of Haozhou, Shouzhou, and Xinyang and the officials of Xu were directly controlled by Dong Yuan and Liu Tingzhou respectively. If you want to appoint officials, you really need to fill in the surname and report to the Ministry of Officials, which is also after Huaidong is strong, Chen Xiyan and others are eager to hope that Dong Yuan can quickly gain a foothold in Huaixi.

"The adults have said so, Meng Yi dares not to do his best?" Meng Yi said.

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In a valley at the western foot of Huai Mountain, Chen Hansan rode his horse and stopped on a boulder on the bank of the stream, and his part was moving to Macheng Walled City in the depths of the Huai Mountain in the southwest.

After Xiao Kuian's troops entered Xinyang, Chen Hansan was afraid that the little family foundation that he had preserved with great difficulty would be lost, so he easily did not dare to leave Huaishan too far and go deep into the hinterland of Xinyang to rob.

Now that Dong Yuan has come to Xinyang in person, Chen Hansan can only temporarily avoid the edge - Dong Yuan and Chen Zhihu are equally famous, and the mold is not so easy to touch, Chen Hansan knows that his net worth at this time is thin and he can't afford to fight.

"I still have to have someone go to Suizhou......" Chen Hansan said with emotion.

"Luo Xiancheng is the guy who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, I'm afraid that he will sell us!" General Xu Shan chewed a grass stalk in his mouth.

Ma Zhen frowned and said, "Luo Xiancheng won't be so stupid, right?" ”

"Yes, Luo Xian is not false to bully the soft and afraid of the hard, and it is not false to be greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is definitely not stupid!" Chen Hansan said, "If we kill Dong Yuan, it will only be bad for him, and there will be no benefit at all!" But he can't keep him confused for a while, and someone still has to go over and explain the benefits to him. ”

"There are not many soldiers and horses in Xinyang now, and the network is not dense, so it really can't be done, so we will go out and go to Henan......" Xu Shan said again, feeling that it was really not a way to go around in the Huai Mountains.

"Go to vote for Chen Zhihu at this time?" Chen Hansan smiled bitterly and said, "Luo Xiancheng is still reluctant to give him King Changle, let's go to Chen Zhihu like this, I'm afraid that Chen Zhihu will eat so much that there is no bone residue left......"

Chen Zhihu was ruthless, and in order to lure the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou into the city, under the city of Qingzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were sent to death. If Yan Hu asked Yuan Lishan to go to Henan, and Chen Hansan would still consider pulling people over to take refuge, Chen Zhihu would really be reassuring.