I saw the gate of the village open, and a team of Qin troops with full armor rushed out of the village, quickly spread out to both sides, and formed a team in front of the village.

And Meng Tian led a general of the Qin State to come to Hehua in a few steps, bowed down, and said, "Tell the princess, General Cheng Yuan made a special trip to line up the whole army and come to greet the princess." Then he turned his head and said, "General Cheng Yuan, come and see the princess." ”

The general stepped forward, nodded to the ground on one knee, and said, "The last general, Cheng Yuan, has seen the princess, and is willing to follow the princess from now on, crusade against Han Teng, recover Xianyang, avenge the king, and restore the Qin State." ”

It turned out that a few years ago, when Cheng Yuan was still listening to the use of Mengwu's account, he participated in the battle of Qin to destroy Zhao with Mengwu, and in Handan City, Cheng Yuan witnessed the scene of Hehua incarnating into a Xuanniao. Left a very deep impression on Cheng Yuan, since then, although Cheng Yuan has not seen Hehua again, but Hehua's status in Qin has become more and more respectful, so in Cheng Yuan's heart, he has been loyal to Hehua as the goddess of Qin, second only to Qin Wangzheng. Of course, Qin Wangzheng and Hehua have a father-daughter relationship, and Tongzhong is loyal to the two, and there is no conflict.

After Han Teng attacked Xianyang, he also sent the official document to Pingdu, claiming that Hehua had surrendered to the Han State and killed Qin Wangzheng, and asked Cheng Yuan to raise an army to be loyal to him, but Cheng Yuan did not believe that Hehua would murder Qin Wangzheng at all, and he heard some rumors from the direction of Xianyang, so he decided that Han Teng was talking nonsense, so he tore up the official document sent by Han Teng, and ordered the messenger to be beheaded. It's just that Pingdu is far away from Xianyang, and Cheng Yuan doesn't know what happened in Xianyang, and he only has more than 20,000 troops under his command, so he doesn't dare to act rashly, but just sends people to Xianyang to inquire about the news.

And the people sent by Cheng Yuan to Xianyang have not yet returned, but they have been notified that Meng Tian has asked to see them. Cheng Yuan couldn't help but be puzzled, he had always been grateful to Meng Wu for his kindness, and he naturally looked at Meng Tian differently, but he knew that Meng Tian should be stationed in Handan with Meng Wu at this time, thousands of miles away from Pingdu, how could he come here to find him.

He was not a stupid person, and immediately thought that Meng Tian's sudden arrival would have something to do with the changes in Xianyang, after all, Meng Wu was an important military minister of Qin and one of the ministers who were deeply trusted by Qin Wangzheng, so Meng Tian must know more things than himself, so Cheng Yuan also hurriedly ordered to invite Meng Tian in.

After the two met, Meng Tian did not hide it, and told Cheng Yuan about his intentions, as well as the causes and consequences of the whole thing, starting from the Han, Qi and Chu Three Kingdoms to organize a joint attack on Qin, until Han Teng's conspiracy, as well as the assassination of Qin Wangzheng, and now himself, as well as the important ministers of Qin, have been appointed as the main Hehua, and according to the edict of the alliance Qin Wangzheng, they have formed an alliance with the Han State to jointly fight against Han Teng, and they also plan to marry the Han State and marry Hehua to the Han King as a concubine and so on.

This is also the rhetoric that Hehua and Meng Tian discussed on the way here, because in any case, Han Teng is still the minister of Qin, although he betrayed Qin, he used his own army, and did not lead the armies of Qi and Chu into Xianyang, so it can be said that it is the civil strife of Qin. And although Hehua and others brought a part of the Qin army this time, they mainly relied on the Han army, which is also the biggest weakness of Hehua to surrender Cheng Yuan this time, if Cheng Yuan insists on this, it is really difficult to explain clearly.

So Hehua could only push the resolution of the alliance with the Han State, including the marriage between Hehua and Gao Yuan, to Qin Wangzheng, insisting that this was the last order left by Qin Wangzheng, and in this way, the Han State had a completely legitimate reason to intervene in the civil strife of the Qin State, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin State interfered in the affairs of the Jin State many times as an in-law, and Cheng Yuan had nothing to say.

And after listening to Meng Tian's speech, Cheng Yuan also listened to it thrillingly, he didn't expect that the experience would be so tortuous and complicated, Han Teng had already planned to betray Qin, and Hehua actually escaped from Xianyang at the moment of crisis, and rushed to Handan to send a letter to Qin Wangzheng, but Qin Wangzheng finally died in the hands of Han Teng, and under the extremely critical situation, Gao Yuan actually came up with a clever plan to make a detour from the north and raid Xianyang. Cheng Yuan also had to admit that Gao Yuan's plan was very clever, if it weren't for Hehua's decision to surrender himself, I am afraid that he would have run hundreds of miles away at this time, and he didn't know it at all.

Of course, Cheng Yuan did not have any doubts about Meng Tian's words, not only because of Cheng Yuan's gratitude to Meng Wu, but also because Meng Tian said that He Hua had come to Pingdu in person to persuade Cheng Yuan to surrender. Therefore, after Meng Tian finished speaking, Cheng Yuan immediately expressed to Meng Tian that he was willing to surrender to Hehua, be commanded by the plateau, and jointly crusade against Han Teng to avenge the Qin Wangzheng.

When Meng Tian heard this, he was naturally very happy, and immediately took Cheng Yuan out of the village to greet Hehua, and in order to show his respect for Hehua, Cheng Yuan ordered his Qin army to go out of the village to greet Hehua with a royal salute.

Although I don't know the details of Meng Tian's negotiation with Cheng Yuan, but from Meng Tian's expression, as well as Cheng Yuan's respectful attitude towards himself, you can also guess the result, of course, very happy, although He Hua swore in front of the plateau that he and Meng Tian and Meng Yi would definitely be able to say that Cheng Yuan would be able to say that Cheng Yuan would be able to say that he was far away, but in fact, He Hua had no bottom in his heart, and He Hua's confidence mainly came from his own special ability.

But Hehua didn't expect that he didn't have a chance to show it at all, so he succeeded in saying that Cheng Yuan had been lowered, and things were going too smoothly, so Hehua immediately got out of the carriage, came to Cheng Yuan, helped him up with both hands, and said: "General Cheng doesn't have to be polite, the general can be so aware of the righteousness and distinguish between right and wrong, it is really a blessing for my Qin State, if the Qin State can be preserved this time, the general will definitely make a great contribution." ”

Cheng Yuan hurriedly said: "The princess is too awarded, the last general is the general of the Qin State, and the death mark is the ghost of the Qin State, so it is still the duty of the last general to be loyal to the Qin State and avenge the king." ”

He Hua nodded and said, "Very good." ”

Cheng Yuan said again: "This is not the place to talk, and I also ask the princess to go into the village to rest with the general." ”

Hehua entered the village with Cheng Yuan, because this military village of Qin has been welcomed for many years, and a large number of houses have been built in the village, just like a small town. Not only did the governors have special houses, but even the military houses where the soldiers of the Qin army lived were all large rooms, and there were only a small number of tents in the entire military village to store some temporary emergency materials.

After entering the village, Cheng Yuan led Hehua and his entourage to the lobby of the Chinese army, invited Hehua to sit in the middle of the handsome seat, Meng Tian and Meng Yi were on the left and right of Hehua, and then ordered officers at all levels in Pingdu to visit Hehua. And Hehua also comforted and encouraged them with kind words. Then Cheng Yuan held his talisman and arrow in both hands, which was equivalent to handing over all the military power to Hehua.

However, He Hua did not take the military order arrow, but said: "The military affairs of Pingdu are still in charge of General Cheng, so the military command arrow is still in the custody of General Cheng, so take it back." ”

Cheng Yuan listened, thanked Hehua, and took back the soldier talisman arrow.

At this time, Meng Tian, who was beside Hehua, said: "General Cheng, how many troops does Duping have now?" How many chariot troops, how many cavalry troops? ”

Cheng Yuan said: "There are more than 23,700 troops in total, but there are only more than 17,300 soldiers who can fight, and the rest are all logistics miscellaneous personnel, as well as 150 chariots and 1,500 cavalry. ”

Of course, Meng Tian knew that the military villages with such fixed strongholds would have a certain number of logistics miscellaneous personnel, so among the 23,000 people, there were 17,000 combat troops, which was basically normal, and asked, "What about the grain and grass in the army?" ”

Cheng Yuan said: "Now the food and grass in the army are enough to pay for four or five months, and other ordnance and materials are also very complete, and the princess can dispatch them." ”

He Hua smiled: "I don't know much about the military, so how to arrange Duping's army, General Meng can give an order." ”

Meng Tian nodded and said: "There are still nearly a thousand miles away from Xianyang here, and we have to rush to Xianyang as much as possible, so we should travel lightly, and it is not appropriate to bring more baggage, but I don't know how long this battle will take, and after recovering Xianyang, we may still need some grain and grass materials." Then please ask General Cheng to arrange immediately, first with 100 chariots, 1,000 cavalry, and 3,000 infantry troops, and set off with us early tomorrow morning to recover Xianyang, and then arrange other men and horses to transport half of the grain and grass materials, and rush to Xianyang to reinforce. ”

Cheng Yuan immediately said: "The last general will be ordered, and it will be arranged immediately." ”

He Hua said: "Then there is General Lao Cheng." ”

Later, Cheng Yuan ordered to arrange a banquet to entertain Hehua and his party. After the banquet, Hehua only left Meng Tian and twenty Qin soldiers in Pingdu Dazhai to prepare the army with Cheng Yuan, while he took Meng Yi and the three of them left Pingdu and returned to the camp of the Han and Qin coalition forces.

When Hehua and his entourage returned to the camp, it was already dusk, and Gao Yuan and the others were waiting a little anxiously in the camp. And after listening to Hehua finish talking about this trip, Gao Yuan and others were also overjoyed, because the successful surrender of Cheng Yuan was not the significance of tens of millions of more Qin troops, but a symbol that Hehua was really recognized by the Qin army, so the Han and Qin coalition forces could also officially use Hehua's call to recruit local officials and garrisons of Qin to jointly crusade against Han Teng.

After resting for the night, early the next morning, Meng Tian and Cheng Yuan led the Qin army to the camp of the Han and Qin coalition forces.

Now the plateau is also the king of a country, and he is also a master of the art of war recognized in the world, in his words and deeds, he naturally exudes a majestic bearing, and Cheng Yuan is not an ordinary middle and senior military general in the Qin State, he only feels that the bearing of the plateau is definitely not under the Qin Wangzheng, and at this time Hehua is sitting by the side of the plateau, so Cheng Yuan can't help but have a feeling of respect from his heart.