In order to show his favor to his heroes and cronies, the Emperor of the Chen Dynasty specially gave three people the qualifications to open a mansion and lead an army alone and award them with military flags: the Prince of Zhanchuan County, the Prince of Pinghai County, and the Shaochuan County in front of Nie Huan.

County Government House.

Meng Yan was really surprised by Nie Huan's visit at the state banquet. Meng Yan never thought that one day he would be able to meet Nie Zhentian's descendants. When he first took over the Dark Night Guard, the first task he received was to kill the governor of Mozhou.

Nie Zhentian’s family, when Meng Yan arrived, Nie Zhentian

The Tian family was waiting neatly for their end. Meng Yan was only thirteen years old at that time and had no ability to judge the right and wrong of the court. He just felt pitiful and secretly let Nie Zhentian's only grandson Nie Huan go.

The grateful look in his eyes before he died will be unforgettable for the rest of his life.

After Nie Huan went into the mansion to inform his name, he met Meng Jin who had just been punished and grounded for three days. He was pestering an old man. Meng Jin immediately became vigilant when he heard Nie Huan's name. He stared at Nie Huan with interest for a long time and then volunteered.

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He had to take him to see Meng Yan in person. Meng Jin was wary because Nie Huan was a sudden appearance, and he was the chief minister of Shaochuan County. He originally thought that the seventh brother would leave him with this position.

Kill out a Nie Huan.

Nie Huan looked around the entire mansion. This was also the only noble family that did not build a mansion in the new city. The Zhanchuan County Prince's Mansion was the original residence of the king, while the Shaochuan County Prince's Mansion was rebuilt from the Chong family's old residence.

of his old residence

The West Cross Courtyard was changed into the Chencheng Mansion, and most of the rest are now the Shaochuan County Duke's Mansion. The furnishings in the entire mansion are very simple, there are not many maids and servants coming and going, and there is no luxury like the Chong family back then.

The descendants of Meng's Longtan Hall lived in front and behind the main courtyard, while Meng Yan lived in the east cross courtyard. There is a stream running through the east cross courtyard and the main hall. The natural dividing line just separates the main courtyard and the east courtyard, above the stream.

It looked very pleasant to hang a suspension bridge, but suddenly the bridge swayed more and more. Nie Huan knew that Meng Jin, who was walking in front, had deliberately caused trouble. He steadied his body slightly and walked along with the swing of the bridge, which seemed very natural.

After getting off the bridge, you had to pass through a bamboo forest before reaching the main entrance of the east courtyard. Suddenly, two men in bloody attire flashed out from the dense forest and said coldly: "Master Jin, you should be banned from the ancestral hall now. At this time, let me

If the Lord knows that he will punish you severely, Lord Nie, please let your subordinates lead you in."

Meng Jin wanted to retort but when he heard Meng Yan's name, he curled his lips and said, "I'm not afraid of punishment, but being grounded is really boring." After saying that, he turned around and left. By the time Nie Huan reacted, he had already disappeared from the suspension bridge.

The end.

"Nie Changshi, my father-in-law is waiting for you at the bookstore." One of the guards said respectfully.

"Please lead the way." Nie Huan became more and more interested in the man who once saved his life in a single thought. Since he entered the east courtyard, he could hardly see anyone walking around, but there was a very pleasant smell in the bamboo forest.

The oppressive feeling that makes it difficult to breathe, and look at the escort belt

The way Lu walked seemed to have set up formations. This was not surprising. Meng Yan was assassinated and almost died in the battle of Shaonanguan. He should be more cautious. What made Nie Huan puzzled was why the whole environment looked so strange.

Naturally, it's like entering a hermitage of celebrities.

After walking for about half a quarter of an hour with doubts, I finally entered the east courtyard. The east courtyard was very strange. Ye Bohuai was half-lying in the main hall drinking wine. A maid next to him was muttering something dissatisfied to him. Ye Bohuai ignored him and looked after himself.

Drink freely

, just when Nie Huan was wondering why the Marquis of Lincheng was not in his mansion, a smart and beautiful woman appeared in front of him. The guard held up his hands and said: "Madam, Chief Nie is here. I asked my subordinates to take him there."

Over there at the bookstore."

Nie Huan realized that this was Cang Shu Haoyue, one of the famous "Five Sheep and Three Pests". Cang Shu Haoyue frowned, lightly opened her red lips and said slightly dissatisfied: "What are you doing? Today is a formal occasion.

, what’s going on when you run to the bookstore, you go down first, I’ll take Nie Changshi there.”

After saying that, he gave Nie Huan a blessing and said with a smile: "Nie Changshi, don't be offended. My father-in-law is more casual in the mansion. You don't have to be cautious. There are not so many rules in the mansion."

Nie Huan quickly took three steps back to show that he did not dare to accept it, and returned the courtesy respectfully: "Greetings to Madam, Nie Huan is being abrupt."

Following Cang Shu Haoyue into the bookstore of the side courtyard, he immediately saw Meng Yan, who was busy arranging books with his sleeves rolled up. Nie Huan was about to greet him when he saw Cang Shu Haoyue, with an unhappy face, stepping forward to wipe Meng Yan's sweat and tidy up his clothes.

, muttering in his mouth: "How can the dignified Duke be seen by others like this!"

"Madam, don't be surprised. Brother Huan is not a stranger, we are old acquaintances." Meng Yan said dotingly.

He turned to Nie Huan and said, "Brother Huan, come quickly. You are the chief historian of the mansion. In the future, you will have to sort out these books and documents."

Nie Huan was not polite when he saw this. He directly picked up a book and flipped through it, and then said: "My lord, it's better to keep these military information books separate from ordinary books, otherwise people who are interested will make a fuss about it."

"Madam, you have a good opinion of me. Normally I am most impatient to sort out these things, but when Brother Huan comes, I will be liberated." Meng Yan said happily.

"Yes, yes! You are the most powerful. You have the ability to get rid of that guy in the main hall. Suli has been tortured crazy by him." Cang Shu Haoyue said angrily.

"Whatever, Suli is unhappy these days. Wouldn't it be better to let her vent her anger?" Meng Yan said nonchalantly.

Cang Shu Haoyue rolled her eyes at him, then turned to Nie Huan and said, "Nie Changshi, you guys chat first while I go get some refreshments. The house is short of manpower, so please forgive me."

"Then Madam Lao, I'm really thirsty after walking all the way." Nie Huan tentatively spoke casually.

Cang Shu Haoyue smiled and walked away with a smile. Nie Huan knew that he was not being polite but that the Duke's mansion was really casual.

"Come and sit here, it's good that you're here. My team in the mansion is complete, and everyone else has gone to work. I just have something to discuss with you." Meng Yan said carelessly, and he could omit the etiquette thing.

"Are you worried about Bai Zejun?" Nie Huan didn't hesitate to get to the point.

"Sure enough, he understands me. The Lord of the Kingdom granted me the title of Baize and led an army of 60,000. He also allowed me to choose generals from the old Xuanwu tribe. I really have a hard time making a choice, so we just want to discuss it."

Qilin, Baize, and Tengshe are three military titles that Xiao Huli gave to Xiao Yu, Meng Yan, and Xia Houming respectively.

Half of the Fourth Army, a total of 70,000 people, was allocated to Xiao Yu's Qilin Army. Xiao Yu divided the 70,000 people into 13 battalions. Privately, the commanders of each battalion called themselves Thirteen Qilin Taibao; while Xia Houming's Teng She Army

Most of them were drawn from soldiers from various provinces, with a total of 40,000 people, divided into four battalions, jokingly called the Four Wings of the Soaring Snake. Meng Yan's Baize Army was composed of newly recruited sergeants. In order to compensate for Meng Yan's strength, he was specifically allowed to serve in Xuanwu

The old army was free to choose generals, but Meng Yan had been recuperating from illness and training and training in separate camps, all of which were managed by Zhuo Bailing, Marquis of Luling, Sima of Baize Army.

Seeing that the day of the expedition in May was coming, and the commanders of each battalion had not yet been decided, it was really urgent. Nie Huan did not understand why he did not discuss this matter with Ye Bohuai or Zhuo Bailing, but with himself.

Meng Yan saw his doubts, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Ye Bohuai has never been interested in politics, and Zhuo Bailing is a reduced general. He avoids interpersonal matters, and you are a staff member of the Military Aircraft Pavilion."

Doctor, I want you to be my long history. Firstly, it will reassure the king of the country, and secondly, the position of doctor must be familiar to the generals of the eight states."

Nie Huan was shocked. Xia Hou had clearly told him to supervise Meng Yan's actions in private, but it was always embarrassing to be exposed in person. However, he had originally planned to defect to Meng Yan, so he immediately made a decision and half-knelt down.

He said: "My lord, since you are so candid, I will not hide it. Serving in your army does involve supervision, but I am more willing to follow you. The grace of saving my life when I was young will never be forgotten. The Nie family is willing to serve and cooperate with the county."

male."

Meng Yan just wanted to remind him not to go too far. He didn't expect that Nie Huan still had such an idea in his heart. It was fine. He was the one doing the supervision work, and he could do things as he pleased, so he smiled and said

He helped him up and said: "Brother Huan is too worried. I am not asking you to do anything. I just want to tell you that we are all soldiers of the people of Chen Kingdom and cannot be used by people's hearts."

Nie Huan nodded appreciatively, and then asked doubtfully: "My lord, you single-handedly led many of the old Xuanwu Army. Is it really so difficult to choose?"

"Hahaha! It's my honor to have you as my long-term history!" After saying this, Meng Yan handed Nie Huan a piece of paper from the desk. On the paper were written the names of Shaochuan County Duke and important personnel of Bai Zejun.

Nie Huan took a closer look and saw that the leader on paper was the deputy commander of Baize Army, the commander of Yuheng Camp, Ye Bohuai of Lincheng, followed closely by the commander of Baize Army, Luling Marquis Zhuo Bailing, the commander of Tianquan Battalion, Si Lianbing Tuo, and Bai Zejun joined the army at Deng Gang.

,Bai Ze

Army commander Shi Niehuan, Bai Zejun chief register Mengxin, and then the list of commanders of each battalion, respectively Zhuo Baqing, commander of Tianxuan battalion, military intelligence scout, Xue Zhen, commander of Tianji battalion, grain and grass logistics department, Kaiyang battalion commander

Send Yu Gengsi forward.

"Beidou Formation? Where are the Shu Camp and the Yaoguang Camp that day?" Nie Huan saw the key point at a glance.

"I have led the Yaoguang Battalion as the central army, but the Tianshu Battalion has not yet been decided. The Tianshu Battalion will be the partial army. Who do you think can take on this important task?" Meng Yan wanted to test.

"My Lord, who was in charge of the army after you were assassinated in the battle of Shaonanguan?" Nie Huan guessed that Meng Yan intended to let his eleventh brother Meng Huan take charge of Tianshu Camp, but Tianshu Camp was the most critical position of Bai Ze's army.

To control an army in a remote area, far away from the main camp, only a decisive person cannot do it.

"Meng Huan is not good enough. He is too young and needs battlefield experience. I asked him to serve as Yu Geng's deputy general and replace him with another one." Meng Yan directly vetoed Meng Huan's replacement.

Nie Huan was a little surprised that he didn't guess correctly. It seems that Meng Yan is very cautious about the candidates for Tianshu Camp. The good operation of Tianshu Camp will be a big help to the main camp, and it can even replace the main camp under certain circumstances.

It is indeed difficult to choose the position of a person. Nie Huan searched quickly in his mind, suddenly thought of someone, and quickly said: "How about Jin Qian?"

Meng Yan was a little stunned when he heard the name. Nie Huan reminded: "The commander of Shixing County is also aware of Jin Qian."

Only then did Meng Yan realize that he knew this man. He was an old minister of the Chong clan. He had led an army to fight against the Zhu Mu clan many times. However, this guy was withdrawn and not good at making friends with others. Later, he was transferred due to the discord between Chong and Qi.

The commander of Wuyangcheng garrison, Chongsheng wrote many times during his lifetime requesting Xiao Huli to be put under house arrest because Chongsheng was not happy.

, was assigned from the garrison to Shixing County as the county guard. After the Chong family lost power, if Cang Shuliang had not personally gone to the city to persuade him to surrender on the grounds of the lives of all the people, otherwise the entire border defense would have been lost. Xiao Huli didn't think much of this person.

He had been asked to stay in Shixing County since he had a cold. He was not a part of this big reward, so he was indeed a good candidate.

"This person is good. He is the commander of Tianshu Camp." Meng Yan quickly decided.

"Jun Gong, but this person is very troublesome and difficult to convince. Lord Xiahou tried to transfer him to the Military Machinery Pavilion many times, but he refused." Nie Huan did not have much confidence in Jin Qian's ability to take office.

"Brother Huan, don't worry. He will happily take up the post of commander of my Tianshu Camp within seven days. You are the chief historian. Just add Jin Qian's name and report it to the military aircraft pavilion." Meng Yan was full of confidence, and his father-in-law said

It can play a role, and I don't need Jin Qian's loyalty. I just need him to command this partial force and be reliable at critical moments.

Nie Huan saw that Meng Yan was confident and stopped talking. It would be difficult for such a figure to convince everyone without some tricks, "My lord, our Baize Army has 60,000 sergeants. Each battalion must have a fixed number of men."

"The Yaoguang camp has 20,000 people in the central army, the Tianshu camp has 10,000 people in the partial division, and the Kaiyang camp is the vanguard camp and the cavalry camp has only 5,000 people, or only 5,000 horses." Meng Yan was very excited when he said about the cavalry.

Unfortunately, there was a serious shortage of war horses in the south. The Tushan clan tried many different ways to raise 30,000 war horses from Xizhou, but only 5,000 war horses could be allocated to them. They were already favored by Xiao Huli.

Nie Huan knew the difficulty and said: "My lord, in fact, war horses do not have to be transported from Xizhou. The Cicada Cong tribe in Tianfu is also good at training horses, but the quality of the horses in the Cicada Cong tribe is not too high."

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you." Meng Yan was quite satisfied with Nie Huan's performance in taking the job, and then continued: "There are 10,000 people in the Yuheng camp, and Ye Hou's 'four-open six-joint formation' requires so many people."

With the cooperation of the soldiers, 800 military intelligence scouts from the Tianxuan Camp Division are enough, and 5,000 sergeants from the Tianji Camp Division’s food and logistics department are tentatively assigned, and the rest will be given to the Tianquan Camp for reserve use.”

"My subordinates have taken orders. I will submit the list to the military aircraft pavilion later today."

"Brother Huan, do you know that once this paper is presented, we will be like grasshoppers tied to a rope." Meng Yan said, shaking the paper in his hand.

"We were on the same rope when you rescued me, weren't we?"
Chapter completed!