Hao Jian originally thought that Meng Zongzheng was in Xiangyang City, but after hearing what Qin Nanqin said, he realized that he had missed it.
Today, the administrative level of Xiangyang is prefecture, and Zaoyang County has just been promoted to Zaoyang Army, which is under the jurisdiction of Jingxi Bingmaqian. The administrative seat is not in Xiangyang, but in Zaoyang.
The distance between the two is hundreds of miles!
But in this ancient world with underdeveloped transportation, a journey of more than a hundred miles... that's not close at all!
At that moment, while it was still early, Hao Jian and Qin Nanqin bought two horses and immediately set off for Zaoyang.
After a long and winding journey, the two finally arrived in the evening.
When we arrived at the Meng Mansion, there were two guards standing on both sides. They were both strong men with big shoulders and round waists, and they looked majestic.
"Who is coming?"
Hao Jian took a few steps forward and said casually: "You're blind! See what this is?"
He shook Xin Qiji's autographed letter casually and said, "Why don't you go and report it to your general quickly? Here is the autographed letter from Ambassador Xin Qiji!"
The guard was stunned and hurriedly bowed: "Brother, wait a moment, I will report to the general now!"
He took the letter and ran into the house at a trot.
After a while, the middle door opened wide, and a big man came to the door. Seeing Hao Jian and Qin Nanqin, he clasped his fists and said with a smile: "General Meng Zongzheng, are you two the people mentioned in Xin Lao's letter? Please invite me soon."
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Hao Jian took a look at Meng Zongzheng. He had a powerful figure, piercing eyes, and a sense of heroism. He couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart!
He is worthy of being a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty!
After entering the mansion and sitting down in the flower hall, a maid will serve you tea.
Hao Jian took it, took a sip, then put down the tea cup and said with a smile: "General Meng, when I see you today, I see you have the demeanor of a good general. Mr. Xin has a really good eye for people!"
Meng Zongzheng burst out laughing when he heard this, "It will be a blessing to receive a compliment from Mr. Xin! However, Mr. Xin said in the letter that I have a clever plan to defeat gold. Is this true?"
Hao Jian smiled slightly and looked around without saying anything.
Meng Zongzheng understood and waved his hand, "You all get off!"
Suddenly, there were only three people left in the flower hall.
Hao Jian thought for a while and took out a booklet from his arms, "I heard that the general is the former general of Yue Wu Mu?"
Meng Zongzheng nodded, "My father, Meng Lin, is indeed a general in the Yue family's military department!"
Hao Jian nodded slightly, "Then let me get straight to the point! I am determined to follow the old example of King Chongyang and raise troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty! Does General Meng have any interest?"
Meng Zongzheng was stunned, "Why?"
"Just because I have in my hand the posthumous note left by Yue Wumu - "Keys to Breaking Gold"! It describes in detail Yue Wumu's marching formation, the essence of the battlefield, and the method of breaking gold! Of course, I can do it alone.
Naturally, it is impossible to defeat gold, and we need the help of elite soldiers and generals like General Meng who are interested in the Northern Expedition! Therefore, a certain person traveled thousands of miles to Zaoyang with a letter written by Mr. Xin..." Hao Jian said eloquently.
Meng Zongzheng looked at Hao Jian and suddenly laughed loudly.
"General Meng, why are you laughing?" Hao Jian said lightly.
"The army of the Kingdom of Jin is advancing. Although I, Meng Zongzheng, have the intention of the Northern Expedition, you are just a child, how dare you talk nonsense about resisting the Jin?" Meng Zongzheng said with a smile, "In history, although Wu Zetian proved that success has nothing to do with gender, Jiang Ziya
It proves that success has nothing to do with age. Gan Luo's twelve years of worship also proves that success has nothing to do with age! But... what can you prove? Prove that you are better than them?"
Hao Jian pondered for a moment, "I can prove...success has nothing to do with me! Does this count?"
Meng Zongzheng: "..."
Just as he was about to stand up, his eyes flashed and he saw Hao Jian already standing in front of him, the tip of the sword in his hand pointed directly at his throat.
"General Meng, do you think... is this considered a skill?"
Meng Zongzheng's heart trembled, and he rubbed his neck and said: "Even if you have extremely skilled martial arts, you don't have to be strong to be ruthless on the battlefield! This still doesn't prove that you have the ability to resist gold..."
Hao Jian put away his long sword and said with a smile: "My way of nature, battlefield battles are not rivers and lakes battles, and conquering cities and territories is not a one-on-one fight! That's why I came to recruit you... However, I also have Dongxie, Bei Beggar, two of the five best in the world.
With great help, Dongxie Wentao’s military strategy is omnipotent, and Bei Beggar has hundreds of thousands of Beggar Clan members, is this considered a powerful force?”
Meng Zongzheng was startled, put away his contempt, and said solemnly: "Are you really determined to fight against the Jin Dynasty?"
Hao Jian smiled and said: "Why don't you take Wu Gou and recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun! Not only will I resist the Northern Expedition of Jin Dynasty, but I will also recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun and achieve what Taizu did not do! Meng Zongzheng, I
After I respect you as General Yue Fei, I officially invite you to join my command... I'll count to three, you should consider it carefully!"
"three!"
"Have you considered it?"
Meng Zongzheng: "..." This is three breaths?
"Before I reply to you, a certain family has a question! How do you... handle the relationship with the court?" Meng Zongzheng thought for a while and gritted his teeth.
Hao Jian seemed to have heard some big joke and couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh, "Hahahahahahaha, the court? You mean the peaceful Southern Song Dynasty? Yue Fei died unjustly in Fengbo Pavilion, Xin Qiji wasted his life, and his ambition is hard to realize! You
Are you still counting on them? I am interested in you, Meng Zongzheng, not the Southern Song Dynasty court... The sons and daughters of China are so ambitious that they dare to make the sun and moon change the sky!"
Meng Zongzheng's expression changed drastically, and he wanted to scold him, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out...
He understood that the ambition of the young man in front of him was not to fight against gold!
He wants to wipe out the world!
Including the current poor and weak imperial court!
"But...but once something happens, the imperial court will be cut off from food and grass. How will you deal with it if you join forces with the Jin to attack? Let alone fight against the Jin, it will be difficult to protect yourself!" Meng Zongzheng swallowed and said with difficulty.
Hao Jian smiled slightly. He had already thought about this, "I didn't say we would start an attack now! Don't worry, it won't be long before the Southern Song Dynasty court will unite with the Mongolian cavalry to attack the Jin Kingdom! By then, you can just attack...
...After pacifying the Jin Kingdom, there will definitely be a battle with the Mongols over the fate of the country. By then, who in the Southern Song Dynasty will care about anything else?"
"Mongols?" Meng Zongzheng was horrified, and immediately thought of the popular saying of "uniting with Mongolia to destroy gold", "How could the Mongols..."
"What's impossible? Temujin has long unified all the Mongolian tribes. Once he annexes the Jin Kingdom, if it were you, would you march south with a great victory?" Hao Jian curled his lips and said.
Meng Zongzheng's back was almost wet with cold sweat. He thought about it and found that this was almost an inevitable situation!
Because he was in the Southern Song Dynasty, he knew the court's peaceful attitude very well...
But now the Mongols are at their peak, just like the Jin Kingdom a hundred years ago!
Once the Jin Kingdom is destroyed and the Mongolian people's strength increases greatly, it will be really difficult to control...
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