"General Meng, congratulations! Breaking through the Yexian tribe and killing thousands of enemies was a great merit. I believe the imperial court will reward you handsomely!”
A young scholar hurriedly walked into the tent and congratulated Meng Qian! However, his expression did not look too good!
He was a civil official, and his body was weak to begin with. He had been tormented along the way by Meng Qian's army, which had run for thousands of miles!
But this was not the reason why he was angry!
"Thank you! Xun Lingjun, please take a seat!" Meng Qian smiled calmly as he looked at the young man in front of him with an inexplicable expression!
Xun You, also known as Gongda, was born in the Xun family of Yingchuan. He was a top-notch strategist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was known as the 'mastermind'!
The Xun Family was the most powerful family in the Great Han Dynasty, and only a few families like the Yuan Family could compare to them!
With such a background, even if Xun You was only a small official, no one dared to underestimate him!
Xun You had just been conscripted by Great General He Jin to become the Yellow Sect's Assistant Minister. He had never thought that he would take the initiative to request to join the Western Expedition Army as the Imperial Court's Special Envoy!
This time, they had requested to follow Meng Qian to do the most dangerous and difficult things. Even the commander of the Western Expedition Army, Huangfu Song, could not persuade him to do so!
This matter also made many people look at him in a new light. He did not seem to be a useless young master of an aristocratic family!
Meng Qian had never looked down on him. After all, Xun You was not famous at the moment, but in terms of intelligence, he was comparable to Jia Xu!
Meng Qian had the intention to take him under his wing, but the other party clearly did not fancy him. With the top-notch aristocratic Xun Clan backing him, Meng Qian, this middle-ranking general, had only just stepped onto the stage!
It was still far from enough to make Xun You pledge loyalty. This was not the time for the Xi Liang military group to take control of the country!
Therefore, Meng Qian had never shown any intentions these days. He only treated him with a normal heart!
Xun You hurriedly waved his hand in the face of Meng Qian's politeness."I don't dare to be called General!"
He was merely a yellow family assistant minister. Meng Qian could call him Ling Jun, but he did not dare to accept it openly. After all, his status was still far from enough!
He was still not the top strategist by Cao Cao's side in the future!
After being interrupted by Meng Qian, Xun You's aura had clearly weakened. However, he still recalled and hurriedly said,"General, do you know what happened in the camp?”
"My Great Han Army actually dares to bully women? How ridiculous is this! This is a blatant violation of military law. General, please give the order to stop this!”
Xun You said seriously, his face filled with anger. He didn't participate in the battle, but waited until the battle was over before coming to the camp!
However, he did not expect to see such a scene. The soldiers of the Western Liang army, who were previously valiant and could slaughter the Qiang people, were actually bullying women like soldiers!
The screams of the women in the camp and the cheers of the men from Western Liang mixed together!
Even if those women were from other races, Xun You, who had been educated by the Confucians, still couldn't accept this!
The impact of this matter was too great for him. That was why he came to Meng Qian in a huff and asked him to stop this matter!
However, after Meng Qian heard this, he still sat calmly on the seat of honor. He ate a lamb leg and drank a bowl of wine before saying to Xun You,"
"Angel, there is no need to be anxious. I already know about this matter. Let's sit down and talk slowly!”
Meng Qian's performance was neither fast nor slow, but Xun You couldn't take it anymore. He said to Meng Qian in a deep voice,""General, this is definitely not the work of the royal army!”
Meng Qian smiled lightly and did not mind. He realized that Xun You was still a young man with outstanding intelligence and had yet to reach the bearing of a mastermind!
His sense of justice was bursting, and sometimes he was filled with ideals. He could not understand the demands of the soldiers at the bottom of the class in this era!
What he saw was only limited to the imperial court, his chest was filled with heroic spirit! He could not stand some dirty things!
However, this was the truest side of this era. However, he believed that after this western expedition to quell the rebellion, his three views would change greatly!
And now, Meng Qian still needed to have a good talk with him!
"Xun Lingjun, I have five thousand soldiers under my command. They have been ordered by the Imperial Court to quell the rebellion in the west. This time, they have traveled thousands of miles.”Meng Qian smiled indifferently.
It was as if he was mocking himself, but it was more like grief. This was the fate of these Western Liang soldiers. Meng Qian had joined the Han army when he was young and had experienced countless battles. He had climbed all the way to the high position of Zhonglang General!
However, behind him were piles of bones. Not only the bones of his enemies, but also the bones of his soldiers!
Meng Qian was already used to this, but it did not mean that he could ignore everything! The soldiers of the Western Liang Army under him were risking their lives for him!
Meng Qian definitely couldn't disappoint them!
"The soldiers of the Western Liang Army have suffered countless casualties. This general had promised them that every bit of effort they put in would be rewarded!”
"Those women are just our spoils of war!”Meng Qian sat at the head of the table and spoke with an indifferent expression. His tone was somewhat cold, causing Xun You to feel somewhat uncomfortable!
But he still said angrily,"The court will reward the soldiers for their contributions, but they should not torture those defenseless women!"”
"We are the army of the Great Han Dynasty, not the Xiongnu and Xianbei barbarians!”Xun You said to Meng Qian.
The Han Dynasty was an era where the confidence of the people was the strongest. In the eyes of the Han people, all foreigners were like beasts, barbarians!
The Han nationality was unprecedentedly strong!
Killing outsiders was nothing in the eyes of the Han, but the Confucian teachings told Xun You that what was happening in the camp was definitely a nightmare!
It was a blasphemy against the military law of the Great Han Dynasty! The army of the Great Han Dynasty should be an upright army of kings. How could they act like those foreign barbarians and attack unarmed women?
It had to be said that Xun You was still a young man who had just stepped into the royal court. He was full of ideals and had never experienced the cruelty of reality!
Although he possessed top-notch intelligence like Jia Xu, he was not as ruthless as Jia Xu. Especially when the Confucians were full of benevolence and righteousness, it was even more harmful to scholars like them!
That was why he had appeared in Meng Qian's tent. If it was an official who had been in the imperial court for more than ten years, he would have hugged a girl and gone off happily!
Meng Qian smiled indifferently when he heard Xun You's anger. He put down his wine bowl and coldly said,"Xun Lingjun is comparing our Xi Liang Army with the Xiongnu and Xianbei people?”
"Haha!" Meng Qian laughed out loud. His cold gaze suddenly became extremely fierce, and he stared straight at Xun You like a knife!
"I can tell you that the Western Liang Army will be even more ruthless than the barbarians. We will make everyone fear us and tremble at the sight of the Western Liang Army!”
"The enemy in front of us only has one path, and that is death! The Western Liang Army is a wolf!"
Meng Qian said coldly and directly threw the wine bowl onto the ground. Although he thought highly of Xun You, he was just spoiling him without any scruples!
Meng Qian didn't need others to tell him what to do!
The Western Liang army was a pack of wolves that had to eat meat. Only by feeding them would they be able to unleash their powerful combat strength!
If the wolf pack was unable to release their beastly nature, it would sooner or later backfire!
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