Invincible son

Chen Xianda is not too stupid, and he has often been beaten by Pei Yue these years. Seeing his solemn gaze at this moment, he stood up and bowed his head like a stress reaction: "Master Hou, the general is wrong, you shouldn't be talking nonsense , I will go to lead the army stick later.”

In fact, he realized that he had caused trouble immediately after he said that sentence, because the meaning in the words was obviously to form a clique in front of Pei Yue.

It is human nature to have relatives and distances where there are people, but speaking should be done according to the occasion.Today is an important military meeting to decide the strategy of attacking the barbarians. Fu Hongzhi, as the deputy commander of the Taian Guard, has no problem standing on the side of Tang Linfen, the top officer, but Chen Xianda's words are obviously relying on his past friendship, expressing that his position is wrong .

Pei Yue said indifferently: "Twenty army sticks, write them down for now, and they will be handed out after the war is over."

Chen Xianda heaved a sigh of relief, he was willing to accept military punishment, but he didn't want to delay going to the wilderness to kill barbarians, so a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he saluted, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your forgiveness."

Pei Yue was too lazy to take care of this ramming, and said to the others: "Go ahead."

Interrupted by Chen Xianda, Wei Rui had already cleared his mind, and said calmly: "Brother Linfen, your judgment is not unreasonable, but right now the barbarians are all retreating to the wilderness, and there is no danger on the border for the time being, we should be more cautious at this time ... If Zhang De said that the place is not far from the border, I completely agree with your idea, but the four hundred miles journey has already penetrated into the wilderness, which is the territory of the barbarians."

Tang Linfen said slowly: "But we have to enter the wasteland after all, so that we can completely solve the hidden danger of the barbarians."

Wei Rui retorted: "That's right, we will enter the wasteland sooner or later. Before that, we should find out the general terrain of the wasteland and the current situation of the barbarian tribe, instead of rushing to kill a pawn because of information that is difficult to distinguish between true and false."

Tang Linfen shook his head and said: "The opportunity on the battlefield must not be missed. Once the barbarians are aware of our intentions and continue to retreat to the extreme north, it will become more difficult for us to win."

Wei Rui said without giving an inch: "Although that is the case, what if this is a trap?"

Tang Linfen frowned slightly and said: "I just said that Zhang De has no reason to collude with the enemy and treason. Most of his comrades died in battle. Chen Dan has escaped from danger, and there is only one Yang Ding whose life and death are uncertain. You and I both As a general in Beiying, he should be aware of Yang Yingji’s character and temperament. His son would never betray his country to survive. In this case, the barbarians did not have any means to manipulate Zhang De, even if Zhang De had compromised when he was captured. , and it is impossible to continue to be a pawn of barbarians after returning."

Wei Rui is an extremely rational person. At this moment, he also feels that Tang Linfen's analysis is somewhat reasonable, but his intuition tells him that Zhang De's appearance is very problematic.

At this time, a slightly disturbed voice broke the silence in the hall: "Master Hou, Commander Tang, Commander Wei, I have a few words to say at the end."

Everyone turned their heads and saw the young man who was promoted by Pei Yue to be the deputy commander of Tai'an Guard sitting on Fu Hongzhi's right hand.

His name is Cui Meng, and he is the son of Cui Hu, Bo of Xining. He was transferred to Pei Yue's command along with the veterans of Nanying in the fourth year of Kaiping.

From an ordinary cavalry soldier of Zangfengwei to the current deputy commander, Cui Meng followed Pei Yue through the battles of the western border and the southern border. There were more than ten battles, large and small, and gained a lot of military merits, and his military rank was constantly rising.

Pei Yue nodded and said, "Say."

Cui Meng was very nervous, probably only slightly better than the previous Zhang De, after all, this was his first time participating in a military meeting.

After calming down a bit, he plucked up his courage and said, "Earlier today, the general went to pay homage to the comrades who died in Jiuli Pass, and walked around the pass again. If there is no internal support, the barbarians will never be able to break through this grand pass. Mo You will find it very strange, how did the barbarians do this, and what capital do they have to attract our people as internal support?"

After saying a word, the faces of the rest were a little ugly.

Cui Meng said slowly: "So the general is thinking in his heart, since the barbarians can develop an internal response in Jiuliguan, then they will definitely not miss the military station on the border, because for so many years, the border military station has always been the first place to guard against the barbarians. A line of defense."

Although he was the deputy commander of the Tai'an Guard, his words went against Tang Linfen's thoughts, and instead confirmed Wei Rui's analysis.

Wei Rui had no color on his face, and he pondered: "If Zhang De is really the internal agent of the barbarian, and he came here with a task assigned by the barbarian, he will definitely lead us into the barbarian's trap, Lord Hou—"

Pei Yue raised his hand to stop him from talking, and after scanning the crowd, he said, "It doesn't matter whether Zhang De is a barbarian or not, you just need to know that this matter is probably a barbarian conspiracy."

All the generals looked puzzled.

Pei Yue explained calmly: "Zhang De's ability to escape back has nothing to do with him. The long distance you mentioned or the food that is enough for him to survive for seven or eight days are not the point. People like barbarians who live in the wasteland may not understand how to live in the desert. It seems commonplace to us, but it must be better than us in hunting. The two or three thousand Daliang people are their prey. For the barbarians who let their prey go, they will starve to death. Let Zhang De travel hundreds of miles to escape."

He paused, and said word by word: "There is only one possibility for this situation to happen, and that is that the barbarians let him back on purpose."

Tang Linfen was shocked, and said in a deep voice: "That's why Zhang De can have a clear conscience and show no flaws, but as long as he remembers the place where his compatriots were imprisoned, and then takes Lord Hou there, he will invisibly do a stupid thing of collaborating with the enemy and treason .”

Wei Rui also said: "What a ruthless strategy."

"This is just my judgment, but judging from the behavior of the barbarians since they started the war, it's not surprising that they have such scheming." A sharp light flashed in Pei Yue's eyes, and he said, "If I'm not wrong, that place is very It might be dead."

Wei Ruidao: "Master Hou, I suggest that you let the rangers go out to investigate first, at least to find out the general terrain of the wasteland, so as to counter the enemy."

Pei Yue smiled. He felt that the blood in his heart had not cooled down. Even though he had been indulging in power struggles for more than half a year, once he actually came to the battlefield, the familiar feeling returned to his body.

He said unhurriedly: "Of course we have to send rangers, but that's for the army to explore the way. No matter whether the barbarians set up this trap, we must step in."

Wei Rui didn't make a sound anymore, instead Tang Linfen persuaded: "Also ask Lord Hou to sit in Jiuli Pass, this battle will be left to Xiaozhi and Brother Wei."

Of course Pei Yue understands the reason why the son of a daughter can't sit down, and with his current status, he doesn't need to go to battle in person, which will easily distract the generals under his command.

But after he thought about it, he shook his head and said, "Zang Fengwei will follow me to the expedition."

Everyone wanted to dissuade him, but Pei Yue said without a doubt: "If I don't go, barbarians won't make a move."

There are too many deep meanings in this sentence, and the expressions of Wei Rui and others have become extremely dignified.

Pei Yue looked at the three generals of Zangfengwei and said, "Go down and prepare."

"Follow the order!" The three stood up and saluted.

Pei Yue said again: "Hongzhi and Cui Meng also went to help, Linfen stayed."

Tang Linfen remained calm, but only vaguely realized that he was about to shoulder an extremely important responsibility.

Pei Yue spoke unhurriedly.

After a long time, Tang Linfen replied solemnly: "Keep in mind your humble position."

Pei Yue raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder.

……

Kaiping seven years, April 26th.

Zhongshan Hou Peiyue personally led the Zang Fengwei, and the army went straight into the wasteland.