Invincible son

Chapter 272 271 [West Wind Strong]

If the border to the west of Lingzhou is compared to a human body, the Tiger City captured from Western Wu is like an outstretched fist. With its dangerous location, it guards the thoroughfare from east to west, and it is possible to enter Gaoyang, which is as flat as a mountain. On the plain, you can retreat to protect the four camps behind you.This alone is enough to explain Pei Zhen's contribution back then, so no one objected to Emperor Kaiping's pursuit of the Duke after he died of illness, and even those Qingliu censors felt that the succession of a Duke was not glorious enough.

It's just an example of Daliang being crowned king with no different surnames. When the country was founded, people like Lin Qingyuan and Pei Yuan didn't enjoy such honors, and those thoughts can only be imagined in their hearts.

It has been 13 years since Hucheng belonged to Daliang, and neither the imperial court nor Lingzhou has ever slackened their support for this place.

If you want money and people, the food and grass in the city are piled up like a mountain. Even if the Western Wu invades with the whole country, it will be difficult to capture Tiger City by brute force. Even if the city is besieged, it will take at least several years.If they bypassed Hucheng and directly attacked Lingzhou, any sane coach would know what a stupid decision it was.

Because Hucheng is not only a city, but also stationed in it are hundreds of thousands of tiger and ben people.

This is a nail that makes the Western Wu court sleepless all night, and it is deeply pierced in their hearts.

After Pei Zhen died of illness, Lu Min took over Hucheng. In the seventh year of Renxuan, Lu Min was transferred back to Kyoto to serve as the military aircraft of the West Prefecture, and then Xiangcheng Hou Xiaojin took over as the commander of Hucheng.

Xiao Jin was also born in the family of the founder of the country, and his ancestor Xiao Wending was the Duke of Xiangguo, the first of the nine founding princes.

He is 42 years old this year, younger than Gu Liang, and is the golden age of a general in his life.Although they are both the founders of the country, Xiao Jin has never expressed any inclination in his position, whether it is the Dingguo clan represented by Gu Liang, the Chengguo clan represented by Lu Min, or Wang Pingzhang. As a new nobleman who is the leader of the tripod, Xiao Jin's relationship with any party can only be regarded as fair.Perhaps this is the reason why Emperor Kaiping decided to use him to garrison Hucheng. After all, this emperor has been immersed in the way of checks and balances all his life.

Hucheng is located on the south side of Dingjun Mountain, but it is actually built around the mountain, leaving only a thousand-foot cliff to the north, and a small group of elite soldiers are stationed on the mountain.

The reason why this city is extremely difficult to break through is that even if it is besieged by a large army, the water source flowing down from the top of the mountain cannot be cut off. Coupled with the two extremely tightly guarded granaries, it is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to survive for three years.

The east, south, and west sides of the city are all flat areas, with a very wide line of sight, and the enemy has nowhere to hide. It can be described as the ultimate in advance, attack, retreat, and defense.

The architectural pattern in the city is simple and clear. There is a military camp in each of the four cities, and the Jieshuai Mansion is located in the center.

Xiao Jin's official title is Hucheng Camp Temperance, so he is called Jieshuai. This is also the second camp that Daliang set up outside Chengjing, which shows the importance of Hucheng's status.

In the back hall of Jieshuai Mansion, Xiao Jinduan calmly listened to the report of the young man opposite after sitting the case.

There are some rumors circulating in the Daliang army that the officers and soldiers like to talk about in private, such as Gu Liang's domineering power, Lu Min's scheming, Wang Ping's Zhang Gong Gao Zhenzhu, etc., but most of the rumors about Xiao Jin focus on his appearance.It stands to reason that a general who has fought in the battlefield all the year round, even if he is not big and round, can describe the vicissitudes of life, but Xiao Jin's face is as handsome as a crown jade, even in middle age, he still looks like a handsome young man.

Xiao Jin didn't feel complacent or annoyed because of this, but still dealt with it calmly, just like listening to the young man's words at this time, his handsome face had a gentle expression, and he didn't deliberately put on a posture of calmness and prestige.

After the other party finished speaking, Xiao Jin nodded slightly, and then said softly: "According to the days, you will soon return to the capital."

The young man was startled, as if he hadn't thought about this question at all.

Xiao Jin smiled and said: "Don't you want to go home after coming to the border for two years? In the capital, you are the eldest son of Dingguo, who has also inherited the title, no better than those ignorant children. I thought you would go directly to the capital camp to experience, but instead I didn't expect that you insisted on coming to the western region, which would bring great troubles to Ning Zhong and the others."

The young man is Pei Cheng, the eldest son of Pei Rong. Compared with two years ago, he is taller now, with a burly body and a light beard growing on his lips.When he left Beijing, Pei Cheng still had a bit of a dandy temperament, but after two years of experience on the border, his demeanor became much calmer.

The Ning Zhong that Xiao Jin spoke of is the current head coach of Guping Camp.

Pei Cheng looked puzzled and said, "Jie Shuai, where does the disturbance come from?"

Xiao Jin said kindly: "It's okay if you don't have Chengjue. There are countless noble children in the frontier army. Even if you have a special status, you only need a little care. But you were a third-class Dingyuan before you left Beijing. Uncle, how will the four commanders arrange your military position? What's more, you are the eldest grandson of Uncle Pei, and the banner bearers of Dingguo's generation have different identities after all, so they will naturally find it difficult."

Pei Cheng understood, and then curled his lips slightly.

Xiao Jin said again: "They pushed each other, and finally pushed you to Hucheng. Fortunately, you didn't disappoint me. You have done a good job in the past two years."

In the third year of Kaiping, Pei Cheng came here, first served as Xiao Jin's personal soldier in Jieshuai Mansion for half a year, and then took control of the capital alone.Although there are only 500 people under his command, I don't know how many soldiers envy him because he belongs to the Jingyu Battalion.This battalion was led by Xiao Jin himself, and it was responsible for spying on outposts on the battlefield. It was the first-class elite among the one hundred thousand troops in Hucheng.Pei Cheng led [-] rangers. In the past year and a half, they have fought against the rangers of Western Wu dozens of times.

Hearing Xiao Jin's praise, Pei Cheng showed a happy smile, scratched his head and said, "Jie Shuai, I like life in the army very much, so I don't want to go back to the capital."

Even though his demeanor is much calmer, he is still the candid and straightforward Young Master Dingguo in essence, and his words are not witty.

Xiao Jin obviously appreciated this, nodded and said: "You are born a pure soldier. It's just some things in the capital, do you know about it?"

In the past two years, Pei Cheng has received many family letters from Pei Yun, all of which are similar in content, and all of them are greetings.

However, he said with complicated eyes: "I know what happened in Kyoto."

There is no impenetrable wall in this world, not to mention that when Pei Cheng left Beijing, he brought six playmates from childhood to adulthood, such as Yin Dao, the son of Yin Wei. These people are now under his command, so how could they not know about the past two years in the capital? Things that happened?

Xiao Jin was silent for a while, and then said with emotion: "Your concubine brother is now in Lingzhou."

Pei Cheng frowned slightly, and the past with Pei Yue instantly came to mind.In the past two years, he has been galloping on the Gaoyang Plain, but he also knows the changes in Pei Yue, he knows that he went to the mountains to suppress bandits, made a viscount, planned to build a business, became famous in the capital, and of course sent their father to Shanglin Prison with his own hands.

He thought carefully about how to face these things, but he still couldn't judge who was right and who was wrong.

Right and wrong are very important to him.

After a long silence, he shook his head and said, "Now that Pei Yue has broken out, he is no longer my concubine brother. Please rest assured, Marshal Jie, he will not affect military affairs because of personal affairs."

Xiao Jin sighed lightly: "I know your character, so I am a little worried. The wind in Lingzhou is not right. I believe you can also analyze it from the clues. The people of Western Wu will definitely make big moves recently."

Pei Cheng said solemnly: "If they dare to come, then we will kill them all."

Xiao Jin nodded approvingly, but the worry in her heart became more and more intense.

There is no way in this world that there are only external enemies. Many times, the gale that destroys a dynasty is brewed from within.

Then explode.

(End of this chapter)