Invincible son

Chapter 286 285

Outside the Guping camp, the soldiers of the Zangfeng Guards lined up and waited neatly. No one deserted or looked around. These are the ten temporary military regulations set by Pei Yue when he set off from Linqing.

"My lord, then... where shall we go next?"

Chen Xianda came up to meet him, originally wanted to ask about what happened in the camp, but changed his words in time after noticing Pei Yue's slightly serious face.

Pei Yue said indifferently: "To the west, let's go to the border military stronghold to have a look."

"Follow the order!"

The four sentry officers responded, and then each led a team to escort Pei Yue on the westbound road.

Although he can't intervene in the defense of the frontier army right now, Ning Zhong doesn't have the power to stop him from continuing westward.The Guping camp is still some distance away from the border line recognized by the Daliang court. The real guards of the border are the nine military strongholds with mutual horns.These army strongholds are actually military cities built with the strongest bricks and stones. They are scattered in an area of ​​hundreds of miles south of Hucheng and west of Guping Camp according to the terrain.

On the one hand, the Nine Military Villages moved forward to block and weaken the mobility of the Western Wu cavalry, and on the other hand, they wanted to protect the extremely important official road from the north of Guping Camp to Hucheng.

In fact, these terrains have already been engraved in Pei Yue's mind, but he wants to see it for himself, so that he can know it well.

On the other hand, he was very disappointed at the moment.

Pei Yue never felt that he was a loyal minister of Liang, at least he would not always say the word "loyalty" like those officials in the Imperial Academy.He was not from this world in the first place, and he kept accepting negative information after time travelling. It was Pei Ning's warmth that made him gradually adapt to this strange world.Whether it is to exterminate bandits or tinker with briquettes, even though part of the reason is to really want the people to live a better life, it is undeniable that he is also thinking about himself.

However, what he saw and heard after coming to Lingzhou, even if he was not disheartened, still surprised him.

Needless to say, the officials of the governor's office are probably a group of moths who have been worn down by time and money. Even the frontier soldiers whom he values ​​​​very much have degenerated to this extent.One must know that it has only been 15 years since Pei Zhen took back Hucheng.Lingzhou has ushered in 15 years of stability, but it is also constantly corroding the powerful frontier army.

Ning Zhong wants to stand up for Lu Jiang, this kind of thing will not affect Pei Yue's emotions, because it is human nature.

What he can't accept the most is this person's perfunctory attitude towards the Western Wu cavalry.

That is a total of [-] elite cavalry, in other words, [-] overbearing swords that kill people as easily as drinking water.

It's true that they couldn't conquer the city, and they couldn't even invade any fortified county town, but did the people of Lingzhou live in the city?What will happen to the business path that Lingzhou has finally recovered?How can the villages and market towns scattered outside the city resist these cavalry?Such a sudden cross-border enemy is enough to be invincible in the territory of Guangping Prefecture, and can easily achieve their strategic goal of supporting war with war.

At this moment, Pei Yue couldn't help thinking of the eleven villages outside the capital that were looted by bandits, all the villagers were slaughtered, and the 47 innocent people who died in Green Willow Village.

He couldn't help clenching his fists silently, and at the same time fell into deep self-doubt.

What have these things to do with me?
His mission during this trip was to complete the production and sale of briquettes in Lingzhou, and establish a complete and efficient sales channel for the Charcoal Temple.Whether it is Xue Tao or Ning Zhong, or the Western Wu army that is about to move, none of these have anything to do with Pei Yue.

The general's mood can easily affect the atmosphere of the entire army.

Although Pei Yue is usually quiet, he naturally has a backbone temperament and the ability to make people calm, and everyone will unite closely by his side.

Seeing Pei Yue's serious expression at this moment, even Chen Xianda, who likes to make trouble the most, dare not speak.

"Wei Rui." Pei Yue's voice was a little low.

"Humble." Wei Rui sped up and came to Pei Yue's side.

"Do you know why I insist on going to the border military village?"

"My lord is worried that the Western Wu army will invade and the frontier army is not well prepared, so I want to check it out myself."

"You also think that Western Wu will definitely mobilize troops?"

"Before I met Marquis Wuwei, I was only [-]% sure of being humble, but now I am [-]% sure."

"Why?"

"Duke Xianding captured Hucheng 15 years ago. Since then, the offensive and defensive trends of Daliang and Western Wu have reversed. Our rangers can also go out to Gaoyang Plain to inquire about Western Wu. This was an impossible task before. Because as long as our ranger scouts dare to leave the military stronghold, they will definitely be stopped by the Western Wu cavalry in the Tiger City. My lord, the importance of the Tiger City is unquestionable, can the Western Wu court not realize this?"

"Then why didn't they attack Tiger City?"

"They have tried. At the end of the autumn of the second year of Renxuan, Western Wu gathered 15 cavalry and [-] infantry to besiege Hucheng. The corpses retreated. I think that the people of Western Wu knew that a strong attack was not advisable since then, so they changed their strategy and wanted to gradually corrupt the entire Lingzhou official system and some frontier generals."

Pei Yue reined in the reins, and the whole team stopped immediately.

He looked at Wei Rui quietly, and the latter said calmly: "Guan Ningzhong looks like a man with a fierce appearance, but in fact his complexion is vain and harsh on the outside. The commander of the first battalion is like this, let alone others? My lord, don't let it go Guessing the specific situation of the other three camps, just looking at Ning Zhong's fiction and reality, we can know that the Guping camp has been corrupted to a certain extent."

Pei Yue looked complicated, and said leisurely: "It's only been 15 years."

At this moment, only the five of them were at the forefront of the team, and Wei Rui said bluntly: "Your Majesty always pays attention to the way of checks and balances. This move has little effect in the court, but it is a big mistake in the army. Take the current four As far as the battalion commander is concerned, Wuwei Hou Ningzhong is the confidant of Youjun Ji Lumin, and the commanders of the other three battalions have close ties with Wang Pingzhang, Li Bingzhong, and Pei Rong respectively. situation, but who can guarantee that the people selected by each faction have sufficient abilities?"

Pei Yue suddenly smiled slightly, and said with emotion: "I am a viscount, and you four sentry officers are here to talk about the emperor's way of employing people. I don't know how many ridicules will be attracted if it is spread out."

Meng Longfu said seriously: "My lord, I probably understand what you are confused about."

Pei Yue looked at him curiously.

Meng Longfu thought over his words and said: "Although the Lord has never talked about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, he always has our people in Daliang in his heart. In the situation where the people of Western Wu are clearly planning to send troops to Lingzhou but they don't seem to realize it. You are going to do something, but you feel that these things have nothing to do with you, so you hesitate all the way."

Pei Yue did not deny it, and said softly: "What does it have to do with me?"

Meng Longfu said solemnly: "A real man doesn't have to worry too much when he walks in the world."

Pei Yue asked again: "If the Western Wu army violates the border, do I rely on you more than [-] people to fight and kill the enemy? Even if you are not afraid of death, I will not let you die needlessly."

Fu Hongzhi smiled and said: "My lord, don't forget that if the situation is really extremely corrupt, there will only be two people in the entire Lingzhou who have the qualifications to control the overall situation in name. At least it will be the case before the capital sends people here."

Chen Xianda scratched his head and said, "I guess one is the lord, and the other is Mr. Qin who stayed in Xingyang City to spend time and drink?"

Fu Hongzhi nodded and said: "Although His Majesty only asked the Sir to handle matters related to briquettes, the Sir is indeed an imperial envoy. There are many things worth mentioning here."

Everyone said one sentence to another, as if they were talking about a very relaxed and happy topic.

Wei Rui said seriously: "My lord, you might as well watch as you walk, no matter what you decide in the end, I will obey orders."

Pei Yue looked at the serious and solemn faces of the four of them, the haze in his heart was suddenly swept away, those hesitation and hesitation gradually disappeared, and the fearless demeanor that was once indomitable and fearless returned to him.

Turning to look west, his eyes are extremely firm.

"set off!"

(End of this chapter)