Outside Guping Camp, the Zangfeng Guards officers and soldiers were waiting in formation, and no one deserted or looked around. This was the ten temporary military regulations set by Pei Yue when he set off from Linqing.

"Sir, then...where should we go next?"

Chen Xianda came up to him. He originally wanted to ask what happened in the camp, but he changed his mind in time after noticing Pei Yue's slightly serious expression.

Pei Yue said calmly: "Go west, let's go to the border military camp and have a look."

"Follow the order!"

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

Although he cannot intervene in the defense of the border army at the moment, Ning Zhong does not have the power to stop him from continuing westward. The Guping camp is still some distance from the border line recognized by the Daliang court. What really guards the border are nine military forts that are horns with each other.

.These military fortresses are actually military fortresses built with the strongest bricks and stones. They are scattered in a radius of several hundred miles south of Hucheng and west of Guping Camp according to the terrain.

On the one hand, the nine military strongholds came out to block and weaken the maneuverability of the Xiwu cavalry; on the other hand, they wanted to protect this extremely important official road from the north of Guping Camp to Hucheng.

In fact, these terrains have long been imprinted in Pei Yue's mind, but he wanted to see it in person so that he could have a clear idea.

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

Pei Yue never felt that he was a loyal minister of the Liang Dynasty, at least he would not be like those officials in the Hanlin Academy who would always say the word "loyal emperor" when speaking. He was not from this world originally, and he has always accepted negative information after time traveling. He was still Pei Ning at the beginning.

The warmth allowed him to gradually adapt to this strange world. Whether it was killing bandits or tinkering with briquettes, even though part of the reason was really wanting the people to live a good life, it was undeniable that he was also thinking about himself.

However, what he saw and heard after arriving in Lingzhou was shocking, if not disheartening.

Needless to say, the officials of the governor's office are probably a group of worms whose hearts have been polished away by time and money. Even the border troops he values ​​​​have fallen to this level. You must know that it has only been fifteen years since Pei Zhen recaptured Hucheng.

Time. Lingzhou has ushered in fifteen years of stability, but it is also constantly corroding the powerful frontier troops.

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

What he couldn't accept the most was this man's perfunctory attitude towards the Western Wu cavalry.

That is a total of eight hundred elite iron cavalry, in other words, eight hundred swords that can kill people as easily as drinking water.

It is true that they cannot capture the city, or even invade any defensive county, but are all the people in Lingzhou living in the city? What will happen to the business roads that Lingzhou finally recovered? What about the villages and towns scattered outside the city?

Resist these cavalry? Such a sudden appearance of cross-border enemies is enough to dominate the territory of Quang Binh Prefecture, and they can easily achieve their strategic goal of supporting war with war.

At this moment, Pei Yue couldn't help but think of the eleven villages outside Kyoto that were robbed by bandits. All the villagers were slaughtered, as well as the forty-seven innocent people who died tragically in Green Willow Villa.

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

What do these things have 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 Shitan Temple. Whether it was Xue Tao, Ning Zhong, or the Xiwu army that was ready to move, these were all related to Pei.

The less relevant.

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 closely unite around him.

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

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

"I'm humble." Wei Rui clapped his horse and sped up, coming to Pei Yue's side.

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

"Your Majesty is worried about the invasion of the Western Wu army. The border troops are not sufficiently prepared, so he wants to go and check it out in person."

"Do you also think that Xiwu will definitely launch troops?"

"Before meeting Marquis Wuwei, Humble was only 50% sure, but now he is 90% sure."

"Why?"

"First of all, it is decided that the Duke of Guo captured Hucheng fifteen years ago. After that, the offensive and defensive momentum of Daliang and Xiwu was reversed. Our rangers can also go out to the Gaoyang Plain to find out news about Xiwu. This was an impossible task before.

, because as long as our ranger scouts dare to leave the military stronghold, they will definitely be blocked by the Xiwu cavalry in Hucheng. Sir, there is no doubt about the importance of Hucheng. Doesn’t the Xiwu imperial court realize this? "

"Then why didn't they attack Hucheng?"

"They have tried. At the end of the autumn of the second year of Renxuan, Xiwu gathered 70,000 cavalry and 150,000 infantry to besiege Hucheng. However, facing the garrison of the city guard personally stationed by Duke Xianding, the Xiwu people tried in vain and abandoned their superiors.

Thousands of corpses retreated. I believe that the people of Xiwu understood from that time that a forceful attack was not advisable, so they changed their strategy and wanted to gradually corrupt the entire Lingzhou official system and some of the frontier generals."

Pei Yue tightened the reins and the entire team stopped immediately.

He looked at Wei Rui quietly, who said calmly: "Looking at Ning Zhong's appearance, he only has a ferocious appearance, but in fact he is superficial and fierce on the outside. If the commander of the first battalion is like this, let alone others? Sir, you are so despicable.

Guessing the specific conditions of the other three camps, just looking at Ning Zhong’s falsehoods, you can tell that the Guping Camp has been corrupted to a certain extent.”

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

At this time, only the five of them were at the front of the team. Wei Rui said bluntly: "His Majesty is obsessed with checks and balances. This move has little impact in the court, but it is a big mistake in the army. Take the current four

For the battalion commander, Wuwei Hou Ningzhong is Youjunji Lu Min’s

Confidants, the commanders of the other three camps have irreversible relationships with Wang Pingzhang, Li Pingzhong, and Pei Rong respectively. This can indeed ensure that the border troops will not become united and create an embarrassing situation where the outside is strong but the inside is weak. But who can guarantee that the people selected by each faction have the qualifications?

Enough ability?"

Pei Yue suddenly smiled softly and said with emotion: "I, a viscount, and you four sentry officers are actually here discussing the emperor's employment methods. I don't know how much ridicule it will attract if word spreads."

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

Pei Yue looked at him curiously.

Meng Longfu considered the words and said: "Although your lordship has never talked about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, he has always been thinking about our people in Daliang. In the situation where the people of Xiwu were obviously preparing to send troops to Lingzhou but were unaware of it,

You plan 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: "When a man walks in the world, he doesn't have to worry too much."

Pei Yue asked again: "If the Western Wu army invades the territory, do I rely on more than 400 of you 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: "Your Excellency, please don't forget that if the situation is really corrupt, there will only be two people in Lingzhou who are qualified to nominally control the overall situation. At least before Kyoto sends people here, this is the fact."

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 the day and wine?"

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

Everyone said something to each other, as if they were talking about a very relaxed and happy topic.

Wei Rui said seriously: "Sir, you might as well watch while walking. No matter what you decide in the end, I will obey your orders."

Pei Yue looked at the serious and solemn faces of the four of them, and the haze in his heart suddenly disappeared. Those hesitations and hesitations gradually disappeared, and the fearless and fearless demeanor returned to him.

He turned and looked to the west, his eyes firm.
Chapter completed!