Xingyang City, Lingzhou Official Office of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.

Pei Yue did not receive a cold reception here, not only because of his current status and the will of Emperor Kaiping, but also because the person in charge here could barely be considered an acquaintance of his, even though he only met once.

On the third day of September in the third year of Kaiping, Fang Rui led bandits to attack Luliu Village at night. The prelude to this incident was that Mr. Xi was deceived by Pei Yongnian into using Pei Zhen's relics to go to Kyoto. In fact, Mr. Xi had already noticed something fishy, ​​so he went to Luliu Village in Luliu Village.

There was an ambusher hidden outside, and that was Tan Yu, the commander of the left army of the Western Camp's Xiaoqi Guards.

He led 200 elite cavalry to guard outside Green Willow Manor. If they took action in time, Fang Rui and others would not be opponents at all.

It's a pity that as Pei Rong said, the easiest thing to change in this world is the human heart.

As a descendant of the founding princes, Tan Yu's ancestor is Tan Dayong, the founding prince, who was the first cavalry commander among the nine founding princes. In terms of personal relationship, Tan Dayong and Pei Yuan are the closest, and the two have a life-long friendship on the battlefield.

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The relationship has never ended. Pei Zhen, Duke of Dingguo, and Tan Yu's father, Tan Zhe, were close friends. The young Tan Yu was very popular with Pei Zhen and often stayed in the army. Mr. Xi taught him many skills.

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But Mr. Xi didn't expect that Tan Yu would eventually fall to Pei Rong's side.

After Pei Rong was imprisoned in Shanglin Prison, and Li Bingzhong was promoted and secretly transferred to the South Camp of the Beijing Army, Tan Yu was also forced to hand over the power of leading troops and entered the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion as a judge. Although he was ranked higher in rank

It looks like this is a promotion, but everyone knows it

The gap between the powerful generals in the army and the subordinate officers of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. At the beginning of the fifth year of Kaiping, Tan Yu came to Lingzhou from Kyoto and took charge of the Lingzhou government office as a right-hand army officer. On the surface, he continued to be promoted, but it was the same as

On the border of exile.

When Pei Yue saw Tan Yu, he was quite surprised and at the same time he was alert and vigilant.

What he didn't expect was that Tan Yu was very enthusiastic towards him, even a little flattering, with no trace of resentment or resentment at all.

"Oh, Brother Pei, you are so awesome now. I don't even know what to call you. Lord Pei, the Imperial Envoy or the Commander?" Tan Yu said with a pleasant smile.

Having experienced too many false and submissive social interactions, Pei Yue certainly has the ability to tell lies. He smiled and said, "Brother Tan, why are you so polite? If you don't want to see anyone else, just call me by my name."

Tan Yu repeatedly waved his hands and said: "Doesn't that make me look older and ignorant? Brother Xian, Brother Yu has already received the document from Governor Guo, and all the supplies and weapons are ready. You can send someone to sign for it at any time.

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"Thank you, Brother Tan, for taking care of me."

Pei Yue looked gentle on his face, but in his heart he was thinking about what the other party was planning.

Even putting aside the past rift, Tan Yu's attitude today is really too low.

Tan Yu added: "According to the rules of our Daliang Army, there must be two deputy commanders, five commanders, 25 guerrillas and 125 sentry officers under the commander of the first guard.

Officers can be appointed directly by the commander, and a written report will be filed with the Governor's Mansion afterwards.

That's it. The deputy commanders and commanders are appointed by the Governor's Office, which is also the practice of the country. However, the Tibetan Front Guard was created, and at this time of tense military situation, His Majesty has graciously appointed you to appoint military commanders at all levels. It's just that the official title is preceded by temporary

The word "generation" will be decided after the war is over."

Pei Yue nodded and said: "Your Majesty's grace, I am deeply grateful."

Tan Yu showed a hint of embarrassment and said slowly: "Brother Xian, Brother Yu has a problem here. I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

Pei Yue knew that the topic was coming, so he smiled and said, "Brother Tan, please speak."

Tan Yu frowned and said: "His Majesty's decree requires the Governor's Mansion to be responsible for hiding the troops and horses of the front guards, but you also know the situation here in Lingzhou. Some of the horse households in Dongqing Mansion were swept away by horse bandits, and now they are also wanted by two border camps.

If we go to most of the cities, we really can’t get tens of thousands of troops and horses, what do you think we should do?”

Pei Yue suddenly realized that no wonder this guy had such a humble attitude. It turned out that he was worried that he would not be able to complete the task assigned by Emperor Kaiping.

He was very surprised and said: "Brother Tan, how can I fight without troops and horses?"

In fact, the number of mounts he has now is quite large, totaling more than 3,000, but he will not be stupid enough to let Tan Yu fool him so easily.

He has never forgotten the forty-seven lives lost in Green Willow Village. If Mr. Xi had not misjudged Tan Yu's attitude that night, he would certainly not have gone to Kyoto to meet Pei Rong, and so many people would not have died in the aftermath.

Tan Yu said with a mournful face: "Brother Yu, it's not that Brother Yu is not doing things well, it's really helpless. Because of the harassment of the Xiwu cavalry in Lingzhou, all the horses in Dongqing Mansion have been transferred to the racecourse of Changgong Camp. Who would have done this?

I wanted to have half of them snatched away by Lord Zeng right away. Later, after Lord Ning of Guping Camp learned the news, he forcibly took away more than half of the remaining horses. Now there are only more than 2,000 military horses left."

"More than two thousand horses?" Pei Yue looked ugly.

Tan Yu sighed: "The horses of Dongqing Mansion have always been supplied to the four camps and the needs of the Hucheng garrison. They have a certain share every year. This is the rule set by the West Mansion, so they don't need to discuss it with me at all."

Pei Yue shook his head decisively and said: "No, it's not that I don't give you face, Brother Tan. More than two thousand military horses are too few. Your Majesty ordered me to fight head-on with the Western Wu cavalry. You can't let me lead a group of infantry to fight against other people's cavalry."

Do your best? When the time comes, it will be a small matter for me to be punished, but it will be a capital crime to ruin the war situation, and you, Brother Tan, will not be able to get away with it."

Tan Yu scratched his head, thought about it and then gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Yu, if you think about it again, you should be able to get four thousand troops and horses. What do you think, Brother Xian?"

Pei Yue sneered in his heart and said with a troubled expression: "Well, I won't embarrass Brother Tan. You can find a way to gather 5,000 troops and horses within five days, and then you and I will jointly submit a note to Xifu to divide the matter.

Make it clear. If we find military horses in the future, we will replenish them to the Tibetan Front Guards as soon as possible. At the same time, I will also think of some solutions myself. What do you think?"

Although his words were polite, his expression was very determined.

Tan Yu hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "Just do what Brother Xian wants."

Pei Yue smiled slightly and said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Tan. By the way, the temporary residence of the Zangfeng Guards is located in Linqing County, Guangping Prefecture. I will have people come here to take over tomorrow. Please send Brother Tan the prepared food, grass, ordnance."

They were sent to Linqing County."

Five thousand military horses made Tan Yu feel very sad. The most important thing is that he did not get any benefits from it, but the words he said were like water being thrown out, especially now that the identity gap between the two is too big. One is that he has been suppressed several times.

Tan Yu had no choice but to break his teeth and swallow the fallen Wu Xun who was about to be handed out, and the other was an emerging powerful man who was young and well-connected to the Holy Family.
Chapter completed!