The new year is approaching, and the battle in the West has also come to an end.

Tang Youzhi and Xiao Jin worked together and led an army of 160,000 to pursue them for more than 300 miles and made extremely rich gains.

Xie Lin, who originally wanted to take tens of thousands of defeated troops south to cooperate with Zhang Qingbai, heard the news and returned to Gancheng in despair.

It was not that Gu Qidao and Lu Dingguo had not tried, but Zhang Qingbai's subordinates had no morale at all. On the contrary, the morale of the Daliang army was high. They had no choice but to retreat in frustration, all the way to Liucheng in the southwest of Wu State.

According to a rough estimate by Yang Yingji, an experienced officer of the Western Army, more than 130,000 Wu troops were annihilated before and after the entire war, and countless people were injured. Although the losses of Liang Jun were not small, this was after all an invasion of Western Wu with the strength of the entire country, and

The war broke out very suddenly, and it was not easy for the Western Army to achieve such a victory.

When the news came back to Lingzhou, not only the people of Li cheered for joy, but even the officials of the governor's office breathed a long sigh of relief.

In the past six months, the governor's office has to be responsible for all the transportation of grain, grass and weapons. From the initial search for reserves in major warehouses in the state, to later taking over the supplies transferred by the imperial court from various states, it also recruits hundreds of thousands of livestock and civilian workers. Up to the governor Xue Tao

, down to an ordinary clerk, he is too busy every day, and many people are even so thin that they lose their appearance.

Now that the war has ended with Daliang winning, they can finally go home and have a good sleep.

After Pei Yue and Ye Qi left Taichuan Mansion, they went all the way north to Guping Military City.

Needless to say, there is no need to elaborate on Mo Shenyun's ability to do things. He mobilized a large number of civilians to assist Pei Yue's subordinates in cremating the fallen soldiers and then registering their names to preserve their remains.

After meeting Pei Yue, the big man in charge of Taishitai Pavilion had complicated eyes, with a hint of sadness.

Pei Yue could understand his eyes, and it was obvious that Silent Cloud also knew that Pei Zhen was not in good health and would have a hard time surviving next spring.

Shen Danmo served tea to the two of them personally. Knowing that they had something to talk about, he calmly invited Ye Qi to have tea in the side hall.

"Some things are not deliberately hidden from you, but we feel that the time is not mature enough. Although you are young and mature, you have not experienced major events after all. If you know these things too early, it will easily be exposed in Kyoto. Pei Yue, never underestimate you.

Enemies, no matter what time it is." Silent Cloud got straight to the point, with a sincere tone.

Pei Yue actually didn't care about this matter. Until now, he didn't think he had the right to know Pei Zhen's life or death. He was always thinking about another thing on the way back, so he asked directly: "Master Shen,

What role do you play in this war?"

Silent Cloud narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him in confusion.

Pei Yue said coldly: "Even not counting the 40,000 elite cavalry who appeared later, Xiwu mobilized nearly 300,000 troops in the early stages of the war and launched offensives on both the north and south fronts at the same time. I don't understand the operation of Taige very well, but

For hundreds of years, emperors and military

Such trust in Taige shows that this place is definitely not a government office that is only responsible for monitoring the internal affairs of the dynasty. How could such a large-scale troop deployment in Xiwu be concealed from the outside world, so that Taige had no reaction at all? Mr. Shen, Taige is serious about Xiwu.

Are there no spies?"

His eyes were very sharp at this moment, glowing with a frightening light.

Silent Cloud was stunned for a moment, then replied calmly: "Taige's spies did send back the news, but I suppressed it."

Pei Yue did not ask him why he wanted to cover it up, but said with a disappointed look on his face: "Many people died."

Silent Cloud sighed: "Because some people don't want to know."

Pei Yue frowned. Who else in the world besides Emperor Kaiping could interfere with Silent Cloud's actions? Thinking back to the truth he had learned before, the causes and consequences of the entire Western Territory War finally showed a complete picture.

When he thought of this, Pei Yue felt very sick.

He took out the thing given by Pei Zhen from his arms and asked in a deep voice: "Master Shen, what is this?"

Silent Cloud was slightly surprised. Apparently he did not expect that Pei Zhen would give such an important token to Pei Yue. He had always thought that this thing would eventually reach Pei Cheng's hands.

After calming down, he explained the whole story in detail.

Pei Yue listened very carefully, and in the end couldn't help but show a look of shock, even though he had already guessed that this matter was not simple.

"What are your plans next?" Silent Cloud asked after finishing speaking.

Pei Yue thought for a while and replied: "When the main force of the Tibetan Front Guard withdraws to Xingyang, I will take them back to Kyoto."

Silent Cloud nodded, glanced at the sky outside, and said tentatively: "Let's stay and have dinner together."

Pei Yue hesitated slightly and then understood the true meaning of this sentence. In his previous life, he struggled in the shopping mall and was already used to the temptation of words. Now that he faces these big shots in the clouds all day long, he is actually not unfamiliar with this method of communication.

Silently Yun's stay at this time obviously had nothing to do with those major events, and most likely had something to do with Shen Danmo.

Pei Yue relaxed and said with a gentle face: "There are still some things to do, so I won't bother you for now. After I return to Kyoto, I will make a special trip to Shen's Mansion to see you."

Silent Cloud nodded and said: "That's fine."

After leaving the residence of the Shen family and his daughter in the military city, Pei Yue first went to the west outside the city to see with his own eyes the military monuments carved by the craftsmen. Then he and the soldiers of the Zangfeng Guard erected fifteen stone monuments on the crack. Outside the entrance to the north side of the valley.

He drank wine and personally recited sacrificial rites for the souls of thousands of heroes who died in battle.

Although the ceremony was simple, it was enough to move the soldiers gathered around him.

The next morning, Pei Yue and Ye Qi led a thousand fine cavalry and embarked on the return journey with the bones of their fallen comrades.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, they arrived in Linqing County.

After receiving the news, former governor Yan Linchuan and Linqing County Magistrate Mo Qingyun hurried over. After greeting them, Pei Yue led his troops out of the city non-stop to the mines in the northeast.

The battle in the Western Territory was fierce, but the territory of Lingzhou was not affected. The mines were already operating normally, providing a steady stream of briquettes to the entire Lingzhou during this extremely cold winter.

Thanks to the hard work of Mo Qingyun and the officials of Shitan Temple, the place is full of vitality and its scale has become very large.

"Brother Pei, please give me a lot of support in the future." Qin Xu said respectfully as he walked around with Pei Yue.

As an official, he could show off his brother's reputation in front of Pei Yue half a year ago. Now, even if Pei Yue is very polite to him, he does not dare to be disrespectful at all. As Daliang establishes the victory, the details of the war are no longer The secret is that even though Pei Yue deliberately kept a low profile during the final stages of the southern battlefield, his contribution was too great for anyone to ignore.

After all, this is a battle for national destiny.

Now in Qin Xu's eyes, Pei Yue had a dazzling golden light that made him dare not look directly at him.

Pei Yue was not domineering. He was as calm and gentle as ever. He smiled and said, "Brother Qin is joking."

Qin Xu quickly shook his head and said: "Brother Pei, if you keep doing this, I won't even dare to call you brother. You are destined to become the youngest and most popular martial artist in the court. Seeing as how I have never treated you in this way.

For the sake of disrespect, I must support you in the future."

Listening to his increasingly toneless words, Pei Yue didn't bother to refute, and said slowly: "Brother Qin, I will return to Kyoto in ten days, and I have to trouble you to watch for another half year. After everything is stable, I will

Please ask Governor Luo to send someone to replace you."

"Easy to say, easy to say." Qin Xu agreed hastily.

Pei Yue looked at his humble appearance and lost interest in teasing him. He turned around and said, "Thank you for your trouble."
Chapter completed!