Invincible son

Chapter 425 424 [Choice]

Pei Yue never thought that the capital in the future would be a mess. When he used his imperial envoy's seal on the battle report written by Tang Youzhi himself, what he was thinking about was still the situation on the southern front. Try dragging him into the water after the defeat.

Xie Lin took the initiative to retreat, which was not beyond Pei Yue's expectation. At the last moment, his whole army pressed forward to force the opponent to retreat.

From the beginning to the end, Pei Yue did not intend to die with Xie Lin, as that would have no positive meaning to the entire war in the western region, but would cause panic in Lingzhou.

When Xie Lin couldn't hold back and gave the order to retreat, Liang Jun could pursue and harass, and maximize the results of the battle. This was the last link in the plan that Pei Yue told Tang Youzhi at the beginning.

Just when he and Tang Youzhi met to discuss the next strategy, the messenger on the southern front brought a shocking and angry news.

Two days ago, the North Camp of the Beijing Army fought a decisive battle with the Wu Army in the south of Lulongzhai, losing nearly half of its troops, two commanders were killed, and dozens of people under their command.Under the desperate rescue of the Hucheng cavalry, Cheng'anhou Lu Min retreated to the Guping camp in embarrassment, and the entire southern front was on the verge of collapse in an instant.

Tang Youzhi is a veteran in the battlefield, and he can see at a glance that the situation in the south has become extremely passive and complicated. He looked at Pei Yue who was frowning slightly, and said calmly: "The cavalry under Xie Lin's command still has a certain combat power. It is not easy to disable him, at least in the next few years, there will not be too much danger in the north. If the southern defense line is completely festered and the Western Wu cavalry drives straight in, we may not be able to bear the consequences."

Pei Yue was silent for a long time.

He could hear the good intentions of this Marquis of Ning. After all, he had to rely on the cavalry to continue chasing the defeated soldiers of Western Wu, and the infantry of the Longbow Army would not leave the line of defense lightly. If he works hard, he will naturally get some credit for sitting in the rear.However, he did not make any hints in that regard, and he directly hoped that Pei Yue could lead his troops south.

This is a kind person, and Tang Youzhi dared to agree to his risky strategy, which shows that he is completely different from Li Bingzhong and his like.

After thinking about it, Pei Yue said, "Master Hou, do you feel an inexplicable strangeness in the war on the southern front?"

Tang Youzhi was slightly taken aback, and after careful consideration, he nodded and said, "Marquis Cheng An placed Gu Ping's army behind Jiming Village, and the solitary army went deep to invite Zhang Qingbai to fight. Could it be the same plan as us?"

Pei Yue recalled the life of Lu Min in Shen Danmo's information, shook his head and said: "The combat power of the Guping Army is far inferior to that of the Longbow Army, and nearly half of the southern army camps have fallen into Zhang Qingbai's hands. It is impossible for Marquis Cheng An to implement this Same strategy. What I don't understand is why he insists on fighting this battle?"

There are many reasons to fight, but even more reasons not to fight.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw a look of worry in each other's eyes.

Tang Youzhi reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry too much. Marquis Cheng'an may have neglected the battle for these years and was just careless. Pei Yue, you'd better lead the troops south as soon as possible."

In fact, with the status of the two, Tang Youzhi didn't need to be so polite, he was almost on the same level as Pei Yue.

Pei Yue naturally understood the meaning, but he finally shook his head and said, "Going south now is not beneficial to the battle situation."

If it were other juniors who were determined not to express their views in front of Tang Youzhi, even Tang Linfen would not have the guts, but Tang Youzhi did not feel offended or disrespected when Pei Yue said this.

Some truths in the world are very simple. If you fully demonstrate your powerful ability, then you can make others ignore the age and even status gap between the two.Undoubtedly, the victory of Xishan is enough to prove that Pei Yue's ability is far superior to all his peers, even compared to some veterans in the battlefield.

So Tang Youzhi asked with great interest, "Why?"

Pei Yue analyzed calmly: "Marquis Cheng An has retreated to the Guping camp. The three villages of Nanshan, Jiming and Xishui are in danger. Among them, Jiming village is estimated to be under unimaginable pressure. The Guping army is useless unless the Longbow Army goes south , The Jinshui Army marched northward, and only with an absolutely superior force can offset the bad impact of this defeat. What can the Zangfengwei do when he goes south? Apart from acting as a scout for Marquis Cheng An, he can't expect someone like me to defeat Zhang Qingbai More than a hundred thousand elites under his command."

Tang Youzhi sighed softly, looked at Pei Yue with complicated eyes, and said with emotion: "Sometimes it is not a good thing to be too sharp, especially in court."

Pei Yue heard what he meant, and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, it's not that the younger generation is young and frivolous, now they have the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people in their hands, and there is no room for compromise."

Tang Youzhi shook his head and said seriously: "You are not young and frivolous, but too young and not frivolous. Maybe you are still a little curious why I dared to agree to your plan at the beginning, because I have already been entrusted by a certain adult. Watching you act all these years , too mature and upright, not like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, but like us old officials who have been tempered for a long time. Pei Yue, you need to know that Huiji will be deeply hurt and immortal. If you want to go higher To go further, you must occasionally show a bit of the majestic spirit of a young man."

These words can be said to be heartfelt, Pei Yue said gratefully: "The younger generation will remember Lord Hou's lesson. Just please forgive the rudeness of the younger generation. Is the lord that Lord Hou said is surnamed Shen?"

Tang Youzhi was startled, and smiled wryly, "No wonder he said he couldn't hide it from you."

Pei Yue pretended to be surprised and said, "Master Hou, are you even from Mr. Shen's school?"

Although he knew he was joking, Tang Youzhi still couldn't help correcting him: "Lord Shen and I both serve His Majesty and Daliang, and there is no faction. When you first arrived in Lingzhou, Brother Mo Yun sent a letter, It's the first time I've seen him appreciate a junior so much. So after you proposed that strategy, I didn't think much about it. Since he favors you so much, why not take a gamble? Now it seems that, Or he has a better eye for seeing people.”

Pei Yue smiled lightly, and said calmly: "This junior will go to Shen's residence to thank you after returning to Beijing."

Tang Youzhi didn't know the specific relationship between the two, so he didn't take this sentence to heart. He asked curiously, "Since you don't want to go south to be subject to Marquis Cheng An, how do you plan to choose?"

Pei Yue looked at the smoke billowing in the distance, without hesitating for too long, he said firmly: "I will continue to pursue Xie Lin with Zang Fengwei, and then turn south two hundred miles away to Hucheng."

Tang Youzhi seemed to have expected this answer, but hearing him say it now, this senior military figure nodded with satisfaction, and immediately let out a burst of hearty laughter.

Then he sighed softly: "Young people are awesome."

(End of this chapter)