Invincible son

Chapter 427 426 [Meeting an old friend]

There are two stone bridges on the Beishao River, which can connect Hucheng and the North Front Military Village. They have been in the hands of Xie Lin before, and now there are only bare bridges left. The surrounding area is also peaceful, without any traces left by the Western Wu cavalry .

After the defeat of Xishan, Xie Lin led the army back all the way to Gancheng in the northwest direction, where he was stationed before sending troops.

Pei Yue led the Zang Fengwei to pursue all the way, but they did not give up. After driving out more than 200 miles, they turned to the south.Their gains along the way were already rich enough. Except for the horses they took for their own use, the rest of the trophies were left on the Gaoyang Plain, and they were picked up by the infantry of the Longbow Army behind them.

Now as long as they cross the stone bridge in front of them, the Zang Fengwei, whose army has doubled in size, will leave the northern battlefield and formally enter the southern battlefield. The opponent will change from Xie Lin, who is good at mobile warfare, to Zhang Qingbai, who uses troops steadily at every step.The latter is obviously a more difficult enemy to deal with, especially now that Zhang Qingbai's morale is high and he has an absolute advantage in military strength.

The army crossed the river in its own way. Fu Hongzhi commanded dozens of teams of scouts to go there first, and then spread out in a fan shape to the south to collect the most effective information for Pei Yue.

Then came the vanguard army led by Chen Xianda.

Standing beside Pei Yue, Wei Rui briefly explained the worries in his heart, focusing on the impetuous people in the army after the great victory in Xishan.

Pei Yue listened quietly, and did not immediately call Chen Xianda over to reprimand him, because he had expected this a long time ago, raised his hand and patted Wei Rui's shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's okay, the soldiers must be allowed to fight if they win a battle." Be happy for a few days. You are now the commander of the Zangfengwei Central Army, no different from my deputy. You can use my name to restrain them, but you don’t have to be too strict. Although arrogant soldiers are bound to lose, the soldiers must have some points Bandits and arrogance, only in this way can we gradually develop an indestructible morale."

Wei Rui hesitated for a moment, but finally did not continue to persuade.

At this moment, Fu Hongzhi hurried back with his horse.

"My lord, a group of cavalry appeared on the west side of the south bank. There were about a hundred of them. They called themselves the Hucheng cavalry. The leader said that he was the commander of the Jingyu Battalion, Peicheng, and wanted to see the lord." Fu Hongzhi clasped his fists and bowed his head.

Pei Yue was slightly taken aback, and exchanged a glance with Ye Qi who was not far away and looked over after hearing this sentence.

After a while, Pei Yue led a hundred soldiers, under the close protection of Ye Qi, to the south bank of the Beitiao River. After traveling westward for more than ten miles, he saw Peicheng who dismounted and waited.

Beside the successor of Dingguo Mansion and now the third-class Uncle Dingyuan, there are still a few familiar faces.Pei Yue still remembered their names, they were Yin Dao, the son of Yin Wei, Marquis of Qi Yun, Gu Zong, the son of Gu Zhang, Bo Yongchang, Cheng De, the son of Cheng You of Jinchuan Bo, and Su Ping, the son of Su Wu, the Bo of Nan'an, and two more strange young people. , one is burly like a giant beast, and the other has a sharp mouth and a cheeky face.

When they were thirty or forty feet away, Pei Yue reined in the reins, and the soldiers behind him moved in unison. This move alone made the faces of the Hucheng cavalry on the opposite side become serious.

Seeing Pei Yue stop his horse, Yin Dao's eyes became slightly gentler, no longer the coldness and scrutiny before, and the same was true for other Wu Xun disciples.

Only Pei Cheng remained calm, leading Yin Dao and others to meet him at this moment.

Pei Yue left the guards where they were, and only brought Ye Qi and Deng Zai forward.

"Pei Cheng, the former commander of the Jingyu Camp, was ordered by Hucheng to conduct the camp and the Marshal of Xiangcheng Hou Xiao. He came here to meet with Pei Qin's envoy and inform him of an urgent military situation."

After the two parties approached, Pei Cheng saluted meticulously and said.

The cold wind of late autumn blew across his cheeks, Pei Yue looked at the other party's actions that could not find the slightest fault, and was a little dazed for a while. Is this still the young master Dingguo who was so overwhelmed by his words?
The years passed, and the years passed.

It has long been a different person.

Pei Yue took a breath and calmly replied, "Please tell me."

Pei Cheng straightened up, looked at his younger brother who was already much taller than himself, and said calmly: "Marshal Xiao ordered me to tell you that Xie Lin's defeated soldiers returned to Gancheng after hearing that the northern line won a great victory. I am grateful to Marquis Ji Ning and Pei Qin for their efforts to turn the tide, but the current situation on the southern front is extremely complicated, and the Zang Fengwei cannot act rashly."

Pei Yue noticed that there was a terrible wound on his face, which was far worse than the whip that Wang Yong suffered back then, and there was gauze tied on his left chest, so he couldn't help sighing softly: "You also participated in the Lulong Village war?"

It is not difficult for him to show his mask to others in his two lives, but the entanglement with the Pei family is too complicated. Pei Rong is still locked in Shanglin Prison, and Li's life is worse than death.Although these two are to blame, they are Pei Cheng's biological parents after all, and Pei Yue really can't play the scene of brothers and sisters respecting each other right now.

Pei Cheng's expression was calm, very different from previous years, at least there was no trace of arrogance in his brows, he nodded slowly and said: "I was ordered to support the Beijing camp with the army, but I bumped into the cavalry drawn by Xie Lin from the northern line. We repelled Xie Lin's cavalry, and the frontal battlefield has been defeated, so we can only cover them with all our might and retreat back to the Guping camp."

Pei Yue is silent, now that he has experienced many battles, he can certainly taste the tragedy of the southern battlefield from Pei Cheng's calm words.This is different from the northern line. Xie Lin retreated on his own initiative. Although there were also factors of Pei Yue's persecution, his troops were not weaker than Liang Jun's, and he still had nearly [-] cavalry in his hands, so he could barely maintain the retreat after the withdrawal. formation.But Lu Min's own troops were weak, and he was almost defeated all the way. If it wasn't for the Hucheng cavalry's desperate rescue, this Marquis of Cheng An might not be able to return to the Guping camp at all.

In this battle, Hucheng Eight Thousand Jingqi lost more than 5000 people.

Pei Yue looked away from Pei Cheng, looked at the others, and asked in a deep voice, "Where are Liu Ben and Zhu Ding?"

He was quite impressed with these two people. On the day of Pei Taijun's birthday banquet, these two bluffing guys came forward to embarrass him for Pei Cheng.

Pei Cheng was slightly taken aback, his eyes turned red for a moment, and he said softly, "Let's go."

Pei Yue was stunned.

He doesn't have the temperament of a virgin, but when the past is traced to the root, those dandies, including Yin Dao, only talked with him verbally, and there was no excessive oppression.After all, he only met them once. After that, Pei Cheng took them to the west and never saw them again.Although he doesn't like these rich and powerful children, it's not to the point where he wants them to die.

With this in mind, Pei Yue sincerely said to everyone: "My condolences."

"Thank you."

Pei Cheng responded, as if unwilling to talk about this topic, he changed the subject and asked, "Where are you going next?"

After a moment of silence, Pei Yue said slowly, "Hucheng shouldn't be an isolated city."

(End of this chapter)