When the ten scouts sent by Fu Hongzhi returned, General Pei Yue arrived outside Linqing City.

After listening to the scout's report, Pei Yue frowned and said, "Missing?"

Those were eight hundred cavalrymen, not just a few flies. How could they disappear out of thin air?

The scout said with a look of shame: "We followed the Lord's instructions and did not follow too closely. However, in the middle of the night, the Xiwu people discovered our traces, and then sent a group of more than 20 rangers to intercept us behind. We waited until midnight

Those twenty or so people fled towards the west, and most of the enemy has disappeared."

Fu Hongzhi said in a deep voice: "How could you be easily discovered after training for so long?"

When the scout heard this, he lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Pei Yue waved his hand and said: "That's all, the people of Xiwu are not kind, so there is no need to blame them harshly for this matter."

Fu Hongzhi responded: "Yes."

Pei Yue looked at the ten dejected scouts and said gently: "Return to the team, and just work harder in the future."

It was three o'clock in the morning, and the summer sun was particularly dazzling. There were still traces of yesterday's fighting on the plain outside the east gate, but the corpses of those who died in the battle had been disposed of. Pei Yue was a little surprised. This was obviously Wei Rui's disposal method, and he was worthy of it.

Wei Xiao specifically reminded him of the seeds of famous generals, and all these details were taken into consideration.

After all, for this era, if the corpses outside the city are not disposed of in time and cause a plague, it will have extremely terrible consequences, especially now that it is the hottest time of the year.

The east gate of Linqing was opened wide, and Wei Rui led the first team neatly out of the city to greet them. Deng Zai and other soldiers were also in line.

Behind them are a number of figures from Linqing County, such as Mo Qingyun, Yu Zheng and others. Yan Linchuan is still riding in a soft sedan today. He is too old and cannot stand the travel.

When the two parties met, Wei Rui bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I humbly discussed with Mozhi County and Yu Guerrilla last night to summon the civilians in the city to clean up the battlefield. The bodies of the horse bandits have been buried in the wasteland at the foot of the mountain in the east. The bodies of the fellow front guards are hidden.

Now it is placed in the Baoguo Temple in the city. Master Yan took out ice cubes from the ice cellar at home to preserve the remains of our colleagues."

Pei Yue nodded slightly, turned to look at Yan Linchuan, who was tremblingly getting out of the sedan, and said sincerely: "Thank you, sir."

Yan Linchuan said with a sad face: "Sir, Sir Pei, these soldiers are fighting for the people of Linqing. I am just doing my meager efforts, which is not enough. I still have something to ask you, Sir. I dare to ask those Western Wu cavalry

Where are you now?"

Pei Yue saw that the local gentry in Linqing was very concerned about this issue, and knew that there were indeed shadows left behind in their hearts, so he said loudly: "The Western Wu cavalry fled south. I have sent someone to notify the governor's office, so you don't have to worry."

The Linqing squires headed by Yan Linchuan might not have believed these words yesterday, but after witnessing Pei Yue chop off the strong man's head with his own eyes, these people suddenly felt trust in him for some reason.

Wei Rui lowered his head and said: "Sire, I humbly concluded that this was a small group of Western Wu cavalry crossing the border, so I have reported the details of this incident to the Guping camp overnight."

Pei Yue said approvingly: "You did a good job."

Wei Rui added: "Yesterday, because I was worried that the Western Wu army would invade the territory, I took the initiative to block the remaining three gates of Linqing with stones, which caused a lot of trouble to the local people. Please punish me."

Pei Yue looked him up and down, looked at Mo Qingyun and asked, "Mozhi County, do you think Inspector Wei is at fault?"

Different from when they met yesterday, Mo Qingyun suppressed the clear arrogance in his body and said calmly and crisply: "As a general, I worry about defeat before thinking about victory. The situation was complicated at that time. Wei Wei handled it properly, and the subordinate did not think that he had any

wrong."

Pei Yue reached out and patted Wei Rui on the shoulder, smiled and said, "Did you hear that?"

Wei Rui was neither arrogant nor impetuous, his expression was calm, but he still nodded slightly to Mo Qingyun to express his gratitude.

Chen Xianda behind Pei Yue winked at Wei Rui, while Meng Longfu and Fu Hongzhi next to him looked helpless.

At this time, Yu Zheng, a guerrilla from the Lingzhou Weixiang Army, asked cautiously: "Master Pei, are those people behind you horse bandits?"

When everyone heard the words and looked around, they saw a long line of troops following behind the Tibetan Guard Cavalry. Everyone's hands were tied and then strung together with a long rope.

Pei Yue said calmly: "The Western Wu cavalry fled south after nightfall yesterday. Our mounts were too worn out, so we chose to rest for two hours. Then we chased northeast and found the remaining horse bandits in a small village more than thirty miles away.

Half of them were beheaded and half surrendered, and the leader of the thieves, Chen Meng, has also been killed."

This time, not only the Linqing officials and squires were shocked, but even Wei Rui could not control his expression.

Yu Zheng even wanted to slap himself twice, why would he ask such a question that would disgrace him?

As we all know, the reason why the horse bandits in Qingyu Mountain are so powerful is entirely because of the incompetence and cowardice of the Lingzhou Guard Army. They lost three battles in a row before they allowed the opponent to raise their flag and establish their authority. But yesterday, everyone on the top of the city saw with their own eyes that they were so arrogant.

The young Qingyu Mountain horse bandits were like young children in front of the Tibetan front guards. More than 400 people were killed in the battle, but they didn't even touch the tail of Pei Yue's horse. If those Xiwu cavalry hadn't suddenly appeared, 400 people would have easily surrounded and suppressed two people.

A victory for thousands of men.

Even if the Western Wu people disrupted the situation, Pei Yue still led his troops to attack all night and easily destroyed these arrogant horse bandits.

Yan Linchuan praised: "Your Majesty is worthy of your Majesty's trust in his martial arts merit, which is unparalleled by others."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Sir, don't make fun of me. As long as you are willing to sell the coal mine land to Shitan Temple, this is more important than ten thousand words of praise."

A meaningful smile appeared in Yan Linchuan's eyes. He took out a stack of documents from his sleeve and handed it to Pei Yue. He said sincerely: "This is the contract document for the land. Sir, please accept it."

Pei Yue held the land deed and said with a half-smile, "Then I will accept it?"

Yan Linchuan nodded and said: "It should be so, don't refuse."

What an old fox who is used to pushing the tide.

Pei Yue sighed silently in his heart and said without changing his expression: "My lord, I understand justice well, and I will definitely report it to Your Majesty truthfully."

Yan Linchuan laughed so hard that he couldn't open his eyes. He turned sideways and invited him: "My Lord has returned from a great victory. How can I greet him without wine? I will order people to prepare to celebrate the victory of Lord Sir and his subordinates."

"Wait a minute."

Pei Yue glanced at the people in front of him and said slightly seriously: "They are just horse bandits. There is no need to be so solemn. I appreciate the kindness of the boss. Mozhi County, these horse bandits are all heinous criminals, so I will hand them over to you for interrogation."

, he will be punished severely according to Daliang law and then reported to the court."

"I obey my orders." Mo Qingyun bowed slightly and said.

Why did this person suddenly change his gender?

Pei Yue had some doubts in his heart. In his impression, Qingliu was filled with smelly and hard stones in latrines, just like the way Mo Qingyun met him for the first time yesterday. Why did he become so docile as one day and night passed? Could it be that Wei Rui last night

Tied him up and beat him up?

Facing Pei Yue's questioning gaze, Wei Rui shook his head slightly to show that he didn't know.

Pei Yue put aside his doubts and said to everyone: "Everyone, please come back, I still have something to do."

Yan Linchuan asked: "What do you want to do, Sir? I may be able to help."

Pei Yue said solemnly: "No need, this is Zangfengwei's own business."

There was a hint of sadness in his eyes, which was extremely rare, especially since Deng Zai had never seen his young master with such an expression. Soon others understood what was going on, and a solemn and solemn emotion filled Pei Yue's eyes.
Chapter completed!