Kaiping fifth year, December 19th.

The southern front battlefield of Daliang West Border.

As the Battle of Guping came to an end, Zhang Qingbai's infantry suffered a cumulative loss of more than 50,000 elite troops. The Eastern Expedition of Western Wu had completely failed. After joining Du Changqing's infantry and the cavalry that had gone south, these soldiers

The general of Zhennan withdrew his troops in embarrassment, closing his sword along the road. The defenders of the three military villages of Wufeng and Jiji, as well as the troops of the rear camp, totaling about 60,000 remaining defeated troops, withdrew westward with endless hatred.

Tang Youzhi, Marquis of Jining, was the commander-in-chief of the Western Army of Daliang. After completing the fatal blow outside Guping Military City, he led the army in pursuit. It consisted of 40,000 Longbow Army, 40,000 Jinshui Army and 10,000 Beijing Army.

The elite infantry launched unrelenting revenge against the Wu army.

Wei Rui and Gu Mang led 12,000 cavalry to join the pursuit. They did not take action in the previous confrontation with Du Changqing and always maintained a suitable distance. Therefore, after Zhang Qingbai sent the cavalry south, they were not entangled by the opponent.

But no one could have imagined that Pei Yue would use a single move to steal the sky and change the situation on the battlefield. Zhang Qingbai, who had always been prudent in using troops, became obsessed with the Guping Camp, which eventually led to a complete defeat.

When the news of Zhang Qingbai's defeat came, Gu Qiudao, the Marquis of Qucheng in the south of Hucheng, understood why the tortoise-tempered Xiao Jin dared to go out to fight in the city.

Although the Xiwu Iron Cavalry was powerful, the Hucheng garrison trained by Xiao Jin was also an elite soldier. The two sides fought fiercely for several days without a winner, until Gu Qiudao received a letter from Zhang Qingbai asking for help.

The elite cavalry, which lasted for more than a month, could only go south to respond.

In the Battle of Hucheng, Pei Yue and the Zangfeng Guards performed quite well. Together with the Hucheng cavalry, they were responsible for protecting the flanks of the infantry formation. They always strictly followed the arrangements of Xiao Jin, the Marquis of Xiangcheng, and did not do anything out of the ordinary.

This made Xiao Jin very satisfied.

His opinion of Pei Yue could not be said to be like or dislike. He only knew that in the war between the north and the south, this young powerful man had made great contributions and could be regarded as the first person to make great contributions. The other party was also very young, so if he relied on his merits to attack him,

Even though he can't be manipulated by his own command, it is still an uncomfortable thing.

Fortunately, none of this happened, and Pei Yue behaved extremely low-key.

The two did not have much communication. After the Xiwu cavalry went south to meet Zhang Qingbai, Xiao Jin left 30,000 troops to garrison Hucheng and personally led an army of 70,000 south to join Tang Youzhi. Pei Yue did not follow the army. Not only did he

The Longbow Cavalry and Jinshui Cavalry were handed back to Tang Youzhi and Luo Huanzhang, and even the main force of the Tibetan Front Guard was temporarily commanded by Wei Rui to continue to pursue the Wu army for greater victory.

After communicating with Xiao Jin and Tang Youzhi, Pei Yue led a thousand Qingqi back to the Guping camp.

It has been seven months since he came to Lingzhou at the end of May. He has not had much rest in more than half a year. Although the journey has been hard, he has gained a lot. Putting aside the countless achievements he has made, just on the battlefield

The rapid growth is well worth it.

Traveling eastward, the closer you get to the Guping Camp, the more you can feel the cruelty of war.

Hundreds of miles of wilderness, corpses everywhere.

Fortunately, the cold weather does not cause the risk of corpses rotting and causing plague for the time being. This is also the most important reason why Pei Yue decided to return early.

The northern entrance of the Rift Valley is the place where the three thousand warriors of the Tibetan Front Guard fought bravely.

The traces of the hard battle that day were still there, and the soldiers began to search and move the bodies of their comrades, and Pei Yue also joined them to do the same thing.

After an unknown amount of time, a slender figure came to his side.

Ye Qi looked at his silent and haggard face, feeling a little distressed, but did not open his mouth to comfort him. He just asked calmly: "Has the overall situation been decided?"

Pei Yue nodded at her, and then said: "The main force of the Wu army's cavalry is still there, but the infantry has been beaten to pieces, so we can only choose to retreat. Tang Youzhi and Xiao Jin are both veterans on the battlefield, and they are very good at beating up drowned dogs. Our losses this time

It's not small, but after all, Xiwu used the whole country to invade the country, and this battle was enough to severely weaken their vitality, and they will never be able to use weapons again within ten years."

Ye Qi looked more relaxed and said with emotion: "You came back at this time, do you want to give the credit to them?"

The two of them had known each other for a long time, and Pei Yue was not surprised that she could understand his own thoughts, and said calmly: "I have already made enough contributions, and taking any more credit will only make the big shots in the court jealous. Tang Youzhi and the others also understand my

I mean, this will be beneficial to everyone."

At this moment, Deng Zai walked over in a hurry, saluted Ye Qi first, and then whispered: "Young Master, we have found Shang Yu."

Pei Yue's body swayed slightly.

Ye Qi quickly held his arm and looked at him with worry.

Pei Yue showed a bitter smile and said, "I'm fine."

Although the weather is very cold now and the corpse is not in a state of decay, after all, nearly ten days have passed, and Shang Yu's face looks slightly ferocious and terrifying. Pei Yue seemed unaware, and he stood quietly beside him, looking at the corpse.

In Zhang's memory, he always had a cautious expression on his face. It seemed that this was the first time he had seen him look so ferocious.

This is an ordinary person from a humble family. He does not have Wei Rui's qualifications as a famous general, Fu Hongzhi's illustrious family background, Chen Xianda's heroism and willfulness, and Meng Longfu's calmness and sophistication. Among the earliest young generals who followed Pei Yue, Shang

Yu seemed to be the most inconspicuous one. But Pei Yue saw in him the shadow of himself struggling in the mud in his previous life, so he had high hopes for him.

However, now, he still could not resist the ruthlessness of fate and died in the dark night before dawn.

Looking at the more than ten wounds on his body, Pei Yue lowered his eyes, then bowed and saluted.

Everyone nearby, including Ye Qi, was bowing to the three thousand warriors of the Tibetan Front Guard represented by Shang Yu.

Pei Yue did not make an impassioned speech, but said to Deng Zai with a solemn face: "Find someone to carve a stone tablet with a list of all the soldiers who died in the Tibetan Front Guard and their deeds. I want to erect a tablet for them here."

"Yes, young master!" Deng Zai stood up and responded, then immediately led a few soldiers and headed east through Guping Military City.

For the next three days, Pei Yue stayed here, constantly searching for and collecting the bodies of his fallen comrades. During this period, Silent Cloud sent people to invite him several times, but Pei Yue ignored them.

After the corpses were collected, the living people went to find dry firewood near the rift valley to cremate these comrades.

Pei Yue had only one thought in his mind. Although he could no longer bring them home alive, he should at least bring their bones back.

Until this time, Silent Cloud finally came here in person. He did not criticize Pei Yue for his almost rude behavior before, but sighed softly: "I will do the follow-up matters for you. Your husband has sent someone to look for you."

Pei Yue looked at him puzzled.
Chapter completed!