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"General, General Chen Jingzhong led an army of 100,000 and fought a bloody battle with the barbarian army of 300,000 for many days. It's a pity that the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu actually stayed in the city and refused to come out!"

"I suggest that we immediately send someone to capture the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, so that he won't get in the way when our army goes to war with the barbarian forces in the future!"

After listening to Zhao Wuji's words, Qin Tianye's face suddenly showed a look of indignation.

As a general leading troops to fight, what he hated most was the kind of troops who sat back and watched the success or failure of their friendly forces.

"Not urgent."

Xia Yun waved his hand gently.

According to his understanding of Pei Xingyuan, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, the other party was a person directly recommended by the junior cabinet minister Xu Miao in the court.

He has been operating in Shaanxi and Gansu for five or six years. Not only does he have a solid foundation, he also knows the two areas like the back of his hand.

According to his thinking, even if he wanted to deal with Pei Xingyuan, he had to find out the real reason.

It was a bit too overbearing to take down a governor just based on Zhao Wuji's words.

If the news were to reach the capital, he would certainly be secretly impeached by many ministers in the capital.

"According to the order of the Imperial Court's Grand Marshal Zheng Bei, quickly inform the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Pei Xingyuan, and order him to rush to Shuodong City to see me as soon as possible after receiving the order!"

In just a few words, Xia Yun made the decision.

No matter what, he had to meet the other party first. If the other party came to Shuodong and was humble, he might be able to give him a chance to live.

You must know that Pei Xingyuan has nearly 150,000 troops at his disposal. If he can use these 150,000 troops for his own use, it will definitely bring considerable benefits to this war.

"Yes, Marshal, I will send someone to pass on the message right away!"

Qin Tianye accepted the order and walked out of the hall immediately.

At this time, Chong Heihu returned to Xia Yun in a hurry.

And when he appeared in the lobby of the county government, he walked quickly to Xia Yun and whispered in his ear.

After just a few breaths, a look of satisfaction appeared on Xia Yun's face.

The news that Chong Heihu brought back was nothing but the reputation of Zhao Wuji among the people of Shuodong.

As expected, Zhao Wuji was indeed a good official who served his country and his people. He not only took the initiative to lead his soldiers to defend the city when the war broke out.

In the past few years, he has led the people to actively cultivate land and solved many of their livelihood problems.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji looked at Xia Yun's sudden change in expression and was indeed a little confused.

Especially when he noticed Xia Yun's gaze towards him, a cold sweat broke out on his back unconsciously.

Although he was only a seventh-rank county magistrate, he had long heard of Xia Yun's reputation.

As the first Governor-General of Jiangnan in the Daliang Dynasty, he now serves as the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition of the imperial court, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops and controlling all military affairs inside and outside the imperial court.

In other words, with Xia Yun arriving in Gansu, the lives of all the officials of the Daliang Dynasty in Gansu now depend on Xia Yun's words.

"Pass on my order. Immediately take 500 sets of armor and knives from the military supplies, plus 1,000 dan of grain, and immediately transport them to the Shuodong Prefecture Treasury and hand them over to Magistrate Zhang."

Xia Yun spoke again and immediately praised Zhao Wuji's achievements.

If all the county magistrates in the Daliang Dynasty were like Zhao Wuji, then there would be no need to worry about the invasion of barbarians from the northern border.

"Thank you for the reward, sir!"

Zhao Wuji, who understood what was going on, suddenly showed a look of gratitude on his face.

In the past month, including the empress and all the officials inside and outside the court, Xia Yun was the first important court official who cared about their lives!

"There's no need for that, Magistrate Zhao. If you need anything else, just let me know."

Xia Yun nodded.

"Now I need you to send someone to collect local road information in Gansu immediately. Can you do this?"

Xia Yun immediately issued another order.

In modern military operations, smooth roads are one of the indispensable factors for victory.

But he is not clear about the current traffic conditions in Gansu.

Although the imperial court's Ministry of War had previously given him transportation information within Gansu, most of that information was already very old.

And for the imperial court's Ministry of War, any place in Gansu where people can walk is considered a road.

However, there are some places where the roads are simply too rough for modern tanks to cross.

"Can I, in the name of the Marshal's camp, collect county records from the officials of other prefectures, counties, and districts in Gansu?"

Zhao Wuji thought for a moment and then asked back.

"of course can."

A hint of satisfaction appeared in Xia Yun's dark pupils again.

It has to be said that Zao Wou-Ki's ability to get things done is unquestionable.

If one wants to find out the current traffic conditions in Gansu in the shortest possible time, collecting county gazetteers from the government offices of various prefectures, states, and counties is indeed the best way.

This is because every county gazetteer records detailed local traffic conditions.

"Don't worry, Marshal. I promise to complete the mission within three days!"

After getting Xia Yun's approval, Zhao Wuji immediately made a solemn promise!

……

In a blink of an eye, evening arrived.

After resting for seven or eight hours, the first batch of 150,000 troops brought by Xia Yun had recovered to their best condition.

When the sun was about to set, the large number of spies that Xia Yun had sent out during the day finally returned to the lobby of the yamen.

Since these spies went out to explore the way, they rode in chariots, so they were extremely fast.

"Reporting to the commander, there is a barbarian army of 50,000 people stationed on the northern border of Gansu Province!"

"General, in the central area of ​​Gansu, there is a group of barbarian cavalry numbering about 3,000, stationed on a mountain."

"Reporting to the commander, according to the victims who fled from Shuoxi City, the army led by General Chen is still fighting fiercely with the barbarian troops in Shuoxi City!"

"..."

In the lobby, the voices of spies reporting information came one after another.

Xia Yun listened to the news attentively.

After a few minutes, the voices of the twenty or so spies died down and the hall quickly returned to silence.

But at the same time.

An extremely tense and solemn atmosphere quietly emerged in the lobby.

At this moment, all the civil and military officials under Xia Yun gathered here.

"General, our army has had enough rest. I am willing to be the vanguard and lead a cavalry to set off and head straight to Shuoxi City!"

After a moment of silence.

Chong Heihu immediately stepped out of the queue and volunteered to fight.

"Your Excellency, I am willing to lead a cavalry troop to Shuoxi City with General Chong!"

Soon after, Zhao Xinlei also walked out of the queue. As the cavalry commander, he was unwilling to fall behind at this time.

This time, Xia Yun rarely rejected the two people's request to fight.