At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

"I am only responsible for conveying the commander's orders. I don't know anything else."

"If Lord Pei wants to enter the city, these 50,000 soldiers must be stationed outside the city."

"If the Governor-General does not wish to do so, you can lead these soldiers back to Nanmo City."

Qin Tianye spoke one after another, and his attitude was extremely tough, not giving Pei Xingyuan any chance to ease up at all.

as predicted.

Pei Xingyuan, who originally had a domineering look on his face, suddenly became gloomy after hearing Xia Yun's request.

The reason why he brought these 50,000 troops was simply to demonstrate to Xia Yun.

But now, not only has the purpose of the demonstration not been achieved, but the other party has caught us at our weakest point.

If he chose to take away the 50,000 troops directly at this time, then once Xia Yun reported him to the court, the empress would most likely only side with Xia Yun.

Even though he was an official of the Jiangnan Party, he already knew that things were different inside and outside the court.

Xia Yun was not only highly valued by the empress, but also gained her great trust.

As early as when he was in Zhejiang and Southern Zhili, Xia Yun would chop off the heads of dozens of officials at will.

Among them is even the former governor of Nanzhili, Su Chen!

His ears had already heard of the great reputation!

Although there seems to be a huge power gap between the governor and the governor, in fact their status in the court is not much different at all.

At this time Pei Xingyuan had to start worrying.

If Xia Yun impeached him in the court on this ground, the empress would at least remove him from his post as the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu in order to protect Xia Yun!

"General Qin, you are joking. The Grand Marshal has come from afar. How can I let him wait for nothing?"

After a few breaths, Pei Xingyuan, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, immediately changed his expression and spoke with a smile.

"In that case, please invite the Governor into the city!"

As Qin Tianye spoke, he signaled to the people behind him to open up a path.

"Thank you, General Qin!"

Pei Xingyuan bowed and clasped his hands, but before entering the city, he glanced at the deputy general who was following him.

"Pass the order down. The army is stationed outside the city. Without the order of this governor, the army cannot be mobilized at will."

Pei Xingyuan immediately gave the order, but there was obviously another meaning implied in his words.

Qin Tianye saw through it from the side but didn't say anything.

I just sneered in my heart.

Does Pei Xingyuan want to turn the tables just by relying on these tens of thousands of troops equipped with cold weapons?

It’s still early!

Now, his most elite 50,000 modern troops have assembled in the city.

As long as Pei Xingyuan and his 50,000 troops have the slightest intention of doing anything bad.

He would simply give an order to disarm all 50,000 troops!

Anyone who disobeys will be shot on the spot!

……

Under the leadership of Qin Tianye, Pei Xingyuan entered Shuodong City and quickly arrived at the lobby of the county government.

"I am Pei Xingyuan, the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. I am honored to meet the Grand Marshal!"

When he saw Xia Yun for the first time, even though Pei Xingyuan was extremely reluctant, he had to call himself Xia Yun's subordinate.

"Master Pei has finally arrived."

Xia Yun's eyes were calm, and he looked straight at Pei Xingyuan.

This was the first time he met the other party.

But before that, they had already heard of each other.

"After receiving the order from the Marshal, I was extremely anxious. I just wanted to get to the Marshal as soon as possible to wait for his orders. If the Marshal has any instructions, I will just give them to me."

As Pei Xingyuan spoke, a righteous look quietly revealed on his face, but his words were also full of obvious flattery.

"Oh, really?"

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows, and a hint of amusement arose in his heart.

"If I want you to lead the troops to reinforce Shuoxi City immediately, what do you think?"

Xia Yun asked immediately.

Pei Xingyuan was stunned at first when he heard this.

He didn't expect that Xia Yun would take his polite words seriously. He was just a young man after all!

"Your Majesty actually appointed such a guy who doesn't know how to speak properly as the Grand Marshal of the Northern Expedition. This is really against your Majesty's wisdom!" Pei Xingyuan thought to himself.

But soon, Pei Xingyuan's face returned to a flattering smile.

"If the Marshal has this wish, I am willing to be the vanguard!"

Pei Xingyuan spoke with certainty, as if what he said was true. As long as Xia Yun gave the order, he would lead the army directly to the front line.

"Haha, Master Pei is joking."

"The situation of the battle in Shuoxi is still unclear, so we must not mobilize the army lightly."

Xia Yun smiled and shook his head.

How could he not see what this old fox Pei Xingyuan was thinking?

Even if he really gave the order, letting Pei Xingyuan lead the army to attack.

But once Pei Xingyuan returns to Nanmo City, the order to advance will inevitably be delayed due to various reasons.

The enemy might even pretend to advance and then lead the troops directly to other places.

That would be a bad thing.

"Come here, give me a seat."

Xia Yun immediately waved his hand and ordered the bailiff to bring a chair on the spot.

However, the hall was already filled with civil and military officials under Xia Yun.

Therefore, the chair added for Pei Xingyuan was directly placed at the end.

Seeing this, a barely perceptible look of anger flashed across Pei Xingyuan's eyes.

Xia Yun's contempt for him was completely a challenge to his bottom line!

But since he had already entered Shuodong City, Pei Xingyuan had no choice but to follow the arrangements and sit at the end of the lobby.

At this time, Xia Yun sat on the armchair and began to announce a series of combat orders.

"Wang Anshan."

"The general is here!"

"I order you to lead 5,000 cavalry to Hancheng immediately to wipe out the 2,000 barbarian troops scattered there."

"I will obey your orders!"

"Guo Rui."

"The general is here!"

"I order you to lead 10,000 cavalrymen to Zhaiba Village and wipe out the local barbarian troops."

"I will obey your orders!"

"..."

In the lobby, Xia Yun's voice rang out one after another.

Although he doesn't know the situation in Shuoxi yet, he is already quite clear about the situation in many areas around Shuodong City.

Therefore, he had to solve the urgent problem first.

The goal is to eliminate all the small scattered barbarian forces in Gansu. Although these barbarian forces are not numerous, they can cause great harm to ordinary people!

If these small groups of barbarian troops are not completely wiped out, most of the people will still live in dire straits!

At the end of the lobby.

Pei Xingyuan then realized that he was actually attending a military meeting!

He originally thought that Xia Yun had specially invited him!

At this point, a sense of resentment quietly grew and spread in Pei Xingyuan's heart.

Time passed slowly, and Pei Xingyuan had been working at the end of the hall for nearly half an hour.

Not until all the orders to wipe out the small barbarian forces were issued did Xia Yun's attention once again focus on Pei Xingyuan!