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

Zhou Sheng naturally understood the significance of Xia Yun giving him this set of armor.

"I, the guilty general, am willing to follow you all my life, even if it means I will die!"

As Zhou Sheng spoke, he knelt down again, holding his armor in his hands, and heavily headbutted Xia Yun.

"General Zhou, there is no need to do this. From now on, all the troops you lead out of the city will be under your unified command. I will petition the court to confer you the title of Third Rank General of Cavalry."

Xia Yun nodded with satisfaction.

When things developed to this point, the 90,000 troops that originally belonged to Pei Xingyuan finally came under his command.

"General, I have another person here who knows everything about the Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Pei Xingyuan!"

Zhou Sheng suppressed his excitement, stood up, put on the armor given by Xia Yun, and waved to the back.

"Bring the people up!"

As soon as Zhou Sheng finished speaking, two burly soldiers brought Zhang Fuhai, whose hands had been chopped off, to Xia Yun.

"Sir, this man is called Zhang Fuhai. He is the most important confidant of Pei Xingyuan, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. He previously commanded all the troops under Pei Xingyuan's command."

Then, Zhou Sheng explained to Xia Yun the origin of Zhang Fuhai.

At this time, Zhang Fuhai's severed arms had stopped bleeding after a simple bandage.

But his pale face revealed a look of extreme fear and trepidation.

Xia Yun looked at Zhang Fuhai with a hint of surprise on his face.

He didn't expect that Zhou Sheng would actually cut off Zhang Fuhai's hands.

But it is also good this way. No matter what a person believes in, when the enemy country attacks, he should not help the evil.

"What order did Pei Xingyuan give you?"

After a moment, Xia Yun asked coldly.

But Zhang Fuhai didn't know whether he didn't hear it due to the severe pain in his body or he was pretending to be deaf. After Xia Yun finished speaking, Zhang Fuhai didn't respond at all for a long while.

"Mr. Zhang, this is the Imperial Court's Grand Marshal Xia Yunxia. If you still have a trace of conscience in your heart, quickly confess everything you have done!"

Seeing this, Zhou Sheng frowned, walked forward, and kicked Zhang Fuhai to the ground.

It was at this time that everyone at the scene discovered that Zhang Fuhai, who was kicked to the ground, actually fainted.

Obviously, Zhang Fuhai was not pretending not to hear, but because his entire mental state had reached the critical point of collapse.

"Wake him up."

Xia Yun had no mercy on such a person who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed his country.

He needs Zhang Fuhai alive now.

As long as Zhang Fuhai was there, no matter how Pei Xingyuan slandered him in the memorials he sent to the court, it would be in vain.

As the biggest witness of this treason, he planned to send Zhang Fuhai to the capital alive.

Soon, two personal guards brought a basin of cold water and poured it directly on Zhang Fuhai's head.

A cool and stimulating feeling came over him, and Zhang Fuhai suddenly opened his eyes.

Although his eyes were bloodshot, he woke up anyway.

"What is the task Pei Xingyuan gave you?"

At this time, Xia Yun repeated the previous question again.

Zhang Fuhai was filled with fear and subconsciously wanted to refuse to answer the following questions. However, when he saw the ferocious faces around him, he became completely panicked.

"Sir, I am only... following your orders."

"It was Lord Pei Xingyuan who sent me to Guihua City to resist all enemies outside the city."

"I hope you can understand that I am just following orders."

Zhang Fuhai's voice was stuttering, for fear that he might say something wrong in front of Xia Yun, which would cause the people below to become furious.

"I want you to say this in front of His Majesty. Can you do it?"

Xia Yun's mouth curled up slightly.

It was useless for him alone to know these things. He also had to let all the civil and military officials in the court know the fact that Pei Xingyuan was collaborating with the enemy and selling out his country.

Hearing this, Zhang Fuhai's face suddenly showed a look of hesitation, and he looked a little embarrassed.

"This is a deal. As long as you report the truth to His Majesty, I can keep you alive."

Xia Yun continued to add.

Regardless of whether Zhang Fuhai wanted to raise the price or not, such a small character was not worth his time and effort.

"The villain is willing, the villain is willing!"

Upon hearing that Xia Yun could save his life, Zhang Fuhai nodded rapidly, not daring to hesitate any longer.

"Take him away and lock him up properly. Don't let him die."

Xia Yun immediately waved his hand and no longer paid attention to Zhang Fuhai.

"Pass on my order. Leave one thousand troops to garrison Guihua City. The rest of the army will immediately follow me back to Shuodong City!"

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yun issued an order for the army to return in triumph.

They had stayed outside Guihua City for a whole day. Since all the barbarian troops in the city had been wiped out, the army naturally had no reason to stay any longer.

It doesn't take a while.

Including the 90,000 troops that had just been recovered, there were a total of more than 200,000 troops. They quickly got ready and set out on the journey back to Shuodong City.

"Marshal, why don't you just kill Zhang Fuhai?"

On the way back, Qin Tianye asked Xia Yun in confusion.

In the past when marching and fighting, Xia Yun would never leave such people alive.

"Pei Xingyuan, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, was recommended to the imperial court by Xu Miao. This time, I will certainly teach them a lesson."

Xia Yun smiled happily.

It doesn’t matter whether Zhang Fuhai kills him or not. What matters is that he intends to take this opportunity to teach Xu Miao and others a lesson.

So far, he has not really taken action against Xu Miao.

The main reason is that there are no suitable opportunities.

After all, he couldn't just rush into Xu's house with a long knife and chop people.

"My subordinate understands!"

Qin Tianye suddenly understood what was going on when he heard this.

……

In Inner Mongolia, a wasteland covered with yellow sand.

A young woman in a windproof suit is holding a surveying instrument in her hand and looking into the distance.

At the same time, behind this young woman, there was an army of more than 100,000 people.

However, unlike ordinary troops, the weapons in the hands of these more than 100,000 people are not swords, spears, swords or halberds, but hoes and shovels.

If Xia Yun was present at this moment, he would be able to recognize at a glance that this young woman was Xu Wan'er.

"Lord Wan'er, the road ahead has been surveyed. It is unobstructed all the way from here to the northeast Xihai Mountain. We can start building the road at any time."

Jiang Wenzhong, dressed in military uniform, came from the crowd and stood behind Xu Wan'er.

Ever since being left by Xia Yun with Xu Wan'er, Jiang Wenzhong had to start learning engineering construction.

"Very good. Go and give the order. Divide all the troops into ten sections and start working at the same time."

Xu Wan'er's gaze was still looking into the distance, as if she had already planned everything out.