Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Zhang Chengzhi stood up and said with a fist: "I will not disappoint the general's expectations!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Zhang Yuanwu and others, "You try your best to assist Lord Zhang. When this battle is over, I will definitely ask for credit for you!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Yuanwu and others showed joy on their faces and answered with a fist.

They were most afraid of being punished by the court. After all, they had surrendered to Liu Zeqing before. Even if they were just compromising or pretending to be submissive, they did not resist Liu Zeqing at the first time.

Now that Yang Zhengshan said that he would ask for credit for them, it would be considered to have defined the matter. They were not wrong but meritorious, which made them feel completely relieved.

After Yang Zhengshan appeased the officials of Songzhouwei, he began to arrange other matters.

It is not an easy task to lead tens of thousands of troops to fight.

In the past, he only led hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and there were not many things to consider, but now he has 40,000 troops under his command, and he has to personally take care of the food, drink, defecation and urination of so many people.

After all the arrangements were made, Yang Zhengshan wrote a battle report and asked someone to send it to Pang Tang.

In Qinghua Mansion.

Pang Tang received Yang Zhengshan's battle report and was slightly surprised.

He knew that Yang Zhengshan had just arrived in Songzhou City not long ago, and he didn't expect Yang Zhengshan to take Songzhou City so quickly.

After reading the battle report, Pang Tang was no longer surprised.

The choice of Zhang Chengzhi, Zhang Yuanwu and other military officers was reasonable and expected, and it was not surprising.

"Mr. Pang, this is General Yang's battle report. Can you show it to us?"

In the study, Pang Tang had just finished reading the battle report when someone next to him spoke.

This person was about 30 years old, with a white face and no beard, narrow eyes, deep and gloomy. The first time you see him, you will feel that this person is not easy to deal with.

This person is Chen Zuchang, the eunuch guarding Chongshan Town who came from Kyoto.

Pang Tang handed him the battle report in his hand and said, "Eunuch Chen, please take a look!"

Chen Zuchang opened the battle report and read it. The study fell into silence. Pang Tang tasted the tea carefully.

After a while, Chen Zuchang looked up, "Master Pang, there is something wrong with this battle report!"

"What's wrong?" Pang Tang was still tasting the tea.

"It is obvious that Songzhou City was conquered by Master Pang, but General Yang didn't say a word for Master Pang in the battle report!" Chen Zuchang narrowed his eyes and looked at Pang Tang with a smile.

Pang Tang put down the tea bowl, reached out and took the battle report back, and looked at Chen Zuchang with a smile.

"I am the master of the battle?"

"What's wrong? Master Pang is both virtuous and talented, so he can naturally make plans and win thousands of miles away!" Chen Zuchang said with a smile.

How could Pang Tang not understand what he said?

What about being both virtuous and talented, what about being a mastermind, the purpose is to deceive Pang Tang to take credit.

In fact, Pang Tang did not help at all. The civilians he organized and the food and grass he mobilized have not yet been transported to Anyuan City, let alone participating in the battle of Songzhou City.

However, Pang Tang is the governor of Chongshan Town after all. If he is a little shameless, it would not be too much to brag about himself in the battle report.

But Pang Tang does not want to do this!

Looking at Chen Zuchang, Pang Tang's expression suddenly became serious, "How long has Eunuch Chen served the prince?"

"I have served the prince for twenty years!" Chen Zuchang said with a smile, which is what he is most proud of.

"Twenty years!" Pang Tang sighed.

This means that Chen Zuchang is an old man around the prince and a confidant of the prince.

Here he represents the prince!

Offending him is equivalent to offending the prince.

"I heard that yesterday, Eunuch Chen sent someone to move 100,000 taels of silver from the silver vault!" Pang Tang said in a tone change.

Chen Zuchang arrived at Qinghua Mansion the day before yesterday, but he sent someone to move 100,000 taels of silver from the silver vault yesterday.

"Well! Why not?" Chen Zuchang did not intend to hide it at all.

"What does Eunuch Chen want to do by moving the silver?"

Pang Tang continued to ask.

"Haha, Mr. Pang, there are some things that you should understand without us saying them!"

"I don't understand!"

"What does Mr. Pang mean?"

"What do you mean!"

Pang Tang stared at him, his turbid eyes without any emotion.

His look made Chen Zuchang feel uneasy, and he smiled awkwardly: "If Mr. Pang thinks that we took too much, we can give some back!"

Pang Tang was furious, picked up the tea bowl on the table and threw it at Chen Zuchang, "You eunuch dared to embezzle money under my nose!"

"You are a dog without balls, and you want to provoke the relationship between me and General Yang, and want to drag me into the same trouble!"

"You are so hateful!"

"I have been an official for 20 years, and I have always been honest and upright. How can I let you, a eunuch, ruin my reputation!"

Chen Zuchang didn't expect Pang Tang to suddenly attack. He didn't dodge the tea bowl thrown at him, and was hit on the forehead by the tea bowl directly.

The forehead was broken and blood flowed. Before Chen Zuchang could wipe the blood, Pang Tang picked up the inkstone and smashed it on his head.

"Mr. Pang, you are crazy!" Chen Zuchang screamed.

Upon hearing this, the guards outside the door immediately rushed into the study.

Clang~~

A guard actually drew his sword.

"You don't know your dignity, you dare to draw your sword in front of me, who gave you the courage!"

"Even if the prince wants to kill me, he has to ask the court officials whether they agree or not! He also has to ask the scholars of the world whether they agree or not!"

In a rage, Pang Tang smashed the inkstone in his hand directly on the guard.

"Come, my head is here, do you dare to chop it off!"

He stretched his neck in front of the guards.

The guards looked at each other and retreated.

Who is Pang Tang? He is the governor of Chongshan Town, the governor of Liaoyuan, and the right assistant censor of the Censorate.

Although he is not a big boss in the court, he is also a frontier official and an important official.

Who in the whole court dares to take down a frontier official easily?

Unless the old emperor personally issued an order, the court had to carefully consider whether to take down a frontier official.

As for the guards in front of them, do they dare to touch Pang Tang?

Not to mention these guards, even Chen Zuchang dare not do anything to Pang Tang!

"You, you, you~~"

Chen Zuchang came back to his senses and pointed at Pang Tang angrily.

Pang Tang's eyes widened, "Eunuch, you have no right to speak in front of me, get out of here!"

"Come here, beat this eunuch out for me, if he dares to step into the government office again, I will break his legs!"

"Pang Tang, I will make you look good!"

"Eunuch, you dare to embezzle military pay, I will impeach you to the prince!"

"You, you~~" Chen Zuchang was a little panicked, "Unreasonable!"

After that, he threw his sleeves and fled.

"Bah, eunuch without balls, do you think I'm afraid of you!" Pang Tang felt that it was not enough, and cursed Chen Zuchang from behind.

"Sir, sir, calm down, calm down!"

At this time, his staff came forward and patted his back to calm him down.

Pang Tang glared at his staff fiercely and said, "Why didn't you take action just now?"

"Sir, didn't you say that it would be enough to just pretend?" The staff felt a little aggrieved.

Pang Tang snorted coldly, "This eunuch is really a piece of shit!"

Well, at first he really just wanted to pretend, but who knew that when he got angry, he couldn't control himself for a while and cursed to his heart's content.

And the reason he did this was to get rid of this scourge.

If Chen Zuchang was a man who knew the importance of things, he would naturally not do this.

But Chen Zuchang had only been here for one day, and he knew that this eunuch was a scourge.

He did nothing on the first day he came, and he first set his eyes on the silver in the silver vault. What the hell is this if not a scourge.

And just now Chen Zuchang even provoked him to compete with Yang Zhengshan for credit.

If he continued to keep this guy, he didn't know what trouble would cause.

The key is that Chongshan Town is now in turmoil, and he needs him and Yang Zhengshan to work together to eradicate rebellion and encircle and suppress the Hu cavalry.

How could he tolerate Chen Zuchang making trouble in Chongshan Town at this time?

Even if he had to offend the prince, he had to drive this eunuch away!

If Chongshan Town was stable at this time, he could still slowly deal with Chen Zuchang, but the current situation did not allow him to waste time and energy on Chen Zuchang.

Therefore, he could only resort to this last resort and make a fuss.

"Is the impeachment memorial ready?" Pang Tang asked the staff.

"Ready!" said the staff.

"Just right, send this battle report to Kyoto together!"

Pang Tang left his name on the battle report and stamped it with the official seal.

"Yes!"

The staff took the battle report and arranged for someone to send the battle report and the memorial to Kyoto.

...

The army rested in Songzhou City for three days. After confirming that Zhang Chengzhi could stabilize the situation in Songzhou City, Yang Zhengshan ordered the army to set off again.

June 13.

The army arrived at the foot of Chongshan Pass.

Looking at the majestic Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan's mood was a bit complicated.

He had come to this pass countless times, but he never thought that he would lead an army here one day.

In the past, he always felt that it was a blessing for Chongshan Town to have such a pass, but now he felt that this pass was really an eyesore.

When he was inside, this pass brought a strong sense of security, but standing outside, Yang Zhengshan felt crazy.

The wall of Chongshan Pass was four feet high, embedded between two mountaintops, and connected to Qianchong Mountain, like a terrifying beast lying between the mountains.

How to capture such a majestic pass became Yang Zhengshan's biggest difficulty!

"General, the camps of the left and right camps of the town are empty, there is no problem inside!" Niu Zhuang came to Yang Zhengshan and reported.

The camps of the left and right camps of the town were outside the pass city, and they were originally in a position to pincer attack with Chongshan Pass, but now Ji Feiyu has transferred all the troops into the pass city, and the two camps have become empty.

"Let's check it carefully. If there is no problem, we will set up camp around the camp of Zhenbiao Zuoying!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Yes!" Niuzhuang responded.

Yang Zhengshan continued to look at Chongshan Pass, frowning more and more.

How to capture Chongshan Pass?

Build siege equipment?

How much does it take to build?

Let's not talk about anything else. Just this ladder is four feet high!

It's not that it can't be built, but it's time-consuming and laborious.

"Hey, I can only do it slowly!" Yang Zhengshan had no other way, so he could only use the dumbest way.