Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

After talking about small talk, Pang Tang looked at Yang Zhengshan and talked about business.

"What are General Yang's plans for next?"

Yang Zhengshan did not hold back and said directly: "Although we have taken Chongshan Pass, everything in Chongshan Pass is in ruins. It requires a great man to reorganize the affairs of Chongshan Pass!"

"No problem, leave the affairs of Chongshan Pass to me. I will set up the governor's office as soon as possible." Pang Tang said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, looked at Ji He who was sitting at the end, and said: "General Ji, the Southern Dingliao Guard still needs you to take charge of the overall situation. I wonder if General Ji can do it?"

Although Ji He's current situation is a bit miserable, he is the Lieutenant General of the Southern Dingliao Guard after all.

At present, there is no one in charge of the affairs of the Dingliao Guard, and the soldiers of the Dingliao Guard can only be trapped in the city and do nothing. However, this also allowed the soldiers of the Dingliao Guard to escape a disaster. At present, the six lieutenants of Chongshan Town, except for the Western Road, only the reinforcement camp of the Southern Dingliao Guard still has a complete system.

"I can still do something!" Ji He said somewhat dejectedly.

Although he had accepted the reality, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"First, select a person who can take on the responsibility in the reinforcement camp and let him lead the reinforcement camp to Chongshan Pass!" Yang Zhengshan said.

At present, the troops under his command are seriously insufficient, and the reinforcement camp of Dingliao Guard still has a complete system, so he will naturally not ignore it.

"Yes!" Ji He replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Pang Tang again, "The Fuzhou City in the north can be temporarily handed over to Zhang Yuanwu, the commander of the reinforcement camp in the east!"

Let's not talk about the matter of the west road of Chongshan Town and the Wuliang army for the time being, the rest of Chongshan Town must be settled as soon as possible.

Jinzhou Guard and Jianning Guard have no big problems. Although Tang Feihu and Niuzhuang have withdrawn most of the troops, the two guards are still stable and have not been affected too much.

Dingliao Guard in the south will not have too many problems with Ji He returning.

Songzhou Guard in the east has Zhang Chengzhi, and they just experienced a great war, so there won't be any more accidents.

Now only Fuzhou Guard in the north is left.

Hou Yao has withdrawn all the troops of Fuzhou Guard. Fuzhou Guard should be in chaos at present, and someone is urgently needed to take charge of the overall situation.

Now Yang Zhengshan can't mobilize many people, and his people can't be mobilized, so he can only mobilize Zhang Yuanwu, who can take the reinforcement battalion of Songzhou Guard.

"You can arrange this matter!" Pang Tang let Yang Zhengshan make the decision.

Yang Zhengshan nodded again, and then said: "As for the west and Wuliang army, I will lead the army to the west after the reinforcement battalion of Dingliao Guard comes!"

"You may need Mr. Pang to worry about money and grain!"

What he said was not to let Pang Tang collect money and grain, but to let Pang Tang manage the money and grain of Chongshan Pass.

What Chongshan Pass lacks the least now is money and food. Ji Feiyu has accumulated a lot of money and food. After all, he wants to raise the flag of rebellion, and he can't do without money and food.

If Lu Hua is not here, it doesn't matter if Yang Zhengshan is a little casual, but Lu Hua is here, then everything has to follow the procedure.

The money and food are handed over to Pang Tang, who will provide logistics for the army.

It seems that the military supervisor is still useful, at least it has a certain deterrent effect on military officers.

"Hmm!" Pang Tang nodded thoughtfully.

He was thinking about the distribution of spoils. Logically speaking, the money and food of Chongshan Pass are considered spoils, and he heard that the soldiers in the border town have a set of unspoken rules for the distribution of spoils.

However, he knows very little about the affairs of the border town and does not understand this set of unspoken rules.

This kind of thing must not be discussed openly, so he plans to ask Lu Chongde later.

Then everyone discussed some details before dispersing, each busy with their own things.

After everyone left, Yang Zhengshan and Lu Hua came to the tea room, along with Wei Cen.

The tea mist was curling, Yang Zhengshan and Lu Hua sat opposite each other, and Wei Cen stood behind Lu Hua.

Yang Zhengshan took a sip of the tea, savoring the sweetness of the tea.

Lu Hua glanced at Yang Zhengshan with a scrutinizing look, and also took the tea to taste it.

"In just over a decade, General Yang has gone from a village man to a general of a town. Haha, General Yang is really unique!"

His tone was calm, but a strange emotion was revealed in his deep eyes.

To be honest, he was also very surprised that Yang Zhengshan could achieve what he has today.

At the beginning, he transferred Yang Zhengshan to Anyuan City just to make Yang Zhengshan a troublemaker. At that time, Yang Zhengshan did show his outstanding ability, but it was not to the point where he paid attention to him.

Later, when Yang Zhengshan helped to crack the smuggling case, he paid a little more attention to Yang Zhengshan.

But at that time, he did not expect that Yang Zhengshan would become the general of Chongshan Town one day.

At this time, he was very curious about Yang Zhengshan, curious about the ability Yang Zhengshan showed, and curious about Yang Zhengshan's cultivation and strength.

Yang Zhengshan put down the tea bowl, raised his head and stared at Lu Hua, and said: "Eunuch Lu, just say it directly. I should have no secrets in front of Eunuch Lu!"

Who is Lu Hua?

The admiral of the Zhenbei Division of the Secret Guard.

And Yang Zhengshan has been wandering around Liaodong for these years. If he says that the Zhenbei Division has no surveillance on him, Yang Zhengshan will not believe it even if he is beaten to death.

Lu Hua took a deep look at Yang Zhengshan, but shook his head and said: "I don't want to explore General Yang's secrets!"

"But you will definitely know something!" Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly.

What is his biggest secret?

Naturally, it is the spiritual spring space!

He has been using Lingquan water over the years, and has also taken out many things from the Lingquan space, such as Cave Lingchun, Baicao Niang, Queen Honey, various herbs, etc.

Although he would find a seemingly reasonable reason every time, in fact his reasons were full of loopholes.

Anyone who is interested can find some clues as long as they spend some time investigating.

Lu Hua must have discovered many clues, but he could never discover the existence of the spiritual spring space.

Lu Hua calmly picked up the teapot and poured tea for Yang Zhengshan, "No, I don't know much. I just want to remind General Yang that I have helped General Yang a lot before!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned!

What does this mean?

To say that Lu Hua helped Yang Zhengshan, it was quite a lot.

When Yang Zhengshan was promoted to Anyuan City as a guard, it was Lu Hua who personally operated it. Although his purpose was not to help Yang Zhengshan, Yang Zhengshan wanted to recognize this favor.

Also, when the Anyuan City collaboration with the enemy smuggling case was concluded, Lu Hua gave Yang Zhengshan a pardon order so that Mr. Liang would not be implicated by the Liang family. This is regarded as Yang Zhengshan's reward for helping the secret military guards solve the case, but it can also be regarded as Lu Hua's show of goodwill to Yang Zhengshan.

Regardless of the reward or the show of goodwill, Lu Hua was still very interesting to Yang Zhengshan.

There is no killing of the donkey, no silent disregard.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Then just think that I owe Eunuch Lu a favor!"

Lu Hua smiled like sunshine.

"I remember General Yang's words!"

"Eunuch Lu, are you still afraid that I won't admit it?" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"Afraid! General Yang has a bright future, but I am just a rootless person. I may need General Yang to save my life someday in the future!" Lu Hua said seriously.

Yang Zhengshan glanced at him in surprise.

Lu Hua needs him to save his life?

This is certainly no small thing!

Based on Lu Hua's identity and position in the secret military guard, except for the emperor, few people should be able to touch him.

If Lu Hua needs to ask for help, it will definitely not be a trivial matter.

Unfortunately, Lu Hua did not continue on this topic. He changed his voice and said: "Five days ago, the battle of Dongsheng Mansion was defeated. The 200,000 troops faced 60,000 Hu cavalry and collapsed at the first touch!"

"At present, Chen Tonghui can only defend Dongsheng Fucheng, and he will be unable to fight back in a short time!"

Chen Tonghui, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was given the title of right deputy governor of the capital, and was the governor of the war in western Liaoning.

Yang Zhengshan looked solemn after hearing this.

He has not received this news yet.

He knew that the court had been mobilizing troops and generals during this period. It was said that 300,000 troops were mobilized to Dongsheng Mansion, preparing to stop Wu Liang's army in Dongsheng Mansion.

The current Wuliang army has increased to 80,000 troops.

"How could it be defeated so quickly?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Lu Hua said with an indifferent expression: "They are just a bunch of rabble. Their defeat is expected!"

mob!

Yang Zhengshan was silent, weren't they just a bunch of people?

Two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, sounds like a lot of troops, but it also depends on the quality of this army.

Yang Zhengshan didn't need to think about the guards soldiers dispatched from various places. He knew what kind of army this was.

Daiei's army is divided into three types, the first is the frontier army, the second is the guard army in the hinterland, and the third is the imperial army around Kyoto and the emperor's personal army.

Needless to say, the frontier army has some rotten parts, but its combat effectiveness is still very strong.

As for the imperial army and the emperor's personal army, they are naturally elite.

And where is the Guards Army!

hehe!

The guardsmen were not much better than the farmers, and even worse than the farmers. While the farmers still had enough to eat, it was difficult for the guardsmen to have a full meal, so how could they be expected to have any combat effectiveness?

Yang Zhengshan knew that they could not stop the Uliang army, but he did not expect that they would be defeated so quickly.

"Next, the court may discuss mobilizing the imperial army, but once the imperial army is mobilized, the situation in Kyoto may change in unpredictable ways!" Lu Hua said seriously.

Yang Zhengshan lowered his head and looked at the wisp of tea leaves at the bottom of the tea bowl.

The 12th Battalion of the Forbidden Army has always been the emperor's favorite, which can be seen from his appointment of the commander of the Forbidden Army.

The last commander of the imperial army was Ning Guogong Zhou Mao. After Ning Guogong's power became more and more powerful, the emperor Lao'er immediately took his position as the commander of the imperial army and appointed Liang Chu as the commander of the imperial army.

Previously, the emperor trusted Zhou Mao, so he asked Zhou Mao to lead the imperial army.

With the rise of Duke Ning, the emperor felt threatened and asked Liang Chu to lead the imperial army.

This also shows how much the emperor values ​​the 12th Battalion of the Forbidden Army.

But now that the emperor is bedridden, all the princes in the court understand that anyone who dares to touch the imperial army at this time has bad intentions.

Don’t the Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, and Prince Gong want to win over the general of the Forbidden Army?

No, they sure do!

It was just because he was worried about the emperor's regard for the Forbidden Army that he did not dare to put his hand into the Forbidden Army at this time.

But now they have a legitimate reason to intervene in the Imperial Army.

Dongsheng Mansion was defeated, and the Wuliang army had threatened Jizhou. There was now a very good reason to mobilize the imperial army.