Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Huade Prefecture, in the lobby of the former prefect.

Prince Wutuo, wearing a blue gown, sat in the main seat, holding the tea and tasting it carefully.

Wutuo is in his thirties this year. His face is not as rough as that of ordinary Hu people. His facial features are three-dimensional and his cheeks are as cold and handsome as a knife. His temperament is not as vulgar as that of the Hu people. He is very keen on the Confucian culture of Darong, likes Confucian classics, and his behavior follows Confucian etiquette.

He likes the prosperity of Darong, the prosperity of Darong, and everything about Darong, so he longs to get everything from Darong.

After drinking a bowl of tea, he raised his head and looked at Cui Liang who was standing in the hall.

"You said that Yang Zhengshan has led the army to occupy Guanshankou?" He asked calmly.

Guanshankou is the exit of the nameless valley. The valley is nameless, but the exit of the valley has a name of 'Guanshankou'.

"Prince, I have sent someone to confirm that the Chongshan Town army has set up camp outside Guanshankou." Cui Liang said respectfully.

"Oh!"

Wutuo smiled and his eyes flashed, "If I remember correctly, Guanshankou should be very spacious!"

"Yes, Guanshankou is two miles wide, and the slopes on both sides are relatively flat, so it is no problem to ride a horse on it!" Cui Liang said.

Wutuo stood up, tapped his palm with a folding fan, and said, "Interesting, he wants to have a big battle with us at Guanshankou!"

"Does he think that with the troops under his command, he can reach the 80,000 warriors of Wuliang?"

Cui Liang hesitated for a moment, but still said, "Prince, Yang Zhengshan is a cunning man, and we must be on guard!"

Wutuo shook his folding fan, "I don't mean to look down on him, I just think it's not wise for him to choose Guanshankou!"

Wutuo is not an arrogant person, and even if he is arrogant, he will not look down on Yang Zhengshan.

In his opinion, Guanshankou is not a place that is advantageous to Yang Zhengshan.

Although it is the exit of the nameless valley, there is no natural barrier to defend.

"But Yang Zhengshan is a smart man." Cui Liang said.

Wutuo nodded in agreement and looked at Cui Liang with appreciation, "You are right, he is a smart man and should not do anything unwise!"

"Since he chose Guanshankou, it means that he is sure to stop us at Guanshankou!"

"But we can't be scared by him!"

Wutuo thought about it and continued, "How about this, you go back and lead the troops into the valley first. Ten days later, the warriors under my command will arrive in the valley one after another!"

He is not a fool, and naturally understands that Yang Zhengshan will not fight a battle without confidence. In order to avoid Yang Zhengshan setting traps in the valley, he decided to let Cui Liang explore the way first.

Cui Liang is not stupid either, and he quickly understood what he meant. Although he was a little reluctant in his heart, the situation is stronger than people. Now he can only follow Wutuo all the way, and he will rely on Wutuo in the future, so he can only follow Wutuo's orders.

After returning to Daning City from Huade Prefecture, Cui Liang immediately sent 5,000 soldiers to the valley south of Guanshankou.

While Cui Liang was taking action, the secret agents and shadows of the Secret Guards began to spread the news in the major cities on the west road of Chongshan Town.

With the ability of the Secret Guards, the task of spreading news was too simple. In just three or five days, the news of Guining City spread to the major cities, major forts and garrisons on the west road of Chongshan Town.

For a time, the atmosphere of the entire west road of Chongshan Town became weird, and the soldiers in the army talked about the things of Guining City.

In fact, both Ji Feiyu and Cui Liang were very popular in the west road of Chongshan Town.

Although the people in the west road of Chongshan Town were not rich, they had lived a peaceful life in general in recent years. In addition, there were no major losses in the previous wars, so the people and the military households were very grateful to Ji Feiyu and Cui Liang.

But the evil fruits planted by Cui Liang in Guining City were really too chilling.

Tens of thousands of civilians and military households were sacrificed meaninglessly. How would other civilians and military households in the west of Chongshan Town see it?

They would be afraid that one day Cui Liang would also sacrifice them meaninglessly.

The civilians were afraid, the military households were afraid, and the soldiers were afraid.

The news spread wider and wider, and the west of Chongshan Town soon became panic-stricken.

When Cui Liang learned about this, he felt angry and powerless.

Because he did it, he couldn't shirk it.

At this time, he didn't want to win people's hearts, but wanted to leave Chongshan Town with Wutuo as soon as possible.

In order to leave Chongshan Town as soon as possible, Cui Liang no longer cared about Wutuo asking him to be cannon fodder, and instead actively dispatched troops to Guanshankou.

At the same time, the Wuliang army was also quickly collecting the looted property and began to move towards Guanshankou.

And the six battalions of the imperial army in Jizhou also launched a counterattack against the Wuliang army under the leadership of Liang Chu.

August 18.

The vanguard of the Imperial Army fought a fierce battle with the remaining troops of the Wuliang Army in the north of Linqing Prefecture. The 8,000 Imperial Army cavalry defeated 10,000 Wuliang Hu cavalry at a tragic cost.

August 20.

Prince Wutuo evacuated Huade Prefecture, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry also moved to the west of Chongshan Town with a large amount of supplies.

In the following ten days, the Imperial Army fought with the remaining troops of the Wuliang Army many times, and both sides won and lost, and suffered casualties.

The situation at Guanshankou also became extremely serious.

After confirming that there were no traps in the valley, Cui Liang transferred all his soldiers to the valley, and then he launched several exploratory attacks on Guanshankou.

Although they were beaten back by Yang Zhengshan every time, as the Wuliang Hu cavalry arrived one after another, the soldiers of Chongshan Town also felt great pressure.

The enemy is strong and we are weak, the enemy is numerous and we are few.

Facing such a battle situation, it is absolutely impossible to say that the soldiers have no worries in their hearts.

However, Yang Zhengshan was very calm about this.

In the camp tent.

Yang Zhengshan sat behind the desk and looked at Xie Yuan with a relaxed look.

"How much kerosene has been transported?"

"Thirty thousand catties have been transported!" Xie Yuan said solemnly.

Thirty thousand catties of kerosene is not a small number. You must know that these kerosene are plant oils and animal oils, which are generally used as lamp oil or candles.

In less than a month, collecting thirty thousand catties of kerosene is also difficult for Pang Tang.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "What about the straw cages?"

"According to the general's request, the engineering team has prepared 100,000 straw cages of different sizes!" Xie Yuan replied.

The so-called straw cages are actually round cages made of branches and grass. They are very simple, rough and casual straw cages.

"Almost, everything is ready now, only the east wind is missing! No, only the northwest wind is missing!" Yang Zhengshan smiled slightly.

"Northwest wind!" Xie Yuan was stunned. Until now, they still didn't know Yang Zhengshan's plan, but they just trusted Yang Zhengshan blindly.

"Yes, it's the northwest wind!"

Yang Zhengshan stood up, walked outside the tent, and looked at the gloomy sky.

"Ten days later is the time when the northwest wind is the strongest!"

In Chongshan Town, the southeast sea breeze from the sea is the main wind in summer and autumn, and when winter approaches, the northwest wind from the snowfield will blow.

Yang Zhengshan is waiting for the northwest wind from the snowfield.

"But before that, we still have a very difficult task, which is to stop the enemy's attack and never let them occupy the mountain pass!"