Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

August 25th.

Twenty thousand troops under Cui Liang's command and 40,000 Hu cavalry under the command of little prince Wu Tuo have gathered in the valley, and the remaining Hu cavalry are still arriving one after another.

At the same time, the Imperial Army was also in hot pursuit and entered the territory of Huade Mansion.

In the Forbidden Army camp outside the city of Huade Mansion.

Liang Chu stood in front of the map and studied it carefully. Behind him were six admirals of the Forbidden Army.

Zhou Lan, the admiral of the Fenwu Camp, Xue Ou, the Marquis of Guangping, the Yaowu Camp, Lu Shizhi, the Marquis of Jianliang, the admiral of the Lianwu Camp, Lu Baishu, the Marquis of Nanyang, the admiral of the Xianwu Camp, Wuxinhou Cao Can, the admiral of the Brave Camp, and Xuan Xuan, the admiral of the Guoyong Camp. Pinghou Zhang Ao.

Six marquises and one eldest daughter of the Duke's Palace, this kind of camp is definitely considered a luxury.

Liang Chu looked at the road running through Chongshan Town West Road with a solemn expression.

"General Yang hasn't replied yet?" Liang Chu turned to look at Zhou Lan.

Zhou Lan shook her head slightly, "No!"

They were all acquaintances of Yang Zhengshan. In fact, they sent letters to Yang Zhengshan after they entered western Liaoning. The two parties sent letters several times.

Liang Chu hoped that Yang Zhengshan could cooperate with them to contain Wuliang Huqi, but Yang Zhengshan stayed at Guanshan Pass, which prevented him from chasing too hastily.

Liang Chu felt a little strange about Yang Zhengshan's request, but in the end he chose to believe Yang Zhengshan and followed the Wuliang army unhurriedly, and would fight with the Wuliang army from time to time.

Otherwise, they should have caught up with the Wuliang army long ago since they carried so much supplies.

Just when Liang Chu was guessing what Yang Zhengshan was up to, someone outside the camp suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, General Yang has sent a message!"

"Send it in!" Liang Chu shouted without thinking.

The soldiers outside the camp immediately entered the camp and handed a letter to Liang Chu.

After Liang Chu read the letter, he turned to look at the map again.

"North of Xiling City!"

He found the location of Xiling City on the map.

Xiling City, like Guining City, is a small city on the West Road of Chongshan Town, but Xiling City is located in the middle of the north-south passage of the West Road of Chongshan Town, which is the south side of the Guanshankou Valley.

"Master Marquis, what is General Yang's plan?" Zhou Lan asked curiously.

Zhou Lan was naturally very familiar with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan and she are both teachers and friends. Although they have not seen each other for several years, their friendship has not diminished but grown.

Well, it's just a simple friendship between master, disciple and friend, don't get it wrong.

She has been corresponding with Yang Zhengshan over the years. When she was in Kyoto, when she encountered troubles and problems, she would ask Yang Zhengshan for advice. To be honest, Yang Zhengshan really taught her a lot.

"General Yang, we will arrive at the north of Xiling City within four days!" Liang Chu said.

Everyone looked at the location of Xiling City on the map.

"Could it be that General Yang wants to join forces with us to attack the Uliang army?" Xuanping Hou Zhang Ao guessed.

Xiling City and Guanshan Pass are just at the north and south ends of the valley. If both sides launch attacks at the same time, they can form a pincer attack.

However, there is a big problem here, and that is whether Yang Zhengshan can block Hu Qi's impact at Guanshan Pass.

If it cannot be blocked, then this pincer attack is in vain and has no meaning at all.

And once the Ulliang army gets out of Guanshan Pass, it will be almost impossible for them to intercept the Ulliang army.

Beyond Guanshan Pass is the endless prairie. Trying to stop the Uliang Huqi on the prairie is nothing more than a dream.

Liang Chu thought for a while, shook his head slightly, and said, "It shouldn't be that simple. General Yang should have other plans!"

"Then shall we cooperate with General Yang?" Wu Xinhou Cao Can looked at Liang Chu.

Logically speaking, they do not need to cooperate with Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan is only the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, and they are all top-grade marquises.

Regardless of rank or identity, they are all above Yang Zhengshan, so asking them to cooperate with Yang Zhengshan is an irregularity.

But then again, Yang Zhengshan is not only the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, he is also the father-in-law of the Changping Marquis Mansion. With this relationship, even if they have any dissatisfaction with Yang Zhengshan in their hearts, they cannot express it in front of Liang Chu.

Liang Chu looked up at Cao Can and said, "Of course we must cooperate!"

Don't think that since he is the commander of the Forbidden Army, these princes are willing to listen to him obediently.

Everyone is a prince, no one is higher than anyone else, and no one is better than anyone else.

Liang Chu's only advantage is that he occupies the position of commander of the imperial army. Although his title is the same, his official rank is one level higher than that of several marquises. Moreover, he is also the commander of the imperial army personally appointed by Emperor Taiping, so he can restrain these few in front of him. Mr. Hou.

If he didn't have the official position of commander of the Forbidden Army, these princes would not care about him as the Marquis of Changping.

Liang Chu knows best what Cao Can is thinking.

But now is not the time to worry about this. He directly ordered: "The army will set off tomorrow and must reach the north of Xiling City within four days!"

"Here!"

Everyone accepted the order in unison.

…

In the nameless valley, in the camp of the Ulliang Hu tribe.

Wutuo looked at the generals under his command with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

They have launched many attacks on Guanshan Pass in the past few days. As a result, not only did they fail to capture Guanshan Pass, but they also suffered a lot of casualties.

Again and again, he was defeated three times in a row, which made Uto very dissatisfied.

Uto is also an arrogant person. His arrogance comes from his own abilities and the strength of his warriors.

However, now his warriors have been defeated by the Chongshan Town army several times, which makes him feel like he has lost all face.

"Are you all incompetent? You can't even take down a mountain pass?"

He reprimanded his generals with dissatisfaction.

Cui Liang stood behind a group of Wuliang generals, lowered his head and looked calm.

Well, his face was calm, but he sneered in his heart.

Humph, these crude Hu people looked down on me before, now it's your turn, you should take down the mountain pass!

Before the Wuliang army arrived, he also tried to attack the mountain pass, and needless to say, he lost miserably.

After the Wuliang army arrived, the Wuliang generals laughed at Cui Liang after learning about this, saying incompetent, coward, useless waste, and all kinds of insults.

These guys even said it in front of Cui Liang, and they didn't hide their contempt at all.

Facing these Wuliang Hu nobles, Cui Liang, who had just surrendered to Prince Utuo, naturally didn't dare to offend them, so he could only swallow his anger.

Seeing Wutuo scolding these people, he felt so happy in his heart.

However, Wutuo only scolded them for a few words and let it go. After all, these people in front of him were his trusted subordinates. It was enough to scold them verbally, and there was no need to really punish them.

After the scolding, Wutuo turned and said: "Darong Imperial Army is about to arrive at Xiling City. We must break through Guanshankou as soon as possible!"

Yang Zhengshan led the army of Chongshan Town in front, and Liang Chu led tens of thousands of imperial troops in the back. At present, they are in a situation where there are wolves in front and tigers behind.

However, Wutuo did not think this was a desperate situation, so he just felt the pressure and did not feel anxious about it.

In his opinion, as long as they broke out of Guanshankou, everything would no longer be a problem.

And in fact, as long as they broke through Guanshankou, it was their territory. Fighting on the prairie, they had a natural advantage.

As for the looted materials, as long as they could take away one-third, their trip would not be a loss.

"Pass the order down, launch the attack in two days, and we will win this battle!"

Utuo has decided to launch a general attack, and two days later is the first day of September.

...

North of Xiling City.

"Report, Lord, Tenglong Guard Commander Yang Mingzhi wants to see you!"

Liang Chu had just led the imperial army to the north of Xiling City when Yang Mingzhi came to the door.

The camp had not been built yet, and Liang Chu was sending people to find a suitable place to set up camp when he heard the report from the scout.

"Please come in!" Liang Chu said immediately when he heard that it was Yang Mingzhi.

A moment later, Yang Mingzhi came to Liang Chu with dozens of his followers.

"Your subordinate greets Lord!"

"Haha, Mingzhi, please don't be polite!" Liang Chu dismounted and helped Yang Mingzhi up.

The two families are real in-laws, and Liang Chu was very happy to see Yang Mingzhi.

Yang Mingzhi stood up and said with a smile: "The Marquis is the elder, and it is only right for the younger generation to pay respect to the Marquis."

According to the seniority, Yang Mingzhi should call Liang Chu grandpa, after all, Yang Yunxue is Liang Chu's granddaughter-in-law.

Well, Liang Chu is one generation older than Yang Zhengshan.

"Haha, let's talk while we walk!" Liang Chu was not polite and invited Yang Mingzhi to patrol together.

"Does your father have any plans?" he asked.

Yang Mingzhi nodded and said: "My father does have a plan, but the specific content of the plan is not clear to the younger generation!"

"Oh! Even you don't know?" Liang Chu was surprised.

Yang Mingzhi smiled and said: "As early as three days ago, the younger generation has been waiting for the Marquis here."

He really didn't know what Yang Zhengshan was doing!

Not only him, but now everyone didn't understand what Yang Zhengshan was doing.

Yang Zhengshan didn't explain to anyone, mainly because it involved unexplainable content.

For example, when will the northwest wind come?

When the time is accurate and specific, how should Yang Zhengshan explain it?

You can't say that you can sense the time of the day!

Even if he explained, no one would believe it.

So he simply didn't explain it.

"What do we need to do?" Liang Chu asked.

Yang Mingzhi handed a handwritten letter to Liang Chu, who opened it and glanced at it.

There was only a simple line of words on it.

On the first day of September, at 3:00 pm, the attack was launched.

There was also Yang Zhengshan's name and official seal on it.

It means that this is an official document, not a private letter from Yang Zhengshan.

It also means that once Liang Chu acts according to the requirements above and makes a mistake, Yang Zhengshan will be fully responsible.

As for why it is so formal.

The reason is also very simple. Chongshan Town has no subordinate relationship with the Imperial Army. No one has the responsibility to cooperate with anyone, and no one has the power to mobilize anyone.

If the two sides agree, they will cooperate with each other.

If they disagree, it is possible that they will undermine each other.

Giving Liang Chu such an official document can also be regarded as an explanation to Liang Chu to avoid embarrassment.

Liang Chu put away the handwritten letter, nodded and said: "I understand, I will attack on time!"

"Thank you, Lord!" Yang Mingzhi smiled and clasped his fists.

Liang Chu waved his hands casually and smiled: "I believe in your father's ability!"

Then, the two walked and talked, and the topic turned from official business to private matters.

Liang Chu was mainly talking about his great-grandson Liang Qingping.

Liang Qingping is Yang Yunxue's first son, who is more than four years old this year.

Perhaps because he loves his wife, Liang Chu is very satisfied with Yang Yunxue, his granddaughter-in-law, and naturally he also loves Liang Qingping, his great-grandson.

Liang Qingping is also very smart and clever. He knows how to please his elders at a young age. Every time he sees Liang Chu and Marquis Lin, he talks sweetly and often makes the two old people smile.

Now in the Marquis of Changping's mansion, Liang Qingping is definitely the most favored junior.

Yang Mingzhi has also met Liang Qingping several times and likes this little nephew very much, so the two of them have some common topics when talking about this little guy.