Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Just when Yang Mingzhi handed the handwritten letter to Liang Chu, the soldiers at Guanshankou also became busy.

Yang Zhengshan issued more than ten orders in a row, mobilizing all his soldiers. Not only the soldiers, but also the engineers and tens of thousands of casual civilians received orders.

The soldiers and civilians carried the straw cages and kerosene that had been prepared long ago to the hillside.

The large and small straw cages almost covered the back of the hillsides on both sides of Guanshankou.

Such a big move naturally could not be hidden from the Wuliang army in the valley.

Wutuo looked at the soldiers who were busy on the hillside, frowned and asked: "What are they doing?"

"I don't know, it seems to be building fortifications!" said a Wuliang general.

Although you can see the hillsides on both sides of Guanshankou from the valley, you can't see the back of the hillside, so you can't see the straw cages on the back of the hillside.

"Do they know that we are going to launch a general attack tomorrow?" Wutuo said with some doubt.

According to his idea, tomorrow is the best time to launch a general attack.

Liang Chu led the imperial army to Xiling City, and they would definitely not attack them in a short time.

As long as they launched the attack before the imperial army, they would not fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides.

So Wutuo set the time for the general attack tomorrow. As for why he did not launch the general attack in advance, it was because he also needed time to prepare.

At present, he still had nearly 70,000 Hu cavalry and Cui Liang's 20,000 troops under his command, and they were also carrying thousands of carts of supplies.

If you want to launch a general attack and withdraw all from the valley, it will take several days to prepare.

In fact, the attack tomorrow is already very hasty. If possible, Wutuo would like to stay for a few more days before launching a general attack.

It's useless to say these now. Wutuo looked at the hillside opposite and was a little undecided for a while.

Should we launch a general attack now?

Too hasty!

The order has been passed down, and suddenly changing the order may make the situation chaotic.

It should be okay to wait one more night, right?

Wutuo fell into hesitation.

But he didn't know that at this time, on the opposite hillside, Yang Zhengshan was observing him with a telescope.

The distance between the two sides was not far, only more than three miles away.

If you only rely on the naked eye, it is definitely not clear, but after using the telescope, Yang Zhengshan can see Wutuo's figure very clearly.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan was also gambling at this time, and he was betting on Wutuo's caution.

Analyzing from Wutuo's previous actions and deeds, he felt that Wutuo was a very cautious person.

As soon as the imperial army left the capital, Wutuo decided to retreat.

When the imperial army entered Jizhou, Wutuo retreated to Huade Prefecture.

After he occupied Guanshankou, Wutuo first asked Cui Liang to come and test, and then launched several tentative attacks on Guanshankou.

All these show that Wutuo is a cautious person.

For a general, there is nothing wrong with being cautious.

But if you always maintain a cautious attitude, it will become a fatal weakness.

Yang Zhengshan is not sure whether Wutuo will always maintain a cautious attitude, so he is betting that Wutuo will not attack Guanshankou with all his strength today.

The result was that he made the right bet. Wutuo did not order an attack until the sun set. Instead, he ordered his army to shrink its defense and prepare for a sneak attack.

The night was getting darker and darker, and the new moon was rising. A bright crescent moon hung in the starry night sky.

The weak moonlight could not dispel the darkness of the earth, causing the entire valley to seem to fall into an endless abyss, pitch black.

In the quiet and dark night, a large number of infantrymen and civilians quietly spread across the back of the entire hillside.

Then, one by one, straw cages were poured with kerosene and thrown to the south of the hillside.

The straw cages rolled along the hillside, and they were hooked by rocks or plants before they rolled too far, but some were lucky enough to roll down the hillside.

At the same time, the open space at the exit of the valley was also covered with straw cages.

Yang Zhengshan rode on Hongyun's back and stood quietly outside the exit of the valley, looking at the dark valley.

Niu Zhuang and Tang Feihu looked at the grass cages, then at the motionless flags above their heads, and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"General, are you waiting for the northwest wind?" Niu Zhuang couldn't help asking.

Although Yang Zhengshan had not explained his next plan to them until now, they had guessed what Yang Zhengshan wanted to do when they saw the scene in front of them.

Yang Zhengshan stroked his long beard and smiled, "That's right!"

"But will there be a northwest wind tonight?" Niu Zhuang felt a little unreliable.

Everyone knows that there will be a northwest wind in Chongshan Town after entering autumn and winter, but when will this northwest wind come and how strong will it be? Who can predict it?

Yang Zhengshan smiled but said nothing. Others couldn't predict it, but he could.

I don't know whether it is with the expansion of the spiritual spring or the improvement of his cultivation, his perception of the weather has become clearer and more accurate.

A month ago, he knew that the northwest wind from the snowfield would arrive in the next few days. Ten days ago, he could sense that there would be northwest wind today. Three days ago, he accurately predicted the arrival time of the northwest wind to the hour of Chou. Now he knew that the wind would blow in a quarter of an hour.

"General, what should we do if there is no wind?" Tang Feihu couldn't help asking.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the dim camp in the valley and said lightly: "If there is no wind, then we will retreat!"

"This~" Tang Feihu was a little doubtful.

Retreating is not difficult, but how to explain to the court after retreating?

If they make no achievements in this battle and let the Wuliang army leave openly, the court will certainly be dissatisfied with them, and some people may even come out to impeach them for being cowardly.

"Don't worry, this general has his own plan." Yang Zhengshan didn't know what to say, so he could only fool around like this.

...

North of Xiling City.

Tens of thousands of imperial guards have been prepared to go out of the camp to fight. As long as Liang Chu gives an order, tens of thousands of imperial guards will immediately rush into the valley and launch a night attack on the Wuliang army.

At this time, Liang Chu was also waiting in front of the army camp.

What they are waiting for is the time, three quarters of the hour of the Ox!

Zhou Lan, Xue Ou, Lu Shizhi and others did not have too many doubts. They thought Yang Zhengshan wanted them to cooperate in launching a night attack.

Although they didn't know Yang Zhengshan's plan, it was not incomprehensible to cooperate in the action.

However, although they did not have too many doubts, they were somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Zhengshan in their hearts.

They are imperial guards, and they are the marquis of Darong.

Yang Zhengshan asked them to cooperate, which was somewhat disrespectful to the Marquises.

In their opinion, even if they cooperated, Yang Zhengshan should cooperate with them.

If they were not forced by Liang Chu's power, they would not pay attention to Yang Zhengshan's request.

"Commander, why hasn't General Yang taken action yet? Are they waiting for me to act first?" Cao Can couldn't help but speak.

Cooperating to launch a night attack together, who goes first and who goes later is a big problem.

The first attacker will definitely be blocked more. If Yang Zhengshan asked them to attack first, it would be a bit like using them as cannon fodder.

Liang Chu turned his head and glanced at Cao Can, "What? Wu Xinhou is afraid?"

"No, how could this Marquis be afraid?" Cao Can retorted anxiously.

"If you are not afraid, why are you asking so many questions?" Liang Chu retracted his gaze and continued to look at the valley.

"This Marquis is just afraid that General Yang will have some thoughts that he shouldn't have!" Cao Can said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, everyone cast strange eyes at Cao Can.

Zhou Lan frowned even more and said in a cold voice: "Marquis Wuxin, don't judge a gentleman by your own standards! The commander and I know better than you who General Yang is!"

Cao Can heard this and a flash of anger flashed in his eyes. He said that he judged a gentleman by his own standards, which meant that he was a villain, right?

But he didn't argue with Zhou Lan, mainly because he was a little afraid of her.

Although Zhou Lan was a woman and had no title, she was the eldest daughter of the Ningguo Mansion, and her status in the Ningguo Mansion was not ordinary.

Since the death of Sui Yi'an, the Duke of Huaijiang, the Ningguo Mansion gave up the idea of ​​marrying Zhou Lan off.

As long as Zhou Lan didn't get married, she would be an important figure in the Ningguo Mansion.

In fact, the Ningguo Mansion has now regarded Zhou Lan as the new spokesperson, and she can represent the attitude of the Ningguo Mansion.

The Ningguo Mansion is different from the Changping Marquis Mansion. The Changping Marquis Mansion has always been a little independent from the noble circle, and has no intersection with most of the nobles, so Cao Can and others are not very afraid of Liang Chu.

But the Ningguo Mansion is the leader of the nobles, and Zhou Mao has a very high prestige among the nobles.

Therefore, Cao Can is very afraid of the Ningguo Mansion behind Zhou Lan.

Facing Zhou Lan's scolding, even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to express it.

"Haha, this marquis also believes in General Yang's character." Lu Baishu suddenly laughed.

"Oh! Nanyang Marquis is familiar with General Yang?" Lu Shizhi asked curiously.

"No, just a one-time encounter!" Lu Baishu explained: "When I dealt with the corruption case of the Liaodong Salt Transport Bureau, I met General Yang once."

"I see, what kind of person does Nanyang Marquis think General Yang is?" Xuanping Marquis also interrupted.

In this way, the originally heavy atmosphere eased, and several people discussed around Yang Zhengshan.