Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 565: Regaining Control of Chongshan Town

"My lord, someone from the palace is here to invite you to come in for an audience!" Lu Shou said softly outside the door.

"I understand. Prepare some clothes for me!" Yang Zhengshan put away the letter and said in a deep voice, "Clean up this place later!"

"Yes!"

Lu Shou responded and quickly prepared casual clothes for Yang Zhengshan to change into.

After changing into casual clothes, Yang Zhengshan came to the imperial city, but the anger in his heart had not yet dissipated, and his whole body was bathed in a strong murderous aura.

When he entered the imperial city, he frightened the soldiers guarding the city gates, and they were so afraid to let him into the imperial city.

Of course, the soldiers of the imperial army were just thinking about it and did not stop Yang Zhengshan from entering the city.

Arriving in front of the Taiji Palace, Chen Zhongshu saw him coming and said, "My Lord, please restrain your murderous aura and don't disturb His Majesty!"

Naturally, he would not doubt that Yang Zhengshan would do anything bad to Emperor Yanping. He was just worried that the murderous aura from Yang Zhengshan would frighten Emperor Yanping.

Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry to have let Eunuch Chen worry about it!"

"Please come in, My Lord!" Chen Zhongshu said with a smile.

Afterwards, Yang Zhengshan came to the imperial study. Although he had restrained his murderous aura, his face was still very ugly, giving people a feeling that no one could get close to him.

Several ministers looked at him, and they all had doubts in their hearts.

This gentleman is angry!

Emperor Yanping also noticed Yang Zhengshan's expression and said, "Marquis Jing'an knows!"

"My son sent me a letter urgently!" said Yang Zhengshan.

Emperor Yanping nodded, not caring, and handed him two urgent reports, saying: "Not only Chongshan Town, but also Beiyuan Town, the Wulianghu tribe is attacking Beiyuan Town in a big way!"

Yang Zhengshan took the urgent report and started to read it.

After a while, Emperor Yanping asked, "What do you think, my dear minister?"

Yang Zhengshan lowered his eyes and looked at the urgent report in his hand, "Since the Wulianghu tribe dared to launch a large-scale attack on our border, we must repay them tooth for tooth and blood for blood!"

Emperor Yanping asked, "Are you sure you can repel the Wulianghu tribe and support Beiyuan Town?"

Yang Zhengshan did not ask his question, but said in a deep voice: "If your majesty trusts me, then let me command Chongshan Town!"

Support Beiyuan Town?
What a joke!
How could simply repelling the Wulianghu tribe eliminate the anger in his heart?

He had only one goal, which was to destroy the Wulianghu tribe.

As long as the Wulianghu tribe is not destroyed, the hatred in his heart cannot be relieved!
Emperor Yanping thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I will grant you the royal banner and command you to lead Chongshan Town and send troops to support Chongshan Town!"

"I obey your order. There is no time to lose. I will set off today!" said Yang Zhengshan.

Emperor Yanping said: "There is no need to be so anxious. The court still needs to transfer money and food, and the Wulianghu tribe also has innate warriors. I will also recruit innate warriors to accompany the army to the war!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "The various departments of the court can transfer money and grain. I will go to Chongshan Town first to stabilize the situation and avoid any chaos in Chongshan Town!"

Emperor Yanping thought it was right, so he agreed and said, "Okay, then you can get ready and set off!"

Yang Zhengshan took his leave, then left the imperial study and waited for a while in front of the Taiji Hall.

Chen Zhongshu quickly brought an imperial edict. Yang Zhengshan took it to the Ministry of War to get the royal flag, and then hurried home.

"Where are Chengye, Chengmao, Mingzhe and the others?" Yang Zhengshan returned to the Marquis' Mansion and asked Lu Shou.

Lu Shou quickly replied, "My Lord, the gentlemen have returned and are talking in the hall!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Let the three of them get ready. We will set off for Chongshan Town soon! By the way, has the guard battalion arrived?"

"They're here, with all the troops ready. We can set off at any time!" Lu Shou replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "That's good, go and make the arrangements!"

"Yes!" Lu Shou replied.

Yang Zhengshan walked quickly to the main courtyard. Yu Qingyi also knew something was wrong and was waiting in the main hall of the main courtyard. When she saw him coming, she hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"The Wulianghu tribe launched a massive attack on Beiyuan Town. Pang Tang was assassinated, Zhou Lan was poisoned and fell into a coma, and Yun Qiao was also poisoned and fell into a coma!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi was horrified, "How could this happen?"

"I don't know the specific situation yet. His Majesty has ordered me to go to Chongshan Town to take charge of the overall situation. The family is left to you!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi said: "I'll go with you!"

"What are you going to do?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yu Qingyi said: "General Zhou and Wang Yunqiao are both poisoned. I will go and take care of them. You are going to lead the troops to the battle, so someone must take care of them at Chongshan Pass!"

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and felt that it was right, "Okay, then you go with me and leave Mingcheng and Wang at home."

"Go and tell them that they will take care of Chengxian and Wanting's weddings. There is no need to postpone them. Just hold the wedding according to the previously scheduled date!"

Yu Qingyi nodded, "Well, Qingxia, pack your clothes, and we'll set off together later!"

"By the way, you can take Wu Zhan with you. I can take Yu Lu with me too!"

Yu Lu is Wu Zhan's wife. After the smuggling case in Anyuan City ended, Yu Lu stayed in the Yang family. Later, Yu Qingyi betrothed her to Wu Zhan.

Now Yu Lu is still in the Marquis' Mansion, helping Yu Qingyi to take care of the household chores.

"Their children are probably still very young!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi said: "It's okay, isn't Wu Zhan's mother at home? His mother is taking care of him!"

"Well!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, then changed into a neat set of clothes.

Near noon, after Yang Zhengshan had lunch, he hurriedly left Beijing with his group.

This time when he went to Chongshan Town, he brought with him twenty personal followers and one hundred guards, as well as Yu Qingyi, Wu Zhan, Qingxia, Yu Lu, Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao, Wang Mingzhe, as well as Yang Chengche and Yang Qinwu.

Each of the twenty followers had two horses, and the other horse was needed to carry some supplies.

For example, Yang Zhengshan's Armor of Light requires a group of horses to carry it. Although Hong Yun can carry it without any problem, having one more horse to help can make Hong Yun's work easier.

Hongyun is already twenty-four or twenty-five years old, which means he is already old according to the age of a horse.

However, this beast is still very powerful. Not only has its physical strength not declined, but it has become stronger and stronger, and its strength is incredibly great.

This is naturally related to the fact that it has been drinking spiritual spring water all year round. Now it can be called a monster.

Just looking at its hooves, not to mention ordinary people, even a martial artist at the seventh or eighth level of the acquired realm would not be able to withstand it.

I don’t know if this beast will turn into a monster in the future?

Anyway, it now seems to be evolving into a monster!
The group rode at full speed and it took them seven days to reach Chongshan Town. The main reason was that the horses could not run all the time and had to stop and rest after running for an hour. Although Yang Zhengshan provided a lot of spiritual spring water for the horses, the horses were still very tired.

Outside the mountains, Yang Zhengshan and his entourage came running in, covered in dust.

Before people reached the city gate, the soldiers guarding the gate became nervous.

At this time, the gate of Chongshan Pass had been opened, the assassins who assassinated Zhou Lan and Pang Tang had been killed, and many of the spies of the Wulianghu tribe hiding in the city had also been cleared out.

So Yang Minghao opened the city gate. There was no other way. There were not only tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, but also 50,000 to 60,000 civilians. If the city gate was closed all the time, it would inevitably affect the livelihood of the people.

Unless a large army is approaching the city, Chongshan Pass cannot close the city gates.

"Who is coming?" the gatekeeper asked loudly.

Yang Zhengshan stopped Hongyun and said in a deep voice: "It's me!"

The gatekeeper was stunned at first, then overjoyed, "The Marquis is back!"

Most of the soldiers in Chongshan Pass knew Yang Zhengshan, especially the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of Zhenbiao. Although Yang Zhengshan did not train them personally at that time, he would go to the training ground every now and then to inspect their training situation.

Except for the soldiers who have just joined the Fifth Battalion of Zhenbiao in recent years, all other soldiers have seen Yang Zhengshan.

"Move the barricades away!"

The captain guarding the gate told his soldiers to move the barricades away, and then stepped forward and bowed, "Li Jiahe, the captain of the outpost of the rear camp of the town, greets the Marquis!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, without saying much, and rode directly into the city.

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Soon he arrived at the gate of the general's mansion.

When they saw him coming, the general's mansion was in an uproar, and both officials and soldiers cheered.

Yang Minghao came out, looked at Yang Zhengshan, and let out a long breath.

"father!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded and patted his shoulder, "Your mother is here too!"

"Son greets mother!" Yang Minghao hurriedly stepped forward and saluted Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi didn't waste any words and asked, "How are General Zhou and Yun Qiao doing?"

Yang Minghao said: "There is still some poison in their bodies, and they haven't fully recovered yet, but they woke up once yesterday!"

Yu Qingyi asked: "Where are they?"

Yang Minghao replied: "In the backyard of the government office!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Wang Mingzhe and said, "Mingzhe, go with your master's wife first. If you need any medicine, come back to me!"

He brought Wang Mingzhe here not because Wang Mingzhe was Wang Yunqiao's younger brother, but because Wang Mingzhe was a doctor.

Wang Mingzhe’s medical skills are certainly not as good as Sun Wanzhen’s now, but he has already received Sun Wanzhen’s true teachings and often accompanies Sun Wanzhen on his medical visits, so his medical skills are already very good.

Afterwards, Yu Qingyi took Yu Lu and Wang Mingzhe to the backyard of the yamen, while Yang Zhengshan took Wu Zhan, Yang Chengye and others to the lobby of the yamen.

A moment later, Song Dashan and Yang Chengxu also came over.

"Greetings to the Marquis!"

When they saw Yang Zhengshan, they all showed relaxed smiles on their faces.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Let me tell you the situation first!"

Yang Minghao reported: "Since Pang Daren and General Zhou were assassinated, I transferred the left and right battalions to Dinghu Guard and Daning Guard. Currently, the Wulianghu tribe is not attacking us, but is attacking Beiyuan Town!"

"The situation in Beiyuan Town is not very good. Wu Tuo seems to have mobilized all his troops to the south. It is estimated that the total number of troops is more than 200,000!"

"Also, the Wula and Chici tribes near our Chongshan Town did not move south. They should be on guard against us!"

Yang Zhengshan asked, "Where are the lieutenant generals?"

"I have already sent them a message. In order to prevent unrest, I did not let them come to Chongshan Pass. They sent me a reply two days ago, saying that they can go to the battlefield at any time!" Yang Minghao said.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and nodded, saying, "Well done!"

Yang Minghao grinned, "I don't know what to do either. I can only ask everyone not to act rashly!"

Yang Zhengshan patted him on the shoulder, very satisfied with his performance.

Yang Minghao has really grown up and is no longer the reckless boy. The fact that he can calmly face the sudden changes at this time is enough to prove that he has the ability to stand on his own.

"How much money and grain do we have now?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Yang Minghao said: "At present, the General's Office has 830,000 taels of money and 120,000 shi of grain. The Governor's Office should have more money and grain. I have asked the Governor Song Ying to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the Governor's Office!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Go and invite Lord Song over!"

"Yes!" Song Dashan responded reflexively, then went out and asked someone to escort Song Ying.

Yang Zhengshan continued to ask: "Where are the weapons and armor?"

Yang Minghao said: "The five battalions of the town flag have a total of 30,000 combat soldiers, and the engineering battalion can mobilize 5,000 engineers and 20,000 civilian laborers at any time! The eight lieutenant generals' reinforcement battalions each have 5,000 combat soldiers. This is the statistics from last year, but I estimate that the reinforcement battalions should be able to gather more combat soldiers."

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and said, "It's not the quantity of soldiers that matters, but their quality!"

Chongshan Town is not as good as Tenglong Guard. Yang Zhengshan stayed in Tenglong Guard for six years and trained almost all the soldiers of Tenglong Guard.

Therefore, Yang Zhengshan was able to mobilize 15,000 combat soldiers from Tenglong Guard back then.

There are a large number of soldiers in Chongshan Town, not to mention ordinary soldiers, there are 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers in the town’s flag battalion and reinforcement battalion alone. When Yang Zhengshan left Chongshan Town, the six reinforcement battalions had just completed basic training.

The Heishan Guard in the north and the Dinghu Guard in the west had not yet been established.

Although the well water in the military camp outside Chongshan Pass also had the effects of spiritual spring water after Yang Zhengshan left, without Yang Zhengshan adding spiritual spring water at any time, the effectiveness of the well water would definitely become lower and lower.

By now, it is estimated that the well water no longer has the same efficacy as the spiritual spring water.

"What is the ratio of warriors in Zhenbiao Camp?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"They are all warriors!" Yang Minghao said.

"Where's the reinforcement battalion?"

"The warriors from Dinghu Guard and Black Mountain Guard only account for 10%, and the other six routes account for about 30%!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. As expected, without the help of spiritual spring water, it would be difficult for ordinary soldiers to become warriors.

In fact, the proportion of warriors in Dinghuwei and Heishanwei is already much higher than that in the town flag camps of other border towns. After all, they have also been trained in Chongshan Pass. After Yang Zhengshan left, the well water here still has some of the effects of spiritual spring water.

While they were talking, Qingxia came to the lobby of the front yamen and said, "My Lord, Madam said that the remaining poison in General Zhou and Miss Yunqiao is not serious and can be completely removed, but it will probably take one or two months to fully recover!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "I understand."

Qingxia bowed and left, just as Song Ying came running over.

Not only Song Ying, but also the Censor Zhang Cong and the Commander-in-Chief Ning Qinghe came.

"Greetings, Lord Marquis!" The three of them came to the lobby and bowed first.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "Please take a seat first."

"This is an urgent matter, so I won't bother to be polite with you guys!"

"Your Majesty has issued an order, ordering me to take charge of all military and political affairs in Chongshan Town."

After saying this, he waved to Yang Chengye and Yang Chengmao, and they hurriedly brought over the imperial edict and the royal flag.

(End of this chapter)