Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 567: Menghe Mountain Palace
"Are they all warriors?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Of course. The two thousand heavily-armored infantrymen are all the strongest warriors in my camp. Each of them is at the level of refining strength, and the squad leaders among them are all acquired warriors!" Yang Chengxu said with a proud look on his face.

This kid is a little bit arrogant, but he has the right to be arrogant.

It’s not that Dayong is without heavy armored infantry, but their number is very small. Among the twelve battalions of the imperial guards and the sixteen guards of the personal army, there are both armored heavy cavalry and heavy armored infantry, but the total number is no more than ten thousand.

As for the nine border towns, it is estimated that only Chongshan Town has the financial resources to form armored heavy cavalry and armored infantry.

The armor used by most soldiers in other border towns was mainly cloth armor and leather armor, and those who could wear iron armor were considered elite.

Cloth armor has iron plates on the inner layer, while leather armor has iron plates inlaid on the outer layer. Both types have certain defensive capabilities, and are also windproof and cold-resistant, making them most suitable for use in Dayong's northern border town.

Therefore, most of the soldiers in Chongshan Town were equipped with cloth armor and leather armor in the past.

But now the five battalions of Zhenbiao are mainly equipped with iron armor. Even if they are not iron-armored heavy cavalry or heavy-armored infantry, the armor on their bodies is iron mountain-patterned armor.

The five battalions of Zhenbiao also have lightly armored cavalry, wearing blue cloth armor, but they are scouts and messengers in their army.

Yang Zhengshan took a look and found that the town's central camp and front camp actually had more than 6,000 soldiers, but each camp had 8,000 soldiers, of which 2,000 were auxiliary troops.

"Is it the same in the rear camp?"

"Well, the rear camp has the same configuration as the front camp!"

"What about the left and right battalions?"

"The left and right battalions are mainly composed of armored cavalry, supplemented by armored light cavalry. Each battalion has 4,000 armored cavalry and 2,000 armored light cavalry." Yang Chengxu said.

"What about the reinforcement camps?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Yang Chengxu replied: "The situations of the various reinforcement camps are different, but they are all cavalry. The difference lies in the ratio of iron cavalry to light cavalry."

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. It seemed that Chongshan Town had really become wealthy. Even the reinforcement camps had all been replaced by cavalry.

It is not an easy task to support so many cavalrymen. The food and fodder consumed by the men and horses are countless.

Chongshan Town can afford to support so many soldiers and horses. Large-scale reclamation of wasteland is only one of the reasons. The main reason is that the glass workshop provides a large amount of silver and money to the General's Mansion, as well as the profits brought by maritime trade.

Then Yang Zhengshan asked the soldiers to practice again, which gave him a clear understanding of the overall combat effectiveness of the Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion.

After understanding the strength of Chongshan Town, Yang Zhengshan began to send people to inquire about the news of the Wulianghu tribe.

As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. Yang Zhengshan suddenly came to Chongshan Town, and he would never rashly send troops without knowing the situation clearly.

At this time, the battle in Beiyuan Town was in full swing. One hundred thousand Hu cavalry marched southward, and the border of Beiyuan Town was covered with smoke. In mid-April, Wutuo led an army of 120,000 elite soldiers from the Wuliang royal court and marched to the outside of Beiyuan City.

Linyuan City is the largest fortress in Beiyuan Town. The city is six zhang high and more than thirty miles in circumference. It is backed by the steep Tianhu Mountain to the west and is adjacent to Hushan River, one of the sources of Ru River, to the north.

The moat of Guancheng is the Hushan River, which is more than ten feet wide. Although its deepest point is only two feet, it is the best barrier for Linyuan City. If the Wuliang army wants to attack Linyuan City, they must first cross the Hushan River.

The Hushan River originates from Tianhu Mountain. If the Wuliang army wants to bypass Tianhu Mountain, they need to go around to the west for more than 100 miles. However, there is a Shangyuan Pass to the west of Tianhu Mountain, which is also an important pass in Beiyuan Town.

However, Wutuo did not intend to bypass Tianhu Mountain. At this time, he was ordering his army to fill up the Hushan River.

Although the Hushan River is wide, the water flow is not large. As long as there is enough manpower, it can be filled up.

Wutuo stood in front of the camp, looking at Linyuan City in the south, without any sign of anxiety.

Although he was blocked by Linyuan City and could not go deep into Beiyuan Town at the moment, he also delayed the 100,000 town flag battalion under Duan Qifeng. In comparison, they were not at a disadvantage by wasting time here.

Moreover, there were eight cavalry units under the command of King Wuliang. Currently, only three of the eight cavalry units were heading south, and the remaining five units were also mobilizing their troops and would soon head south as well.

He believed that as long as he could hold back Duan Qifeng's town flag camp, the eight cavalry units under his command would be able to easily wipe out the Beiyuan Town garrison.

"Report, an urgent letter from the royal court!" A Hu cavalryman came galloping on horseback and delivered an urgent letter to Wutuo.

Wuto looked at the contents of the urgent letter and frowned slightly, "It came so quickly?"

The content of the letter was about the news that Yang Zhengshan had arrived at Chongshan Pass.

This was faster than he expected. He originally thought that it would take at least one and a half months for the Darong court to send someone to Chongshan Town to take charge of the situation. Unexpectedly, Yang Zhengshan arrived at Chongshan Pass in just half a month.

However, he was not too worried because he had already thought of a way to defend against the heavy mountains.

"Send a message to the Ula tribe, asking them to delay the advance of the Chongshan Town army!"

"Send a message to the Chici tribe, and have them defend the Menghe Mountain Pass to the death. We must not let the Chongshan Town army pass through the Menghe Mountain Pass!"

Wuto said slowly.

Menghe Mountain Que is a defensive line specially built by Wutuo in recent years to defend against Chongshan Town.

The Menghe Mountain is about a thousand miles long from north to south and about three hundred miles wide from east to west. It is like a huge natural barrier that divides the territory of the Wuliang royal court into two parts, north and south.

If Chongshan Town wanted to attack the heartland of the Wuliang royal court, it had to cross the Menghe Mountain first. However, Wutuo had built a large number of strongholds and passes on the Menghe Mountain, and more than 300,000 herdsmen from the Chici tribe were stationed at various passes and strongholds on the Menghe Mountain.

The most important passage is Menghe Mountain Pass, which is the location of the Chici tribe's banner. Wutuo also built a huge pass there, a pass that is no less powerful than Chongshan Pass.

According to Wutuo's estimation, it would take at least three or four months for Chongshan Town to break through Menghe Mountain Gate.

And to the northeast of Menghe Mountain is the Ula tribe. Although the Ula tribe is much weaker, it should be able to resist Chongshan Town for a period of time.

Even if Menghe Mountain Que cannot be defended, it can provide him with half a year.

Half a year is enough for him to take over Beiyuan Town!

Yang Zhengshan didn’t know what Wutuo was thinking for the time being, but at this time Yang Zhengshan already knew the existence of Menghe Mountain Que.

At Chongshan Pass, in the lobby of the general's mansion, Yang Zhengshan was looking at the map of the Wuliang royal court.

This map is very simple, with only simple markings on it: mountains, rivers, and the locations of some Wuliang tribes.

The most important of these is the Menghe Mountain Que.

The Menghe Mountain Que is a long and narrow valley with a total length of more than one hundred miles. The widest part is about thirty miles, and the narrowest part is less than ten miles.

There are steep mountains on both sides, making it an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack place.

Looking at the Menghe Mountain Palace, Yang Zhengshan frowned deeply.

Although he had not seen the Menghe Mountain Tower with his own eyes, he knew very well that it was basically impossible to capture this place. You can't launch an attack from the Menghe Mountain Tower!
Yang Zhengshan’s first thought was to avoid Menghe Mountain Palace.

A strong attack would not only cause heavy casualties among the soldiers, but the consumption of food and grass in the protracted siege would be a huge problem.

What's more, if he delays too long in Menghe Mountain Palace, Beiyuan Town might not be able to hold on.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan no longer suspected that Duan Qifeng was secretly colluding with the Wulianghu tribe. After all, the two sides were fighting a bloody battle, a real bloody battle, fighting to the death at all costs.

According to the news received in the past few days, the fighting between Beiyuan Town and the Hu cavalry of the Wuliang King's court was very fierce, and both sides were fighting for almost every inch of land.

Today you occupy one of my forts, and I will take it back tomorrow. Today you kill three hundred of my soldiers, and tomorrow I will ambush your vanguard.

Even Yang Zhengshan had to express his admiration for the fighting spirit displayed by Beiyuan Town.

This made him dispel his suspicion of Duan Qifeng and put what Wang Bin said behind him.

Yang Zhengshan continued to look at the map of the Wuliang Royal Court. The territory of the Wuliang Royal Court was very large, spanning three thousand miles from east to west and nearly two thousand miles from north to south.

However, its north is an icy snowy land, and its west is a barren Gobi desert. The main settlements are divided into four parts. The first part is the royal city near Miluling Mountain and Suger Lake. That area has mountains, water, fertile fields and grasslands. It is the largest settlement of the Wuliang royal court and one of the main settlements of the Wuliang tribe.

The second part is the east and west sides of Mount Menghe. Mount Menghe has many peaks, most of which are snow-capped mountains. Every summer, the snow on the top of the mountain will melt into streams, flowing along the mountains, forming many rivers and lakes on both sides of Mount Menghe, nourishing a large amount of fertile grassland.

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The eastern side was designated as the territory of the Ula tribe by the Wuliang royal court, while the western side has always been the territory of the Chici tribe.

The third part is several source rivers in the upper reaches of the Ru River, such as the Hushan River, the Urugur River, the Baima River, etc. The basins of these rivers are all in the south of the Wuliang Royal Court. The main settlements of the Kerait, Wanggu and Tatar tribes are near these river basins.

The fourth part is the western part of the Wuliang Royal Court, near the Gersai River and Lake Uvs. Lake Uvs is the largest saltwater lake in the Wuliang Royal Court and an important salt-producing area in the Wuliang Royal Court. Although the Gersai River has a small flow, it is also a very long river. It passes through the Gobi Desert in the west and flows into Lake Uvs.

The settlements of the Alaman and Huiba tribes are located in this area. Not only can they graze here, but they can also make a living by boiling salt.

The main settlements of the Wuliang King's tribe and the eight subordinate Hu tribes were around these four areas. In addition, there were many small and medium-sized tribes scattered across the vast grassland.

Some of these small and medium-sized tribes have tens of thousands of people, while others have only a few hundred people.

Compared with the Donghai Hu tribe, the Wuliang Hu tribe is undoubtedly more powerful. At the same time, the Wuliang Hu tribe also has a centralized royal court, which far exceeds the Donghai Hu tribe in terms of both ruling power and dispatch capabilities.

This is a real dynasty, not a makeshift group like the Donghai Hu tribe.

Now the main force of the Wuliang Royal Court is concentrated in Beiyuan Town. Wutuo has transferred a large number of young and strong men from many tribes to the south, but this does not mean that there are no troops in the heartland of the Wuliang Royal Court.

The Hu people are a nation where every citizen is a soldier. As long as one can mount a horse and has a knife, regardless of gender, age or status, he or she can be called a cavalryman.

Of course, the Wulianghu tribe also has a shortcoming, which is that they lack weapons and armor.

Especially iron armor, only the elite of each tribe had iron armor, and ordinary young and strong men could only wear leather robes to go to the battlefield.

It is a leather robe, not leather armor. The leather armor in Chongshan Town is all inlaid with iron plates, such as the chest and shoulders are protected by iron plates.

However, the ordinary young and strong men of the Wulianghu tribe did not have such leather armor at all.

Perhaps some small tribes also have iron armor, but they are all antiques passed down from their ancestors.

Ancestral armor is very common among the Wulianghu tribe, and all descendants wear a set of iron armor.

While looking at the map of the Wuliang Royal Court, Yang Zhengshan carefully calculated based on his understanding of the Wuliang Royal Court.

Go to support Beiyuan Town?

There is no need. Although Chongshan Town can support Beiyuan Town, that does not make much sense. At most, it will trap the soldiers of Chongshan Town in the meat grinder of Beiyuan Town.

Moreover, if tens of thousands of soldiers poured into Beiyuan Town, it would be difficult for Beiyuan Town to sustain its food and fodder.

Besides, he didn't know much about Beiyuan Town and couldn't command the soldiers there. It would be very embarrassing for him to go to Beiyuan Town.

Instead of supporting Beiyuan Town, Yang Zhengshan thought it would be better to attack Yemi City, the capital of the Wuliang royal court, by attacking Wei to save Zhao.

But if they wanted to attack Yemi City, they had to pass through the Menghe Mountain Pass first, which gave Yang Zhengshan a headache.

Just when Yang Zhengshan was hesitating whether to attack Menghe Mountain, Yang Minghao came running over and said, "Dad, my second brother is here!"

Yang Zhengshan frowned, "What is he doing here?"

Yang Mingzhi had already entered the hall. When he saw Yang Zhengshan, he knelt down and said, "Son kowtows to father!"

"..."

He started kowtow as soon as he came up, and Yang Zhengshan was left speechless.

Well, it’s only natural for him to kowtow. After not seeing each other for several years, isn’t it normal for a son to kowtow to his father?
"Get up!"

Yang Zhengshan originally wanted to ask him why he came to Chongshan Pass instead of guarding Fuzhou City, but seeing him like this, he didn't bother to ask more.

Yang Mingzhi stood up with a faint smile on his face, "I haven't seen you for a few years. Dad looks a little older!"

Yang Zhengshan glared at him and said, "Do you know how to speak? If you can't, don't speak!"

After saying this, Yang Zhengshan looked down at his beard.

His beard is still shiny black, and there is not a single gray hair in his hair. How can he be old?

Yang Zhengshan has aged, but there are only a few fine wrinkles on his face. He looks to be forty years old at most, and does not look like a man in his sixties at all.

Yang Mingzhi was so shocked that he could only change the subject and asked, "How is Dad going to attack?"

"What, do you have any ideas?" Yang Zhengshan asked back.

"I didn't, I was waiting for my father's order!" Yang Mingzhi said.

Yang Zhengshan glared at him again, "Since you have to wait for orders, then just wait in Fuzhou City. Why are you running to Chongshan Pass?"

Seeing that Yang Zhengshan seemed really angry, Yang Mingzhi lowered his head and said no more.

This guy is also a power-hungry person who wants to make achievements and get promoted.

As the battle in Chongshan Town is about to begin, he is naturally anxious to go to the battlefield.

As soon as he received the news that Yang Zhengshan was coming to Chongshan Pass, he hurried over, fearing that Yang Zhengshan would not assign him a task.

(End of this chapter)