Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 569: Cannot Destroy Wuliang Royal Court

After thinking through the attack plan, Yang Zhengshan handed Chongshan Pass to Zhou Lan, who had recovered a little, at the end of April, and personally led the front camp, rear camp and center camp of the town flag to Dinghu Wei.

At the same time, he ordered Lieutenant General Zhang Chengzhi of Songzhou Guard in the east, Lieutenant General Niu Zhuang of Jianning Guard in the middle, Lieutenant General Tang Feihu of Jinzhou Guard in the middle, Lieutenant General Qin He of Dingliao Guard in the south, Lieutenant General Yang Mingzhi of Fuzhou Guard in the north, and Lieutenant General Yang Mingwu of Heishan Guard in the north to lead their elite soldiers to join Dinghu Guard.

In addition to the war horses previously equipped, the three camps in the front, middle and rear of the town flag also brought an additional 30,000 war horses. They galloped all the way in a hurry and covered more than 400 miles in just three days and arrived at Dinghu Wei.

The Dinghuwei's fortress is located at Guanshankou, which is where the Dinghuwei's fortress is located and where the assistant general's shogunate is stationed.

A large amount of fertile land was reclaimed in the valley south of Guanshankou for cultivation by the military households of Dinghu Wei, while there were large grasslands and barracks to the north of Guanshankou.

Standing on the mountain peak on the west side of Guanshankou and looking to the north, you can see a line of forts extending to the northeast.

The garrisons under the jurisdiction of the shogunate of the Western Dinghu Guard Lieutenant General were these forts.

These forts spanned a large area of ​​grassland, and four citadels were built beside several small rivers in the north. The citadels and forts were connected to the forts of the Black Cloud Guard's shogunate in the north, forming a semi-arc control line.

The area east of the control line is under the control of Chongshan Town, while the area west and north of the control line are not actually controlled by Chongshan Town.

In fact, there are large tracts of grassland to the west and north of the control line. These grasslands are very fertile. Unfortunately, Chongshan Town is unable to digest such a large area in a short period of time and can only gradually erode it.

According to the plan formulated by Yang Zhengshan and implemented by Zhou Lan, Dinghu Wei is currently spreading westward along the two rivers in the north. If nothing unexpected happens, three years later, Dinghu Wei's participation in the garrison under the jurisdiction of the shogunate will extend to the territory of the Ula tribe.

The construction of so many garrisons and forts was not only for the purpose of cultivating farmland and raising horses, but also for the convenience of storing grain and mobilizing troops.

The connection between the garrisons and the forts means that the roads will be connected. Once the fort in the front is attacked, the garrisons in the rear can immediately send troops to support it.

At the same time, if the Wulianghu tribe is to be conquered, these garrisons and forts can also ensure the safety of the logistics transportation lines.

Otherwise, it would be too difficult to protect the transportation lines in the vast grassland.

On the top of the mountain, Yang Zhengshan and Luo Feiyu stood together and looked towards the north.

"Where is the fort at the front?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Luo Feiyu pointed to the north and said, "It's about three hundred miles away from Dinghuwei, towards the northwest. We built it along the Blue Water River. The guard posts and forts there are all on the south bank of the Blue Water River!"

Yang Zhengshan asked again: "How far is it from the Ula tribe?"

Luo Feiyu said: "The territory of the Wula tribe does not have a specific demarcation line, but a hundred miles west of there, there are small tribes under the Wula tribe active!"

"It's about 300 miles away from the banner of the Ula tribe. The banner of the Ula tribe is on the east side of Mount Menghe. There is a lake called Sari Lake over there."

"The banner of the Ula tribe is just to the south of Sari Lake!"

"The Ula tribe is not good at farming. If they could, we could open up a lot of good farmland along the Sari Lake! It wouldn't be a problem to feed 100,000 people."

"If we occupy Lake Sari, we can set up a garrison there."

Yang Zhengshan shook his head. "It's too far. We haven't even digested the Northland yet, so how can we digest Sari Lake?"

Luo Feiyu chuckled and said, "I've been to Sari Lake!"

"Yeah!" Yang Zhengshan turned his head to look at him and asked, "When did you go?"

Luo Feiyu said: "Just over a year ago, I went there with a few of my followers, driving a herd of cattle and sheep!"

"No one discovered?" Yang Zhengshan said.

Luo Feiyu said somewhat embarrassedly: "We were discovered, and the cattle and sheep were lost. We escaped back on horseback!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled. This guy was bold enough to actually go deep into the heart of the Ula tribe.

However, this also shows that Luo Feiyu is also trying to find out the situation of the Wulianghu tribe, but his methods of investigation are not as sophisticated as Zhou Lan's.

Zhou Lan actually formed a Hu tribe on her own. Even Yang Zhengshan did not expect such a bold move.

Yang Zhengshan took out a jade box and handed it to him, "Three yellow plums, eat it!"

"Three yellow plums?" Luo Feiyu was shocked.

"Well, it has been three years since you broke through the ninth level of the acquired realm. If you eat it now, you should be able to condense the innate true qi soon!" Yang Zhengshan said.

This time he came as if to distribute Sanhuangli.

In fact, he had wanted to share some Sanhuangli with everyone for a long time, but he felt it was unsafe not to hand it to them personally. After all, he could not explain the origin of these Sanhuangli.

The year before last, Lingquan Space harvested twelve Sanhuang plums, last year it harvested sixteen, and this year it will harvest even more.

Now he has no shortage of Sanhuang plums, and as time goes by, he will have more and more Sanhuang plums in his hands.

In addition to Sanhuang Plum, there is also Bingxin Fruit, and there are more Bingxin Fruit. In a few years, Sanhuang Plum and Bingxin Fruit will be like ordinary fruits in his hands.

"Thank you, brother-in-law. From now on, you are my adoptive parents. I will do whatever you ask me to do!" Luo Feiyu started to talk.

Yang Zhengshan punched him in anger and said, "Practice hard and become a congenital warrior as soon as possible. This way you will be safer in Chongshan Town!"

Luo Feiyu was stunned. "Safer? What dangers will we face in Chongshan Town?"

Yang Zhengshan remained silent. Luo Feiyu hesitated for a moment, then took out the Sanhuangli and started eating.

After a moment, Yang Zhengshan said again: "The Tianqing Sword Sect has developed well in recent years, but it is still not enough. After this battle is over, I will transfer you to the East Road. At that time, you can take care of the Tianqing Sword Sect!"

In fact, the Tianqing Sword Sect has developed very well in recent years. It has nearly 500 disciples and is a second-rate sect.

Many disciples of the Tianqing Sword Sect work in Chongshan Town and Liaoyuan Shangwu Division.

However, there is still a huge gap between the Tianqing Sword Sect and the first-class sects, the biggest gap being the lack of innate warriors.

It may take another ten or twenty years to make up for this gap.

There is no way. The Tianqing Sword Sect's foundation is still too weak. Even with Yang Zhengshan's care, it is difficult to cultivate a congenital warrior in a short period of time.

The older generation of the Tianqing Sword Sect has basically passed away. Of the four elders back then, only Hua Jinqiu is left as the sect leader. Hua Jinqiu is over sixty years old, and she will not be able to become a congenital warrior in this lifetime because her current cultivation level is at the eighth level of the acquired realm.

Due to her old age and frailty, she no longer had the chance to break through to the ninth level of the acquired realm. And if her cultivation did not reach the ninth level, she would not be able to condense the innate true qi.

Even taking Sanhuangli and Yululingtao will not work.

The spiritual spring water can't do that either. At most, it can nourish her body and prolong her life, but it can't improve her cultivation.

Therefore, if the Tianqing Sword Sect wants to cultivate innate warriors, it can only rely on the next generation. However, the two most outstanding people in the next generation have already left the Tianqing Sword Sect, namely Yu Qingyi and Luo Feiyu.

Luo Feiyu felt something was wrong. After finishing the three yellow plums, he asked, "Brother-in-law, is there any trouble?"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "There is no trouble for now, but it may not be the case in the future. I am just making some preparations in advance!"

Luo Feiyu nodded, "That's good. I can go to the East Road after this battle is over. It will be a good opportunity for me to have some free time and strive to reach the Xiantian realm as soon as possible."

Compared with Dinghu Wei in the west, Songzhou Wei in the east would undoubtedly be more leisurely.

"Give me the core." Yang Zhengshan took back the core of the Sanhuangli.

Luo Feiyu felt the changes in the energy in his body and asked, "Are we going to destroy the Wuliang King's Court this time?"

Yang Zhengshan was silent for a moment, "No, we cannot destroy the Wuliang royal court, but Wutuo must die!"

"Why?" Luo Feiyu asked.

Yang Zhengshan looked toward the green ocean in the north and slowly uttered four words.

"Keeping the enemy is a way to protect yourself!" Luo Feiyu was stunned at first, then fell silent.

Keeping the enemy for your own benefit does not seem to be a good thing, but for the sake of the interests of Chongshan Town, you have to do so.

If the Wuliang royal court is destroyed, is there any need for Chongshan Town to exist?
To the north of Chongshan Town is the snowfield, and the population in the snowfield is extremely sparse. Apart from some followers controlled by the Ling'en Holy Church, there are no other forces at all.

Of course, this only refers to the snowy land to the north of Chongshan Town. There are also some barbaric tribes and some unknown forces in the snowy land to the north of the Wulianghu territory.

But the strength of those forces is not very strong.

To put it simply, there are no enemies to the north of Chongshan Town, and the only enemy of Chongshan Town now is the Wuliang Royal Court.

But once the Wuliang royal court is destroyed, Chongshan Town will really have no enemies.

At that time, the court might abolish Chongshan Town, change the guard post into a prefecture-county, and divide Chongshan Town into two provinces.

And if the court does this, how should the soldiers in Chongshan Town deal with it?
What should the Yang family and the Yang clan do with their foundation in Chongshan Town?
Therefore, Yang Zhengshan does not intend to destroy the Wuliang royal court now, but he will not let Wutuo go. Wutuo must be held responsible for Pang Tang's death.

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In early May, food and fodder from Chongshan Town were transported to Dinghu Wei one after another, and at the same time, generals from various routes also rushed to Dinghu Wei one after another.

For a time, there were camps stretching for more than ten miles outside Dinghuwei City, with more than 70,000 soldiers stationed there.

Such a large-scale troop deployment in Chongshan Town naturally could not be concealed from the Ula Tribe. Luo Feiyu had been keeping an eye on the Ula Tribe, and the Ula Tribe had also been keeping an eye on the Dinghu Wei.

On the east side of Menghe Mountain, on the west side of Sari Lake, within the territory of Ula Banner.

Xuan Ting, the leader of the Ula clan, was sitting in the hall with a solemn expression. Several elders of the Ula clan were also in the hall.

The Ula clan originally belonged to the Donghai Hu tribe, and now belongs to the Wuliang royal court.

Xuan Ting was named King of Ula by the Wuliang Kingdom, so the Ula clan became the Ula tribe.

The Ula tribe and the Ula clan are different. The Ula clan represents a surname and the Ula clan, while the Ula tribe refers to more than a dozen clans of varying sizes in addition to the Ula clan.

Before joining the Wuliang royal court, the Ula clan had only 80,000 members. After joining the Wuliang royal court, the Ula clan has multiplied peacefully for more than ten years, and now the number of members has exceeded 100,000.

In addition to the members of the Ula clan, the Ula tribe also has some small and medium-sized tribes, which have a population of about 50,000.

So the population controlled by Xuanting now is probably over 150,000.

Every citizen can be a soldier. If Xuan Ting is a little more ruthless, he can recruit 30,000 to 40,000 young and strong men as combat soldiers.

But in fact, the Ula clan only had 3,000 elite soldiers and 5,000 trained Hu cavalry.

As for the young and strong, they are actually some herdsmen. Each of these herdsmen is an excellent rider, but their fighting ability is just so-so.

Compared with the powerful Chongshan Town, the Ula tribe is really not good enough.

"Everyone, tell me, how should we face the army of Chongshan Town next!" Xuan Ting asked, looking at the tribesmen.

Xuan Ting is actually not very old. He inherited the position of the leader of the Ula clan when he was in his twenties. At first, he was unable to control the clan.

But more than ten years ago, when the Donghai Hu tribe was destroyed, he strongly advocated surrendering to the Wuliang royal court. At that time, many people in the tribe opposed it, but he still used his power as the leader of the flag to suppress the opposition voices within the tribe.

The fact that the Ula clan has lived and multiplied peacefully at the foot of Mount Menghe over the years proves that his original choice was correct.

Now he is able to control the entire Ula clan, and no one has opposed his decision for a long time.

"Flag Master, we are no match for Chongshan Town. Even if we use all our strength, we cannot defeat Chongshan Town!"

An elder of the tribe spoke first.

"That's right. We can't stop the Chongshan Town army at all. The king's court actually asked us to stop the Chongshan Town army. Isn't this sending our people to their deaths?"

At this time, the Ula clan was very resentful towards the Wuliang royal court. They were naturally unwilling to be used as cannon fodder by the Wuliang royal court.

Xuan Ting frowned and asked, "Then what do you say we should do? Tang Wuxi will never let us pass through Menghe Mountain Gate. We can't avoid the battle!"

Tang Wuxi was the leader of the Chishi tribe and one of the eight princes of the Wuliang royal court.

After receiving Wutuo's order, Xuanting contacted Tangwuxi, hoping that Tangwuxi could let the members of the Ula clan pass through Menghe Mountain Que to avoid the attack of Chongshan Town.

Xuan Ting was not unwilling to contribute to the Wuliang royal court, but he did not want the elderly, the weak, the women and the children of the Ula clan to face the army of Chongshan Town together.

Therefore, he wanted the elderly, the weak, women and children to take refuge on the west side of Menghe Mountain first, and then he would lead the young and strong in the tribe to deal with the army of Chongshan Town on the east side of Menghe Mountain.

But Tang Wuxi rejected his request.

Tang Wuxi had good reasons for his refusal. The west side of Mount Menghe was the territory of their Chici tribe, and it was impossible to accommodate the herdsmen of the Ula tribe.

"Since the royal court is unwilling to protect our family, why should we work for the royal court?"

"Master, our people have finally grown to where they are today. We cannot let them die under the butcher's knife of Chongshan Town!"

"Yes, Marquis Jing'an of Darong is the butcher who massacred Fushan City. If we fight him, our Wula clan will be exterminated!"

"That butcher was so cruel that he didn't even spare the little kids."

"I heard he also likes to eat babies' hearts and livers..."

"I've heard that too. It's said that Meng Temu's grandson had his heart dug out by him!"

At first, these elders were still complaining that the Wuliang royal court did not protect their people, but as they talked, the topic turned to Yang Zhengshan.

More than a decade has passed, and Yang Zhengshan's notoriety has not disappeared, but has become more and more evil.

At that time, many people from the East China Sea Hu tribe fled to the snowfields. Some of these people joined the Ling'en Holy Church and became its believers. Some also fled to the Ula clan and became members of the Ula clan.

Although Yang Zhengshan massacred many Hu people from the East China Sea, he was unable to kill all the Hu people he met at that time. Every time he attacked a tribe, he only massacred a small half of the people, and most of them actually escaped.

Some of these people were lucky enough to survive the hunger and cold, while others were unlucky enough to freeze to death or starve to death.

Many of those who defected to the Ula clan had experienced Yang Zhengshan's massacre. After all, Yang Zhengshan massacred too many tribes at that time, as many as twenty or thirty.

In this way, Yang Zhengshan's notoriety spread throughout the Wula clan, and now Yang Zhengshan's notoriety in the Wula clan has become so bad that even children can't stop crying.

There were all kinds of rumors. Some said Yang Zhengshan was an evil ghost that crawled out of hell, some said Yang Zhengshan was extremely ugly, and some said Yang Zhengshan was eight feet tall, extremely strong, and had a bloody mouth that would eat a child in one bite.

Anyway, in the minds of many Ula herdsmen, Yang Zhengshan is a fierce god.

Even many herdsmen don’t know who Yang Zhengshan is. They only know that there is a terrifying evil ghost in Dayong.

Fortunately, Yang Zhengshan didn’t know this, otherwise he would have been so wronged that he died.

I look so tall and majestic, and you actually say I am an evil ghost!
But Yang Zhengshan was not wronged, because he did so many evil things back then.

The elders kept chattering, and Xuan Ting felt a little upset.

"Okay, go ahead and do your work, I'll think about it carefully!"

Xuan Ting said impatiently.

He was afraid of the army of Chongshan Town and the ruthlessness of Yang Zhengshan, but he did not dare to disobey Wutuo's orders.

For a moment he didn't know how to make a decision.

(End of this chapter)