Chapter 119 Taking office in Anyuan Prefecture

Chengping twenty-fifth year, October 28.

Chongshan Town has entered winter, and the cold north wind blows from outside the pass, cutting people's faces like a knife.

Outside Yinghe Fort, people are crowded, dispelling the cold north.

Today Yang Zhengshan is leaving Yinghe Fort, and almost everyone in the fort comes out to see him off.

The long convoy stopped on the road at the south gate of Tunbu, and Yang Zhengshan stood behind the convoy and looked at the dark crowd.

He looked around and stroked his beard and smiled with satisfaction.

In life, you have to do something.

When he came here, although there was always something wrong in his heart, he felt the satisfaction brought by the sense of accomplishment.

He was able to do something for everyone, to make these military households live a better life, and to be recognized by so many people, it was worth his trip to this world.

Thousands of people saw him off today.

If he could go back, he could brag about today's scene for the rest of his life.

"Promise!"

Yang Zhengshan patted Yang Chengze's shoulder, and the young man's eyes were red, hehe~~

"Uncle!" Yang Chengze called.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and glanced at the other Yang family members.

"Take care of yourselves!"

He had said everything he should say before. He had communicated with each of the Yang family members individually, and taught them patiently.

Yang Zhengshan felt uncomfortable when he said they were his descendants, but he was willing to accept it if he said they were his younger brothers.

Everyone was filled with the sadness of parting.

Yang Zhengshan didn't say much to them, and his eyes swept over the soldiers and military households behind him.

Finally, his eyes fell on Liu Yuanfu.

Since the invasion of the Hu tribe this year, the old man's attitude towards him was no longer indifferent. Although the old man was still stubborn, he at least smiled at him.

Seeing Yang Zhengshan looking at him, Liu Yuanfu stepped forward and handed a book in his hand to Yang Zhengshan.

"This book is for you!"

Yang Zhengshan took the book with some surprise.

This is a copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean".

"Thank you for your guidance, I'm grateful for your advice!"

In just a moment, Yang Zhengshan understood the purpose of Liu Yuanfu giving him a copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean".

There is no need to say more about what "The Doctrine of the Mean" is about. Liu Yuanfu would not give him a plain copy of "The Doctrine of the Mean" without any purpose.

Looking back on the things he had done in the past two years, Yang Zhengshan also felt that he should restrain himself.

In fact, he did a lot of things that violated the rules without knowing it. If Zhou Lan hadn't covered him up, he didn't know how much trouble he would have faced.

Everyone should do his duty and take his own responsibilities.

With Zhou Lan around, he had no problem breaking some rules.

But he couldn't hold Zhou Lan's thigh in the future, so he had to be more responsible.

"I didn't give you any advice!" Liu Yuanfu said with a straight face.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and bowed, "Old sir, goodbye!"

"Please go back!"

"We'll see each other again in the future!"

Jumping onto Hongyun's horse, Yang Zhengshan pulled the reins and headed east without looking back.

Afterwards, a long caravan followed him.

The people in the garrison followed the retreat step by step until someone got tired and Yang Zhengshan shouted, "Go back, we must say goodbye after sending you a thousand miles."

Yang Zhengshan did not stop, but just shouted loudly.

Yang Chengze and others stopped at this time.

They watched the caravan go farther and farther, and only returned when it completely disappeared from their sight.

Unlike when they first came to Chongshan Town, the Yang family's caravan was very large when they went to Anyuanzhou City.

There were six carriages for people alone, one for the eldest wife, one for the third wife, one for Yang Yunyan with the child, one for Yang Yunxue and Wang Yunqiao, and the remaining two were given to the maids and the old women.

There are also four carriages for carrying things. In fact, Yang Zhengshan put all the valuable things in the Lingquan space, and the things on the carriages were sorted by Wang.

As for the second house, Yang Mingzhi's family of four moved to Jianningwei.

In addition to the servants of the Yang family, there were more than a dozen Yang family members, as well as Song Dashan and the cavalry of two small flags.

Yes, there are also Old Li and Lu Wenhua.

It is about 400 miles from Yinghebao to Songzhouwei. It is cold and difficult to travel. It took them five days to reach Songzhouwei.

Yang Zhengshan is going to Anyuanzhou City to take office. He must first report to Songzhouwei, because he is the commander of Songzhouwei first, and then the garrison of Anyuanzhou City.

The city where Songzhouwei is located is Jiacheng. Like Chongshanguancheng, Jiacheng is also a fortress city built on the border.

However, the scale of Jiacheng is much smaller than Chongshanguancheng, and the number of troops and population stationed there is much smaller.

With the official document from the Dusi Yamen, Yang Zhengshan easily entered the Weisi Yamen in Jiacheng and met Sha Pingchuan, the commander of Songzhou Wei.

Sha Pingchuan is 48 years old this year. His fat body is like a ball, and his round face always has a smile like Maitreya Buddha.

After Yang Zhengshan greeted him, Sha Pingchuan said with a smile: "Sir Yang, I've been waiting for you to come!"

His attitude was a bit too enthusiastic.

In theory, Yang Zhengshan was his subordinate, and he didn't need to be so enthusiastic.

"Does the commander have any instructions?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"No, no, I just want you to take office in Anyuanzhou City as soon as possible!"

"Ah~" Sha Pingchuan sighed and continued, "The previous garrison of Anyuanzhou City was Cao Han. Since Cao Han was convicted of corruption, the garrison of Anyuanzhou City has been vacant for three months."

"Anyuanzhou City is a border city and may be harassed by Daling Kingdom at any time. I have always been uneasy without a garrison."

"If you don't come again, I guess I will go to Anyuanzhou City in person to take charge!"

Although Sha Pingchuan was sighing, he always had a kind smile on his face.

He looked like a good guy, but Yang Zhengshan didn't think he was a good guy.

Sha Pingchuan was naturally not an incompetent person to be able to sit on the commander of Songzhou Guard.

Although he was as fat as a pig, this guy's cultivation was still higher than Yang Zhengshan, at least he was a fifth-level warrior.

How could a fifth-level warrior be a kind Maitreya Buddha.

"Is the situation in Anyuanzhou City bad?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"Not bad, not bad, you'll know when you go there!" Sha Pingchuan said with a smile.

However, Yang Zhengshan was startled. He couldn't believe it.

It was not certain whether it was bad or not, but it was definitely not a good place.

Sha Pingchuan seemed unwilling to talk to him more about the situation in Anyuanzhou City, and directly changed the subject and said, "By the way, you haven't met General Wang Bin yet, let's go, I'll take you to meet General Wang Bin first!"

Wang Bin was the Lieutenant General of Songzhou Guard in the East Road of Chongshan Town, and Yang Zhengshan's immediate superior.

Yang Zhengshan was the commander of Songzhou Guard, so his immediate superior in Songzhou Guard was Sha Pingchuan, the commander, but Yang Zhengshan was also the garrison commander of Anyuanzhou City, and the garrison official office was directly under the Lieutenant General's Office.

So Yang Zhengshan was under dual leadership, and Wang Bin and Sha Pingchuan were both his immediate superiors.

Without waiting for Yang Zhengshan to speak, Sha Pingchuan took Yang Zhengshan directly to the Lieutenant General's Office.

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, Wang Bin looked at Yang Zhengshan with a scrutinizing gaze.

In fact, he was very curious why Liang Chu transferred Yang Zhengshan to Anyuanzhou City.

He knew that Yang Zhengshan was Zhou Lan's man, and transferring Yang Zhengshan from Zhou Lan's command to his command was actually a bit of a robbery.

Generally speaking, the generals of the border town don't like such operations.

I finally cultivated a confidant, but you just opened your mouth and transferred him away. Isn't this making me uncomfortable?

After Yang Zhengshan greeted him, he felt Wang Bin's scrutinizing gaze, but he didn't care. Instead, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Bin.

"General, this is the letter that General Zhou asked me to bring!"

Wang Bin took the letter and read it.

After reading it, he fell into deep thought again.

There was nothing special about the content of the letter. Zhou Lan just asked him to take care of Yang Zhengshan more, and didn't say a word about the rest.

But Wang Bin felt that there was something wrong here.

Zhou Lan was obviously unwilling to let Yang Zhengshan go, but why did she compromise again?

Because of Liang Chu?

Impossible!

Liang Chu is not stupid, he would not provoke Zhou Lan for this.

He thought about it, but could not figure it out.

"The garrison of Anyuanzhou City has been vacant for a long time, Lord Yang should take up the post as soon as possible!"

Wang Bin did not say much to Yang Zhengshan, just said a simple sentence, and let Yang Zhengshan take up the post in Anyuanzhou City.

He felt that there were some troubles in this, so it would be better for him to not interfere.

As for Zhou Lan's request, it was very simple. As long as he did not make things difficult for Yang Zhengshan, it would be considered as taking care of Yang Zhengshan.

He was not Zhou Lan, and he would definitely not use Yang Zhengshan as a confidant.

After staying in Jiacheng for a day, Yang Zhengshan went to Anyuanzhou City with his family.

The whole process was smooth and there was no trouble.

Anyuanzhou City is very close to Jiacheng, less than fifty miles away. They set out from Jiacheng in the morning and arrived at Anyuanzhou City before noon.

When Yang Zhengshan arrived at the south gate of Anyuan Prefecture, a group of military officers under the garrison office had been waiting at the gate to greet him.

These officials can be divided into two parts. One part is the officials in charge of the garrison, headed by the garrison officer, including two defense officers and seven garrison officers. The other part is the military officers of the camp system headed by the thousand commanders, including two captains.

In other words, Yang Zhengshan has both garrison troops and camp troops.

Camp troops are generally selected from various garrisons.

The ratio of camp troops to garrison troops is roughly maintained at a ratio of three to seven.

Roughly speaking, Yang Zhengshan, the garrison, has more than 3,000 soldiers under his command, and on ordinary days, 1,000 soldiers are responsible for the defense of Anyuan Prefecture, and the others are responsible for farming in the garrison.

When he came to the officials, Yang Zhengshan dismounted and looked at this group of unfamiliar subordinates.

"Greetings, Lord Yang!"

The leader was a middle-aged man wearing a bear-black embroidered uniform of a fifth-rank military officer, about thirty-five or thirty-six years old, with a rough look. Facing Yang Zhengshan, there was no smile on his face, and he saluted casually with his fists clasped.

Yang Zhengshan looked at the middle-aged man, nodded slightly, and said, "No need to be polite!"

Then, a group of military officers stood up, and no one spoke.

Yang Zhengshan narrowed his eyes slightly, what does this mean?

Is he being left alone?

A show of power?