Chapter 346: Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Report
Yang Zhengshan felt that something was wrong in the court, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he could only let Wu Zheng keep an eye on the changes in the court.
For the next half month, Emperor Chengping was in a semi-conscious and semi-asleep state, waking up from time to time. Although he had been bedridden, there seemed to be no sign of his death.
In the court, the crown prince was acting as regent, and everything seemed calm. Whether it was the crown prince or Prince Cheng and Prince Gong, they all kept their duties and did not do anything beyond their authority.
It seemed that everything was normal, but everything seemed so abnormal, which made Yang Zhengshan a little confused.
Shouldn't the crown prince, Prince Cheng and Prince Gong fight to the death at this time?
Why were they so peaceful?
Could it be the calm before the storm?
Yang Zhengshan was a little confused, and in the end he could only put aside these annoying things for the time being and put his mind back on the development of Tenglongwei.
No matter what changes would happen in Kyoto next, there was actually very little he could do now.
Instead of looking for trouble, it is better to calm down and wait and see.
However, Yang Zhengshan never expected that the first storm would not break out in Kyoto, but in Chongshan Town.
On the tenth day of the fifth month of the thirty-fourth year of Chengping.
On the west road of Chongshan Town, a bunch of wolf smoke rose straight above the garrison, shocking.
Faintly, there were bursts of gong and clapper sounds from the garrison.
The wolf smoke spread from the northernmost end of the west road to the south and east, and a bunch of wolf smoke continued to spread to Daning City in a blink of an eye. Daning City is the residence of the shogunate of the west road of Chongshan Town.
When the wolf smoke came, the gates of Daning City were closed, and the soldiers on the city wall were ready for battle.
However, the imagined enemy did not come to the city of Daning City, but directly bypassed Daning City and went deep into Darong.
On May 13th.
Thirty thousand Hu cavalry appeared outside Shunyang County in a mighty manner. In less than a day, Shunyang County was breached, and tens of thousands of people became prisoners of the Hu people.
These Hu people are not from the Donghai Hu people, or they used to belong to the Donghai Hu people.
That's right, they are the Wula clan who defected to the Wuliang Hu people.
In the battle in the north, all the eight tribes of the Donghai Hu people, except the Wula clan, were wiped out. When the Wula clan saw that the situation was not good, they moved westward to the territory of the Wuliang Hu people and defected to the Wuliang Hu people.
Calculating the time, this happened more than five years ago.
However, the Hu cavalry in front of them is not only the cavalry of the Wula clan, but also a cavalry of about a thousand cavalrymen. This cavalry is from the Wuliang royal family.
The Wuliang Hu people are different from the Donghai Hu people. Although the Donghai Hu people have also established a dynasty, they are actually loose internally, and the eight tribes are independent, while the Wuliang Hu people have long been a dynasty, and they have been kings for nearly two hundred years, and Dayong has long recognized the existence of the Wuliang Dynasty.
In comparison, the Wuliang Hu people have no intention of being stronger and have more potential, so the Wuliang Hu people have always been the biggest enemy of Dayong's northern border.
Beiyuan Town, which was confronting the Wulianghu tribe, was also the most powerful of the many border towns in Dayong.
The battle between Beiyuan Town and the Wulianghu tribe had never stopped, but the battles between the two sides had always maintained small-scale conflicts, and no war between countries had formed.
Now that the Wula clan had invaded Chongshan Town, it was obviously not the Wula clan's unauthorized action, but the entire Wulianghu tribe was preparing to invade Dayong.
Shunyang County was a county under the jurisdiction of Huade Prefecture in Liaoxi Province. Liaoxi and Liaodong were divided by Changqing Mountain. Liaodong had three provinces, Liaoyuan, Pingyuan, and Shanhe, while Liaoxi was a separate province, with Chongshan Town West Road in the north and Beiyuan Town East Road in the west.
After the Wula clan army occupied Shunyang County, it did not stop, but went straight to Huade Prefecture City.
At the same time, another 30,000 Wuliang troops on Chongshan Town West Road broke through the defense line and entered Liaoxi.
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On May 15th, on the official road outside the north gate of Kyoto.
"Get out of the way, an urgent report of eight hundred miles!"
"An urgent report of eight hundred miles!"
A postman shouted while galloping on his horse.
His shout was hoarse and urgent, and passers-by on the official road avoided him.
Soon the postman came to the city gate, "Get out of the way, an urgent report of eight hundred miles!"
The guards at the city gate heard this and their faces suddenly changed. They quickly moved away the barricades and opened the city gate. They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until the postman rushed into the city.
The urgent shouts reached the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City.
"An urgent report of eight hundred miles from Huade Prefecture in Liaoxi!"
The postman came to the gate and fell off the horse before the horse stopped.
The guards on duty saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to help the postman up.
"An urgent report of eight hundred miles!"
The postman pulled the bamboo tube on his back and said weakly.
Although the postman and horse were changed every time the post station was in the 800-li urgent report, it did not mean that the postman had an easy time. This meant that the postman had to run desperately, and the horse and the man had to run desperately.
If we say that we can travel 800 miles a day, we must not be slow for a moment.
If we delay the urgent report, we will lose our heads. How can the postman not run desperately?
Of course, the 800-li urgent report is not often used. Most postmen have never encountered an 800-li urgent report in their lives.
"Urgent report!" The postman's voice became more and more hoarse, but he still urged.
The guards on duty hurriedly pulled off the bamboo tube and trotted into the Taiji Hall.
Soon the 800-li urgent report was sent to the imperial study and presented to the prince.
The prince looked at the content of the urgent report and was completely stunned.
The Wuliang Hu tribe invaded, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry had entered Liaoxi!
The content of the rapid recital was like a dull hammer hitting the prince's head hard, leaving the prince stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses.
"Quick, quick, summon all the cabinet ministers!"
"Quick!"
The prince yelled anxiously and panicked. The eunuch beside him reacted a little slowly, so he kicked him.
But before the eunuch could go out, Li Siyuan, the chief minister of the cabinet, came with four other cabinet ministers.
"Your Highness, are there eight hundred miles of rapid music?" Li Siyuan looked at the rapid music in the prince's hand and said.
When the prince saw Li Siyuan, he seemed to have seen the backbone, and handed the quick note to Li Siyuan like a hot potato.
"Mr. Ge, the Uliang Hu tribe has invaded, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry have entered western Liaoning!"
Li Siyuan's expression paused, and the expressions of the other four cabinet ministers changed dramatically.
Li Siyuan turned on the rapid music and looked more and more solemn.
The urgent report came from the prefect of Huade Prefecture. The content was very scattered, the words were vague, and the information was unclear. However, it was certain that a large number of Huqi had entered the territory of Huade Prefecture.
It's understandable that the prefect of Huade Prefecture couldn't provide accurate information. After all, it happened so suddenly that they had no preparation or expectation.
"Why did Wuliang Huqi appear in Huade Mansion?" Zhou Ruoyun, the second assistant, raised his doubts.
The Uliang Hu tribe attacked Chongshan Town West Road. This was not an accident. After all, the area north of Chongshan Town West Road was not controlled by Da Rong.
After wiping out the Donghai Hu tribe, Chongshan Town established Fuzhou in Fushan City, which was guarded by the North Road of Chongshan Town. It basically controlled the area east of Heiyun Mountain, but had no actual control over the area west of Heiyun Mountain.
In recent years, the west of Heiyun Mountain, especially the area close to the Ulliang Hu tribe, has basically been the activity range of the Wula clan.
No one would be surprised to say that they harassed the West Road of Chongshan Town, but how did the army of the Uliang Hu tribe enter western Liaoning?
"Entered from Chongshan Town West Road!" Li Siyuan said.
"Impossible, even if the Uliang Hu tribe invaded the west road of Chongshan Town, it would be impossible for them to enter western Liaoning so quickly!" Zhou Ruoyun didn't want to believe it.
Li Siyuan took a deep breath, "Nothing is impossible!"
"Your Highness, please summon the Sixth Department and the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief to come over. The top priority is that we must discuss a countermeasure!"
Li Siyuan was very calm. He did not doubt that the urgent report from the magistrate of Huade Prefecture was false. Of course, he did not know what was going on. Now is not the time to care about these things. The most important thing now is to summon the army to prepare to face the Uliang Hu tribe. army.
To the south of Liaoxi Province is Shanhe Province, and to the south of Shanhe Province is Shuntian Prefecture. Darong must block the Uliang army in Liaoxi Province, and must not let the Uliang army go south into Shanhe Province, otherwise Kyoto will be in danger.
Western Liaoning Province also has undulating mountains and several pass cities, while Shanhe Province is flat and flat. Once the Uliang army enters Shanhe Province, it may only take two or three days to reach Kyoto.
"That's right, why don't you hurry up and summon all the ministers and governors." The panic in the prince's heart had not dissipated, and he shouted impatiently to the eunuch serving next to him.
A group of young eunuchs didn't dare to hesitate and ran out of the imperial study room in a panic.
Li Siyuan sighed secretly in his heart when he saw this.
"Your Majesty is right, the prince is not worthy of his responsibilities!"
Li Siyuan is seventy-three this year. He is definitely a veteran in the court. Before Emperor Taiping ascended the throne, he was already a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Now he has been an official for forty years and has been in the cabinet for more than twenty years. He has served as chief assistant for more than ten years.
Being able to serve as the chief minister under Emperor Taiping for more than ten years shows that Emperor Taiping has great trust in him and proves that he is indeed a capable minister.
Soon six ministers and five military commanders gathered in Taiji Hall to discuss the massive invasion of the Uliang Hu tribe.
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When the urgent report reached Kyoto, news of the entry of the Ulliang army also spread throughout Chongshan Town, and from Chongshan Town to Liaodong.
On May 16, Yang Zhengshan received the news at Tenglongwei.
His news came from Yangjiacun, and the news from Yangjiacun came from Chongshan Town.
Nowadays, there are still many children of the Yang family serving in Chongshan Town. Yang Zhengshan does not have much contact with these children of the Yang family, but Yang Zhengxiang, the patriarch, will definitely have correspondence with them.
When the Wuliang Hu tribe invaded, the descendants of the Yang family in Chongshan Town would naturally send a message to the tribe. After all, Huade Mansion and Jing'an Mansion were only separated by a mountain. Although the mountain was Changqing Mountain, the distance was only more than a hundred miles. .
In the study room in the front yard of the Yang family, Yang Zhengshan frowned as he looked at the letter sent from Yangjiacun.
"Does your grandpa have any other explanations?"
After he read the letter, he raised his head and asked the person who came to deliver the letter.
The person who sent the letter was Yang Chenghe, the third grandson of Yang Zhengxiang, who was also the third brother of Yang Chengze.
"No, grandpa just asked me to give the letter to the general!" Yang Chenghe said a little cautiously.
Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Well, then you can go and rest first!"
"Yes! Resign, kid!" Yang Chenghe exited the study.
Yang Zhengshan took out the letter and read it again.
The information in the letter was much more detailed than the urgent note sent to Kyoto. After all, it was sent from Chongshan Town, and it was just sent today.
The letter explained that two large armies of the Ulliang Hu tribe had passed through the defense line on the West Road of Chongshan Town and entered Liaoxi Province, with a strength of between 40,000 and 50,000.
