Chapter 378: Imperial Guards Leave the Capital

"General, what should we do next?" Niu Zhuang asked.

Yang Zhengshan continued to look at the map, but fell into silence.

Everyone looked at each other and did not disturb Yang Zhengshan.

In fact, Yang Zhengshan didn't pay much attention to Cui Liang. Although Cui Liang now had tens of thousands of troops, in Yang Zhengshan's view, Cui Liang's army was just a bunch of chickens and dogs, vulnerable to a single attack.

It is not difficult to defeat Cui Liang.

The real difficulty was the 80,000-strong army of the Uliang Hu tribe.

That's 80,000 Huqi!

The Wuliang Hu tribe, like the Donghai Hu tribe, all the people are soldiers, and all the people grew up on horseback.

Moreover, the Ulliang Hu tribe is a dynasty that has been stable for hundreds of years. The armies of the Ulliang Hu tribe are all well-trained troops, which is much stronger than the Donghai Hu tribe.

Perhaps Wuliang Huqi was far inferior to the fifth military camp of Tenglong Guard, but he was definitely better than the cavalry from all walks of life in Chongshan Town.

Obviously it is not a wise choice to confront the Ulliang Hu tribe head-on.

"Let's take a detour here!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed to a valley in the northwest and said.

Everyone looked at it with confusion.

Yang Zhengshan pointed to the location of the valley and said, "This is the only way for them to leave Chongshan Town!"

Chongshan Town West Road can be said to be full of mountains, which is very different from other places in Chongshan Town.

Although the central and eastern parts of Chongshan Town are also surrounded by endless mountains, because the mountains are relatively low and the terrain is relatively gentle, it is not difficult to cross Chongshan Town.

But the West Road of Chongshan Town is different. There are many mountains and steep terrain, and there are not many roads that can run through the north and south.

This was the way the Uuliang Hu people entered western Liaoning before.

But now the Ulliang Hu tribe can only take this route if they want to evacuate.

The location pointed by Yang Zhengshan is the northernmost end of this road. As long as you pass through this valley, you will see endless prairie.

And this valley is the place he chose for the decisive battle!

He wants to close the door and beat the dog, but whether he can close the door depends on his strength.

"Minghao, you immediately send someone back to Chongshan Pass to inform Pang Pang that we need a lot of kerosene and ask him to prepare a batch of kerosene for us as soon as possible!"

"General Niu, General Tang, you will lead the army to march here. I require you to arrive here within half a month!"

If you fail to arrive, you will be dealt with according to military law! "

Yang Zhengshan looked at Niuzhuang and Tang Feihu with sharp eyes.

If the army sets off and fails to reach its destination as scheduled, Yang Zhengshan will have no problem even if he kills them.

But what he said was not directed at Niuzhuang and Tang Feihu. He believed that Niuzhuang and Tang Feihu knew the importance.

The reason why he said this was aimed at the middle and low-level military attachés.

It is inevitable that there will be some incompetent people among the tens of thousands of troops, especially the South Road reinforcement camp that has just joined the army. It is not that Yang Zhengshan looks down on them, but that they are really far inferior to the soldiers of Tenglong Guard.

In order to prevent these incompetent people from holding back, Yang Zhengshan issued such an order.

"General, I obey!" Niu Zhuang and Tang Feihu quickly stood up and responded with clasped fists.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and said: "Tomorrow I will take the guard battalion to check here first. The army will be temporarily handed over to the command of General Niu and General Tang. You must obey the orders of the two generals, do you understand?"

"Here!" everyone stood up and responded.

A night of silence.

Early the next morning, Yang Zhengshan left the army camp with his entourage and bodyguards, heading north and then west to the valley he chose.

As for Yinghe, which Cui Liang cut off, let them continue to wait there.

Yang Zhengshan was very curious about how Cui Liang would react when he found out that they had not gone to Guining City, and how he would deal with the blocked river water.

July twenty-eight.

Yang Zhengshan came to Wuming Valley.

This nameless valley has only a rough outline on the map and no detailed markings, but Yang Zhengshan had some expectations about this flash before.

A valley is nothing more than a low place between two mountains.

The valley in front of us is very large, more than ten miles long from north to south, and four or five miles wide from east to west. It is in the shape of a trumpet facing south. The valley is surrounded by high mountains, and the location of the north exit is not very narrow. There are two buildings on both sides of the exit. Relatively gentle hills.

If a pass is built here, this passage can be easily blocked.

But if we just deploy a large army here to block the enemy, there won't be many geographical advantages.

To put it simply, there is no terrain condition that prevents one man from blocking the way.

But this is exactly what Yang Zhengshan wants.

This is the kind of terrain he needs.

Standing on the hillside, looking at the long and narrow valley, Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard, his eyes shining.

"Cui Liang, haha, you really gave me a surprise!"

"The right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people. If you take advantage of the right time, I will take advantage of the right time, the right place, the right people, and all the people. With this precious land and this right time, it will be difficult for me to lose even if I want to!"

Yang Zhengshan looked up at the blue sky, the smile on his face getting brighter.

He chose this place because he was inspired by Cui Liang's interception of Yinghe River.

To be honest, he had been thinking about how to deal with the Uliang army these days.

The pressure brought by the 80,000 Uliang troops was still great on him.

He racked his brains but could not think of a way to defeat the Uliang army.

But after learning that Cui Liang had cut off Yinghe, he had an idea in mind.

That is to take advantage of the terrain.

Looking at this valley now, his plan should be perfectly realized.

The third day of August.

The court finally ordered the mobilization of the six battalions of the twelve imperial army battalions, namely, Fenwu, Yaowu, Lianwu, Xianwu, Ganyong and Guoyong, to go north to Jizhou to block the Wuliang army.

However, on the third day after the six battalions of the imperial army set out, Prince Wutuo began to retreat.

When the imperial army arrived in Jizhou in June, Prince Wutuo had already retreated to Huade Prefecture.

Eighty thousand Hu cavalrymen gathered in Huade Prefecture with carts of collected treasures.

These were all the wealth they looted, of which gold, silver and jewelry were naturally not few, and there were also various materials such as grain, livestock, herbs, cloth, fur, etc.

It can be said that the Hu cavalry made a huge fortune this time.

Its value was at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

And the Liaoxi that was plundered by them completely became a poor place, and most of the people were plundered by them.

At the same time, Cui Liang, who had been waiting in the canyon west of Guining City for more than ten days, finally found that the army of Chongshan Town had left.

In fact, he had felt something was wrong. Logically, the Chongshan Town army should have arrived at Guining City long ago, but he did not dare to send out scouts to investigate. He could only wait anxiously until he could not bear it anymore and sent out scouts to investigate.

As a result, he found that the Chongshan Town army did not come to Guining City at all, but turned around and went north.

Looking at the canyon that had turned into a vast ocean, Cui Liang's face was so ugly.

The clever plan he had finally come up with was shattered without any effect.

Not only that, now he looked at this vast ocean and didn't know what to do.

Dig open the blocked canyon exit?

Then the Guining City below would immediately become a swamp, and tens of thousands of civilians and military households would be sacrificed meaninglessly.

Well, he didn't care about those civilians and military households, nor did he care about Guining City. He was just angry that his clever plan had no place to be used.

So he finally chose to leave, leaving with two thousand soldiers and giving up a vast canyon.

However, he gave up not only this canyon, but also tens of thousands of civilians and military households in the east of the canyon.

On the third day after they left, the canyon exit was washed away by the surging water.

The terrible flood poured out, mixed with a large amount of rocks and soil, overwhelming and unstoppable, swallowing up hundreds of miles.

In just one day, the hundreds of miles around Guining City turned into an ocean.

Tens of thousands of civilians became underwater souls.

When Yang Zhengshan received the news, he sat in the tent in silence for more than half an hour.

In fact, he could have stopped it.

But he didn't stop it!

Because he needed to seize the valley in front of him as soon as possible. If the direction of the army was exposed in advance, Cui Liang would probably occupy the valley before them.

At that time, his plan would fail.

In addition to this reason, there was another reason, that is, he wanted the civilians and military households in the west road of Chongshan Town to recognize Cui Liang's character.

Sacrifice tens of thousands of civilians and military households to let more civilians and military households recognize Cui Liang's character!

Ji Feiyu and Cui Liang have been operating in the west road of Chongshan Town for nearly 20 years, causing the people and military households in the west road of Chongshan Town to only recognize the lieutenant general and not the court.

If the people and military households are not allowed to recognize Cui Liang's character, they are likely to follow Cui Liang all the way to the end.

"Eunuch Lu, it's up to you secret guards next!" Yang Zhengshan sat behind the desk, raised his head, and looked at Lu Hua who had been sipping tea leisurely beside him.

Facing the death of tens of thousands of people and military households, Yang Zhengshan would feel some guilt and self-blame, but Lu Hua was as calm as if nothing had happened.

It was as if those people and military households were insignificant weeds.

Zhou Lan once said that Lu Hua was cruel and ruthless.

Now it seems that Zhou Lan was right.

"Don't worry, General Yang, I have arranged for people to spread the news that Cui Liang flooded Guining City!" Lu Hua said lightly.

Yang Zhengshan was too lazy to argue with him and nodded slightly.

Now that things have come to this, it is useless to think too much.

And even if he wanted to care about it, it would be meaningless.