Chapter 565 Regaining control of Chongshan Town

"Master Hou, someone from the palace invites Master Hou to come to the palace to see you!" Lu Shou said softly outside the door.

"I understand, prepare regular clothes for me!" Yang Zhengshan put away the letter and said in a deep voice: "Take care of this place later!"

"yes!"

Lu Shou responded and quickly prepared regular clothes for Yang Zhengshan to change into.

After changing into regular clothes, Yang Zhengshan came to the imperial city, but the anger in his heart had not dissipated, and he was bathed in a strong murderous aura.

When he entered the imperial city, he frightened the pro-army officers who were guarding the city gate, making them a little afraid to let him into the imperial city.

Of course, the pro-army officers only thought about it and did not stop Yang Zhengshan from entering the city.

Arriving in front of the Tai Chi Hall, Chen Zhongshu happened to see him coming, "Master Marquis, it's better to restrain the murderous aura in your body. Don't disturb His Majesty!"

Naturally, he did not doubt that Yang Zhengshan would be harmful to Emperor Yanping. He was just worried that the murderous aura in Yang Zhengshan would scare Emperor Yanping.

Yang Zhengshan took a deep breath and said, "Let Eunuch Chen worry about it!"

"Master Marquis, please!" Chen Zhongshu smiled and said.

Later, Yang Zhengshan came to the Imperial Study Room. Although he had restrained his murderous aura, his face was still very ugly, giving people the impression that he should not be approached by strangers.

Several pavilion elders glanced at him and murmured in their hearts.

This man is angry!

Emperor Yanping also noticed Yang Zhengshan's expression and said, "The Marquis of Jing'an knows!"

"Quinzi sent a letter in a hurry!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Emperor Yanping nodded and didn't care. He handed him two emergency reports and said, "Not only Chongshan Town, but also Beiyuan Town. The Uuliang Hu tribe is attacking Beiyuan Town in a large scale!"

Yang Zhengshan took the quick note and turned it over.

After a while, Emperor Yanping said: "What do you think, Ai Qing?"

Yang Zhengshan lowered his eyes and looked at the quick notes in his hand, "Since the Uliang Hu tribe dares to attack our border in a large scale, then our country must retaliate with tooth for tooth and blood for blood!"

Emperor Yanping asked: "Ai Qing, are you sure you can repel the Wuliang Hu tribe and support Beiyuan Town?"

Yang Zhengshan did not have his question, but said in a deep voice: "If your Majesty can trust this veteran, then let him command Chongshan Town!"

Support Beiyuan Town?

What a joke!

How could just repelling the Ulliang Hu tribe eliminate the anger in his heart?

He has only one goal, and that is to destroy the Uliang Hu tribe.

The Uliang Hu clan will never be destroyed, so it is difficult to understand the hatred in his heart!

Emperor Yanping thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will give you the royal flag. You will command Chongshan Town and send troops to support Chongshan Town!"

"Old minister, I obey the order. It should not be delayed. I will set off today!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Emperor Yanping said: "There is no need to be in such a hurry. The court still has to transport money and food, and the Uliang Hu tribe still has innate warriors. I have to recruit innate warriors to go with the army!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "All the ministries in the court can do is transfer money and food. The veteran must go to Chongshan Town to stabilize the overall situation and avoid any trouble in Chongshan Town!"

Emperor Yanping thought it was right, so he agreed: "Okay, then Aiqing, let's get ready and set off!"

Yang Zhengshan resigned, then exited the Imperial Study Room and waited for a while in front of the Tai Chi Hall.

Chen Zhongshu soon sent an imperial edict. Yang Zhengshan took the imperial edict to the Ministry of War to receive the king's flag, and then hurried home.

"Where are Chengye, Chengmao, and Mingzhe?" Yang Zhengshan returned to the Hou Mansion and asked Lu Shou.

Lu Shou quickly replied: "In response to the Marquis, several gentlemen have returned and are talking in the middle hall!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Let the three of them prepare, and we will set off for Chongshan Town later! By the way, is the guard camp here?"

"We're already here, with all the troops and horses ready to go at any time!" Lu Shou replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "That's good, go and make arrangements!"

"Here!" Lu Shou responded.

Yang Zhengshan quickly came to the main courtyard. Yu Qingyi also knew that something happened and was waiting in the main hall of the main courtyard. When he saw him coming, he quickly asked: "What happened?"

"The Uuliang Hu tribe launched a large-scale attack on Beiyuan Town. Pang Tang was assassinated, Zhou Lan was poisoned and fell into coma, and Yun Qiao was also poisoned and fell into coma!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi was shocked, "How could this happen?"

"I don't know the specific situation yet. His Majesty has ordered me to go to Chongshan Town to take charge of the overall situation. I will leave the family to you!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi said: "I'll go with you!"

"What are you going to do?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Yu Qingyi said: "General Zhou and Wang Yunqiao have been poisoned. I will take care of them. If you want to lead the army on an expedition, there must be someone at Chongshan Pass to take care of them!"

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and thought it was right, "Okay, you go with me and let Mingcheng and Wang stay at home."

"Go and tell them that Chengxian and Wanting's wedding will be arranged by them. There is no need to postpone it. It can be held according to the previously agreed wedding date!"

Yu Qingyi nodded, "Well, Qingxia, pack your clothes and we'll set off together later!"

"By the way, you take Wu Zhan with you, and I'll bring Jade Dew with me too!"

Yulu was Wu Zhan's wife. After the smuggling case in Anyuan City ended, Yulu stayed in the Yang family. Later, Yu Qingyi betrothed her to Wu Zhan.

Now Yulu is still in the Hou Mansion, helping Yu Qingyi handle the housework in the Hou Mansion.

"Their children are still very young!" Yang Zhengshan said.

Yu Qingyi said: "It's okay. Isn't Wu Zhan's mother at home? His mother is taking care of him!"

"That's good!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly and then put on a smart outfit.

Near noon, after Yang Zhengshan had lunch, he hurriedly left Beijing with a group of people.

This time he went to Chongshan Town, he brought 20 followers and 100 guards with him, in addition to Yu Qingyi, Wu Zhan, Qingxia, Yu Lu, Yang Chengye, Yang Chengmao and Wang Mingzhe, as well as Yang Chengche and Yang Qinwu.

Each of the 20 followers had two horses, and the other horse needed to carry some supplies.

For example, Yang Zhengshan's armor of light needed a group of horses to carry it. Although Hongyun could carry it, it would be no problem, but having one more horse to help would also make Hongyun easier.

Hongyun was already 24 or 25 years old, and according to the age of horses, it had entered old age.

However, this beast was still very powerful. Not only did its physical strength not decline, but it became stronger and stronger, and its strength was surprisingly great.

This was naturally related to its long-term drinking of spiritual spring water. Now it could be called a demon.

Just its hoof, let alone ordinary people, even a warrior of the seventh or eighth level of the acquired realm could not bear it.

I don't know if this beast will become a monster in the future?

Anyway, it looks like it has a tendency to evolve into a monster now!

The group galloped and it took seven days to reach Chongshan Town. The main reason was that the horses could not run all the time. They had to stop and rest for a while after running for an hour. Although Yang Zhengshan provided a lot of spiritual spring water for these horses, these horses were still very tired.

Outside Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan and his group came in a dusty gallop.

Before they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city gate became nervous.

At this time, the gate of Chongshan Pass had been opened, the assassins who assassinated Zhou Lan and Pang Tang had been killed, and many spies of the Wulianghu tribe hidden in the city had been cleared.

So Yang Minghao opened the city gate.

There was no way. There were not only tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, but also 50,000 to 60,000 people. If the city gate was closed all the time, it would inevitably affect the livelihood of the people.

Unless there was a large army approaching the city, the gate of Chongshan Pass could not be closed.

"Who is coming!" the guard asked loudly.

Yang Zhengshan stopped Hongyun and said in a deep voice: "It's the Marquis!"

The guard was stunned at first, then overjoyed, "The Marquis is back!"

Most of the soldiers in Chongshan Pass knew Yang Zhengshan, especially the soldiers of the Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion. Although Yang Zhengshan did not train them personally at that time, he would go to the training ground every now and then to inspect their training.

As long as they were not the soldiers who had just joined the Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion in recent years, the other soldiers had seen Yang Zhengshan.

"Move the barricades away!"

The guard asked the soldiers to move the barricades away, and walked forward and bowed: "Li Jiahe, the outpost of the Zhenbiao rear camp, greets the Marquis!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and without saying much, he rode directly into the city.

Soon he arrived at the gate of the general's mansion.

Seeing him coming, the general's mansion exploded instantly, and both officials and soldiers cheered.

Yang Minghao came out, looked at Yang Zhengshan, and exhaled heavily.

"Dad!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded and patted his shoulder, "Your mother is here too!"

"Son greets mother!" Yang Minghao hurriedly stepped forward to salute Yu Qingyi.

Yu Qingyi didn't waste any words and asked, "How are General Zhou and Yunqiao?"

Yang Minghao said, "They still have residual poison in their bodies and have not fully recovered, but they woke up once yesterday!"

Yu Qingyi said, "Where are they?"

Yang Minghao replied, "In the backyard of the government office!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Wang Mingzhe, "Mingzhe, go and see your master's wife first. If you need any elixir, come to me!"

He brought Wang Mingzhe here not because Wang Mingzhe is Wang Yunqiao's younger brother, but because Wang Mingzhe is a doctor.

Now Wang Mingzhe's medical skills are definitely not as good as Sun Wanzhen, but he has received Sun Wanzhen's true teachings, and he often accompanies Sun Wanzhen to see patients, so his medical skills are already very good.

Afterwards, Yu Qingyi took Yu Lu and Wang Mingzhe to the backyard of the government office, while Yang Zhengshan took Wu Zhan, Yang Chengye and others to the lobby of the government office.

A moment later, Song Dashan and Yang Chengxu also came over.

"Meet the Marquis!"

Seeing Yang Zhengshan, they all showed a relaxed smile on their faces.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Let's talk about the situation first!"

Yang Minghao reported, "Since Pang Daren and General Zhou were assassinated, I transferred the left and right battalions to Dinghu Guard and Daning Guard. At present, the Wulianghu tribe has not attacked us, but is attacking Beiyuan Town!"

"The situation in Beiyuan Town is not very good. Wutuo seems to have mobilized all the troops to the south. The total force is estimated to be more than 200,000!"

"In addition, the Ula tribe and Chici tribe near our Chongshan Town did not go south. They should be guarding against us!"

Yang Zhengshan asked, "Where are the lieutenants?"

"I have sent them a message. In order to prevent unrest, I did not let them come to Chongshan Pass. They sent a reply two days ago, saying that they can go out at any time!" Yang Minghao said.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and nodded, saying, "Well done!"

Yang Minghao grinned, "I don't know what to do. I can only ask everyone not to act rashly!"

Yang Zhengshan patted his shoulder and was very satisfied with his performance.

Yang Minghao has really grown up. He is no longer the reckless boy. He can calmly face the sudden change at this time, which is enough to prove that he has the ability to stand on his own.

"How much money and grain do we have now?" Yang Zhengshan continued to ask.

Yang Minghao said: "At present, the General's Mansion has 830,000 taels of money and 120,000 shi of grain. The Governor's Office should have more money and grain. I have asked the governor Song Ying to temporarily take charge of the Governor's Office!"

Yang Zhengshan said: "Go and invite Mr. Song!"

"Yes!" Song Dashan responded reflexively, and then went out to ask someone to go to Song Ying.

Yang Zhengshan continued to ask: "Where are the soldiers and armor?"

Yang Minghao said: "The five battalions of the town flag have a total of 30,000 combat soldiers, and the engineering battalion can mobilize 5,000 engineers and 20,000 civilians at any time! The eight lieutenant generals' reinforcement battalions each have 5,000 combat soldiers. This is the statistics from last year, but I estimate that each reinforcement battalion should be able to gather more combat soldiers."

Yang Zhengshan waved his hand and said: "The soldiers are not the number but the quality!"

Chongshan Town is not as good as Tenglong Guard. Yang Zhengshan has been in Tenglong Guard for six years and has trained almost all the soldiers of Tenglong Guard.

So Yang Zhengshan could draw 15,000 combat soldiers from Tenglong Guard that year.

There are many soldiers in Chongshan Town. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, there are 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers in the Zhenbiao Camp and the Aid Camp alone. When Yang Zhengshan left Chongshan Town, the six Aid Camps had just completed basic training.

The Black Mountain Guard in the north and the Dinghu Guard in the west had not yet been established.

Although the well water in the Chongshan Pass barracks also has the effect of spiritual spring water after Yang Zhengshan left, without Yang Zhengshan adding spiritual spring water at any time, the effect of the well water will definitely become lower and lower.

By now, it is estimated that the well water has no effect of spiritual spring water.

"What is the proportion of warriors in the Zhenbiao Camp?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

"All of them are warriors!" Yang Minghao said.

"What about the Aid Camp?"

"Dinghu Guard and Black Mountain Guard warriors only account for 10%, and the other six routes can account for about 30%!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly. As expected, without the help of spiritual spring water, it is still difficult for ordinary soldiers to become warriors.

In fact, the proportion of warriors in Dinghu Guard and Heishan Guard is much higher than that of the town standard camps in other border towns. After all, they have also trained in Chongshan Pass. After Yang Zhengshan left, the well water here still has some spiritual spring water effects.

Just as the few people were talking, Qingxia came to the lobby of the front yamen and said, "My Lord, Madam said that the remaining poison in General Zhou and Miss Yunqiao is not a big deal and can be completely removed, but it will take one or two months to fully recover!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "I know."

Qingxia bowed and left, just as Song Ying hurried over.

Not only Song Ying, but also Zhang Cong, the provincial governor, and Ning Qinghe, the commander-in-chief, came together.

"Greetings, my Lord!" The three came to the lobby and bowed first.

Yang Zhengshan said with a smile: "Please take a seat first."

"It's urgent, so I won't be polite with you!"

"His Majesty has issued an order, ordering me to lead all military and political affairs in Chongshan Town."

After saying that, he waved to Yang Chengye and Yang Chengmao, and the two of them quickly brought over the imperial edict and the royal flag.