Chapter 238: The Two Armies Meet
Wang Bin ignored everyone's shock and opened the letter in his hand.

He had enough trust in Yang Zhengshan. Although he was somewhat curious about how Yang Zhengshan did it, he did not expect Yang Zhengshan to falsely report his achievements.

When he finished reading the letter in his hand, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Have you found the settlement of the Korcha clan?"

"Yes!" Song Dashan affirmed concisely.

"Korcha!"

Wang Bin stood up quickly.

He knew much more about the East China Sea Hu tribe than Yang Zhengshan, and he knew very well what a large tribe represented.

There are seven tribes of the Donghai Hu people, which are the seven that originally built Fushan City.

The most powerful among them was the Gorchin clan, which became a royal family. The Korcha clan was relatively weak among the seven major clans, but it also had a population of more than 50,000 and more than 10,000 cavalry.

In the current situation, Korca represents military merit. If he can defeat Korca, I can't say anything else, but at least he can make one step further.

This step is a crucial step. If he can take this step, he will have the opportunity to become a general of a town in the future. Otherwise, he will probably only be able to stop at the rank of lieutenant general in his life, and at most be promoted to deputy general when he is older.

Wang Bin paced back and forth in the tent, recalling the information about the Korcha clan in his mind and weighing the difference in combat power between the two sides.

Can you fight?

Can you win?
If you defeat him, you can go further, but what if you can’t defeat him?

If we lose, there might be a danger of the entire army being wiped out!
By then, let alone making any further progress, he might even lose his life.

He was a little hesitant in his heart, but when his eyes fell on Song Dashan, he raised his head and laughed.

"Fuck you!"

When he was in Jiacheng, he despised those defenders who were afraid of the enemy and did not advance, but when the time came, he himself was hesitant.

Looking at Yang Zhengshan and the Anyuan City garrison camp again, especially seeing the murderous aura that could not be concealed from Song Dashan, he suddenly felt an impulse in his heart.

What are you afraid of?
Whether you win or lose, fight first and talk later.

If you don't fight, you will never win!

What's more, he also has Yang Zhengshan!
Since Yang Zhengshan wants him to go, why not let him go?

After thinking this through, Wang Bin's eyes became bright, "Send the order, the whole army is ready to march!"

……

Luo Chenhu did not stay in the garrison camp for too long. He only stayed for one night and left with his men the next day.

Yang Zhengshan did not take Luo Chenhu's arrival seriously. In his opinion, Luo Chenhu was only here to verify his military exploits. His military exploits were not false, so he was not afraid of Luo Chenhu's verification.

However, Yang Zhengshan overlooked one thing: the Secret Guards were the knife in the hands of the old emperor, and everything the Secret Guards did was to serve the old emperor.

After Luo Chenhu left, he returned to Chongshan Pass as soon as possible. After reporting the true situation to Lu Chongde, he immediately reported Yang Zhengshan's battle record to Lu Hua who was far away in Beiyuan Town.

Lu Hua was also very surprised to see such a report, but he was not a general in the army after all, and he did not care about the war between Chongshan Town and the Donghai Hu tribe, so he just made a comment.

"This Lord Yang is really murderous!"

Afterwards, Lu Hua directly submitted the report to Emperor Chengping's desk.

Although their Secret Guards were not responsible for transmitting battle reports, they were responsible for monitoring everything, and the war between Chongshan Town and the Donghai Hu tribe was unintentionally the subject of their monitoring.

Since there is such a report, he doesn't mind helping Yang Zhengshan.

The report delivered by the Secret Guard arrived in Kyoto earlier than the memorial from Chongshan Pass.

Inside the imperial study in Taiji Hall of the Imperial City.

Emperor Chengping leaned back on the couch, reading through memorials one after another.

Kyoto in May is already a riot of colour. The garden outside the study window is full of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants. The faint fragrance of the flowers blows into the room with the gentle breeze, giving people a sense of relaxation and happiness.

However, at this time, Emperor Chengping had a frown on his brows, and did not look happy at all.

"Does the Secret Guard have any memorial from Jiangnan?" He raised his head and asked Eunuch Chen who was standing beside him.

Eunuch Chen looked at the pile of memorials in front of him and said quickly, "Your Majesty, there is no document from Jiangnan, but there is one from Chongshan Town!"

"There is no one from Jiangnan!" Emperor Chengping's brows relaxed a little.

Since the beginning of spring this year, there have been continuous heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River, and minor floods have occurred in many places. Emperor Chengping is worried that there will be large-scale floods in the south of the Yangtze River.

Jiangnan is the granary of Dayong. Once large-scale floods occur in Jiangnan and affect this year's harvest, the entire Dayong will be affected.

Although he was a little worried, since the Secret Guard had not sent any report from Jiangnan, it meant that there had not been any major floods in Jiangnan yet.

After temporarily putting his mind at ease, Emperor Chengping asked again, "Bring the memorial from Chongshan Town to me for a look!"

Eunuch Chen quickly handed him the letter.

Looking at the contents of the memorial, Emperor Chengping could not help but sit up straight.

"In just over ten days, we destroyed eight tribes of the Hu people, killed tens of thousands of enemies, and beheaded more than ten thousand!"

"Yang Zhengshan, Yang Zhengshan!"

Emperor Chengping whispered the name softly, recalling his memories of the name.

"Your Majesty, the one betrothed to the third son of the Marquis of Changping's mansion is Yang Zhengshan's youngest daughter!" Eunuch Chen reminded.

Emperor Chengping nodded slightly. He had already remembered the information about Yang Zhengshan.

"This man is a killer general!" Eunuch Chen secretly looked at Emperor Chengping's expression. Seeing that his face was relaxed, he was slightly moved and said, "Your Majesty, this Lord Yang is not only extremely fierce on the battlefield, but he is also very good at military tactics and training. His book "Thirty-Six Stratagems" is now widely circulated in major border towns, and many generals regard it as the holy book of military tactics! In addition, his book "Records of Military Training" is also widely circulated."

As a close associate of Emperor Chengping, Eunuch Chen knew Emperor Chengping's thoughts too well.

The expression of Emperor Chengping just now clearly showed that he was interested in Yang Zhengshan.

Eunuch Chen also felt that Emperor Chengping was somewhat exhausted by worrying about Jiangnan, so he used Yang Zhengshan's matter as a chance to let Emperor Chengping relax.

Sure enough, Emperor Chengping was really interested in Yang Zhengshan.

"The Thirty-Six Stratagems, The Record of Military Training! Well, go find me and have a look!"

Eunuch Chen responded and arranged for a young eunuch to look for the Thirty-Six Stratagems and the Military Training Records.

After two years of dissemination, it is not difficult to find these two books in Kyoto nowadays.

When talking about the spread of "Thirty-Six Strategies" and "Records of Military Training", we have to mention Zhou Xu, the prince of Ningguo, because it was he who brought these two books to Kyoto.

Zhou Xu highly praised Yang Zhengshan's two books. In the past two years, he printed quite a few copies and gave them to many friends.

It is precisely because of his recommendation that Yang Zhengshan’s two books became widely circulated in Kyoto.

……

May 12, the 29th year of Chengping.

Wang Bin led a battalion of 6,000 reinforcements to the upper reaches of the Songyuan River.

Yang Zhengshan led the garrison battalion to join them.

The reinforcement battalion did not go to the garrison camp because the garrison camp was surrounded by rolling hills. It would be okay to find a hilltop as the garrison camp, but it would be very troublesome to accommodate a reinforcement battalion with more than 6,000 troops.

Therefore, Wang Bin chose to set up camp on a relatively flat grassland eighty miles northwest of the garrison camp.

On the emerald green grassland, the soldiers of the garrison camp, riding two horses each, swept in like a torrent.

Wang Bin led a group of military officers under his command and stood outside the camp that was being built, feeling the overwhelming power and pressure.

The sound of horse hooves rumbled, and a strong murderous aura seemed to materialize and swept through everyone's heart. Even the soldiers who were setting up the camp could not help but look over.

When the garrison camp came closer, Yang Zhengshan pulled the reins to stop Hong Yun, and more than a thousand soldiers behind him also stopped.

The sound of horse hooves stopped abruptly, and the shaking heaven and earth became quiet almost instantly.

Yang Zhengshan dismounted and came to Wang Bin. He first glanced at the people behind Wang Bin, and saw Luo Feiyu, whom he had not seen for a long time, then he clasped his fists and bowed to Wang Bin, saying, "Your subordinate greets the general!"

Wang Bin looked at the silent garrison camp behind him and was stunned for a while.

"Master Yang, you really brought me a big surprise!"

He said with some emotion.

Although he had not seen the battle scene of the garrison camp, the murderous aura and momentum before him made him feel unprecedented pressure.

"General, you are joking!" Yang Zhengshan said with a faint smile.

Wang Bin then turned his gaze to him, "Hahaha, this time we can fight side by side!"

He reached out and punched Yang Zhengshan on the shoulder, but did not shake Yang Zhengshan at all.

Seeing this, the smile on his face widened a little.

"Wang Zhan, arrange a camp for the brothers in the garrison camp. Sir Yang, let's talk inside!"

He gave instructions to a military officer beside him, and then pulled Yang Zhengshan into the camp.

Yang Zhengshan winked at Han Cheng behind him, and Han Cheng immediately understood and started chatting with the captain named Wang Zhan.

Everyone came to the main general's tent in the center of the camp, and the captains and captains of the reinforcement camp couldn't help but cast strange looks at Yang Zhengshan.

This is the guy!
Tens of thousands of Hu people were massacred!

So cruel!

The look of curiosity and surprise was not concealed at all.

"Brother-in-law!" Luo Feiyu quietly approached Yang Zhengshan and called out with a wink.

Yang Zhengshan looked him up and down and nodded slightly, "Not bad, he looks more presentable than before!"

Luo Feiyu has joined the reinforcement battalion for more than two years. He has done quite well in the battalion. Although he is not outstanding, he is able to make steady progress.

"Haha, this kid is quite brave." Wang Bin also said with appreciation.

Luo Feiyu was recommended by Yang Zhengshan, so Wang Bin did not have too many concerns about this.

After that, everyone exchanged some pleasantries.

Yang Zhengshan was not familiar with the military attachés of these reinforcement camps. They might have met before, but they rarely communicated.

After the pleasantries, Wang Bin took Yang Zhengshan to have dinner together.

The two parties have just met and are not in a hurry to discuss business. They need to get to know each other first.

After all, they will have to cooperate in combat next. If they don’t even understand the specific situation of the other party, they will definitely not be able to cooperate well.

If it were other garrison battalions, Wang Bin naturally didn't need to understand them. He could just let them follow the reinforcement battalion and do odd jobs.

However, Yang Zhengshan is different from the Anyuan City garrison battalion. The combat effectiveness of the garrison battalion may not be weaker than the two reinforcement battalions under his command.

(End of this chapter)