Chapter 346: Eight Hundred Miles Urgent Music
Yang Zhengshan felt that something was wrong in the court, but he couldn't guess what was wrong, so he could only ask Wu Zheng to keep an eye on the changes in the court.

For the following half month, Emperor Chengping was in a semi-comatose state, waking up from time to time. Although he was bedridden, there seemed to be no signs of death.

In the court, the Crown Prince was regulating the country and everything seemed calm. Both the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng and Prince Gong all performed their duties conscientiously and did not do anything beyond the limit.

It seemed as if everything was normal, yet everything seemed so abnormal that Yang Zhengshan was a little confused.

Shouldn't the Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, and Prince Gong be fighting to the death at this time?
Why are they so peaceful and stable?

Could it be the calm before the storm?

Yang Zhengshan was a little confused, and finally he could only put these troubles aside for the time being and focus on the development of Tenglongwei.

No matter what changes happen in Kyoto next, there is actually very little he can do now.

Instead of worrying about it, it is better to calm down and wait and see.

However, Yang Zhengshan never expected that the first storm did not break out in Kyoto, but in Chongshan Town.

The tenth day of the fifth month in the thirty-fourth year of Chengping.

On the west road of Chongshan Town, bunches of wolf smoke rose straight above the garrison, which was shocking to see.

Faintly, the sounds of gongs and clappers could be heard from inside the garrison.

The wolf smoke spread from the northernmost end of the west route to the south and east, one beam after another, and in a blink of an eye it had reached Daning City, which was the headquarters of the West Route Lieutenant General's Office in Chongshan Town.

When the wolf smoke sounded, 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, but directly bypassed Daning City and went deep into the territory of Dayong.

May thirteenth.

Thirty thousand Hu cavalry appeared outside Shunyang County in a mighty force. In less than a day, Shunyang County was breached and tens of thousands of people became captives of the Hu people.

These Hu people are not the Donghai Hu people, or they used to belong to the Donghai Hu people.

That’s right, they are the Ula clan who defected to the Wulianghu tribe.

In the battle of the Northland, all the eight tribes of the East Sea Hu tribe, except the Wula tribe, were wiped out. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Wula tribe moved westward to the territory of the Wuliang Hu tribe and took refuge with them.

Counting the time, this happened more than five years ago.

However, the Hu cavalry in front of them were not only the cavalry of the Wula clan, but also a troop of about a thousand armored cavalrymen. This armored cavalrymen came from the Wuliang royal family.

The Wulianghu tribe is different from the Donghaihu tribe. Although the Donghaihu tribe also established a dynasty, it was actually loose internally, with the eight major tribes ruling independently. The Wulianghu tribe, on the other hand, had long been a dynasty that had been in power for nearly two hundred years, and Dayong had long since recognized the existence of the Wuliang dynasty.

In comparison, the Wulianghu tribe is much stronger and has more potential, so the Wulianghu tribe has always been the biggest enemy of the northern border of Dayong.

Beiyuan Town, which confronts the Wulianghu tribe, is also the most powerful border town among Dayong’s many border towns.

The battle between Beiyuan Town and the Wulianghu tribe has never stopped, but the battles between the two sides have always been small-scale conflicts and have not turned into a major war between countries.

Now that the Ula clan has invaded Chongshan Town, it is obvious that the Ula clan is not acting on its own, but that the entire Wulianghu tribe is preparing to invade Dayong.

Shunyang County is a county under the jurisdiction of Huade Prefecture, Liaoxi Province. Liaoxi and Liaodong are divided by Changqing Mountain. Liaodong has three provinces, Liaoyuan, Pingyuan and Shanhe, while Liaoxi is a separate province, bordering Chongshan Town West Road to the north and Beiyuan Town East Road to the west.

After the Ula army occupied Shunyang County, they did not stop, but headed straight for Huade Prefecture.

At the same time, another 30,000 Wuliang troops from the west of Chongshan Town broke through the defense line and entered the Liaoxi territory.

……

May 15th, on the official road outside the north gate of Kyoto.

"Get out of the way, 800-mile urgent music!"

"Eight hundred miles of urgent music!"

A postman was riding his horse at full speed, shouting at the top of his lungs.

His shouts were hoarse and rapid, and passers-by on the official road avoided him.

Soon the postman arrived at the city gate and said, "Make way, an urgent report from eight hundred miles away!"

When the guards at the city gate heard this, their faces suddenly changed. They quickly moved away the barricades and opened the city gate. They did not 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 from Liaoxi Huade Prefecture, eight hundred miles away!"

The postman arrived at the door and fell off the horse before the horse could stop.

Upon seeing this, the imperial guards on duty hurried forward to help the postman up.

"Eight hundred miles of urgent music!"

The postman pulled the bamboo tube on his back and spoke weakly.

Although the postmen and horses had to be changed at every post station during the 800-li express journey, it did not mean that the postmen had it easy. They really had to run as fast as they could, both the horses and the men.

If we are to travel 800 miles a day, then we absolutely cannot slow down for even a moment.

If the urgent report is delayed, one will lose his head. How can the postman not fight for his life?
Of course, the 800-li urgent report was not used frequently, and most postmen would never encounter it in their entire lives.

"Urgent!" The postman's voice became more and more hoarse, but he still urged.

The imperial guards on duty quickly pulled off the bamboo tube and trotted into the Taiji Hall.

Soon, the urgent report of 800 li was sent to the imperial study and presented to the crown prince. The crown prince was stunned when he saw the content of the urgent report.

The Wulianghu tribe invaded, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry have entered western Liaoning!
The content of the urgent report was like a dull hammer hitting the prince on the head, leaving him stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

"Quick, quick, gather all the ministers!"

"Quick!"

The prince shouted anxiously and panicked, and the eunuch beside him reacted a little slowly, so he was kicked.

However, before the eunuch could leave, the chief minister Li Siyuan arrived with four other ministers.

"Your Highness, is there an urgent report from eight hundred miles away?" Li Siyuan said, looking at the urgent report in the prince's hand.

When the prince saw Li Siyuan, he felt as if he had seen his backbone, and handed the urgent memorial to Li Siyuan as if throwing a hot potato.

"Lord, the Wuliang Hu tribe has invaded, and tens of thousands of Hu cavalry have entered Liaoxi!"

Li Siyuan paused, and the expressions of the other four cabinet ministers changed drastically.

Li Siyuan opened the urgent music and looked at it, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

The urgent report came from the prefect of Huade Prefecture. The content was very disorganized, the wording was vague, and the information was not clear, but it was certain that a large number of Hu cavalry had entered the territory of Huade Prefecture.

It is understandable that the prefect of Huade Prefecture could not provide accurate information. After all, things happened too suddenly, so suddenly that they were not prepared or expected at all.

"How come the Wuliang Hu cavalry appeared in Huade Prefecture?" Deputy Minister Zhou Ruoyun raised his doubts.

It was not a surprise that the Wulianghu tribe attacked the west road of Chongshan Town. After all, the area north of the west road of Chongshan Town was not controlled by Dayong.

After destroying the Hu tribe in the East China Sea, Chongshan Town established Fuzhou in Fushan City, which was guarded by the northern road of Chongshan Town. It basically controlled the area to the east of Heiyun Mountain, but had no actual control over the area to the west of Heiyun Mountain.

In recent years, the area west of the Black Cloud Mountain, especially the area near the Wulianghu tribe, has basically been the area of ​​activity of the Ula clan.

No one would be surprised if they attacked the western road of Chongshan Town, but how did the Wulianghu army enter western Liaoning?

"Enter from the west road of Chongshan Town!" said Li Siyuan.

"Impossible! Even if the Wulianghu tribe invaded Chongshan Town west on a large scale, they couldn't enter western Liaoning so quickly!" Zhou Ruoyun was reluctant to believe it.

Li Siyuan took a deep breath, "Nothing is impossible!"

"Your Highness, please summon the six ministries and the five military governors. The most urgent task is for us to discuss a countermeasure!"

Li Siyuan was very calm. He did not doubt that the urgent report from the prefect of Huade Prefecture was false. Of course, he did not know what was going on. Now was not the time to worry about these things. The most important thing now was to gather the army and prepare to fight against the army of the Wulianghu tribe.

To the south of Liaoxi Province is Shanhe Province, and to the south of Shanhe Province is Shuntian Prefecture. Darong must block the Wuliang army in Liaoxi Province and must not allow the Wuliang army to move south into Shanhe Province, otherwise Kyoto will be in danger.

Liaoxi Province has mountains and several passes and cities, while Shanhe Province is flat. Once the Wuliang army enters Shanhe Province, it may only take two or three days to reach the capital.

"Yes, yes, why don't you go and gather all the ministers and governors." The prince was still panicking and shouted impatiently to the eunuchs serving beside him.

The group of young eunuchs dared not hesitate and ran out of the imperial study in panic.

Seeing this, Li Siyuan sighed secretly in his heart.

"Your Majesty is right, the Crown Prince is not up to the task!"

Li Siyuan is seventy-three years old this year. He is definitely a veteran minister in the court. Before Emperor Chengping ascended the throne, he was already a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Up to now, he has been an official for forty years, has been in the cabinet for more than twenty years, and has served as the chief minister for more than ten years.

The fact that he was able to serve as Prime Minister under Emperor Chengping for more than ten years shows that Emperor Chengping trusted him and proves that he was indeed a capable minister.

Soon, the six ministers and the five military commanders gathered in the Taiji Hall to discuss the massive invasion of the Wulianghu tribe.

……

By the time the urgent report reached Kyoto, the news of the Wuliang army's entry into the country had also spread to Chongshan Town, and from Chongshan Town to Liaodong.

On May 16, Yang Zhengshan received the news in Tenglongwei.

His news came from Yangjia Village, and the news from Yangjia Village came from Chongshan Town.

There are still many descendants of the Yang family working in Chongshan Town. Yang Zhengshan does not have much contact with these descendants of the Yang family, but the patriarch Yang Zhengxiang will definitely have correspondence with them.

When the Wulianghu tribe invaded, the descendants of the Yang family in Chongshan Town would naturally send a message to the clan. After all, Huade Prefecture and Jing'an Prefecture were only separated by a mountain. Although this mountain was Changqing Mountain, the distance between them was only 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 Yangjia Village.

"Did your grandfather have any other instructions?"

After he finished reading the letter, he looked up and asked the person who came to deliver the letter.

The person who delivered the letter was Yang Chenghe, the third grandson of Yang Zhengxiang, who was also the third brother of Yang Chengze.

"No, grandpa just told me to give the letter to the general!" Yang Chenghe said a little stiffly.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Well, then you go and rest first!"

"Yes! I'll take my leave, kid!" Yang Chenghe left the study.

Yang Zhengshan took out the letter and read it again.

The information in the letter was much more detailed than the urgent report sent to Kyoto. After all, it was sent from Chongshan Town and was just delivered today.

The letter stated that two large armies of the Wulianghu tribe had successively passed through the defense line of Chongshan Town West Road and entered Liaoxi Province, with a force of approximately 40,000 to 50,000 troops.

(End of this chapter)