Chapter 364: Eunuch without balls, do you think I’m afraid of you?
Zhang Chengzhi stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely not let you down, General!"

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Zhang Yuanwu and the others, "You try your best to assist Lord Zhang, and when this battle is over, I will definitely ask for credit for you!"

"Here!"

Zhang Yuanwu and others showed joy on their faces and clasped their fists in response.

What they feared most was being punished by the court. After all, they had previously surrendered to Liu Zeqing, even if they were just compromising or pretending to be submissive. However, they did not resist Liu Zeqing at the first moment.

Now that Yang Zhengshan said he would commend them for their achievements, that would be considered as finalizing the nature of the matter. They had done nothing wrong but had made achievements, which made them feel completely relieved.

After Yang Zhengshan appeased the officials of Songzhou Wei, he began to arrange other matters.

Leading tens of thousands of troops to fight is not an easy task.

In the past, he only led a few hundred or thousands of soldiers and did not have to consider too many things, but now he has 40,000 troops under his command, and he has to personally take care of the eating, drinking, and defecation of so many people.

After arranging everything, Yang Zhengshan wrote a battle report and had someone send it to Pang Tang.

Inside Qinghua Mansion.

Pang Tang received Yang Zhengshan’s battle report and was slightly surprised.

He knew that Yang Zhengshan had just arrived in Songzhou City not long ago, but he did not expect that Yang Zhengshan would take over Songzhou City so quickly.

After reading the battle report, Pang Tang was no longer surprised.

The selection of military officers such as Zhang Chengzhi and Zhang Yuanwu was both reasonable and expected, and was not surprising.

"Master Pang, here is General Yang's battle report. Can you show it to us?"

In the study, Pang Tang had just finished reading the battle report when someone next to him spoke.

This man was probably about thirty years old, with a pale face and no beard, and narrow, deep and gloomy eyes. The first time you saw him, you would feel that this person was not easy to get along with.

This person was the eunuch Chen Zuchang who came from Kyoto to guard Chongshan Town.

Pang Tang handed him the battle report and said, "Eunuch Chen, please take a look!"

Chen Zuchang opened the battle report and started reading it. The study fell into silence. Pang Tang held the tea and sipped it carefully.

After a moment, Chen Zuchang raised his head and said, "Master Pang, there is something wrong with this battle report!"

"What's wrong?" Pang Tang was still sipping the tea.

"It is obvious that Songzhou City was conquered thanks to Mr. Pang's strategic planning, but General Yang didn't say a word for Mr. Pang in the battle report!" Chen Zuchang narrowed his eyes and looked at Pang Tang with a smile.

Pang Tang put down the tea bowl, reached out and took the battle report back, and looked at Chen Zuchang with the same half-smile.

"Is this old man in charge of the overall planning?"

"What's wrong? Pang Da is a man of both virtue and talent. Naturally, he can make plans and win battles thousands of miles away!" Chen Zuchang said with a smile.

How could Pang Tang not understand what he said?

What about being both virtuous and talented, what about being able to plan and strategize? The purpose was to deceive Pang Tang into stealing the credit.

In fact, Pang Tang was of no help at all. The civilians he organized and the food and fodder he mobilized have not yet been transported to Anyuan City, let alone participating in the battle of Songzhou City.

However, Pang Tang is the governor of Chongshan Town after all. If he is a little shameless, it would not be an exaggeration to brag about himself in the battle report.

But Pang Tang didn't want to do that!
Looking at Chen Zuchang, Pang Tang's expression suddenly became serious, "How long has Eunuch Chen been serving the prince?"

"I have served the prince for twenty years!" Chen Zuchang said with a smile. This is what he is most proud of.

"Twenty years!" Pang Tang sighed.

This means that Chen Zuchang is an old man close to the prince and also his confidant.

Here he represents the prince!

To offend him is equivalent to offending the prince.

"I heard that Eunuch Chen sent people to move 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury yesterday!" Pang Tang said, changing the subject.

Chen Zuchang arrived at Qinghua Prefecture the day before yesterday, but he sent people to move 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury yesterday.

"Well! Why not?" Chen Zuchang had no intention of concealing it.

"What does Eunuch Chen want to do with all that silver?"

Pang Tang continued to ask.

"Haha, Master Pang, there are some things that you should understand without us saying them!"

"I don't understand!"

"What does Pang Daren mean by this?"

"what for!"

Pang Tang stared at him, his cloudy eyes devoid of any emotion.

His gaze made Chen Zuchang feel uneasy, and he smiled awkwardly: "If Master Pang thinks that we took too much, we can give some back!"

Pang Tang was furious. He picked up the tea bowl on the table and threw it at Chen Zuchang. "How dare you, a eunuch, embezzle military pay right under my nose!"

"You are a worthless bastard. You are trying to sow discord between me and General Yang, and you are trying to drag me into this mess!"

"Extremely abominable!"

"I have been an official for twenty years and have always been honest and upright. How can I allow a eunuch like you to ruin my reputation?"

Chen Zuchang didn't expect Pang Tang to attack suddenly. He didn't dodge at all when seeing the tea bowl thrown at him, and was hit on the forehead by the tea bowl directly.

His forehead was cracked and blood was flowing. Before Chen Zuchang could wipe the blood off, Pang Tang picked up the inkstone and smashed it at him.

"Mr. Pang, you're crazy!" Chen Zuchang screamed.

Upon hearing this, the guards outside the door immediately rushed into the study.

Qiang~~
One of the guards actually drew his sword.

"You are such a disrespectful person, how dare you draw your sword in front of me? Who gave you the courage?"

"Even if the prince wants to kill me, he has to ask the officials in the court whether they agree! He also has to ask the scholars in the world whether they agree!" Pang Tang, in a rage, smashed the inkstone in his hand directly on the guard.

"Come here, my head is right here, do you dare to chop it off?"

He stretched his neck and handed it to the guards.

The guards looked at each other and retreated one after another.

Who is Pang Tang? He is the governor of Chongshan Town, the provincial governor of Liaoyuan, and the right assistant censor of the Censorate.

Although he is not a big shot in the court, he is still a high-ranking official and an important minister.

Who in the entire court dares to easily capture a provincial governor?

Unless the emperor issues an order himself, the court must carefully consider whether to take down a provincial governor.

As for the guards in front of him, do they dare to touch Pang Tang?
Not to mention these guards, even Chen Zuchang wouldn't dare to do anything to Pang Tang!
"You you you~~"

Chen Zuchang came to his senses and pointed at Pang Tang angrily.

Pang Tang's eyes widened with anger. "Eunuch, you have no right to speak in front of me, get out of here!"

"Come here, beat this eunuch out of here for me. If he dares to step into the government office again, I will break his legs!"

"Pang Tang, we will definitely make you pay!"

"Eunuch, you dare to embezzle military funds. I will definitely impeach you to the Crown Prince!"

"You, you~~" Chen Zuchang was a little panicked, "It's unreasonable!"

After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and fled.

"Bah, you ballless eunuch, do you think I'm afraid of you?" Pang Tang felt unsatisfied and cursed Chen Zuchang from behind.

"My lord, my lord, calm down, calm down!"

At this time, his staff came forward and patted him on the back to help him calm down.

Pang Tang glared at his staff fiercely and said, "Why didn't you take action just now?"

"Sir, didn't you say that it would be enough to just pretend?" The aide felt a little aggrieved.

Pang Tang snorted coldly, "This eunuch is really nothing!"

Well, at first he really just wanted to pretend, but when his temper flared up, he couldn't control himself for a moment and started cursing.

The reason he did this was to drive away this scourge.

If Chen Zuchang was a sensible person who knew the importance of things, he would naturally not do this.

But after only one day, Chen Zuchang realized that this eunuch was a disaster.

He did nothing on his first day here and already set his eyes on the silver in the vault. This is definitely a disaster.

And just now Chen Zuchang had even instigated him to compete with Yang Zhengshan for the credit.

If we continue to keep this guy here, we don’t know what kind of trouble it will cause.

The key is that Chongshan Town is now in turmoil, and he and Yang Zhengshan are needed to work together to eradicate the rebellion and encircle and suppress the Hu cavalry.

How could he tolerate Chen Zuchang causing trouble in Chongshan Town at this time?
Even if it means offending the crown prince, he must drive this eunuch away!
If Chongshan Town was peaceful at this time, he could still slowly deal with Chen Zuchang, but the current situation did not allow him to waste his time and energy on Chen Zuchang.

Therefore, he had no choice but to resort to this last resort and make some noise.

"Is the impeachment memorial ready?" Pang Tang asked his staff.

"Ready!" said the staff.

"Just in time, let's send this battle report to Kyoto!"

Pang Tang left his name on the battle report and stamped it with the official seal.

"Here!"

After receiving the battle report, the staff arranged for someone to send the report and memorials to Kyoto.

……

The army rested in Songzhou City for three days. Only after making sure that Zhang Chengzhi could stabilize the situation in Songzhou City did Yang Zhengshan order the army to march out again.

June thirteenth.

The army arrived at the foot of Chongshan Pass.

Looking at the majestic Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan felt a little complicated.

He had been to this pass countless times, but he had never thought that one day he would lead a large army here.

In the past, he always felt that having such a pass was a blessing for Chongshan Town, but now he felt that the pass was really an eyesore.

When he was inside, the pass brought him a strong sense of security, but when he stood outside, Yang Zhengshan felt crazy.

The city wall of Chongshan Pass is four meters high, embedded between two mountain peaks and connected to Qianchong Mountain, like a terrifying giant beast lying between the mountains.

How to capture such a strategic pass became Yang Zhengshan’s biggest difficulty!
"General, the camps of Zhenbiao Zuoying and Zhenbiao Youying are empty, there is no problem inside!" Niu Zhuang came up to Yang Zhengshan and reported.

The camps of the left and right camps of Zhenbiao were outside the city wall. Originally, they were intended to support Chongshan Pass. However, Ji Feiyu had transferred all his troops into the city wall, so the two camps were empty.

"Let's check it carefully again. If there is no problem, we will set up camp around the camp of Zhenbiao Zuoying!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"Yes!" Niu Zhuang replied.

Yang Zhengshan continued to look at Chongshan Pass, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

How to conquer the mountains?
Build siege engines?
How much of this will take?
Not to mention anything else, this ladder alone is four meters high!

It’s not that it can’t be built, but it’s time-consuming and laborious.

"Oh, I can only take it slow!" Yang Zhengshan had no other choice but to use the dumbest method.

(End of this chapter)