Chapter 365: Battle Report Enters Kyoto

"Report! General, Yang Qinyong, the defense officer of Yinghe Fort, wants to see you!" A scout came to report.

"Qinyong, let him come over!"

Yang Zhengshan smiled faintly.

Soon, the scout brought Yang Qinyong over.

"Your humble servant greets the general!" Yang Qinyong bowed with some excitement.

He was a member of the Yang family. He had met Yang Zhengshan a few times, but only a few times.

Yang Zhengshan looked him over and said with a smile, "Not bad, much stronger than before!"

Yang Qinyong is actually a representative figure among the descendants of the Yang family. He represents those descendants of the Yang family who have not served under Yang Zhengshan.

From the time when Yang Zhengshan first formed a team of young and strong men in Yangjia Village to the current Tenglong Guard, there should be more than two hundred Yang family members who have been nourished by the spiritual spring water under Yang Zhengshan, but there are also some Yang family members who have never stayed under Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Qinyong is a representative among them.

Of course, this does not mean that Yang Qinyong has never drunk the spiritual spring water, but the Yang family’s children drink much less spiritual spring water.

Such as Yang Chengze, Yang Mingwu, Yang Mingzhen and others, some of them stayed under Yang Zhengshan for two or three months, and some for seven or eight years.

The group of Yang family descendants who stayed for seven or eight years were the ones in Yang Mingzhen.

Compared with these people, Yang Qinyong undoubtedly drank much less spiritual spring water.

It can be said that Yang Qinyong’s current achievements are due to his own talent and hard work.

"Hehe, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, General!" Yang Qinyong scratched his head and laughed.

Yang Zhengshan patted his shoulder and said with a kind smile: "Come on, tell me about Yinghe Fort! I heard that you have managed Yinghe Fort well!"

"No, that's all thanks to Uncle Chengze and Uncle Qi. I just benefited from them!" Yang Qinyong said modestly.

After Yang Zhengshan left Yinghebao, Yang Chengze took over, and after Yang Chengze left Yinghebao, Yang Chengzhang took over.

It is no exaggeration to say that Yinghe Fort is the territory of the Yang family.

It is precisely because Yinghe Fort has always been guarded by descendants of the Yang family that the policies left by Yang Zhengshan can be continued.

Today, Yinghebao is still the richest garrison under the jurisdiction of Jianningwei.

"Haha, I know your abilities. Both the clan leader and Cheng Zhang have praised me for your calmness and thoughtfulness in handling matters!" Yang Zhengshan praised.

Yang Qinyong felt a little embarrassed by his praise, but he was still very happy in his heart.

In his opinion, being recognized by Yang Zhengshan is his greatest blessing.

"But some things can be changed, according to local conditions and the times. Many of the policies I left behind in Yinghebao were based on the original Yinghebao, and the Yinghebao today is very different from the Yinghebao back then!"

"At that time, Yinghebao was very poor, and it was a problem for the military households to have food. But now, the military households can not only have enough food to eat, but also become wealthy one by one! So some things can be changed!"

"Don't always stick to the policies I left behind. Sometimes you can change Yinghebao according to your own ideas!"

"As long as you are sincere and kind to the military households, they will support you!"

Yang Zhengshan taught patiently and persuadingly.

In fact, Yinghe Fort is not without problems today. For example, when Yang Zhengshan established the needlework workshop, the military households were asked to sew cloth shoes in order to earn money to support their families. But now the military households are wealthy, and there is no need for them to continue sewing cloth shoes.

But both Yang Chengzhang and Yang Qinyong still asked the military households to sew cloth shoes.

This is obviously somewhat inappropriate.

The reason why they are unwilling to change is very simple, because these are all left by Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan represents authority, and they dare not question him from the bottom of their hearts.

"I heard that you have expanded the scale of the horse farm, which is very good. The profit of the horse farm is still very high. If possible, you can raise horses on a large scale!"

"Not only horses, but also cattle and sheep are allowed!"

Yang Zhengshan continued.

The horse farm was built by Yang Zhengshan, but later Yang Zhengshan gave it to Yinghe Fort, and it was considered the property of the Yinghe Fort Defense Office.

The two walked one after the other along the nameless river. Standing here, they could see Linguan Fort on the hillside.

Yang Qinyong asked Yang Zhengshan many questions, and Yang Zhengshan was always willing to give advice.

Yang Zhengshan was qualified to instruct Yang Qinyong in martial arts training, garrison management, and marching and fighting.

Yang Qinyong is 23 years old this year, and has reached the second level of acquired cultivation. This level of cultivation is a little low in Yang Zhengshan's eyes.

Song Dashan's son Song Hao is only twenty-one years old this year, but his cultivation has reached the third level of the acquired realm.

Lin Zhan and Wang Yunqiao are only twenty years old this year, and their cultivation has already broken through to the fourth level of the acquired realm.

Compared with them, Yang Qinyong is not even a little bit inferior.

The two chatted for more than an hour, and Yang Zhengshan said, "Go back and arrange the affairs of Yinghe Fort first. In the near future, you can stay with me and work as a clerk!"

Yang Qinyong was overjoyed when he heard that, "Yes, kid, go and arrange it right away!" "Well! Don't let anything go wrong!" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

Yang Qinyong nodded repeatedly and said, "Don't worry, General. I will arrange everything for Yinghe Fort!"

Naturally, he would seize such a rare opportunity.

As for Yinghe Fort, although the situation in Chongshan Town is very chaotic now, Yinghe Fort is very stable.

He had already moved all the military households in Linguan Fort to Yinghe Fort. Even if a major war broke out in Chongshan Pass, it would not affect Yinghe Fort.

Yang Zhengshan also thought that this boy was good, with a calm mind and thoughtful work. Although his cultivation was a bit lacking, he was still a rare talent.

If you dare to train with him for a period of time and receive nourishment from the spiritual spring water for a period of time, you will definitely become a talented person who can stand on his own.

While Yang Zhengshan and Yang Qinyong were chatting, on the city wall of Chongshan Pass, Prince Qing and Ji Feiyu were looking at the army that had set up camp in the Zhenbiao Zuoying Camp.

Looking at the well-organized soldiers, Ji Feiyu's face was solemn.

"Yang Zhengshan's strength does not lie in how fierce he is, nor in his skill and strategy, but in his ability to train soldiers!"

"It seems that any army in his hands can become an extremely powerful elite force!"

"Back then, he trained more than a hundred refugee households into elite soldiers in Linguan Fort, and was able to defeat hundreds of Hu cavalry!"

"Later, he was in Yinghe Fort, with only 300 cavalrymen under his command, but he wiped out nearly 1,000 Hu cavalrymen!"

"He was even more powerful in Anyuan City. The Anyuan City garrison camp was just an ordinary garrison camp, but in his hands for three years, more than a thousand garrisons slaughtered more than a hundred thousand Hu people!"

"He is now in Tenglong Guard, with 6,000 elite cavalry and nearly 10,000 infantry under his command!"

Ji Feiyu took a deep breath and said, "Facing such an enemy, I am not confident at all!"

Prince Qing knew that Yang Zhengshan was very powerful, but he had no accurate idea of ​​how powerful Yang Zhengshan was.

After hearing Ji Feiyu's words, he finally understood how terrifying Yang Zhengshan was.

He was able to slaughter more than 100,000 Hu people with only a thousand garrison battalions under his command. Now Yang Zhengshan has six thousand elite cavalry under his command. Who can defeat him?

"Don't we have any chance at all?" asked Prince Qing.

Ji Feiyu shook his head slightly, "Yes, the opportunity lies in Chongshan Pass. Chongshan Pass has high walls to defend, and Yang Zhengshan is best at cavalry combat. If he chooses to attack by force, perhaps we can defeat them!"

Although the number of troops under his command now far exceeds that of Yang Zhengshan, he still does not dare to leave the city to fight Yang Zhengshan in the field.

The Hu people of Donghai have already proved with their blood that fighting a battle with Yang Zhengshan in the wild would be tantamount to seeking death.

His only support was the tall walls of Chongshan Pass.

But he was not sure whether Yang Zhengshan would attack Chongshan Pass by force!
Will Yang Zhengshan attack Chongshan Pass by force?

of course!
Ji Feiyu was determined not to fight him in the field and to defend the mountain pass to the death. He had no choice but to attack by force!

But Yang Zhengshan's patience far exceeded Ji Feiyu's expectations.

After the army arrived at Chongshan Pass, Yang Zhengshan did not launch an attack on the city for several days, but instead urged the engineering team to build siege equipment.

On June 18th, the first group of civilians organized by Pang Tang arrived at Chongshan Pass, bringing with them a thousand stones of grain and parts of the siege equipment they had previously built in Qinghua Prefecture.

The first batch of laborers consisted of more than 8,000 people. Yang Zhengshan directly recruited these laborers to help the engineers cut wood and stones and build siege equipment.

On June 20th, Yang Zhengshan's battle report and Pang Tang's memorial arrived in Kyoto.

Inside the Taiji Hall in the imperial city, a group of ministers circulated Yang Zhengshan’s battle report.

After reading the battle report, Li Siyuan nodded slightly, "General Yang has already taken Songzhou City. I think it won't take long to take Chongshan Pass!"

"That's not necessarily true. The walls of Chongshan Pass are high and deep. If Ji Feiyu holds his ground, it will be extremely difficult to capture Chongshan Pass!" Ningguo Duke Zhou Mao felt that Li Siyuan was too optimistic and spoke up.

The prince looked at the two of them and said, "Lord, Duke Ning, the situation in Liaoxi is becoming increasingly difficult. We need General Yang to support Liaoxi as soon as possible!"

"No! General Yang must not be transferred to Liaoxi before Chongshan Pass is captured!" Zhou Mao said without thinking.

He knew what the prince meant. The prince just wanted Yang Zhengshan to go to Liaoxi to stop the Wuliang army.

At this time, the Wuliang army had already occupied most of the territory. Although the court dispatched a lot of troops into Liaoxi, it was still difficult to stop the offensive of the Wuliang army.

The most troublesome thing is that the Wulianghu tribe still has more than 200,000 troops stationed on the border line of Beiyuan Town, making it impossible for Beiyuan Town to dispatch troops to support Liaoxi.

The prince frowned, "The Wuliang army has reached Dongsheng Prefecture. If Dongsheng Prefecture is lost, the Wuliang army will enter the territory of Jizhou!"

"Your Highness, don't worry. The Ministry of War has dispatched 300,000 troops, which will arrive at Dongsheng Prefecture soon!" The Minister of War Wang Lu stepped forward and said.

The Ministry of War has been constantly deploying troops during this period. Although the garrisons in Darong are now in a state of disrepair, they are still not completely useless.

It is still possible to recruit more garrisons and gather an army of 300,000.

As for the combat effectiveness, that is another matter.

Anyway, the Ministry of War is now trying its best to mobilize troops near Jizhou.

Seeing that Wang Lu had already spoken, the prince did not say anything more. If he continued, it would be denying the work of the Ministry of War.

(End of this chapter)