Chapter 375 I don’t want to explore General Yang’s secrets!

After finishing the small talk, Pang Tang looked at Yang Zhengshan and talked about business.

"What are General Yang's plans for next?"

Yang Zhengshan did not hold back and said directly: "Although we have taken over Chongshan Pass, everything inside Chongshan Pass is in ruins. It will take a huge force to reorganize the affairs of Chongshan Pass!"

"No problem, just leave the affairs of Chongshan Pass to me. I will set up the governor's office as soon as possible." Pang Tang said.

Yang Zhengshan nodded, then looked at Ji He who was sitting at the end, and said, "General Ji, the Southern Dingliao Guard still needs you to take charge of the overall situation. I wonder if General Ji can do it?"

Although Ji He’s situation is somewhat miserable now, he is, after all, the lieutenant general of the Southern Dingliao Guard.

At present, there is no one in charge of the affairs of Dingliao Guard, and the soldiers of Dingliao Guard can only stay in the city and do nothing. However, this also saved the soldiers of Dingliao Guard from disaster. At present, among the six routes of Chongshan Town, except for the western route, only the reinforcement camp of Dingliao Guard in the southern route is still fully organized.

"I can still help a little!" Ji He said somewhat dejectedly.

Although he has accepted the reality, he still feels a little uncomfortable.

"First, select a person who can take on the important task from the reinforcement camp and let him lead the reinforcement camp to Chongshan Pass!" Yang Zhengshan said.

At present, the troops under his command are seriously insufficient, and the reinforcement battalion of Dingliao Guard still has a complete organization, so he naturally will not ignore it.

"Yes!" Ji He replied.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, and looked at Pang Tang again, "The situation in Fuzhou City on the northern route can be temporarily handed over to Zhang Yuanwu, the commander of the eastern reinforcements battalion, to handle!"

Leaving aside the matter of the western route of Chongshan Town and the Wuliang army, the rest of the routes in Chongshan Town must be stabilized as soon as possible.

There are no major problems with Jinzhou Guard and Jianning Guard. Although Tang Feihu and Niu Zhuang have withdrawn most of the troops, the two guards are still relatively stable and have not been greatly affected.

If Ji He from the Dingliao Guard in the south goes back, there won't be any big problems.

Zhang Chengzhi is in Songzhou Guard on the east route, and they have just experienced a great battle, so no further accidents will occur.

Now the only one left is Fuzhou Guard in the north.

Hou Yao has withdrawn all the troops from Fuzhou Wei. Fuzhou Wei should be in chaos now and urgently needs someone to take charge of the situation.

But now Yang Zhengshan can mobilize a small number of people, and his own people certainly cannot be mobilized, so he can only mobilize Zhang Yuanwu. It just so happens that Zhang Yuanwu can bring the reinforcement battalion of Songzhou Guard with him.

"You can arrange this matter!" Pang Tang was very single and let Yang Zhengshan make the decision.

Yang Zhengshan nodded again and continued, "As for the Western Route and the Wuliang Army, I will lead the army to the Western Route after the reinforcements from Dingliao Guard arrive!"

"We may need a lot of effort in terms of money and food!"

What he meant by taking the trouble was not to let Pang Tang collect money and grain, but to let Pang Tang manage the money and grain of Chongshan Pass.

The thing that Chongshan Pass lacks the least now is money and food. Ji Feiyu has accumulated a lot of money and food. After all, if he wants to rebel, he can't do without money and food.

If Lu Hua was not here, it would not matter if Yang Zhengshan acted more casually, but since Lu Hua was here, everything had to be done according to the procedure.

The money and food were given to Pang Tang, who was responsible for providing logistics for the army.

It seems that military supervisors are still somewhat useful. At least they have a certain deterrent effect on military officers.

"Hmm!" Pang Tang nodded thoughtfully.

He was thinking about the distribution of spoils. Logically speaking, the money and food from Chongshan Pass should be considered spoils, and he heard that the soldiers in the border town had a set of unspoken rules for the distribution of spoils.

However, he knew very little about the affairs of the border town and was not familiar with this set of unspoken rules.

This kind of thing definitely cannot be discussed openly, so he plans to ask Lu Chongde for advice later.

Afterwards, everyone discussed some details before dispersing and going about their own business.

After everyone left, Yang Zhengshan and Lu Hua came to the tea room, along with Wei Cen.

Tea mist was curling up as Yang Zhengshan and Lu Hua sat opposite each other, with Wei Cen standing behind Lu Hua.

Yang Zhengshan picked up the tea and took a sip, savoring the sweet aftertaste of the tea.

Lu Hua glanced at Yang Zhengshan with a scrutinizing look, then picked up the tea and started to taste it.

"In just over a decade, General Yang has gone from being a villager to being the general of a town. Haha, General Yang is truly unrivaled!"

His tone was calm, but his deep eyes revealed a strange emotion.

To be honest, he was also very surprised at Yang Zhengshan's current achievements.

At the beginning, he transferred Yang Zhengshan to Anyuan City just to make Yang Zhengshan a troublemaker. At that time, Yang Zhengshan did show his outstanding abilities, but it was not enough for him to take him seriously.

Later, when Yang Zhengshan helped crack a smuggling case, he began to pay a little more attention to Yang Zhengshan.

But at that time he had no idea that Yang Zhengshan would one day become the general of Chongshan Town.

At this time, he was very curious about Yang Zhengshan, curious about the abilities Yang Zhengshan had demonstrated, and curious about Yang Zhengshan's cultivation and strength.

Yang Zhengshan put down the tea bowl, raised his head and stared at Lu Hua, and said: "Eunuch Lu, just say it directly. I should have no secrets in front of Eunuch Lu!"

Who is Lu Hua?

The admiral of the Secret Guard Zhenbei Division.

Yang Zhengshan has been wandering around Liaodong in recent years. If someone says that the Zhenbei Division has no surveillance on him, Yang Zhengshan would never believe it even if he is beaten to death.

Lu Hua took a deep look at Yang Zhengshan, but shook his head and said, "I don't want to explore General Yang's secrets!"

"But you will definitely know something!" Yang Zhengshan said nonchalantly.

What is his biggest secret?
It was the Lingquan Space! He had been using Lingquan water all these years, and had also taken out many things from the Lingquan Space, such as Donglingchun, Baicao Brew, Royal Honey, and various herbs.

Although he would always find a seemingly reasonable reason, in fact, all his reasons were full of loopholes.

If someone is interested and spends some time investigating, they can find some clues.

Lu Hua must have discovered many clues, but he absolutely could not discover the existence of the Lingquan space.

Lu Hua calmly picked up the teapot and poured tea for Yang Zhengshan. "No, I don't know much. I just want to remind General Yang that I have helped General Yang a lot in the past!"

Yang Zhengshan was stunned!
What does this mean?
If we talk about what Lu Hua has helped Yang Zhengshan with, it is quite a lot.

It was Lu Hua who personally arranged for Yang Zhengshan to be promoted to the garrison commander of Anyuan City. Although his purpose was not to help Yang Zhengshan, Yang Zhengshan had to accept this favor.

When the Anyuan City smuggling case was over, Lu Hua gave Yang Zhengshan a pardon order, so that Mr. Liang Sanye was not implicated by the Liang family. This was a reward for Yang Zhengshan's help in solving the case, but it was also a gesture of goodwill from Lu Hua to Yang Zhengshan.

Be it reward or a gesture of goodwill, Lu Hua was still very kind to Yang Zhengshan.

There is no discarding of the donkey after it has done its work, and there is no silent ignoring.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and nodded slightly, "Then consider it as I owe Eunuch Lu a favor!"

Lu Hua smiled, and her smile was so bright.

"I remember what General Yang said!"

"Eunuch Lu, are you still afraid that I won't admit it?" Yang Zhengshan said with a smile.

"I'm afraid! General Yang has a bright future, but I'm just a rootless duckweed. I may need General Yang's help someday in the future!" Lu Hua said seriously.

Yang Zhengshan looked at him in surprise.

Lu Hua needs him to save his life?
This is definitely not a trivial matter!
Given Lu Hua's identity and status in the Secret Guard, there should be few people who can touch him except the emperor.

If Lu Hua needed help, it would definitely not be a trivial matter.

Unfortunately, Lu Hua did not continue on this topic. He changed the subject and said, "Five days ago, the battle of Dongsheng Prefecture was lost. The 200,000-man army was defeated by 60,000 Hu cavalry!"

"Currently, Chen Tonghui can only defend Dongsheng City and cannot fight back in the short term!"

Chen Tonghui, Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War, was given the additional title of Right Deputy Censor-in-Chief and Governor-General of the Liaoxi war.

After hearing this, Yang Zhengshan's expression became serious.

He has not received this message yet.

He knew that the court had been mobilizing troops during this period. It was said that 300,000 troops were mobilized to Dongsheng Prefecture, preparing to stop the Wuliang army in Dongsheng Prefecture.

And now the Wuliang army has increased to 80,000 soldiers.

"How could we lose so quickly?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Lu Hua said indifferently: "They are just a bunch of rabble. Their defeat is to be expected!"

mob!

Yang Zhengshan remained silent. Aren’t they just a bunch of rabble?

Two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand may sound like a lot of troops, but it also depends on the quality of this army.

Yang Zhengshan knew what kind of army this was without having to think about it, as these were the garrison soldiers dispatched from various garrisons.

Daiei's army was divided into three types: the first was the border army, the second was the garrison army in the hinterland, and the third was the imperial guards around Kyoto and the emperor's personal army.

There is no need to say much about the border troops. Although there are some corrupt elements among them, their combat effectiveness is still very strong.

As for the imperial guards and the emperor's personal troops, they are naturally elite.

And what about the guards?

Ha ha!

Those garrison soldiers are not much stronger than farmers, some may even be worse than farmers. Farmers can still get enough to eat, but the garrison soldiers can hardly get enough to eat, so how can we expect them to have any fighting power?

Yang Zhengshan knew that they could not stop the Wuliang army, but he did not expect them to be defeated so quickly.

"Next, the court may discuss mobilizing the imperial guards, but once the imperial guards are mobilized, the situation in Kyoto may undergo unpredictable changes!" Lu Hua said seriously.

Yang Zhengshan lowered his head and looked at the wisp of tea leaves at the bottom of the tea bowl.

The Twelve Battalions of the Imperial Guards have always been the emperor's favorite, as can be seen from his appointment of the commander of the Imperial Guards.

The previous commander of the imperial guards was Ningguo Duke Zhou Mao. As the power of Ningguo Duke's Mansion grew, the old emperor immediately took away his position as commander of the imperial guards and appointed Liang Chu as the commander instead.

The old emperor trusted Zhou Mao before, so he let Zhou Mao lead the imperial guards.

The Ningguo Mansion rose to power, and the old emperor felt threatened, so he asked Liang Chu to lead the imperial guards.

This also shows how much the emperor values ​​the Twelve Battalions of the Imperial Guards.

Now that the old emperor is bedridden, all the officials in the court understand that anyone who dares to move the imperial guards at this time has ulterior motives.

Don’t the Crown Prince, Prince Cheng, and Prince Gong want to win over the generals of the imperial guards?
No, they definitely do!
It was just because he was concerned about the importance the emperor attached to the Imperial Guards that he did not dare to extend his hands to them at this time.

But now they have a legitimate reason to intervene in the Imperial Guards.

Dongsheng Prefecture was defeated, and the Wuliang army has threatened Jizhou. There are sufficient reasons to mobilize the imperial guards now.

(End of this chapter)