Chapter 99 Waiting for them to relax their vigilance

Early the next morning.

Yang Zhengshan called Yang Mingcheng and Wu Hai over and gave them a detailed explanation.

There should be no chaos in the garrison, and there should be no chaos at home.

Today is different from the past. In the past, there were only members of the Yang family in the Yang family, but now there are many more servants in the Yang family.

A family shares weal and woe, life and death together, no matter what.

But the same cannot be said for the servants. In a life-and-death crisis, no one can guarantee whether they will betray their master.

After all, they had only been in the Yang family for less than a month.

After breakfast, Yang Zhengshan personally led two hundred cavalrymen and three hundred infantrymen to leave Yinghe Fort.

Ding Qiu, the Yang family guard, was also brought with him.

Harmfulness is not allowed, and defensiveness is indispensable.

In the entire Yinghe Fort, no one is stronger than Ding Qiu except Yang Zhengshan. Although he is Yang Zhengshan's slave now, Yang Zhengshan cannot help but let him go through fire and water for the Yang family, so he can only keep him by his side.

While rushing eastward, Yang Zhengshan also took the opportunity to visit a horse farm. The horse farm was not attacked by the Hu cavalry. The closer to the city wall, the fewer scattered Hu cavalry there were. The main force of the Hu tribe would not roam around and plunder, so the area around the horse farm was the quietest.

Around noon, they arrived at Linguan Fort. At this time, the Hu army had not yet reached Chongshan Pass. Although the atmosphere in Linguan Fort was heavy, there was no unrest.

Seeing Yang Zhengshan coming with five hundred soldiers, everyone in Linguan Fort breathed a sigh of relief.

"grown ups!"

Yang Chengze went out of the fort to greet him.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, rode his horse directly into the garrison, and then glanced at the garrison.

"Go make arrangements and have everyone camp out on the training ground!"

There is no training ground outside Linguanbao. The only training ground is the open space in front of the Tunbao government office.

The training ground is not very big, but it should be able to accommodate dozens of tents.

If the tent is too small to accommodate you, you can squeeze in at the needlework workshop.

Yang Chengze responded and went on to do his work.

Yang Zhengshan then asked Yang Mingwu and Song Dashan to take scouts out to check the situation.

On the second day after Yang Zhengshan and his men arrived at Linguan Fort, the Hu army finally arrived at the foot of Chongshan Pass.

The mighty army rolled in, dragging thick smoke and dust, and instantly filled the entire city with a murderous atmosphere.

On the city wall of Guancheng, several figures wearing cloaks overlooked the approaching Hu army.

"Just as the Marquis expected, they really came!"

Lu Chongde stroked his snow-white beard and spoke softly with a calm expression.

Liang Chu, the Marquis of Changping, sneered coldly, "They have to come. If they come, there is still a glimmer of hope. If they don't come, they will die."

"I still don't want them to come. If they come, I don't know how many people will suffer from the war!" Lu Chongde's voice sounded a little bleak in the cold wind.

"You are too soft-hearted!" Liang Chu glanced at him. "If they don't come, it may become a disaster for the dynasty in the future, and more people will suffer!"

Lu Chongde fell silent. Liang Chu was right.

The only good enemy is one that is destroyed.

But he hoped that the dynasty would take the initiative to attack, so as to prevent the people from causing trouble.

However, the time given to them was too short.

With only half a year left, they still have many things to prepare for, and are simply unable to go out to fight the Hu people.

The lessons of the past are right in front of them, so they naturally cannot act rashly again.

Just then, a handsome man in snow-white fox fur walked up to the city wall.

His hair was as black as ink, tied with a jade crown, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and his eyes were as kind as the bright stars. He was dressed in a snow-white fox fur coat, which made him look elegant and noble, like a graceful nobleman.

Behind him, there were two followers, one tall and one short. Their eyes were as sharp as swords, murderous intent was evident, and they had extraordinary momentum.

"Greetings to the Marquis of Changping, and to Lord Lu!"

"I've met Eunuch Lu!"

After the three of them greeted each other, Liang Chu frowned slightly, "Eunuch Lu, why are you coming here instead of staying in the city?"

Lu Hua looked calm, "The enemy is at the gates of the city. I am the military supervisor, so of course I have to come and take a look!"

"Military Supervisor!" Liang Chu's face looked a little ugly.

No one wants to have a military supervisor who is bossy and gives orders around, especially a dead eunuch without any balls.

As for Lu Hua, he was born in the Secret Guards. Others were afraid of the Secret Guards, but he, the Marquis of Changping, was not.

So what about the Secret Guard?

His Changping Marquis Mansion was awarded the title of marquis when he followed Taizu to conquer the world. The dynasty has been passed down for three hundred years. Today, the Changping Marquis Mansion is the only noble family that has been passed down for three hundred years.

The Duke of Ningguo and the Duke of Changguo were only nobles with a hundred years of honor. Only the Marquis of Changping Mansion was a noble with a three hundred years of honor.

Of course, although Liang Chu looked down on Lu Hua, he would not deny Lu Hua's face in person.

After all, Lu Hua represents the emperor.

At most, he dared to ignore Lu Hua, but he didn't dare to really humiliate Lu Hua.

"Look if you want, but don't interfere with my command of the battle!" Liang Chu curled his lips, not wanting to pay any more attention to this damn eunuch.

The Secret Guards had a bad reputation in Kyoto. No matter they were civil officials, military generals, or noble families, they were very secretive about them and avoided them. Few people were willing to deal with them.

Lu Hua didn't care about Liang Chu's attitude. It was not like he didn't know this marquis.

As for Lu Chongde, he didn't like dealing with the Secret Guards, nor did he like being involved with eunuchs, so since Lu Hua appeared, he just watched the Hu army in the distance silently.

The three of them stood on the top of the city wall in silence for a long time before Lu Chongde couldn't help but speak to break the silence.

"When will the Marquis take action?"

Liang Chu said: "Wait a little longer, until they relax their vigilance!"

"Then I wish you great victory!"

After Lu Chongde finished speaking, he turned and left.

After he left, Lu Hua's voice rang out, "I have already found out that someone in Jing'an Prefecture is collaborating with the enemy and selling out the country!"

"Who?" Liang Chu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Jing'an Liang family, in the past ten years, the Liang family has transported a large amount of salt, iron and grain to the outside of the Great Wall!" Lu Hua's tone was as biting as the cold wind.

"The Liang family of Jing'an, is it a noble family or a powerful family?" Liang Chu had never heard of the Liang family.

"Merchant!" Lu Hua said lightly.

Liang Chu smiled disdainfully, "Merchant!" "You only found one merchant?"

Lu Hua heard the sarcasm in his words.

Collaboration and betrayal!

How could an ordinary merchant have the courage to do such a thing?
There must be other forces behind this.

He had some guesses in his mind, but they found no evidence.

The Secret Guards can execute first and report later, but that doesn't mean they can act recklessly.

Especially when it involves some deeply rooted forces, they must find evidence first before they can act first and report later.

Without evidence, if you kill someone, how are you going to explain to the emperor and the court?

What's more, this matter is very likely to involve the royal family!

"Zhang Yude and Sun Xincheng may be involved in this matter." Lu Hua said again.

"Then what?" Liang Chu asked.

Transporting salt, iron and grain to the outside of the Great Wall is definitely not something a merchant can do.

Apart from anything else, just to transport things out, even if you don’t go through the city gate, you have to go through the garrisons in various places.

Without the support of the top leaders in Chongshan Town, it would be impossible to achieve this.

Zhang Yude is the former eunuch guarding Chongshan Town, and Sun Xincheng is the former governor of Chongshan Town. They are definitely highly suspected.

As for the former general, Dingyuan Marquis Sun Shouwang, if he was also involved, he would not be allowed to return to Kyoto safely.

"Then I need the Marquis to replace the garrison of Anyuanzhou City!" Lu Hua said.

"Anyuanzhou City!"

Liang Chu seemed to be thinking about something.

Anyuanzhou City is located to the east of Chongshan Pass, more than 300 miles away from Chongshan Pass. It is considered one of the most important cities in the eastern part of Chongshan Town.

"You mean they are transporting supplies out of Anyuan Prefecture?"

"That's right!" Lu Hua nodded.

"The garrison commander of Anyuan City is Cao Han. Is he involved as well?" Liang Chu asked.

"Have!"

"Where is Wang Bin?" Liang Chu frowned.

Wang Bin is the commander of Songzhou Guard on the east route of Chongshan Town, and is Cao Han's immediate superior.

"He hasn't been found yet!" said Lu Hua.

Liang Chu nodded slightly. Since Wang Bin was not found involved, it meant that Wang Bin should not be involved.

"Who is it?"

Lu Hua said coldly: "Change to someone who has no involvement at all!"

Liang Chu rubbed his beard. It would be difficult to replace someone who had no involvement in the matter.

If we talk about people who have nothing to do with him, there are many of them in Chongshan Town.

But if he was talking about someone who had no involvement in treason, he really couldn't be sure who it was.

Even the former governor Sun Xincheng and the former garrison eunuch Zhang Yude were involved, so the generals and lackeys under their command are probably also involved.

And judging from what Lu Hua said, the person who is replaced cannot be too simple.

He could guess Lu Hua's purpose. The person he replaced was used to alert the enemy or to muddy the waters.

He needs to think carefully about this person. His ability cannot be too bad, and his strength cannot be too weak. The key is that he should not have too many connections with the previous senior officials of Chongshan Town, and there must be a reasonable reason for his transfer to Anyuan City.

"When will the change take place?" Liang Chu asked thoughtfully.

"No rush, I also need to prepare!" Lu Hua said.

Liang Chu nodded. If there was no rush, it would be much easier. He could slowly look for a suitable candidate.

Moreover, the most urgent task is to repel the invading Hu army, and he doesn't have time to take care of these things now.

As for cooperating with Lu Hua, although he hated the Secret Guards, he could not hinder them from doing their job.

This is the principle and the bottom line.

Seeing that the important matters had been settled, Lu Hua glanced at the Hu army under the city, his cold eyes without any fluctuation.

"I also wish you great victory!"

After that, he turned and left.

"Don't interfere, I will definitely win a great victory!" Liang Chu said.

Lu Hua paused for a moment, "I am not Zhang Yude. I will never do anything wrong in matters of military affairs. Lord Marquis, rest assured!"

Liang Chu looked at his back and curled his lips in disdain.

You are indeed not Zhang Yude, but you are more hateful than Zhang Yude.

……

On February 15, the 25th year of Chengping, on the mountain peak west of Linguan Fort.

The cold wind was howling and the gloomy sky was pressing down on the top of the mountain like a block of lead.

Yang Zhengshan was covered in a thick cloak, looking at the Hu tribe camp in the north.

The Hu army has been camped under Chongshan Pass for several days. If nothing unexpected happens, they will take action in the next two days.

Yang Mingwu stood beside him, looking up at the gloomy sky.

"My Lord, it's going to snow!"

Snow means that the Hu people will suspend all actions, whether it is attacking the city or looting, they will have to stop for a while.

This is definitely a good thing for them.

However, Yang Zhengshan looked up at the sky, shook his head and said, "It won't snow!"

His sense of the weather became clearer and clearer. He could almost accurately sense the weather changes within three days, and he also had a vague idea of ​​the weather changes in the next year.

In his previous life, his perception would be more accurate than the weather forecast on TV.

"Won't it snow?" Yang Mingwu was a little skeptical.

It should snow on such a cloudy day!

Yang Zhengshan did not explain, but turned and walked down the mountain.

"Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)