Chapter 580 Are You Dissatisfied with His Majesty's Arrangement?

In this battle, Darong was defeated, and it was a terrible defeat!

Even if Yang Zhengshan broke through Yemi City, even if Yang Mingzhen and Yang Chengze slaughtered dozens of tribes in the heart of the Wuliang King's Court and killed countless people, they could not cover up the fact that Darong was defeated.

Because Darong suffered more casualties, Darong had more casualties, and Darong lost more gold, silver, and various materials.

Why did Darong lose?

Yang Zhengshan closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and fell into silence.

Tang Feihu, Niu Zhuang, Yang Mingzhi and other generals standing in the tent also fell into silence.

Why did Darong lose?

Yang Zhengshan had a lot of thoughts in his mind.

Beiyuan Town is not worthy of its name. Beiyuan Town has always been regarded as the most powerful border town among the nine border towns. The court has always supported Beiyuan Town the most, but what is the result?

Beiyuan Town actually lasted less than three months under the army of the Wuliang Hu tribe.

This is probably a result that no one expected.

The garrisons in various places are corrupt, which is the problem of Darong, and it has never been solved.

If the garrisons in Longyuan were not corrupt, and if the garrison soldiers in Longyuan still had some combat effectiveness, the Wuliang Hu cavalry would not be able to plunder in Longyuan.

Even if the garrison soldiers could not stop the Wuliang Hu cavalry, they should be able to delay time by relying on the strong city.

But what was the result?

The Wuliang Hu cavalry entered the land of Longyuan as if they were in an uninhabited place. In less than a month, they actually captured four prefectures and twelve county towns.

Yang Zhengshan just thought about it and found it ridiculous!

Are the Wuliang Hu cavalry strong?

Most of the Wuliang Hu cavalry are just a group of herdsmen. They are not much different from the ordinary young and strong men of Darong.

But the garrison soldiers in Longyuan were actually powerless to resist!

There are also local government offices and courts.

Their response is too slow, and their dispatching ability is too poor.

The local government offices in Longyuan were like a mere formality. They did not organize soldiers and young men to defend the city in the first place. Many officials even abandoned the city and fled.

The court did not mobilize the army to support in the first place. It dragged on for a month, allowing the Wuliang Huqi to evacuate calmly.

Before, Yang Zhengshan was still mocking the scattered tribes of the Wuliang tribe, but now look at the Darong court and local government offices.

"Hey, they are all the same stuff! It's just a competition of who is worse!"

Yang Zhengshan opened his eyes dully, his face full of helplessness.

Maybe he was wrong, he should not think about Wei to save Zhao, but should go directly to support Beiyuan Town.

But if he really did that, the war might last longer, and Chongshan Town would suffer more casualties.

No matter how strong Chongshan Town is, it is impossible to wipe out 200,000 or 300,000 Huqi in three months.

Once the direct battle with the Huqi is fought, the soldiers of Chongshan Town will definitely suffer a large number of casualties.

By then, it will not be seven or eight thousand heroic souls, but tens of thousands of heroic souls.

It is even possible to destroy the foundation accumulated by Chongshan Town for ten years.

This does not mean that Chongshan Town is not strong enough. On the contrary, if Chongshan Town can defeat 200,000 or 300,000 Hu cavalry head-on, it is enough to prove the strength of Chongshan Town.

Indeed, Chongshan Town has developed rapidly in recent years, and the strength of Chongshan Town soldiers is also very strong, but don’t forget that Chongshan Town was originally just a border town with a relatively low ranking among the nine border towns of Darong.

Moreover, the court has not allocated a tael of silver or a grain of rice to Chongshan Town in recent years.

What about Beiyuan Town?

Every year, the court has to fill in more than one million taels of silver and more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass.

But even so, the strength of Chongshan Town still exceeds that of Beiyuan Town, which is enough to prove the strength of Chongshan Town.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan’s mood was very complicated. He felt sad for the fate of the people in Beiyuan Town and Longyuan, and was indignant for the officials of Beiyuan Town. He was also dissatisfied with the inaction of the court and government at all levels.

He hadn't had such complicated emotions for a long time.

"Let's withdraw our troops too!"

Yang Zhengshan made his decision.

"My Lord, we won't occupy Sari Lake?" Tang Feihu asked unwillingly.

He was not idle during this period. After the tasks in the camp were arranged, he kept wandering around Sari Lake.

The curved Sari Lake is thirty miles long from north to south and seven miles wide from east to west. Every spring and summer, after the snow on Mount Menghe melts, dozens of rivers and streams will flow into Sari Lake.

The hundreds of thousands of acres of grassland on the west side of Sari Lake can be irrigated by building several large reservoirs and some canals, and the east side of Sari Lake can also use the water from Sari Lake for irrigation.

In three years, it only takes three years for Chongshan Town to reclaim 300,000 acres of fertile land around Sari Lake.

A few days ago, Tang Feihu even made some plans in his mind. He thought that if he was responsible for reclaiming the area around Sari Lake, he should start from there.

Moreover, he had calculated that if he cultivated land here, he could station 20,000 troops.

Yang Zhengshan was actually going to give up such a precious land. How could he be willing to do that?

Yang Zhengshan smiled helplessly, "How to occupy it?"

"The strength of the Chici tribe has not been damaged, and the strength of the Tatar tribe has almost no loss. If we continue to stay here, not only will we not be able to occupy the Sari Lake, but we may be attacked from both sides!"

"And don't forget, there is also a Ula tribe around. If we set up camp here, the Ula tribe dare not show up, but if we reclaim wasteland here, cultivate land and station troops, the Ula tribe will definitely fight us to the death!"

"Withdraw the troops!"

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, stood up, and walked out of the tent with a bit of desolation.

He could probably guess where the Wula tribe was hiding, which was nothing more than the snowy land in the north.

The resources in the snowy land would definitely not be able to support the survival of the Wula tribe. Today they can hide in the snowy land, but next year they will definitely come out.

As for occupying Lake Sari, if Beiyuan Town blocked the Wuliang army, if Beiyuan Town could cause the Tatar tribe to suffer heavy losses, he might still have the mind to occupy Lake Sari.

Unfortunately, Beiyuan Town did not block it, and the Tatar tribe did not suffer too serious losses.

If Chongshan Town occupied Lake Sari, there would be no more peaceful days in the future.

In addition, there is another more important reason.

That is, Chongshan Town does not need to expand its territory now.

The vast and fertile land between Heiyunwei and Fuzhou City has not been fully developed until now, and the area west of Heiyunwei has been developed less than 20%. Why should Chongshan Town go far away to compete for Lake Sari?

The military households, civilians, and refugees who migrated to the north of Chongshan Town have only lived a good life for a few years. There is no need to drag them into the quagmire of war at this time.

…

The Chongshan Town army retreated.

Slowly retreating from the exit of Menghe Mountain, Tang Wuxi stood on the wall of Dongque Pass, looking at the burning camp with a calm face.

“Banner Lord, just let them go like this?” The burly Baduer stood beside Tang Wuxi and asked softly.

“What else?”

Tang Wuxi looked a little dazed, “Utuo has sent an imperial edict. Do we still have to continue to fight with Chongshan Town at this time?”

Baturer’s eyes flashed with a dangerous light, “Master Zhixuan is dead, and Utuo’s greatest support is gone. We don’t need to pay attention to their imperial edict!”

Tang Wuxi rubbed his rough beard, “No, we still have to go to the royal city to take a look. Don’t forget that Utuo still has 100,000 elite cavalry!”

“But what if he is not good for the flag owner?” Baduer asked.

“So I can’t go, you go!” Tang Wuxi said.

Baduer was stunned, "Is it appropriate for me to go?"

Tang Wuxi said, "What's inappropriate? I still have to deal with the army of Chongshan Town on the opposite side, so I naturally can't leave Dongque Pass!"

Baduer was even more confused. He looked at the burning camp on the opposite side, and then looked at Tang Wuxi in front of him. His mind was a little confused.

"You, when will you grow some brains!"

Tang Wuxi complained.

Baduer suddenly had an idea and laughed, "The flag owner is right. There are 100,000 troops from Chongshan Town outside Dongque Pass. The flag owner naturally can't leave Dongque Pass! So he can only send his subordinates to the royal city to respond to the imperial edict!"

No mistake, one sentence, one content, one book, one bar!

Tang Wuxi smiled, "Go and see what other means Wutuo has. If his attitude is still mild, then you should be more polite. If his attitude is very strong, then you should be more arrogant!"

"What if he kills me?" Baduer said with some concern.

Tang Wuxi looked at him seriously, "Don't worry, I will avenge you!"

"..."

Baduer cried, "Banner Lord, I don't want to die yet!"

"Haha~~"

Tang Wuxi laughed.

...

Yang Zhengshan hadn't returned to Chongshan Pass yet, and the internal turmoil of the Wuliang Hu tribe began.

Wutuo summoned the princes of various tribes to the royal city for discussion, but only one of the eight princes, Cui Liang, came.

The Wula clan was still hiding in the snowy land. Although the remaining six princes sent people, they obviously just wanted to deal with Wutuo.

Wutuo was very angry about this, but he didn't show it.

Wutuo was a very forbearing person. His forbearance allowed him to sit on the throne, and his forbearance allowed him to control the Wuliang royal court, and now he decided to forbear again.

He needed time to subdue the tribes, and these had little impact on Yang Zhengshan. At least in the short term, Wutuo was no longer able to continue to invade Darong in the south, nor could he send troops to attack Chongshan Town.

On the first day of July, Yang Zhengshan returned to Chongshan Pass.

Zhou Lan had recovered, and the newly appointed governor of the court also arrived at Chongshan Pass.

The new governor, Zhang Zhecheng, was also the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, the assistant censor of the Censorate, and the governor of Chongshan Town.

In the general's mansion, Zhou Lan and Yang Zhengshan were sitting in the study.

"What is the origin of this Zhang Zhecheng?" Zhou Lan asked.

Yang Zhengshan leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "He is Zhou Yunsong's disciple, the second place in the 26th year of Chengping, and successively served as the doctor of the Ministry of Works, the junior minister of the Imperial Household, and the minister of the Imperial Household."

The minister of the Imperial Household was a third-rank official. Even if Yang Zhengshan was not concerned about court affairs, he would not be unfamiliar with the ministers in the court.

Of course, his understanding of Zhang Zhecheng was limited to this.

Zhou Lan frowned, "Then he is a member of the Long Party?"

"I don't know." Yang Zhengshan shook his head, "After Zhou Yunsong resigned, the Long Party became more complicated. It seems that Lu Ming replaced Zhou Yunsong, but in fact Lu Ming does not have Zhou Yunsong's prestige. He represents the interests of two kinds of people, one is the interests of a small number of people in Longyuan, and the other is the officials of the Qiandi faction of the Yuancheng Palace!"

When Zhou Yunsong was there, the Long Party officials were not limited to officials from Longyuan, but also included many of Zhou Yunsong's students and old friends.

After Zhou Yunsong resigned, the original Long Party became officials from Longyuan represented by Lu Ming. As for Zhou Yunsong's students and old friends, it is unclear whether they still belong to the Long Party.

Lu Ming was also an official in the secret residence of Prince Cheng’s Mansion. He was originally the Left Chief of Emperor Yanping. At that time, there were not many people who could use it in Emperor Yanping’s hands. Lu Ming was the most worthy of reusing among them.

After Emperor Yanping ascended the throne, officials from the Qiandi Palace also ascended to heaven. In less than seven years, Lu Ming was promoted from a royal palace chief to a second-level assistant to a cabinet.

So now Lu Ming can represent both the Long Party and the officials who came out of the Chengwang Mansion.

Zhang Zhecheng was neither an official from Longyuan nor an official from Emperor Yanping's residence.

"Is there anything wrong with him?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

Zhou Lan shook her head, "This is not, but it is strange because it is not!"

"No wonder, Chongshan Town has been stable for too long, and there are always people who want to mix sand in Chongshan Town." Yang Zhengshan said.

No one went to Chongshan Town to mix sand before, because Yang Zhengshan was strong.

But now in the battle with the Wuliang Hu tribe, Yang Zhengshan has been impeached many times, which makes some people unable to help but covet Chongshan Town.

This person may be Lu Ming or someone else.

Zhou Lan frowned. She didn't want anyone to destroy the booming Chongshan Town.

Seeing her appearance, Yang Zhengshan couldn't help but smile and said, "Have Your Majesty removed your position as general?"

"Not yet!" Zhou Lan said.

"That's all. You will be the general of Chongshan Town in the future!" Yang Zhengshan said.

"But why did Your Majesty agree to let Zhang Zhecheng come to Chongshan Town?" Zhou Lan asked.

Yang Zhengshan said, "Balance, my reputation in Chongshan Town is too high, so Your Majesty will not let me continue to stay in Chongshan Town. You are in charge of Chongshan Town, but you have a close relationship with me. Your Majesty is not at ease, so he arranged one Those who have nothing to do with us will serve as governors!”

"Your Majesty did not move to Chongshan Town before, because Chongshan Town needed development, but when Pang Da was assassinated, Your Majesty could no longer let Chongshan Town be a piece of iron!"

"Our Majesty likes to do these balance techniques the most!"

Zhou Lan nodded and expressed her understanding, "Then what should we do next? Should we drive away this Zhang Zhecheng?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at her in surprise, "Are you actually dissatisfied with Your Majesty's arrangement?"

Zhou Lan looked at him and said helplessly: "Chongshan Town is not only the foundation of your Marquis Jing'an, but also the foundation of my Duke Ningguo Mansion. Now I can only rely on you!"

"Haha~~" Yang Zhengshan laughed, "We can be considered as working together!"

"You and I have been on the same boat for a long time! But I don't think I can stay in Chongshan Town for a long time!" Zhou Lan's thoughts were very clear.

The Ningguo Duke’s Mansion has declined. As Zhou Mao grows older, the glory of the Ningguo Duke’s Mansion has long disappeared.

The prince Zhou Xu neither had strong cultivation nor had he ever led troops. He is now an idle person.

Although there are a few good talents among the juniors in the Duke of Ningguo Mansion, it is a pity that they cannot make a name for themselves in a short period of time.

Therefore, this huge Ningguo Duke’s Mansion can only be supported by Zhou Lan.

Now Zhou Lan also has to rely on Yang Zhengshan. Only with Yang Zhengshan's support can she control Chongshan Town.