Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

In mid-April of the fifth year of Jianxing, Chen Hengchang took Jiangnan in less than two months.

The speed was beyond everyone's expectations, and no one had expected it.

Jiangnan is the richest area in Darong, and it is also the place with the most warriors in Jiangnan.

But it was taken so easily by Chen Hengchang.

It was really taken, not conquered.

There was almost no fighting in the whole process. Wherever the rebels passed, neither the government nor the nobles had any resistance.

And the rebels entered the city and maintained a posture of not offending the slightest, as if they were the officers and soldiers, not the rebels.

No, even the officers and soldiers had to toss and turn when entering the city, but they did not toss and turn when entering the city.

Chen Hengchang took Jiangnan, and the King of Daliang was not idle either, swallowing up the entire Longnan one county and one prefecture.

Not only that, the power of the King of Daliang was rapidly expanding in Shanhe Province.

If Chen Hengchang relied on his royal status, then the King of Daliang relied on the name of the rebel.

As the power of the King of Daliang continued to grow, many bandits who had been roaming in Shanhe Province came to join him.

In just two months, eight groups of bandits joined the King of Daliang, and also took over two prefectures and more than a dozen county towns.

As time went by, the King of Daliang's troops increased. In name, the rebels of the King of Daliang had reached 500,000. Of course, this was only a nominal force. In fact, how many rebels the King of Daliang could control was still a question for them.

As time went by, the situation in Darong became more and more turbulent.

In early June, another shocking news spread throughout Darong.

Shuzhou City was broken, and the Taiping Army captured Shuzhou, which meant that the court had lost all control over Bashu, and the entire Bashu was completely divided up by the four rebels.

However, this news was not shocking enough, because everyone knew that it would be sooner or later that Shuzhou City would be broken.

The really shocking news was that the Taiping Army actually joined the King of Daliang.

That's right, Taiping leader Yang Zhao surrendered to King Daliang, and was named Zhennan General by King Daliang, in charge of all military and political affairs in Bashu.

With the surrender of the Taiping Army, King Daliang was even more powerful.

At this time, King Daliang had occupied the entire Longnan Province, a small half of Bashu Province and a small half of Shanhe Province, with nearly 600,000 troops under his command, and his momentum was even greater than that of Chen Hengchang.

Chen Hengchang only occupied Jiangnan and half of Yungui, and his troops were less than 300,000.

Although Chen Hengchang was sitting on the rich land of Jiangnan, he was far inferior to King Daliang in terms of military strength.

Chen Hengchang had the support of Shenyang Sect, but he started his army relatively late.

When Chen Hengchang started his army, King Daliang had already become famous in the three provinces of Longyuan.

And now King Daliang has almost become the leader of all the bandits.

As for why the Taiping Army surrendered to King Daliang, the reason is very simple. Yang Chengye and Yang Mingzhao wanted to add fuel to the chaos and help King Daliang.

In name, Yang Zhao surrendered to King Daliang, but in fact, Yang Zhao's Taiping Army was still an independent rebel army.

The territory occupied by the Taiping Army still belonged to Yang Zhao, that is, Yang Mingzhao.

After the Taiping Army surrendered to King Daliang, King Daliang's prestige was even greater than before, and more bandits went to surrender.

In August, many bandits in Longxi Province surrendered to King Daliang, and King Daliang occupied more than half of the prefectures and counties in Longxi.

In September, Bashu Jiutian Wang and Heihu Wang announced that they would change their flags and surrender to King Daliang, and were named generals of the state.

Bashu Jiutian Wang and Heihu Wang surrendered to King Daliang, which was also a helpless choice. The Taiping Army surrendered to King Daliang, forcing them to surrender, otherwise they would be dealt with by the Taiping Army.

Now that we are all in the same camp, let's stop attacking each other and live a good life behind closed doors.

In December, Yang Zhao took the initiative to contact the Nine Heavenly Kings and the Black Tiger King, and soon the three parties reached an agreement to send troops together to conquer the Shunan Xingdusi.

In name, the Shunan Xingdusi was still the Dusi of the Darong court. Although Ma He also wanted to have his own troops, he did not raise the flag of rebellion.

The three rebels besieged Ma He, and the result was needless to say. Ma He was defeated and fled soon. Not only did he lose the territory in the south of Bashu, but he also lost the territory of the Shunan Xingdusi. He fled to Anxi Town with only a few hundred soldiers and surrendered to Sun Yunbo, the Marquis of Suning.

Then the situation in the southwest of Darong became fragmented.

Bashu was divided by Yang Zhao, the Nine Heavenly Kings and the Black Tiger King. Although there were no rebels in Zangyuan and Nanyun provinces, or they were controlled by border towns, they were actually divided by many martial arts sects.

Nanjiang Town was controlled by the Qu family, Yunling Town was controlled by the Guo family, and Anxi Town was controlled by the Sun family.

In name, Nanjiang Town, Yunling Town, and Anxi Town were still border towns of the court, but in fact, the three families were holding their own troops and watching the turmoil in the world.

Even Qu Changkong was the same. Qu Changkong had no choice. He had to guard against the Jinlong Dynasty in the south, and he could not send troops to Yungui. He could only stay in Nanjiang Town and guard the small piece of land in Nanjiang Town.

In order to avoid chaos in Nanjiang Town, he had to bypass the governor and the eunuchs guarding Nanjiang Town.

At this time, he didn't dare to trust these people at all, so he could only take all the military power into his own hands.

The southwest was not stable, and the southeast was not peaceful.

After occupying Jiangnan, Chen Hengchang did not stop expanding, but instead expanded towards Fuhai Province.

His expansion plan is very good, and he did not expand in Yungui because there are too many enemies around Yungui. There are Nanjiang Town to the south and Bashu to the west. If he expands in these two directions, it is likely to lead to rebellion from Bashu. The attack of the army and Nanjiang Town.

It is different to expanding to Fuhai Province. The east and south sides of Fuhai Province are seas, so you only need to be prepared for Nanjiang Town to the west.

At the same time, he did not expand in the direction of Kyoto, and wanted to hand over the hard bones of Kyoto to the King of Daliang, in order to avoid fighting with the King of Daliang in advance and let Darong get a bargain in the court.

The sixth year of Jianxing was the nineteenth year of Shenmu.

The situation in Darong became more and more chaotic, and Darong's court became more and more powerless.

Faced with the increasingly powerful King of Daliang, the troops of Suzhou Town and Longbei Town had to retreat.

In the past three years, the border troops of the two towns encircled and suppressed bandits in the three provinces of Longyuan, and they won consecutive victories. However, they did not stop the situation in the three provinces of Longyuan, but instead promoted the rise of the King of Daliang.

It is precisely because of the unscrupulous encirclement and suppression of the border troops in the two towns that the people cannot be stable.

The bandits pass like combs, and the soldiers pass like combs.

The increasing number of bandits in the three provinces of Longyuan is due to the contribution of Suzhou Town and Longbei Town.

The bandits entered the Shanhe Province, which was also their contribution.

Now the bandits have surrendered to the King of Daliang, and it is their credit.

Their robbers were even more powerful than the bandits. Among them, there were moral heroes of Green Forest, but the officers and soldiers of the two towns only had two words: killing and robbing.

Kill the bandits and grab food and grass.

As for whether the ordinary people are killed or the real bandits, this doesn't matter. It doesn't matter who is robbing the food and grass.

Therefore, the three provinces of Longyuan have become so well-known today, and Suzhou Town and Longbei Town have made great contributions.

Faced with the increasingly strong King of Liang, Zhou Lan had to shrink her defense line and consolidate the territory she occupied.

She did not continue to capture the territory, not because she didn't want it, but because she couldn't do it.

It's still the same problem, she has no food and clothing.

Since Yang Chengye returned from Shenmu Island, he has reduced the supply of food and grass to Zhou Lan.

Yang Chengye needs to accumulate food and grass and wait for the opportunity to start a war, and it is impossible for him to continue to support Zhou Lan without restraint.

Moreover, Yang Chengye was still waiting for King Daliang to become bigger and wait for King Daliang to break through Kyoto, so he wanted to curb Zhou Lan's attack.

Yang Zhengshan did not go to see Zhou Lan, and Yang Chengye did not tell Zhou Lanming that Zhou Lan is still in the dark and only thinks that Chongshan Town has insufficient food and grass.

In fact, it’s not just Zhou Lan. There are not many people who really know the Yang family’s plans at present.

For example, Song Dashan, Yang Chengze, Yang Chengxu and others don’t know about it at the moment, let alone Niuzhuang and others.

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

It’s not that you don’t believe them, but that the more people you know, the greater the possibility of leaking.

Once the Yang family’s plan is leaked, it will inevitably attract the attention of all forces.

There was no legitimate reason what Yang Zhengshan wanted, and at the same time, all forces were also alert to the Yang family.

Especially King Daliang, the Yang family wanted to use him as a knife, so naturally he could not be prepared for his defense.

It's March spring again.

Chongqingshanguan is still peaceful, with pedestrians in the city, and chariots and horses are like dragons. Spring farming is approaching, and many military households and people come to Chongqingshanguan to buy farm tools or buy livestock.

Although there has been some shortage of food in Chongqing Town in recent years, there is really no shortage of livestock. Whether it is cattle, donkey or mule, it is much cheaper than other places in Darong.

As long as ordinary farmers are not sick or disaster-free, they can buy a livestock in just three or five years.

Look at the ordinary people who entered the city, you will know how many animals there are in Chongshan Town now. Each family drives ox carts, donkey carts and mule carts into the city.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi were walking on the street, looking at the streets blocked by various cars, looking helpless.

Too many cars is not a good thing, and it is easy to get traffic jams. This is the result of restrictions on the entry of livestock into the city. In fact, there are special stables outside the city. People outside the city can put donkeys, mules, and oxes outside the city, only a few You can stop for a day with just a penny.

The charges are charged for animals to pull a cart into the city, not because the governor's yamen and the general's office are fond of that little money, but because the city is too congested.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way~~"

"That donkey driving moves to the side. Didn't you see it blocked?"

"Hey, whose cow is that? Where is the dung bag? Hurry up and pick up the cow dung for me!"

Several yamen runners found that this side was blocked and immediately ran over to shout.

There are many animals that are prone to accidents. There is no need to say that the animals urinate. There are also animals that are frightened and hurt people. They are quarreled because of the blocking road. Your cow hit me, my donkey kicked him, etc. Anyway, every day, The yamen runners are busy dealing with such things.

After a very unfriendly scolding from the yamen runners, the blocked street finally opened.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi can also walk along the flow of people.

March in Chongqing Town is considered early spring. As the saying goes, the plan for the year lies in spring. At this time, the military households and people in Chongqing Town will go to the city to purchase various supplies, farm tools, cloth, salt, etc., to prepare for the next spring plowing. .

Therefore, the city was particularly crowded during this period.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi came to a teahouse, went to the elegant room on the second floor next to the window, and started drinking tea leisurely.

Drinking tea is secondary, they mainly come out for ventilation.

Over the past year, they have been in the space most of their time and come out to check it out every three or five days.

They don’t do anything, they just eat and drink in teahouses or restaurants.

"I don't know what's going on in the south, why don't you go and ask?" Yu Qingyi asked.

During this period, they turned a deaf ear to the outside world and only focused on planting trees in the space.

They were not very clear about many things, and they didn't know what the situation was like in the Darong court and the various forces.

"What are you asking about? That's Chengye's own business, we don't need to care about it!" Yang Zhengshan said.

It's enough for him to be in charge of Chongshan Town. As for other things, it's not his business to worry about.

Now Yang Chengye is the master of Chongshan Town. The Yang family will support Yang Chengye, but things must be decided by Yang Chengye himself.

Not only Yang Zhengshan, but even the three brothers Yang Mingcheng will not show up in Chongshan Town.

"Aren't you afraid of something going wrong?" Yu Qingyi asked.

Yang Zhengshan shook his head slightly, "We must have confidence in Chengye, he will definitely be able to do it well!"

"If he can't even do these things, then don't be the emperor, it's better to stay at home honestly!"

This is also a test for Yang Chengye. With the support of the Yang family, it will undoubtedly be much easier for Yang Chengye to establish a country and establish a dynasty.

As the two were talking, a commotion suddenly sounded on the street.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, urgent military information!"

"Urgent military information!"

A line of four riders galloped quickly on the noisy street, making the already crowded street a mess.

Yang Zhengshan sat by the window, watching the four soldiers running towards the general's mansion on the street, his expression slightly changed.

"I guess something big happened!"

Yu Qingyi looked around with some curiosity, "What big thing could it be?"

"Maybe the King of Daliang has already fought to the city of Kyoto!" Yang Zhengshan guessed.

He guessed wrong, it was not that the King of Daliang had fought to the city of Kyoto, but that the King of Daliang had proclaimed himself emperor.

On February 18th of the sixth year of Jianxing, the King of Daliang proclaimed himself emperor in Hanzhong Prefecture, naming his country Daliang and the reign Tianwu. He posthumously honored his great-grandfather and his mother, Lady Lu, as the empress dowager, and canonized his empress and concubine, and canonized his eldest son as the crown prince.

On the second day after he was proclaimed emperor, the King of Daliang, no, it should be Emperor Tianwu of Daliang, issued a proclamation to attack Darong.

Emperor Tianwu of Daliang raised an army of 300,000 and intended to march east to destroy Darong.