Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Chongshan Pass, in the study of the general's mansion.

Yang Chengye and Niu Zhuang looked at the urgent military information they had just received.

After reading it, Niu Zhuang looked extremely solemn, "The King of Daliang actually proclaimed himself emperor! Isn't he afraid of becoming the target of public criticism?"

Yang Chengye smiled faintly, "It's already this time, what is he afraid of?"

Niu Zhuang looked up at Yang Chengye and asked in a deep voice: "Then what should we do? Should we send troops?"

Yang Chengye looked at him meaningfully, "Don't worry!"

Niu Zhuang took a deep breath and couldn't help wondering in his heart, "What are you planning?"

Although Yang Chengye did not reveal his plan to him, he was still the general of Chongshan Town in name, and he still knew a lot of things about Chongshan Town.

He might not know other things, but he knew two things very well.

First, Yang Chengye was deliberately reducing the supply of food and grass to Zhou Lan, causing Zhou Lan to passively defend in the northern part of Longyuan and dare not take the initiative to attack!

Second, Yang Chengye was secretly training his troops, and the training location was not Chongshan Pass or Zhenbiaoying, but Fuzhou City.

Fuzhou City has always been the place most tightly controlled by the Yang family. Since Yang Mingzhi served as the lieutenant general of Fuzhou Guard, Fuzhou has been under the control of the Yang family.

This kind of control is different from the Yang family's control over Chongshan Pass. Chongshan Pass has many people and eyes, and the governor and the general are not from the Yang family and the Yang family, so the Yang family's control over Chongshan Pass is a bottom-up control.

The Yang family's control over Fuzhou is from top to bottom and from bottom to top.

Yang Chengye laughed, "You will know soon!"

Niu Zhuang saw that he didn't say anything, and his expression was quite helpless, "Why don't you explain to General Zhou?"

Yang Chengye shook his head, "It's not the time yet, let's talk about it later!"

He naturally understood Zhou Lan. This female general was not a good-tempered one. To be honest, he was still a little afraid of Zhou Lan.

First, Zhou Lan was a true general who had led the army for a lifetime and fought for half his life.

Second, because of Zhou Lan's friendship with Yang Zhengshan, Yang Chengye had to respectfully call him Grandma Zhou when he saw him!

So until now, he didn't know how to confess to Zhou Lan.

However, Yang Chengye didn't expect that Zhou Lan had already arrived in Chongshan Town at this time.

After learning that King Daliang had proclaimed himself emperor, Zhou Lan came to Chongshan Town without stopping. On the third day after Yang Chengye received the urgent military information, Zhou Lan arrived at Chongshan Pass.

She came all the way with only a dozen guards.

"Go, inform them that I, Zhou Lan, want to see Jing'an Marquis Yang Chengye!" Zhou Lan stood in front of the general's mansion and said with a bad face.

The soldiers guarding the gate looked at each other and immediately said respectfully: "General Zhou, please go in and rest for a while, and I will pass the message!"

Several soldiers, one ran to pass the message, and the others led Zhou Lan into the general's mansion.

Who is Zhou Lan?

She had been the general in Chongshan Town for seven or eight years.

Although that happened twenty years ago, the people and soldiers of Chongshan Town have not forgotten this general.

In the study, Yang Chengye and Niu Zhuang were handling official business at the table opposite each other. Suddenly, they heard that Zhou Lan was coming, and their faces suddenly became very exciting.

Niu Zhuang looked at Yang Chengye and said with a smile: "That's good, General Zhou is here!"

Yang Chengye was depressed!

He really didn't expect Zhou Lan to come at this time.

You must know that at this time, the army of Daliang was eyeing the territory occupied by Zhou Lan in Longyuan, and it was possible to attack Zhou Lan at any time!

Although Zhou Lan had many elite soldiers and generals, the troops were somewhat insufficient.

Beiyuan Town also had to guard against the Hu tribe in the north, and could not withdraw more troops. In Longyuan, Zhou Lan occupied the land of six prefectures. Except for the north, the other three sides were surrounded by Daliang.

Once Daliang sent troops to the north, Zhou Lan's territory in Longyuan would be the first to be hit.

Zhou Lan should have stayed in Longyuan at this time, but she suddenly came to Chongshan Town.

Yang Chengye thought Zhou Lan was here to ask for punishment.

His guess was correct. As soon as the two of them went out together, Zhou Lan asked with a bad face: "What are you doing? You don't send troops or provide food and grass. Do you want to watch the fall of Jingdu?"

To be honest, Zhou Lan was very angry now. She didn't know that the Yang family wanted to rebel at this time.

Of course, she was not only angry with Yang Chengye and Niuzhuang, but also with the Darong court.

The Darong court was so useless that she felt very powerless. It was precisely because of this powerlessness that she felt very dissatisfied with the monarch and ministers in the court.

In fact, Zhou Lan didn't have too many thoughts now. She was still loyal to the court and she still wanted to quell the rebellion in the three provinces of Longyuan.

But the problem was that she had insufficient troops and food and grass, and she was powerless.

"General Zhou, let's go in and talk!" Yang Chengye said embarrassedly.

Zhou Lan took a deep breath and looked at him hatefully, but still walked into the study.

As soon as she entered the study, she couldn't help asking again: "What do you want to do?"

Yang Chengye didn't answer immediately, but poured tea for Zhou Lan and asked Zhou Lan to sit down.

After Zhou Lan sat down, he said in a deep voice: "Grandma Zhou, Darong can't be saved!"

"What do you mean?" Zhou Lan frowned.

Yang Chengye stared at Zhou Lan with his eyes, trying to lower his voice, and said: "To be honest, I plan to compete for the position of the master of the world!"

Zhou Lan's pupils suddenly shrank, and her eyes stared at Yang Chengye.

Niu Zhuang, who was standing next to him, lowered his eyes and his face became extremely solemn.

In fact, both of them had speculated about this.

Now that the world is in chaos, all forces have a lot of thoughts.

Traitors, anti-kings, nobles, border towns, etc., all forces with soldiers and strength can't help but fantasize.

It's not surprising that the Yang family would have such thoughts.

But Zhou Lan and Niu Zhuang were somewhat shocked when they suddenly heard Yang Chengye say it himself.

Niu Zhuang didn't react, because he knew that with the strength of the Yang family and Chongshan Town, it was not a delusion to fight for the world. In fact, he was still a little excited in his heart.

If the Yang family wanted to fight for the world, then could he also follow the trend and help the Yang family charge forward?

In this way, his Niu family could also become a noble family in the future.

Zhou Lan stood up suddenly, "Are you serious?"

She suddenly burst out with a strong momentum, glaring at Yang Chengye like a ferocious beast.

But just as her momentum exploded, two momentums suddenly rose behind Yang Chengye, and two figures appeared silently beside Yang Chengye.

"General Zhou, please calm down!" Wang Lei said softly.

Zhou Lan naturally knew Wang Lei. She looked at Wang Lei and asked in a deep voice: "Where is Yang Zhengshan?"

"Ahem, my grandfather is not here!" Yang Chengye said with a light cough.

Zhou Lan was silent for a while, and sat down again, "I want to see your grandfather!"

"This~~" Yang Chengye didn't know how to contact Yang Zhengshan.

He knew that Yang Zhengshan was not in Shenmu Island, but he didn't know that Yang Zhengshan was in Chongshan Pass.

Wang Lei looked at Yang Chengye, then at Zhou Lan, and then said softly: "The master is in Chongshan Pass, I will ask someone to invite him now!"

Yang Chengye looked at Wang Lei in a daze. My grandfather is in Chongshan Pass, and I didn't know it!

He felt that his face hurt so much. This slap in the face came too quickly!

And since you knew that the old man was in Chongshan Pass, why didn't you tell me earlier?

This is so embarrassing, as if I stopped Grandma Zhou from seeing Grandpa.

Wang Lei looked at Yang Chengye with an innocent face.

Can I blame me for this?

You answered so quickly, I didn't have time to say anything, you answered first.

Yang Zhengshan's affairs in Chongshan Pass were naturally not hidden from everyone. Wang Lei and Li Chang still knew about it and could still contact him.

The small courtyard was quiet, and suddenly the bell hanging in the main hall rang.

Yang Zhengshan's figure appeared in the main hall out of thin air.

He couldn't know what happened in Chongshan Pass in the space, but he could know what happened in this small courtyard.

There was a rope outside the gate of the small courtyard. As long as the rope was pulled, the bell in the main hall would ring, so Yang Zhengshan knew that someone was looking for him outside.

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Before opening the door, Yang Zhengshan knew that it was Li Chang standing outside.

As he went to open the door, he listened to the surroundings quietly.

After not hearing any commotion, he knew that Yang Chengye was not in danger.

"What's the matter?" Yang Zhengshan asked as he opened the door.

"General Zhou is here, now in the general's residence, she wants to see you!" Li Chang bowed and replied.

Yang Zhengshan thought for a while and said, "Go and invite her over!"

"Yes!" Li Chang responded and left.

After he left, Yang Zhengshan stroked his beard and thought about it.

He knew Zhou Lan's temper very well. In fact, Zhou Lan's temperament was upright, and she didn't have much ambition. She always did her best to do what she thought was right.

Others would have their own troops, but she wouldn't.

She was probably thinking about how to quell the rebellion in the three provinces of Longyuan.

After thinking for a while, Yang Zhengshan brought Yu Qingyi out of the space, and then the couple prepared tea and fruit, waiting for the old friend to come.

About two quarters of an hour later, the gate of the courtyard was knocked again.

Yang Zhengshan opened the door, looked at the familiar figure, grinned, "General, please!"

Zhou Lan snorted coldly, gave Yang Zhengshan a cold face, and walked directly into the main hall in the courtyard without any courtesy.

Seeing Yu Qingyi, Zhou Lan's expression eased a little, "Sorry to bother you, sister Yu!"

"Sister Zhou, please sit down!" Yu Qingyi greeted her with a smile.

Then the two women sat together and chatted, the content of the chat was all about family matters, mainly Yu Qingyi was talking about the children at home.

Yang Zhengshan was left out.

Yes, our General Zhou has a worse temper as he gets older.

After chatting for a while, Zhou Lan suddenly asked, "How old is Mingzhao's child this year?"

Yu Qingyi smiled and said, "Thirteen."

Zhou Lan glanced at Yang Zhengshan, "I have a niece who is just right, twelve this year!"

Yang Zhengshan paused slightly while holding the tea, "You really are!"

"Why? My niece is not worthy of your grandson?" Zhou Lan said dissatisfiedly.

"She is worthy, worthy!" Yang Zhengshan surrendered.

There are not many people in the world who dare to talk to him like this, but Zhou Lan is definitely qualified.

There is no way, who let Zhou Lan help him in the past.

For so many years, Yang Zhengshan really didn't do anything for Zhou Lan. Although he gave Zhou Lan a lot of specialties produced in Lingquan Space, it is difficult to explain the debt of favor he owed.

"Then let's settle this matter. I will write a letter back immediately and ask my family to send my niece to Shenmu Island!" Zhou Lan said.

Yang Zhengshan said, "Don't be so anxious!"

Zhou Lan was silent for a while, "It is estimated that Jingdu can't be defended, it is better to leave early!"

Coming from the General's Mansion, she thought a lot.

The arm cannot twist the thigh.

Now the Yang family is powerful, she can't stop the Yang family at all.

And she also knows the situation in Jingdu. It seems that the broken ship of Darong still has three pounds of nails, but in fact, the morale of Darong Jingdu is already low.

Once the army is at the gates of the city, it is unknown how many troubles will be made in the city.

What nobles who share the same fate with the country will only think about self-protection when the disaster is really coming.

Don't talk about unity and fighting the enemy together.

If the nobles of Darong can unite, the grass on the grave of the damn Daliang King will probably be three feet high.

It's because everyone has seen clearly that Darong is at the end of the road, thinking about how to protect themselves and how to gain more benefits in this chaotic struggle.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter, and when the wind rises, ambitions arise.

Zhou Lan had never thought about these things before, but now that even the Yang family had given up Darong, she had to consider her own family.

Although she had never married and had children in her life, she still had relatives such as her father, brother, nephew, and great-nephew.

In order for the Zhou family to survive this chaotic time, she had to make a choice.

She didn't know what her great-grandfather thought, but she had to stand on the side of the Yang family.

After all, her friendship with Yang Zhengshan was real, and they had been friends for decades, so she still trusted Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan nodded slightly, "Okay, then we can let Brother Zhou stay on Shenmu Island for a while!"

"Hmm!" Zhou Lan picked up the tea and took a sip with a heavy heart.

"What are you going to do next?"

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "Don't worry, just wait. When the capital is broken, it's time for us to march south!"

Zhou Lan nodded slightly, "Okay, so I can go back and prepare."

Zhou Lan didn't stay in Chongshan Pass for too long. The situation in Longyuan Province was still very critical, so she only stayed for one night and hurried back to Longyuan the next day.

However, Yang Chengye no longer needed to restrict the supply of food and grass to Zhou Lan. The previous restriction on food and grass supply was because he was afraid that Zhou Lan would have enough food and grass and attack the territory of King Daliang, slowing down the speed of King Daliang's eastward advance to destroy Rong.

Now that Zhou Lan already knows the plan, she naturally has so many concerns.

In fact, at this time, Emperor Tianwu of Daliang could not care about the Beiyuan Army in Longyuan at all. He was leading the army towards the capital of Darong, preparing to take Darong Kyoto and establish his power to become emperor in one fell swoop.

When the Daliang army was less than 500 miles away from Dayong Kyoto, the city of Kyoto was already in chaos.