Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather
Chapter 253 - 244 Yang’s Five Tigers

Chapter 253: Chapter 244 Yang’s Five Tigers

After dealing with the matters in the Kolcha clan’s territory, it didn’t mean that Wang Bin and Yang Zhenshan had no more tasks at hand.

Previously, it was said that the Kolcha clan’s settlements were not limited to just one territory; there were several other settlements in the surrounding area belonging to the Kolcha clan.

Moreover, after that night raid, many members of the Kolcha clan also managed to escape from their main territory.

Therefore, pursuing the escaped Kolcha clansmen and eliminating the other Kolcha settlements became the next tasks for Wang Bin and Yang Zhenshan.

Wang Bin summoned his military officers and quickly distributed the tasks, as Yang Zhenshan led the garrison troops away from camp, heading westward.

On the fifth day of the sixth month in the twenty-ninth year of the era of peace, Yang Zhenshan led 700 cavalrymen of the garrison in an attack on the Kolcha clan’s Cang Valley settlement.

On the sixth day, the garrison attacked the Kolcha clan’s North Forest settlement.

On the eighth day, Taha Mountain settlement.

On the ninth day, Glan River settlement.

On the tenth day, a group of three thousand people who had escaped from the Kolcha clan’s main territory were attacked by the garrison on the snowy plains.

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With all their firepower, the garrison once again raised their horrific slaughtering knives.

This time, the attacks were easier and swifter for Yang Zhenshan.

He had Wang Bin behind him, who could handle all affairs for him, and also provided him and the garrison with a wealth of intelligence.

With Wang Bin’s active cooperation, Yang Zhenshan had no worries and needed only to continue his relentless assaults and slaughters.

It was while Yang Zhenshan led the garrison in their sweeping operations that the flames of war in the northern lands intensified further.

By the end of May, Liang Chu led thirty thousand troops of the camp and five thousand Yunlong Dragon Guards to besiege Fushan City.

In early June, large clans like the Gorcin, Emu Bu, and Chahar in Fushan City mobilized troops and generals in an attempt to ambush Liang Chu’s main camp. However, they fell into Liang Chu’s trap and, after suffering heavy casualties of several thousand Northern barbarian cavalry, had to return without success.

Over the next half-month, Liang Chu did not venture out from the camp set up ten miles south of Fushan City, regardless of how the Hu Clan heckled and provoked him from outside the camp. Liang Chu ordered the soldiers to build defensive measures within the camp.

This behavior frustrated the Hu Clan inside Fushan City to extremes.

Attempting a sneak attack, they feared falling into another trap.

Direct provocation, yet the enemy did not respond.

A direct attack seemed even less viable as the enemy’s defensive measures became increasingly improved, and they couldn’t make up their minds to commit.

Even though they had more soldiers than the enemy, they felt as if there was nowhere to strike.

In terms of troop strength, nearly eighty thousand warriors from the four large clans of the East Sea Hu Clan had gathered near Fushan City.

Even with the soldiers deducted for city defense, they could mobilize an army of fifty thousand for an offensive.

But Liang Chu, like a turtle in his shell, did not engage in battle in his camp, leaving the sovereign and ministers of the Da Rong Dynasty in extreme dilemma.

The purpose of Liang Chu’s actions was simple.

He was giving them a taste of their own medicine.

Back when the East Sea Hu Clan approached with a hundred-thousand-strong army near Chongshan Pass City, forcing Zhang Shouwang to strictly defend inside Chongshan Pass and watch helplessly as numerous Northern barbarian cavalry roamed into Da Rong, looting everywhere.

Now, with Liang Chu leading thirty thousand troops of the camp and five thousand Yunlong guards, he stuck like a fish bone in the throat of the Da Rong Dynasty, rendering the nearly hundred-thousand troops around Fushan City paralyzed, only to stalemate with him.

And the other five assistant generals from Chongshan Town were eliminating the East Sea Hu Clan’s clans elsewhere in the northern territories.

The situation now was strikingly similar to that of five years ago, with only a switch in roles of both parties.

This was Liang Chu’s complete battle plan.

Only when reinforcements from all sides would arrive would it be time for the decisive battle with the Da Rong royal court.

In the main commander’s tent.

Liang Chu looked at the battle reports from the past few days, appearing very relaxed.

"Look, I’ve said it before, discussing combat power, out of the five reinforcement camps and six assistant generals, the strongest is undoubtedly Zhou Lan!" he said to his staff officer Lu Chong.

Chongshan Town was divided into five routes, but there were six assistant generals, with two on the central route. Zhou Lan was one of those on the central route, the Jianning Guard Assistant General.

And just three days ago, Zhou Lan led the Jianning Guard’s reinforcements, which decisively defeated Qi Jia clan, one of the seven great clans of the East Sea Hu Clan.

Qi Jia clan was even more formidable than the Kolcha clan, yet it was directly defeated by the eight thousand men led by Zhou Lan.

That’s right, it was a head-on defeat.

With eight thousand against twenty thousand, they defeated the Qi Jia clan head-on.

This battle was even more brutal than that with the Kolcha clan, but the outcome surpassed that of the Kolcha clan’s.

"Marquis, I think the strongest is actually Master Yang Zhenshan," Lu Chong generously praised Yang Zhenshan. "I happen to know that General Zhou’s training methods were all learned from Master Yang!"

There was no help for it; the Yang family was the future in-law family of the Marquis Mansion.

Impressive was impressive, no need to be shy about it.

Moreover, his words were not wrong; Zhou Lan’s training methods were indeed inherited from Yang Zhenshan.

Not only did she inherit the methods, but she also had many descendants of the Yang family assisting her.

Yang Zhenshan spent three years building the An Yuan City garrison, while Zhou Lan spent over four years training the eight thousand reinforcements.

Though the individual martial prowess of her reinforcement troops was not akin to that of the An Yuan City garrison, the resources at Zhou Lan’s disposal were incomparable to Yang Zhenshan’s.

Yang Zhenshan’s greatest reliance was nothing more than Spiritual Spring Water, while Zhou Lan’s greatest reliance was her background.

In Chongshan Town, Zhou Lan has everything she wants.

If she lacks provisions, she asks the General Mansion.

If she lacks warhorses, she asks the General Mansion.

If she lacks armaments, she asks the General Mansion!

It doesn’t matter if the General Mansion doesn’t have any, she can directly request from the Central Army Commander’s Mansion, and from her own father.

As Assistant Generals, Wang Bin exhausted all his efforts to form three thousand Cavalry, whereas Zhou Lan has a full eight thousand Cavalry, among which three thousand are Iron Armor Cavalry.

Such is the difference.

Of course, that’s still not enough; the key is to have talent and Martial Arts Masters.

Zhou Lan’s cultivation is relatively weak, currently at only the Postnatal Sixth Layer, yet she has experts from Duke Ning Mansion by her side as well as a host of the Yang family’s descendants.

Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingwu, Yang Qinwu, Yang Chengxu, and Yang Chengze, and so on.

These young members of the Yang family are now coming into prominence; the highest in cultivation is Yang Mingwu, who has reached the Postnatal Fifth Layer, and the lowest is Yang Qinwu, who is also at the Postnatal Fourth Layer.

These five individuals have earned themselves a reputation under Zhou Lan’s command, known as the "Five Tigers of the Yang family."

They are now the core strength of Zhou Lan’s command.

With background, resources, and talent, Zhou Lan naturally commands strong troops and robust horses.

"Hahaha~~" Liang Chu laughed heartily, his satisfaction with forming an alliance with the Yang family growing by the day.

He is extremely impressed with Yang Yunxue’s natural Martial Arts talent, and now, looking at Yang Zhenshan, he sees that he possesses the strength of the Postnatal Eighth Layer, and has repeatedly achieved great successes on the battlefield.

Once this battle is over, Yang Zhenshan is bound to be promoted, and this misalignment of social status will no longer be an issue.

Originally he thought the Yang family was not bad, but now he feels fortunate to have chosen the Yang family.

Although the Changping Marquis Mansion does not like to get involved in court strife, having a few reliable allies is undoubtedly beneficial.

The future of the Yang family is bound to be limitless; perhaps one day the Changping Marquis Mansion will have to rely on the Yang family.

"However, General Zhou seems to be going after the lion’s share of the spoils!" Lu Chong laughed, then changed the subject back to Zhou Lan.

The battle report states that Zhou Lan will lead her soldiers to support the West Road and South Road.

Unlike Wang Bin and Yang Zhenshan, who plan to eliminate the remnants of the Kolcha clan after crushing them, Zhou Lan directly confronted the Qi Jia clan head-on. Before the decisive battle with the Qi Jia clan, she first cleared their other settlements, forcing them to leave their flag territories and fight her head-on.

Therefore, now Zhou Lan merely needs a few days of rest before she can proceed westward.

Although the six Assistant Generals weren’t explicitly assigned specific areas for the campaign, an unspoken agreement had been formed, with each responsible for their own areas.

For instance, Wang Bin’s area of responsibility extends from Black Cloud Mountain to the coastal regions. While this is the largest area, there are almost no East Sea Hu Clan settlements along the coast, so his real responsibility lies between Black Cloud Mountain and Fushan City.

Now that Zhou Lan plans to advance westward, she is undoubtedly encroaching on the achievements of other Assistant Generals.

However, Liang Chu only smiled about this, "If they lack the capability, they can’t blame others for taking the lead!"

The strengths of the six Assistant Generals vary, and Zhou Lan is undoubtedly the strongest. Aside from her, at the beginning, there was Assistant General Ji Feiyu, also a Vice General and the commander for the West Road. His command includes one Camp and two Rescue Camps, with over ten thousand soldiers.

The rest of the Assistant Generals are similar to Wang Bin, commanding two Rescue Camps with around two to three thousand Cavalry each.

Of course, Wang Bin has Yang Zhenshan under his command, while other Assistant Generals lack such a figure.

Liang Chu doesn’t care if Zhou Lan grabs credit; to him, the most important thing is to quickly annihilate the majority of the East Sea Hu Clan settlements.

Although Fushan City is out of his reach for now, the longer it drags on, the more variables might appear.

He is still waiting for the Six Assistant Generals to come and support him.

"By the way, send someone to ask what Wang Bin plans to do next. If they don’t intend to move westward, then have them come here first!" Liang Chu thought of Wang Bin and Yang Zhenshan.

Whereas Zhou Lan can still advance westward, Wang Bin and Yang Zhenshan cannot due to the distance. By the time they trek a thousand li to the west, not even soup would be left for them, so they might as well join up with him first.

"Yes, I’ll arrange for someone to go ask right away!"

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Thirty li west of the Kolcha clan’s flag territory, at the encampment.

Yang Zhenshan led seven hundred of the garrison Cavalry back.

This time, whether they were attacking Hu Clan settlements or chasing down the remnants of the Kolcha clan, they have fought over a dozen small and large battles and achieved a period of victories.

There may still be hidden Hu Clans around, but they are no longer necessary to eliminate.

Yang Zhenshan returned, and Wang Bin personally went out of the camp to welcome him.

"Hard work!"

Wang Bin looked at the menacing garrison Cavalry and couldn’t help but click his tongue in secret.

During this extermination campaign, his Cavalry also made outings, but the results were worlds apart.

The garrison Cavalry, with only seven hundred, managed to win battles continuously.

In contrast, the two thousand Cavalry from the Rescue Camp attacked a medium-sized settlement and almost capsized in the gutter. If it weren’t for his anxiety and follow-up, at least half of the Cavalry would likely have been lost.

Yang Zhenshan dismounted, smiling faintly, and said, "You’ve worried, General!"

"Haha, nothing to worry about!" Wang Bin laughed as he walked with Yang Zhenshan into the camp.

Inside the camp, the scene was still bustling; Yang Zhenshan had been clearing the field in front, while Wang Sheng and Zhang Yuanwu were behind, tirelessly transporting spoils of war, along with Yuan Wanli from the General Mansion overseeing the headcount.

The number of enemy heads counted as battle achievements. Although for Yang Zhenshan, the actual number of heads was no longer up for debate, whether it was thirty thousand or fifty thousand made little difference.

But for the soldiers, they needed the headcount to discuss merits and rewards, so collecting and confirming the quantity of heads was essential.

Moreover, the spoils of war they seized this time were not insignificant, keeping the transport team running off their feet.

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