Chapter 499: Lu Yang's Plot, Yang Fa Visits

The entire territory of Beishuo Town has seven major jurisdictions: Zhongyang, Dongchuan, Bai Mu, Kuline, Hegu, Linya, and Jingxi.

If the seven major jurisdictions are divided by north and south, Dongchuan, Zhongyang, and Linya should be considered north; the remaining four are considered south. And the Beishuo Town city is right in the middle of the three major jurisdictions of Hegu, Kuline, and Bai Mu in the south.

Linya, as the name suggests, is next to the Shuanglong Mountain cliff, but besides that, the jurisdiction has another significant feature: it is directly north of the Jingxi jurisdiction.

To the east of Linya is Zhongyang, and a little further northeast of Zhongyang is the Dongchuan jurisdiction where the coalition army is located.

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Does Does Da Xia Year 12, December 28th, daytime

Beishuo Jingxi jurisdiction, Dongling Village, Lord's Hall

"Lord Lu, the Governor received the Grand Marshal's order to lead the 5th and 6th battalions of the coalition army, totaling 10,000 troops, to first attack the Dongchuan camp, then take the two camps of Zhongyang and Linya. The Governor began the roll call half an hour ago. At this moment, the 10,000 troops should have just left Dongchuan City. The Dongchuan camp is only 60-odd miles away from Dongchuan City, and they can arrive in at most one hour."

Lu Yang sat upright in the first seat. Below him was Mu Qinghe, the great general of the 5th battalion of the Dongchuan coalition army and Commander of the Does Does Da Xia Yellow Armor Army, who had just arrived from Dongchuan City ahead of time.

Two years ago, when the coalition army was first formed, each battalion had 5,000 people. Now, the Does Does Da Xia has a total of 60,000 coalition troops in the north. To facilitate distinction, they simply divided them into two parts: Dongchuan and Jin Yang. Each part has six battalions, with 30,000 people each.

Although Seeing Mu Longhe is the Dongchuan Governor, since the Deputy Si Zheng Xia Chuan came to Beishuo to sit in command at the beginning of the year, the command of the 30,000 Dongchuan coalition troops was no longer in his hands.

"Commander Mu, besides your Yellow Armor Army, how many of the 5th and 6th battalions of the coalition army are Does Does Da Xia numbered armies?"

Lu Yang heard the military report from Mu Qinghe and did not rush to respond, but first asked about the specific situation of the 5th and 6th battalions of the coalition army.

Mu Qinghe himself is a great general of the 5th battalion and has been stationed in Dongchuan City for a long time, so he naturally knows the situation of the coalition army like the back of his hand. He immediately replied: "The 5th battalion has 2,000 Yellow Armor Army, 2,000 Xiaoshan Army, and the remaining 1,000 all come from the five northern towns; the 6th battalion only has 2,000 Chiyang Army, and the remaining 3,000 also come from the five northern towns."

Lu Yang heard this and immediately lowered his head, falling into thought.

Two years ago, after the Does Does Da Xia formed the coalition army, it carried out a military reform internally, deciding to set up only 30 numbered armies responsible for external warfare in the entire camp. The previous 21 were Yunjiao, Long Wu, Tulong, Hubao, Xuanwu, Shenwu, Longyuan, Lieying, Shanhe, Beizhao, Xiongwu, Heijian, Qingjiao, Dongyang, Feipeng, Gangzong, Jin Jian, Jin Diao, Zhenwu, Yingwu, and Zhao Long.

The 9 added later, in chronological order, are: Huang Jia, Chilin, Chiyang, Tiance, Xiaoshan, Qinglang, Zhuhan, Luo Yang, and Tieying.

When Xu Ning and Lin Kai came to Dongling to report the news the day before yesterday, they had already conveyed the deployment of Lady Li Ying Xuan Ling to him word for word.

The Does Does Da Xia's 30 numbered armies currently have 5 in Yuan Cheng's rear army, 4 in Luo Yuan's central route army, and the 3 armies of Dongyang, Heijian, and Qingjiao are waiting at the Hanqiong station below Dongling. This accounts for a total of 12.

The remaining 18 are stationed in the two cities of Dongchuan and Jin Yang, 9 in each. Yunjiao and Long Wu are level-8 legions, so the total troop strength of the Does Does Da Xia numbered armies in the two places is about 21,000.

"Only three numbered armies were dispatched. It seems the Si Zheng's intention is for me to cooperate with your department to quickly take down Zhongyang and Linya, first opening up the connection between Dongchuan and Dongling to facilitate the subsequent transport of military supplies."

"Lord Lu is amazing..."

Hearing Lu Yang guess Xia Chuan's intention just by the situation of the numbered armies, Mu Qinghe couldn't help but give a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.

He looks middle-aged, but he is actually 91 years old. He broke through to the Xianyang level this year, and his appearance has only just returned to middle age.

After the Chuishan fission, Mu Qinghe could actually be considered a person of the Does Does Da Xia. Having joined the Does Does Da Xia for more than two years, he has long had a certain understanding of the situation of the core high-level officials in the camp.

He knows that Lu Yang in front of him is only 34 years old this year. Compared to his age, he is more than enough to be the other's grandfather.

But just now, after Si Zheng Xia Chuan gave this order to his father Seeing Mu Longhe, he was stunned for a long time and didn't figure it out. It was later that his father asked him to come to Dongling to report the news to Lu Yang. He walked and looked at the map on the way, and it took him a long time to figure it out.

Who would have thought that Lu Yang only asked one question and guessed it.

Mu Qinghe suppressed the exclamation in his heart and continued: "When the Si Zheng gave the order to my father, he said that he was allowed to act according to circumstances. Mu has been thinking about why he said this. Now that I think about it carefully, it should mean that he wants my father to find Lord Lu to cooperate with him..."

After finishing speaking, Mu Qinghe couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart and asked again: "Why, Lord Lu, did you judge that the Si Zheng wanted you to cooperate with us just by hearing that only 3 numbered armies were dispatched?"

Lu Yang saw the curiosity on Mu Qinghe's face, smiled, pointed directly at the Beishuo map behind him, pointed at Dongchuan, Zhongyang, and Linya one after another, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: "In two years, our Does Does Da Xia has relied on Dongchuan City to manage the entire Dongchuan jurisdiction flawlessly. Beishuo has basically abandoned this place. The Dongchuan camp usually only stations a thousand-man army. I received intelligence last night that the thousand-man army has already withdrawn to the Zhongyang camp;

Zhongyang and Linya each station 5,000 troops. Directly south of Zhongyang is Hegu, southeast is Kuline, and south of Linya is my Jingxi. These three places also have 5,000 troops each. In this area of five districts, Beishuo's total troop strength adds up to 25,000.

Although the combat power of the Beishuo town defense troops is not as good as our Does Does Da Xia, the quantity is there after all. If your 10,000 troops were all numbered armies, there would be hope, but three is too few. Without my help, it is basically impossible to quickly take down Zhongyang and Linya!"

After hearing Lu Yang's words, a trace of admiration rose in Mu Qinghe's eyes, and he couldn't help nodding repeatedly: "Mu only figured it out on the way here. Lord Lu could think of it so quickly, it's really amazing..."

Although these words have a bit of flattery, they are more of Mu Qinghe's true thoughts at the moment. He paused and went straight to the theme, continuing: "This northern war is very likely to involve the two major vassal states of Chen Cang and Cai Qiu, and I'm afraid it won't end in a short time. Dongling is our only military supply line. Linya and Zhongyang must be taken down, otherwise all military supplies cannot be sent to Dongchuan City.

According to Lord Lu, taking down the Dongchuan camp is no longer a problem, so my father should immediately lead the army to attack Zhongyang. Lord Lu has been lurking in Beishuo for nearly ten years, so you must have already had a plan. Do you have any news for me to take back?"

Not many people in the Does Does Da Xia know about Lu Yang lurking in Beishuo. Besides those stationed in Dongling with him, only some high-level officials know.

Mu Qinghe only suddenly knew about it last year after he led the newly built Yellow Armor Army into Dongchuan City. He was shocked at the time.

The reason is simple, because the reputation of Beishuo Sword Chief Lu Yang in recent years is really too big.

Lu Yang's nickname in previous years was Beining Sword Chief, just a leader of a village-level camp. Although he had some strength, he was only Yuhan-level, and his reputation was limited to the Jingxi jurisdiction of Beishuo.

What really made Lu Yang's reputation spread throughout Beishuo was an incident two years ago. In June of the 134th year of the Mo'ao calendar, Yang Xuan, the grandson of Yang Rong, the head of the Beishuo Supervisory Yuan, and one of the Beishuo Six Steeds, didn't know who instigated him to come to Dongling to make trouble, but he was taught a lesson by Lu Yang's eldest disciple, Lu Yun.

The spirit of young people's disputes shouldn't have been blown up, but this Yang Xuan probably felt that losing to the disciple of a village-level camp leader was really unacceptable, so he went back to the town city to call people to find a place.

Who knew that Dongling was not a vegetarian either. The few people who came from Beishuo Town city were defeated one after another, and they were severely humiliated. In this way, Dongling had completely touched the tiger's whiskers.

The matter evolved to the end, and even the head of the Yuan, Yang Rong, came in person.

A dramatic scene happened. Yang Rong, 83 years old and with 49-mane strength, was defeated by Beining Sword Chief Lu Yang in full view of everyone.

Even Town Chief Yang Fa couldn't sit still and summoned Lu Yang to the town city for an audience.

Everyone in the world thought Yang Fa would definitely not spare him. Who would have thought that Yang Fa not only spared Lu Yang in the end but also promoted him to be the head of the Beishuo Supervisory Yuan, replacing the elderly Zhu Yang, responsible for supervising the entire Jingxi jurisdiction.

At that time, although Lu Yang's title was still Beining Sword Chief, his reputation had completely spread throughout Beishuo.

The most shocking thing was August of last year. This time, someone came to Dongling to make trouble again, and his status was even higher than Yang Xuan's before. It was Luo An, the son of Luo Yuan, the Si Zheng of the Does Does Da Xia Hunting Department. ===== CHAPTER 500 =====