The news brought back by Yang Zhen and others quickly spread on this sandbank island.

First there were bursts of cheers from the musketeers, artillery and grenadier stations composed of Yang Zhen's old troops, then from Zu Keyong's troops, Xu Changyong's troops, and then from Yuan Jin's naval camp.

It didn't take long before there was a roar of joy everywhere on the island where people lived.

"Brother Yang! This is great! Great! What a great joy! If the Tatars have relieved the siege and withdrew their troops, and we go north to rescue this time, it will be a complete success! A complete success will be achieved!

!This is incredible!”

Xu Changyong rushed over after getting the news. On the way, he met Yuan Jin and Zu Keyong who were rushing over. As soon as they saw Yang Zhen, Xu Changyong shouted at Yang Zhen with a loud voice.

Everyone was beaming when they met. They knew that with Yang Zhen's personality, he would not make a judgment easily without being completely sure. Since Yang Zhen made such a judgment, it means that the Tatars have really withdrawn their troops, or are about to withdraw.

Already.

What Yang Zhen said before has all come true. Could it be that after going ashore to explore all night this time, he could still get it wrong?!

Therefore, they have become accustomed to trusting the news that Yang Zhen brought back and the judgments that Yang Zhen made.

Several people surrounded Yang Zhen, asking Yang Zhen about the situation on the shore, and then together they calculated the reaction that their advance battalion and navy battalion should make today.

Yuan Jin, who had previously been negative or even opposed to going ashore, became more active than ever and insisted that the advance battalion should arrive directly at Jinzhou City by boat.

Yang Zhen knew his thoughts very well, so did Zu Keyong, and even Xu Changyong, who had always been a bit of a hindsight, could see it.

However, Jinzhou is the territory of the Zu Family Army, and Yang Zhen is not interested now, nor does he dare to be interested.

And he also knew that even if he went directly to Jinzhou, he would never be able to take over Jinzhou in the future.

Only Songshan has this possibility.

Because in the original history, after the Tatars retreated and Songshan was relieved of the siege, Jin Guofeng was promoted from the position of deputy commander-in-chief of Songshan to the chief commander of the Ningyuan regiment for his role in guarding Songshan.

After Jin Guofeng was transferred to Ningyuan as the commander-in-chief, Wu Sangui, who was deeply admired by Fang Yizao, successfully took charge of Songshan and became the commander-in-chief of Songshan, finally assuming the position of sole responsibility.

This time, Yang Zhen came to rescue Songshan. Before leaving, both Yizao and Zu Dashou promised him that as long as the siege of Songshan was solved, they would definitely recommend him to the position of commander-in-chief.

He has already calculated all the cities in western Liaoning. Only in Songshan City, he has this possibility, so he can only go to Songshan.

"Let's take a boat by water and go straight to Jinzhou along the Xiaoling River. It's fast enough, but sometimes it's not necessarily good if it's too fast!"

Yang Zhen only said this sentence and nothing else.

For the rest of the words he didn't say, he believed someone would say them for him.

Sure enough, this time Xu Changyong also understood the hidden meaning of Yang Zhen's words, and said to Yuan Jin: "Brother Yuan! Don't just take credit! If you are too fast, if you catch up with the Tatars,

, we suddenly capsized in the gutter!

"It's not good to be too close to the Tatars! If the Tatars misunderstand what we mean, wouldn't it be true that happiness will turn into sorrow, and everything will be self-defeating!?"

Xu Changyong didn't think too much. He just wanted to hold on to the victory in front of him, but he didn't want to be beaten back by the Tatars just to gain credit.

"Brother Xu's words are really mature and prudent. I think they are the safest! We sent people ashore first to confirm whether the Tatar Songshan camp had really been evacuated. Then we contacted Jin Guofeng, and finally we went ashore in large numbers into Songshan.

!As for Jinzhou, we’d better take it one step at a time and wait until we get to Songshan first!”

After Xu Changyong expressed his opinion, Yuan Jin was speechless. At this time, Yang Zhen stood up decisively and made the final decision.

Soon, several people used the time of having breakfast together at Yang Zhen's station to finalize the matters of who should be sent ashore first, who should be sent to escort, and who should be sent to contact Songshan City.

Yang Zhen is the temporary commander of the Ningyuan advance battalion, the commander of the army that rescued Songshan this time. There is also an official document in the camp written by Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, and stamped with the customs seal of the governor's office of Liaodong. Therefore, who is going to

On the issue of contacting Songshan City Jin Guofeng, there was no objection.

After several people reached an agreement, Yuan Jin returned to the camp to arrange manpower and prepare to build pontoons and trestles again after the tide receded so that Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong and Yang Zhen's horses could land smoothly.

After the ambush the day before yesterday, Yang Zhen's troops captured seventy-one Tatar war horses from the battlefield, and they were equipped with saddles, pedals, and bits that could be used immediately after being pulled out.

After everyone returned to the island, they counted the trophies. Xu Changyong was very covetous of these seventy-one strong Tatar war horses, and made several insinuations about these horses.

But Yang Zhen never gave him the right words.

At the same time, Zhang Degui also repeatedly reminded Xu Changyong, who was already very familiar with him, that Xu Changyong's war horses had a surplus of more than 100 horses, and suggested that they should be reserved for the musketeers, grenadiers, and artillery teams after they landed ashore.

There are some things that Yang Zhen is not comfortable saying, but it doesn't matter if Zhang Degui says them casually.

In fact, Zu Keyong, who was a cavalry general, also coveted these Tatar war horses, but he was a bit thin-skinned and embarrassed to speak.

The most important thing is that Zhang Degui is right.

After the two battles, not only did Xu Changyong's command have a lot of surplus horses, but Zu Keyong's command also had more than 30 more horses.

However, at the same time, Yang Zhen's men did not even have a single war horse, tiger crouching cannon, Folang machine, as well as gunpowder, projectiles and other military supplies, and they all relied on manpower to transport them.

Now on this sandbank island, we can still rely on ships. In the future, when we go ashore, without ships, will marching and combat still rely entirely on manpower?

This is unreasonable!

Therefore, in this situation, Zu Keyong, who was a little thin-skinned, was embarrassed to put forward his request, and at the same time he did not support Xu Changyong's "greed".

At this time, Yang Zhen's strategy of deliberately befriending Yuan Jin worked.

Yuan Jin's naval camp did not need war horses, so as soon as they saw that Xu Changyong and Zu Keyong were planning on those war horses, they immediately made it clear that these war horses should be left to Yang Zhen's command.

Yang Zhen immediately expressed his gratitude to Yuan Jin for his understanding, and the matter was settled.

As for other things, such as the armor, clothing, shoes and hats stripped from the dead Tatars, as well as the looted gold, silver, weapons and other trophies, they were once again evenly distributed according to the heads of the advance battalion.

Because Yuan Jin received one hundred real Tatar heads assigned to him by Yang Zhen and did not go ashore to participate in the war, he proposed not to participate in the distribution of these spoils.

Yuan Jin actually doesn't like these things at all.

Once he came, he was not lacking;

Secondly, he doesn't need it either.

Furthermore, his subordinates did not participate in the war, but they were the largest in number. Once they participated in the distribution of spoils, there would not be much left from other ministries.

It is precisely because of this that neither Xu Changyong nor Zu Keyong wanted the naval battalion to participate in the distribution of these spoils.

This was one of the reasons why Yuan Jin did not hesitate to support Zhang Degui on the issue of the ownership of the captured war horses.

In fact, the world and human relationships are so complicated.

Yang Zhen, who is now reincarnated as a human being, sees this point quite clearly.

Let us say that Yuan Jin accepted the task and assigned manpower to rebuild the pontoon bridge. Zu Keyong and Xu Changyong also returned to their camps, conveyed orders, packed their bags, and were ready to set off at any time.

Yang Zhen himself arranged for the musketeers, grenadiers and artillery teams to gather guns, ammunition and other military supplies. He only told Pan Wenmao to continue to light the fire and boil the fire salt and continue to prepare new gunpowder.

At the same time, he also told Pan Wenmao that he would continue to urge the Wangs and his sons and the Liu brothers to use the existing conditions to work hard to produce iron-barrel and wooden-handled grenades.

Regarding the four blacksmiths kidnapped by Zhang Guogan from Ningyuan City, namely Wang Shoutang, Wang Xuan and his son, and Liu Da and Liu brothers, Yang Zhen had made a promise to them.

But now, Yang Zhen no longer intends to fulfill his promise.

After arriving at Songshan City, it is easy to find a blacksmith. As a city where troops are stationed and military camps, Songshan is small, but it must be well-equipped, and blacksmiths, tailors and the like are definitely indispensable.

But no matter how many blacksmiths there are in Songshan City, they will have to be re-screened and trained when entering Songshan City in the future. How can they compare with these few blacksmiths who are already familiar with the fighting methods of the advance camp!

Anyway, these people will still be blacksmiths in the future. How big of a difference can there be between being a blacksmith in Songshan City and being a blacksmith in Ningyuan City?!

When the time comes, wouldn't it be better if I reward him heavily and even recommend him to be an official, so that he can support Ningyuan's family and honor his ancestors, completely getting rid of his status as a craftsman for generations?
Chapter completed!