Songshan City has been besieged for more than two months, and the conditions are indeed much more difficult than before. But that is compared with before Songshan was besieged. Compared with the current advance battalion of Yang Zhen and others, the conditions of Jin Guofeng and others are still reasonable.

Because of the first siege of Songshan in history, Jin Guofeng and others persisted until the end of March before Huang Taiji finally ran out of food and retreated.

But it is only the beginning of mid-March, and Songshan City has not yet reached the stage where everything is exhausted and everyone can eat each other.

At least, Jin Guofeng, the so-called "General Military Mansion" of Songshan Deputy Commander-in-Chief, can still get wine and meat, and the wine is authentic Shaodaozi wine, and the meat is stewed in a serious iron pot with firewood.

Cooked lamb chops and leg meat.

Of course, the so-called banquet has only one table, two jars of wine, only one sheep, and only six people at the table.

Except for Yang Zhen, Zu Keyong, and Xu Changyong, there was no one else in the advance camp. Their three followers could only smell the smell outside.

As for the Songshan City defenders, apart from Jin Guofeng, only Songshan general Xia Chengde and guerrilla Lu Pinqi were able to take their seats.

As for Jin Guofeng's two sons, who are already in their twenties, they are not eligible to attend.

"Today is a good day! A happy day! We sent a sentry sent to the city at noon and sent back the news that the Tatars have really withdrawn and have crossed Hebei!

"Moreover, not only the Tatars outside Songshan have withdrawn, but also the Tatars in Xingshan City, Tashan City in the south, and Jinzhou City in the north have all withdrawn!"

As soon as everyone sat down with Jin Guofeng, Jin Guofeng, who had changed into casual clothes, immediately picked up a bowl of wine and talked about the latest situation discovered outside Songshan City. After talking about these situations, he then said to everyone: "Songshan City

This is considered a defense! For this reason, we should drink this bowl of wine to celebrate! Do it!"

Having said this, Jin Guofeng raised the wine bowl, raised his neck, made two or three gurgles, drank a bowl of wine, put the wine bowl on the Eight Immortals table in front of him, and then burst into laughter!

Jin Guofeng's cheerful approach immediately infected everyone present. Yang Zhen and others, like Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi, picked up their wine bowls and had a meal on the Eight Immortals table. Then they stood up and drank the bowl of wine with a few gulps.

, everyone has a bright smile on their face.

After drinking a bowl of Shao Daozi, Yang Zhen looked at Jin Guofeng, who was laughing happily, and then at Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi, who were laughing and chatting with Xu Changyong and Zu Keyong, and felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart.

In the original history, Xu Changyong should have been killed at this time, and Zu Keyong should have been captured and surrendered. However, at this moment, they were eating meat and drinking wine in Songshan City, which they had not been able to enter in their previous lives.

His own destiny has changed, and their destiny has also changed.

So what about the other three people sitting at the same Eight Immortals table at this moment? Will their fate change because of his arrival?

After Jin Guofenghui received the victory report of this battle to the capital, he was quickly promoted by Emperor Chongzhen to the chief training officer of the Ningyuan Regiment garrisoned in Ningyuan City. Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi, who had assisted Jin Guofeng in defending the city, would also be quickly promoted.

However, Jin Guofeng, who was promoted by Emperor Chongzhen to be the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, died in battle outside Ningyuan City half a year later. Also killed with him were his two sons.

Xia Chengde, who was promoted to Songshan Deputy General, chose to surrender at Kaicheng at the most critical historical moment of the Second Battle of Songshan, which directly led to the annihilation of the remaining Ming army in Hong Chengchou's hands.

As for Lu Pinqi, at the end of the second Battle of Songjin, he learned that Songshan City had fallen and the situation was over, so he chose to open the gate of Xingshan City from the inside and surrendered to the Manchus.

The Ningjin Defense Line, which was carefully built by several emperors of the Ming Dynasty and spent countless manpower, material and financial resources, completely fell. From then on, everything outside Shanhaiguan was occupied by Manchu Tatars.

Yang Zhen was thinking about these things when he suddenly heard Jin Guofeng across from him patting the table. He quickly looked up and saw Jin Guofeng put down the half-eaten lamb shank in his hand, picked up a bowl of wine, and said to himself:

"With this second bowl of wine, on behalf of the soldiers and civilians of Songshan City, I would like to pay tribute to Brother Yang and the brothers from the temporary Ningyuan Advance Battalion!"

Having said this, Jin Guofeng stood up, holding the wine bowl in both hands, touched Yang Zhen, Xu Changyong, and Zu Keyong one by one, and then continued:

"On the night of March 8th, we heard the explosion at the mouth of Xiaoling River in Songshan City! At that time, I wondered if Ningyuan had sent reinforcements!

"On the morning of March 10th, the Tatar offensive suddenly intensified, and the city was almost lost several times. However, while we were defending the city, we heard bursts of explosions from the coast again!

"This time, all the soldiers and civilians in Songshan City heard it! The soldiers guarding the city all knew that reinforcements from outside the city had arrived and had already fought against the Tatars. The morale of the entire army was greatly boosted!"

After saying these words, Jin Guofeng seemed to be lost in the memories of the day before. After a moment, he continued with a serious expression: "On the tenth day of March, Songshan City was really in danger! If you hadn't risked your life to attack outside the city, Songshan City might not have been able to survive.

Today, I, Jin Guofeng, and the brothers in Songshan City may not be here today!"

Jin Guofeng picked up the wine bowl and touched it again with Zu Keyong and Xu Changyong who were sitting on his left, then stood up, walked around the two of them, walked to Yang Zhen's side, and said to Yang Zhen:

"Brother Yang! How many years has Mr. Jin grown? I would like to call you brother. Today, as a brother, I have to thank you for your help!"

Yang Zhen also stood, holding a wine bowl. After touching it with Jin Guofeng, he said "I don't dare take it" several times, and then drank the wine with Jin Guofeng.

Next, Jin Guofeng offered a bowl of wine to his right-hand men Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi in front of Yang Zhen and others. Of course, Yang Zhen and the others couldn't just watch, so they all drank another bowl.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone put down their wine bowls and began to eat meat and discuss matters.

"Master Xie Zhen! Since the besieging Tatars withdrew today, we in Songshan City must report this situation to Ningyuan as soon as possible! The Tatars besieged Songshan for more than two months and launched more than ten sieges. Although we did not capture the Tatars

But the soldiers who defended the city witnessed it with their own eyes, and the Tatars’ casualties must have been heavy! No matter how you say it, this is a great victory!”

When Yang Zhen heard the words "Lord Xiezhen", he thought he was speaking to himself. He quickly raised his head, but saw that Xia Chengde was speaking to Jin Guofeng. After thinking about it carefully, he understood.

Although Jin Guofeng is the commander-in-chief of Songshan City, his position is still the deputy commander-in-chief of Songshan. When addressing him, his subordinates dare not directly address him as the commander-in-chief. So after all, he and his deputy general are respected as

The same as Xie Zhen, he can only be "Master Xie Zhen".

He did not want to interfere with Songshan City's report of victory, and he also believed that with Zu Keyong and Xu Changyong present, Jin Guofeng would not bury the achievements of the advance battalion.

If the advance battalion had not arrived outside Songshan City, Jin Guofeng and the others would not have been sure whether the Tatars had withdrawn.

Therefore, after listening to Xia Chengde's words, he no longer cared about what they said. He just immersed himself in eating meat and was busy destroying another mutton chop.

Yang Zhen didn't have much prejudice against Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi. He knew that the two men later surrendered to the Tatars because they really saw no hope of victory.

In particular, Lu Pinqi had no choice but to surrender after Songshan City fell again and Tashan City was captured.

Because Xingshan is located between Songshan and Tashan, only dozens of miles away from the two places. After the fall of Songshan and Tashan, the Tatar army of hundreds of thousands surrounded Xingshan, and he had no hope of victory.

Of course, the excuse for all traitors is that those who know the current affairs are heroes.

Yang Zhen would never surrender just because he had no choice but to rehabilitate this person who ended up being a traitor.

What he wants to do now is to try not to let Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi fall into the same last resort situation as they did before.

Since these two people can serve as Jin Guofeng's right-hand men in guarding Songshan, guard Songshan together with Jin Guofeng, and resist the tens of thousands of Tatar troops with three thousand soldiers and horses, perhaps they can also become his right-hand men in the future. As long as they are used well, they will

It is very likely that he will not become a traitor and surrender to Kaesong.

After Yang Zhen realized this, he finally started to take active actions at the banquet. He took Xu Changyong and Zu Keyong to take the initiative and frequently toasted to Jin Guofeng, Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi.

He spoke endlessly with all kinds of praises for the general who defended the city of Songshan, and also came up with jokes about drinking at various dinner parties and social occasions in later generations. When the wine was full of wine, his excited heart and trembling hands,

I poured a bowl of wine for my brother. He said, "Big brother is the sky, big brother is the earth, big brother is upright as a human being." They all came out. I praised him so much that Xia Chengde burst out laughing, and Jin Guofeng and Lu Pinqi felt as if they had found a close friend.

Including Jin Guofeng's two sons, Jin Shijun and Jin Shijie, Yang Zhen did not "let go". Taking advantage of his drunkenness, he hoped that Jin Guofeng would simply send his eldest son Jin Shijun to serve in his advance camp.

At this time, Yang Zhen changed from the sloppy look he had when he entered the city at noon. Not only did he take a good bath and rub the mud, but his hair and beard were also cleaned and carefully groomed. With his broad shoulders and broad back, he also had a good figure.

Tall, and under the light, he looks more and more heroic and handsome.

And Yang Zhan'ao didn't know where he paid for the round-necked, narrow-sleeved blue robe that he temporarily got for him. When he wore it, it gave him a scholarly and elegant temperament.

He sat around the Eight Immortals table with everyone and chatted, comparing himself to Zu Keyong, who was also tall and handsome.

Jin Guofeng, Xia Chengde, and Lu Pinqi all knew about Yang Zhen's family background at this time. They knew that Yang Zhen was a hereditary commander of the guards. They knew that his grandfather Yang Yingyuan and his father Yang Guodong were both famous generals, and his uncle was the father-in-law of Jin Guofeng's hometown.

The attitude of the commander-in-chief of the town is naturally even more different.
Chapter completed!