Yang Zhen met with Zhang Degui in the General Military Mansion and asked Yang Zhan'ao and the others about the follow-up arrangements with Yuan Jin's naval camp. He finally felt relieved about recruiting troops for the time being.

Just as the two people were talking in the backyard of the General Military Mansion, Zhang Chen and Pan Wenmao came to visit together.

Last night, Zhang Chen had already led the left and right wings of the musketeers and was ordered to move to the North Campus behind the General Military Mansion.

By this morning, Pan Wenmao also led his men, packed up the belongings of the ammunition factory, and moved into Beixiaochang.

Although the ammunition factory does not have many people, it does have a lot of people.

Including boiled saltpetre, prepared gunpowder, loaded tens of thousands of enemies, and grenades, all of them are deadly things, but relocation also wastes a lot of effort.

At noon, we finally settled in and hurried over to report to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen met the two men and asked Zhang Chen to hand over to Pan Wenmao an atlas of the distribution of saltpeter inside and outside the city drawn by the Musketeers. He also ordered Pan Wenmao to gather manpower as soon as possible to collect the saltpeter and bring it into the city.

After arranging these matters, Yang Zhenxiang thought that there were indeed many things that needed to be clearly arranged, so he simply asked Jin Shijun and Ma Keqing to go out separately to deliver orders and invite the generals in Songshan City to gather at the General Military Mansion to discuss matters.

Songshan City is not big. From the south gate to the north gate, it runs through the whole city, only two miles.

Therefore, it didn't take long for the generals from the various armies stationed in Songshan City - Xia Chengde, Zu Keyong, Xu Changyong, Lu Pinqi, Li Lu, and Yang Shen - to arrive one after another.

When everyone arrived, when Yang Zhen saw that An Qinghou, the leader of Songshan Minzhuang Camp, was not there, he immediately sent Jin Shijun to invite him alone.

After a while, An Qinghou, a muscular man in his forties whom he had met before, followed Jin Shijun and came to the official room in the second courtyard of the General Military Mansion.

Yang Zhen had already thought of a place for the Anqing Queen and the brave villagers and people under him.

So when he saw An Qing come in, after he bowed and found a place to sit down, he immediately said: "I called everyone here today mainly because I have some things that I want to clarify with everyone and talk about it!

"The first thing is the city defense! Yang said before that the west gate and the west wall are still in charge of Brother Xia! The south gate and the south wall are also still in charge of Brother Lu! This situation remains unchanged, we

Maintain the status quo!"

When Yang Zhen said this, he saw Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi stand up one after another. Without saying anything, they bowed to him and clasped their fists in salute, and then clasped their fists to indicate to everyone present.

Yang Zhen waved his hand, asked the two of them to sit down, and then said: "As for the east gate, the advance battalion has taken over the defense before, and it will continue to be guarded by the advance battalion in the future! Specifically, the grenadiers led by guerrilla Li Lu of the advance battalion will be responsible.

!”

At this time, Li Lu stood up, clasped his fists at Yang Zhen in agreement, and then imitated Xia Chengde and others, clasping his fists at everyone present.

After Li Lu sat down, Yang Zhen continued: "Next, let's talk about the North Gate! -"

After Yang Zhen said this, he suddenly said to Jin Shijun who was standing at the door: "Jin Shijun! Who is responsible for the defense of the North Gate now?!"

Jin Shijun quickly entered the door, bowed to Yang Zhen, and then replied: "My lord! At the beginning of the Tatar siege, after we blocked the north gate, we assigned the place in the Weng City to the defenders.

The brave people from the countryside live in the city! Even those in the north city have arranged for the brave people from the countryside to garrison inside and outside the city!

"At that time, because the terrain of the North City was high and there was a river outside the city, after the Tatars besieged the city, they successively attacked the South City and the West City and did not camp outside the North Gate. Therefore, my father was nominally responsible for the defense of the North Gate, but specifically it was

An Titiao and leader of the Minzhuang camp!"

As soon as Jin Shijun finished speaking, An Qing, who had just entered the room last, immediately stood up, clasped his fists at Yang Zhen, and said:

"That's right! Lord General! This is the situation in Beimen Wengcheng! So far, the grassroots and the brave people from inner and outer villages who were promoted by the grassroots are still placed in Beimen Wengcheng! The outer gate of the North Gate is now not

Not opened!"

After listening to what Jin Shijun and An Qing said, Yang Zhen nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said: "The north gate is on a high terrain, with a river outside the gate and an urn city inside the gate. It is an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack location!

"For us people in the city, this city gate is very important! In the future, it will be more convenient to use this gate to transport grain, grass and military supplies via the waterway through Xiaoling River and Shahe River! Now that the Tatars have retreated, the north city gate can no longer be blocked.

!——”

At this point, Yang Zhen turned to Empress Anqing and said: "Let's do this! Empress Anqing! Tomorrow you will lead your people to build a camp and open the North City Gate first!

"As for the defense of the North Gate - don't do it all from now on! All the tasks above and below the city will be left to General Zhang Degui and his artillery team from the advance battalion!"

"But - Sir! After the North Gate is opened and General Zhang Shen is in charge, where will the rest of us, the brave villagers, the old, the weak, women and children, go to settle down?! Can we still camp in Wengcheng and up and down the North City?

!”

After Anqing heard about Yang Zhen's arrangement, he immediately became anxious.

The Tatars besieged the city for more than two months, and it can be said that no one in the camp outside Songshan City was spared. At present, the warriors from the camp outside the city have become homeless.

At the same time, although the number of Minzhuang people from Songshan City who have survived to this day is very small, they are still homeless now that Nancheng and Xicheng were reduced to ruins.

Before, these people all obeyed the command of Anqing Hou and fought very bravely and exerted great efforts in defending the city. But now that the city has been defended, the garrison generals have been transferred away and promoted. These brave villagers and strong people have

, but every family was destroyed, and nothing was gained.

When the news of Jin Guofeng's transfer to Ningyuan spread, the Minzhuang camp had long been filled with complaints, and the atmosphere was filled with uproar. Although the prestige of Anqing Hou was high, he was also under great pressure.

If there is no explanation now, the surviving villagers and people will be driven out from where they camped. This will not be done after Anqing under any circumstances!

"After Anqing! How many brave people do you have under your command now?! How many of them are strong men?! How many are old, weak, women and children?!"

After Yang Zhen finished asking, he looked at An Qing with piercing eyes. There was anxiety, restlessness, tension, and even anger in his eyes. He was afraid that An Qing would misunderstand what he meant, so he added:

"Don't worry! Since I agreed to take you in in front of General Jin, I will never change my mind! From now on, you will follow me, Yang Zhen, and the advance battalion, and you don't have to worry about food and housing at all! I, Yang Zhen, will take care of you.

I will never miss out on your share of food!"

An Qinghou, who was a little anxious at first, heard Yang Zhen's words and suddenly walked to the middle of the room, knelt down towards Yang Zhen and said:

"Master General! When the Tatars besieged the city, General Jin called on the soldiers and civilians inside and outside Songshan to resist the enemy and defend the city together! Nearly two thousand people from inside and outside the city were recruited to go to the city to help defend! It was true that everyone, regardless of gender, old or young, worked bravely.

Resist the enemy! Songshan can be defended because of our contribution!

"The village has always been brave and the people are strong, and I am talking about the men! But Songshan is different. The more the fight, the fewer the men. In the end, men, women, old and young had to fight together! After several wars, only four of those original people survived until now.

One hundred fifty or sixty people!

"Among them, men account for 60%! But the strong men you just mentioned, there are not many left! About 20%, including the common people, about a hundred or so people!

"The remaining men are either old, young, or injured! Many of them were originally recruited into the camp with their children, or their fathers and brothers! Now that the children are dead, the fathers and brothers are dead, the common people can't

Drive them away!

"I'm afraid it won't work to let these people continue to go to the city to fight, but if you let them do some other work, the common people think it's okay! If the adults let go of it from now on, and the war is in chaos now, they will probably die!"

When An Qinghou said this, he seemed to remember something sad, his mood became depressed, and he kept sighing.

Yang Zhen didn't interrupt him, just stared at him, waiting for him to finish speaking.

An Qinghou sighed, paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for the women, children and children, most of them are the wives, children and children of the strong people who died in the battle! Now outside Songshan City, although the Tatars have retreated, but for these women, children and children, let

They left the city just to let them die! Their men listened to the peasants and defended the city to death, but now they are allowed to leave. How could the peasants be so cruel!"

A strong-looking man from Anqing burst into tears when he said this, unable to control himself. Everyone sighed, and Yang Zhen was quite moved.
Chapter completed!