Yang Zhen originally wanted to capture a decent person alive, especially a high-ranking Tatar official like Zhang Kushan and above, and then bring him back to Songshan City and hand him over to Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong. This could be regarded as what he had done for his private attack behind enemy lines.

An explanation.

However, God failed to fulfill his wishes. Zhang Kushan was already half-dead in front of him, and it was probably impossible to bring him back to Songshan alive and send him to Ningyuan.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen let out a long breath and said to everyone with a smile: "Okay! Dunn's troops will stay here! The other troops - all go back to the city! There are still a large number of old and weak Manchu Tatars in the city.

I’m waiting for you to arrest and seize him!”

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, the crowd surrounding him burst into cheers. Except for Dunn's small group of soldiers, the others turned around and ran away, screaming and rushing toward Xiong Yuecheng.

Yang Zhen did not think about massacring the small town in front of him. He did not think it was necessary at the moment. Killing was not the only way to reduce Donglu Dingkou.

Even if after this battle the city is still full of young Tatar bannermen, or young and middle-aged armored men are still alive, it doesn't matter.

As long as they surrender, they can be prisoners with peace of mind. When they retreat, they can either be brought back to Songshan City to work as laborers, or left with Hu Changhai, Hu Dabao and the others to work as slave labor on the island or on the ship. It will always be useful.

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Of course, if they are unwilling to surrender, there is nothing they can do.

After Yang Zhen issued the order, Lu Pinqi, Zhang Chen, Jin Shijun, Yu Liangtai, An Qinghou and others each led their own troops and rushed into the north gate of Xiongyue Town with cheers and gallops, leaving Yang Zhen behind.

Qiu Zhenhai, Ma Keqing and Deng En's troops are still in Yilipo.

Seeing Dunn watching Lu Pinqi and others leave happily with an envious look on his face, Yang Zhen smiled and said to him, "What?! Are you greedy?!"

Dunn came back to his senses, looked at Yang Zhen with a smile on his face, shook his head quickly, and replied: "No! How could it be possible?! The children have followed the adults for so many years, how can the adults be willing to let the children suffer?

——Don’t you think so!?”

Dunn's last question was turned and shouted to the small group of gunners behind him.

These people are all veterans of Yang Zhen's previous camp. They are veterans of the Guangning rear camp brought by Zhang Degui. Sometimes, when they see Yang Zhen being easy-going, they will also beat snakes and follow them with sticks, with playful smiles. They are not big or small.

Di was joking with Yang Zhen.

Although there is no joke in the army, it is not good if the superiors hold themselves too high or too tight. Yang Zhen himself likes this kind of atmosphere. He also seems to have the same desire as brothers.

"That's it! That's it!"

"You won't suffer any loss if you follow the adults!"

"Why are you willing to let our old brothers suffer?!"

Sure enough, Dunn turned his head and shouted the question to the people behind him, and received an immediate response.

Eight of them were standing, and two were injured and lying down. They were all shouting with playful smiles. On one hand, they were cheering for Dunn, the superior officer, and on the other hand, they were giving words to Yang Zhen, teasing and blocking him.

Mouth.

"You're a very good boy!"

Yang Zhen pointed at Dunn with a smile, and then said to the others who were staying beside him: "What kind of loss can you bird people suffer?! The things in front of you are not enough for you?!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen pointed to the battlefield in front of him and continued to laugh and curse: "Those who can still move, please do it for me. If you work harder and clean up the battlefield in front of you, it's time for us to enter the city!"

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After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he took his own axe, stepped forward a few steps, picked it up with both hands, and slashed at Zhang Kushan's neck.

On the battlefield in front of us, from far to near, scattered or in large groups, lay hundreds of Manchu Tatars wearing cotton armor with white flags.

Some were motionless and dead, while others were still moaning and struggling.

Yang Zhen gave the order and personally picked up the ax and moved his hands. The others immediately took action and began to get the beheading knife and bend down to cut off the head.

After a while, the heads were harvested. Eighty-six of them, including Zhang Kushan, were piled up in a small pile on the flat ground between several trenches.

At the same time, the Tatars' knives, spears, bows and arrows, bones, arrow helmets and cotton armor, including the sets of saddles and pedals on the dead horses, were packed up one by one.

There were also dozens of living war horses wandering nearby that had lost their owners but hesitated to leave, and they were all gathered into the hands of the army one by one.

For the advance battalion, which is currently short of supplies, these war horse supplies are very useful. When Yang Zhan'ao and the others return from recruiting troops from Shandong in the future, they must have ready-made weapons and equipment, right?

After the battlefield at Yilipo was cleaned up, Yang Zhen asked Dunn to leave two old men to guard the spoils, and then led the rest of the people, riding the war horses left by the Tatars, towards the north gate of Xiongyue Town.

At this time, it was already bright, and the fog in the surrounding areas had dissipated. The light of the morning sun shone on the head of Xiongyue City and on the masts of the large ships moored on the Xiangshui River in the distance. For a moment, the scenery was picturesque.

Yang Zhen led everyone to the north gate, only to see Zhang Chen coming out with a smile. The people who were originally responsible for the city defense had been replaced by Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan's musketeers.

"Sir! The overall situation in the city has been decided! Commander-in-Chief Yuan of the Navy Battalion has also entered the city from the south gate! At present, Commander-in-Chief Yuan, Commander-in-Chief Lu, and Li Youqi are all in the Tatar Zhangjing Mansion with a white flag.

Waiting for you, sir!"

As soon as Yang Zhen led the people behind him to the city gate, Zhang Chen came out from the city gate to greet him. He stepped forward to hold the horse's rein and spoke with a smile.

"What Zhangjing Mansion?!"

Yang Zhen asked after listening to Zhang Chen's report.

"This Zhangjing Mansion, to put it bluntly, is the former Xiong Yueyi. After the Tatars moved in with a white flag, they tidied up the former Xiong Yueyi's courtyard and became Zhangjing Mansion!

"I heard from those two Tatars who surrendered to us that this time, Tatar Jia La Zhang Jing Zhang Kushan came to Xiongyue City and lived in the backyard of Zhang Jing Mansion!"

After hearing this, Yang Zhen nodded and said nothing.

The horse passed through the city gate and entered the city. Yang Zhen saw that inside and outside the city gate, and next to the horse, there were brothers from the left and right wings of the musketeers, so he asked again:

"Zhang Chen! Why are all the brothers from the Musketeers here?! - You still don't understand what I mean by letting you enter the city early?!"

Yang Zhen asked them to enter the city in advance, hoping that they could gain something in Xiongyue City. They could do whatever they wanted with gold, silver, money, silk, and women, and he wouldn't care about it.

However, when he entered the city gate, he found that Zhang Chen led the soldiers on the left and right wings of the musketeers, replaced Miao Naicheng's team, and stood guard at the city gate himself, giving a great opportunity to Miao Naicheng's men.

"This - it's not that I'm soft-hearted, nor that I don't want my brothers in the Musketeers to get rich and steal women - I have something in my heart, and I don't know whether to say it or not!"

Let's say that Zhang Chen heard Yang Zhen's question and stopped by the city gate. He first looked up at Yang Zhen on the horse, and then looked at his subordinates who heard Yang Zhen entering the city and couldn't stop looking around at the city gate.

Brother, he finally said in deep thought:

"Gold, silver, wealth, silk, and women are enough to touch people's hearts! Of course I love them despite my humble position! However, when we follow you, go deep behind enemy lines and serve on the battlefield, our goal is not gold, silver, wealth, and women, but revenge and justice for the world!"

Only this righteousness in the world can always unite people's hearts!

"Besides, I am the leader of the dispatched battalion musketeers in my humble position. I always regard loyalty, filial piety and justice as my bones and strict discipline as my skin. I am trying to teach everyone to be upright and upright men!"

"This time, if the humble official relaxes his restraints and disciplines, imitates others by burning troops, burning and looting, killing women and children indiscriminately, and unleashing all the greed and selfishness of his subordinates, then it will probably be difficult for him to unite people with justice and unite the troops with discipline in the future!

"I have been serving in the Xuan army in Liaodong for many years. I have seen many powerful armies, but they all resorted to plundering for a while, which eventually led to the laxity of military discipline. In the end, it was out of control. It is sad to think about it now!"

After Zhang Chen said these words, he let go of the horse's reins, clasped his hands and saluted Yang Zhen, and then said: "This is a humble opinion I have gained over the years. I hope you can understand it!"

After hearing what Zhang Chen said and seeing Zhang Chen clasping his fists and saluting him, Yang Zhen quickly got off his horse and stretched out his hands to help Zhang Chen up.

At the same time, he said to him: "I didn't expect, Brother Zhang, that you would have such insightful insights into running an army! What you said today was really refreshing to me!"

Yang Zhen helped Zhang Chen up, then patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are right! Our advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition should aspire to become a new army. We must not confuse it with the ambition, military discipline and habits of

General border town and frontier army!

"Some things, as long as they are of great righteousness, others will not do them, but we must do them, even through fire and water, we must do them! Similarly, there are some things, such as killing good people for merit, killing innocent people indiscriminately, others can do it, but we will never do it.

Don't do it!

"This is like a big river bursting its embankments. If it breaks once, it will break down, and it will break down a second time, a third time, and countless times. From then on, it will be difficult to build a dam to block the flow of water!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at Zhang Chen and then at the other officers and soldiers of the surrounding musketeers. He raised his voice and said, "We are different! Because we are the new army! We must have stricter discipline and have

A nobler pursuit!

"But don't worry, there will be gold and silver, there will be money, there will be women! Follow me, Yang Zhen, and together we will become a new army, and together we will become a strong army, and all of these will be available! I, Yang Zhen,
Chapter completed!