It is very difficult to persuade a person to do something he dare not do, unless it is something he wants to do deep down.

Hu Changhai was like this, and so were the other generals in Xiong Yue City.

In normal times, let alone attacking Gaizhou City with its high walls and deep trenches, even if the Tatars set up a camp casually in the wilderness, they would not dare to attack it easily.

These people have been fighting against the Manchu Tatar Eight Banners soldiers for many years, and they have always lost more than they won. When they subconsciously heard that the Manchu Tatars were coming, they wanted to run away, let alone take the initiative to lean in and provoke the Tatars now.

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However, just because they don't dare means they don't dare, but it doesn't mean that they never think about it in their hearts.

Whether it is to avenge the shame of killing the Tatars or to rob money and grain and rob women, Gaizhou City is bigger than Xiongyue City and even bigger than Xuguanbao. It has abundant money and grain and a large population. How can they do it?

Don't want to.

It's not that they don't want to, it's just that they don't dare. Once the conditions are ripe, the chance of success increases, and the risk of failure decreases, and it decreases to a level that is completely acceptable to them, then where else can these desperadoes go?

Is it because they don’t dare to fight or go?!

In this way, on this evening in early May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen finally racked his brains, exhausted his lips and tongue, and coaxed and deceived a group of desperadoes to follow him to attack Gaizhou City.

In the evening of this day, the sun went down, and the Zhangjing Mansion, which had been noisy all day, was deserted. The people and materials in the east and west courtyards had disappeared.

Counting the time, when it was Shen Shi, the generals from all walks of life in Xiongyue City once again gathered in the inner chamber of Zhangjing Mansion.

Now that things are coming to an end and troops are about to be dispatched, some of the generals who gathered around Yang Zhen once again looked nervous and some looked excited, but they were all gearing up and no longer afraid or worried.

"Sir! All the people and horses have been packed up! The grain, grass and military equipment that should be transported have been transported! The people and livestock that should be moved have also been moved! They are all stored and placed in Tu'er Island now! Next, just wait

With the sir's command, we can set off northward!"

Yang Zhen was holding a hat with red tassels on top of the Tatar waistcoat in his hand. He came out of the rest room. As soon as he walked into the courtyard lined with generals, Zhang Chen stepped out from among the generals and stepped forward.

First, report the current situation to him.

During this period, Zhang Degui was not around, so Zhang Chen acted as the deputy general of the Chinese army under Yang Zhen.

Because Yang Zhen respects Zhang Chen, and the performance of Zhang Chen and his musketeers really impressed everyone, so although he is just a mere guard, his status in the army is still vaguely higher than Yuan Jin's.

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At this time, Zhang Chen had already put on a Tatar vest with a white flag. Except for the hairstyle on his head, which was still the style of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, looking at the clothes all over his body, at first glance, he thought he was a Manchu with a white flag.

What a shameless Tartar.

Yang Zhen looked at the people behind Zhang Chen, including Li Lu, Lu Pinqi, Gao Chengyou, Qiu Zhenhai, and Deng En and Ma Keqing standing on the side. At this time, they were all dressed in Tatar armor with white flags.

Some people were carrying red-tasseled hats of the same style as their own, while others were carrying black-tasseled flag-bearing arrow helmets in the shape of lightning rods.

Yuan Jin, Hu Dabao, Miao Naicheng, Jin Shijun, and Anqing Hou still maintained their previous clothes and armor, and were smiling at the others who had changed into Tatar clothes and armor.

After hearing Zhang Chen's report, Yang Zhen came to the crowd. He coughed first, cleared his throat, then raised the Tatar hat and hat in his hand and said:

"All the cavalry brothers have changed into Tatar armor and helmets?!"

"Yes! Sir! Those Tatar flags, clothes and helmets we seized are enough! If we don't pretend to be the defeated soldiers of Xiongyue City in Zhangkushan, those clothes and armor we seized are enough to pretend to be two Tatars

The cow with a white flag is recorded!"

"Ha ha ha ha--!"

Zhang Chen's words made Yang Zhen and everyone else burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere before the battle immediately dissipated.

"That's good! - Brother Lu, Brother Gao, and Brother Qiu, why don't you pretend to be Tatar cavalry and go overland with me to go to Gaizhou to cheat the city! Hahahaha!"

After Yang Zhen said this, Lu Pinqi, Gao Chengyou, and Qiu Zhenhai quickly bowed and agreed, and then laughed together with Yang Zhen.

For them, it was the first time in their lives to dress up as a Tatar cavalry. Looking at Yang Zhen's Tatar costume and then looking at their own Tatar appearance, they couldn't help but joke with each other.

make fun of.

This time, Yang Zhen planned to disguise himself as a Tatar to defraud the gate of Gaizhou City. The more people he brought with him, the better. It would be best if he could bring everyone directly.

After all, the moment to seize the door is a critical moment, the most urgent, and being able to rush in is the best result.

However, there are not many Tatars with white flags in Xiongyue City, and with the ones brought by Zhangku Shanxin, there are only two Niu Lu in total. If he brings too many people back, he will show his weakness and directly

Wearing help.

Therefore, people cannot bring more than three hundred at most. Otherwise, they will not be able to tell the lie at all.

In this case, he had to bring the most elite troops. In addition to the musketeers and grenadiers that he directly led, Lu Pinqi's cavalry was the most elite.

However, if this is the case, the number of people is slightly smaller. Once they rush to seize the door, they will be unable to follow up.

Therefore, after Yang Zhen woke up from his nap in the afternoon, he asked Gao Chengyou to be found and persuaded Gao Chengyou to select a group of veteran bandits to join him. In this way, more than three hundred riders were collected.

This time, there were fewer people traveling by land and relatively sufficient war horses. Yang Zhen also had the rare luxury of equipping each of the cavalrymen pretending to be Tatars with two Tatar war horses.

Among them, one is used for riding, and the other carries muskets, blunderbuss, and the last batch of flying generals and ten thousand enemies.

What's especially extravagant is that Dunn, who has become accustomed to using the Crouching Tiger Cannon to attack with shotguns at close range these days, stubbornly put the Crouching Tiger Cannon into several large baskets and put them in the extra space.

On horseback.

After Yang Zhen asked about the cavalry's combat readiness, he turned to Yuan Jin, Hu Dabao, Miao Naicheng and others and said to them: "How are you doing?! Are there any problems?!"

Yuan Jin asked, smiled, clasped his fists and saluted Yang Zhen, and said: "Now everything is ready, all we need is the east wind! Brother General, if you give an order, then our east wind is coming!"

Yuan Jin said that Hu Dabao, Miao Naicheng, Jin Shijun, and other generals who had followed him on a boat trip to sea and waterways after Anqing also followed Yang Zhen and saluted him with clasped fists.

Yang Zhen saw that all the generals in front of him were packed up and ready, and they were waiting for him. He said no more at the moment, looked up at the sky, then casually put the Tatar hat in his hand on his head, and said loudly

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"Let's go! Let's go!"

Yang Zhen had already received the news from Hu Changhai and knew that Yu Liangtai had convinced Hu Changhai.

The commander-in-chief Zhong Lingxian who had been left behind by him at Xu Guan Fort had been sent back by Yu Liangtai to report the news as early as when Hu Changhai, Yu Liangtai and others boarded the ship to leave Xu Guan Fort.

When he learned that Hu Changhai not only evacuated Xu Guan Fort, but also ordered it to be burned down, Yang Zhen admired his determination and ruthlessness and wanted to imitate it in Xiong Yuecheng.

But after much deliberation, he finally gave up under Li Lu's suggestion.

At this time, the Liaodong Peninsula was at the turn of spring and summer, and the weather was dry. It would not be difficult to set off a fire and destroy it.

However, the problem is that Xiong Yuecheng is different from Xu Guanbao, and burning it may not be the best thing for him.

Yang Zhen, who had almost forgotten about the Empress' Palace, decided to adopt the same method to deal with Xiong Yuecheng after he retreated after Li Lu's reminder and suggestion.

That is, let Pan Xi lead a group of grenadiers and the few remaining ten thousand enemies, cover them with layers of water-proof tarps, and bury them under the Suide Gate city wall.

Nothing can be seen on the surface, and the excavated stone slabs and rammed earth were carefully backfilled without leaving any traces.

However, there is a fuse wrapped in layers of waterproof tarpaulin underground, leading to the outside of the city wall for the future.

Therefore, Yang Zhen was not worried that after he withdrew his troops, the Tatars would send a few more Niulu, or even a heavy army, to guard Xiongyue City.

On the contrary, he hoped that after his troops retreated from this area, other high-ranking officials or powerful generals under Duduo, the leader of the Tatar White Flag, would lead their troops and continue to garrison Xiong Yue.

Then, when the time comes when I need to make some noise in southern Liaoning, it will be much easier than this time.
Chapter completed!