It's not that Yang Zhen wants to take risks, but the naval affairs are too important for Yang Zhen's future plans, and may even directly determine his future life and death in Songshan City.

As long as he has a navy of similar size, no matter how the war on the Songjin Defense Line turns out in the future, he will still have a way out.

Even for the time being, he doesn't need many warships that can fight naval battles, as long as there are hundreds of offshore and inland water transport ships that can transport people and supplies!

With these ships, his subordinates who followed him to fight the Manchu Tatars in Songshan City would no longer be so panicked when faced with a massive attack by the Manchu Tatars.

Even if one day, the situation deteriorates and he needs to abandon the city and break out, then choosing to take the sea route will definitely be much safer than taking the land route.

Yang Zhen often thought that if Hong Chengchou had a powerful navy in history, then the eight generals under his command who gathered in the Songjin area might not have been defeated in one battle when their pay lines were cut off. Almost all of them would have been defeated.

The army was destroyed.

Moreover, even if they were still defeated and fled en masse, it would not be possible for everyone to step into the trap that Huang Taiji had laid out long ago.

Therefore, the navy matter is really crucial and is the top priority for Yang Zhen to reverse the situation in the future.

He had previously made every possible gesture to win over Yuan Jin and Hu Changhai and others, all for this purpose. The purpose was to have a fleet capable of transporting troops and food on the coast outside Songshan at the critical moment.

Now that God has finally opened his eyes, he has received such news from Qiu Zhenhai who unexpectedly surrendered. How could he not seize this fleeting opportunity quickly?

"If we talk about danger, where is it without danger?! However, sometimes the places that seem the most dangerous are often the safest!"

Seeing that Yuan Jin, Qiu Zhenhai and even Ma Keqing were trying to dissuade him, Yang Zhen immediately interrupted them and pointed at the half-dead Gushan Beizi Bolo lying on the top of the city at the feet of everyone, and continued:

"Moreover, with this strange item, we just need to repeat our old tricks! As long as the news cannot reach Haizhou City for a while, no matter how many checkpoints there are in Tatar villages, it won't matter. Who dares to stop him on the road?!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at Gushan Beizi Boluo, who was brought to the city by Qiu Zhenhai and Ma Keqing and thrown on the ground. Seeing that he was motionless, he stepped forward and kicked him a few times.

Seeing this, several other people also gathered around. Yuan Jin even took a torch from his entourage and leaned over to take a look.

"Brother! This Tatar-like Gushanbeizi is probably dead by now?!"

While Yuan Jin was talking, he used his other hand to pull hard, turning Bolo's body over, then put two fingers under the broken nose to try, and finally raised his head and said:

"Hey! It's better to let him die! If we capture a living Tatar clan member and bring him back, let alone Master Beizi, he is just a so-called princess. If he can be sent to the capital to show off to the public, it will be a great achievement.

That’s big!”

When Yuan Jin saw that Boluo was dead, he kicked the sack-like corpse again, while laughing and lamenting that he could not capture a living Tatar clan member.

"If you die, then die! There are not many living Tatar clans, are there? When one day we conquer the Dongping captives and destroy the Tatar Shengjing City, there will be enough living Tatar clans for you to capture!"

"I'm just afraid that when the time comes, you don't want Beizi Beile, but instead go out to pick out Fujin and Gege from the Tatar clan! Hahahaha——"

Yang Zhen's optimism immediately amused everyone. Everyone understood the meaning of his words, so they immediately started laughing.

"Ma Liu! Since Bolo is dead, let's chop off his head and take him away! - In addition, search him first to see if there is any waistband token, and also take off his coat and keep it!

"In a few hours, after things are over here, we will go to Tianzhuang Terrace, and along the way, you will dress up as the Manchurian Gushan Beizi!"

After receiving the order, Ma Keqing squatted down and untied the coat of the dead Tatar Bolo. He quickly pulled out something like a waistband from Bolo's waist, and quickly stood up and handed it to Yang Zhen.

In the light of the torch, Yang Zhen took it and held it in his hand, which was cold and round. When he looked closely, he saw that it was neither gold nor silver, but a dragon head jade plaque made of mutton-fat white jade.

The shape of this jade tablet is quite similar to the Niulu Zhangjing and Jia La Zhangjing that I have seen before. They are both rectangular, but this jade tablet is slightly smaller, with golden tassels and the shape of a dragon's head.

, one can tell at a glance that it is extremely valuable.

Yang Zhen took the jade sign and looked closely at the torch. The front and back were engraved with the true Tatar characters with twists and turns.

He couldn't understand it anyway, so Yang Zhen didn't think much and threw it back to Ma Keqing, telling him to put it away first.

Ma Keqing took the jade token, leaned over again, and stripped off Bolo's coat, trousers, hat, and boots. Then, like a skilled butcher, he cut off the stone in two or three strokes.

A head that looks still young.

Yang Zhen watched Ma Keqing take action, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart. Others may not know how powerful Abatai's son Bolo was later, but they knew more or less about his two lives.

This Bolo later became the confidant of Dorgon's Duduo brothers, and especially after Duduo's death, he became a Manchu clan general who Dorgon relied heavily on.

Especially during the Songjin War two years later, and during the subsequent Manchu and Qing invasions to compete for the world, he made countless great contributions to the Manchu Tatars, so he was later granted the title of Prince Duanzhong by the Manchu Qing.

But now, the future Prince Duanzhong of the Tatar Kingdom, the executioner who massacred countless Han people, died at the gate of Gaizhou City before he could become famous, and was lightly chopped off by the former Tatar coat Ahamakqing.

He cut his neck and took off his head.

Since Yang Zhen used Bolo's death to successfully change the subject of discouraging him from going to Grange Terrace, several other people have stopped trying to persuade him and have begun to focus on the war at hand again.

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Let's say that Yang Zhen dealt with Bolo and made up his mind to go to Tianzhuang Terrace, and then handed over the matter of the South City Gate to Yuan Jin, while he and Qiu Zhenhai were in the gate tower on the South City Gate,

We found a corner separately and caught up on some sleep.

The other troops had to put away their swords and leave the city at dawn, then board the ship with the captives and go to sea. Then there would be plenty of time to rest at sea.

But he couldn't. He had more important things to do after dawn.

Moreover, as a human again, he was different from the violent pirate gangs under Hu Dahai, Gao Chengyou and others, and at the same time, he was different from the newly formed troops under Jin Shijun and An Qing who were bullied, full of anger, and eager for revenge.

They are also different.

He was not very interested in things like kicking down doors, breaking into houses, personally wielding knives, burning, killing, looting, and blindly pursuing gratification amidst the screams of old, weak, women and children from the Tatars.

Therefore, Yang Zhen, who had a bit of a gentleman's sense of being a cook at a distance, felt that his mission had been completed after defeating Gaizhou City, and the next step was to enter the city with various troops.

At the same time, he also asked Ma Keqing to represent himself and go to the North Gate to find Zhang Chen to pass the order. After Zhang Chen and others captured the Wengcheng of the North Gate, he led dozens of people from the left and right wings of the Musketeers to rest on the spot and

Just guard the north gate, there is no need to run around in the city.

Time passed quickly, and several hours passed by in the blink of an eye.

At three o'clock in the morning on the second day of May in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, that is, at the fifth quarter of Yin hour, the gate tower on the south gate of Gaizhou City was brightly lit. The leaders of the various troops and horses who entered Gaizhou last night finally gathered together.

On ordinary days, this moment should be the time when the morning bell rings in Gaizhou City, but this day is no longer an ordinary day, and from now on, even if I want to, I will not be able to ring the morning bell.

The large bronze bells on the bell and drum towers in Gaizhou City, as well as the bronze bells, iron niches, gold and silverware on the temple pavilions in the city were all swept away.

At this moment, all the surviving people and livestock in Gaizhou City, as well as all useful grain, equipment and supplies, are being picked up by the people who entered the city last night, and are being transported in the direction of Qinghe Bridge like ants moving.

At the same time, the fog on top of the city has not completely dissipated, and the fireworks in the streets and alleys of the city are still filling the air. However, the shouts of death that have echoed in the streets and alleys for a long time since last night have quietly subsided two hours ago.

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Chapter completed!