As for the issue of official title, although Qiu and Yu didn't know what military position Yang Zhen was talking about, it sounded very majestic and domineering at first glance, so they didn't have anything to say.

Both of them used to be officers and generals of Dongjiang Town, and they had their own positions at that time. However, many years later, one of them became a Tatar and the other became a pirate leader. It was difficult for anyone to mention their past positions in the army.

It's all about being an official and a general.

They all also heard that Yang Zhen, the commander of the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition, had the right to directly appoint Commander Qian of the battalion. However, since Yang Zhen did not appoint them Commander Qian this time, it meant that the official position Yang Zhen planned to give them must be certain.

Bigger than Qian Zong.

As the saying goes, if you have a good meal, you are never afraid of being late. Both of them have been in the army for many years. After joining Yang Zhen's command, they naturally understand this truth, so they are not in a hurry.

But this time when they heard the last word, the two of them were surprised to find that the fleet under the Zhengdong Advance Battalion actually had two commanders. Although it was said that it was divided into left and right wings, it was still one fleet after all.

, who will listen to whom in the future?

At that moment, after listening to Yang Zhen's words, the two of them were happy at first, and then hesitated. They looked at each other, not knowing whether they should ask or not.

At this time, I heard Yang Zhen say again: "The advance camp has a flag plate for the expedition to the east, and each team under the camp also has a team flag. Naturally, our advance camp fleet is no exception!

"From now on, our advance battalion's fleet will fly the Big Dipper's black order flag, leaving the flag head blank, and embroidering the words Qin's order to conquer the east advance battalion! Qiu Zhenhai, the commander of the left wing, will be the flag commander and command the entire ship.

Team! The right wing is under its control!"

When Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai heard what Yang Zhen said, they immediately understood. They looked at each other, then stood up together, knelt down in front of Yang Zhen, and said to Yang Zhen calmly and forcefully:

"The last general, Qiu Zhenhai, and the last general, Yu Liangtai, dare to disobey your orders!?"

Following the large number of ships that Yang Zhen returned, his tribe and accompanying family members had been drifting on the sea for many days. At this time, they arrived at the mouth of Xiaoling River. Naturally, they could not be allowed to float on the sea all the time, so they had to arrange them properly.

, very urgent.

In the afternoon of that day, after Yang Zhen made it clear to everyone the reorganization appointments of Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai, he immediately ordered Zu Keyong and Zhang Degui to bring their own manpower to help Zhang Luo relocate.

Yu Liangtai's fleet is a little easier to handle. Under his command, they are all desperadoes who escaped from Dongjiang Town and survived at sea. They are all bachelors. They are the kind of people who can feed one person and the whole family will not be hungry.

So Yang Zhen directly placed them in the sailor camp at the mouth of Xiaoling River.

On the sandbank of the large Sailor Camp, there is now a solid dock, a solid camp, and a large number of shacks left by Yang Zhen and the others. In addition, the sandbank is overgrown with elms and willows, and reeds are growing wildly, making it a hidden place.

, the safety and conditions are also reasonable.

As for the subordinates, families, etc. brought by Qiu Zhenhai, Yang Zhen had to put more thought into it.

He first asked Zhang Degui to select several vacant houses in the north and east gates of Songshan City, and pointed them out to Qiu Zhenhai and his subordinates Qiu Guangyi, Qiu Daguang, and Guo Zengfu, and asked them to place their families in Songshan City.

At the same time, he directed Qiu Zhenhai's troops to camp on a narrow peninsula that juts into Liaodong Bay and is surrounded by sea on three sides, seven or eight miles south of the mouth of the Xiaoling River.

It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, separated by a sea to the east, not far from the Shuiyuanying sandbank on the south side of the Xiaoling River mouth. To the south is the endless Liaodong Bay, and it is only thirty-four miles away from the Big and Small Bijia Mountains outside Tashan.

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And to its west is a not-so-wide bay, far away from the coastline where Songshan Castle is located.

There is only one road to the north, directly connected to the land.

This long and narrow peninsula, which is quite large in area, is mostly a flat coastal plain, with only a few bushy highlands. It may seem undefensible, but Qiu Zhenhai and the others only need to connect the peninsula to the land at the narrowest point.

By digging trenches, building walls and building camps in certain places, safety can be ensured.

When they are in trouble, they can also dig deep trenches and build long fortifications to create enough time for their troops to board ships and retreat to the sea.

The reason why Yang Zhen chose to arrange Qiu Zhenhai in this way was of course his consideration.

Because compared to Yu Liangtai's subordinates, Qiu Zhenhai's subordinates not only have a large number of people and are able to farm their own fields and even go fishing at sea, they are also able to build their own ships, which is a very important ability.

Moreover, the Shuiying sandbank at the mouth of the Xiaoling River is not large enough to station so many people, and there is no way to safely anchor hundreds of large and small ships near it for a long time.

In particular, many of the ships are old ships in urgent need of repair. If they have not been repaired for a long time, and they have been exposed to wind, sun, rain and corrosion for a period of time, they will be completely in vain.

Therefore, Yang Zhen arranged for them to be behind the front line to create conditions for them, asking them to set up camp in a better and safer place. While cultivating their own fields and combining farming with war, they also established shipyards and camps to repair them as soon as possible.

Those huge numbers of old ships.

Of course, in addition to making arrangements for Qiu and Yu's fleet, Yang Zhen also asked Dunn and Ma Keqing beside him to run errands and convey a series of orders for him.

Let Li Lu lead the grenadiers to return to guard the east gate of Songshan City, and order Jin Shijun to take a newly formed sentry in Xiongyue City to temporarily camp outside the east gate, under Li Lu's control and command.

At the same time, Zhang Chen was asked to once again assume the responsibility of guarding Shahekou. He led the left and right musketeers of his unit and stationed them in the old camp at Shahekou. He was responsible for dispatching and directing the transfer of captured troops and materials.

He also asked the newly-organized troops in Xiongyue City after Anqing to camp at the Xiaoshahe Pier outside the North Gate. They would obey the command of Zhang Degui, who was guarding the Wengcheng at the North Gate, and be responsible for transferring the large ships of the fleet to small boats to transfer the troops and materials ashore.

, transported to the city for resettlement.

Lu Pinqi and Yuan Jin's share of the seizures did not need to be bothered by Yang Zhen, but the bulk of the entire seized materials were from the advance battalion, and it was impossible for him not to bother.

Among them, the captured Manchu war horses were given to Zu Keyong, and he was asked to temporarily arrange for them to be tended and herded in the area of ​​the Queen's Palace, which is close to the Xiaoling River. In May, the water and grass are plentiful and there is sufficient forage, which is suitable for herding horses.

As for the captured Tatar population, the order was temporarily handed over to Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang for sorting and selection. Those who were young and capable of working as coolies were first given to the ironworks.

Some old, weak, women and children were handed over to Pan Wenmao to do such delicate work as boiling salt, making medicine, sub-packaging, and loading in the ammunition factory.

That afternoon, after Yang Zhen arranged these affairs, he finally took a breath and felt a little more at ease. By the evening of that day, various people at Xiaolinghekou began to take action quickly.

Zu Keyong also led Yu Liangtai to find Yuan Jin, and handled the handover with the soldiers of the Juehua Island Navy Camp that Yuan Jin had left on the Sailor Camp sandbank.

That night, Yu Liangtai led his troops and officially settled in the storage camp on the sailor camp sandbank.

At the same time, Zhang Degui accompanied Qiu Zhenhai, first commanding the huge fleet of ships that drifted all the way from Tianzhuang Terrace and Tiemao Bay, anchored on the sea at the mouth of Xiaoling River, and went south for more than ten miles to a place between the peninsula and

Re-anchored in the long and narrow bay between the land.

Moreover, that night, Zhang Degui led a group of people, holding torches, and escorted the family members of Qiu Zhenhai, Qiu Guangyi, Qiu Daguang, and Guo Zengfu into Songshan City and arranged them in several small courtyards that had been simply tidied up.

Songshan City was also a key site for land and water transfers. In the years before the Liao Dynasty, commerce and trade flourished, merchants gathered, and there were many private residences of wealthy households.

Over the years, wars have continued in Liaodong, business travel has been cut off, and many wealthy merchants in Jia Li have fled, leaving behind many private residences and courtyards.

Many of the mansions inside the South Gate and the West Gate were destroyed by previous wars, and not many remain. However, there are still many mansions inside the East Gate and the North Gate, which can be moved in with a little renovation.

When Yang Zheng first entered Songshan, he was not the chief military officer of Songshan and did not dare to requisition private houses, but now, he can no longer control that.

No matter whether it is owned or ownerless, locked or unlocked, intact or dilapidated, as long as no one is living in it at the moment, it will be requisitioned to house the generals and troops under his command.

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Of course, Zhang Degui has been in Songshan City for so long, and he already knows which ones are usable, which ones are not, which ones are better and which ones are worse.

This time, although Yang Zhen did not make a special explanation, Zhang Degui was still keenly aware that Yang Zhen attached great importance to Qiu Zhenhai.

Therefore, after Qiu Zhenhai's relatives and family members entered the city, he directly gave them priority in the alley opposite the Songshan General Military Mansion inside the North City Gate, in a courtyard with three entrances.

The next morning, Yang Zhen listened to Zhang Degui's report and learned that the eldest lady of the enemy family, who made his heart beat wildly when he thought about it, lived in the alley opposite his residence. He immediately remembered the story from the farm again.

Every detail of the first meeting in Taiwan made me think about it for a while.

However, he was feeling itchy and could only think about it. Apart from asking Zhang Degui to give generous supplies of grain and rice to Qiu's family, he did not have the time or the right opportunity to pay a visit to his family.

Because he had just finished listening to Zhang Degui's report in the morning, he had to wash up and tidy up, and went to the reception room of the General Military Mansion to eat with Qiu Minyang and Zhang Dou, the two special envoys from Ningyuan.

After breakfast, he sent Zhang Degui to accompany the two envoys to Shahekou outside the north gate, and continued to inspect the population, horses, food, equipment and supplies of the captives in this attack. Within a quarter of an hour, he heard that the temporary commander was again heard.

Dunn, the commander of the Guards at the General Military Mansion, rushed over to report that Xu Changyong was here to see him.

Yang Zhen had just finished listening to Dunn's report when he heard Xu Changyong's loud voice rang out in the yard outside: "Brother! Brother Yang! I've heard it all! This time, you are going to steal the show again.
Chapter completed!