When Yuan Jin said this, Yang Zhen understood immediately. He knew that Yuan Jin was right. The sky was now clear and it was a good time to climb up and take a look.

If he followed his own idea and went straight to the sandbank to anchor, he might have been discovered by the Tatar patrol before he even reached the sandbank.

Unless the tens of thousands of Tatars besieging Songshan were completely unprepared for the direction of the sea.

But Yang Zhen didn't dare and didn't want to make this bet, especially at this time. If he wasn't careful, he would end up falling short.

"Brother Yuan is right to be worried! But my brother is impatient! Otherwise, since the big ship has a tall mast and a big sail, it is more conspicuous. Our big ship will not move for a while, and then we will endure it for a while. When night falls, we can take advantage of the

Tide and night, how about we stop near the sandbar?"

After Yuan Jin heard this, he looked at Yang Zhen, knowing that Yang Zhen was very clear and understood what he meant. He also saw that his anxious and anxious mood just now flashed away, and he was able to calm down, and he looked up to Yang Zhen in his heart.

A few points.

"That's right! I have been to Xiaoling River Mouth. Based on the current situation, if the Tatars are prepared, they will easily be discovered. In addition, there are many tidal flats, many rivers, and the terrain is complex. Even if the Tatars

If we are unprepared, our big ship will be easily stranded if we rush past it! Let’s do this——”

Having said this, Yuan Jin clasped his fists at Yang Zhen and continued: "Brother Yang! My idea is that I will take people on a small boat to take a look at the sandbar in person! If we can set up camp on it, we will

Just run to that sandbank and dock! If there isn’t enough space to set up camp on it, we’ll find another way to dock and get ashore!”

"No! Brother Yuan! Commanding the fleet to change direction and berth on the shore is your specialty! As for taking a small boat and going to the sandbank to inspect it, I'll go there myself!"

After hearing what Yuan Jin said, Yang Zhen immediately interrupted him. Yang Zhen in later generations had never been a soldier, let alone fought in a war, but at this moment, he felt very keenly that this sandbank where the old camp remained was

, is crucial to the plan he is about to implement, and he should see it for himself.

After Yang Zhen said this, he waved his hand to stop Yuan Jin's rebuttal, and then said: "There are dozens of large and small ships in the fleet, commanding and dispatching, advancing, retreating, and staying. Brothers are not as good as you! But prepare the battlefield in advance to maximize the use of guns and firearms.

Brother, I think I have some experience! It’s better for me to go! Don’t worry, I will draw the terrain near the sandbank on a board and ask someone to bring it back!"

Seeing that Yang Zhen had said all that, Yuan Jin no longer insisted, but immediately ordered his men to prepare a few boats and a group of oarsmen and boatmen.

Yang Zhen said nothing more and immediately asked Yang Zhan'ao to pass the order to Zhang Chen, asking Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan to take all 40 members of the musketry team to the deck to assemble.

During these two days on the ship, Yang Zhen took a rare break and made up for the sleep he had missed in the first few days.

Regarding the affairs of the two cavalry teams, Zu Keyong and Xu Changyong were in charge of their own affairs. Yang Zhen had neither the room nor the interest to interfere.

As for the affairs of the artillery team, Zhang Degui led Yang Shen in charge. Zhang Degui was in charge of the left wing, and Yang Shen was in charge of the right wing. Yang Zhen was also relieved.

As for the affairs of the Grenadier Corps, the performance of Chief Li Lu and Adjutant Pan Xi has exceeded Yang Zhen's previous expectations, and there is nothing dissatisfactory.

The remaining musketeers were on the same ship as Yang Zhen, but Yang Zhen didn't care about the specific matters and left them to Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan.

The problem of new ignition powder that he was most concerned about before has been achieved through the efforts of Pan Wenmao and Zhang Guogan. Especially as far as the ignition powder itself is concerned, there is no problem anymore.

When there is no wind, or when the wind is not strong, the problem that the ignition powder cannot be ignited smoothly no longer exists with the improvement of the purity and weight of the fire salt.

But the misfire problem still exists.

However, now the cause of misfire is no longer the problem of the ignition powder itself, but the weather problem.

If it encounters windy weather or rainy weather, even if the "Lumi gun" has been changed to a flintlock gun, it still cannot avoid the same fatal flaws as other firearms.

Fortunately, the Liaodong region in this era has been experiencing drought and drought for many years, so Yang Zhen is not worried about rainy days.

Especially in spring and March, in other places in the north, spring rain is as precious as oil, but it rains occasionally. However, in Liaodong, spring rain is as precious as gold, and there is even no rain at all.

However, the problem of strong winds is more serious, especially at the beach, which makes Yang Zhen somewhat worried.

However, when things have reached this point, Yang Zhen also knows that he has tried his best, and the few people under him now have performed very well, and the demands are too much, which seems unreasonable.

Let's talk about Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan, who led the left and right wings of the musketeers to the deck to assemble. When they heard that they would follow Yang Zhen to land first, everyone was very excited.

For two days and three nights, everyone was on the boat and couldn't go anywhere. No matter who they were, they were all tired of sitting on the boat.

Following Yang Zhen's order, several of Yang Zhen's soldiers, including Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan, quickly carried modified muskets and a small shovel with a wooden handle, and checked their waists one by one.

Then one by one, they got off the big ship and boarded the small boat along the rope ladder hanging down the side of the big ship.

Yang Zhen personally carried his own modified musket, as well as the shovel he personally ordered to collect from the blacksmith shop in Ningyuan City. He carefully inspected the musket powder bag and projectiles in a cloth satchel, and the last one fired

Get on the big ship and board the small boat.

Three wooden centipede boats carried Yang Zhen, three of his soldiers, and forty musketeers, including Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan, and sailed hard to the northwest.

The centipede boat has no sails and relies entirely on the paddles of the oarsmen on board to provide power.

Although the wind was following at this time, it was very difficult to travel on the sea due to the turbulent currents.

Upon seeing this, Yang Zhen quickly sent an order to the musketeers who were riding in the centipede boat with him to take off their shovels and help the boatmen and oarsmen from the naval camp to row together, so that the boat speed was slightly faster.

Of course, there is a reason why Yang Zhen now equips every soldier of the Musketeers with such a shovel, and it is definitely not for paddling.

As for the powerful use of the shovel, no one else in the tongs team is still aware of it, but Yang Zhen himself knows it very well.

At that time, when he was in Ningyuan City, because time was too urgent, Yang Zhen had no way to explain clearly to Zhang Guogan, who had received the task, and he also had no time to explain the ultimate use of the shovel to other musketeers in the musketeers.

But he believed that these people would soon understand when they got there.

Yang Zhen's method of ordering the musketeers to help with the oars was soon copied by Zhang Chen and Zhang Guogan on the other two boats.

In this way, the three centipede boats rowed toward the northwest on the vast sea for more than an hour before the legendary tall sandbank finally appeared vaguely in the field of vision of Yang Zhen and others.

Next, more than half an hour passed, until Yang Zhen felt that his arms were filled with lead and could no longer be lifted. Only then did their centipede boat finally follow a wave of waves.

He retreated and landed firmly on the beach of the sandbank.

Immediately afterwards, the centipede boat led by Zhang Chen and the centipede boat led by Zhang Guogan also landed steadily on the shore.

Yang Zhen, who had been impatient for a long time, saw the centipede boat approaching the beach and jumped off the centipede boat first.

I don't know whether it was because he was not accustomed to the feeling of land after sitting on the boat for a long time, or because the beach itself was soft. As soon as Yang Zheng jumped onto the beach, he felt his legs soften and he sat down on the wet beach.
Chapter completed!