The last time Yang Chaojin and Fang Yizao came to Songshan City was about a month ago. By this time, it had only been a month, but when they came to Songshan City again, they found many obvious differences.

Several piers and platforms where troops were stationed within three to five miles outside the south gate of Songshan City have been completely demolished, and all the removed stones have been looted. Of those piers and platforms where troops were originally stationed, now only

There was a white field.

Fang Yizao had heard relevant rumors in Ningyuan City before. At that time, he thought that this was another rumor spread by Zu Dashou and the city guards under his command to the rear in order to bring down Yang Zhen.

However, at this point, I realized that the Songshan City where Yang Zhen was stationed had really done this, and done it so thoroughly. Not only did it completely abandon the perimeter defense line around Songshan City, but it also spent so much manpower, financial and material resources on it.

All the fortresses and enemy towers that were just constructed were demolished.

This situation made him feel inexplicably unhappy.

He is the governor of Liaodong who is based in Ningyuan. Logically speaking, every move on the Songjin defense line should be reported to him and only take action with his permission.

It was fine for Yang Zhen not to report to Zu Dashou in Jinzhou City, but to dismantle the outer defenses of Songshan City without reporting to him, the governor of Liaodong, made him extremely uncomfortable.

And this was the fundamental reason why he had an excuse to attack Yang Zhen when he first met him.

But it was said that Yang Zhen had received the order and accompanied Yang Chaojin, Fang Yizao and others to bypass the south gate bastion and urn city under construction, and entered Songshan City along the side entrance and left path that could be designed.

Along the way, Yang Zhen took the opportunity to explain to Yang Chaojin and Fang Yizao the decision to build an additional urn city and the source of the stone for the additional urn city.

Of course, a large amount of money would be needed to increase the construction of the urn city, and these problems should be solved by Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, and Yang Chaojin, the minister overseeing the army.

After hearing Yang Zhen's solution, Yang Chaojin immediately praised Yang Zhen repeatedly. He greatly appreciated Yang Zhen's approach of demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall and finding a way to solve the problem by himself.

If such a matter is reported at all levels and the Liaodong governor's office is requested for financial support, or the court is asked for financial support, then in the end it will definitely end in nothing.

Fang Yizao walked and looked all the way until he saw the newly built Wengcheng. After listening to Yang Zhen's explanation and noticing the source of the Wengcheng's stone, he suddenly realized it and his face looked much better.

After all, if Yang Zhen had not taken matters into his own hands and reported the problem to him as the governor, he would not have had any other better method besides the one in front of him.

In the end, Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, could only sigh secretly and helplessly accept the reality before him.

When the group finally arrived at the Zhenwu Temple where they were staying, Fang Yizao, who originally wanted to take the opportunity to bring up the matter and beat Yang Zhen, completely stopped and did not mention the matter again.

The Zhenwu Temple on the northeast corner of Songshan City was the residence and official residence of Yang Zhen's supervisory ministers and ministers prepared for Yang Chaojin.

After Yang Zhen led the generals of Songshan City and surrounded Yang Chaojin and Fang Yizao to this place, Yang Chaojin read out in public the rewards from the Ministry of War to the Songshan generals who followed Yang Zhen to attack behind enemy lines.

The first group, of course, were those generals who followed Yang Zhen across the sea to attack behind enemy lines, including Lu Pinqi, Li Lu, Zhang Chen, Zhang Guogan, and Pan Xi.

Among them, Lu Pinqi, the general of Songshan, had made outstanding achievements in attacking behind enemy lines. He was promoted to deputy general by the general. He still led his troops to garrison Songshan and was controlled by the chief military officer Yang Zhen.

Li Lu, a member of the guerrilla army of the Advance Battalion for the Eastern March, performed meritorious deeds in attacking behind enemy lines. He was promoted from guerrilla to general of the Advanced Battalion for the Eastern March, and the corresponding duties were assigned by Chief Military Officer Yang Zhen at his discretion.

Zhang Chen, the advance battalion of the Eastern March, was guarding Zhang Chen. He performed an attack behind enemy lines and was promoted to two ranks in a row. From garrison, he was promoted to guerrilla, the advance battalion of the Eastern March. The corresponding duties were assigned by Chief Military Officer Yang Zhen at his discretion.

Zhang Guogan and Pan Xi were promoted two levels from the previous rank of Chief Qian to become the Commander-in-Chief of the Advance Battalion for the Eastern Expedition.

The structure of the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition was completely different from that of other management battalion leaders who recruited soldiers, so the Ministry of War did not clearly define their new duties in the incentive documents and official credentials given to these people.

Any reference to the duties of the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition will be replaced by the words "corresponding duties shall be assigned by Chief Military Officer Yang Zhen at his discretion."

Based on this sentence alone, no matter what military positions or official titles were awarded to these people by Emperor Chongzhen or the Ministry of War, they were still Yang Zhen's subordinates.

The second batch read out by Yang Chaojin were the generals of the advance battalion of the Eastern Expedition who stayed in Songshan City, including Zhang Degui, Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang.

Among them, Zhang Degui, a staff officer of the advance battalion to the east, was promoted to deputy general of the advance battalion to the east for his meritorious service in staying in Songshan. The corresponding duties were appointed by the chief military officer Yang Zhen at his discretion.

Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang, the two older Qian Commanders in the advance battalion for the East March, also made meritorious service by staying in Songshan. They were promoted from Commander-in-Chief by two levels and became one of the newly promoted commanders in the advance battalion for the East March.

The promotion of the three of them was naturally a deliberate arrangement made by Yang Zhen after careful consideration.

Needless to say, Zhang Degui, as Yang Zhen's once ranked number one general, although his fighting ability was average, he was loyal, hard-working and had great military morale.

The most important thing is that he was also the soul figure in Yang Zhen's earliest Guangning rear guard circle, and was Yang Zhen's basic base among the Songshan army.

Such a character plays a very important role in the entire advance camp for the Eastern Expedition, just like a ballast stone, or a needle that stabilizes the sea.

His credit lies not in following the charge into battle, or in killing and capturing the enemy, but in helping Yang Zhen manage camp affairs and stabilize the rear.

Zhang Degui's status and role are so important, so his title cannot be lower than that of Xia Chengde, Zu Keyong, Lu Pinqi and others for a long time.

Especially when the junior figures in Yang Zhen's base, such as Li Lu, have already reached the position of general, it would be bad for Zhang Degui to still stay in his original title.

Moreover, it is also detrimental to his current role as Assistant to the Camp Affairs Office of the General Military Mansion.

If Yang Zhen wants to improve the status of the Assistant Battalion Office and establish the authority of the Assistant Battalion Office, he must first start by improving Zhang Degui's status.

Therefore, whether it is for public or private reasons, Yang Zhen cannot leave behind Zhang Degui, his old buddy.

Correspondingly, when the results of the imperial award were read out, no one among the generals present was surprised by Zhang Degui's promotion.

Both the original generals of Songshan City, such as Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi, and the generals in the advance camp for the Eastern Expedition, including Zu Keyong, Xu Changyong, Li Lu and others, all took this as a matter of course.

As for the promotion of Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang, some people were amazed at the time.

Many generals in the Songshan army knew that Yang Zhen attached great importance to the role of the ironmaking factory and ammunition factory, and attached great importance to the improvement and adoption of firearms.

But they didn't expect that Yang Zhenhui would pay such attention to the craftsmen under the advance battalion.

These people didn't follow them across the ocean, and they didn't fire off guns and cannons in front of the battle line. Even if they stayed in Songshan City to make iron and make medicine, they could still get promotions and rewards just like those who made meritorious service in front of the battle line.

Yang Zhen did not explain this at all. In this way, he wanted to establish such a direction, or create such an atmosphere among the Songshan officers and soldiers, especially in the advance battalion of the Eastern Expedition——

Anyone who can improve firearms will be rewarded just as successfully as if he killed the enemy in battle.

Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang, due to their lower ranks, were not able to attend the reception of the imperial envoys. However, Yang Zhen believed that after the news of their promotions spread, the ammunition factory and ironworks would surely have a high morale.

After the Ministry of War official documents for the second batch of incentives were read out, Yang Chaojin soon read out the third batch, which included Yu Liangtai and Qiu Zhenhai, who were already a little starstruck at the scene.

Of course, the entire third batch of lists includes three people:

Yu Liangtai, a righteous hero of the Liaohai Sea, raised troops to respond to the enemy's rear and successfully annihilated the enemy. Now, Yang Zhen's request is granted, and his troops will be incorporated into the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition, and he will be appointed as the commander of the fleet.

Hu Dabao, a volunteer from the Liaohai Sea, raised troops to respond to the enemy's rear and successfully annihilated the enemy. Now he has specially agreed to Yang Zhen's request and been appointed as the garrison of Gaizhou Bay, under the command of Chief Military Officer Yang Zhen.

Qiu Zhenhai, the former Dongjiang tribe, repented, abandoned the secret, surrendered to the light, and was able to lead the boatmen from the mouth of the Liaohe River. All his past will not be investigated. Now, Yang Zhen's request is granted, and he is appointed as the Jinzhou Bay coastal defense guerrilla. His troops are incorporated into the advance battalion for the East Expedition.

Chief Military Officer Yang Zhen took command.

Yu Liangtai and Qiu Zhenhai waited until the end to read out, which made the two people's moods sink to the lowest point at first, and then suddenly reversed, causing the two people present to let out a sigh of relief involuntarily.

Especially Qiu Zhenhai, who followed Yang Zhen back to Songshan City as a prisoner who was captured and surrendered. Although Yang Zhen had promised him before, the matter of the Ming Dynasty was not something that a regiment training manager in Songshan City could do.

The soldiers have the final say.

If his criminal record is not accepted by the officials of the Ming Dynasty, who have always been aloof and arrogant, for example, by the officials of the Military Examination Department or the Military Selection Department, then no matter how good Yang Zhen says, it is just lip service but not reality.

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Once this happens, it will be troublesome.

After all, he can't continue to be Yang Zhen's personal subordinate in Songshan City for a long time.

He is alone, so that's it. Yang Zhen has been transferred from Songshan and he can just follow him. The problem is that he has brought thousands of people, old and young, from Tianzhuang Terrace. These people cannot continue to exist as black households.

Therefore, it was not until Yang Chaojin read his name that he was completely relieved.

For him, there is no fundamental difference between whether they are guerrillas or generals. The fundamental difference is that now the imperial court recognizes their existence and will not pursue any past matters.
Chapter completed!