Chapter 42: Exciting General
Yang Zhen slept on the fast-moving boat for about two-quarters of an hour. The bumps and bumps of the Centipede boat as it crashed onto the sandbank beach woke him up immediately.
As soon as he woke up, he saw the beach full of people coming to greet him.
This time when I suddenly woke up from a short sleep, I no longer had the panic and confusion of not knowing where I was in this world or what day it was. Instead, I was just elated that I had discovered the enemy's situation and returned safely.
As soon as Yang Zheng jumped off the centipede boat, Zhang Degui stepped forward and grabbed him. He was both happy and concerned and asked: "Why did it take so long to return? Have the Tatars been alarmed? Are there any casualties?"
"Old Zhang! Look what you are talking about! Didn't you see that they are all back? They all have their tails and beards intact. This is called returning victoriously! Hahahaha!"
Xu Changyong and Zhang Degui were similar in age and had the same official position. After getting along with each other these days, they became familiar with each other. Seeing Zhang Degui's behavior, he immediately started making jokes about him, and immediately burst into hearty laughter after speaking.
Yang Zhen nodded at Zhang Degui, then stepped forward to meet with Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong, Yuan Jin and others, and then ordered Zhang Chen, Yan San, Yang Zhan'ao and others to return to camp to rest, while he and the few who came to greet him
Together with the generals, they came to Yuan Jin's camp on the island.
Most of the oarsmen and boatmen in Yuan Jin's naval camp are still staying on the large ships anchored at the beach. They are the first group to go ashore to rest and follow him.
Yuan Jin's naval camp is not high-level and has a low status, but because of the convenience of being on a first-come-first-served basis near the water, their camping conditions are much better than those of the various teams in the advance camp.
As far as the food, salt, tea and other daily necessities provided by the imperial court to Liaodong were concerned, others were in short supply, delayed, and owed, but they had "everything they need."
The money and wages are all available, and they dare not touch them easily. However, there are many tricks and tricks involved in daily necessities such as food, salt, tea, clothing, tents, etc.
The original Yang Zhen may not have understood, but the current Yang Zhen, who was born as the director of the office of a later generation unit, knew very well that he often did some things for personal benefit under the name of the public.
So knowing that Yuan Jin's camp was nearby, he led everyone straight to Yuan Jin's own tent without saying a word.
Yuan Jin was a garrison officer in an under-staffed naval camp, and his rank was much lower than that of Yang Zhen. However, Yang Zhen himself did not have any tents for marching and camping, let alone a large and impressive tent.
Everyone under his command, including himself, lived in shacks built by themselves.
When several generals came to Yuan Jin's tent, they all admired him. Yang Zhen, who was already thirsty and couldn't bear it, directly picked up the teapot on the table in the tent and drank from the spout of the teapot.
A full stomach of "half-warm" tea.
Yuan Jin, who came in together, saw Yang Zhen like this, smiled bitterly, and immediately asked someone to bring some cold salted noodles.
Seeing the cake, Yang Zhen, who had been hungry for a long time, his chest pressed against his back, his eyes were shining, and he was not polite. He took it and chewed it, occasionally pouring the remaining tea in the teapot into his mouth.
In a matter of seconds, three pieces of mixed noodle pancakes were eaten.
Yang Zhen finished the noodle cake in a hurry, patted his belly and burped, and then saw Xu Changyong, Zhang Degui, Zu Keyong, and Yuan Jin, all looking at him with a smile.
It was only then that Yang Zhen realized that he, the hereditary commander of the guards and the deputy general of the imperial court, was really a bit unseemly. He smiled awkwardly at the moment, then suddenly became serious, and finally said to everyone solemnly:
"Everyone! This time, my brother led a team to scout out the enemy's situation. It will definitely not be in vain! A huge achievement and a huge wealth are placed in front of us!"
Yang Zhen's words immediately focused the attention of several people. The non-stop rhythm of his words made these people stunned!
"Brother, please tell me, what kind of enemy situation did you detect?! What kind of great achievement is it?! And what kind of wealth is it?!"
At this time, Yang Zhen was no longer anxious. He took another piece of mixed noodle cake from Yuan Jin's soldiers, took a big bite, and while chewing, he looked at the anxious Xu Changyong, and although he was a little anxious,
, but Zu Keyong endured and did not ask questions.
At this time, Yuan Jin couldn't help but speak: "Brother! Have you seen the Tatar camp with your own eyes?! The Tatars are really undefended on the coast?! Brother, tell me!"
Yang Zhen swallowed a big mouthful of noodles with difficulty, and finally said: "That's right! And this Tatar camp is full of haystacks and grain hoards. At first glance, it is the back camp of the Tatar army outside Songshan.
A land of food!
"And the most important thing is that there are not many real Tatars stationed in this camp. Most of the people stationed are the soldiers brought by the real Tatars with the army! That is, the coats of the Tatars! Even including
Those patrolling outside the camp are not real Tatars, they are also the Tatars’ followers, Aha! Most of them are Han people, Aha!”
This time, Yang Zhen said all the important words in one breath, which made everyone shocked, unbelievable and excited at the same time!
"You are all old warriors! Do the math for yourselves. The Tatars only have such a big area in total, and how many strong Tatars there are in total! This time, the Tatars besieged Jinzhou and Songshan, known as
There are tens of thousands of troops, but the real Tatars among them, I guess, are only 10,000 or 20,000! The rest are mostly two Tatars who help them raise war horses, transport grain and grass, and take care of camp affairs. To put it bluntly, they are some of the camp's
Aha, the handyman! What can these people do without the support of real Tatars?! Killing them is just chopping melons and vegetables!"
Yang Zhen looked at the expressions of the generals and saw that they were excited for a while and doubtful for a while, so he used the method of provoking the generals again: "The most important thing is that they are in the light and we are in the dark. They are unprepared and we are prepared.
We calculate with intention but not with intention, and then catch him by surprise. If we still can't make a contribution, we might as well find a piece of tofu and hit him to death!
"Besides, we don't have to go head-to-head with them! We just need to prepare oil and gunpowder. It will be a dark and windy night when we set fires. If we just set fires, don't we worry about not burning the Tatars' grain and grass! Burning theirs
How can the Tatars not retreat if they have food and grass? If the Tatars retreat, wouldn’t our contribution be as great as the sky!?”
Yang Zhen's questions after him were like heavy hammers hitting Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong and Yuan Jin on the chests, finally killing these men whose blood was still cold.
Activated!
"Okay! I've done it! You have to do it too! If you can't defeat the Tatars' Mabu Camp, how can you not defeat the damn Grain and Grass Camp?! If you can't defeat the Tatars' Baya La, how can you not defeat those two Tatars?
Yi Aha?!"
Xu Changyong looked excited. He gritted his teeth and hit the palm of his left hand with his right fist. He kept walking on the ground, spinning in circles and shouting.
Zu Keyong was originally a strong general, and he naturally did not want to lag behind others when it came to fighting. After Yang Zhen was provoked, he couldn't help it anymore. After Xu Changyong finished speaking, he continued:
"That's right! Both left and right have to do it! If we take them by surprise and attack them unprepared, we have already won 50% of the victory! If we can burn the Tatars' food and grass, our mission of rescuing Songshan and even relieving Jinzhou will be completed in one battle! Yang Xie Town
, I’ll go with you!”
As soon as Zu Keyong finished speaking, Yang Zhen was overjoyed. He knew Zu Keyong's bravery, and he also knew the bravery of the one hundred Zu Dashou Central Army led by Zu Keyong.
Although the planned "sneak attack" did not use cavalry at all, especially Zu Keyong's heavy cavalry, Zu Dashou's central army, even without horses, was still a strong soldier.
These one hundred people are enough to match the three hundred Mongolian soldiers under Xu Changyong's command, and they are even more effective than those three hundred Mongolian soldiers.
Therefore, Xu Changyong took the initiative to ask to participate in the war. Although Yang Zhen was also happy, he was not overjoyed. On the contrary, it was Zu Keyong's words that immediately boosted his confidence.
Chapter completed!