The way back was much more relaxing.

Although the sea was windy, the waves were undulating, and the boat was very bumpy, the soldiers under Yang Zhen's command were extremely tired and could sleep peacefully and have a sweet sleep.

In the evening of that day, as the dusk fell, Yang Zhen and his party led a huge fleet of more than 170 large and small ships, riding on the afterglow of the setting sun, to the waters south of the mouth of the Xiaoling River.

There are several ready-made piers at the Shuiyuying Sandbank south of the mouth of the Xiaoling River, and at the Anchor Bay Boat Camp further south, where ships can dock and people can go ashore, making everything very convenient.

According to Yang Zhen's order, Yu Liangtai and Yan Shengsan led their ships and manpower and went straight back to their station at the dock on the east side of Shazhou, Shuiwan Camp, and docked ashore, while Qiu Zhenhai and Yuan Jin anchored and landed at the Anchor Bay Boat Camp.

When the expedition ships returned to the port, the people who stayed behind happily greeted them at the dock. Then they heard that the Songshan army had returned with a great victory. Several naval camps outside Songshan suddenly became a sea of ​​celebration.

After Yang Zhen got off the boat, he led Yuan Jin, Zhang Chen, Li Lu and others, followed Qiu Zhenhai, and came to Qiu Zhenhai's simple official residence in the ship camp of the Zhimao Bay Peninsula for temporary residence.

This so-called official office is actually a relatively independent courtyard built mainly of stones, facing the mountain and facing the sea.

The courtyard walls are made of various stones. The walls of several main rooms and side rooms in the courtyard are also made of stone. There are only a few log columns in various load-bearing places, and on the roof, there are

It is paved with a thick layer of reed poles.

Of course, a layer of wooden boards was nailed to the rafters under the reed poles, so although the house looked rough and crude on the outside, it was clean and tidy inside.

There were no other luxurious furnishings in the room, just a long kang covered with wooden planks. There were several wooden kang tables on the big kang, with a teapot and several tea bowls placed on them.

Qiu Zhenhai led Yang Zhen, Yuan Jin and others into the house, and immediately ordered people to light a fire. The originally cold room quickly became warm.

"What should we do next? Everyone, tell me. Should we find a way to return to Songshan City, or should we stay outside the city temporarily and wait for the opportunity? I want to hear your opinions first."

After Yang Zhen temporarily settled down in Qiu Zhenhai's official office, he quickly sent someone to summon the musketeers, grenadiers, artillerymen, and several major generals of the fleet to discuss the matter together.

He needs to unify his thoughts on what to do next.

At this time, Yuan Jin, Li Lu, Zhang Chen, Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, Yang Shen, Yan Sheng and others, like Yang Zhen, were sitting around a kang table filled with food and tea, sitting cross-legged and burning.

On the huge bed.

Everyone heard Yang Zhen ask, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows what Yang Zhen's next plan is, so it's hard to speak.

After a moment of silence, Qiu Zhenhai coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and broke the silence first.

He said: "Captain, this time we not only killed Shi Tingzhu and his son, but also captured Duduo, the tenth prince of the Manchu Tatars, as well as Manchuria's Gushan Ezhen Turge and Qiangushan Ezhen Ilden with white flags.

Once this news is sent back to the Manchu Tatars, the Manchu Tatars will definitely not give up. In view of their humble position, Songshan City will probably face an unprecedented war next!"

When Qiu Zhenhai said this, all the generals present looked up at him. Some of them had their eyes widened with surprise, and some of them frowned in thought.

They had not enjoyed the joy of victory in the Dongguangou ambush battle and the Woniugou ambush battle for long before the dark clouds of the war shrouded their heads again.

"So, in your opinion, should I lead the team back to Songshan City and take command, or should I stay outside the city and wait for the opportunity?"

After the series of ambush battles launched in Dongguangou and Woniugou, the ambiguity deliberately created between Yang Zhen and Mantazi naturally disappeared.

Yang Zhen was also very sure that in the future, Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Manchu Tatars, would settle all the old and new grudges together and send a large army to take revenge.

The question now is, should I continue to wander around the edge of the battlefield with the main force or even stay on the outside of the battle in western Liaoning, or should I return to Songshan City and rely on the fortifications of Songshan City to fight to the death with the Manchu Tatars?

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Regarding this issue, Yang Zhen was a little undecided for a while.

Because once he returns to Songshan City, he will probably lose the initiative in this battle, and will have no chance to lead his team out of the city, wander around the edges of this battle and take the initiative.

The pros and cons involved were a little unclear to him for the moment.

But when Yang Zhen asked this question immediately, Qiu Zhenhai suddenly hesitated. His original intention was of course to let Yang Zhen return to Songshan City as soon as possible, but since Songshan City was about to face a war and it was so dangerous, he suggested that Yang Zhen return to take charge of the overall situation.

, something seems a little wrong.

Qiu Zhenhai was hesitating and didn't know how to answer. At this time, he heard Yuan Jin suddenly say solemnly: "Since Beizhi followed the Governor, no matter how big or small the battle, the Governor will win every battle. Beizhi detailed the reasons and found that the Governor won every battle.

Victory is all based on wisdom, not strength. They all rely on the convenience of the sea route, the appearance of ghosts and the disappearance of ghosts, and then the calculation of intentions without intention, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, and attacking the unprepared to win. Does the Commander-in-Chief think so?"

Yuan Jin may have had too much contact with Yuan Shu, and when he became serious, his speech became formal.

But Yang Zhende admitted that what he said made sense, and it was indeed the case.

So after Yuan Jin said this, Yang Zhen thought for a moment and nodded to him to express his approval of what he said.

The other generals present also nodded involuntarily. Everyone knew that this was Yang Zhen's secret to leading his troops from victory to victory so far.

However, although Yang Zhen and the other generals agreed with Yuan Jin's statement, they did not know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so they all looked at him and waited for him to say the next thing.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Yuan Jin did not keep everyone waiting, and then continued: "This time, if the governor leads his army back to Songshan City, and the Tatar army surrounds the city, it will be called Tiantian

It should not be called a situation where the earth and the earth are not working. That is sacrificing one's strengths and exposing one's shortcomings, which is what a wise man will not do!"

"You mean to suggest that I stay outside Songshan City to contain the enemy?"

After Yang Zhen heard what Yuan Jin said, he saw that Zhang Chen, Li Lu and Yu Liangtai among the generals present nodded in agreement, so he made it clear and asked him directly.

However, at this time, Yuan Jin was heard replying in a deep voice: "The humble position means that the governor might as well do a bigger job. Let's rest here for a few days and wait until the tenth prince of the Tatars, Duduo, is captured in an ambush and the entire army is annihilated."

After the news was sent back to the Shengjing City of Manchu Tatars, and when they dispatched their troops and generals and gathered the army to come west, we repeated our old tricks and took the opportunity to cross the sea to the east and attack the Manchu Tatar rear.

"At that time, whether we go to Gaizhou or go directly to Fuzhou, with these heavy artillery brought back from Woniugou, no matter where we attack, we will be able to defeat them in one battle."

When Yuan Jin said this, the navy generals such as Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, and Yan Shengsan immediately brightened up, as if they saw a greater victory waving ahead, and they all nodded in agreement involuntarily.

Yu Liangtai nodded and said: "It should be so, it should be so. In Fuzhou Bay and Jinzhou Bay, there are uncles and nephews of Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and others on Tu'er Island and Changxing Island to support them. If we can take advantage of this to conquer the Tatars

When Zi Xiangbai Banner's vitality is severely weakened, if he captures Jinzhou and captures southern Liaoning, the situation on both sides of the Liaohai Sea will definitely be changed. Moreover, doing so is in line with the governor's previous winning method!"

Attacking Jinzhou, seizing southern Liaoning, and using this as a foundation to manage both sides of the Liaohai Sea was Yu Liangtai's long-term anti-capitalist strategy that he hoped to persuade Yang Zhen to adopt.

He had already spoken to Yang Zhenjin before, but at that time he also knew that the time was not ripe.

But now, in the ambush battles in Dongguangou and Woniugou, Yang Zhen not only severely damaged the Mantatars' white flag, but even the flag owner of the Mantatars, Dodo, the tenth prince of the Mantatars, became his own

Prisoner.

Moreover, Yu Haichao returned from Changxing Island for the second time at the end of September and had already brought back the exact news that Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and others had joined Yang Zhen.

At the same time, they also further determined that the man who led the army to build a naval force in Jinzhou was none other than Shen Zhixiang, Duke Xushun, who had been affiliated with Zhengbai Banner of the Manchu Tatars, and Zhengbai Qi, one of the confidants of the Manchu Tatar puppet emperor Huang Taiji.

Han army Maile Zhangjing Dalhan.

If the time was not ripe before and they still needed to wait patiently, then now the time is obviously ripe to go to Liaonan, capture Jinzhou or Fuzhou in one fell swoop, and use this as a foundation to establish a new world.

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After Yu Liangtai finished speaking, he looked at Yang Zhen expectantly, hoping that Yang Zhen would make up his mind.

However, what surprised him, and what also surprised Yuan Jin, was that although their two statements were recognized by most people, Yang Zhen remained silent, apparently because he had other considerations.

"What you said is right. God gives you something, and you must suffer the consequences. This opportunity cannot be missed, and the time will never come again. We will definitely go to Jinzhou. But it is not in front of us, not now."

At this time, Yang Zhen had made up his mind, but he was not going to directly cross the sea to attack Jinzhou or Fuzhou, and then attack the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.

The ammunition consumed in the Dongguangou and Woniugou ambush operations needs to be replenished, and the manpower lost on the battlefield needs to be replenished. Until these things are done, we cannot easily cross the sea to Jinzhou and Fuzhou.

Because going to Liaonan again will not be a simple hit-and-run guerrilla war. Once Jinzhou or Fuzhou is defeated, he will actually occupy the area and then lead the war from western Liaoning to eastern Liaoning. To do this, he must do

Only when you are fully prepared, or more confident, can you take action.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen finally said: "I have made up my mind. Tonight we will divide our troops into two groups, one on land and one on the sea.

"On land, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, and Yang Shen's troops will follow me through the secret road and return to Songshan City tonight. We will first rely on the fortifications of Songshan City and inflict a large number of casualties on the enemy. Then the enemy will retreat and we will advance.

Then take the sea route straight to southern Liaoning.

"At sea, Vice Admiral Yuan will cooperate with Qiu Zhenhai to guard the Anchor Bay, and Yan Shengsan will cooperate with Yu Liangtai to guard the Mariner Camp. In short, we must first ensure that the Songshan army's retreat is intact, and that the Songjin grain road remains intact, and then we can make progress and plan a counterattack.
Chapter completed!