It's not that Yang Zhen doesn't want to go to Jinzhou, but he wants to have a priority, so when he said this, when he saw Yuan Jin and Yu Liangtai, they looked at him and seemed to have something to say, so he explained to them again:

"The population of the Manchu Tatars is not large, and our top priority is to cause them a lot of casualties. Otherwise, we cannot kill their people, but seize their land first. We send a large army to garrison, but it dilutes our own

The strength of the troops is only a matter of a month or two, so don't be anxious."

After saying these words, Yang Zhen paused for a moment. Seeing that everyone was thoughtful and enlightened, Yuan Jin and Yu Liangtai said nothing, and finally said:

"Besides, if I, Yang Zhen, were not in Songshan City, if I had not brought Duduo to Songshan City, would the Manchu Tatars still mobilize heavy troops and storm Songshan City, regardless of casualties?

"And if the Manchu Tatars don't send heavy troops to attack us in western Liaoning, where will the land of southern Liaoning covered with gold and sea be empty of troops, and how can we take advantage of it?"

Yang Zhen explained his thoughts that gradually became clearer, and all the generals listened in silence.

After a while, Yuan Jin sighed and said: "In this way, the governor has put himself in danger!"

Apart from that, Yuan Jin had nothing else to say.

What they thought of, Yang Zhen thought of, but what Yang Zhen thought of, they didn't fully think of.

After unifying his thoughts, Yang Zhen quickly assigned tasks to the generals.

Yan Shengsan was first assigned a task, asking him to lead his team to take advantage of the rapidly rising tide, go upstream from the mouth of the Xiaoling River, go deeper inland, and create some noise, so that the Manchu or Tatars near the Empress Palace could be swept away.

The two Tartar sentries were attracted to the north.

Then Li Lu was asked to lead a group of grenadiers to serve as the front line, and Yu Liangtai was asked to send a group of small boats to prepare them in the reed marshes on the coast south of the mouth of the Xiaoling River.

As soon as there is any movement in the north, they will return to Songshan along the road that originally led from Songshan City, take over the east gate, and be ready to meet the rear team led by Yang Zhen at any time.

Then, there are Yuan Jin and Qiu Zhenhai. Yang Zhen asked them to arrange ships and prepare to send all the other sentry musketeers, grenadiers, and artillery that came out of Songshan City to the place where they boarded the ship.

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As for the artillery, ammunition, food and equipment and other heavy materials intercepted in Woniugou this time, it was finally decided by Yang Zhen to leave them all outside.

First, these things were too heavy, leaving ships and waterways, and it was very troublesome to transport them on land.

Secondly, the Sailor Camp and Anchor Bay on the coast outside Songshan City also need heavy artillery defense.

The thirty cannons that were previously taken away from these two places will of course be returned to their original positions and re-defended at the gun emplacements at Sailor Camp and Anchor Bay.

However, no matter how good the sky cannon made by Matsuyama Steel is, its range is very limited. In the final analysis, it is just a close combat weapon.

It is easier to use it to guard the Sailor Camp sandbank. After all, the Sailor Camp sandbank is separated from the land by water, and there is endless reeds as a cover. It is impossible for the cavalry full of Tatars to rush to it.

However, it is hard to say about the men and horses stationed in the boat camp on the Anchor Bay Peninsula. After all, they are directly connected to the land. Although they have dug deep trenches, the trenches are different from the sea surface after all.

In Yang Zhen's opinion, it would be better to equip them with some long-range heavy artillery so that the large number of Tatar cavalry would not dare to approach easily.

Of course, Yang Zhen also told Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, and Yan Shengsan to select some 200-material and 100-material warships that were in good condition and install them on the Hongyi cannon and sky cannon brought back from the battlefield.

Get on the boat and try to get a group of gunboats out.

In Yang Zhen's current fleet of advance battalion navy, he does not have a single battleship with 400 materials, but he does have large ships with 200 materials, flat sand ships with 100 materials, and smaller sentry ships, such as centipede ships.

a lot of.

Ordinary sentry boats, centipede boats and other small boats can be equipped with at most one sky cannon or folang machine, but a large ship with 200 materials is enough to install one or even several red cannons weighing several thousand kilograms.

You must know that the predecessor of the Hongyi Cannon was originally a naval gun installed on ships.

Even if only one heavy Hongyi cannon can be installed on the 200-material ship, it can still be used as a mobile fort.

Of course, this approach has not been considered by anyone. Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, and Yuan Jin all hope to do this.

Just because Hongyi cannons are relatively expensive, they were scarce before and now, and it is impossible to equip them in large quantities on navy warships.

For naval warships, the most they can get are small guns, such as Folang machine guns with a fast firing rate, and bowl-mouth blunderbuss.

Now, Yang Zhen did not bring the Hongyi cannons used to conquer the strong city back to Songshan City. Instead, he handed over all these precious Hongyi cannons to them for use. He called Qiu Zhenhai directly. Yu Liangtai was grateful, and Yuan Yuan was even more grateful.

Jin was envious.

That night, around Hai hour, Yan Shengsan, who had already set off northward and penetrated into the land along the main channel of the Xiaoling River, used the ship-borne cannon to head toward the Mantazi camp east of Jinzhou City and on the north bank of the Xiaoling River.

A shot was fired.

Hearing the sound of artillery fire from the north, Li Lu, who had already taken a boat to wait at the edge of the reed marsh, took off a group of advance battalion grenadiers who had taken off their armor with white flags and put on black cloaks.

shore and set off towards Songshan Castle.

The last time they left the city, they marched with a large amount of ammunition against ten thousand enemies. Although the flying general was not very heavy, it was very inconvenient to travel in the narrow, dark and muddy secret passage.

This time when they returned to the city, the ammunition they carried was basically exhausted, and the relatively heavy enemy of ten thousand people had no ammunition left. On average, each person only had one or two flying generals left. They were relaxed, and in addition

Once you are familiar with the road, you can move very quickly.

Half an hour after Li Lu set off, Yang Zhen led the subsequent brigade and the important prisoners they captured in the ambush battles in Dongguangou and Woniugou, and quietly set off ashore.

The night was dark and gloomy, and the wind was as cold as a knife. Sometimes Yang Zhen and his party trudged through the secret tunnels of the ditch with their heads bowed, and sometimes they crouched and walked quickly among the reeds and tall grass on the ground.

The Manchu Tatars mounted white flags on the mountain fronts, Zhen Turge, Qiangu Mountains forehead, Zhen Yildun, Han troops with white flags, Mele Zhangjing, Jinweicheng, and Jia La Zhangjing, Tong Guoyin. Each one was thrust into the body with the tip of a knife and had his mouth gagged.

, tied his hands, caught in the group, and stumbled forward.

Duduo, the Tenth Prince of the Manchu Tatars who had been suffering from high fever on the ship and had half his life left after getting off the ship, was sometimes unconscious and sometimes conscious. He was carried on a stretcher by Guo Xiaowu and Ma Keqing, and passed the coast and Songshan City.

In the wilderness area between them, they successfully arrived at the bastion outside the east gate of Songshan City.

Whether it was Turge and Ilden who were slightly injured, or Jin Weicheng and Tong Guoyin who were unscathed, it was not until this moment that they suddenly woke up and finally figured out how Yang Zhen and his group left Songshan City and how they left Songshan City.

Suddenly appeared in the mountainous area in the northwest of Lianshan Mountain.

Including the half-dead Tenth Prince of the Manchu Tatars, Dodo, also woke up for a while during the march, opened his eyes and observed the secret passage he was in.

However, by this time, of course, everything was too late.

On the one hand, they were shocked by the complexity and precision of the fortifications built by Yang Zhen outside Songshan City. On the other hand, they deeply regretted their carelessness when they passed by Songshan City.

At the same time, they were scolding the two yellow banner Han troops in Gushan'e, Zhen Ma Guangyuan and Ma Guanghui brothers one by one. Songshan City was right under their brothers' noses, but they were so concerned about Yang Zhen leading his army out of the city.

I don't know anything about it.

Moreover, from the east coast to the east gate of Songshan City, which was a winding journey of nearly ten miles, they did not encounter any of their own troops who were staying behind in Songjin.

Even if they want to yell or risk their lives to make some noise on the way to remind themselves of the troops on that side, there is no chance at all.

Because along the way, although they had many opportunities to move on the ground, they did not see the shadow of any of their own sentries.

That night, around midnight, Yang Zhen led the rear team and finally arrived at the place where they had set out a few days ago outside the east gate of Songshan City. Li Lu had already brought Yang Chaojin, the supervisor of the army who was in charge of staying behind, and the deputy generals guarding the city.

Been waiting for this for a while.

In just a few days, everyone was extremely happy to see each other again.

Everyone greeted Yang Zhen, excitedly stepped forward to greet him, and then surrounded him into the east gate and walked happily towards the General Military Mansion.

The news that Yang Zhen ambushed Duduo and Shi Tingzhu in Dongguangou and Woniugou and won a great victory has been spread by Li Lu.

The people who stayed behind in Songshan City, including the founding minister Yang Chaojin, the deputy generals Zhang Degui, Xia Chengde, and Lu Pinqi, were all overjoyed.

In particular, Duduo, the tenth prince of the Manchu Tatars, who was carried into Songshan City, and the main prisoners who were kidnapped and brought back to Songshan City, such as Turge, Yildeng, Jinweicheng, and Tong Guoyin, made them even more confused.

Open your eyes.

When have they ever seen such a situation!

In their memories, since the collapse of the Liao Dynasty, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would face the Manchu Tatar army. It was already extraordinary to be able to protect the city, or to occasionally win a small victory in the field.

achievements.

But when it comes to the victories of generals above Niulu Zhangjing who captured the Manchu Tatars alive, they are very rare, and can even be said to be a handful.

As for what Yang Zhen did this time, capturing in one fell swoop several Manchu Tatar Gushan Ezhen, Mele Zhangjing, Jiala Zhangjing, and even a famous Manchu prince, that is

Something that has never happened before.

They never even dared to think that Yang Zhen could achieve such results and gains during his guerrilla outing in the city!

However, the facts are before them.
Chapter completed!