After Yang Zhen said this, the captain Li Lu, the adjutant Pan Xi, and Yang Zhan'ao and Yan San who were following him all smiled and nodded, indicating that they understood and would follow suit in the future.

Yang Zhen knew in his heart that they were a little disapproving, and he also knew that they did not understand that this coast was actually a treasure. You could dry salt, fish, hunt, and many daily necessities could be obtained locally.

But now was not the time, and he was not in the mood to talk about these things further. Seeing that they had almost eaten, he continued: "Tonight we are going to the Tatar camp again! But this time, it is not an exploration, but a sneak attack!

I have finished the basic arrangements, but there is one thing I need to explain to your grenadiers individually!"

After Yang Zhen said this, he stood up. Everyone else put down their bowls and chopsticks and stood up, waiting for Yang Zhen's instructions. However, they saw Yang Zhen pointing at Yan San beside him and saying:

"This Yan San, his name is Yan Shengsan! He is my new brother! He is very good! I am very satisfied with him! From now on, he will be the deputy captain of the personal soldiers beside me! He will also receive the general salary!"

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, Yan San, who was a little surprised, immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Yang Zhen, and said: "Little Yan Shengsan, thank you for your promotion!"

Seeing this, Yang Zhen bent down and pulled him up, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Stand up straight! Don't kneel down! You deserve this! It's just that there are not many soldiers in the advance camp, so we can't arrange for you.

!But remember, work hard and I won’t treat you badly in the future!”

At this point, Yang Zhen paused and did not continue the topic. Instead, he said: "Tonight, the task of blowing up the Xiaoling River pontoon! I want to hand it over to you!"

"Don't worry, sir! No matter how messed up the little one is, he still guarantees to complete the task!" Yan San said immediately.

"You don't need to be messy! As long as you complete the mission and come back safely!" After hearing Yan San's answer, Yang Zhen was very pleased with his answer, but he did not want to sacrifice a capable subordinate for a pontoon bridge, so

Looking at him, he continued: "My idea is that after you take the helm and see us off this time, take the people back to the main river, seize the opportunity, and continue upstream, that is, to the west.

"After we rush into the Tatar camp, the Tatars will definitely have no time to take care of the pontoon. You take the opportunity to take a boat and go up to the pontoon. Place several enemy missiles separately on the pontoon, and then light them on fire.

,Blow up the pontoon!"

At this point, Yang Zhen saw that Yan San was about to speak again, waved his hand to stop him, and continued: "The most important thing for your trip is to seize the opportunity! The first one is to make sure that after lighting it, you must go down the river quickly,

Go to our landing location and wait!

"Second, don't rush to take action first! You have to wait until the gunfire and fire breaks out in the camp before taking action! If you have any ideas, you can mention them now!"

"Sir! After we blow up the pontoon bridge, can we also take advantage of the chaos and attack the Tatar camp? I also want to make more contributions!"

After listening to Yang Zhen's arrangement, Yan San suddenly realized that after doing this, he would miss the entire opportunity to raid the Tatar camp.

He had done so much before just for this moment, but when this moment came, he became an outsider, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"You have done enough credit! If you can successfully blow up the Tatar pontoon bridge and cut off the communication between the north and south Tatar camps, it will be equivalent to blocking the counterattack of the Tatar army in the Empress Palace Camp with your own strength.

!Don’t you think this credit is enough?!”

After Yang Zhen said this, he looked at Yan San, and Yan San also realized that Yang Zhen valued this pontoon so much. In this case, he should not take the credit for defeating the Tatar camp with the team.

After all, Shangguan's appreciation is the most important!

Yan San didn't say anything more. After listening to Yang Zhen's words, he immediately took the order.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Zhen said to Li Lu: "Originally, I was going to arrange for your men to blow up the pontoon bridge, but you haven't been there yet, and you are not familiar with water, so you don't know how to sail on the water, so you arranged for Yan San! But

You must accept this favor! Today, bring more of your newly made Ten Thousand Enemies, Dragon King Cannons, and various grenades to Yan San and the others, and teach them how to use them to ensure nothing goes wrong!"

Li Lu and Pan Xi immediately received the order.

Yang Zhen arranged these affairs in a few times, and temporarily left Yan San behind. He took Yang Zhan'ao and two other soldiers back to his shack, and called Zhang Degui. Pan Wenmao explained and continued to boil the salt and continue to make the mixture.

The matter of gunpowder.

When Zhang Degui and Pan Wenmao left, Yang Zhen fell asleep. For several days, what he lacked most was sleep.

Of course, the entire advance battalion, including Xu Changyong's light horse team and Zu Keyong's heavy horse team, have been exhausted by Yang Zhen's fast pace these days.

When Yang Zhen fell down to sleep, in the four camps on the entire Shazhou Island, except for Yuan Jin, who also carefully selected the so-called "Marine Death Squadron", the other camps were basically snoring.

The Mongolian soldiers under Xu Changyong were even more exhausted. When they were on the ship, they couldn't eat well and sleep well. After they finally got off the ship, they were immediately subjected to extremely heavy physical labor.

The trestle and pier were built in the first half of the night, and their horses were disembarked in the second half of the night. The three hundred Mongolian soldiers had long been holding back their anger. They heard that the night was a life-and-death battle with a surprise attack on the Tatar camp. Everyone put aside everything and

No matter what, I just lie down and sleep to recharge my batteries.

Zu Keyong's department was similar. After arranging the shifts of security and patrol personnel, the others also took the time to rest and recuperate.

Yang Zhen's sleep was really dark and dark.

From the time the sun rose in the morning to the time the sun set in the evening, I slept for five or six hours. I made up for all the sleep I had missed in the past few days.

Everyone around him knew that he was tired, so no one disturbed his sleep.

Moreover, he has no control over other teams in the current advance battalion. In fact, he doesn’t want to. As for the musketeers, artillery teams and grenadier teams formed by his old troops, he does not need to take care of any specific tasks now.

affairs.

Besides, Yang Zhen has given enough tasks to the chief officers and adjutants of each team. It is enough if they can complete the existing tasks well.

Yang Zhen himself was very relieved, so he slept for the whole day. In the evening, he woke up leisurely and found that the sun had set. He was also startled.

After thinking about it, there was nothing important to do, so I just continued to lie down, tightening the thin quilt that had leaked out lint, looking at the roof of the simple semi-underground shack where I was lying, and began to

Sort out your thoughts: "What should I do if I lose tonight? What should I do if I win tonight?"

After thinking for a long time, I finally realized that as long as I could successfully rush into the Tatar camp tonight and set fire to the Tatars' food and grass, I would be considered a winner.

As for how many troops can be withdrawn, that is not something he can control.

But even if the existing troops suffered heavy casualties, it would be enough to break the Tatar camp by surprise.

In other words, as long as we successfully arrive at the Tatar camp tonight just like last night, it doesn't matter whether we win or lose, or in other words, we have already won.

As for what happens in the future, we can only adapt to circumstances.

In fact, regardless of whether they win or lose in this operation, as long as their troops and intentions are exposed, the Tatars will definitely not allow their troops to continue to be stationed at the mouth of the Xiaoling River.

Then, next, I am afraid that I will have to directly face the violent attack of the Tatar army.

When the time comes, should I retreat directly, or should I hold on and then retreat?

If you choose to defend for a while and then retreat, the current defense depth is not enough. You need to find a battlefield in advance and actively build a battlefield.

So, where should the battlefield for the second battle be chosen? In other words, where will the only way for the Tatars to drive them away or eliminate them?

Yang Zhen thought about it for a long time, but had no idea. At this time, Yang Zhan'ao poked his head outside and found that Yang Zhen had woken up, so he immediately came over to ask for instructions on the dinner arrangements.

The army in this era had two meals in peacetime and three meals in wartime. Now in wartime, of course, there are three meals.

Yang Zhen thought for a while, and followed the rules he had established before, and took Yang Zhan'ao and others to the row of shacks on the left wing of the Musketeers.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen was quite well prepared for this dinner. In addition to the salty multigrain porridge, there were also stacks of mixed noodle salty pancakes.

When Yang Zhen arrived at the place, he did not show politeness to Zhang Chen and the others who came out to greet him. He jumped into the shack where the stove was, made himself a large bowl of salty porridge, and pulled out most of a sheet of noodles, carrying a worn-out piece of wood.
Chapter completed!