After a while, a rapid sound of horse hooves came from far and near, and finally stopped outside the meeting hall.

After a while, Zhang Chen, Li Shouzhong, and Guo Xiaowu quickly entered the meeting hall, leading a tall, young man with a money rat tail and wearing a robe and mandarin jacket.

The tall young man in the gold-tailed robe and mandarin jacket is none other than Shen Yongzhong.

After a few days, Shen Yongzhong was still the same as when he first entered Songshan City. Except for his mood being a little depressed and the stubble on his head and face making him look a little haggard, nothing much had happened.

Big changes.

In fact, after he was detained in Songshan City, not only did he not receive any torture or harsh treatment, but he also had plenty of food and drink every day, as well as many conveniences for movement.

For example, places like the Songshan Iron Works and the Ammunition Factory, even many generals in the Songshan army had never entered, but Yang Zhen asked Qiu Biyong to take him to see them.

Such treatment is definitely an honor for him, which shows that Yang has regarded him as one of his own.

But the more Yang Zhen treated him like this, the more uneasy he felt.

Yang Zhenlian has already asked him to visit the two most important places in Songshan City, so will he let him go and go back to the Qing Dynasty?

Although Shen Yongzhong's mind is not very bright, not very vivid, and he is even a bit hindsight, but now that the matter has come to this, no matter how slow he is, he can still think that Yang Zhen must have some conspiracy to treat him like this.

As for what Yang Zhen was planning, it was more obvious than just lice on the bald man's head.

This time, Yang Zhen led his troops to board a ship and went to sea, and even brought him on board. This intention became even clearer.

During the entire voyage with the ship, although Yang Zhen did not summon him or persuade him to surrender, Shen Yongzhong was always thinking about where he should go.

At this moment, Shen Yongzhong was brought to the meeting hall where Yang Zhen and others were. After roughly seeing the situation in front of him, he silently bowed slightly to Yang Zhen. It was regarded as a meeting with Yang Zhen. For the onlookers who were watching him,

Others turned a blind eye.

When Yang Zhen saw this, of course he didn't take it seriously. He smiled and nodded to him, made a gesture asking him to sit down, and then said to him:

"Brother Yongzhong, do you know where this place is?"

Shen Yongzhong basically grew up on the coastal islands of Dongjiang Town. He is no stranger to the sea? To the islands? At this moment, seeing Yang Zhen ask this question when they first met, he thought for a while and replied:

"If this is not an island off the coast of Fuzhou City, it must be an island off the coast of Jinzhou Bay? Where else could it be?"

"Haha? Brother Yongzhong, you are absolutely right. To tell you the truth? This is Changxing Island, separated from the coast of Fuzhou by a shallow bay."

Hearing Shen Yongzhong's answer, Yang Zhen laughed at first, and then told the truth about the place where the fleet docked. After finishing speaking, he paused, and then asked with a smile:

"Then, brother Yongzhong, do you know that I took you out to sea together and came here for what purpose?"

Of course Shen Yongzhong already knew the purpose of Yang Zhen bringing him here, but seeing him asking so straightforwardly in public, he was a little hesitant for a moment.

He had been thinking about it for a long time, but when the matter came up, he still didn't know how to answer it.

Since he had already followed Shen Zhixiang and surrendered to the Manchu Tatars, he naturally could not be a loyal person who would rather die than surrender. If he could surrender to the Manchu Tatars, he could naturally surrender to Yang Zhen.

For him, the only question is who is stronger between Yang Zhen and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, who can have the last laugh, and who can become the final winner.

Judging from the current situation, is there any force in the world stronger than the Eight Banners Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty?

If he surrenders to Yang Zhen now and helps Yang Zhen persuade his uncle and heir-father to surrender, then where will they go if Yang Zhen is defeated in three or two years?

If he is alone, that's it. Anyway, the matter is over. If he doesn't surrender to Yang Zhen, is there any other choice?

Yang Zhen might not kill him because he was born in the Shen family, but if he insists on not surrendering, Yang Zhen will never use him. In this case, what is the difference between killing him?

In just the blink of an eye, Shen Yongzhong had countless thoughts in his mind. He knew clearly what Yang Zhen was asking him, but he was speechless and unable to answer.

Yang Zhen looked at him for a while and saw that his expression changed but he still hesitated to speak, so he stopped asking the question and continued:

"I know what you are worried about. However, what you are worried about is exactly what I want to solve. I led the army here not to surrender to Shen's tribe, but to save your Shen's tribe!

"Whether your uncle Shen Zhixiang in Mantatar admits or not that your Shen family is related to me, Mr. Yang, this relationship still exists.

"Whether your uncle admits this relationship or not, it doesn't actually matter. What matters is whether Huang Taiji and the Eight Banners dignitaries from Manchu Tatar admit it or not."

At this point, Yang Zhen laughed, looked at Shen Yongzhong, whose expression was changing, and then said to him: "Since Huang Taiji can think of sending you into the city to persuade me to surrender, what does it mean? It means that in Huang Taiji's eyes, the Tatars

In the eyes of the Eight Banners dignitaries, they not only know about the relationship between your Shen family and me, but they are also very fond of this relationship between your Shen family and me!"

After Yang Zhen said these words, he paused and looked at Shen Yongzhong intently.

Although Yang Zhen did not clarify his words further, the meaning behind his words was actually very clear.

Since the relationship between the Shen family and Yang Zhen has been established in Huang Taiji's heart, under the current situation, will the Shen family still be trusted by the Manta people and will they still have a future?

Yang Zhen's words also reminded Shen Yongzhong of Zu Zerun's face and what happened to the Shen family after they crossed the sea and surrendered to Huang Taiji. His originally wavering mind began to tilt to the other side again.

What Shen Yongzhong has been worried about is that once he makes a clear attitude and surrenders to Yang Zhen, what will happen to the Shen clan members he left behind in Manchuria?

Ordinary members of the Shen clan, who have three relatives and six close relatives, are ostracized, suppressed, and even punished. But what about their closest relatives?

By this time, Shen Yongzhong had of course already known about Huang Taiji's sudden withdrawal of troops from outside Songshan City.

At the same time, he had also learned from the soldiers celebrating victory in Songshan City that the east camp of Zhenghong Banner City had been destroyed and that Prince Heshuoli Daishan had been bombed to death in the Empress Palace.

Shen Yongzhong had no doubts about the bombing death of Prince Heshuoli, Daishan, because Huang Taiji's sudden withdrawal left him unable to find any other better explanation.

Of course, the Qing soldiers suffered heavy losses when they attacked Songshan City this time. Shen Yongzhong, who was in Songshan City at the time, knew better than Huang Taiji and his ministers outside the city.

At the same time, the sharp firearms and ruthless tactics used by Yang Zhen's Songshan officers and soldiers when they counterattacked the Qing troops and infantry charging into the city also made him feel very complicated.

The firearms used by the Songshan officers and soldiers when they fought back against the Qing soldiers charging into the city were strange and frightening to him, and at the same time, he couldn't help but be envious and jealous deep down in his heart.

If there had been such a steady stream of sharp firearms in the Dongjiang Army when they were stationed on Pi Island, Pi Island would never have fallen.

Besides, he was already like this, and Yang Zhen had the ability to lead an army of 10,000 people to repel the Qing Dynasty's 100,000-strong army. Accepting the reality before him might not be an option for him.

Shen Yongzhong frowned and lowered his head, with a gloomy expression. He was thinking one way and another, and his expression kept changing with his thoughts.

At this moment, Yang Zhen suddenly asked: "Brother Yongzhong, are you already married and married?"

Yang Zhen's sudden question made Shen Yongzhong instantly look up at Yang Zhen. He was stunned for a moment, and then nodded involuntarily.

Seeing him nodding, Yang Zhen asked again: "Do you have any children at home?"

Shen Yongzhong didn't know what Yang Zhen meant by suddenly asking him these questions, so he looked up at Yang Zhen, only to see that Yang Zhen had finished asking and just looked at him expressionlessly. So he thought about it over and over, and finally said truthfully:

"I asked the governor if I have trouble. Now Yongzhong has only one child, less than two years old. I don't know who the governor is, so why do you ask about such trivial matters?"

After hearing Shen Yongzhong's answer, Yang Zhen already had an idea in his mind. Instead of answering Shen Yongzhong's question, he asked again: "Is Xu Tianchong your father-in-law?"

"This——, I don't know, Commander, why do you ask this?"

At this time, Shen Yongzhong seemed to realize something, so he did not answer directly, but asked Yang Zhen instead, trying to figure out the purpose of Yang Zhen's question.

But Yang Zhen didn't care about this. He didn't even answer at the moment. He just asked with a straight face: "You only said that Xu Tian favors him. Is he your father-in-law?"

Shen Yongzhong saw that Yang Zhen was so persistent. After much deliberation, he could not think of anything that should not be said to others, so he said calmly:
Chapter completed!