Shen Yongzhong treated all the things Yang Zhen asked him about, such as his wife, father-in-law, and children, as his personal trivial family matters.

But for Yang Zhen, these seemingly unrelated things are definitely not trivial matters, nor are they trivial matters. Instead, they are important matters that affect whether and how he will capture Fuzhou next.

Yang Zhendong's questioning with a hammer and a stick made him a little confused for a moment, and he couldn't understand why Yang Zhen asked him these things instead of asking him about the various military affairs of his successor, Duke Shen Zhixiang.

Therefore, while he answered Yang Zhen's questions truthfully, he looked at Yang Zhen with confusion and confusion, hoping to get answers from Yang Zhen.

However, at this time, Yang Zhen no longer cared about what Shen Yongzhong was thinking personally. His original solemn expression suddenly relaxed, and he said repeatedly with a smile on his face:

"That's good, that's good, that's good! Hahahaha——"

Shen Yongzhong was still waiting to ask again, but he saw that Yang Zhen had already turned around and strode back to the top chair in the center of the meeting hall. Then he turned around and said loudly to the generals in the meeting hall:

"Everyone, I have made up my mind. We will attack Fuzhou City. We will take Fuzhou and then talk about the rest."

Yang Zhen no longer hesitated, and his words were decisive. Everyone present saw that Yang Zhen had made up his mind, so naturally no one stood up to object. They all clasped their fists and said in unison:

"The governor is wise!"

Hu Changhai was also happy that Yang Zhen could listen to his opinions, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little more at ease.

Since Yang Zhen is coming, let's do it. I can't stop him anyway. Under such circumstances, is the best way to just let nature take its course?

What if Yang Zhen can lead his army to defeat Fuzhou City this time? At least he can spend the winter here safely without having to run away again.

Hu Changhai was just thinking when he heard Yang Zhen continue to say: "Everyone, it's past noon now. Do all the troops need to take a rest? By the evening of this evening, we will board a boat and land ashore to capture Fuzhou City!"

As soon as Yang Zhen said this, there was an uproar in the meeting hall, including Zhang Chen, Li Lu, and Yang Shen, who also stared at Yang Zhen in disbelief.

"Commander, although the attack on Fuzhou is a fast one, we are new here by boat across the sea. We have to rest for a night before we can go into battle."

Before Zhang Chen, Li Lu, and Yang Shen had time to speak, Yuan Jin, the deputy general of the Juehua Island Navy who first proposed three strategies to capture this place, scratched his head and expressed different opinions.

"Moreover, the artillery team led by Yang Garrison has twenty-two heavy artillery. It is extremely inconvenient to carry it. Landing it ashore? Transporting it to Fuzhou City is not something that can be done overnight. And if these heavy artillery cannot be put into battle, how can we fight? Are you so angry that you can go to Fuzhou City?"

"Haha? Lieutenant General Yuan, Brother Yuan? You are thinking of something wrong. Please be patient, please be patient? Be patient, be patient!"

Yang Zhen knew what Yuan Jin meant? He knew what Yuan Jin was thinking. They led their troops to the foot of Fuzhou City. It would be best if they could win it in one battle. Otherwise, they would definitely scare the enemy.

At that time, reinforcements from the Tatars may arrive from the direction of Gaizhou, Xiongyue, and Jinzhou. Once this happens, it will be difficult to handle.

Therefore, the best way to attack Fuzhou is to not take action at all. Once you take action, you must capture it. You must not engage in anything like a second attack on Fuzhou or a third attack on Fuzhou.

He already had an idea about this. Although this idea was a bit risky, due to the relationship between Shen Yongzhong and Xu Tianchong, he decided to take the risk and give it a try.

After hearing Yuan Jin's objection, Yang Zhen first smiled and asked everyone present to be calm, then pointed at Shen Yongzhong and said: "With Brother Yongzhong here, we may not need to attack Fuzhou City by force, and we can succeed!

"

When Yang Zhen said this, the eyes of all the generals present turned to Shen Yongzhong.

When Hu Changhai mentioned before that Xu Tianchong was the leader of Fuzhou City, Yu Liangtai had already pointed out the relationship between Shen Yongzhong and Xu Tianchong.

At this time, this relationship had been confirmed by Shen Yongzhong himself. After Yang Zhen said this, everyone immediately realized that Yang Zhen was preparing to repeat his old tricks and use Shen Yongzhong's identity to outwit Fuzhou.

City.

At this time, Shen Yongzhong himself was the only one who looked at Yang Zhen in surprise and said with some hesitation: "Director Yang, you have overestimated Yongzhong's ability. Even if the troops led by my father-in-law are stationed in Fuzhou City at this time,

Yongzhong may not be able to convince him to surrender to Kaicheng!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Seeing what Shen Yongzhong said, Yang Zhen laughed loudly at first, and then said to him: "Don't worry, I don't want you to go and say that Xu Tianchong will be surrendered. I just want you to lead an army back from western Liaoning."

The Manchu Tatars are passing through Fuzhou City!"

"This is-ah?!"

After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Shen Yongzhong was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood the intention and immediately screamed.

At this time, the other generals in the meeting hall had already understood Yang Zhen's intention, and when they saw Shen Yongzhong's appearance, they all burst into laughter.

Yang Zhen's intention was just to use Shen Yongzhong's identity to trick him into opening the gate of Fuzhou City in the evening.

As for the rest, it was completed by our own troops pretending to be Manchu Tatars.

This time, in the Dongguangou ambush battle, Woniugou ambush battle and Songshan defense battle, Yang Zhen made a lot of gains, and there was no shortage of all kinds of Tatar cotton armor equipment.

There are two white flags, two yellow flags, and red flags. You can find them all.

And not only are there the official Manchu Tatar uniforms and armor flags, but there are also all kinds of saddlery, armor, and flags from these banners and Han army uniforms.

When these things are taken out, they are not just fake, they are actually the real thing.

And when night falls and the sky dims, it’s hard to distinguish between true and false, confusing and confusing. Who can tell the difference clearly?

As soon as Yang Zhen stated his plan, everyone immediately agreed. Only Shen Yongzhong was stunned on the spot, with an expression on his face that he didn't know whether he was happy or worried.

But Yang Zhen no longer cared about him, and only asked Guo Xiaowu to take him away and put him in place. At the same time, he made detailed arrangements for the night in the meeting hall.

It was past Shen hour that day and the sun was beginning to set.

The various troops who had rested on Changxing Island for most of the day boarded the ship and set off on the rising tide in the golden sunset, heading north.

The heavy artillery that was originally not unloaded from the ship did not even need to be unloaded this time. It was directly used as a gunboat and followed them northward.

With these warships loaded with heavy artillery, even if they failed to deceive the city, Yang Zhen and the others would not worry about too much loss. If they were discovered, they could just retreat to the coast and escape unscathed.

It would naturally be very difficult to transport these heavy artillery to Fuzhou City in the dark. However, now that they are loaded on ships, they can serve as gunboats, directly bombarding the coast at critical moments, blocking pursuing troops, and protecting our own side.

The men and horses retreated.

In this way, even if Yang Zhen and the others could not capture Fuzhou City during this trip, they were already in an invincible position.

All the ships of Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Liangtai, Yuan Jin, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and others, totaling more than 300 large and small, all followed him northward.

In addition to the old, weak, sick, disabled women and children from Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou, more than 4,000 soldiers, boatmen and oarsmen of all types went together on Changxing Island.

Once they deceive Fuzhou City, Yang Zhen and the others will soon launch a fierce attack in the dark. Without enough troops and manpower, it will definitely not work.

At the same time, once Fuzhou City is captured, their role will immediately change, and they will soon have to switch from offense to defense and begin to defend the city.

This is the reason why Yang Zhen is more willing to use smart methods to seize the city than to use forceful attacks to seize the city.

Now he has twenty-two red cannons made by the Manchu Tatars. The power of these red cannons is enough to destroy Fuzhou City.

But once they really destroy Fuzhou City, the subsequent reconstruction will inevitably consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

If the reconstruction can be completed before the Manchu Tatar army returns to southern Liaoning, it will be okay.

But if they did not complete the reconstruction of the destroyed city when the Manchu Tatar army withdrew, then what was the point of capturing Fuzhou City?

However, it was said that in the evening of that day, Yang Zhen led his fleet to anchor on the coast near Jiangjunshi, north of Fuzhou City, and began to disembark.

When the afterglow of the setting sun completely disappeared at the end of the horizon, Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yu Liangtai and others rode on the few war horses brought from Changxing Island, surrounded by the involuntary Shen Yongzhong.

Turn all the way south and walk along the avenue towards Fuzhou City.

At this time, the first echelon, which was mainly composed of advance battalion musketeers and grenadiers, were all fully armed and wearing the soap-inlaid white armor of the Han Army Niu Lu with two white flags. Each post, like each Niu Lu, raised the two white flags one after another.

The Han army followed with white flags and hurried south.

Behind them were a mighty group led by Qiu Zhenhai, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou, Hu Dabao and Yan Shengsan.

The two groups of people were separated by a distance, and naturally formed two waves and echelons. The first echelon headed by Yang Zhen had about a thousand people, while the second echelon headed by Qiu Zhenhai was relatively large, with about two people.

Thousands of people.

The other remaining troops, such as Yuan Jin's men, the oarsmen from Changxing Island, and Yang Shen and his artillery team who stayed on the ship, immediately turned around and headed south after Yang Zhen and his team left, all the way back.
Chapter completed!