The coast where General's Stone is located is about forty miles north of Fuzhou City. It's not too far, not too close. At least it's not the closest landing site to the old Fuzhou Acropolis.

The closest landing point to Fuzhou City is, of course, to go straight inland at night along the mouth of the Fuzhou River and outside the south gate of Fuzhou City.

However, the entrance of the Fuzhou River is the most important place for Fuzhou City's people to guard against pirate attacks. With so many of them and so many boats, it would be extremely difficult to get ashore from there without anyone noticing.

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Besides, Yang Zhen and Shen Yongzhong and his entourage wanted to pretend to be the troops of the Manchu Tatar Two White Banners Han army who had withdrawn from western Liaoning and tricked them into entering Fuzhou City. They could only go from the north of Fuzhou City along the ancient official road.

The road going south is feasible.

Because only by doing this, when they arrive outside Fuzhou City, can they explain it and make sense.

In this way, Yang Zhen led the troops who captured the city and headed south from General's Rock Landing. The group of people, either on horseback or on foot, were divided into two groups, separated by two or three miles from each other. They swaggered towards the city with torches.

The north and south post roads of the Liaodong Peninsula, which connect the four Acropolises of Jin, Fu, Gai and Hai, have never been maintained since they fell into the hands of the Manchu Tatars. They have been in disrepair for many years, and are bumpy and bumpy.

It is still the only thoroughfare connecting north and south.

After more than half an hour of rushing slowly, Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Zhang Guogan and others, surrounded by Shen Yongzhong, finally arrived at a hill a few miles north of Fuzhou City.

There is an abandoned Dunbao ruins on the hill, just to the west of Yi Daoguan Road? It was supposed to be an outpost in the north of Fuzhou City in the past? But it is now in ruins and no one is stationed there.

Yang Zhen and others took advantage of the darkness, dismounted from their horses and climbed onto the ruins of the pier and platform ruins. Looking south, they could already see the twinkling lights of Fuzhou City and the majestic outline of Fuzhou City.

Fuzhou City has a long history. It was once the acropolis of Fuzhou Guards in the Ming Dynasty. The scale of the city is quite large.

The layout of the acropolis is similar to that of other guards in the Ming Dynasty. It is also a square city with a circumference of about six miles. Compared with the size of Songshan City, it is only not smaller, and it is nearly twice the size.

Has Shen Yongzhong ever been to Fuzhou City? In other words, he followed the Zhengbai Banner Han Army Mele Zhangjing Dalhan, departed from Fuzhou City and headed north, and then transferred to Western Liaoning.

Therefore, he is very clear about the situation in Fuzhou City.

Now that we are here? Of course Yang Zhen has to find out about the situation in Fuzhou City from Shen Yongzhong.

And Shen Yongzhong's performance basically satisfied Yang Zhen? Although he didn't take the initiative to speak, he answered Yang Zhen's questions.

Of course? Even without Shen Yongzhong's cooperation, Yang Zhen could learn about the situation in Fuzhou City from the mouths of Yu Liangtai, Yu Haichao's uncle and nephew who were following him.

The unique thing about Fuzhou City is that it looks like a square city, but it has only three gates, namely the north gate, the south gate, and the east gate facing inland. The entire west gate

The side facing the sea is blocked and there is no city gate.

At the same time, Fuzhou City, as an acropolis, had a relatively high garrison size and defense level in the Liaodong defense system of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in addition to the tall city walls, its east, south, and north gates

Above, there are two-story city gate towers, and outside the three gates, there are also outer urns.

Yang Zhen and his party stayed at the abandoned Dunbao ruins next to the post road for a while. It was not until Qiu Zhenhai and others caught up with a large group of people that they set off again and headed straight for the north gate of Fuzhou City.

The journey of three to five miles was approaching in a blink of an eye, and the appearance of Yang Zhen and others immediately caused the guards at the Wengcheng at the north gate of Fuzhou City to scream and scold.

"Who?! Who is there?! Stop now. If you don't stop, let the arrow go!"

Across the long distance, a sound of scolding came from the top of the city, but the scolder spoke Chinese that Yang Zhen could understand.

Yang Zhen followed the instructions from the top of the city, reined in his horse, and then raised the torch high. Doing so was equivalent to raising his hand. Upon seeing this, the large group of people behind him stopped slowly without saying a word.

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The chaos on the top of Wengcheng, the north gate of Fuzhou City, soon stopped. A man who looked like a general, holding a torch, leaned out from behind the battlements, looked down for a while, and then shouted an order for the guards to guard the city.

The soldiers threw torches under the city.

Suddenly, many torches were thrown down from the city, and the light under the urn gate of the north gate of Fuzhou City soon became bright.

"Who are you? Where do you come from and where are you going? Why do you come to this city late at night? Tell the Lord your name quickly!"

Yang Zhen and others surrounded Shen Yongzhong, which was about a stone's throw away from Wengcheng, the north gate of Fuzhou City.

They did not deliberately hide their whereabouts. Many of the people walking in the front were holding torches and wearing the uniforms and flags of the Han army. It only took a moment to look at them and you could see them at a glance.

Perhaps the generals and guards at the top of the city also saw that the people coming below the city were wearing the uniforms of the Han army with two white flags, so when they asked about it, they were a little more polite than before.

When Yang Zhen heard this, he didn't answer. He touched the short-barreled firecracker stuck in his waist, then turned over and dismounted, stepped forward to hold the war horse Shen Yongzhong was riding, holding the torch in one hand, and holding Shen Yongzhong in the other.

The war horse walked forward.

In order to prevent Shen Yongzhong from causing trouble on the way south to Fuzhou City, Yang Zhen had already tied the saddle of Shen Yongzhong's war horse to the reins of Zhang Guogan's war horse who was following Shen Yongzhong on the other side.

The war horse ridden by Shen Yongzhong clattered forward, and Zhang Guogan naturally followed him, as if he were his personal bodyguard.

But in Zhang Guogan's hand, he held a long musket that had been loaded with ammunition and fixed with a bayonet. The bayonet was pressed against Shen Yongzhong's waist.

The two people walked in tandem, half a horse apart, and looked like a master and a servant. However, the life of Shen Yongzhong walking in front was firmly in Zhang Guogan's hands.

In this way, Yang Zhen dismounted and walked, leading Shen Yongzhong's tall horse forward, while Zhang Guogan rode behind, like a personal guard, following Shen Yongzhong's side and rear.

"Stop! Stop! Say your name! Say your name!"

As soon as Yang Zhen and the others entered the shooting range of the guards, there was another shouting and scolding from the top of the city. At the same time, many soldiers guarding the city began to draw their bows and nock arrows, aiming downwards.

"Brother Yongzhong, hold the torch and show your identity to the city!"

Yang Zhen just said this in a low voice and casually handed the torch in his hand to Shen Yongzhong.

During the trip by boat from Changxing Island to Jiangjun Rock Landing, Yang Zhen and Shen Yongzhong traveled together, and they had already made clear their life and death interests to him.

At this time, if Shen Yongzhong rebels, it is difficult to say whether Yang Zhen can enter Fuzhou City tonight, but Shen Yongzhong will definitely die on the spot.

Shen Yongzhong followed Darhan northward to Liaoxi from Fuzhou City. He was still very clear about the basic situation in Fuzhou City.

In Fuzhou City, the Han army of Zhengbai Banner, Wu Zhenchao, and Han Niulu, as well as their heavy artillery that supported the general, were all taken away by Darhan.

Nowadays, there are no heavy artillery in Fuzhou City, especially on the head of Fuzhou City, that can protect the city, except for some bowl-mouth blunderbuss, tiger squatting cannon and other small cannons.

Even if Yang Zhen cannot enter the city tonight, he will still be able to break into the city three to five days later when the heavy artillery arrives.

By then, not only will he be doomed, but his father-in-law's family will also be doomed.

This time, Shen Yongzhong followed Yang Zhen from Songshan City and crossed the sea to Liaonan. He was very clear about the reality of Yang Zhen's troops, and what he knew even more clearly was the strength of Fuzhou City and Jinzhou City.

Virtual reality.

After his successor Shen Zhixiang defected to the Mantars, he was granted the title of Duke Xushun. He seemed to have a high title and strong strength, but in fact, their troops only numbered 3,000 people.

This group was included in the banner, and Huang Taiji organized them into ten Han army Niulu and merged them into the Zhengbai banner.

However, these ten Niulu troops include all the old, weak, sick and disabled they brought from Shicheng Island. In terms of strong and capable tribesmen, it would be good to have two thousand in total.

This time there was something going on in western Liaoning. Dorgon, the flag lord of Zhengbai Banner, mobilized his army for the expedition. In addition to the other Zhengbai Banner Han army Niulu under Darhan, there were also several Niulu under the command of Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang.

Dorgon and Darhan thought that Duke Xushun Shen Zhixiang also had the important task of supervising the construction of warships, destroying pirates, and consolidating coastal defense, so they only deployed his three heavy artillery pieces, Niulu, but they had already destroyed the entire area of ​​Fuzhou City and Jinzhou City.

Heavy artillery Niulu has been exhausted.

Although there are still seven Niulu soldiers left, which sounds like a lot of people, the so-called seven Niulu soldiers are only on paper and are used to receive food, wages and weapons, not real soldiers.

Able to fight.

Although Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang's troops were organized into banners, Jia La, and Niu Lu, his troops became two Jia La and ten Niu Lu, and they were still titled "Xu Shun Gong soldiers"

The inside story of acting under the name Zhengbai Banner and continuing to follow the public soldiers is not known to outsiders.

Of course, Shen Yongzhong would not tell any outsiders about these facts, especially not to the flag owners of Zhengbai Banner and the ministers in charge of the flag.

But if he doesn't say it, he won't say it. He knows it in his heart.

Once Yang Zhen took serious action against Fuzhou City, bombarding the city with heavy artillery and capturing Fuzhou City before the Qing troops returned, it was inevitable.

And once Yang Zhen captured Fuzhou City, the truth about Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang's men would no longer be a secret.

After that, Jinzhou City, which also lacked heavy artillery and had an equally empty military force, would definitely be defeated by Yang Zhen in a single battle.

Even if Yang Zhen failed to capture Jinzhou due to the rush of time and the strong city, then the responsibility of losing Fuzhou City would not be something Xushun Gong Shen Zhixiang could bear.

Just when Yang Zhen urged him to reveal his identity, Shen Yongzhong was thinking a lot and thought of many things. During his hesitation, he suddenly woke up from the sudden stinging pain behind him:

"Don't talk about Fuzhou City or Jinzhou City. If you don't cooperate now, if you don't cooperate, you will die on the spot immediately!"

Thinking of this, Shen Yongzhong immediately took the torch handed over by Yang Zhen and shouted loudly towards the city: "Xu Ergouzi, you are so damn blind! Even I can't recognize you.
Chapter completed!