Yang Zhen led everyone to stand on the Baiyu Mountain Fort, looking up from the mouth of the Long River into the bay, looking all the way to the northwest, and saw a cluster of buildings in a mountain depression a few miles away from the mouth of the river, and immediately asked where it was.

Zhang Degui, who was responsible for resettling the relocated soldiers and civilians, asked about it and replied with a smile: "As for the governor, that is the Longhe Naval Camp. It was the old place where Huang Long Huang's naval camp was stationed when he was stationed at Lushunkou.

"Vice-General Qiu, Yu Dusi, Yan Shengsan and the others led the Southern Navy and their families. This time, they will be placed in the Longhe Camp area. It is backed by mountains and water, and the land is fertile. It is a good place."

The layout of Lushun South City and Lushun North City are exactly the same. The city is relatively small and cannot accommodate too many people.

Yang Zhen just wants to gather all the generals and their families to live in the south part of the city, Lushun, but he can't do it now.

Therefore, when he heard what Zhang Degui said, he could only nod his head in approval and said that his arrangement was good.

"As for the large and small warships of the South Road Navy, they will be stationed in Lushun West Port to the west of Longhekou. There is Laotieshan Mountain to the west, Jiguan Mountain to the south, and Tiger Tail to the east. Surrounded by mountains, there is no wind or waves.

, it is a heaven-given harbor!”

Seeing Yang Zhen nodding, Zhang Degui immediately reported to Yang Zhen one by one the situation of their reception, placement and relocation of troops in the past few days.

The supplies, supplies, and equipment that Yang Zhen brought to the first echelon of the defense movement this time belonged to the original Songshan Iron Works and ammunition factory, and were naturally arranged to the north city of Lushun, which was protected by a city wall.

Lu Pinqi's family members who came with him were quite large, but there was no spare space in the south city of Lushun. Except for Lu Pinqi's own family members, who arranged mansions in the south city, other people who followed him were resettled in Laotieshan and West Jiguanshan.

A large abandoned camp in a mountain col between them.

It was originally the camp of Tieshan Dun in Zhongzuosuo, Jinzhou. There was a large area of ​​abandoned barracks under the pier, and there was also an unknown river that flowed eastward into the bay at the entrance of Lushun. Both sides of the river could be cultivated, enough to house the accompanying family members.

As for the large quantities of grain and grass supplies transported by ship, they were placed nearby at the original Lushun Delivery Warehouse on the left bank of the Halong River in Baiyu Mountain, making it easier to transport them to Jinzhou City and Fuzhou City by sea in the future.

The 120 large-caliber sky cannons newly cast by the former Matsuyama Iron Works in the past three months, as well as a base number of propellant packs and explosive shells matching each cannon, were delivered to the ship on site.

Arrested the artillery battalion led by Yang Shen.

In the past few days, they have been deployed to Baiyu Mountain, Golden Mountain, West Jiguan Mountain, East Jiguan Mountain, Laotieshan, Longhe Camp and other forts.

One hundred and twenty newly cast cannons sounded like a lot, but after they were shipped to Lushunkou and distributed among them, each dangerous pass would only be allocated twenty of them at best.

After inspecting the North City of Lushun and the newly renamed Baiyushan Camp, in the next two days, Yang Zhen led several generals in the South City of Lushun, Zhang Degui, Zhang Chen, and Yang Shen, to inspect several camps around Lushunkou non-stop.

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After running through Sanjian Fort, Shuangdao Bay, Tieshandun, West Jiguan Mountain, Huangjin Mountain, and Longwang Pond one by one, I finally had a good idea of ​​the defense around Lushunkou.

Especially when inspecting Sanjian Fort, Yang Zhen, together with Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang, met with the former Xushun Gong soldiers who detained a group of old and weak Manchu Tatars and their slave laborers in mining and burning kilns in this area.

Generals Wu Chaozuo, Jin Guangyu and Zhang Yanhong.

In order to show that he would disregard past grievances and would reuse them in the future, Yang Zhen ordered on the spot that more than 4,000 Manchu Tatars, men, women, old and weak, and their coated slaves captured from Fuzhou City, Jinzhou City, and Lushunkou Mountains would be captured.

For three, they were organized into three prison camps, which were led by their respective headquarters.

After Yang Zhen captured Fuzhou City, the officers and soldiers under his command slaughtered and looted the city so much that the city was full of Tatars and their servants, leaving only a few hundred people.

After the incident, it was not necessary to kill all the remaining people. After all, the army was short of manpower at that time.

But let's keep them in Fuzhou City, because we are worried that they will have their old master in mind and cause trouble when the Manchu Tatar army goes south to attack the city.

So when Zhang Degui and others arrived at Lushunkou, Li Lu sent all these people out of Fuzhou City and escorted them to the Lushunkou area to be used as coolies to repair the city defenses.

Later, the Manchu Tatar prisoners and their coated slaves identified in Jinzhou City and Lushun South City were also treated similarly and handed over to Zhang Degui, the general office of the Associate Camp Affairs Office, for management.

However, at that time, Zhang Degui did not have any troops to dedicate to guarding these people, so he had to turn to Yang Zhen's cheap uncle Shen Zhixiang to come forward, and let several ministries under Shen Zhixiang's command supervise and supervise them.

Of course, Yuan Jin, Qiu Zhenhai and others also suggested Zhang Degui's plan to transfer Shen Zhixiang's confidants to the military department and take the opportunity to move out of Lushunkou.

And this is exactly what Yang Zhen wants to remedy while remaining calm.

Wu Chaozuo, Jin Guangyu, and Zhang Yanhong were all rare heroes from Dongjiang Town in the original history.

Although in the original history they eventually served the Manchus, now that they have joined themselves, they must use them as their own as much as possible.

Since these people could persist in fighting on the island until the eleventh year of Chongzhen after the defeat of Dongjiang Town, it already shows that they are different from the Sanshun King and his like.

These people were originally close subordinates of Dongjiang Commander-in-Chief Shen Shikui. After Shen Shikui's death, these people turned to his subordinate Shen Zhixiang who supported Shen Shikui.

It is a pity that the court of the Ming Dynasty did not recognize Shen Zhixiang's status, which made them turn against the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, they did not surrender to the Manchu Tatars. On the contrary, they still persisted in fighting the Manchu Tatars on the sea outside the Liaodong Peninsula under the banner of revenge for Shen Shikui.

It was not until the eleventh year of Chongzhen that they followed Shen Zhixiang and ran out of food and grass on the island. They had no way to make a living, so they followed Shen Zhixiang and abandoned the island, went ashore, surrendered to Manta and begged for food.

Correspondingly, Shen Zhixiang obtained the title of Duke Xushun by relying on the soldiers and horses he brought ashore, but these people did not have any titles.

He just got the worldly position of commanding the original troops, and this worldly position was just Niulu, the subordinate of the world leader, that is, Niulu Zhangjing.

Of course, this result is directly related to the strength of the troops each led when they landed and surrendered.

At that time, the total number of people Shen Zhixiang brought ashore was only about 3,000, of which Xu Tianchong's subordinates accounted for nearly half. Therefore, Xu Tianchong's worldly rank was higher than that of others, and he was a Jiala Zhangjing.

As for the other generals under Shen Zhixiang's command, although they were composed of lieutenants, generals, guerrillas, and garrison troops, the men and horses they each commanded were pitifully few.

Moreover, there are many deputy generals, staff generals, guerrilla and garrison generals and assistant generals among them. Some of them were appointed by Shen Shikui on his own with the imperial seal of his former general and military officer in conquest, and some were appointed by Shen Zhixiang after he proclaimed himself as the general military officer of Dongjiang Town.

Those who are appointed can't do anything on the stage at all.

For example, among the three, Wu Chaozuo, who had the highest position in Dongjiang Town in the past, was appointed by Shen Zhixiang himself to win over him after he proclaimed himself the chief military officer of Dongjiang Town.

In fact, after his men came ashore and surrendered to the Mantars, they were only numbered as Niulu.

Moreover, including the young, old, sick and disabled under his command, there is only enough for one Niulu.

As for Jin Guangyu and Zhang Yanhong, this was the case. After surrendering to the Manchu Tatars with Shen Zhixiang, the soldiers under his command either did not have enough for one Niulu, or the old, weak, sick and disabled combined could only have enough for one Niulu, so they were all awarded the Niulu medal.

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After Yang Zhen learned about these situations, he felt that he should use the official letters from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War issued by Emperor Chongzhen to appoint them and try to draw them to serve in his camp.

For this reason, Yang Zhen, accompanied by Shen Zhixiang, the Bo of Xiangping, and Zhang Degui, the general military officer of the South Road and the general manager of the town government's assistant camp affairs office, went to Sanjian Fort and personally appointed Wu Chaozuo to lead his troops as Jinhai.

Lieutenant general of the city camp of Lushun.

At the same time, Yang Zhen appointed Jin Guangyu and his troops as the staff general of the Jinzhou Laocheng Battalion in Jinhai Town, and Zhang Yanhong led his troops as the staff general of the Fuzhou Laocheng Battalion.

The three prison camps are under the leadership of Wu Chaozuotong, deputy general of the Lushun prison camp, and are under the control and command of the Assistant Camp Affairs Office of Jinhai General Town Government.

Naturally, the original officers of the tribes like them suddenly ascended to heaven, and they were all transferred to the headquarters, garrison, commander-in-chief, and commander-in-chief supervising their respective prison camps.

It only suffered those Manchu Tatars and their slaves who were captured in Fuzhou, Jinzhou and Lushun but survived. They were destined to perform various hard labors in the prison camps forever and do various tasks.

Kind of hard work.

For example, we are engaged in city building and the renovation of a large number of abandoned coastal fortresses at the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Another example is mining. Although there are no good iron ores in the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, there are a large number of limestone mines, which require a lot of coolies.

In addition, they may burn lime in a lime kiln, or be sent to a smelter to smelt lead, or collect sulfur manually.

These things have a greater impact on people's health, so of course Yang Zhen would not let his soldiers do them.

In the end, there was no choice but to let the old and weak Manchu Tatar prisoners who were organized into the prison camps and the various coated slaves who once served these Manchu Tatars do the work until they atone for their sins and die.

Unless one day, they can rely on their own contributions or talents to be valued by the superiors of their own prison camp, then they can cut off the braids on their heads and escape from the misery of the prison camp.

Yang Zhen wanted the money rat tails on these people's heads to become a sign that they were of low status and could only live in prison camps.
Chapter completed!