Lu Pinqi and the other generals present generally knew the meaning of regiment camp.

After all, Yang Zhen had already established two regiment camps before, one was the Songshan regiment camp under the control of Xia Chengde, and the other was the Jinzhou regiment camp under the control of Xu Tianchong.

From this point of view, under Jinhai Town, the standard configuration of the general troops supporting the defense all the way is a regiment and battalion.

"A regiment battalion is a number of different battalion heads, organized together to unite against the enemy. They are under the unified control and command of the chief military officer who assists in guarding all the way, and is responsible for the task of guarding and fighting along the way."

Since Yang Zhen mentioned the Fuzhou regiment camp, of course he had already thought about it, and he patiently said to Lu Pinqi and other generals:

"As for the Fuzhou regiment camp, it is mainly composed of Jinhai North Road troops and horses. There are three battalion heads, plus two independent posts. Let's talk about the two independent posts first, one is the Tuerdao sea patrol post led by Hu Dabao, and the other is the Ma

The artillery posts led by Zhuang will be under your direct command, General Lu!"

Hu Dabao and Ma Zhuang were not at the scene, so Lu Pinqi and Yang Shen hurriedly took orders for them.

After Yang Zhen waited for them to sit down, he continued: "There are three battalions under the Fuzhou Regiment Camp, one is the Fuzhou City Guard Camp, the other is the Tuoshan Patrol Camp, and the third is the North Road Navy Camp!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen found Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou among the generals present, and said to them: "Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou!"

"The humble position is here!"

"The two naval divisions you command belong to the North Road Naval Battalion under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou Regiment Camp. Hu Changhai is still stationed on Changxing Island as the left wing, and Gao Chengyou is still stationed on Beixunkou as the right wing. They are both under the dispatch and command of General Lu!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou were originally assigned to the Jinhai North Road Assistant Guard General. Now that Yang Zhenyi has reiterated this point, they naturally have no objection.

Seeing the two men taking orders, Yang Zhen waved his hand and told them to sit down, and then said to Lu Pinqi: "The Fuzhou City garrison is composed of your own troops, General Lu."

"I understand the humble position!"

“As for the Tuoshan patrol camp I mentioned—where is Xu Changyong?”

"The humble duty is here, the humble duty is here!"

Yang Zhen had noticed Xu Changyong a long time ago. Among the generals who had just shouted to attack Gaizhou City, he had the loudest voice.

At this time, after Yang Zhen called his name, Xu Changyong was stunned for a moment, and then he was happy. He quickly stood up and looked at Yang Zhen with a grin.

Seeing that he seemed to have realized something, Yang Zhen immediately smiled and said to him: "Old Xu, I leave the Tuoshan Patrol Camp to you!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"Okay, as for your patrol battalion, in addition to the three sentry light cavalry you originally led, I will allocate another sentry to join you. This sentry is from Zhao Changshou and Sun Erhu on Xiping Mountain!"

When Yang Zhen saw Xu Changyong accepting the order, he immediately said to him: "They first killed the Manchu Tatar Gushan Beizi Yuele, then sold Li Shutai, and then participated in the battle of Xiping Mountain and defeated the Manchu Tatar.

The Tatars attacked several times.

"Although they have not surrendered for a long time, after so many things, they are already trustworthy. From now on, I will leave it to you to lead them!"

The two Tatar prisoners who originally belonged to the Han Army under the Zhenglan Banner and the soldiers Aha led by Yue Le to guard the Xipingshan Camp had no choice but to join the team in Jinhai Town with all their hearts.

Right now, they can be incorporated into Xu Changyong's command.

In this way, Xu Changyong also had four sentry men and horses under his command. Although the four sentries were fighting hard and the team was mixed, and there were all kinds of people, but in the end there were four sentries, and the number of men and horses was over a thousand.

Xu Changyong was obviously mentally prepared for this. As soon as he heard what Yang Zhen said, he immediately clasped his fists and bowed, and said happily:

"I understand that I understand that I will definitely live up to the governor's trust!"

In the past few days, Yang Zhen led his army to stay in the Fuzhou City area. Although there was no fighting, he was not completely idle. He found everyone he needed to talk to.

Especially for the generals whose duties were greatly adjusted after the war, he also communicated with them in advance. For example, regarding the arrangements for Xu Changyong's troops, although he did not make it too clear, he gave hints.

In the past, Yang Zhen asked Xu Changyong to serve as deputy general next to Zu Keyong, mainly because Yang Zhen could not completely trust Zu Keyong. Let him be Zu Keyong's deputy general, which would provide some checks and balances.

But now, after so long, Zu Keyong's troops have been diluted almost, and his subordinates Yu Lewu and Ao Rijin have also grown stronger, and there is no need for Xu Changyong to play a check and balance role again.

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Correspondingly, Lu Pinqi's northern route had insufficient troops. If he only defended the city, there wouldn't be much of a problem. However, if he relied solely on his men and horses to defend the outskirts of Fuzhou City, it would be a bit stretched.

However, from Luotuo Mountain to Xiping Mountain, to the former site of Yongning Prison City and the area to the north, people must be stationed or patrolled for a long time.

In this way, Yang Zhen had no other choice but to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall and separate Xu Changyong from Zu Keyong.

Fortunately, Zu Keyong himself had been focusing on building up his heavy cavalry team, and he didn't pay much attention to the deputy general Xu Changyong and his Mongolian light cavalry.

After Yang Zhen discussed with him the general idea of ​​possibly transferring Xu Changyong away after the war, he had no objections because Xu Changyong's troops were not originally built by him.

But at this time, after Yang Zhen said this, except for Xu Changyong who happily accepted the order on the spot, everyone else present paid attention to Zu Keyong's expression and attitude.

Seeing this, Yang Zhen also looked at Zu Keyong with a smile and asked: "General Zu, Lao Xu, is your deputy general on the East Road after all. What do you think about his transfer?"

Yang Zhen naturally communicated with Zu Keyong about the decision to let Xu Changyong lead his troops and move to the northwest mountains outside Fuzhou City.

However, at that time, Yang Zhen only discussed the issue of Xu Changyong's local garrison at Xiping Mountain and other places, and did not discuss in detail where Zu Keyong's other troops on the east road would be garrisoned in the future.

At this time, Zu Keyong saw Yang Zhen asking about his attitude. After thinking about it, he stood up and clasped his fists at Yang Zhen and said: "I have no objection to my humble position. Xiping Mountain, Camel Mountain and the former site of Yongning City Supervisor are of great significance to guarding Fuzhou City.

, it’s just right for the Qingqi led by Vice General Xu to be stationed on patrol! It’s just——”

"Just what?"

"It's just that today the governor talked about the deployment of the North Road led by General Lu. Where will the other troops on the East Road led by the humble post be stationed in the future?"

When the generals met, Zu Keyong said that he had no objections, but in the end he raised the issue of the Jinhai East Road garrison. They all waited patiently for Yang Zhen's response.

Just now when Yang Zhen asked Lu Pinqi to lead the Fuzhou regiment to garrison Fuzhou City, they were thinking about where Zu Keyong would be assigned next.

After all, the current Jinhai Town only has a few existing cities such as Lushunkou, Jinzhou City and Fuzhou City.

The West Road, the Middle Road, and the South Road have long been clear. Now the North Road has also been clear. What about the East Road?

Seeing that everyone was so concerned about the question raised by Zu Keyong, Yang Zhen laughed and waved his hand first, asking Zu Keyong and Lu Pinqi, who had been standing, to sit down, and then said:

"General Zu, you asked well. Now let's talk about your garrison on the east road!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at the generals and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he asked a question casually: "Everyone, if the Manchu Tatar army wants to attack Lushunkou from the land, how many routes can there be?"

"Is this——"

When Yang Zhen asked this question, the generals who originally raised their faces to wait for him to make arrangements were confused for a while, but soon someone started talking in low voices.

"Isn't this the only one?"

For a time, all the generals who were not from Dongjiang Town, including Yuan Jin, Lu Pinqi, Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, and Xu Changyong, were all confused.

Even Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou and others who had followed Huanglong to station at Lushunkou were a little confused.

In their impression, going north from Lushunkou, between Jin, Fu, Gai and Hai, there is only one Liaodong Post Road that runs from north to south, and the rest is a maritime route.

But when they looked at Yang Zhen's smiling expression, they concluded that it must not be the case. If so, why would Yang Zhen ask so many times.

Sure enough, just when the generals who were not from Dongjiang Town were talking with doubts on their faces, Xu Tianchong, the chief soldier of the Jinhai Middle Road Assistance Guard, suddenly said:

"Well, Governor, if we talk about the official road of Liaodong Post Road, it is indeed the only road along the Jinfu Gaihai Sea. But if we talk about the land route that can be passed by Manchu Tatars southward to Jinzhou and Lushun, except for the Jinfu Gaihai Road

Beyond the west coast where it is located, it is also possible to pass from Fuzhou to the east, over the mountains to the east, and to the east coast!"

"That's right, Governor, I also knew about this when I was in Dongjiang Town. The coast of the former Dongjiang Town jurisdiction outside Liaodong is the east coast as General Xu said, from the mouth of the Yalu River to Jinzhou City and then to Port Arthur.

Although the official road was not built in the past, there are many coastal plains there, and the terrain is flat and passable."

As soon as Xu Tianchong finished speaking, Yu Liangtai, who had not spoken much in the crowd, suddenly stood up and corroborated Xu Tianchong's statement, and further said:

"I'm not just being alarmist. If the Manchu Tatar army sends troops from Zhenjiang Fort and goes south along the east coast plain, they can bypass Fuzhou City and bypass the various deployments made by the governor at Tu'er Island, Xiping Mountain and other places, and reach Jinzhou directly.

Under the city!

"If the Commander-in-Chief wants to ensure that our rear in Jinhai Town is safe, please deploy troops and troops on the east coast as soon as possible to prevent it. At the same time, please also ask the Commander-in-Chief to deploy naval battalions in the outer sea of ​​Liaodong and on the islands along the Qiandong River just as he did in the Liaodong Inland Sea!"

When Yu Liangtai said this, he walked out from the end of the generals, took the teapot from the hand of Ma Keqing who was standing at the door, carried it to the middle of the room, splashed the water on the ground, and after three or two strokes, he actually sketched

A map came out.

Yang Zhen took a look and saw that its shape was exactly that of the Liaodong Peninsula.

Although the curves on the coast drawn by Yu Liangtai are not completely consistent with what he knows, the general outline can be seen to be the general topography of the Liaodong Peninsula.

While everyone was marveling, Yu Liangtai put down the teapot, knelt on one knee and said to Yang Zhen, who was looking at the map carefully:

"Captain, after the fall of Dongjiang Town, the industries of all the major islands under its jurisdiction were destroyed, and the population under its jurisdiction were either massacred by the Tatars or moved ashore. Now they are all vacant at sea. It is sad to think about them.

"If the governor can send people to operate it, he can kill two birds with one stone. He can not only ensure the safety of our Jinhai Town's flanks and rear, but also accommodate future immigrants to settle and cultivate for self-sufficiency.
Chapter completed!