The day after arriving at the Longwangmiao Shipyard outside Jinzhou City, Yang Zhen, accompanied by Xu Tianchong and other generals, went to Jinzhou City, Daheishan Mountain to the east of Jinzhou City, and Nanguanling to the south of Jinzhou City.

, and then made new allocations for the heavy artillery shipped to Jinzhou Bay.

During the ambush at Guanma Mountain on the south bank of the Fudu River, Yang Zhen captured sixty-one heavy Hongyi artillery pieces, which were the heavy artillery pieces that the Manchu Tatars called God's Blessing to Encourage the General.

God Bless and Support the Great General is what the Tatars call them. Now that they have fallen into the hands of Yang Zhen, naturally they can no longer be called God Bless and Support the Great General.

As a result, these heavy-duty Red Yi cannons imitated by the Manchu Tatars resumed their original name in Yang Zhen's army, and were called Hongyi cannons again.

After these heavy artillery were transported to Beixunkou by sea, Lv Pinqi, the commander-in-chief of the Jinhai North Road Assistance Guard, Xu Tianchong, the commander-in-chief of the Jinhai Middle Road Assistance Guard, and Zhang Degui, the commander-in-chief of the Jinhai Middle Road Assistance Guard, all spoke to Yang Zhen.

They all hope to get part of these heavy artillery, which can be deployed in Fuzhou City, Jinzhou City, Lushunkou and other dangerous places outside.

Seeing that the other generals of the army were opening up, Yuan Jin, the general of the Jinhai West Road, and Shen Zhixiang, the Bo of Xiangping, also called on Yang Zhen to call in some heavy artillery.

Yuan Jin hoped to implement the gunboat plan proposed by Yang Zhen before and load some of the newly acquired heavy artillery onto the ship to increase the power of the navy's gunboats.

Shen Zhixiang hoped to build a fort near the Longwangmiao Shipyard and take advantage of the mountain to ensure the safety of the shipyard.

However, diametrically opposed to the thoughts of these generals, Yang Shen, the artillery battalion commander of the advance army for the Eastern March led by Yang Zhen, put forward a completely different suggestion and idea to Yang Zhen.

Yang Shen suggested that these heavy artillery be centralized and used, so as to establish a powerful heavy artillery battalion for the advance army for the Eastern Expedition and also for Jinhai Town.

Yang Zhen's troops had already captured twenty-two heavy red barbarian cannons forged by Manchu Tatars during the ambush battle at Woniugou in Dongguangou, western Liaoning last year.

This time, another sixty-one guns were captured. If all these heavy artillery were concentrated and used, a heavy artillery team larger than any other banner of the Manchu Tatars would immediately appear in Jinhai Town.

Of course, Yang Zhen fully agreed and appreciated Yang Shen's idea and proposal to take over these heavy artillery and form a large heavy artillery battalion.

In his eyes, whether heavy artillery, red barbarian artillery, or small and medium-sized artillery, only when they are concentrated and used uniformly can they exert their greatest power and reflect their greatest value.

After all, the artillery of this era does not have much accuracy. Once it is broken into parts and used scatteredly, it will not be of much value.

Therefore, Yang Zhen fully agreed with Yang Shen's proposal and was completely inclined to distribute only the hundreds of small and medium-sized artillery pieces captured and brought back, and then use these very precious heavy-duty Hongyi cannons as the mainstay to build a large-scale

Heavy artillery battalion.

However, facing the eager expectations of Lu Pinqi, Xu Tianchong, Zhang Degui, Yuan Jin, Shen Zhixiang and others, Yang Zhen could not pour cold water on them.

After all, heavy artillery like the General Tianyou Energizer is of great significance for city defense operations.

If there are heavy red barbarian cannons of the same type as those of the Manchu Tatars on the city walls of Fuzhou City and Jinzhou City, then the power of the Mantatars' heavy artillery will be greatly reduced.

Because once the same heavy artillery is deployed on a city head that is several feet high, once the gunpowder produced by the ammunition factory in Jinhai Town is used, its range and power will far exceed that of the Manchu Tatars.

In this way, the threat of the Manchu Tatar heavy artillery to the city wall will be greatly reduced, and the chance of the defenders holding the city will be greatly increased.

Because apart from using a large number of heavy artillery and buying traitors, the Manchu Tatar army had no other better way to conquer the fortified city.

Regarding this characteristic of the Manchu Tatars in siege operations, Yang Zhen knew that all the generals under Yang Zhen could clearly see it now.

Therefore, their desire to allocate some heavy artillery to help defend the city was particularly strong.

Also because of this, they were very dissatisfied with Yang Shen's proposal that the artillery battalions of the advance army centralized and unified the use of heavy artillery, and one after another pointed out the disadvantages of the unified use of heavy artillery.

For example, heavy artillery is too heavy and is more suitable for defending cities than for long-distance transportation.

For another example, Yang Shen's artillery battalion already has enough artillery, but the other troops do not have a single heavy artillery, etc.

Faced with this situation, Yang Zhen had no choice but to make a compromise. Not only did he leave the sixty sky cannons that Yang Shen had brought to the Fuzhou Army with the North Road, but he also agreed to use some of the captured heavy Hongyi cannons.

, allocated to the Fuzhou Regiment Camp and the Jinzhou Regiment Camp.

Just before leaving Fuzhou City this time, Yang Zhen had asked Yang Shen, who was in charge of those heavy artillery, to hand over eleven guns to Lu Pinqi, the chief military officer of the North Road Assistance Guard, and the Fuzhou regiment and camp under his command.

The remaining fifty heavy guns, without clear ownership, were still brought to Jinzhou Bay by Yuan Jin's fleet by sea.

Yang Zhen, accompanied by Xu Tianchong and others, conducted an on-site inspection of the defense of the Jinzhou Regiment and Camp. The purpose was also to see with his own eyes how many heavy artillery pieces should be allocated to the Jinzhou Regiment and where they should be deployed.

After walking around and looking around, that afternoon, Yang Zhen made a decision to take out ten of the remaining fifty heavy artillery and distribute them to the Jinzhou regiment camp.

Among them, six gates are deployed on Jinzhou City, two gates are deployed on the Daheishan pier not far southeast of Jinzhou City, and the other two gates are deployed on Nanguan Ridge, which blocks the neck of the North and South Post Roads.

Deploying two large-range heavy Hongyi cannons on the Daheishan pier can create a dichotomy with the east and south gates of Jinzhou City, and prevent the attacking enemy from setting up camp outside the east or south gates.

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At the same time, there is a coast not far away to the north and west of Jinzhou City. The navy of Jinhai Town can dock at any time to attack the invading enemy forces, but the enemy forces are still unable to set up camp there.

In this way, as long as troops, horses and heavy artillery are deployed at the head of Jinzhou City and Dahei Mountain in the southeast of the city, Jinzhou City will be as stable as Mount Tai.

As for the deployment of heavy artillery on Nanguan Ridge, it was purely because Yang Zhen wanted a double insurance. In order to prevent the Manchu Tatars from attacking Jinzhou City, they directly surrounded the city with cavalry and went south.

In fact, Liu Wanzhong's Five Tun Battalions were stationed in various passes and valleys on the Nanguan Ridge, and the Manchu Tatars simply could not charge through with their cavalry alone.

The east and west sides of Nanguan Ridge are adjacent to the sea, and one end of the west side protrudes into the sea, also known as Nanguan Island. Not far from the east side is the post road, and above it is the Nanguan Island Dunbao that once belonged to the Jinzhou Guard.

After Liu Wanzhong was assigned Nanguan Ridge as a garrison, he located the headquarters of the Central Military Department of his Fifth Tun Camp in the Nanguan Island Fort, on the side of the Guandaoyi Road going south from Jinzhou City to Lushunkou.

Yang Zhen gave Liu Wanzhong two heavy Hongyi cannons to take advantage of his and his Wutunying men's ability to use artillery, so that the post road pass on Nanguan Ridge would be safe.

Fortunately, the Wutun Camp on Nanguan Ridge is also a battalion head of the Jinzhou Regiment Camp, and it guards its strategic retreat and has a very important position. Therefore, Xu Tianchong can't say anything about Yang Zhen's arrangement.

What opinions are coming.

After Yang Zhen's allocation, only forty of the sixty-one heavy artillery pieces captured this time were left.

For the remaining forty heavy artillery pieces, Yang Zhen did not continue to subdivide them, but handed them all to Yang Shen's artillery battalion, asking him to gather them together and command them for unified use.

As for Yuan Jin's request to equip a group of heavy gunboats, and Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang's request to build a fort in the Longwang Temple area to protect the shipyard, Yang Zhen did not completely ignore it.

After all, building gunboats, especially gunboats equipped with heavy artillery, was Yang Zhen's first initiative, and it was also the established goal of Jinhae Town to build a powerful navy in the future.

Now, Yuan Jin proposed to equip some heavy gunboats, which can be regarded as implementing Yang Zhen's established strategy, and Yang Zhen had no reason to object.

However, in Yang Zhen's layout, the area of ​​activity of Yuan Jin's Jinhai West Road Navy was mainly within the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea.

The tasks they currently undertake are actually mainly sea transportation tasks within the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea, such as transporting troops and horses, transporting grain and supplies, transporting ordnance and baggage, etc.

Currently, there are no other naval forces in Liaodong Bay.

In this regard, the existing ships and equipment of the Jinhai West Road Navy commanded by Yuan Jin are sufficient at least for the moment.

Therefore, under the current situation that the number of heavy artillery in Jinhai Town is very limited, Yang Zhen will certainly not give priority to equipping it to Yuan Jin's Jinhai West Navy.

Although Yuan Jin's wish to obtain heavy artillery was not satisfied for the time being, Yang Zhen also gave him other compensations.

Yang Zhen asked him to give priority to the young and strong men and horses from the Zhenglan Banner Han Army and Zhenghong Banner Han Army captured in this battle and incorporate them into his army to make up for the serious attrition of his troops on Xiping Mountain.

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At the same time, Yang Zhen also promised him that he would have a share in the next batch of 100-material ships and 200-material ships built and launched by Jinzhou Longwangmiao Shipyard.

As for how many 100-material ships and 200-material ships this share was, Yang Zhen did not say clearly, but Yuan Jin, who knew that Yang Zhen made a promise and followed his words, immediately accepted the order happily.

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Of course, Yang Zhen could not ignore the appeal made by his uncle, Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang.

After Yang Zhen assigned the heavy artillery, he also gave him a promise, promising to allocate a batch of newly built cannons from the Lushun Beicheng Cannon Foundry to the Longwangmiao Shipyard as soon as possible for defense.

In the afternoon of March 13, the 13th year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhengang finalized the final allocation of heavy artillery in Jinzhou City, and he was very surprised to see Li Ji who came from Lushunkou to deliver a message.

"Captain, last night Fang consulted and returned to Lushunkou across the sea. He also brought some guests from Dengzhou to the governor! Early this morning, with the consent of Madam Bo, Manager Zhang asked his subordinate to go north to report the news and asked the governor for instructions.

Return in time!”

Li Ji went north to report the news under the banner of Jinhai General Town Hall. He was originally going to Fuzhou City, but when he arrived at Nanguanling, he heard that Yang Zhen had gone south. He was overjoyed and hurried to Jinzhou City.
Chapter completed!