An Yingchang hoped that Yang Zhen could do what the Ming Dynasty did to North Korea, help them eliminate the traitors, clean up the monarchy, and bring order to chaos. However, at the same time, he did not want Yang Zhen to have any other intentions or other harm to North Korea.

Faced with Yang Zhen's ambition to capture Jianghua City, and to use Shen Qi Cheng to defeat the enemy without fighting, he felt inexplicably a little conflicted in his heart.

But the reason why he was persuaded by General Shen Qiyuan to participate in the second conspiracy was because he was dissatisfied with the current king and his favored traitors?

And to overthrow them, it would probably not be possible without the help of the Ming army!

An Yingchang hesitated.

However, when he was struggling, he saw Yang Zhen's face darken and said to him coldly: "What? You dare to participate in Shen Qiyuan's plan to sink the general army, but you don't dare to put it into action? If you can persuade Shen If the weapon is ready to serve as an internal response and the city gate is opened, the palaces and treasury in Ganghwa City will also be protected from the disasters of war and war. The merits are also immeasurable!

"Of course, if Deputy Shen is unwilling to cooperate and act as an internal agent for our army, that's easy to do. Since I can attack your Dingzu Mountain City, I certainly have the absolute strength to attack that Jianghua City!

"It's just that by then, Jianghua City will inevitably be destroyed, and Deputy Ambassador Shen and his eldest brother Shen Qiyuan are secretly plotting against each other, intending to depose Li Zhu and establish a new king. Don't blame me for not being able to keep it a secret for them."

Having said this, Yang Zhen chuckled, looked at the troubled An Yingchang with leisurely eyes, and finally said: "At that time, the governor only needs to send people to spread a notice, and the story of his treason will be spread throughout the world. Hanyang City! What will happen to Deputy Envoy Shen Qicheng and Shen Qiyuan then? What will happen to his eldest brother Shen Qiyuan and the Shen family?"

"Captain, no, we must not do this!"

When An Yingchang heard Yang Zhen's words about exposing Shen's conspiracy, his expression suddenly changed and he suddenly woke up.

He realized that in front of Yang Zhen, he had no room to refuse.

Therefore, while saying "no" repeatedly, he stood up in a hurry, quickly walked around the stone table, came to the courtyard, lifted his robe towards Yang Zhen, knelt down and said:

"General, I understand. I will obey your orders. I will now arrange for reliable personnel to pretend to be a defeated army and go to Jianghua City to contact Deputy Ambassador Shen. He will inform Deputy Ambassador Shen of the arrival of the Heavenly Soldiers and ask him to wait until the Heavenly Soldiers arrive." Open the door as a guest!"

Seeing that An Yingchang no longer hesitated, Yang Zhen didn't say anything more. He just nodded in agreement and ordered him to arrange for people to go immediately.

At the same time, Yang Zhen also sent an order to several people present, telling them to go back to the camp to allocate manpower, prepare ammunition and dry food, and be ready to go north to Jianghua City at any time.

At around o'clock in the morning on June 12, the 13th year of Chongzhen, An Yingchang sent a team to take a small road north to contact Shen Qicheng. An hour later, Yang Zhen also set off with Zhang Chen's musketry battalion.

At this time, there was no main road directly connecting the north and south on Ganghwa Island from north to south, that is, from Ganghwa Fortress to Dingzu Mountain Fortress.

Of course, there are not entirely any decent roads connecting the north and the south on Ganghwa Island.

After several generations of royal management, there is such a road on the east coast of Ganghwa Island.

But if we take such a main road, the distance from Dingzushan City to Jianghuafu City will be far away. It will not be thirty or forty miles, but will more than double in a vacuum.

Moreover, that road is full of castle towers, such as Choji Castle, Deokjin Castle, Gwang Castle, Gapchu Castle, and Wolcho Castle, all concentrated on the eastern coastline of Ganghwa Island.

Because Ganghwa Island was regarded as the capital of the former Goryeo Dynasty and the current Lee Joseon Dynasty, it was mainly used to take refuge on the island when the northern peoples moved south.

Therefore, the military facilities and fortifications on the island were mainly built facing the land direction of the Korean Peninsula and along the eastern coast of Ganghwa Island.

Although An Yingchang said that since the Bingzi Rebellion, the vitality of Li's Joseon has been greatly reduced, the size of the army has been greatly reduced, and the national armaments have been lax. There is neither financial nor material resources to restore the city defenses of Cao Zhi Fort, Dejin Fort, and Guang Castle.

Extra troops were sent to garrison there, but Yang Zhen still didn't believe everything An Yingchang said.

In the morning of that day, Yang Zhen arranged for Guo Xiaowu to follow An Yingchang's team and take the front stand, while he took An Yingchang himself and Zhang Chen's musketry battalion to set off closely behind.

On the other side was Qiu Zhenhai, and Yu Haichao led the main force of their fleet, with a guide selected from An Yingchang, and set out to sea from the anchorage at the foot of Dingzu Mountain to the north.

Yang Zhen ordered them to pass through the narrow strait between Ganghwa Island and the Korean Peninsula and cruise to the Jiachudun area in the north of the island. He also told them to bombard Jiachudun with heavy artillery once they successfully arrived near Jiachudun.

Yang Zhen ordered this to not only verify whether what An Yingchang said was true and credible, to verify whether his person was truly reliable, but also to transport cannon and supplies northward.

At that time, it will not matter even if there are soldiers and horses stationed in the fortresses along the coast. Their ships are equipped with heavy artillery, which is enough to launch a counterattack.

And after all, they were sailing on the sea in a boat, so if that didn't work, they could escape unscathed.

In this way, on the morning of June 12th, the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, the musketry naval camp brought by Yang Zhen divided into two groups, sea and land, and headed for Jianghua City, leaving only a small number of Qiu Zhenhai's fleet behind.

Dingzu Mountain City.

Starting from Dingzu Mountain City, the paths to Jianghuafu City are mostly mountain paths with ups and downs and thorns. Although An Yingchang, a guide who is familiar with the terrain and roads, Yang Zhen and the others did not take any detours, or

Although there were a lot of detours, the journey still took them nearly two hours.

By the time Yang Zhen and his group of more than a thousand people walked out of the forest and finally arrived at the southern outskirts of Ganghwa Fortress, where they could overlook the city walls of Ganghwa Mountain Fortress and the green glazed tile roofs of the palaces within the mountain fortress, the sun had already begun to set in the west.

Along the way, while marching, Yang Zhen continued to ask An Yingchang about various situations in Li's Korea.

An Yingchang was the military envoy of Haizhou during the Bingzi rebellion. He followed Shen Qiyuan, the so-called marshal of the capital at that time, to resist the invading Manchu Tatar army. As a result, he was beaten and almost completely annihilated.

Shen Qiyuan, the so-called marshal of the capital, was convicted after the war. Not only was he dismissed from his post, but he was also exiled to an outer island. All the generals of the Qinwang army who followed Shen Qiyuan in resisting and renouncing the invaders were also condemned.

An Yingchang himself was suddenly promoted from the high position of Haizhou Military Envoy to the low-ranking military attache position of Qian Chief Officer of the Imperial Camp.

During the war, the Qinwang Army he raised in Haizhou and raised by himself was very few after the war. The surviving troops were also incorporated into the so-called Imperial Camp Hall and became one of the fourteen commanders of the Imperial Camp.

And this commander was the 500 or so people who followed him in Chuandeng Temple and became Yang Zhen's "friendly troops".

An Yingchang's ups and downs experience before and after Bingzi's chaos gave him an understanding of both the upper and lower sentiments of the Li family in Korea.

Along the way, Yang Zhen benefited from him a lot.

As for the situation in Ganghwa Fortress, this is even more true. An Yingchang was stationed on Ganghwa Island, how could he not be familiar with the inside story?

"Captain, the outer city of Jianghua Fortress was destroyed during Bingzi's chaos at that time, and was later forcibly demolished. Now only the inner city, Ganghwasan Fortress, remains."

Yang Zhen led Zhang Chen and his party to a hilltop not far from the southern suburbs of Jianghua City. He was looking north and observing the situation carefully. An Yingchang, who was following him, said to him:

"Jiangdu Palace, left-behind treasury, government offices, and barracks are all located in Jianghua Mountain City. Jianghua Mountain City has four gates in total. The south gate is Yanbo Tower, the west gate is Zhanhua Tower, the east gate is Wanghan Tower, and the north gate is Zhenhua Tower.

Song Tower. What you are seeing now, Commander, is the Yanbo Tower at the south gate."

"Yan Bo Tower? Haha, Hai Yan He Qing is a good name."

Yang Zhenzheng was holding up his telescope to take a closer look at Jianghua Mountain City. Hearing what An Yingchang said, he lowered the telescope slightly and saw clearly the Yanbo Tower at the south gate of Jianghua Mountain City.

——On the city wall made of stone, a hilltop-style gate tower with cornices and raised corners stands out.

"But, it's strange. Why is it so quiet upstairs at Yan Bo and there are no defenders?"

Although Ganghwasan Fortress is known as a mountain fortress, it is different from Dingzusanseong in that it is not really built on the top of a mountain, but on a relatively elevated highland.

But even so, if there are enough defenders in the city, it will probably take a lot of effort to attack by force.

So when Yang Zhen observed the Yanbo Tower at the south gate, he immediately looked at the flags on the city head, the forts and the garrison. However, although the flags and forts were there, there were no defenders.

Zhang Chen, who was following Yang Zhen, heard this and quickly took out the telescope in his bag to look at it. After taking a look, he was surprised and said: "It is indeed so!"

After saying this, Zhang Chen immediately put down his telescope and turned to Yang Zhen and said: "Captain, in this case, there is no need to bother contacting that deputy envoy Shen! For a humble position, you can directly send people to carry tens of thousands of enemies and explosive tubes.

You can blow up its door, but if you rush in, it will be easy to capture it!"

An Yingchang, who was also following him, saw that Zhang Chen was thinking of attacking by force. He knelt down quickly and said: "Captain, how can the four important gates of Jianghua City be defended without troops? Yan Bo's troops upstairs are empty. It must be the last general sent to contact Shen.

The deputy envoy's people have already worked, so there is no need to risk an attack!

"Furthermore, Quanzi Yixin is in the city. As long as he sees the general's subordinates and knows about the general's surrender to the governor, then no matter what Hong Mingyi, Deputy Commander Shen and others think, Quanzi will definitely support him from the city!"

Having said this, An Yingchang raised his head, looked up at Yang Zhen, and continued: "If the governor can trust me, I will be willing to go and call the door single-handedly!"

Seeing what An Yingchang said, Yang Zhen thought about it and was about to open his mouth to agree. At this moment, a sudden sound of cannon was heard.

Yang Zhen quickly raised his telescope to look, and saw several figures appearing on the Yan Bo Tower, but the sound of gunfire did not come from the Yan Bo Tower.

Yang Zhen's heart felt relieved, and then there was another cannon blast. Everyone who was prepared for this meeting unanimously looked towards the east coast.

"Captain, it's Jiachuan Dun. Not far from the east gate is Jiachuan Dun. There is a fort on Jiachuan Dun. No, it must be the governor's naval camp coming!"

"That's right, it's the captain's navy that's here!"

From the second sound of the cannon, Yang Zhen knew that it was Qiu Zhenhai, Yu Haichao and the others who were coming, because the earth-shattering roar when the red cannon was fired was the foundation of the general cannon inherited by the Korean defenders from the Wanli Korean War.

Can't be compared.

"An Yingchang, of course I can trust you. I will leave the task of calling Yan Bomen to you!"

"The general will obey your orders!"
Chapter completed!