In the remaining days of July of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Yang Zhen rested for two days at Yongfeng Temple outside Fuzhou City, and then headed north non-stop to the Fudu River Guanma Mountain area to check on the enemy's situation.

As Xu Changyong, Hu Dabao and others said, the old Xuguanbao site located on the north bank of the Fudu River has become a busy construction site.

Looking from a distance, there are a large number of two-white-flag Baja knights patrolling on horseback, watching and urging a large number of young and strong coats to work there sweating like rain.

Xuguan Fort, which had its rammed-earth fort wall collapsed by the bombing and was eventually burned to ashes, is now being rapidly restored.

If Xu Guanbao is like this, then Xiong Yuecheng is naturally needless to say. It must have been completed.

After Yang Zhen personally went to Guanma Mountain to inspect the enemy situation on the other side of the Fudu River, he told his general judgment on the direction of the next Liaodong war to Lu Pinqi, Xu Changyong and others who were accompanying him along the way.

Yang Zhen told them that as late as October or as early as September, the Tatar army will definitely move south again.

However, the Manchu Tatar army's march south this time will be different from the last time. Last time, Dorgon and other armies joined forces in one place and marched south. This time, it is very likely that the troops will be divided into two or even three groups.

, and then attack in the east and west in order to win.

The two Dorgon brothers are only one of them, while Jierhalang and the Korean people who were recruited to send troops to help in the war will be the other.

As for whether there would be a third enemy on the sea in the direction of Blackwater Ocean, Yang Zhen did not express his full judgment.

Yang Zhen only told Lu Pinqi and the others that this time the direction of Jinhai East Road would become an important battlefield, while the direction of Jinhai North Road would become a place where the Manchu Tatars would induce them to concentrate their forces.

Yang Zhen told them that once he and other generals in Jinhai Town were attracted and frightened by the actions of the Manchu Tat army building cities and garrisoning troops in Xiongyue City, Shipeng Mountain, Xuguan Fort and other places, they would then attack Jinhai Town like last time.

If the main force is deployed in the direction of the North Road, then the East Road, including the rear area of ​​the South Road, will most likely be suddenly attacked by the second or even third route of enemies.

It was only at this time that Lu Pinqi, Xu Changyong and other North Road generals truly realized the profound meaning of the strategies Yang Zhen had told them at Yongfeng Temple.

People like Huang Taiji, Dorgon and Jilhalang are indeed playing a big game. They want to use Azig Dorgon's two white flag men and horses as a base to build the city and go south to put unprecedented pressure on the northern defense line of Jinhai Town.

In order to lure the snake out of its hole and achieve the purpose of mobilizing the land and sea forces of Jinhai Town to gather on the northern front.

Once this goal is achieved, and the Manchu Tatars have Jilhalang's troops and the Korean naval warships, it will be obvious what will happen next.

Lu Pinqi and Xu Changyong are both veterans who have been fighting for many years. Although they have won less and lost more in the past, their battlefield experience and battlefield sense are still very keen.

In the past, because they were used to fighting on land, they rarely looked at problems from the perspective of naval warfare and naval operations. However, after Yang Zhen’s many instructions and knocks, they gradually understood the special terrain of Jinhai Town.

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When they thought that the Manchu Tatars might mobilize a large amount of grain and grass from the Li Dynasty, a large number of ships, and a large number of Li Dynasty archers and shotgun soldiers from the east sea to attack the rear of Jinhai Town, the two of them couldn't help but feel their spines go up.

Chill.

Correspondingly, after thinking about these possible adverse situations, they had a deeper understanding of Yang Zhen's response methods.

Faced with the unfavorable situation of the Manchu Tatars recruiting the Korean navy to join the war, only by jumping out of this battle situation and fighting the war to the outer lines, to the rear of the Manchu Tatars, can their northern troops and troops be able to truly play their role.

Back then, Yang Zhen had to attack behind enemy lines just to get out of Liaoxi, which had become a dead situation. In the end, he led Songshan's main force to move to Jinhai Town, also in order to completely get out of Liaoxi and open up a new situation.

They connected these unconventional things about following Yang Zhen together, and when they thought about it, they soon came to a sudden realization.

However, it is said that after Yang Zhen went to Guanma Mountain in the north to check on the ground the progress of the Manchu Tatar army building the city south, he turned back south and visited the Xiping Mountain Camp and the newly built Tuoshan Wharf along the coast of Luotuoshan. He summoned and received the garrison.

The old subordinates who are stationed in these two places.

First, he briefly conveyed the latest decree of the imperial court, and then promoted and appointed the personnel who had made meritorious service in the previous battle on the spot.

Among them were Zhao Changshou and Sun Erhu, two former Tatars who had surrendered and came to serve him.

Although the two of them are now serving as sentries and team officers under the Tuoshan Patrol Camp, they have never received a formal official certificate issued by Yang Zhen.

Without such a document signed by Yang Zhen himself, their situation would be more embarrassing. In addition, as they were once Tatars, their status in the Tuoshan patrol camp was somewhat unstable.

They are also sentry officers and team officers. Others have Qian Zong. The rank and status of the general are higher than them.

In particular, the Qian General, general general, and officers with the rank of garrison or above, who were personally signed and appointed by Yang Zhen, the governor of Jin Haibo Zuo, naturally have the highest gold content at the moment, and have more status than the original Qian General generals of other ministries.

This was something Yang Zhen had never thought of before.

But thinking about it carefully, Yang Zhen can also understand the changes.

As the saying goes, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. In Jinhai Town, a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, neither the military department nor the official department have a say. Yang Zhen has the final say in everything.

Even if the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Civil Affairs sends a general, or sends a letter of appointment to someone, if Yang Zhen does not approve it, it will be like a piece of paper, nothing more than a piece of paper.

Faced with such a situation, the official appointment letter issued by Yang Zhen naturally became a rising tide.

On the morning of the first day of August in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, after Yang Zhen issued a batch of commission letters for a thousand general and low-level military positions at Xipingshan Camp, he bid farewell to the generals on the North Road and led his entourage to Tuoshan Pier.

, and from this newly built pier, they boarded the Qiu Zhenhai fleet that was ordered to pick them up, and headed south all the way back to Lushunkou.

Qiu Zhenhai was originally in Lushunkou handling the recruitment and expansion of the South Navy Naval Camp. When he heard that Yang Zhen ordered him to recommend candidates to go north to Jinzhou to receive new ships as soon as possible, he handed over the recruitment, expansion, outposts, and training to his subordinates at that time, and then

He personally took the selected candidates to the north.

The candidate recommended by Qiu Zhenhai was not an outsider, but Qiu Guangyi, his brother from the same clan.

After Qiu Guangyi followed Qiu Zhenhai and surrendered to Yang Zhen from Tianzhuang Terrace, he was promoted by Yang Zhen to the position of Chief Qian of Qiu Zhenhai's fleet.

After moving the defense to Jinhai Town at the beginning of the year, Yang Zhen established the South Naval Battalion, and Qiu Guangyi became the commander of the South Naval Battalion.

When he was in Songshan City, Yang Zhen asked Qiu Zhenhai to send troops south along the coast to search for islands where troops could be garrisoned. Qiu Zhenhai then sent Qiu Guangyi, who was experienced at sea.

The small Bijiashan Island, Dayushan Island, Jiulushan Island, including the small peninsula that was later directly named Huludao by Yang Zhen, were also surveyed and developed by Qiu Guangyi with his fleet.

From the discovery of the island, to the construction of the dock, to the construction of the barracks, and finally the construction of the fort, Qiu Guangyi was responsible for the entire process.

So this time, after Qiu Zhenhai received Yang Zhen's order, he immediately recommended him.

And when Yang Zhen boarded the ship returning to Lushunkou and saw Qiu Zhenhai, he immediately nodded in agreement upon hearing that he recommended Qiu Guangyi.

"Qiu Guangyi can do it. He is mature and prudent. It is very safe to leave the new fleet to Yingzhou Island to him. But I'm afraid it won't be possible for him to lead the team there alone. Someone has to carry the secret agreement we reached with the Li Dynasty.

Go and handle the handover with the court people on Yingzhou Island."

On Qiu Zhenhai's battleship, Yang Zhen said this to Qiu Zhenhai while thinking about it after listening to Qiu Zhenhai's report on the expansion of the Nanlu Naval Battalion and the formation of the new fleet.

"Well, let's ask Guo Xiaowu to go too. It's time for Guo Xiaowu to go out and have some experience. The new fleet will be led by Qiu Guangyi, the commander-in-chief, and Guo Xiaowu, the general manager, will be the deputy."

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"In addition, An Yixin, who is from the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army, is also going to bring a commander. To deal with the imperialists on Yingzhou Island, we need to use more troops from the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army!"

"An Yixin?"

"Yes, An Yixin. That's An Yixin, the son of An Yingchang, the commander of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army."

"I understand the humble position!"

After the loyal Ming army followed Yang Zhen back to Jinhai Town in the Ming Dynasty, except for the hostages such as Guanghai Jun Li Hui and former Jianghua stayer Hong Mingyi, who were brought back to Lushunkou and imprisoned, all the other horses were resettled.

Junqian on Jinhai East Road.

Yang Zhen hopes to be able to play the unique role of these people in the upcoming war in Jinhaizhen, but he cannot just support these people in vain.

At present, the matter of sending people to Yingzhou Island to take over this big island cannot be delayed any longer, and taking over the affairs of Yingzhou Island is obviously inseparable from the help of the court people.

After Yang Zhen thought about it, the only one who followed him to Jinhai Town was the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army.

Among the several generals of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army, only An Yingchang's son was the most suitable to lead the Gui Ming Army to Yingzhou Island under one command.

His father, An Yingchang, stayed here in Jinhai Town, so that he could continue to lead and command the entire Zhongyi Gui Ming Army, and at the same time, he could prevent An Yixin from having second thoughts.

Accordingly, An Yixin was sent to Yingzhou Island and placed with Qiu Guangyi and Guo Xiaowu's team, and his father An Yingchang had to obey the command.

There was no need for Yang Zhenming to explain the truth, Qiu Zhenhai understood it all as soon as he heard it.

As for what it meant to send Guo Xiaowu, the adjutant of the general town government who was deeply trusted by Yang Zhen, to serve as deputy in the newly formed Yingzhou Island fleet of the South Road Naval Battalion, that was not what Qiu Zhenhai was willing to delve into.
Chapter completed!