In early September of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in early September of the fifth year of Chongde in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji dismissed Dorgon from his post of general general, and then stationed himself in Haizhou, Gaizhou, Zhenjiangbao and other places in Liaoning to deal with Jinhai Town

The rising Qing army was unified and placed under the command of Prince Heshuo Zheng Jierhalang.

On the afternoon of September 3rd, Huang Taiji's decree was issued. On the morning of September 4th, Prince Zheng Jierhalang reached a series of agreements with the Dorgon brothers, and then left Gaizhou City happily. King Zhishun was delighted.

Accompanied by He Jingjin, Beilenikan and others, we headed eastward over the mountains and ridges, returning to the direction of Zhenjiang Fort.

The agreement reached by Jierhalang and the Dorgon brothers was not a new agreement, but a strategy they had already set long ago.

However, Huang Taiji suddenly dismissed Dorgon, and at the same time appointed Jierhalang as the general of Dinghai, commanding all the troops to conquer Jinhai Town. This situation, even in Jierhalang's view, was really a bit unfair.

This made him feel somewhat uneasy in his heart.

He was worried that the Dorgon brothers, who had always been rebellious, would not cooperate, would not be able to command, and would even obstruct him.

However, the final performance of Dorgon and Azig brothers made Jierhalang completely relieved and reassured.

Although Dorgon and Azig would not send troops and go with him to Zhenjiang Fort to take a boat to the rear area on the east coast of Jinhai Town, they promised to continue to increase troops to Xiongyue City, Xuguan Fort and other places, and put in place

The posture of capturing Fuzhou City again will attract the main force of Jinhai Town to move north, and then create an opportunity for Jilhalang's coalition forces.

At the same time, Jilhalang and the Dorgon brothers also made clear divisions in their respective defensive areas.

The coastal area of ​​Liaodong Bay from the north of Xiongyue City to the west of Haizhou City is guarded by the Zhengbai and Xiangbai banners of the Dorgon brothers. If anything happens, Dorgon and Azig will be responsible for their own responsibility.

responsibility.

And he, Jierhalang, the general in charge of the overall situation, would neither go to the murky waters of Liaodong Bay nor take the blame for the Dorgon brothers.

Correspondingly, Jierhalang and his men were responsible for uniting the North Korean troops and warships to take the Blackwater Ocean to bypass the rear of Jinhai Town. The two white flags of the Dorgon brothers only attracted the main force of Jinhai Town to go north.

Just fine.

Jierhalang is very satisfied with this agreement or arrangement.

Moreover, Jilharang is also convinced that as long as the two white flag men of Dorgon and Azig are willing to put in their efforts, there will be no reason why he cannot win the next war.

However, just when Jierhalang confidently walked through the mountains, passed Xiuyan, and walked to the soup station, and finally returned to Zhenjiang Castle on the afternoon of September 7th, he was almost regarded as a lamb to be slaughtered in his mind.

Yang Zhen was leading his men in a mighty march north to the outside of Zhuanghe Fort.

Of course, Yang Zhen had no way of knowing Jierhalang's thoughts and the plans of Jierhalang, Dorgon and others.

Although the statistical office in Jinhai Town has done a lot of solid and meticulous work in the 5th Route Defense Zone of Jinhai Town, it has been unable to open up the situation on the domestic intelligence issue against the Manchu Tatars.

The Statistical Office recruited many informants from the various departments of Shun Gong, the predecessor of Xiangping Bo Shen Zhixiang, but these people were good at internal affairs but not externally.

Although they had served as the second Tatars under the Eight Banners Han Army, they were not real Tatars after all. Therefore, they did not have the ability to break into Gaizhou, Haizhou, Zhenjiangbao and other places to spy on intelligence.

Not to mention Dorgon, Jierharang and other Tatar princes, these people could not penetrate at all. In fact, even King Zhishun Shang Kexi, the obedient King Kong Youde, the Eight Banners Han Army and the two Tatar princes Around them, they can't penetrate at all.

Yang Zhen now has some very limited information about the southeastern Liaoning region, especially Zhenjiang Fort and other places, as well as the Manchu Tatar garrison situation along the Yalu River. In fact, most of it comes from the Li Dynasty.

Shen Qiyuan's other brother Shen Qicheng, after returning to Jinhai Town with Yang Zhen, did not come to Lushunkou, but went directly to Pyongyang City.

Nowadays, this sinker is permanently stationed in Pyongyang City. On the one hand, he is responsible for liaising with Jiechuan iron ore mining, transportation and delivery and other related matters.

Every time the fleet of the Jinhai East Road Naval Battalion goes to and from the Jiechuan Mine, in addition to transporting back the iron ore urgently needed in Jinhai Town, it also brings back some news about Pingan Road and the Yalu River in the north of Pingan Road.

However, it is a pity that whether it is liaising with the transportation of iron ore or gathering intelligence, Shen Qicheng's activities in Pyongyang City can only be carried out secretly, so the effect is very mediocre.

It is easier to talk about the transportation of iron ore. After all, there is a secret agreement between the emperor and his ministers of the Lee Dynasty on Ganghwa Island, the instructions of King Li Ju and Prime Minister Hong Ling of the Uijeongbu, and the face of the new military commander of the Lee Dynasty, Shen Jiyuan, is there. , it can be done openly within a certain range and is easier to handle.

However, to collect information on the garrison situation of the Qinglu Eight Banners along the Yalu River, one can only inquire secretly, which is much more difficult.

Especially under the circumstance that Liu Lin, the military envoy of Ping'an Road in Li Chao, was always ambiguous and refused to place a decisive bet, Shen Qicheng had not made much progress in exploring the Eight Banners garrison intelligence in the past few months. .

The so-called intelligence that followed the fleet carrying ore to Lushunkou was only a few extremely simple and general pieces of information.

For example, there were no Qinglu Eight Banners garrisoned on Ping'an Road in the Li Dynasty east of the Yalu River.

For example, in Zhenjiangbao, Jiuliancheng and other places to the west of the Yalu River, Qing captive troops were stationed to open up wasteland and cultivate land.

For another example, Jierhalang, the prince of Qing Dynasty and Shuo Zheng, renovated Zhenjiang Castle, and the minister in charge of Li Dynasty affairs was stationed in Jiuliancheng on the other side of Yiju Castle, etc.

In addition, the only slightly more specific information that Shen Qicheng was able to obtain was the names of the main officials in the prefectures and cities below Ping'an Road.

Of course, the simple information obtained by Shen Qicheng is not completely useless.

At the very least, it was Shen Qicheng who ordered people to follow the iron ore fleet to the list of key officials under Ping'an Road at Lushunkou that made Yang Zhen feel relieved about the Jiechuan iron ore supply problem and stopped running around just for this matter. Visit Pyongyang City.

The Ping An Road of the Li Dynasty consisted of two prefectures, two prefectures, and several counties. The two prefectures were Pyongyang Prefecture and Uiju Prefecture, and the two prefectures were Jeongju and Anju.

Jiechuan Iron Mine is located in Anzhou under Pingan Road.

This also means that the mining and transportation of Li Chaojiechuan's iron ore, without the support or acquiescence of the Anzhou pastoral envoy, would not be able to hide it from the Qing captives on the other side of the Yalu River.

Similarly, the actions of the Jinhai East Route Navy on Dongjiang Island, Yuncong Island and the Qingchuan River Estuary could not be completely concealed from the Korean officials and generals in the direction of Dingzhou.

If the Dingzhou envoy was an official who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, then Shen Qicheng's operation of supplying iron ore from Jiechuan to Jinhai Town would sooner or later be reported to the Qing army in Zhenjiang Fort.

In this way, I am afraid that the secret agreement between Yang Zhen and the emperors and ministers of the Li Dynasty on Ganghwa Island cannot be concealed from the Qing Dynasty. Once this happens, many things will be much more troublesome.

Fortunately, compared to Yang Zhen himself, the Li Dynasty monarchs and ministers in Hanyang City were even more worried that the secret agreement on Ganghwa Island they had reached with Yang Zhen would be exposed.

Therefore, not long after the Ganghwa Island secret agreement was reached, that is, at the end of June, both the Dingzhou Pastoral Envoy and the Anju Pastoral Envoy were replaced by new candidates.

Today's Anzhou Pastoral Envoy An Kecheng and Dingzhou Pastoral Envoy Zhang Houjian were both nominated by Shen Qiyuan, the current military commander of the Li Dynasty, to Hong Ruifeng, the Prime Minister of the Council of Government. Hong Ruifeng, the Prime Minister of the Council of Governors, nominated him to Li Zhu and then appointed him. of.

As for the two prefectures below Ping An Road, namely Pyongyang Prefecture and Uiju Prefecture, Yang Zhen was not worried that their main officials would be detrimental to him.

First of all, Pyongyang City, the capital of Pyongyang Prefecture, and Uiju City, the capital city of Uiju Prefecture, are relatively far from the mouth of the Chongchon River and the Jiechuan Iron Mine area. Yang Zhen is not too worried about the news of the restart of the Jiechuan Iron Mine being leaked.

Secondly, even if the news leaked out for a while, Yang Zhen was not worried that the governor of Pyongyang Prefecture or the governor of Uiju Prefecture would tip off Qinglu.

Because the governor of Pyongyang Prefecture is currently held by Liu Lin, the military envoy of Ping'an Road, and the governor of Uiju Prefecture is Huang Yihao.

Although this Liu Lin has been ambiguous on the issue of serving Yang Zhen and is sitting on the fence, he has already made a decision on the issue of implementing the Ganghwa Island secret agreement.

After all, thanks to Shen Qicheng's constant communication, the naval fleet on Jinhai East Road has entered and exited the Qingchuan River twice and successfully transported two batches of iron ore from the Jiechuan Iron Mine.

As for the fleet of the Jinhae East Road Naval Camp, it was impossible to do this without the nod and acquiescence of Liulin, the envoy of Ping'an Road and the governor of Pyongyang.

Of course, with the current strength of the Jinhai East Road Naval Camp, it is certainly not impossible to fight all the way from the Qingchuan River Estuary along the river to the Jiechuan Mining Area in the north of Anzhou City.

But once such an action is taken, it is likely to alert the Qing troops in Zhenjiang Fort or Jiulian City on the west bank of the Yalu River. And once it alerts the Eight Banners troops stationed along the west bank of the Yalu River, the gains will outweigh the losses.

From this perspective, the acquiescence and cooperation of Liulin, the envoy of Ping'an Road and the governor of Pyongyang, are still crucial.

The reason why this person has not completely fallen to Jinhaizhen, Yang Zhen, or the Ming Dynasty is because he has led troops stationed in Pyongyang all year round, and his fear of the so-called Qing soldiers on the other side of the Yalu River is a bit too deep-rooted. .

However, as long as Yang Zhen's Jinhai Town can once again defeat the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty that he fears, and deal a heavy blow to the Qing captives stationed in Zhenjiang Fort or Jiuliancheng, then there is no need to sink the weapon far away, and the sinking weapon will be successful. If his brother tries to persuade him again, he will automatically come to Yang Zhen's side.

Yang Zhen understands the thoughts of such people very well, so he is not too worried that Liu Lin will really be detrimental to him.

Furthermore, even if he wanted to harm himself at the critical moment, his in-law Shen Qiyuan already had a back-up plan and had sent his own son Liu Zhiman into his army.

Even if he really wants to trick himself by then, he won't be able to make much of a waste.

As for Uiju Prefecture Yin Huang Yihao, Yang Zhen happened to know that this man was famous in history.

Yang Zhen actually didn't know much about Huang Yihao's life story. He just happened to know the cause of death and the crime of this man in the original history.
Chapter completed!