In fact, Yang Zhen's arrangements have only one idea, which is to strike first. He cannot wait for Jierhalang to make his move before he takes action. Instead, he must rush before Jierhalang makes his move.

When he's ready to do it but hasn't done it yet, just give him a black tiger to take out his heart.

In Yang Zhen's view, if Jierhalang deliberately mobilized the Korean people's supplies, soldiers, horses and warships, and planned to use the sea route to attack the rear of Jinhai Town, then he probably would not have expected that the soldiers and horses in Jinhai Town would be like this.

He was so bold that he was also planning to seize Zhenjiang Fort by sea.

This is also in line with Yang Zhen's consistent strategy of attacking the enemy unprepared and catching the enemy by surprise.

Let us say that at noon on September 17, the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the weather was gloomy, with no sunshine and no wind. The area around Shicheng Island was shrouded in a light sea fog.

Perhaps it was because everyone in Yang Zhen's department knew that this move was of great importance, and all the people in Yang Zhen acted very efficiently and quickly.

From the time the order was issued to the selected ships and personnel being assembled, it only took a few hours.

Including the various commanders of An Yingchang's Zhongyi Army who followed Lin Qingye's fleet north this time, as well as the musketeers and artillery regiments personally commanded by Yang Shen and Liu Zhongjin who followed Yang Zhen, they all boarded the ship smoothly at noon.

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In fact, Yang Zhen also weighed repeatedly whether to allow the artillery regiment commanded by Yang Shen and Liu Zhongjin to participate in the raid on Zhenjiang Fort.

Yang Zhen's original consideration was that after sending Zu Keyong and others across the river to attack Zhuangtian cultivated by the Manchu Tatars, the Manchu Tatars from nearby Xiuyan Fort, Tangzhan Fort, Zhenjiang Fort and other places would probably get wind of the news and attack them.

Zhuanghe Fort launched an attack.

If this is the case, then the artillery regiment brought by Yang Zhen this time will come in handy. Putting them in Zhuanghe Fort and the West Gaoli City and Pingshanzi camps in front of Zhuanghe Fort will definitely play a huge role in annihilating the enemy.

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After relying on the fortifications near Zhuanghe Fort and consuming all the effective forces of the Tatars, they can then raise troops to attack Zhenjiang Fort by sea. By then, they can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But Yang Zhen's idea came to nothing. Although the attack on the Manchu Tatar farmland was very successful, it did not attract the Manchu Tatar army to move south.

In the following days, Yang Zhen only received news from someone sent by Ao Rijin, saying that there was a new troop of Tatar troops near Donggaoli City on the north bank of the Yingna River, with only about a thousand people.

After the arrival of the more than a thousand Manchu Tatars with blue flags and horse-armored troops, except for an increase in the number of close inspections, they showed no signs of gathering to move south.

In this way, Yang Zhen did not need to put the artillery regiment here in Zhuanghe Fort to wait for the Tatars to launch a large-scale attack.

In this way, Yang Zhen left Li Lu's grenadier regiment to participate in the front-line defense of Yingna Hezhuang Fort, and took the offensive weapon artillery regiment on a surprise attack on Zhenjiang Fort.

With the addition of the artillery regiments led by Yang Shen and Liu Zhongjin, the fleet of Yuan Jin, Yu Liangtai and Lin Qingye immediately became an artillery fleet with unprecedented firepower.

The forty heavy Hongyi cannons from the newly formed heavy artillery battalion were scattered and loaded onto the two hundred and one hundred large ships as well as the five large turtle ships of Lin Qingye's fleet.

And every large ship equipped with heavy Hongyi cannons immediately turned into a cannon ship with powerful firepower.

Of course, in order to avoid being discovered by the Tatars who entered the cabin, the five heavy red barbarian cannons loaded into Lin Qingye's fleet could only be temporarily shelved in the dark bottom cabin, covered up by a pile of smelly dried fish and rotten shrimps.

Dry underneath.

As for the sky cannon battalions of the other four outposts, there were a total of 120 sky cannons. At this time, they were also dispersed into flat-bottomed sand boats and smaller boats. At the same time, these boats were also turned into small and medium-sized boats.

gunboat.

With this gunboat fleet with unprecedented firepower, Yang Zhen suddenly felt confident. Even if Lin Qingye was discovered to be an insider, the main gunboat fleet that followed would have a chance to capture Zhenjiang Fort.

As for Zhang Chen's musketeers, they are the team that Yang Zhen relies on every time he takes action. Naturally, he will follow them this time.

However, this time Yang Zhen divided them into two groups. Zhang Chen and Li Shouzhong led a battalion, pretending to be oarsmen in the bottom of the imperial navy, and followed Yang Zhen to disperse to Lin Qingye's fleet.

Zhang Guogan, on the other hand, led the remaining two main battalions and followed the main fleet of Yuan Jin and Yu Liangtai.

In the afternoon of September 17, the 13th year of Chongzhen, all the troops were well deployed. Yang Zhen also put on the dirty clothes of a rower of the imperial navy, and took Zhang Chen, Ma Keqing and others aboard Lin Qingye's boat.

Boat.

Afterwards, following Yang Zhen's order, the entire team heading north to attack Zhenjiang Fort set sail, divided into two large fleets, one in front and one in back, and sailed out of Beizuizi Bay on Shicheng Island.

The fleet at the front was naturally led by Lin Qingye and An Yingchang, among whom Yang Zhen was hiding.

It has only been a few months since Lin Qingye resumed his position as commander of the Nansan Dao Navy. In addition to the old troops who have followed him for many years, it is indeed difficult for him to fully understand and use the many temporary naval battalions under his command.

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Since last night, Yang Zhen suggested that An Yingchang should be included to replace the unreliable navy battalion leaders, Lin Qingye and Monk Dubu discussed it overnight and carefully screened and reviewed every navy commander under his command.

On the morning of the 17th, as soon as the commanders of the Zhongyi Army led by An Yingchang arrived, Lin Qingye hit it off with him and immediately placed the commanders of the Zhongyi Army into his navy, replacing those who were considered uncertain

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At this point, each battalion of Lin Qingye's Li Chaonan three-way navy also completed the reorganization work before the war.

But even so, Lin Qingye still resolutely refused Yang Zhen's insistence on joining at first.

Although Lin Qingye was born in the Li Dynasty east of the Yalu River, he had been familiar with Confucian classics since he was a child. He strongly agreed with the ancient saying that a rich man should not sit down in the hall, and a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall.

In his opinion, Yang Zhengui served as the governor of the Ming Dynasty's left army and conquered the East, General Jin Haibo. How could such a person put himself in such danger?

But when Yang Zhen himself proposed to join his fleet, except for him who was shocked and firmly refused, the other generals under Yang Zhen's command were completely unfazed.

After Yang Zhen agreed to let Zhang Chen lead his troops, the deputy generals, besides shaking their heads and smiling bitterly, did not seem to do much to dissuade Yang Zhen from doing so.

This situation made Monk Lin Qingye confused and finally had to give in.

Just like that, when the fleet set off, Yang Zhen transformed into an ordinary oarsman in the cabin of Lin Qingye's turtle ship flagship, with disheveled hair, black face and dirty clothes, who did not attract attention.

Except for a few insiders, no one can connect this ordinary oarsman with the all-powerful Governor Yang.

Of course, Yang Zhen's daring to do this was not simply because he was a "bold man of skill" or "acting recklessly". Without Zhang Chen personally leading the team to accompany him on board the ship, he would not have dared to be so "unscrupulous".

A turtle ship of the Korean navy usually carried less than 150 people, almost half of whom were oarsmen and the other half were sailors used for combat.

This time Yang Zhen joined the turtle ship. Although it was Lin Qingye's flagship ship, except for Lin Qingye himself and a dozen personal guards, the rest were brought by An Yingchang's loyal army and Zhang Chen.

Dozens of musketeer battalion veterans were on board.

Under such circumstances, unless Yang Zhen's identity is discovered on the spot, there is no danger to him at all.

Around the end of September 17th, the 13th year of Chongzhen, Lin Qingye's fleet, in which Yang Zhen was hiding, separated from the main fleet led by Yuan Jin, Yu Liangtai and others in the waters east of Dalu Island, and three naval forces started to fight.

The imperial envoy recognized the flag and turned east, heading towards Dongjiang Island.

In the evening of that day, Lin Qingye, Yang Zhen and his party, consisting of more than 200 ships, finally appeared in the waters near Dongjiang Island.

The appearance of this fleet, especially the appearance of dozens of unique turtle boats in the fleet, immediately attracted the attention of the sentries wandering along the coastline.

In the evening of that day, Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Manchu Tatars, who was sitting in the Zhenjiang Fort, received the good news that a large number of warships from the DPRK had arrived at Pi Island to dock and wait for orders.

"Okay, hahahaha. Yesterday, the food and grass of the Korean people arrived at Yizhou City, and today the Korean military ships arrived outside Iron Mountain. God is really helping me!"

Hearing that the warships led by the commander of the navy of Nansan Road, the North Korean people, had arrived near Pidao off the coast of Tieshan, Jierhalang was very happy. He summoned a group of Manchu and Tatar dignitaries in Jiulian City and Zhenjiang Fort overnight to discuss the matter.

Arrangements coming down.
Chapter completed!