Sure enough, Shang Kexi asked this question, which made Jierhalang's face darken.

"Hmph, why not just hit Port Arthur? I am determined to lead all of your elites to cross the sea by boat and detour behind enemy lines. Is it to take you to enjoy the scenery on the sea?"

As for where to fight after returning to the rear area of ​​​​Jinhai Town, Jierhalang had not yet made up his mind.

But when he saw that Shang Kexi was obviously afraid of attacking Lushunkou, he immediately felt very unhappy.

"Don't worry about whether you are going to attack Lushunkou or Jinzhou City. First tell me how many qualified gunners you have selected and how many heavy artillery pieces you need to support the general!"

Shang Ke was pleased to see Prince Zheng Jierharang say this. He originally thought that the eight gates were also acceptable, but he changed his mind temporarily and blurted out:

"Master, this time our army is detouring behind enemy lines. If we want to attack the fortified city, only eight heavy cannons will not be enough. I have been ordered to carefully select 1,500 gunners. It is not a problem to carry eight heavy cannons. Even if there are eight

Ten artillery pieces also made it possible."

Shang Kexi's words took away all his responsibilities at once.

First of all, Shang Kexi made it clear that attacking the fortified city with eight heavy artillery pieces would definitely not be enough. When the time comes to attack the city, it will be unfavorable. You can't blame me for not warning me earlier.

Secondly, Shang Kexi has been ordered to select 1,500 gunners. Regardless of the level of these gunners, this number alone is enough for you to have dozens of more artillery pieces.

This means that if you, Prince Zheng, are unable to acquire heavy artillery or other artillery, if your army fails in the future, you cannot place the blame on me, Shang Kexi.

However, Shang Kexi is certainly an old man, but why isn't Jierhalang such a man?

So when Shang Kexi said this, Jierhalang snorted coldly when he heard this, and then said: "Let's see, only eight heavy cannons are indeed a bit missing. When has the Qing Dynasty been so shabby? The location of the Maoershan Fort is important.

, just don’t move.

"However, the Maoershan Fort controls the river and the sea. Since there are heavy artillery to guard it, the two heavy artillery on Zhenjiang Gate are not so necessary. We disassembled them to make ten.

"As well as Jiuliancheng, the general cannons on Zhenjiang Gate have also been mobilized. Thirty more cannons will be gathered. Before tomorrow evening, enough ammunition will be prepared and transported to the dock outside Zhenjiang Gate for convenience in the future.

Get aboard!”

"The day after tomorrow?"

"That's right, it will be the day after tomorrow. If nothing else happens, on the morning of September 19th, all the people participating in this expedition will gather outside Zhenjiang Gate before Chen time. Anyone who fails to do so will be killed!"

"嗻!"

"Slave obeys!"

Jierhalang has been planning for a long time on the matter of detouring behind enemy lines in Jinhai Town.

At present, Liu Lin, the military commander of Ping'an Road, has led 3,000 infantry to escort the grain and grass from Xianglan Banner to Yizhou City opposite Jiulian City.

Lin Qingye, the commander-in-chief of the three Koreas, navy and navy, has also led a large number of warships to anchor at Pidao off Tieshan as promised. If there are no abnormalities, they will be able to arrive outside Zhenjiang Gate tomorrow evening or early the next morning.

Food is available, warships are available, and as for the elite horse infantry, that is the Eight Banners' strengths.

The only drawback was that there were a few heavy artillery pieces, but cobbling together ten Tianyou-boosting general heavy cannons and thirty Ming army general cannons that had been captured was the limit of what he could do now.

In this regard, Jierhalang should stop thinking about it and just try his best to do what he can do.

As for if we cannot capture Lushunkou or Jinzhou City, or any castle behind Jinhai Town because of this, we can only leave it to fate.

All in all, the Qing emperor in Shengjing couldn't blame himself for the lack of heavy artillery.

When Jierhalang thought of this, he recalled Shang Kexi's words to shirk responsibility from him just now, and shook his head with a bitter smile and was speechless.

He couldn't tell since when, facing the increasing rise of the Ming army in Jinhai Town, he actually felt like he was powerless.

That night, Jierhalang clarified various matters, and then all the blue-flag troops and horses in Zhenjiang Fort and Jiulian City began to take action, making final preparations for the upcoming roundabout at sea.

Yang Zhen, who was in the harbor of Dongjiang Island, also known as Pidao, naturally knew nothing about this.

In the evening of that day, after Yang Zhen, Lin Qingye and their fleet arrived near Dongjiang Island, more than 200 large and small ships were divided into three groups, left, middle and right, according to the common practice of naval marches.

Yang Zhen followed Lin Qingye's flagship and led the main force of the fleet to anchor in the bay next to Dongjiang Island. The other two routes formed a pattern of guarding the middle route.

Among them, the left water camp docked at the nearby Tieshan coast, and the right water camp docked at a bay on the nearby Yuncong Island.

That night, Yang Zhen, accompanied by Zhang Chen, Lin Qingye, An Yingchang and others, landed on the island to inspect the situation on Dongjiang Island.

All the immigrant households resettled on the island along Jinhai East Road have been evacuated.

The various farms on the island have also been harvested and hidden in advance according to Yang Zhen's previous order.

The situation that Yang Zhen was most worried about before landing on the island, that is, the scene of sweet potato fields and potato vines being littered everywhere after being dug, did not exist at all.

Although there were obvious traces of land reclamation and cultivation in the sweet potato fields that had been dug not long ago, they were unlikely to be caught by any intentional traitors or Manchu Tatars who came to patrol.

After going to the island for a tour, Yang Zhen felt relieved. He returned to the dirty bilge of the turtle ship that night and slept soundly until dawn.

In the early morning of the next day, heavy fog filled the Dongjiang Island area. Lin Qingye sent his trusted followers, armed with the troop deployment document of Li Chao's Uyghur Government and three navy commander's flags, to land in the direction of Chaoyinyizhou Prefecture to report.

By noon, the original team of trusted followers sent by Lin Qingye returned to the fleet stationed in the harbor of Dongjiang Island and brought back important news to Lin Qingye - the Qing envoys were coming!

It turned out that the pedestrians sent by Lin Qingye, holding the documents of the Li Dynasty's parliamentary government to mobilize troops and the flags of the three naval commanders, landed on the shore and headed north for a short distance when they were captured by the Manchus and Chao traitors patrolling the coast.

After an interrogation, a team of Manchus and Korean traitors patrolling the coast escorted them to Jingjin Belenikanli, who was crossing the river to inspect the situation of the Korean navy and warships.

In fact, Nikan crossed the river early in the morning, but in mid-September, the fog on both sides of the Yalu River in the early morning was so thick, especially on this day, that it was even difficult to discern the direction in the wilderness.

As for the road leading to Tieshan County, because it is close to the mouth of the Yalu River and the coastline, it is sparsely populated and unmaintained, making it very difficult to travel. Nikan and his team could not move faster.

It was not until Nikan's outpost led the team that they unexpectedly intercepted a pedestrian sent by Lin Qingye to contact the governor of Yiju, the imperial court, that they started to move forward faster.

In this way, by the time Nikan, Han Run, Zheng Mingshou and others arrived at the coast with their escorts, and then transferred to a Korean warship to board Dongjiang Island, it was already noon.

At this time, the sea breeze was blowing, the fog was gradually dissipating, and the sun peeking out looked like a salted egg yolk, hanging hazily in the sky.

Lin Qingye led An Yingchang and the navy generals from the water camp on the left and right. When they saw the Qing envoy docking in a boat from a distance, they all knelt on the dock to greet him.

At this time, the turtle ship flagship, where Yang Zhen served as the rower, was quietly moored next to the pier.

Through the window of the turtle boat's bilge where they were rowing and rowing, Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen, Ma Keqing and others paid close attention to every move there.

Yang Zhen didn't want to be confused and betrayed at this critical moment.

Although he personally knew Lin Qingye's life story and firmly believed that Lin Qingye would not betray him, at this moment, people's hearts were far apart, and he had to be on guard.

At this time, he was holding a loaded short-barreled firecracker in his hand, while Zhang Chen and Ma Keqing had already prepared flying generals and fire sickles and flints, and were concentrating on the dock outside the cabin window.

"Haha, it is indeed Lin Bingshi who is here. Oh, by the way, haha, I can no longer call you Lin Bingshi. What is your name now, Lin Tongyu? General Lin?"

After the Tatar-filled Jingjin Beilenikan boarded the Dongjiang Island pier by boat, he had not yet said anything, but a court traitor who was leading the way strode to Lin Qingye's side and circled around him twice first.

, and then said something like this.

Then, without waiting for Lin Qingye's response, the man turned around and saw An Yingchang. Then he laughed, pointed at An Yingchang and said:

"Oh, yes, there are so many places in life where we meet again! Isn't this the Haizhou military and horse control envoy An Bingshi back then? Oh, by the way, under the power of our Qing army, An Bingshi's subordinates fled upon hearing the news and were completely defeated.

, it has long ceased to be a matter of military restraint.

"Yes, yes, yes, you later became the Chief Qian of the Imperial Camp Hall, right? Haha, what about now, what is it now? He can't be a little general under Lin Tongyu, hehe, hehe, hehehehe...

…”

The traitor walking in front obviously knew Lin Qingye and An Yingchang, but when he saw their faces, he actually humiliated them in public. He looked like a villain who had succeeded.

Seeing how rude this person was, Lin Qingye just knelt on the ground with his head down and his face expressionless. But An Yingchang's face flashed with a trace of anger, and he couldn't help but sneer back:

"It turns out to be Zheng Mingshou - Zheng Tongshi. Mr. Tongshi was originally from the imperial court. Today, he met his old friend in a foreign land. Why is he so mean to his old friend?"

An Yingchang seemed to know that Yang Zhen was hiding in the cabin of the turtle ship next to the dock. As if to let Yang Zhen hear their conversation, he deliberately raised his voice a little higher.

As expected, Yang Zhen overheard their conversation and immediately knew that the person walking in the front was actually Zheng Mingshou, a famous traitor in history, and he suddenly felt a little nervous.

As the saying goes, the king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. In the relationship between the Qing Dynasty and the people of the court, this sentence is vividly reflected, and the characters who act as the difficult devil are precisely those traitors of the court who defected to the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!