Sanggarsai was the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian soldiers under Zu Dashou.

Zu Dashou basically had no involvement in the management of the Mongolian camp and left it to Sanggarsai and his Mongolian generals to manage it themselves.

Therefore, in the Mongolian camp, Sanggarsai's authority was higher than that of Zu Dashou.

Nomqi was a trusted general of Sanggarsai, and this time he was in charge of the 300 Mongolian soldiers transferred from the Sanggarsai camp.

However, before going north to rescue Songshan this time, Zu Dashou appointed guerrilla Xu Changyong as general to lead the 300 Mongolian soldiers.

As soon as Xu Changyong received the order, he put a group of his own soldiers and servants in, which was tantamount to directly depriving Nomuqi of his authority.

The night before yesterday, there was a surprise attack on the Tatar camp. More than a hundred Mongolian soldiers were killed, wounded and missing. As the temporary commander-in-chief, Xu Changyong actually didn't feel bad.

However, Nomqi was very distressed, and this incident further aggravated the discord between the two.

Now that he had such a dangerous task, Xu Changyong handed it over to his rival Nomuqi in the Mongolian soldiers without hesitation, and Nomuqi was naturally unwilling to do it.

But the current situation was beyond his control, especially after Zu Keyong's words, he had to do it even if he didn't dare.

After hesitating for a while, Nomqi seemed to have figured out the stakes, or maybe he knew that a good man should never suffer a loss in front of him. He knelt down on one knee towards Xu Changyong, gritted his teeth and took it from Xu Changyong's hand.

Got that letter.

"Nomuqi! If you can complete this task! When you come in front of Commander Zu in the future, I, Zu Keyong, will definitely show you my merits! Sanggar Sai will definitely reward you heavily!"

Nomuqi didn't even raise his head. He just put the letter in his arms, patted his chest and said, "I obey my orders!"

Nomuqi lowered his head and finished saying this, turned around and left, still hiding an indignant look in his expression.

Yang Zhen looked at the Mongolian general Nomqi's demeanor and performance as he left. He was very doubtful in his heart whether this man would "obey orders" as he said on the surface.

But at this time, he no longer cared about sending letters.

For him, it was better to have this reason to send the message, and it didn't matter if he didn't. His purpose of coming to rescue Songshan had actually been achieved.

Even if Jin Guofeng and others in Songshan City today don't know that the reinforcements sent by Ning Yuan have arrived outside the city, they will definitely know after today's battle.

At this time, another burst of shelling came from the direction of Songshan City, and this time the sound was earth-shattering. It seemed to be denser and more violent than the previous shelling.

Yang Zhen knew that he could not delay like this any longer, and immediately said to Xu Changyong: "Brother Xu! It's almost time! It's time for you to set off! You must remember the route I told you! At the same time, you can't withdraw too early or too fast.

, let the Tatars chase you and lose them! Don’t let the Tatars bite too hard to keep the distance!"

After Yang Zhen said this, he stepped forward and hugged Xu Changyong again and then separated. Others also clasped their fists at Xu Changyong.

Xu Changyong nodded to Yang Zhen, hugged his fists with everyone across Yang Zhen, and then turned around and left.

After a while, Xu Changyong's loud orders came from the place where the Mongolian cavalry gathered in front. Xu Changyong was also very bachelor. He got on his horse and took the lead. He led the way towards the woods ahead in the direction pointed by Yang Zhen.

Rush in the direction.

In a moment, the Mongolian cavalry led by Xu Changyong crossed the salt flats and rushed into the woods.

It wasn't until he saw the last horse rushing into the woods opposite that Yang Zhen turned his head and said to the people around him: "Okay! We have to prepare too!"

Zu Keyong's troops were the last to arrive, but they also brought breakfast prepared by the naval camp to Yang Zhen and others who had arrived first last night.

In fact, they are just stacks of pre-baked salty pancakes, with no other ingredients except mixed noodles and salt.

However, Yang Zhen and his soldiers from the Musketeers and Grenadier Corps, who had been hungry for almost the whole night, were not picky and did not say anything bad.

Pancakes, everyone is smiling.

Including Yang Zhen, they were eating the big pancakes brought by Zu Keyong's troops and squatting in their respective trenches with cold water from the Xiaoling River, each eating more happily than the other.

Zu Keyong left some of his men to place the war horses in the reed swamps. More soldiers took bows and arrows in hand and followed Zu Keyong, scattering in the trenches of the musketeers.

Zu Keyong himself was beside Yang Zhen. While he was watching Yang Zhen eating "delightfully", he thought for a while and said to Yang Zhen:

"I have seen Yang Xiezhen's arrangements, and they are really incomparable! Especially the trenches! You can hide yourself and avoid the Tatar arrow rain and the collision of war horses! It is also equipped with muskets, artillery, and gunpowder bombs

, it can be regarded as a dragnet!”

At this point, Zu Keyong looked at Yang Zhen and looked at him, so he paused briefly, and then said: "I just don't know, under this arrangement, how do you plan to use Zu's heavy cavalry, Yang Xiezhen?! With Yang Xie

Judging from the current arrangements of the town, it seems that there is no place for Mr. Zu to exert his strength!"

After listening to what Zu Keyong said, Yang Zhen swallowed a mouthful of food, laughed, and said to him: "Brother Zu! It's not that there is no place for you! It's not that there is no mission for you! When the Tatar cavalry attacks, your mission is,

It is to ambush in the trenches and communication trenches, and use rockets to ignite the pre-embedded tens of thousands of enemies and the Dragon King Cannon. When the enemy retreats, your task is to mount your war horse, pursue the victory and capture the enemy's head!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen suddenly stopped, looked at Zu Keyong and said: "By the way! When I inspected your camp last night, I specifically told you to ask you to find Yuan Jin this morning and ask him to contribute a few barrels.

Tung oil, are you coming yet?"

"Of course it's coming! It was coming last night! But there aren't many left in Yuan Jin's camp, and he doesn't want much! - That's what you mean by Yang Xiezhen! I understand!"

Originally, Zu Keyong thought that asking him to ask for tung oil was to use tung oil and dry reeds in the reed swamps to burn the Tatars. Yuan Jin also thought so, so whether it was Zu Keyong or Yuan Jin,

They all felt deeply regretful because there really wasn't much tung oil in the naval camp, but they didn't expect that it turned out to be just for making rockets.

In fact, Yang Zhen's time was really not enough, otherwise he would have arranged for manpower to do these things as early as on Shazhou Island.

However, these things are not complicated. Just tear off some strips of cloth from the body, or tear off a strip from the felt blanket carried on horseback, soak it with tung oil, and wrap it tightly under the arrow.

After Zu Keyong learned about Yang Zhen's intentions, he immediately arranged for several generals under his command to make a batch of rockets and asked them to find out in advance where the tens of thousands of enemies and Dragon King cannons in front of him were buried.

, where are their fuses, so as not to delay the fighter plane.

Yang Zhen was also very happy to see Zu Keyong participating and directing his soldiers to divide the work and take responsibilities.

If he, the general, had to personally arrange, supervise, and even do everything personally, then he would not be able to finish it even if it exhausted him to death.

Fortunately, his men are veterans and generals. After understanding Yang Zhen's intentions, they quickly got started in all aspects. Zhang Degui, Li Lu, Pan Wenmao, Zhang Chen, Yang Shen, Zhang Guogan, Pan Xi, and Deng En

Everyone can help him share the burden, and even take charge of it alone, which makes him feel at ease and makes him feel much more relaxed.

Xu Changyong had already led his team to the west for about a quarter of an hour. The shelling in the Songshan City area came one after another, with almost no pause.

As time went by, the atmosphere at Yang Zhen's side began to gradually change from relaxed to serious. The soldiers from each team who were still chatting and laughing in the trenches and in the reed marshes gradually became quieter.

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Everyone knows that a war is coming.

Tens of thousands of Tatars gathered outside Songshan City. As long as Xu Changyong's troops dared to show up, they would be chased by countless Tatars. It would be an unprecedented tough battle!

Yang Zhen took Yang Zhan'ao, Yan San, and Zu Keyong back and forth to patrol the trenches and traffic trenches, boosting everyone's morale while checking the preparations of each department.

He did not go back to the woods where only the left wing of the grenadiers led by Li Lu defended.
Chapter completed!