At this time, Yang Zhen also realized that if most of the Qinglu troops killed in the morning were Aha, the soldiers serving with the army, then the Qinglu's combat capabilities would not have suffered a fatal blow, and there would still be another chance.

The ability to launch a strong attack.

Sure enough, when Yang Zhen asked this question, everyone immediately realized the problem and looked at Zhang Chen together.

"When I got back to the governor, there were about 3,000 heads taken from outside the city this time, and they belonged to Aha's team of soldiers who had not been given armor.

"In addition, among the armored infantry and archers of the Qing Dynasty who were killed and injured, I am afraid that the majority of them are the Ertazi of the Han army under the Qing Dynasty, or the wild Jurchens or some other Xinzhou."

In fact, after the fierce but short-lasting siege battle in the morning, Zhang Chen had already noticed this situation when he led people outside the city to clean up the battlefield and collect the heads.

It's just that the war had just ended, and Yang Zhen and other friendly troops in the city were in high spirits and high morale, so he couldn't go back and say something to dampen the mood.

But now that Yang Zhen had asked, and it was directly related to the subsequent judgment of Qinglu's intentions, he had to tell the truth.

"Sizu Aha's team has not been approved. As long as you pay attention, it must not be difficult to calculate. But you said that the rest are mainly composed of the Qing and Han troops and the two Tatars and Xinyizhou. How can you see this?"

Of course, Yang Zhen had witnessed the Qing raiders' first storming of Zhenjiang Fort and sent a large number of servants Aha as cannon fodder. He also knew that among the so-called Qing captive heads harvested after the war, there must be quite a few soldiers belonging to the team of servants Aha.

Now that I heard it, it was only about half, which Yang Zhen could still accept.

However, if the remaining half of the heads are not Qinglu true Tatars, then the joy will be a bit empty.

"Well, if I get back to the governor, the clothes, hair styles and flags of the two Tatars under the Qinglu banner are all based on the methods of the real Qinglu Tatars, so it is indeed difficult to distinguish them from the real Qinglu Tatars."

Facing Yang Zhen's further inquiry, Zhang Chen briefly stated a fact that everyone present already knew, and then continued:

"But we also have someone here who knows the details of the Han army under the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. This time when he went out to collect the heads of the Qing Dynasty, his name was Zhang Guogan. Li Shouzhong and the others paid attention. As long as the Qing Dynasty soldiers wear more than three layers of fine cotton armor,

Be careful and keep their heads in a separate place.

"After the heads harvested outside the city were brought into the city at noon today, the humble official asked Jin Yukui to lead some of his men over to identify them. Jin Yukui recognized many people inside.

"In addition to Shang Kexi's subordinate Maile Zhangjing and Wu Jinggong, there are also Qinglu Xianglan Banner's Han Army Gushan Ezhen Li Guohan and his son, and Qinglu Xianglan's Xinyizhou Maile Zhangjing Shaer Huda and his son. These are all

This is what Jin Yukui and his men are very sure of.

"In addition, Jin Yukui and his men believe that among the heads of the Qinglu Xianghuang Banner that we captured, there is Zhang Dayou, the real Zhang Dayou of the Han Army in Gushan'e under the Qinglu Xianghuang Banner, but he is not familiar with Zhang Dayou and has only seen him.

After one or two interviews, I’m not sure.”

"Um."

When Yang Zhen heard this, he already had a good idea, and generally knew how much was gained in the morning's battle to defend the city.

At the same time, he felt a little bit regretful in his heart. If he had known this, it would have been better to have left some people alive so that they could identify the important people among the heads after the war.

Of course, it's too late to say this now.

"It seems that although there were many casualties among the Qing captives in the morning battle, they were not really damaged. Now they have gathered the Hongyi heavy artillery for joint use. It is obvious that someone has given Huang Taiji a clever trick and is preparing to take advantage of the weakness in the east of our city.

, that is, that section of the rebuilt city wall, and we tried to storm the city again."

After figuring out the general proportion of the heads captured in the morning battle, including the soldiers Aha and the Qinglu's Han army, the two Tatars and other miscellaneous troops, combined with the Qinglu's unabashed heavy artillery joint operation seen in front of me,

, Yang Zhen quickly judged Qinglu's intention.

"But it doesn't matter. Since we understand the Qinglu's intentions, we are not afraid of them attacking this time. We have prepared the trap. Are we afraid that the Qinglu will jump in?

"Haha, if the Qing army loses its siege in the morning and stops fighting, and continues to adopt an attitude of besieging us without attacking, or even waiting for us to attack them, that would be the worst result!"

Regarding Yang Zhen's analysis, not only Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yang Shen and others nodded in approval, but also Qiu Zhenhai, Liu Lin, An Yingchang and others who were defending the east city of Zhenjiang Fort also nodded.

"Then, what the governor means is that we continue to follow the original plan and finally let them in to fight?"

"That's right, we have to let them in and fight in the end! Haven't you already deployed two fortifications behind that section of the city wall to block and annihilate the enemy? Now that they have been deployed, we must make full use of them!"

Faced with the questions raised by Qiu Zhenhai, Yang Zhen answered very decisively.

However, Yang Zhen then said:

"Of course, although we have to be prepared to break the city and make all the preparations to finally let it in and fight, we still have to do a good job on the top of the east wall.

"Since this morning's battle with Qinglu in the west of the city failed to injure the Qinglu army, then in the battle in the east of the city, we must find a way to injure them!"

After Yang Zhen said these words, Qiu Zhenhai and others nodded.

When Yang Zhen took charge of Zhenjiang Fort, he had already made up his mind to use this fortified city, which was of great significance to the Qing Dynasty, to consume the effective strength of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

The generals under his command have long been aware of Yang Zhen's strategic intentions.

All the preparations they had made before were to achieve this goal.

Originally, in a big battle this morning, more than 6,000 heads had been captured, but I didn't expect that the soldiers Aha accounted for half of them, and the rest were mostly from the two Tatars and Han troops under the Qing Dynasty.

Now that the Qinglu were unwilling to give up and were preparing to launch a strong attack from the east of the city, they could no longer miss the opportunity to severely damage the Qinglu's real Tatar horse infantry.

"Zhang Chen!"

"The humble position is here!"

"The main force of the Musket Regiment will be deployed in the direction of the Grain and Grass Camp early tomorrow morning. Just leave a sentry in the west of the city to patrol and look out!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"Yang Shen!"

"The humble position is here!"

"It is inconvenient to move the heavy artillery of the artillery regiment, and it cannot be moved lightly. However, the three towering artillery batteries deployed in the west of the city must be moved to the east of the city. Two sentries are placed on the city, one on the left and one on the left. Sun Dengxuan is asked to take command of the two.

The sentries are posted at the bottom of the city, one on the left and one on the left, and are under your personal command!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Yang Zhen gave the order to Zhang Chen and Yang Shen in one breath, and then found Li Lu behind the crowd who followed him to Dongcheng, and said to him:

"Li Lu, the Grenadier Regiment Battalion is also crucial in this battle! Since the Qinglu heavy artillery has been moved to the east of the city, the main force of your Grenadier Regiment Battalion should also be moved to the east of the city!"

"yes!"

"You will block the west gate for a while. You can leave a sentry to guard the west gate tomorrow. All the remaining grenadiers must be mobilized to the east of the city!"

Since the Qing Dynasty's heavy artillery in the west of the city is moving to the east of the city, Yang Zhen is not worried that the west side of the city may be breached at any time. As long as the west gate is completely blocked, the Qing Dynasty in the west of the city can only stare blankly without heavy artillery.

"When the grenadiers arrived here, half of them hid on the city and were handed over to Pan Xi's command. The other half stayed behind the wall of the Liangcao Camp where there might be a breach. At that time, relying on the Liu soldiers, Andu pointed out the fortifications they built, and

Use all other favorable terrain to destroy the enemies entering the city!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

"Liu Bingshi, An Duzhi!"

"The humble position is here!"

"When the time comes, you should ask your men to prepare more bows, arrows and spears, and follow the orders of the deputy general, General Pan!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Liu Lin was the military envoy of Ping'an Road for the Chao people. His rank among the Chao people was not low. At first, he was a little arrogant and unwilling to take the humble position under Yang Zhen's command.

But now that he finally recognized the situation and his own strength, he accepted his current status and began to humiliate himself in front of Yang Zhen like everyone else.

Yang Zhen quickly adjusted the city defense deployment, and the Qinglu heavy artillery team in the west of the city, which went south along the ice on the east side of the main channel of the Yajiang River, also arrived at the southern end of Waihua Island.

At this time, the bloody sunset had gradually sunk beneath the distant horizon.

That night, the lights were shining on the cold windy river near Weihua Island to the east of Zhenjiang Castle. Kong Youde, the respectful king who came to camp together, temporarily put aside his grievances and commanded the artillery team with Huaishun Wang Geng Zhongming and went all out.

We went to prepare for the heavy artillery siege the next day.

But inside Zhenjiang Fort, the scene was still filled with joy.

Although the generals under Yang Zhen knew that the Qinglu army was outside the city, they still refused to give up. A new Qinglu attack was being planned in full swing, so everyone felt quite heavy.

However, all the generals from Yang Zhen down were tight on the inside and loose on the outside, which did not affect the celebrations that night.

Of course, the so-called celebration means killing the livestock that were seized from the noble houses of the blue flag bannermen in the city when the army entered the city, dividing the fine wine, and then feasting on fine wine and food.

And because there are nearly 12,000 garrison guards in the city, there is simply not enough food and wine to share.

Meat is not bad, and with the horse meat brought back from outside the city, the portion is more than enough for people with moderate appetites.

However, the fine wine that the soldiers from all walks of life longed for was not enough to share. On average, everyone would only get the bottom of a bowl, which was only enough for one big sip.

Correspondingly, Yang Zhen and the generals of each regiment and camp under his command also joined the team sheds at the bottom of each regiment and camp to celebrate the day's victory with the soldiers at the bottom of the team sheds.

Moreover, Yang Zhen and the generals who went down to the team tents to participate in the celebrations were treated exactly the same as all the officers and soldiers in each regiment and camp. No one ate more, drank more, or received more points.

No one took it.

Although there was not much wine, it was far from as exciting as Yang Zhen said when he won the first battle, but Yang Zhen and the generals came to the soldiers in the tent to greet them, ate meat with them, and clinked glasses with them to drink.
Chapter completed!