As for the people in Uiju Prefecture and the large number of young and strong Koreans recruited into the city by Huang Yihao, Cui Xiaoyi and others after they raised high the anti-Qing banner, their fate was equally miserable.

All the anger and hostility that the Qing army had accumulated under Zhenjiang Fort was released in Yizhou Prefecture.

After a night of massacre, almost all the tens of thousands of people in Yizhou Prefecture and more than ten thousand young volunteers recruited by Huang Yihao and Cui Xiaoyi to help defend the city were killed.

Most of those who fled first when they saw the situation was amiss, fell into the ambush set by Huang Taiji on their way to Zhenjiang Fort, and almost the entire army was wiped out.

Only a small group of volunteers were lucky enough to escape first and escape from Yizhou Fucheng. Then they were lucky enough to avoid the road leading to Zhenjiang Fort and fled all the way east to Dingzhou City, temporarily saving the small town.

life.

At the same time, the news of the massacre in Yizhou Fucheng was brought to Dingzhou City.

Correspondingly, the news of the fall of Yizhou Fucheng and the brutal massacre was also sent to Zhenjiang Fort by Dingzhou Shepherd Zhang Houjian, who also raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, on the snowy evening of the seventh day of November in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

The messenger who came to deliver the message was Che Zhongliang, one of the commanders of the Dingzhou Volunteers, the younger brother of Che Liliang, a special general in Dingzhou.

"Captain Yang, Governor Yang, save the people of Jiangdong Dynasty, save the people of Jiangdong Dynasty! The soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty captured Yizhou Prefecture on the night of October 28th. Huang Fuyin of Yiju Prefecture, the whole family

He committed suicide and died. General Cui Bie died in a fierce battle. Tens of thousands of people were killed in the city of Uiju!"

Che Zhongliang is a powerful man in his thirties with a beard. He is not very tall, but he is very powerful and strong. He is vaguely similar to his brother Che Liliang.

After being brought to General Zhengdong's camp, Yang Zhen, this powerful-looking man immediately knelt down on the ground and cried to Yang Zhen with snot and tears.

"After the city of Yizhou Prefecture was destroyed and massacred, the Qing captives did not stop. In the past few days, the Qing captives divided their troops and plundered the land. Yizhou Prefecture was far and near cities, ranging from Changcheng and Jiangjie in the north to Guicheng and Long in the south.

In Sichuan, where the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty passed by, the cities and towns everywhere were destroyed, and all the people were massacred. Compared with the miserable situation in Yizhou City, it was worse but not worse.

"Dingzhou envoy Zhang Mu and his low-ranking brother had previously followed the orders of the commander-in-chief and raised troops to fight against the Qing Dynasty in Dingzhou City. Now the Qing army has divided its troops and marched eastward, encircling Dingzhou City. Envoy Zhang Mu has no way to appeal, especially

I sent a low-ranking official to risk my life and come west to Zhenjiang Fort to ask for help, and I beg the governor to send troops to rescue him as soon as possible!"

After Che Zhongliang finished speaking these words with emotion, he kowtowed hard on the floor of the Yang Zhenxing camp meeting hall, making a "dong dong dong dong" sound.

Several other generals who accompanied Yang Zhen to meet Che Zhongliang, although they already knew Yang Zhen's strategy and plans, heard what Che Zhongliang said and saw that he was so sincere, they couldn't bear it in their hearts, and they all looked at Yang Zhen.

When Yang Zhen saw this, he couldn't sit still anymore. He could only step forward, help him up, and said to him: "Commander, please get up and talk, please get up and talk!"

Although Yang Zhen has made up his mind to sit on the sidelines, he doesn't want to show it too obviously.

After all, although Che Zhongliang was born in Bangzi, what he said was not wrong.

First of all, if Yang Zhen had not led his army to seize Zhenjiang Castle, the Korean gentry on the North Korean Second Road on the east bank of the Yajiang River, especially Ping'an Road, would never have dared to stand up and raise a flag to rebel against the Qing Dynasty.

On the other hand, after the Koreans on the east bank of the Yajiang River started to revolt against the Qing Dynasty, no matter how many Qing soldiers they actually helped Yang Zhen disperse or force, at least on the surface they were very powerful and played the role of friendly forces.

For example, during the recent period, they gave Yang Zhen and his Zhenjiang Fort generals a chance to rest and reorganize their troops and renovate the city defenses, which gave them a good breathing space and created a great opportunity.

In recent days, the Qing prisoners who were still in the outer city of Zhenjiang Fort have no longer launched an attack on Zhenjiang Fort because of the large number of main forces crossing the river to the east. They only dared to patrol around the city wall from a distance.

Even Yang Zhen's provocative behavior of sending men and horses quietly out of the city the night before to recover the battle-damaged artillery, armor, heads and frozen corpses of horses left by the Qing captives on the river east of the city, outside the city

The Qinglu camp began to turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear.

The formation of this situation was certainly due to the previous two bloody battles between the Zhenjiang Fort defenders, but the recent Jiangdong court rebels attracting the main force of the Qing captives was also an important reason.

Therefore, Yang Zhen is actually quite grateful for the help from the Jiangdong Dynasty people.

In particular, Yang Zhen couldn't bear the deaths of some of the most elite Korean righteous men, such as Huang Yihao and Cui Xiaoyi.

However, when he thought of the dirty looks of the Xiaoxiba people in Bangzi Country a few hundred years later, the good impression Yang Zhen gained from these righteous men of the imperial court disappeared in an instant.

Regarding the despicable performance of Nan Bang and Xiao Xiba jumping up and down, Yang Zhen could only blame the entire Peninsula Bangzi.

If they stay on their own and know how to stay humble, then there is no need for Yang Zhen to keep a watchdog next to Huaxia.

But when he thought about the possibility that this guard dog would bark at its owner and benefactor in the future, Yang Zhen felt uneasy in his heart. He didn't want to cause trouble in the future.

Therefore, even though he knew that the recent calm outside Zhenjiang Fort was unusual, and that the calm during this period must have been at the expense of Qing soldiers and horses crossing the Yangtze River to march eastward and massacre to retaliate against the Korean people, he still chose to deal with what happened to Jiangdong.

Everything is indifferent.

At the same time, he also took this opportunity to urge all the people in the city to repair various city defense facilities in the west city and east city to prevent the Qing army from suddenly turning around and attacking again.

Yang Zhen originally thought that the peaceful days here in Zhenjiang Fort could last for quite some time. After all, there was no news from inside and outside the city, and he could pretend not to know what the Qing army was doing on the east bank of the Yajiang River towards the Northern Second Road.

However, he did not expect that Dingzhou Shepherd Zhang Houjian would send his volunteer commander Che Zhongliang to report the news and ask for help.

And this Dingzhou volunteer commander Che Zhongliang was actually able to evade the Qing soldiers and horses outside Dingzhou City, and then broke through the many obstacles in the east of Zhenjiang Fort City, all the way to the Zhenjiang Fort City.

This is especially incredible for Yang Zhen.

Therefore, when he pulled Che Zhongliang up from the ground half-invited and half-draged, and then pressed him down on a stool, he did not directly respond to Che Zhongliang's request. Instead, he walked and thought for a moment and said to him:

"How did you come to Zhenjiang Fort? Of course, what I mean is that the journey from Dingzhou City to Zhenjiang Fort was peaceful? Have you ever been intercepted or blocked by Qing barbarians? Did you see anything along the way?

Have you heard anything?"

Yang Zhen knew very well that it snowed heavily on the afternoon of November 7th and the windy and snowy weather conditions on both sides of the Yajiang River were helpful to Che Zhongliang and his party, but it was by no means that Che Zhongliang could successfully reach the east wall of Zhenjiang Fort.

the only reason.

After all, Yang Zhen had learned how powerful the Qinglu patrol cavalry was outside Songshan City.

Unless the Qinglu patrol horse team released a large amount of water and deliberately sent this chariot Zhongliang to the gate of Zhenjiang Fort, and the defenders of Dingzhou City went to Zhenjiang Fort for help, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to evade or break through the Qinglu patrol horse.

Of course, this does not mean that Yang Zhen definitely thinks that Che Zhongliang is a member of the Qing Dynasty.

This Che Zhongliang used to play in the team of Dingzhou general Che Liliang.

Although Yang Zhen had met him less often and was not familiar with him, Liu Lin was quite familiar with him, including An Yingchang and several of An Yingchang's commanders, who were also very familiar with him.

This time, he was quickly identified after arriving near the east wall of Zhenjiang Fort, and was hoisted to the top of the city. He successfully entered the city and met Yang Zhen. He also passed by Qiu Zhenhai, Liu Lin, An Yingchang and

They sent it after their subordinates confirmed it again and again.

Therefore, Yang Zhen has no doubts about the authenticity of Che Zhongliang and which side he currently plays for.

However, the problem often lies here.

In other words, the person is real, the things are real, the news he brings is also real, and the purpose is good - that is, asking Yang Zhen to send troops to rescue Dingzhou City, but his arrival itself is a sign of Qinglu

The result of intentional water release.

In other words, the news he brought was within the Qinglu's expectations. Dingzhou City asked Yang Zhen to send troops for rescue, which was also a situation that the Qinglu troops were happy to see.

If this is the case, then although Che Zhongliang himself did not participate in the Qinglu plan, he was actually used by the Qinglu.

Yang Zhen had to be wary of this.

As soon as Yang Zhen's thoughts were expressed, several people accompanying Che Zhongliang, such as Qiu Zhenhai, Liu Lin, An Yingchang, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yang Shen and others, immediately turned around and returned.

The taste has come.

"Yes, Commander Che, the Qinglu army has been besieging the city for a long time. We have long lost contact with everywhere in the city and outside the city. How did you break through the Qinglu blockade and get to the gate of Zhenjiang Fort?

What about?"

"Yes, Commander Chai, Dingzhou City is not close to Zhenjiang Fort. It is not two hundred miles, but more than a hundred miles. If what you just said is true, the Qing captives divided their forces to plunder the land and kill wantonly. Is it possible?

You didn’t bump into me along the way?!”

Many of the current generals under Yang Zhen's command know the topography, landforms, customs and customs of the east bank of the Yajiang River.

Many people know where Dingzhou is located, how far it is from Zhenjiang Fort, where they will pass on the way to Zhenjiang Fort, and what they may encounter.

Therefore, as soon as Yang Zhen's question was raised, Qiu Zhenhai and Li Lu immediately pointed out all the doubtful points and asked Che Zhongliang to answer.

As for the other generals present, although they have not spoken yet, their expressions that were full of sympathy and sorrow have long since changed. For a while, they all looked at Che Zhongliang with suspicion.

The questions raised by Yang Zhen and the changes in everyone's expressions made Che Zhongliang feel puzzled. At the same time, he felt aggrieved, and he said with sadness and indignation:
Chapter completed!