After Yang Zhen analyzed the time and place of the enemy and ourselves in front of everyone, he also promised in public that once the Tatars landed on the island, everyone would be in danger, and he would take the initiative to lead his troops to stay behind and other troops would be the first to evacuate.

Yang Zhen's approach greatly calmed people's hearts, and the little panic caused by the Tatars' behavior of setting fire to the reed swamps quickly dissipated without a trace on Shazhou Island.

The fire in the west was still burning fiercely under the strong sea breeze, and it continued to spread all the way to the south and north, and the area of ​​​​the fire field became larger and larger.

After listening to Yang Zhen's analysis, Xu Changyong, Yuan Jin, and Zu Keyong all knew that Yang Zhen was telling the truth. Now they were reassured by Yang Zhen's promise to retreat once the Tatars attacked the sandbank.

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Seeing that the fire did not diminish at all, several people dispersed and went back to control the army while continuing to sleep and rest.

After a few outsiders dispersed, Yang Zhen explained some things to pay attention to at night to his old subordinates. Just as he was about to send them away so that he could relive his old dreams, he suddenly saw a man in the distance holding a torch in his left hand and carrying a torch in his right hand.

The heavy object walked quickly towards the direction where he was.

As he walked, the man shouted: "Master Yang! Little Ma Liu! I found it! I found Arsalan's head! It's the head of Jia La Zhangjing! The adults have made great contributions.

Got it!"

This Ma Liu's talkative attitude is a bit similar to that of Zhang Guogan. He kept shouting while walking quickly forward.

Only when he got closer did Yang Zhen see clearly the heavy object he was carrying in his right hand. It turned out to be a huge, blue-black, smooth head!

When Ma Liu came to Yang Zhen, he immediately knelt down on one knee, thrust the torch in his left hand into the ground, held the big head in both hands and passed it forward, and immediately said: "Sir! This is Man Tatar with a yellow flag.

The head of Laga Bush Xianjia Lajung Kyung Arsalan!

"I have seen him several times, and I recognize him clearly! I also found the head of my master Wu Yashan in the pile! He took away the biological sister of the villain's mother!

"The villain's sister is only twelve years old! I really wish I could eat his flesh and drink his blood! I also want to thank you for avenging me!"

After hearing what Ma Liu said, Yang Zhen took another step closer to him, looked down at him and asked, "Are you sure this is Arsalan's head!?"

Yang Zhen took a step forward, and other people around Yang Zhen such as Zhang Degui, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Pan Wenmao, Yan San and others also took a step or two forward, surrounding Ma Liu in the middle.

Although these people didn't know who the Arsalan that Yang Zhen was interested in was, they all became interested when they heard that Ma Liu said that this person was a Jia La Zhangjing in the Baya La camp with a yellow flag in Manchuria.

Now within the Eight Banners of Manchuria, the military system has changed. The commander-in-chief is no longer called commander-in-chief, but is called Aung Bang Zhangjing. The deputy general is no longer called deputy general, but is called Mele Zhangjing.

As for Jia La Zhang Jing, he was a general second only to Ang Pang Zhang Jing and Mele Zhang Jing, and was equivalent to the generals in the Ming Dynasty.

If one considers that his identity is that of Jia La Zhang Jing in the Baya La camp with a yellow flag in Manchuria, then he is even more powerful than the average Jia La Zhang Jing.

The night before yesterday, they raided the Tatar grain and grass camp and said they killed a Tatar clan member, but after all, they did not bring back the head of the beizi.

Therefore, after all, it is impossible to prove it, so the biggest gain that can be confirmed is the head of Jia La Zhang Jing in front of him.

Everyone was staring at the huge head in Ma Liu's hand, but unexpectedly, Yang Zhen stepped forward, grabbed the braid on top of the head, and lifted the head directly in front of him.

With the torches passed by everyone, Yang Zhen looked at the front of the head carefully. It had a beard, a flat nose, a face full of scars, and a pair of eyes protruding from the big face. It was obvious that he must have been extremely angry during his lifetime.

appearance.

Yang Zhen grabbed the braid on the top of his head with his right hand, looked at the face closely for a while, then casually threw it to Ma Liu, and then said: "Very good! I recognized Arsalan.

You have made some achievements! Ma Liu——I let you go now, are you willing?!"

As soon as Yang Zhen said this, everyone around him was shocked, including Ma Liu, who obviously had not thought of this. He was stunned and quickly looked up at Yang Zhen.

After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Ma Liu's heart suddenly turned upside down.

Of course he wanted to leave, he didn't want to fight. Originally, he was just a poor Han man who was forced to go to the battlefield with his master. He just wanted to make some achievements and change his status as a slave, but because he was afraid of death, he didn't dare

Go to Songshan Army.

It happened that his master Wu Yashan had seized his sister, and out of consideration for this, he left her in the rear camp to look after his belongings.

But what he never expected was that even if he stayed in the rear camp as he wished, he would not be able to escape the unexpected disaster. He actually encountered the Ming army's hijacking team. If it weren't for his quick thinking, he would have been killed by now.

I don't know where the body is.

Of course he wanted to go back. Although he would continue to be a slave when he returned, he would have a relatively stable home and a dependent sister waiting for him.

But the current situation made him dare not express this intention for a while. The Ming army general in front of him left him because he said that he recognized Arsalan. Now he has found Arsalan among the heads.

His head is probably useless to the Ming army general in front of him!

Thinking of this, Ma Liu's scalp suddenly became numb. Could it be that the Ming army general in front of him was just testing him, but actually wanted to kill him?!

The more Ma Liu thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. After thinking for a moment, he did not dare to let Yang Zhen wait any longer, and immediately said: "My lord has avenged me! My lord wants to repay your kindness! My lord doesn't want to leave!"

"Besides, my master Wu Yashan is already dead, and I have seen his dead head! Even if I go back, I will definitely not end well! My master is dead, but I am alive, and I will be punished even if I go back!"

And the little one has already cut off his braids, so he can’t go back!”

Yang Zhen did have murderous intentions at that moment. If Ma Liu showed a look of being overjoyed, excited and grateful, he would kill him without hesitation.

Fortunately, this Ma Liu's mind was really quick. Not only did he not show any intention of being happy, but he also repeatedly expressed his unwillingness to leave, which surprised Yang Zhen.

"Ma Liu, how many years have you stayed in the Tatar den, but can you speak the Jurchen truth of the Tatars?"

If Ma Liu could speak Manchurian, Yang Zhen wouldn't mind keeping him. After all, there was no one around Yang Zhen who knew the truth about the Manchurian children. When fighting against the Tatars in the future, it would be impossible to know ourselves and the enemy.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! The villain's home used to be in Gaizhou City. After Gaizhou City was occupied by the Tatars, the younger one fled with his family and fled to Marshal Mao! Later, Marshal Mao disappeared, and the younger one

Then he followed his family ashore and fled to Anju, North Korea. Later, Anzhou was also destroyed, and the small family became slaves of the Manchu Tatars!

"If you calculate carefully, the youngest was only fifteen or sixteen that year, and the younger sister was less than three years old! It has been ten years now——"

Hearing this, Yang Zhen raised his hand to interrupt Ma Liu's words, and said to him: "Since you don't want to go back, but are willing to stay and serve in our advance camp, then you can stay! First, please pay attention to me.

In the army, I will follow General Yan San as an errand, and once I make further contributions in the future, I, Yang Zhen, will not treat you badly!"

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, Na Ma Liu knew that his life was saved, so he immediately thanked Yan San profusely, and then went to pay homage to Yan San.

At this time, Yang Zhen also temporarily put aside this matter, and said to Zhang Degui: "Yang Zhan'ao, Guo Xiaowu and the others have not come back yet. I am worried that they will be in danger. You can go to Yuan Jin's camp later and ask him to

Send a team of people and a boat to search west along the edge of the reed marsh! If Yang Zhan'ao and the others return, we can help them!"

After hearing this, Zhang Degui quickly agreed and rushed to Yuan Jin's camp with a few people.

Yang Zhen looked at the fire that was still burning in the west, then turned back to the others and said: "Let's all go back! Everyone takes care of their own camp and their own troops! Don't make any trouble at night! Let's wait until tomorrow to discuss everything!"

When everyone heard this, they stopped staying and left each other, going back to their own camps. Only Yan San and Ma Liu, holding torches and holding Arsalan's head, stood aside and waited.

Yang Zhen looked at the fire to the west, and then looked at the human head in Ma Liu's hand, feeling filled with emotion.

The Tatars were not stupid at all. They set fire to the reed swamp before him, but even so, it did not dampen Yang Zhen's confidence in continuing to change his destiny.
Chapter completed!