Shi and Song had been waiting impatiently for a response ever since they sent someone to secretly shoot a letter begging for surrender to the Zhenjiang Fort in the middle of the night.

They asked Yang Zhen to surrender, which was an extremely important and difficult decision for them.

On the one hand, they knew almost no one at Yang Zhen's side, so it was impossible for anyone to speak for them.

On the other hand, they were in a hurry and had no preparations for any declaration of name. It was difficult for them to win the trust of others, let alone Yang Zhen.

Under such circumstances, if Yang Zhen just laughed it off and ignored it, that would be fine.

If Yang Zhen sent people out of the city to deliver their letters of surrender to Geng Zhongming's camp or other people's camps, then they would be completely doomed.

Therefore, when the messenger who delivered the letter returned, Shi and Song quickly sent him near the river bank and told him to pay attention to what was going on in the city at all times.

Once someone leaves the city to meet someone, they should immediately come forward to greet them. They must not be missed.

Facts have proved that it is better to sail with caution.

Their caution was not in vain, but after about two hours, they received a reply.

At the same time, Qiu Zhenhai's ideas and Yang Zhen's attempts immediately received huge rewards.

Not long after Yu Haichao left the city, he met Shi Mingxiong and Song Guofu, who had rushed to contact them after hearing the news, under a watchtower near Song Guofu's camp at the southern end of Weihua Island.

Shi Mingxiong and Song Guofu were both embarrassed and excited when they met the envoy sent by Yang Zhen.

What made them slightly embarrassed was that they were enemies of each other before. You killed my people, and I killed yours. No one showed mercy, and they could also see it from Yang Zhen's orders and arrangements.

Yang Zhen's distrust of them.

However, even so, now they have to put aside their previous hostility, join Yang Zhen's team, and come together with the enemies they have fought life and death for several months.

What made them excited was that Yang Zhen agreed to their request to atone for their crimes and return to the Ming Dynasty anyway. Not only would they ensure that their previous crimes would be wiped out, but he would also ask the court for credit after the deed was completed.

In fact, they don't really care whether they take credit or not.

What they care about is actually Yang Zhen's attitude.

Yang Zhen agreed to ask for credit from the Ming Dynasty court for them, which obviously showed that Yang Zhen did not regard them as donkeys trying to kill donkeys, and would not do the kind of things like crossing rivers and burning bridges, and turning against them ruthlessly.

Of course, after listening to Yang Zhen's military order conveyed by Yu Haichao, Shi and Song were not completely satisfied with Yang Zhen's decision.

Yang Zhen's arrangement for both parties to cooperate internally and externally to destroy the Qing camp on Weihua Island seemed to Shi and Song to be somewhat sloppy and unprofitable.

The two of them, Shi and Song, were afraid of long nights and many dreams, and worried that time would drag on and cause complications.

They originally wanted to launch a mutiny in the latter part of the night on the sixth day of the lunar month, or in the early morning of the seventh day of the lunar month.

Because the seven heavy artillery pieces dragged back from the heavy artillery positions on the river are now in Song Guofu's camp at the southernmost tip of Weihua Island.

As long as Yang Zhen agreed to send troops to support them, they could turn around and blast the camp where Geng Zhongming was at any time.

But Yang Zhen's arrangement was in the second half of the night on the seventh day of the lunar month.

It's hard to say whether there will be other changes during the next day.

It wasn't until they couldn't help but ask Yu Haichao why the troops in Zhenjiang Fort had to wait until the seventh night of the lunar month before they could move, that they realized that it was an unintended consequence of their little care.

The surrender letter they had asked people to deliver into the city did not clearly describe the major changes that had occurred in the Qing army outside Zhenjiang Fort.

For example, Huang Taiji has left the army.

For example, the Zhenghuang Banner, the Bagala Camp with the Yellow Flag, the Alihachaoha Camp, and a large number of followers have left the army.

Another example is the news that the heavy artillery Niu Lu of the Two Red Flags commanded by the obedient Wang Kong Youde have also left the army.

None of them were written in the letter of surrender.

First of all, these things are top-secret military information that Zhang Jings in their position know. Once something unexpected happens during the delivery of letters, they will not be able to blame it even if they want to.

Secondly, this top-secret military information was an important asset that they planned to use as a meeting gift to earn rewards after they surrendered. They would not reveal it easily until they were sure that Yang Zhen would accept them.

Therefore, in the letters they sent to the city, they did not mention a word about the major military changes that occurred outside Zhenjiang Fort.

As a result, Yang Zhen's decision was naturally timid and timid.

After figuring this out, Shi and Song secretly regretted it, and immediately told Yu Haichao about the major changes in the Qing army that they had previously refused to tell.

He also urged Yu Haichao to rush back to Zhenjiang Fort as soon as possible, inform Yang Zhen of the truth, and immediately send a large army out of the city to attack Weihua Island while there is still a chance before dawn.

And they can deploy the remaining heavy artillery at any time to bombard Geng Zhongming's camp in the middle of Waihua Island.

Yu Haichao heard from Shi and Song that the puppet emperor Huang Taiji of the Qing Dynasty and his main force of the two yellow banners had withdrawn their troops from Zhenjiang Fort. He was so surprised and happy that he was ecstatic.

First, he told Shi and Song to follow Yang Zhen's orders, and then agreed to inform Yang Zhen of the latest military situation and request new orders for them. Then he agreed on the markings of the internal troops and horses, and returned to the city before dawn.

The news brought back by Yu Haichao quickly caused a huge sensation among the generals in Zhenjiang Castle.

From Qiu Zhenhai to Zhang Chen, from Li Lu to Yang Shen, and then to the sentry officers stationed in the east and west cities, almost everyone rushed to tell each other and were ecstatic.

The soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Zhenjiang Fort who had been besieged for several months, and their morale, which had been depressed for a long time, suddenly rose sharply.

If it weren't for the fact that no noise was allowed in the camp during the curfew period, then the entire Zhenjiang Fort would have become a sea of ​​cheers.

At this point, no one had any doubts about Shi and Song's sudden surrender.

Correspondingly, some people who already knew Yang Zhenchu's plan to leave the city on the seventh day and night even began to secretly criticize Yang Zhen's arrangement as being a bit too conservative.

However, no matter what others said, and no matter what new requests Shi and Song had, Yang Zhen did not change his decision in the end.

Huang Taiji unexpectedly returned to Shengjing City. Although Yang Zhen didn't know the exact reason, he realized that this was a good opportunity to defeat the enemy again.

The feint that was previously used as a bluff to make an attack in the east and attack in the west can now be completely implemented.

On the early morning of the seventh day of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, at dawn, General Yang Zhen's expedition to the east was in the camp, and all the generals gathered together, beaming with joy.

Although the Chinese New Year has come to an end on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the entire camp, and even Zhenjiang Castle, only today has the relaxed and joyful atmosphere that was common during Chinese New Years in the past.

Yang Zhen asked Yu Haichao to tell everyone all the news he had learned from Shi and Song outside the city. Then, amid the celebrations of the generals, he made another comment about the upcoming battle.

Some additional arrangements.

Since Yang Zhen had already made preparations for the intervention of the Qinglu camp in the west of the city without knowing it, the entire deployment has not been adjusted much now.

The newly made supplementary arrangements are mainly related to military strength.

The attack on the Qinglu camp in the west of the city arranged by Yang Zhen was a feint attack and a containment. The main thing was momentum. Yang Zhen did not want to invest too many troops.

Moreover, he was also worried that there were too many Qing soldiers and horses outside the city, and he was afraid that the troops he invested would be trapped and unable to get out, which would make it self-defeating.

But now, this worry has dissipated.

This time, Yang Zhen used all the troops and horses available in the city.

All the troops stationed in the west city, except for Yang Shen's heavy artillery battalion on the west wall, all followed Zhang Chen and Li Lu to fight. They only waited for the fighting on Weihua Island to start and the soldiers and horses of the Qinglu camp in the west of the city were mobilized, and they rushed directly.

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Accordingly, all troops stationed in the east city, except for Liu Zhongjin's heavy artillery battalion on the east city wall, followed Qiu Zhenhai and An Yingchang to attack the Qinglu camp on Weihua Island.

As for Yang Zhen himself, this time he also made it clear that he would follow Qiu Zhenhai and his troops to participate in the attack on the Qing camp on Waihua Island.

All the generals under Yang Zhen's command knew Yang Zhen's temper. Seeing that he insisted on such a decision, the generals had no choice but to obey.

Of course, after the military meeting, in private, Zhang Chen could not help but remind Zhang Guogan, who followed Yang Zhen on the attack, and his musketeers to protect Yang Zhen's safety.

Similarly, in private, Li Lu naturally gave numerous instructions and instructions to Pan Xi, who followed Yang Zhen all the way to the attack, and led his grenadiers to stay at Yang Zhen's side.

After the deployment was completed, the sky was already bright, and on the river east of the city, sentinels and soldiers from other units under Geng Zhongming's command also began to appear.

In broad daylight, the people in Zhenjiang Fort had lost the opportunity to have direct contact with Shi and Song again.

At the same time, in order not to alarm Huaishun King Geng Zhongming and prevent Qinglu sentries outside the city from becoming suspicious, Yang Zhen also deliberately told the generals in the east and west cities that any troop mobilization, deployment adjustments, etc., should be left on the seventh day of the lunar month.

Do it after dark.

As for the anxious Shi and Song who were in the camp at the southern end of Weihua Island outside the city, they looked through the autumn water and did not wait for the latest order from Yu Haichao.

Although the two of them were restless and restless, fearing that disaster would befall them if the news leaked out, they had no other choice but to send people to keep an eye on what was going on in Geng Zhongming's camp at all times while waiting honestly for the day to pass early.

, night falls early.

Fortunately, after breakfast, King Geng Zhongming of Huaishun took a few of his close cadres to cross the ice across the river, detouring to the north of Zhenjiang Fort and heading to the Xianglan Banner camp in the west of Zhenjiang Fort.

Moreover, they had been there for a day, and no one was sent to summon Shi Mingxiong and Song Guofu to go to the camp in the west of the city.

However, Shi and Song knew very well that when Geng Zhongming went to the Xianglan Banner camp in the west of Zhenjiangbao City, he must have gone to report to Prince Zheng Jierhalang what happened in the east of the city yesterday.

Once Geng Zhongming reported to Jierhalang that Shi and Song lost twenty-one heavy artillery pieces in the artillery battle yesterday, it would be impossible to think any better about this matter.

Moreover, both Shi and Song knew very well that Geng Zhongming would not speak well of them.
Chapter completed!