Qiu Biyong set out from Youtunbao, along the extremely frozen Liaodong Bay coast, passed through the edge of the area controlled by Qinglu, and rushed to Fuzhou City. Then he went east from Fuzhou City, walking on ice and snow, and climbing over mountains and ridges.

, rushed to Zhuanghe Fort.

By the time he arrived at Zhuanghe Fort under the guidance of the guide from Fuzhou City, it was already the evening of the seventh day of the first lunar month.

At this time, the news that Xiuyan Fort was captured by Zu Keyong had already reached Zhuanghe Fort, but the situation in Zhenjiang Fort was still unclear.

Yu Liangtai and others did not dare to send Yang Zhen's brother-in-law to the front rashly, so they just kept him and asked him to wait in Zhuanghe Fort for a day.

On the morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, Zu Keyong once again sent someone to send news from the direction of Xiuyan Fort, saying that a sentinel team returning from the direction of Fenghuang Ridge reported that on the night of the seventh day and the day of the eighth day, many stragglers from the Qing Dynasty returned.

Withdrawing from the Phoenix area, I'm afraid there may be a major incident in the direction of Zhenjiang Fort.

After receiving this news, Qiu Biyong could no longer wait quietly.

He was very worried that if he waited any longer, he might miss something important.

Regarding the shocking news brought by Qiu Biyong, the generals of Zhuanghe Fort also believed that they should not wait and see any longer.

So Yu Liangtai agreed to Qiu Biyong's request to go to Zhenjiang Fort to deliver the message, and at the same time sent Xu Tingxuan, who was familiar with the road to the north, to lead an escort to accompany Qiu Biyong and his party, cautiously advancing toward the mouth of the Yajiang River along the frozen coast.

Qiu Biyong, Xu Tingxuan and his party traveled to Gushan Fort at the mouth of Yanghe River. They happened to meet Li Shouzhong and his party who were sending a message south with good news.

Qiu Biyong and Li Shouzhong were already old acquaintances when they were in Songshan City.

After the meeting, he learned that Yang Zhen had achieved another great victory in Zhenjiang Fort and that the siege of Zhenjiang Fort had been resolved. Qiu Biyong breathed a sigh of relief.

That night everyone settled in Gushan Fort. When they got up early on the tenth day of the lunar month, they took the main road and hurriedly arrived at Zhenjiang Fort.

As for Li Shouzhong's original mission, he also handed it over to his subordinates to perform it on his behalf.

Because he intuitively felt that meeting Qiu Biyong and bringing him safely back to Zhenjiang Fort was much more important than going to Zhuanghe Fort to deliver a letter.

To be absent from such an important issue is not the behavior of a wise man.

For the same reason, Xu Tingxuan also insisted on following him.

After meeting Li Shouzhong, Xu Tingxuan could safely go back to Zhuanghe Fort for business, but no matter how Li Shouzhong and Qiu Biyong tried to persuade him, he just wanted to go to Zhenjiang Fort.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the various reactions in Jinhai, Liaoxi, Guanli and even Denglai after Yang Zhen led his army to be surrounded in Zhenjiang Fort.

Although Yang Zhen led his army to another great victory at Zhenjiang Fort on the seventh night of the first lunar month, no one now knows that the siege of Zhenjiang Fort has been resolved.

However, the news of Yang Zhen's previous surprise attack on Zhenjiang Fort had already spread throughout Jinhai Town, and even spread throughout Liaodong and Western Liaoning, and had reached the Pass and Denglai.

As early as October last year, the news that Yang Zhen made a surprise attack on Zhenjiang Castle and captured it in one fell swoop had already spread back to Jinhai, to western Liaoning, to Denglai, and to the capital.

At that time, the news that Yang Zhen went north to capture Zhenjiang Fort spread. The victory news inspired people and soldiers wherever they went, and Yang Zhen was praised and praised by both the government and the public.

Emperor Chongzhen had even asked people to draw up a decree, preparing to send people across the sea to Lushun, and even to Zhenjiang Fort to once again commend Yang Zhen for his contributions.

But not long after, the news that Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was unwilling to accept defeat and personally led an army of "hundreds of thousands" to conquer Zhenjiang Fort. The news spread back to Jinhai, to western Liaoning, to Denglai, and to the imperial court of the capital.

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All of a sudden, the originally relaxed and festive atmosphere in the rear areas of Jinhai Town, Western Liaoning, the Denglai area and the capital court suddenly took a turn for the worse.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in the Forbidden City, suppressed the upcoming imperial decree after hearing the news, temporarily suspended the reward matters, and nervously waited for the final result.

People from all walks of life in the capital, government and people in western Liaoning and Denglai areas are nervously waiting for the next development of the situation, and for the news that Yang Zhen has asked for help from the rear of Jinhai Town, western Liaoning, and even the imperial court.

The rear area of ​​Jinhai Town is naturally well equipped with troops, ready to go north to rescue Zhenjiang Fort and relieve Yang Zhen at any time.

As for the soldiers and horses in western Liaoning, many people gloated over the misfortune and openly laughed at Yang Zhenping for shaking a tree and overestimating his own capabilities.

There were even more dissatisfied officials in the court who were dissatisfied with Jin Haibo and Yang Zhen. They took the opportunity to advise Emperor Chongzhen and immediately sent people across the sea to Lushun to take over all the people in Jinhai Town to prevent Yang Zhen from being defeated like a mountain and damaging Liaodong, which had finally made some progress.

The big picture.

Even Emperor Chongzhen himself complained worriedly on some occasions when talking to his close associates that Yang Zhen was still too young. Although he was determined to make progress, he was unfortunately not mature enough and prudent. He was too risky and should not be provocative.

In this way, since the end of September last year, the news that Yang Zhen captured the Zhenjiang Castle and was heavily besieged by the Qing Dynasty puppet emperor Huang Taiji personally led the army has become the focus of attention and discussion among the government and the public in Jinhai, Denglai, Liaoxi and the capital for a long time.

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Correspondingly, Yang Zhen's fame, or reputation, also rose sharply, and he became a topic of discussion for a long time in the Ming Dynasty and throughout Jiliao.

In all kinds of discussions, there were those who were envious and jealous at first, and others who were sarcastic later. But in general, most of them were boastful and praising at the beginning, and most of them were still regretful and worried in the end.

Therefore, from the time when he captured Zhenjiang Fort City to when he fell into a tight siege by the Qing Dynasty, Yang Zhen's reputation was mainly due to his good reputation.

Later, before Yang Zhen was about to be surrounded by the Qing Dynasty army, he was worried that people from all walks of life who came to rescue would fall into the trap of the Qing army.

He earned a reputation for unparalleled loyalty.

Loyal because he was not afraid of life and death, personally entered dangerous places, and fully fulfilled the promise he made to Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming capital.

Justice was because he could put himself in the shoes of other colleagues and other people from all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty. He would rather be besieged by a hundred thousand Qing captives and be in danger in Zhenjiang Fort than other people from Liaodong Town and Jinhai Town to come to rescue him.

Entering dangerous territory.

Who has ever seen such a high-spirited, honest and unparalleled loyalty?

Not to mention the Liaodong front line since Wanli, we have never seen such a loyal general. Even if we push forward a few decades or hundreds of years, how many such figures will there be?

Of course, if compared with the previous wars that have occurred on the ground in western Liaoning since Wanli, what Yang Zhen did was just a slap in the face to some people.

Even the military generals of the ancestral family who were most picky about Yang Zhen couldn't say a bad thing about Yang Zhen's approach of not causing trouble to the court and not letting the people in the rear take risks to rescue him.

Under such circumstances, Yang Zhenzhongyi's good reputation naturally spread like wildfire among the people. His heroic deeds spread beyond the court and among the people in Gyeonggi and even the entire Beizhi and Denglai places.

Spread everywhere.

During the few months when Yang Zhen was besieged in Zhenjiang Fort and cut off from outside news, he had already become a living legend fighting in the hinterland behind the Qing Dynasty.

And it is not only the legend of Jinhai Town, but also the legend of the entire resistance to the Qing invaders outside the pass. To some extent, it has even become a legend of the entire nine sides of the Ming Dynasty and the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty who resisted the Qing invaders.

All in all, it is now completely out of the circle.

Faced with such a legendary figure, who can not admire and worship any young talent who has some spirit, ambition and wants to make a difference?

What's more, this legendary figure who has attracted much attention is inextricably linked to him both publicly and privately!

Therefore, Li Shouzhong and Qiu Biyong understood Xu Tingxuan's insistence very well, and finally stopped trying to persuade them, so they joined forces and appeared in Zhenjiang Fort together.

Of course, Yang Zhen was also very happy to see Xu Tingxuan coming with Qiu Biyong.

It was only at this time that Yang Zhen learned the latest news about Shen Qicheng, Shen Qizhou, Yu Liangtai, Lin Qingye and others from Xu Tingxuan.

It was also only at this time that Yang Zhen learned more about the Qing Dynasty pseudo-emperor Huang Taiji's march eastward across the Yangtze River to suppress the Li Dynasty's northern uprising against the Qing and the Qing Dynasty. He also learned that the Qing Dynasty puppet emperor Huang Taiji forced the Li Dynasty's monarchs and common people to

Shocking news about shaving his hair and changing clothes, and changing the name of the Li Dynasty to Hening Kingdom.

The reason why Yang Zhen was shocked that Huang Taiji forced the ministers of the Li Dynasty to shave their hair and change clothes was because this was something that did not happen in the original time and space.

However, although Yang Zhen was surprised by the news, he was not disappointed either.

On the contrary, Yang Zhen was still a little secretly happy about Huang Taiji forcing the Li Dynasty monarchs and common people to shave their hair and change their clothes, and to change the name of the country to He Ningguo.

If it weren't for Liu Lin, An Yingchang and other court generals also present, Yang Zhen would probably be beaming with joy.

This is not what Yang Zhen hopes to see in the new Hening Kingdom - the monarchs, ministers and people of the Li Dynasty will shave their heads and change their clothes, completely loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

But his intuition told him that this approach of Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was a bad move.

In addition to motivating those staunch pro-Ming factions among the people of the DPRK to fight against the Qing Dynasty more firmly, this hair-cutting order did not have the effect that Huang Taiji wanted to express his obedience and distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

For example, Shen Qiyuan, who served as the marshal of the Second Military and Horse Command in the north of Hening State, and many of his party members, after Huang Taiji issued the order to shave their heads, they all shaved their heads and became more docile, but this did not change their resistance to the Qing Dynasty at all.

Determination.

Correspondingly, after this change, the people of the Li Dynasty east of the Yajiang River, or the people of the new Hening Kingdom, will have a huge change in their perception or identification with the Li family.

Although they had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, they still retained the dress system and etiquette and customs since the Ming Dynasty. In other words, the superficial moral tradition, legal system and orthodoxy were still there.

But now, not only the name of the country has been changed, but also the dress system has been changed, which is tantamount to completely cutting off the past, and only adopting the customs of Huru.

This is not the case that when barbarians enter China, the Chinese will be conquered, but when the Chinese enter the barbarians, or the Chinese invade the Huru, they follow the barbarian style and adopt the Huru customs, and from then on they become Huru barbarians.

This gave Yang Zhen, or anyone else, a legitimate excuse to overthrow the Li Dynasty and depose the Li family.

At the same time, when Yang Zhen heard that Shen Qiyuan had given Huang Taiji an order to shave his hair, but instead of resisting, he chose to obey happily, he couldn't help but think of a possibility.

In other words, Shen Qiyuan also saw this and was preparing to use this as an excellent excuse to depose the Li royal family in the future.
Chapter completed!