After hearing Zu Keyong's straightforward answer, Zu Dashou frowned.

At this time, Governor Fang Yizao also noticed that Zu Dashou was a little reluctant to lend firearms, but in his opinion, Yang Zhen and others could even risk their lives, but your Zu family army still wants to be stingy with dozens of muskets.

Is it important? Are muskets more important, or human lives? Are muskets more important, or are Songshan and Jinzhou more important?

Governor Fang Yizao felt unhappy and his face was as gloomy as water. He looked at Zu Dashou coldly and said loudly:

"Since there are indeed dozens of Rumi blunderbuss in the army of the general town, it is useless for you to keep them in Ningyuan City at the moment. Why not temporarily lend them to Yang Zhen and others!?"

Having said this, Governor Fang Yizao made it clear: "Since Yang Zhen needs to borrow firearms for this trip, all the firearms in Ningyuan's army, whether they are blunderbuss or artillery, are all

For Yang Zhen to choose and use! When this country is in turmoil and the Liaodong war is going on, all the armies should cooperate sincerely, regardless of each other. Only by working together in the same boat can we defeat the Jianlu!"

After the governor Fang Yizao said this, Qiu Minyang, the commander of Ningqian's troops, Zhang Dou, the governor of Liaodong, and Yuan Shu, the governor of Liaodong, all stood up and expressed their agreement.

The Ningqian Bingbei Road was an official sent by the imperial court to be in charge of military and political affairs such as local health posts and military camps in western Liaoning. The Fenxun Road was an official sent by the imperial court to be in charge of judicial cases and other affairs in the current western Liaoning area.

Qiu Minyang, Zhang Dou, and Yuan Shu, the governor's official. Although they have no soldiers, they are also officials who have a strong say in the current situation in Liaodong.

These people expressed their support for Governor Fang Yizao, which made Fang Yizao more confident.

In the end, Governor Fang Yizao looked at Zu Dashou and stopped talking, waiting for Zu Dashou to express his position on the spot.

Soon, Zu Dashou, who felt the change in the atmosphere, finally nodded and said: "In this case, this town will order Zu Keyong to lead another hundred soldiers of his troops, carrying the Lumi guns stored in the army, and Yang Zhen's troops.

Let’s go north together! Zu Keyong, are you willing?”

After working on it for a long time, Zu Dashou made this decision, which not only surprised Yang Zhen, but also surprised all the civil officials and military generals present.

But for Yang Zhen, it is always a good thing to have more people, not to mention that the additional 100 people are from the Zu Dashou Central Army led by Zu Keyong.

Moreover, they came with the only forty Lumi guns in Zu Dashou's army. For Yang Zhen now, this is definitely a good thing.

"In this humble position, I will obey the commander-in-chief's military orders!"

When everyone was in confusion, Zu Keyong, who was standing by the door, quickly came to Yang Zhen's side, knelt down on one knee, and received the military order.

Yang Zhen had no way of knowing whether there was any other deeper meaning to Zu Dashou's arrangement, or whether there was another mission in asking Zu Keyong to go with him.

All he knew was that as long as Zu Keyong didn't engage in any betrayal or surrender without a fight.

The military discussion in the second hall of Jiliao Governor's Mansion ended quickly after the selection of the generals and the composition of the troops to go north to rescue Songshan and rescue Jinzhou were finalized.

Yang Zhen himself knew that this matter could not be avoided, so he simply accepted the military order without further delay.

Fortunately, Commander-in-Chief Zu Dashou and Governor Fang Yizao agreed to all three requests he made, which relieved him somewhat.

In the evening of that day, Yang Zhen returned to his camp in the east gate in a calm mood. Zhang Degui and Li Lu both came to inquire about the contents of the governor's office that day.

The camp under Yang Zhen's command may sound like a camp, but in fact it is just a dilapidated courtyard under the city wall inside the east gate of Ningyuan City.

Yang Zhen is the deputy general of Ningyuan. As a rule, he should be allocated a better house in the city. However, his predecessor's parents are dead, his wife and daughter are separated, and he has always lived and ate with the soldiers, so he lives in a camp with his soldiers.

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Now Yang Zhen also understands the importance of winning over the morale of the military in troubled times, so he did not ask for changes. Whether it was food or accommodation, everything remained as it was.

Of course, Yang Zhen is a deputy general after all, and his living conditions are better than those of ordinary soldiers.

Other ordinary soldiers sleep on a large kang with a dozen people sleeping on it, while he alone occupies three low adobe houses facing north and south.

They say there are three rooms, but in fact there is only one, which is where he lives. The middle room is just a small hall, and a large stove takes up half of the space of the small hall.

In the room on the other side of the hall, there lived a group of Yang Zhen's soldiers, who not only helped him convey military orders at any time, but also took care of his food and daily life nearby.

When Yang Zhen returned to his residence, it was already time to turn on the lamp. Under the dim light, Yang Zhen told the two people the results of the afternoon's discussion in detail.

After Zhang Degui and Li Lu heard this, they were both shocked and frightened, and even shouted, "Don't do it."

However, the matter had reached this point and could no longer be changed. Yang Zhen did not want to complain in front of his subordinates or further weaken the already low morale.

Zhang Degui saw that Yang Zhen didn't seem to care, so he stamped his feet anxiously and said with a sad face: "Sir! At this time, we can no longer just show off our strength! At present, tens of thousands of Tatar troops are besieging Jinzhou and Songshan, and from Songshan

To the south of the city, Xingshan, Gaoqiao, Tashan and other cities and fortresses, as well as dangerous roads, are all under the control of the Tatar army!

"Even if the commander-in-chief assigned Xu Changyong to lead 300 Mongolian miscellaneous troops, and Zu Keyong to lead the commander-in-chief's 100 Chinese troops, we would only have 600 people in total! With such a small number of people, it is easy to get out of Ningyuan City, but if you want to come back alive, you have to

It’s even more difficult than climbing to the sky! We used to have 3,000 troops in the rear guard, and we fought and fought for more than ten years, but now there are less than 200 left. This little flesh and blood is all our capital!”

Li Lu also persuaded: "Sir Xiezhen! I just fell off my horse and was injured a few days ago. I was in a coma for three days and three nights. I haven't recovered yet. I have so many excuses and excuses! On the contrary, Marshal Zu has strong soldiers and horses, and he entered the pass before.

Another trip was in vain, and I didn’t take a photo with the dog Tatar, so why didn’t they go?

"Besides, they came from Jinzhou. Jinzhou is their defense line. Now Jinzhou and Songshan are besieged. They don't let us go. Isn't this obvious bullying?! Why don't you ask Governor Fang to comment!?

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Li Lu is a few years younger than Yang Zhen. He was in his prime of life at the age of 24 or 5. Unlike Yang Zhen now, who is already nearly 30 years old. He knows that there are many things in the world and it is difficult to distinguish them clearly.

Whether it's fair or unfair, once it's settled, just do it.

Of course, Zhang Degui, who is more than ten years older than Yang Zhen, no longer cares about fairness or unfairness. He only cares about the last bit of family wealth of Guangning Houtunwei.

Zhang Degui's parents, wife and children either died in the battle or were scattered in various places during the war. There has been no news for more than ten years. He has long despaired of finding his family.

In recent years, under the frequent mobilizations of the imperial court, I followed the army to fight in various places, sometimes outside the pass, sometimes inside the pass, sometimes fighting against the built-up bandits, sometimes against the rogue bandits, and I have become accustomed to treating the camp as my home.

Moreover, I have long been accustomed to seeing families broken up and people dead, and life is unpredictable, so I no longer have the thought of starting a new family.

But people's emotions ultimately need to be pinned on something, and all Zhang Degui's emotions now are pinned on the survival of the Guangning Houton Guard.

Yang Zhen now understands Zhang Degui and Li Lu's thoughts very well.

He knew that they were doing this for his own good, so he was not in a hurry to explain to them.

After they had finished all their complaints and poured out all their bitterness, he solemnly said to the two generals under his command:

"I understand and agree with everything you said! But the situation is so pressing that I can't go! And I have thought about it carefully. Although the risk of going to Songshan is very high, it is not completely without chance!

"Besides, wealth and honor have always come from danger! You have followed me, Yang Zhen, and fought many battles and suffered a lot, but you have never reaped any benefits!

"I've thought about it, and there are many reasons for it, but in the final analysis, I only used brute force in battles in the past. I liked to win with force, and always attacked hard. I was so tired that my brothers followed me. I fought many tough battles, but never won them.

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