The current Eight Banners of Manchuria each have two main groups of men and horses, the largest of which is the Alihachaoha camp commanded by Gushan Ezhen of each banner, which is mainly composed of Manchu Tatar cavalry and armored men.

There are now Gushan Ezhen, Angbang Zhangjing, Mele Zhangjing, Jia La Zhangjing, Niulu Zhangjing and Bashiku under the camp, which are divided into seven levels of Bashiku.

This troop of soldiers and horses has already existed since the founding of the Jurchen Eight Banners. Until now, only the name has changed slightly, and no other major changes have been made.

Apart from the Alhachaoha camp, the one that has changed more is the Bagala camp led by the princes of each banner.

The original Baya La soldiers were just elite warriors who were temporarily recruited from various Niulu under the Jurchens during the war. After the battle, they returned to their respective Niulu.

Now, under the Eight Banners, a separate Baya La camp has been set up in addition to the Alihachaoha camp. Under the Baya La camp, there are one special Baya Lazhangjing, two Jialazhangjing, and Niulu Zhangjing.

Several.

These Baya La soldiers are the personal guards of the banner owners and princes. They are all brave and elite banner men or armored men selected from Aliha Chaoha.

The Baya La Camp has a small number of people, but it is different from the Alihachaoha Camp that was mobilized during the war. It now belongs to the standing elite troops under the Eight Banners, which is equivalent to the guard troops of each banner.

Currently, the one guarding the main camp of Ji Empress Palace in Huangtai is the Baya La Camp of the Two Yellow Banners.

Among them, the Baya Lahuzhangjing of Zhenghuang Banner is Tulai who has already gone out to preach the decree, and the Baya Lahuzhangjing of Huang Taiji is the Turg mentioned by Huang Taiji just now.

This time, Turg has been leading the main force of the Bajala camp with a yellow flag, guarding Huang Taiji's palace tent in front of the Songshan Army, so he was not punished for Arsalan's defeat and death, and was still able to continue to serve as his commander-in-chief.

Inlaid with a yellow flag, Ba Ya and Zhang Jing.

After Huang Taiji made up his mind to withdraw his troops, he suddenly felt much more relaxed. He no longer went to supervise the battle in front of Songshan Army, but returned to his palace to eat and rest.

At the same time, although Yang Zhen guessed that the Tatar leader who ordered to set fire to the reed marsh yesterday evening was Huang Taiji, he did not continue to guess Huang Taiji's decision the next morning.

He really had no way of knowing this decision.

When the morning sun rises and a new day arrives, Yang Zhen is grateful deep in his heart that he can see the new sunrise again.

At this time, large areas of reeds were still burning on the north side of the mouth of the Xiaoling River and on the long coastline to the south of the sandbank island, continuing to emit a choking smell and thick smoke.

However, most of the reed jungle directly facing the sandbank where Yang Zhen's camp is located has been burned to black. When the tide gradually receded, patches of tidal flats under the reed marsh were exposed.

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After breakfast that morning, Yang Zhen sent Yang Zhan'ao and Guo Xiaowu out again, asking them to take a small boat and continue deep into the west coast tidal flat.

There are many small waterways there. Large ships cannot travel and war horses cannot pass through. Only small boats that can only accommodate a few people can come and go freely in them.

Fortunately, God has always taken good care of Yang Zhen and the others. The wind comes from the sea and is always southeasterly, blowing the thick smoke and ashes caused by the burning of the reed swamps in the direction of the Empress Palace Camp and Songshan City where the Tatars are located.

Already.

Otherwise, just the thick smoke produced by burning reed swamps that stretch for more than ten miles on both sides of the Xiaoling River mouth may force Yang Zhen and the others to no longer be able to establish a foothold on this sandbank island.

At this time, the tide had begun to recede, and there were still about two hours before the best time for the Tatar army to launch an attack, that is, around noon.

After Yang Zhen had a simple breakfast, he sent Yang Zhan'ao and Guo Xiaowu to continue patrolling. Then they took Zhang Degui, Zhang Chen, and Li Lu straight to the west coast of the sandbank island.

At the place where the pontoon bridge had been built in Yuan Jin's water division camp, he designated areas for Zhang Chen, Li Lu and Zhang Degui to be defended by the musketeers, grenadiers and artillery teams respectively.

The entire defense area marked by Yang Zhen looks like the character "王", and each horizontal line of the character "王" requires manpower to dig a chest-deep trench.

As for how important the "vertical" that connects the three trenches is, after yesterday's ambush battle, Yang Zhen and other old troops have a deeper understanding - that is what is used at the critical moment.

A life-saving, life-saving passage.

Around 4 o'clock in the morning, Xu Changyong and Zu Keyong's troops, who came after hearing the news, did not wait for Yang Zhen's order to mobilize. They each found their tools and began to build in full swing with the soldiers of the musketry team, artillery team and grenadier team.

Fortifications were built.

Before noon, Yang Zhen came to check again. The sandy land on the west line of Shazhou Island, across the waterway from the reed marsh, had been divided into a maze by individual horses, parapets, and trenches.

Same position.

Yang Zhen led Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong, and the naval battalion garrison Yuan Jin. They stood on the completed position and looked west together.

Early in the morning, Yang Zhan'ao and Guo Xiaowu, who were sent out by Yang Zhen to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, have not yet received any news.

For Yang Zhen, unless something big happens to these two people, "no news" in itself can be considered good news.

If the Tatar army is determined to attack Yang Zhen and the others, there must be signs.

The Tatar army either needs to gather a large number of troops in advance, or it needs to send out troops in advance to collect ships or door panels.

Even if the Tatar army is logging wood in the nearby area and preparing to build a pontoon bridge, there will definitely be some noise.

As long as they make some noise, it will definitely fall into the eyes of Yang Zhan'ao, Guo Xiaowu and others.

Once this happens, based on Yang Zhen's understanding of Yang Zhan'ao, he will definitely try his best to send this information back in advance.

However, so far, there is no news.

"Brother! Will the Tatars come today? It's already noon, and the tide in the beach in front has all receded! If the Tatars are going to attack us today, they should come now! Why is there no movement at all?

?!"

As a military general, Xu Changyong is a bit mediocre, but after all, he has been in the army for more than 20 years. After more than 20 years, he was able to survive in the Liaodong Ming Army and was promoted to a guerrilla position. Of course, it was not

Maybe it was given for free.

The scene before him made it impossible for him to see any sign that the Tatar army might be coming to attack, so after looking around, he simply asked Yang Zhen directly.

At this time, Yuan Jin also said: "Brother Xu is right! It is already noon. Judging from the situation on this coast, it should be the best time for the Tatars to attack us!

"If the Tatars are going to attack, I'm afraid we have already started preparations! If the Tatars don't come after noon, then I'm afraid they won't come today!"

The Tatars did not come back, which made Yang Zhen a little surprised, but also a little regretful.

Although he could not guarantee that his troops would be able to withstand the Tatar attack, he could guarantee that as long as the Tatars came to attack, he would definitely leave them with another batch of casualties no less than yesterday's.

The longer it takes to come to this parallel time and space, the clearer Yang Zhen's strategic vision for the future becomes.

He does not need to care too much about the gains and losses of one city or one place. Even if Jinzhou City and Songshan City are lost this time, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

What he urgently needs to do now, or what he urgently needs to do in the future, is to kill and injure a large number of the effective forces of the Tatars, especially the effective forces of the Manchu Tatars.

How many young and strong people can the real Eight Banners of Manchuria have?

Calculated based on the 400 cattle records in Huang Taiji's heyday before he became emperor, the total number of young and strong men suitable for wearing armor and fighting was only 120,000.

Counting men, women, old and young, it would be good to have a population of one million at most.

Even if we include the Han Baoyi Aha, Korean Baoyi Aha, Mongolian Bao Aha, and other Jurchen tribes in the Heilongjiang Basin, the total population of the Manchu Tatars is only about two million.

Compared with the Han population of hundreds of millions during the Chongzhen period, they are still a very small number anyway.

And among this small population, the population of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, which is the core, is only a few hundred thousand people.

Kill one group of them today and another group tomorrow. Over time, how many young men will they still have available?!

Once the power of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is weakened, and the myth that the Jurchens are less than ten thousand and that the Manchu Eight Banners are invincible is shattered, will the Mongolian Eight Banners attached to them, as well as the Han Army Eight Banners attached to the Manchu Eight Banners in the future, still obey the command of the Manchu Tatars honestly?

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Therefore, if space can be exchanged for time, if small victories can be accumulated into big victories, Yang Zhen actually does not mind that Songshan and Jinzhou are occupied by Tatars.

Listening to what Xu Changyong, Yuan Jin and others said to him, Yang Zhen thought about it and made his own judgment: "You are indeed right! If they are not stupid, after noon, 99% of the Tatars will be dead today.

It won’t come again! And—”

Having said this, Yang Zhen first turned around and looked at Xu Changyong, Zu Keyong and Yuan Jin, and then continued: "Furthermore, from the perspective of brothers, if the Tatars do not attack us today, then they will not attack us tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Chapter completed!