Jirgalang's tone was calm. While talking, he put the tea bowl that he had held in his hand for a long time back on the small table beside him.

But when everyone present heard what he said clearly, they were all shocked.

"Ah? Prince, are you going to Jiulian City in person?"

"No, Prince, Phoenix City is more important than Jiulian City!"

"Yes, Prince, how can you be in charge without Prince in Phoenix City?!"

"Please think twice, my master!"

Gong Adei, Babutai, Duojili and Cindali were immediately furious after understanding what Jirgalang meant.

Among them, Babutai, Duojili and Sindali immediately advised Jirgalang not to lead the army to go in person.

In their opinion, although Jiulian City is important, Phoenix City is obviously even more important.

However, before Jirgalang spoke, he had already made a decision in his heart.

He strongly agreed with Gong Aday's judgment on the situation in Jiuliancheng, believing that there was an opportunity to turn defeat into victory, and he had made up his mind to take this opportunity to win a victory as soon as possible.

At the same time, he was worried that any general under his command would not be able to cooperate well with Fei Yangwu's troops in Jiulian City. He believed that only he could mobilize all the forces around him to win this battle.

"Enough! You only see that Phoenix City is important, you only remember that Phoenix City is the gateway of Shengjing East Road, but you forget that Jiuliancheng is the gateway behind Xingjing. After losing Jiuliancheng, the gateway behind Xingjing was opened, and the consequences were equally unimaginable!"

"But, after the prince leads his army to leave, what should I do if there is any danger in Phoenix City?"

Facing Jirgalang's explanation, Babutai was still a little worried.

"The risks of Phoenix City are nothing more than the direction of Andong City and Xiuyan City. However, after I led my army to the vicinity of Jiulian City, the every move of the Ming army in Andong City was under my nose. If they dared to go out of the city to fight, I would be unable to ask for it.

"The only concern is the Ming army in Xiuyan City. In order to restrain our main force and prevent our army from dying to rescue Jiuliancheng, Yang Zhen will definitely let the Ming army in Xiuyan City repeatedly raid the retreat of Phoenix City. However, I have already had a solution!"

Speaking of this, Jirgalang paused for a moment and his eyes were fixed on Duojili.

"A lot of gifts!"

"The slave is here!"

"I will give you a handwritten letter later. Send someone to go to Gaizhou. I ask Prince Rui to increase troops to Xiuyan City. If Prince Rui is willing to fight, he will fight. If he doesn't want to fight, he will attack. In short, he will restrain the Ming army in Xiuyan City for us!"

"Yeah!"

"Cindali!"

"The slave is here!"

"I will give you a handwritten book later. You will select a team of people and take a detour to Pingjian City as soon as possible. Stop the Shenqi from far away to lead the troops westward and attack Yang Zhen's troops in Jiangdong!"

"This, I dare to ask the prince, what if the sinking weapon is far from obeying the order?"

As a courtier, Cindali obviously knows his fellow courtiers better than Jirgalang.

He had been doubting both ends of the rat with the sinking vessel far away. When he saw that he had the chance, he immediately advised his "compatriots" to dig a hole in the sinking vessel far away.

"Hmph, if he sees this king's handwritten letter, he still dares not obey the orders or acts slowly, you will ask the troops you sent to go directly to Hanyang City and inform the Hanyang minister of the handwritten letter Jing Jin Berenican. Nikan Baile naturally knows what to do!"

"I understand."

Jirgalang knew that Xindali had the intention to replace the sinking instrument, but he also knew that the sinking instrument was powerful in the officialdom of Heningguo, and it was not something that Xindali could replace without any foundation.

Moreover, they usually fight openly and secretly, and Jirgalang turned a blind eye to see them seeking favor and competing for merit. However, the battle is imminent, and seeing Xindali's selfishness again, although he didn't say anything, he was very displeased in his heart.

But at this time, it was not the time to care about these details. Jirgalang stared at Cindali with a little meaning for a while, then turned to Babutai and said:

"No need to say more, I have made a decision. And it's not too late. At noon today, I took Bayala Camp and Alihachao Camp out of the city to rescue Jiulian City, and Gong Adae accompanied me.

"You lead more gifts. Xin Dali's two troops stayed in Phoenix City. Tianyou helped the general to help five heavy artillery pieces, and nearly three hundred other artillery pieces, and there was enough food and grass, and there was no shortage of troops and horses. If you stick to the city, you can be worry-free!

"But you have to remember that the main force in the city can only hold on and not attack. If there is any major event that cannot be decided, you can send a fast horse out of the city and go to Qianshan Fort to report the king's ruling! Qianshan Fort has only been dozens of miles from this, and the fast horse will arrive in a blink of an eye."

"Yeah!"

Seeing that Prince Zheng Jirgalang had assigned the rescue and left-behind affairs, and he could not see any loopholes for a while, so he simply said nothing and took the order directly.

At noon on April 15, the 15th year of Chongzhen, after the two messengers had been arranged, Jiergalang arranged the personnel and troops left behind in Phoenix City. Later, Gong Adei led the Alihachao camp as the pioneer and left the east gate of Phoenix City.

He personally led the Bayala camp of the Inlaid Blue Flag to follow him, galloped along the mountain road, and rushed to the dangerous mountain fort in the southeast.

Jirgalang's arrangements are rigorous. If he had not met Yang Zhen, who had been determined to take the opportunity to take down Phoenix City, then his arrangements before leaving would be enough to ensure that Phoenix City is safe and sound.

Because no matter how you calculate it, as long as he asked the messenger sent by Dojili to arrive in Dorgon's army successfully, it would be impossible for Dorgon to cooperate with him based on his overall situation.

At that time, even if Dorgon just sends a Jiala army to Yang to attack Xiuyan City, then the Ming army soldiers and horses in Xiuyan City will definitely not dare to act rashly.

Based on his own experience of fighting with the Ming army for many years, Jiergalang believed very confidently that the Ming army, which had been unable to retreat for almost two years in Xiuyan City, would definitely not march towards Phoenix City with police in the back.

Unless Yang Zhen himself is in charge of the battle in Xiuyan City.

However, the emergency military information from Jiuliancheng had clearly told Jiergalang that Yang Zhen was now east of Yajiang.

Therefore, Jirgalang believes that his arrangement is enough to ensure that his rear is worry-free.

However, what Jirgalang did not expect was that several places had lurked in the mountains and forests near Phoenix City, and the Ming army in Xiuyan City sent scouts and secret whistles.

He asked the messenger team sent by Xindali to contact Shen Qiyuan and Nikan to Ningguo. Because he was walking on the main road in the direction of the dangerous mountain fort, and it was even more north, and there were many Qing lords around him, so he was lucky to be not intercepted.

However, he asked Dorgon's messenger team sent by Duojili to Gaizhou City to contact Dorgon, and as soon as he left the west gate of Phoenix City, he was targeted.

Finally, in the afternoon of the same day, after hearing the news, he personally led his army to ambush west of Maojiu Mountain, and Zukeyong on the mountain road on the Ladle River was blocking him.

The messenger team of more than 100 people, except for a dozen people who were captured alive and left behind, were killed on the spot.

The most important thing is that among the dozen people who were left with survivors, one was a close confidant who was proficient in Manchu and Chinese.

The letters for help written by Jirgalang to Dorgon not only fell completely into Zu Keyong's hands, but also the contents of the letters were fully understood by Zu Keyong and his generals.

Correspondingly, Jirgalang, with Gong Ade as the pioneer, led thousands of flag battalions into the Danshan Fort into the Danshan Fort with Gong Ade, could not hide the scouts and secret whistles sent by the Ming army in Tangzhan Fort.

After Yang Zhen led his army to leave Andong City, especially after the Qing barbarians crossed the river and raided Yang Zhen's camp, Pan Xi and others stationed in Tangzhan Fort were increasingly worried that the Qing barbarians in Phoenix City would adopt the strategy of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao and sent troops to attack Tangzhan Fort.

Therefore, they not only took care of themselves day and night, but also doubled the scouts sent to reconnaise the movements of Qing Ge in Phoenix City.

In the dense forests between Phoenix City and Tangzhan Fort, scout wars between the Qing barbarians and the Ming army occurred almost every day and night.

As the general of the scouts and horse exploration affairs of Tangzhanbao, Xu Tingxuan received reports of casualties of the scouts of his own army and the capture of Qing dynasties almost every day.

On the afternoon of April 15, a small team of scouts selected by Xu Ting was sent out. To the west of Qianshan Fort and north of Tangzhan Fort, he suffered heavy losses. The scouts of more than a dozen people fled back only one person.

After receiving the report, Xu Tingxuan, who took people to the accident site again to fight back, although he was empty, he happened to witness the scene of the Qing Lu Enanglan Banner Bayala Camp behind Jiergalang Palace quickly advancing eastward from the mountain road outside the dense forest.

So in the evening of that day, Yang Zhen, who was looking forward to the arrival of the tide of the sun at the mouth of Yajiang River, and Yang Zhen, who was looking forward to the arrival of Yan Shengsan and others, led the Navy fleet to Mashi Island, unexpectedly waited for Xu Tingxuan who came across the river from near Andong City.

"Governor! The Qing army has sent troops. The Qing army stationed in the flag camp of Phoenix City has sent troops around noon today! They are all armoured horse soldiers, most of whom are only wearing ordinary blue armor, and some are wearing blue armor and white armor. The total number is about three or four thousand cavalry. They have now settled in the dangerous mountain fort!"

After Xu Tingxuan met Yang Zhen in a camp near Xinyi Castle, he immediately reported the enemy situation obtained by the Ming army in Tangzhanbao to Yang Zhen.

On April 14, the victory that Yang Zhen led his troops inside and outside the Ming army camp of Xinyi Fort was already spread to the troops of Andongcheng and Tangzhan Fort yesterday at night.

Whether it was the generals in Andong City or the generals in Tozhan Castle, they had no objection to Yang Zhen taking advantage of the situation to capture Jiulian City.

However, the sudden dispatch of troops from Phoenix City Jirgalang made this matter change again.

Once Yang Zhen was not clear about it, he rashly led his army across the river after shelling Jiuliancheng, and he might have fallen into the ambush of the Qing throne.

So after meeting Yang Zhen, Xu Tingxuan had no time to congratulate Yang Zhen on his just-winning victory, but immediately reported the movements of the Qing emperors in Phoenix City.

"Oh? Very good, God is really helping me!"

"This—— what does the governor mean?"

Seeing that Yang Zhen was not only calm but also a little surprised, Xu Tingxuan was a little confused and couldn't help asking for a moment.

"Don't worry about my meaning for now. Let me ask you, when you were passing by near Andongcheng, did Yan Shengsan and the others decide when they will set sail to the north?"

"If you go back to the governor, it is tonight. When Beizhi passed by Andong City, Deputy General Yan and his team had already made all preparations to set sail. They could only wait until the tide was at the highest after nightfall. As Beizhi knew, Deputy General Yan's fleet would reach the mouth of the Hehe River around midnight tonight."

When passing by Andong City, Xu Tingxuan had already met Qiu Zhenhai and also crossed the Yajiang River on the warships of the three Yanshen troops, so he had some understanding of the situation downstream.

In fact, when he was riding the warships of Yansansan troops across the river, he was also commissioned by Qiu Zhenhai and Yansansan to inform Yang Zhen about the situation of the downstream fleet, which made Yang Zhen know what was going on.

Therefore, when Xu Tingxuan saw Yang Zhen asking, he immediately reported the preparations for the war between the land and the sea near Andong City in the lower reaches of the Yajiang River to Yang Zhen.

"Also General Qiu's side is ready to send troops at any time. Just wait for the command of the governor to go north to fight against the enemy in Jiuliancheng.

"However, General Qiu learned that the Qing army was inlaid with blue flags and increased its troops in the dangerous mountain fort, and asked Bei Zhi to bring a message to the governor, asking the governor to act carefully. The safety of the governor alone is related to the success or failure of the entire cause of restoring Liao. Do not take any more danger."

Yang Zhen used himself as bait to lure more than 2,000 Qing barbarians and vest soldiers in Jiuliancheng to raid the Ming army camp. Although the final result was that the Ming army wiped out the invading Qing barbarians, this behavior shocked the generals behind.

This time, thanks to being prepared, if not, the ending will be unimaginable.

Therefore, Qiu Zhenhai and others who were in Andong City were most worried that the main force led by Yang Zhen could not defeat Jiuliancheng, but that Yang Zhen always took risks when the overall situation was favorable, and the last one accidentally capsized in the gutter.

Although Jinhai Town is now strong and expanding rapidly, its momentum will be at its peak, but once something happens to Yang Zhen in front of the army, it will probably fall apart in a blink of an eye.

After all, a similar situation occurred in Dongjiang Town back then.

Many generals under Yang Zhen have personally experienced the transformation from being at its peak to falling apart in Dongjiang Town. These people are extremely worried that similar stories will be repeated in Yang Zhen and in Jinhai Town.

Therefore, they are extremely concerned about Yang Zhen's safety.

Of course, Yang Zhen also knew about this. Although he sometimes felt that they were overly worried, he knew that they had good intentions and Yang Zhen didn't have much to say.

Of course this time, the same was true. After listening to the persuasion conveyed by Xu Tingxuan, Yang Zhen just nodded and smiled it.

"Don't worry, after Yan Shengsan and his friends arrived tonight, our governor would only ask the navy warships to fire fire and bombard the city walls of Jiuliancheng on the river. As for fighting across the river, haha, it's too early to do it now.

"At least until Phoenix City was taken down by Zu Keyong and Anqinghou and others, our governor would not send one army and one soldier across the river to fight Jiulian City. If Jirgalang had the idea of ​​attacking me halfway, then he was destined to fail."

Speaking of this, looking at Xu Tingxuan who was thinking, Yang Zhen pondered for a moment and continued to say to him:

"Don't stay with me for a long time, bring some dry food and return overnight. After returning, tell General Qiu Zhenhai and tell them to do two things well.

"First, as soon as possible, the situation of the Qing army in Phoenix City entering the eastward area of ​​Xianshan Fort, and the situation here, let me tell General Zu Keyong Zu and ask General Zu to seize every opportunity and find a way to take down Phoenix City.

"Secondly, our army is in Andongcheng, and the head of the cavalry and infantry camp in the Tangzhanbao area should not be moved lightly for the time being. We should send more posts and scouts to pay close attention to the movements of the Qing captains in the dangerous mountain fort. Remember, if the enemy does not move, I will not move either. If the enemy moves, attack its retreat and cut off its way back."

"I remember it!"

That night, Xu Tingxuan, who had already galloped for nearly 200 miles, had to regain his energy and embark on the way back after changing horses and resting for a while.
Chapter completed!