Zu Dabi took the initiative to show his kindness to him, which was undoubtedly due to Zu Dashou's instruction.

Otherwise, if I didn’t know Zu Dabi at all, how could he send me wine to congratulate me on becoming the Songshan Commander-in-Chief?!

As for what Zu Dashou was thinking, whether it was to win over himself who was now the commander-in-chief of Songshan, or whether it was just to express his apology for sending him to Songshan to die in the first place, it's hard to say.

However, no matter what, since the person took the initiative to show his kindness, Yang Zhen could never reach out to hit the smiling person, so he could only accept the other person's gift.

At the same time, in order to maintain the relationship between the two parties and show that he was not an enemy of the Zu family, Yang Zhen also gave Zu Dabi a gift in return.

From the batch of Tatar war horses he had captured, he selected two tall and strong horses, complete with saddles and pedals, and asked the visitors from Jinzhou City to take them back as a return gift.

In addition to wine, after Yang Zhen took charge of Songshan City, the food for himself and his troops has been greatly improved.

Including meat, you can always eat it every now and then.

Ever since Xu Changyong, Zhang Chen and Zu Keyong went out to patrol, they would always send people to his headquarters at regular intervals to deliver the game they hunted during their patrols.

The supply of roe deer, wild boar, hare and pheasant has almost never stopped.

Other meats, such as fish, including sea fish and river fish, were never cut off after Yang Zhen took over the hundreds of people from the Songshan Minzhuang camp.

Even hundreds of years later when the Great Northern Wilderness was being developed, there were still proverbs about beating roe deer with sticks and ladles to scoop out fish, and pheasants flying into the rice pot, which refers to the unique wild resources in the Northeast.

Especially in the war-torn era at the end of Chongzhen, the population in the Northeast was extremely sparse, which led to an unexpected result, that is, the available animal and plant resources in the wild were abundant to an extent unimaginable by later generations.

Although the weather was colder than in later generations, hunting and fishing were much easier than in later generations.

Let's say that on the night when Yuan Jin delivered grain to Songshan City, Yang Zhen organized a banquet and invited the leaders of Songshan City to come and greet Yuan Jin.

In the brightly lit reception room, everyone had arrived and sat down.

Yang Zhen smiled, picked up a small bowl filled with wine, and said to Yuan Jin, who was also smiling and high-spirited: "Brother Yuan Jin! Your naval camp is finally back! Brothers are waiting for you in Songshan City.

When the fleet returns, it’s like looking forward to the stars and the moon!”

As soon as Yuan Jin heard what Yang Zhen said, he knew there was something in it, so he also picked up the wine bowl and said to Yang Zhen with a smile: "What? What kind of errands do you have to do here, Commander-in-Chief?!"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Yang Zhen burst into laughter at first, then stood up with the wine bowl and bumped it with Yuan Jin's. Then he gathered the other Songshan generals present and bumped the wine bowl with Yuan Jin.

Yang Zhendang drank the wine first, put down the wine bowl, tore off a piece of roe deer hind leg meat, took a bite, and then looked at the others.

The others knew that Yang Zhen had something to say, so they naturally followed his example, drank wine, and sat down again.

After everyone else drank the wine in the bowl and put down the bowl, Yang Zhencai continued: "Speaking of missions, brothers don't dare to do it! Brothers just want to cooperate with Brother Yuan again! You go out to the fleet and

Oarsman, I will provide men, horses and guns, let’s go make another deal!”

Hearing what Yang Zhen said, Yuan Jin put down the wine bowl, took a piece of roe deer meat from the table, tore a strip off, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed it.

At the same time, he also took this opportunity to look at Yang Zhen and the other generals present, and wondered what Yang Zhen meant by his words.

Yang Zhen didn't rush Yuan Jin, he just looked at him with a smile while eating.

From Yang Zhen's face, Yuan Jin seemed to see the same expression he had when he persuaded him to form a Marine Corps to go ashore to attack the Tatar camp, and he felt a little uneasy.

However, the knowing expressions on the faces of the other people present made him feel unreasonably at ease.

He knew very well that people like Xia Chengde and Zhang Degui were not from Meng Lang. No matter what they did, if they were not 99% sure about it, they would not let Yang Zhenhu do it easily.

Thinking of this, Yuan Jin swallowed the roe deer meat in his mouth for a while, then took a sip of the refilled Shao Knife, smiled, and said lightly to Yang Zhen:

"Okay! No matter what kind of business there is, I believe General Yang will not cheat me! Besides, since I'm here, if I just transfer food and grass and then go back, wouldn't it be equivalent to returning empty-handed? Think about it, it's true

A little tasteless!”

Having said this, Yuan Jin paused, looked at Yang Zhen who was still smiling, took another sip of the Shao Knife, and continued:

"General Yang! We are no longer outsiders! If you have any good deals, please tell us first!"

"Okay!! Brother Yuan is indeed a cheerful person!——"

After Yang Zhen said this, he immediately told Yuan Jin the plan he had prepared for the Songshan generals.

He told Yuan Jin that he was going to send out several elite guerrilla squads to ride on Yuan Jin's navy camp's fleet to sneak attack on the rear of the Donglu Tatars by sea. They would use the guerrilla warfare method of one-shot escape, specializing in killing people and setting fire to cause destruction.

Yuan Jin, who had always been in the dark side of the city, suddenly heard Yang Zhen's words and couldn't help but widen his eyes and open his mouth:

"Guerrillas?! Guerrilla warfare?! Specially come ashore to kill people, set fire to cause destruction?! - Brothers! We are all Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, upright Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers!

"Why does this idea of ​​yours look more and more like pirates and bandits?! Can the court agree to this?! You must not lead your brother into the ditch!"

Yuan Jin was a pirate leader, so he knew the tactics Yang Zhen mentioned as soon as he heard them.

Regardless of whether Yang Zhen named it guerrilla warfare or some other kind of warfare, Yuan Jin knew very well that it was the traditional fighting style of pirates and the fighting style of the rogue bandits who were now at war in Guanli.

Of course, Yuan Jin didn't have any disdain for this style of play. He was a pirate, so he wasn't that pedantic.

It's just that he has been a good man now and has been accepted by the court for many years. The past practice of pirates coming ashore to plunder has not been done for many years.

Over the years, something he has always been taboo about is that others always look at him like a pirate, and they always use the pirate's wandering style to ridicule him.

Now that he heard Yang Zhen talking about similar tactics, he instinctively wanted to leave and draw a clear line and get rid of the traces left by his pirate career on himself.

Now he is a serious general in the Juehua Island Navy camp!

"Don't worry about what the court thinks! The court far away in the capital is so worried now, how can it have any spare time to care about how we fight the Tatars?!

"Besides, when the Holy Emperor appointed me, Yang Zhen, as the chief military officer of the Songshan Regiment, he also appointed me as the commander-in-chief of the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition! What is the advance battalion for the Eastern Expedition?! The first one is the eastern expedition, and the second one is the advance one.

!”

Having said this, Yang Zhen looked at Yuan Jin, then at the other generals present, and finally continued: "Remember, everyone! Our advance camp for the eastward expedition! The expedition to the east means the expedition against the Eastern captives! The advance camp

, that is to fight against the Donglu and the Qing Tatars, we go first, we go up first!

"And you remember, the Zhengdong Camp in Songshan City is not the Jingdong Camp in Jinzhou City! The Holy Emperor gave us the flag personally and placed high hopes on us. How could we stay in Songshan City eating all day long and doing nothing?!

"

After saying these words, Yang Zhen said to Yuan Jin: "Brother, you should know! No matter it is the righteous path of the mighty army of the imperial court, or the wild path of the pirates and bandits, as long as we can win, we can win, and we can win."

If there are gains and results, then that is a good way!

"Say it again! Before you succeed in recruiting and training this time, brothers will not let your naval battalion go ashore again! You just get out of the ship and go ashore to guerrilla, and we will go!

"If we win the battle, we will report the credit to the superiors. You must have a share! If we lose the battle, we will suffer a loss and pretend that this did not happen. How can we lead you into a ditch?
Chapter completed!