After hearing what Li Lu said, Yang Zhen first smiled and gave him a thumbs up, then turned to Lu Pinqi and said, "Brother Lu! What do you think we do like this?!"

Lu Pinqi had only been following Yang Zhen for a short time, and this was the first time he had met Yang Zhen and his generals face to face to discuss tactical issues.

In the past, combat issues were basically decided and deployed by the commander-in-chief, and others were responsible for the implementation. At most, the opinions of the generals in each department were solicited.

It was the first time that Yang Zhen had met with his subordinates, who talked to each other and everyone worked together to discuss things.

However, Lu Pinqi was also a warrior who had experienced hundreds of battles on the battlefield outside the customs, and he soon discovered the benefits of Yang Zhen's actions.

On the one hand, by doing this, you can concentrate all the whims and ideas of your subordinates, and you may not know which one of them will be able to win unexpectedly;

On the other hand, doing so can also effectively mobilize the enthusiasm and morale of the generals to send troops to fight, because the tactics and fighting methods are all contributed by the generals themselves, and they are naturally effective in execution.

Moreover, after Lu Pinqi heard about it, he also discovered that Yang Zhen himself, including the generals in the advance camp under Yang Zhen, were not in vain.

These people's success in the sneak attack and ambush of the Tatar army outside Songshan City was definitely not a coincidence or a blind cat catching a dead mouse - it was just bad luck.

"Compared to Brother Yang and Brother Li, Lu is a bit older, but now it seems that a lot of time was wasted! You fight with tactics, and Lu fights with strength. The difference is really not even a little bit!"

It’s really shameful to say it! So shameful!”

Lu Pinqi was previously worried that Yang Zhenchu's arrival would underestimate the enemy, so he opposed using this small force to attack Xiongyue City, which the Tatars had fortified.

But now it seemed that Yang Zhen and his generals were not the simple-minded generals with well-developed limbs that he was used to in the Liaodong Army, but a group of people who were thoughtful and planned before taking action.

Although Yang Zhen has not yet made a final decision on what to do, he already understands that the method of attack proposed by Li Lu is better than the direct attack on Xu Guanbao that he proposed before, and its probability of success is also much higher.

However, when he heard what Yang Zhen said next, his eyes and ears were completely new, and he was amazed in his heart.

"Brother Lu can't say that! Whether these tactics are feasible or not, we just have to tell them and give advice together! Brother Lu will also help check it out!"

After hearing Lu Pinqi's words, Yang Zhen first said to him with a smile, then the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and finally he said solemnly:

"Li Lu, your guess is generally good! But Xiong Yuecheng, we don't necessarily have to fake the fight! We can take a look at the situation before making a decision!

"As the saying goes, when the truth is false, the false is also true, and when the false is true, the true is also false! In war, it is important for a soldier to never be tired of deceit. What is true and what is false, what is true and what is false, what is false and what is true. The battlefield is changing rapidly, so you don't have to distinguish it so clearly!"

After saying these words, Yang Zhen looked at Lu Pinqi and said: "Including what Brother Lu said before about attacking Xu Guanbao, it is actually not a bad idea! It's just -"

When Yang Zhen said this, he paused briefly, looked at the people around him, and then smiled again and said: "It's just that our troops are not going to fight! At that time, we will attack the north gate of Xiongyue City first, and then we will attack outside the north gate.

Make some big noise!

"When Xiongyue City sent a messenger south to ask for help, we sent a team of troops to capture Shiqiaozi! Then we set up an ambush on both sides of the post road south of Shiqiaozi, waiting for the two Tatars from Xu Guanbao to come for help!

"After we have transferred the main force of the two Tatars from Xuguanbao, Hu Changhai and his brothers from Changxing Island will go along the Fudu River to attack Xuguanbao! Xuguanbao has no defenders.

How long can the main force last?!"

"What if - Brother General Soldier! I mean just what if! What if the real Tatars in Xiongyue City rely on their strong troops and horses and don't send a messenger south to ask for help? What should we do?!"

Lu Pinqi was still wary of the real Tatars in Xiong Yuecheng. He saw that Yang Zhen's entire plan was based on the premise that Xiong Yuecheng sent a messenger to ask for help and the two Tatars in Xu Guanbao did not dare not come to the rescue. Therefore, his

I still feel unsure.

"That's easy to handle! We still divided a group of troops and captured Shiqiaozi! Shiqiaozi's team of two Tatars will naturally go back to report the news on their own!"

"But what if - what if the two Tatars from Xu Guanbao just don't come to rescue Xiongyue City?! Or what if the real Tatars in Xiongyue City open the city gate and take the initiative to fight with us?!"

After hearing Yang Zhen's answer, Lu Pinqi was still a little worried. When he saw Yang Zhen looking at him with a smile, he boldly broke the casserole and asked to the end, expressing all his doubts.

"Even if that's the case, it doesn't matter! Xiongyue City is not big. It's just a white flag stationed by Niu Lu. At most, there are only two Niu Lu's flag men! They have to defend the city and go to war, so there won't be too many

Multiplayer horses really come into play!

"And the selected cavalry and forwards of your subordinates, as well as the muskets, artillery, and air generals of our advance battalion, are they all vegetarians? It's okay if the Tatars in the city don't leave the city. If they do, they will be summoned.

There’s no coming back!”

At this time, although Lu Pinqi still didn't know where Yang Zhen's confidence came from, when he saw Zhang Chen and Li Lu, they looked very convinced, so he couldn't say anything more.

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Next, everyone went ashore and rested in their own campsites on the island, spending the night in silence.

The next morning, Yang Zhen woke up in his simple shed. There was white mist in the bay and in the mountains and forests, and the sky over Gaizhou Bay looked gloomy again.

Throughout the morning, Yang Zhen was a little worried, worried that the coming spring rain would affect the next combat operations.

The end of April and the beginning of May is the spring rain season in Liaodong. If the spring rain continues, Yang Zhen's previous ideas may be invalidated.

The reason why he vowed so confidently and seemed so confident was because he had confidence in the firearms currently equipped by the advance battalion.

If there were more Tatars, he would certainly be afraid. After all, although his equipment was much advanced, his men and horses were really pitiful.

If there were too many Tatars deployed in the area south of Gaizhou, the number of troops under Yang Zhen's hand would not be able to resist them.

However, according to all the information that Yang Zhen knew in his later life, the Manchu Tatars, who were not strong enough in military strength, deployed their limited elite standing army of the Eight Banners of Manchuria mainly in Liaoshen of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, just as they had done in history.

The heart of the heart.

For example, there are places inside and outside Shenyang City that have been renamed Shengjing, as well as Tieling to the north of Shenyang, Liaoyang to the south of Shenyang, Fushun to the east of Shenyang, Guangning and Daling River to the west of Shenyang, etc.

Including Zhenjiang Fort on the Yalu River, a large Tatar elite force is also stationed, with the purpose of deterring and controlling North Korea.

In the entire Liaodong Peninsula, except for Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, and Lushunkou, which are strategically located cities with relatively prominent positions, a certain number of real Tatar standing armies are stationed to control the surrounding areas.

In the wild areas, especially the southern half, the military force used to defend the rear is very weak.

Therefore, Yang Zhen was not worried that when he attacked the Xiongyue City area, a large number of elite Tatar troops would suddenly appear in the nearby and surrounding areas.

In fact, as early as the sixth year of Chongzhen, when the traitors Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming led the Tatars to capture Lushunkou, the Tatar army had no intention of stationing here.

After they removed the last strategic location of the Ming Dynasty on the Liaodong Peninsula, they first massacred the city, killing all the soldiers and civilians who refused to surrender, and then destroyed the city defense facilities at Lushunkou. After doing all this,

They chose to retreat.

Later, it was precisely because of the requests of traitor generals like Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi who later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty who had some sense of coastal defense that the slave chief Huang Taiji sent a group of real Tatar troops to the southern section of the Liaodong Peninsula.

At the same time, Huang Taiji also took advantage of the situation and awarded many lands in Haizhou, Gaizhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning to these traitorous generals as rewards and resettlement for the troops of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, especially the Shang Kexi family and their old troops.
Chapter completed!