After all, people like Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou are not officers and soldiers now, let alone their subordinates. Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief, is not qualified to issue military orders to others or make demands according to military law, so we have to discuss everything.

If people agree, that is of course the best result, but if they don't agree, he has absolutely nothing to do.

Now he needs to rely on the team of these people, which is equivalent to asking for help from others, and he must not fall out easily. What else can he do besides having something to say and making everything easy to discuss.

Fortunately, the three leaders, Hu Changhai, Gao Chengyou, and Yu Liangtai, are not monolithic, which also gives him the opportunity to differentiate and exploit.

In the afternoon of that day, after Yang Zhen made these arrangements with everyone, he immediately asked Lu Pinqi and Zhang Chen to gather their troops. While allocating manpower to make dry food in Xuguan Fort, he also seized the time to replenish military supplies on the spot from various seizures.

Materials.

Gao Chengyou and Yu Liangtai were also bachelors. Since they agreed to follow them north, they stopped pushing and procrastinating. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Songshan army was preparing dry food and replenishing supplies, they arranged for the attack and the personnel to stay behind.

Each selected one hundred and fifty men from his own subordinates, gathered together three hundred, and followed Yang Zhen northward to attack Xiong Yue.

The remaining troops had to look after their own ships on the one hand, and on the other hand they had to follow Hu Changhai's orders to defend the Fudu River in front, and at the same time transfer all kinds of captured human and animal materials from Xu Guan Fort.

Of course, these generals and leaders knew what it meant that Yang Zhen left behind Zhong Lingxian from Lu Pinqi's department. Although they decided to follow Yang Zhen northward, they still had to leave some troops at Xu Guanbao to watch overtly and covertly.

Focus on seizing materials.

Let's say that when Shenshi arrived in the afternoon that day, which was later known as four o'clock in the afternoon, and saw that the sun had begun to set in the west, Zhang Chen, Lu Pinqi, Gao Chengyou, and Yu Liangtai were finally ready to set off.

The war horses that Lu Pinqi and Yang Zhen gathered on the way from Jiulongdi to Xu Guanbao finally came into use at this time.

In addition to some horses and mules just seized from Xu Guanbao, there were three hundred horses, which were distributed to the teams of Gao Chengyou and Yu Liangtai.

In this way, a group of four to five hundred people, most of them on horseback and some on mules, left Xuguanbao at the first moment of entering Shenzhou and drove along the post road in the direction of Xiongyue City.

It was the weather in May in the Liaodong Peninsula at this time. In the afternoon, between four and six o'clock in the future, although the sun had set to the west, the sky was still bright and did not look dim at dusk.

Yang Zhen and the others captured Xu Guanbao, and Hu Changhai's troops were stationed on the bridge of the Fudu River. They were completely at ease with their rear. Although the group was tired, they were relaxed and walked on the right track.

, the speed is naturally not slow.

About half an hour later, Yang Zhen, who was walking at the front, had returned to the previous battlefield in Jiulongdi.

The trench on the post road is still there, but it is filled with headless corpses, and Li Lu, Hu Dabao and their teams have already completely evacuated.

Yang Zhen, Zhang Chen, Lu Pinqi and others rode past the battlefield without stopping, while Gao Chengyou, Yu Liangtai and their troops who followed behind suddenly understood.

It was only then, when they saw the large pits and trenches on the post road, and saw the headless corpses piled in the trenches, that they understood the fierceness of the ambush at Jiulongdi that Yang Zhen had mentioned before, and for Yang Zhen's subordinates

The team felt a sense of awe.

Including Yang Zhen who had been surrendered before, Qiu Zhenhai, who was closely following Yang Zhen at this time, rode his horse through the battlefield. When he went to see Yang Zhen again, he felt something else in his heart.

As soon as Yang Zhen and his party of four to five hundred people appeared in Jiulongdi, they were discovered by Hu Dabao's subordinate Gao Chunhe, who was arranged by Li Lu to watch on the hillside ahead.

Gao Chunhe sent people back to report the news, while waving flags and shouting on the slope. He quickly picked up Yang Zhen and others, and then ran towards Shiqiaozi with the large group of people coming from the south.

The group of people arrived near Shiqiaozi at lightning speed. Li Lu and Hu Dabao led their respective subordinates and were already waiting in front of a blue brick house next to the post road.

"Li Lu! Hu Dabao! What's the situation here in Xiong Yuecheng?! Are there any unusual movements in the city full of Tatars?!"

As soon as Yang Zhen saw Li Lu and Hu Dabao, who were still far apart, he couldn't wait to ask the question he was most concerned about.

Seeing Yang Zhen coming on horseback, looking dusty but intact, Li Lu and others who stayed behind were very happy and cheered to welcome him.

As Li Lu walked forward, he said happily: "Sir! You are finally back! The brothers are worried that I don't have enough people at Xuguanbao. This afternoon, I don't know how many people came to me to ask for a fight and went south!"

"

It wasn't until he stepped forward to greet Yang Zhen and took the reins from Yang Zhen's hand that Li Lu continued: "There is nothing unusual here in Xiongyue City! The Tatars in the city sent many people to the city to defend it. The rolling logs on the top of the city

Tsui Shi is quite prepared!

"However, the Tatars in the city did not send another soldier out of the north gate to attack Jin Shijun on Yilippo! They also did not send another soldier out of the south gate to attack Shiqiaozi!

“In addition, the Tatars are working hard to repair the outer section of the western wall that we bombed earlier, and they are constantly piling bricks and stones from the top of the city to fill the defects!

"The humble officers and others will obey your Lord's instructions. As long as the Tatars don't send people out of the city, we will keep our troops stationary! Regarding the Tatars' rush to repair the outer wall of the West City, the humble officers and others did not attack or stop us! Now, please tell me what we should do."

!”

"What did Pan Xi say?!"

Yang Zhen stood up and dismounted. After listening to Li Lu's report on the situation in Xiong Yuecheng, he felt a little relieved. After he finished his last words, he asked Pan Xi for his opinion first without saying anything else.

Pan Xi was not among the crowd greeted by Shiqiaozi at this time, but was leading a group of grenadiers to guard the trench outside the section of the west wall that had been previously destroyed.

Although Yang Zhen's words were unclear, Li Lu knew what they meant and immediately replied: "General Manager Pan Qian sent someone over to report the situation, and I went to see it myself!

"I asked Pan Xi for his opinion, and his idea is that as long as the Tatars don't go out of the city to dig and destroy the tens of thousands of enemies and explosives we planted before, we can let the Tatars repair and fill up the broken wall!"

Having said this, Li Lu paused for a moment, then looked at Yang Zhen, and then said: "What I mean is the same as Pan Xi's! We have buried many thousands of enemies and explosives on the Western Wall. As long as

As long as the fuse is not broken by getting wet, it will be useless no matter how much the Tatars renovate that section of wall or how much they raise it! And the higher they raise it, the heavier the wall will be and the more advantageous it will be to us!

"

Yang Zhen thought about it for a moment and understood the reason.

In fact, he already knew these things, but he hadn't had time to tell Li Lu and Pan Xi, the people in the advance camp who loved blasting the most.

But the truth is very simple. Li Lu and Pan Xi, who are very knowledgeable in this regard, did not need Yang Zhen to explain, they realized it themselves.

However, the words Li Lu said still confused Lu Pinqi, Gao Chengyou, Yu Liangtai and others who gathered around Yang Zhen again.

"Master General! Now that the Tatars in Xiongyue City are on guard, what should we do next? Is it to fight or besiege? It would be better for you to come up with an idea as soon as possible!"

This time Hu Changhai didn't come, so Gao Chengyou became the boss of the Fuzhou Bay pirate team that came with him. After hearing the enemy situation introduced by Li Lu, before Lu Pinqi and others could say anything, he couldn't calm down and asked Yang Zhen directly.

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When Yang Zhen heard Gao Chengyou's question, he looked at him first, and then did not answer. Instead, he introduced him, Yu Liangtai, and Qiu Zhenhai who were following him to Li Lu and Miao Nai, who had just rushed across the bridge to meet Yang Zhen.

Cheng and Dunn.

After introducing them to each other and watching these people greet each other, Yang Zhen then said: "Since the Tatars in the city have no other actions, we are not in a hurry for the time being!"

Having said this, Yang Zhen turned his head and looked at the sky to the west. He saw that the sky was full of sunset, the setting sun was like blood, and the sun had already set on the hillside. He pondered for a moment, and then said:

"It's getting dark at this time, and the main force of our army is tired from running around. It's really not appropriate to attack the city immediately! Let's do this! -"

After Yang Zhen said this, he found Hu Dabao among the generals in front of him, and then said to him: "Hu Dabao! In a moment, you will lead the leader Gao and his troops across the stone bridge and at the south gate.

Set up camp in the trench position outside!"

When Hu Dabao heard this, he looked at Yang Zhen and then at Gao Chengyou, stepped out of the crowd, clasped his fists and bowed to receive the order.

Afterwards, Yang Zhen issued a series of orders to everyone.

First, he ordered Dunn to lead his small artillery team, as well as Yu Liangtai and his troops, to leave Shiqiaozi and go to the Yilipo trench position outside the north gate to camp with Jin Shijun's troops.

Second, Lu Pinqi was ordered to lead his cavalry and Li Lu to lead his grenadiers to set up camp where Pan Xi was outside the Western Wall to rest and recuperate.

Third, Miao Naicheng was ordered to withdraw from the trench position outside the south gate of Xiongyue, and led the boatmen and rowers under his command to Shiqiaozi to prepare supper and dry food for the various troops.

When everyone had received the order, Yang Zhen finally said to Miao Naicheng, who was the last one to step forward to take the order: "Brother Miao! When you withdraw from the position, leave those Folan machines for Hu Dabao as a backup!

"At the same time, find a few suitable people, take a boat down the river, and go to the mouth of the river to give a message to General Yuan Jin and Yuan Shen! Just tell me what I said, and let him take advantage of the high tide tonight to lead the fleet to the outside of Xiongyue City.

One trip!”

After saying these words, Yang Zhen did not wait for Miao Naicheng to respond, but continued to look around at the generals around him, and then said in a deep voice:
Chapter completed!