The next day, the huge fleet led by Yang Zhen and Qiu Zhenhai was stationed and drifting in the Clam Gang waters for a whole day. They had to wait for Yuan Jin and Yu Liangtai's fleet to arrive from the direction of Tu'er Island.

During the waiting period, it was safe and the most leisure time. Under Yang Zhen's instigation, Zhang Chen, Zhang Guogan and Deng En took turns taking their subordinates to take small boats to the shallow water of the beach at Clam Hill to bathe and rest.

Most of these people are from military families in Liaodong. They have been in the army since childhood. Their life experiences, what they usually see are more of iron horses, glaciers, mountains of corpses and seas of blood. In the past, they rarely played on the beach at the seaside, like this.

How have you ever seen sunshine, sandy beaches, and light waves?

Even if I have seen them before, have they ever been so leisurely and relaxed as they are now? Have they ever met a Shangguan who encourages them to go relax and have fun like this?!

The sea water in the first ten days of the fifth lunar month was still a little cool, but after a little trial, they could no longer stop their wild and enthusiastic hearts.

Since leaving Songshan, these people's tension, fatigue, and even grumblings and complaints from running around and fighting all of a sudden dissipated a lot during this day of relaxation and rest.

It was not until evening, when the sun set on the sea and the tide rose again in Clam Hill, that Zhang Chen and others rowed their boats and returned happily.

It was not until this time that Qiu Zhenhai suddenly happily crossed the boat to see Yang Zhen in person. As soon as they met, he happily said to Yang Zhen:

"Sir! They are coming! General Yuan Shen and their fleet will be arriving soon! The lookouts of the humble faction have already seen the fleet on the southeast sea! They are flying the black flag of the Big Dipper! They are the navy affiliated to the Ming Dynasty.

Only then can we have a flag that can be hoisted!”

The Big Dipper Flag is one of the various flags of the Ming Navy. It is one of the flags of Xuantian, the God of the North in the Ming Dynasty.

Triangle, black background, seven white stars, connected end to end, with the bucket head forward and the bucket handle behind.

On the seas of this era, there was only one kind of fleet that flew this flag, and that was the Ming Dynasty's fleet. Official ships, private ships, and even pirate ships almost all flew this flag to ensure safety.

Even hundreds of years later, in many areas in the south where Han culture is relatively intact, such flags will still be displayed during dragon boat racing.

Yang Zhen happened to know the origin of such a flag, and Qiu Zhenhai and his men were even more familiar with it because they had flown such a flag countless times.

Yang Zhen, who had been sleeping on the ship for a whole day, woke up and heard the news. He was very happy and immediately said to Qiu Zhenhai and others:

"If there is such a flag on our ship, we must hang it up now! In addition, quickly send a ship and ask them to carry the flag of the advance battalion to go and provide guidance!"

Qiu Zhenhai's navy had just surrendered, and they didn't even have time to change their flags and clothes. The flags of the Er Tatar Tianzhu soldiers had been lowered long ago, but the clothes and robes on top and bottom were still the same as those of the Tianzhu soldiers, and even the money

I haven't had time to cut off all the rat tails yet.

At this time, if there is a misunderstanding, it will be a big trouble.

After Qiu Zhenhai listened to Yang Zhen's order, he immediately returned to his ship to make arrangements for the reception.

About half an hour later, a faint cheer could be heard from the periphery of the Clam Hill sea area. Not long after, Zhang Chen sent his men to report that General Li Shouzhong came back, saying that Yuan Jin, Li Lu, and Yu Liangtai had been picked up.

After a while, Yang Zhen came out of the cabin of his ship and boarded the bow. He saw several small boats passing through the huge ship group like a sea fort, carrying torches.

"Brother! Fortunately, I have lived up to my command! The men, horses, supplies, and all the captured shares have all been brought back to you. No one is left behind!"

As soon as Yuan Jin boarded Yang Zhen's boat and saw Yang Zhen coming to pick him up, he immediately laughed and reported everything he thought Yang Zhen wanted to hear most in one breath.

Yang Zhen stepped forward to greet him. He hugged Yuan Jin, Li Lu and Yu Liangtai one by one. He also smiled and said to them: "I wish my brother is safe! I wish you all are safe!"

The sea was windy, so Yang Zhen picked up a few people on the boat. The group came to the cabin, gathered around several pots of boiled clams, drank the drinks brought by Qiu Zhenhai's team, and reported to each other what happened after leaving Gaizhou.

Yang Zhen first talked about his experiences at Longwang Temple, Tianzhuang Terrace and Tiemao Bay, which made Yuan Jin, Li Lu and Yu Liangtai marvel at each other. On the one hand, they lamented the thrill of the process, and on the other hand, they also lamented that Yang Zhen and others had divine help.

luck.

After hearing the end, Yuan Jin said with emotion: "Brother! I am not flattering you, you are really a brave general, a wise general, and a blessed general! I think when my brother took you to leave Ningyuan and go to Songshan, your soldiers were only two hundred.

There were only a few horses, and not a single boat!

"But look at you again. Brother, you have fought many battles and won every battle. You have gathered tens of thousands of men and horses under your command. You have even created naval warships from scratch. Brother Qiu and Brother Yu together are big and small.

There are no less than four or five hundred warships. Think about it, this has only been a few months!"

While Yuan Jin lamented the rapid growth of Yang Zhen's advance battalion, he also lamented the good luck of everyone since they followed Yang Zhen to attack behind enemy lines. However, when he mentioned Qiu Zhenhai and Yu Liangtai's navy, he was full of envy.

After Yuan Jin and the others evacuated to Tu'er Island, they then took charge of allocating the opportunity to seize, and discussed with Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou respectively. They both mentioned in their words that they should consider returning to their Juehua Island Naval Camp.

suggestions below.

It's just that neither Hu Changhai nor Gao Chengyou is sure. They just want to share the looted property on the shore as soon as possible so that they can return to Changxing Island in Fuzhou Bay as soon as possible and continue to live happily. They are not willing to leave where they have been operating for several years.

sea ​​lair.

In order to get Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou to join him, Yuan Jin even learned from Yang Zhen's method of treating Hu Dabao and promised Hu Changhai that as long as Gao Chengyou nodded and joined his name, he could invite his

Yuan Shu, the governor of Shangguan, asked Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou to be granted the title of navy of the army and pay a certain amount of food and salary.

But in the end, it was because Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou asked for too high a price, and Yuan Jin did not dare to agree, that the two sides failed to reach an agreement.

Yuan Jin himself is just a newly promoted commander of the Juehua Island Naval Battalion. How dare he agree to the title of deputy general of the Changxing Island Navy requested by Hu Changhai?!

Therefore, this matter could not be reached in the end, so it was settled.

Less than a day later, Yuan Jin, Hu Changhai and others received a report from the sentry who stayed on the shore, saying that a large number of troops from the Manchu Tatars had moved south and had reoccupied Gaizhou City.

When the news came, all the people gathered on Tu'er Island panicked. No one wanted to stay on Tu'er Island any longer, so everyone hurriedly divided up the seizures and quickly led their teams to leave.

Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou led their respective fleets and headed towards Fuzhou Bay.

The dozen or so ships under Yuan Jin joined the thirty or so large and small ships under Yu Liangtai's men. They were fully loaded with men, horses and supplies that Lu Pinqi, Li Lu, Jin Shijun, An Qinghou and others were retreating in large numbers. They rode the wind and sailed all the way towards Sancha.

The sea area outside the river mouth comes.

As night fell on this day, we finally arrived at the sea surface of Clam Hill and reunited with the huge fleet brought out by Qiu Zhenhai.

Yuan Jin had expected that Hu Changhai and Gao Chengyou would not surrender, but he never expected that Qiu Zhenhai, whom Yang Zhen surrendered in Xu Guanbao, could actually bring out such a large-scale army from Tianzhuang Terrace.

fleet.

He also observed carefully, and found that many of them could float but were decayed and unusable. But even so, after arriving at Clam Hill, what he saw was still extremely surprising.

The area around Clam Hill was filled with darkness. Ships, large and small, were connected end to end, like long snakes and giant dragons. They gathered together and looked like a city on the sea.

Although there are not many large warships that can be used, the remaining ones that cannot be used as warships will be repaired in the future and can also be used as troop transports and grain transport ships.

When he was in Gaizhou City, Yu Liangtai expressed his allegiance to Yang Zhen, allowing Yang Zhen to immediately have his own maritime fleet. However, Yu Liangtai's fleet was not large, with only thirty or so large and small ships, which was not enough.

Make Yuan Jin envious.

But what Qiu Zhenhai did was beyond Yuan Jin's expectation. Did Qiu Zhenhai evacuate the entire Tatar navy family in Liaodong Bay?!
Chapter completed!