In the evening when Yang Zhen returned to Songshan City, an unexpected heavy snowfall fell one after another. Just like a spring breeze coming overnight, thousands of pear trees bloomed, and overnight, the land in western Liaoning became pure white.

Yang Zhen and his wife met each other and told each other about their departure. Only then did they realize that Qiu Bihan had not been there since September.

But she was not sure whether she was pregnant, so she never said anything.

In October, Qiu Bihan's letter of water had not arrived yet, so she suspected that she was pregnant.

It was just that at this time, the Great War in Western Liaoning was imminent, and Yang Zhen was arranging his troops to prepare for war every day. He was exhausted from the hard work, and she couldn't bear to let him be distracted, so she postponed it.

After Yang Zhen led his army to leave Songshan and cross the sea to the south of Liaoning, his mother Shen came to accompany and take care of her. After Shen heard the news, Qiu Bihan only spoke about it.

Mrs. Shen and her sister-in-law are both experienced, and after asking, they will understand clearly.

In order to consolidate Qiu Bihan's position in the General Military Mansion, Mrs. Shen and his sister-in-law naturally would not hide this news.

As a result, the news that Qiu Bihan Mengxiong was pregnant spread like wildfire and spread quickly.

Zhang Degui has the important responsibility of staying in Songshan City, and at the same time, he has been looking forward to Yang Zhen's future as soon as possible.

Moreover, he also knew the importance of this matter to Yang Zhen's followers, so he did not prevent the spread of the news.

Because of this, by the time Yang Zhen and his party returned to Songshan, the news had already been known to the whole city, and only he, the client, was kept in the dark.

Of course, after figuring out the whole story, Yang Zhen was just very happy. After returning to the Songshan General Military Mansion, he stayed around Qiu Bihan to greet him, touching Qiu Bihan's slightly different waist and abdomen and smiling from ear to ear.

The excitement of a little farewell is better than that of a wedding, and it has also turned into eyes full of tenderness and love.

That night, Qiu Bihan sent one of her dowry maids to help Yang Zhen go to bed, but Yang Zhen also refused.

Although Qiu Bihan scolded Yang Zhen a few words, she was very satisfied with Yang Zhen's performance. It wasn't until she and Yang Zhen were cautiously affectionate for a while that she fell asleep peacefully and happily in Yang Zhen's arms.

On the morning of the second day after returning to Songshan City, Yang Chaojin, the internal minister of the Songshan Supervisory Army, led the eunuch who had come to Songshan City to convey the emperor's decree to meet him.

This eunuch was none other than Lu Zhide, the eunuch whom Yang Zhen had met once when he first met Wang Dehua in Ningyuan City.

Of course, this Lu Zhide was also a trusted eunuch under Wang Dehua, and now he was a great eunuch under Wang Dehua, the governor of the East Factory.

"Lu Zhide, the Superintendent of Liturgical Affairs, Bingbi Dongchang Governor Wang, has met Mr. Yang. Our family congratulates Mr. Yang and congratulates Mr. Yang! Mr. Yang has not been rewarded for his previous achievements, but he has made new achievements, and he has regained Liaonan.

Thanks to the loss of a large area of ​​land, we are truly worthy of being the pillars of Guandong and the pillars of the country!"

This Lu Zhide was quite polite. When he saw Yang Zhen, he walked forward quickly with a smile on his face. While bowing to Yang Zhen and revealing his identity, he kept saying "Mr. Yang" and congratulating Yang Zhen.

"The former governor of Ning Yuanfang and others reported that General Feng Jin of the Jin Kingdom died in battle outside Ningyuan City. The Holy Emperor heard this with regret and sighed for several days. He was extremely sad!

"When I heard that Mr. Yang and others had achieved a great victory over Songjin, my sadness turned to joy and I took heart. Now if the Holy Emperor hears about the latest victory that Mr. Yang brought back from Liaonan, he doesn't know how to be happy!

It’s really gratifying and congratulatory that Mr. Yang has made this new achievement!”

Since the beginning of October, the sudden outbreak of war outside Shanhaiguan has affected the hearts of countless people in the imperial court, especially the heart of Emperor Chongzhen.

The slightest disturbance outside Shanhaiguan can set off an uproar in the capital's court.

First, the news that the Manchu Tatar army of 20,000 bypassed the Songjin defense line and entered Ningyuan City reached the pass and reached the capital court. Many ministers heard the news and wrote articles one after another to impeach Zu Dashou and Yang Zhen.

They accused Zu Dashou and Yang Zhen, the two generals stationed on the Songjin Defense Line, of being fearful of the enemy and holding back their troops, rendering the Songjin Defense Line ineffective, wasting food and money, and ineffective.

Emperor Chongzhen immediately became nervous and anxious, worried that the Manchu Tatars would break through the border and invade the capital again and wreak havoc on the capital. Within a few days, he issued successive orders urging the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, to prepare for war and strictly guard the gate.

Immediately afterwards, the news that Jin Guofeng fought bravely but was defeated and died spread into the pass and reached the court. So the government and the public in the capital were in an uproar again. They were frightened overnight. They all thought that Ningyuan City was about to be destroyed, and western Liaoning might not be safe.

, I was in a state of panic all day long.

Then, news of the sudden withdrawal of the Manchu Tatar army from Ningyuan City spread to the pass and reached the court, and the capital's imperial meeting changed again.

Although the ministers and ministers were not as panicked as before, no one dared to believe that the sudden withdrawal of the Manchu Tatars was because Yang Zhen and others won the battle behind them.

So when the news about the Dongguangou ambush battle, Woniugou ambush station's consecutive victories, and the second Songjin victory reached the capital, no one from top to bottom dared to believe it.

Only Wang Dehua, who got the accurate inside story from Yang Chaojin, and Zhang Ruolin, the new doctor who got the detailed report from Fang Guangchen, firmly believed that the news was true.

Different from the doubts of the courtiers, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed. He didn't care how false or false the news was, he only cared about the news itself.

However, in order to verify the authenticity of this good report, when he received the report from Yang Chaojin, the minister overseeing the army, from Wang Dehua, he immediately agreed with Yang Zhen's opinion forwarded by Yang Chaojin, and immediately issued the edict,

Yang Zhen was asked to take the captive Manchu Tatar prince and other captives to the capital to offer them as prisoners.

The central edict is an edict issued directly by the emperor without the counter-signature of the cabinet or review by the officials.

Since such an edict was not counter-signed by the cabinet and had not been publicly discussed by the official, it could only be delivered and issued by the eunuchs of the inner court or the factory guards directly under the emperor.

This time, it was Lu Zhide who came to convey Emperor Chongzhen's decree.

In accordance with Emperor Chongzhen's order, Lu Zhide did not dare to delay at all along the way, and rushed to Songshan City in a hurry.

After arriving, he immediately understood, without anyone else having to say anything, the intensity of the Songjin battle not long ago.

The dilapidated west wall of Songshan City, the huge craters and fortifications inside the west wall, and the heads of the Manchu Tatars piled on top of the city, including the ten dying princes of the Manchu Tatars who were imprisoned in the prison of the city's military prison.

Duduo always explained to him the authenticity of this great victory.

With this judgment, Yang Zhen's status in Lu Zhide's mind was more than just a Songshan general soldier.

Yang Zhen's status after this victory was directly related to Wang Dehua's status in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and Wang Dehua's status in front of Emperor Chongzhen was directly related to Lu Zhide's status, future and destiny.

The Yang Zhen in front of them, to eunuchs like them who accompany the emperor like a tiger in the capital, is a legendary "odd thing" that can be used to live in.

At that moment, Lu Zhide met Yang Zhen and conveyed Emperor Chongzhen's oral instructions to Yang Zhen face to face, told Yang Zhen the emperor's joy at hearing the news of Songshan's success, and the emperor's eagerness to wait in the capital, and then asked Yang Zhen to come to Yang Zhen as soon as possible.

Pack up your luggage, choose a day to escort the prisoners, and rush to the capital together.

Faced with Lu Zhide's unusual enthusiasm, Yang Zhen agreed after some thought, and immediately agreed with him to set off on the auspicious day of November 5th.

It's not that Yang Zhen doesn't want to leave for the capital early, but that he has too many things to arrange before leaving.

In the next few days, Yang Zhen first asked Yuan Jin to cooperate with Zhang Degui, and take advantage of the opportunity that Liaodong Bay has not been frozen over a large area to use the remaining large and small ships of the Juehua Island Navy and the advance camp navy to go to Jinzhou as soon as possible.

A batch of guns, ammunition, bedding, and grain and grass supplies were rushed to the city and Lushun entrance.

At the same time, Yang Zhen divided the personnel of Songshan Iron Works and Ammunition Factory into two.

Let Zhang Degui lead a group of people such as Pan Wenmao and Wang Shoutang to follow the fleet to Lushunkou, and let them choose a location to build a steelmaking plant and ammunition factory in Lushunkou, and try to directly produce guns and ammunition in Jinzhou, Lushun and other places.

As for the production of ammunition and guns in Songshan City, of course it cannot be stopped just because half of the personnel moved across the sea to the Jinzhou Peninsula.

Yang Zhen promoted Wang Shoutang's eldest son Wang Sheng to the new position of Songshan Iron Works. At the same time, based on Pan Wenmao's recommendation, he appointed a veteran leader named Song Enzi as the new position of Songshan Ammunition Factory and put them in charge of Songshan Steel.

Various production matters of Sohe Ammunition Factory.

In addition, the defense of Songshan City was temporarily handed over to the supervisor of the army and the two deputy generals Xia Chengde and Lu Pinqi, who were asked to supervise the troops to continue repairing the city.

After spending several days in this way, after arranging everything, Yang Zhen took the 300 musketeers brought back by Zhang Chen and the 500 cavalry under Zu Keyong, escorting the Tenth Prince Duduo of the Manchu Tatars, and the auxiliary country Gongtun
Chapter completed!