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Chapter 650 Zhuanghe

What Yu Liangtai said was exactly what Yang Zhen wanted.

Of course, Yang Zhen will not give up the old place in the former Dongjiang Town.

Before, the reason why he didn't send people to explore in that direction was not because he didn't want to, but because he was powerless and his strength did not allow it.

He doesn't have that many men, nor that many warships.

If he spreads out his limited troops, the area he occupies may seem quite large, but he will not be able to effectively control it at all. In the end, it will still be nothing.

Even now, he feels that the time to operate the old place in Dongjiang Town is still not mature.

However, since Yu Liangtai has already made this suggestion, and he is considering deploying Zu Keyong's troops to the real Jinhai East Road, that is, the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, there is no objection at the moment.

Under the attention of everyone, Yang Zhen stood up, got off the kang where he was sitting cross-legged, came to Yu Liangtai's side, and leaned over to look at the map made of water on the ground.

"Is this place you drew Shicheng Island?"

Yang Zhen looked at the edge of the Liaodong Peninsula that Yu Liangtai splashed with water, compared it with the location of Shicheng Island in his memory, searched, and finally tapped a water stain that was about to dry out with his hand, and suddenly asked.

"Exactly! This is Shicheng Island! The governor actually knows the location of Shicheng Island?!"

When Yu Liangtai heard Yang Zhen's question, he was surprised and happy for a moment, and quickly answered like this.

"Haha, I told you before that when I was young, I also served under Mao Shuai in Dongjiang Town. Although times have changed now, and I feel like I have been in a different world, I still have some general memories of the locations of the islands in the former Dongjiang River."

Seeing Yu Liangtai's surprised and happy expression, Yang Zhen explained smoothly, then squatted on the ground, pointed his finger to the coastline directly above Shicheng Island, and asked:

"Where is this place again?"

At this time, when other people saw Yang Zhen like this, they all stood up and gathered around. Xu Tianchong, the chief soldier of the Jinhai Middle Road Assistance Guard, who was the first to bear the brunt, saw Yang Zhen asking, and immediately said:

"Returning to the Governor, I have also stayed on Shicheng Island. On the coast to the north of Shicheng Island, there is a castle called Huanggu Island Castle! The place the Governor pointed to must be near Huanggu Island Castle.

"Moreover, in addition to this Huanggu Island Castle, there are castles and piers facing each other every ten miles on the coast to the east and south of Shicheng Island. From north to south, there are larger castles and Guifu

Fort, two red-mouthed forts! But——"

"But what?"

Yang Zhen was happy when he saw that Xu Tianchong knew the location of the castle pier on the east coast, but when he saw Xu Tianchong suddenly said "but", he felt nervous and asked quickly.

At this time, Xu Tianchong's originally upbeat and high-spirited expression suddenly dropped. He sighed and said to Yang Zhen: "However, these castles have been in disrepair for a long time and have been destroyed by the Tatars. Can they still be used today?

But that’s all!”

"Yes, the imperial court spent countless manpower, material and financial resources to build these coastal defense fortresses. Unexpectedly, now, they are all dilapidated and abandoned. It is really sad to think about it!"

Xu Tianchong's words obviously brought back Yu Liangtai's memories of Dongjiang's past. He shook his head and smiled bitterly while mumbling to himself.

"It doesn't matter, even if only a ruin like Yongning Prison City is left, it will save much more time and effort than building everything from scratch!"

After hearing what Xu Tianchong and Yu Liangtai said, Yang Zhen didn't take it seriously at the moment. After saying this, he stood up and asked everyone to sit down again. Then he patted the dust on his hands and said to everyone:

"The Jinhai East Road I'm talking about is exactly the line on the east coast that General Xu and Brother Yu were talking about. The Manchu Tatars took the land route south to Jinzhou City and Lushunkou. Apart from the Jinfu Gaihai line, there are only

This is the east coast line.”

After saying these words, Yang Zhen looked at Yu Liangtai and said loudly: "Yu Liangtai!"

"The humble position is here!"

Seeing that Yang Zhen had obviously made a decision, Yu Liangtai immediately responded excitedly when he heard his life was clicked.

"In this battle, you led the fleet north to Lianyun Island. Not only did you mobilize Shang Kexi to send troops back, and created a fighter plane for us to break Xiongyue City again, but you also robbed the shipyard on Lianyun Island and burned all the Tatars to use it for shipbuilding.

The wood was brought back to the island’s carpenters and shipwrights, and the credit is not small!”

"This, this is all due to the commander-in-chief's command, and he doesn't dare to take credit for his humble position!"

Yu Liangtai thought that Yang Zhen was going to ask him to lead the team to move to Shicheng Island or somewhere on the east coast. But when he heard it, he found out that was not the case. He was a little confused, but he had to answer it correctly.

Seeing him like this, Yang Zhen immediately smiled and said to him: "You propose to station the navy on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula and operate the former Dongjiang Town. That's very good. This Governor has approved it - Yu Liangtai obeys the order!"

At this time, Yu Liangtai certainly realized what was going to happen, and immediately stepped forward from the rear of the generals' formation and knelt on one knee in front of Yang Zhen.

"Today, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Zuo Army Governor's Office, the General of Zhengdong, and the Chief Military Officer of the Jinhai General Town Office, I will officially appoint you as the staff general of the Jinhai Town East Road Naval Battalion. You will lead a battalion of your own.

Among the prisoners in the prison camp, a young and strong man was selected and put into his command.

Yang Zhen first promoted Yu Liangtai from his original position in the capital by two levels, directly to the rank of staff general of the East Road Naval Battalion, and asked him to expand the team and lead a single naval battalion. Then he continued:

"It's over here. You should follow me back to Lushun first. After handing over the defense of your unit with the South Navy, you can lead your fleet to Shicheng Island to station and operate!"

When Yu Liangtai heard Yang Zhen's last order, he was overjoyed for a moment. He immediately changed from kneeling on one knee to kneeling on both knees, kowtowed firmly and said.

"I humbly obey my orders! I am willing to repay the favor of the governor for his support and cultivation!"

When Yang Zhen saw this, he quickly leaned down and helped him up with both hands, telling him not to do this. When other generals saw this, they also hurriedly gathered around to congratulate Yu Liangtai.

Although Yu Liangtai was promoted from the former commander of the first battalion to a general, which was not a big promotion, the conversation between him and Yang Zhen and Yang Zhen's overwhelming appreciation for him made many people envious.

All the generals present knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Yu Liangtai's future in Jinhai Town, or in other words under Yang Zhen's command, would be very bright.

"Commander, we already have the navy on the East Route, and we have the station on Shicheng Island, but what about the other land troops on the East Route of Beizhi? Where will they move to the east coast with Beizhi in the future?"

As the chief military officer of the Jinhai East Road Assistant Defense Force, Zu Keyong was of course concerned about the issue of his garrison.

He listened carefully to the conversation between Yang Zhen, Yu Liangtai, and Xu Tianchong just now, and already knew where Yang Zhen's so-called Jinhai East Road was.

He was secretly shocked when he thought that Yang Zhen had already planned to station himself on the east coast of Jinhai Town before he led his army to move to Jinhai Town, that is, as early as when he was in Songshan City.

At present, since the newly established Jinhai East Road Naval Station has been set on Shicheng Island on the east coast, the station of the Jinhai East Road General Military Mansion must be on the coast near Shicheng Island.

But just now Xu Tianchong mentioned several places to them - Huanggu Island Fort, Guifu Fort, and Red Mouth Fort, all located on the coastline of dozens of miles near Shicheng Island, but he called Zuke who was not very familiar with the situation there.

Yong, there was some hesitation in my heart.

"Go to Huanggu Island Castle. You can take all your troops from Fuzhou City to Huanggu Island Castle near the north coast of Shicheng Island! The troops you originally led, plus Yu Lewu and Ao

The Japanese and Financial Departments and Yu Liangtai's naval battalion will also form a regiment and battalion, which will be under your command!"

Of course, Yang Zhen already had a clue about the question Zu Keyong asked. When he saw him asking, he immediately made arrangements.

"The number of people in your regiment camp is slightly small at the moment, but we will replenish it in the future. Let's look at the specific situation of Huanggu Island Castle. We will first renovate the castle and build a camp. Once the conditions are mature, we will have no worries about ammunition and grass supplies.

The governor will send you some troops to help you!"

"I understand. I thanked the governor. So, the regiment camp that I lead will be called the Huanggu Island regiment camp?"

After hearing what Yang Zhen said, Zu Keyong felt a stone fall in his heart. Although he didn't know what the situation was like in Huanggu Island Castle on the east coast, he had never been a person who was afraid of taking easy things and shirks the hard ones, so he expressed his acceptance of the order.

, while casually asking about the name of the regiment he led.

However, his casual question stopped Yang Zhen.

"Is this——"

Yang Zhen lowered his head and glanced at the map of the Liaodong Peninsula that Yu Liangtai had just poured out with tea. Looking at the water stains that were gradually drying and disappearing, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile:

"Let's do this. Huanggu Island and Baigu Island don't sound good. Let's call this regiment camp Zhuanghe regiment. When you go there, if Huanggu Island Castle is still useful, rename it Zhuanghe.

Castle."

Zu Keyong was stunned when he heard what Yang Zhen suddenly said, and thought to himself: "Huanggu Island regiment camp is indeed not nice to hear, but your Zhuanghe regiment camp is not that good either.

ah!"

However, Zu Keyong, who has always been aloof, naturally would not get too entangled in these trivial issues. He was just stunned for a moment, then bowed and received the order with clasped fists.

Of course he didn't know that the place where Huanggu Island Castle was located was the Zhuanghe area in later generations.

The location of Guifu Fort was near Chengzitan in later generations.

As for the location of Hongzui Fort, it was near Pikou Port in later generations.

Yang Zhen was naturally aware of these situations, but although he knew these things, he didn't know how to express them.

After all, the place name Zhuanghe only appeared hundreds of years later when the Han people crossed the sea and invaded Guandong.

During the Ming Dynasty, except for the Huanggu Island Fort, a coastal defense fortress built during the Yongle period and rebuilt during the Jiajing period, there were not many civilians living here.

Of course, if there is another name besides Huanggu Island Castle, then there is only a red hill named Hongyazi, which was recorded by the armies and business travelers passing through this place.

However, whether it is called Hongyazi or Huanggudaobao, they all sound strange to Yang Zhen. Neither of them is as smooth and pleasant to the ears as the name Zhuanghe.

At least when he mentioned this place in the future, Yang Zhen's mind would immediately flash its geographical location, so he wouldn't be confused.
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