For many years, the Manchu-Tatar army rarely suffered a defeat when encountering the Ming army. Everyone from top to bottom was immersed in the arrogance and arrogance of the Jurchens who were dissatisfied and invincible.

Although since the autumn and winter of last year, the Qing soldiers had killed several princes and princes one after another after encountering Yang Zhen and his men, this news was still controlled and circulated quietly among the elites of the Eight Banners.

For the lower-level bannermen outside Shengjing City, especially their coated Aha, they have a low status and little information, and have no way of knowing the secrets of these military aircraft and major military events.

As for the Manchu Tatar nobles with blue flags in Zhenjiang Fort, they certainly knew that the situation had changed and the Qing soldiers suffered a lot in front of Yang Zhen and his troops.

Of course they also knew that just south of the Yingna River, at a river mouth dozens of miles away, there was already a fortress and garrison built by Jinhai Town.

They even knew that there were soldiers and civilians from Jinhai Town stationed on Dalu Island off the coast of Dagushan at the mouth of Yanghe River.

However, the Xianglan Banner dignitaries who had not suffered any losses outside Fuzhou City were still in a state of mind that they had already won. Except for coastal defense, they did not worry at all about the troops stationed south of the Yingna River.

The Ming army in Jinhai Town dared to take the initiative to go north to provoke them.

Because, since Mao Wenlong was executed by Mingren himself, nothing like this has ever happened on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula.

All this caused the Manchu Tatar Xianglan Banner dignitaries in Zhenjiang Fort City, including Jierhalang, who had just received Huang Taiji's decree from Gaizhou City and had just become Dinghai General to command all Qing garrison troops in southeastern Liaoning,

, and never thought that the Ming army, which had been shrinking to the south of the Yingna River and never dared to take a step beyond the thunder, would rush to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

In his mind, it was their great luck that he could hold his nose and tolerate the existence of the Ming army without having to send people south to cross the river to annihilate the Ming army. How could they possibly

Stirring your nose and face and taking the initiative to cross the line and attack?

No matter what the reason behind it is, in short, when Yang Zhen ordered Zu Keyong, An Yingchang, Zhang Chen, and Li Lu to lead their troops across the river to attack Mantazi Zhuangtun, north of the Yingna River, Shizuizi

The Mantar villages on both sides of the river were almost defenseless.

The soldiers and horses led by Zu Keyong and others were prepared and unprepared, and the fully armed and well-trained regular army went to attack those Baoji Aha who were reclaiming wasteland and farming for Manta.

It's like entering a deserted place.

However, there are advantages to being fast, but there are also disadvantages to being fast.

The advantage was that it caught several Tatar garrison camps south of the Dayang River by surprise. Not only did they have no time to send troops to rescue various villages and villages, they also had no time to send people to Zhenjiang Fort to move reinforcements.

As for the shortcomings, it was that during the attack by Zu Keyong and others, they mainly set fires everywhere and wreaked havoc, but did not bring back much capture.

Because according to Yang Zhen's order, they needed to react at Zhenjiang Fort and retreat to their respective camps south of the Yingna River before sending the army south.

Under such tactical requirements, a series of raids were arranged too urgently. They had no extra time to search and capture, let alone carry food, people, livestock, etc. to seize and march quickly. In the end, they could only

Set a fire and burn everything.

So, in the end, it was the slow-moving loyalist army units that, after harvesting the rice fields that they were responsible for burning, followed the various people and picked up the leaks, and obtained most of the seizures reported by Zu Keyong.

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Yang Zhen stood on the pier, listened to Zu Keyong's plea for An Yingchang, and after thinking about it for a moment, he guessed the course of the attack.

After Zu Keyong confessed his love to An Yingchang, Yang Zhen was silent for a while and fell into deep thought. Zhang Chen and Li Lu who were following him naturally couldn't stand still when they saw this, and they also clasped their fists together.

Bowed and said to Yang Zhen:

"In this attack to the north, An Du pointed out that his troops have made mistakes and have made merits. It is better to let them offset their mistakes and not do the same next time!"

Facing the pleas from Zhang Chen and Li Lu, Yang Zhen turned around from his distraction, subconsciously shook his head and smiled bitterly, then looked down at An Yingchang and said:

"That's fine, An Du said, get up. Since General Zu, Vice General Zhang, and Vice General Li are all interceding for you, then this time the merit has been outweighed. From now on, you must strictly restrain the Zhongyi Army and must not disobey our military orders again.

, Otherwise, don’t blame me - I will show no mercy."

"In my humble position, I would like to make up for my fault. In my humble position, I would like to thank the Governor for his kindness."

An Yingchang immediately answered the question, kowtowed, and then slowly got up from the ground.

At this time, Yang Zhen continued: "Now that we have said this, let us make arrangements for the distribution of merits, demerits, rewards and punishments for this battle."

After Yang Zhen said this, he looked at everyone thoughtfully, his eyes scanning the faces of Zu Keyong and others one by one.

After Zu Keyong and others heard this, they immediately bowed to Yang Zhen and clasped their fists and said, "Please ask the Governor to make arrangements!"

Seeing Zu Keyong and others saying this, including An Yingchang, who had just been ordered to use meritorious deeds, Yang Zhen smiled at first, and then said:

"Well, since the rice harvested by An Yingchang's Zhongyi Army has been brought back after hard work, it should still belong to the Zhongyi Army.

"As for the other seizures brought back, the heads of the two Tatars were returned to the ancestral army, and each post of the general army and horse army were assigned to record their merits and used. The Tatar women carried horses and plowed cattle, and the meritorious officers were rewarded after the war. As for the two young Tatars, they were

If the old and weak have children, they will be brought back by the Eastern Expedition Army and handed over to the prison camp for resettlement. Do you have any objections to this allocation?"

Facing Yang Zhen's arrangement, An Yingchang, who originally thought that he might not get anything this time, suddenly felt happy. After hearing Yang Zhen's last rhetorical question, he immediately bowed to the ground and said:

"The arrangements made by the governor are extremely upright and upright. How dare you object to the humble position!"

As soon as An Yingchang finished speaking, Zu Keyong, Zhang Chen and Li Lu also came to their senses. Seeing An Yingchang's behavior, they immediately followed him and took his orders, saying in unison:

"The arrangements made by the governor are extremely upright and upright. How dare you object to the humble position!"

In fact, of course, Yang Zhen's arrangement cannot be said to be truly impartial. At least it is not fair to Zhang Chen and Li Lu.

But among the things captured this time, nothing was suitable for the Musketeers and Grenadier Regiments.

For example, the newly harvested rice has to be dried and shelled. Zhang Chen and Li Lu's subordinates have no time to spare.

Another example is the heads of the two Tatars. For the subordinates of Zhang Chen and Li Lu, those things would have been numb to their hands long ago.

Moreover, they all know that they are Yang Zhen's direct descendants, and all their achievements are recorded in Yang Zhen's heart. This relationship is more important than how many Tatar heads they possess.

As for cattle, horses and other livestock, Zhang Chen and Li Lu also looked down upon them.

It would be okay if it were a war horse, but the animals that the Tatars brought to clear the wasteland were all pack horses and oxen, and there were no war horses for them to capture.

In this way, the Tatars and Tatars brought back by the prisoners were of some use to the Eastern Expeditionary Army. They could be brought back in the future and sent to the prison camp en masse.

Therefore, although the two of them knew that they had suffered a loss, they felt that they had no problem facing Yang Zhen's arrangement.

So in the end, Zu Keyong's East Route Horse Infantry Army sent out troops and became the biggest profiteer of the just-concluded northward attack.

Faced with this result, Zu Keyong certainly couldn't say anything.

Seeing that everyone was satisfied with this arrangement, Yang Zhen immediately said loudly: "Today is your day to go north to attack and triumph. Don't act like the governor wants to punish whoever made the mistake. Come, follow me back to the fort."

Go to the city, kill cattle and sheep, and reward the meritorious soldiers!"

When Yang Zhen said this, the atmosphere at the scene immediately changed, and the festive atmosphere that everyone had put away just now was suddenly released again.

The generals who came to greet Yang Zhen were all happy for a moment, and the soldiers guarding the pier on the dock also immediately cheered and jumped.

That night, just as Yang Zhen was decorating the city of Zhuanghe Fort with lanterns and colorful decorations to celebrate the achievements of the soldiers who went north to attack the enemy's rear, Zhenjiang Fort, which was more than 200 miles northeast of Zhuanghe Fort, was filled with Tatars Dinghai.

General Heshuo and Prince Zheng Jierharang were furious at the news that their farmland was suddenly attacked and burned.

"Bastard! Trash! What do you do for food?! The Ming army south of the Yingna River sent so many men and horses across the river to attack without any warning or sign?! ​​You are so defensive!

Are they all blind?!"

In the meeting hall in the front yard of Jilharang's mansion, the lights were brightly lit, and officials of all sizes were kneeling on the floor in darkness.

Jilharang's forehead was as bright as ever, but the warm smile that always hung on his chubby face was gone, replaced by a cold and angry look on his face.

"Those slaves below, Aha, are as stupid as pigs. Are you also as stupid as pigs?! Since when did you start not being able to recognize even the subtle tricks of others?"

Jirharang cursed loudly, but the men kneeling on the ground under the blue flag, such as Gushan Ezhen, Mele Zhangjing and Jia Lazhangjing, bowed their heads and were silent, just silent in response.

Seeing these people like this, Jilharang became even more angry. He was so angry that he kicked the people kneeling at the front several times. Only then did the anger in his heart ease a little.

Finally he said coldly:

"Hmph, in the end, I think you are living too much in the comfortable life of fine clothes and fine food! Not only have you forgotten your duty, but you have almost lost all your ability to live and work!"

"Master, calm down!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

"General, calm down!"

Jierhalang's furious curse finally received some responses from those kneeling on the ground, including Beile, Gushan, Mailer and Jia La.

However, the content of these people's responses made Jierhalang feel angry again.

However, seeing that Gushanzi garrison Jia Lazhang Jingshuo Erhui, who had knelt at his feet and reported the details of the attack to him, had been kicked until his nose was bruised and swollen, and his mouth and nose were bleeding, Jierharang could only snort coldly, and then left.
Chapter completed!