"Commander, since we can move on the river, why don't we humble ourselves and lead our troops out of the city immediately to intercept and kill them? Lest they bring back the news that our navy has evacuated!"

"No need. Since the river is frozen, they can cross the river from upstream at any time. How long can we keep the news of our navy's evacuation a secret? You can just defend the city here!"

Faced with An Yingchang and others' invitation to fight, Yang Zhen once again refused. In his opinion, intercepting and killing a sentinel team with only a few people was a completely useless effort.

Regarding this Zhenjiang Fort defense battle, Yang Zhen had already had his own plans. This Zhenjiang Fort defense battle was not just about defending the city.

It can even be said that in order to achieve another goal, Yang Zhen would rather give up the Zhenjiang Castle temporarily.

The location of this Zhenjiang Fort was completely different from the Songshan City that had been defended before. It was between the rear of the Qing Dynasty and the Chao people, and was only separated by a river from the city in the north of the Chao people.

Previously, the river was wide and the water was deep. The Qing Dynasty army had no ships and could not easily cross the river. They could only focus the siege on themselves.

Now that the Yajiang River has frozen, the natural chasm that once restricted the Qing Dynasty cavalry has become a thoroughfare.

Perhaps it won't be long before the Qing army will split up and cross the river to plunder the court people in the capitals east of the Yangtze River due to the severe cold and lack of food.

At that time, it will be the best time to send troops and exert force.

Deep down in Yang Zhen's heart, he was actually happy to see the possibility of the Qing army dividing its troops across the Yangtze River to plunder the imperialists.

Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was obsessed with getting rid of Yang Zhen through several letters to achieve his purpose of killing people with a borrowed knife.

But he may never have dreamed that in Yang Zhen's design, Huang Taiji himself would become the knife that Yang Zhen planned to use to kill people.

Of course, Yang Zhen also hoped that the imperial soldiers and horses in Yi, Ding, An, and Pingping prefectures and towns east of the Yajiang River who gathered to oppose the Qing Dynasty could hold on for a while longer, and not be too reluctant to take the beating. It is best to be able to give them to the future.

The Qing captives who crossed the river east to plunder caused some losses.

Yang Zhen's inner thoughts may be a little sinister or a little unjust, but considering the various actions of the country's thieves in the east a few hundred years later, Yang Zhen does not have any psychological burden.

But it was said that after Yang Zhen ordered Qiu Zhenhai, An Yingchang and others to guard the city, he quickly descended from the East Gate Urn City and rode back to General Zhengdong's camp.

When he entered the camp courtyard, Zhang Chen and Li Lu were already waiting for him in the meeting hall of the second hall of the camp.

"Commander, we found it. Zhang Tianbao and the others found the same two letters under the snow inside the west city wall. I and Deputy General Zhang read them together. They are exactly the same as the ones burned before."

When Zhang Chen and Li Lu saw Yang Zhen coming back, they immediately stood up to greet him, while Li Lu couldn't wait to report their new discovery to Yang Zhen.

"Zhang Guogan also searched all over the west city, and found nothing else. Zhang Tianbao's grenadiers also searched every corner of the west city wall. Beiji and Deputy General Zhang thought that there might be only these two seals left. Governor -

—Do you want to take another look?"

"No need to read it, just burn it."

Regarding Li Lu's somewhat incomprehensible question, Yang Zhen took off his mink fur cloak and refused without hesitation.

However, when Yang Zhen finished speaking, he saw Zhang Chen and Li Lu standing still in a blink of an eye, looking like they were hesitant to speak. He was confused, and immediately smiled, turned around and sat down on a couch in the room.

, asked casually:

"Why, is it possible that you two have some ideas?"

"No, no, no, I and the others have absolutely no intention of surrendering to the Qing!"

Faced with Yang Zhen's seemingly casual question, Zhang Chen and Li Lu were startled and immediately denied it firmly. At the same time, Li Lu added:

"That's it. Wasn't the Governor always worried that the Qing army would only besiege but not attack us for a long time and forcefully trap us to death? Just when Bei Shi and the two were waiting here for the Governor, Vice General Zhang told Bei Shi an angry incident.

strategy.

"I think that since Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, wants to recruit and surrender the governor, we might as well take this opportunity to implement it and see if we can inspire Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, to attack the city at all costs."

"Oh? Why scratch it when you are angry? Why scratch it when you are angry?"

Of course Yang Zhen knew what kind of people Li Lu and Zhang Chen were, and knew that they would definitely not persuade him to consider Huang Taiji's surrender conditions when they knew that they would not surrender.

But Yang Zhen really didn't expect that the two of them would find any way to break the situation from the surrender letter in front of them.

After all, even he himself has not yet figured out how he should use the Qing Dynasty puppet emperor Huang Taiji to try to surrender him.

So when he heard what Li Lu said, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind, but the idea was fleeting like a spark and he could not grasp it.

"The so-called anger and scratching, haha, I went back last night and was tossing and turning, unable to sleep. I read a few pages of military books and happened to see this passage, which is called "Soldiers are not tired of deceit, lure them with profit, take them with chaos, and prepare them with reality."

If you are strong, you should avoid it, if you are angry, you will offend it, if you are humble, you will be proud of it, if you are tired of it, you will work for it, if you are close to it, you will leave it."

Since Zhang Chen came up with the idea of ​​"scratching people in anger", of course Zhang Chen had to stand up and explain it himself. So as soon as Yang Zhen finished asking, Zhang Chen stood up and said to Yang Zhen:

"The book of war says that if the enemy general is angry and humiliated, he will be angry, and if his ambition is confused, he will advance without planning. From a humble understanding, the general idea is that if you want the enemy to advance without planning, you must attack us at the cost of death and injury.

This is a fortified city, so we have to humiliate him and anger him, which can be regarded as a way to provoke the general."

"Oh, you mean-"

Zhang Chen's explanation allowed Yang Zhen to finally grasp the idea that had flashed through his mind before. The so-called "scratching them in anger" did not mean to capture the Qing prisoners He Shuo like what he did last year.

Prince Duduo of Yu and other princes and ministers were imprisoned in Songshan City, and then led the Qing army to besiege Songshan City at the expense of casualties?

Just when Yang Zhen had suddenly realized something, Zhang Chen's tough and rough face, which was as tough and rough as dry tree bark, suddenly burst into a smile. He then said to Yang Zhen:

"If the Qing Dynasty army only besieges but does not attack, and does not make contact with us, then we really have nothing to do for a while. But now that the Qing Dynasty puppet emperor Huang Taiji still intends to recruit the governor, it is better to use his plan.

"The governor could pretend to be moved by the Qinglu's intention to surrender, but he was worried that the Qinglu's pardon for the governor's previous crimes would be false, so he took the opportunity to let Huang Taiji come to the city in person, or send several important clan officials to the city to discuss surrender.

condition.

"Then take this opportunity to attack Huang Taiji himself, or publicly execute the important ministers sent by Huang Taiji to surrender. Haha, in this way, the Qing captives will not be angry if they don't believe in their humble position, and if they don't believe in him, Huang Taiji will continue to sit firmly in the army tent and not come to attack the city.

!”

Zhang Chen became more and more confident in his idea the more he talked about it. After saying this, he saw Yang Zhen smiling and nodding at him frequently. It was obvious that he approved of this unique method of motivating generals, so he quickly added:

"Of course, what I mentioned in the post is just a rough outline. The actual implementation will definitely be much more complicated. If you don't do it right, the Qing captives will find out.

"In view of his humble position, the governor must not respond too quickly to the letter of surrender from the Qing puppet emperor Huang Taiji. In any case, we have to wait until they can surround Zhenjiang Fort City, and then fight for a while."

Regarding Zhang Chen's last thoughts, before Yang Zhen had time to react, Li Lu on the side was already nodding his head in agreement, and just heard him say:

"Yes, Governor, we used the excuse of wanting to know the sincerity of the Qinglu's surrender. The Qinglu must also want to know the sincerity of the Commander-in-Chief. If we contacted them easily, then with the cunning of the Qinglu, we might be able to tell them at a glance.

Saw it through.

"And it's not enough to just scratch him in anger. Once Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, finds out that he has been deceived and attacks in anger, we have to be able to defend it. Otherwise, it will be really, really self-defeating."

"Very good, very good, haha, I already know what you are thinking. Generally speaking, anger and anger, and attracting the enemy to attack the city, is our next strategy to destroy the enemy."

Zhang Chen and Li Lu have always been Yang Zhen's right-hand men. Now that they can come up with such a strategy on their own, Yang Zhen is very happy. Maybe after this battle, they can guard one side on their behalf and defend the other side.

Therefore, Yang Zhen first without hesitation used anger and scratching to lure the enemy to attack as his next strategy against the enemy, and then added:

"However, before we are angry and provoke the enemy to attack, we must first hide the truth and show the falsehood, show the enemy that we are weak, show that we are unable to use it, and show that we are not using it when we are using it.

"So, pass on my order. Within three days, as long as the Qing army does not launch a large number of infantry to rush into the city, then let them bombard the city or besiege the city. Our garrison battalions will not fight back or retaliate. That's right.

Let the troops rest and reorganize, and the auxiliary troops go to the city, and let the Qing army force them to do whatever they want."

"I understand the humble position!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Zhang Chen and Li Lu were overjoyed to see that Yang Zhen not only recognized their suggestions, but also accepted them in full. They received the order together and went to deliver it.

As for Yang Zhen, he was holding the newly found surrender letter from Huang Taiji left by the two of them. He read and read the line "Letter from the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to Jin Haibo Yang Zhen" that was wet with snow and slightly blurred.

, a series of thoughts popped up in his mind, and at the same time, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

If you want to really anger Huang Taiji, it is not enough to trick a few of Huang Taiji's important clan officials or trap and kill a few of his close advisors.

For a person like Huang Taiji, what kind of royal minister or confidant could be better than Prince Laoli, Daishan, or his only adult eldest son, Prince Heshuosu, Hauge?

Although these two people were not killed by Yang Zhen himself, their deaths were inseparable from Yang Zhen's relationship.

However, under such circumstances, Huang Taiji still thought of recruiting Yang Zhen to surrender by pardoning Yang Zhen's previous crimes, and then conferring a royal title and marrying the princess.

It can be seen from this that important members of the clan and close advisors do not have a very important status in Huang Taiji's mind. Trapping and killing them may not be enough to make Huang Taiji desperately seek revenge on himself.

So, does Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, have any negative qualities that are absolutely untouchable?

Of course there is, and Yang Zhen happens to know very clearly where Huang Taiji's reverse scale is.
Chapter completed!