Yang Zhen will leave sooner or later, that's for sure, everyone knows this.

But when that day came, everyone suddenly realized that the current situation in Zhenjiang Fort was entirely dependent on Yang Zhen's persistence.

Now if he leaves, what will happen here?

If Qinglu comes back, how should we deal with it?

Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, returned to Shengjing to deal with the sudden chaos in western Liaoning. It was indeed not possible to mobilize a large army to conduct a personal expedition in a short period of time.

However, once Yang Zhen and the main force of the Eastern Expedition Army led by Yang Zhen left Zhenjiang Fort, there would probably be no need for Huang Taiji to personally lead the army to fight.

Perhaps it would be enough to station the Xianglan Banner of Jierhalang, Prince Zheng of the Qing Dynasty, and his brother Feiyangwu's camp in Kuandian and Jiuliancheng.

When they thought about it this way, they discovered that their little calculations were no longer so important in the face of possible situations.

"First of all, before the end of the month, this Commander-in-Chief will leave. After this Commander-in-Chief leaves, the military affairs here at Zhenjiang Fort will be put under the command of Qiu Zhenhai!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

As soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, Qiu Zhenhai, who had already raised his heart in his throat, immediately stood up, clasped his fists and bowed towards Yang Zhen, and received the order.

Qiu Zhenhai's sudden move made Yang Zhen stunned.

Just when Yang Zhen was stunned, the other generals present also stood up one after another. First, they clasped their fists at Yang Zhen and accepted his orders, and then congratulated Qiu Zhenhai. The scene was once again noisy.

This time, when Yang Zhen saw this, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Although Yang Zhen hasn't said it clearly yet, all the generals already know that with Yang Zhen's arrangement, Qiu Zhenhai's position as commander-in-chief has been secured.

In fact, after Yang Zhen crossed the sea and moved the defense and established Jinhai Town, he won successive battles, including Songshan City in western Liaoning, and he already had six general defense officers under his command.

This was something beyond imagination in Dongjiang Town back then.

As far as the current situation is concerned, as a military general, there are many other general officers under his command. Perhaps only Zu Dashou in western Liaoning has such a card.

As for the various general military officers under Hong Chengchou, there are of course more.

But Hong Chengchou was the governor of Jiliao after all. Under the general environment of using civil society to control military affairs, it was in line with the imperial system to have multiple general military officers under his command.

Of course, by the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, many imperial systems had been completely corrupted.

For example, if Yang Zhen, the commander-in-chief of a town, wants to recommend someone to become the commander-in-chief of his army or the first association, it is basically a sure thing.

Not only did the imperial court rarely object, but other generals under his command no longer cared much about whether the imperial court objected or not.

For them, if the court does not object and can grant a formal imperial certificate or sue, it will naturally be the icing on the cake to honor the ancestors, but even if it does not, it does not matter much.

Just like Yang Zhen's current situation in Jinhaizhen, the appointment document signed by him is much more important than a formal notice from the court.

To put it bluntly, without Yang Zhen's nod of approval, no matter what kind of official credentials were awarded by the imperial court in the capital, it would be just a piece of paper in Jinhai Town.

Yang Zhen's generals have already seen this clearly.

Therefore, they did not need to wait for the official decree of the future court to come down, and they had already begun to congratulate Qiu Zhen Hairong on his appointment as the commander-in-chief of the army.

"As for Qiu Zhenhai's position? Yes, you have already congratulated him. Of course, I, the Commander-in-Chief, would also like to congratulate him. From now on, Qiu Zhenhai will be promoted to the chief officer of the Anton Forward of Jinhai Town!"

"Chief Commander Anton?!"

"..."

When Yang Zhen mentioned the title of Commander-in-Chief that he had assigned to Qiu Zhenhai, he immediately aroused a burst of exclamation from the generals present, and everyone was filled with envy.

Including Zhang Chen, who originally had a good chance, when he heard Yang Zhen give the name of Anton's forward commander, his face was full of envy for a moment.

It should be said that there is no military attache who does not want to be the commander-in-chief.

Especially the fact that Yang Zhen has taken a different approach in naming the Andong forward commander, instead of naming him with the usual title of chief military officer of the Jinhai Road, but giving him a majestic title, it is even more eye-catching.

My heart is moved.

Of course, the reason why Yang Zhen did this was because he could no longer name a new commander in chief according to the traditional method.

The small town of Jinhai already had general military officers from the Southeast, Northwest, Central and Fifth Routes to assist in the defense.

Yang Zhen was also helpless about this, and the name Anton Forward Commander came up because he wanted Qiu Zhenhai to build a new fort in the Zhenjiang Mountain area, namely Anton Fort.

If Yang Zhen wanted to give hope to the generals under his command, he could only gradually promote those who had meritorious service among them, or those whom he relied on, to the high position of commander-in-chief.

If we continue to determine the number of total soldiers in the Alliance Guard according to directions such as southeast, northwest, center, then the total number of soldiers in Jinhai Town has reached its end.

However, if the city is named after the city where the troops are garrisoned, and then the chief military officer is given the title, the status of the chief military officer may be worthless.

Because Jinhai Town will only occupy or operate more and more cities in the future, and it cannot be like Zu Dashou's Liaoxi army, where every city has a general soldier, and eventually every city is a warlord.

So in the next step, after the generals under Yang Zhen's command have made military exploits, especially the deputy generals who have been in office for a long time and it is time to make a move to be promoted to the general of the Union Guard, he is going to use some of the tactics of the general general of the miscellaneous number to solve this problem.

The Anton forward commander appointed to Qiu Zhenhai is his first attempt.

The effect looks good.

Not only did Qiu Zhenhai kneel on the ground with excitement after hearing this and received the order very solemnly, but others also looked envious and eager to give it a try.

This is the result Yang Zhen wants to achieve.

He didn't want the generals under his command to be all peaceful.

"That's right, Commander-in-Chief Anton Vanguard! As for the imperial court's official announcement in the future, this time after the governor returns to Lushunkou, he will start to process it to the imperial court."

Yang Zhen made the final decision and turned everyone's attention back to him.

After he finished saying these words, he saw many people's faces full of envy, so he continued:

"Including all the meritorious soldiers in the battle of Zhenjiang Fort, I have reported to the imperial court to report my merits and ask for rewards for everyone. Moreover, no matter what rewards the imperial court will give in the end, I will never treat you unfairly.

"Today, I am here to promise you that before I leave Zhenjiang Fort, I will repay all the money I have owed to the regiments and camps of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, the troops on Jinhai East Road, and the commanders of the Zhongyi Army in the past few months.

To the soldiers!"

"The Governor is mighty!"

"I would like to express my gratitude to the commander-in-chief on behalf of the soldiers!"

"The governor is wise!"

"..."

After Yang Zhen said these words, the meeting hall of the second hall of General Zhengdong's camp suddenly burst into cheers.

Including the soldiers of Zhengdong Army on duty outside the hall, they also raised their heads after hearing this, and their faces were full of joy. If they were not responsible for their duties, they would probably cheer.

And thanks to Yang Zhen's timely wave to stop him, who knows if he would have shouted such taboo slogans as "Long Live the Governor" otherwise.

During the attack on the seventh night of the first lunar month, Qiu Zhenhai gained a lot from Weihua Island. In addition to a large number of people, livestock, food, grass and military supplies, there was also a considerable amount of real gold and silver.

What Zhang Chen, Li Lu and others seized that night from Jierhalang's camp in the west of the city was several times what Qiu Zhenhai and others seized from Weihua Island.

Especially the amount of real gold and silver seized from the west camp of Jilhalang City alone amounted to hundreds of thousands taels.

These things were all bloody plundered by Jierhalang and his troops with blue flags from wealthy households in the cities, treasury, houses and houses of Hening State east of the Yajiang River.

As a result, they didn't have time to enjoy it, nor did they have time to take it away. They all fell into the hands of the Zhenjiang Fort defenders who attacked and occupied the Qing camp.

Yang Zhen's soldiers and horses have always followed the iron law that all captures should be returned to the public since the early days of the advance camp in Ningyuan.

Although sometimes it is unavoidable that some people have selfish thoughts and hide some gold and silver, but most of the time, most of the seizures will eventually be returned to the public.

Then Yang Zhen will handle it and distribute it uniformly, and a considerable part of it will be used as rewards or salaries for the soldiers under his command.

This time is of course no exception. Those who died in battle will receive pensions, and those who made meritorious service will receive rewards. At the same time, all soldiers participating in the war will also be paid according to wartime standards.

So according to the standards that Yang Zhen himself had set in Songshan City, even if those soldiers who were allocated land and therefore did not receive pay were deducted, after these few months of war, all they had was pensions, rewards and back pay.

Lin Lin finally got it down and had hundreds of thousands or even two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Fortunately, when Yang Zhen captured Zhenjiang Fort, he had already captured a large amount of gold and silver from the city, which was enough to pay for the cost of the war.

On the seventh night of the first lunar month, the defenders of Zhenjiang Fort attacked on both sides and won on both sides. They once again captured the gold and silver treasures looted from the Hening Kingdom by the soldiers and horses of King Huaishun Geng Zhongming and the soldiers and horses of Jierhalang Xianglan Banner.

In this way, even after deducting all necessary expenses, including replacement pensions, rewards and arrears, Yang Zhen not only did not lose money during the battle of Zhenjiang Fort that lasted for several months, but also made a huge profit.

Of course, there are many irreproducible coincidences, such as the rice and grain that Liulin escorted into the city.

Those grains that are enough to feed Yang Zhen's troops for more than half a year are truly priceless treasures.

It is precisely because of this that until now, although there are not many soldiers and horses left under Liu Lin's command, Yang Zhen still maintains great respect for him.

"Okay, let me talk about the next adjustment of Zhenjiang Fort's military affairs. Most of the regiments and battalions of the advance army for the Eastern Expedition will return to Lushunkou with my division!"

"I humbly obey my orders!"

Yang Zhen's statement had been expected by Zhang Chen, Li Lu and Yang Shen, so as soon as Yang Zhen finished speaking, the three of them stood up, bowed towards Yang Zhen and clasped their fists to accept the order.

Yang Zhen waved his hand and told the three of them to sit down, and then said while thinking: "After most of the advance army for the Eastern Expedition left Zhenjiang Fort, all Jinhai Town soldiers and horses who stayed in Zhenjiang Fort and its surrounding areas were unified into the Anton Regiment.

The battalion is commanded by Qiu Zhenhai, the commander-in-chief of the Anton Forward Army!"

"Anton regiment camp?"

This time, what Yang Zhen said made many generals who were not named just now doubtful, but what they doubted was not the setup of the Anton regiment camp, but whether they would be affiliated with it from now on.

The newly established Anton regiment camp was established.
Chapter completed!