When the large fleet led by Yu Liangtai passed the sea outside Lushun Port that day, he sent Yu Haichao to enter the port in a small boat to report, but Yang Zhen did not call the fleet to dock and summon them.

After all, it is not an easy task for such a large group of ships to lower their sails into the harbor, berth at the shore, and arrange their meals.

Even if only Yu Liangtai, Yan Shengsan, Lin Siye, Lin Chongfan and others disembarked from the ship to visit Yang Zhen, it would still consume a lot of manpower and time.

As for the fact that Lin Qingye could not go south for the time being and that his younger brother and adopted son were doing the work for him, Yang Zhen had already known about it through Qiu Biyong, who had returned to Lushunkou in advance to resume his mission.

Correspondingly, Fang Guangchen, who had already crossed the sea and arrived in Dengzhou Fucheng, sent news northward almost every day, repeatedly urging the Jinhai Town fleet to sail across the sea as soon as possible.

Because according to the news sent back by Fang Guangchen through Li Ji and Wu Chaozuo, the number of refugees gathered in Denglai area after isolation and quarantine, waiting for relief and resettlement in Jinhai Town, has reached more than 30,000 households and more than 140,000 people.

Although the spring is bright and the weather has begun to get warmer, hundreds of thousands of people do not have enough to eat. They stay in the coastal area of ​​​​Dengzhou Prefecture for a long time without proper care. People starve to death every day.

There are signs of trouble happening.

If Yang Zhen doesn't care anymore, it will be over for Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture.

By then, what was waiting for Yang Zhen would not be immigrants waiting for food, but mobs burning, killing and looting.

In view of this, Yang Zhen really didn't want to waste any more time, and directly ordered them through Yu Haichao, who came to contact and report, and told them to go straight to the coast of Dengzhou Prefecture, where refugees had already gathered.

As soon as Yu Liangtai and the others left, in the evening of the next day, Yuan Jin, the chief military officer of the Jinhai West Road Assistance Guard, appeared at Laotieshan Cape with the Juehua Island Navy fleet that had left the Liaodong Peninsula for several months.

Shuangdao Bay on the other side.

When the news came, Yang Zhen immediately sent someone to invite him to come to the town hall for a meeting.

Although the situation in Dengzhou Prefecture was somewhat urgent, it was already evening, and Yang Zhen could not force Yuan Jin and his fleet to cross the sea to the south at night.

In addition, Yuan Jin came from western Liaoning after all, and Yang Zhen also had a lot of questions to ask him.

At night on February 15th, Yang Zhen took Zhang Degui, Zhang Chen, Li Lu, Yang Shen and others from Lushunkou who had just returned two days ago to personally welcome Yuan Jin's arrival in front of the main town house.

After receiving him, he immediately took him to the guest house in the courtyard next to the main town hall, and set up a banquet in the place where he was staying to welcome him.

"Commander, congratulations, Commander, not only did you achieve your wish and completely captured Zhenjiang Fort, but you also repelled the counterattack army led by the Qing puppet emperor himself!"

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and looking exhausted after being bumpy on the sea for several days, Yuan Jin finally found an opportunity to speak.

And as soon as he opened his mouth, he congratulated Yang Zhen on his previous great success in the offensive and defensive battle of Zhenjiang Fort.

"Haha, my brother, why are you so polite? If you hadn't been running around, persuading Governor Hong, persuading Commander Zu, and taking Guangning City by surprise, what would have happened in Zhenjiang Fort in the end?

It’s hard to say.”

Facing Yuan Jin who looked haggard, Yang Zhen told the truth and expressed his gratitude to Yuan Jin for his hard work.

However, as soon as Yang Zhen's words came out, Yuan Jin's already haggard expression was stunned for a moment, then felt sad, and then he let out a long sigh.

When Yang Zhen saw it, he thought that this was wrong. Could there be any new changes in the situation in western Liaoning?

At the same time, several other people accompanying him saw Yuan Jin's gloomy and gloomy condition. The person who was raising glasses put down his wine glass, and the person who was holding chopsticks put down his chopsticks. They all stared at him quietly.

"Well, Governor, Lushunkou is separated from Songshan City by the sea, and the sea route has just become passable. Your news is lagging behind a little. The situation in western Liaoning is really difficult to describe!"

What Yuan Jin said with a sigh shocked everyone present.

"What's wrong?"

"Did something happen?"

"What happened?"

"Could it be that the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty led his army to attack Guangning City?"

"Could it be that the Liaoxi soldiers and horses lost Guangning City again?!"

Yang Zhen himself, as well as Zhang Degui, Li Lu, Zhang Chen, and Yang Shen, after hearing what Yuan Jin said, they immediately started asking questions one by one.

In their opinion, Huang Taiji suddenly withdrew his troops from Zhenjiang Fort and returned west. If nothing else happened, he thought that the loss of Guangning City was of great importance, so he withdrew his troops and went west to recover Guangning City.

Therefore, when everyone saw Yuan Jin's performance, they immediately thought of Guangning City, the gateway to the Qing Dynasty and Liaoxi.

"If the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty came to attack Guangning City in person, the soldiers and horses of western Liaoning could not defend it, so he abandoned Guangning and retreated to Yizhou, then that would be nothing."

Seeing that everyone knew nothing about the latest situation in Liaoxi and was extremely concerned about it, Yuan Jin immediately revealed the answer to the mystery.

"The problem is that the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not take action at all. He only sent a leading team of two yellow flags with hundreds of bagaras to cross the Liaohe River to scout west. Marshal Zu hurriedly ordered the destruction of Guangning City and ordered all the troops in western Liaoning to

All passers-by retreated to the west of Daling River!

"Not only did they fail to defend the good Guangning Fort and destroyed it, but also Youtun Fort and Panshan Fort, which our Jinhai Town Songshan Regiment Battalion finally captured, were also repeatedly attacked by Marshal Zu and Governor Hong.

Under strict orders, I had to give up!

"All the cities and fortresses that people from all walks of life in western Liaoning worked together to capture years ago, as well as all the land east of the Daling River and west of the Liao River, were returned to the Qing captives. This time, more than a hundred miles of land was abandoned. It was really frustrating.

!”

The few words Yuan Jin babbled out shocked Yang Zhen and others, and they were speechless for a moment.

Not to mention other people, even Yang Zhen himself never expected that Guangning City and other places that the Liaoxi soldiers and horses finally captured in one go would be abandoned so quietly!

Guangning City was the original real town location of Liaodong Town. The size of the city was much larger than that of Jinzhou, Songshan, and Ningyuan cities.

Since Jinzhou can be defended, Songshan can be defended, Ningyuan can be defended, and even the rebuilt Yizhou can be defended, why not just defend Guangning City?

Yang Zhen was trying to figure out the thoughts behind Zu Dashou's move when he heard Zhang Degui ask with surprise on his face.

"No way? How long have the soldiers and horses of Western Liaoning lost in battle? After finally taking the city of Guangning, how could they give up again without fighting? Don't they want this huge credit?! That shouldn't be the case.

!”

"Haha, you don't know something, Lao Zhang. They captured Guangning City on the night of the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and sent the news of victory to Ningyuan on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month."

Faced with Zhang Degui's unbelievable surprise and question, Yuan Jin became much calmer at this time, smiled bitterly and shook his head to tell the truth.

"Superintendent Hong and Director Gao didn't do anything overnight. That night they sent people to announce the victory and reported the victory report of Liaoxi soldiers and horses to Guangning all the way to Guanli!

"On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial court's decree of reward had been passed to Guanli. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it was sent to Jinzhou City. Our old guys who were in front of the army at that time were also called to Jinzhou City to listen.

Imperial decree.

"Administrator Hong, plus Shaobao, was the third orphan of the Jin Dynasty, and his son Yin Yin was a member of Zhongshu She. The uncle of Jinyi, the commander-in-chief, was added to the Youzhu Kingdom, and his son Yin Yin was the commander of Jin Yiwei.

"Besides, Zhang Cunren has done meritorious service anyway and was awarded the title of Commander-in-Chief of Guangning. Wu Sangui, Commander-in-Chief of the Yizhou Regiment, went to the Regiment to practice the second role, and was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Qianshi. The emperor praised him with many awards——"

When Yuan Jin said this, he looked at everyone who was stunned on the spot, sighed, picked up a glass of wine, tilted his neck, drank it, then shook his head and said with a bitter smile:

"Haha, I have already received all the rewards for instigating the rebellion in Guangning! As for Guangning City, who would risk being surrounded and stationed there? In this world, a person like the Governor will eventually

It’s still rare!”

After saying this, Yuan Jin continued to smile bitterly.

After a while, Yang Zhen and the accompanying generals recovered from what Yuan Jin said. Some followed Yuan Jin and shook their heads and smiled bitterly, while others gritted their teeth and almost cursed.

No one expected that Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and the generals of Liaoxi soldiers and horses would make such a masterful operation.

But in Yang Zhen's heart, he had a little glimpse of Zu Dashou's thoughts.

If Zu Dashou was the mastermind behind this showy operation of Liaoxi soldiers and horses, Yang Zhen would have more or less seen through its intentions.

Among the generals present, no one understands Zu Dashou's thoughts better than Yang Zhen.

During the several contacts and in-depth talks between Yang Zhen and Zu Dashou, the famous Marshal Zu had more than once expressed his deep concern about the Qing army encircling the area for reinforcements.

Yang Zhen had repeatedly persuaded Zu Dashou before, asking him to divide his troops and go north to garrison Yizhou City. Zu Dashou's biggest worry was that Qing captives might send troops to besiege Yizhou City, and then force Liaoxi troops to go north to rescue.

So after accidentally capturing Guangning City, was Zu Dashou also worried that once he divided his troops and garrisoned Guangning City, he would be besieged by the Qing army and have to go north for rescue again and again?

In Yang Zhen's view, Zu Dashou must have such worries. Since he was worried about Yizhou City back then, he would definitely be worried now that Guangning City would become the lifeblood or deathbed of the soldiers and horses in western Liaoning.

Therefore, although Yang Zhen was deeply surprised when he first heard that Zu Dashou suddenly destroyed Guangning City, a famous city in western Liaoning that he finally regained, and withdrew his entire army to the west of the Daling River, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that everything

It's all within "reason".

Of course, this so-called "reason" is only from Zu Dashou's perspective.

From Yang Zhen's own point of view, or from Jin Haizhen's point of view, Zu Dashou's approach is quite deceptive.

Moreover, they tricked none other than Yang Zhen and Jin Haizhen.

This is a typical strategy of diverting misfortune from the east.

The purpose is to hope that Huang Taiji, the puppet emperor of the Qing Dynasty, or the main force of the Eight Banners, will continue to focus on Yang Zhen, the rear of the Qing Dynasty's eastern front, instead of turning to western Liaoning.

They took advantage of Yang Zhen's perfect opportunity to contain the main force of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, and captured Guangning City in one fell swoop, achieving great achievements that had not been seen in many years.

Then, after receiving various rewards, the entire army immediately retreated so as not to put excessive pressure on the Western Front of the Qing Dynasty, which would lead to siege and retaliation from the main force of the Qing Dynasty.

What they did was actually equivalent to secretly encouraging the Qing Dynasty puppet emperor Huang Taiji to continue to devote the main force of the Eight Banners to the Eastern Front of the Qing Dynasty, so that they could continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. They were a typical "dead Taoist friend"

"I will never die in poverty".
Chapter completed!