What Yang Zhen said was, of course, irony.

Everyone would know this just by looking at his gloomy face.

Of course, Yang Zhen did not ask the generals to guess the meaning of his words, but immediately said the possibility that he thought of.

“This——, this is too damn gloomy!”

"Director Hong just watched them do this?!"

"It's just that the opportunity provided by the governor was in vain!"

"And it's a pity that our brothers from the Songshan regiment camp have worked hard in vain!"

Zhang Degui, Li Lu, Zhang Chen and Yang Shen were all stunned for a while after listening to Yang Zhen's explanation of Zu Dashou's thoughts, and soon understood the purpose or reason behind this matter.

Even Yuan Jin, who brought the news of the Western Liaoning troops abandoning Guangning City to Lushunkou, couldn't help but wait and see after listening to Yang Zhen's explanation.

"People say that when something goes wrong, there must be a monster. It turns out that the moth is here. They didn't kill two birds with one stone, but killed several birds with one stone!"

Yuan Jin first suddenly said this sentence, and then, as if he had discovered some real mystery, he said everything he had understood.

"First, they sent troops to Guangning City to stop us and the imperial court from saying that they feared the enemy like a tiger!

"Secondly, they captured Guangning City, and everyone made great contributions and received promotions and titles, becoming rich and powerful!

"Thirdly, by destroying Guangning City, they signaled to the Qing captives that they had no intention of heading eastwards!

"Fourth, their entire army retreated to the west of the Daling River, which is equivalent to not putting any pressure on the Qing captives, so that the Qing captives can deal with the governor with all their strength!"

When he said this, Yuan Jin was already gritting his teeth, and his face was even more gloomy and ferocious.

"This is such a good plan and a good method! It's ridiculous that I, Yuan Jin, and Commander Songshan Xia worked hard in vain and killed many brothers, but in the end they took advantage of these selfish bastards!

"

After saying this, Yuan Jin slammed his fist on the Eight Immortals table in front of him, causing the cups and dishes on the table to shake.

It's no wonder that Yuan Jin was angry, because when Liaodong Town sneaked to the capital through Governor Hong of Jiliao Governor's Mansion and Commander-in-Chief Jun Gaoqi to report their victory, Yuan Jin and Xia Chengde didn't even mention their contribution to the victory of Youtun Fort and Panshan Fort.

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They were dumbfounded when the imperial court's decree to promote various soldiers and horses in western Liaoning with official positions and titles reached Jinzhou.

When Yuan Jin and Xia Chengde inquired, they dismissed the matter of showing merit and success on the grounds that they were under the command of Jinhai Town and the Shanhaiguan Military Department.

If it weren't for the severe illness in the northern part of Liaodong Bay and the delay in opening the sea route from Songshan City to the Liaodong Peninsula, Yuan Jin would have sent a ship to report the news and asked Yang Zhen to make the decision for them.

However, at this time, Yuan Jin had not forgotten this matter.

But he said that after he complained and resented for a while, seeing that Yang Zhen's expression had become extremely calm, he suddenly stood up again, bowed and clasped his fists, and said to Yang Zhen in a deep voice:

"The governor must be given a humble position, but he must make the decision for the brothers in the Songshan regiment!"

"We are all brothers. If you say that, it would be too outrageous. Don't worry, I have asked someone to write a document acknowledging victory and merit for your contribution and submit it to the Shanhaiguan Military Department.

Got it!"

Faced with Yuan Jin's anger, Yang Zhen was actually very understanding.

In fact, it was Yuan Jin who was the first to send the news that Zhenjiang Fort was besieged by the Qing army led by Huang Taiji to western Liaoning.

Likewise, he was Yuan Jin who was the first to make suggestions to the Governor's Mansion, to Zu Dashou, and to persuade the Songshan regiment to launch an offensive in western Liaoning under the banner of Yang Zhen.

Although all of this was arranged by Yang Zhen behind the scenes, the person who took part in it without any effort, effort, talk, and time was Yuan Jin.

But in the end, not only did he not get any credit for taking Guangning City, but the governor's office of Jiliao didn't even mention their contribution to capturing Youtun Fort and Panshan Fort as co-ordinates.

Over the past few months, Yuan Jin's work in western Liaoning was almost in vain.

No one can accept this matter.

Although Yang Zhen did not expect Zu Dashou or Hong Chengchou to do such a brilliant job, as the superior officer of Yuan Jin and Xia Chengde, he also reported the information brought by Qiu Biyong as evidence of their meritorious service.

When Yang Zhen said this, Yuan Jin felt better.

Under Yang Zhen's comfort, he sat down again, and under the comfort of everyone who shared the same hatred, he slowly regained his composure.

Next, Yang Zhen and others learned more about the latest situation in western Liaoning from Yuan Jin. They learned that Wu Sangui's slip was in the emperor's heart. On the fifth day of February, Emperor Chongzhen issued an explicit order to be transferred to Guanxi.

Help suppress the bandits.

At the same time, those who received the order from the imperial court to dispatch troops to the pass to suppress the bandits were Liu Zhaoji, a powerful general under Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, who acted as the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, and his troops.

Of course, with Yuan Jin's story, Yang Zhen and others gradually understood that Zu Dashou's order to allow Wu Sangui to lead troops into the pass to help suppress the bandits was not as simple as it seemed.

First, after they destroyed Guangning City, the new Guangning Commander-in-Chief Zhang Cunren and his subordinates no longer had a defensive position to garrison. Wu Sangui was asked to lead his troops to the pass to assist the bandits, and Zhang Cunren and other troops could be transferred to Yizhou.

City garrison.

Secondly, Zu Dashou was always worried about crossing the Daling River to provoke the Qing captives. At the same time, he was not at ease when his nephew Wu Sangui led a large number of Guan Ning cavalry to be stationed in Yizhou City.

If the Qing Dynasty army comes to western Liaoning again and surrounds Yizhou City, will I be able to save it or not?

Don't save him. Wu Sangui is his nephew, and the men he leads are his direct relatives, Guan Ning's cavalry.

But if we go to the rescue, we will inevitably fall into the trap of the Qing army encircling the area for reinforcements, and the situation will turn into the Battle of Daling River again.

This knot has really troubled Zu Dashou for a long time.

However, once Zhang Cunren and other troops were placed in Yizhou City, this problem would be easily solved.

Zhang Cunren killed Du Du, the Qing captive king of Anping County, who was the eldest son and grandson of the deceased old slave chief Nuer Hachi.

Therefore, once Yizhou City is in danger, Zu Dashou firmly believes that Zhang Cunren and other troops will definitely defend Yizhou City, and there is no need to worry that they will take the road of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty again.

Because of this, Zu Dashou finally relented to the imperial court's decision to mobilize troops into the Pass. Two days before Yuan Jin and his companions led the fleet to leave the Songshan coast, he had already agreed to Wu Sangui's troops entering the Pass to help suppress the bandits.

Of course, in order to mobilize Zu Dashou's troops to enter the pass and go south to suppress the bandits, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, also made a lot of communication, persuasion and concessions.

For example, Hong Chengchou asked Liu Zhaoji to lead his troops to the south and enter the Pass, giving up the position of Ningyuan's commander-in-chief. This was one of the most important concessions he made.

Liu Zhaoji followed Hong Chengchou out of the customs and settled in Ningyuan City. He has been acting as the commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, but he has never been able to take up the position.

In addition to Liu Zhaoji's upright temper and leaning towards Yang Zhen in many matters, which caused serious dissatisfaction with Gao Qiqian, the commander-in-chief, there were also constraints from Zu Dashou's generals.

As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. Under the constraints of the local generals in western Liaoning, Liu Zhaoji, the acting commander-in-chief of Ningyuan, must have stumbled and failed to accomplish many things.

Not only could he not continue with the training of troops, but it was even more difficult for him to eliminate the old and weak. He could not even verify that there were actually soldiers in western Liaoning.

Not only were Zu Dashou's generals constraining him, but the generals Hong Chengchou brought to Ningyuan were also gradually dissatisfied with him.

In the end, in order to appease the various people in western Liaoning, Hong Chengchou had no choice but to abandon him. At the same time, as a kind of exchange and concession, he asked him to go into the pass to suppress the bandits together with Wu Sangui.

"Just wait and see, Commander. Once Liu Zhaoji leads his army into the pass, it won't be long before his acting commander-in-chief Ningyuan will have to be killed. And the person who will replace him, if he is not Zu Zeyuan, will definitely be

It’s Zu Da Le, in short, it must be the Zu family!”

Yuan Jin had been in western Liaoning for several months, and he had indeed learned a lot about the various inside stories, and he had obviously seen through many things. When he talked about these inside stories at this time, he was still indignant.

"Haha, I believe this. But whether it is Zu Zeyuan or Zu Dale, it has nothing to do with us. Western Liaoning is such a big place. If they are willing to fight for it, let them fight for it!"

Faced with Yuan Jin's complaints about the generals in Western Liaoning one after another, Yang Zhen was very calm because he understood the general life trajectory of the generals in Western Liaoning below Zu Dashou.

Those people are brave enough to fight for power and profit on their own territory, but they don't have much courage to venture into the unknown world.

This is determined by their vision and structure.

Yang Zhen doesn't want to change them, and it's very likely that he won't be able to change them.

If that's the case, let them be.

However, for his subordinates and the generals of Jinhaizhen, Yang Zhen did not want to see them still confined to an old world destined to be destroyed.

Therefore, after saying the above words, Yang Zhen immediately called for a wine glass, then raised his glass and said to everyone:

"We are different from them. We know that the world outside is vast. In addition to the vast Liaodong in front of us, there is also the Hening Kingdom, the Japanese Nu Kingdom, and the wider world beyond the Japanese Nu Kingdom.

"There are endless fertile lands in those places waiting for us to open up, countless prosperous cities there waiting for us to occupy, and countless gold and silver wealth waiting for us to take it into our pockets! A small Liaoxi, it can be considered

What is it?"

For Yang Zhen, instead of fighting over the existing one-third of an acre of land to occupy more established interests, it would be better to simply make the cake bigger and distribute it to his followers.

And in comparison, in this era, it is easier to make the cake bigger.

The footsteps of Western colonists are about to spread all over the world, but a bunch of people under the Ming Dynasty are still fighting among themselves.

When Yang Zhen thought of this, he felt a deep sadness.

Fortunately, he has jumped out of the whirlpool in western Liaoning.
Chapter completed!