Zhou Xian met Gu Junen and told him his decision. He would send 18,000 people, including 10,000 Shandong elite soldiers and 8,000 Zhoushan Navy soldiers, to take a boat and set off from the sea, and go around to the rear of Shanhaiguan to raid the Qing army's food route.

Gu Junen thanked him very much, and at the same time asked Zhou Xian to purchase some food and grass. Zhou Xian thought about it and agreed, but the quantity was reduced a lot, only 50,000 shi.

When Gu Junen left, Zhou Xian asked someone to call Zhang Huai, Hao Yonghe and Yu Wen.

Commander Zhang Huai is the only pure musket battalion in the entire army, and Hao Yonghe is the only pure musket battalion in the entire army. Yu Wen is in Liaodong and knows the situation there very well.

Zhou Xian ordered: "Zhang Huai, Hao Yonghe, you will each pull out half of the troops from the camp. The cannon camp will go to the coast of Jinzhou with Li Kai, and the fire gun camp will go to southern Liaoning with Yu Wen."

The two had already received the order in advance and did not react much. But Hao Yonghe asked: "Supervisor, you can pick out people at any time, but what kind of cannons should you carry? Is it a red cannon, a Frank machine cannon, or a Tiger Cannon."

Zhou Xian said: "There are enough Franco cannons and tiger squat cannons on the Han Kuo ship, so there is no need to carry more. Now half of the red cannons in the entire army are divided. Stay in Lushun first, and after the fortress is repaired on Huludao, it will be placed there and bombard me the fortress on the coast of Jinzhou. Also, move the remaining artillery to."

Hao Yonghe held his fists and responded to his order.

Zhou Xian turned to Yu Wen and said: "In the future, Liaoning will mainly adopt a defensive stance, but not completely without attacking. Zhao Xusheng is good at governing the people and governing the government. He will definitely maintain a stable rear. He is more than enough to defend himself, but he cannot make the Manchus too comfortable. Jimu will lead most of the Xiaoqi camp to North Korea to obey General Li's command. Those who stay in Fuzhou should be mainly Gao Yi. Gao Yi is a man with more courage, but not enough wisdom. After you go, you must cooperate with Xie Qian to assist Gao Yi. He beat the person who is facing the front, but he cannot let Gao Yi act freely."

Yu Wen frowned and said, "Can General Gao listen to me?"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "If you don't listen, you will say to him, 'Now Han Kuo is already a general of the general, and he is still a guerrilla general. If he acts freely, you will report it to me and demote him to the garrison. Next time he sees Han Kuo, he will have to kneel down to Han Kuo. On the contrary, if he can make achievements this time, I will promote him to the general of the general'. As long as you speak like this, he will guarantee to be honest."

Yu Wen didn't understand the grudge between Gao Yi and Han Kuo. After hearing what Zhou Xian said, although he was suspicious, he nodded in agreement.

After everyone dispersed, Yang Yan and Hou Fangyu came to find Zhou Xian together.

Zhou Xian looked at them strangely, wondering why they were together?

Perhaps seeing Zhou Xian’s doubts, Hou Fangyu said: “General, I have something to report to you. I happened to meet General Yang on the way.”

Zhou Xian nodded and turned to Yang Yan and said, "You are here just right, I happen to have something to ask you. How is the current reinforcement of Dezhou City going?"

Yang Yan clasped his fists and said, "Report to the commander-in-chief, it has been almost built now. In addition to the increase in the main city by half a foot, many new arrow towers and forts have been added, and many forts and fortresses have been added outside the city. Whether it is the rebel army or the Qing army in the future, they will definitely be covered in bags if they want to invade Shandong."

Zhou Xian nodded, "I still can't relax."

Yang Yan said: "My subordinates understand that there is another thing to report to the governor. Just now, Dezhou came to report that Li Guo sent his adopted son Li Laiheng to lead three thousand elite soldiers to Nanpi City."

Zhou Xian pondered for a moment, "Nanpi!"

Yang Yan said: "General, have you sent troops to expel them?"

Zhou Xian waved his hand and smiled, "No need. The reason why Li Guo did this was because he was worried that when the Chuangjun and the Qing army fought to the decisive battle, I would suddenly lead troops north and cut off their retreat. As long as they did not invade Shandong, they would not interfere with anything. After you go back, send someone to contact Li Laiheng and send him some food and grass to show goodwill. As long as he did not cause trouble, we would not cause trouble, but we should always be on guard. As long as the Chuangjun did not defeat the Qing army, we would be at peace. On the contrary, Dezhou would probably not be at peace."

Yang Yan thought for a while, then clasped his fists and said, "I understand."

Zhou Xian nodded, "You go to Ding Keze now. The direction our army will focus on in the future will be from eastern Henan and Huainan to northern China. He will send some secret stakes to the north. You must cooperate with him to carry out this matter."

Yang Yan did not stay for a long time and left after reporting some to Zhou Xian.

Hou Fangyu asked Zhou Xian: "General, do you think that Haoge's march into Henan can fight the rebel army that stayed in Henan?"

Facing his headless questioning, Zhou Xian was a little surprised and thought for a while: "The Chuangjun has been operating in Henan for a long time and has a certain foundation for the people. With Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Liu Tiren and other generals, Yuan Zongdi also led his troops to retreat to Henan after his defeat in Shaanxi. Although the troops in Henan are relatively scattered, there are still tens of thousands of people. As long as there is no internal problem, even if Haoge cannot be defeated, there should be no major problem to stick to it for a while."

Hou Fangyu nodded and said, "General, the student heard that Haoge currently has nearly 40,000 Qing troops, more than 50,000 Mongolian cavalry from Gushikhan, many Tibetan soldiers, and newly recruited local forces in Shaanxi. The total force is no less than 130,000."

Zhou Xian nodded slightly, "That's what the military newspaper said."

Hou Fangyu said: "What subordinates mean is that the rebel army is likely to be no opponent of the Qing army in Henan. Once the Qing army is allowed to occupy Henan, our army in Shandong will be in danger."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Chaozong, you're thinking too far! First of all, I won't tolerate the Qing army occupying the entire Henan. Secondly, even if the Qing army occupied Henan, I can still resist it in western Shandong. What's the danger? The key is that at that time, the rebel army and the Qing army in the north might have decided the victory and the situation in Henan is probably not that important!"

Hou Fangyu shook his head and asked, "Do you still remember, who is under him?"
Chapter completed!