Gaizhou, Yulinpu.

Zhou Xian took off the hot towel covered his forehead and looked at Li Dingguo who was soaking in the pool opposite him. "Ning Yu, this date is so comfortable to soak!"

Li Dingguoben leaned against the crossbow, opened his eyes at this moment and said slowly: "It's really comfortable to take such a hot bath in the cold winter. But you built the pool so big and there are four or five pools, how much firewood will be used at a time!"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It does not burn firewood, it burns charcoal. The newly mined coal is used to boil the water in the pot. It can be heated at any time through a special wooden pipe. The reason why the pool is so large is because it is not for one or two people, but for the entire army to take a bath. Each body has more lice than hair, and it can be ripped out and bleeding even if it scratches it. Let them wash it well, clean it up, and avoid getting sick. It happened that you are rushing to the first stove of water today, and we both enjoy this treatment first."

Li Dingguo looked around and nodded gently, "That's not bad." After saying this, he said nothing, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, Zhou Xian said slowly: "Ning Yu, I'm probably going back to Shandong."

Li Dingguo raised his head and asked, "Are you alone, do you still have to accompany the army?"

Zhou Xian said: "Lin Quan said at least the elite troops of the Fourth Battalion should be transferred back to Shandong, and I am still considering it."

Li Dingguo frowned, "Lin Qingye returned to North Korea and has taken away nearly 10,000 North Korean soldiers. If you take away the elite troops of the Fourth Battalion, what should I do in Liaodong?"

In the chaos in the Southeast Asia, the Dutch sent envoys to Japan in order to restrain Zhou Xian and took out a lot of real interests, hoping to persuade Tokugawa Ie-Kuanga to send troops to North Korea.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was well aware of his strength and directly refused the matter. However, he was very dissatisfied with the fact that Zhou Xianjun occupied Kagoshima, made good friends with various Kyushu vassals, and supported the founding of the Hokkaido Ei Kingdom.

In order to take this opportunity to put pressure on Zhou Xian, strive to take back Kagoshima, and then seek full control of the Japanese vassals. Tokugawa Iegun sent people to Nagato with Dutch envoys, and went to see Maori Yutaka.

The Dutch promised to provide artillery and warships to him, and Tokugawa Iemitsu allowed him to recruit samurai from all over Japan, and Shimazu Konoha continued to incite.

Maori's confidence rose sharply, and he increased his troops to Takama Island, and sent small troops to attack the south coast of North Korea, and even defeated the North Korean navy in Busan several times.

This is not a big deal, after all, Maori Yutaka's strength is limited.

However, because of the previous experience of the Japanese invading Korea twice, the King of Korea was extremely frightened and issued a direct order to Lin Qingye to return to the country.

After all, Lin Qingye is a North Korean. He is also worried that something will happen to North Korea, so he reported it to me, Zhou Xian, and proposed to lead some North Korean soldiers back to North Korea.

Zhou Xian agreed to this matter not long ago, and Lin Qingye transferred the third battalion of troops from Kuandian Fort to return to North Korea, all of whom were North Korean soldiers.

Li Dingguo said that Lin Qingye took nearly 10,000 soldiers and soldiers, which refers to this matter.

Zhou Xian said: "East-West and West Lines, attack on the western Lines, defending the eastern Lines. All the troops attacking Tongyuan Fort were withdrawn back to Phoenix City and no longer attacking north through there. Abudaligang left a battalion of troops stationed, but added a thousand cavalry to Han Yong to continue to disrupt Jianzhou. Xiuyan City also adopted a defensive move. In addition to Xiuyan City, several northward passages must be completely blocked. If there is no good opportunity in these three places, no longer actively attack the Qing army. In this way, the troops will be surplus."

Li Dingguo shook his head, "The attack only needs to be broken in one place, but the defense requires defense everywhere. How many troops can you draw?"

Zhou Xian smiled faintly and said, "At the beginning of the spring of the next year, tens of thousands of Han people will move to Liaodong, and the number will increase year by year in the future. I will send people to conduct some basic training for them and distribute weapons to them. They may not be of great use in marching and fighting, but relying on the fort to defend themselves, unless the Qing army has an absolute advantage, it will not be so easy to capture. As long as we retain some mobile forces and ensure that we can reinforce everywhere at any time, there should be no big problems. After all, whether it is Xiuyan City, Phoenix City, or the surrounding areas of Kuandian Fort, there are mostly mountains and ridges that are easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Li Dingguo pondered for a moment and nodded gently, barely agreeing with Zhou Xian's statement.

Zhou Xian continued: "Before I go back, I will concentrate my troops to capture Gaizhou and Yingkou, so that our army can threaten Haizhou, and even Anshan and Liaoyang later. Li Kai will lead the army to attack western Liaoning, and strive to capture one or two sea-side cities such as Songshan and Xingshan to threaten Ningyuan and Jinzhou. In short, I will make the Qing army in Liaodong feel a real threat. They dare not and cannot draw enough troops to attack the eastern front."

Li Dingguo stretched out his right hand and wiped the water droplets on his shoulder, "Then you have to be in Gaizhou and continue to attack the Qing army."

Zhou Xianxiao said, "That's what you're considering."

Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment and frowned and said, "Are you going to hand over the army to me?"

Zhou Xian nodded, "I didn't think of anyone who is better than you. Zhao Xusheng did a good job in Xiuyan City. He almost completely wiped out the resistance forces there and appeased other tribes. He handed over all the troops on the Eastern Front to him, and the first batch of people who moved there were mainly placed there, and he was responsible for everything. When you come to Gaizhou, you will be in charge of all the troops of Li Kai's army, including Juehua Island, you will be commanded by you. I believe that with your ability, you can definitely disturb the Qing army."

Li Dingguo curled his lips, "I'm fine, but can those people under you convince me? After all, I'm a prisoner captured by you?"

Zhou Xianxiao said, "What you said was the time that almost killed me. Look at the scars on this body, but you left them."

Li Dingguo also smiled, "Luckily, I didn't kill you at that time."

Zhou Xian shouted "huh" and said slowly: "This time you captured Xiuyan City through a surprise attack. Your abilities and abilities are obvious to all. Even if someone doesn't agree, he has to hold it in. I believe you enough."

Li Dingguodao: "I'm not worried that they will not accept it, but that I'm worried that the orders I gave, they will disobey and miss the opportunity to fight. You must know that a little mistake on the battlefield may cause the overall situation to collapse. I can't use it for some people."
Chapter completed!