A spring rain came to Jinzhou without warning. The rain was not heavy, but it just wet the ground slightly. The Beihe River in Jinzhou was mostly based on sand and stones, and rainwater was poured on it and soon seeped in.

The sky after the rain is bright and bright, and the fresh smell of grass is filled with.

Zhou Xian stepped on the soft river bank and looked across from the other side. The Qing army set up camp on a high ground five miles away on the north bank, with deer antlers sanitation outside, wooden houses, tents, and countless simple huts built with stones. Although it was a little messy, it was not at all chaotic.

Zhou Xian handed the telescope in his hand to Li Kai and said in a deep voice: "The Qing army on the other side has reached nearly 20,000 people, and I'm afraid their attack will only take one or two days."

Li Kai picked up the telescope and looked at it, nodded gently, and said, "Military Gate, look at the forest on the left. The Tartars have built a lot of rafts there. It seems that they are determined to cross the river from here."

Zhou Xian nodded.

The two sides of the Jinzhou Bei River are mostly mountainous and hilly. Rivers like Baiqiankou are not very deep and wide, and there are not many places on both sides where troops can gather and land on the flat land.

When the two armies fight across the river, the military strategy generally emphasizes half-crossing and attacking. This half-crossing does not refer to the enemy to attack when crossing the river center, because such a wide river is really limited in China. Half-crossing means that half-crossing the enemy's crosses the river, and half-crossing has not crossed the river, and the head and tail cannot be taken into account.

If the Qing army could not gather enough troops on the south bank in a short period of time, the troops that were on the ashore would be driven into the river little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little by little. From this point of view, if the Qing army wanted more than 20,000 troops to transport them all to the south bank, they had to pass through the Baiqiankou ferry, which was their only choice.

Zhou Xian's face looked a little gloomy, and he turned to Gao Jinsong on the side and said, "Gao Shoujie, has that trench been dug?"

Gao Jinsong wore a bronze helmet, and a layer of hair had grown on the exposed part of the back of his head. He heard Zhou Xian’s question and bowed and said, “The military gate has been dug. It is one zhang deep, two zhang wide, and two hundred zhang long. There is a layer of pointed wood on the lower layer, and now it is only a matter of guiding the water from the river channel into it.”

Zhou Xian nodded and pointed to the river bank in front of him and said, "The pointed wood on the river bank doubled."

Gao Jinsong was stunned for a moment, but quickly said, "I understand. This will start the recruited people and can be completed this evening."

Zhou Xian patted Gao Jinsong on the shoulder and turned around and left.

Li Kai followed closely, but before leaving, he looked at Gao Jinsong and said, "Gao Shou, after doing this, you can let the people return to Jinzhou! And you also temporarily led your troops to retreat to the camp on the backside for a little rest. I will lead another Thousand-man team to cooperate with General Yu Qian to guard the river bank."

Gao Jinsong was delighted and bowed, "Thank you for your understanding of Guerrilla."

Li Kai nodded and left.

...

Lushun, Shuangdao.

Ten large sea boats and twenty North Korean turtle ships were lined up in the south of the island, ready to go.

Han Kuo stepped onto the boat and bowed to Lin Qingye who was standing on the bottom.

Lin Qingye bowed his hand and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, Mr. Han Qian, I will be able to lead my troops to arrive within half a day."

Han Kuo nodded softly and ordered loudly: "All the generals will follow the orders and set off."

For a moment, the horns rang and the fleet began to start slowly. It was very slow at first, but the speed became extremely fast in a very short time and gradually disappeared between the field of vision.

Zhou Xian ordered the two of them to command the navy in order to defeat Kong Youde on the sea. However, they sent several scout boats out of the island to explore, but they could not figure out where Kong Youde's navy was. They worked hard but lost many scouts, which made Lin Qingye and Han Kuo feel inexplicably irritated.

After the two discussed, they felt that since they could not find out the whereabouts of the enemy, they would let them jump out automatically. The method was very simple, using these ten sea ships and twenty turtle ships as a lure to attract Kong Youde to take the bait.

The Denglai Navy is stronger than the Pidao Navy, but after the division of troops, this advantage is gone. Since Kong Youde led the fleet, he must have something to ask for, and he will definitely not let go of such an opportunity.

At this time, Kong Youde was also in infinite entanglement. His Tianyou Army had more than 10,000 people, and the total number of Koreans and Han people recruited on Pi Island quickly exceeded 20,000, and it was still expanding rapidly, but the construction of ships was far more time-consuming than recruiting personnel.

He had just made up all the ships that could be used for 7,000 people to fight, which was the real reason why he relied on those pirates. He was not confident in this fierce resistance to the Denlei Naval Division. In order to avoid major losses due to rash battles, he had always been two days away from the main force of the Denlei Naval Division. Moreover, he also sent many ships to attack in all four directions in order to make the Ming army unable to figure out the true location of his army.

When Kong Youde suddenly heard the news, the Denglai Navy finally couldn't bear it and led his troops back to the Denglai, he was ecstatic. He immediately ordered the entire army to launch a joint attack and attack the Ming army back to the rescue.

...

Denglai, Penglai City.

Han Yong shook off a sack on his shoulder and then kicked him hard several times. He stopped until the person inside stopped moving at all, and half-squatted to untie the sack.

The person inside showed his head, his white face was shaking, and his face was covered with purple bruises, his eyes were tightly wrapped in a strip of black cloth, and his mouth was filled with a rag of unknown color. If Zhou Xian was beside him, he would be surprised to find that the man was Du Xun, the eunuch, who was assigned to him by the imperial court.

Han Yong threw the sack aside, and did not untie the rope that tied Du Xun's hands, but took out a rope and tied him tightly to a pillar.

After doing all this, Han Yong took off the rag from Du Xun's mouth and poured him a few sips of water. Before Du Xun could speak, he blocked him with the rag.

Han Yong turned around and closed the door and walked into the night. After a while, he pushed open another brightly lit room, where Gu Yanwu, Ding Keze, and Wang Shizhong, with a gloomy face. In addition to them, Chen Feng also had an angry face.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Jinse walked in from the outside and poured each of them a cup of tea.

Gu Yanwu bowed and said, "Thank you Miss Jinse."

Jinse nodded softly, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "You are busy with yours, call me if you have any questions." After that, she turned around and walked out of the hall and closed the door.

Han Yong picked up the tea and took a sip. He looked at the ugly face and smiled faintly, "The matter has been done, and I am still worried about what it will do? If the matter is exposed, I will take all the blame, whether to kill or cut, I will suffer it alone."

Chen Feng said coldly: "You are responsible for it alone? It sounds nice. Now you lock Du Xun in the mansion of my second son. Once the matter is exposed, it will inevitably involve my second son. How will you bear it then?"

Gu Yanwu looked embarrassed, paused for a moment, and said, "It is my suggestion to put Du Xun here. The military eunuch has a special identity. Once he disappears, he will definitely start a search in the whole city. Such a thing must not be known to his soldiers. It is not safe to put him anywhere, only the military gate..."

Chen Feng snorted coldly and said nothing.

Han Yong laughed and said, "Brother Chen, don't worry! If the matter is leaked, Du Xun will not be able to go out alive, and I will not be able to allow involvement in the military gate. I will send twenty of my most trusted soldiers into the house in the name of protecting you to ensure that there will be no accidents. When the matter is over, throw him on the street and everything will be fine."

Ding Keze knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "Don't say this. If you wait for the city to fall, you will be implicated in the military. Now without the obstruction of the old eunuch, we can send troops without any scruples. What should we do next is what we should consider first."

Everyone was silent for a while, and Han Yong first spoke: "The two pirates who attacked Penglai Water City have lost their spirits. They have left three hundred teams to cooperate with the local garrison soldiers. The township warriors are enough to deal with them. The soldiers we can call are about two thousand, and there are four hundred cavalrymen among these two thousand people. At this moment, there are about ten thousand people who are besieging Wendeng County, of which two thousand are Kong Youde's Tianyou Army. There are about eight thousand people attacking Jiaozhou, pure pirates, and the ones who lead the troops are Duan Tianzhu."

Han Yong paused for a moment and looked at Ding Keze and said, "Brother Ding, I mean, we are separated. One led 400 cavalry to Jiaozhou and prevent Duan Tianzhu from continuing to rage there. The other led all the remaining infantry to Wendeng and restrain Kong Youde's Tianyou Army. As long as the army leader returns, it is not like a playful thing to deal with these pirates."

Ding Keze pondered for a moment and said, "Okay. Those four hundred cavalrymen came out of the mountain village and I will take them to Jiaozhou."

Han Yong even used four hundred cavalry to deal with the difficulties of eight thousand pirates. What Ding Keze said was also true. The four hundred cavalry were indeed his former subordinates. He was commanded by him, and it was indeed much more than him. He nodded gently without saying anything more.

Ding Keze is older and very experienced in dealing with things. He stood up, bowed to Gu Yanwu and Wang Shizhong and said, "Mr. Gu, Wang Hada, after we leave, this Penglai City will be temporarily handed over to you. Just stick to it, don't care about the harassment of those pirates, they can't do anything to us."

The two stood up and bowed slightly to return the gift.

The next day, Ding Keze and Han Yong led their troops from Penglai to Jiaozhou and Wendeng respectively.
Chapter completed!