Han Kuo rode a few personal soldiers into Jinzhou City. Compared to his first time in the city, there seemed to be much fewer people in the city. Most of the door shops on both sides of the main street have been closed, and the rest are sparse and deserted.

When he ran to the intersection of Xijie, he suddenly saw people crowding in front. About 300 soldiers surrounded a square platform about ten feet long and wide, and soldiers kept escorting the traffickers to the platform. With the executioner's shout, the heads fell to the ground, and blood burst out, dyeing the ground in front red.

The onlookers exclaimed, followed by a warm cheer, and the people watching the show never bothered.

Han Kuo stopped his horse and glanced around the surrounding soldiers. He accidentally saw an acquaintance, Gao Yi's subordinate named Gao Shanfang, who had just been promoted to General Qian. He turned his head and ordered the personal soldiers next to him, who nodded and left quickly. After a while, he led Gao Shanfang to walk over quickly.

Gao Shanfang was very fat and shook his feet when he walked, looking a little like a tumbler. When he saw Han Kuo, he smiled and quickly bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Han Qian."

Han Kuo smiled and said, "Fatty Gao, you have been promoted now, and I will be the President of Qian from now on. If you bow like this, others will think I will bully you!"

"This... I dare not do this! According to your relationship with our boss, if I hold a position in front of you, he will not peel me directly. From now on, you will treat me as your subordinate. If you have any instructions, just send someone to tell me."

Han Kuo knew that Gao Shanfang had this kind of personality, so he didn't say anything more. He asked directly: "What's going on with these people?"

Gao Shanfang spat and cursed, "It's all bastards who are seeking death. We still imprisoned nearly two thousand Qing army prisoners in the city. Some of them are Qing army, some of them are the families of the Qing army, and they are all untrustworthy. It was a bit hard for the military gate to allocate them to build camps, and these bastards who are usually pampered can't stand it. They actually connected in private, hoping to cause chaos in the city when the Qing army attacked. This move angered the military gate. He ordered that all the nearly 200 involved people beheaded and displayed to the public to shock the prisoners."

Han Kuo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it the military gate personally issued the order?"

"Yes! General Zhao Shen also persuaded the military gate for this, but the military gate insisted on doing so."

Han Kuo nodded gently.

How can you show the heart of a Bodhisattva without thunder?

Zhou Xian has always been lenient and gentle in treating prisoners, but this time he used such thundering methods to clearly realize the importance of stability in the rear to this battle. According to Han Kuo’s true thoughts, it was considered clean to kill all these Qing troops at once, but he knew that Zhou Xian would not agree to do it. Now Zhou Xian was shocked by his might, and Han Kuo felt a unique calmness in his heart.

A gentleman does something but does not. He knows when to do what he should do and makes timely changes based on the current situation. This is probably the boss he has been praying for! Han Kuo thought in his heart.

He said goodbye to Gao Shanfang and continued to head towards the Jinzhou Prefecture. Now there is something more important to Zhou Xian report.

Zhou Xian held Li Xiong's letter and frowned. After a long time, he sighed silently, looked at Han Kuo and said, "Why are there so many pirates in this world?"

Han Kuo smiled bitterly and said, "Military Sect, Kong Youde basically gathered most of the pirates in Denglai, Liaodong and North Korean waters this time, and immediately made up for the shortage of naval soldiers under his command. This is also a matter of blame for the subordinates who did not identify Kong Youde's intention earlier, which led to our army losing the opportunity."

Zhou Xian put down the letter, looked up at Han Kuo and said, "What do you mean with Deputy General Lin!"

"Li Xiong's letter was sent twenty days ago. If we speculate based on time, the pirates summoned by Kong Youde might have already attacked Denglai at this time. Most of our army was transferred to Jinzhou, and the two thousand-man teams of Han Yong and Ding Keze must be supported immediately. Deputy General Lin's meaning was to leave two thousand water soldiers to separate troops to station Shuangdao and Guanglu Island to prevent Kong Youde from sneaking into our army's rear, and the remaining naval soldiers would immediately return to Denglai."

Zhou Xian couldn't refuse and said, "If what Li Xiong said in his letter was true, then the only one who attacked Denglai was pirates, and the main purpose of the Tianyou soldiers he led was my Denglai Naval Division. If you leave, can the remaining two thousand water soldiers block the attack of Kong Youde's nearly ten thousand main forces? If they defeat these two thousand soldiers and then attack Lushun directly from the rear, isn't this a replica of our attack on Jinzhou?"

Han Kuo frowned and said hesitantly: "Why do military gate mean we will stay here?"

Zhou Xian nodded, "Kong Youde summoned so many pirates to attack Denglai, and it was expected that our army would not leave much troops in the rear. Once he heard that Denglai was attacked, he would definitely return to rescue. At that time, whether it was blocking our army's return to aid or attacking our army's defenders on Guanglu Island and Shuangdao, the initiative would be completely with him. I am sure that Kong Youde must be hiding somewhere now, and once our army returns to aid, he will definitely take action immediately."

Han Kuo nodded in agreement, his face slightly ugly, "Military gate, but there is Denglai..."

"Han Kuo, have you ever wondered why Kong Youde didn't attack Denglai with these pirates with all his troops?"

Before Han Kuo could answer, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Because he knew he could not conquer. In the past, he started the Denglai Rebellion, which lasted for nearly two years, but finally fled to Liaodong. Why? Penglai, Laiyang, and Laizhou are the three strong cities in the Denglai area, gathering a large number of people. As long as you don't make any big mistakes, you can use this advantage to kill them, not to mention that our army may return to Denglai at any time. Even Kong Youde can't do things that can't be done by going to Kong Youde himself. Do you think these pirates who don't have much military knowledge can do it?"

"The military gate said this, indeed, makes sense, but why did Kong Youde let those pirates attack Denglai?"

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It's nothing difficult to understand. I feel that these pirates are the bait thrown by Kong Youde, and they can be abandoned at any time. So many pirates will cause some damage to Denlai, but they won't hurt them at all. Let them go in a mess! When our army comes back to its senses in the future, we will deal with them hard."

Han Kuo asked, "If we don't move, Kong Youde won't move!"
Chapter completed!