Zhou Xian found that there were not many troops to aid the capital, the first batch had only more than 10,000 people in the fourth battalion, and the second batch had only nearly 20,000 people. However, Shandong lacked food, and all regions had to station troops. They knew that this was the most troops that Zhou Xian could mobilize. They did not have much opinion on this.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Zhou Xian waved his hand, "If there is nothing wrong, we will all be separated! Gao Futai and I still have something to discuss."

The officials retreated one after another, but only Wang Zhang stayed and asked Zhou Xian to take him to the capital.

Zhou Xian looked up at him and asked in a deep voice: "Have you raised the knife? Have you ever been in the formation? Have you ever killed someone? If not, then why do I want you to follow me?"

Wang Zhang didn't expect Zhou Xian to ask such a question, and was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Xian continued: "Now the capital is in crisis, the world is in turmoil, and people's minds change. Shandong is in a war, and now it is facing a huge change in the court. Some officials must feel that the Ming Dynasty is about to collapse and want to surrender to the new master. I asked you to pursuing the administration of the government, just to use this to ban this idea and keep it as stable as possible in Shandong. Everyone has their own position and should do what they should do. This is what you are good at. Rescuing the capital is the business of me and my soldiers. If you do your own thing well, you will be your greatest loyalty. It is better to do less falsehoods like white clothes, nicknamed mourning."

Wang Zhang's face turned red and he was a little ashamed, but he said tactfully: "That's because some soldiers in charge of the army are ineffective, so I have to do this."

Zhou Xian laughed anxiously, "Then I have made a difference now. Can you shut up and leave?"

Wang Zhang raised his head, held his belly with one hand, and waved his back with the other. He looked arrogant and walked out slowly.

Gao Mingheng swallowed dryly and spitted, "This Lord Wang is too..., too rude!"

Zhou Xian waved his hand, "I won't talk about him anymore. The stones in the toilet are smelly and hard. I want to thank you alone."

"Thank me?" Gao Mingheng looked puzzled.

Zhou Xian nodded, "You have not summoned soldiers to the north to serve the king in the name of the governor of Shandong, otherwise I would have jumped into the Yellow River and would not be able to wash it. This is my greatest support."

Gao Mingheng was the governor of Shandong and a magistrate of the border. According to the regulations of the court, he had the power to summon all soldiers in Shandong. It was only when Zhou Xian controlled the military power, which weakened his power. Even if he ordered recruitment, there would not be too many soldiers to respond. But when he did so, he would directly place Zhou Xian in a position of self-respecting and not supporting the capital. Although Zhou Xian really didn't care about this now, it was the most disgusting.

"The general is so serious. If you lead your troops to fight against the rebels, how could I do such a thing at this time!"

"Anyway, I should thank Gao Futai. This time I went to the capital, so I would like to ask you about Shandong. This is a national crisis. We should put aside our past grudges and work with the court to overcome this crisis."

Gao Mingheng nodded slightly, and he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Master General, do you think the capital can be defended this time?"

Zhou Xian smiled, "Do you want Gao Futai to hear the truth or lies?"

"There are only you and me in this room. We ask each other privately, just to hear the truth about the Supervisor."

Zhou Xian nodded and sighed slowly. "I can't hold on."

"and you?"

"Then why should I rescue the capital? Yes! I have written to the emperor many times before, wanting to persuade him to move the capital to Nanjing, but the emperor has never agreed. For this reason, he has issued edicts to rebuke me many times. This time, I led my troops north, not to help the emperor guard the capital, but still want to persuade the emperor to move south. The troops I led will do my best to defend the passage to retreat south, so that the emperor can escape from the capital after making up his mind. This is what I have always thought about."

Gao Mingheng frowned and was silent for a long time and said, "Will the Lord agree to this matter?"

Zhou Xian shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Only one knows, but he has to do his best. Gao Futai, I would like to advise you to prepare some clean houses in Jinan in advance to avoid being in a hurry."

Before leaving, Zhou Xian went to see Feng Sanjie and redeemed the girls under her men who were willing to leave with the ten-year operating rights of all the grain shops in the land they occupied.

They will be sent to Xuzhou and follow Huaqing to study medicine. After completing their studies, they must go to the army to become doctors. Twenty years later, they can restore their freedom. During this period, they can receive money and get married.

With such generous conditions, basically everyone was moved.

Feng Sanjie knew that this would happen, her brothels would probably be empty, but she still agreed. Later, some of her houses were sold, and some became restaurants, and she no longer operated brothels.

The most innocent one was Huaqing Feng. He was initially curious about where Zhou Xian found so many literate girls. When Zhou Xian sent someone to send him hundreds of singing girls, he suddenly realized and his nose was almost pissed. But since he had agreed at that time, he did not dare to refuse directly. He scolded Zhou Xian's ancestors in his heart and sent Zhou Xian a letter full of complaints, and was forced to accept the matter.

Xia Yunyi found a large open space for him in Xuzhou, summoned craftsmen, and built countless new houses. A school called "Huaqingfeng Medical College" was established. Later, Xia Yunyi found some literate girls from the refugees and sent them there, so that the number of students inside reached more than 200. Huaqingfeng, Wells, and dozens of other medical officers taught them.

The incident caused a huge uproar when women were doctors. Some old masters criticized the matter, but at this time the world was in chaos, so where were there any major ritual rules? After a while, they found that no one paid attention to them, and in the end they had to stop.

In the Cheng family, all the generals captured by He Jin were released by Zhou Xian and returned to Yuzhou with Mrs. Gao's envoy. Some of the generals of the Longwu army were unwilling to go back. They wanted to join Li Dingguo, and in the end, only more than ten people chose to return to Huainan.

After everything was done, the battalion of troops sent by Li Kai also arrived in Jinan. Zhou Xian led his troops to set off north, and they crossed the canal from Dezhou and headed north.

When he arrived in Tianjin, Zhou Xian sent someone to inform Luo Yangxing and invited him to send troops in a playful tone. Of course, Luo Yangxing would not agree, and also sent someone to monitor Zhou Xian's army. It was not until Zhou Xian left that he retreated the scout.

Seeing Luo Yangxing's scout leaving, Zhou Xian divided his army into two parts. One way was the elite soldiers of the Dezi Camp and the other two soldiers of the Second Army. They headed southwest to Gaoyang, and cooperated with the Baoding defenders to fight and lead the rebel army led by Liu Fangliang. There was only one battalion on the other way, and they entered Baxian in the northwest to keep the south retreat road open.
Chapter completed!