Suddenly, Hou Xuanyan's mind flashed, and he squinted his eyes and looked at Hong Yizhuo carefully. Hong Yizhuo was confused and stretched his neck and said, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

The more Hou Xuanyan watched, the more he felt that Hong Yizhuo was suitable for intelligence work. He was bold and meticulous, had great martial arts skills, and had a plan and decisiveness. For such a talent, Hou Xuanyan really wanted to say to him: "The East Factory needs a talent like you."

In comparison, Xu Yuanbao is reckless and dares to do anything when he gets confused. Such a person can only stay by his side and charge for him. Hou Xuanyan has no doubts at all. As long as he speaks and asks him to kill the emperor, he dares to take a blow.

This re-collecting commercial taxes will definitely fight openly and secretly with all kinds of merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. An intelligence armed force is essential.

"Yizhuo, after you go back, go to each battalion and select smart and strong soldiers, and be honest and have never been a traitor. I will write you a transfer order so that the officers of each battalion can cooperate with you. You must gather 300 people within three days and prepare to follow me to Zhejiang."

Hong Yizhuo was a little clear, nodded, and calculated in his mind. He and Hou Xuanyan had a sympathy, and there was no need to say that they already knew the elder brother’s intention.

When they arrived at the Governor's Office, Hou Xuan acted as the general Zhu Dadian, and Yan Yingyuan called the Daoist Office. The two of them came to Hou Xuanyan's room, one in front and one behind.

When Zhu Dadian came, he was thinking about it. Since he came to Suzhou, he found that Hou Xuanyan looked up to him. Such a person climbed from the bottom to the current high position, and had a delicate heart. He thought he had a bad reputation and had no political achievements worth boasting about. He didn't know why this young commander looked at him with admiration. What's even more strange is that his colleagues in Shaoxing were all entrusted with important tasks and he had not yet settled.

No wonder he thought so. You must know that Zhu Dadian’s glorious moment was revealed in the last desperate performance in his life.

He was alone in the city for three months. If the city wall had not been destroyed by the artillery of the Qing soldiers, he would have been able to hold it for a long time.

"Mr. Zhu, General Yan, please come in quickly." Seeing the two of them coming at the same time, Hou Xuanyan stood up and greeted them.

The two of them saw at the same time, in the center of the room, a large sand table. Looking down at the ups and downs above, it was obviously the landform outside the city of Gusu. It seemed that the commander-in-chief called him to come for the defense of Suzhou.

Hou Xuanyan didn't say nonsense and said directly: "Hong Chengchou's army has arrived in Changzhou Prefecture. Although I don't know why it is a little slower than we expected, I don't care. I just want to ask you two to come today, just to ask you what you think."

Zhu Dadian was just a first-timer and didn't want to show his strength. He reached out to signal Yan Yingyuan to say first. Yan Yingyuan had not been immersed in the officialdom for decades. He was just a small official. He stood up straight to the sand table and said, "Taihu Wu Yi has agreed to surrender to us. His subordinates are very good at water warfare. I think blindly defending the city will easily cause the military and civilians to lose confidence. It is better to ambush these tired troops in Taihu Lake."

Zhu Dadian stared at the sand table and shook his head secretly.

Hou Xuanyan saw it and asked, "What do you think of Lord Zhu?"

Zhu Dadian smiled and bowed and said, "The commander-in-chief, Suzhou City is extremely strong, with a lot of food in the city. Now there are Wujiang and Kunshan guards. The Qing soldiers were smooth sailing before, and they had long been underestimating the enemy. Hong Chengchou came from afar and was bound to get orders to take Suzhou. As a Han minister, he held the greatest power in the Qing court's Jiangnan area. How could others not be jealous? In this way, he would definitely be eager to capture Suzhou to prove himself. We might as well use his eagerness to lead him to the city of Suzhou and earn his contributions to one battle. At that time, Wu Yi of Taihu will be a surprise soldier."

Hou Xuanyan closed his eyes and pondered that the ambush in Taihu can only hurt his fur, but not his muscles and bones, but the winner is that he has a big chance of winning. If Zhu Dadian's method is successful, he can eat them all the belt bones in one bite. However, the difficulty is doubled.
Chapter completed!