It is no wonder that Mai Ke was surprised, Mai Ke definitely did not imagine in advance that Ruan Zhixiong would come up with such an idea for arranging himself.

Before dealing with the Royal Forest Army, Mai Ke gave the two of them several plans to choose from. No matter which way it goes, Mai Ke gives them the most benefits.

Don't care how bad they were before, they really contributed a lot when they accepted the peaceful adaptation. Mai Ke is definitely not a stingy person.

Although there were some errors in the process of taking over, they were satisfactorily resolved, and at the last moment, Ruan Zhiying risked his life to persuade him to surrender, which was also indispensable.

So Mai Ke was ready to repay the two brothers well, and even to satisfy their lion with his mouth wide open.

"My two brothers have already discussed that my eldest brother wants to continue to work in the army, and whether he still does the same thing is completely up to you.

"I myself am determined to do nothing before, so I will follow you, and I will go wherever you go! If you give me work, I will do it, and if you don't give me work, I will find work to do by myself. ”

Mai Ke didn't know what Ruan Zhixiong thought and what his purpose was, and it was true that one of his worries was relieved. He has been pondering, if he proposes to continue to serve as the first leader, should this position be given to Chen Duqing or given to him?

"That's right, that's good! Then Brother Zhiying, you continue to be the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, but you will draw half of your troops and go with the expeditionary force. Mai Ke particularly emphasized that Zhixiong's team must include the two brigades of Zhao Qinglong and Yang Baihu.

"This unit, for the time being, is commanded by Zhixiong. No problem, right, Brother Shio?"

"No problem! My brother's military talent is much better than mine!" Zhixiong didn't speak yet, but Zhiying spoke first.

"Ahem! Where is there such a boast of myself, I am talking about it on paper. ”

Mai Ke was overjoyed, but he didn't expect this Ruan Zhixiong to be a powerful all-rounder. Originally, he was asked to lead troops as a stopgap measure. In this way, it is enough to send him some military pastors and teaching regiments.

Taking this opportunity, Mai Ke also told the two brothers about this unified arrangement. Not only the Imperial Guards, but also the Praetorian Guards also housed military pastors and teaching regiments. At the same time, the powers, responsibilities and positions of military pastors should be clarified.

At this time, Luther, the acting head of the military pastoral regiment, also came to inquire about the situation, and Mai Ke asked him to give these newly reorganized troops and all the residents who supported the expeditionary force as soon as possible. There are also court officials. Give a gospel sermon, and then everyone goes their separate ways.

Luther came to Mai Ke for this matter, he was afraid that Mai Ke would have too many things to do, and he would forget the most important things. The military pastor came to make it very clear that the military pastor is also responsible for evangelizing the general gospel audience.

Since everyone is here. Mai Ke took this opportunity to have a meeting. Summarize the work of the previous period. Look at the loopholes that have come out of the haunted and big, and then look at the future work plan, and only continue to follow the plan, whether it still needs to be adjusted.

Six strokes of this chief designer. The main statement was made. He knows best how the plan is complete. He believes that the tasks of the first stage were generally completed very well, and it can be said that they have exceeded the task.

Specifically, the excess part is the first to serve the courtiers, the emperor, the Praetorian Guard, and the Imperial Forest Army, rather than a simple defeat like Ji Lu.

And this acceptance also prepared the conditions for the necessity and possibility of future planning changes. Therefore, the six plans suggest that the second and third phases of the plan should be implemented separately instead of staggered implementation.

In other words, it was only possible to concentrate all the expeditionary forces together, and after the completion of the first stage, the second stage was carried out, and after the second stage was completed, the third stage was carried out, and then the fourth stage......

The second stage of the original plan was to capture Thang Long, the largest city in the north of Annam, which bordered the Qing Dynasty, especially Guangxi and Yunnan, which were intertwined with the Qing Dynasty's territory, and there were often some unclear disputes. It is of great strategic importance.

In particular, the capture of Thang Long opened the passage connecting Phu Chun and Daqing, and once necessary, rescue could be quickly dispatched from Daqing.

The third stage of the original plan was to capture Jiading, the largest city in Anan. It is placed at the bottom of the three major cities, and although it is the largest, the city is in charge of the situation, but the main reason is that there are French military forces mixed there.

France has been spying on Annam for a long time, and now it is just taking advantage of the fact that the great powers are looking for opportunities to make a fortune in South Asia, so they have set their sights on this rich land in the south of Annam, and brazenly put forward territorial claims.

Now some French gunboats have occupied the excellent port of Jiading, and the entire prosperous area of Jiading City has also been occupied by them.

If you want to occupy Jiading, you will inevitably clash with the French army and French ships, which is why Peter sent a hundred foreign guns in the first place.

This 100-ocean rifle team may still be effective against the French officers and soldiers who have landed, depending on the number of people they have landed.

However, it was not enough to deal with the French army by attacking only on the road, so it was necessary to have the participation of sailors. In this way, the issue of adding water divisions needs to be considered.

Therefore, this third stage needs to be adjusted, and it is recommended to send sailors to participate in the war!

As for the fourth phase, there is already a general direction, but there is no more concrete course of action and timetable. Six said he was waiting for the results of the two people's investigation.

This person is Gu Jizhi and Mei Han.

Gu Jizhi had long had the ambition to expand the map, and this expedition he heard that he was going to Annan, but his map was lacking, so he also followed. Since its main business has little to do with the battle plan of the army, it is said that he will act alone.

The target of his exploration this time was the Mekong River, and he separated from the army alone, preparing to enter the country from Lao Whirlpool and pass through the country of Cambodia until Jiaqing, where he met the army.

But Mai Ke didn't worry about him going on an adventure alone, and it happened that Mei Han didn't have anything to do with Chen Xi after sending him off, so he sent him to protect Gu Jizhi. Both of them can communicate with Mai Ke at any time through the spirit of the rhinoceros.

Therefore, the Mekong stage depends on the detailed information of the two men.

The completion of the Mekong phase is the beginning of the sixth phase of the city's construction, in a suitable place, at a suitable time, a new holy city will be built on the banks of the Mekong River - the fourth city of heaven!

All these different phases, different steps, are contained in the huge third plan of the six strokes, and the part that has now been completed is at most one-sixth.

After the discussion, Mai Ke and the others went separately to tell the parties what their tasks were, and asked them to prepare and set off immediately when they were ready.

Mai Ke communicated with Peter again, telling him that the next step of the expeditionary force would be to need the help of the sailors in order to deal with the French invaders who were armed to the teeth.

Peter pondered for a moment, and suddenly said to Mai Ke: "Have you forgotten that guy named Wen Fu? Let him deal with the French warship, it is estimated that it will work!" (to be continued......)