Colin already had 600 troops in his hands, and as for the loyalty of these people, he never considered a group of mercenaries for money in World War II, this is his position on the Chinese soldiers he recruited.

But he didn't understand at all, and he didn't bother to understand, China has never had a mercenary culture, and Chinese soldiers have never fought purely for money. But all the soldiers who took up arms to fight the government were all aiming for promotions and making money, especially those leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society, not for money.

The 600 people under Colin, not to mention the 300 people sent by Zhou Lang and brought over by Wei Lianli, are the 300 people that Colin's subordinates originally recruited themselves, and now they are basically controlled by the Heaven and Earth Society.

But the situation of these mercenaries is very bad, he used the excuse that most of the mercenaries were sick and were unwilling to send officers to Zhou Lang, although it was an excuse, but it was also a fact, a group of Nordic people came to the island of Taiwan, if they were used to it immediately, it was impossible, even if these people had adapted to the tropical climate in India, but the climate and environment of India and Taiwan were still different, the microbial communities in the soil and drinking water were definitely different, and the diseases brought by them were definitely different, so after landing in Taiwan, A large number of mercenaries did contract some diseases, vomiting and diarrhea, but because they had been in India after all, they were not serious and did not affect their combat effectiveness.

However, after repeated battles, their bodies became weaker and weaker, and the biggest reason why more than a dozen mercenaries were killed and wounded this time was that weakness affected their combat effectiveness, resulting in more than a dozen people killed in hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army who had no time to flee from the port. After this battle, their physical strength decreased even more, and more than twenty mercenaries already had difficulty walking. That's why Colin asked Zhou Lang for assistance, but he didn't expect Zhou Lang to send three hundred people generously.

Zhou Lang's actions made Colin wonder if he had made a mistake, Zhou Lang didn't have any thoughts about himself, everything was just that he was too cautious. But he still decided that he would no longer help Zhou Lang and would not send people to help train soldiers. The reason is very simple, he is in charge of monitoring Zhou Lang, and his task is to ensure that the China (East India) Company is under the control of the British (East India) Company at all times, and if Zhou Lang's strength is too strong, it will be difficult to control it.

But at present, he is not too worried, because compared to the situation where the East India Company has more than 100,000 troops in India, Zhou Lang's current strength is still very weak, and there are only a thousand soldiers who cannot even be fully armed, in Colin's eyes, this is simply a group of peasants.

However, these peasants worked very quickly, and after occupying Tagu Port, they found that the buildings at the north gate of Xiongzhen and the Qihouxun Fort were somewhat dilapidated, so Colin organized soldiers to repair them. The terrain here is really good, not worse than the left battalion, but the hydrological conditions are better, as long as the two forts are built, any threat from the sea will not exist.

Just when Colin was busy with civil engineering operations, Zhou Lang's news arrived, informed him of the current situation in Fengshan County, and told him that the Qing army's 3,000 elites were heading south, and it seemed that the force of the Tiandihui in Fengshan County alone could not resist, and Zhou Lang asked Colin to send people back to Fengdanxun, and then unite the forces of the Tiandihui to fight against the Qing army.

Colin has fought with the Qing army many times, and he is quite unimpressed by the battle of the Qing army, but he has not touched the elite army of the Qing army, so he can't say the opponent's combat strength, but he is still full of confidence in victory, the reason is very simple, even if the other party's training is stricter, but it is impossible to make a big leap in equipment, Colin thinks that he is basically facing a cold weapon army, where there is a possibility of not winning.

The only pity is that Colin's mercenaries will not be of much use this time, and he will have to rely entirely on local mercenaries for the first time to fight.

Illness was on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to divide the mercenaries that he could use now in two, because Zhou Lang did not ask him to go to Fengdanxun himself, but asked him to go to the left camp to guard. The situation in Fengshan County is not good, and the situation in Zuoying is not good.

The main force of the Qing army has entered Xiaodianzi, where it is located on the official road, which is actually a small town. Historically, because of the shops set up by the government, one is on the official road, and the other is the existence of soldiers, which is very convenient for transportation and has security guarantees, so merchants are also willing to concentrate in these places and establish shops, and over time shops and shops have become synonymous.

Xiaodianzipu is such a small town, only ten miles away from Guanyin Mountain, in fact, the Qing army arrived at Xiaodianzipu to the head of the Gangshan camp, and it was only followed by a half-screen mountain from the left camp. Zhou Lang believed that the Qing army had no reason to bypass the left camp to attack Fengshan County, so it was very likely that the Qing army would attack the left camp before attacking Fengshan County. The current situation is that Chen Zhouquan is frightened, but in fact, Zhou Lang's old nest Zuoying is more dangerous.

Therefore, Zhou Lang asked Colin to go back to the left camp immediately, but at the same time told him that Fengshan County was more important, and the Qing army might not divide the troops to attack the left camp, but directly attack Fengshan County from the official road, and asked Colin to send Fischer to help him command the army. And told him that if the main force of the Qing army attacked the left battalion, let him send someone to Fengdanxun to contact, Zhou Lang would let Fischer lead the troops to support, if the Qing army let go of the main force of the left battalion to attack Fengshan County, Zhou Lang would also send someone to contact him and ask him to bring people to Fengshan County to support.

These analyses also made sense, and Colin didn't doubt him, so he immediately got into action.

He didn't know at all that Zhou Lang already had a plan to give up the left camp in his heart, where to send Colin to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, and let Colin block the main force of the Qing army's advance, if he was enough to block the Qing army, it was just to maintain the status quo, if he couldn't stop it, whether he was captured by the Qing army or killed in battle, it would eliminate a henchman for Zhou Lang. There was a good reason for him to send Fischer, that is, Fischer was the most experienced officer among the mercenaries, and apart from Colin, he was the most suitable to command in Fengdanxun. But the actual situation is that Zhou Lang thinks that Fischer is more simple, and he has an employment relationship with the East India Company, and in the absence of people from the East India Company, Zhou Lang can win him over for my use.

After handing over the defense of Daguxun to Wei Lianli, Colin divided his mercenaries into three, twenty of them fell ill and lost their combat effectiveness, and stayed in Daguxun to recuperate, twenty followed Colin to the left camp, and ten were led by Fischer to Fengdanxun to support Zhou Lang.

The left battalion now has three hundred Tiandihui soldiers sent back by Zhou Lang, led by Zhao Wen, Colin thinks that there are six hundred troops, relying on the terrain of the left battalion, he can block ten times the enemy's attack, so he is not afraid of the Qing army at all.

Zhou Lang did not expect badly, when Colin led people back to the left camp, the Qing army had already begun to attack the left camp, Colin barely rested, and directly led the troops into the battle.