The Qing army thought that it would take at least three to five days for the red-haired Haikou to reach Fengshan County, but who would have thought that they would only take two days.

But for Colin, the speed had driven him crazy.

Historically, Napoleon's large corps could march twenty or thirty kilometers in one day, and the left camp was only fifteen miles away from the county seat of Fengshan County, which is equivalent to less than nine kilometers, but it took one day and one night.

The speed of the British army may not be as fast as Napoleon's army, but it is still possible to march ten kilometers in one day, but Colin only brought more than 300 men, and it was not a large army, but it took him a day and a night, which was unacceptable to him.

In fact, this is already a miracle, there are multiple coincidental factors, otherwise this would not have been possible at all.

You must know that Fengshan County is named after the mountain, there are many mountains here, Turtle Mountain, Snake Mountain, Banping Mountain, Dagu Mountain, Guanyin Mountain, Fengshan Mountain, Fengdan Mountain, Fengbi Mountain, etc., almost mountain after mountain, all the way is a mountain road, of course, it is difficult to march, even if it is the British regular army, or even Napoleon's army, I am afraid it is not easy to pass.

On the one hand, under the leadership of Colin, they defeated the Qing army twice in succession, and on the other hand, they learned that Fengshan County was occupied by the Heaven and Earth Society, and they felt that the Qing army was gone, and they had no fear in their hearts.

And Colin found that the soldiers were more organized, which he attributed to the results of rigorous training, but did not know that the soldiers he did not use were rapidly becoming more and more common. Of course, he also found that these soldiers often gathered together in private, which he attributed to a special custom, and soldiers of various ethnic groups in India also had similar religious practices, and he did not care too much, such activities were not prohibited in the British army.

But China is not India, let alone Britain, the people here have given birth to a unique culture in thousands of years of interactive games with the powerful government of the great unification, but whenever people gather together, they are generally engaged in secret activities, because all dynasties have banned gatherings, and during the time of Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty, thousands of people were even slaughtered because the people of a certain county ran a social fire.

The meeting of the Heaven and Earth Society was already secret, and Colin had not found out a few times, and the two sides were still unable to communicate, although after this period of contact, their ability to communicate in sign language had been greatly improved, but they were still unable to carry out complex communication, and there was no communication ability, which made Colin even more reluctant to care about these local soldiers, so the activities of the Heaven and Earth Society were very frequent.

Due to the transformation of the army into heaven and earth, Colin thought that he was managing the army, but in fact, those members of the Heaven and Earth Society took the responsibility of organizing and managing the organization in place of the mercenary officers appointed by Colin who could not communicate. These members of the Heaven and Earth Society have no formal official positions, but they have basically become nameless low-level officers.

And this military operation was to join forces with the Fengshan Heaven and Earth Society to fight against the Qing army, and of course these members of the Heaven and Earth Society were very willing, so under their constraints, in fact, the soldiers were generally hardworking and resentful, and they were more efficient than when they were training before.

It took only a day and night, and after resting for only four hours in the darkest hours of the morning, the army marched continuously and arrived near the county seat of Fengshan.

To Colin's disappointment, however, the expected formal decisive battle with the Qing army did not take place, because just before they arrived, they found that the Qing army had retreated.

Not only did they retreat, but they retreated in a hurry, and even their old camp outside Fengshan County, Fengdanxun's camp was abandoned, and even some of the food and weapons in the barracks were not destroyed in time.

In fact, just two hours ago, the officers of the Qing army were still thinking about attacking Fengshan County.

The general who had lost the battle the day before mobilized his soldiers and made various promises, such as pensions for those who died, support for their families, heavy rewards for climbing the city walls, and fortunes for capturing the county seats.

But before they started to attack, the sentry scout hurriedly came to report that the red-haired Haikou was coming, and when he heard the news, the general took the case and scolded the red-haired for bullying people too much.

But under the fierce and fierce red-haired subordinates, and now under the bitter persuasion of the enemy, the general reluctantly obeyed the public, and began to ask the general who could always drag the red-haired man first, wait for him to defeat Fengshan County, and then kill the horse pistol, and wipe out the red-haired Haikou in one fell swoop, so that the people of Yi know the majesty of our Qing boys.

One by one, the general lowered his head and was silent, but there was a general outside the door who crawled in crying, and it was a general who went to organize the attack, and when he came in, he hugged the general's leg and cried, saying that he let the soldiers charge, and he was in a hurry, but the soldiers mutinied, and more than 100 people dispersed in a hurry, leaving more than a dozen old and weak.

Attacking from front to back, suffering from the enemy in the abdomen and back, mutiny in front of the battle, these news really made the generals go up, scolding their officers, but one by one did not stand up to ask for their lives, the generals sighed, drew their knives and were about to kill themselves, and were quickly stopped by the general of Qian, and then the general and a large group of generals persuaded the generals bitterly, saying that now they are in trouble at home and abroad, and it is useless to fight to the death, and they hope to retreat immediately.

In the end, the general endured the feeling of sacrificing his life for the country, promised to keep a useful body, so as to do his best for the emperor, first evacuated Fengshan County, withdrew to Shijing Xun in the northeast, guarded the official road and waited for reinforcements from Fucheng, and then killed back to Fengshan together to kill all the thieves.

So they didn't even want the old camp of Feng Danxun, and immediately evacuated here in a hurry.

After confirming that there were indeed no Qing troops in the Fengdanxun military camp, Colin ordered the soldiers to drive into the barracks, and then found Zhou Lang and asked him to send someone to contact the Tiandihui in the city immediately, and get the coastal ports and land that should be allocated to him as soon as possible according to the agreement.

Before these lands were in hand, Colin said that the troops must not be withdrawn, he said that the British had encountered this situation many times in India, saying that the Orientals did not pay attention to the credit of the contract at all, and there were many times when they signed agreements with the princely lords of India, and then after the withdrawal of the troops, the other party regretted that they would not hand over the ceded land, and they had to fight back to the other party before admitting the account.

He also told Zhou Lang that the geographical conditions of Fengdanxun are very good, and if the other party wants to turn his face, he will definitely be able to defend this place.

Because this flood land is on a mountain, called Fengdanshan, so the flood land is called Fengdanxun. Fengdanshan is shaped like a phoenix egg, so it is named, basically this is a highland, the slope is relatively gentle, this is not a dangerous place, but it is convenient to build a city, so the military camp of Fengdanxun is built very stable.

In fact, the Fengdanxun military camp appeared earlier than the nearby Fengshan county, which was only moved from Zuoying a few years ago, and before moving here, it was called Pitou Street, which was a developed commercial town. After Fengshan County moved here, it lived next to Fengdanxun, and Fengdanxun became the closest flood place to the county seat.

Before the county moved in, Fengdanxun was an important place, not to mention that the camp was solid, and a circle of spiny bamboos was planted around the camp, which was a treatment with the old county seat; In addition, defensive facilities such as chimney piers and high-rise towers were built. If it weren't for the other party's easy abandonment, it wouldn't be easy to really attack here.

Now that there are soldiers led by Colin to defend, it is indeed a threat to the Heaven and Earth Society in the city, provided that the Heaven and Earth in the city will not collude with the members of the Heaven and Earth Society under Colin.

In an instant, Zhou Lang's mind flashed, and he even wanted to encourage Colin to confront the Heaven and Earth Society, it was too easy to operate, so he said that the other party was unwilling to hand over the land, and the Heaven and Earth Society would definitely ask Colin to withdraw from Fengdanxun, and Zhou Lang told the Heaven and Earth Society that they were unwilling to withdraw, and the two sides would definitely fight, and Colin might be shot by the local soldiers he hired at that time.

But this idea is only fleeting, the reason is very simple, once this happens, the members of the Heaven and Earth Society under Colin mutiny, after a chaotic infighting, Colin may be killed, but Zhou Lang may not be spared, at the same time, these members of the Heaven and Earth Society will take refuge in Chen Zhouquan in the city, and Zhou Lang has nothing to do with half a dime, after all, Chen Zhouquan is the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society in the whole of Taiwan, and he has occupied Fengshan County, and now it is estimated that he is famous, and the ambitious small leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society in Fengshan may want to take refuge in him.

Therefore, instigating the conflict between Colin and the Heaven and Earth Society can indeed help Zhou Lang solve Colin's big trouble, but it also makes Zhou Lang lose all his strength in an instant, he wants to take the soldiers of the Heaven and Earth Society under Colin for his own use.

Colin is indeed very troublesome, but after all, the forces of the East India Company behind him are thousands of miles away, while Chen Zhouquan's forces of the Heaven and Earth Society are close at hand, and Zhou Lang is still clear about the management principle of urgency before importance. So he immediately understood what he had to do, that is, to send someone to contact the Heaven and Earth Society.

But he didn't have to do this thing, because heaven and earth would be more anxious than him, the other party took the initiative to come to the door, Chen Guanghui came to the barracks with more than 50 strong men, and brought more than 500 taels of gold and silver, as well as some silk brocade, ten pigs and sheep, he came to the labor army on behalf of Chen Zhouquan.

Zhou Lang felt that he was really moved in time, although the Qing army did not defeat Fengshan County, but it did scare Chen Zhouquan and Chen Guanghui a lot, the Qing army compared to the soldiers trained by Colin, especially compared with the Hessian mercenaries, it is really rotten, but the current level of the Heaven and Earth Society is worse than the Qing army, after the Qing army launched an attack yesterday, the Qing army did not kill a few people, but the Heaven and Earth Society died a lot, many of them died in vain because of improper response, and even several people fell from the city because of panic and fell to their deaths.

Chen Zhouquan needed time to train his men, if Zhou Lang hadn't arrived in time, I am afraid that he would not have had a chance to train his subordinates well, and he would have been recaptured by the Qing army, and he would have to flee again.

Therefore, after confirming the retreat of the Qing army and the people led by Zhou Lang into the Fengdanxun military camp, he immediately sent Chen Guanghui to labor the army, and the reason for sincerely expressing his gratitude was actually a gesture of goodwill, he was worried that this army that had defeated the Qing army would be interested in the county seat he had just arrived.

So a lot of gifts were sent, and Zhou Lang took the gold and silver to reward his subordinates, and the pigs and sheep were also ordered to be slaughtered, so that everyone could eat a good meal, and the whole army was jubilant.

But Zhou Lang was more interested in another gift from Chen Guanghui, a flag.

It reads "Generalissimo of the South Road Auxiliary State" seven big characters!

After Zhou Lang and Chen Guanghui put forward a request to divide the land, Chen Guanghui agreed, he wished that Zhou Lang would leave quickly, but Dagugang and other places are not in their hands now, he said that Zhou Lang wants those places, he has to take them himself, but he promises to take them like a bag, because most of the defenders in those places have been transferred here, and the defense is very empty, and he looks like he is afraid that Zhou Lang will not dare to go.

After sending Chen Guanghui away, several of Zhou Lang's subordinates rushed in, and Wei Lianli and others saw the flag on Zhou Lang's table, and the horse was red with excitement, congratulating Zhou Lang again and again.

Zhou Lang asked and found out that there was still a way for this flag!