It's just another question, that is, the surrounding places are almost occupied by Li Qingyuan, Li Qingyuan thinks about it, should you persuade him to go to Xi'an to do it? Thinking about the Qin and Han dynasties, they all relied on this place to start their careers, and he should have listened to the agitation, right?

It's just that this Fukangan is not easy to deal with, this guy is said to be Qianlong's son in the history of the wilderness, I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, he is very close to Qianlong.

If you fight too much, the other party is afraid that you will sue yourself? In case this guy is really Qianlong's son, and if he is killed by himself, then Li Qingyuan's plan to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger will not be carried out at all. Therefore, Li Qingyuan wanted to study a complete strategy, that is, to save Wu Duyan, and not to expose himself.

After Li Qingyuan studied it around, he found that if he wanted to deal with it without being discovered, he could only bypass the mountain pass and attack from the inside out.

This is not impossible, the so-called encirclement of Fukangan is just to hold a few mountain pass roads up and down the mountain, not to enclose the mountain.

Although the unenclosed places are all cliffs 100 to a few hundred meters high, it is not impossible.

It's not easy to climb up from below, but if you throw a rope down from above, things are much easier.

What if it's a rope ladder thrown on it? Although the rope of this era may not be able to bear such a weight, we can nail it to the cliff piece by piece, so that it reduces the pressure on the rope?

Even as long as Wu Duyan can give up the old and weak women and children and that little belongings, there is no problem in escaping like this.

So Li Qingyuan's plan is very simple, send someone up to contact Wu Duyan to see if he has the idea of leaving, if he wants to go, he needs to be saved, if people live well on the mountain, won't his efforts be in vain?

So Li Qingyuan asked Hou Zheng to send someone to contact Wu Duyan and ask him if he wanted to leave.

On the other side, Li Qingyuan dispatched six battalions to start training targeted techniques such as climbing ropes and ladders, but three days later, Wu Duyan said that he did not want to leave for the time being, and Li Qingyuan suddenly remembered a news that Hou Zheng had inquired about.

In this way, it can be explained why he can't come out of the cottage, not because he has a hole in his brain, but because he is sure to run away.

Anyway, since the other party doesn't appreciate Li Qingyuan, he doesn't want to put a hot face on his cold ass, and he still has a lot of things to do, so how can he have time to care about him. The advance team to Funiu Mountain has been set off for a long time, and Meng Can of Zhongtiao Mountain has urged it several times now, since there is no need to face Fukangan for the time being, then Li Qingyuan will also have extra troops, and it is time to open up the base area of Funiu Mountain.

In the northwest of Funiu Mountain, there are two branches of Kunshan and Xiong'er Mountain, to the west of Qinling, to the southeast are Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain, and to the south are Wudang Mountain and Daba Mountain.

Therefore, Zhongtiao Mountain and Funiu Mountain are Li Qingyuan's strategic priorities, and the Yellow River is sandwiched between the two mountains, so only Wu Sanniang can rest assured that he is in charge.

This was originally a set strategy, but now there is a new problem, that is, the Yellow River, one or two people are easy to solve, and one or two hundred people will slowly cross, but what about the one or two thousand in the back? What about one or two thousand?

Moreover, Li Qingyuan will use it often and every day in the future, so he must control a section of the Yellow River, or have his own ferries and forces on the Yellow River.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for the materials that I worked so hard to raise to be robbed by the bandits, the materials are nothing, but what if a boatload of guns is robbed?

But now the problem is that Li Qingyuan has no talent in this area at all, and the only boatmen who are now back to the canal to continue ferrying.

And those people don't have the potential to be water bandits, they're just honest boatmen.

Talent is either to be discovered and cultivated by yourself, or to recruit existing talents, and it is relatively slow to cultivate by yourself, so if you want to solve this problem quickly in the short term, you can only recruit.

Li Qingyuan called Wu Sanniang to tell her about the situation, and Wu Sanniang frowned and asked, "You mean that he was selected from the bandits and let him join us?" Like a crow? ”

Li Qingyuan nodded: "Yes, that's what it means!" ”

Wu Sanniang asked suspiciously: "But I heard that the bandits in this water are more fierce than those on the shore, and they push people into the river at every turn, can there be any good?" ”

Li Qingyuan also sighed and said: "There is no way to do this, you see that we don't have talents in this area, for the safety of crossing the river in the future, this water army is indispensable!" ”

Sanniang asked strangely, "Don't we have guns?" I think it's enough to pick some water experts with short guns to clean up these water bandits, what skills do they have? ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head and said: "You can't say that, the role of this navy is great, this section of the Yellow River is not as good as the Yangtze River, and you can't move big ships, these water bandits dive into the water and then get to the bottom of your boat, it is easy to overturn your boat, if there is a big ship, there will naturally be a big ship, and then it will be the world of guns." ”

Sanniang nodded as if she didn't understand: "Okay, I'll look for it when the time comes." ”

Li Qingyuan frowned and said: "Finding people is one thing, on the other hand, our own water army must also practice well, the short knife and musket are enough to deal with most of the water bandits, let everyone grope and explore more, and you can't always count on others." ”

Sanniang asked puzzledly, "Then why are you still looking for it?" ”

Li Qingyuan explained with a smile: "This is not a short-term safety, you see that you go over there, and when you go to the southwest to find the White Lotus Sect, we will have more goods to and fro, wouldn't it be embarrassing if you were robbed by the bandits?" ”

Sanniang nodded and asked, "Why do you have to sell weapons to others?" In fact, don't we get those guns the same as they can be better than them? ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head: "You can't say that, we are developing fast enough now, if we are sending people to be afraid, it may not have any effect, but it may backfire on itself, and you see that whether it is Fan Wei or the White Lotus Sect, they can sometimes do a lot of things that we can't do?" ”

Sanniang was a little silent, it seemed that she remembered the bad things that Fan Wei had done, Li Qingyuan looked at her face and hurriedly explained: "I mean, they can mobilize more people, don't underestimate the White Lotus Sect, they are hundreds of years old organization, even our Qingshui Sect is his branch, so if the White Lotus Sect makes trouble, it will not only have momentum but also have many practical benefits." ”

Sanniang asked strangely, "What benefits?" ”

Li Qingyuan explained: "Of course, it is to share our pressure, you see, the Qing army has 120,000 troops and has been fighting with the Burmese in the southwest, if they come back when our side is in trouble, I am afraid that they will become strong enemies, but with the White Lotus Sect, then they will be restrained by the White Lotus Sect to buy us time......