The stocky Guo Qicai is a few years older. He is dressed like a mountain man. His blue coat has two buttons open to expose his chest hair. The wide military belt is equipped with two revolvers, four daggers, and one without a holster. His pants are rolled up. The second quarter exposes the hairy thighs and the feet are wearing a pair of green rubber shoes, which are military rubber shoes produced by Yadong Rubber Company. He has no socks on. Looking from side to side, he looks like a bandit leader.
He is a rough man with a fiery temper and has no patience to talk nonsense. As soon as he sat down to drink tea, he blew his beard and shouted, "I said you came at the wrong time, sir. The Xinwu Army did not follow the rules and ambushed my elder brother outside the mountain. He killed me in Shenfengling now." Li Guolou besieged Weishan Lake again. The letter you brought from Mr. Fu Xiang is useless. Who can we believe?"
Caijin put down his tea cup and said with a smile: "Two generals, if you believe me, I will do my best to fight for your best interests. As for Li Guolou, this bastard who is making trouble, what can I say? If I want him to stop, we will have to do it." There is no question of success here before he will withdraw his troops.”
"How can it be possible to succeed in talking? There is no sincerity at all. More and more troops are gathering around." Guo Qicai was very angry. The first peace talk was almost successful. The Qing court agreed to the conditions offered by the Sun brothers. However, the situation suddenly changed. The Sun brothers After he went back on his word and offered a higher price, the situation got out of hand. Li Hongzhang sent the Ever Victorious Army and the Xinwu Army. When the two armies entered Shandong Lincheng garrison, they suddenly fell into a trough. Sun Meifang's main force suddenly fell to the bottom. Sun Guilu's navy collapsed and was also heavily surrounded by the Qing army. Their survival is still uncertain.
That Caijin smiled bitterly and said: "Two generals, this is not something that I, a lobbyist, can control. The prices you offer are getting higher and higher, and you don't give Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, any room to maneuver. Then Mr. Fu Xiang came and Li Guolou came in to slander him. What did he say?" Promoting peace through fighting is the foundation. This is how the ever-victorious army moves forward, and then there is the ambush battle at Shenfengling. It is a pity that Big Brother Sun, Shenwu, was so wise that he did not die on the battlefield for the country, but died at the hands of his own people. The world is unfair."[
Guo Qicai and Sun Meijing looked at each other. Only now did they know what was going on in the court. It turned out that Li Hongzhang thought that the conditions they offered were too high, so he made murderous intentions and released two vicious dogs to bite people. It seemed that the Lincheng garrison was expanded into an army. No matter what, the Qing court had no choice. Will agree to a price that is too harsh and suffer emotional retaliation?
Sun Meijing clenched his fists. His subordinates were too ambitious and wanted to create a guerrilla general. Instead, the Qing army's main war faction found an excuse for a military attack. Originally, he had already accomplished his merits according to the action plan he formulated. How could he let his eldest brother die tragically at Shenfengling Zuosuang? If you count on the right, your eldest brother will be killed in the end.
Sun Meijing was so angry that she still restrained her temper and remained silent. Guo Qicai shouted: "The New Military Army and the Changsheng Army don't respect morality, so we don't follow the rules, so I'll be wronged. I'll keep my head just to pay homage to my elder brother's soul."
Caijin was a frightened bannerman who liked to talk big and brag. Caijin was weak in body, but the reputation of his ancestor Batulu was not reduced at all. His expression did not change and he sighed: "The wind is rustling, the water is cold, and the strong man is gone." Looking back, I am looking for fault on my own. I want to find a way out for the thousands of brothers who are holding Dugu. I know Li Guolou very well. In the belly of the fish, I can only die in Chaoyunguan. In this way, Li Guolou can not only avenge his wife's revenge, but also burn Baodugu to ashes. It's the right answer. How can there be tired eggs under the overwhelming force? Dun San'er, eight out of ten of your troops will be gone. Stick to the top of the Baodugu mountain leading to heaven. If you do nothing else for three years and three years, you will never come down the mountain."
Guo Qicai was so angry that he slapped the case and stood up and shouted: "Did you call me Guo San'er? Then don't put on your vest, I won't recognize you. So what if you and the fake foreign devil wear the same crotchless pants and share the same woman?"
The Caijin sneered and said with a sneer: "Guo San'er, I came here and never thought about getting out alive. But you must know that Li Guolou is ruthless. He does not need the people to fight the war. The New Military Army committed numerous blood debts in Dong Zhiyuan and Weishan Lake Islands must Leaving bones everywhere and disappearing for hundreds of miles, hostages are nothing to this kind of person. Even if you capture one of his wives, he doesn't care anyway. He will betray the interests of the country in exchange for capital for promotion. Even if the foreigners die, he will not show mercy and wait for his troops to arrive. Not even monks or Taoist priests can find a lush forest in Dugu Mountain within Beizhuang Town. It will be burned to death by him. If he builds a fort and holds the top of Dugu mountain, the sky will be full of flames. That would be a tragic word."
Caijin shook his head and sighed, as if he saw the cruel Li Guolou performing a cruel massacre in Baodugu.
"Master, don't bluff me. I grew up with the courage of an ambitious leopard. If we fight in the mountains, the new armed forces will be defeated." Guo Qicai remained unmoved and looked like he was sure of victory. But he had heard too many stories about Li Guolou. There seems to be no 10% chance of winning. The fact is before us. The coffin of eldest brother Sun Meifang is placed in the main hall. The ever-victorious general of the Qing Dynasty really cannot be provoked. I'm afraid his subordinates heard that Li Guolou came and learned the Boxing Boxing and Changqian Club. Helpers are vying to betray him
"I know you don't believe it. You haven't seen a tiger show off its power. Li Guolou is a tiger with wings. The natural danger of Weishan Lake can't stop him. I can bet your heads that there won't be a bandit in Weishan Lake for ten days. Many islands have been destroyed." Li Guolou was captured. As for the number of heroes who fled back to the foot of the mountain to continue fighting, there will not be more than a hundred people." The money was very arrogant and he made a very risky handicap. Guo Qicai did not respond.
I saw Guo Qicai looking at Sun Meijing with lingering fear. He really had no confidence in taking this handicap. His arrogance was being suppressed by the money. How could someone who is not afraid of death as a lobbyist be afraid of using a white knife to go in and a red knife to go out?
Sun Meijing looked at Caijin who was talking eloquently and finally said: "I said, don't sell out the national interests to the fake foreign devils and let the foreigners come to Shandong to bully us. We have the Chang Sheng Army and those bastards helping us. What kind of heroes are these fake foreign devils killing?" My elder brother will take revenge for this."
The Caijin sighed: "It's up to you whether General Sun will listen or not. I'm just a messenger carrying a message. You also saw your elder brother's coffin. I also brought you the letter from Mr. Fu Xiang. Whether you want to kill him, cut him apart, keep it or talk about it, it's all up to you." In the blink of an eye, I still advise you to submit to the imperial court if you don't want to rebel. There is still room for negotiation. If General Sun raises the flag, use my head to sacrifice the flag. I'm afraid that if you fire cannons in front of you, Baizhuang will be slaughtered by fake foreign devils. You again It’s not that the church members don’t have many supporters in Shandong, I’m afraid they won’t be able to kill Zaozhuang.”
Baizhuang is the hometown of Sun Meijing. Everyone there is related to Sun Meijing. A large group of his subordinates are from Baizhuang. He is an armed force composed of relatives and fellow villagers of Baizhuang. Now Sun Meijing is using the lives of foreigners. In the same way, Li Guolou threatened Sun Meijing with the lives of the people in Baizhuang. Li Hongzhang played a red face and Li Guolou played a white face. The two teamed up to put pressure on Sun Meijing.
Even if Sun Meijing wants to go on a killing spree, he has to think about the consequences. If he kills two bodyguards, then he shouldn't hang around in the world. Even his bandits will not agree. If he kills the money, he will be retaliated by the Qing army. The village is very likely to be razed to the ground. Sun Meijing already knows that Liu Tanggu of the Changqiang Society set a fire in Baizhuang and burned his family's grain pile. This was a warning to him. The next time the people of the Changqian Society go to Baizhuang, they will not do this. You're welcome
Sun Meijing gritted her teeth with hatred when she thought of her eldest brother's tragic death, but the messenger couldn't be killed. That was a violation of Jianghu rules. Who would be the middleman if the two sides were fighting each other? So the mediators on both sides escaped unscathed. After a few rounds, no one was killed this time. Caijin came to negotiate with Sun Meijing as Li Hongzhang's messenger on behalf of the central government. His identity was more noble and more sincere than the messenger sent by Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun.
Sun Meijing glanced at him and said, "I've been working hard on my horse since I came from the capital. Let's not talk about business for now. Let's treat you to a meal of delicacies from the mountains and wild game."
"The relationship is so good, I'm just hungry." Caijin looked down on Sun Meijing. He was still eating and drinking at this time. He was indeed a bandit. As long as he had wine today, he would not care if he was drunk today. The biggest advantage of this person was that he could control the wind and rain at banquets in just three seconds. After a glass of wine, this banquet is his stage. His ability to drink a thousand glasses of wine will surely impress these bandits.
At this time, Sun Meijing's armed forces had enough food and fodder to strengthen their troops. More than 20 people from the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce had obtained more than 300,000 silver dollars in ransom. Sun Meijing had money in his pocket, his heart was unfazed, and his army's morale was stable. The food route to the outside of Baodugu was not cut off, so he was here. You can buy everything, including some weapons and medicine. The rolling mountains are rich in products and can support four to five thousand people.
But when he thought about Li Guolou's method of killing Sun Meifang and the cruel words Li Guolou said, he would use the ghetto policy to deal with the mountain people. Sun Meijing had no confidence in this battle and lost the courage before fighting, so he still wanted peace talks in his heart. Successfully hopes to return to Lincheng as soon as possible and become a local emperor [
There are several wine shops, shops and two rows of houses outside the Taoist temple. In the past, this was a shop for pilgrims. The once bustling small street has now become deserted. The bandits standing guard have been cleared. There are few residents walking around. Older mountain people see Sun. Meifang would respond with a grateful look and would take the initiative to say hello to Sun Meifang. The mountain people were not afraid of the armed bandits at all. Instead, they were full of hostility towards Caijin and his party, staring at Caijin as if they had no business in military affairs. The control is all caused by the money. If the money wants to escape from the mountains, the mountain people will stone him to death.
Being stared at the money so hard, I felt uncomfortable all over, touched my nose and cursed secretly: "If you have breasts, you will be a mother. If he leads the troops to suppress the bandits, except for the Taoist temple, all other temples will be burned down."
The simple and elegant second floor of the wine shop is located at the foot of the mountain, among the jungles, with springs tinkling and clear streams gurgling. It is located in the mountains, regardless of the Wei, Jin, Yuan and Ming dynasties, leaving behind the worries of the world.
Caijin stood in front of him and stared at the rolling green mountains in the distance. He praised: "Baodugu has four distinct seasons, and the mountains have different lights. As the saying goes: in spring, peaches and plums are blooming, and in summer and summer, the shade does not invade the skin. In autumn, red leaves are intoxicating and fragrant, and in winter, snow blooms." Yusongmeiqi is a good place with outstanding people. The two generals will definitely take their career to a higher level. I hope we can be the same ministers and take it as our duty to regain the territory and restore the Qing Dynasty to Changping."
Caijin's beautiful words made Sun Meijing and Guo Qicai feel comfortable and they couldn't help but nod their heads, saying that they were very polite and invited Caijin to take a seat.
The banquet was set up at two tables. Caijin, Sun Meijing, Guo Qicai and other bandit leaders were sitting together. Sun Yue, Zhang Tieniu, Na Le and Na Yuan took another seat behind them. Sun Meijing's followers stood in the four corners of the room, still maintaining a high level of vigilance.
The plate is full and the bowl is full of game, chicken, duck, and fish from the fruits and vegetables in season. The first glass of wine is to pay homage to my eldest brother, Sun Meifang. The wine is sprinkled on the ground, and I express my feelings slightly.
Sun Meijing's thoughts revealed that because his eldest brother had just died, he ate only vegetables and drank only three glasses of wine. However, the behavior of his subordinates could also reveal a little bit about the gangsters. At the banquet, there were bandits who shouted to avenge the eldest brother. They all stood up and went to the wealthy man. golden toast
Everyone ate heartily and Cai Jin was so talkative that after three glasses of wine, he and Guo Qicai called him brother "Guo Sange", calling Shun Liu like a brother from a den of thieves.
Sun Meijing didn't talk much, but he was very powerful. As long as he spoke, many of the leaders didn't dare to interrupt him. Sun Meijing didn't mention "recruitment". His words were inseparable from the local customs and people. The bandit leader, who was knowledgeable and interesting, was already giving orders to Sun Yue and Zhang Tieniu.
The attitude of never getting drunk makes the banquet a lively scene
Sun Meijing still has the strength and doesn't want Caijin to see his eagerness. Whether he agrees to the court's conditions depends on his mood.
Li Hongzhang showed his sincerity and was willing to keep the Lincheng garrison intact. He also expanded the garrison area and even assigned the Zaozhuang coal mine to Sun Meijing. Li Hongzhang also made a rule that he would never allow the Lincheng garrison to be expanded into an army. The Sun brothers wanted to become warlords immediately.
The emotional attack by the Changsheng Army and the Xinwu Army showed that the imperial court would never compromise on this issue, even if the hostages died, there was still room for negotiation.
At this time, the military system of the Qing Dynasty was restructured after the Prussian army. An army was organized into divisions and regiments, with a brigade-level organization. An army was organized based on four regiments (wings), which could have up to tens of thousands of troops.
After being reviewed by the Ministry of War, the Xinwu Army began to expand its recruitment. After that, there will be twelve regiments (wings) that will become a royal guard to defend the capital.
Sun Meijing knew the Yanzhou Army thoroughly. There was a strong atmosphere among the Yanzhou Army and merchants. Although there were still four to five thousand troops, the Yanzhou Army had lost the strength to fight a tough battle. If the Yanzhou Army invaded Baodugu, Sun Meijing would have enough confidence to eat up this army. But now the situation in Shandong has suddenly changed. It is famous.
The Ever-Victorious Army and the New Armed Forces are already under the couch. As soon as Li Guolou, the militia groups rush to join him, it shows that the people of Shandong Province love the national hero Li Guolou. If the rebel army has a different heart, the army is facing the danger of collapse. Sun Meijing can't help but let Sun Meijing
Thinking about the way out, Sun Meijing was unwilling to eat, and she was silent and thoughtful.
Na Bazi spied on Sun Meijing's behavior and said with a smile: "General Sun, has he just recovered? I have brought some medicinal materials to avoid miasma in the mountains and gave them to General Sun."
Sun Meijing lived in the mountains for a long time and was not accustomed to the climate. She fell ill when she held a baby in her arms. Now her body and bones still feel limp and she often feels tired both physically and mentally.
"Thank you very much, sir. Many soldiers in our army are unwell. Could you please ask me to get some medicinal materials for me?"
"It's a trivial matter. The Lincheng garrison is also a soldier of the Qing Dynasty. How can you let them suffer pain and torture? As long as General Sun believes in me, I will send people to Jinan to get what you want." Caijin agreed to Sun Meijing very readily.
This immediately enhanced the atmosphere at the banquet
Sun Meijing attaches more importance to Na Caijin, and Na Caijin will lead the way. The new round of negotiations will develop in a win-win direction.