While Wu Renxiao was waiting for Mai Ke to arrive, there were also several people gathered in the living room of the Guilin Mansion. One is Governor Lao Chongguang, the other is Admiral Xiang Rong, and there is a guest from afar, who turned out to be Li Hongzhang.

In addition to these three officialdom figures, there is another person, dressed in black, who also competes with these three people in a big way.

This person was brought by Li Hongzhang from the Northern Meridian, and he is the deputy chief curator of the Hidden Eagle Pavilion who is not famous, but has great influence. He introduced himself as Eagle Dive, and then there was no other information.

Li Hongzhang came here because he was sent by Zeng Guofan.

Ever since Lao Zeng was specially appointed by the emperor as Lord Qincha to take charge of the national group training, he has taken action in full swing and made preparations in all aspects. Two of them are related to Li Hongzhang's visit this time.

One is that he and Du Zhitian agreed to give all the generals collected by Zeng Guofan an official title: Qincha Co-Office. If needed, they could go to various places with a copy of the Chincha's appointment and act on behalf of the Chincha cheaply. Therefore, this time Li Hongzhang came here under this name to supervise the upcoming purge.

The other is to cooperate with the Hidden Eagle Pavilion, asking them to collect information on the civil uprisings in various places, and at the same time to help the Manchu army and government strengthen secrecy precautions.

So this time when he went to Guangxi, Li Hongzhang specially invited the senior management of the Hidden Eagle Pavilion to come with him.

After participating in this matter, Li Hongzhang learned some secrets of the Hidden Eagle Pavilion. It turned out that it had always been an intelligence agency supported by the Manchu royal family.

It's just that it is still a non-governmental organization on the outside, and it also accepts some civil commissions on a daily basis, but its core business is to complete the tasks assigned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

This time, in order to support Zeng Guofan, the emperor specially gave him the right to control the Hidden Eagle Pavilion, so now this mysterious organization is going all out to cooperate with Li Hongzhang on this trip.

This Eagle Diver is actually the highest authority in charge of all intelligence work in the Hidden Eagle Pavilion. Not only that, but he himself is also mysterious, and even the people of the Hidden Eagle Pavilion don't know his ins and outs, except for a very few people.

Regardless of the origin of Eagle Dive, the level of his intelligence work immediately took effect.

Li Hongzhang's itinerary and secrecy for this visit were all arranged by Eagle Diving. As a result, up to now, except for Governor Lao and Admiral Xiang, no one knows about this matter. That is, Wu Renxiao, with his special acumen, smelled some smells.

Although the news of the arrival of the central government did not spread, Eagle Submarine still took more basic precautions: all the people who patrolled the yamen were not allowed to go out these days, and short-term military control was implemented. This is also the reason why the latent disciples of the Divine Machine Pavilion have no way to send information out.

At the same time, he also readjusted the vigilance of the governor's yamen and the admiral's line, and sent the disciples of the Hidden Eagle Pavilion to participate in it, instructing those vigilant soldiers on how to more effectively prevent the infiltration of the enemy's intelligence personnel.

This measure has paid off. The members of the Divine Machine Pavilion who tried to steal information in the usual way were like thieves by day, all of them were exposed. As a result, he was either killed or captured alive, and the rest was left with nothing, and the wolf bèi fled.

There is an even bigger conspiracy going on. He actually established a connection with a high-level disciple of the Shenji Pavilion to reach some kind of Cheng Dù cooperation!

And the fact that the Hidden Eagle Pavilion can do this very quickly is related to its nature and concealment. Historically, the Shinkikaku has dominated the southern provinces, while the Hidden Eagle Pavilion has dominated the northern provinces, including Gyeonggi.

However, the Hidden Eagle Pavilion also has branches on the territory of the Shenji Pavilion, and its posture is very low, and it never competes with the Shenji Pavilion for profit. In this way, the two families actually maintained a peaceful relationship. does not compete with the Divine Machine Pavilion, of course, this is because the Hidden Eagle Pavilion is not here.

This also created a situation: the Divine Machine Pavilion is in the light, and the Hidden Eagle Pavilion is in the dark; the Hidden Eagle Pavilion knows the Divine Machine Pavilion very clearly, and the Divine Machine Pavilion does not know much about the Hidden Eagle Pavilion.

In the confrontation between the two intelligence agencies, the Shenji Pavilion lost at the beginning. The insertion of this Hidden Eagle Pavilion has turned the original upwind shape of the Divine Machine Pavilion into a great disadvantage.

At this time, the plan of the three people has also reached the final stage. Eagle Submarine doesn't care about this, he is only responsible for intelligence. He participates in meetings partly because of his high status and because he can understand the necessary situation and determine where the intelligence system is needed. In this way, the scope of his intelligence work is not limited to the requirements of these Qing soldiers and the government.

"My lord, although we can win more with less by surprise this time, there are no less than 100,000 people in the chaos, and our troops seem to be insufficient. I wonder if there are other ways to increase the number of troops?" Governor Lao Chongguang asked respectfully. Although this co-organizer is young, he has the imperial decree in his hand, and he has been in officialdom for a long time, so of course he knows how to deal with it.

"A group of chaotic people, no training, no swords and guns, no matter how much there is, it is not enough for my army to crush it, why be afraid!" said the mighty soldier next to him, this is Admiral Xiang Rong. He didn't care about Li Hongzhang's title of Qincha, nor did he care about the governor's opinion, and directly expressed his thoughts.

"Sir, we'd better not take it lightly. The lessons of General Wang and General Zhao in Guiping County last time are not repeated. Lao Chongguang knew this person's temper, so he had to remind him patiently.

"Hmph! It's all these two wastes who are incompetent! This time, the old man personally went out to see how many days these chaotic people could jump. ”

"When the military is out, it is natural to succeed. Why don't you listen to the opinions of the co-organizers?" Of course, Governor Lao would not raise the bar with this soldier.

"On my trip, the emperor and Lord Zeng have high hopes, so I must act cautiously. In this way, go all out to the military gate and strive to break the enemy in one fell swoop. In addition, I will send another sailor over to be prepared. ”

In fact, before Li Hongzhang traveled, he had already met the general Peng Yulan. Peng Yulin was also one of the generals convened by Zeng Guofan, and at the same time received the title of assistant organizer of the Qin Mission. The difference is that he was sent to the Guangdong Water Division.

The result of the meeting between the two was to agree on this clean-up, and the sailor also participated. The purpose was to test the combat capability of the naval division, and more importantly, to see if the authority of the Commander's Coordinator was useful.

According to Lord Zeng, when necessary, he did not hesitate to kill people.

Xiang Rong doesn't matter, as long as it doesn't affect my command of the army, other cats and dogs can come if they want.

At this time, Eagle Qian spoke: "If there are other armies involved, let us arrange intelligence work." Otherwise, it is inevitable to leak military information. Where is the sailor, and from which route will they participate in the clearance?"

Li Hongzhang told him that if there was no accident, the sailor would be transferred from Gwangju, and the walking route would be from Zhugang to Xijiang and then directly to Guigang.

Then he waved his hand at Eagle Qian: "The confidentiality matter depends on Mr. Eagle." ”