Hearing that his brother had arrived, Mai Ke walked out quickly, saw Xiao Qi standing in front of the door, and ran over with a few big strides to give him a bear hug.

Then, put him down and said, "Come, let the old brother see if it is strong?"

At a glance, I found that the changes were really not small, the body was much stronger, and I was no longer as thin as the bean sprouts in the past; the spirit was even better, although it was a long journey, the wind and dust, but it exuded a vigorous vigor and showed a strong confidence.

Since the last time the two parted in Gwangju, although sometimes they communicated with each other, they have not met again, and Xiao Qi is in the stage of growing up, and the affairs of the beggar gang have the support and guidance of Mai Ke, and they have been relatively smooth, so they have made great strides in body and mind, tend to mature, and are already like a handsome offspring.

When the two entered the house, Mai Ke introduced Xiao Qi to Wu Renxiao and Ying Wuxi, and explained that the following steps to obstruct the enemy require the participation of the beggar gang, and the two forces need to work closely together and work together to do these things well.

Wu Renxiao had long heard from Mai Ke that this young beggar gang boss, since he was Mai Ke's brother, was naturally his own brother, and immediately expressed an extremely warm welcome to Xiao Qi -- also a bear hug.

He also learned from Mai Ke to call him Xiaoqi: "You let it go, there is something Ninth Brother covers you!"

Xiao Qi fell in love with this ninth brother when he boarded: "Thank you, Brother Jiu! It really deserves to be the ninth brother of the eldest brother!" This relationship seems to be a bit chaotic, but Xiao Qi is very clear, no one can replace Mai Ke's status as the eldest brother in his mind.

"I also welcome you on behalf of the Shenji Pavilion! I have heard the name of the beggar gang for a long time, but I didn't expect that there would be a day when we would fight the enemy together. The little brother is good, handsome enough!"

Of course, this is lingering, as a famous faction in the rivers and lakes, of course, they were all famous for each other before, but bumps and bumps are inevitable, so they have all been revealed. However, a woman's thinking is changing quickly, and as I said it before, it suddenly went to the ditch.

"Thank you, sister-in-law!" When Mai Ke introduced it just now, he had already explained the relationship between the man and woman, and Xiao Qi naturally knew what to call it.

Then several people made detailed arrangements for how the beggars cooperated.

was disturbed by the snake and mouse alliance for two consecutive nights, and Xiang Rong was furious. He wanted to give orders to fight with these little things several times, but was stopped by Li Hongzhang and Lao Chongguang.

Li Hongzhang is the co-organizer of the Qin Mission, and he has the same authority as the Qin Mission, and he must obey it, which is not to be said; even if Lao Chongguang is really serious, he must also obey.

Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty implemented the basic national policy of "civil affairs are greater than military force", the highest military attache of a province was subject to the jurisdiction of the highest civil official of the province, and Lao Chongguang was in charge. Under the condition that the two respect each other, Lao Lao can let Lao Xiang make his own decisions; if he really wants to be more serious, Lao Xiang must obey Lao Lao.

Therefore, the two joined forces, and Xiang Rong had no choice but to die down and endure hardship.

Li Hongzhang knew that the article here was very big, because he had been in contact with Eagle Dive, and what happened along the way made the two more certain that the enemy was the master of the enemy. Without knowing each other's intentions, they both felt that they had to wait patiently.

As for Lo Chongguang, it's different. He has lived in the border minority areas for a long time, knows all kinds of witchcraft and bewitchment tricks, and especially believes in the disasters that come from heaven, and he believes that these snakes and rats are not afraid of people, and even attack people, which is an abnormal phenomenon with warning significance, and it is related to whether this clean-up operation is in line with the will of heaven. Therefore, he is even more reluctant to take measures when the will of heaven is unknown.

Since I can't fight, I can only endure it, so I have to dodge as much as possible. The old soldier Xiang Rong was ruthless, exercised his authority, and issued a military order: "The whole army is there, never sleep, keep advancing, and enter the big city of Yangshuo!"

Hmph! I'm stationed in the wilderness, you come to harass me, I'll go directly into the city, protected by the city wall, see what you can do!

Sure enough, the bloody nature of this old soldier stimulated the blood of the officers and men of the whole army, and these people vented their frustration in the frenzied rush of the past two days, and before they set off, a large group of baggage soldiers transporting grain and grass arrived, and everyone had a full meal, and they actually walked more than 200 miles in one day and one night! It was twice as much as the two-day trip in the previous two days!

Li Hongzhang and Lao Chongguang also secretly admired that they were worthy of being old and strong old heroes! At the same time, they also took the lead and took the lead in sharing weal and woe with these soldiers, of course, on horseback. Even so, being able to walk and chat with the Qincha and the governor was enough to make these soldiers excited, and as a result, everyone went all the way to the big city of Yangshuo.

The Yangshuo guards had also been informed long ago, and on the one hand, they were ready to receive them, and on the other hand, they were all armed with the city defense forces and local militias, all of which were strictly defended, and no one was allowed to enter except this large army!

For this reason, he also came up with an ingenious idea -- to have the inhabitants bring all the cats to the city walls, to keep an eye out for the movements of the mice, and to reward anyone who caught them!

These measures are really effective, these generals and soldiers who have not slept soundly for a night since sending out the troops have had a good sleep for the first time, and even those civilian personnel with insomnia do not have insomnia!

As a result, Li Hongzhang and Lao Chongguang were happy, and jointly promoted Yangshuo City Shouliansheng to the third level, commending him for his diligence and dexterity.

But it didn't take long for the joy to come with bad news. It turned out that there was a problem with the military warehouse built on Sheep's Head Mountain outside the city!

Li Hongzhang, Lao Chongguang, Xiang Rong and others hurried to check, and Yingqian and the city guard also went together.

Entering the warehouse, everyone gasped!

All bowstrings were broken, all arrows, arrows, and shafts were separated, all wooden-handled knives and spears were broken, and all cloth garments were broken to pieces!

What is even more infuriating is that there is no military rations! That's tens of thousands of stone military rations! It is used to support the 20,000-strong army for a month.

At the same time, everyone realized that this was not a coincidence, nor was it a catastrophe from heaven.

Li Hongzhang and Ying Qian now know very well that it must be Mai Ke's ghost.

Xiang Rong was furious and beheaded the officer guarding the warehouse on the spot! The others didn't even have time to dissuade him.

After letting the deputy take over the warehouse guard, everyone was still angry and went back to the city, no one said anything along the way, and they didn't know what to do next if they lost the grain and grass here.

Just as he was about to enter the city, one of the guards of the entourage shouted: "Look!"

Everyone followed his fingers, turned their heads to look back, and saw a sky-high fire blazing - it was the military warehouse they had just seen!