The stocky Guo Qi is only a few years older, dressed as a mountain man, a blue coat with two buttons open, chest hair, a wide military belt equipped with two revolver magazines, four pairs of daggers, one without a set of pants, rolled up two sections to expose hairy thighs, and a pair of green rubber shoes are military rubber shoes produced by Yadong Rubber Company, and there are no socks, looking horizontally and vertically, they are all bandit leaders

It's a rough man, with a fiery temper, impatient nonsense, just sat down to drink tea, blew his beard, glared and shouted: "I said, that master, it's not the right time for you to come, the Xinwu army is unruly, ambushed my eldest brother outside the mountain, and let my eldest brother die in Shenfeng Ridge, and now Li Guolou is besieging Weishan Lake again, you brought a letter from Master Fu Xiang, there is a fart, who do we believe to go?"

The money put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Two generals, if you believe me, I will do my best to fight for the greatest interests for you, as for Li Guolou, the king of the eight lambs, what do I say, if you want him to stop, we will withdraw the army if we talk about success here."

"How can it be successful, there is no sincerity in the talks, but the soldiers and horses around are gathering more and more," Guo Qicai was very annoyed, the first peace talks were almost successful, and the conditions offered by the Sun brothers were agreed to by the Qing court, but the situation changed abruptly, and the Sun brothers repented and offered a higher price, and then the situation was out of control, Li Hongzhang sent a Chang Shengjun, The two armies of the Xinwu Army entered the Lincheng garrison of Shandong and suddenly fell into a trough, Sun Meifang's main force collapsed in an instant, and Sun Guilu's naval division was also surrounded by the Qing army, and now life and death are still uncertain

The wealth smiled bitterly: "Two generals, this is not something that I can control as a lobbyist, the price you offer is constantly high, and you don't give Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun room to maneuver, and then Master Fu Xiang came, Li Guolou entered the slander, what to say that it is fundamental to promote peace, this is the eternal victory army, and then there is the ambush of Shenfengling, but unfortunately Brother Sun is wise and Shenwu did not fight for the country, but died in the hands of his own people, hey, the world is unfair."

Guo Qicai and Sun Meijing glanced at each other, and now they know the movement in the court, it turns out that Li Hongzhang thinks that the conditions they offer are too high, so he moves to kill, releases two vicious dogs to bite people, and it seems that the Lincheng garrison will be expanded into an army, and the Qing court will not agree to the price no matter what, and the price will be too ruthless, and it will be ruthlessly retaliated

Sun Meijing clenched his fists, all of his subordinates were so ambitious, they all wanted to get a guerrilla general, but instead let the main battle faction of the Qing army find an excuse for military strikes, originally according to the program of action he formulated, he had already made great merits, which would make the eldest brother die tragically in Shenfeng Ridge, counting left and right, and finally killing his eldest brother

Sun Meijing suffered a belly, still restrained her temper, and was still silent, Guo Qi shouted: "The new martial army and the Changsheng army don't talk about morality, then we don't pay attention to the rules, so we will wronged the master, and left his head to pay tribute to the dead of the eldest brother."

That wealth is the most favorite of the frightened banner people to say big things and boast about themselves, the wealth is thin, but the prestige of the ancestor Baturu has not diminished at all, his expression has not changed, and he sighed: "The wind is Xiao Xiaoxi, the water is cold, the strong man is gone, I don't look back, I am looking for my own guilt, I want to find a way out for the thousands of brothers who hug the calf, Li Guolou this person, I know too well, soft and hard, don't eat, as soon as I come up, I will hold up the butcher's knife, I am afraid that now the five thousand heroes of Weishan Lake will be buried in the belly of the fish, and I can only die in the nest Yunguan, so Li Guolou not only avenges the hatred of taking his wife, but also can burn the calf to ashes, just in response to the nest, there are tired eggs, Dun San'er, your people and horses go to eight out of ten, stick to the top of the mountain leading to heaven, and the others will not achieve anything, three years and three years, never want to go down the mountain"

Guo Qicai was furious, slapped the case, and stood up and shouted: "Guo San'er, is your name, don't put on the vest, I don't know you, you and the fake foreign devil wear the same open crotch pants, what about sharing a woman?"

The money sneered and sneered: "Guo San'er, I didn't think about getting out alive when I came here, but you must know that Li Guolou is vicious, he doesn't need the people to fight, the new military army committed a lot of blood debts in Dong Zhiyuan, the Weishan Lake archipelago will be full of bones, and there will be no people for hundreds of miles, hostages, for this kind of person is a fart, even if you catch one of his wives, he doesn't care, anyway, he will sell the interests of the country in exchange for the capital of promotion, even if the foreigner dies, he will not be soft, and wait for his army to enter the territory of Beizhuang Town, even the monks in the mountains of Ligu, There will be no Taoist priest, there will be a lush forest, it will be burned by him, if he builds a fort and hugs the calf, the top of the mountain is full of flames, it is a tragic word"

The wealth shook his head and sighed, as if he saw the inhumane Li Guolou hugging the calf and carrying out the inhumane massacre

"Then master, don't bluff me, I grew up eating ambition leopard guts, fighting in the mountains, the new army will be defeated," Guo Qicai did not move, and looked like he was winning steadily, but Li Guolou's story had been heard too much, as if there was no chance of winning, the facts were in front of him, the coffin of the eldest brother Sun Meifang was placed in the main hall, and the Changsheng general of the Qing Dynasty really couldn't afford to provoke him, I was afraid that his subordinates heard that Li Guolou was coming, and learned the boxing and spear clubs, and the gang of people rushed to betray him

"I know you don't believe it, you haven't seen a tiger make a threat, Li Guolou is a winged tiger, Weishan Lake is dangerous, he can't be overwhelmed, I can bet with you with my head, there will not be a single bandit in Weishan Lake for ten days, and many islands have all been captured by Li Guolou, as for the heroes who fled back to the foothills to continue fighting, there will be no more than a hundred" The money was very arrogant, and opened a very risky handicap, but Guo Qi did not respond

I saw Guo Qicai looking at Sun Meijing with palpitations, he was really not sure about taking this handicap, and his arrogance was suppressed by the money, and people were not afraid of death, where would the people who came to be lobbyists be afraid of white knives going in and red knives coming out

Sun Meijing looked at the money that was talking eloquently, and finally spoke: "I said, don't give the fake foreign devil a banner, betray the interests of the country, let the foreigners come to Shandong to bully us, we have the ever-winning army, that gang of mongrels to help, what kind of hero is this, the fake foreign devil killed my eldest brother, this revenge will be avenged."

The wealth sighed: "General Sun listens or not, follow you, I'm just a messenger with a letter, Lord Fu Xiang's letter, you also read your eldest brother's coffin, I also brought it, to kill, to chop, to stay, to talk, it's all in your thoughts, but I still advise you, if you don't want to rebel, you will return to the court, there is still room for negotiation, if General Sun pulls the banner, use my head to sacrifice the flag, I'm afraid that the front foot, you will fire the cannon on the back foot, Baizhuang will be slaughtered by fake foreign devils, you are not a religious person, there are not many supporters in Shandong, I am afraid that you can't kill Zaozhuang, hey"

Baizhuang is Sun Meijing's hometown, where people are related to Sun Meijing, so he has a large group of people from Baizhuang, he is an armed force composed of Baizhuang's relatives and fellow villagers, and now Sun Meijing threatens the Qing court with the lives of foreigners, and Li Guolou threatens Sun Meijing with the lives of the people of Baizhuang, Li Hongzhang sings red face, Li Guolou sings white face, and the two join forces to put pressure on Sun Meijing

Sun Meijing wants to kill, but also think about the consequences, if he kills two dart masters, then don't mix in the rivers and lakes, even the bandits under his command will not agree, if he kills the money, he will be regained by the Qing army, Baizhuang is likely to be razed to the ground, Sun Meijing already knows that Liu Tanggu of the Spear Society set a fire in Baizhuang, and burned his family's grain stack, this is to warn him once, and the people of the Lance Club will not be so polite to go to Baizhuang again

Sun Meijing thought of the tragic death of his eldest brother, gritted his teeth with hatred, but the messenger couldn't kill it, that was a violation of the rules of the rivers and lakes, the two sides killed and killed, who would be the middleman, so the people who mediated on both sides all retreated, and no one was killed back and forth, and no one was killed, this time the money was on behalf of the central government, as Li Hongzhang's messenger to negotiate with Sun Meijing, and his identity was more noble and more sincere than the letter sent by Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong

Sun Meijing glanced at him and said: "That master came from the capital, the saddle horse is tired, let's not talk about business first, please eat a meal of mountain delicacies."

"That relationship is good, I'm just hungry," that wealth despises Sun Meijing is still eating and drinking at this time, it is really a bandit style, just if there is wine today, what if you are drunk today, who cares about the guillotine tomorrow, his biggest advantage is that he can call the wind and rain at the banquet, as long as three glasses of wine are down, this banquet is his stage, and the amount of wine that is not drunk will definitely impress these bandits

At this time, Sun Meijing's armed grain and grass were sufficient, the soldiers were strong, the horses were strong, and the ransom of more than 20 meat tickets of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce was more than 300,000 silver dollars, Sun Meijing had money in his pocket, he was not panicked, the army was stable, and the grain road to the outside was not cut off, so he could buy everything here, including some weapons and ammunition, the mountains were rich in products, and he was able to feed four or five thousand people

But when he thought of Li Guolou's means of killing Sun Meifang and Li Guolou's cruel words, he would use the no-man's land policy to deal with the mountain people in the mountains, Sun Meijing did not have confidence in this battle, and he lost the courage before fighting, so he still wanted to succeed in the peace talks in his heart, hoping to return to Lincheng as soon as possible to be the emperor of the soil

There are several wine shops outside the Taoist temple, There are also two rows of houses in the shop, which used to be a pilgrim business, and the once bustling side streets are now deserted, cleared of bandits standing guard, few residents walk outside, the older mountain people will take the initiative to greet Sun Meifang when they see Sun Meifang, they are not afraid of the bandits with loaded guns, but they are full of hostility to the Cai Jin and his party, staring at the Cai Jin with their eyes, as if they have no business to do military control, it is the Cai Jin who causes trouble, if the Cai Jin wants to escape from the mountains, the mountain people will stone him to death

Being stared at the wealth so deadly, he felt uncomfortable, touched his nose and scolded: "If he leads the army to suppress the bandits, except for the Taoist temple and the temple, all the others will be burned down."

The wine shop is simple and elegant, the second floor sits by the window, the foot of the mountain, the spring water in the jungle, the spring water dingdong, the clear stream gurgling, and the mountain is not distinguished, Wei, Jin, Yuanming, put aside the worries of the world

The wealth stood in front of the window and gazed at the green mountains stretching into the distance, and exclaimed: "Hug the calf, the four seasons are distinct, the mountains are different, and the so-called: spring newspaper, peach and plum are beautiful, summer and summer shade do not invade the skin, autumn dyeing red leaves, drunk Feifang, winter snow blooming, jade pine, Meiqi people, outstanding people, two generals will surely go to the next level, I hope we can be ministers in the same palace, take the recovery of territory as our own responsibility, and return the Qing Dynasty to a Changping."

The Cai Jin said it beautifully, Sun Meijing and Guo Qi listened comfortably, and couldn't help nodding their heads, saying that they were very polite and invited the Cai Jin to sit down

The banquet was set up for two tables, and Na Caijin sat with Sun Meijing, Guo Qicai and other bandit leaders Sun Yue, Zhang Tieniu, Na Le, and Na Yuan, and set up another seat, and behind him, Sun Meijing's Hu Cong stood in the four corners of the room, still maintaining a high degree of vigilance

In the season, the game in the mountains is full of chicken, duck and fish, and the first glass of wine is to pay tribute to the eldest brother Sun Meifang, and the turbid wine is sprinkled on the ground in the spirit of the sky

Sun Meijing's thoughts were not revealed, because he had just died of his eldest brother, so he didn't move, he only ate vegetables and wine, and only drank three glasses, but the actions of his subordinates could also glimpse a little bit of the doorway, and there were no bandits shouting at the banquet to avenge the eldest brother, and they all got up to toast to the wealth

Everyone feasted heartily, the wealth and gold were smooth, and after three glasses of wine, they called Guo Qicai brothers, and "Third Brother Guo" was called smooth, like a brother in a thief's nest

Sun Meijing didn't say much, but the momentum was very strong, as long as he spoke, many leaders didn't dare to interrupt him, Sun Meijing didn't say a word about "Zhao'an", the topic of talking about is inseparable from the customs and customs, the bandit leader who is knowledgeable and interesting, has already guessed the boxing with Sun Yue, Zhang Tieniu, and put on a posture of not getting drunk and not returning, so that the banquet presents a lively scene

Sun Meijing still has the strength, and he doesn't want Na Cai to see his urgent heart, whether he agrees to the conditions of the court depends on his mood

Li Hongzhang gave sincerity, willing to let the Lincheng garrison maintain a complete establishment, and also expanded the garrison area, even Zaozhuang coal mine was assigned to Sun Meijing, Li Hongzhang also set the rules, never let the Lincheng garrison expand into a single army, the Sun brothers wanted to become a big warlord, and immediately received a merciless attack from the Changsheng army and the Xinwu army, indicating that the imperial court would never compromise on this issue, even if the hostages died, there was no room for negotiation

At this time, the military system of the Qing Dynasty was modeled after the Prussian army, and the system was restructured, with divisions and regiments forming an army, no brigade-level establishment, and an army establishment based on four regiments (wings), which could have a maximum of tens of thousands of horses

After the Xinwu Army was reviewed by the Ministry of War, it began to expand, and there will be 12 regiments (wings) to become a royal guard of the Gongwei Beijing Division

Sun Meijing knows the roots of the Yanzhou army, the Yanzhou military businessman has a strong atmosphere, although there are still four or five thousand people, but the Yanzhou army loses the strength to fight a tough battle, if the Yanzhou army invades, hugging the calf, Sun Meijing has enough confidence to eat this army, but now the situation in Shandong has changed, the famous Changsheng army and the new military army are eyeing the couch, Li Guolou came to let the militia rush to take refuge, indicating that the people's hearts are not here, the people of Shandong love the national hero Li Guolou, if the rebel army is different, the army is facing the danger of collapse, and Sun Meijing can't help but think about the way out, Sun Meijing is unwilling to eat, and the mind is silent

Nabazi spied on Sun Meijing's actions and said with a smile: "Has General Sun just recovered, I brought some medicinal materials to avoid miasma in the mountains with me, just to give to General Sun?"

Sun Meijing has not lived in the mountains for a long time, and he is not accustomed to the soil and water, and he is sick when he comes to hug the calf, and now his body and bones still feel weak and weak, and he often feels tired and physically and mentally exhausted

"Then thank you, there are many soldiers in our army who are unwell, can you please ask that master to get some medicinal materials for me?"

"It's a trivial matter, the garrison of Lincheng is also a soldier of the Qing Dynasty, how can they be tortured by pain, as long as General Sun believes me, I will send someone to Jinan to get what you want," the money very readily agreed to Sun Mei, which immediately sublimated the atmosphere at the banquet

Sun Meijing attaches more importance to the finance, and the new round of negotiations will develop in a win-win direction