Li Hongzhang rushed to Jinan and was discussing in the public court how to properly solve the problem of human questioning, Li Hongzhang was most concerned about the lives of foreigners, whether it was to care or fight, but the old minister was seeking the country and refused to express his position

The pressure of the ministers of various countries made Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, frown, frown, prevaricating in every possible way on the tactical arrangement, refusing to encircle and suppress the Sun army, for fear that the kidnapping case would turn into a rebellion, and the Sun brothers and brothers made a kidnapping case, just to extort foreign goods from the imperial court, and had no intention of rebellion, if it was not handled properly, the consequence would be to let Shandong Chidi twist the army for thousands of miles, and Shandong's evil deeds were obvious to all, which made people remember it vividly, he didn't want Shandong to set off another wave of immigrants, so as long as someone proposed to march to Lincheng, Zhang Renjun's national character face would become a shoehorn, and he would like to eat people

He Fengyu, the general soldier of Yanzhou, was heartbroken by the rebellion of his subordinates, but unfortunately he was guilty of a crime, and he was not angry enough to speak, so he didn't listen to him, he wanted the Qing army to pull out, and the three winged commanders under him ignored it, and asked the governor Zhang Renjun for instructions in front of He Fengyu

Zhang Renjun took the Sun brothers' opinion and asked Li Hongzhang to study what could satisfy the Sun brothers' refusal to mention the entry into the army

At this time, the army of the Qing Dynasty learned from the Prussian army, the corps was a regimental division, and the wing commander (regimental commander) was directly under the orders of the general army (division commander).

Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun couldn't be ruthless, let several military meetings end without a problem, now Li Hongzhang came, I didn't expect that Li Hongzhang was even more afraid of foreigners, and he didn't dare to mention the matter of entering the army, looking at the conditions set by the Sun brothers, carefully studying them one by one

There are five main conditions offered by Sun Meifang:

1: The government army lifted the encirclement and withdrew to the original defense;

2: Incorporate the Lincheng garrison army as the four wings, with Sun Meifang as the general soldier and Sun Meijing as the deputy general;

Three: Sun's armed forces are stationed in Weishan County, Lincheng County;

Four: Replenish the arms and issue one year's military salary for the four wings;

Fifth, Zaozhuang Coal Mine is not allowed to operate by foreign capital

Sun Meifang also had a verbal condition to punish the Yanzhou general soldier He Fengyu, but the garrison in the city couldn't stand He Fengyu's oppression, so he took a desperate step and had no choice but to kidnap foreign businessmen

The black pot always turned his back on the Sun brothers, and he did not dare to point the finger at Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, and He Fengyu, the chief soldier of Yanzhou, became the culprit of the kidnapping case, and He Fengyu became the target of the public, standing on the cusp of the storm inexplicably, and bearing the criticism of everyone

Li Hongzhang looked at the opinion and the comments made by Zhang Renjun under each condition, and couldn't help but be annoyed and angrily reprimanded: "Does Zhang Futai know the consequences of using capital to support Kou?"

"Master Fu Xiang's subordinates just want to rescue the hostages, as long as the hostages come back safely, the subordinates immediately surround the Sun family's armed forces, and never let the bandit leader escape the severe punishment of the national law," Zhang Renjun had a shameless face, and he said that he was not trustworthy, it was the husband's doing, so he didn't care how many good gentry and dignitaries signed and painted as a guarantee

"Extremely absurd, Zhang Futai, you must know that the Sun armed forces have 4,000 weapons and equipment, and they can capture Jinan at any time, and the consequences are even more serious, and we must not allow the bandits to expand their armed forces at most, and let the Sun brothers' armed forces return to their original stationing places, and the imperial court guarantees that the military salaries of one wing can be supplied to Zaozhuang, and the coal mines in Zaozhuang can be assigned to their jurisdiction, and if they want to negotiate, they must show sincerity, deceive others, and harm others, and harm themselves." Li Hongzhang was good at negotiation and put forward pertinent opinions to the point

Zhang Renjun hurriedly said that he took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead, Li Hongzhang's majesty made him tremble, but the Sun family was armed with hostages in hand and refused to agree to Li Hongzhang's conditions, so what should I do?

Li Hongzhang was so strange that he refused to say much, but let everyone speak enthusiastically, as long as he listened patiently, he could find a bosom friend, and he had to rely on obedient Westerners to do things, he only used one kind of person to do errands, and the others were all beaten into the cold palace by Li Hongzhang

Since Li Hongzhang said that he wanted to negotiate, and several general soldiers said that they could not enter the army, even He Fengyu, the general soldier of Yanzhou, supported the idea of not moving the troops for the first time

Chen Shiqi, the subordinate wing commander of Yanzhou General He Fengyu, looked at Li Hongzhang quite strangely, and couldn't help but say after hearing the long words of the commanders: "Lord Fu Xiang's subordinates heard that the Xinwu Army and the Changsheng Army have been stationed in Yong'an Township and Wangzhuang Township, saying that they are going to fight Lincheng, and Li Guolou will march alone, how can this be good?"

Li Hongzhang almost forgot about Li Guolou, this kid sees things thoroughly, does things quickly, dares to act, and is incompatible with social customs, but Li Guolou is invulnerable, no one dares to pour sewage on Li Guolou, and now the pattern of the court is that he is the leader of the Westernization faction, thinking about the problem with his mind, planning the next five years, Li Guolou is the leather whip of the Westernization faction, like the whip of God, and he will ignore all the evils of the Qing Dynasty, and he will cover Li Guolou's ass

Li Hongzhang pretended to be like a god, and said: "Chen Shiqi, don't worry, this official has his own ideas, Zhang Liang's clever plan to secure the world, and the city is all in the hands of this official."

Li Hongzhang thought that Li Guolou would not listen to the military orders of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, and would attack Lincheng without authorization, and he was ready to tamper with the idea of suitable talents at any time, and wanted to know how Li Guolou arranged his troops

The streets of Jinan were full of people, and even the cheers outside could be heard in the secluded lobby, Zhang Renjun was a little upset, and shouted angrily: "Go and check what is going on outside."

"Yes," the two Goshha walked out of the lobby to find out what was going on outside, and before they got out of the courtyard, a sergeant on a fast horse rushed straight into the courtyard, turned over and dismounted, his movements were neat and clean, and no one dared to stop him, because the sergeant had three red flags on his back, and it was an eight-hundred-mile red flag to report the victory

"Report the Red Flag and Report the Great Victory of the New Armed Army, and Sun Meifang, the leader of the bandits, confer the head", from far to near, a sergeant with three red flags on his back has entered the hall, making the people in the lobby stand up in surprise

"What do you say again," Zhang Renjun couldn't believe his ears as he stared at the sergeant delivering the news

"The report of Zhang Futai and Li Guolou is here," the sergeant blushed, just waiting for the reward to arrive

"Report the victory of the Chang Victorious Army, conquer Lincheng two days ago, and eliminate the stubborn enemy in one fell swoop", the kung fu of the front and rear feet, another sergeant entered the room, turned over and knelt in front of all the adults, and at a glance, he knew that this was a good play directed by the director of the museum, which was called double happiness

Li Hongzhang is like Kong Ming, who is like a lupine scarf, only he sat upright, and said calmly and sophisticatedly: "Good two, you have worked hard, and you will be rewarded with two silver dollars, and there will be rewards at the post station along the way to rest."

A silver dollar is ten silver dollars, sealed together with brown paper, and the two sergeants left the lobby with two silver dollars in joy, still shouting: "The great victory of the new armed army" and "the great victory of the Changsheng army"

This is to let the people of the whole city know about the victory of Shenfengling and the head of the bandit Sun Meifang

In the lobby, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Renjun were each holding a document and reading it, and Li Hongzhang saw Li Guolou writing at the end of the letter, "Promoting peace by war is the best policy", and he couldn't help but ponder and forgot to hand the document to his subordinates

Zhang Renjun was anxious, he didn't pay attention to officialdom etiquette, he snatched the letter at a glance and ten lines, first read the general content, the expression on his face was red for a while, and blue for a while, Zhang Renjun expected that the Sun brothers would not stick to Lincheng, the Changsheng army conquered Lincheng, it was no big deal, this was expected, Sun's armed forces would definitely move to the bandits' lair, hugging calves, but did not expect that Sun Meifang would die in Shenfeng Ridge, Sun Meifang had 3,000 elite soldiers in his hands, how could he be killed by Li Guolou, it makes no sense, Li Guolou only has 1,000 people in his hands, plus the Changsheng army, a total of only 3,000 people, Sun Meifang still has thousands of militia forces in his hands, no matter how you look at it, Sun Meifang should not die like this, the terrain of Shandong should be more familiar with the bandits, how can they be XinwuThe army sneak attack was successful

Zhang Renjun has countless mysteries that can't be solved, and the gods chatter: "Well, Li Guolou is worthy of being the first Jinshi to rule the world, and his shots are as fierce as a tiger."

Officials in the lobby circulated two documents and chattered in whispers

"Grandma's bear, this time the Changsheng army has sent a Qinglou brothel in Lincheng, it must have been wrapped up by foreigners, what is the matter with our hard work?"

"Li Guolou will buy people's hearts, Chang Shengjun is willing to listen to Li Guolou's orders, the silver must be making trouble, we are too far away from Li Guolou, this time the loss is big"

"You need a sailor to fight Weishan Lake, get me this time, go out, someone must report the travel expenses."

The general soldiers, deputy generals, and wing commanders of the four roads were angry, and it was their men and horses who besieged the Sun army, which made the Xinwu Army and the Changsheng Army achieve a great victory, in fact, the biggest heroes were sitting in the Jinan Public Hall

"I said a long time ago that I was going to fight, you didn't listen to it, now it's okay, let the foreign gun team puff up, and the outflow of silver is your sin," He Fengyu, the chief soldier of Yanzhou, had the confidence to scold Huai, alluding to the fact that Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, was inactive, although he was a guilty person, but he thought that there was Li Guolou to help, and he had full confidence

He Fengyu was ready to attack the three winged commanders alone, and if he didn't listen to his orders, he would take his own winged men and horses to pull out Li Guolou, and a thousand people could complete the earth-shattering feat with a thousand soldiers, and he would not be much worse than the Xinwu army

Zhang Renjun is not a jealous person, of course he hopes that the kidnapping case will be solved as soon as possible, watching his officers quarrel endlessly, thinking that he has made meritorious contributions and has forgotten how important the lives of foreigners are, and shouted at the case: "Don't make any noise, listen to Lord Fu Xiang's instructions, you must find out that the thirty-five foreigners are still in the hands of Sun Meijing, we are still throwing rat traps, how can we say that we will fight."

Li Hongzhang coughed, stopped smoking, put down the long cigarette gun in his hand, and said slowly: "Zhang Futai said cautiously, in the future, we will say that forty-five hostages, Qing Dynasty businessmen are also the objects of our care, and we must not favor one over the other and chill the hearts of people all over the world."

Zhang Renjun stood up and saluted: "Thank you, Master Fu Xiang, for teaching the lower officials, keep in mind that the businessmen of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce are all patriotic compatriots, and the lower officials will do everything possible to rescue the forty-five hostages from the tiger's den."

Li Hongzhang opened his mouth, and the hall became silent, and his position was high and powerful, which made people awe-inspiring, Li Hongzhang was accustomed to it, and said in a deep voice: "Transferring Li Guolou's new military army and Bai Langning's Changsheng army into Shandong is a plan that this official has long set, the two of them are united in spirit, and the main force of the enemy will be destroyed in one battle, and you must learn from the two of them."

"It's to learn from Li Guolou and pay tribute to Bai Langning," the officers in the lobby let out a loud roar, with a posture of rushing to the battlefield, all of them stood with their chests and stomachs protruding, and they didn't move at all, since Sun Meifang was dead, the main force of the Lincheng garrison was finished, and the remaining bandit armament was not enough to worry about, and every officer had the determination to die

The lives of the 35 foreigners are very important, it is related to the face of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang came to Jinan to rescue the 35 foreigners, and at any cost, he is willing to spend a lot of money to buy the bandit armament, Zaozhuang Coal Mine is his bargaining chip, but the Qing government can not make too many concessions to the kidnappers, Li Hongzhang wants to negotiate with the kidnappers, and is willing to give the kidnappers a way to live, but Li Hongzhang has a bottom line, that is, the bandit armament cannot threaten the state power, so that the bandit armament can become a town, 4,000 people and horses eat the imperial grain, this is the consequences that he absolutely does not allow, the consequences are too terrible, and Zhang Xianzhong must not be allowed to appear in the Qing Empire

Li Hongzhang adjusted his strategy, made preparations with both hands, decided to suppress and appease, and issued a military order for the four-way army to march towards Weishan Lake, and under his planning, Li Guolou could go to a higher level, Li Hongzhang wanted to put the icing on the cake, make persistent efforts to capture Weishan Lake, and let the bandits holding the calf be difficult to support alone, and wait to be killed, and then exchange for 45 hostages at the minimum cost

Li Hongzhang is scheming and calculating, he doesn't believe that bandits dare to kill foreigners, dead people are worthless, under the siege of heavy troops, bandits will inevitably divide and disintegrate, and a set of philosophical ideas to raze and raze, Li Hongzhang is proficient in mastering the cause of trouble, but he is secretive, and the wicked let Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, come to be Li Hongzhang, but he is a man of his word, and everyone is known as the "iron-blooded prime minister of the East"

Listening to the firecrackers in the city, the gongs and drums are noisy, and the voices of people are celebrating, Li Hongzhang is pacing happily, as if dancing on the green bricks, Li Guolou is the pioneer, the flag is victorious, and the horse is successful