Hugging the calf is the jurisdiction of Yi County, Shandong, is the place of turmoil in Shandong, the Sun brothers originally held the bandits of the Qiangu, pulled on the banner of the Twist Army, just to sell at a good price, after the defeat of the East Twist, the remnants of the Twist Army were defeated, most of them were scattered in the mountainous areas of Lunan Province, so Zou, Teng, and Yi counties have been bandit-ridden areas for many years. net

When Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, was in office, the bandits who hugged the calf were forced by Ding Baozhen's prestige, and did not dare to make trouble, mainly to reclaim the famine and farm, and built paddy fields in the mountains of the calf, the bandits seemed to be homeless people, begging for a living in the mountainous area, from ancient times to the present, the bandits were all farming, and many bandits became rich and rich, so they became peasants, and the wanderers who held the calf have been secretly doing the business of kidnapping meat tickets.

The bandits consider themselves to be heroes, and they do the business of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and generally do not do the things of raping ** women, and understand the truth that rabbits do not eat the grass next to the nest, so in the calf area, public security is the best place.

Guo Qicai and Zhou Tianlun are the leaders of the bandits, they are rampant in the three counties of Zou, Teng, and Yi, and there are Sun brothers behind the scenes, claiming to have more than 1,000 people and horses, and they also occupy a rich mine in Zaozhuang.

After noon, Guo Qicai and Zhou Tianlun led more than 100 bandits to arrive late, only to see a crowd outside the door shouting horses and neighing, turning the originally solemn environment into a pot of porridge.

After a greeting of the Jianghu brothers, the five people in the hall finally came, and the Sun brothers held a banquet to entertain people from all walks of life.

Guo Qicai and Zhou Tianlun were most interested in the girls who were shining at the red light, and took advantage of the lively scene to find them for a glass of wine, but they were stopped by several big brothers of Yihequan.

Guo Qicai and Zhou Tianlun didn't dare to look for the vermilion lantern, but there was a girl who was a fellow believer, Zhou Tianlun took advantage of the wine and shouted: "Fei Lingxue, everyone is in the same temple, why don't you give my third brother face." ”

Fei Lingxue stood up boldly and shouted, "Okay, give Guo San'er face, and the old lady will have a drink with you." ”

"That's right, drink a glass of wine, and we'll be a family in the future." Guo Qicai laughed, didn't think that Xu, the arrogant girl has a little kung fu and has made a name for herself in the rivers and lakes, this kind of girl can't afford to offend, bandits and horse thieves toast each other, and they are in harmony.

Bandits are actually the same as ordinary people, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, seeing the equipment of the group of horse thieves, envy is red, bandits are actually a lot worse than horse thieves, bandits who live by kidnapping meat tickets, are not treated well in the rivers and lakes, how can they be compared with horse thieves who come and go like the wind and rob convoys.

For the same few tables, the Sun brothers went to get close to the horse thief brothers, they wanted to do big things, and they needed to borrow the reputation of Yihequan, but the people who wanted to use it were the group of horse thieves under Yihequan.

Fei Lingxue took more than 50 horse thieves to Zaozhuang to defect to Miao Fanlu, and also brought their families, a total of more than 100 people, all riding tall horses, complete long and short guns, and even female dependents are equipped with revolvers, a strong horse and a strong style, although these horse thieves have gained a firm foothold in Zaozhuang, but until now they have not found a piece of land, just because they do not believe in religion, only recognize a fifth brother Miao Fanlu.

Zhu Honglan didn't trust these outsiders, and he never regarded these horse thieves as his own, and didn't give Fei Lingxue a chance to be independent.

Fei Lingxue was respectful to Zhu Honglan on the surface, but that arrogance had never changed, and she swallowed her anger as a guard in Zaozhuang as a mine guard, supporting the façade for Yihequan, and secretly wanted to occupy a rich mine and become a strong man all the way.

Fei Lingxue belongs to the head of Ning**, not to do oxtail this kind of goods, betrayed the division, wandered into the rivers and lakes, and relied on a group of horse thieves to convince a group of horse thieves, after that, Fei Lingxue led the horse thieves to leave the bitter Mongolian steppe, and bought road money in the Gyeonggi area, but was oppressed by the militia of the Beijing Division, and there was no place to stay, Fei Lingxue also wanted to assassinate Li Guolou, but was bewitched by Li Guolou, and came to Shandong Zaozhuang for development, thinking that he would soon be able to play a piece of the world, but he didn't expect that the small Zaozhuang, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, Fei Lingxue could only swallow his anger in front of reality, Wait for the skyrim to change.

Today, the five people gathered in the Zaozhuang Coal Mine Association, just to do a big deal, and Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun to do it, the sky gave them the important task of expelling foreign demons, and they must not let foreign forces harm the people of Zaozhuang, this is the common voice of the five people present.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Sun Meifang stood up and said: "Brothers and sisters, I invite you to come today, just for the Zaozhuang Coal Mine. ”

"No, never."

"Big brother, you say how to do it, we listen to you."

The loudest people in the hall are the people of the Lance Society, they have a deep relationship with the Axe Gang, and they hate the Qing Dynasty to the core, and they can't pull the flag to rebel, Wang Shiren was originally a tyrant in the Gyeonggi region, and Fenglinwu is his industry, because he was implicated in the Axe Gang's rebellion, he fled back to Shandong.

Wang Yunteng's table of people is not much worse than the people of the Spear Gang, and Wang Yunteng is also related to Wang Shiren, the leader of the Spear Society, and then shouted: "Third uncle, my life has been sold to you, I will listen to you." ”

Where has Wang Yunteng seen such a big battle, there are many sentry posts outside, the spear team is lined up, if the Wang brothers turn their faces, he will stand and come in, lie down and go out, Wang Yunteng no one dares to offend, he is the younger brother of the five people, he is afraid of the blood-stained hall, he is rich and noble by deceiving with a mouth, and only by following the strong can he live, at this time Wang Yunteng regretted a little, the good landlord didn't do it, why did he come to Zaozhuang to spread this troubled water.

Wang Shiren relied on the old and sold the old, nodded approvingly to Wang Yunteng, saying that he accepted the support of his family, he was ready to play a big vote, and he could be a death squad member at any time.

Fei Lingxue was impulsive, stood up, glanced at the vermilion light and sat down again, but everyone else saw Fei Lingxue's actions.

The bandits holding calves at that table pulled out daggers one by one, and more than a dozen daggers were inserted on the table, shouting: "General Sun, our pole is ready to be erected at any time." ”

Everyone's eyes shot to the vermilion light, just waiting for the Yihequan family to make a statement.

Zhu Honglan was unmoved, ignored the words of others, and said reservedly: "General Sun, tell me what you want to do." ”

The 1,000 men and horses of the Sun brothers were organized into a wing garrison, not the Qing Dynasty's Jingluo army, belonging to the garrison such as the city gate, only one level higher than the militia group, the military salary allocated by the imperial court was originally small, and it was exploited layer by layer, only enough to fill the stomach, they had many dissatisfactions, they had to confide in the imperial court, unwilling to quit the coal mining industry in Zaozhuang, for the future of their brothers, to risk their lives to fight again.

Sun Meijing stood up and said loudly: "Zhang Renjun betrayed the national territory, betrayed the country's sovereignty, and is a traitor, we want to defeat Zhang Renjun and return Zaozhuang to a blue sky." ”

"Down with Zhang Renjun and return Zaozhuang to a blue sky." The brothers roared and spitted all over the mountain, as if these two things could be done under the slogan, but the Zaozhuang Coal Mine was stolen and the air was dirty, and that day would always be gray.

Sun Meijing opened her big hand with satisfaction, pressed it down, the scene calmed down, her delicate face became hideous, and she said viciously: "The officers and soldiers of our Lincheng garrison have the courage to be willing to cut off their bodies and dare to pull the emperor Lao Tzu off the horse, we are ready to detain the Shanghai inspection group, and then negotiate terms with the imperial court, exchange the lives of foreigners for a lifetime of wealth, and let Zaozhuang Coal Mine return to the hands of the people." ”

Sun Meifang didn't wait for everyone to express her position, so she said: "This is just like the Liangshan heroes detained Su Taiwei back then, just to serve the motherland, so that your brothers have a way to live, we are the vanguard of resistance to imperialism, and we are a symbol of justice, so that the people of the whole country can support our righteous actions, although the actions are somewhat extreme, but only by taking this road, the court will pay attention to the voice of the people of Zaozhuang." ”

The hall exploded, this is the kidnapping of meat tickets, and it is the kidnapping of high-class foreigners, without waiting for words, many of his subordinates are unwilling to do it, and they have expressed their positions, and the hall is buzzing, and I can't hear what is being said.

The Sun brothers' faces sank like water, sitting upright, they are good talkers, they have already moved to kill, there is a gun in hand, a heart, this Zaozhuang coal mine is theirs, these people and horses of the mining industry is their brother's reward, now when it is time to employ people, who dares not to listen to the order, will be overturned to the ground.

The whistle outside the hall was everywhere, the Lincheng garrison carried a spear and set out, the neat and uniform posture was very different from the style of the people in the rivers and lakes roaring by, the team officer issued a password, hundreds of garrisons stood there calmly, several people and horses of the escort team has been surrounded by the Lincheng garrison corps, the scene is quite calm, not to the point of moving knives and guns, but this calm is so terrifying, it will go off at any time, and the blood splash hall is imminent.

Guo Qicai, the leader of the bandits who hugged the calf, shouted: "Brother Sun, we will do it with you, the time and place are favorable, and we all occupy it, and the heroes and heroes are allied by blood, who dares to step out of this threshold, Lao Tzu will stab him to death." ”

A table of bandits stepped on the chair with one leg, a dagger stuck on the table, and the murderous appearance made the hall of the wind and noise terrifying, and the three passers-by who were still discussing did not dare to speak up, and wanted to kill a bloody road, but also someone had to come forward, and blood would be splashed in the hall if they disagreed.

The bandits who hugged the calves were loyal to the Sun brothers, they were a dog raised by the Sun brothers, and they had long known that they were going to do a big deal, and now they put on a majestic posture and let the other people have a long memory.

Wang Yunteng thought of shooting a black gun and killing the local officials sent by the government, but he didn't expect to kidnap the foreigner, this is pushing him to a dead end, this is no different from pulling the flag and rebelling, Wang Yunteng's face oozed cold sweat, he was so frightened that he almost peed his pants, and his big mouth opened open, but the person was stunned, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to, and this time he had to lose all his old capital.

Wang Shiren didn't scream this time, he was looking at the face of the vermilion lantern, or this girl was calm, he wanted to improve the status of the Lance Society, at least he couldn't become the younger brother of Yihequan, this time Wang Shiren didn't say anything.

Zhu Honglan didn't seem to see the chaotic scene outside, and kept muttering to her subordinates, since she went to the appointment, she had expected this kind of scene a long time ago, she was the most generous, and she could not be in a hurry in this kind of scene, and none of her subordinates dared to jump out and speak.

Fei Linxue was sneering alone, it was a big deal, a jade stone was burned, the dart in her sleeve had already fallen in the palm of her hand, and she could take the life of the Sun brothers at any time, so she listened to Miao Fanlu's order.

The Sun brothers were impressed by the vermilion lantern, the gods and men were really extraordinary, and the Boxer had become a climate under the leadership of the vermilion lantern, and it seemed that it could become a great thing.

Miao Fanlu's mind was still quite sober, and he was afraid of causing a big disaster, so he deliberately said loudly: "Big boss, there is no turning back when you open the bow, we are a little bit of people, and we must do things from the beginning to the end." ”

The other brothers of the Boxer did not express their position, and Zhu Honglan said: "Five masters, what you said, I understand, General Sun, we can pull out five hundred brothers to work with you, and we are willing to listen to your orders, but there is one condition, I hope you agree." ”

"Although."

Zhu Honglan stood up solemnly, clasped his fists and saluted: "General Sun, we all carry your banner and are willing to die for General Sun." ”

As soon as Sun Meifang heard it, she knew what the hell the Yihe boxers were doing, and Zhu Honglan clearly told him that the Yihe Quan did not stand on a pole, and the Yihe Quan would pull out 500 miner brothers to be loyal to him in the name of the Lincheng garrison, that is, Zhu Honglan had room for it, if he failed, Zhu Honglan would smear oil on the soles of his feet, and the kidnapping case had nothing to do with the Yihe Boxing, it was the spontaneous patriotic behavior of those miners, and the Zhu Honglan would hide behind the scenes, refusing to show her face, and maintaining her usual mysterious style.

The Sun brothers never thought of rebellion, and even if someone proposed it, they were vetoed by them, and let the Boxers, the Lance Society, and Wang Yunteng's landlord forces join the kidnapping operation, just to show that this action was a righteous act and a common measure of the people of Zaozhuang.

The strength of the Sun brothers is so strong, and they dare not eat alone in Zaozhuang, the coal industry in addition to the need for a large number of people to dig coal, along the way also need a lot of manpower, if the army is dedicated to transportation to make money, this army will be abolished, this is a lesson from the past, so the Sun brothers will have so many friends in the rivers and lakes, follow the principle of making money.

"Okay, I promise you, Vermilion Lantern, now is the time for you to contribute money and efforts, reward the three armies, how much money do you pay." Sun Meifang is a soft persimmon, and on the contrary, she will take the vermilion lantern into an army.

Zhu Honglan said loudly: "General Sun, our Yihequan is an organization of the toiling masses, taken from the people for the people, and we have not accumulated much savings, this time we will do our part and contribute 2,000 taels to the garrison army in Lincheng." ”

"I'll give you five thousand taels." Wang Yunteng said hurriedly, wanting to spend money to eliminate the disaster, he was afraid of provoking the disaster.

"I'll give 10,000 taels." Wang Shiren shouted, stood up, and looked down on the vermilion lantern.

"I'm a helper." Guo Qicai, the bandit leader who holds calves, how can he scatter wealth for righteousness, he is an iron rooster who does not pull out a dime.

Although Sun Meifang was quite dissatisfied with the vermilion lantern, but at this moment is the time to employ people, we should focus on unity, so she said: "Okay, with your assistance, great things can be accomplished, I salute all brothers and sisters." ”

The atmosphere in the hall was relaxed, and the sound of shouting and guessing fists came and went, one after another, they had been dragged onto the thief ship by the Sun brothers, and the crime of kidnapping foreigners could not escape.

After that, the head of the chicken was beheaded, the blood wine was drunk, and the eldest brother and sister of Wulu made a bloody alliance in front of Emperor Guan, they were all patriots, and they should unite to expel the foreigners from the coal mining industry in Zaozhuang.