The Beijing division was immersed in singing and dancing, sporadic gunshots rang out in Jinji Fort in the northwest, the Yellow River was still in the frozen period, the Qing army and the Hui army were hiding in the castle, waiting for the arrival of spring, the war was imminent, Liu Jintang, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army's front, looked at the topographic map of Jinji Fort with his hand, the perfect battle plan had been specified, and he was waiting for the moment when Jinji Fort was flooded.

Liu Jintang thought of one and sang loudly:

"You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky, rushing to the sea and never returning.

You don't see the sad white hair of Gao Tang Mingjing, and the morning is like green silk turning into snow at dusk.

Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon.

I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when she is gone.

Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle for pleasure will require 300 cups of drink.

Master Cen and Dan Qiusheng will enter the wine, and the cup will not stop.

Sing a song with you, please listen to it for me.

The bells and drums are not expensive enough, but I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk for a long time.

In ancient times, the sages were all lonely, and only the drinker left his name.

In the past, King Chen feasted peacefully, and fought wine for ten thousand years.

What is the owner's words, he has to sell the right gentleman.

Five-flowered horses, daughters and daughters, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you. ”

"Okay, the poems made by Commander Liu are majestic." Guo Baochang stepped into the conference room with a smile on his face.

"Haha, Lao Guo, are you joking, this is Li Bai's poem." When Liu Jintang saw a large number of officers such as Xu Zhanbiao, Huang Ding, Lei Zhengwan, Zhang Yao, and Fan Ye entering the venue, he was in a good mood, and he was able to let this large number of people who had made outstanding achievements in battle and whose eyes were above the top obey the order.

"Oh······ That's plagiarism, the same as that Assassin General. Guo Baochang pretended to have just figured it out and sarcastically mocked Liu Jintang.

"Hahahaha." All the generals and officials in the conference hall laughed together, and the men all had dirty ideas, although Li Guolou had left, he was still the object of ridicule by the generals.

Fan Ye refuted: "Guo Junmen, you are nonsense, the assassin general has not plagiarized." ”

Guo Baochang sneered, ignored it, and didn't put Fan Ye in his eyes, a small lieutenant general is something, his lieutenant general stood outside as a guard, if it weren't for Liu Jintang's high opinion of the new military army, how could Fan Ye have a place in the military conference.

Liu Jintang didn't mind, most of these people were his seniors, and it was a soldier's style to put on old qualifications, Liu Jintang was full of spring breeze: "Everyone, please take a seat, I called you here today to hold a pre-war preparation meeting, and the time has come to attack Jinji Fort." ”

"Yes, please give the order to Commander-in-Chief Liu." The generals and officers stood up one by one, they obeyed Liu Jintang's orders, and they dared to go up to the sword mountain and the sea of fire.

"Hmmm······" Liu Jintang was full of spirits, looking at his beloved generals, with the assistance of these generals who can conquer and fight, the enemy's remaining more than 400 fortresses will be destroyed, and the head of the bandit leader Ma Hualong has become a bag.

The lights in Yongning Cave were brilliant, and the Qing generals enthusiastically discussed the war, and they were ready for all the war, just waiting for "the water of the Yellow River to come up from the sky".

At this time, there was no major war in the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the season of recovery of all things, green shoots emerged from the soil, a major event was happening in Zaozhuang, Shandong, the cause of the matter was the restructuring of Zaozhuang Coal Mine, foreign capital will enter Zaozhuang Coal Mine, and the government was ready to hand over the right to operate the coal mine to the French businessman Robinson and others.

This incident was due to the fact that Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, advocated restructuring, introducing foreign capital, and developing the national economy.

Shandong has gone through the poison of the twisting army, in the troubled times, Zaozhuang coal mining enterprises, after the bloody rain, changed a lot of masters, some masters participated in the twisting army was exterminated, some masters were killed by the twisting army, and some of the masters were characterized as the axe gang, killed by the Qing Dynasty in the name of rebellion, and now the large eleven mines in the Zaozhuang area are occupied by five local tyrants, uncontrolled illegal mining, and the state can not get taxes.

Zaozhuang's coal mine is an open-pit coal mine, as long as you find the source of the mine, you can get rich by digging down, so the fight and killing are very serious, Haoqiang has become an outlaw here, Haoqiang who occupies the rich mine, has a gun in his hand, and the local government has long lost control of Zaozhuang.

Among the five heroes, the Sun brothers are the strongest, they are the remnants of the East Twist, when Sun Meifang led more than 2,000 people to return to Li Hongzhang, in the battle to eliminate the East Twist made great achievements, after that, the Sun brothers' armed forces were placed in Lincheng, reorganized into a wing, for a thousand people, Sun Meifang as the wing chief, Sun Meijing as the chief supervisor, the so-called near the water building first to the moon, in recent years the Sun brothers through unremitting efforts, has expanded the power to the Zaozhuang area, controlled four mining sites, The Sun brothers have already exceeded the establishment of 1,000 people, and they are close to 3,000 people.

The Sun brothers have become local warlords, and the brothers listened to the orders of Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, and were respectful to Ding Baozhen and showed great loyalty.

Shandong governor Zhang Renjun new official took office three fires, as soon as he took office, he wanted to collect the military power of the Sun brothers, and even wanted to dismiss the army with the remnants of the army as the backbone, and vigorously engaged in the Westernization movement, carried out institutional reform, and was the vanguard of the Westernization faction, and vigorously introduced foreign capital, Qingdao allocated to the Prussian concession is Zhang Renjun's masterpiece, a strong stroke, so that he became Prince Gong's cronies, Zhang Renjun was a little carried away, thinking that nothing could be done, at this time Zhang Renjun did not dare to move the army of the Sun brothers, it was a gang of bandits, Afraid of causing turmoil, he first took the coal mine in Zaozhuang, and wanted to recover the Sun brothers' financial resources first, the Sun brothers had no money, where could they raise 3,000 men and horses, the Sun brothers had fewer soldiers and horses, and their strength would be weak, so they would safely take back the military power of the Sun brothers, and then find an excuse to clean up the Sun brothers in the future.

In the name of foreigners investing in the coal mining industry, you must know that no one in the world dares to offend foreigners, Zhang Renjun's strategy is very successful, there is no objection as soon as the order is issued, even Qingdao is leased to the Prussians, the small Zaozhuang is strong, and dare to destroy the foreign demons, so the establishment of a foreign-funded enterprise in the coal mine in Zaozhuang has become a fact, and the foreigners have come to the Zaozhuang coal mine to conduct field investigations.

The measures of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Shandong, set off a huge wave in the Zaozhuang area, and the various illegal mining points have been sealed by the government.

Zaozhuang Coal Mine Association in all walks of life came one after another, the Sun brothers sat in the middle, their expressions were very serious, Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun wanted to confiscate their property, how to feed the three thousand people and horses, that is, the officials forced the people to rebel, although the Sun brothers did not dare to rebel, but they were ready to play a big vote and force Shandong Governor Zhang Renjun to give in.

Among the five mine owners, Zhu Honglan's men controlled three mines, and in Shandong, the power of the Boxers was huge, and it was widely spread in the countryside, and even the government had to rely on the power of the Boxers to maintain local security.

Zhu Honglan is the pseudonym of Ping'an, is a believer of the White Lotus Sect, learned from Baimei Shitai, learned a hand of illusion, and learned the kung fu of poisoning from Baimei Shitai, taking advantage of the boom in Shandong, with Li Guolou's road guide, Zhu Honglan led Miao Fanlu and others to Zaozhuang, and defected to the Zaozhuang area of the Yihe Boxer Lord Fan Zongxin, not long after Fan Zongxin died of illness, Zhu Honglan was recommended by everyone, became the Yihe Boxer helmsman.

Zhu Honglan This person can bend and stretch, kneeling at the foot of Li Guolou, pretending to be a girl who has just set foot in the rivers and lakes, and also wrote a letter of repentance, claiming that she is willing to listen to the Qing court and be Li Guolou's dark pile, but as soon as she arrives in Shandong, she is like a fierce horse off the leash, no longer controlled by Li Guolou, she has long not taken a letter of repentance seriously, and focuses on the development of Yihequan, Zhu Honglan is a character compiled by the red light, in fact, there is no such person, but the illusion of the Ping An Society, he claimed to be the Zhu Red Lantern, used to make a name, in just two years, Vermilion Lantern has become a legend of the Boxers, folklore has it that Vermilion Lantern has come to the world, as for how Fan Zongxin died, no one knows, which shows the viciousness of peace.

Zhu Honglan was dressed in red, riding on a red horse, heroic, and his beautiful face was wrapped in a scarf, but his beautiful figure still made people think about it, and next to him was a horse team of 100 people, and when he first came to Zaozhuang, there were only a few mules in the down-and-out scene, which could not be the same as the scene.

Zhu Honglan can't get close to men because of his illusions, so he is still a virgin until now, which makes a group of big men in Yihequan admire and worship her as a goddess.

Miao Fanlu, the fifth master, was behind the vermilion lantern, thinking about messy things in his mind, and his father wrote to him to return to Beijing, so that he could inherit the family business as soon as possible and not wander on the rivers and lakes, but he still liked the life of a prodigal son, and how could he fight and kill in business.

Miao Fanlu still has one thing to worry about, the horse thief Fei Lingxue he took in is strong in martial arts, ruthless, ambitious, eyeing the two coal mines, he is here to take charge, Fei Lingxue does not dare to betray the Boxer, but if he leaves, this female horse thief is very likely to poison Zhu Honglan and snatch the ownership of the two coal mines, Miao Fanlu has too many fetters in his heart, when he thinks of Li Guolou's care for his whole family, he has a headache, gains and losses, and does not know where the road is.

Zhu Honglan mastered a few Boxers, is by virtue of the ruthlessness of Shandong, in Zaozhuang to lay down a piece of territory, the backstage of the Boxer is Ding Baozhen, the national complex makes Ding Baozhen prefer this kind of patriotic association, now Ding Baozhen is promoted to the governor of Sichuan, leaving all kinds of hidden dangers in Shandong, and the consequences of the tail are big, so that the current Shandong governor Zhang Renjun has a headache.

However, the Boxers also have competitors, that is, another community organization, the Lance Society, which was originally a loose civil organization, but since the remnants of the Axe Gang joined the Lance Society, they have been reborn and can compete with the Boxers.

The people and horses of the Spear Club control two bonanzas, the gang leader Wang Shiren licked his big belly, swaggered into the hall, followed by two sworn brothers, one tall and one thin, these three people walked together, attracting everyone's attention, six tall and burly bodyguards hung their eyebrows, standing behind Wang Shiren, all of them were two revolvers with sharp blades in their waists, and no one bought the posture, after the guest and host greetings, Wang Shiren sat under the Sun brothers, and did not drink tea, and saw Sun Meifang go out to meet the helmsman of the Boxer, Vermilion Lantern, I couldn't help but sneer three times with jealousy.

"A girl, do you need to be greeted by General Sun?" Wang Shiren spoke in a strange tone, annoyed that Sun Meifang was just at the door of the hall to greet him.

Sun Meijing squinted at Wang Shiren with eagle-like eyes, and laughed three times: "Wang Gangmaster, we are brothers, don't talk too much about etiquette, drink wine and eat meat in a big bowl, of course you have to pity the girls." ”

"In China, it's still General Sun Er who can speak, where are we going, and the girls can also share it." Wang Shiren is a ruffian, and he doesn't look at the big men who don't rebel and box, worship at the feet of a girl.

Everyone laughed, showing a lewd expression, stretching their necks to look at the door, and the girls who shined on the red light were still quite eye-catching.

Sun Meifang personally greeted Zhu Honglan and his party, and Zhu Honglan remained reserved and politely said a few words to Sun Meifang.

The ten eldest brothers and eldest sisters of the Boxer poured into the hall, and the person walking beside the vermilion lantern was He Xiangu, who knew how to spell.

He Xiangu, who shines on the red light, has become the spokesperson of the vermilion lantern, a string of silver bells of the delicate laughter, like an eighteen-year-old girl, a big cake face painted with heavy makeup, but she thinks she is beautiful, He Xiangu is a native of Zhaozhuang Township, Baofeng County, Henan, her parents used to open a juggling class, so she inherited the mantle, knows all kinds of magic, knows how to cultivate artistic talents, is famous in Tianjin Weixiao, originally her face was black moles, like a lump of bird, which makes people feel disgusting when they see it, so He Xiangu has been veiled, But since she heard that Shandong's red light can cure dark spots on her face, she came to Zaozhuang from Tianjin Wei and worshiped under the vermilion light gate.

Now that He Xiangu has no black moles on her face, after removing the moles with potion on her face, there are some faint shadows left slightly, not her face is close to her face, and she can't see it clearly, so after He Xiangu puts on makeup, she looks bright and moving, and as soon as she enters the door, she attracts everyone's coveted eyes.

Sun Meifang is quite polite to He Xiangu, curious to look at the famous He Xiangu, at this time people are very superstitious, folk legend of Yihequan, Sun Meifang now fancy the people of Yihequan, of course believe in some of the miracles of Yihequan, the so-called seeing is believing, he has seen the vermilion lantern attract thousands of birds and birds, although he has not seen the mysterious stealth technique of the vermilion lantern, but his subordinates are convincing, all say that the vermilion lantern will stealth.

Sun Meifang does not care about the smashing stone kung fu of the Yihe boxing, and even more does not believe in the invulnerability of kung fu, no matter how high the martial arts are, it is not as high as the fast gun in his hand, but for the two legendary women in the red light, he respects them quite much, thinking that they are fairies descending to earth, so he will greet each other in person.

Everyone in the hall watched the tea and sat down, five people came to the fourth road, and the owner of another coal mine, Wang Yunteng, sat down with his own head, he has a rich mine, can gain a firm foothold in Zaozhuang, is the eldest brother and eldest sister from all walks of life rewarded him, he is the son of the big landlord Wang Ren of Qilitun, Wang Yunteng is a concubine, but now he is more promising than his son-in-law Wang Yunhao.

Because of the overcrowding of Qilitun, it has long been unable to accommodate thousands of villagers, in order to survive the power, the villagers of Qilitun and the surrounding villages are constantly fighting, there is a danger of being cleared by the government, by chance, because of the incident in Balizhuang, Wang Ren and Li Guolou met, after that, the big landlord Wang Ren relied on the relationship of Li Guolou, let his son Wang Yunteng lead more than 500 tenants into Shandong, with the boom of Shandong, in Shandong to engage in enclosure movement.

The Qing army and the East Twist fought fiercely in Shandong, and the land of thousands of miles became deserted, but this was only a temporary miserable scene, the population of the Qing Dynasty skyrocketed, as long as the government opened the door, there would be displaced people who reclaimed the famine, and the booming Shandong boom came and went quickly, and there was no wasteland in Shandong for the displaced people to reclaim.

Although Wang Yunteng occupies 10,000 acres of wasteland in Shandong, he has no more land, so he came to Zaozhuang to develop, relying on the two signboards of Li Hongzhang and Li Guolou, swaggering and deceiving everywhere, claiming that Li Guolou is a service, saying that Li Guolou wants a rich mine.

Of course, Li Guolou didn't know anything about this, and he was still kept in the dark, thinking that the 10,000 mu of land given to him by Wang Yunteng was obtained from enclosure.

The Sun brothers were incorporated by Li Hongzhang, drinking water and thinking of the spring, and should repay Li Hongzhang's kindness, although Zhu Honglan turned his face and did not recognize Li Guolou as the master, but her life was given by Li Guolou, so these two people gave Wang Yunteng a rich mine, and now Wang Yunteng has already become strong and strong, and has become a strong man in Zaozhuang, and everything depends on the face of the Sun brothers.

Now the five people have come to the four roads, and there is a long time coming, and everyone is not surprised, and continue to drink tea and fart, because the other way is a bandit holding a calf, an old friend of the Sun brothers, they are far away, and it is not easy to come back and forth.