Li Qingyuan felt that he couldn't take the initiative to provoke before he did it head-on, since the mine town had strengthened its vigilance, he would go to other areas to get a group of blacksmiths back, and the most important thing now was to produce firecrackers.

The place chosen by Li Qingyuan is very special, it can be said to be the real handover of three provinces, Hebei to the east, Henan to the south, and Shanxi to the northwest, so Handan heard that there are bandits and wants not to send troops to exterminate them, but to find a way to close the mountain, so that the bandits will retreat in the face of difficulties and retreat to other provinces to commit crimes.

As for why no troops were sent to exterminate the province, the first is that the mountain road is difficult to travel, and it is not easy to pursue and suppress, the second is that it is difficult to find the enemy, and the third is that it is accidentally chased out of the province.

Soldiers must at least report to the government when they leave a county, and they must report to the military department when they leave the government, and cases involving several provinces must be reported to the emperor to know, and you will stab the emperor about the killing of the squires in these towns, unless the local official's brain is kicked by a donkey.

Therefore, Handan strengthened its vigilance, and Li Qingyuan asked Wu Sanniang to move to Xingtai in the north, this time with the experience of the mining town, I believe that the action in Xingtai can be much faster and more efficient, and as for Li Qingyuan's rival in the south, the action should also be strengthened.

As for the side of the mining town, this time is mainly used to buy supplies, and at the same time slowly infiltrate, and after this period of rumors has passed, the next step is to carry out, and now the musket can produce 300 rods a month, and it will take at least three months to save up a battalion of muskets before taking new action.

Just as Li Qingyuan was discussing with Wu Sanniang, Hou Zheng whispered: "General, Meng Can is back." ”

Li Qingyuan stopped chatting and looked out the door, only to see Meng Can sitting on a chair after coming in, not speaking angrily, Li Qingyuan looked at it curiously, Wu Sanniang asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"These bandits, what an abomination! We went to the south, and they said we had crossed the line and wounded our two brothers. Meng Can said angrily.

Li Qingyuan always felt that he had forgotten something, and as soon as Meng Can said this, he remembered, yes, he only thought about going to other regions to operate, but he forgot that this bandit also had his own range of activities.

Fortunately, this time it was only two people who were injured, if it was a little later, it is estimated that Wu Sanniang's character would have to fight with the bandits, and when the situation was out of control, it would be difficult for his group of bandits from Shandong to be exposed.

Li Qingyuan asked, "Then do you know who the other party is?" How many people are there? Is there anyone else in the south besides him? ”

Meng Can thought for a while and said: "The other party said that he was Wu Scar's person, I don't know the specific number, we just carried out an operation over there, and we were resting in the mountains, and the other party said that we crossed the line, found us, and had a little conflict, the other party should have two or three hundred people." ”

Li Qingyuan shook his head, this guy just went over without a head and no brains, he didn't know anything, no wonder he was blocked in the mountains, Li Qingyuan looked at Hou Zheng again, Hou Zheng scratched his head and said that he didn't know.

Li Qingyuan sighed and said: "As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, how can we succeed now that our eyes are black?" The actions of the Heavenly Council will be suspended for a while, and during this time, you will first find out what forces are around us, as well as the nests of these bandits, how many bad things they have done, and so on. ”

Wu Sanniang said excitedly: "Are we going to take these bandits under the knife?" ”

Li Qingyuan looked at Wu Sanniang's excited appearance and nodded, eldest sister, are you really excited when you hear about the war? But in any case, whoever hinders his own development must be eliminated, and this cannot be changed.

"I'm against it! These are all anti-Qing righteous people, we can't harm our own people, isn't this just like the intention of the Qing Demon? Why don't you beat the demon if you have the ability? Meng Can shouted there as if he had been reasoned.

Li Qingyuan rolled his eyes and asked, "Where did you see that they were anti-Qing righteous people?" ”

"They went up to the mountain to become bandits, and soon they were against the Qing Demon Court?" Meng Can argued.

Li Qingyuan pretended to think and said, "Isn't it? How do I remember that after they went up the mountain, they did not fight against the Qing Demon, but harmed the people with the Qing Demon? ”

"That's forced by the situation, and they also have to survive, so ......" Meng Can couldn't defend himself anymore, and muttered that he didn't speak.

Li Qingyuan stood up and said, "Hou Zheng, you go and call a meeting of officers above the battalion commander." ”

After more than ten minutes, the ten battalion commanders arrived here, Li Qingyuan stood and said: "Recently, some people think that we are brothers with the bandits, and the bandits are also anti-Qing righteous soldiers, we want to be close to the bandits, be friends, and fight the Qing Dynasty together, but I want to tell you that first you have to understand one thing, what are we?" We are not bandits! We're not like them! ”

Li Qingyuan glanced at Meng Can and continued: "We are on the side of the people, our purpose is to overthrow the Tartar Emperor who oppressed us, and seek happiness for the people of the world, and what are the bandits?" Bandits are people who bully the common people, and even partner with the squire bullies to bully the common people. ”

Li Qingyuan took a breath and said, "Everyone remembers this Liu San we eliminated, right?" He has dealings with the head catchers in the county, and it is estimated that he usually has no less filial piety, so he will let the father and son of the yellow pickpocket skin die as a dog, what do they usually do? How many people have been killed, how many villages have been burned, how can you help those squires deal with the people who resist taxes? ”

Everyone nodded, these were all personally involved in the interrogation, and naturally they knew that what Li Qingyuan said was true, and there are still some heinous bandits who are quarrying and building cottages.

Li Qingyuan said: "So we are on the side of the people, on the side of justice, whoever harms the people is our enemy, these bandits not only help the Qing Demon to harm Baixin, some are even more powerful than the Qing Demon Scourge, so we are determined to defeat them!" I'm going to tell you that we're not in league with bandits! We're not bandits either! ”

In the end, Li Qingyuan said again: "Of course, we can still be friends with those righteous bandits who are righteous and do not harm Baixin, and these people who are really fighting against the Qing Demon, and we can even help them support them." ”

Li Qingyuan felt that he still didn't want to say it to death, maybe in the future, when the form was not effective, he would still have to accept some bandits into the team, Li Qingyuan saw that Meng Can's face was dark, and his heart became proud, a little bit! Dare to oppose me, see if I don't give you a big dismount!

For this kind of opponent of himself, of course Li Qingyuan must be severely suppressed, otherwise if the other party gains momentum, it will definitely cause layers of obstacles to his actions, and he will even get pregnant with his own affairs!