Yuan Shikai led the law enforcement team, and as soon as he came to the gate of the baggage camp, he saw a fire burst out in the camp, and the flames expanded rapidly, almost instantly, and they flew into the air almost instantly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's gone—" Inside the camp, the sleeping baggage soldiers were interrupted by the sound of exclamation.

"What's going on?" Yuan Shikai was also shocked by this flame, but Yuan Shikai was also a well-informed person, although he felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he was still quite calm on the surface.

"Report to the general, the baggage camp, something happened to the baggage camp!" At this moment, one of the lieutenants in charge of guarding the gate suddenly said.

Why did the lieutenant in charge of guarding the gate know that something had happened? Because he was familiar with the situation in the baggage camp, the fire was rising, and it was only two or three hundred meters away from him, and there were actually many other materials around the forage that was on fire before, and those materials were all packed in sacks, but under the blazing fire, none of those sacks were now gone, and I saw that the forage was burning, and it was obvious that those materials had been stolen.

"Quick, call someone to put out the fire!" Yuan Shikai also saw a vacant land near the firelight, which was a large area of open space in the baggage camp where the terrain was not very flat, which only meant that the materials had been emptied.

Forage is only one of the fodder that war horses need, and the other is bean cake or beans, especially soybeans, but because soybeans are packaged in sacks, and soybeans are also one of the high-value items, Xu Lie took away hundreds of bags of soybeans that were put together with forage.

"Immediately go and inform the marshal and General Dong to come to the baggage camp!" When Yuan Shikai came to a distance of dozens of meters from the flames, he was no longer interested in whether to put out the fire, because even if he saved all the remaining forage, he could not solve the needs of the war horses. Because at this time, in the baggage camp, except for the forage that is on fire, all other materials have disappeared!

This situation is too weird, Yuan Shikai thinks it's better to let the coach deal with it.

And Yuan Shikai, as one of the main generals, knew about the materials in this baggage camp, and even the 200,000 taels of silver he escorted a few hours ago were also handed over to this baggage camp for safekeeping. However, not to mention 200,000 taels of silver at the scene, even a penny of silver could not be found.

The Qing army encircled and suppressed the Mengshan army this time, with Nie Shi as the commander, and the materials, baggage, and goods were sent out by the imperial court, but they were escorted by three Qing armies from all over the country, and after they were escorted, they were handed over to this baggage camp. This camp was set up by Nie Shicheng to suppress the bandits, and his materials and goods naturally had to be handed over here for unified safekeeping, which was also Nie Shicheng's power as the commander.

When they heard that the materials in the baggage camp had been emptied and the remaining forage had been burned by fire, Nie Shicheng and Dong Fuxiang only took half an hour to rush to the baggage camp where the flames had been extinguished.

Of course, there must be torches at the scene, so that Nie Shicheng will not be able to see the surrounding situation clearly.

The situation at the scene was introduced by Yuan Shikai, because Yuan Shikai not only conducted a corresponding investigation before, but also controlled several stewards in the baggage camp.

"So, thousands of truckloads of baggage and supplies are gone, all of them are ghosts made by giant bandits?" After listening to Yuan Shikai's report, Nie Shicheng took a breath of cold air, if these things were really moved away by the Mengyin Giant Bandits, then they really have to re-examine the strength of the Mengyin Giant Bandits, Mao, how many people do you have to dispatch if you want to move these materials? What kind of means will be used to keep the baggage soldiers from knowing?

"Report to the marshal, to the west of the camp, someone has indeed entered, but ......," one of his subordinates who had been ordered to investigate suddenly reported.

"But what?" Nie Shicheng obviously heard what this subordinate was saying.

"Judging from the traces, there won't be too many people who come in, no more than two or three hundred at most......" At this point, the subordinate was immediately silenced, because he suddenly discovered that if there were only two or three hundred Mengyin bandits who entered the camp, then where did so many heavy goods go? This is a paradox, and the subordinate can't answer.

"Let's go and see." Nie Shicheng looked up at the east, and at this time, the sky in the east was already white, and it was about to dawn.

In a few moments, it was dawn. As a result of the dawn, the three of Nie Shicheng were completely dead, the Mengyin bandits did only come in a few hundred people, but there was no trace of any materials being transported out along the way, such as ruts, scattered grain, etc., thousands of truckloads of heavy materials really disappeared out of thin air!

"What should I do?" Nie Shicheng looked at Dong Fuxiang and Yuan Shikai, at a loss.

"This giant bandit, can he be a demon?" Dong Fuxiang guessed in a low voice.

"Zi doesn't say that the strange power is chaotic!" Nie Shicheng obviously didn't believe this statement.

"Marshal, don't blame me for talking nonsense, do you think about why the forward battalion of the Wuqian Army was defeated so quickly, is that kind of bomb owned by the Qing Dynasty or the Great Powers? My personal guard battalion, 1,200 cavalry, its strong combat effectiveness is at least equivalent to more than one association of ordinary soldiers, but why after entering that nameless valley, almost in half an hour, the whole army was wiped out, if it is the personal guard army directly annihilated by the Mengyin giant bandits, how many people do you think they should dispatch? ”

"Didn't they get stopped by the electric race guns?" Nie Shicheng asked.

"But the electric race gun only shot more than a hundred people, what about the others?" Dong Fuxiang was unwilling, "If it is said that the forward battalion of the Wuyi Army and my personal guard were destroyed, we all just listened to the soldiers under us, but this baggage battalion incident, as soon as the matter came out, Lord Yuan came, and before that, it was almost certain that it was the Mengyin bandits who lurked in, controlled the people in the baggage battalion, and then moved all the supplies away." ”

"Dashuai, although I don't think the Mengyin giant bandits used demon methods, they are indeed elusive enough. Moreover, the material loss of our army is so great, but none of the soldiers of our army died, they were just beaten unconscious and bound by the bandits. In other words, the purpose of these people is to come for supplies, and forage may not be of much use to the Mengyin giant bandits, so they burned it in a fire. Yuan Shikai affirmed the Mengyin bandits from the perspective of strength.

"Xingwu, Weiting, we have met a strong opponent this time!" Although Nie Shicheng felt that Dong Fuxiang's reason for the demon law was not valid, Yuan Weiting's statement was very reasonable, the Mengyin giant bandits were indeed elusive, but it was a mystery what method they used to move away so many materials.

"Everything is up to the commander!" Dong Fuxiang and Yuan Weiting naturally kicked the ball to Nie Shicheng.

"According to the usual practice, our troops still have three days to feed, and after three days, the Shandong Green Battalion will transport enough grain and grass for 20,000 people to eat for half a month, and we can intercept it and let the Shandong Green Battalion continue to go back to Jinan to transport grain and grass, so that our grain and grass can barely be used. Therefore, I suggest that according to the established strategy, the Gan army of Xingwu will take the lead in the morning, and strive to break through the Yanghe defense line of the Mengyin giant bandits in one fell swoop! As long as we break through the Yanghe defense line of the Mengyin Giant Bandits, we can easily reach Laiwu and get supplies! ”

Nie Shicheng said with an oath.