From Qihar to Morgan City, more than 240 kilometers along the way, when I went, it only took more than 11 hours, and when I came back, because of the addition of more than 300 bad riding brothers, it took more than 6 hours, starting from the morning, until nearly 0 o'clock, before arriving at the foothold outside Morgan City.

The accommodation problem of nearly 800 people made Yue Weihua a little embarrassed, but fortunately, in Molden City in August, the weather was still warm, even at night, there were seventeen or eight degrees, so Yue Weihua once again used a magical trick to get a few train cars out, so that everyone could make do with it.

Of course, these are all digressions, the first thing Yue Weihua did when he entered the small courtyard was to recruit Ling Hui, as well as Yin Lili and Yan Qiu, the chief and deputy leaders of the Morgan City Intelligence Group, into the house, and also called Yue Xiaodong and Zhou Dabiao.

"How about it, we've been away for two days and two nights, how are we feeling about the situation in Xigang?" Yue Weihua asked directly to the point, because he had clearly explained this task before leaving.

Yin Lili, Yan Qiu, and Ling Hui looked at each other, and finally Yin Lili, who was the leader of the Morgan Intelligence Group, spoke: "Report to the commander, the situation in Xigang is more responsible, although it took a lot of money to go out, but it did not understand the situation in Xigang, and I ask the commander to punish him." ”

Yue Weihua frowned at first after hearing this, but then he was relieved, the intelligence group had just started its mission, and it was not easy to come to such a strange place, and to find out the situation of an organization in such a short period of time, secretly said that he was a little anxious, so he reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said: "Hehe, I'm not a tyrant, as for being so strict, everyone is still new, just adapt slowly, so let's tell me what you know." ”

Hearing Yue Weihua say this, Yin Lili and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief, not because they were afraid of punishment, but mainly because they were afraid that the god in their hearts would be disappointed.

"Commander, the situation in Xigang is a bit complicated, and the internal organizational structure is completely different from that of the ordinary beard organization, and some things are deduced from the gossip we bought, as well as by bribing the two leaders of the beard of Xigang.

"First, the Xigang beard is divided into two kinds, one is the inner hall members, well-equipped, well-treated, and lives in the best place in the mountains of Xigang, even living in the city of Morgan, and the other is the outer door members, specializing in collecting road money, doing things such as robbing houses and houses, although they do dirty work and tiring work, but the treatment is the worst, even where they live, is also the periphery of the Xigang mountains."

"Second, in terms of the number of internal members, the number of internal members varies greatly from what several sources say, some have to say two or three hundred, some say five or six hundred, and some even say that there are thousands of people, because he said that once several leaders of the outer members united to oppose the inner hall, but in the end they were easily defeated by the boss of Xigang with the inner hall members, and finally the outer members lost their temper completely, of course, this news is not very certain, and it is a rumor."

"As for the members of the outer gate, most of the number of this part is said to be seven or eight hundred, but their equipment is relatively poor, most of them are mainly earthen guns, as for who they are really in charge, how many are there, we haven't figured it out, because the leaders we bribed are also from the outer gate."

"Commander, that's all we have found." Yin Li said.

Yue Weihua was thinking while listening, I have to say that this Xigang beard can stand tall and dominate Molden City, it is indeed a little different, even the organizational structure is so tight, this fucking is about to catch up with the Qing Gang in Shanghai, and it is really difficult to divide the members of the inner hall and the outer door.

However, Yue Weihua still firmly believes that this Xigang beard must be colluded with officials and bandits, but unfortunately, Yin Li and the others did not find the slightest evidence in this regard, and after pondering for a while, Yue Weihua then asked: "What is the terrain of Xigang Beard's lair, has a map been drawn?" ”

"Oh, there is." Yin Lili hurriedly took out a sketch from the side, and then spread it out and said: "Commander, due to the tight time, and the sentry of Xigang Beard is also very strict, we didn't get enough to draw the specific situation of the innermost part of the nest, but we just looked at it through the telescope." ”

"Commander, you see, the entire Xigang is mountain after mountain, and the mountains within a radius of more than 20 miles are all the sphere of influence of Xigang, and the official road we came from Aihui came from here."

"And their old nest is here, there are seven or eight miles of mountain roads from the official road, and they have to climb over several mountains, the terrain is extremely steep, and there are four sentry posts along the way, and these four sentry posts are also quite exquisite, although the four sentry posts are not in a line, and they are all distributed on different mountains, but they can be seen by each other with the naked eye, and it is also difficult to pass the sentry posts in a clever way, because as long as there is a slight movement in one place, several other sentry posts will be found."

"Commander, you see, this, this, and this, all very steep,......

"Also, we didn't get the situation of their internal stockade."

Everyone studied the sketch for a long time, several people frowned, even Yue Xiaodong, who was known as the bandit killer, felt a little difficult, in Aihui, Yue Xiaodong captured at least a dozen bandit cottages, but it was the first time to see such a complex terrain, such a tight guard, and such a complicated internal situation.

Of course, the most important thing is that Xigang's beard is very strong, at least there are many people, more than a thousand people, and with such favorable geographical conditions, it is really difficult to do.

"Xiaodong, what do you think?" Yue Weihua asked, if you want to attack the bearded cottage, there is no doubt that Yue Xiaodong is the most experienced.

"Commander, if it is said that Xigang Beard has a deep blood feud with us, then if we have to win it even if we have to fight for heavy losses, it is naturally not a problem, even if it is the one hundred and eighty people of our Black Dragon Army at present, I am confident that I will take it, but the price may be a little big." Yue Xiaodong said truthfully.

"Well, what if you call Zou Yin and them?" Yue Weihua asked again.

Zou Yin has more than 250 people under his hands, and he can't say that all of them are good, but his combat effectiveness should not be bad, and yesterday Yue Weihua returned to Zou Yin, but all of them were redressed, and each of them was given a box cannon.

"Commander, in fact, attacking this kind of cottage with dangerous terrain, there are more people, and it has little effect, after all, they are all mountain roads, and many places can only be two or three people in parallel, or even only one passes, if we don't have dozens of mortars, and there are endless shells, even if we add two more battalions, as long as the other party defends, it will be difficult for us to gnaw." Yue Xiaodong said very surely.

Yue Weihua nodded, looked at Zhou Dabiao again, and asked, "Da Biao, what do you think?" ”

"Commander, there must be difficulties, and sacrifices are inevitable, but as long as the commander gives an order, the special combat team will definitely charge forward without hesitation, but if you really plan to make a move, I think we still need a more detailed map situation, Commander, I look at it, tomorrow I will personally lead the team to find out the bottom and see if I can find a good breakthrough." Zhou Dabiao said.

I have to say that Zhou Dabiao not only knows how to do things, but also very good at doing things, just take yesterday's investigation of the situation of the Tsarist Russian road guard, he did it very well, and the execution of that minute of shelling was also very good, Yue Weihua found that he liked this vice captain more and more like this seemingly rude on the outside, but delicate on the inside.

"Mr. Ling, what do you think?" Yue Weihua asked, in the past two days, Ling Hui has been wandering around Murgen City with a few of his men, and even picked a good shop to buy it, which can be regarded as a stronghold for the Black Dragon Army in Murgen City.

"Commander, I'm a shopkeeper below, what can I think?" Ling Hui paused, but suddenly said: "But yesterday I heard that the war on the ******** side is not going well, and the places bordering Mergen have been broken one after another, and it seems that the deputy capital Gordo is preparing to increase his troops on the frontier, I don't know, does this news have any effect?" ”

"Oh?" Yue Weihua was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Yin Power, I remember that you seem to have said that the mobile forces in Morgen City seem to have been transferred, could it be that Gordo is ready to use the city defense force?" ”

"Yes, commander, but Gordo may not be the transfer of city defense forces, in fact, on the edge of the Nenjiang River, there is also a sailor battalion." Yin Lili replied.

"Well, but after all, the water division battalion is a water division, and the water diverter battalion enters the grassland to fight, I think as long as Guo Erduo is not a brain problem, he will not do this." Yue Weihua smiled.

"Commander, seeing you smiling so happily, do you have any ideas?" Zhou Dabiao was puzzled.

"Hehe, it's a bit of an idea, but whether it's true or not, I'm afraid it needs to be further confirmed." Yue Weihua paused, did not explain, but then ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, Zhou Dabiao will personally lead the team to be responsible for keeping an eye on all intersections in Xigang, and anyone who is alone, or thinks that they can eat without causing movement, will be tied up for me, tortured one by one, I want to ask something, if there is a big movement in Xigang, then we must send someone to keep an eye on it." ”

"Xiaodong, you will transfer a platoon of soldiers over there and go to the Qing Barracks to see if they will really have a large-scale transfer, if they are left alone, tie a few, and interrogate them to see if they know Xigang's beard."

"In addition, a platoon will be dispatched to disperse into the city of Morgan, let them look for an opportunity to see if they can tie up the two officials, and they will also be dispersed for trial, of course, if the opportunity is not good, don't move lightly, after all, this is someone else's territory."

"As for the remaining two platoons of the cavalry company, I see that there is a mountain col not far away, so let them teach the more than 300 brothers, teach them how to shoot, and give them guidance on equestrianism."

"Yes, Commander."

"Well, in the end, I set a tone, I won't do anything about attacking Xigang, it will outweigh the losses, but we will also come out for three days, so the matter of Xigang must have a result within two days, if we still can't find a suitable opportunity within two days, then we need to give up the matter of Xigang, and then rush back to Aihui overnight."

"Okay, it's almost one o'clock in the morning, let's all wash and sleep, and start moving early tomorrow morning."

After all, at this time, Qing Bing and Hu Zi will not be so diligent, at this moment, they must be lying in the bed to sleep, and Yue Weihua's side has also been running for more than ten hours in a row, if he doesn't sleep for a few hours, even the iron man can't bear it.

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