After Yuan Shikai took office, he changed the appeasement policy of Li Laiheng and Yuxian, changed the appeasement to suppression, lured and captured Zhu Honglan, and killed Zhu Honglan, breaking the lie that the Boxers were invulnerable. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since then, Yuan Shikai's army has been wiped out and killed many Boxers. Although Li Laizhong was the military advisor of Zhu Honglan in the Boxer Rebellion, because he was a behind-the-scenes figure, he was naturally fine, and he was able to flee to Zhili.

Li Laizhong is very mysterious in the Boxers, some people say that he once saved the life of Dong Fuxiang, the current commander of the Gan army, and he and Dong Fuxiang are sworn brothers, but he never admits this.

And this man is very resourceful, so although he does not serve in the regiment, he has a good reputation in the regiment.

Li Laizhong fled to Zhili and chose Tianjin, he felt that Tianjin was a place where there was a grudge against the Tianjin teaching case more than 20 years ago, and the hatred of the people and religions was very deep, which was the premise that it was easy to make trouble, so he stayed in Yangliuqing in Tianjin and waited to see the changes in the situation.

Due to the strong advocacy of King Duan, the court regarded Yuxian as a hero who was not afraid of foreigners, so he was very trusted by the Empress Dowager Cixi, so he issued an order to let Yuxian take over as the governor of Shanxi, and put the former governor of Shanxi as the governor of Guizhou.

Li Laizhong knew this news, and he analyzed the deep meaning of this edict there.

After thinking about it, he finally figured out that the imperial court was tolerant of the Boxers; Shanxi is the richest among the provinces in North China, and Yuxian, as a minister hated by foreign envoys, the Empress Dowager Cixi actually ignored the wishes of foreigners and put him, the former governor of Shandong who appeased the Boxers, as the governor of Shanxi.

Li Laizhong also got news from other places that it was King Duan and Minister of Military Aircraft who were protecting Yuxian. Li Laizhong believes that he can once again use the banner of "helping the Qing Dynasty to destroy the foreigners" and doing a great job.

Li Laizhong found Zhang Decheng, who was in Tianjin at the time.

At that time, the governor of Zhili did not seriously purge the Boxers who came over, like Yuan Shikai. However, Zhang Decheng's influence in Tianjin is not large, and there are many small and small altars standing side by side with Zhang Decheng, but Zhang Decheng's boxing arena is slightly larger.

"Decheng, do you want to do a big job?" Li Laizhong asked Zhang Decheng straight to the point.

"Lao Li! You are the 'Zhuge in the group', are you here to give me ideas? Zhang Decheng, who expects to make a difference, said diligently.

Li Laizhong saw that Zhang Decheng was interested in doing something, which made Li Laizhong, who often complained about his bad luck, very encouraged, so he discussed countermeasures with Zhang Decheng.

As a result, the two agreed that the first thing to do was to expand the boxing arena and make it the "first altar in the world". But in what way? Li Laizhong thought that he should go to a place to show his might and play the sign of "the first altar in the world".

In this year, there were often disputes between the people of the church, and the cowardly people swallowed their anger, and the people with the spirit of resistance joined the Boxers or asked the Boxers to help them avenge themselves.

In a village called Pingqiao Village in Yizhou County, there was a common man whose surname was Luo Ruisheng, who was originally a wealthy local family, but just because he offended the local Catholics, the Catholics used a local German bishop to complain to the government that Luo Ruisheng had oppressed the people.

Although the local government knew that the son was false, the foreigners could not afford to offend, so they had to ask Luo Ruisheng to apologize to those parishioners, and at the same time ordered Luo Ruisheng to compensate for the property and 8,000 taels of silver. The people have always been afraid of officials, and the government ordered Luo Ruisheng to obey, so he had to apologize to those few parishioners.

However, due to the maneuvering of the local gentry, the compensation was only 2,000 taels. This is the end of the matter, and the local Catholics are even more crazy, and many people have also joined the Catholic Church, relying on foreigners to run rampant.

Luo Rui wanted the Boxers to give him a breath of relief, so he asked Li Laizhong to let him lead the "Boxer Divine Fist" to avenge him.

Li Laizhong readily agreed, and he visited the Boxers all over Tianjin, and these people all bought Li Laizhong's accounts, and they all promised to send people to Pingqiao Village at that time. Li Laizhong then asked these people to immediately lead the people to Pingqiao, and at the same time told these people that he would send one person to Pingqiao in three days to lead the people.

Three days later, the senior brothers saw the person sent by Li Laizhong, and he was Zhang Decheng. Because of Li Laizhong's relationship, no one dared to disrespect him, and Zhang Decheng played the banner of "the first altar in the world".

Luo Ruisheng warmly received Zhang Decheng's arrival and expressed his willingness to feast guests, but Zhang Decheng refused.

After Zhang Decheng arrived in Deyizhou, he immediately went to the nearby Zhuozhou, Xincheng, and Dingxing to pay respects to the senior brothers in the boxing world, and the senior brothers also respect Zhang Decheng, who has the "first altar in the world" on his chest.

Zhang Decheng asked them to go to Pingqiao Village in Yizhou to help in the battle, and the senior brothers readily agreed.

Zhang Decheng returned to Pingqiao and approached Luo Ruisheng to discuss how to take revenge on the Catholics. Roreson advocated a harsh punishment for these Catholics. A breath of relief for the local people.

"Then kill them all, these people are extremely sinful, and it is not a pity to die, what do you think?" Zhang Decheng asked.

This statement made Luo Ruisheng a little frightened, he invited the Boxers to come, he only wanted to teach the people a lesson, but he didn't want to kill the people, he knew very well in his heart that killing the people would be worth his life. So he was a little frightened and a little hesitant.

Looking at Luo Ruisheng's hesitant appearance, Zhang Decheng encouraged: "These people usually rely on foreigners and run rampant in the township, but today it's time for our bullied people to raise their eyebrows." Rayson and Watkins, as the saying goes: when the judgment continues, there will be trouble! ”

Luo Ruisheng originally felt that killing the parishioners was a bit excessive, but now that Zhang Decheng said it, he felt that these people were really innocent. In his heart, he decided to agree with Zhang Decheng and others to kill the parishioners.

Zhang Decheng learned about the situation of the local parishioners from Luo Ruisheng's mouth.

The local parishioners also knew that they were too bitter, so they gathered their houses together and surrounded them with walls with artillery and a few foreign guns in each parishion's house.

Zhang Decheng knew that these believers had a habit of doing Mass every few days, and they were all in churches, and then the neighborhoods would be careless. Zhang Decheng decided to take advantage of this time to do business, and he sent people to Dingxing, Xincheng, and Zhuozhou counties to inform the various altars to prepare to meet in Pingqiao the day before.

When that day finally came, the Boxers from all counties swaggered through the markets and marched to Pingqiao Village in broad daylight. Because a large number of people marched in the same direction, and all of them looked solemn, as if they were participating in a major celebration, it attracted many inquiries.

"Where are you going?" (To be continued.) )