The Shanxi merchants of this era, the famous Jin merchants in later generations, were not as radical and adventurous as people imagined, and they spent more energy on managing the existing relationships, so when the Hongjun rose, they did not react at all, but the Jin Bang Qianzhuang business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was contracted as much as possible, just as they immediately contracted the Wuhan business after the rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, resulting in the entire Wuhan business in up to 50 years, there was no strong financial support at all. It was not until the opening of the Jinghan Railway that Wuhan's original commercial status was restored.

Therefore, when the Ningbo Gang was loyal to the Hongjun, the Jin Gang merchants still operated their ticket numbers in North China, and even had the decision to shrink their business scope and capital to avoid the war, and they had no relationship with the Hongjun, but now when the soldiers are in the city, they have become the most active, running around for Ren Zhu and the Hongjun.

Now Ren Zhu is talking to a few Shanxi businessmen about how to receive it after entering Beijing City: "To tell you the truth, I am just a temporary election of the former enemy commander-in-chief, and I don't have much authority, but Your Majesty has explained that the battle of Beijing is to win the military and politics, and I have a way to do it militarily, so I can only rely on you politically......"

When these Shanxi merchants heard this, they were quite satisfied, and they quickly mentioned the maintenance methods after the Hong army entered the city, at least to maintain the original order temporarily, and also revealed some of the situation in Beijing: "The green battalion soldiers have no intention of fighting, and there are hundreds of Manchurians who flee from the city every day, and Xianfeng Ye ...... Puppet Emperor Xianfeng is now seriously ill and cannot be a director. The dragons in the city have no leader, and each has its own opinions......"

"What kind of claim?"

Although the Qing Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, they still controlled the thousands of miles of territory outside the Guan. Ren Zhu had to pay attention to it, and an infantry regiment of the 1st Division could arrive with heavy artillery today, so there was no need to sing empty city plans now. You must know that a few days ago, he only had six or seven thousand infantry cavalry in his hands, and if he had more than enough to defend, he would not be able to attack enough.

"Some advocated retreating to Rehe, taking refuge in Chengde for the summer, and Xianfeng marched north for three years, and there were such plans at that time." These Shanxi merchants can be said to have a good understanding of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They continued: "There are also people who advocate retreating to Guanwai, saying that Guanwai is the place where the Qing Dynasty is prosperous, and it has the most foundation, and now it can take advantage of the momentum of the Russian army, even if it cannot be based on the Guan, at least establish a Manchukuo outside the Guanguan......"

They snorted at the suggestion: "Bullshit." We are Chinese people, how can we coexist with a group of Manchurian barbarians! ”

But just a few months ago, these Jin merchants were still brothers and sisters with what they called "barbarians", and they didn't know how affectionate they were, but now the situation is very different. Ren Zhu praised their righteous deeds: "Very good, very good, my Emperor Zhenyuan has sent a large army of 260,000 to the Northern Expedition, and when the soldiers arrive, the Qing Demon in Beijing City will be turned into powder, and the Qing Demon can be wiped out, you should be the first to ......take the lead."

He continued: "The volunteers are coming to the city, and you still refuse to leave, very good, very good! ”

In fact, Ren Zhu greatly underestimated the degree of conservatism of these Jin gang merchants, when the cavalry of the Hong Army had just passed Baoding Mansion, these Shanxi merchants had all shrunk in their shops in Beijing, and some of the shopkeepers and men had returned to their hometown in Shanxi in advance with their account books and gold and silver, but they did not expect the progress of the Shanxi detachment to be so fast, and when they first arrived at their hometown in Shanxi to prepare for refuge, the vanguard of the Shanxi detachment had already arrived.

In this case, these Jin merchants came to the conclusion that the victory or defeat of the world had been decided, and they should bet on Liu Jiehu, and they returned to Beijing in the midst of the war, and became more active: "Brigade Commander, please rest assured, if we want to attack the city, we can act as the vanguard, not to mention anything else, it should be no problem to call for hundreds of people in the city!" ”…,

"Yes, not only do we have contact with the dart shop, but we also know a lot of battalion officers in the green camp!"

"If there is really an incident, the shopkeepers in our store can go into battle, and we have prepared a batch of knives and guns for the incident!"

"The officers and soldiers guarding the city, we also have a way!"

They have been operating in Beijing for several years, although the history of the ticket number is from the beginning of Daoguang, but the ticket number of this business is transformed from the more ancient paint shops, some of these paint shops have been operating in Beijing for seventy or eighty years, so they can be said to be the real head snake in Beijing, to ask for people, to have guns.

Ren Zhu is also very happy that they can be so knowledgeable, and he is completely innumerable about how to open the fortified city of Beijing, after all, he was born in the Twist Army before, and he has never conquered the state city, and his military resume in the Hong Army is also galloping, bypassing the siege of the fortified city without fighting.

Naturally, everyone talked very warmly, although now the traffic inside and outside Beijing has been cut off, and even the ox carts that deliver water to the palace have stopped, but the Shanxi merchants naturally have a way, and Ren Zhu quickly thought of an idea.

He was determined to send an elite reinforced platoon to infiltrate the city of Beijing, each of which was armed with two revolvers, and then brought in a part of the Mini rifles.

He originally wanted to draw such a reinforced platoon from his Fourth Cavalry Brigade and let these merchants find a way to bring it back, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was more appropriate to hand it over to the First Division, because you must know that the combat units of the First Division did not know how many fierce battles they had experienced, and they had enough equipment in their hands, and the Fourth Cavalry Brigade alone could not put together so many weapons.

It was just that this suggestion was talked to the cadres of the First Division, and the First Division was not only very interested, but they also quickly greatly expanded the scale of this infiltration operation, from the original reinforcement platoon of more than 60 people, to a major operation of more than 200 reinforcement companies, and as long as the infiltration troops seized the breakthrough, the first division would immediately have two reinforced battalions into the operation, completely opening the breakthrough to the Forbidden City, and if it went well, the entire Hongjun troops outside the city would have to participate in this operation.

Ren Zhu has to admire, this is the first division, the most elite unit of the entire Rainbow Army, don't look at the scale has expanded several times, but the plan is extremely old, and the assault company they picked out is definitely a professional level, if it wasn't for knowing in advance that this is a reconnaissance company, Ren Zhu really thought it was a group of refugees who fled from Baoding Mansion to Beijing.

Not to mention that other people's plans have been prepared, how to organize firepower, how to open a breakthrough, how to invest in follow-up troops after opening a breakthrough, and even how to infiltrate and be frustrated in combat and how to withdraw.

However, Ren Zhu was still very unconvinced, he said: "It is our Fourth Cavalry Brigade that breaks through the Lugou Bridge, and the first one to really attack the Forbidden City should be our Fourth Cavalry Brigade." ”

The 1st Division also had its own arrogance, and he replied: "Brigade Commander, let's see real kung fu on the battlefield......

Both combat units have plans to compete, Ren Zhu even carefully selected a neat company from the whole brigade, ready to rush straight into the Forbidden City as soon as the gap is opened, as for a reinforced company that infiltrates the operation, even with the help of Jin merchants and some green battalion officers who have contacts with Jin merchants, the Hong army does not dare to infiltrate all at once, but adopts the method of being led by Jin merchants and infiltrating in batches and one by one.

Therefore, Ren Zhu also felt a little anxious, he knew that the plan made by the first division was very old, but the plan was always only a plan on paper, and it would eventually be tested in the implementation. …,

However, the officers of the first division were very calm, and Ren Zhu said with a happy face: "How is it?" ”

"The first wave has just entered the city, don't be in a hurry!"

"How can you not be in a hurry, what if something goes wrong?" Ren Zhu replied, "That's what I'm worried about. ”

The officer sent by the 1st Division smiled: "If there is an accident, then kill it!" ”

Sure enough, it is still the pride unique to the dragon lance battalion, if it weren't for the fact that the main force of the first infantry regiment, that is, the famous dragon spear regiment, had arrived near Beijing, Ren Zhu might have been scared into a cold sweat, because he replied: "This is not a small county town, this is Beijing City!" ”

"Yes! It's the city of Beijing! The answer from the First Division made him angry: "Another stepping stone on the glorious journey of our First Division." ”

It's just that the other party quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, our dragon spear battalion has had both glory and setbacks in its history, but we never retreat, and we will never abandon a comrade-in-arms!" If the city of Beijing will be filled with the remains of martyrs, it will be us who are using our blood to open the way for the whole army. ”

This is the fighting spirit of the Dragon Lance Battalion!

Ren Zhu suddenly felt his blood boiling at this moment, even the fierce fighting at Lugou Bridge did not make him have such an understanding of sacrifice, the Fourth Cavalry Brigade is a very new unit, but Ren Zhu hopes that this cavalry brigade can have such sacrifice and courage, and he even thinks about what he should do.

I heard that the senior officers of the 1st Division have reached the point of ignoring the enemy's bullets, and whether he, the brigade commander, is going to take the assault company to kill him and kill him fiercely, but at this time, two infantry rushed outside, and the sound of hurried footsteps made everyone nervous.

Was there something unexpected with the assault company's infiltration operation?

Accurate information was soon obtained from the mouths of these two scouts: "Emperor Xian has ascended to heaven, the dragons in the group have no leader, the commander of the green battalion and the Han army are determined to open the city, the Mongolian Eight Banners are in agreement, and the Manchurian Eight Banners, which have the largest number of opinions, have different opinions, both those with a neutral attitude, and those who are extremely stubborn, but now the city gate has been opened, and the messenger who welcomes the Hong army into the city has left the city!" ”

But there was also bad news: "The Russian GI vanguard has arrived in Jinzhou and is now heading towards Shanhaiguan!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )