The sun rises in the east, hanging high in the sky, however, the city of Tianjin is deserted, there are few people, only a group of officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion are patrolling from time to time, wandering everywhere, in addition to the yamen, up to the rich businessmen and magnates, down to the ordinary people, all of them are closed doors, closed tightly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, the city of Tianjin can no longer be described by the word deserted, quietly, clean streets, but a little weird, everywhere is full of tension, strong smell of war.

In a wealthy house in Tianjin, in the study, there was a constant whispering of complaints.

"Damn, what Qing elite? What Daishimizu Division? It's not enough for people to fight, and they didn't hold on even for a day, and the whole TM is a wreck, and it's weird to bully the people! ”

"Master, those thieves have already come to the city, do you think we can keep Tianjin City?" A middle-aged woman's voice sounded, with a deep sense of worry.

"How do I know? A few days ago, it was still rumored that those anti-thieves were still in Shandong, how could they hit Tianjin City in the blink of an eye? It's really strange, haven't I heard that these thieves also have a sailor? ”

"Father, now is not the time to think about these problems, but my son has heard that those thieves are very hostile to merchants, rich people, and those who have rich families and have a lot of good land will be looted by them!"

"I've also heard this, our merchants and landlords' families are okay, if you are lucky, your life is worry-free, those full people are miserable, they are often slaughtered by them, all their property is confiscated, and at the lightest is to be taken into custody and used as coolies."

"Master, father, what should we do? If you encounter unreasonable, not only is our family full of people, not only will we lose our finances, but the lives of our children will also be worried! The voices of the middle-aged woman and the young man sounded at the same time, and when they heard the analysis of the master, they did not feel the slightest relief, but said in unison with concern.

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This is not a special case, this is the manifestation of most people, especially those rich businessmen and powerful families, who are very nervous and uneasy, but they are a little bolder and discuss secretly.

The sun is getting brighter and brighter, the temperature is rising, at noon, there is still no smoke floating, as if Tianjin City is a dead city, silent, death-like heavy, quiet and terrible.

At this moment, a large number of Kong Ming lanterns suddenly appeared in the sky not far from Tianjin City, floating towards Tianjin City, each Kong Ming lantern was hung below a package, in the center of the Kong Ming lantern, there was a small candle, burning rapidly, and the thin thread that tied the package was interspersed from the candle.

Soon, a Kong Ming lantern came to the sky above Tianjin City, slowly covered, at this time, the Qing court city defense battalion guards on the city gate rioted.

"Look, what's going on? Why are there so many Kong Ming lanterns? What's going on? ”

"It's not good, according to the report from the front line, and the situation with those anti-thief sailors yesterday, once such a weird Kong Ming lantern appears, there are still so many, it must be those anti-thieves who are about to attack the city, hurry, hurry up and notify the governor!"

"Brothers, cheer up the spirit of twelve, pay attention, those thieves are about to attack the city, roll the wood and stones, hurry up and get in place!"

All of a sudden, Tianjin City became even more nervous, and the soldiers of the city defense battalion guarding the city became a little flustered, especially looking at the Qilin Army stationed five miles away from the city, Yang Lin's department, that kind of spectacular scene, coupled with the weird Kong Ming lantern in the sky, was extremely deterrent and shocking.

Soon, a deputy commander came to the south city gate, looked into the distance, the camp where Yang Lin's army was stationed, and then looked at the guards who were a little flustered, frowned, and said secretly: "No, we must stabilize the army's heart as soon as possible, otherwise, before the thieves attack Tianjin City, they will first mess up here, what else are you talking about guarding Tianjin City?" ”

Thinking of this, after thinking about it, he immediately had an idea, and shouted loudly: "What kind of chaos, calm down Lao Tzu, and the thieves did not attack the city, just some Kong Ming lanterns, as for being scared like this?" Look at your little bit of virtue, are you still the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty?! ”

Such a shout and reprimand, it immediately had an effect, and the soldiers guarding the door were no longer so riotous, seeing this situation, the deputy commander immediately shouted: "Look at your little bit of interest, forget that you are the officers and soldiers of the firearms battalion?" Forgot what you guys have? It's not a burning stick, it's a powerful bird's gun! Look at the red-coated cannons in front of you, on your sides, if the thieves dare to approach the city and get within the range of the red-coated cannons, they will definitely be able to blow them to pieces! ”

After repeated rhetorical questions and powerful statements, suddenly, the crowd was completely quiet, much calmer, I don't know what they were thinking, some soldiers tightened their hands tightly, and their eyes wandered between the distance and the red-clothed cannon.

In an instant, the deputy commander secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sweated, if the army's morale was weakened, it would be completely hopeless to hold Tianjin City.

relaxed a lot, but still pretended to be calm and snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Come on, shoot down these Kong Ming lanterns for me, no matter what idea these thieves have, they can't let them succeed, hum!" ”

"Yes, Lord Dutong, the small one will take people and shoot down all the Kong Ming lanterns!" One of the generals saluted on one knee, answered the call, immediately retreated, and organized the archers.

However, as soon as the general got up and left, before he got off the city wall, he saw snowflakes falling, no, they were not snowflakes, but pieces of paper like snow, with lines of small characters written on them, falling down and falling all over the city of Tianjin.

At this moment, I saw that the packages under the Kong Ming lantern were opened, and the paper was falling from above.

Whew!

A fierce fist went out, with a gust of wind, instantly grabbed a piece of paper, it was the deputy commander who shot, took the paper to his eyes, and then unfolded, watch quickly, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it, after a look, his face immediately changed, and he shouted again: "Quick, you immediately go to the camp to transfer troops, collect all these papers scattered in the city, and warn from door to door, who dares to hide or peek at the content on it, in the name of fornication and anti-thieves, will not be forgiven!" ”

The sonorous and powerful words and cold and ruthless content suddenly made the surrounding soldiers startled, and secretly guessed what was the content on it, which actually made the deputy commander attach so much importance to it, be nervous, and issue such a decisive military order?

The paper in the sky is like snowflakes falling, looking at such a scene, the deputy has a sense of powerlessness, is this order and emergency measures of his own, is it still useful? And how many people can be stopped from reading the above content?

Soon, a group of officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion appeared in the streets and alleys, and then, they quickly separated, in groups of three or five, several people in a team, knocking on the door, smashing the door, smashing the door, and all of a sudden, the chickens and dogs in Tianjin jumped up, and there were shouts and scolding, and there were painful sounds.

"Robbers, you are a gang of robbers, in broad daylight, fighting with open fire, robbing the people's property!"

"Woo, that's all our family's belongings, without this money, how can you let our family live?"

", God, where are you? Hurry up and thunder and kill these robbers in official uniforms! ”

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It was clear that some soldiers were plundering the people's property in the name of carrying out their official duties, and the whole city of Tianjin, except for a few powerful families, the people of the whole city were suffered, and their family property was robbed.