Chapter 146: Rampant Robbers

As soon as Tang Shaoyi heard this, he immediately saluted and said goodbye to Guangxu!

Tang Shaoyi didn't dare to delay, and immediately called the guards, this person was walking in front, at this time Tang Shaoyi stopped, and then shouted at this soldier; "Yaga!"

The guard replied without thinking; "Ahem!"

Tang Shaoyi immediately ordered the guards to arrest this person!

This spy realized for a moment that he had leaked, and he immediately touched the pistol on his waist, but it was too late, Tang Shaoyi's guards came up and pounced on this guy, his hands were pulled behind his back, and his head was pressed very low!

At this time, Tang Shaoyi said; "Do you know why you leaked?"

Say! There's something ahead!

The man laughed, then bit the wax pill in his mouth and killed himself!

Tang Shaoyi looked at this person and said; "Immediately inform Marshal Yuan Shikai that the Jingshi is under full martial law, and anyone is only allowed to enter and not leave!"

Tang Shaoyi came back immediately to see Guangxu, who was eating at this time! After listening to Tang Shaoyi's report, Guangxu said; "The empire is now the marshal of the navy, and the important thing for you is to ensure Li Hongzhang's safety!"

Tang Shaoyi left after understanding what Guangxu meant!

At this time, Yuan Shikai also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he immediately transferred the garrison in the Beijing Division, and the two battalions of the Seventh Army of the Pro-Guard Army surrounded Li Hongzhang's house in the Beijing Division, and he did not rush to the Li Mansion to search!

Tang Shaoyi also went outside the Li Mansion, and when he saw Yuan Shikai, he asked what is the situation now?

Yuan Shikai said; "All the doors are blocked, Zhao Bingjun and they also went in, they didn't come out after they entered, and now they don't dare to enter rashly, there must be something strange inside! There's no movement at all! ”

Tang Shaoyi said; "This is a strange news, a deputy prime minister, a marshal, and a captain of the royal guard of the empire are all inexplicably trapped in a mansion!

Send someone knocking on the door, and if you don't open it, you will storm it! ”

Yuan Shikai said, it seems that it can only be like this!

The guards came to the door of the Li Mansion, and at this time the housekeeper of the Li Mansion came out, and he came to Tang Shaoyi unhurriedly, and the housekeeper calmly came to Tang Shaoyi and asked; "What are you doing here, Prime Minister?"

Tang Shaoyi said; "Steward Li! What the hell is going on inside, and why don't you let us in? ”

Steward Li said; "My lord is really joking, it's not that I won't let you in, it's that Lord Zhongtang is no longer in at all, besides, even if Lord Zhongtang is at home, he doesn't want to see you, do you still want to break in?"

Tang Shaoyi had no words for a while!

At this time, Yuan Shikai said; "By the emperor's decree, please face the saint in the middle hall!"

Steward Li said; "Is there an edict from the emperor? Take a look! The emperor said that the empire is a country with a legal system, and if you mess around like this, you are undermining the construction of a society with a legal system! ”

Yuan Shikai said; "Someone! This man does not obey the Holy Decree and does not honor the Holy Decree! Grab me! ”

Immediately, the soldier held the butler down!

Yuan Shikai said; "It's best if there's nothing in it, if there's something, Ben Shuai will definitely scrape you alive!"

Rush in for me and search carefully!

Just as the soldiers were about to rush in, the sound of submachine guns rang out from inside the door!

The soldiers who rushed to the front were knocked to the ground, and Tang Shaoyi and Yuan Shikai, who were not far from the gate, were pulled to the back by the guards!

At this time, Yuan Shikai broke free from the soldier who pulled him and spoke; "Protect the Prime Minister! Prepare tear gas and flashbangs! ”

At this time, Tang Shaoyi was surrounded in the middle, he didn't look up at all, and he didn't have a chance to speak at all, he was transported to a long distance almost against the ground, and Tang Shaoyi struggled away!

The sound of the submachine gun stopped, and then a woman's voice rang out, and he wanted to talk to the supreme commander outside!

One of Yuan Shikai's adjutant immediately rushed to the front and shouted inside, I am the marshal's adjutant, just tell me if you have any requirements!

But the adjutant was not given a chance, but the adjutant was killed on the spot, looking at the adjutant who fell to the ground, Yuan Shikai was very angry, this is his most intimate adjutant, very brave, last time it wasn't for his wit, Yuan Shikai was decided!

Yuan Shikai immediately said; "Drop flashbangs and tear gas on me, assault! Don't let me go, try to catch it alive! ”

After hearing Yuan Shikai's order, all the soldiers began to act, and the bazookas, mountain cannons, tear gas, and flash grenades began to be released together, and at the same time, the soldiers with gas masks began to rush towards Li Fuzhong!

Immediately, gunshots began to sound inside, and from time to time there was the sound of explosions. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Yuan Shikai came to the adjutant who fell to the ground, this young man is a student of the Army University, and now he is already a major, which is much faster than his classmates, this time he is afraid of Yuan Shikai's danger, so he rushed over as soon as possible, if Yuan Shikai rushes over, he will not be able to die!

Yuan Shikai closed his eyes and said; "Immediately mobilize the guards directly under the Seventh Army of the Pro-Guard Army!"

At this time, one of the staff officers said; "Marshal! Their weapons are all the latest equipment, and it won't be too ostentatious to use them in the capital! ”

Yuan Shikai said; "Execute the order!"

This staff officer didn't say anything, and immediately went to convey Yuan Shikai's order, and at the same time told Wang Shizhen, the deputy chief of staff, what happened here, because Shang Rongqian had not come back yet, so Wang Shizhen was still in charge of the staff department!

When Wang Shizhen heard that Yuan Shikai was going to mobilize the guards directly under the Seventh Army, he immediately felt the seriousness of the matter, and immediately ordered all the defenders in the Beijing Division to enter the wartime state, and all the soldiers to be on duty!

At the same time, according to Yuan Shikai's order, the guards of the Seventh Army were sent over, and the weapons of the Seventh Army were actually armored vehicles, which were completely different from the armored vehicles used in the Sino-Russian war, these were really armored vehicles, equipped with 75 mm guns.

The armor is about 11 mm, which can withstand the attack of heavy machine guns, because there is still a technical problem that has not been overcome, so now the tonnage of the tank has not increased much!

But these iron shells drove out of the barracks, passed by Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, and then went straight to Li Hongzhang's mansion, which is also enough to pull the wind, and this news is enough for the people of the whole country to say that it has been half a year!

At this time, Yuan Shikai's heart was very anxious! It should have been a very simple thing, but I didn't expect that the resistance in the inner house was very strong, and it was very violent!

When the army was about to take the entire mansion, a few heads were thrown out in the backyard of the Li Mansion, Yuan Shikai knew that they began to tear up the tickets at this time, but there were no Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun in it, and Yuan Shikai did not dare to forcibly attack at this time!

Then a woman's voice came from inside again, and the woman spoke; "I want to negotiate with Yuan Shikai in person!"

At this time, no one rushed out to replace Yuan Shikai, at this time Yuan Shikai didn't think much about it, but came directly to the door of the inner house, and said; "I'm Yuan Shikai, just put it forward if you have any conditions!"

Then the woman spoke; "Things have come to this point, we know that it is impossible to leave here alive, but we really came to China with the purpose of peace between the two countries!"

Yuan Shikai said; "Peace! You don't deserve to say those two words! ”

Then the woman spoke: "Your Excellency! Please don't rush to such a conclusion, China and Japan are originally countries bordered by mountains and rivers, and the two countries have lived in peace most of the time, and we sincerely hope that you can agree to our conditions! ”

Our two countries can live in peace!

Yuan Shikai said; "Joke! If you want peace, how do you explain what you are doing today? ”

The woman spoke; "Marshal! Our two countries are two completely different types, our development strategy is different, according to Oshima Wada's conception, we Japan will learn from the British route, expand maritime trade, we will become a sea-oriented country, we Japan does not have the conditions to take the sea and land composite country, so our two countries are not fundamentally contradictory! ”

Yuan Shikai is so conscious that he can't understand it!

Yuan Shikai said; "Even if what you say is correct, and you also have the sincerity to live in peace, then let Li Zhongtang and Zhao Bingjun go!"

The woman replied; "We don't want to hurt anyone, as long as your Chinese Empire stops the pace of aggression, signs a contract with our Great Japanese Empire, recognizes the Kuril Islands as Japanese territory, and forever promises not to attack Japan, we will release Marshal Li and Premier Zhao!"

Yuan Shikai asked at this time; "Where are the Kuril Islands?"

A staff officer said; "It seems to be a little north of Hokkaido, Japan!"

Yuan Shikai said; "Inform the Prime Minister of the situation here immediately!"

A staff officer went right away!

Yuan Shikai saw; "I can't be the master of the territory, but I tell you, if the two adults inside are hurt, none of you will want to leave the territory of Huaxia!"

Then the female voice spoke; "Marshal, rest assured! Several adults are alive and well! ”

Yuan Shikai's heart was shocked! Several adults, it's not just Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun who have been fooled!

At this time, as soon as Tang Shaoyi heard such a thing, he immediately entered the palace! Tell Guangxu about what happened here!

As soon as Guangxu heard about the Kuril Islands, wasn't that the place where Putin and Japan quarreled in later generations! This place is now Huaxia, of course, it can't be given either, Guangxu doesn't know that the empire's navy still has the ability to take care of this place! After all, it's very close to Japan!

Guangxu thought for a while and said; "What this woman said should be true, if Japan can follow the method of Oshima Wada, the competition for the position of the Asian boss will be very fierce in the future.

But they are in the minority, and most people in Japan can't contain their yearning for the land of the mainland, just like a poor boy who just sees the best side of Shirafumi, they don't know that maintaining a glamorous appearance is very high.

But Japan will not embark on this path, his voice will eventually fall silent, and his theory will not be taken seriously by Japan until a long time later, but at that time, Japan will no longer have a chance to compete with China.

The opportunity of the country's rising period is very precious, our Chinese Empire cannot miss this opportunity, if we miss it, we will have to wait for a hundred years!

Guangxu said; "The territorial issue is not negotiable, other issues can be negotiated, peace treaties can also be signed, and even we can make some economic concessions, that is, the territorial issue cannot be negotiated!

Tell her! Although the territory of Huaxia is large, not an inch is superfluous!

Immediately inform the Japanese consular department that the Japanese officials must not agree to this action, if I guess correctly, these people must be very young students, and they must be mainly female students!

Like the Japanese snack protest, this kind of behavior must let Japan give a reasonable explanation, kidnapping the high-ranking officials of the Chinese Empire, asking for negotiations, and now Japan does not dare to fall out with us, such a diplomatic incident, I want to see how Japan will deal with it, it will be very perverted!

Tang Shaoyi saluted Guangxu, and then wanted to leave, when Guangxu said; "Don't ride back and forth, take my car! Bring something to eat on the road! ”

Tang Shaoyi said; "Thank you, Emperor! It's good that I didn't say it! As soon as it came to eating, Tang Shaoyi immediately felt very hungry! ”

Sitting in Guangxu's car, Tang Shaoyi saw a large number of soldiers stationed in the Summer Palace while eating, and at the same time, martial law had begun on the street, and when he came to Li Hongzhang's mansion, he was even more frightened, and a total of more than 20 taels of tanks also drove to the edge of Li's mansion!

Tang Shaoyi sent someone to inform the Japanese Consulate to send someone to explain the matter immediately, and shouted inside!

The Chinese Empire has inherited the culture of 5,000 years, and Confucianism has always emphasized the idea of "harmony is precious", and the Chinese Empire is willing to sign a reciprocal peace treaty with Japan in the spirit of peace and friendship, which is acceptable to both sides and does not have any preconditions attached!

The man inside shouted; The Kuril Islands are Japanese!

The people outside returned; "Although the territory of the Huaxia Empire is very large, not an inch is superfluous!" We can't agree to this condition of yours!

The people inside began to get agitated, and kept swearing! And the people inside also began to argue!

That's when the Japanese consul came!

Diplomatic relations between China and Japan have not returned to normal relations, but they have indeed eased, after all, Japan has bought a lot of goods from China, and the Chinese have earned a lot of silver from Japan. Anything can be stopped, but don't stop people from sending you money.

So the relationship between China and Japan has now recovered a little, this consul in Beijing has just been sent over recently, and he knows a little about what happened in it, but he didn't expect things to develop to such an extent!

The consul glanced at the head of the Li Mansion, who had been tied up, and then walked towards the inner house of the Li Mansion, first bowed deeply to Tang Shaoyi and Yuan Shikai, and then spoke to the people inside!

The words are all in Japanese, fortunately, Tang Shaoyi has already found a translator, but after hearing this consul's speech, Tang Shaoyi is about to be angry!

It turned out that the consul had spoken; "I can't be sure that you are Japanese, you are using the name of the Japanese to do things that damage the friendship between China and Japan, and at this time there is an unforgivable crime and must be severely punished!

If you are Japanese, the crimes you have committed are also unforgivable, and you should all commit suicide by disembowelment! ”

After finishing speaking, the consul came to Tang Shaoyi and Yuan Shikai and saluted again, and then ran away, it could be seen that he wanted to walk as slowly as possible!

When Tang Shaoyi looked at the back of this consul leaving, he couldn't wait to shoot him in the back!

At this time, gunshots were also reported inside, and the people inside started to fight, and now it is. Yuan Shikai raised his hands above his head and waved, the soldiers kept approaching the inner house, and finally Yuan Shikai drew his sword and shouted loudly; "Rush in! Rush in for me! ”

Then the sound of cannons and shouts of killing rang out all around!

This time the soldiers did not encounter much resistance, they quickly attacked the inner house, and when these soldiers saw the scene in front of them, they were shocked!

Except for a few men lying on the ground, most of them are women, and more accurately girls, each of them is a young and delicate little face, but now most of them have lost their breath!

When Tang Shaoyi came in, he saw this kind of scene, and immediately talked about it; "Try to treat these people as much as possible, and find Li Zhongtang and Zhao Bingjun immediately!"

At this time, the soldiers began to treat these special wounded, and also began to look for Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun and others!

Eventually, the Chinese soldiers found a lot of large boxes inside the house, which contained the stunned Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun, as well as Ma De and several of his men, but there were some soldiers who were not in the boxes.

In the end, the soldiers found a large number of corpses in the pond in the back garden of Li Hongzhang's mansion, because the whole pond had turned red, and many of Li Mansion's family members were locked up in one room, but fortunately, most of Li Hongzhang's family members were in Tianjin, no longer in Beijing!

The doctor came over to check on Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun, and the doctor said; "What's the matter with them, the face cloth on their chests is dipped in a large amount of **, this thing is an anesthetic, it can make people unconscious, they have been stuffed in the box, so ** has not dispersed, now let them breathe more fresh air, they will wake up soon!

Hearing that Li Hongzhang and Zhao Bingjun were fine, Tang Shaoyi was relieved, Tang Shaoyi took Li Hongzhang, Zhao Bingjun, and Ma De to see Guangxu, leaving Yuan Shikai here to deal with the aftermath!

Yuan Shikai looked at the corpse in a pond and hated it!

At this time, Wang Shizhen came and looked at Yuan Shikai and said; "Marshal! The city of Beijing is going to be cleaned up, so many spies have mixed in, causing such losses, we must have a little action! Otherwise, the emperor is there, we are not good for you! ”

Yuan Shikai said; "Search for me! So don't let go of the places related to Japan, don't turn over every detail, be like a grate, be good, patient, meticulous, and sieve Ben Shuai, there can be no fish that slips through the net!

At this time, a staff officer came and said; "The bodies of the soldiers of the Guards are buried in the Imperial Army Cemetery, but what should be done with the bodies of these women?"

Yuan Shikai looked at the clothes on their bodies and actually guessed their identities, these girls were wearing clothes that were characteristic of that era, most of them were student clothes, which was the costume of the women's college unique to the empire, the white school uniform, modeled on the military uniform, but not as fat as ordinary military uniforms, but very slim, especially able to show a woman's figure.

Look at the weapons in their hands, a few of them use large-caliber "**" pistols, the empire now does not prohibit individuals from owning weapons, but ordinary people still can't afford to buy pistols, the cheapest point in pistols 38 is that revolvers also cost a month's salary of an ordinary person! But these girls can afford to use it occasionally, which shows that their families are very wealthy.

According to these characteristics, they are likely to be international students of the Huaxia Imperial Women's College, and they should all be the proud daughters of the gate lords and chaebol families in Japan! But it's a pity that the fragrance has disappeared in a foreign country!

But now Yuan Shikai is not in the mood to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, let alone the person who is already dead, so he said angrily; "Drag their bodies to the vegetable market and brutalize them for three days, and then throw them all at a mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Wang Shizhen and the staff officer both trembled, it was too ruthless!

Yuan Shikai took Wang Shizhen and began to arrange the next work, the focus is the Japanese consulate, as well as the gathering place of the Japanese in Beijing, and their cargo station near the station, these places are possible hiding places for Japanese spies, this time must not be taken lightly, there is also the control of guns, it is okay for the Chinese to have weapons in China's territory, who let you Japanese have weapons by then!

This time, if Ben Shuai found out that these would-be robbers had weapons hidden privately, Ben Shuai would have wiped them out, and just as Yuan Shikai's Wang Shizhen was discussing sending troops to set up a formation, a group of people came!

At this time, a staff officer came to the side of the person who came and said to Yuan Shikai and Wang Shizhen; "Two adults, Princess Rongshou and Princess Rong'an are here!"

As soon as the two of them heard about it, they must have come for this group of female students!

But the two of them can't go too far, so Yuan Shikai brought people to the front of the two princesses, Yuan Shikai just bent down and saluted, and the others bent a little more!

Originally, Princess Rongshou paid great attention to the matter of saluting, but since Guangxu formulated a new way of saluting, he couldn't ask too much, he came to Yuan Shikai and asked; "What is the marshal going to do with the bodies of these women!"

"Violent corpses for three days, and then thrown into mass graves to feed the dogs!"

The princess spoke; "That's not right!"

Yuan Shikai said; "Your Royal Highness! Let's let Ben Shuai take you to see the corpses of the guards in the pond behind! After reading it, the princess is coming to a conclusion! ”

Princess Rongshou said; "I understand the marshal's anger! But they are brutes, we are not, we can't do things that are inferior to beasts, and if we do that, what difference will we have from them! ”

As soon as Yuan Shikai heard the princess say this, he really had nothing to say!

Princess Rongshou asked; "How many people died?"

Wang Shizhen replied; "A total of 53 people were confirmed dead, of which 39 were women, the other 14 were men, and seven were still being rescued!"

Princess Rongshou said; "They should have killed themselves, they were so stupid!

Cremate them all! Then the ashes were put in fifty-three jars and sent back to Japan, what are the names of the women I have here! ”

Marshal! Do you think that's okay! If you feel embarrassed, I'll go to the emperor and talk about it!

Yuan Shikai saw that the princess was determined to help them, so he saw it; "Don't alarm the emperor with these little things, just do what the princess says!"

I'll have their bodies cremated, sealed and delivered to your house!"

For the rest, our army doesn't care!

Princess Rongshou said; "Then trouble the marshal!"

Princess Rongshou asked again; "What is the marshal going to do with those wounded women!"

Yuan Shikai saw; "If the court doesn't sentence them to death, I'll find someone to kill those judges!"

Princess Rongshou said; "Marshal, you are angry, it is easy to hurt your liver!"

After that, it was Princess Rong'an, and they left!

Yuan Shikai went back and said; "Do as the princess says! Burn it all! ”

Then he began to search the Japanese merchant gathering area with the army, but he didn't expect his search army to really meet and resist, this is a few big chaebol companies in Japan's capital division, these Japanese companies are very competitive in the country, but they are very united abroad, and the companies of these consortia are built together, very close.

When the Chinese army came to search here, they encountered the obstruction of the Japanese ronin, they first took out the katana and confronted the Chinese soldiers, after the Sino-Russian war, Guangxu ordered that the officers below the brigade level (including the brigade level) were not allowed to wear sabers, and the swords issued before were just kept at home.

In the future, the swords of the three armies will be changed to self-cutting swords!

A battalion commander saw the Japanese ronin holding a war knife and touching his waist, and then remembered that the emperor was no longer allowed to wear the "sword of Lu Wei", so there was no need to play, so he did not hesitate to pull out his pistol and shot the ronin in the leg.

The ronin was so brave that he actually got up from the ground, and then the battalion commander shot him in the other leg, so that he could speak later; "You're getting up! I'll wait! ”

The ronin looked up, his eyes glowing with a vicious light!

The battalion commander did not look at him and said, "Hit me!" I don't think anyone else dares to stop it! ”

At this time, the Chinese soldiers all opened fire one after another, and the ronins in front of them were all knocked to the ground, they were all rolling and scolding, but the Chinese soldiers ignored them at all and fought with their swords! Not in the mood today!

When finding out the central location of this gathering area, the Chinese soldiers encountered fire resistance, although the Chinese army was prepared to encounter gun resistance, but the Chinese army did not expect that these Japanese were really arrogant enough, and they actually set up heavy machine guns!

Yuan Shikai listened to these gunshots, his lungs were about to explode, there was really no one in his eyes, although these guns were all made in China and paid for by the Japanese, but you were not allowed to use them in the land of China!

Look for death, if you don't die, you won't die! Look for trouble!

Tanks for me! Flatten! Crush them!

The Chinese soldiers on the periphery were mobilized, and the artillerymen came to the scene to measure the artillery fire point and see if they could help!

At this time, the embassies of other countries are also paying close attention to the movements of the Chinese army, this time the Chinese army began to use the most advanced weapons to attack, and the Chinese army is constantly shrinking the encirclement!

Yuan Shikai kept looking at his watch! It's been half an hour, but the escort group composed of the businessman in front of me hasn't taken it, it's really embarrassing.

At this time, Wang Shizhen said; "Marshal! You don't have to worry, the Seventh Army is a new army that has just been established, and its combat effectiveness is not very strong, so it is normal to spend a little time! ”

Yuan Shikai called a staff officer at this time and said; "Go! Tell Ding Haiyin, I don't care what method he uses! If he can't take it down before dark, he doesn't have to be the commander of the army, let him! Let's go back to the Army University and teach!

Tell him, an army! Can't take this merchant's guard, joke! He can afford to lose this person, but Ben Shuai can't afford to lose it! Let him hurry! ”

Promise! The staff officer left!

At this time, Yuan Shikai heard that the gunshots outside seemed to have suddenly decreased, and Wang Shizhen also found out, what was going on at this time!

About three minutes later, there was a piercing sound in the sky, and the sound lasted for more than ten minutes before stopping!

Next is the sound of the charge horn familiar to the Chinese army!

At this time, Yuan Shikai understood what was going on!

Yuan Shikai scolded loudly; "Ding Haiyin! You losers! Fight a convoy, how many shells have you wasted! ”

At this time, Wang Shizhen looked at his watch and said; "At this rate, we can clear the battlefield before dark, at least the cost of lighting can be saved!"

Yuan Shikai saw it, and he was finally not too embarrassed!

Tell Tang Shaoyi to let him send a note to all other countries in the name of the government, and ask them to immediately hand over all the weapons they illegally possessed, the Chinese Empire does not allow any foreigners and foreign forces to illegally and unauthoritatively possess weapons, once it is discovered, not only must they be handed over, but they will also pay a very serious price, and the Japanese are a precedent!

Wang Shizhen said; "I'll send someone to talk about it right away, I'm sure they won't dare!"

Yuan Shikai also said; "Tell them that the military of the Huaxia Empire is fully capable of ensuring the safety of their property!"