The next day, nine a.m.

Ah Liguo and Ai Tang came to the Qing army garrison with silver tickets, guns, and ammunition, and the two did not enter the barracks, but waited outside the barracks. In addition, the two also brought a thousand allied soldiers, led by the commander of the French fleet, Lawell. With the protection of Rayel, Ai Tang and Ali Guo can rest assured, and at the same time, they can also show that the British and French forces are combative, and they want to use this to deter Li Zhen.

Ali Guo recruited a guard and told the guard to go to the Qing army camp to report.

The guards entered the camp, met Li Zhen in the big tent, and asked Li Zhen to leave the camp and return the prisoners.

Li Zhen shook his head and refused: "Go and tell Ali Guo and Ai Tang, just say that the exchange location is in the camp, and the British and French troops must stay outside the camp, and only Ah Li Guo and Ai Tang can come in." This is my condition and will never be changed. ”

The guard smiled bitterly, but retorted: "Your Excellency, the exchange is an agreement between the two sides, how can it be in the camp?" ”

"Why not?"

Li Zhen said with a smile: "This is my territory, I am in charge." Come on, blast me out. ”

At that moment, Huang Hu directly blasted the British soldiers out to see the camp.

After the guards left the camp, they returned to Ali Guo and reported Li Zhen's words to 1510.

When Ali Guo heard this, his face turned red with anger, and his eyes erupted with rage. Aliguo, who has always regarded himself as a gentleman, clenched his fists full of fat, eager to order his soldiers to attack. Ali Guo already had the idea of revenge in his heart, and when Adams and the captured soldiers were exchanged, he must order the coalition soldiers to retaliate.

Aitang said: "Old friend, Li Zhen was afraid of us, so he returned the soldiers in the battalion. Let's go, go to the camp for an exchange. After a pause, Aitang looked at Lawell again and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, please wait outside the camp. ”

Rawell nodded, and said solemnly; "Mr. Consul, I am ready for battle."

Aitang and Ali Guo looked at each other and walked towards the Qing army camp.

At the same time, soldiers with ammunition, guns, and money followed closely. After the group entered the camp, the soldiers stationed at the gate of the camp immediately stood on guard, carefully guarding the foreigners outside the camp. Li Zhen also took the soldiers out of the big tent, and at the same time brought Adams and the captured soldiers out, and the two sides exchanged in the camp.

Ali Guo grimaced, waved his hand at the box in the place, and said unhappily: "Your Excellency, your Excellency, a thousand guns and 200,000 rounds of ammunition, you can test it." ”

Li Zhen said: "Mr. Consul is really trustworthy. ”

At that moment, Li Zhen instructed Huang Shihai to take the soldiers to check the guns and ammunition brought by Ali Guo, and then also checked the guns and ammunition brought by Aitang. After confirming that the weapons brought by the two were not faked, Li Zhencai nodded and said, "The guns and ammunition are qualified, I don't know how the money of the two is prepared?" ”

Ali Guo snorted coldly and said: "There is a saying in China that one hand pays money and one hand delivers, we have already given guns and ammunition, should you show something?" ”

Li Zhen smiled and said: "Huang Shihai, each return a hundred captives to them." ”

Seeing that Li Zhen was cautious, Ah Liguo and Aitang both frowned, but they didn't expect Li Zhen to be so cautious.

Li Zhen continued: "Two gentlemen, I have already given enough sincerity. Now is the time to cash in the money, 500,000 taels of silver on the British side, 300,000 taels of silver on the French side, not a single copper plate is missing. ”

Ai Tang's heart was dripping blood, but he ordered the soldiers to come with a box made of nanmu.

Aitang said: "Your Excellency General, here is a silver ticket of 300,000 taels of silver, please check it." The French soldier came to Yang Banhou with a wooden box, handed it to Yang Banhou, and then handed it to Li Zhen.

Li Zhen took the box and said, "I believe in Mr. Aitang's personality, so there is no need to check it." ”

Seeing that Li Zhen didn't check, Ali Guo secretly said that he was too stupid.

If Li Zhen doesn't check, even if he misses tens of thousands of taels of silver, he won't be found.

However, it's too late to cheat now. Ali Guo also asked the guards to take out a box and hand it to Yang Banhou. Inside the box was a stack of silver tickets, neatly stacked, enough for 500,000 taels. Li Zhenlai accepted it without refusal, but still did not check it. In this way, 800,000 taels of silver, 2,000 rifled guns, and 400,000 rounds of ammunition were all in hand.

Li Zhen instructed: "Huang Shihai, let people go." ”

At that moment, Huang Shihai asked the soldiers to release Adams and some of the soldiers.

Adams looked frustrated.

The soldiers who had followed Adams returned to the back of Ali and stood quietly. Ali Guo took a closer look, suddenly frowned, his face showed dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Li Zhen, the British and French troops have paid money, guns, and ammunition, and have done things according to the agreement, why are the number of soldiers you returned not enough, this does not meet the number of prisoners you said." ”

Li Zhen nodded and said, "Mr. Ali Guo is so careful, Li Zhen admires it." ”

"You, you, you shameless!"

At this moment, Ali Guo even had the urge to vomit blood.

Aitang frowned and asked, "Your Excellency General, please give us a reason." ”

Li Zhen explained: "Mr. Aitang and Mr. Aliguo, it's not that I don't believe the two, but because of the bad deeds of the two, I really can't believe the verbal agreement of the two. Next, I will attack the county seat of Shanghai, but I am afraid that the two of you will cause trouble for me, so I have temporarily left two hundred allied prisoners. Among them, the British captured 100 and the French captured 100. They continued to live in the camp until I captured the county seat of Shanghai, and then released them. ”

The corners of Ah Liguo's mouth twitched, and he was already extremely jealous of Li Zhen in his heart.

In fact, Ali Guo and Ai Tang have already discussed, and after all the prisoners are exchanged, they will prepare to attack the Qing army camp and snatch back the lost money. Not only that, but he also had to blackmail Li Zhen hard before he stopped.

Li Zhen played a small trick, and neither of them dared to move.

Ali Guo said, "I'll let the coalition help you storm the city, and you release the rest of the coalition soldiers, okay?" ”

Li Zhen shook his head firmly and said, "Mr. Aliguo, we can solve the affairs of our country by ourselves, and we don't need foreigners to interfere." When I take Shanghai, let's enter Shanghai again. I am the new superintendent of the Jiangxi Customs, in charge of Shanghai's customs duties, and we will have an in-depth conversation when the time comes. But now we do need to be cautious and not relax easily. ”

Aitang nodded and said, "Just do what the general wants, let's go." ”

Ali Guo raised his eyebrows, wanting to refuse.

But when Ali Guo saw Ai Tang's look, he listened to Ah Liguo's advice and left together. After leaving the camp, Ali Guo asked, "Old friend, we still have soldiers left in the Qing army camp, why don't we fight on the basis of reason?" ”

Aitang's eyes were deep, and he said in a deep voice: "Li Zhen is extremely tough, and it is useless to argue. ”

Ali Guo said: "We have to fight. ”

Aitang said: "Li Zhen wants to attack Shanghai, but with the equipment of the Qing army and the current firepower of the Qing army, it is even more difficult to take Shanghai than to ascend to the sky. We watched from the sidelines, and when the Qing army suffered setbacks one after another, Li Zhen would definitely seek fire support, and he would ask us for support. When the time comes, wouldn't it be better for us to get the remaining coalition soldiers back and squeeze out the money again? ”

Ali Guo smiled: "Old friend, you are really scheming. ”

Aitang chuckled twice, walked over to Rawell and told him what had happened, and retreated with the coalition forces.

PS: Two of the six watches; Xiaodong continued to break out, but the ranking was not good, it was miserable, and he was cold in his heart, asking for support!