The members of the Flying Tiger Regiment who entered the palace were similar in number to Zhao Guanhou's men and horses, if someone shouted and resisted desperately, this battle would be a more difficult melee. After all, one party can have no scruples, and the other party needs to protect the Queen Mother, but it is easier for the Flying Tigers to let go of their hands and feet.www.biquge.info

But the problem is that King Duan and his party, since Zhao Guanhou killed Wan Liyun with a knife, their momentum has suffered a great setback, Cixi has gradually recovered its former majesty, but Duan Wang and others have begun to retreat. originally wanted to break the cauldron with a blow, but seeing that it was useless, he didn't dare to regenerate the chaos.

Wan Liyun, the important leader of the Flying Tiger Regiment, was killed, and if the other leaders opened their mouths at this time, they would inevitably not be killed, and if they did not speak, they would inevitably die. For a while, someone was very miscalculated and shouted: "Lafayette is gracious, the queen mother is gracious, and the little ones are ...... The little ones are doing what they are told. ”

As soon as these words came out, morale was greatly damaged, and Cixi became more and more sure, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "Didn't you say, 'God go up, invulnerable? Why, as soon as you say you want to kill, you're scared and don't have the guts, you please Shinto, invulnerable. Come on, take them down, I'm going to see their magical powers today. Whether it is picked with a bayonet or a gun, as long as the one who can't be killed is brought back, I have a reward for it. ”

If one side has no courage and one side is full of energy, there is no need to fight this battle. Although the number of officers and soldiers was not large, they first seized the weapons of these regimental people, and then escorted the same number of regimental people away, and after a short time, gunshots rang out.

Duanwang and the others were pale, and everyone's faces were bloodless. No one knows if the Queen Mother will simply give an order and pull her own group out to try the law. Just listen to the Compassion Saying:

"I know very well what your heart is, but I also have a saying to teach you, I have my own balance against who is the emperor. Don't think that if you set up the eldest brother, you should make him the emperor, and you should remove the name of the eldest brother, that is, in one sentence, I have the final say in this palace, I can set up whoever I want, and abolish whoever I want! Chengyi! I know what you want to tell you, three words: can't do it! I won't let you be the emperor, if you are smarter, it will be the ending of the seventh master, if you are still so noisy, it will not be so cheap next time! All those who come today will be fined for three years each, and they will not be allowed to enter the palace unless they are recruited! Get out of here! When I entered the palace tomorrow and kowtowed to the emperor to make amends, I remembered it all. ”

Her words were ruthless, and the dogs who were scolded by the relatives and noble clans were bloody, and everyone didn't dare to stay any longer, so they hid their faces in embarrassment and left, leaving only Zhao Guanhou alone.

Seeing that the enemy had gone, Zhao Guanhou hurriedly knelt down again, "Lafayette, the minister has not been recruited into the palace, it is a capital crime, please punish the queen mother." ”

"Get up, let's go inside and talk, don't be so restrained, I'm not old enough to be that confused. If it weren't for you today, I don't know how bad the situation would be. You have made a great contribution to saving the driver this time, not only I want to thank you, but the emperor also wants to thank you, how can you be guilty. ”

When he entered the warm pavilion, Cixi ordered to move a seat to sit with Zhao Guanhou, and ordered to bring snacks and herbal tea. It is rare to enjoy this honor as a mere second-class official. Cixi first asked when he arrived, how many soldiers and horses he had brought, and when he heard that two more battalions had come, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

"With the previous four battalions, there are only six battalions of soldiers, 3,000 people, which is too little. If all the Wuwei Right Army arrives, I won't have a headache. If you were the main attacker, the three embassies would have been taken down long ago, Dong Wuxing was really incompetent, for him to attack the embassies, he burned down the Hanlin Academy, but as a result, he still couldn't get in. The Flying Tiger Regiment originally expected them to have a share of morale, but even if the magic was not effective and people's hearts were usable, they didn't want to, but their hearts were very bad. ”

Zhao Guanhou took this opportunity to report what Tongzhou had seen and heard to Cixi, and re-explained the matter in Langfang. Cixi said angrily: "Chengyi, this minion, dares to bully the king!" These bandits of the Flying Tiger Regiment are going to be suppressed, why didn't your right army come to Zhili to suppress the bandits? ”

"Back to Lafayette's words, it is really the situation in Shandong, and it is also very critical, the foreigner Chen soldiers are in Jiaozhou Bay, the ships are dense, the foreign soldiers are thousands, and the two are in a stalemate. The Shandong soldiers are here, and the foreigners' troops can only guard against Jiaozhou, not invade Beijing. If Shandong's soldiers and horses move, the foreigners will also move, not only will Shandong be stirred, but they will also come to the capital. Yuan Gongbao is trying to negotiate with the foreigners, hoping to get the foreigners to retreat, and before that, our soldiers have to contain the foreigners. Gong Bao did not arrive in Shandong for a long time, and the troops were not abundant, so he could only transfer two more battalions of soldiers to King Qin. ”

Cixi calculated, the front and rear eight battalions, four thousand cutting-edge, although not enough to fight against the foreigners, but enough to deter the rear army of Wuwei and the second battalion of Tiger God and Shenji. Even if Cheng Yi wants to make trouble again, it is enough to deal with him. nodded immediately, "Very good, if Yuan Weiting can have this loyalty, I will not treat him badly." This time I repelled the foreigners, I have his benefits, you entered the palace this time, I think someone sent you a message, right? Isn't it Lao Qing? ”

"Lafayette Mingjian, it was the Qing prince who sent the eldest prince to deliver the letter, and the minister knew that there was a police in the palace, and he brought troops to come regardless of etiquette, disturbing Ci Jia, and the crime deserved death."

"Needless to say, now is not the time to say that. Lao Qing also told me before, I didn't expect that Chengyi's slave really had the courage. From now on, the entire Xiyuan will be guarded by your Wuwei Right Army, no matter who it is, without an order, it will be killed! ”

"Obey."

Cixi said to Li Lianying, "Pass on my words and reward 100,000 silver to the eighth battalion of the right army." The rear army of Wuwei has a reward of 100,000 silver for falsely reporting war exploits, and the right army has made real meritorious contributions, if there is no reward, I don't have to be the queen mother. Another 20,000 yuan was given to the crown marquis, so that he could keep the expenses in Beijing. ”

Zhao Guanhou thanked the reward, and said with mercy: "It's good that your artillery battalion has entered Beijing, and the eight cannons of the Wuwei Chinese Army will all be under your control." There were only eight cannons in total, and two were damaged by the military after the Wu Wei. Those useless minions can't do anything. You put the cannon in charge of me, and the embassy, blast it open. ”

She paused for a moment, then continued, "I also know that the two countries are at war without killing pedestrians. However, since ancient times, there has been no reason to send troops to the territory of other countries to protect the pedestrians of their own country. If they are unkind, we can only be unjust. Besides, the foreign soldiers are in Jinmen, and they may come in at any time, so if we want to negotiate, we must have some capital. First attack the embassy and let the foreigners know that we are not easy to mess with, and then Zhang Tong can talk to them about the conditions. I originally thought that the two battalions of the Tiger God and the Divine Machine could be used, but then I thought that the Wuwei Rear Army and the Flying Tiger Regiment were available, but now it seems that the only one who can really use it is your right army. Don't let me down, fight well! ”

At this moment, Han Rong had already come to hand over the sign, Cixi summoned Han Rong, and Zhao Guanhou happened to kneel down. He didn't leave, but was led by Li Lianying to wait for Han Rong in a small room outside, and after a short time, Li Lianying pushed the door in, and there was an extra tray in his hand, and it was a stack of silver tickets in it.

Zhao Guanhou thanked the reward first, and as usual, he wanted to take out part of it to return to Li Lianying, but Li Lianying waved his hand, "Excuse me, you can take it all." If you hadn't come today, I'm afraid that something that the Buddha would not allow to happen, and if I take back your money at this time, I can't be considered a person. Put it away, turn back, you have to redeem it tightly, now this silver ticket is also worthless, who knows when the money bank will go bankrupt, everyone will eat the bill, and the deposit will be gone. ”

While speaking, the two of them had already sat down, and Li Lianying sighed, "Did you see it when you entered the city, the big fence was burned down." What a lively place in the past, a fire...... Say no, it's gone. Even the four great Heng almost closed because of this fire, you say, don't you hurry up and redeem this silver ticket? ”

Zhao Guanhou was in a hurry to enter the palace to escort him, but he didn't pay attention, and when he heard this, he knew that Si Si Heng was in danger. He is now one of the four major shareholders of Heng, and it is a matter of his own interests, of course, he has to ask. Han Rong saw that the Queen Mother was the only one, and Li Lianying did not listen, and he happened to have time to introduce him to Zhao Guanhou.

After Zhao Guanhou led his troops out of the city, the Flying Tiger Regiment attacked the embassy and the North Hall, but it was not smooth. Although Ganglie personally supervised the division, and there were more armed guards along the way to the embassy to participate in the battle, but all of them were in vain, and they suffered heavy casualties. There were only two Capetian infantry platoons in Beitang, but they couldn't be attacked. The cement exterior wall couldn't be burned, and the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment had no choice but to find another place to burn it.

The Lao Deji Pharmacy in Dashilar, because it sold quinine and other foreign medicines, was selected as the target, and the foreign oil matches were taken, and the fire was immediately made. At that time, the wind helped the fire, the fire dragon was raging, and the Flying Tigers did not allow anyone to put out the fire, and when they wanted to save it, the fire was irreversible.

Dashilar was originally the most prosperous place in the capital, and the essence of commerce was extracted from Si, and this fire burned more than 5,000 houses at once. To the east to the jewelry market, to the west to Guanyin Temple Street, Yangmeizhu Xiejie, north to the West Riverside, it has become a sea of fire, including the Guanghe Building, Sanqing Garden, and Qingyuan Paradise where the little shouting day is performed, all of which were turned into ashes in the flames. The fire burned straight to the Zhengyangmen Tower, and the Flying Tigers clapped their hands, and the people were left to cry and grab the land.

The silver money in the capital, all rely on the turnover of the furnace room, the twenty furnace rooms in the capital are all in the jewelry market, this time Zhu Rong Xianwei, the furnace room is completely destroyed, the major money villages, the ticket number turnover is not effective, can only be closed doors. You must know that Siheng was the No. 1 Daqian Village of Daikin at this time, and its closure was even more influential than that of the Son of Heaven. If you can't recover quickly, the entire capital will not be beaten by foreigners, and you will have to be in chaos.

In a hurry, only the imperial court could borrow 1 million official funds to maintain the four constant fortunes, which could be regarded as stabilizing the situation in the capital. However, the bigwigs in the capital have not trusted the silver ticket very much since then, and although the queen mother's reward is heavy, Li Lianying is still worried that she will not be able to get the money.

Zhao Guanhou was not afraid, put away the silver ticket, and asked about other situations, Li Lianying said: "The situation is very bad, the capital has become lawless, and it doesn't look like it." I'll mention a few people to you, you know them all. One is Akdan, the winged commander of the Tiger God Battalion who took you out of the city, and the other is Akdan's friend, the deputy capital Qingheng, who let the Flying Tiger Regiment kill him. Qing Heng died the worst, there was no one left in the whole family, all of them were killed, and he himself was chopped off by the Flying Tiger Group, and he was killed again. There is also the fourth child of Lishan, we went to his house to eat, and now we have also been imprisoned, and a huge piece of furniture has been robbed by Brother Duanwang. The prince took the lead in robbing the house and robbing money, can there be chaos in this city? ”

Zhao Guanhou was really taken aback, speaking of which, Akdan still had a little favor for him, so he naturally didn't want his acquaintance to die. What's more, the dignified winged chief, the second-grade master, how can he say that he will kill? Even if they are guilty, they do not have the right to kill the Flying Tigers. As for Lishan, he is not only an official of the imperial court, but also a favorite of the queen mother, how dare he attack him?

"Akdan and Qingheng's charges are all said to be Ermaozi, Akdan believes in foreign religion, so he held down and cut off his head in front of the battle. Qingheng offended these bandits because the Flying Tiger Group asked him for a musket and killed him, saying that he was a spy of foreigners. Lafayette wanted to punish him, but the gang said that it was the black group that did it, and the Flying Tigers didn't know about it. Tell me, now in the Flying Tiger Regiment, there are actually red and black groups, this kind of thing, I have to deceive those stupid people. Who doesn't know that the so-called black group is also a member of the Flying Tiger Regiment, but when it kills people and sets fires, it is a black group, and when it picks up a knife to cut foreigners, it becomes a red group again. Qingheng was still friends with Duanwang, but he was also killed. This Flying Tiger Regiment is like a wild horse that has taken off the reins, no one can pull it, even if it is Duanwang, I can't control it. ”

"What about Yang Gong? And for what reason did he condemn his crimes? ”

He offended Fuguo Gong Chenglan, and both of them robbed a girl, and they had problems in the party. As a result, this time, the retribution is here. His house is next to Beitang, and the Flying Tiger Regiment said that he dug a tunnel to send food and guns to the foreigners in Beitang, so he couldn't take it down. Lafayette has no choice, not to mention some of the things he did before, Lafayette has some opinions...... But when it came to copying his house, Lafayette didn't agree. But what if you don't say yes? Now after killing people and setting fires, they can't even get the culprit, and everyone has to be careful when they go out. ”

When Li Lianying said this, she was obviously reminding Zhao Guanhou that although he had six battalions of men and horses, he must also take precautions, so as not to be conspiracy. This is not only to thank him for sending charcoal in the snow and relieving the queen mother's crisis, but also to take care of King Qing's face. Zhao Guanhou is very grateful, and he is not a problem. Not long after the two finished talking, Han Rong pushed the door in, exchanged a few words with Li Lianying, and beckoned Zhao Guanhou to leave.

Han Rong's body seemed to be worse than last time, and his cough was more serious, but he still held on to his spirits, and when he arrived at home, he didn't rest, and directly called Zhao Guanhou to the study. After offering tea, the family withdrew, handing over the room to the two of them.

"Guanhou, today's situation is critical, if you don't arrive in time, I'm afraid the consequences will be unimaginable. This thing is very good, Lafayette and I will not treat you badly, and when the foreign soldiers retreat, there will be a reward. Dong Wuxing...... Ahem...... Bad things are bad for him. His rear army is in collusion with the Tiger God Battalion and the Flying Tiger Regiment, and they are in cahoots. If I had transferred the Right Army to Beijing, the situation would not have been like this. …… Now that the situation is like this, it is useless to talk about it and do everything in your power to prevent the situation from getting worse. All the cannons of my Wusheng Chinese Army will be allocated to you from now on. On the side of the embassy, there is no need to bombard, I'm afraid it won't be. The Albion Legation, without artillery, could not be taken down in any case. But our artillery will not be used by the rear army, so we can only let your people operate the artillery. ”

Zhao Guanhou did not answer, but thought for a moment and said: "Zhongtang, if our cannon is bombarded, it is not a matter of the Albiang Embassy. Dongjiaomin Lane, if you believe in the bomb, the matter of the day, keep the bombardment. However, the last general has the courage to ask Zhongtang for a hand-written message, and with the hand-written message, the last general will dare to do things. ”

Han Rong coughed again, "I'll ask the grain table to prepare 20,000 silver for you, whether you use it yourself or for the below, I don't care." …… Military rations, I promise not to embarrass you. But the edict, there will never be, you still have to open the cannon, if you can't hear the cannon in the palace, I want your head! ”

"Obscurity, understood!" (To be continued.) )