The foreign soldiers did not encircle Jinmen, and his troops entered the city without fighting the foreigners. Because it was ordered by a military plane to enter Beijing to bombard the embassy, even the Flying Tiger Regiment along the way did not obstruct its actions.

By the time they entered the city, the sun was already setting, and the troops had to leave tomorrow. Zhao Guanhou took a team of people and horses to visit Li's house in the water ladder first, Li Rongqing was as prosperous as before, and the forces under his command were much greater than before the trouble. Of course, this is due to the arms and guns that Li Xiushan and Zhao Guanhou brought him, which greatly increased the strength of the Li family, and all kinds of stragglers came to defect one after another, and even some religious people also took refuge in the Li family and enjoyed protection.

In the Li family's warehouse, rifled guns, mini guns and ammunition extracted from the arsenal were still stored. Except for the part of the musket that was loaded and shipped to Shandong, a large part of it was sold by Mrs. Jenson to foreigners in the concession, and the rest was armed with the Li family's family guard. These good guns, Jensen did not move, and left them to Zhao Guanhou. In addition, the shrapnel and grenades stored here, Jenson did not move at all, and the Li family had no effect, and this time all the grenades were extracted into Beijing for later use.

After changing clothes here, Zhao Guanhou's department has realized the rifling of all staff, and the equipment rate of Mini guns is also more than 30%.

As the leader of the cauldron gang, Li Rongqing is extremely energetic on the ground, even when the Flying Tigers are in charge, he can mobilize dozens of carts and load all these materials onto the car, and the dispatch is unhindered. Zhao Guanhou was still thinking about going to the concession to see Mrs. Jensen. But in the purple bamboo forest, the battle clouds were already thick, and the mines were buried outside the concession, and even he didn't dare to approach them casually.

The power plant built in Jinjiajiao was set on fire by the Flying Tigers, and the extent of the damage to the equipment is unknown, but the workers have all fled, and there is no power supply, and the concession is dark and the situation is not clear. I heard from some people from the Cao Gang that a lot of fortifications have been built in the concession, and a large number of foreign soldiers have taken to the streets, and they are ready to take over the battle. There are few foreign soldiers, so they don't dare to take the initiative to attack, but if the golden soldiers want to attack, it may not be cheap.

He was going to find Jiang Fengzhi, and he didn't want to pounce on it. There were only a few familiar brothers left behind at Taigongtan, and I heard that Jiang Fengzhi was patrolling the city with a red light, and Jiang Bu went to lead the troops to check the night. This cadre was very enthusiastic about defending Jinmen this time, and he didn't consider whether he was a soldier or whether he could resist foreign guns. Everyone was fiddling with their swords, waiting for an order to meet the foreigners. The entire Taigong Hall is now immersed in a state of excitement.

The news that made him feel relieved was that because Taigongtang invited Jiang Ziya to come up, as soon as this god arrived, he would retreat, so he would not act together with the other Flying Tiger Groups. Thinking about this, it shouldn't be dangerous, and Zhao Guanhou was slightly relieved.

Zhao Guanhou was short of time, and since he couldn't find it, he had to give up. After a simple night's rest, he led the troops to leave Jinmen and go straight to the capital early the next morning.

Along the way, there were not many infantry in the front army of Wuwei, and there were flying tiger regiments everywhere, holding flags in their hands, each carrying swords and guns to line up on the side of the road. Fortunately, they knew that this group of men and horses was entering King Qin, and they had no intention of attacking, but they saved a lot of hands and feet.

Yuqing was a little strange, looking around, "Why don't you see the front army of Cheng Gongting, there are flying tiger regiments everywhere?" ”

"Cheng Gongting is still dismissed from his post and retained in his post, waiting for his sinful body, and it is very sad to think about this crisis. The coach was aggrieved, his morale was low, and he was afraid that he didn't have much morale and heart to defend the front army. Besides, I heard from Mr. Li that Cao Futian recently led his subordinates to arrest people from the former army of Wuwei on the streets, and killed them immediately if they were caught. After the revenge in Langfang, the foreign enemy did not arrive, and the first trouble between their own people became like this, and the former army of Wuwei did not dare to fight back, so they had to return to the camp to protect themselves. Compared to this, I think there are people in the former army of Wuwei who practice boxing, and this is a little more troublesome. At that time, there will be no distinction between soldiers and fists, and they will be the same as the rear army of Wuwei, even if they are the main generals, it will be difficult to mobilize. ”

Yuqing was silent for a moment, raised her head and said: "I admire Lafayette all his life, only this time, I don't agree with it from the bottom of my heart." When you enter Beijing, it's best to find Pi Ni Li, as long as he can convince Lafayette to set up a group of people first, and then make peace, I will give him my dowry of 200,000 yuan. ”

"Now I'm afraid that Pi Ni Li, or Lafayette, may not be able to save the situation." Zhao Guanhou sighed, "Kill Clinde, this matter is not so simple, I don't know how big a mess will be in the future." After all, Duandi misled the country, and the people of the group harmed people, and I am afraid that no one can make up for such a big basket. ”

When the soldiers and horses arrived in Tongzhou, they found that this place had been occupied by the Flying Tiger Regiment, and the banner of Fujin and the Destruction of the Ocean was flying on the head of the city, not the Yellow Dragon Banner. Pulling the flag is like rebellion, and the act of withdrawing the yellow dragon and changing it to a flying tiger is no different from rebellion. The city gate was closed tightly in broad daylight, and if you wanted to enter the city, you had to test the official document before waiting, which was absolutely not the case in the past.

After a while, a large red umbrella was drawn from the city, and a middle-aged man stood under the umbrella and looked at the city. "Go into the city...... What are you going to do? ”

"What? We are going to pass through Tongzhou and enter King Qin. ”

"There are more than 100,000 of our regiments in the capital, and there is no need for foreign soldiers. Besides, I see that many of the weapons you bring are foreign guns and cannons, and there are foreign money in the car. This is clearly Ermaozi's soldiers, let you into Beijing, I don't know who you help. If you want to enter the city, unless you put down all the guns you have brought, people can pass, but foreign goods cannot. If you don't agree, figure it out for yourself. ”

What he meant by this was to disarm the artillery battalion. Otherwise, they will refuse to pass through the city and will never open the door. Zhao Guanhou entered Beijing on the orders of military aircraft, and even local officials in Tongzhou did not have the right to disarm the artillery battalion, which was not only rude, but also lawless.

Zhao Guanhou's face was cold, "These people are simply lawless, and they compare themselves to the government?" Ready, get the cannon on. ”

The six cannons are actually difficult to play any role in the Tongzhou city wall, but when he gave an order, no one in his subordinates dared to disobey, the six cannons were lined up, and the Minnie rifles were all aimed at the city, obviously as long as the order was given, they would attack with force.

Zhao Guanhou said loudly: "I am a second-class member of the imperial court, and I was ordered by the emperor to enter the king of Jingqin, whoever dares to stop it, will immediately correct the law." Get ready...... Fire! ”

Two six-pounder guns, four three-pounder guns, three pounder guns fired solid shells, and two six-pounder guns fired grenades. The soldiers also fired a volley of guns at the head of the city, and the smoke of the gunpowder was filled with smoke and rose. The walls of Tongzhou are quite strong, and six shells can't be smashed at all. But when the guns rang out, there was no one on the city, and only a bunch of flags remained.

Zhao Guanhou waved his hand, "Prepare the ladder and attack it for me." ”

His special artillery battalion already contained a sentry for sappers, and the ladder was ready-made, improvised and ready to use. It's just that the number of ladders is very small, only six or seven, and there are actually no bottom against so many flying tiger groups.

Huo Qiu didn't say a word, grabbed a ladder and went up first, biting the steel knife in his mouth, climbing fast on the ladder, and when he was about to come to the city, he jumped violently, copied two revolvers in his hands, and fired one shot at the bottom. By the time his figure fell, several soldiers had climbed to the top of the city and were not attacked. After a while, Huo Qiu's body leaned out of the city and said, "Run!" They all ran away! ”

The people in the city did not dare to open the door at first, and only when the gongs of the officers and soldiers struck several times did they have the audacity to open the door, and after confirming that it was the officers and soldiers, they shouted: "Officers and soldiers, it is really officers and soldiers who are coming." ”

Tongzhou was originally an important place for Cao Yun, with many yamen and merchants, and it was a first-class prosperous place. After returning to the sea, it is not as prosperous as in the past, but it is also a lively place. But now, the market is depressed, sparsely populated, and a lively place has become a deserted grave.

There were only a few gentry left in the county town, and the county magistrate locked himself in the back hall of the yamen and was on a hunger strike, just waiting to starve himself to death. When he saw Zhao Guanhou, it was like meeting a relative, and he pulled his sleeves and cried.

It turned out that since the declaration of war was issued, the Flying Tiger Regiment, which was originally very arrogant in Tongzhou City, has become more and more presumptuous. I asked for weapons and money and food from the yamen, and once I couldn't cope with it, I pulled out my knife and cut it indiscriminately.

Later, he simply took over the entire city defense, disarmed the green battalion that was originally stationed here, and then robbed the county treasury.

The imperial court had two official warehouses in Tongzhou, referred to as "Jingcang" and "Tongcang". Jiangsu's "white grain", that is, glutinous rice, is used for sacrifices and rice for princes and officials, and is transported here. After returning to the sea, the grain stored in the two warehouses also exceeded 500,000 stones.

At this time, the rural economy in the north of Dajin had gone bankrupt, and the main members of the Flying Tiger Regiment were farmers who were desperate because of the failure of the crops and the lack of food for the rest of their homes. When I saw the granary, I saw the treasure house, from top to bottom, all of them transported rice to their homes to store grain, and in less than half a month, they transported more than 500,000 Shiguan rice.

robbed all the grain stocks, and robbed the big households, and then the middle-class home, which was also difficult to preserve. After all, at this time, foreign goods were widely circulated, and it was not without evidence to say who was Ermaozi. So the plundering of the Flying Tiger Regiment became more and more at ease, at least in their opinion, it was always justified to take Ermaozi's property.

The county order is powerless to stop it, and it has the responsibility of defending the territory, so there is no good way except to go on a hunger strike behind closed doors. However, the official warehouse ransacked by the Flying Tiger Regiment was naturally afraid that the officials and soldiers would suppress it, so they simply closed the door and wanted to keep the officials and soldiers out. To suppress the weapons of the artillery battalion is also a means to prevent the artillery battalion from coming to suppress them.

When Yuqing heard this, she said angrily: "It's the opposite! It's the other way around! Forty miles away from the capital, you dare to be so presumptuous, this is still the world of Dajin Kingdom, in this eye, there is no royal law! ”

Zhao Guanhou's face was also very solemn, "In their eyes, not only is there no royal law, but there is also no imperial court, Lafayette wants to use them to fight foreigners, this abacus is afraid that it will be bad." In fact, this group of people not only has no spells, but they don't even have the guts. When they have nothing, they may still have three points of courage, but now that they have robbed a big household and have money in their waists, they begin to fear death. Our platoon of guns didn't kill a few people, they had already fled and disappeared, so what was the use of having more such soldiers? It seems that we need to speed up our pace and enter Beijing as soon as possible. Let's get in touch with Brother Cao and their four battalions first, at this time, our own troops must unite, so as not to be implicated by them! ”

The movement of the artillery battalion was relatively slow, and the Flying Tiger Regiment plundered and looted many cattle carts for several days, but they were in a hurry to escape, and many of the cattle had to be discarded. After the right army was captured, the materials on the car were unloaded, and the military equipment was modified, and those foot forces were ridden by the infantry, Zhao Guanhou led Huo Qiu's fast gun sentry into Beijing first, and the rest of the troops then advanced to the capital.

From Tongzhou to the capital, it is the defense of the rear army of the armed guard, but now on the road, there is no rear army, only the Flying Tiger Regiment. The military guards have been guarding the poor land in the northwest for a long time, and when they arrived at the capital flower world, they almost thought they were in a dream. Subsequently, it is not surprising that they are no longer willing to stay on the road without oil and water, and they all rush into the capital.

Zhao Guanhou asked, "Yuqing, have you sent a letter to the prince?" ”

"I let Jin Zhong set off first, he has kung fu and a fine person, and he won't make mistakes. Since there is no news from Amma, I think there is no hindrance, otherwise...... It's just that he's still angry with us and doesn't want to talk to us. ”

"That's not going to happen, at this time, the prince is not angry, and he doesn't care about these. I'm just afraid that the king's messenger won't be able to get out of the city, so that's trouble. ”

When the team was about to arrive at the Jianjian station near the capital, they saw an inconspicuous broken car parked on the side of the road, and a man was looking at the side of the road. Yuqing was busy with his horse, and Zhao Guanhou had already recognized the person "Jinzhong?" ”

Gao Jinzhong wore a hat on his head and a few plasters on his face, thinking that he was hiding it well, and he didn't want to be called out by a word, so he secretly picked his big finger and praised it. first gave a salute to the two, and then pointed to the broken car, "Uncle Zhen is in the car, according to the order of the prince, there is something important waiting for the two of you." ”

In the past, Cheng Zhen was a gentleman who paid great attention to food and clothing, but today, he is dressed as a farmer in the countryside, with pot ashes on his face and a pillow stuffed behind his back to pretend to be a hunchback. It's hard to recognize someone who is not very familiar with it. When he rushed Yuqing out of the house that day, Chengzhen said a few good words, and his attitude was not bad, so Yuqing didn't have any bad feelings towards him, and asked after meeting: "Why are you dressed like this?" ”

"Sister, brother-in-law, it's Amma's order for me to dress like this, I'm afraid that Duanji will recognize me! I tell you, come at the right time, don't mention anything, hurry up and bring the troops into the palace to protect you. ”

"Protection? Who is going to commit driving, and who is so bold? ”

Cheng Zhen slapped his thigh, "Who else, naturally it's the one on Zujia Street!" Jingli has been going crazy recently, and there are nonsense everywhere, saying that if you want to break the foreigners, you have to kill one dragon, two tigers, and three hundred sheep. One dragon is to say long live, and two tigers are Ama and Han Rong. As for the three hundred sheep, that is the entire Jingshi's civil and military affairs, and it is said that only eighteen of these people can live, and the others will die. You think, isn't there no royal law? Lafayette scolded the eldest brother a few days ago, and said, I can abolish you if I can set you up, this is a very common word. After hearing this, Duan Er became entangled with a group of thieves from the Flying Tiger Regiment and wanted to usurp the rebellion. Ama had already inquired and understood, Duan Er colluded with the eunuchs, stole one of the more than 20 imperial seals hidden in the Jiaotai Palace, and contacted the Flying Tiger Group. It is necessary to carry out the usurpation first, and then to hide the imperial seal privately, cover the edict, and fake the name of the decree. It's you who came, or Ama wouldn't have found a soldier. ”

"What about Han Rong? What about the four battalions? Zhao Guanhou was worried that his fourth battalion had made a mistake, if that was the case, he would be in the capital, not only would he not be able to save him, but his own safety would also be a problem.

"Han Rong is not useful, the Wuwei Zhongjun in his hands are all masters like me. Fighting crickets and birds, listening to dramas and singing children's books, really talking about war, three can't beat one of the rear army of Wuwei. Besides, Duan Er is wearing a dragon coat, who dares to hurt him? Lafayette scolded Dong Wuxing yesterday, and Han Rong was afraid that Dong Wuxing would not get rid of his thief nature, and something would happen. Your four battalions are monitoring Dong's rear army, and the two are considered a stalemate. Besides, a few officers with troops are not bold, let them block the second, I'm afraid they won't be able to stop it. ”

Zhao Guanhou knew that King Qing was treacherous, although he wanted to protect the two palaces, but he didn't want to be hated by King Duan. It is a disguised travel notice with Chengzhen, and it is also to prevent the leakage of rumors. It's not easy to be able to deliver letters, and you can't expect anything else. Then he said to Yuqing: "You take a few people to escort Uncle Zhen back to Beijing." Then send someone to find Brother Cao and them, and wait for me to meet near Xiyuan. ”

"What about you?"

"Needless to say, of course it's to save the driver! Sons, come with me, I'll take you to Xiyuan to kill people today! (To be continued.) )