108741908 Far Eastern madman

In the muffled sound of the boatmen, a "Beitou boat" of the Ningbo merchant gang sailed from the upper reaches of the Haihe River, because there was no wind, now they could only rely on the boatmen to support the fence, and they could have hired a slender man. But now it is difficult to do business, and the money earned from a trip from south to north is only enough for expenses, and there are not many people who are willing to do this "north boat" business.

This "North Head Ship." After leaving the Tianjin wharf, drive downstream along the Haihe River, the scenery along the coast is exotic, the left bank is the Austro-Hungarian Concession, the Italian Concession, the Russian Concession, the Belgian Concession, the right bank is the Japanese Concession, the French Concession, the British Concession, the German Concession, above, almost invisible to the Chinese themselves under the jurisdiction of the place, that is, between the Italian Concession and the Russian Concession on the left bank there is a "neutral zone" where is the Tianjin Laolongtou Railway Station, This place is still nominally managed by the Chinese themselves, and it was in this railway station that the boxers of the Boxers fought an extremely fierce battle with the Eight-Nation Alliance, causing the Eight-Nation Alliance to suffer a big loss, perhaps because they were still apprehensive, so after this peace. No one wanted that place, which left the Chinese with a piece of territory in the cracks, but there was no Chinese army stationed in that place. In peacetime it is managed by the police, and in wartime it is jointly managed by the Italian and Russian armies.

This is the situation of this catty, the situation of China in the times, this ancient land carries too much external pressure, like putting an iron hoop on the outside of a pressure cooker, unless the internal pressure is large enough. Or maybe the hoop is removed, otherwise. It is difficult for this pressure cooker to explode from the inside, and the last "Xushen Revolution" was due to the fact that too much pressure had accumulated inside this pressure cooker. But after all, there was no real outbreak, and under the constraints of this "iron handle", the pressure cooker was slightly depressurized. It was silent again, and although there was still "coaxing and rattling" inside, it still looked very stable on the surface.

Although some people with lofty ideals have made up their minds to destroy this pressure cooker that blocks the progress of the nation and the country, at present, their influence is still limited, and for the people, no matter what, this food issue is the most important thing. Otherwise, this "north-headed ship." The boatmen will no longer repeat the monotonous movements on the side of the ship in the muffled sound of the trumpet.

"Turn the rudder!"

"Fence!"

With a few shouts from the captain of the ship, this "North Head Boat." He slowed down, turned the bow of the boat, and moved closer to the shore, landing on a small pier.

This is the southernmost concession on the right bank, the German Concession in Tianjin, and as soon as the ship docked, a dock supervisor rushed to the ship to inquire whether the ship was going to unload its cargo here, and if it did, it would have to report taxes to the German officials, and the dock workers could not be hired elsewhere.

However, the overseer soon learned that the "Beitou ship" did not intend to unload at this wharf, but they had just brought a passenger here, who was on the ship in Tianjin, and had a passport issued by the German Concession, so that he could easily enter and exit the concession without having to register with the Ministry of Industry.

The passenger, a young man, got off the boat. The overseer recognized him and smiled and greeted him.

"Brother Gong, after a long time, this river and lake are running smoothly?"

"Thanks to the blessing of the country, this is going well."

The man also said a few perfunctory words, then arched his hand and left the dock, hired a rickshaw, and instructed the coachman to pull it to the downtown area of the concession.

When he arrived at the place, the man gave the foot money. After standing on the side of the street and looking around for a moment, he entered a hotel, went straight to the second floor, and knocked on the door of a guest room.

The person who opened the door was Tian Jinfu, he saw the man outside the door, nodded, and put him into the guest room. There were still a few people sitting in the room, who had been studying a globe on the table in a pretentious manner, and when they saw that the people who came in were familiar faces, they opened the drawer again, took out the pistol inside, and continued to wipe it.

The man who was led into the guest room by Tian Jinfu was named Gong Yihai, but this is a fake name, and Tian Jinfu doesn't know what his real name is, he only knows that his code name is "Peach Tree" A few days ago, they had already met under the guidance of "Iron Bridge".

"How?" Tian Jinfu pulled Gong Yihai into the inner room, closed the door and asked in a low voice.

"I went to Beijing, the news is true, now the families of the fallen officers and soldiers in Beiyang are making trouble in front of the presidential palace, it started yesterday, and it is still making trouble, Duanjin and the gang of bannermen are planning to be on the right path, at this time, it is very beneficial to the old and young of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and now, they are preparing, so we will cooperate. Lao Tian, what do you say we should do? Did the commander-in-chief telegraph back? Gong Yihai said.

Tian Jinfu took out a copy of the telegram from his pocket, handed it to Gong Yihai, and said: "This is the telegram from the commander-in-chief, he asked me to make up my own mind, whether to act or not, it is up to me to decide." After all, he is not in Beijing and Tianjin, and he doesn't understand what the situation here really is

"Lao Tian, you have to think clearly, if we cooperate with those Manchu relics, in case they really rescue the Manchu Emperor and the Regent, it will not be easy to arrest them back."

"I understand that. But. The Commander-in-Chief sent us to lurk in the north. It's just to get us to fit in with his strategy. Before I arrived in Tianjin, the commander-in-chief specially told me that his current strategy was mainly to defeat Beiyang, and even if he could not swallow them in one gulp, at least he would break Beiyang apart, and the situation in the Beijing-Tianjin area was now delicate. How we act, how we act, this move is related to the overall strategic situation, as the supreme commander of this operation, of course, I know that we must act cautiously now. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Jinfu paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and he couldn't make up his mind in his heart.

After arriving in Tianjin, Tian Jinfu met with the head of the Republican Army's Northern Intelligence Station, "Tieqiao." That is, Gong Qingxiu, the shopkeeper of the "Five Lakes Trading Company", the two seriously analyzed the current situation in Beijing and Tianjin, and exchanged views, Tian Jinfu also relayed Zhao Bei's opinions to Gong Qingxiu, and the two have met several times, which is planning to close the net.

According to Zhao Bei's previous arrangement, the main task of Gong Qingxiu, Gong Yihai and other intelligence officers was to wait for an opportunity to break into that line, "Xia, Seven Banners". or provide intelligence for its peace army, or act ugly and act as the soul of the "Eight Banners of the Small Banner", so that the dragons are not displayed and the war between the powerful factions in the north and the south is carried out, and the situation in the north has changed dramatically, especially when Gong Qingxiu reported to Zhao Bei the information that the "Eight Banners outside the Guan" was about to launch an armed rebellion, Zhao Bei had to give up the original plan, and prepared to close the net in advance, and wipe out the "Eight Banners in the Guannei" headed by Duanjin, as for the "Eight Banners outside the Guan", he could only find another way to deal with it.

But now, the situation in the Beijing-Tianjin area has changed again, just yesterday, Duanjin personally found Gong Qingxiu and told him, "Eight Banners in Guannei." and "Eight Banners outside the Guan." Deciding to take action immediately, take action to rescue the Manchu deposed emperor Fuyi from the Alcohol Palace, and then send him to Fengtian as their so-called "Manchukuo" emperor to ascend the throne, Duanjin urged Gong Qingxiu to instigate the "internal response" of the Alcohol Palace. And the consternation was very anxious, and asked Gong Qingxiu to take people to Beijing this afternoon at the latest, because just before the death, the bereaved families of the fallen officers and soldiers in Beiyang surrounded Xu Shichang's presidential palace, crying and asking Xu Shichang for an explanation, because these people did not want to see Zhao Bei as vice president.

Considering that these people are the remnants of the Beiyang fallen officers and soldiers, Xu Shichang was a little timid in handling this matter, and did not dare to use tough means, and those Beiyang remnants obviously also had people behind their backs, they just refused to leave the presidential palace, vowing that if Xu Shichang did not give an explanation, they would absolutely not lift the siege of the presidential palace.

Journalists are concerned about the situation between the North and the South. And the Duanjin gang of flag men are concerned about how long this situation in Beijing will last? Xu Shichang is now afraid of the emotions of the Beiyang soldiers, and he does not dare to give the order to be tough, but this does not mean that those Beiyang relics who surrounded the presidential palace will always stay in front of the presidential palace, and once these people evacuate the presidential palace, then there will be no help for the actions of Duanjin and others, so they will urge Gong Qingxiu to rush to Beijing with his subordinates in a hurry to respond to their rescue operations, and Duanjin and others' idea is to fish in troubled waters.

In fact, Gong Qingxiu had already taken people to Beijing in the morning, and also brought Gong Yihai over, and Gong Yihai was specially responsible for reporting the situation in Beijing to Ming Jinfu, and now Tian Jinfu is the supreme commander sent by Zhao Bei to Tianjin, and is fully responsible for the net collection operation.

As the head of the northern intelligence station, Gong Qingxiu strongly advocated directly killing Duanjin and others, so as not to have many dreams at night, as for the rescue of the Manchu Emperor, Gong Qingxiu did not intend to cooperate at all, for this group of Manchu widows, this Jiangxi Xiucai has always been extremely contemptuous, and very vigilant, he is a staunch nationalist and statist, he never wants to see the Manchu restoration, even if it is only in the northeast region, so Gong Qingxiu insists that there is no need to risk going to the palace of the alcohol.

But Tian Jinfu had another opinion, originally, he was also more in favor of directly killing Duan Jin and others. But when Gong Qingxiu passed the news of Duanjin urging him to act yesterday, Tian Jinfu Lixuan used his brains, and he vaguely felt that if he could make good use of this opportunity, perhaps, he could kill two birds with one stone, and he could hit the old and young of the Manchu Dynasty. It can also strike at the Beiyang Group and escort the implementation of the commander-in-chief's overall strategy.

Therefore, Tian Jinfu has not been able to make up his mind about how to act, after all, this matter is too risky, and if the operation fails, it will make the situation in the northeast even more difficult to manage.

Tian Jinfu wanted to throw this hot potato to the commander-in-chief, but a telegram was photographed in Zhengzhou. Zhao Bei's reply threw this hot potato back into Tian Jinfu's hands, which is of course because Zhao Bei is not familiar with the current situation in the Beijing-Tianjin area, but it may not be that there is no intention of testing Tian Jinfu's adaptability, and Tian Jinfu, who has been the commander-in-chief of the guard for more than half a year, can also understand this.

Tian Jinfu was very moved by the trust of the commander-in-chief, but he also felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier.

"Just now I asked the people who stayed at the Tianjin Railway Station to give you a message and ask you to hire a reliable ship, have you hired it?" Tian Jinfu asked Gong Yihai.

"I hired it, it's a Ningbo Gang's "Beitou Boat" boat boss I got acquainted with some time ago. The people are very righteous, the mouth is also very strict, and the price I give is also fair, and the boat is now leaning on the concession wharf. Lao Tian, what are you going to do with this boat? If you go to Beijing, the fastest is to take the train, Gong Yihai said.

"Before I came, I specially brought a batch of guns and bombs through the ships of the German foreign company. Now it is stored in Xiaoliuzhuang on the edge of the German concession, and I need a boat to transport these guns and bombs to the railway station, and the German foreign company does not want to involve too much, so it cannot use foreign ships. When I arrived at the fire station, I had to find a way to load these guns and bombs onto the train, which was also a bit tricky, Yihai. Do you have a useful relationship at the train station? ”

"The second end of the train station is my brother who changed the post, and he is also reliable, but he is a little greedy for money. Give him some silver, and he will definitely help, the key is to camouflage those guns and bombs.

"It's all packed in a foreign-made couch and covered with the emblem of a foreign foreign company, so there should be no problem. The key is to be in a hurry and not to go late. It's too late, and we'll have to follow the old plan. ”

Tsuneo Mida has made up his mind to implement the new plan. Although Gong Yihai felt that he was a little risky, since Tian Jinfu was now the supreme commander of the operation, then he, as a subordinate, naturally could not disobey orders.

The two discussed the details of the operation again, and then Gong Yihai left in a hurry.

Ming Jinfu walked out of the room and glanced at the men who were still gathered at the table to wipe their guns.

"Now, at my command, everyone leaves the hotel in batches and goes to Xiaoliuzhuang to meet the others. Tell them that from now on, "Operation Mantuoro, suspended," Operation Autumn Harvest, officially begin to be implemented! ”