A gunshot rang out, and suddenly it rang out in the distance.

The people who were discussing in the room all subconsciously paused and listened. These people around Yanjing City are maintained by Tan Sitong's efforts, although they are not completely chaotic scenes, they are not much better. The cries and shouts of the homeless people passing by, the noisy and noisy movement of the troops coming and going, can be faintly heard, and occasionally a gunshot will be heard, but it is also the dull sound of the earth gun, and the crisp sound of the fast gun is rare.

Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai stood at the top, both listening intently. Ge Qitai and the backbone of the Praetorian Guard surrounded them, and they didn't dare to say anything at this time.

Since coming back from receiving the gun, Chu Wanli, who was lazy, and Yuan Shikai, who was silent and never rushed to perform in front of his boss. It's like a different person, urging everyone to work hard without sleep! The guns had to be fired, but there were not enough of them, so they had to select the most reliable people and concentrate them into a relatively elite detachment. Originally, it was completely organized in peacetime, but now it is necessary to organize in wartime, and the backbone of the various Praetorian Guards must be concentrated from dispersion to various targets............ The others didn't just watch, and began to do earthwork in the camp, digging trenches, trees, and fences, but not moving too much, and the accumulated soil was carefully transported into the barracks and hidden—so to speak, as if they were ready for war! The people who came out of the Praetorian Guard were naturally high-spirited, and the soldiers recruited locally may not have no self-efficacy, and this Yanqing Biao, which was encircled and closely monitored, was running at high speed under the leadership of the backbone of the Praetorian Guard, who had experienced several battles.

Looking at Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai, they arranged everything in an orderly manner, and the backbone of the Praetorian Guard also did the order and prohibition, as long as it was arranged, it was carried out vigorously. The awe and admiration of the natives led by Ge Qitai for these people from the south has risen to a new level - these people are indeed people who have done great things! Follow them, don't be wronged!

So when Chu Wanli and them quieted down, no one present dared to pant loudly.

As soon as the gunfire rang out, it stopped for a while, and there was no follow-up sound. Seeing that Chu Wanli's face was always solemn, Ge Qitai scratched his head: "My lord, I'm afraid it's nothing............ It's not been peaceful everywhere lately............ What is the mission of our team at that time? I guess I was a little confused just now............ I haven't gone through a big battle, and I hope you will forgive me. ”

A veteran from the Praetorian Guard suddenly said: "No, the gunshots rang out in the barracks of those Hunan soldiers outside!" ”

Chu Wanli grabbed the telescope on the table and shouted, "No! The surname Han has made a move! With that, he strode out of the barracks.

Yuan Shikai's face also changed, his movements were faster than Chu Wanli, and he was in front of him in one fell swoop!

There were still people in the room who didn't react, just stared at the two Shangguan blankly. Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai laid out the plan, first of all, to get in touch with Tan Sitong, Chu Wanli concluded that Tan Sitong's only goal now is to maintain the basic order of Yanjing and even the north, and wait until Xu Yifan comes north. But he can't blatantly contact Xu Yifan, one is afraid that the wind will leak and lose the moral basis of leading the troops in power now, once it is considered as Xu Yifan's internal response to seize the world, the capital will inevitably be turbulent, and the fragile balance he is trying to maintain now will be completely destroyed! After all, what he can master now is the four battalions of soldiers in the inner city!

Second, according to Chu Wanli's inference, there is no intention of maintaining the last bit of self-esteem in front of Xu Yifan.

If the ship does not come, it will go ashore, and the shore may not be able to go to the ship. If you can get in touch with Tan Sitong, it will be a good luck, as long as you can get understanding and cooperation with Tan Sitong, no matter what method Han Lao shopkeeper uses to make trouble, he can always control the situation. Maybe he can still make a plan, let Old Man Han suffer a big loss, and capture this Qu Kui who secretly sowed chaos in the north in one fell swoop!

But manpower is sometimes poor, and Tan Sitong doesn't believe in anyone now, and firmly closes himself in a small circle firmly surrounded by the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion. Now that he is in danger of the capital, he must not make any mistakes! Chu Wanli wanted Sheng Xuanhuai to find a messenger in the capital, but with such a little effort, where could he be contacted! And Old Man Han's move of sending a gun shows that his big move is about to be launched, and there is not so much time to slowly contact Tan Sitong!

Time is so short, and there is only self-reliance. Regarding Tan Sitong's fate, Chu Wanli is not very optimistic. Everything depends on one's own words, and there is one's own saying. Chu Wanli had already carefully thought about Han Zhongping's mentality, and giving them guns did not mean that Han Laofox really regarded them as a group, it was nothing more than wanting to use them as a good target to attract Tan Sitong's attention. They can take advantage of the chaos - and the hatred that Old Man Han has endured for thirty years will not just be pulled down after slaughtering Yanjing City. The two big leaders of the Manchu royal family in the Summer Palace, Guangxu and Cixi, how could he let go?

Especially Cixi was also the top decision-maker of the Qing court in the bloody Tianjing City!

Thirty years of hatred, only this way can it be regarded as clean and thorough.

Cixi Guangxu died or not, Chu Wanli didn't care. But at this time, to attract the attention of the backbone group of the Xiangjiao and firmly contain them, the only way to control Cixi and Guangxu is to control Cixi and Guangxu in their own hands. Attracting Han Zhongping to lead the main force of the Xiangjiao to rush over, as long as it can be contained for a day or two, maybe the handsome will be able to arrive! In this way, one can reduce the intensity of the Xiang Sect's destruction of Yanjing City, and the other is to let Han Zhongping and the backbone of the Xiang Sect who are making trouble in the north will not disperse after Xu Yifan's arrival, leaving endless hidden dangers in the north when the time comes............ As for the two slave leaders, Chu Wanli didn't care, seeing Xu Yifan coming, he just found a reason to dispose of them. Is it still there? This pushed on the head of the Xiangjiao, and he Chu Wanli was very relieved............ If you don't dispose of them, it will be troublesome in the future, the dynasty will change, no matter how different the means adopted with the civilization of the times, but there are some evils, and they still have to be liquidated! These two people can't be kept anymore, so that the remnants of the previous dynasty still have room to make waves!

After the general strategic direction was set, Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai seized this little time to try to make the so-called Yanqing standard play the greatest role. The specific strategy is very simple, that is, when the chaos arises and the Xiangjiao and Tan Si are fighting endlessly, take advantage of the chaos to go straight to the Summer Palace and control everything there!

Now, the incense sect is launched, and it is one point late to be one point. Just a little more preparation, not to mention that Xu Yifan is still on his way here! Chu Wanli has been, Quanbiao is ten times more honest than usual, there is nothing important, everyone is squatting in the barracks and is not allowed to come out, all homework is carried out at night, Xiangjiao wants to use Yanqing Biao as a target, he has to try his best to postpone this time!

He Chu Wanli is smart, but Han Zhongping is not stupid............ When Chu Wanli and they rushed to the door, they stood at the door and looked around. Then I heard a gunshot, followed by ten shots, and then a hundred shots. To the south of Yanqingbiao, the head of the battalion where they received their guns, the guns were noisy and scattered in all directions. Mixed with shouts, it soared into the sky. Stir everything around............ Needless to say, the head of the camp in the south, I'm afraid that from top to bottom, it has been bought by Han Zhongping! The gunfire there also sounded like a bean, and the surrounding camps were also alarmed at the same time, and you can see the figures scurrying around in the distance with the fire, people shouting and neighing, and the gunshots began to sound messily, just towards Yanqingbiao.

The bullets whizzed through the air, but they were inaccurate, almost flying overhead. Occasionally, one or two shots landed near the left, stirring up a few small puffs of smoke on the hand. Chu Wanli and the others stood at the door, and they were already pulled in by the guards behind them. Chu Wanli waved his hand violently: "Pull a fart!" Hurry up and give the order to get the team into the trenches! Not a single shot is allowed to be returned, not a single shot is allowed to be returned, do you hear? Look for the white flag and hang it up! ”

At the same time as he gave a loud order, many people in Yanqingbiao's barracks, led by the backbone of the Praetorian Guard, had already rushed out with guns, and many Yanqingbiao's soldiers followed, but more people were still hiding in the barracks, frightened by this sudden change.

Chu Wanli finished the order with a cold face, and the people behind him were stunned, and a veteran of the Praetorian Guard muttered: "Our Praetorian Guard does not hang a white flag ............"

Chu Wanli kicked the person who spoke: "You know a fart!" Are we Praetorian Guards now? Just go! ”

With a bang, the people behind him rushed to give the order, and shouted in the midst of the gunshots: "Don't shoot!" Get into position! Don't shoot, get into position! ”

The backbone of the Praetorian Guard was quick to receive the order, and even the men with their men jumped into the square trench dug in the camp, and Ge Qitai and other locals also shouted at the barracks: "No one is allowed to mess up!" No one is allowed to mess around! Do what you are told! Brethren, this is the time for us to show our faces, don't pretend to be cowardly! ”

The head of the camp surrounding and monitoring Yanqingbiao outside, naturally also saw the scene here in Yanqingbiao, and when he saw a large group of people with long foreign guns pouring out of the Yanqingbiao barracks, the chaos outside went up another step. More bullets flew towards the place, and the head came up a little, sending smoke in all directions, and the air was filled with the shrill whistling of bullets. The local Yanqingbiao soldiers almost buried their heads in the dirt, curled up one by one. Only the Praetorian Guard's backbone remained crouched over the trench, rifles clutched, watching around, waiting for further orders.

Chu Wanli had already been pressed to the ground by Yuan Shikai, and before he could lie down, two bullets hit the door frame, and the broken bricks and dust fell on them. Chu Wanli turned over and shook his head, snorted twice, and scolded with a smile: "Old Fox Han really has a hand, and as soon as he makes a move, it's a big scene!" I'm afraid a whole battalion of the fucking south side has been bought for him! How much silver does this cost? ”

Yuan Shikai was lying beside him, and his eyes were full of eagerness: "My lord, what should I do now?" ”

Chu Wanli snorted: "Go!" Go change into the uniforms of our Praetorian Guards, it's time for us to act above board! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in Yanjing City, in a big mansion not far from the outside that was almost close to the guard circle of the fourth battalion of Tan Si's lineage, Han Zhongping and Zhang Yu looked forward to each other in the courtyard.

The sound of gunfire in the distance was clearly heard. It's mixed together, and I can't hear the number anymore. There were already waves outside, and not far away, you could hear the footsteps of the Hunan soldiers of the Yamen Hunan Army, the prime minister of the Longzong Sect, and everyone was shouting and scolding. All sorts of things collided together, making a chaotic noise. In the end, only one voice was clearly discernible, and I don't know how many voices shouted at the same time: "Report back to your lord!" Nanyuan is in chaos! ”

There was also a wave of crying and shouting on the street outside, and the order that was barely maintained in Yanjing City was suddenly destroyed by the continuous gunshots that rang out at this moment. I don't know how many people are crying and running on the street - this gunshot is blazing against Yanjing City! All kinds of unimaginable voices are attacking at the same time, I don't know how many people are crying at the top of their voices, you don't need to go out to see, you can know what the chaos is like outside!

Han Zhongping's body trembled slightly, and he turned his head to the silent Zhang Yu with a bitter smile, his eyes flashing with old tears.

He patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder, and turned around and walked inside.

This house was originally owned by a household scribe. The clerks of the Manchu household department were often richer, richer than the officials of the household department, and this house was very large, and thousands of people could accommodate it. The people who are full of money naturally do not want to be in danger, and the Xiangjiao rebellion started, so the family moved to the Tianjin concession, and the house was sold - who knows if this house can be kept! It's better to be a little bit more visible.

Han Zhongping's most confidant disciples were divided into a few cases a day, with a scale of about a dozen people each, and sneaked in here to settle down. Just waiting for the last moment.

And he and Zhang Yu, after finally arranging everything outside the city, also sneaked here.

Now, it's time.

Two hundred children were waiting quietly in the small courtyard of the flower hall. They were all sturdy men, most of them in their thirties, and most of them participated in the Korean War in the Praetorian Guard. Pingyu is in Da Shengkui, they are all kind guys, capable young shopkeepers, and inconspicuous stack workers............ At this time, everyone was dressed in a short fight, with ochre wrapping their heads, and the flashes in their eyes were all the light of revenge!

Han Zhongping walked in, and everyone's eyes looked at his old figure and slowly walked to the steps of the flower hall, turning to face them. The old man's lips pursed, but he was speechless for a moment.

“………… You are all my children of heaven! Thirty-one years ago, the kingdom of heaven fell, and there is no immortal dynasty in the world, needless to say. But we have a deep blood feud against the slaughter of the city! Some of you had fathers, some of you had mothers who died in this massacre, and some of you were only three or four years old at the time, and the whole hall was slaughtered, and you survived by hiding in the pile of corpses............ We will never forget this scene for the rest of our lives! Your dead parents are all my Han Zhongping's flesh and blood brothers and sisters! I, Han Zhongping, swore thirty-one years ago that I would go to heaven and earth to avenge this revenge! ”

Han Zhong raised his hand slowly, unbuttoning the fox fur jacket on his body one by one. Old tears slowly fell on the face of the ditch.

“………… It's a long time............ But we've finally waited for this day! I saved you orphans in heaven and raised you for twenty or thirty years, so that it is today! We don't care about the rise and fall of dynasties, but this revenge must be avenged! We want to tear open this Yanjing City, kill the Qing Demon Chieftain, let the children of the Million Xiang Sect enter the city, and let this Qing Demon Yanjing also fall into the sea of blood! Chickens and dogs don't stay! Are you willing to follow my old man to avenge this blood vengeance? ”

There was silence for a while, as Han Zhongping said, they were all rescued. Some of them were younger, and they were born to their parents who were rescued by Han Zhongping a few years after the Tianjing Massacre. But the first word I knew was hatred! Han Zhongping raised them, took care of them, and devoted all his efforts to these orphans of the heavenly kingdom. The people who can stand here are all people who are absolutely obedient to Han Zhongping and who are also convinced that they will avenge this revenge. Seeing that the shopkeeper of Han Lao, who was a god, was so emotional, what else did everyone say besides repaying him with death?

"Blood washes the capital, and the chickens and dogs are not left!" The low neatness underneath echoed against the chaotic crying outside, making it even more chilly.

Han Zhongping has already removed the fox fur on his body, but what he wears inside is a yellow cloth battle jacket, a red battle skirt blocking the door, and a red horse coat. It is the official court uniform of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom general! The cloth has turned its old color, but there are no spots of mildew and deterioration. I don't know how many times in the past 30 years, Han Zhongping has secretly turned it out for maintenance and tidying, waiting for the day when he will wear it on his body again!

The color of the blood stains seems to have seeped into the inside of this court robe, and the blood color of thirty-one years ago has not faded yet!

Han Zhongping smiled bitterly, reached out and scooped his gray braid back, Zhang Yu had already reached out and handed over a dagger with cold light. Han Zhongping took the knife in his hand, cut it without hesitation, and threw the braid in his hand on the ground. The gray and sparse hair was spread out at once. There are already two children at the bottom, and they are walking up the stairs quickly. One holds an apricot yellow and red-edged turban, and the other holds a heavenly horned hat.

Han Zhongping stood there, his head slightly raised, motionless. Wait for the two children to wrap his turban first, and then carefully put on the horned hat.

The old tears on his face continued to slide down unstoppablely.

"Bring up my flag!"

Two more children, holding a yellow flag. It was already very old, Han Zhongping greeted the flag, took it in his hand, and gently stroked the old flag. Then he gritted his teeth and shook it, and this vertical battle flag inlaid with red tooth flames suddenly unfolded in his hand, which was a guard of honor flag in front of him, with ten big characters on it.

"After the Kingdom of Heaven, the military commands the left-wing enemy Wang Han"!

Unfurling this flag, Han Zhongping couldn't say a word, trembling and mourning. Zhang Yu, who had been standing silently behind him, took a step forward, and his eyes were also full of flames of revenge.

“………… Nanyuan is in chaos, and Tan Sitong's last bit of troops will be drained in the blink of an eye. Let's kill Tan Sitong first! Tan Sitong is gone, and the last bit of the Tartar court in the capital will be leaderless, and there is no ability to control the situation! And I, Venerable Xiangjiao Yan, have already brought more than 10,000 henchmen, not far from here, just in time to take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate and pour in in one fell swoop! We will let this capital be completely destroyed! ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gunshots also alarmed Tan Sitong, who was in the Yamen of the Prime Minister of Longzongmen.

The news outside came up like a stream, and all the people who kept saying it were Nanyuan was in chaos!

Tan Sitong's first reaction was to recruit more than 10,000 Xiangjiao disciples to make a rebellion, and there were three or four thousand soldiers and horses in Nanyuan to monitor these Xiangjiao children, and now it was finally a trouble!

He tried his best to stabilize his emotions, and when orders were issued, the city gate was immediately closed, and the gate soldiers were doubled. Immediately send a scout horse to Nanyuan to find out the situation and report back. Summoning Yang Rui over, he immediately has to stabilize the hearts of the people in the capital first!

As long as he Tan Sitong does not die, the city gate is closed. More than 10,000 Xiangjiao disciples who have no guns and no weapons can't fight Yanjing City!

After everyone was sent out, Tan Sitong went around in circles in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Yamen, trying his best to calm his emotions. At this time, these soldiers and horses under his command were also frightened, everyone was watching him, no matter what, he couldn't mess with himself at this time!

Wang Wucun followed Tan Sitong's side every step of the way, and he didn't think much about it. Even if the sky falls, you have to protect your brother!

The chaotic cries outside kept coming, and the guards everywhere turned pale one by one, clenching the fast guns in their hands. And Tan Sitong came to the end, just pursed his lips and stood there stubbornly, motionless.

"Lord Yang has arrived!"

A Goshhafei also ran over and spread the news loudly. Tan Si turned his head at the same time and strode out. Before he could get out of the courtyard, he saw Yang Rui, Lin Xu, Yang Shenxiu, Liu Guangren, Kang Guangren and several of his most confidant subordinates, all rushing over, each sweating profusely.

These prime ministers' yamen no longer have any government affairs to do, and Lin Xu and their chapters were sent to assist Yang Rui to maintain the basic order of such a large Yanjing City. At this time, there was a big chaos, and everyone rushed over at the same time. They turned out to be scholars without practice, and they were rushed to this high position by the trend of the times, although they have been supporting Tan Sitong hard, but this is close to the chaos in Yanjing City, and they finally panicked!

Yang Rui was far away from Tan Sitong and began to shout: "Resurrection!" Back! What to do? It was Yanqing Biao who made the mess, I don't know how, they still have foreign guns in their hands, and the two sides are exchanging fire............ With foreign guns and equipment, this mess can't be cleaned up! ”

Tan Sitong walked in and glared at him fiercely: "The news of my horse exploration hasn't come back yet, don't talk nonsense!" ”

In fact, his heart was also shocked, and his hands and feet were involuntarily cold. If the children of the more than 10,000 incense sects have foreign guns, how can this be cleaned up? How did they get their hands on foreign guns under such close surveillance?

Several people surrounded Tan Si and asked loudly: "Resurrection, what should I do?" What to do? ”

Tan Sitong tried to stabilize the emotions in his heart, waved his hand and said loudly: "Wait for the news to come back!" Now the city gate is the most important, watch it! Shu Qiao, you hurry back to the yamen, send people, and stabilize the situation in the capital no matter what! If there is an incense sect that takes the opportunity to form an altar and make trouble, you are allowed to kill it on the spot! ”

Yang Rui stomped his feet: "It's already a mess of porridge!" The officials of Shuntianfu, the green battalion soldiers of the Yamen of the infantry army, I don't know how many have been scattered now, where did I come from to maintain order in the capital? ”

Tan Sitong said categorically: "I'll give you a battalion of soldiers!" With these hundreds of people as the backbone, they can always gather some green battalion soldiers and servants, and their families are also in this city, explaining the truth under the white nest, and they can always obey orders! I don't care what you do, let this chaos calm down first, go all the way to ring the gong all the way, and tell the people in the city that I, Tan Sitong, are still there! Yanjing City is as safe as Mount Tai! ”

Yang Rui sighed, Tan Sitong didn't say much, and waved his hand to let a Goshha follow Yang Rui to give the order to transfer troops.

At this time, the scouts sent by Tan Sitong had already rushed back, and they rushed in as if they were flying, first two or three, then seven or eight. When he saw Tan Sitong here, he called a thousand times: "My lord! Yanqing is a Praetorian Guard! It's Xu Yifan's Praetorian Guard! They first opened fire on the front camp of the Left Army stationed south of them, and the battalion that surrounded them returned fire with their guns, and they were still trapped now. But no one knows how long it will last............ If the other Xiangjiao battalion leaders were also in the Praetorian Guard's class, it would be a big deal! Nanyuan garrison, beg the adults to send reinforcements! ”

As soon as they heard the word Praetorian Guard, everyone present was shocked. Even Yang Rui, who was about to walk outside the door, stopped. The prestige of the Praetorian Guard is already famous all over the world, and the soldiers left behind by Liu Kunyi led by Tan Sitong are definitely their opponents. If it is really the confluence of the Praetorian Guard and the Xiangjiao, the big thing will go!

The same thought involuntarily flashed through the minds of the people present, the biggest benefit of this Northland chaos is Xu Yifan. He entered the city in the name of Xiangjiao and destroyed the ruling center of the Qing Dynasty, which could not be cheaper. Afterwards, there are 10,000 reasons to make things clear here - when he arrives in the ruined Yanjing City as a savior, there will be no resistance in the north, and there will be a lot less trouble left by the Qing Dynasty, and it will be convenient to build a new dynasty for him Xu Yifan - as for how many people will die, who cares when the dynasty is changing?

Everyone's eyes were cast on Tan Sitong, who was pale.

Resurrection, what should you do?

Tan Sitong's face changed, and finally he waved his hand violently: "Shu Qiao, you go and do your business!" Yi Estate, you take my order arrows and go to the nine gates to inspect, but the city gates will not open! Don't go out of town! We're not moving for now! Wait for further news from Nanyuan to come before making a decision! ”

Yang Rui looked at Tan Si deeply and walked away with his fists. Yang Shenxiu, who was called by name, was also stunned: "Resurrection, is it ............?"

Tan Sitong waved his hand irritably: "It's still not certain that the Praetorian Guards are converging with the Xiang Sect!" I'm going to take a look! ”

A voice in his heart kept asking repeatedly: "Brother Chuanqing, are you really willing to sacrifice millions of souls in the capital for the sake of the great cause?" Brother Chuanqing, Brother Chuanqing, will you really do this? ”

(To be continued)