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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 172: Return to Beijing

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    After returning to the place where he stayed, Ronglu fell asleep with his head covered. He tried hard not to think about the bloody scene, but he kept thinking about it in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it, and he couldn't forget it, just like the headless corpses.  The hands raised to the sky were all pointing to themselves. They still complained after death and testified to the sky that they were the ones who killed them.

    Rong Lu couldn't help but sit up and opened a jar of the top-notch daughter's red that Cheng'en had collected. He didn't care how much it was. He raised his head and drank half of the jar. He let out a beast-like wailing sound in his mouth, and kept pouring it to himself.  Drinking wine, he soon became drunk and unconscious.

    I don¡¯t know how long it took, but Ronglu was still awakened by the terrible and bloody dream. He sat up and found that he was sleeping on the bed. He felt that he was covered in cold sweat, and then a splitting headache came over him. Ronglu hugged him.  He groaned while holding his head, wishing he could chop his head off with a knife.

    "Brother Rong, are you awake? I really admire you. You can get drunk by yourself. Come and have a bowl of sober soup." Cheng En arrived at the house at some point and came over with a bowl of sour soup.  : "I know you are cold on the outside and hot on the inside, but you still feel sorry for those gangsters who were killed, right?"

    Ronglu took the hangover soup in a daze, without saying a word. He just shook his head and drank the hangover soup.

    Chengen pulled Zhang Taozi to sit down and said slowly: "I also know that we killed nearly ten thousand people this time, and I'm so damn scared. To be honest, my calves are still trembling. But when I think about dying,  It¡¯s not me, so I don¡¯t feel afraid anymore. Since those rebellious parties dare to rebel, they should know what the consequences will be. It should be noted that the king¡¯s law is like a furnace. Since a case has occurred, it should be punished. We are only acting in accordance with the will of the court. Those who are wronged  If a ghost wants to kill him, he should go to the top, right?"

    Ronglu snorted without comment. Chengen opened a box beside the bed and said with a smile: "Haha, let's talk about something happy. This Wu Jianzhang is very kind and gave a batch of gold, pearls and jade articles, and every brother can share them."  Get a share, I think the total value is more than 100,000 taels of silver, this trip to Jiangnan is not in vain."

    Ronglu looked over and saw that there were gold ingots, silver ingots, pearls, emeralds, and jade in the box. He had never seen so many gold and jewelry shells before. Each of the twelve people in their group could get a share.  Ten thousand taels of silver, their monthly salary was only a hundred taels of silver, so they made a fortune. Seeing these yellow and white things, Ronglu couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.

    Cheng'en closed the box and continued: "I have agreed with Wu Jianzhang that he will handle the rest of the errands. The rewards given to foreigners will always be hundreds of thousands of taels, and Wu Jianzhang will repay them with tariffs or by expanding the foreign concessions.  We don¡¯t have to worry about it. It¡¯s better for us to leave Shanghai as soon as possible. I heard that the long-haired bandits are very anxious to besiege Suzhou and Hangzhou. If they are blocked in Shanghai, it won¡¯t be worth it. Anyway, we have almost completed the errands given by Mr. Sushun, and there are a few  If the bandit leader is on the run, just let the local government continue to pursue him. We don¡¯t have to stay and take risks."

    Ronglu breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slowly and said: "Okay, let's take care of things and return to Beijing in a few days. But before leaving, I also imagined that the foreigners would buy some foreign guns. Even if we brothers are dedicated to using them, we can't do it."  It¡¯s better than those shotguns in the firearms camp.¡±

    Cheng'en chuckled and said, "These days are full of wars and chaos. It might be a good idea to buy some foreign guns for self-defense. It's up to you to deal with the foreign devils. Brother, I won't get involved."

    Early the next morning, through the connections of several British men in the mercenary army, Ronglu found several foreign banks in Shanghai and purchased a batch of foreign guns. This batch of foreign guns came in various lengths, but there were only dozens of them.  Because Ronglu didn't want much, and he made it clear that they were for appreciation, these hundreds of guns were just a drop in the bucket for the entire black market arms trade in Shanghai, and no one would care at all.

    Just after Ronglu and the foreign company finished trading guns, Chengen and several guards came to him out of breath. His first words were: "The long-haired thieves are coming, and the Kunshan regiment training has broken back."  , Changmao is running to Jiading, Qingpu¡¯s mud-legged people are also making a fuss, we have to leave quickly.¡±

    Ronglu snorted, but before he could answer, he heard the noise outside the foreign bank. When everyone came to the door and took a look, they saw that many people on the street were spreading rumors, saying that Changmao was calling.  Chaos arose. Merchants, vendors, and freight transporters packed up their belongings and fled in all directions. The originally lively streets became chaotic and crowded.

    Ronglu, Chengen and others brought foreign guns and saw that many wealthy families on the street began to flee for their lives outside the city. The mules, livestock, carts and carriages were crowded together, crowding the narrow roads in Shanghai.  Cheng'en said anxiously: "We have to leave quickly. If Wu Jianzhang and Yuan Zude seal the city gate later, they will not be able to get out." Rong Lu frowned and said loudly: "No, we can't go out by land. We have to find a boat."  waterway!"

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????: ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUT??Finally, Ronglu and others were able to enter the concession. The outside of the concession was crowded with wealthy businessmen and common people who wanted to take refuge in the British concession, but they were blocked by the British troops with live ammunition.

    Arriving at the British Consulate, Ronglu finally met Lord Wenhan. After repeated requests, Ronglu spent another sum of money, and Wenhan reluctantly agreed to let them leave from Baoshun Pier on a British merchant ship.

    After dark, Ronglu and others finally boarded the British merchant ship "Meg¨¨ve" and sailed eastward along the Huangpu River.  When standing on the deck and looking back, many fires were lit outside the city of Shanghai, and from time to time, low gunfire could be heard. Ronglu knew that Changmao must have reached the suburbs of Shanghai and began to bombard Shanghai, the future Paris of the East.  Ronglu didn't know whether it could hold it or not. He only knew that without the help of foreigners in Shanghai, the Qing government would never have thought it could hold it.

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    After receiving the news that the Qing government had begun to deal with the Shanghai Small Sword Society, Xiao Yungui and Zuo Zongtang discussed for a while and decided that Xiao Yungui would lead two thousand soldiers and horses first and march into Shanghai, while Zuo Zongtang would lead the army to continue the siege of Suzhou City.  Compared with Suzhou, Shanghai at this time was just a small county town. Xiao Yungui's two thousand elites plus the three thousand rebels from Qingpu's grain resistance should be enough. In order to protect Suzhou and Hangzhou, almost all the green battalion soldiers near Shanghai were mobilized.  At first, there were only some local regiment training newly organized by Wu Jianzhang and Yuan Zude. Xiao Yungui was confident that these troops were enough.

    Soon in the afternoon of the same day, Xiao Yungui led his troops to Kunshan and immediately raided the local regiment training of more than 800 Qing troops in Kunshan. Because the regiment was formed in a hurry, even the weapons were not as good as those of the Taiping Army. The Qing regiment only resisted half of the troops.  After an hour, the birds and beasts dispersed.

    While Xiao Yungui ordered Li Zuoche to clean the battlefield, he ordered Tang Erniu to lead people to Qingpu to contact Zhou Lichun and his daughter, and agreed to meet up to attack Jiading tomorrow morning.

    After cleaning the battlefield and using some rations, Xiao Yungui commanded his troops to rush to Jiading. This battle was actually a quick one. He wanted to capture Shanghai before the Qing troops in Jiangbei and Suzhou and Hangzhou could react.  Xiao Yungui was afraid that Shanghai would be even more difficult to defeat due to the squabbling between the Qing court and the foreigners.

    In the evening, Xiao Yungui's troops arrived in Jiading, and the Taiping Army immediately built forts and set up camp to prepare meals.  While Xiao Yungui was munching on the noodles, Tang Erniu came back, and with him came hundreds of people from the Qingpu Peasant Rebel Army, led by a female general.

    On the way to Jiading, Zhou Xiuying once fantasized about this invincible Western King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Rumors said that he was born as the Prince of Christ, with three heads and six arms, a seven-foot tiger body, and a majestic appearance.  Zhou Xiuying didn't know who Christ was, but she thought that a person who could be called a prince must be handsome and mighty, just like the third prince Nezha in the play.  But when Tang Erniu led her into the camp, what she saw in front of her was a bearded man with a face covered in dust and sweat. His eyes were red, and he was holding a piece of dough in his big black hands and chewing on it.  The green robe he was wearing was covered with blood and mud, and the yellow scarf on his head was the only thing that made him different from the Taiping soldiers outside.

    Tang Erniu stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness the King of the West, the Qingpu Rebel Army has contacted us. This is Zhou Xiuying, Zhou Yingxiong's daughter. She led eight hundred volunteers to help out first. Zhou Yingxiong led his team and his family behind."

    I saw King Xi put the cake in his hand on the ground, wiped the cake oil on his body, stood up and said with a smile: "So this is the famous heroine Zhou Xiuying, Miss Zhou. She is so famous that it is better to meet her."  , He is indeed heroic and heroic."

    Zhou Xiuying came back to her senses and felt that King Xi looked like a rough peasant from the countryside. There was nothing special about him, but he spoke with a really loud voice.  Zhou Xiuying hurriedly clasped her fists and saluted, "Little girl Zhou Xiuying has met His Highness the King of the West."

    The King of the West stared at Zhou Xiuying for a few times and said with a smile: "Come, come, come, let's sit down and talk. We came in a hurry and didn't bring anything extra. There are no tables and chairs in this tent, so let's just sit down."  Speak on the stone.¡±

    Zhou Xiuying hummed, and followed Tang Erniu to sit on the stone opposite King Xi. King Xi didn't waste any time, pointing to a map on the ground and said: "I heard that the rebels in Qingpu were led by Zhou Yingxiong last year.  We conquered Jiading, but later the Qing Yao gained strength, and the rebels finally retreated to Qingpu to fight against the Qing Yao. Miss Zhou, can you tell us how we should fight the battle tomorrow?"

    Zhou Xiuying didn't expect the King of the West to be so impatient, but when she saw him looking at the map with a solemn look on his face, he seemed to be very concerned about the war, and there was no vanity in his style. She immediately said: "Zongzao Bang, Lian Qihe,  The Loutang River lies east and west of Jiading, and Yantietang, Hengli, and Xinchapu run through Jiading's north and south. I don't quite understand how to attack the county. Last time we attacked Jiading, we had our internal forces in the city, and we should cooperate with the inside and outside to open the city gate.  Only then did we capture Jiading."

    Xiao Yungui squinted his eyes and said: "The inside should be coordinated with the outside, this master?Not bad.  "
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