The members of the Flying Tiger Group who entered the palace were similar to those of Zhao Guanhou in terms of the number of people. If someone shouted to fight to the death, this battle was a relatively difficult melee. After all, one side could be without any scruples, while the other side needed to protect the queen mother. However, the Flying Tiger Group was easier to let go.

But the problem is that King Duan and his party, since Zhao Guanhou killed Wan Liyun with his sword, his momentum was greatly frustrated. Cixi gradually returned to his former dignity, but King Duan and others began to retreat again. The attack that originally wanted to burn the boat was useless, and he did not dare to cause trouble again.

Wan Liyun, the important leader of the Flying Tiger Group, was killed. If the other leaders spoke at this time, they would inevitably be killed, and they would inevitably die if they didn't speak. For a moment, someone was very worried and shouted: "The Lord Buddha is kind, the Empress Dowager is kind, the young men... the young men are on orders to act."

As soon as these words were said, morale was greatly damaged, and Cixi became more and more confident, and a sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth. "Didn't you say, please ask God to be invulnerable? Why, when you say you want to kill, you are scared and scared. You are invulnerable to the gods. Come on, take them down, and I want to see their magical powers today. Whether you are picking up bayonets or shooting guns, as long as you can't kill them, I will bring them back, I will have a reward of good things."

One side has no courage and the other side is full of energy, so there is no need to continue this battle. Although the official army is not large in number, it first seized the weapons of these groups of people and escorted the same number of groups of people away. Before long, gunfire sounded.

King Duan and others looked pale, and everyone's faces were covered with blood. No one knew if the empress dowager would just give orders and pull all of her own people out to try the Dharma. She only heard Cixi say:

"I know what you are so kind, but I also have a saying to teach you that I will weigh whoever is the emperor. Don't think that if you establish the eldest prince, you should make him the emperor. You should remove the title of the eldest prince. That is, I have the final say in this palace. If you want to establish anyone, you will be the emperor. If you want to establish someone, you will be the emperor! Chengyi! I know what you think, tell you, three words: I won'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 still make such a fuss, you will not be so cheap next time! Everyone who comes here will be fined three years for three years. If Xuanzhao is not allowed to enter the palace! Get out of here! If you enter the palace tomorrow, kowtow to the emperor and apologize, I will remember it."

Her words were merciless, and she cursed all the relatives and nobles in the royal family so much that everyone dared not stay anymore. She hid in a panic and left, leaving only Zhao Guanhou.

Seeing that the enemy had left, Zhao Guanhou hurriedly knelt down again, "Old Buddha, I have not been admitted to the palace by Xuanzhe, but it is a death sentence. Please punish the Queen Mother."

"Get up, let's talk in the house, there is no need to be so restrained. I'm not so confused yet. If you weren't here, the situation would be bad. This time you made great contributions to rescue the emperor. Not only do I want to thank you, but the emperor also wants to thank you. How could you be guilty?"

When he entered the warmer pavilion, Cixi ordered a seat to be brought to Zhao Guanhou, and then ordered to bring snacks and herbal tea. It is rare to enjoy this honor as a second-rank official. Cixi asked first when he would arrive and how many soldiers and horses he brought. When he heard that he had come to the other battalions, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"In addition, there were only six battalions, three thousand soldiers, which were too few. If all the Wuwei Right Army arrived, I wouldn't have to worry. If you were the main attacker, the three embassies had already taken down. Dong Wuxing was really incompetent. He attacked the embassy for him and burned all the Hanlin Academy. As a result, he still couldn't get in. The Flying Tiger Regiment originally expected them to have morale, but even if the magic was not effective, the people's hearts were available, but they didn't want to, their hearts were completely broken."

Zhao Guanhou took this opportunity to report Tongzhou's experience to Cixi, and re-explained the things about Langfang. Cixi said angrily: "Chengyi, this slave, actually dares to deceive the king! The bandits like the Flying Tiger Regiment need to be suppressed. Why didn't your Right Army come to suppress the bandits in Zhili?"

"If you go back to the Lord Lafayette, it is really the situation in Shandong, and it is also very critical. Foreigners are in Jiaozhou Bay, with ships densely populated, and thousands of foreign soldiers are in a stalemate. Shandong soldiers are in there, and the foreigners can only guard against Jiaozhou and cannot invade the capital. If Shandong's troops move, foreigners will follow. Not only will Shandong be disturbed, but they will also come to the capital. Yuan Gongbao is trying to negotiate with foreigners, hoping to get foreigners to retreat. Before that, our soldiers will have to restrain foreign soldiers. Gong Bao has not arrived in Shandong for a long time and his troops are not sufficient. He can only transfer two more battalions of troops to serve the king."

Cixi calculated that the eight camps in front and behind, and four thousand new players, although they were not enough to fight against foreigners, but they were enough to shock the rear army of the Wuwei, the Tiger God, and the Second Camp of Shenji. Even if Cheng Yi wanted to cause trouble, it was enough to deal with him. He nodded at the moment, "Very good, I will not treat him badly if Yuan Weiting has such loyalty. I will defeat the foreigners this time, and I have his benefits. If you enter the palace this time, I think someone has sent you a message, right? Is it Lao Qing?"

"Laofu is clear about it. It was Prince Qing who sent Grand Prince Zhen to send a letter that I learned that there were police officers in the palace who brought troops to disturb Ci Jia, who deserved to be killed."

"You don't have to say politely. Now is not the time to talk about those things. Lao Qing told me before, but I didn't expect that Chengyi's slave would really have the courage. From now on, the entire Xiyuan will be guarded by your Wuwei Right Army. No matter who it is, he will trespass without orders, and he will be killed without any reservation!"

"I obey the order."

Cixi said to Li Lianying, "Tell me, I will reward 100,000 silver to the Eighth Battalion of the Right Army. The Wuwei Army has falsely reported military achievements and rewarded 100,000 silver, and the Right Army has made real contributions. If there is no reward, I don't have to be the Empress Dowager. I will be rewarded with another 20,000 yuan to Guanhou, so that he can keep it in the capital for spending."

Zhao Guanhou thanked the reward, and Cixi said again: "It's good that your artillery battalion enters Beijing. All the eight cannons of the Wuwei Central Army are under your control. There are only eight cannons in total, and two were destroyed by the Wuwei Long Army. Those useless slaves can't do anything. Please keep the cannon for me and blow the embassy open."

She paused for a moment and continued, "I also know that the two countries are fighting and not killing pedestrians. But since ancient times, there has been no reason to send troops to other countries' territory to protect pedestrians. If they are not kind, we can only be unrighteous. Besides, foreign soldiers are in Tianjin and may come in at any time. If we want to negotiate, we must have some capital. First attack and open an embassy to let foreigners know that we are not easy to mess with. Next, Zhang Tong can make the conditions with them. I originally thought that the two battalions of Tiger God and Shenji were available, but later I thought that the Wuwei Hou Army and the Flying Tiger Regiment were available. Now it seems that the only ones that are really available are your Right Army. Don't let me down, fight well!"

At this moment, Han Rong had already handed over the sign. Cixi summoned Han Rong and Zhao Guanhou was just kneeling down. He did not leave, but was led by Li Lianying to a small room outside to wait for Han Rong. Not long after, Li Lianying pushed the door and came in. There was a tray in his hand, and the one inside was a stack of silver notes.

Zhao Guanhou thanked the favor in advance and wanted to take out part of it to repay Li Lianying as usual, but Li Lianying waved his hand, "Forgive, you take it with you. If you didn't come today, I'm afraid that all things that the Buddha would not tolerate will be released. If I still accept your money at this time, I can't be considered a person. Put it away and turn around, and I have to pay it out. Now the silver bill is worthless. Who knows when the money bank goes bankrupt, everyone will lose the bill after eating, and the deposit will be gone."

While they were talking, the two of them had already sat down. Li Lianying sighed, "Did you see when you entered the city? Dashilan was burned out. There were many lively places in the past, a fire... and it was gone. Even the Four Great Hengs almost shut down because of this fire. Tell me, shouldn't you repay the silver bill quickly?"

Zhao Guanhou was anxious to enter the palace to protect his host, but he did not pay attention. After hearing this, he realized that the four major Hengs were at risk. He is now one of the four major Hengs shareholders, and it is related to his own interests, so of course he has to ask. Han Rong saw that the Empress Dowager was the only match, but Li Lianying did not listen. He also had 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 Beitang, but it was not smooth. Although Kanglie personally supervised the army and even the Wuwei Army participated in the battle along the way of attacking the Embassy, ​​they were all futile and suffered heavy casualties. There were only two Cape infantry platoons in Beitang, but they could not attack them by life or death. The cement exterior wall could not be burned, and the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment had no choice but to find another place to burn.

Lao Deji Pharmacy in Dazhalan was chosen as a target because it sold foreign medicines such as quinine and other foreign oil matches, and the fire immediately became a big deal. At that time, the wind helped the fire, the fire dragons were raging, and the flying tiger group did not allow people to put out the fire. By the time they wanted to save the fire, the fire was irreversible.

Dazhalan was originally the most prosperous place in the capital, and the essence of business was all here. This fire suddenly burned more than 5,000 houses. To the east, to the jewelry market, to the west, to Guanyin Temple Street, to the west, to the west, to the west, to the Xiheyan, and to the north, to the west, to form a sea of ​​fire. The Guanghe Tower, Sanqing Garden, and the Qingle Park, which were performed by Xiaoyaotian, all turned into ashes into flames. The fire burned to the Zhengyangmen Tower. The Flying Tiger Group applauded, and the people were left with only the share of crying and robbing the earth.

The silver money houses in the capital rely on furnace room turnover. The twenty furnace houses in the capital are all in the jewelry market. This time, Zhurong showed his power and the furnace houses were destroyed. The major money houses had no effect in turnover, so they could only close their business. It should be noted that Siheng was the No. 1 big money house in Dajin at this time, and one of them closed, and the impact even exceeded that of the emperor's change of ownership. If it could not recover quickly, the entire capital would not be beaten by foreigners, and he would be in chaos.

In a hurry, the court could only borrow one million yuan from the official loan to maintain the Sihenyun period to stabilize the situation in the capital. However, the bosses in the capital did not trust the silver bills very much from then on. Although the empress dowager's reward was heavy, Li Lianying was still worried that he would not be able to withdraw the money.

Zhao Guanhou was not afraid, so he packed the banknotes and asked about other situations. Li Lianying said, "The situation is very bad. The capital has become lawless and does not look like it. I will mention a few people to you, you all know each other. One is Akdan, the wing chief of the Tiger God Camp who took you out of the city, and the other is Akdan's friend, the deputy commander Qingheng, who was killed by the Flying Tiger Group. Qingheng died the worst. None of the whole family was left, and all of them were killed. He was chopped off his limbs by the Flying Tiger Group and killed him again. There was also the fourth son of Lishan Li. We went to his house for dinner and now we were also under prison. The huge piece of furniture was snatched up by Brother Duan and others. The prince took the lead in raiding the house and robbing money. How can this city not be messed up?"

Zhao Guanhou was really shocked. Speaking of which, Akdan was quite kind to him, so he naturally didn't want his acquaintances to die. What's more, how could he kill him if he was a second-rank official? Even if he was guilty, he was not the Flying Tiger Group had the right to kill him. As for Lishan, he was not only a court official, but also a favorite minister of the Empress Dowager. How could he dare to attack him?

"Akdan and Qingheng's crimes are all said to be erudites. Akdan believed in foreign religions, so he just held the beheaded in front of the formation. Qingheng offended the bandits because the Flying Tiger Group asked him for muskets and he didn't give them, so he offended the bandits. He said that he was a spy from the foreigners, so he killed them. The Old Buddha wanted to punish him, and the Flying Tiger Group said that it was done by the black group, and the Flying Tiger Group didn't know. You tell me, the Red Group is actually divided into the Flying Tiger Group, and this is the black group. It's just that when he kills and sets fire, it's just a black group. When he picks up the knife to cut off the foreigners, it turns into a red group again. Qingheng and Duan Wang are friends, but they are also killed. This Flying Tiger Group is like a wild horse with a reins off, and no one can hold it anymore. Even if it's Duan Wang, I don't think it can be controlled."

"What about Mr. Yang? Why did he discuss his crime?"

"He offended the Duke of Fuguo Chenglan. Both of them robbed a girl and had a problem in the fun. As a result, the retribution was here. His house was next to Beitang, and the Flying Tiger Group said that he dug up the tunnel and sent food, guns and bullets to the foreigners in Beitang, so he couldn't take it down. There was no way for the Lord Laifu, let alone some of the things he had done before... But Lord Laifu refused to agree to the raid of his house. But what if he didn't agree? Now, after killing people and setting fires, he can't even get a serious evil spirit. Everyone has to be careful when going out."

Li Lianying said this, obviously reminding Zhao Guanhou that although he had the troops of the Sixth Battalion, he should be careful not to be subjected to a crime. This is not only to thank him for his timely help and relieve the Empress Dowager's danger, but also to take care of King Qing's face. Zhao Guanhou thanked him for his sincere gratitude, but was no problem. Not long after the two had just finished their talks, Han Rong pushed the door in, exchanged a few greetings with Li Lianying, and called Zhao Guanhou to leave.

Han Rong's health seemed worse than last time, and his cough was even worse, but he still kept his energy. When he arrived at home, he did not rest and directly called Zhao Guanhou to the study. The family presented tea, then left and handed the room to the two of them.

"Guanhou, the situation today is critical. If you hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would be unimaginable. This is done well. Lord Buddha and I will not treat you badly. When the foreign soldiers retreat, there will be rewards. Dong Wuxing... Cough cough... The bad things are ruined by him. His rear army, along with the Tiger God Camp and the Flying Tiger Regiment, are in conflict with each other, and friends will be traitors. If I had transferred the Right Army to Beijing, the situation would not have been like this... Now the situation is so useless, and I can only do my best to prevent the situation from worsening. All the cannons in Wusheng Central Army will be allocated to you from now on. If the embassy does not need cannons, it will not be possible. The Embassy of Albion cannot be used. However, our cannons and the rear army will not use them, so we can only let your people come and use them."

Zhao Guanhou did not respond, but thought for a moment: "Zhongtang, if our cannon is bombed, it will not be the matter of the Albion Embassy. Dongjiaomin Lane, if you believe it, you will keep it for one day. However, the general dared to ask the central hall for a hand order. Only with the hand order, the general dared to do things."

Han Rong coughed for a while, "I'll ask the grain station to prepare 20,000 silver for you. Do you use it yourself or for the subordinates, and I won't care... I promise not to make things difficult for you. But the handwriting will not be available. You have to open the cannon. If you can't hear the cannons in the palace, I want your head!"
Chapter completed!