Ronglu was very confident because he had known the two brothers, Lian Xing and Lian Xi, since he was a child. Ron Lu, the oldest in Lian Xing, called him big brother. Later, Lian Xing joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and helped Ron Lu a lot.
Lian Xi was the youngest, and she often begged for money from behind. When she went out to drink and gamble, she would exchange money with her two brothers!
Ronglu used to be very poor, but he was still very loyal. If he had money, he would help Lian Xi pay some bills, and if he had no money, he would help hide Lian Xi.
Back then, when Lian Xi lost all his money gambling with Prince Qing's servant Dexi and owed more than five thousand taels and couldn't pay it back, wasn't it Ronglu who hid Lian Xi in his wife's natal village?
In the end, Rong Lu and Lian Xing paid back the three thousand taels by drinking wine, which finally settled the matter, otherwise Dexi would have to break one of his legs.
Ronglu will never forget these kindnesses from back then, I believe even Xi will not forget them!
Ronglu smiled and said to the city head, "Lian Xi! That year you fell into Dexi's trap. He used a sieve mixed with mercury to trap your money...five thousand taels. Your wife almost let someone give it to you." Caught!"
"It's not like your brother and I took advantage of several princes to suppress Prince Taqing. How can we equal the debt of 5,000 taels with three thousand taels?"
"Prince Qing sees money in his eyes, can he scatter it?"
"Good brother! When has my brother tricked you? The other brothers on the city wall, you are all from the banner camp, you are all brothers from the banner!"
"Many of you have never met me, Ronglu, but you must have heard my name, right?"
"Since ancient times, the Eight Banners have been one family, and one family does not speak the same language as the other. Whether it is Emperor Tongzhi or Emperor Guangxu, they are the masters of our banner people, and they are all descendants of Aisin Gioro!"
"Who are we loyal to but not loyal to? Who are we following but not following?"
"To be honest, if you want to be kind to our banner people, you still have to look at the new emperor Guangxu! In Prince Gong's Mansion, His Majesty gave our banner people a lot of trouble!"
"What about now? He is just a fool. How many bannermen have died in his hands? The sky north of the capital city is full of black clouds due to industrialization. How many of us have been deceived by the stock market and gold yuan coupons?"
"Follow us! The world still belongs to our Eight Banners. We still have to rely on Emperor Guangxu to survive for tens of thousands of years!"
"Lian Xi...you kid, why don't you hurry up and open the city gate!"
Banner people understand banner people! The flag camps on the city wall were moved by what Ronglu said. Who wants to fight? Who is willing to die? It would be great to live a life of hardcore crops for free.
The soldiers in the flag camp all looked at Lian Xi eagerly, and you could guess what they wanted to say without even opening their mouths.
Lian Xi's face turned red and white, and finally he gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, "Let's go... let's go! There are more than a thousand of us, and we can't hold it back..."
"Hey..." The subordinate shouted excitedly and then went to work in a hurry.
Ronglu smiled and said to Chonghou, "Look, the old relationship is still useful! These banner people are still a family after all..."
There was a commotion behind the city gate. Ten minutes later, the creaking city gate was pushed open, and the friction of the door shaft made a tooth-aching sound.
Rong Luzhi proudly urged his horse to move forward because he saw Lian Xi who was half-kneeling in the city gate to greet him!
"Ouch... Lian Xi! What are you doing? We are all our brothers. It is a great achievement for you to sacrifice the city. We are all our own..."
"Brother...I have to kneel down to greet you both in public and in private. As a little brother, I haven't seen my brother for many years, so it's appropriate to kowtow!"
"This is the first time I have taken refuge with the new emperor. You represent His Majesty the Guangxu Emperor. It is appropriate for me to kowtow to His Majesty..."
"Brother...brother has given you a discount!"
Kneeling on one knee turned to kneeling on both knees. Lian Xi's forehead hit the ground and he didn't dare to raise his head at all. Behind him were his direct descendants, who also had their foreheads touching the ground and didn't dare to raise their head.
Such humility made Rong Lu very satisfied. He got off his horse and reached out to help Lian Xi. "Brother, get up, I've already taken it easily! If you hang out with your brother from now on, one day you will become famous..."
Before he finished speaking, Ronglu stretched out his hand to hold Lian Xi's shoulder, and Lian Xi whispered, "I'm sorry...brother..."
In a sudden attack, Lian Xi suddenly rushed forward, with a flash of cold light from his right hand, and a dagger went straight towards Ronglu's neck!
Ronglu was not a loser. He participated in the Xinyou coup, helped Zuo Zongtang suppress the rebellion in Xi'an, experienced nine deaths on the battlefield, and worked hard to learn martial arts when he was young.
In a hurry, he grabbed Lian Xi's wrist, but he couldn't release it with all his strength. Ronglu used his strength to follow Lian Xi's stab and quickly stepped back.
Teng Teng Teng... He neutralized most of the force in three steps, but in the end the blade still stabbed through. After removing half of the force, the remaining force was still big enough.
The sharp blade pierced directly into his left shoulder, and blood spurted out!
"Ah! Lian Xi...are you pretending to surrender? What are you going to do..."
Lian Xi is no longer the same brother he was when he met Ronglu. Tears are flowing down his face and his face is distorted. "Brother...I'm sorry! Everyone is their own master!"
"Do it...don't do it yet..."
After shouting loudly, the dead body behind him jumped up from the ground and rushed over with a sharp knife, including seven or eight revolvers.
Bang bang bang... After pulling the trigger, several of the guards behind Ronglu died!
If Ronglu hadn't pinched Lian Xi and blocked him with his body, otherwise this round of guns would have become a hornet's nest!
"Kill..." At this time, both sides showed no mercy. In the city gate of Tianjin Weixi Gate, an unprepared hand-to-hand fight broke out.
Lian Xi could only command the direct descendants of the more than a hundred dead soldiers around him. The rest of the soldiers from the Banner Camp and the Green Camp were dumbfounded. They didn't know why the commander wanted to surrender.
I don’t know what to do when I see this fight!
But Ronglu entered the city in advance, and the army behind him was blocked by the narrow city gate. There were only about a hundred people closest to the battlefield.
There were a hundred enemies and ourselves at Ximen, so both sides were killed together, and the crowd was so dark that it turned into meat paste!
Chonghou was outside the city gate and was protected by many soldiers. When Chonghou saw the bloody fighting scene on horseback, he felt sick and vomited out.
No civil servant has ever seen such a brutal massacre. Both sides were almost exchanging lives for each other. At the closest distance, your knife pierced my heart and my dagger cut your throat.
The blood sprayed out after the sword flash was scattered everywhere, covering his face and head!
The knife cut open your belly, and your intestines flowed all over the floor. At the end of the fight, the two of you just hugged each other. You bit my throat, and my knife kept stabbing you from the back to the heart.
There are no tricks, only non-stop killing, even if you gouge your eyes and kick your vagina, you will do anything!
On the line between life and death, Ronglu was the most cunning. He tightly held Lian Xi's wrist and used his body to resist the enemy's attack. Those cold weapons that were thrust by Lengzi were protected by the ceramic armor pieces hidden on his body.
The vital points must be protected, and small wounds in other places should be used to exchange small wounds for big ones. This is the secret of Rong Lu to save his life!
But Lian Xi was not so lucky. After his hands were clasped, he was hit twice on both ribs very quickly, and the tip of the knife even hurt his lungs!
