There is no room for weakness on the battlefield, and Ronglu's emotional fluctuations were only temporary. He ordered Lian Xi's bones to be collected properly and temporarily stored in a Taoist temple outside the city.
After that, he turned into a cold-blooded general and led his army of guards into the Tianjin Guard!
This is the most prosperous main city. When the rebels entered the city, it was completely chaotic. Adults were running around, children were screaming, and the voices of crying fathers and mothers were everywhere.
"The rebel army has entered the city... The rebel army has entered the city... Tianjin Guard has been breached..."
"Run for your life...run for your life...run to the foreign concession..."
"Please open the doors for Chinese businesses...let the neighbors take shelter...please do a good job!"
Ronglu saw such a chaotic Tianjin Guard in front of him. Some people with their families fled to the south gate, because the foreign Japanese concession was outside the south gate, near the Haihe River.
There are also many people kneeling in front of Chinese shops and knocking on the door. Tianjin Wei is the first distribution market for Chinese trade with the Qing Dynasty. There are branches of hundreds of Chinese companies here.
Almost every house hangs a Chinese flag, and the door panel has bright and beautiful italic characters "Chinese Industry" written in red paint. With such a sign, not to mention that the gangsters from Tianjin Wei do not dare to come and cause trouble. Even the yamen You have to be polite, and you have to bow before you collect taxes.
At the critical moment, these Chinese businessmen were quite courageous. After all, they had strong Chinese support behind them. They opened a door panel and released a gap that could only allow one person to enter.
The waiter inside yelled, "Get in line... Get in line... Children and women go first, old people go first... Men wait to go!"
"It's full, it's full. The place in this small cell is small, so I can only save more than a hundred people. I'm sorry, everyone..."
No matter how much Chinese property there is, it can only save four to five thousand people. No matter how much there is, there will be no place to squeeze in, so more people still choose to flee outside the city.
Ronglu was furious when he saw this scene, "Damn it! People in this city actually dare to escape from Master Wang? Control the four gates and close the city gates. No one is allowed to escape!"
"Tianjin Guards left four thousand infantry stationed, and the rest of the army gathered outside the south gate to send a message to the foreign Japanese embassy, asking them to remain neutral!"
"Cao Futian! Where is the Jingwu hero you mentioned? Hurry up and take people to search it, and grab the Tianjin Railway Station for me too!"
"The pontoon bridge on the Haihe River must be controlled by us!"
Cao Futian now has a strong army and is a bit like a puppet army. He gathered together all the disciples and disciples in the Green Camp who believed in their Yihequan style.
Unexpectedly, he actually gathered more than a thousand people. Only then did Rong Lu know that there would be so many believers in Tianjin Wei who would burn incense and set up altars, and there would be so many soldiers in Guanglu Camp.
Just give these more than a thousand people to Cao Futian and ask him to organize them into a Cao family puppet army!
As expected, Cao Futian had a great number. On the pretext of helping Ronglu control the surrendering troops, he began to use the thousands of followers in his hands to win over the confidants among the surrendering troops in the Green Camp.
In the past, we all ate from the same pot. We were training, patrolling, gambling, and finding women. It was all so familiar that we couldn't be more familiar with it.
It was easy for one person to bring two or three acquaintances over. Just when Ronglu and Lian Xi were working hard, the number of Cao Futian's puppet troops actually expanded to more than 4,000.
There are also soldiers inside, and there are even common people from Xinyi and Quan. They are as noisy as a pot of porridge. It must be a joke to say that they have any fighting ability.
But when it comes to knowing the geography of Tianjin Wei, no one among these people would dare to say that they are number one.
"General! Do you want to attack the Jingwu Heroes Association? I dare to advise you... That is the property of the King of the Far East, and the Chinese are following behind!"
"We can only surround but not fight! It's better to negotiate..."
Cao Futian knew how powerful the Jingwu Heroes Association was. He had lived there for several months. He had plenty to eat and drink and communicated with the masters of the martial arts. He also accidentally saw many secrets.
There are too many arms hidden in the Jingwu Heroes Association. There are countless arsenals in various secret tunnels and bunkers, and I don’t know how many there are.
Anyway, one thing is certain, there are 88-caliber cannons. He once saw them but couldn't find them later!
Who is willing to chew on such a tough nut? How can I, the thousands of people, dare to smash this iron hedgehog? It's okay to bully those at the train station.
Ronglu thought about it and nodded, "What you said makes sense, then you can negotiate with the Jingwu Heroes Association on my behalf. During the period when I, Ronglu, occupied Tianjin Guards, we did not violate the rivers. The Qing Dynasty was in civil war, and we had to fight with the Chinese." It has nothing to do with it, and it has nothing to do with the King of the Far East!"
"If they close the door, we won't cause trouble! But you have to take down the pontoon bridge and the train station...I'll give you another thousand cavalry to make up for five thousand people. Is that enough?"
"That's enough! General, don't worry, I will definitely get it for you!" Cao Futian was so excited that he ran out. This was the opportunity for him to become famous in his life.
Ronglu issued military orders while marching. By the time he arrived at the Tianjin Weifu Yamen, the situation in the city was basically under control.
All four gates of the inner city were controlled. Only one or two thousand people escaped in the chaos, and the rest were locked inside the city by the closed gates.
Under the threat of bayonets, the people had to return to their homes obediently, waiting anxiously for their unknown fate!
There is no good fate for them. Bandits are bandits and rebels are rebels. Guiziliu's army is too mixed, and people's hearts are too wild after the bloody battle.
Faint commotions began to appear in the four corners of the city, and rape and robbery were unavoidable!
If you control the city walls and gates, these people will be the turtles in the urn, and no one can escape. The rebels will break down the doors of the wealthy people, rush in, and start looting!
Gold, silver, antique calligraphy and paintings, even after a night of hunger and thirst, I even grabbed food!
The women in the back house were unlucky. The insurrectionary soldiers robbed the women they saw. If they resisted even a little, they would be wiped out!
But Ronglu was stationed in the city, and these rebels also knew the military role of Tianjin Guards, so no matter how evil they did, they did not dare to set fire, and they were also afraid of destroying the city.
Ronglu in the government office also faintly heard the sounds of chaos outside. Chonghou sat under him and said anxiously, "You still have to control your subordinates. There can be no chaos!"
Ronglu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter. Brothers have worked hard for many days. It doesn't matter if you relax a little..."
"Hey... Brother Rong, listen to my advice. Even if you don't care, you still have to care about Xin Jun's reputation! Tianjin Wei is a place where Chinese and foreigners are mixed. Not only our own people, but also Chinese and foreign devils are watching!"
"If I write something in the newspaper, it will be difficult to cover up the reputation if it spreads..."
Ronglu then put away his indifferent expression and nodded, "Well, what I'm saying is...here, come, pass my military order, don't harass the people!"
"Haha... Brother Chonghou, where is the person on duty in the telegraph room? Do we have to send a few telegrams?"
"Is this the first copy... of course it will be given to the Long Live Master in the Forbidden City!"
