Chapter 11 Qingyuan (this chapter is free)

At dusk, the sunset glows in the sky and the sun sets in the west.

Liu Yun led two members of the Tiger Guard who had become his personal bodyguards back to his residence, but met Wen Yi head-on. He was alert and asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Let me tell you one thing," Wen Yi responded with a smile, "The man behind that girl is the Governor of Zhili and the leader of the Huai Clan, Mr. Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang also installed a eunuch named Wang Gonggong, Chun'er, beside the emperor.

Contact him directly and pass on the information collected, but as of last night, she has not sent out a message."

Liu Yun rushed forward and grabbed Wen Yi by the collar: "Did you use 'medicine' on her?"

Wen Yi looked indifferent: "Well, the fastest way to interrogate spies is this. It's much better than torture."

"Don't you know this 'drug' can damage the brain?"

"I know, so what?"

"She's still a child!"

"Child?" Wen Yi shook his head with a wry smile: "You are a fool to become a soldier. In this era, she should be married at her age. Even in our time, there were several girls aged sixteen or seventeen who did not have sex with boys.

I slept with friends and stuff, and the girl at the nightclub was full of tender tofu about the same size as her—"

"Shut up!" Liu Yun pushed Wen Yi away, "You are not allowed to mix her with some lady sitting on the stage!"

Wen Yi stared at Liu Yun with strange eyes: "You - you can't really fall in love with this little girl, right?"

Liu Yun became even more angry and pointed at the courtyard door: "Get out! Don't come here again!"

Wen Yi shook his head to both sides, snorted twice, walked closer to Liu Yun, and grabbed his shoulder: "Do you remember what you did here? How can you do anything important when a girl makes you so dizzy?

!To tell you the truth, our lives are in danger now. Li Hongzhang may contact the Houdang clique at any time to launch a coup and wipe out all the imperialist clique including us. When the time comes, you and I will still care if our heads are on the ground.

Will a female spy's brain be damaged? Wake up, the most important thing now is to save everyone's lives. For this reason, we have to take the lives of some people, not to mention using something that does not endanger lives at all.

Frankness agent?”

Liu Yun lost his momentum slightly and said: "There can't be a next time. In fact, I think she looks like my daughter. In other words, if Xiaohui grows to her age, she will look similar."

"Now is not the time to consider personal feelings," Wen Yi also breathed a sigh of relief. "The situation is very critical. I think we must take action quickly. It is best to deal with the rear party during the day tomorrow, control the troops around the capital, and then free up our hands to solve the problem.

Li Hongzhang. It is best to use the rear party to stabilize him for three or two months, and after the new army is formed, use the regular army plus special forces to kill him in one fell swoop and seize the military power of the Huaihe clique."

"tomorrow?"

"Yes, just tomorrow. I think the men in black the night before were also sent by Li Hongzhang to find out the truth. If he already knows that the Queen Mother is detained, then he is likely to take action within the next few days. If the rear party

If we join forces with him, we have no chance of winning."

Liu Yun understood what he heard and stopped pursuing Chun'er's matter, saying: "We will go see the emperor immediately and let him make preparations."

Wen Yi nodded: "That's right. We are one. What I do will never be detrimental to you. You have to believe me."

Liu Yun patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, there are so many nonsense, have I ever not believed you?"

Late that night, a total of 16 people from the Tiger Guard and the training team gathered at Liu Yun's residence. A radio station had been installed in the hall. Liu Yun was personally communicating with the base in the mountains: "—Yes, the helicopter is on standby 24 hours a day, and the road is already open.

How complete is it? Seventy percent? OK, we need to speed up the progress and keep in touch - it's over!"

Putting down his earphones, Liu Yun glanced around his elite troops and shouted forcefully: "Stand at attention!"

All the officers and soldiers lined up and stood in line for a few seconds. After hearing "Take a break!", they stepped out with their right feet together, as if they were one person.

Liu Yun looked at these carefully selected officers and soldiers of the special forces with satisfaction. Up to now, they still keep in mind the bounden duty of soldiers, obey him without hesitation, and closely link their fate with his.

, I don’t know how long this situation can last. It would be best if it could last forever, but one day, some of them will inevitably part ways with him. People’s greed for power will definitely be eliminated as long as there is a chance.

Induced and caused trouble.

"Comrades, our situation is already very dangerous. The spies sent by Li Hongzhang have sneaked into the palace and found out a lot of our information. He may send troops to the capital at any time to kill us with the Houdang group. Therefore, we must strike first.

,My order is-"

When everyone heard the word "order", they couldn't help but raise their chests and listen attentively.

"Captain Zhong Xiahuo, leading eleven members of the Tiger Guard, will take a helicopter to attack the Peking University Camp before six o'clock tomorrow morning, capture Admiral Yulu, read out the emperor's imperial edict, and subdue the soldiers of each battalion. Captain Ding Jieyun led a platoon of the Imperial Guard Company,

The second platoon will sneak attack on the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion before six o'clock tomorrow morning, arrest Admiral Erlanhe, and go to each camp to read out the imperial edict and subdue the officers and soldiers of each battalion. Wang Mingluan, the Minister of Staff, will go with you to protect his safety. Wu Dingguo

The second lieutenant led the third platoon of the imperial guard company and the officers and soldiers of the company headquarters to stand by behind the Taihe Palace. At that time, they would coordinate with the emperor's guards to arrest the rear party officials and be responsible for sending these people to Wen Yi's residence. The person in charge of each operation stayed

Come down and discuss the details of the battle plan together, and the others will immediately go back to their rooms to sort out their equipment, and then rest and stand by."

"Yes, Captain!"

At 4 a.m. on March 23, 1890 AD (the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), the "Capital Coup" began at the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion. Of course, this is for insiders. In fact, the coup began at 12:00 noon that day.

It's over. Prince Chun and others went home from court as usual; the people in the capital lived their own lives as usual; only the palace was different from usual, not counting the heavy defense, but there were also several displays on the walls.

Gate Mountain Cannon.

In the afternoon, some troops from the Beijing Camp of the Capital were divided into small groups and entered the city to strengthen the defense of the city gates. Another group of troops were stationed in the Gaobeidian area near the Tonghui River to the east of the capital, which is only an hour's walk from the capital.

.

In the evening, when a banquet was held in the palace and Emperor Guangxu, Liu Yun and others were celebrating the success of the coup, a huge army left the camp on the outskirts of Tianjin and marched quietly toward the capital along the Tonghui River.

Late at night, Wen Yi and the officers and soldiers of the special forces, who were exhausted after a day's operation, returned to their homes respectively. However, Liu Yun, who had just been appointed as the admiral of the imperial guard and the admiral of the nine gates of the capital (i.e., the commander of the capital's defense) at noon, could not sleep at all.

So he called two soldiers from the Imperial Guard Company and took a carriage to inspect various gates in the capital.

This patrol was in the middle of the night. When Liu Yun returned to his residence, it was already the fourth watch and he was about to go to the west wing (since he slept on the floor in the east wing that day, he decided to let Chun'er live in the east wing).

But seeing the door of the east wing ajar, I felt an inexplicable impulse in my heart, so I turned around and walked over.

Gently opening the door, the room was dark. Liu Yun took out his lighter, turned it on, found the candlestick, and lit the candle.

On the other side of the bed, the red curtain hung low, creating a seductive atmosphere under the candlelight.

Liu Yun approached the intricately carved Ning style bed and suddenly opened the curtain——

There were two people lying side by side inside, two men with their heads tilted, one of whom had his coat taken off. They were soldiers from the Imperial Guard Company responsible for guarding Chun'er.

"Chun'er——" Liu Yun's teeth collided with each other a few times, "Someone is coming——Someone is coming quickly!?"

In the early morning, Liu Yun and his men gathered at their residence. The excitement of victory had already flown to the garbage dump, and the tense and solemn atmosphere once again prevailed within 48 hours.

"If I had known earlier, I should have killed the spy!" Zhong Xiahuo shouted, "We wouldn't be facing this situation now."

Liu Yun glared at him: "It's all my carelessness, but what kind of situation are we facing now? Does anyone know? If you don't know, don't talk so much. I have called the base to send drones along the Beijing-Tianjin official road.

We went to conduct reconnaissance with Tonghui River, and it won’t be too late to draw conclusions after we have detailed information.”

Wen Yi said with a gloomy face: "Both guards had their necks broken, which shows that the woman's martial arts is not weak. I don't know if she knew anything from the guards, but in any case, she is very dangerous, and she has the ability to escape from this place."

If you keep the yard, you will be able to escape from the city."

Liu Yundao: "I ordered the city gate to be closed last night and strictly ordered that all girls aged fifteen to seventeen be detained after opening during the day -"

Wen Yi sneered and said: "Don't be stupid. Since she is a spy, she should know something about makeup. If she pretends to be an old woman and rents a car, she must have left the city early this morning, and then

With a fast horse, we can reach Tianjin within today. I think the first priority is to think about how to deploy the defense of the capital."

"It's not that serious," Ding Jieyun interjected without mercy. "I don't believe that Li Hongzhang dared to risk the disapproval of the world, send troops to the capital, and openly rebel against the emperor."

"You idiot," Liu Yun scolded him, "Power is about strength. Whoever has strength will be in power. So what about the emperor? If we don't come here, the little emperor will be imprisoned in Yingtai by the Queen Mother in 8 years.

Until you die. If you don't understand this, don't come to the meeting. We are about to have a big fight with that old guy, and you are still saying that you don't believe he dares to rebel? Go away!"

Ding Jieyun was unhappy when the angry Liu Yun scolded him, but he consciously took a side.

Next to him, Second Lieutenant Wu Dingguo ran in and reported: "The base sent us reconnaissance photos and interpretation reports. An army was found along the Tonghui River. It is estimated that the number is about 10,000. The forward is less than 50 kilometers away from the capital."

Zhong Xiahuo kicked the wall fiercely and shouted: "I knew this would happen, ***, shouldn't a woman be killed? We have worked so hard to survive, are we just waiting for that little girl to ruin our affairs?"

Liu Yun shouted: "What are you arguing about? Chun'er just escaped at midnight last night. These armies should have set off before then, otherwise they would not be able to march to their current position. In other words, the movement of this army has nothing to do with Chun'er.

It has nothing to do with me, Li Hongzhang must have other sources of information——"

Liu Yun took the photo and the defendant, took a rough look at it, and said loudly: "Stop arguing, we are not going to be finished soon. We have ten battalions from the Peking University Camp, plus six battalions from the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion.

, there are one thousand guards in the Forbidden City, a total of nine thousand troops are available, and there is also a guard company equipped with modern weapons. Our strength is on par with the enemy, and we can definitely fight a battle!"

Zhong Xiahuo immediately came over to throw cold water: "The 5,000 troops of the Peking University Camp were subdued yesterday. We only captured their admiral. It seems difficult to make those battalion officers obey us wholeheartedly. If Li Hongzhang sends spies to divide and disintegrate,

Things are getting dangerous. I think the people in the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion are in a similar situation. The guards in the palace are struggling to protect the emperor and cannot be used to defend the city in the field, so the only company we can safely rely on is the guard company.

.”

Wen Yi retorted: "Now Captain Liu is the Imperial Guards Admiral and the Nine Gates Admiral, and the people in the rear party have been controlled by us with 'medicine'.

If you don’t listen to Captain Liu, you have to listen to what they say from behind the scenes. Let’s add more rewards in the name of the emperor. I don’t believe they won’t serve us wholeheartedly.”

Liu Yun was determined to stop the quarrel with orders: "Wen Yi is right, we still have the rear party as a tool in our hands, and we are not afraid of those troops disobeying orders. Let's do this, everyone obeys orders!"

Everyone stood up and listened to the order.

"Captain Ding Jieyun is responsible for commanding the Guards Company. The first and second platoons are on standby in the palace. The third platoon is personally led by Second Lieutenant Wu Dingguo. They carry the radio and drive to Xiangshan. They meet up with the armored convoy sent by the base and go to the base to collect heavy weapons. Then they return immediately.

.Beida Camp's troops have seven infantry battalions, two cavalry battalions, and one artillery battalion, with a total of 5,000 people. They are equipped with twenty-five 75mm mountain guns and two 150mm heavy artillery. Among them, the artillery battalion, one cavalry battalion and one

The infantry battalion was organized into a regiment directly under the headquarters, with me as the regiment commander. The other three infantry battalions were organized into the first regiment, with Captain Zhong Xiahuo as the regiment commander. The remaining three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion were organized into the third regiment.

The second regiment is headed by Wen Yi——"

"Wait a minute!" Zhong Xiahuo shouted, "There is a question! Why let non-military personnel serve as army commanders!"

Liu Yun didn't even raise his head: "We lack officers with regimental-level command capabilities. The Tiger Guards must be on standby as a special reserve force and cannot draw out people. Besides, Wen Yi has a lot of research on military strategies and tactics, and has strong communication skills."

Your ability is sufficient for this position. Do you have any questions?"

Zhong Xiahuo looked around and saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he had to say: "No problem."

"There are six infantry battalions under the jurisdiction of the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion, with a total of 3,000 people. They are commanded by Lieutenant Hook and are responsible for the defense of the capital. The Tiger Guard, led by Lieutenant Deng Jian as acting captain, remains in the palace and remains on standby, ready to enter by helicopter at any time.

Fighting behind enemy lines.

It’s over! Everyone heard the order, do you know what to do?”
Chapter completed!