While Zhang Peilun was in full swing in Tianjin City, suddenly a crowd of one or two thousand people came outside Tianjin City. When they arrived at the gate of Tianjin City, they began to beat the gate and cry underneath.
"Hurry up and open the door for me."
"Brothers in the city, I am a soldier from Dagukou. Please open the door quickly. I have something to report to Mr. Zhang."
As for the soldiers on the top of the city, although they saw the people below, they were dressed as if they were from their own side.
However, Zhang Peilun had issued a death order. Without his personal handwriting, anyone who dared to open the door would be dealt with immediately by military law.
Therefore, these people ignored the cries and howls of the people below the city, and only sent one person to report back to Zhang Peilun.
And Zhang Peilun is currently in the Zhili Governor's Mansion, wrangling with several wealthy businessmen.
"Mr. Liu, you are the largest fur goods dealer in Tianjin. Almost all fur goods in Zhili and the north come in and out from you. Isn't it inappropriate to only donate 1,200 silver?"
The wealthy businessman known as Mr. Liu listened to Zhang Peilun's questioning, and his face was filled with grievances.
"Sir, you don't know that I am just a good-looking person, but I don't actually make much money. The Rakshasa people in the north made all the big money. I donated these 1,000 taels of silver, but I still gritted my teeth and used the working capital of several of my shops.
It was only after I took them all out that I could do it.”
How could Zhang Peilun believe what he said? This was a boss named Liu, who was famously stingy in Tianjin.
If you want to get money out of him, it won't work without some effort.
"Since Boss Liu said so, I will send someone to take a look at your account now. If there is really only this little money left, then I can't force anyone to do anything. I can't take the 1,000 taels of silver. You can take it."
Let’s go back and continue operating.”
After Zhang Peilun finished speaking, he ordered the businessmen around him to check Boss Liu's account.
The wholesaler named Liu is a little anxious now. He knows exactly how much money he has in his account. If Zhang Beilun finds out, he will be screwed.
So he hurriedly stopped him, "Wait a minute, wait a minute. Mr. Zhang, I suddenly remembered that I still have three or four thousand taels left in my house. I wanted to go back to my hometown to buy land for this money. Since the court needs it urgently, I will donate it first."
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After hearing his words, Zhang Peilun felt a burst of disdain in his heart. This Shanxi old man would not bleed if he didn't beat him.
"How can I use these thousands of taels of silver? Should I leave it to Boss Liu to take care of his family?"
Then Zhang Peilun winked at the master next to him. The master immediately understood what Zhang Peilun meant, so he pretended to go out of the hall.
At this time, Boss Liu was really anxious, so he took a few steps forward to grab the master, then turned around and pleadingly said to Zhang Peilun: "Sir, you have something to say, something to say."
"What's there to say? I understand the sentiments of the people. Since you have no money, how can I force you?"
In the end, Boss Liu had no choice but to cry and donate another 30,000 taels to Zhang Peilun.
When Zhang Peilun saw that the other party had donated 30,000 taels, his expression softened and he waved to the master, telling him to step back.
"Boss Liu really understands the righteousness, and even sacrificed his family for the sake of the country. I will definitely report it to the imperial court and let the imperial court issue a decree to reward Boss Liu."
As for Boss Liu, listening to Zhang Peilun's words, he just smiled bitterly in his heart. He thought to himself, just stop asking me for money. As for the award, let's not mention it.
When several other big bosses saw that even the stingiest Boss Liu had already donated 32,000, they could only grit their teeth and donate 50,000 or 70,000 to Zhang Peilun again.
This time Zhang Peilun gained a lot today, receiving a total of nearly 500,000 taels of silver.
Just when Zhang Peilun breathed a sigh of relief, as the funds for the past few days were finally secured, there was a commotion outside.
Then Zhang Peilun's Qing soldiers hurried into the lobby, came to Zhang Peilun's side, and whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency, Otaniguchi has been defeated, and now the defeated soldiers are making a noise below the city."
After Zhang Peilun heard this, he clenched his fists unconsciously, but nothing showed on his face. Instead, he smiled, waved his hand to this private soldier and said, "I understand, you can go down."
The Qing soldier saluted Zhang Peilun and then exited the lobby.
But Zhang Peilun was still sitting in the lobby, talking and laughing freely, coaxing several wealthy businessmen below into a circle.
It wasn't until Zhang Peilun sent all the wealthy businessmen out of the Zhili Governor's Mansion and returned to the lobby that his face darkened.
He sat there and thought for a while, and immediately ordered the Qing soldiers to prepare clothes for him. Then the scholar came out from the Zhili Governor's Palace and went straight to the city wall, dressed as a military commander and carrying a sword.
After Zhang Peilun arrived at the city wall, the commanders on the city wall quickly came over to salute him.
"Little Li Xin, I would like to give you a gift."
"No need to be polite now, let me ask you, what is going on outside the city?"
"My lord, it seems that the defeated soldiers of the Dagukou Fort, as well as the soldiers you sent to guard the coastline, have all been defeated."
"You're sure he's one of ours, there won't be any spies, right?"
After hearing this, Li Xin hesitated a little and finally said: "Looking at his dress and accent, he should be from us, but I don't know the details yet."
Zhang Peilun nodded after hearing this, then went up the stairs to each tower, climbed over the city wall and looked down.
Sure enough, there were one or two thousand people crying and begging under the city wall.
Zhang Peilun looked at them carefully and found that they were indeed dressed as soldiers under his command, and their voices were also in the local Tianjin dialect.
But now that the enemy is facing us, Zhang Peilun did not dare to be careless. He thought for a while and then ordered: "Open the city gate and let these people in. However, after these people came in, they were all restrained under the city wall without my orders."
, no one is allowed to approach them.”
Following Zhang Peilun's order, the gates of Tianjin City slowly opened.
As soon as the defeated soldiers under Tianjin City saw the city gate opened, they immediately rushed in through the opened city gate.
As a result, as soon as they entered the city gate, they saw that the front was heavily guarded, and several rows of soldiers were facing them with rifles.
These people were immediately frightened, and some even wanted to leave the city again, but as soon as they turned around, the gate of Tianjin City had already fallen.
Now these people thought that Zhang Peilun wanted to drive them all away, so they immediately became polarized. Some people knelt on the ground and kept begging for their lives, while others gnashed their teeth and shouted loudly, "I have been through life and death in the front, and it is not easy now."
I came back with my life, but you grandsons don’t want to entertain me well, but you also want to kill people and silence me.”
While there was chaos here, Zhang Peilun had already descended the city wall and arrived in front of these defeated soldiers.
Many of these defeated soldiers knew Zhang Peilun and knew that he was now the commander-in-chief of Tianjin City.
Therefore, as soon as Zhang Peilun came, these people, whether they were begging or congratulating, all stopped talking and looked at Zhang Peilun eagerly.
Zhang Peilun did not embarrass them, "You have just come back, and you don't know the enemy or us. I don't know if there are spies among you. Just in case, I will arrange you all under the city wall. When you are clearly identified, I will naturally let you go back to reunite with your family."
After Zhang Peilun said these words, he turned around and left the city wall. He had too many things to do and didn't have the time to waste time here with these troops.
Although Zhang Peilun left, the defeated soldiers finally calmed down with Zhang Peilun. Then, under the leadership of the soldiers, they came to a small military camp and settled down temporarily.
As for Liu Hai's army at this time, there was no obstruction, so the landing was very smooth. After a day of twists and turns, all 200,000 troops finally landed.
Liu Hai himself also left the destroyer Nanchang and followed the army to camp near the dock outside Tianjin.
After a day's rest, Liu Hai's army set out again. This time their goal was Tianjin City. As long as they captured Tianjin, it would be a smooth journey to Beijing.
And the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops is no joke. Liu Hai gave an order here, and the entire military camp on the other side was boiling. Troops from all walks of life filed out along several camp gates, divided into several groups, and quickly came to Tianjin City.
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As for Zhang Peilun in Tianjin City, he had sent out scouts one after another in the morning to find out whether the bangs were real or not. Now when the bangs moved, Zhang Peilun got the news.
At this moment, Zhang Peilun's only thought is to block Liu Hai in Tianjin for a few months. Then the capital side will be able to mobilize troops and generals to reinforce him, and finally defeat Liu Hai under the walls of Tianjin.
In fact, Zhang Peilun had this idea decades ago.
When the Taiping Army marched north to fight, the Qing army fled in panic, but was finally blocked under the city of Tianjin. Then the Manchu and Qing Dynasties mobilized their troops and finally defeated the Taiping Army in Tianjin, causing the Taiping Army's Northern Expedition to fall short.
But Liu Hai was not the Taiping Army after all. He planned this Northern Expedition carefully. He first sent his cronies, General Liu Zhi, with 300,000 troops, attracting almost all the elites in the north. He led the navy himself and landed directly from Tianjin, threatening all the people.
The capital of the Qing Dynasty.
By now, the northern Manchus had almost no troops to mobilize, and Zhang Peilun's idea was destined to fail.
After Liu Hai's army arrived at the gates of Tianjin City, one side split under Tianjin City to prevent Zhang Peilun in Tianjin City from coming out for a sneak attack, and the other side ordered people to build a camp.
On this day, Liu Hai did not attack the city immediately, but gave the soldiers a night of rest.
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as it was light, Liu Hai was fighting in the middle army and summoned the generals.
Liu Hai is now wearing a military uniform with a sword on his waist. He looks majestic and majestic. Sitting in the center of the tent, he really looks like a famous commander from ancient times.