Chapter 178 Merit

The camp officer said coldly, "Lord Ding, I'm really sorry. Today is a good day for you. We are also ordered to act on behalf of others. I can't help it. Please forgive me. When you go to the underworld, don't say our fault in front of the Lord of Hell."

"In this case, please tell me who wants my life, lest I go to the underworld and complain wrongly." Ding Ruchang has been a coward for a lifetime, and when he is about to die, he is also stubborn.

The camp officer said, "Then let Lord Ding be a clear ghost. To tell you the truth, we are a messenger in Duan County's mansion. Today's matter is that Duan County was ordered by the Empress Dowager Buddha. Lord Ding offended the Empress Dowager Buddha, which can't be helped. In the Qing Dynasty, anyone who offends the Empress Dowager Buddha can't live!"

Ding Ruchang said angrily, "What's wrong with me, Ding Ruchang!"

"I don't have to say anything else, but Lord Ding sank Zhou Charter's ship, which almost killed Zhou Charter. Zhang Jun hated Lord Ding to the bone. Now that Zhang Jun is sitting in Taiwan, the court has to give Zhou Charter an explanation."

"I was ordered by the Empress Dowager Buddha, and it was Lu Tianqing who forced me to do it..."

"Lord Ding!" The battalion officer interrupted Ding Ruchang's words: "You'd better say this to the Lord of Hell!" The battalion officer turned to the soldiers and said, "Be sharper."

A soldier touched the rope and put it around Ding Ruchang's neck.

Suddenly, there was a sharp song of birds in the forest, and more than 20 dark shadows appeared around the Dingwu army. A steel knife put on the camp officer's neck: "Let Lord Ding go!"

The camp officer was stunned by this sudden change until he felt that the hot steel knife on his neck had cut his skin. Then the battalion officer stammered, "I'm from Duanjun's mansion. Who are you? How dare you against Duan Junwang!"

A man in black said coldly, "I advise you not to know. If you know, you can't get out of this forest!" Hurry up and let people go!"

The camp officer was sweating: "Let go of Lord Ding!"

The man in black rushed up, tied the battalion officers and more than a dozen soldiers of the Dingwu army tightly, then surrounded Ding Ruchang, ran out of the woods and disappeared into the night.

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Tianjin, Dagukou.

Dagukou became a strategic place in the early 19th century. China has thousands of kilometers of coastline, but China is a land country. For thousands of years, China's threats have mainly come from the north, not the oceans. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that Westerners opened the door to China from the sea that the Chinese people suddenly realized that the threat from the sea was far greater than that from the northern land.

Dagukou is a natural port, and at the same time, the Western powers invaded the sea road of the capital of the Qing Dynasty!

After decades of construction, Dagukou has become the leading strategic fortress of the Qing Dynasty. There are magnificent forts and crisscrossing trenches and fortresses.

However, on weekdays, Dagukou appeared in front of the world as a peaceful port, where merchant ships were like clouds, but no warship could be seen.

The night was thick, and the merchant ships and fishing boats moored in Dagukou Bay emitted lights, reflecting on the sea, sparkling.

On a hill outside the port, Qian Yougui walked with a shallow foot. Behind him was a group of Daqing soldiers with live ammunition protecting a carriage. On the carriage sat Zhao Qiaoer, Liu Yingshu, Qin's old lady, Xiao Cui and Oriental Princess Zhao Han.

"Lord Lin, it's all up to you this time!" Qian Yougui said to a Qing army officer beside him.

"Where, Minister Qian, we are all brothers Zhang Jun. If it hadn't been for Lai Chuanwu's son of a bitch, we would have been separated from heaven. Now, Lin Yaozu, has finally returned to the team!" The speaker was Lin Yaozu, the former deputy battalion commander of the 201 Battalion of the Zhang Army, and now he is a general of the Fengtai Battalion of the Qing Army.

At the beginning, Lai Chuanwu took the 201 battalion to fight against the water in the Linjin River and destroyed the North Korean Zhangjun in one fell swoop. 201 Battalion is the basic force of Lai Chuanwu. After returning to China, he followed Lai Chuanwu to Fengtai Camp. The 201 battalion can be used to fighting, which is completely different from other Qing troops in the Fengtai battalion. However, such a force that can fight is not easy to live in Fengtai. In the view of the imperial court, this force is Zhou Charter's army, and its loyalty is questionable.

When Lai Chuanwu was in Fengtai, the Qing army saw that he was the empress dowager Buddha, and did not dare to embarras the 201 battalion. Later, Lai Chuanwu went to Tianjin and became the leader of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and the life of the 201 Battalion was not easy. Shangfeng often deducts their military pay, sends them to the hardships, and often finds trouble. From battalion officers to soldiers, they suffered a lot.

Zhou Charter raised the banner of the Zhang army, and the officers and soldiers of the 201 battalion could not sit still. Many officers and soldiers deserted, some going south to Fujian, and some going north to North Korea. The 800-strong army soon ran with only more than 100 old and weak people. The generals of Fengtai Battalion saw that the 201 Battalion was not good, but they were very happy and did not care about the desertion of the soldiers.

Lin Yaozu, who has been promoted to general, has no troops and has become a bad luck to be bullied by others. Seeing that it can't be maintained, he also wants to leave the Fengtai camp and go to Taiwan to find Zhou Charter. However, he conspired with Lai Chuanwu to fight against water and almost finished Zhangjun. This is a major crime. He is afraid that Zhou Charter will not allow him.

At this time, Qian Yougui suddenly came to Fengtai Camp.

In Mawei Military Port, Qian Yougui was arrested by Duanfang and secretly released. Zhou Charter sent people to cross the sea and made a deal with Duanfang: Duanfang gave him valuable money, and Zhou Charter promised that once he controlled Taiwan, he would hand over the coal mine in Keelung to Duanfang's younger brother Duanming to operate. Duan Fang did not want to offend Zhang Jun. Zhou Charter drove away the Japanese and occupied Taiwan. As the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he still had to deal with Zhou Charter. Therefore, he made a favor and let go of the money.

Qian Yougui got the secret order of Zhou Charter. After his release, he did not have to come to Taiwan, but went to Beijing to find Zhao Han and try to bring Zhao Qiaoer's family to Taiwan.

Before that, Zhou Charter sent Zhao Han to Beijing not only to visit, but also to make a front stand. First, to understand the court's surveillance of Zhongyongbo Mansion, and second, to inform Zhao Qiaoer to prepare for leaving Beijing as soon as possible.

Zhou Charter has been determined to become king in Taiwan! Zhou Charter reflected on the rise and fall of Zhang Jun and came to a conclusion that if he wanted to save Zhang Jun and find a way out for his brothers, he could no longer have any illusions about the Qing Dynasty! It must be independent!

Since you want to be king, you can't be restricted by the court of the Qing Dynasty. The Empress Dowager held Zhao Qiaoer in his hand, just like holding Zhou Charter! Once the Empress Dowager Cixi coerced him with Zhao Qiaoer, if he obeyed the Empress Dowager Cixi, he would be sorry to Brother Zhang Jun, and if he did not obey, he would be sorry for Zhao Qiaoer! And both sides are the palms and backs of Zhou Charter's hands, and neither side can be cut off!

Therefore, Zhou Charter made up his mind to take Zhao Qiaoer to Taiwan and get out of the palm of the empress dowager Buddha!

After Qian Yougui came to Beijing, he soon found Zhao Han.

Originally, according to Zhou Charter's idea, Zhao Han went to Shanghai to find Xu Xilin, Qiu Jin and other revolutionaries to come to Beijing to try to rescue Zhao Qiaoer. Zhou Charter was kind to the revolutionaries. If he hadn't replaced him, Sun Wen, the leader of the revolutionaries, would have been in a different place by Dianshan Lake. As long as Zhou Charter opens his mouth, the Shanghai revolutionaries should help.

But Zhao Han didn't find out when he arrived in Shanghai that none of the revolutionaries in Shanghai could be found.

After the First World War in Dianshan Lake, the revolutionaries suffered heavy losses and finally gathered power to be completely annihilated by the Qing army. Sun Wen and Qiu Jin fled to Japan, and the rest of the revolutionaries also hid in the east.

As a result, Zhao Han came to Beijing alone. Although she understood the situation of Zhongyongbo Mansion clearly, there was no help, and there was nothing she could do. Qian Yougui came, and there were only two people. Qian Yougui was born in a small business. He didn't have much time, let alone friends in the world. The Empress Dowager sent out an undercover to secretly surround the Zhongyongbo Mansion. The nine-door admiral government office stared at the Zhongyongbo Mansion at any time. If there is a little wind and grass, the Qing soldiers will arrive.

The two of them came together, but there was nothing they can do.

Finally, Qian Yougui thought of Lin Yaozu of Fengtai Camp.

Lin Yaozu and Lai Chuanwu are traitors to Zhang Jun, but after all, he is Zhang Jun's old brother. Moreover, the main plot is Lai Chuanwu of the 201 Battalion of Linjin River, and Lin Yaozu is an accomplice.

If the money is expensive, I decided to take a risk. Of course, he was afraid of ruining Zhou Charter's major events. When he saw Lin Yaozu, he did not directly say anything about Zhao Qiaoer, but beat around, saying that Zhao Qiaoer was alone in Beijing, so far away from Zhou Charter, which was pitiful.

What did you think of? As soon as Qian Yougui mentioned Zhao Qiaoer, Lin Yaozu proposed to take Zhao Qiaoer to Taiwan

Lin Yaozu was thinking of going to Taiwan and was worried about not having a decent meeting ceremony. Qian Yougui's words reminded him that Zhao Qiaoer was held hostage in Beijing by the Empress Dowager Buddha. If Zhao Qiaoer is sent to Taiwan, it will be the first achievement!

So, Lin Yaozu secretly colluded with more than 20 remaining Zhang Jun brothers, ready to take Zhao Qiaoer out of Beijing at the right time.

Qian Yougui was overjoyed. The two discussed it. Three days later, Lin Yaozu took action and Ling Jian. In the name of Fengtai Camp, he sent troops to capture Zhao Qiaoer's family. After taking them out of Beijing, they went straight to Tianjin Dagukou and went to sea by boat. If the nine-door admiral's government block it, he will take out the arrow of Fengtai Camp. Admiral Liang Jiumen did not dare to stop him.

It has been agreed that Qian Yougui will return to Beijing and let Zhao Han secretly rush to Tianjin and try to get a ship at Dagukou and prepare to pick him up. After that, everyone will take a boat to Fujian at Dagukou. As long as they arrive in Fujian, everything will be fine.

Qian Yougui is guarding the cat alley outside Zhongyongbo Mansion and is ready to receive Lin Yaozu at any time,

However, as soon as Qian Yougui returned to Beijing, Lin Yaozu got the news that the nine-door admiral Yamen would arrest Zhao Qiaoer's family that night, and even Jin would not let go!