The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 111 Bring Some Swords

Teng Yuzao turned to Li Yaoting again and said, "Your mission is to find a way to break into the bank's vault and take away all the money and valuables inside. As for the people."

Teng Yuzao paused for a moment, then said calmly, "Bring a few swords with you."

Teng Yuzhao didn't need to explain in too much detail what he wanted to do with the big knife. He just needed to mention it briefly. He believed that both of them could understand it completely.

In order to fulfill his deepest wish and achieve his ideal, he must keep the secret. To this end, Teng Yuzhao can remove all obstacles that prevent him from achieving this grand goal, even at a huge price.

After explaining the matter to the two, Teng Yuzao looked at his watch, then took it off and handed it to Li Yaoting, "Take this first."

"Remember, before 1 a.m., no matter how the mission is completed, you must all withdraw. I will wait here."

"besides."

Teng Yuzao was still a little worried that Hu Daqiu would run into trouble when attacking these foreign banks, so he said to Li Yaoting, "Give some of the explosive packs you brought to Huazhang, and assign him a soldier who can use the explosive packs."

Teng Yuzao also instructed Hu Daqiu, "If there are people hiding in the bank rooms and resisting, throw in a pack of explosives. If necessary, you can even use these packs of explosives to blow down the walls and rush in. In short, you have to act quickly."

After saying this, Teng Yuzhao waved his hand, and the two men immediately took orders and hurriedly turned towards Central Street with their men and horses.

Yes, Teng Yuzhao had long had the idea of ​​robbing foreign banks and foreign companies. In order to keep the secret, he even wanted to lead the team to rob these foreign banks himself. But just on the way here, Teng Yuzhao gave up the idea.

If he led the team personally, there was a high possibility that his appearance would be remembered by someone in hiding, and if the matter involved him personally, it would ruin his plans.

As for other people in the vanguard army, as long as they are there, there is still room for maneuver.

As for arranging Li Xianze's men to rob the foreign companies on Haida Road, Teng Yuzhao was not worried that the foreigners would come to him and ask for compensation in the future.

His team includes Liu Shijiu's Qianzi Regiment, and every post has people from the Qianzi Regiment cooperating with them. Teng Yuzhao believes that even without his instructions, the quick-witted Li Xiance will do a good job.

Teng Yuzhao needs money, not only for the development and growth of the vanguard army, but he also has a lot of things to do in the future. All this money added up is an astronomical figure, at least for him now, and even for the court in the future.

Now, he could get sufficient food and wages from Yulu, but Teng Yuzhao knew very well that according to history, the city of Tianjin would fall soon.

Teng Yuzao did not think that he had the ability to stop all this from happening. He could only make temporary guarantees because his appearance would make the notorious Eight-Nation Alliance pay a heavy price and shed more blood. This price and the blood shed would be something they could not afford.

Historically, after the fall of Tianjin City, millions of public and private silver coins in the city were looted by the Allied Forces, including a large amount of silver belonging to the Beiyang Government and the Ministry of Revenue of the Imperial Court.

Moreover, not to mention that Yu Lu had no more money in his savings after the fall of Tianjin, even if the imperial court had racked its brains and spent a lot of effort to collect food and wages, it would probably be greatly discounted, or even not be issued. Teng Yuzao remembered clearly that when Cixi fled to Shanxi, she had to borrow money from the famous Shanxi merchant Qiao Zhiyong.

Therefore, he has to solve all this by himself, and he will not get any strong support, or at least the support he gets will be extremely limited.

When thinking of Qiao Zhiyong, Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but think of the Shanxi Merchants' Bank. This bank would be of great use in the future.

However, Teng Yuzao couldn't help but smile. It was too far away to think about this matter now. He should focus on the things in front of him first.

Although Teng Yuzao gave his watch to Li Yaoting, it did not affect his ability to know the exact time. The machine gun sentry chief of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment who stayed here to guard the pontoon bridge had a pocket watch. His pocket watch was also seized in the two battles at the Military Academy last time.

Teng Yuzhao's guard squad placed a seat for Teng Yuzhao using an ammunition box behind the Allied Forces' sandbag-piled fortification bunker. Teng Yuzhao sat on the ammunition box, took out a cigarette and wanted to smoke it, but when he was about to light a match, he hesitated for a while and kicked the cigarette and match back into his pocket.

Although there was no term or professional sniper at that time, there were already hunters with similar characteristics to snipers in the West. Teng Yuzhao was responsible for his own safety, and he did not want to become a target of sniper.

Teng Yuzhao was not afraid of sacrifice, but he was unwilling to make such a meaningless sacrifice.

Teng Yuzhao looked around, then leaned against the sandbag-covered wall of the fortification and began to watch the soldiers at the machine gun post clean up the battlefield.

The seized weapons and ammunition were classified and piled in one place, and items such as gun belts, bullet boxes, cowhide satchels, backpacks, and military water bottles were also collected.

Of course, this also included the money carried by the fallen Allied forces, their rings, pocket watches, watches and other valuable items, and even the pens carried by the officers had to be confiscated.

Fountain pens were also valuable items during this period, and even twenty years later they were still very expensive. At that time, a good fountain pen would cost about 60 yuan, but at this time, it would cost 70 or 80 taels of silver.

Teng Yuzhao planned to issue a fountain pen to all officers of his vanguard army. It would be much more convenient to use a fountain pen to write orders and battle reports during marches and battles than to use a brush.

Now, not only does Teng Yuzhao's vanguard army not have a clothing factory, but the entire Wuwei Army also does not have its own clothing factory. Their military uniforms and supplies need to be purchased with their military pay. Naturally, Teng Yuzhao's vanguard army's uniforms and clothing must be purchased by himself. He had no choice but to clean the battlefield so carefully.

This allied fortification bunker at the bridgehead is now Teng Yuzhao's temporary command post.

Teng Yuzao did not even allow the guards to light a lantern for him, but handed all the lighting tools to the sentry chief.

Doing this was not only to make it easier for the officers and soldiers at the machine gun sentry post to clean up the battlefield and sort and stack the captured items, but Teng Yuzao also didn't want to become a target. Who knows if there might be a fish of the coalition forces that had escaped the net hiding in the dark.

During this time, Teng Yuzao was not idle. Reports from the front kept coming in. The troops on Haidadao were making good progress, but the coalition forces on Zhongyang Street were resisting very tenaciously. Soon, wounded soldiers were being carried down one after another. Even Li Xianze had to rush to Zhongyang Street to command in person.
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