At the beginning, Britain wanted to support the Qing court to counter the expansion of Russia in the Far East, and the Bijing Qing court also had a vast territory and a huge population base, but unfortunately the corrupt and incompetent Qing court was really unable to support the wall, so Britain turned its attention to Japan, which defeated the Qing court in the First Sino-Japanese War. In recent years, Ying said that it is rapidly approaching.

Now that the Far East is likely to have another overseas Chinese force, then Britain will undoubtedly have one more option, that is, it cannot form an alliance with the overseas Chinese, but as long as this group of overseas Chinese is an enemy of Russia, the situation has become complicated, which is actually not a bad thing, because the more complicated the situation, the better it is to cooperate with the Chinese and fight for interests. And the British are clearly experts in this area.

However, the current situation in northern China is still dominated by war, and overseas Chinese are still in a hostile relationship, and after defeating the German fleet, the military superiority of this group of overseas Chinese in northern China is unshakable, unless the countries send more troops to China, and the scale is much larger than the German fleet, the British military estimates that at least 30,000 troops will be invested in the Chinese battlefield, and the navy needs to dispatch 6-8 first-class battleships and 3-5 large armored cruisers as the main force. At least this is the only way to have the capital to negotiate with overseas Chinese.

The British are not bad at warships, but the current British Empire is short of money, because the Bulr War in South Africa has cost the British Empire nearly 200 million pounds and killed more than 20,000 soldiers, and the war has not yet seen the end.

As for other countries, after the fiasco of Germany, they will definitely not be able to send a large army, France and the United States also have their own problems, and they can no longer send too many troops, and only Japan and Russia can mobilize such troops, but Britain must not let Russia increase its troops to China, otherwise even if it is a victory, it will be easy for the Russians, and it will not be good for itself, and at present Britain can only rely on the strength of Japan.

However, there is still a process of bargaining between the countries, and during this time, the situation on the battlefield in China must be stabilized and the military presence of the Eight-Nation Coalition in China must be guaranteed until the countries reach an agreement on increasing troops, and then it is good to decide whether the two sides will fight or make peace. Of course, in this process, we can also try to get in touch with these overseas Chinese and test their attitudes.

It should be said that the British Empire's century-long experience in colonization and offshore balancing was indeed not in vain, and it quickly sorted out various relationships from the complex situation and formulated corresponding plans.

After having a plan, the British immediately began to act, first immediately contacted other countries urgently, informed the news of the disastrous defeat of the German fleet, and suggested that the Eight-Nation Coalition in Beijing immediately stop military operations, and immediately return to Beijing to garrison in order to preserve their strength, and the countries immediately began to negotiate the matter of increasing troops to China. In addition, we can also try to make contacts with this group of overseas Chinese, on the one hand, to test their attitude and conditions for negotiations, and on the other hand, to delay time and win enough time for various countries to send more troops.

After more than three hours of telegram exchanges, totaling more than 100 telegrams, the countries finally reached an agreement to immediately stop the military operations of the Eight-Nation Coalition in Beijing, and immediately return to Beijing to garrison and make every effort to defend Beijing. Germany also said that it would send a telegram to Qingdao to inquire about the details of the battle, and the British ordered the British consul in Shanghai, Pelham Warren, to try to contact this group of overseas Chinese privately, and also to understand the thoughts of this group of overseas Chinese through the Qing people, and to carry out an investigation to collect all the information related to overseas Chinese as much as possible.

After the countries reached a consensus, the telegram immediately flew across the ocean and reached China, but it was too late, because the Eight-Nation Coalition Army in Beijing had already been dispatched, and the front had already been stationed in Yangcun, which was less than 20 kilometers from Tianjin, and the headquarters of the allied forces was set up in Yangcun. And the last group of troops left Beijing, and most of the time passed, and it is estimated that it should have passed through Tongzhou.

In this era, there was no wireless telegraphy, all telegraphy had to rely on cable transmission, and compared with Europe has built a perfect telegraph network, only a few large cities in China have telegraphed, and now the army is on the way, there is no telegraph receiving point, naturally can not receive the telegram, can only rely on manual transmission, but even if it is transmitted by fast horse, it will not be transmitted to Yangzhuang until a day later, and on the battlefield, one day is enough to change many things, so the ministers of various countries in Beijing can only hope that God will bless, hoping that nothing will happen on this day, and the eight-nation coalition forces will smoothly withdraw to Beijing。

And when the whole world was busy because of the fiasco of the German fleet, the Eight-Nation Coalition did not know that pre-war negotiations were going on in the headquarters set up in Yangzhuang.

Yangcun is a bustling commercial town between Tianjin and Beijing, and the train from Tianjin to Beijing also has a stop here, and on the 8th and 6th, the Eight-Nation Coalition fought against the Qing army in Yangcun, after which Yulu, the governor of Zhili, committed suicide.

The headquarters of the Eight-Nation Coalition was located at the railway station in Yangcun, because the Qing army had built a complete fortification with the railway station as the core, and now it is just for the use of the coalition forces.

At this time, the total strength of the Eight-Nation Coalition in Beijing was about 25,000 people, and 20,000 people were dispatched to recapture Tianjin, including 8,500 Japanese troops, Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Suchen, 6,600 Russian troops, Lieutenant General Linnevich, 2,000 British troops, Major General Gaisley, and 1,500 American troops. Commander Colonel Sha Fei, 1,500 French troops. Commander Major General Frey. Italy, Germany, and Austria-Hungary did not have many troops in Beijing, and they only had more than 500 people combined, so they were irrelevant. The 5,000 soldiers who stayed in Beijing were all Japanese soldiers.

At this time, the Eight-Nation Coalition Army that arrived in Yangcun in advance had a total of 12,000 troops, including the armies of Russia, Britain, the United States, and Japan, of which the Japanese army was only more than 3,000 people. However, at the ensuing military meeting, the commanders of the four countries had serious disagreements over the next military action. On one side of the disagreement is Russia, and on the other side is Britain, the United States, and Japan.

Now the Eight-Nation Coalition does not know that the German fleet has suffered a crushing defeat, and there can be telegraph messages between Beijing and Tianjin, and the Eight-Nation Coalition knows that the army of this group of overseas Chinese is not much, estimated at about 1,500 people, and is recruiting troops in Tianjin at this time to supplement their own insufficient troops, although the Japanese Tianjin consul Ijiin Hikoyoshi came to Beijing and brought Fukushima Yasumasa an assessment of the combat effectiveness of this group of overseas Chinese, although the strength of this group of overseas Chinese is not much, but they are all well-trained, and the weapons are advanced, and the firepower is extremely strong. But this did not attract the attention of the commanders of various countries, after all, the gap in the strength of the two sides is too great, and no matter how advanced the weapons are, they cannot make up for the difference in numbers.

At the time of the troops, the commanders of the countries were full of confidence in this battle. And the thing to consider is to win more and greater benefits for oneself after the end of the war, then the army of that country has achieved the greatest results in the war, then the greater the right to speak after the end of the war, and the more spoils of war will be obtained.

However, Britain, the United States, and Japan advocated a steady and steady attack, first building fortifications at Yangcun, focusing on defense, and not rushing to attack the city of Tianjin, and it was best to wait for the German fleet to defeat the overseas Chinese navy and successfully land, and then it was not too late to attack. Russia, on the other hand, advocated an immediate attack on Tianjin, taking the city as soon as possible and recovering the lost territory.

Because Britain, the United States, and Japan have already prepared enough back-ups, and Britain and Japan have formed a joint fleet, so even if the German fleet is landed, there will be enough naval and land forces to compete with the German army, and Britain and the United States do not intend to monopolize China's interests, as long as the status quo is maintained, naturally there is no need to risk a strong attack, and Japan's influence is limited, so it can only be seen by Britain, and Britain will do whatever it says.

However, Russia knows that its forces in the Far East are limited, and although it has also organized reinforcements, it is still much worse than the German army and the Anglo-Japanese coalition army, and in terms of its navy, Russia can only dispatch one battleship and one large armored cruiser, which is too far from the German fleet and the British and Japanese fleets.

Originally, in the Eight-Nation Alliance, Russia was the most isolated party, Britain, the United States, and Japan had colluded, and Germany also had two allies, Austria-Hungary and Italy, and it had an ally France, but on the issue of China, France also stood with Britain, the United States, and On the Japanese side, Russia still has considerable weight in the Eight-Nation Alliance, because the strength of the Russian army is second only to Japan, so it naturally has enough right to speak, but when the reinforcements from various countries arrive, Russia will completely lose its superiority in troops, and its voice in the future will be even lower.

In addition, after this group of overseas Chinese occupied Tianjin, they kept the consulates of other countries, except for the closure of the Russian consulate and the expulsion of the Russian consular staff; of course, the Russians will not review the stupid behavior of the Russian consul, but think that this group of overseas Chinese is deliberately humiliating Russia and offending Russia's national dignity, and now Russia has to communicate with Tianjin, and it has to go through the French consulate, so that Russia will lose face in front of its allies.

Naturally, the fighting nation will take revenge, so when it sent troops from Beijing, the Russian army planned to teach this group of yellow-skinned monkeys a good lesson this time, so that they would know that the fighting nation is not easy to mess with.

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