Since the soldiers did not know the principle of infantry coordination, they could not understand this kind of training, and they ran behind a carriage, sometimes scattering, sometimes retracting, what kind of battle was this fighting, so there were also a lot of complaints. Bayi Chinese Net (VIII) (VIII).

However, with the glorious achievements of the People's Army as a support, most of the soldiers are still very convinced by the crossing soldiers because they are veterans, so they can also suppress complaints and ensure that the entire training can basically go smoothly. After two days and three nights of training, although the soldiers of the first regiment did not understand their intentions, they still practiced the infantry and tank in coordination according to the requirements of the crossing soldiers.

While the 1st Regiment was training hard, the field artillery battalions of the 5th Regiment, the 9th Regiment and the 1st Regiment all left Beijing one after another and were transferred to Shanhaiguan to prepare to participate in the battle to block the Russian army. And just today, the first regiment has also received an order, and the preparation time for training has ended, and the whole regiment will return to Tianjin, ready to board ships and go to sea at any time to participate in the battle. Because at this time, the Russian army had already forced into the Shanhaiguan defense line, and this battle was finally about to begin.

Because of the overnight training, the return train was scheduled for 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the soldiers of the regiment finished their training, ate breakfast, and went back to the barracks to rest. The officers arranged their own affairs.

At 1o o'clock in the afternoon, Li Zhuangyong asked the company headquarters for a leave, left the barracks, and came to the streets of Beijing. During this time, Li Zhuangyong had to ask for leave to go out almost every day, Li Zhuangyong only said that he was looking for friends, but the time was not long, usually about half an hour, less than an hour, and nothing happened, so no one cared too much.

At this time, the People's Army had occupied Beijing for more than 10 days, and through the rectification and strict management of the Beijing Provisional Management Committee, order in Beijing had been basically restored. In fact, under the control of the Eight-Nation Alliance, there was no major chaos in Beijing's order, but the war destroyed Beijing's economy, and after the traversers occupied Tianjin, they cut off most of Beijing's material sources, so there was a great shortage of commodities and materials in Beijing, and prices soared. It was only because the Eight-Nation Coalition suppressed it by forceful means that it did not cause a big mess, but the small-scale robbery and fighting never stopped.

After Li Songchen and others discussed, they decided to implement material control in Beijing, and control more than 10 daily necessities such as grain, salt, and cloth, and supply them every day in accordance with the population quota of Beijing residents.

For Beijing residents who have no source of income, they will take the form of cash-for-work to provide work for the group, such as cleaning streets, dredging rivers, building houses, maintaining law and order, etc., in exchange for daily supplies. In fact, these jobs are not all necessary things now, but the traverser will not support idlers, and it is necessary to establish a concept among Beijing residents that only by doing things can they have a way to live.

After formulating material control, the crossing group soon transported a batch of essential materials from Tianjin, which also greatly alleviated the shortage of materials in Beijing, and arrested two businessmen who continued to collect materials against the wind, confiscated all the family property, and also greatly deterred the people who were still lucky, so no one dared to collect materials anymore, raised prices, and prices also dropped significantly.

After order stabilized, the Beijing Provisional Management Committee also decided to open the gates of Beijing to allow residents inside and outside the city to move freely, and at the same time extended the control of the People's Army to the surrounding areas of Beijing. Of course, when entering and leaving Beijing, they must go through a strict check, and a registration certificate must be obtained, and people from outside the city must enter Beijing with a certificate to enter Beijing and stay in Beijing, while people from the city must also enter the city with a certificate when they return from outside the city.

Li Zhuangyong walked on the streets of Beijing, only feeling that except for the fact that there were fewer people, there was not much difference from the previous Beijing city, and of course there were no Boxers who were full of Boxers with red scarves wrapped in their heads. However, under the supervision of the People's Army, many foreigners participated in the work of cleaning up the streets, dredging the rivers, and building houses together with the residents of Beijing.

Although Li Zhuangyong does not understand politics, Bi Jing has seen some people in the big world, and the overseas Chinese can restore order to normal in Beijing in just a dozen days, and this method cannot but be admired. It is indeed much stronger than the Boxers.

After turning a corner, Li Zhuangyong came to a street, only to see that the street was full of people, and the long queue had been discharged for several hundred meters.

Originally, after the Executive Committee decided to expand the People's Army, the conscription work in Beijing became a key area for the expansion. Moreover, as soon as the recruitment work was launched, it immediately received a very enthusiastic response.

Although Beijing implemented quota supply and shipped a batch of materials from Tianjin, the standard of quota was set very low, only enough to survive, and not even the standard of sufficient food, so now the life of Beijing residents is very poor, and they can ensure food and clothing, which is already a good life, of course, compared with the period of the rule of the Eight-Nation Alliance, it is still much better, at least they will not starve to death. This is because the current foundation of the crossing group is not very strong, and it is impossible to supply Beijing on a large scale; second, it is to create favorable conditions for conscription.

As long as they sign up for the People's Army, even if they are during the trial training period, they can at least take care of three full meals, and the quality is not bad, and there is meat to eat every 369, so that the personal quota can be saved to supply the family, and once they pass the trial training period, they will not only have a fixed income, but also have material subsidies, and a person's income can support the family.

Moreover, after the People's Army occupied Beijing, the military discipline was strict, the autumn did not commit any crimes, and it also struck at foreigners, and also won the praise of many Beijing residents, coupled with effective propaganda, so Beijing residents also enthusiastically signed up to join the army.

Seeing such a scene, Li Zhuangyong couldn't help but want to revolt and come to the Boxer Rebellion, and there were many more people who asked to join the Boxer Rebellion, but Li Zhuangyong also had to admit that the Boxers could not catch up with the Boxers in terms of training, organization, and combat capabilities, and compared with the People's Army, the Boxers were a rabble.

Although he sighed in his heart, Li Zhuangyong's footsteps did not stop, turned two corners, and crossed a side street, Li Zhuangyong came to an empty mansion, only to see that the gate was tall, with a big lock hanging on it, and a cross seal was pasted.

There are many such mansions in Beijing now, most of them are when the Eight-Nation Coalition Army captured Beijing, the head of the household fled from Beijing, so it was vacant, and after the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Beijing, they looted again, looted the property in the house, and some of the houses still had the deceased, and they were not cleaned up, the traversers occupied Beijing, and carefully cleaned up such houses, cremated the deceased and buried, and affixed seals, and regularly sent people to clean to keep them clean.

Li Zhuangyong turned to an alley on the side street, saw that there was no one left and right, and immediately climbed the wall and climbed into the courtyard. As soon as Li Zhuangyong's feet landed, he heard someone shouting: "Brother Li, is Brother Li here?"

Li Zhuangyong hurriedly stood up straight and said, "It's me, it's that brother who came." ”

Before the words fell, I saw four people rushing out of the house, and one of them ran towards Li Zhuangyong while shouting: "Brother Li, it's me Pang Wanquan, it's really Brother Li, you are still alive." ”

At this time, Li Zhuangyong also recognized the other party, strode up to meet him, and said, "It turned out to be Brother Pang, it's great to find you." The four large hands of the two men were clasped together, and their eyes were full of tears. The other three people also came over at this time and greeted Li Zhuangyong one after another, and Li Zhuangyong also knew two of them, one was named Qi Biao and the other was Guan Yingshan.

These people are naturally members of the Boxers, Pang Wanquan is a member of the same hall as Li Zhuangyong, and he is still a small leader, and he has a good relationship with Li Zhuangyong, although Qi Biao and Guan Yingshan are not the same hall as Li Zhuangyong, but they also know each other and have some friendship; the other person was introduced by Pang Wanquan and is called Liu Fuyong, who is another person from the Boxer Rebellion.

It turned out that the composition of the Boxers was very complicated, although it was mainly composed of ordinary civilians, but there were many gangs and gangs, among which there were many gang members, and after they joined the Boxers, they brought many of the habits of the gangs into the Boxers, including the secret orders of some gangs. The Boxer Rebellion was originally a very loose organization, and there were no hard and fast rules for these secret orders, but it was up to each parish to decide for themselves. The elder brother of Li Zhuangyong's hall was originally a gang member, so he formulated a set of secret orders and codes to use in his own hall, Li Zhuangyong is one of the backbones of this hall, and has his own exclusive secret code.

After Li Zhuangyong's confinement expired, he took the opportunity to go out and left his secret mark on the streets where the Boxers used to be active, hoping to get in touch with the former Boxer brothers. And it wasn't until yesterday that someone responded next to the code he left, asking him to come to this mansion for a meeting. And Pang Wanquan and others entered the city of Beijing after the opening of the Beijing City Gate, and only then did Li Zhuangyong's secret mark appear.

The original owner of this mansion was a squire of the Qing court, and in order to show his support for the Boxers, he used his house as a hall of the Boxers, that is, Li Zhuangyong's former hall. Although this kind of thing seems to be a lie, it was not an uncommon thing at the peak of the Boxer Rebellion, not to mention a squire, even the mansion of the prince and Baylor, and it was not a minority to be the head of the Boxer Rebellion.