In this shock, the Boxers and their officers and soldiers lost about 1,000 people, and suffered heavy losses!

With the support of artillery fire, groups of foreign soldiers landed on the beach, and they slowly approached the fort, but the two cannons on the fort made the enemy's artillery unable to raise their heads, and the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable to the defenders. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the Boxers and the Qing soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, but they could not resist the foreign artillery and foreign guns, the Boxers and the Qing soldiers had to withdraw from the fort, and later organized several counteroffensives, but the foreigners had no choice but to capture it, and the water spilled out could not be recovered, and the fort was finally occupied by the foreigners.

Yulu soon got the news that the Dagu Fort was lost, and the foreign troops were attacking from the north of Tianjin.

Yulu didn't dare to report it immediately, so he suppressed the news for another day, and then handed the fold upwards to report the military situation in Tianjin.

When the Empress Dowager Cixi saw the news, she didn't say a word, but just asked Li Lianying to spread the word and hold a court discussion.

"Dagu is lost, foreign soldiers are attacking in the north, this is the news sent by Yulu, what should you do?" The Empress Dowager Cixi said in a stiff tone.

"In today's situation, there is no enemy and no enemy." King Duan immediately rushed to say, "Lafayette, if you don't declare war today, do you really want to wait for the foreigners to enter Beijing?" ”

"At this time of great danger, the minions think that we should rely on the will of the people." This is the voice of fortitude, he has been summoned back from Zhuozhou, just in time for this time to hear the big up, he is a fan of the Boxers, and he is saying good things for the Boxers.

"When the slaves were in Zhuozhou, they saw with their own eyes the power of the Boxers, they never killed foreigners, they claimed to die in Lafayette, the slaves thought that they should use the people's hearts to avenge the shame, if they hesitated, the people's hearts were discouraged, and then it was really over."

Duan Wang's resolute words attracted a large number of people to agree.

"Since no one can retreat from the foreign army, then we will declare war. Prime Minister Yamen immediately informed the embassies of various countries that they would be allowed to fly their flags and return to China tomorrow. ”

"Yes, Lafayette, the slave will send someone to do it immediately." King Qing replied.

There had already been three big uprisings, and Cixi looked at the sky-high fire outside and the gunshots coming from Xishiku, but her heart still could not calm down, and she decided to continue listening to the big rise tomorrow morning.

The Empress Dowager Cixi first laid out a lot of reasons, revolving around one sentence; Now is the time for revenge. After the Empress Dowager Cixi finished speaking, she pushed the emperor who was sitting next to her.

"Emperor, what do you have to say?"

"It seems that the Empress Dowager should obey Rong Lu's request, the embassy cannot be attacked, and foreigners cannot be killed. However, whether it is appropriate or not, please ask the Queen Mother to make a stand. ”

"The foreigners have done all the bad things, this is what Lafayette just said, and everyone has heard it, now that the people's hearts have risen, why not take this opportunity to kill them? Let them understand that the Chinese are not easy to deceive. King Duan still said impassionedly.

"What is the foot of the human heart?" The Emperor whispered, but there was sarcasm in his voice,

"Doctors like to talk about the army, the first battle of Korea, the main battle of the DPRK, the result is a big defeat. Now that the countries are ten times stronger than Japan, there is no reason to go to war with them. ”

"Boxer Rebellion available!" A resolute and rugged voice sounded, "The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War was due to the lack of support from the Boxers. ”

"The elite weapons of various countries, can the Boxers withstand it? The church of Xishiku, the land of bullets, why hasn't it been captured yet? The Emperor sneered.

"It's not the day! When the time comes, the church will be destroyed! Duan Wang argued.

"I'm afraid that by then, the Boxers will no longer be there." Emperor Guangxu sneered twice. "You!" King Duan pointed to Emperor Guangxu's nose and said.

"Today's war situation, it's not that our China is willing to go to war with foreigners, it's that foreigners are bullying people too much, and in this case, our China can't be too weak. Emperor, you can make it clear to everyone. The Empress Dowager Cixi said to Emperor Guangxu, which was actually a commanding tone.

Declare war! Declare war in public! Emperor Guangxu was unwilling, he wanted to turn the tide, but he couldn't, he wanted to persuade the empress dowager to change her mind, but he didn't have that ability.

He had to find someone to talk to him, so he walked down from the throne and looked at Xu Jingcheng and said:

"Xu Jingcheng, you have been abroad, and you have been in the Prime Minister's Yamen for many years, and you are familiar with foreign affairs. After Emperor Guangxu finished speaking, he choked up and cried.

Xu Jingcheng didn't feel it crying, "Your Majesty, this battle can't be started!" I'm afraid that the community will be in trouble! The ministers were deeply favored by the emperor and did not dare not say it. ”

Yuan Chang knelt next to Xu Jingcheng and loudly persuaded the emperor not to start the war lightly. But the Empress Dowager Cixi, who was sitting on the throne, couldn't stand it!

"What a system this is!" Only then did Emperor Guangxun realize that he had lost his temper and hurried back to the throne. This time the court meeting broke up unhappily.

When King Duan returned to the mansion, he couldn't help but scold Xu and Yuan, and also scolded the emperor for being a "second hair".

The attack on Dongjiaomin Lane began to go very smoothly. Dong Fuxiang's Gan army and the Boxers quickly captured the legations of Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, and the results were brilliant, but the next step was not good, and it was difficult for the Boxers and the Gan army to advance.

Yulu has been unable to resist the enemy in Tianjin, and Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian have not been able to attack the Zizhulin concession area for a long time, but they have been caught off guard by the coalition forces in the Langfang area and saved some face.

However, the situation has not been completely restored and improved, and the coalition forces are still approaching Tianjin day by day.

After Nie Shicheng's army received the telegram, although he fought back, he was still inevitably defeated, and finally Nie Shicheng was actually seriously injured and died, Luo Rongguang died of eating opium, Yulu also committed suicide, and only the Boxers were still resisting the northward advance of foreigners.

Now the situation is getting worse and worse, and in the face of this situation, the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the troops of the Qin King from all over the country to rush to the capital.

After the decree, there were a few of them coming, but they were all from the north, and the two rivers and other regions in the south were seeking "Southeast Asian protection", and it was impossible to send King Qin's division to come.

King Qin's division was led by Li Bingheng, the former governor of Shandong, and he was reorganized and led his team to Tongzhou to defend against the enemy.

On the one hand, while sending Li Bingheng to resist the coalition forces, he sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang in Shanghai, asking him to enter Beijing as soon as possible, but Li Hongzhang was also very cunning, and he put forward two conditions: first, to protect the ministers of various countries; Second, we must hunt down the boxers ourselves. It means that if these two conditions are not fulfilled, he will not enter the palace.

Li Hongzhang did not enter Beijing, but the situation had to force him. Russia negotiated peace and asked Li Hongzhang. King Qing had no choice but to invite Rong Lu to see the Empress Dowager Cixi again, hoping that she could accommodate Li Hongzhang to enter Beijing.

"Would he like to come?" Empress Dowager Cixi asked. "As long as he is given the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor's Office, he will definitely come." Rong Lu replied eagerly. (To be continued.) )