Wadsey, who saved more than 40 coalition generals and diplomats who had been strangely kidnapped, also saved his future, but the interrogation of the captives handed over to him by Qing officers yielded nothing came of it, and they should have been boxers according to their status, but Wadsey would never have believed that a group of organized and undisciplined gods and goddesses could plan such a large-scale and well-thought-out paramilitary operation. To tell the truth, if those people had been more daring at that time, or if they had doubled in number, I am afraid that even their own nests would have to be dug up, and if the heads of the eight countries in China had all gathered in the kidnappers' den, then only God could know how the war would continue at this time.

For the testimony of the bearded Russian governor, Wadsey also didn't believe it, after all, if it had been done by the Japanese for so many days, they would have made a request through the kidnappers, and the Japanese ruling was not an ignorant barbarian ruler like the Qing State, they should not be short-sighted enough to attack their allies for a little benefit, after all, the gap between an emerging third-rate eastern industrial country and the old empires on the European continent is not ordinarily large, except for the uncivilized European fringe countries like Tsarist Russia, no one will worry that Japan's strength will surpass itself, Similarly, Japan, with its small arms and legs, should not dare to provoke the European and American powers. So far Wadsey has not yet come to a more definitive conclusion.

However, now that the military operation has basically come to an end, the big city of one million people in Sijiu City and the small Tianjin Wei are enough for 30,000 allied troops to work, and if Emperor Wilhelm I wants him to occupy a colony on the North China Plain, his big head will probably be a slippery meat egg. The planned and unorganized robbery of the coalition forces is now coming to an end, and when they rob things and cause destruction, the officers and soldiers are full of momentum and efficiency comparable to machines, but now it is really difficult for them to stand in a strange big city as a city manager, and let the yellow-skinned monkeys who come and go as monsters. If the decision was in Wadsey's hands, he would rather lead the army back to Lend-Lease, after all, the occupation forces with language barriers and lack of translators could not effectively manage them in the face of groups of black and thin Orientals who looked similar.

"Your Excellency Marshal," a second secretary of the German embassy came in with his adjutant, and he presented a telegram received by the embassy, "As you can see, Your Majesty has agreed to Queen Victoria's proposal, and we will reject the Manchu government's request for peace talks, and gradually withdraw part of the allied forces, mainly Japanese troops, of course. ”

"Okay, please tell Your Excellency the Ambassador, I understand exactly what Your Majesty means. I will try my best to maintain the garrison of the coalition forces in Beijing, and I will also order two regiments (wings) of the Japanese Fifth Division to move to Yangliuqing. In this way, the strength of the allied forces in the city is basically equal to that of the British, Russians, and Japanese. Although Wadsey did not believe that the Japanese would be mentally retarded enough to rob the coalition forces and kidnap the generals, these yellow-skinned monkeys were really uneducated and looked quite ugly, not only silently swallowing up the four million taels of silver deposited by the Qing Household Department, but also organizing the dispatch of squadron-sized security forces to the surrounding villages and towns to "maintain law and order", and it is said that even the gold teeth in the mouths of the dead had to be knocked off and packed and sent back to China.

Although after the coalition forces invaded Beijing, the combat behavior evolved into an act of revenge, according to the coalition people, "it is also common sense for the goddess of revenge to come to demand inevitable retribution at this moment." The commanders of the first squadrons also ordered "three days of public robbery by the authorized troops", although this robbery, which was considered legal, continued to expand after the arrival of the German troops, lasting at least eight days. However, it was confined to the city of Beijing, and the other countries of the coalition did not bother to carry out the act of raiding the countryside after looting their own areas like the Japanese.

Now that Britain, France and Germany have agreed on their opinions, Wadsey is naturally happy to send the annoying yellow-skinned monkey to guard the outskirts of Tianjin, at least out of sight and out of mind. Lieutenant General Fukushima also wanted to be out of sight and out of mind, but unfortunately he didn't have that blessing, damn Kawasaki Shigezo, damn the 21st Wing, now there are only a few hundred soldiers of the second brigade left, and the others actually let a group of regiments practice in such a small place as Yulin Fort, so that now he doesn't know how to report to his colleagues in the Ministry of the Army. The entire coalition army landed in Tanggu, attacked Tianjin, and entered Beijing to defeat 30,000 or 40,000 Wuwei New Army, 7,800 Mongolian iron cavalry, and more than 100,000 invulnerable elder brothers, and lost a total of more than 300 numbers. If it weren't for the fact that everyone's attention had been focused on the strange case of the kidnapping of the coalition generals two days ago, it is estimated that he would have already obtained a one-way ferry ticket from the Ministry of the Army. Now the veterans in the army province seem to have realized the unusual situation they have encountered, after all, when they faced the new army of the Qing Dynasty, there was no case of losing more than 2,000 people in a single battle. Now it is imperative to know the whereabouts of those captured officers and soldiers, and of course, more importantly, to know who the opponent is. It's funny to say, with such a brilliant result, no one in the pre-war Daqing Kingdom and the Boxers who claimed to have invited 100,000 heavenly soldiers to subdue demons and subdue demons dared to admit that they were armed, saying that they were training their arms, but where was the group training, but there were different opinions, from the suburban county? Shanxi's? Hebei's? Or is it further away in Shaanxi, Gansu, and the Green Camp? is not as good as the Hammas of later generations, at least people dare to claim responsibility for this matter.

"Mr. Kondo of the Koya Society is here," the adjutant who knocked on the door and came in reported.

"Well, please let him in" After the adjutant gave Kondo a cup of Biluochun and withdrew, Kondo, who had gray hair and looked like a grocery store owner, spoke first.

"General Fukushima, do you have any news about our Kawashima officer?"

"Well, Kondo-kun, I'm afraid I don't have anything to offer you. According to the report of the intelligence officers of the special high-tech department, Kawashima-kun disappeared while operating with the 1st Brigade of our 21st Wing, and his whereabouts are not known at this time. ”

"That's right, Shogun Fukushima. Can you please take a look at this? Kondo took out a neatly folded newspaper from his pocket and handed it to Fukushima with some reluctance.

"Ah, how can this be." When Fukushima saw it, he was shocked. This is a "Zilin Xibao" published in Shanghai yesterday, and the front page prominently carried a report that "a large number of Japanese prisoners of war are being detained in a certain place in Shandong." Two photographs were attached, on which were a close-up of Kawasaki Shigezo wearing the uniforms of the Japanese army and being detained by two Qing New Army, and there was also a long-range photo, apparently a group of Japanese prisoners of war wearing Japanese military uniforms lined up in a large courtyard under the guard of several new troops.

"Brother, aren't you too authentic?" Yuan Shikai touched his big head, and complained with a wry smile, "It's just a merit, after all, the old men of the military department are just going through the motions, but let Duan Zhiquan and them hang the false title of deputy commander." Didn't you let the reporter take a photo and publish it in the newspaper, didn't you roast your old brother on the fire? ”

"Xiang Chenggong, if you want to say that I don't know, you definitely don't believe it. But this time it was really not the reporter I arranged, who would have thought that these two devils in Shanghai could have such a smart nose and find the prisoner of war camp at the Lashan shooting range at once? "I'm drunk to death this time and don't recognize the two taels of wine money, otherwise, it's hard to say whether Yuan Datou will turn his face and bury me." It has always been my people watching, who would have thought that the moment the reporter touched it, General Zhang Xun and the others went to the prisoner of war camp on the edge of the shooting range to inspect after shooting the target. Just such an inch, just let the reporter catch it, this is the sesame seed falling into the eye of the needle, coincidentally, it is a coincidence. ”

"Forget it, I just trained Zhang Xun for being stunned. Do you say that this guy is a half-green, he actually wants to command the Japanese prisoners to exercise, and also let reporters take pictures, especially the Kawasaki Dazuo, he is embarrassed to sneak out and take a group photo with others, as if he captured the * general from the army. ”

"Xiang Chenggong, in fact, General Zhang was also on a whim at that time, and I also trained my subordinate Captain Xiao, who has already talked about the "three defenses" many times, so why don't you know what to do. But to be honest, it's nothing for General Zhang to take a photo, although it is not General Zhang who personally led the army, but the insurance regiment has also been trained under him, and many soldiers are trained by him. There should have been a Wuwei Right Army in this feat. ”

Lao Yuan pointed his finger at me and pointed at himself, "Your brother will give me a clear look, pretend to be confused." This credit was reported to the court as a fragrant bait, and it was stabbed in the newspaper, so that everyone in the West and the East could see it, and the Japanese were all embarrassed and thrown to their grandmother's house. In the little nose, they still have to hate the right army of Wuwei. Forget it, the matter has come to this, the old brother will be a shield for you, can your brother say hello first when he calculates the old brother next time, so that the old brother can be prepared. ”

"Xiang Chenggong, you are serious. This matter is definitely not intentional on my part. Before I finished speaking, Yuan Datou waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to talk about it anymore.

"By the way, what do you mean by the three defenses you just said?" Lao Yuan asked casually

"Fire prevention, anti-theft, anti-journalist." The children in this kindergarten all understand that the teacher has already taught them: they are not allowed to play with fire, they are not allowed to take children's fruits, and they are not allowed to speak ill of their aunts and kindergartens when interviewed by reporters. Of course, I replied in passing.

"Ahem" Yuan Shikai didn't pay attention, and was almost choked, "It's really, incisive." ”

"My brother must have heard about it, Lafayette has already made an edict to let Li Zhongtang communicate with Prime Minister Qing Wangye to negotiate with the coalition forces. I guess the next step is peace talks. ”

"What about Lord Ronglu and Lord Xu?" The reason why I asked this question is that on the third day after entering Huailai County, Lafayette issued two edicts, one of which was sent to Rong Lu, the minister of military aircraft, Xu Tong, a scholar, and Chongqi, a scholar of the household department, ordering them to stay in the capital and negotiate with the foreigners.

"Didn't my brother hear that on the day the city was broken, Lord Rong had already run to Baoding, and Lord Xu and Lord Chongqi also cut themselves" Yuan Shikai explained, I realized that the important reason why Rong Lu fell out of favor was to leave Lafayette and the Qing Dynasty's Sheji, and run for his life, no wonder he ended up without a problem, as for Xu Tong and Chongqi, the two old ministers who were swinging at home, I really didn't bother to inquire, after all, just escorted Lafayette to Jinan Mansion, and was sent to the capital to inquire about the news of various countries, In addition, I tossed the hostage rescue thing in the capital, where can I care about inquiring about these idle films.