Under the fierce attack of the Japanese army, the rulers of the Qing court had fallen into extreme panic at this time, fearing that the Japanese army would capture the capital, and second, fearing that the Chinese army would return in a big way and seize the Chinese territory under their rule.

The Hou Party, which supported Cixi, and the Imperial Party, which supported Emperor Guangxu in the imperial family, were originally fighting endlessly, but now it seems that the women have never been so united.

After urgent discussions, the two sides finally reached an agreement: to pay compensation to the Wa State for the cession of land, and to keep the Manchu imperial family's right to rule the whole of China no matter what!

As for the drudgery of negotiations, of course, it fell on Li Hongzhang, who was proficient in foreign affairs.

There will be no good fruit to eat in the negotiations of the robber soldiers coming to the city,

The lion of the Wa Kingdom openly demanded that the Qing Dynasty compensate 2 billion taels of silver, recognize Goryeo as a vassal state of the Wa State, and cede large areas of land such as the Liaodong Peninsula, Jilin Province, Taiwan, and the Jiaodong Peninsula.

Li Hongzhang was so angry that his white beard trembled, and he almost vomited blood, but he had to endure the humiliation and bear the burden of humiliation and negotiate with Mutsu Somitsu, the negotiator of the Japanese state, at the negotiating table.

In fact, when the Wa Kingdom received the news that the Huaxia Guild and the United States had completed negotiations and that the Huaxia Army Fleet was returning to the western Pacific on a large scale, the entire Wa Kingdom, from the emperor to the prime minister, was anxious, fearing that the Huaxia Army would go straight to the heart of the Wa Kingdom.

However, the Qing court did not understand this, and blindly planned to ask Li Hongzhang to sue for peace with the compensation for land cession, so that the Japanese army retreated, and was suppressed by the Japanese state at the negotiation table and could not move.

In the end, Li Hongzhang, who was exhausted, finally reached a humiliating and humiliating treaty with Mutsu Somitsu: the Qing Dynasty compensated the Japanese with 300 million taels of silver, recognized the overall sovereignty of the Japanese over Goryeo, and ceded Taiwan's Penghu Islands, Zhoushan Islands, and Hainan Island.

Li Hongzhang's negotiating team was still complacent, believing that they had bargained under the harsh negotiation conditions of the Japanese state, snatched back a large piece of interests, and obtained greater benefits than the army's hard fighting.

After the Empress Dowager Cixi saw the results of the negotiations, she was very happy: "This Li Aiqing really lived up to expectations, and even bargained with these Orientals, only using 300 million taels of silver and some desert islands, and let the Japanese army retreat!" ”

Emperor Guangxu had a sad face. But the treaty that Li Hongzhang fought for back was much better than he expected, but no matter what, he wanted to cede the land of his ancestors. I was unhappy in my heart, but I was suffering from the fact that hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops surrounded the capital, and I was trapped in it, so I had to agree to sign a humiliating treaty of land reparations.

After the news of the signing of the traitorous treaty between the Qing court and the Japanese state, the whole country was in an uproar.

Due to the siege of the Japanese army. Led by Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others, they rushed to the gate of the Forbidden City to petition the Qing court, strongly persuading the Qing court not to negotiate with the Japanese state, advocating that the Qing court should move the capital to Xi'an, and summon the army of King Qin from all over the country to fight to the death with the Japanese army from afar.

However, where would the Qing court agree to the request of these scholars and immediately send soldiers to disperse.

Although the Qing army was afraid of foreigners. But he was never afraid of these unarmed scholars, and in the process of dispersing the scholars, clashes broke out, the soldiers opened fire, the petitioning scholars and the people watching the excitement trampled on each other, and the gate of the Forbidden City was bloody.

In the bloody case in the Forbidden City, more than 300 scholars and citizens died on the spot, and countless people were injured.

This was originally a very small thing in the long history of ancient China, but it was in the era of the rise of the Huaxia Guild. But it became an earth-shattering event, and the Qing court lost the hearts of folk readers.

It's just that, after all, the people who read are just the readers, and they don't seem to have much power. The Qing soldiers killed hundreds of people, and although the rest were full of anger, they couldn't do anything with the Qing soldiers with guns.

That seems to be the end of the matter.

The Japanese army received compensation and land cession, and its main force burned and looted in the nearby villages, and then withdrew its troops in order to accept Taiwan's Penghu Islands and Hainan Island.

The main rear guard of the Japanese army was the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division, and its brigade commander was Major General Yasumi Oji.

When the main force of the Japanese army retreated. The 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division went out to burn, kill, loot and take prostitution, and the local people organized themselves to fight against the Japanese army in order to defend their homeland.

In the battle, the villagers who used bows, arrows, spears and broadswords were not opponents of the Japanese army, so they had to attack the Japanese army by means of sneak attacks.

Daji Anchun was furious and commanded the 11th Brigade behind the Japanese army to turn back and sweep away the villagers.

At this time, the Qing army of Qinwang from Guangdong, under the leadership of the general soldier Liu Yongfu, happened to rush to the vicinity of the capital to block the way for the Japanese army to pursue and kill the villagers' armed forces.

Liu Yongfu is a famous anti-French hero, in the harsh environment many times against the French army armed to the teeth, never left behind, this time rushed to the capital Qinwang, is to fight the Japanese army to the death.

The Japanese army launched an attack on it, Liu Yongfu did not hesitate to order his subordinates to launch a counterattack, beating the Japanese army, in view of the fact that the imperial court had signed a treaty with the Japanese state of peace, Liu Yongfu commanded his subordinates to quickly move away from the place of fierce fighting.

In the fierce battle, the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army could not take advantage of the slightest advantage, and they could not find Liu Yongfu's headquarters, so they rushed madly in the direction of the urban area of the capital.

At this time, the defense of the capital had been relaxed, and the 7,000 men of the 11th Brigade actually broke through the gate of the capital, which had not been broken open by hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, and poured into the streets to burn, kill and loot.

After the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu learned that the Japanese army had entered the city gate, they were so frightened on the spot that they fled the capital overnight under the protection of the eunuch guards and ran in the direction of Datong.

The 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army didn't know about this, and just wanted to make a fortune in the palatial capital and withdrew.

At this time, the Qing army rushed outside the city to rush to the aid of several troops with strong combat effectiveness near the capital, they were the troops of the general soldier Nie Shicheng, Ma Yukun, Song Qing, and Yiketanga.

Surrounded on all sides, the fierce battle lasted only half a day, and the arrogant 11th Brigade of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated, and Major General Brigade Commander Yasumi Tera was killed on the spot.

This was originally an inspiring victory for the Qing army, and if the Qing court made good use of it, it might not be a good opportunity to win over the people's hearts.

However, the Empress Dowager Cixi had already been frightened, and even summoned several victorious generals to Datong overnight to detain them, and wanted to give their heads to the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army would not attack again. (To be continued.) )xh:.74.240.212