Hu Xiaoyan's good mood lasted until he received Lieutenant Lu Shaorong's serious injury, a bullet passed through Lu Shaorong's intestines, and he is now in a coma. Hu Xiaoyan had to admit him to a hospital in Tianjin.

Tianjin's Beiyang University Hall and Wubei School had already been forcibly moved to Ma'anshan, Anhui Province by Hu Xiaoyan early. But he didn't move the new hospital. Regardless of the war, hospitals in general are safe. Both the attacker and the defender need hospitals.

So Hu Xiaoyan didn't give Seymour a good face at all. With the absolute superiority and artillery support this time, the first battalion actually lost more than 100 people and a lieutenant battalion commander, which makes it strange to be happy. The battalion commanders who can do it are all new-style officers who have participated in the training of Major Andrew. Not only are they all middle school students' literacy level, but they are also very senior non-commissioned officer students in terms of tactics, and such non-commissioned officer students, after Andrew's assessment, Hu Xiaoyan's subordinates are currently no more than five in addition to the first batch of eight Tianjin Wubei Academy students!

"Dear commander, I, Vice Admiral Seymour, of the British Navy, would like to be able to ......"

Before Seymour could finish speaking, Hu Xiaoyan raised his left hand and interrupted.

"I'm sorry, but I only have war criminals in front of me! There are no vice admirals! Someone pulled out and shot! Hu Xiaoyan was too lazy to listen. Briton? My own troubles are still in Tanggu Fort. A vice admiral only! He didn't think about making peace with the British anyway. He, Hu Xiaoyan, had signed a traitorous agreement with the British. If we don't take this opportunity to turn against us, will we still have to wait for the day when the traitorous agreement will break out?

In any case, today Lieutenant General Seymour must die! Only he died. The British would not hesitate to go to war with him, only then would no one believe that even if the agreement was exposed!

Anyway, his Hu Xiaoyan's British steel mill is almost finished, and even if the British technician retreats, he is no longer afraid!

In the same way, the more fierce Hu Xiaoyan fought with the British, the faster the Germans' resources would come. And most importantly, his airship unit has not yet opened. He knew no other than the British and the Russians who could have the honor of being defeated by the first air force unit in history.

Seymour was eventually shot, and his command knife and pistol were taken away by Hu Xiaoyan. He didn't hand it over to Nie Shicheng, because Nie Shicheng couldn't take over the killing of the prisoner at all. Even Li Hongzhang couldn't take it.

The corpses of Seymour and the others were piled up by Hu Xiaoyan in the village where the flames were not extinguished, and they were burned again. The Boxers, who were dragged to the scene to feel the atmosphere, were finally forced to accept the disarming.

June 25, 1900. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, British Field Marshal Vice Admiral Seymour, was killed. He was accompanied by a number of coalition major generals and journalists from various countries. More than 2,000 Seymour allied troops were spared, ending their sinful and bloody lives.

On June 26, Hu Xiaoyan ordered Zhang Shaozeng to conduct training for the 3,000 boxers of the Boxers. Zhang Shaozeng ordered 3,000 people to run to the garrison of the Wuyi Army in Tianjin. During this period, there were those who could not hold on, and hundreds of people who disobeyed the order. Zhang Shaozeng ordered 150 people to be shot dead on the grounds of disobeying military orders. The leader of the Boxer Rebellion, Zhang Decheng, was escorted back to Tianjin.

On June 28, Hu Xiaoyan hung the banner of the Anhui Governor Qin Wangjun next to the Wuyi Army barracks and set up camp, and held a post-war review.

Among them, Lu Shaorong's problem is the most serious. He was the first to open the gap in the attack, but he was also the most badly wounded senior general. At present, the hospital still lying in Tianjin is unconscious, with a high fever that does not go away, and the wound is inflamed.

In addition, two platoon commanders were killed in the battle as they rushed to the front line.

Hu Xiaoyan admires and admires the bravery of these people, but he also has a headache. At present, his military academy is called a military academy at best, but battlefield training classes at worst. Except for the eight cadets of the Tianjin Armed Forces Academy, none of the other cadets had received a complete military education. All of them are short-term students who have only been trained for a few months. Even so, qualified non-commissioned officers are very rare.

And this time the battle, the Germans could not count on it. Because there were Germans in the Eight-Nation Alliance, Andrew had just received an order from home to watch this war. These German instructors will only train non-commissioned officers and watch the battlefield for him in the rear, and will not be directly involved.

Until the end of this meeting, Hu Xiaoyan did not speak. Because some non-commissioned officers and students think that officers do not have to charge on the front line! You must know that their enemy only has 1,000 people this time, and the information provided by Hu Xiaoyan indicates that there are 50,000 or more in the future. If the casualty rate of non-commissioned officers continues like this, they will soon be left with no officers.

And the opinion of the opposing side is also important. They thought that if the officers did not charge ahead, how could they expect the soldiers to use their lives? And how can the combat effectiveness of the army be guaranteed?

The opinions of both the positive and the negative sides are very reasonable. But Hu Xiaoyan couldn't choose. The most capable unit in the history of later generations was neither the US Army, the world police, nor the Russian army after World War II. The most combat-ready units in the world were the SS headquarters units in the middle of World War II and the Red Army under Lenin! These two units have a common characteristic, that is, in the case of a charge, the officers are always on the front line. In addition to the Supreme Commander sitting in the headquarters, the top commander of the front line often stood at the forefront of the charge. When the commander dies, the adjutant takes over, and the adjutant dies, he takes over according to the rank from the highest to the lowest. So they are often able to fight more with less. Similarly, the death rate of officers is the highest in the world. The German SS was not known because of its bad reputation, but the deeds of the Red Army were repeatedly seen in movies and books.

The first to die in battle in the Red Army was often not soldiers, but officers and instructors. The actual industrial production and weaponry of the Red Army during Lenin's period were not at all comparable to those of Europe and the United States, but it was precisely because of this that the high combat effectiveness of the Red Army was ensured. The threat of the Russian gray cattle will be feared by the Europeans and the Americans.

Hu Xiaoyan also faced problems with the Red Army. That is, the equipment is not good! Seymour's 1,000 men were almost completely lost, and there were not many bullets. As a result, Hu Xiaoyan's subordinates were still inflicted a lot of damage when they fought more and less. Once the 50,000 people at the Tanggu Fort landed, how should Hu Xiaoyan fight?

If the non-commissioned officers and students under him didn't work hard, would there still be a fight in this battle? So I knew that this was not good, but Hu Xiaoyan was not easy to speak.

After meeting with Nie Shicheng, Nie Shicheng was also very distressed, and he also lost at least 300 people in this battle, although the harvest was not bad. Almost all of the light weapons were received by Nie Shicheng, but these weapons were very miscellaneous and there were not many bullets. There is some money or something, which is enough for Nie Shicheng to pay a salary. But the information of 50,000 people given by Hu Xiaoyan has always been on his mind.

Hu Xiaoyan again asked Nie Shicheng to evacuate the people of Tianjin, but was refused, because Rong Lu, the governor of Zhili, rejected the proposal. He is the governor of Zhili, and if he evacuates the people before even seeing the enemy, then he, the governor of Zhili, will be the end.

In desperation, Hu Xiaoyan transferred all his troops to Tianjin. He was accompanied by Enming, the governor of Anhui. After a long talk with Enming, Enming also rejected Hu Xiaoyan's proposal.

In addition to the more than 10,000 people of Nie Shicheng and Wu Yi's army, there were also more than 12,000 people of Hu Xiaoyan's New Army and the Boxers, as well as a rabble of about 3,000 people. That adds up to more than 25,000 people. It's a lot of numbers, but the combat effectiveness can only be hehe.

In desperation, Hu Xiaoyan once again summoned the remaining 3,000 soldiers and special forces from Anhui to the east.

Soon it was early July, during this period, Cao Futian, the leader of the Boxers, asked Hu Xiaoyan to see Hu Xiaoyan many times, asking Hu Xiaoyan to release the disarmed Boxers, but he did not even see Hu Xiaoyan's face. If it weren't for Rong Lu's protection, Hu Xiaoyan would even have incorporated Cao Futian's department as soon as possible. The Boxers who had been incorporated earlier had now obtained the Austro-made Manlisha rifles that had been retired from the Wu Yi Army. Hu Xiaoyan also paid for these guns.

At the beginning of July, there was bad news and good news. The bad news is that the Eight-Nation Coalition has begun to attack, and Germany has also sent 3,000 troops, which, judging by speed, will soon reach Tianjin. Because the previous Lieutenant General Seymour failed and lost his life for no apparent reason, the Russians and Japanese sent the most troops this time.

Because of Hu Xiaoyan's butterfly effect and President McKinley's erroneous move in the affairs of Shanghai Chengxin University, the Americans did not receive the expected benefits at Shanghai Chengcheng University, so President McKinley was active and proactive in the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance. This also led to the second wave of the invasion of China and the number of coalition forces doubled compared to history.

Because of Seymour's defeat, Britain and France were ridiculed by Germany, Japan, Russia and other countries, and the commander of the coalition was finally the Russian admiral Yevgeny Ivanovich Alekseev and the deputy general Heldebrandt, and the deputy commander was the Japanese army lieutenant general Yamaguchi Sotomi.

Because the United States had already negotiated with various countries at the beginning of the year, the coalition forces were well prepared. The 50,000-strong force marched north almost unstoppably, and soon approached the city of Tianjin.

Although Hu Xiaoyan moved away from Beiyang University Hall and Tianjin Wubei School in advance, he also hated Sheng Xuanhuai because of this. was also indirectly hostile to Li Hongzhang.

Anhui Governor Enming withstood the pressure at a critical moment, he was a banner man, and Hu Xiaoyan was his subordinate, so Hu Xiaoyan was punished for his meritorious service. At the same time, his two regiments were also transferred by Cixi and led by Enming to return to Beijing to garrison. Wang Tingjiao left with Zhang Shaozeng and Jiang Yanxing.

Li Shirui took an elite regiment and a new regiment of the Boxer Rebellion after the reorganization to stay in Tianjin.

At this time, the green battalion soldiers under Ronglu were also transferred to Beijing by Cixi.

In other words, the defending forces of Tianjin City were only left with Nie Shicheng's Wu Yijun and Hu Xiaoyan's two regiments. As for the Boxer Rebellion under Cao Futian and Zhang Decheng, it can be ignored.

Nie Shicheng and Hu Xiaoyan officially became outcasts! It wasn't until this moment that Hu Xiaoyan understood. Cixi didn't care about the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China and the Boxer Rebellion. Because she knows very well that the Eight-Nation Alliance of Westerners came to Huawei's knowledge, gold, and silver, not Jiangshan. But Li Hongzhang can subvert her at any time.

So the Gengzi incident was under her control from beginning to end, and the only purpose of Cixi, an old lady, was to use the Eight-Nation Alliance to kill Nie Shicheng's Wu Yi Army (Li Hongzhang's last Huai army)! What Zhicixi never expected was that her move to sue for peace after this was not only not agreed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, but also lost the city of Beijing! As a result, she ended up becoming a lost dog!

After Hu Xiaoyan received Enming's order to transfer troops, his mind was extremely clear-headed, and after analyzing Cixi's clown-like behavior in the entire Gengzi Incident, he had to admit that Cixi's achievements in the profession of politician were simply unprecedented.

The only regret is that Cixi does not understand the truth of power in the barrel of a gun at all. This old lady was too clever to calculate her own life.