After two weeks in Beijing - but, up to this time, von , on the orders of the Second Emperor Wilhelm came to punish the Chinese. Field Marshal Wadsey and the German Army still hadn't arrived, and the latest news was that their transport had just passed through Singapore - Qin Lang had decided to leave the city and return to Canton Bay. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He had to go back. As the initiator and founder of the Zhanjiang branch of the Virginia Military Academy and Tsinghua University, as well as the chairman of the school board, Qin Lang needs to attend the opening ceremonies of both schools, although in everyone's opinion, now is not the right time.

After all, the war continues. Although some well-informed sources claimed that the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, who were on the run, had appointed the Governor of Guangzhou, Li Hongzhang, as the negotipotentiary and asked him to leave for Beijing immediately to negotiate with the diplomats of the Thirteen Kingdoms in search of a decent peace, the evidence from Canton Bay showed that the plenipotentiary was still in his governor's palace and did not seem to have any intention of going north.

And, according to some unconfirmed gossip, Master Li Hongzhang has accepted the invitation to attend the opening ceremonies of Qin Lang's two schools - obviously, if these messages are indeed credible, then even if he is a plenipotentiary negotiator, the adult will not be able to leave for Beijing until after the ceremony.

In other words, Li Hongzhang would not arrive in Beijing until three weeks later, and perhaps even later - in fact, if Qin Lang returned to Guangzhou Bay for the ceremony, Li Hongzhang would most likely ask to go north with him to ensure his own safety and try to get some secrets from him that would facilitate negotiations; But no one knows when Qin Lang will be able to leave - he must be haunted by academics and journalists, and he needs to attend many social events.

As a result, the waiting time for Li Hongzhang will become very long, long enough to cause many unexpected emergencies that were not initially anticipated. And there is a more realistic possibility, because of her face and the demands of the belligerent Chinese aristocracy, Her Majesty the Empress Dowager did not issue an order for Li Hongzhang to negotiate with Western diplomats. This means that ending the war is still a distant and undesirable thing.

At such a time, since he was the supreme commander of the American army, Qin Lang obviously should not stay away from his army and go to the south to attend a less important ceremony. Of course, Lieutenant Colonel Yi Shui of the Marine Corps could temporarily take over the troops, but everyone believed that according to his ability, this lieutenant colonel was not enough to completely replace Qin Lang and effectively deal with the unexpected things that would happen.

What's more, Lieutenant Colonel Yi Shui, who had just arrived in Beijing with his summons and had just led his troops, was also more opposed to Qin Lang's departure from the city, and his attitude was stronger than anyone else's.

Of course, his starting point is completely different from that of others. Yi Shui was only worried that once Qin Lang left, the coalition commanders who had accepted his bribes or threatened by him, and therefore had to control them, would immediately break the promise they had made, indulge and even instruct the coalition soldiers to wreak havoc in Beijing and create all kinds of crimes. The mercenary cannot handle such a thing, after all, it is impossible for it to really launch an attack on the coalition forces for the sake of the civilians of Beijing.

Yi Shui was well aware that even if he gave the commanders an order to attack the coalition forces, the commanders would refuse to carry out such an order that seemed extremely ridiculous to them.

Neither will the soldiers. There were no patriots and idealists among the mercenaries, Qin Lang trained them well, these soldiers only fought for the company, for money, and for their own survival and that of their friends, but the Chinese civilians clearly had nothing to do with the company or their survival, and would not pay them.

He could not ask the mercenaries to save the civilians in Beijing. Yi Shui had to accept this fact. So he hoped that Qin Lang could stay in Beijing until the end of the war, so that all those bad things would not happen.

"Do you really think so?" Qin Lang asked rhetorically.

"Of course." Yi Shui trusted his judgment, "Only you can maintain the situation here. ”

"You're trusting me too much, Yi Shui." Qin Lang laughed, "If Feng. . . Field Marshal Wadsey issued a decree declaring that the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces were free to rob, kill, and rape for three days, and I could only watch from the sidelines, and could do nothing. ”

"Of course." The lieutenant colonel of the Marine Corps reluctantly admitted this apparently worst prediction, and then retorted: "The problem is that von . On what grounds did Field Marshal Wadsey issue this order? ”

"Because his emperor asked him to do so."

"What?"

"That's right," Qin Lang gestured, "Before the German Army left Germany, their emperor, the second majesty Wilhelm, who was not quite in his right mind, gave them a speech," he stood up and slowly circled around the room, then stopped, turned to Yi Shui and took on a leader to give a speech. "You should take revenge for injustice. There is no precedent in the history of the world for such an incident as the Chinese who brazenly disregard the international law inherent in a thousand years and mock the sanctity of foreign envoys and guests in a heinous way. ”

He paused for a moment to give Yi Shui time to take a closer look at Emperor Wilhelm's instructions, and then raised his voice. "If you encounter an enemy, kill him without mercy or alive. Whoever falls into your hands will be at your disposal. Just as the Huns under King Attila thousands of years ago are still famous in the legends that have been passed down to this day, the prestige of the Germans should spread so widely in China that no Chinese will dare to look sideways at the Germans. ”

"Maniac." Yi Shui commented, with a gritted tooth expression.

"As I said, His Majesty William II is not in his right mind. Unfortunately, most Germans were just as out of mind as their emperors. Qin Lang sat down again and gave an example, "Just like the Baron Clinder who wantonly attacked the boxers and got into trouble." ”

"So, the Germans came to China to rob and kill people." Yi Shui bit his lip - the news was terrible to him. As Qin Lang warned just now, if Feng. Wadsey openly allowed the coalition forces to loot, kill, and rape, and they simply could not have prevented the catastrophe from happening.

Actually, the situation is not so bad that it is not so bad.

"Fortunately, though," Qin Lang continued, "nearly 30 percent of the city of Beijing is under our absolute control, and no one can put their hands in. ”

"So, even if Feng. Wadsey issued an order to allow the coalition forces to loot openly, and at least in the areas under our control, the situation will not change in any way. Yi Shui breathed a sigh of relief, but his face was still tight, and his tone did not ease much. Thirty percent, that's not enough. ”

"Don't be too frustrated, Lieutenant Colonel." Qin Lang laughed again, "What I can guarantee is that the Italians and the French will not break their promises. Because they were well aware of the danger of doing so, and as for the Austrians, I cannot guarantee that they would be in line with their German relatives, but the area they controlled was only a little larger than that of the Italians, which was still acceptable from a global point of view. ”

"Maybe." Yi Shui shook his head, pushed aside the emotional factors that were trying to control his words, and kept his senses, "Except for them, the rest of the countries, Japan can not worry, Nogi Noshinori is still chasing Nie Shicheng, and Russia, Linivich will probably not break his promise, only Britain and Germany ......" He paused for a moment, and then showed a surprised expression, "Are you ready?" ”

"What do you want to say?"

"Germans." "The area they control is only two percent of the city. And I remember that the plan for the division of the occupied territories was proposed by you...... So, that's your preparedness for prevention? ”

"You can think so. But in reality, this is not the case. Qin Lang shrugged. At a time when the Germans were still weak, they colluded with the British and Russians to reduce the German occupation to two percent of the city - in fact, he had only one percent of the area he had originally considered, but the Germans strongly protested, and the diplomats feared the wrath of Wilhelm the Second Kaiser, so they changed it to the present figure - this was only to drive the Germans into his trap, but consider the practical effect of this plan, It does guarantee that the Germanic barbarians will not cause more harm to the civilians of Beijing.

An added bonus.

"So what's your real plan?" Yi Shui became curious.

"I just hope to lure those Germanic barbarians west and induce them to attack Taiyuan - of course, you need to be responsible for this." Qin Lang replied nonchalantly.

Based on his usual performance, Yi Shui began to get nervous. "Attack Taiyuan! What do you want to do? ”

His plan sounded like an even bigger disaster. Of course, in fact it was, but not only against the Queen Mother, but also against Germany. "The supply lines of the Germans could not sustain military operations over long distances. Before reaching Taiyuan, they would have been forced to retreat. Qin Lang still maintained a nonchalant tone, "However, I have issued an order to Wang Zhen to give Nie Shicheng my second batch of gifts, and advised him to turn in the direction of Niangzi Pass after repelling Nogi Xidian. ”

"You're going to—" Yi Shui could barely believe his ears. It was clear that if Qin Lang's plan went well, then the Germans would have suffered a heavy blow: most likely, that expeditionary force would never be able to return to Germany.

"I've wanted to do this for a long time." Qin Lang sneered.

It was something he had always wanted to do, and it had existed for a long time, before he returned to this era. And now, it can finally be put into practice.

Thank you, His Majesty William II. (To be continued.) )