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I know I can't keep it, but I still have to keep it.

This is the mentality of some high-level generals in the current Beijing Division, although the upper echelons ostensibly threaten to fight a decisive battle with foreigners to the end, but the real discerning people can still see that the imperial court does not really mean to fight to the death with foreigners.

shouted loudly, thinking that the Qing Dynasty was rich in land and resources, and now it is equipped with a large number of advanced equipment, and it was just a nap before, so it made the foreigners bargain.

But what is the truth? Only heaven knows. Maybe you can add Wang Sirui, a future person.

As time passed, the coalition army was about to come to the city, and some wealthy families in Beijing basically fled, but most of them still chose to stay, they didn't believe that the Qing Dynasty would not be able to defeat the foreigners.

As for the poor people, they didn't even think about running away.

Escape? Where to flee? Where will they end up? Nobody knows.

So, most people still choose to leave it to fate.

On 12 August, the coalition forces began to appear in large numbers near the Beijing Division, and at this time, the chaotic command system of the Qing army came to the fore.

Lu Benyuan's department, which had already completed the deployment, suddenly received an order from Duanjun Wang Zaiyi, asking him to lead his subordinates to block the enemy.

In a hurry, Lu Benyuan had no choice but to gather troops to defend against the enemy.

But Lu Benyuan still didn't expect that taking over the post of president of Zhili Lianjun this time would not be a good thing for him, and could even be called a disaster.

It's still that city tower, in the attic, Lu Benyuan, Zhang Shihan, He Chengao, and Chen Guobi are sitting together, and the atmosphere in the room is a little dull, but no one has any intention of breaking out.

"Now that the imperial court hastily commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to fight, and the deployment of every soldier and soldier has been recorded, why should you rush for a while?" Lu Benyuan reluctantly persuaded him, now he has no choice, but this matter has to be solved, this Zaiyi's order is pressed on his head, if he can't send troops in time, the above will definitely be his Lu Benyuan's trouble, and it will have nothing to do with those people below.

"Lord Lu, it's not that the lower officials are deliberately making things difficult, but that the army has not paid money for several months. To put it mildly, this is on the battlefield, who can survive is not sure, if you can't see the silver, the soldiers just won't leave, not only adults are embarrassed, but we are also very embarrassed. Zhang Shihan said anxiously, as if he couldn't send troops, he was more anxious than anyone else.

"Yes, Lord Lu, this fire consumption matter can be delayed for a while, at least we have to settle last month's salary first, right? Otherwise, we won't be able to explain it to the rest of us. He Chengao followed the fan air duct closely.

Chen Guobi on the side looked at Lu Benyuan with a flat face, as if he wanted to see what Lu Benyuan's response was.

In fact, this result is the result of the three of them jointly discussed. Aren't you Lu Benyuan rich and well-connected? That's good, now that my brothers are just short of money, you can just watch it.

"You ......" Lu Ben was speechless.

Although he knew that these three people were clearly going to make a stumbling block for themselves, Lu Benyuan couldn't find any reason to refute it.

Even the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers, what ability does he Lu Benyuan have to mobilize these people?

And these three old immortals are also very shrewd, asking for no more and no less, just one month's salary. And it has been nearly a month since they came to Beijing, and it stands to reason that this month's salary should be issued by the imperial court.

And Lu Benyuan is the president of the Zhili Lianjun, as subordinates, the three of them can't go to the court to ask for money, so it is reasonable to ask Lu Benyuan for money.

But where did Lu Benyuan give them money? Not only did the imperial court not give them money, but now all the troops, the imperial court has not had time to allocate a penny.

The people below have the worries of the people below, and the people above are also depressed by the people above. The people below are asking for money one by one, but the court is also in a dilemma, where to get money for them?

Now the tax revenue of the entire Qing Dynasty is only 80 million taels of silver a year, plus the payment of the previous indemnity, foreign debts or something, so what is the remaining money?

Of course, there is another place that cannot be ignored, that is, the luxurious life of the old empress dowager of the West Palace, just she is alone, she can eat a warship in a year just by eating, and not counting the money to repair the garden, you can imagine how much it costs?

There is no money below, and there is no money above, so this is the result that we have today.

As the time to send troops was getting closer and closer, in the end, Lu Benyuan had no choice but to grit his teeth and pay out of his own pocket to give the three of them a month's salary.

Money is important, but official position is even more important.

If the dispatch of troops is delayed, the blame from above will come down, and he Lu Benyuan will not be able to bear it.

And Lu Benyuan had just withdrawn from Beicang, causing his ten battalions to lose less than half, but now he was going to go up again. Not only that, but at the same time, he had to pay out of his own pocket, just thinking about it, Lu Benyuan hated these three people so much.

The new battlefield is about ten miles east of Dongbianmen, and there are no rules and regulations at this time, and in order to save time, the troops also went out of the city directly from Dongbianmen.

The battalion under Wang Sirui naturally played the role of a baggage team. Among the more than 300 people, more than 200 people carried a golden hook rifle on their backs, and the rest had Mauser, ****, Manxiali and the like, in short, it is not an exaggeration to call it the Wanguo brand.

In addition, Wang Sirui also racked his brains to find dozens of carriages and ox carts from the Beijing Division, and then loaded the supplies.

However, I also took this opportunity to quietly understand the structure of the capital and prepare for the future war.

Along the way, all kinds of armies are out in unison, looking at such a force fighting, why worry about the undefeated war?

These people said that they were going to fight, but if Wang Sirui hadn't deliberately ordered the troops to slow down, I am afraid that their own baggage team would have gone faster than them.

It's just that Wang Sirui always suppressed their speed to ensure that the baggage team was at the rear, and at the same time secretly remembered the materials on the car.

Of course, what made Wang Sirui most interested was the Makqin heavy machine gun on the first carriage.

It stands to reason that such weapons will not appear in the baggage brigade, and even if they are transported, they will not be transported. But in fact, it was such a coincidence, this Makqin heavy machine gun belonged to a battalion under Lu Benyuan's subordinates.

Because the troops were not moving fast, they dragged behind them again, together with the baggage team. So the other party directly asked the soldiers to lift the Makqin heavy machine gun to the carriage, and at the same time let the soldiers follow the carriage.

Since this Makqin heavy machine gun was carried into the carriage, Wang Sirui has been thinking about how to get this heavy machine gun into his own hands?

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