The coalition forces continued to launch several attacks, but they were never able to get close to the walls, and even, apart from the shelling, the defenders on the walls suffered few casualties.

On the other hand, the coalition forces, after leaving hundreds of corpses behind, could only be forced to temporarily dismiss the idea of continuing the attack.

The coalition forces could not afford such huge losses, and in just one day, they not only lost the outer city, but also the defenders of the inner city lost nearly a thousand people.

At this moment, the most important thing for the coalition forces to think about is not how to regain control of the outer city, but how to ensure their safety, or how to ensure their control of the inner city and the imperial city.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, at the two gates of Xibianmen and Dongbianmen, which were close to the inner city, the Qing army, which had been holding on to it, suddenly launched a fierce attack.

Several heavy machine guns fired wildly at the enemy in front of them, and hundreds of soldiers rushed forward without hesitation.

It's just that no one noticed that the soldiers charging at this moment seemed to be better mentally than the Qing army they had seen before.

At 3:25, the Fucheng Gate was lost, and the 200 allied troops stationed on the Fucheng Gate and more than 300 dog-legged troops were wiped out except for more than 200 people who fled.

At 3:30, Chaoyang Gate was lost.

At four o'clock, Xizhimen was lost.

At four o'clock, Dongzhimen was lost.

The Qing army's offensive became more and more fierce, while the coalition side was defeated again and again. Although the artillery is in hand, it is clear that in this case the artillery will not be able to play its due role.

Unless the coalition forces can ignore their wounded, but is that possible?

The Forbidden City, the Taihe Palace, the place where the emperor went to court.

A group of foreigners were in a hurry, constantly listening to the heralds report on the situation ahead, but this war seemed to be a mystery, and they were deeply enveloped in them.

Many people looked up at the dragon chair high above, although they also wanted to sit on it and experience the feeling, and the dragon chair seemed to have a great attraction to them.

But the hidden concept in the depths of their hearts reminds them that they must not sit on it, otherwise they will definitely die a miserable death.

Interestingly, after the coalition forces invaded the Forbidden City, although they plundered the gold and silver treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings in the Forbidden City. But for the emperor's dragon chair, no one has ever sat on it, and no one has ever touched it.

Even, in an area near the dragon chair, they had never come close.

Although Western countries have achieved constitutional monarchy, which has greatly weakened the rights of monarchs, imperial power does not mean that it has disappeared.

Although the power of the monarch is not as great as it used to be, it is still not a problem to kill a general.

Although the Qing Dynasty was their enemy, once their subordinates, someone sat in the position of the enemy emperor, although on the surface it was an insult to the enemy emperor.

But in reality, an insult is indeed an insult, but in the end, even their own country will not forgive them for such behavior.

Because of the supremacy of imperial power, even if you are only a nominal emperor, then you are also the spiritual leader of the people.

In other words, where is the real source of the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance?

In fact, it was not because of the death of a minister by a foreign power, the restriction of mission, or the Boxer Rebellion. Maybe this did become the reason for their troops, but it was definitely only one of them.

In fact, the root cause should have happened two years ago, that is, the coup d'état.

Emperor Guangxu reformed the new policy, which seemed quite happy to Western countries, but Cixi's intervention made Western countries a little angry, and what was really annoying was that there was an unknown secret.

After seeing Guangxu's disobedience, Cixi originally planned to abolish the emperor. In the end, because of the intervention of Western countries, the Guangxu Emperor was not deposed, but imprisoned in Yingtai.

(That's the information that the author has found, saying so much just don't want to be misunderstood by everyone.) ）

More than a dozen chairs under the Taihe Hall were placed in this Jinluan Palace, although there was a ruin outside the city, but here, there was no damage.

And the original intention was to discuss their attack plan in this place where the emperor went to court, so as to humiliate the Qing state, but now they regret it a little.

"How's it going?" The British minister, Dou Nale, paced back and forth anxiously, and after seeing a communication soldier enter the Taihe Palace, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"The eastern and western walls have all been lost, and the soldiers we arranged there have only returned less than 500 people, and the losses are very large. Now the enemy forces are attacking the gates to the north, but they seem to be a little tired, and the pace of the attack is a little slower. The signal soldier said directly, anyway, everyone here is a commander, and whoever asks him will say.

"What?" Dou Nale took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, took a step back sharply, and his frightened hands kept trembling, "It's only been an hour, how can they do it?" ”

You must know that when the coalition army captured the capital, it also took several days to do it, and even if the Qing army was defeated, it took them almost a day to completely control the entire capital.

And now, in just an hour, they've lost both sides.

"Nothing is impossible, and if I were the commander of the other side, I would be able to do that." Wadsey glanced at Dou Nale with some disdain, but deep down he was extremely shocked.

"According to the information that has come back so far, there are at least thirty heavy machine guns on the opposite side, and on average there are at least two heavy machine guns stationed at each city gate, and when attacking, heavy machine guns are used to open the way, and our soldiers can hold out for an hour, which is already very good." ”

Speaking of this, Wadsey suddenly changed his voice, looked at everyone, and asked, "And we shouldn't be discussing whether this is possible now, who is the commander on the other side, or how many troops they have, what weapons they are equipped with, and so on."

I think we should talk about it, are we going to stay here? It's better to get out of here as soon as possible before the northern wall is broken. Commanders, what do you think? ”

Wadsey emphasized the three words of commander, implying that these people here, they are all the supreme commanders sent by various countries, once they are served by the enemy, then it means that the war is over, not the Qing army is defeated, but the coalition army that has been winning the war again.

The faces of the more than ten people in the Taihe Hall suddenly changed drastically, and obviously, they also realized the seriousness of the problem.