U.S. troops have entered the city of Beijing. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prince Zhuang Zaixun, who had taken control of the infantry army and commanded the Yamen, was the first high-ranking bureaucrat to get the news, but at this time he had only time to do two things: mobilize all the forces he could muster, Dong Fuxiang's troops and the boxers who were still in the city, go to the east of the city to stop the invading American army, and then immediately go to the Summer Palace with the news he had received, although it was not the right time.

However, when His Royal Highness hurried to the Summer Palace and was taken directly by the eunuchs into the palace where Cixi lived, he found that the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the Empress, and almost all members of the imperial family had gathered there, and all of them had changed into civilian clothes, apparently ready to flee...... Leaving the Kyosai ......

However, as a prince and the leader of the infantry army to lead the yamen, he didn't know anything about this situation! Obviously, no one intends to inform him, whether it was because of negligence or deliberately leaving him in Beijing to organize a counterattack and delay time. Jae-hoon couldn't help but burst into a burst of intense anger at everyone here, and even almost showed this anger directly in his face.

However, in the end, he could only suppress his anger in his heart, took the clothes handed by the eunuch expressionlessly, and put it on as quickly as possible, and then followed behind the old empress dowager and the emperor's chariot, escorted by a thousand soldiers led by Ma Yukun, and fled from Beijing in panic under the cover of night.

At this time, the boxers sent by Jae-hoon were still engaged in a not-so-fierce street battle with the mercenaries who had entered the city - but only the boxers, Dong Fuxiang did not throw his troops into the battle, and the other Qing troops in the city were also busy fleeing.

Even though the Qing commanders still did not get the news that their Empress Dowager and Emperor had fled the city, it was only a instinctive reaction to the danger of these men that they could not wait to lead their troops to abandon their posts and flee before the arrival of a powerful enemy.

The performance of these people made Qin Lang quite satisfied. As long as the Qing army, equipped with modern weapons made by the Great Viper, did not enter the battle, the mercenaries could completely sweep the streets of the boxers in a very short time, and it did not take too many soldiers to complete this task, at most two battalions.

He can devote most of his troops to more important work.

"The Imperial Palace, the treasury of the Treasury, the offices of every government agency, the official residences of the prince and high-ranking officials, and all the commercial banks, make sure that these places are under our control!" He shouted to the commanders who were following him, waving his right hand vigorously, "Send all the soldiers who have no mission to those places!" ”

"What about the embassy district?" Shepard asked. Rescuing diplomats and civilians from the embassy district is the most important task of mercenaries...... Although protecting one's own interests is also, it is still not as important as it.

Even Qin Lang, it is impossible for him to violate Washington's orders, and he cannot afford to make Congress and the president angry, and he must complete the task first.

"I'll get the job done." Qin Lang said, making a random gesture, "I will lead a battalion to the embassy district and explain to the diplomats that my army is clearing the city of resistors." ”

"One battalion is too little, and it could jeopardize your safety, boss." Fan. Commander Dean objected, "Considering the danger of the city, I personally believe that you should take at least two battalions with you." ”

"I only need a battalion, commander. The Qing army that still has the guts to engage us with us will not exceed three digits, and there is no need to worry about my safety. And," he smiled, "don't think of me as a rookie who hasn't been in battle. Gentlemen, I have seen more battles and deaths than any of you. ”

He wasn't joking, even if the commanders thought he was joking. During Qin Lang's two years of smuggling diamonds, he had seen dozens of fierce battles and was forced to participate in some of them: bloody massacres between tribes, scuffles between warlords, smuggling syndicates with smuggling syndicates, and the ubiquitous mercenaries and secret police...... No matter what these battles look like in news images, games or freehand performance art, they are always the most dangerous activities that humans engage in, and they can easily take away one's most precious things.

But Qin Lang survived those battles, so he could calmly face a new battle.

"Carry out my orders, gentlemen." He waved his hand at the commanders, who still hadn't given up, "Make sure our interests don't fall into the hands of anyone else, or you know what will happen." ”

After a little hesitation, the commanders accepted the order.

"Yes, boss. Good luck, boss. "Fan. Dean was the first to salute Qin Lang, and then left with his soldiers. Then came the other two commanders.

Beside him, only a group of staff officers remained, and the battalion he wanted.

"Are you sure you want to do this, boss?" Shepard took the rifle from the soldier's hand and examined the chamber and magazine as he asked in an uncertain tone, "You know, you don't represent yourself right now. ”

"I know, Major. But a profit of three hundred percent is enough to make people pay everything for it. Qin Lang smiled, turned around and took the carbine thrown by an agent, skillfully completed the inspection and loaded the bullet, and then gestured to the mercenary. Advance in search formation. ”

The mercenaries quickly dispersed, hiding themselves in the shadows of the buildings on both sides of the street, and began to advance towards the embassy district. They all move with obvious caution.

But such caution is clearly unwarranted. No matter where they were in Beijing, organized Qing troops were completely non-existent. Almost all of them have left, except for a handful of those who are reluctant to leave or who plan to make a fortune in the city, but they clearly won't want to come face-to-face with any of the coalition forces.

At about the same time, the officers and soldiers of the garrison in the embassy district also smelled of the end of the war - their opponents had all fled. So, in the embassy district, and just next door to the embassy district, which was occupied by the embassy guards at the beginning of the war and served as the main position to resist the Qing army's attack, these people crawled out of the mud pit they had been holding onto, filled with sewage, food scraps, and a disgusting stench, and began to celebrate the good news.

Of course, military personnel have their way of celebrating. First the French, the Italians, and the Austrians, who began to shoot into the air, then the Germans joined in, and machine guns were used, then the British, the Russians, and the Americans. Finally, after a moment of hesitation, Shibagoro Osaku of the Japanese Army and his soldiers joined in and began to try to learn and get used to this Western-style celebration.

The simultaneous firing of thousands of rifles and several machine guns was undoubtedly quite a shocking spectacle - if you consider the specific circumstances, it was - but the Western civilians who had not yet figured out the situation, as well as the Chinese Christians and their families who were also hiding in the embassy district, were terrified by the soldiers' celebrations.

In their opinion, the defenders of the embassy district had been embroiled in one of the fiercest battles since the outbreak of the war, so much so that every soldier threw himself into battle. It immediately reminded them of the question of "whether the embassy district could still be held", which was repeated every day, but not once did it reach the level of urgency it is now, some people began to despair, some began to pray to the purported God Almighty, but still others - only Westerners, of course, because the Chinese Christians did not have such an opportunity - began to pour every liquor they could find into their mouths, hoping to die of alcohol poisoning before they were torn to pieces by the Chinese army or the mob.

I have to admit that this situation is quite funny, on the one hand, there are elated soldiers, on the other hand, there are terrified and desperate civilians, and what is even more ridiculous is that before Qin Lang led the mercenaries to arrive, these people did not contact at all, the soldiers did not inform the civilians of the good news, and the civilians did not send people to the army to inquire about the news.

Diplomats and high-ranking officers of the embassy guard also did not appear. They had guessed the outcome earlier, and therefore started the celebration earlier than anyone in the embassy district, and now they had become so drowsy from drinking too much champagne that they didn't even hear the commotion outside—and even if anyone did, they didn't take it seriously.

After all, they already knew the news of the end of the war, so it was only natural that the soldiers knew about it...... Of course they didn't guess wrong, but apparently forgot about the civilians.

"It's ridiculous." Shepard muttered in a voice that only he and Qin Lang could hear, "If the country knew ......"

"The country won't know that, Major." Qin Lang interrupted him, "The only thing in the country is to know that the respected diplomats of various countries and their wives led the civilians through a difficult period, while the heroic officers commanded the troops to hold the embassy until we arrived. Only these will be published in newspapers. ”

"Of course, boss." The Major shrugged his shoulders and asked, "What are you going to do now?" Personally, I don't think that lethargic diplomats are probably capable of saluting you. ”

"I'm not here to be saluted by diplomats or anyone else, just to show them that I'm here." Qin Lang turned his head and gave his chief of staff a sly smile, "At some point, this can represent a lot of things. ”

"For example?"

"Do you want a medal, Major?" Qin Lang remembered the Congressional Medal of Honor he had always wanted to get, and maybe he could get another medal.

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