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Qin Lang received the news not through official channels, but from a group of Western reporters -- he was briefing them on his and Yi Shui's achievements: with little effort wasted, they had completely wiped out the boxers besieging the Zizhulin Concession -- and of course, the actual results they had achieved were only a very inconspicuous number, less than a thousand. Not for any other reason, but because, despite the menacing appearance at first, when the boxers attacking the concession realized that the mercenaries were an unusually hard nut to crack, they immediately turned their attention in other directions.

But Qin Lang would never say this, nor did he reveal any exact numbers to reporters, but used some vague descriptions, "many", "massive", "hundreds", "thousands...... Wait, it doesn't matter, journalists write stories from their own standpoint, using words and numbers that are more eye-catching than they imagined.

In news reporting, the most important thing is always sensational, which can attract widespread attention, and the veracity of the event is insignificant. For journalists, it's great that journalism appeals to readers, but it's not a problem that it's not engaging – it can be artificially created.

Especially something that happened in a country 10,000 miles away. Who knows what's going on here? And, who cares what's going on here?

Qin Lang knew this little inside story very well and knew it well, so he knew what reporters would report on and how to make it work in his favor.

Bribery can come into play at any time.

Of course, journalists are also happy to accept bribes from an American general, especially an American reporter – why else would they rush to China to cover a war that most American citizens neither care about nor want to care about? Washington doesn't necessarily pay reports that praise the U.S. military head-on, but a successful businessman certainly doesn't miss any opportunity to make a statement.

And as people know, Qin Lang is a successful businessman.

At first, these American journalists were gambling, but it turned out that they were exactly right in their adventure.

And more true than they thought.

Qin Lang was willing to pay more dollars for those reports than the reporters had planned, and he didn't care about the small amount of money. In return, the reporters certainly didn't care to use the best words to describe him, Yi Shui, and mercenaries, and the content of the news was delicately polished.

Therefore, what the American people will see are reports of intelligent and sagacious commanders, brave and fearless soldiers with a sense of responsibility and honor, warm scenes of American soldiers getting along with ordinary Chinese civilians, and evil thugs fleeing in confusion after being violently attacked by American troops...... But most importantly, General Qin Lang and Lieutenant Colonel Yi Shui were ready to lead the army into Beijing and rescue the diplomats and American citizens trapped there.

As to why they hadn't done that and were wasting their time in the concession of Tientsin, it would have been a no-brainer to find out what was to blame: the stupid and incompetent Japanese generals who sent their own soldiers to hell but did not respond, and the equally incompetent British generals who were afraid that their country's interests would be harmed while trying to defend their Japanese allies, and the cunning and selfish commanders of the other coalition forces, all of whom were obstructing the American army in its rescue mission, Make trouble for General Qin Lang and Lieutenant Colonel Yi Shui.

Like the same efforts they made to portray Qin Lang and Yi Shui in a positive light, American reporters used every word at their disposal to vilify Nogi and Seymour -- but not so intensely with the other Allied officers -- and they felt that the descriptions were entirely factual and not exaggerated.

To some extent, the journalists' portrayal of Nogi Noshinori was true, but the hapless Seymour unfortunately fell victim to national politics and American hostility towards Britain.

Obviously, it was just these two reasons - Qin Lang didn't think that the adjectives that reporters used on the vice admiral had anything to do with his bribery.

"That has nothing to do with me." He defended himself, smiling at the same time, clearly pleased with the report.

"I can bet you that if he knew, Seymour would think it was you." Yi Shui warned, "It doesn't matter if those reports are really related to you or not." ”

"He can blame me for a lot of problems, there's no doubt about that." Qin Lang said nonchalantly, "But the vice admiral has no evidence to prove his point." ”

"Maybe he doesn't, but we still can't let our guard down." Yi Shui lowered his voice, "After all, it's not easy to keep a tight seal. In particular, we ask ...... In short, we are not invulnerable. ”

Yi Shui didn't say what he really wanted to say, but Qin Lang knew what he wanted to say: the weapons and ammunition he had provided to Nie Shicheng, as well as the forty mercenaries who participated in the battle, were all troubles—but Qin Lang didn't think he was in trouble. Until they are discovered and captured, the mercenaries pose no danger, and the weapons and ammunition he secretly provides are even less to worry about.

Only Wang Zhen and Nie Shicheng knew the inside story of that deal, and the others only knew that they had obtained a batch of weapons and ammunition before the battle began, and they didn't know that it was a gift from him, even if they leaked what they knew, Qin Lang could find a reason to get rid of himself: Nie Shicheng ordered those things before the war broke out, Wang Zhen was just fulfilling a normal business contract, and the whole transaction was completely legal.

Of course, the delivery of weapons and ammunition to a potential enemy at such a tense moment is indeed somewhat inappropriate. But as a businessman with a good reputation, since China has not yet declared war and war has not broken out in the legal sense, of course, there is no reason to delay or refuse to deliver the products that the customer has already paid.

On this issue, the British and Japanese could do nothing but complain, let alone accuse him of illegal ties with the Chinese army.

Qin Lang smiled. "You know I'm not going to risk anything dangerous, Yi Shui."

"I'm not as confident as you." Yi Shui shook his head, "The British and Japanese are likely to find some less reliable evidence. ”

"But they can't use that evidence to accuse me, that's the key, easy water." Qin Lang's fingers began to rhythmically tap on the armrest of the chair, "Unless we get solid and reliable evidence—in fact, they can't find it, I won't be charged with anything, otherwise the accusations against me are just a boring farce." Of course, those unreliable evidence might make the British and Japanese hostile and wary of me, but that didn't mean anything. ”

Yi Shui nodded. "The Japanese are already sufficiently hostile and wary of us. As for the British, they have not lost anything so far except the reputation of General Seymour......"

"The problem isn't there, easy water." "As a brilliant American general and a major planner of America's expansion in China, I am of course the object of vigilance for the British government, and not just because of the covert operations planned in this war," Qin said. ”

"Looks like you don't really have to worry about anything." Yi Shui thought for a moment, "But if the British and Japanese find reliable evidence......"

"Don't worry, they're never going to find any reliable evidence." Qin Lang's voice suddenly had a trace of fleeting ferocity, which reminded Yi Shui to remember what kind of person he was.

Qin Lang's attitude was very clear, if there was a possibility that his secret operations would be exposed, he would completely remove all the evidence and leave nothing behind.

And anyone.

Yi Shui sighed secretly, and then began to pray that Qin Lang's secret operations would never be exposed.

His prayers were undoubtedly superfluous: not a single one felt that there was anything strange and doubtful about the performance of the Chinese army on the battlefield. The officers of the coalition forces, with the exception of the Japanese, believed that it was simply because Nogi Noshinori had a problem with his command and that the Americans had trained the Chinese soldiers too well.

Of course, the Americans should not sell so many advanced weapons to the Chinese, let alone give them enough ammunition.

Obviously, it still seems that this is still Qin Lang's fault - but the fault is not a conspiracy. Once again, the officers could only complain that the American businessmen were mercenary and could sell anything to a potential enemy, so as to bring unprecedented problems to the allied military operations, and at the same time hold a new military conference to discuss the next course of action: continue to fight Nie Shicheng's forces, or bypass it and attack Tianjin or Beijing.

However, the military conference still did not produce anything: Seymour's attitude did not change in the slightest, and he still opposed Lynivich's claims; The French, Austrians, and Italians continued to bicker over whether the American military could be trusted; In the end, the most troublesome thing is that Nogi Noshinori regards Nie Shicheng as his only enemy, that is, the Japanese army will not participate in any operation unless the Wuwei front army is eliminated.

Things get very ridiculous, as well as embarrassing.

It was Seymour who was embarrassed: he was the supreme commander of the coalition forces, but now he could not even maintain the unity of the coalition forces, let alone give orders to forces other than the British.

Perhaps, he should not continue to stay in his current position. The vice admiral felt that he should throw the hot potato in his hand to the others.

But it must not be the Russians, as well as Qin Lang.

A new commander had to be found that was more in line with British interests.

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