After Nie Shicheng's death, the offensive of the Boxers and the Qing army was suspended, and the coalition forces finally took a breath. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After that, the situation reversed, and on July 12, the reinforcement of the Eight-Nation Coalition finally arrived, and 10,000 Japanese troops and 4,000 Russian troops entered the battlefield.

The coalition forces immediately prepared a counteroffensive.

The Eight-Nation Coalition launched a general attack on Tianjin City in two ways, one was dominated by Russia and Germany, with 5,000 men attacking Dongcheng and the Sanchahe position in the northeast corner; All the way, 5,000 people, mainly Japanese, American, and British, attacked the south gate. The remaining more than 2,000 people were stationed in the concession and the railway station as backup.

The German commander couldn't believe the combat effectiveness of Huayong Company, and even let Huayong Company stay, which made Yang Chao feel that the Germans were still cute for the first time, but the British were much more ruthless, and they let the Huayong battalion charge into battle without any worries, and it can even be said that the main force of the British is Huayong, which is composed of Chinese, and there are almost no real white soldiers in the British army.

When the reinforcements arrived, the morale of the Eight-Nation Alliance was already strong, and the Qing army also helped a lot at this time, and the governor of Zhili, Yulu, and the Qing army admiral Song Qing and Ma Yukun, who guarded the city of Tianjin, led their troops to escape. The training army, the sailor battalion and the newly recruited Lutai regiment training, a total of several thousand people and 10,000 Boxers guarded Tianjin.

In this case, the Boxers and the Qing army did not have any hope of victory, even so, they still fought hard for a day and night, with more than 700 casualties of the allied army, until the morning of the 14th, the Japanese army disguised itself as a group of people, mixed to the root of the wall, blew up the city wall and was the first to attack Tianjin, and the invading army swarmed in and captured the south gate. Moreover, Yang Chao found that the Eight-Nation Coalition Army even launched poison gas, which made Yang Chao feel even more disgusted, and he was even more anxious to leave Tianjin.

After the occupation of Tianjin, the coalition forces adopted divisional occupation, robbery and other things occurred from time to time.

To Yang Chao's surprise, the best military discipline turned out to be the Japanese army, who patrolled in strict discipline and rarely participated in robberies.

Yang Chao snorted coldly in his heart, the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition was a good opportunity for the Japanese army to behave in front of Westerners, and the biggest purpose of the Japanese was also this, they were eager to squeeze into the ranks of the great powers, and they were eager to be recognized by Western countries, they were very successful, and after this war, Westerners began to recognize Japan as an international force.

What annoyed Yang Chao was that watching other soldiers loot, Hua Yong even these soldiers were very hot, but Yang Chao tried his best to restrain them, and Falkenhayn also felt that looting was uncivilized behavior and would not give orders to rob, so Hua Yonglian could only watch others bring back large bags of loot with a jealous look, especially when they saw that the British connived at the looting of Hua Yong's battalion soldiers, they felt even more aggrieved.

Yang Chao lamented in his heart, but he knew very well in his heart that because he had been ruled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Chinese at this time, the national consciousness and national concept were very weak, and it was not a nation-state at all, let alone the rising patriotic sentiment. At this time, China was still a country where cultural identity was greater than national identity and national identity.

The nation-state, patriotic sentiments, this seems to be in the same vein.

Before the establishment of the nation-state, Western countries did not see much patriotism.

And China in the era of war results, the concept of national patriotism is even stronger than the end of the Qing Dynasty, you must know that during the period of war results, Zhao State is a country, can compete with the nomads on the grassland, Li Mu is often killed tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, not to mention the Qin State, which is stronger than Zhao State. As a result, after the unification, in the Han Dynasty, it was bullied by the Huns for a long time.

Yang Chao knows this very well, and knows that this is because after the great unification, the country has no object for comparison, so on the contrary, the concept of the country is weak, because everyone knows that there is only one country, and the whole world is not the king's land, and there is no strong contrast and comparison, and it is difficult to produce a sense of so-called 'national' identity. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, all countries in the world were distinct, so everyone knew which country they were, and it was easier to form a national concept. It was not until the Anti-Japanese War that the Chinese people slowly developed a strong identity of being Chinese under the stimulation of Western countries, especially the Japanese.

At this time, it was the Qing Dynasty, and everyone only knew that they were the people of the Son of Heaven, so how could they have any concept of a country.

These soldiers have no national concept at all, only a regional concept, so it is really a torture to let them not rob in Tianjin, which is already like this in Tianjin, what if they go to Beijing?

This made Yang Chao feel that his head was big, if he arrived in Beijing, it would be strange if this group of people didn't rob.

Yang Chaoming knew that he could not avoid the disaster, so he tried not to cause more suffering to the people, and he absolutely did not want to see robbery.

So he thinks it's better not to let these people into Beijing.

But how can the soldiers of Huayong Company not enter Beijing?

Yang Chao pondered hard but had no way, the moment the Empress Dowager Cixi declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, the city of Beijing was already destined to suffer a catastrophe, not to mention China in the world, I am afraid that except for Russia, no country can stop the union of the eight countries.

"This old witch!"

Yang Chao couldn't help but be annoyed and secretly hateful.

The Eight-Nation Coalition had been plundering and resting in Tianjin for a period of early August before it began to march toward Beijing, by which time the number of troops dispatched had reached more than 18,000, of which 10,000 were Japanese troops, 4,000 Russians, and 4,000 from other countries combined.

All the way to the bamboo, the 6th occupied Yangcun, the 11th occupied Zhangjiawan, the 12th occupied Tongzhou, whether the Qing army or the Boxers, after Tianjin was beaten out of a sharp spirit, has low morale, showing a state of collapse, no national concept of the old-style army is like this, that kind of tenacity can not be compared with the national army at all, let alone a group of Boxers who are not even an army.

The fall of Beijing was inevitable, and it was estimated that it would be a matter of a day or two, and Yang Chao made up his mind to leave with his soldiers immediately.

But how to bring? Where to take it? These are two questions.

"Mr. Yang, do you think this foreigner can break into Beijing?"

"Yes!"

"Mr. Yang, then you said that after the foreigners entered Beijing, what should we do in the Qing Dynasty?"

"The Qing Dynasty is still the Qing Dynasty, the emperor is still the emperor, Lafayette is still Lafayette."

At night, Yang Chao still looked for an opportunity to tell the soldiers about the form of the battlefield, and with the smooth march, the interest of these people also increased, and such an easy victory made many people very happy, without the slightest awareness that his country was being beaten by people.

It is not entirely a bad thing in terms of the national concept and national consciousness of the Chinese aroused by the Japanese invasion in later generations.

O wisdom of the people!

Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

"There is a military order!"

Werner went to a military meeting, then returned to the barracks at night, and immediately came to give the order.

Several of the officers who were sitting around the other fire all stood upright.

In the war, these squad leaders were not too outrageous, they were all with the soldiers, but they did not object to Yang Chao often telling the soldiers about the war situation, which was related to Yang Chao's good relationship with these people, and even made these German officers have a different understanding of Yang Chao and other Chinese.

After reading the military order, Werner also sat by the fire to rest, he was in a good mood, these Huayong soldiers performed quite well, because there was no phenomenon of fleeing in battle that he was afraid of, what he didn't understand was that in Qingdao, these people all ran home, and now they are thousands of miles away, so they won't run.

In a good mood, Werner soon laughed eagerly with the German officers, discussing what would happen after entering Beijing, and one of the officers longed to sit on the throne of the Chinese emperor and said that he must ask the photographer to take a picture of him.

Werner thought about what Falkenhayn told him, if everything went well, he was likely to be promoted to a major and hold a senior position in the Chinese garrison, which meant that he was very likely to change his fate through military exploits and become a 'Feng' clan like Falkenhayne, and he felt that he had come to China without a mistake.

Yang Chao's mind was alive.

The coalition forces decided to leave tomorrow, and Hua Yong's company was tasked with being responsible for the postponement and escorting the arms and supplies, and Yang Chao felt that this was his only chance and his last chance.

Early in the morning of the second day, the coalition soldiers started one after another, but Yang Chao stayed in the warehouse on the outskirts of Tongzhou with the soldiers.

A large amount of supplies for the coalition forces were stockpiled here, as well as arms and ammunition.

"Black Bull, Guozhu, you two come with me to get some food."

Yang Chao suddenly said to the two soldiers closest to him, and these two people went to call for help without asking anything.

Yang Chao was very glad that until this time, the soldiers of Huayong Company still trusted him much more than they trusted the German officers.

Since it is responsible for protecting the logistics materials, these things are naturally not lacking, although the officer who manages the materials wonders why these Chinese suddenly want to receive additional food, but they do not refuse, after all, some rations are not worth much, and if they want to transport, they have to rely on these Chinese coolies, what does it matter if they eat more.

Soon there was a smell wafting through the barracks.

Yang Chao asked these Shandong soldiers to take the American flour they had received and borrowed some brand-new British caps and iron helmets to make cakes.

The daily staple food of the German army is often bread and jerky, and if you are lucky, there will be jam, and many soldiers regret that there is no Shandong flatbread.

This time, I received the supplies and let everyone make cakes, and the interest was very high.

Even a few German officers were very interested, and they were given a few cakes to eat with jerky, and praised them again and again.

In the evening of the next day, the news came that the coalition forces had invaded Beijing, and ordered the troops guarding Tongzhou to escort some of the arms and supplies to Beijing.

After discussing it, several high-ranking officers guarding Tongzhou decided to set off immediately and enter the city of Beijing overnight, obviously the military situation was not so urgent now, and the reason why they were so anxious may be for other purposes, such as looting.

When Yang Chao and Hua Yonglian soldiers drove more than a dozen ox carts out of Tongzhou City, the sun had already set, bringing a touch of blush in the sky.

"It's tonight!"

Yang Chao said secretly in his heart.