"The train on which the ministers of the two countries and the American military are traveling has arrived at Fengtai Station!"

Duanjun Wang Zaiyi suddenly found that his physical condition was a little bad, his heart was beating fast, his breathing was short, his limbs were weak, cold sweat was pouring out of his forehead like spring water, and his lips became very dry. Fortunately for www.biquge.info, he knew the cause - not the disease, but just the news he had just heard.

The two ministers were only trivial, but three thousand five hundred heavily armed American soldiers, if the emperor wanted to, with the simplest order, many nobles and ministers would have turned into cold dead men—and he must have been among them, quite unfortunately.

Because he was very conservative, because he was an enemy of the reformers, because he instigated the empress dowager to interfere in the emperor's reform movement, because he coveted the supreme throne, and even secretly contacted some princes, trying to completely overthrow Guangxu and support his son to become the new emperor of the Qing Empire......

He will die, he will definitely die, there will be no other result, history has proven this countless times.

Jae-yi is well aware that his future is not very good. In fact, nightmares began to haunt him on the night that the Emperor and the Empress Dowager had to come to a reconciliation, and it was the same for the next few days. And now, it seems that the nightmare will soon become a reality: 3,500 American soldiers, apparently on Guangxu's side, will enter Beijing to the cheers of countless fools, and it is simply a miracle that he did not panic or faint directly.

But in fact, he thought too much.

Neither Guangxu nor Cixi, nor the nobles and ministers other than those of his conspirators, were still ignorant of his intentions - none of those in the know leaked the news, and certainly no one reported it. The careerist Zaiyi just lacks sufficient ability and vision, but he is not a fool, and the allies he seeks are the most determined and conservative nobles, who will keep secrets strictly - both to Guangxu and Cixi.

But this is only a very minor reason...... Not even a reason at all. In fact, the panicked King Duanjun only needed to know two things for his life to return to normal.

The 3,500 American soldiers who are "about" to enter Beijing are mercenaries, and their employer is the U.S. government, not Guangxu, so they will not take his orders, let alone carry them out, unless they are explicitly instructed to do so, but how can the U.S. government hand over the command of an army to the emperor of China?

And they won't enter the city of Beijing.

To be more precise, the mercenaries wanted to enter the city of Beijing, but Edwin. Conger disagreed with them doing so. Mr. Minister does not intend to lead a heavily armed army in a grand armed march in the Chinese capital. While this behavior could satisfy his vanity and flaunt the force of the United States, it was a disaster for his mission...... It could be a disaster.

Conger knew exactly what he was doing in Beijing: it was a political mission to carry out the renewal procedures and translate the federal government's demands into concrete, legally meaningful words, and the show of force was not only unnecessary, but could also cause resistance and revolt among the Chinese aristocracy, ministers, and commoners, affecting the process of the treaty exchange process, and causing time to be wasted...... And the armed march itself will waste a lot of time.

And time, for the whole operation, is extremely precious and cannot be wasted.

The problem was that the Germans, Russians and Japanese - Yi Shui's tricks had seriously affected their plans and had to cancel them, and it would be very strange and inconceivable if they did not take action to retaliate and prevent their competitors from successfully achieving their goals.

These bad guys with bad hearts and jealousy are going to do something.

Conger didn't want to take any chances. Mr. Minister is long past the age of adventure, and his mission is so important that he is not allowed to take risks at all.

"We'll change the contract at Fengtai Station." Before leaving Tianjin, he asked Claude . MacDonald suggests.

"I agree." The British minister nodded.

So the matter was decided, so that the mercenaries would not enter Beijing. The task was simple, to protect the two envoys to Fengtai Station, to provide alert for the exchange process, and then immediately set off for Tianjin.

"It's a shame." Jason. Walchs did not hide his disappointment at all, "I want to visit the Chinese capital. ”

"Everyone wanted to, but no one had a chance, and Mr. Conger's order was a grave mistake." Vince. Vane complained as well.

"Attention!" "The door is about to open." ”

Then the door of the carriage was opened. "Get out of the car!" The squad commanders shouted loudly. The mercenaries quickly jumped off the train and lined up on the platform as fast as they could—the densest formation, which matched the new uniforms they were wearing, and was used to show the strength of the army.

Edwin. Conger didn't want to waste time marching on an armed march or irritating the fragile nerves of some people, but that doesn't mean he didn't want to show the power of the United States — a little bit, within the acceptable limits of everyone. And so he did it - but it backfired.

Three thousand five hundred soldiers had a hard time creating a "spectacular" visual effect, and none of the mercenaries had been trained in strict queues, and when they stood still, the formation remained intact; But when they began to walk in unison, the formation they were able to maintain was not even as good as Yuan Shikai's new army.

Of course, Mr. Conger wouldn't be embarrassed if the audience were just Chinese people, but the bad thing is that now all the ministers of all the countries are at Fengtai Station, ready to watch the ceremony, and now they are laughing, even MacDonald.

Of all of them, the one who had the most laugh was the German minister von Murray. Baron Haijing[Note] did not even care about his status as a nobleman and diplomat. Everyone knows why, the German military advisers hired by the Forces nouvelles lost to the American military advisers sent by the Umbrella Company in war games and exercises, and finally had to return to Germany in disgrace, which was a shame for Germany, and Mr. Minister had long wanted to take revenge.

And von. Haijing himself was an arrogant and self-righteous fellow, and in some way could be seen as a copy of the not-so-normal Kaiser Wilhelm II - a problem that seemed extremely common among the nobility of the Second Empire. Hai Jing's successor, Baron Clinder, was also such a fool that he continued to provoke and attack the boxers during the tense period of the Boxer Rebellion, so his death was inevitable, and even if the king of Duanjun had not sent assassins, the Western ministers, who were frightened by his madness, would have found a way to put him to an end - in short, von . Haijing kept laughing, laughing and laughing, which made Conger extremely angry.

There are also the direct targets of ridicule, mercenaries, who are also angry.

Only Yi Shui, despite the fact that he was now an American soldier, and despite the fact that it was his troops who was being ridiculed, he remained calm and could greet one of his acquaintances with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Kuroshima, we meet again."

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel." Hitoshi Kuroshima turned to him, his face full of surprise and confusion - all faked, "It's unbelievable that Your Excellency is the commander of this force. ”

Yi Shui understood what he meant, but pretended not to understand. "What's the problem, Mr. Kuroshima?"

"Don't you feel sensitive to your identity?"

"Sensitive? Why? He continued to play dumb.

Hitoshi Kuroshima was a little annoyed. He just wanted to mock Yi Shui, wanted to see him become embarrassed, the meaning was obvious, even a fool could see it, but Yi Shui pretended not to understand. Equally bad is that he can't make his intentions straightforward -- not only would he lose the original pleasure, but he would also cause diplomatic disputes: the first secretary of the Japanese embassy mocked a Chinese-American lieutenant colonel of the United States Marine Corps as a traitor or a fake foreigner, enough for the US government to lodge a strong protest against the Japanese Empire. And in the end, he has to take responsibility.

Kuroshima didn't want to get himself into it, he already had a lot of trouble, and there was no need to add another one. "Nothing," he explained to himself, "was just a little surprised to see an officer of Chinese descent commanding troops into the Chinese capital." ”

"Ahh Yi Shui pretended to have a look of sudden realization, and then shrugged his shoulders, "Mr. Kuroshima, you know, the United States is a country of immigrants, so even if there is a Japanese fleet commander leading a battleship formation into Tokyo Bay, it will not surprise and confuse people. ”

The counterattack had the effect he had hoped for—even for a brief moment, but Kuroshima's face flushed and his muscles tensed.

He was eager to order his subordinates to find an opportunity to assassinate Yi Shui, or right now, to duel him for the glory of the Japanese Empire and the dignity of the Imperial samurai. But in the end, Kuroshima Ren still controlled his emotions, took a deep breath, and shifted his gaze from Yi Shui's body to other places - if he still looked at him, maybe his emotions would get out of control again.

Thankfully, the joke-ridden "walk in unison" has come to an end, the mercenaries are on guard, and the contract exchange ceremony has finally begun, and his actions have not attracted Yi Shui's attention - or, perhaps, he noticed, but pretended not to notice.

After all, he had achieved his goal of mocking Hitoshi Kuroshima; And the most important thing now is the covenant exchange ceremony.

Yi Shui understands that his old mission is coming to an end, but he also has a new one.

Qin Lang gave him a new mission.

Another plan. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )