On August 10, after two days of marching, they bypassed Dongbianmen, Chaoyangmen, Dongzhimen and Andingmen, and entered the capital capital from Deshengmen.

Along the way, there were scattered soldiers everywhere, some from the Qing army and some from the Boxers.

When the defeated troops encounter formed troops, they will always find a way to join them. Then wait until it's safer, and then take the opportunity to escape.

This seems to have become a common practice, and the many units that have retreated in formation have rarely gathered their defeated troops.

According to the location of Wang Sirui's battalion, it is the closest to enter the capital from Dongbianmen. But at this time, there were rules in the capital, and the army could only enter and exit from Desheng Gate, implying the division of benevolence and righteousness, and the division of justice.

However, just the short distance of dozens of kilometers from Dongbianmen to Deshengmen allowed Wang Sirui to expand his number of men to 300 people.

This still excludes some people who obviously want to use the troops to eat and drink, as well as some people who seem to have bad habits, if those who come do not refuse, I am afraid that Wang Sirui's troops can at least be expanded to as many as seven or eight hundred people at this moment.

Before entering the city, Wang Sirui once again reorganized the troops.

Now there are more than 300 people in the unit, which is enough to form a battalion structure, and if it is a squad unit, I am afraid that it will affect the future operations.

But the problem came again, Wang Sirui's subordinates obviously did not have enough officers, and they were full of calculations, and only one Wang Shuqi was barely qualified, and Wu Yang was brought up from the soldiers at all, and he didn't even work as a squad leader for a few days. As for Cheng Jin, Wang Sirui had no intention of promoting him at all.

"In this way, the first company is still led by me, the second company is led by Ma Sanru, and the reconnaissance squad is merged into the second company at the same time, and Ma Sanru is still in charge for the time being, and Wang Shuqi is in charge of the third company. The platoon commander below is chosen by you yourself, and I have only one opinion, the person you choose must unconditionally obey the order. Wang Sirui confirmed.

He can manage it for the time being on the company commander's side, but the platoon commander below can't manage it, mainly because he doesn't have so much time to take care of it.

There are a lot of things to do after the troops enter the city, not that they just find a place to live after entering the city.

First of all, after entering the city, it will be rebuilt, and if the troops do not return, they will be temporarily divided under other people's hands, theoretically, until the original troops come back and then go back. But in fact, most people can't wait for that day, because most of these temporarily reconstituted troops will be used as cannon fodder from above, and it is not their own troops who die anyway.

Then you have to coordinate the station, as well as receive tasks, coordinate material supplies, etc., a lot of troublesome things are waiting for you.

And Wang Sirui's superiors are a little painful, how to say, in principle, Wang Sirui doesn't know which unit he belongs to?

If I am not mistaken, there should be about 15,000 men and horses in the current capital, Ronglu's Wuwei Central Army, Dong Fuxiang's 40th Battalion of Gan's Army, about 15,000 men and horses of the Shenji Battalion and Hushen Battalion, and more than 10,000 people from Song Qing's Wuwei Left Army, plus no less than 80,000 troops from Zhili Lianjun and 'Qinwang' troops from all over the country.

Therefore, it is conservatively estimated that there are at least about 120,000 Qing troops in the capital at this moment.

And Wang Sirui's patrol battalion belongs to the Zhili training army, but the management system of the training army is very chaotic, so Wang Sirui's battalion also belongs to the 'Qinwang' army.

Because Li Hongzhang is the governor of Zhili, most of the commanders of the training army are Huaijun generals, and the current commander of the Zhili training army is concurrently served by Nie Shicheng, who has died in battle.

And after Nie Shicheng started the war, even he was in a mess, how could he have any energy to manage the affairs of army training?

Therefore, most of the military training at the moment is in charge of their own affairs.

Because Wang Sirui relied on his relationship to get the establishment of this battalion, in fact, Wang Sirui's battalion is just a name in the Zhili training army, only in name, in fact, few people have seen this unit, and even they themselves don't know when they have another battalion of troops.

Although only a few people know about Wang Sirui's battalion, the battle flag and token on Wang Sirui's body are fake.

After showing the token and personally drawing the charge to report, Wang Sirui was told to go to the vicinity of Chongwenmen to rest, because most of the training troops were arranged there.

When Wang Sirui led his troops to Chongwenmen, he found that the people in the capital were obviously not as active as before, and they either fled early, or hid at home for a long time and did not dare to go out.

The shadow of the war, along with the changes in the war, began to affect the daily life of the people in the capital, and it also brought a trace of shadow to these Manchurians who worked hard for their livelihood or enjoyed prosperity on weekdays.

In the teahouse, there are Manchu children and warriors who inquire about the war ahead, and the warriors of the Eight Banners are long gone, and the comfort of hundreds of years has completely smoothed out their last edges and corners.

"Alas, this one, just returned from the front?" Wang Sirui was leading his troops to the designated resting place, and on the way, he was stopped by several noble children with birdcages in their hands, and asked nervously.

These people have been very busy these days, and they have been stopping the troops who have just withdrawn from the front line on the road and asking how the battle is going on in front of them.

Obviously, these people have long been ready to retreat, but after all, they have been in the capital for so many years, and there are so many soft and real estate in their homes, if they leave, they don't know when they will be able to come back in the future.

So, these people are still doing the final entanglement, not knowing whether to leave or not? Therefore, I can only take the trouble to stop one after another troops that seem to have just returned, and then make specific plans.

Wang Sirui nodded, he didn't pay too much attention to them, but he didn't refuse, for these noble children, it was better to provoke less.

"What the hell is going on up ahead? Where did the foreigners hit? ”

"I don't know where the foreigners fought, our last battle was really fought near Anding, and after the battle, the main force of the coalition appeared, and I led my troops back by a detour." Wang Sirui said simply.

One of the nobles took out a silver ingot of ten taels from his cuff and stuffed it to Wang Sirui, and said in a low voice: "To tell the truth, can you stop the foreigners?" ”

Wang Sirui sneered in his heart, took the silver and stuffed it directly into his pocket, and said secretly in his heart: "It seems that this war has tortured these people almost, and they dare to spend a lot of money to inquire about this kind of obviously unreliable news." ’

The troops returning to the capital at this time, which one was not a defeated army? Since they returned to the capital instead of choosing to flee elsewhere, they must have thought that the capital could be defended, otherwise why would they come to the capital?

However, if ordinary people asked, Wang Sirui would persuade the other party to leave the capital as soon as possible, but for these nobles, Wang Sirui didn't have such a good mind.

"Our army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, as long as the command is appropriate, it is naturally not a problem to defend the capital."

"That's it! That's it! The aristocratic children looked excited, and nodded with a smile.

That is, these people who are unwilling to give up their wealth and leave will have this feeling, if they are a little calmer, it is not difficult to analyze some useful things from Wang Sirui's words.

Therefore, these people deserve to be unlucky.

Got out of the way of these noble children, along the way, there were many people asking how the war was going in front of them, Wang Sirui's answer was the same, occasionally encountered a few confused ordinary people, Wang Sirui also persuaded the other party to leave the place as soon as possible.

Because they entered the city in the afternoon, and the city was in a mess, Wang Sirui and the others didn't know the way, so they asked and looked for them along the way, and they didn't come to the vicinity of Chongwenmen until it was dark.

The entire vicinity of Chongwenmen has been assigned to the Zhili Training Army, and some other 'Qinwang' troops who have entered Beijing are also nearby, but there is a special person in charge of it, and it does not conflict with the training army.

After the commander of the training army, Nie Shicheng, died in battle, the entire training army was in charge of Lu Benyuan, the governor of Zhejiang (who did not arrive), that is to say, now Wang Sirui's direct boss is Lu Benyuan.

Because the largest establishment of the Qing army is the battalion, dozens of battalions are grouped together in wartime, and then a general is sent to lead the battle, which can weaken the general's armed forces to the greatest extent and ensure the safety of the imperial court to the greatest extent.

Therefore, it can be said without hesitation that in the Qing Dynasty, people who can do pipe tape are generally very good.

Lu Benyuan sent a few soldiers and a gentleman to be responsible for collecting the troops that were built, Wang Sirui showed his token, and after the other party verified that it was correct, he asked a soldier to lead the troops to the temporary station to rest, and at the same time told Wang Sirui that he would report to Chongwenmen at the moment, and the commander would meet them in person.

At this time, the time was approaching, Wang Sirui hurriedly followed the troops to see the location of the station, and then hurriedly returned to Chongwenmen.