Chapter 22: Troops march into the capital

Although he accepted more than 20 hunters into the team, Wang Sirui was not in a hurry to shoot these people.

There is not much time left for Wang Sirui, and according to the course of history, on August 14, the main force of the coalition army will attack the capital.

And now it's August 8, and there are still six days left before the capital city breaks.

And Wang Sirui is also helpless and has insufficient troops in his hands, and since yesterday, he has been entangled in the question of the whereabouts of the troops.

Entering the capital, although he can fight with the coalition forces as much as possible, once the main force of the coalition forces enters the capital, then Wang Sirui will inevitably have no way to retreat.

But if he doesn't enter the capital, then Wang Sirui will basically have nothing to do. The battlefield on the outskirts almost no longer exists, because as long as the coalition forces come out, they must come out with battalions or more troops, and small forces can't even grab the capital, so how can they have the energy to plunder outside?

After thinking about it again, Wang Sirui still decided to enter the capital, based on millions of houses, step by step, step by step.

In these years, the theory of street fighting has not yet been completely formed, and Wang Sirui can only rely on his advanced combat theory to enter the capital to resist the foreigners.

Of course, the most important reason is that Wang Sirui is reluctant to let so much wealth be robbed by foreigners.

Although the Wang family is rich, they definitely can't support an army of tens of thousands of people. Therefore, Wang Sirui is also eyeing the wealth in the capital.

Although it is very dangerous to enter the capital, in Wang Sirui's view, danger and opportunity coexist, as long as they operate properly, they are not unable to take advantage.

"What? Entering the capital? When Wang Sirui announced the decision, nearly 60 soldiers expressed surprise and concern.

"Fortunately, the capital is the foundation of the country, and after we enter the capital, we can not only add a touch of strength to the defense of the capital, but also enter a relatively safe place." Ma Sanru nodded, Ma Sanru didn't think too much about entering the capital.

What kind of place is that in the capital? In their opinion, even if it becomes a pot of porridge outside, the capital will definitely have enough troops to defend it.

Even, any place in the country can be lost, but the capital will not be lost. This is also a point that everyone firmly believes at the moment, after all, it is the capital of the Qing Kingdom.

"Also, the emperor and the queen mother are still in the capital, so it's a little safer for us to go." Wang Shuqi also supported.

Seeing that his subordinates had different opinions, Wang Sirui didn't say anything to dampen morale, although Wang Sirui knew very well in his heart that the capital would be lost in the next few days, and it was not clear whether it would be a blessing or a curse to enter the capital at this time.

But for the sake of those little Jiujiu in his heart, Wang Sirui still decided to hide the rest of the matter for the time being.

"Okay, then it's decided, rest for half an hour, and we'll set off after half an hour." Wang Sirui said in one gulp.

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The sun is scorching, and the temperature in August is a bit unbearable, even in the morning, the temperature is about 334 degrees, and if it is noon, the temperature will be even higher.

The soldiers of the patrol battalion, who had not rested much all night last night, also made full use of this half-hour rest time at this time, and lay down in the shade of the trees one by one, and began to squint for a while.

The leader of the Orion team is called Wu Zixuan, a middle-aged strong man in his thirties, Wang Sirui called the three of them together, planning to have a small meeting temporarily, one is to make arrangements for the twenty or so people who are Wu Zixuan, and one is to simply arrange the tasks after entering the capital.

"Brother Wu, although you are a few years older than me, you are not judged by age in the army, I hope you can understand this." Wang Sirui first said politely to Wu Zixuan.

"My lord is too worried, since he has joined the army, Wu and his more than 20 brothers will not think too much, how is in the army, we can do it." Wu said modestly.

"Okay, Brother Wu, we currently have ten people in a class, and there are eleven people in the squad leader. I don't know much about you because you have just joined, and if you are separated, I am afraid that it will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops. However, if these more than 20 people are organized into a squad, the number of people is a little too much, which will waste some combat power. Therefore, I plan to divide these more than 20 people under your command into two classes, namely the fourth class and the fifth class, I don't know what Brother Wu wants? Wang Sirui thought about it for a long time, but still took the way of dividing it into two.

In fact, at the beginning, Wang Sirui planned to disassemble these more than 20 people and stuff them into the other four classes. But in doing so, it gave them the opportunity to reach the various units under their command.

If these people don't have different intentions, it's okay to say, but once they have different intentions, except for their own class 1 and Wang Shuqi's third class, the other two classes Wang Sirui will not be absolutely sure that they can control it.

Therefore, divide them into two, appropriately suppress Wu Zixuan, and at the same time promote another squad leader, and transfer the contradiction to their interior, so that Wang Sirui's side can not be affected in any way.

"This ......" Wu Zixuan hesitated slightly, but after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and agreed, "The lord will do whatever he wants, and he is willing to obey the instructions of the lord." ”

"Okay, Brother Nawu will serve as the fourth squad leader, and I will choose another fifth squad leader later, and then we will have a meeting together. At the same level, you are the same as Wu Yang. Wang Sirui breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Yes, my lord, I will arrange it." Wu Zixuan got up and went to their territory, planning to arrange what Wang Sirui had just ordered.

After Wu Zixuan left, Wang Sirui said in a low voice: "Give the three of you a secret mission, and observe them secretly during this time to see if there is any change." ”

"My lord, what is this for?" Ma Sanru was a little unhappy at first, these people were found by themselves, this Wang Sirui asked them to stare at Wu Zihao and pride them, didn't this show that he didn't trust Ma Sanru?

However, Ma Sanru didn't dare to say what he thought in his heart, so he could only pretend to be puzzled and probe Wang Sirui's tone.

"Do you really think they're just Orions?" Wang Sirui glanced at Ma Sanru angrily, and immediately lowered his voice and said: "All of them are in the prime of life in their twenties and thirties, and they appear along the railway line with a **** in their hands." In addition to the troops of the imperial court, who else will appear here? ”

"Your Excellency, you mean?" Ma Sanru exclaimed, that's right, in addition to the troops of the imperial court, only the Boxers will appear here.

Although the current imperial court has united with the Boxers, that is only the meaning of the above. When it comes to the troops, it is still difficult for the two sides to truly unite.

And the incident that proves this brazenness is the Boxer Rebellion's sneak attack on the Wuwei front army.

Nie Shicheng, the former commander of the Wuwei Army, never looked down on the uprising and the regiment, and was unwilling to cooperate with the Boxers. As a result, when Nie Shicheng was resisting the foreigners in Tianjin, he was attacked from behind by the Boxers. Under the front and rear attacks, the Wuwei front army, which was already resisting, was naturally unable to resist the offensive on both sides, and the Wuwei front army was defeated and retreated, and the former army commander Nie Shicheng was killed and martyred, and Tianjin was lost.

After Nie Shicheng died in battle, only a small part of the Wuwei front army successfully broke through, and was later reorganized into the vanguard of the Zhili Huai Army in the 29th year of Guangxu, that is, the team of the warlord Zhang Xun during the Republic of China.

Although if the Boxers did not attack from behind, it would be difficult for Nie Shicheng's Wuwei Front Army to change the defeat in the end, but I have to admit that in this battle, Nie Shicheng was indeed really resisting foreign enemies, and the Boxers, who were fighting very loudly, were doing very dishonorable things.

Wang Sirui is in urgent need of manpower at the moment, although he accepts them, he doesn't want to turn himself into Nie Shicheng, so he still has to take precautions.

Wang Sirui nodded and said in a low voice: "That's right, they should be people over there, but I don't know why they broke away from them, no matter what is in between, let's not mention this matter for the time being, just pay attention to it secretly." If they don't have any dissenting intentions, forget it, and if there is any change, they must tell me as soon as possible, otherwise our dozens of brothers may confess here. ”

"My lord, I understand!" The trio were apparently aware of the seriousness of the problem as well.

Nie Shicheng's death was not a big blow to the Qing army, especially when the news of the Boxers' sneak attack on the front army of Wuwei came out, the reputation of the Boxers became more and more stinky.

Originally, if they found out that the Boxers were defeated, the Qing army would not sneer at them, and would even give them an opening to retreat and recuperate. And now, not to mention providing them with a place to rest, it's good not to shoot black guns in secret.

Soon, Wu Zixuan divided the twenty or so people into two squads, and led the squad leader of the fifth class to the bottom of the big tree.

Wang Sirui made a simple self-introduction, and his subordinates also followed suit.

In the end, Wang Sirui briefly described the next arrangements, and also told Wu Zixuan when they would shoot and so on.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the soldiers were drowsy one by one, although they were very sleepy, but they had no choice but to force themselves up and continue the march.