Wang Sirui used an almost tricky face to fool several machine gunners in Lu Benyuan's department to run away as soon as possible, as long as they left, Lu Benyuan would definitely not be able to find them for a while.

Moreover, whether Lu Benyuan has a chance to find them or not is another matter. And this heavy machine gun naturally belongs to Wang Sirui's banner.

Just imagine, if Wang Sirui had a heavy machine gun in his hand during the second sneak attack on the baggage team a few days ago, would they still need to let people run around with the Japanese army?

In this era, although heavy machine guns have begun to be installed in the troops, the role of heavy machine guns has obviously not been fully released.

More countries still like to use heavy machine guns to sweep away the enemy in front of them, and moreover, heavy machine guns are a big bomb swallower, even those European and American countries with extremely developed industries do not dare to use heavy machine guns like later generations.

One is that there is no such concept, and the other is that the ammunition is consumed too quickly.

Regarding the rout of the Zhili training army, the responsibility was finally assigned to He Chengao's head, and the unlucky He Chengao was also beheaded by Lu Benyuan before Duanjun Wang Zaiyi arrived at the camp to ask for the guilt.

In the end, there was no proof of death, although Zai Yi was very angry, but this matter could only be resolved. It was too late to get the Zhili training army back out of the city to stop the defensive line.

Because the vanguard of the coalition army had already arrived about five miles outside the city of Jingshi, and began to camp.

As a result, the good habits of the big **** were once again displayed.

Zai Yi and Rong Lu personally held a pre-war meeting to discuss what to do next?

At the meeting, some people proposed to attack the coalition army camp at night, and take advantage of their unstable foothold to kill their morale first.

As a result, there were immediately objections here, claiming that the coalition forces were coming in a steady stream, and if they wanted to attack the coalition camp at night, unless they mobilized all their troops and took advantage of the night to fight a decisive battle with them, they would realize the chance of victory.

Although Zai Yi is known as one of the culprits who provoked this war, at this time, Zai Yi was also a little flustered.

Although the early resistance of the coalition army was successful, it was never able to resist the advance of the coalition army. And the previous Zhili training army was sent out of the city to block the attack, but it was also defeated, and more than 1,000 people were lost.

And at this moment, most of the generals also support the plan of defending the capital, which also makes Zai Yi have nowhere to do even if he has the energy. In the end, he could only order to defend the capital, and as for Lafayette's side, Zai Yi was also helpless, and he didn't know how to report it at all.

As night fell, the streets of the capital were even more empty, and the people returned to their homes, locked the doors, windows and doors, and silently prayed that the war would leave soon.

And because it is a special period, the curfew in the capital is much stricter than before, and on average, a group of soldiers will walk through the streets every few minutes.

However, the faces of these soldiers were full of fatigue, and it was strange that they had to run around during the day, but they did not have time to sleep well at night, and they had to patrol the streets.

In a small courtyard, a dim oil lamp emits a faint glow, and three men are sitting around a stone table with a map of the capital.

At this time, the capital was not as large as in later generations, but it was not easy to record all these roads.

At this time, the capital was divided into the Forbidden City, the Imperial City, the Inner City and the Outer City.

The Forbidden City is naturally inhabited by the imperial palace nobles, the imperial city is dominated by the imperial family, the inner city is mainly inhabited by the princes and ministers and some Manchu meritorious deeds, and the outer city is inhabited by ordinary people.

Chongwen Gate is a city gate connecting the inner city and the outer city, the north side is the inner city, and the south side is the outer city. From the current deployment of the army, it is not difficult to see that the imperial court has abandoned the outer city.

Although the size of the outer city is not as large as that of the inner city, the area is not much different, and at the moment there are nearly 100,000 troops stationed in the inner city, while the outer city is only a few tens of thousands.

And the inner city has more than 300 streets and alleys, large and small, but because of the relationship of time, Ma Sanru did not find out the actual situation of each street and alley, and it is not good to rampage in the inner city with a military training, especially at this critical juncture.

However, in general, the road conditions in the capital have been recorded, and the one in Wang Sirui's hand at this time is a simple map drawn by Ma Sanru and several people for three days.

In the following months, this map also contributed a lot to Wang Sirui, and even more than ten years later, this map was also included in the National Military Museum and collected as a treasure of the town museum. Of course, that's all for later.

Although the map is not very detailed, Wang Sirui is already very satisfied with it, although there is not even a place name on it, but under Wang Sirui's post-production, at least you can see where is the city wall, which street is connected, and which street is a dead end.

"Okay, when you go back, tell the others, let the soldiers sleep well tonight, and wake up naturally tomorrow. In addition, he instructed the men to make a good meal early tomorrow morning, and to make all the rest of the grain into dry food, and distribute it equally to each soldier. After confirming the accuracy of the map with Ma Sanru, Wang Sirui ordered.

Tonight will be the last night they can leave unguarded. Because according to the current process, the coalition forces are afraid that they will break through the capital tomorrow night, just like in history. In other words, it has been less than twenty-four hours since the loss of the capital.

"My lord, is it ...... tomorrow?" Ma Sanru asked with some concern.

In the past few days, Wang Sirui's reaction has not been normal, even if the coalition forces really fight, they can run out from other city gates.

But Wang Sirui did not go the same way, not only drew a map of the capital, but also ordered Ma Sanru to find some secret passages.

This style is completely a posture of wanting to stay and fight to the death with the coalition forces.

Wang Sirui glanced at Ma Sanru and nodded lightly. Among his subordinates, except for Wang Shuqi, Ma Sanru is Wang Sirui's most trusted, so Wang Sirui didn't plan to hide too much at this time.

"If nothing else, the coalition forces will launch a final attack tomorrow, and the Qing army is probably already a strong foreign force, with the current situation, it would be good to be able to withstand a day, we must be fully prepared."

"Subordinates understood!" Ma Sanru bowed respectfully, and then left the courtyard in a hurry.

Because of the imminent war, all the residential shops near the city wall were temporarily requisitioned as a temporary garrison for the Qinwang army, and also to facilitate them to support the battle on the city wall in time.

Wang Sirui's battalion was divided into a total of 11 courtyards, with an average of 30 people living in each courtyard. And the courtyard where Wang Sirui is located is used as a command center.

After Ma Sanru left, Wang Shuqi also put away his previous seriousness, and persuaded with a concerned face: "Young Master, since the capital can't be defended, why aren't you ready to leave the capital with your brothers?" Why stay and wade through this troubled water? ”

"Uncle Wang, it's not that I have to wade into this troubled water, but I can't help myself, how can this great river and mountain, countless wealth, fall into the hands of foreigners?" Wang Sirui smiled bitterly.

If it weren't for the wealth in the capital, how could Wang Sirui be stupid to stay here and fight with foreigners? Even if you have to work hard, you have to wait until the troops are trained, not the current ragtag army that has been put together.

"Young Master, ...... you?" Wang Shuqi's face was suddenly pale when he was frightened by Wang Sirui's words, this Wang Sirui was moved by a bad idea, how can this be good?

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