On 5 December, representatives of the 11 countries arrived in Beijing.

After seeing the appearance of the capital, these representatives were much calmer than Yixiao, because they had absolute reason to believe that the capital was definitely not stormed, otherwise they would definitely not have run away without a single person.

Yixuan, Li Hongzhang and all the negotiating ministers finally appeared at the same time on this day, and the entire capital was on alert.

However, due to the lack of troops, there were only less than 2,000 troops participating in the vigilance, and more than 1,000 of them were escorts brought by them.

They don't need to impose martial law on the entire capital, they only need to place a martial law order, and then arrange troops to guard it on the way they must go.

The delegates of the eleven countries were arranged in an inn in the outer city, which was quite luxurious, but one inn could never accommodate so many people, and several nearby inns were chartered to accommodate these representatives of the eleven countries.

Looking at the inn, which was still luxurious, there was no smile on the faces of the representatives of the eleven countries.

If they live in this inn today, then it means that they have already lost a city before they have even negotiated.

"There is a huge cultural difference between the East and the West, and it will be very difficult for us to live here, and in order to be able to negotiate as soon as possible and end this war, we need to be in good shape. Rest, on the other hand, is the basic way to ensure the state. So, we agreed that we should live in our respective embassy districts, not here. Sa Daoyi stood up first and said to Li Hongzhang.

As for ****** Yixuan, Sa Daoyi just glanced at it, and then directly ignored the past.

Obviously, in Sa Daoyi's eyes, the final negotiation still has to be negotiated with Li Hongzhang, the foreign minister, and ****** Yixuan is just asking them to find a tool to exert pressure when necessary.

Li Hongzhang glanced at Sa Daoyi and the others slightly, and Li Hongzhang had already prepared for their proposal.

Now that the Qing court has finally fought a beautiful battle, is it possible that the foreigners have been holding them by the nose from the beginning?

"Your Excellency doesn't know that after your army entered the capital, they killed and abused women everywhere, **** women, and robbed wildly, which has already made the people of the capital angry. At the beginning, there was no Qing army in the city, so the people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, but now the situation has been completely reversed. Bringing you together here is actually to better protect you. Li Hongzhang said, and at the same time, he also faintly told Sa Daoyi in his tone, after returning to the embassy area, there is no way to guarantee your safety.

"Qing is a big country, and now that the military is strong, can't we guarantee our security? For the sake of the next negotiations, I think Your Excellency should show a little sincerity. Sa Daoyi continued.

Living in these inns, it only takes a few hundred soldiers to seal off the surroundings.

And when the time comes, if they want to move around, they are afraid that they will be rejected by the other party on the grounds that they cannot guarantee safety.

In this way, the negotiation of their trip can only be a simple negotiation in the end. If you want to take this opportunity to explore the reality in the capital, I'm afraid it's not so easy.

And the inability to find out the reality in the capital will bring more trouble to their next military operations.

First of all, they didn't know how many troops there were in the capital and how many weapons they had.

Even the most basic enemy situation is not clear, and they are facing an army that can capture the capital garrisoned by thousands of coalition troops in just two days, which makes Sa Daoyi and them very uncertain.

"There is sincerity, but your safety is the most important thing. You must know that in this capital, it is not only the people who complain about you, but also the battalion that protects you is the henchmen and soldiers who are temporarily drawn from the 100,000 army. Li Hongzhang is a bachelor, and once again gave Sa Daoyi some eye medicine.

"We are the ministers of the Imperial Mission, and we are here to negotiate!" Sa Daoyi was very dissatisfied.

"We are an army, our duty is to defeat you invaders, not to protect you, I feel that it is a bit redundant to draw a battalion of troops to protect you, I hope they can rest for a while, and then send you a bigger surprise on the battlefield." Wang Sirui suddenly stood up and spoke.

For the shameless behavior of foreigners, a person who is even more shameless than him needs to stand up. At present, there is no such person in the negotiation team of the Qing Dynasty, but Wang Sirui is happy to do so.

There is no other reason, to preserve the strength of the Qing court, to a certain extent, this is beneficial to Wang Sirui.

Of course, if Wang Sirui's ideal is to go to a remote place and be a soil emperor comfortably, then there is no reason to do so.

"You ......" Sa Daoyi pointed at Wang Sirui with some words, wanting to scold, but he never scolded.

Because he felt a strong murderous aura from Wang Sirui's body, and Wang Sirui was not the only one who could give him this feeling when he lied, and all the soldiers around him seemed to give people a very uncomfortable feeling.

What is that feeling? They are no strangers to them, and they have even experienced it in their various countries.

This is a murderous aura that can only appear in the most elite troops, the troops that have fought the most battles.

And before, they were just busy fighting with Li Hongzhang, completely ignoring the surrounding environment.

"Your Excellency, this is a negotiating arena, not a battlefield. Although this is your arrangement, I still hope that the irrelevant person will leave here, because he will affect our negotiations and even the final outcome. Sa Daoyi turned to Li Hongzhang and said.

Wang Sirui's presence made Sa Daoyi feel a little uncomfortable, and with Wang Sirui's age and the military uniform on his body, Sa Daoyi mistakenly thought that he was the battalion commander in charge of the security here, so there was some threat in his tone.

In his opinion, the Qing court would never entangle with them on this issue.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce you to you." Li Hongzhang smiled, and then pointed at Wang Sirui, although there was no respect on his face, but Li Hongzhang's behavior still made people see some ways, at least Li Hongzhang did not underestimate this young man, and his attitude towards Wang Sirui was also an equal.

"This is Wang Sirui, the commander of the Great Fresh Army, you may be a little unfamiliar, but the high-ranking military leaders of various countries who are guests here have been friends with him for a long time. Moreover, his reputation with them is no less than yours. Of course, there is another point that needs to be told to you, Lord Wang is the co-envoy of the imperial court, and he must be present for all negotiations. ”

'Wang Sirui? Is he Wang Sirui? Sa Daoyi was suddenly shocked in his heart, Wang Sirui's reputation was not only circulating in the high-level circles of those who were captured, but even among the high-level circles of their countries.

At the beginning of the war, the coalition offensive was overwhelming, and the Qing army had no power to resist.

But when the coalition forces attacked the capital, a small force began to appear on the battlefield, and this force was always able to bring them all kinds of trouble.

Even, the property looted by the coalition forces in the capital was not transported to Tianjin for loading and transporting away at the first time, because the coalition forces were worried that Wang Sirui would rob things on the way.

However, the battle on the small hillside behind made the coalition forces strengthen their previous beliefs.

But then this force disappeared, but it didn't make them wait long, and not long after the main force of the coalition left on the front foot, Wang Sirui appeared at one time.

And this time, it was no longer a small fight, and it only took them two days to completely take the capital.

The coalition forces were eager to negotiate, first, in order to redeem the captured generals as soon as possible, and secondly, to find out the truth in the capital so that they could attack for a second time.

As for the matter of the second offensive, the countries have basically acquiesced in it, and even the strategy for the second offensive has been formulated.

"A new type of army?" Rou Keyi wondered, isn't it a new army?

"Hehe, your Excellency doesn't think that the Qing Dynasty only has a new army, the new army, right?" Li Hongzhang sneered, and then pretended to be proud and showed off: "The Qing Dynasty established two new armies back then, not one. One of them is the new army that you are familiar with, and the new army trains in the interior and takes a completely different approach. As you can see, the new army failed, but it also proved that the new army was reliable. In addition, I am not afraid to tell you that we only used 4,000 troops to take the capital. ”

As Li Hongzhang's words fell, the representatives of the 11 countries were also shocked.

Regarding Li Hongzhang's words, they didn't doubt it, because this army had already appeared in front of them, and the place where they trained was inland, a place that the great powers had not yet touched, so it was normal for them not to know.

However, if Li Hongzhang's statement that he took the capital with only 4,000 troops is true, then they can only think carefully about the matter of the Second War.

This is because the total number of new armies is about 50,000, and if the new armies were formed at the same time, they should be estimated to be similar in number to the newly-built armies.

And the facts have also proved that the combat effectiveness of the new army in front of them is much stronger than that of the new army, and even they are no opponent.

If they really had 50,000 men, and they were inland, it would have been normal for them not to go to war at the beginning of the war.

If all this is true, then the coalition forces must prepare at least 100,000 troops before they can be sure of the complete annihilation of this force, is this the price that their great powers can afford?