Because Commander Yueben was killed by Wang Jundao, Deputy Commander Yueben temporarily assumed the position of commander, exercised the duties of commander, and transferred the last 5,000 troops from Dagukou to join the coalition army.

On the night of July 13, Alekseev, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, gave the order for a general attack on Tianjin.

At midnight on July 14, tens of thousands of allied troops began to launch a fierce attack on Tianjin from various fortresses in Tianjin, and one shell after another was fired from the artillery of the allied army, exploding in various parts of the city of Tianjin, and then all the machine guns and rifles of the allied forces were fired at the gates of Tianjin.

The Qing soldiers stationed in Tianjin under the command of Yulu, the governor of Zhili, launched a desperate resistance, and for a time, the Russian, French, and army were suppressed by the artillery fire of the Qing army, and the casualties were large; The American and British forces advanced to about 500 meters from the city wall, and the Qing army counterattacked fiercely, and the coalition forces suffered heavy casualties.

The American troops fell into the swamps south of the city, suffered heavier losses, the regimental commander, Colonel Riskum, was killed, and the battle lasted a whole day, until the evening, the city of Tianjin was still not breached.

When night came, an emergency meeting of the commanders of the countries was called, and the German commander, Wadsey, proposed: "I think we should concentrate our forces on one or two places." ”

Alekseev, with a bandage on his right hand, asked: "Why?" ”

Wadsey said: "I have read China's "Art of War" that says: ten are encircled, five are attacked, and times are fought, and now our troops are not more than the Chinese army, even with advanced weapons, to encircle the entire Tianjin, the strength is obviously insufficient, and if we encircle Tianjin, then the entire Tianjin army and people will resist desperately, if we only attack from two sides, let go of both sides, we can concentrate our forces and firepower to attack, so that the Chinese * army has a way to retreat, and will not fight to the death, And our firepower is strong, when the time comes, in the narrow area between the two city gates, the [***] team will definitely not be able to resist, once we attack the city, the [***] team will definitely not have the heart to resist anymore, and will definitely choose to escape. ”

Alekseev thought for a moment and felt that what Vadesi said made sense, so he glanced at everyone and said, "Do you have any other opinions?" ”

After a pause, seeing that everyone did not speak, Alekseev said: "Since everyone is not opposed, then follow the method of General Wadsey......"

At this time, Nakamura Ueo, the commander of the Commander-in-Chief, said: "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, I am willing to personally lead the Imperial Army of the Great Emperor to be the vanguard, break through the city of Tianjin, and avenge General Fukushima Yasumasa!" ”

As soon as Nakamura Ueo's words fell, the British commander Seymour vetoed again and again: "Oh, no, no, no...... You say that I am too cruel, and if I take the lead in attacking Tianjin, I will definitely indulge the soldiers and slaughter the people as we once attacked Lushun, and when the time comes, we will all be killed. ”

As soon as Seymour spoke, the faces of the other commanders began to change: "Yes, yes, yes, you must not let me enter the city, otherwise that Satan will definitely come to us again." ”

Nakamura Ueo looked at the pale-faced commander present, and said with disdain: "You are the commanders of various countries, and you are the generals who have been famous for a long time, and you will be frightened by a person with a bow and arrow, which is simply insulting to the face of a soldier." ”

"No, no, no, you didn't see Satan's arrow, it's faster than a bullet, and if you had seen it with your own eyes, you would have fallen to your knees and begged for mercy." Seymour looked at Nakamura Ueo and said equally mockingly: "Don't forget, you said that your commander has been shot, and an arrow has been shot through the throat." ”

"Yaga! Do you dare to slander me as a soldier of this empire? Nakamura Ueo suddenly glared at Seymour, and his hand also held down the command knife, as if he might draw the knife at any time.

Alekseev hurriedly adjusted: "Oh, everyone is a friend, I can't hurt the harmony, I decided, let my country's army and the army be the vanguard together, I promise to be able to break through Tianjin as soon as possible, and at the same time ensure that my army will not slaughter the people at will." ”

Alekseev's proposal not only took into account Nakamura's feelings, but also relieved the worries of the commanders of the rest of the countries, so no one raised any objections.

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In the early morning of 15 July, the army opened the outer gate south of Tianjin with heavy artillery fire, forcibly crossed the moat, and blew the gate with gunpowder barrels.

At dusk, the Russian, British, French, American and other [***] troops approached the inner city wall, and Yulu, Song Qing, Ma Yukun and others led more than 20,000 Qing troops to withdraw to Yangliuqing.

At this point, only the 7,000 people of the 'First Regiment in the World' led by Zhang Decheng and the other more than 13,000 Boxers armed with cold weapons insisted on fighting.

And when the Qing troops withdrew from Tianjin City, Wang Jundao personally led the cavalry battalion soldiers disguised as the Boxers, and rushed into Tianjin City without any hindrance with the slogan of the Boxers defending Tianjin City to the death, and then easily rushed into the inner city of Tianjin, which had no Qing soldiers.

Followed by the cavalry battalion into the city, there were also Boxer soldiers led by Pang Wei, Cao Futian, and Li Cunyi, and the three led the Boxers to join Zhang Decheng's department, and with the armed foreign guns and the bravery of the Boxer soldiers, they launched a fierce street battle with the coalition army.

Because it was already night, the streets were dark, and the guns of the coalition forces had lost their accuracy, and it was difficult to advance an inch for a while, so they could only hold on to the defensive line they had just occupied, and the two armies were suddenly at a standstill.

Wang Jundao led a thousand cavalry battalion soldiers, and asked most of the people in the Tianjin City Dart Bureau, who had been hired, to use the purchased large number of carriages to carry the gold and silver of the Tianjin Mint.

Then, he rushed into the official yamen, which had already run away, and emptied all the gold, silver and jewelry inside.

Then, it was the treasury of Tianjin City, which transported all the gold, silver, jewelry, and a large number of food materials in the treasury.

After that, it was a government-controlled jewelry shop, a pawnshop, a silk shop, and a salt and iron shop.

Finally, it was the Tianjin Arsenal and the Tianjin Machinery Bureau (Arsenal), and by the time the cavalry battalion escorted the last batch of more than 2,000 manufacturing workers of the Firearms, Ammunition and Machinery Bureau and all the machines that could be moved out of the city, the dawn had come.

It took Wang Jundao a whole night to completely remove the wealth and materials controlled by the Tianjin government.

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After dawn, Wang Jundao personally led more than 1,000 cavalry battalion soldiers to assist the Boxers in the battle, and at the same time asked Lin Heier to lead people to publicize: The coalition army will slaughter the city after capturing Tianjin. In less than an hour, the news that the coalition forces were about to slaughter the city spread throughout most of Tianjin.

Three hours later, the Boxer soldiers and the cavalry battalion fought and retreated, and finally all withdrew from Tianjin, and a large number of ordinary people also dragged their families and fled from Tianjin City with their most valuable things.

The coalition forces didn't care about all this, they were only glad that the Boxers, who were not afraid of death, finally ran away, and finally stopped resisting, and they were elated, and they used artillery to blast open the inner city gate and city wall without any obstruction, and rushed into the inner city of Tianjin like a flood.

They were greeted by a completely empty city, and they had thought that there must be innumerable riches in the inner city, and innumerable gold, silver, and jewels, but now, there was nothing but a large number of buildings.

Angry coalition soldiers began to set fires, began to burn down the houses and buildings in the inner city, if they met people who did not flee, they would not hesitate to shoot or stab them to death with bayonets, and use murder to vent the anger in their hearts, and when they met women, both old and young, they would also rush up to commit collective violence and vent their hearts.

However, these can't dissipate the anger in their hearts, and they can't satisfy their **, they began to turn to the outer city of Tianjin, began to loot the citizens in the outer city, and began to burn and loot, fortunately, most of the people were frightened by the propaganda of the women's propaganda team led by Lin Heier, and they had already fled from Tianjin City with their families, so that the tragedy of Tianjin City was minimized.

Even so, thousands of people died in the slaughter of the coalition forces throughout the afternoon, and in the process, countless people also escaped from Tianjin through the West City Gate, the North City Gate, and some gaps in the city gates that were completely destroyed by the explosives put on Wang Jundao before leaving, and the evil deeds of the coalition army also spread in all directions with the escape of these people.

At night, the weeping city of Tianjin finally quieted down a little.

However, what was hidden in the dark night was not safety, but outright killing, because Wang Jundao returned to the city with ten 'divine soldiers' and thirty 'divine swords', and under Wang Jundao's arrangement, the soldiers were in small groups of three to five people, using daggers and bows and arrows, assassinating the soldiers of the coalition army, killing one or several people and moving to another place, or temporarily hiding, and then starting to act again after a little peace.

Due to the chaos and chaos caused by the looting of the allied soldiers, a few or a dozen people often moved around, looting, forcibly annihilating, and setting fires...... Therefore, the soldiers of the coalition forces of various countries were not concentrated in the camp, which also brought the best benefits to Wang Jundao's assassination.

In one night, Wang Jundao killed no less than 300 coalition soldiers, and those killed by him were either covered with their mouths and cut off their arteries, or they were directly shot through the throat by sharp arrows, and Han Muxia, ten divine soldiers, Tang Jian, etc. also assassinated no less than fifty coalition soldiers, and thirty divine sword warriors killed no less than thirty coalition soldiers on average.

There was a note next to many of the killed coalition soldiers, especially the coalition soldiers who were killed by many arrows, and they all carried a note on the arrows, on which was the name of a person, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces: Alekseev!

The meaning is obvious, the next target to be killed is Alekseev!

(PS: Thank you Kevin Kevin for your big tip.) ）