Unlike the earth-shattering changes in Yanjing, in Tianjin, it is a different scene.

Since the defeat of Tongzhou, only more than 9,000 coalition troops have fled back to Tianjin, and a third of them are wounded, compared with the 40,000 allied troops who were majestic and high-spirited when they set out from Tianjin.

For several whole days, the commanders of the countries spent their lives in silence.

On August 23, the commanders of the various countries finally convened.

No one wanted to be the first to speak at the meeting, because no one was willing to take the greatest responsibility for this failure.

In the end, it was the commander-in-chief of the coalition army, Wadsey, who spoke first: "This time, we attacked Yanjing, which led to heavy losses for the coalition forces and fled in a hurry. ”

Commander Yamaguchi Suchen said: "I think we should transfer troops from the mainland now, we can't lose this war, we have to defeat the Shina people, wash away our shame this time, and make them pay the price." ”

This time, the Russian commander did not stand on the opposite side of Yamaguchi Suchen, but stood on the same front with him, and said: "I also agree to increase the number of troops, Russia has lost more than 10,000 soldiers in this war this time, China should be responsible for this, we will defeat China again, and let them completely sue for peace with us." ”

The British commander shook his head and said: "I do not agree to increase the number of troops, now the ministers of our countries are in the hands of the Chinese, and the Chinese also control all our church bishops, priests, and all the faithful, there is a word in China called fish dead net breaking, if we increase our troops, the Chinese will definitely break the fish net and our people will suffer heavy casualties." ”

Seymour knew very well that it was impossible for Britain to increase the number of troops against China at the moment, because Britain was in the South African War, and there was no surplus troops to be transferred to China.

The increase in troops a month ago was also cobbled together from India, Southeast Asia and other places, and Britain could not do it if it could increase its troops, and if it could not increase its troops in large numbers, then even if it won the war in the end, Britain would not get much benefit.

Although Seymour is not familiar with business, he also knows that the effort is directly proportional to the benefit.

Bruce, the acting commander of France, agreed with the British commander, and said: "I also do not agree to increase our troops, we were defeated from Yanjing and defeated at Tongzhou, and lost many soldiers, at least a few thousand of them have become prisoners of the Chinese soldiers, and if we increase our troops, our captured soldiers will also be killed by them." ”

The American commander Sha Fei also did not agree to increase the troops, but he did not say it directly, but proposed: "I think that our attack on Yanjing in China has provoked the anger of the Chinese, there are 450 million people in China, if they are all angry with us, it is useless for us to increase more troops, you think about the Boxers we met, they dare to fight with our soldiers with knives and swords, if the Chinese are completely angered by us, then there will be a million, ten million people like the Boxers, Even 100 million, if we increase our troops, we will only lose more. ”

Wadsey agreed with Sha Fei's words, and continued, "Don't forget the man who shot us with an arrow last time, if there are a thousand such people in China against us, we will never be at peace." ”

Yamaguchi Suchen had never seen Wang Jundao, the so-called ignorant is fearless, he said disdainfully: "Your Excellency Wadsey said this difference, even if they are numerous, how can they be able to defeat our artillery?" No matter how many bows and arrows they have, how can they beat our machine guns? Your words are to increase the morale of others and destroy your own prestige. ”

After listening to Yamaguchi Suchen's words, before Wadsey could speak, Seymour was not happy, he stared at Yamaguchi Suchen and said, "Your Excellency Yamaguchi, didn't you discover when you were in Yanjing and Tongzhou that the weapons of the Chinese are already more advanced than ours?" Their machine guns are more powerful than our Maxim and Gatling, their pistols are more powerful than our revolvers, and they are more powerful than the German Lugar, and they also have a gun designed for assault attacks, and a gun that can move at will, is extremely powerful, and has an excellent accuracy...... Oh...... Their weapons are already many times more advanced than ours...... By the way, they also have a large number of cavalry, those cavalry are crazy, they will rush with their swords, even if they are shot, they will not run away......"

Yamaguchi Suchen sneered, he had been restricted by the British, he had long been very unhappy, and directly retorted: "Your Excellency Seymour, don't you know that their weapons are limited in number? If they have a lot of them, will they stop in Tongzhou? If they had a large number of such weapons and enough ammunition, they would have chased them to Tianjin a long time ago. ”

Seymour also sneered: "Don't you know that China has a lot of land? Since they have developed and produced such weapons, sooner or later they will produce a large number of weapons to equip the army, and when the time comes, their soldiers will have brave soldiers like the Boxers and such advanced weapons, what will we use to stop them? ”

Yamaguchi Suchen said without giving an inch: "Your Excellency Seymour, don't you know the situation in China?" Although they have a vast land and abundant resources, they do not have such an excellent industrial base as ours, and even if they can develop and produce such weapons, it is impossible for them to produce them in large quantities, let alone to arm tens of thousands of people, even hundreds of thousands. ”

Seymour was about to retort, but Wadsey's head was as big as a fight, and he quickly slapped the table without grace, and shouted, "Stop! Don't make any noise. ”

After all, Wadsey was the commander-in-chief, and as soon as he spoke, everyone fell silent, and the hall suddenly heard a needle drop.

France has been dissatisfied with Germany for a long time, and Bruce has personally experienced the Franco-Prussian War thirty years ago, so he looked directly at Wadsey and asked-for-tat: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, since you asked everyone to stop, there must be a good way, you might as well say it and listen to it, so that everyone can get ready." ”

Wadsey has never had a good impression of France, nor does he have a good impression of Frank, and said coldly: "I naturally have my own way." ”

Bruce sneered in his heart and said, "Then hurry up and say it, everyone is waiting impatiently." ”

Britain and France have always worn a pair of pants, and as soon as Bruce's words fell, Seymour was the first to chimed in: "Yes, let's talk about it quickly." ”

As soon as Seymour spoke up, the rest of the commanders also echoed, in fact, they were all very unhappy with Wadsey, because this time to attack Yanjing, the German expeditionary force did not arrive, so Germany insisted on not participating in the war, nor did it suffer losses, and the battle to attack Yanjing was commanded by Wadsey, so subconsciously, everyone blamed the failure on Wadsey's poor command.

Wadsey glanced at everyone, thought about it differently, and probably guessed everyone's thoughts, but he didn't care, and said: "Everyone, there are two things we have to do now, first, let the Chinese ensure the safety of the lives of our citizens, and at the same time release the ministers of various countries. Second, the coalition forces have suffered heavy losses, and this responsibility should be borne by the Chinese, and we need them to compensate us for our losses. ”

The Italian commander, who had not spoken, said: "Not only to compensate for the losses, but also to give us concessions by them." ”

"Not bad!"

The Austro-Hungarian commander also agreed: "We want Tianjin, we want to block the political axe of the Chinese in Yanjing, so that they will never be able to go to the sea!" ”

As soon as his words fell, the commanders of various countries also became interested, and they talked about various requirements, one more demanding than the other.

At this moment, they completely forgot that in this war, they were the losing side.

Wadsey was helpless, and he wanted to tell these shameless commanders, to tell them: you are the vanquished! But in the end, he didn't say that he didn't want to be the target of public criticism.

Just as the commanders of various countries were talking hotly, a soldier came with a letter and a long box to report: "Report to the commander-in-chief, this is something sent by the Chinese from Yanjing." ”

As the commander of the coalition forces, Wadsey naturally opened the letter sent by Wang Jundao first, he didn't know much Chinese, so he could only hand the letter to the translator, and when the translator translated the credit into several languages, all the commanders' faces changed.

Wadsey's face was cloudy, and his hand trembled slightly, and he opened the long box, and a sharp arrow with a three-edged blood groove lay quietly in the box, radiating a bloodthirsty light to the commanders of the countries.

"Oh my God......"

The commanders of all countries couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, because they all thought of the last time they were broken into the headquarters by Wang Jundao......