In one day, the Longwu Army was reorganized into an army, with more than 45,000 soldiers and civilians.

After another day, the soldiers and civilians of the Longwu army had initially adapted to the reorganization of the Longwu army, and Wang Jundao then ordered the whole army to march north overnight.

It was only more than 200 miles from Tianjin to Jixian County, and on the way, Long Wujun took in more than 6,000 people who fled from the surrounding areas of Tianjin.

Two days later, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians rushed to the territory of Jixian County, and because the Wuwei Rear Army originally stationed in Jixian County, that is, Dong Fuxiang's Gan Army, had been summoned into Yanjing City by Cixi in early July, the cavalry regiment and special operations battalion of the Longwu Army had captured the unsuspecting county seat of Jixian County a day earlier.

Due to the foundation of the Wuwei Houjun Army in Jixian County, under the personal sword of Wang Jundao, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians took only one day to station in the camp outside the original Wuwei Houjun City and the surrounding areas on the outskirts of Jixian County.

Because the Longwu Army did not harm the common people at all, and the military discipline was far superior to that of the Gan Army, which oppressed the people, the county seat of Jixian County quickly stabilized, and the implementation of the new policy made the politics of the county become clear.

Wang Jundao did not implement the policy of cracking down on local tyrants and dividing up the land as he did in Shandong, but took measures to order the landlords and local tyrants to reduce rents and interest rates; at the same time, Wang Jundao spent money to buy grain to help the people living in poverty, and prohibited speculation, price gouging, and hiding grain and not selling it. Through these policies, Long Wujun soon gained the support of the general public.

Wang Jundao knew that in history, after the Eight-Nation Alliance captured Tianjin, it was in a quiet state for nearly a month, neither attacking in the direction of Yanjing nor withdrawing from Tianjin, so he developed in Jixian with peace of mind, trained the whole army, and stepped up recruitment at the same time.

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Yanjing, receiving the news of the fall of Tianjin, Cixi was so frightened that she almost fainted, and on the same day ordered the Qing army attacking Dongjiaomin Lane to stop the attack, not only that, but also sent a large number of vegetables and fruits to the ministers of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane, in order to calm the hearts of the ministers of various countries, and at the same time anxiously waited for the troops who rushed to Yanjing King Qin from all over the country.

The Eight-Nation Coalition did not continue to attack Yanjing, because the current strength of the coalition forces was simply not enough to attack Yanjing, and the commanders of various countries also had fierce disputes over whether to attack.

Their quarrel began with the issue of the comparison of forces between countries, which has always been a sensitive issue within the coalition army, because the amount of troops invested in the coalition army will directly determine the amount of benefits that each country will gain after capturing Yanjing and defeating the Qing army, so each country wants to send as many troops as possible.

On this issue, each of the eight countries has its own circumstances and plans, and the most likely to draw troops is the Russians, because Russia has a large number of troops stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula, followed by Yue himself, who now controls the whole of Korea, and also has a large number of troops.

However, Britain has the most interests in China, but now Britain is fighting the South African War and can't draw extra soldiers, so it can only draw troops from India, Southeast Asia and other places, and most of the soldiers drawn out are not British soldiers, mainly Indian soldiers, and even Chinese soldiers.

As for Germany, although it occupied Jiaozhou Bay in Shandong, it did not have many garrisons, and most of them had already been transferred when they attacked Tianjin before, and if they wanted to increase their troops, they had to transfer troops from the mainland.

As for the United States and France, if they want to increase their troops, they also need to transfer troops from the mainland.

This plan caused controversy among the commanders of various countries within the coalition forces, especially since Britain and Russia had already had contradictions, so Britain agreed to the plan of increasing the number of troops.

In fact, Wang Jundao had already taken this into account when he shot Commander Yuben and Commander Russia, because Russia and Yueben were the countries that sent the most troops to China in the previous Eight-Nation Alliance, and whether he killed these two people or not, the plans of the two countries to send more troops would not change, and once the British, American, or German commanders were killed, then these countries were likely to increase their troops on a large scale at any cost.

After making a plan, all countries were waiting for the arrival of their own reinforcements and did not rush to attack Yanjing.

However, this just gave Wang Jundao the best opportunity for development, and he completely won the hearts of the people of Jixian County, and he started a large-scale military training and development.

In military training, we pay attention to two words, one formation, and the other is technique.

The so-called array refers to the military array, and the military array is the embodiment of the military appearance, and the military appearance comes from military regulations and military discipline.

The so-called technique refers to the combat ability of individual soldiers, that is, the combat ability of individual soldiers, such as the level of martial arts, physical strength, killing skills, etc., which cannot be improved in a short time, which requires a long process.

But the warriors of the Dragon Martial Army are not short of skills, because each of them is a battle-hardened warrior, for them, they only need to form a formation, and they only need to train a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand of them into one person, and then the training will be successful.

For the training of the formation, there are too many methods of Wang Jundao from later generations, such as stepping forward, stepping in unison, stepping forward, shouting slogans, advancing and retreating together, and helping each other...... The various means are endless.

Long Wujun was originally a battle-hardened Boxer soldier, and under the new military training, it was simply one day at a time, and in just a few days, it had become a majestic iron-blooded lion.

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On July 27, several Qinwang divisions from various provinces rushed to Yanjing City, especially Li Bingheng, the Yangtze River patrol sailor, who led more than 11,000 new troops, and several other Qinwang troops also had more than seven or eight thousand people, and as few as four or five thousand.

The arrival of several Qinwang's divisions made Cixi feel reassured, with this team of more than 40,000 horses, plus the Wuwei Central Army, the Wuwei Rear Army, the Forbidden Army, and the Boxers stationed in the capital, she was completely confident in fighting the Eight-Nation Alliance.

That night, Cixi summoned Li Bingheng and said directly to him: "With Li Aiqing coming, Gyeonggi is decided, may I ask Aiqing, what is your opinion on the current situation?" Should I fight or make peace? ”

Li Bingheng was trying his best to lead the war faction, and replied: "Since the war has begun, we cannot make peace, and the battle is unfavorable, but it is only the result of poor supervision, and I hope that the Queen Mother can attach importance to the enthusiasm of the army and the people for the war of resistance." ”

Li Bingheng's words were in Cixi's arms, and she muttered slightly: "What Aiqing said is very true, I am willing to let Aiqing lead the rest of the Qinwang team, and at the same time help to handle the military affairs of the Wuwei Army, I don't know if Aiqing is willing to share my worries?" ”

Li Bingheng was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him: "Thank you for the love of the Queen Mother, and I will go to the soup to fight the fire and be loyal to the Queen Mother!" ”

On July 28, Cixi summoned the commanders of the various Qinwang branches, and at the same time convened a royal meeting, directly appointing Li Bingheng to control the Qinwang army, and at the same time assist in the military affairs of the Wuwei army.

So far, there are 80,000 Qing troops in Yanjing City, more than 150,000 Boxers, and a total of 230,000, and the Empress Dowager Cixi no longer has any worries.

In order to strengthen the imperial court's anti-war heart, and in order to give a warning to the lords and forces in the imperial court, Cixi ordered the execution of five ministers who opposed the war, and Xu Yongyi and Yang Lishan survived because they had a neutral attitude since these days, but they did not escape the end of being removed from their official positions and returning home to retire.

After the execution of the ministers of the Lord and the faction, Cixi ordered the resumption of the shelling and attack on the embassies of the countries in Dongjiaomin Lane.

At this time, the coalition forces again received a secret letter from the US minister before the Qing army ceaseed fire on the embassy more than 10 days, which said: "The embassies of various countries have not been able to support for a long time, and we hope that the coalition forces will come to the rescue quickly." ”

This was the last letter of help sent by the minister to the coalition forces, and the commanders of various countries knew that the situation of the embassies of various countries in Yanjing was already in danger, and the lives of the ministers of various countries were about to be lost.

Wadsey immediately summoned a meeting of the commanders, and he addressed everyone: "The looming crisis requires us to compromise with each other for the time being, and now should not be the time for us to argue, but to consider how to rescue our ministers as soon as possible." ”

British Commander Seymour came forward to assure: "The army can increase its troops by 30,000, and I promise that after completing its mission, the army will never stay in China and pursue privileges, but will rush back to its capital as soon as possible." ”

Looking at the obvious disbelief expressions of the commanders of various countries, Seymour said again: "If the army does not do this, then I, the British Empire, together with everyone here, will use the fleet to force the army to return home." ”

Svrsky, the acting commander of Russia, compromised: "In the face of the present grave crisis, any other consideration must be subordinated to the common purpose of rescuing the Minister of Yanjing." ”

In desperation, the countries agreed to increase their troops.

And in Jixian County, after Wang Jundao's unremitting efforts to make various speeches, military exercises, military songs, military discipline, and propaganda, the Longwu Army has only regarded himself as a member of the Longwu Army, as Wang Jundao's soldiers, and no longer regards himself as a Boxer, Wang Jundao's joy in his heart is indescribable, he knows that he has completely obtained the allegiance of this hundred battle lions.

On July 31, Wang Jundao tried his knife and personally led 10,000 Longwu troops to the east, and Yue Feng led the cavalry regiment first, and in just one day, he completely captured Zunhua County in the east of Jixian County.

Subsequently, Yue Fengxian did not stop and attacked the barrier in the east of Zunhua County at night and captured it.

Zunhua County is north of Yanshan, backed by the Great Wall, west of Yanjing, south of Jintang, east of Liaoshen, belongs to the hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin, Tang and Qin, but now it has become Wang Jundao's bag, Zunhua City, the first city in the east of Jidong, has also become Wang Jundao's temporary military and political center in the north.

Because Jixian County, Zunhua County, and Qianxi County are backed by Yanshan Mountain and have large pastoral areas, Wang Jundao seized more than 12,000 fine war horses in just three days by defeating the resistance forces in various places, and he bought more than 13,000 fine war horses from famous merchants and wealthy households in the three counties, and almost bought all the fine horses in these three counties.

Wang Jundao handed over more than 25,000 war horses to Yue Fengxian and Murong Ke, and asked them to recruit knights and form two cavalry divisions, which made Yue Fengxian and Murong Ke completely happy, both of them were born to fight for cavalry, Yue Fengxian's ancestor was Yue Fei, and Murong Ke's ancestor was the cavalry military strategist Murong Ke, and the two resolutely carried out Wang Jundao's orders.

Due to the rent reduction and interest reduction, the help of the poor people is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the recruitment conditions given by Wang Jundao are too generous, in just three days, the recruitment of 20,000 good horsemen was completed in the three counties.

With 2,000 cavalry of the cavalry regiment as the backbone, the First Cavalry Division and the Second Cavalry Division immediately launched a large-scale cavalry military training.

Wang Jundao recruited more than 8,000 strong men from the three counties to form the Sixth Regiment of the Longwu Army, and the head of the regiment was concurrently served by Nie Yuanzheng.

In addition, because Jixian County and Zunhua County have a good industrial foundation, there is no shortage of coal mines, iron ore and other mines, and there is no shortage of industrial equipment, and more than 2,000 craftsmen brought by Wang Jundao from the Tianjin Machinery Bureau immediately have work.

This was not enough, Wang Jundao also summoned craftsmen from Jixian, Zunhua, and Qianxi counties to gather in Zunhua County, and recruited a large number of workers with high salaries, and the new arsenal was soon completely established in the east of Zunhua County.

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