The massacre seemed to have passed, and the Yanjing City after the massacre was extremely quiet, but there was a strong smell of blood in the air, which made people feel sick and sick to their stomachs after smelling it.

The 45th Division of the New 11th Army was transferred to attack the Imperial Palace, while the rest of the divisions remained in various places, except for some of the soldiers who had gone to take over the vacancies left by the 45th Division.

Somewhere outside Yanjing City, mass graves have been dug up, and corpses have been loaded onto trucks and pulled out of defense areas one by one, and the entire aftermath cleanup work took nearly 100,000 troops, and it took three full days to complete. Afterwards, there was still a strong smell of blood in various places in Yanjing, and there were still many blood stains left in various corners. Many people left Yanjing, a place that broke their hearts and frightened them, with people still alive in their families.

It is said that after the 45th Army left the defense area, it was relatively quiet along the way, and everywhere there were scenes of shooting prisoners and dealing with the aftermath. For this massacre, Wang Lin didn't think about burying this matter, some things can't be buried if you want to, sometimes it backfires. Besides, as long as it is handled well at that time, there will not be so much trouble in the future, and vice versa.

These reporters from the major newspapers have been following the various units, and they have recorded the pictures of the march of the army in the south, the pictures of the battle, and the pictures after the victory. It was not until they entered Yanjing City that they also recorded the massacre of the people, and I believe that when this picture is made public, the people of the whole country will have a hateful reaction to the Boxers and Qing soldiers. And when the newspaper published the pictures of the Zhengnan Army's massacre of these Boxers and Qing soldiers, although I am not sure that everyone is happy, it is at least much better than deliberately concealing it.

In this Yanjing incident, about 100,000 people died, and about 50,000 people died in the Qing army and the Boxers. This incident has been disputed by historians since then, and no one can say whether they should be killed or not, and the only thing to be thankful for is that almost no one said that they died unjustly.

Xiao Chengming followed the side of his company, admiring the destroyed buildings along the way, those broken bridges and ruins still show their former glory, although they are now half in ruins, there is no trace of the breath of the living, but still can not bury their arrogance at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

The 45th Division was originally the closest unit to the Forbidden City, and after a while, the entire 45th Division was assembled at the foot of the Forbidden City. There was a crowd of people on the city walls, but the commander of the 54th Division, who was located under the city, did not see any resistance from the other side.

The crowd could only tell them that someone was up there, and from their chaotic movements, their unwarranted scurrying from side to side, they were just trying to escape. At this time, the palace was already in chaos, because the Boxers and some Qing soldiers were making trouble outside, killing people and setting fires.

Some Manchu ministers and relatives of the imperial government hurriedly returned to the imperial palace, the imperial city was defended by the banner people, although they were not expected to be able to go out of the palace to exterminate those outside, but it was still possible to close the city gate and not let them in.

At this time, the 45th Division came at the right time, and there was no need to arrest those imperial relatives or anything in private, as long as they attacked the palace, they could be served in a pot, and it saved a lot of trouble.

"Division commander, the troops have almost entered the battle position, and they will all be ready in another twenty minutes!" Han Sheng, chief of staff of the 45th Division, stood at the foot of [***] and said to Ping.

"Such a beautiful place, I really can't bear to destroy it like this, but it has a history of hundreds of years, and it is good for future generations to play, so that they can feel what the place where the emperor lives is like." Ping looked at the palace in front of him calmly.

The majesty of [***] was reflected in his eyes, Wang Lin once specially explained to them that during the civil war, try not to destroy some things that are old, those are national treasures, and they are the essence of the Chinese nation.

At this time, Ping Yi stood here, he no longer had the slightest intention to continue fighting, he didn't want to destroy this palace, even if he didn't have Wang Lin's instructions, he didn't want to, he could be promoted to the position of general, he was not a person who only knew about fighting, and he also knew more about some things outside the military. A history that has been passed down for hundreds of years is destroyed in the flames of war, which is a crime.

Even when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it did not destroy the palace, but continued to use it as the residence and office area of the Manchu royal family, completely following some of the habits and methods of the Ming Dynasty. The change of dynasty is not to blindly destroy something, on the contrary, these things do not belong to a certain person, but to the whole nation, if the peace moves today to order a strong attack, maybe when the people want to come to the palace to play, they can only see the ruins of the Summer Palace today.

If you want to repair it again, the money spent is no longer a small amount, for Wang Lin, who is about to build a country, money is needed everywhere in the country, and there is a bottomless pit everywhere, if you have to spend a huge amount of money here in the palace, it is really a little undeserved.

"There are members of the Blood Wolf Special Brigade mixed in the palace, we can contact Ling Xuanyu and ask him to notify the soldiers inside to quietly open the city gate." Han Sheng nodded, he didn't want the artillery fire of the Zhengnan Army to be rendered here, but there was not much time left before the sun set at the moment, and there was only one way to attack.

If you want to make the Qing army completely give up resistance and let the Zhengnan army enter the palace, the probability is not too great, even if those Eight Banner soldiers don't want to fight, but it is inevitable that there will be some people who dare to die, and then the Zhengnan army will be a bad fight, and the degree of destruction will not be easy to control. The only possibility was for Cixi to give up resistance and allow the southern army to enter the palace.

Although Cixi has returned power to Emperor Guangxu, they also know that Emperor Guangxu does not really hold the power in his hands, and it has only been not long since he returned power, and it is still one thing whether the people below listen to Emperor Guangxu's words or not, which shows how difficult it is for the Zhengnan army to enter the palace without firing a shot.

"Wait, let the soldiers shout inside, and if they don't surrender inside in an hour, we'll storm it!" Ping clenched his teeth, if the palace was still guarding the city gate, and would rather die than open it, he would not be able to besiege Wuchang City for seven days like the Zhengnan Army did when he was in Wuchang, and wait until the grain and grass in the city were cut off before taking advantage of the weakness.

It is not without reason that the above is so anxious, on the one hand, the preparations for the founding of the country have come to an end, and now they are waiting for the emperor to announce the abdication edict. In fact, they could establish a country before Guangxu announced the edict of abdication, but I don't know what Wang Lin thought in his heart? It was not until Guangxu announced his abdication that he would formally form a country.

The opinion of the commander-in-chief, the people below are naturally not good to oppose, as the so-called justifiable, and when the Guangxu Emperor announced his abdication and the Manchu Qing Dynasty fell, Wang Lin was in the natural formation of the country, which can be regarded as a great righteousness. The country cannot be in a state of governmentless forever, because this can only destroy a country, but not make her prosperous and strong, and Wang Lin seems to have some earth-shattering plans.

In the Taihe Palace, Emperor Guangxu sat expressionlessly on the dragon chair, and the following was full of imperial relatives and Manchu ministers.

In the end, none of the ministers who left were able to go far, their heads were cut off, and all the money and other goods they brought with them were lost. These ministers, who had not had time to leave, were secretly lucky, glad that they had escaped a catastrophe, but with the riots in Yanjing City, they realized that even their own homes were not safe, and there was always a danger of being conquered by them, and it was certain that people would lose their fortunes at that time.

So one by one, the ministers, carrying their families and gold and silver, took refuge in the palace under the escort of their own soldiers, thinking that the palace city was high and strong, and even if the Boxers wanted to attack, they might not be able to enter. It's just that they didn't expect that the gunfire outside the city this morning really jumped them, and they finally got the news at noon that the Boxers and the rebel soldiers had been wiped out.

Before they had time to rejoice, another piece of heavy news fell on them, that is, the Zhengnan Army was coming, and it was the Zhengnan Army that eliminated the Boxers and the rebel soldiers. finally drove away a vicious evil, but unexpectedly ushered in a hungry wolf, a hungry wolf who only wanted to love Xinjueluo Jiangshan. This can scare these princes and nobles a lot.

Originally, there was only Guangxu and his personal eunuch, and when the two stayed in the Taihe Hall and reviewed their past memories, one by one the ministers also came to the Taihe Hall and asked Emperor Guangxu to give him an idea. If Cixi was still willing to take care of it, they didn't want to come to Guangxu, but the Empress Dowager Cixi was staying in the palace now and didn't see anyone, so they couldn't help it if they didn't come.

It's just that the method given by Emperor Guangxu is too far-fetched, and many ministers are opposed, it is the critical moment when they are attacked by hungry wolves, but they want to let the hungry wolves in, isn't this going to kill them? But in the end, they couldn't resist Guangxu, even if they were a bare-bones emperor, but these ministers were still worried about their lives.

[***] was slowly opened by the Eight Banners of the Defending City, and with a dull sound of opening the door, all the gates and small doors of the entire palace were opened.

"Let the troops be careful, enter the palace!" Pingju saw that the city gate was wide open, and hurriedly ordered.

Han Sheng shook his head thoughtfully, a series of doubts appeared in his heart, and he muttered, "This Eight Banners Army shouldn't be playing any tricks, right?" ”

(To be continued)