On June 17, 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance captured the Dagukou Fort.

This was a war of armed aggression against China by eight major countries, headed by Britain, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, the United States, Germany, and Austria. In addition, there are three non-major countries such as Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Perhaps it seems a little incredible to the people of the century, Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Germany are just that, Japan, Italy and Austria are also considered great powers, how can even Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands come to step on us?

On this day, Dugu Bo opened the door of the medical hall as usual, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Liu Zhengfeng coming over happily and bringing a large number of his brothers to the door to congratulate.

"What's going on? Why are you so happy? Facing Liu Zhengfeng, who was full of red light, Dugu Bo asked.

"Doctor, you don't know? Yesterday, the Empress Dowager made a special decree, and our Boxer brothers can enter Beijing justifiably! ”

Indeed, Dugu Bo looked at it at a glance, and Liu Zhengfeng was followed by hundreds of people, all of whom were sturdy men, and they were each in groups of three or five, procrastinating to accept Liu Zhengfeng's leadership.

Some of the Boxers also had various runes of unknown meaning painted on their bodies, and there were several yellow paper runes drawn from cinnabar on their bodies, and a few oil paints on their faces, and the whole person was dressed like a dancing god.

Originally, Dugu Bo and these things were the medium they used to ask God. However, as soon as the divine thought swept over, he suddenly felt speechless.

Most of these things are bells and whistles, and they can only be taken out to bluff people, and the only thing that has a little "effectiveness" is not on them, but a small yellow flag in Liu Zhengfeng's hand.

Seeing that Dugu Bo glanced at the brothers behind him twice and turned his eyes to the flag in his hand, Liu Zhengfeng smiled.

With his shrewdness and eyesight, he could see early that Dugu Bo was estimated to be also a Taoist priest with "mana". Today, he took this flag in his hand to test Dugu Bo, and now it's good, he already has seven or eight points of confidence in his heart.

This yellow flag was pulled out from behind the statue of Guan Yu enshrined in a temple that was visited by people all year round and handed it to him.

The effect of the flag The "big brother" also told him, it can inspire the brothers below him, so that the brothers are not afraid of death, and rush forward one by one.

At the same time, because of the perennial worship, once this flag is waved, it also has the effect of breaking some evil spells.

It's just that the senior brother specially explained to him that with the mana in this flag, he could only let Liu Zhengfeng cast three spells.

After three times, it must continue to be inserted back behind the idol to receive incense offerings, otherwise it will be an ordinary flag.

Regarding Liu Zhengfeng's cautious temptation, although Dugu Bo saw it, he didn't say anything.

What's the use of saying it?

After Liu Zhengfeng came to the door to say hello to Dugu Bo, he ordered the brothers behind him to line up. I have to say that this Liu Zhengfeng's family is worthy of being a green battalion soldier, and there are still some family heirlooms.

After about a few minutes, these boxers of the Boxers finally formed a more casual queue and followed Liu Zhengfeng crookedly to the other end of the street.

"This military discipline ......"

Dugu Bo shook his head when he saw it.

However, compared to the other armies of the Qing Dynasty, this can already be evenly divided.

Now the only one who can completely crush them is the Beiyang Army trained by Yuan Shikai. But this is not comparable at all, the Beiyang Army was smashed by Yuan Shikai with silver, and all of them have undergone relatively strict training, and all of them are loyal to Yuan Shikai.

And these people of Yihequan, they practiced martial arts at most before, and now they can be like this, which is already Liu Zhengfeng's superb means.

But ask me which army was the worst in the Qing Dynasty? Then the people of Beijing must be able to tell you that they must be the old soldiers composed of the children of the Eight Banners in the Beijing camp.

In this Beijing camp, they are often dissatisfied with even a little bit of Mao, and it is even more common to eat empty salaries or something, and the children of the Eight Banners inside eat hardcore crops one by one on weekdays, and they even carry cages to walk birds, and they are not comfortable living a small life, where are they willing to go into the Beijing camp to suffer?

But talking about the situation in Jingying, the people above don't know? The above people who can be big officials are smart people, how is it possible.

It's just that the Beijing camp of the Manchu court has been rotten for more than a year or two, and I don't know how many people are making money in their hands, and even Cixi can only turn a blind eye.

Dugu Bo looked at the back of this centaur gradually moving away, and couldn't help but sigh heavily.

Why did Cixi agree to let the Boxers enter Beijing? Others don't know, doesn't he know yet.

In fact, after the Eight-Nation Coalition captured the Dagukou Fort, Cixi, who was in turmoil in Beijing, mistakenly thought that the Eight-Nation Coalition was attacking to overthrow her rule and restore Guangxu to the throne.

It is not to blame Cixi for thinking so, because of the strong cultural position of the French in Europe now, in the eyes of ordinary people in many great powers, they have a natural affection for the revolutionary thing, because it is a value close to them.

Therefore, Guangxu, who was able to personally promote reforms, became a figure like Peter the Great in their eyes, and although he failed later, the great powers also sympathized with him.

And the Empress Dowager Cixi, who often sees foreigners in the city of Beijing, of course knows that the foreign devils have very different attitudes towards her and towards his son Guangxu.

No wonder she would have made such a wrong judgment.

Cixi, who now felt that her rule was threatened, did not care about anything else, and hurriedly recruited An Boxers to come to Beijing to protect her.

In fact, Cixi was also confused for a while before making this decision, although the great powers sympathized with Guangxu's suffering, but their favor for Guangxu was only limited to public opinion and propaganda.

If there are not enough interests, it is impossible for them to stand out for Guangxu.

Although Cixi can't think of it now, after a few months of calming down, she will also know what the real purpose of this attack is by the Great Powers.

And then this did not prevent her, in the name of Guangxu, from declaring war on the attacking powers.

On June 21, 1900, the Qing government headed by Cixi declared war on Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria in the name of Guangxu.

This time, the war really reached its climax.