The rumbling sound of cannons and the 'bang' of machine guns, Zhengyang Gate City, on a snowy night, began to burn like a huge torch. At this time, Lieutenant General Wang Menghui, the commander of the capital garrison who had just issued the retreat order, saw the fire getting bigger and bigger. Even if he tried his best to restrain himself, his unwillingness and resentment appeared. The Fuxing Army had never retreated like this, and had never fought like this. If Yang Rui's order had not been repeated three times in a row, he would not have let the Americans go.

Wang Menghui was angry on the city wall. He had long known that the army had divided the residents of the city into several types on the Zhengyangmen Tower. When the residents of the inner city heard the sound of cannons from Zhengyangmen, they all picked up the wooden guns used for training during the Sino-Japanese War and went out. They spontaneously organized a team according to the previous ones, issued orders to leave the alleys and go up the streets. Silently, some troops gathered at key points inside and outside the city, while others went to the scene, Qipan Street in front of Daming Gate, Hubu Street and Pishi Street on the left and right sides of Tianjie. There were more than 50,000 residents in the inner city, and each household had one to two adult men. Even if they had been diverted, these militias could not stand just by the places where Daming Gate was located. Therefore, the nearby alleys and even the nearby courtyards were filled with militias.

In the outer city, these old Beijingers who lived in Beijing before the founding of the country heard the opposition between the imperial guards and foreign soldiers. During the Xianfeng period, memories of the Gengzi period immediately surged into their hearts. They did not want Japan to be defeated by the Fuxing Army, and did not want Russia to be driven far west now. The fear of foreign soldiers accumulated over decades made them feel anxious when they first heard the news. During the period when the city gate was not closed, the number of people leaving the city increased dramatically. These people who thought they were lucky enough to leave the city, saw the railway full of foreign soldiers before dark, and they rushed to the capital. They immediately patted their chests and breathed a few sighs of relief, glad that they ran fast.

Those people who were not smart can only close their doors and pray to God and Buddha. They hope to escape this disaster. When it was dark, they heard that the militia in the inner city had been mobilized, so they came out of the house and gathered at the designated location at the head of the house. These people were still a little worried at the beginning. But when they got together, they had to strengthen their courage, and then saw the dazzling fire on the Zhengyangmen Tower. They turned all the hatred into hatred for various foreign soldiers.

The capital city with more than 700,000 people was mobilized within one or two hours, and the entire city suddenly changed its color and turned into a barracks. This change was not too surprising to the ministers and military officers of various countries who had experienced the Boxer Rebellion. However, these soldiers were all silently standing in rows of streets and alleys everywhere. They were completely obedient to the command of superior officers. If the disabled soldiers were still officers, they would wait calmly for orders.

The ignorant, rioting, and unorganized boxers never worry the white people, but now these silent and firmly obey orders are the worries of all white people. They will not charge at the machine guns and cannons without any concealment. Once they launch, they will swallow up the entire embassy area, the entire Beijing, and even the entire Chinese white people.

"Maybe we should do something!" The German Embassy is on the southeast side of the embassy area. Mr. Xin Ci, the embassy counselor, was extremely excited since the afternoon, as if acting. The occasional incident in the afternoon actually made such a big noise, which made him ecstatic. However, the incident happened too suddenly and he had not thought about how to provoke discord.

"Just stabilize China. Britain and France lack labor. They hope the Chinese can go." Ambassador to China Rutt knew very well what Xinci had done over the past year. Every time the National Security Bureau asked him to pick up people quietly, he was extremely ashamed. He felt that the entire German face was thrown away by the person next to him.

"No! Your Excellency, the United States has declared war on us. We need Chinese fleets and submarines. They are ultimately unwilling to fight with us. They also deliberately leaked the news and disrupted the submarine transactions. If they can stand on our side, their army can attack Indochina, India and other places, which will greatly reduce our burden in Europe." Xin Ci fantasized.

"Yang would never do this!" Rutt was so angry that his beard only shook. After the General Staff failed the right hook, he firmly believed that Germany could not defeat the Allied Power, and the best result was peace talks. However, the unwilling military, and reckless men like Xin Ci, were determined to use strategies to make Germany's allies more and more, and the Allied Powers had fewer and fewer allies. China was not the Ottoman. Germany did not work hard on the Revival Society like the Ottoman. Germany abandoned the Revival Society twice. Especially the last time, if it weren't for a miracle, then China would not only lose the entire Manchu and Mongolia.

Under such a "friendship", it is really a dream to hope that China can join the Allies. What Rutt hopes is that China can remain neutral throughout this war, even if their merchant ships and weapons are helping the Allies.

"In the name of the ambassador, I forbid you from using immoral strategies in this matter!" Rutt no longer looked at the burning city tower, but turned around and stared at Xin Ci who was turning his eyes beside him, and said very sternly.

Also staring at the ambassador for a while, Xin Ci insisted: "But this is our best opportunity!"

"This is just Yang wants to show his strength. He will not leave a drop of blood for Germany!" Rutt shouted. "What we have to do is to keep him neutral without intervening in the European war."

"Okay, then let's watch the show." Xin Ci finally nodded helplessly and dissatisfied.

Although Rutt officially warned Xin Ci not to do anything at this time, when the Minister Fu Lide, the leader of the Minister of the Imperial Corps, called him to send troops to the west of the Embassy District, he still sent troops immediately. According to the agreement of the Minister of the Imperial Corps after the Boxer Emperor, this was what Germany should do.

The expatriates in the embassy area have been organized, and some old guns have been flipped out of the warehouse and distributed to various places; the wireless telegraph is the busiest, and although the Chinese have not closed the cable telegraph office on East Chang'an Street, who dares to take risks? At this time, Beijing is no longer the beautiful and tidy city, but has become a dark and full of dark and cruel beasts. Perhaps it takes less than half an hour, the Revival Army will rush into the embassy area and kill all the elected people of God.

"My Excellency, is your country really going to go to war with other countries?" The ministers of various countries have shrunk into the embassy area, and only the peacemaker British went to the Prime Minister's Office accompanied by Japanese ambassador Kishiro Tohara.

"My country is just conducting defensive exercises now and has no intention of attacking other countries. Mr. Minister, don't you know that they are just training wooden guns?" It has been a day since the Americans disagreed with the minimum requirements, and things turned sharply.

"When will the exercise in your country end?" Mamull made a helpless expression and felt very unhappy. Why did the exercise start after Zhengyangmen was burned? It was obvious that he wanted to use his power to suppress people; and Yang Rui. There were no people all afternoon to night. I really don't know what the evil wolf in the Far East was going to make.

"It will end when it is time to end." Xie Zhangtai said peacefully, "Mr. Minister, you are safe, please rest assured. Please restrain the soldiers of various countries after you have restrained the fire in the silence, and the consequences will be unpredictable. The militia are not close to the embassy area now. As for Zhengyangmen, it does not fall within the scope of the embassy area."

"This is very, very dangerous..." Mamull really couldn't find any words to describe the Chinese's move. He did not want Asia to make a mess because of the dispute between China and the United States. At this time, Asia is the largest source of soldiers and labor in Great Britain and France. If something happens here, it forces China to turn to the allies, even the United States that has already participated in the war cannot make up for these losses in a short time. "Mr. Minister, the governments of the Allied countries are willing to make appropriate concessions in the negotiations to abolish the Old Testament. For example, the concessions in Italy and Belgium can be returned to your country in advance, but this requires peaceful handling of this incident."

The British promise only made Xie Zhangtai smile. Belgium, a devastated dog, and Italy, a small country that had no interests in the East, cut off its flesh under the British's deception. I really don't know what the British Foreign Office promised them. With a sneer in my heart, Xie Zhangtai said: "Mr. Mamule, I regret to notify you that our negotiations were inappropriate after discussions, so I thought it was temporarily stopped. The next negotiation time will be notified separately."

"What!?" Mamull was shocked. The negotiations with the Chinese were strategic negotiations that gave up privileges in China and retained most of the interests in China. Europe is now in short supply of labor. The morale of the army is also very low. If China declares war on Germany and Austria like the United States, then the victory of this war is only a matter of time. According to domestic news, what the Americans are doing now is just declaring war. How many soldiers will be sent? When will they be sent? The agencies of Congress, the President, and the Military Joint Conference are still arguing. It is very likely that the Americans will not land on the European continent until next year.

"Mr. Minister, after the Prime Minister learned of the Zhengyangmen incident, he believed that even the countries outside the embassy area would not be willing to return the conditions promised by your countries in the negotiations, and the conditions promised by your countries in the negotiations will definitely change their minds after the war ends. Our country hopes to live in peace with countries around the world, and prosper the world economy through reasonable free trade and exchange, but some countries have deep prejudice against our country from beginning to end, and some countries have ambitions for our country's territory."

Xie Zhangtai sighed and said, "My country hopes to maintain the order of the world together for peace and justice, just like Japan. However, some people still look at us from the old perspective, believing that our country is a barbaric country, and only military intervention can make us surrender. But how many armies can these countries interfere? What could be solved by an apology? We had to shoot firecrackers, because we were afraid that the world would not be in chaos!"

Nagging and making a lot of thought, Xie Zhangtai said Mamull was dizzy. Now Chinese soldiers gathered under the Zhengyangmen Tower, and the northeast of the city tower is the US ** camp. If both sides fire the guns, it will be difficult to deal with. Fortunately, the US Minister Rui Enshi was rational. He suppressed the hundreds of American Marine soldiers in the barracks, but will the Chinese abide by the rules? If something happens here and the situation eventually loses control, the result will be...

"Your Excellency, where is your Prime Minister?" Mamull asked.

"He is visiting Lord Zhang Taiyan in the Imperial Hospital now." Xie Zhangtai said, "The matter will be solved after all, please rest assured about this!"

Xie Zhangtai said that Yang Rui was shaking his head inadvertently. The matter was so big, because Zhang Taiyan was the reason, and because Yang Rui ordered the city tower to be seized. Because the General Staff had a Beijing reserve exercise, the sound of artillery fire flashed, and the residents of the inner city spontaneously mobilized. As soon as the inner city was mobilized, the outer city also followed. These troops had seized important places inside and outside the city according to the General Staff's plan in advance. At this time, they were all waiting for Yang Rui's orders. If the battle was really started, not to mention the city tower, even the US embassy and even the entire eastern suburbs alley would be erased from the map. Would he really take risks?

Under the bright light of the Imperial Hospital, Zhang Taiyan was already asleep after anesthesia. After he threw his handkerchief on the American face, he immediately ate the other party's butt stock, and blood flowed out on the spot and collapsed to the ground. At this time, the Arrow Tower Imperial Guard, who had long seen all this, immediately stepped forward to protect it. Although this action caused a greater conflict, at least he snatched Zhang Taiyan, who could not afford to fall, and sent it off the city wall. Zhang Taiyan was nearly fifty years old at this time, and one gun stock broke his jaw bone. When Yang Rui didn't see him, he thought he was only slightly injured by a wreckage, but when he arrived at the hospital, he realized that he was so severe.

"Prime Minister, although Uncle Mei's injury is severe, it will be cured in a few months, so there is no need to worry too much." In order to reduce the pain, Zhang Taiyan was under anesthesia at this time. His wife Tang Guoli looked at Yang Rui frowning, fearing that he would cause trouble for her husband, so she had to speak out for comfort. Tang Guoli was still very clear between her family and country.

"Oh..." Yang Rui sighed. He hated that his thinking was too cold at this moment! He was proud of this in the past, but now he looked at Zhang Taiyan, who was still full of pain even though he was anesthetized, and he felt that this coldness was his biggest shortcoming. Emotions, human life, people's expectations, morale, ideals, slogans, events, wars... In his opinion, these are just a factor in some calculation or plan, and anything can be abandoned in order to achieve the highest goal.

Today, even if Zhang Taiyan dies, he will not use force with the Americans because of this. His plan requires miraculously soaring shipping income. If China and the United States start a war, even if all merchant ships are hanged on the Japanese flag, the shipping income will be cheap. The financial personnel of the shipping company are composed of China and Japan, and the monthly accounts are divided; China's war against the United States is equivalent to going to war with the entire Allied country. Once the financial personnel of the shipping company are expelled and the supervision accounts are lost, they can only be left to the Japanese. How many losses will be lost? God doesn't know.

"Precaution him well, I'll leave." Yang Rui smiled bitterly. He felt that he had no humanity or emotion at this time, and his words were dry like a machine lacking lubricant. (To be continued)
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