The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 255: Smoking the Foreigners

Wei Jinghai went on to say that among those who participated in the attack on Xishiku, there were not only nearly 20,000 people from the Boxers and a small number of people from the Tiger God Camp in the capital, but also some Green Camp and training troops who had lost their organization and withdrew from Tongzhou.

Among these people, except for a few people from the Tiger God Camp who said they wanted to go north to protect the emperor and ignored his dissuasion, they thought that Wei Jinghai's statement that he had discovered that the Allied cavalry was pursuing the Queen Mother who was hunting in the west was a threat to them.

These people have now rushed to Deshengmen, preparing to leave the capital from there and head north to catch up with Cixi and protect her.

Some of the other Boxers, Green Camp soldiers, and training army stragglers who participated in the siege of Xishiku pushed catapults to Dongjiaomin Lane, preparing to replicate the scene of burning and smoking the foreigners in Xishiku.

Others asked to follow the vanguard army to kill the foreign devils.

There are about several thousand people who want to follow the vanguard army to kill the foreign devils, and they are now waiting for a reply outside the Ministry of Revenue.

The Boxers also wanted to smoke over Jiaomin Lane, which shocked Teng Yuzao!
Dongjiaominxiang is the embassy district, which is very different from Xishiku.

Xishiku belonged to the French alone. The place was burned down and people were killed. At most they had to pay some silver as compensation afterwards and that would be the end of it. The French could not cause any big trouble.

At most, the Russians may take the opportunity to join in the fun, but as long as Britain, Germany and the United States do not fully support the French, the French will definitely not give in.

After the great victory at Zhennan Pass, the French did not have enough confidence to fight the Chinese.

But it was different in Jiaomin Lane. If all the foreigners here were killed, the great powers would probably go crazy collectively.

Moreover, his headquarters was located in the Ministry of Revenue, and his men had taken over part of the siege line. The foreigners would not think that this matter had nothing to do with him, who was now nominally the highest military official in the city.

"Ningbo, you must immediately negotiate with the Boxers and the Tiger God Camp who are besieging Dongjiaominxiang. Tell them that we have received the Queen Mother's decree that as long as the people in the Legation Quarter surrender, their lives can be spared. Therefore, they cannot attack the Legation Quarter for the time being."

"At the same time, I immediately arranged for someone to tell the diplomats of various countries in the embassy area that Xishiku had been captured and that I could not control the Boxers. For their lives, I now demanded that they surrender to me immediately, otherwise I would not be able to protect their safety."

"We must also make it clear to them that if they insist on not surrendering, they will bear all the consequences themselves, and I, Teng Yuzao, will not be responsible at all."

"What if the Boxers who besiege the embassy district refuse to heed our advice?" Wei Jinghai asked.

It was very likely that the Boxers would not listen to the advice. After all, the siege of the legation quarter had lasted for more than two months, and there would be no small number of casualties. Even if there were not thousands, there would at least be hundreds. It was very likely that they would not listen to the advice for revenge, which gave Teng Yuzhao a headache.

"Tell them that more than 100,000 foreign devils are now attacking the city. We are in urgent need of support. In addition, in order to prevent the foreign devils from bombarding the inner city or even the palace on a large scale, we cannot kill all the foreign devils in the embassy area for the time being. Otherwise, we will have to withdraw from the city now."

"Also, have Wang Decheng immediately organize those Boxers who want to join the Vanguard Army, and then use them to work on the rest of the Boxers to divide and disintegrate them."

"We also need to send someone to contact the Gansu Army guarding the East Gate and tell them that the Americans and British will come to attack the city soon. We will deliberately let some of them in and then eliminate these foreign devils who come in."

"Tell them not to panic when they see the foreign devils rushing into the city from the Guangqu Gate, just focus on resisting the Russian army attacking from the Dongbian Gate, and we will take care of everything." "Also tell them that if this battle is successful in destroying the British and American troops that have entered the city, I will report it to the court and give them the first credit."

Although Li Xianze had already arranged troops on the city wall near the East Gate inside the East Gate and on the east side of the city wall separating the outer city from where Teng Yuzhao was located, he was ready to rush to the city wall of the East Gate at any time to support the Gansu Army.

However, Teng Yuzhao was still a little worried.

He was very worried that the Gansu troops defending the East Gate would panic and even flee when they found that the American troops had climbed over the wall into the city and appeared behind them. In that case, only the vanguard troops would be left in the outer city to resist the attacking coalition forces alone.

It would be fine if he could defend the city, but now that the British and American coalition forces of more than 10,000 people have been allowed into the city, he no longer has the strength to destroy these coalition forces.

There is even a possibility that the coalition forces outside will continue to rush into the city.

Moreover, what worries Teng Yuzhao the most is that if the Russian troops at the East Gate take advantage of the chaos to rush into the outer city, the troops in the outer city will have to retreat into the inner city, and the idea of ​​using street fighting to eliminate part of the coalition forces will become empty talk.

Under the current situation of tight military forces, if Teng Yuzhao could get support from the Gansu Army, even if it is very limited support, it would be what he urgently needs.

As for, if the Boxers refused to listen to the advice and insisted on having their own way, Teng Yuzao would have no way to stop them. There were tens of thousands of Boxers there, and he could not send troops to suppress them. Otherwise, it would cause a conflict, and if people in the city started fighting first, the coalition forces attacking the city would gain an advantage.

Teng Yuzhao walked out of the city gate tower and came to the city wall outside.

As soon as he walked out of the Chongwenmen Tower, Teng Yuzhao heard faint voices from a loudspeaker in the direction of the embassy area, amid the booming sound of artillery coming from the northeast direction of Qihuamen and the dense and chaotic gunfire from the East Gate.

Wei Jinghai acted very quickly.

Teng Yuzhao is now more and more satisfied with Wei Jinghai. Not only is there no problem with his loyalty to her, but he is also very capable.

Although Wei Jinghai now has a staff office to plan and organize some tedious details, Teng Yuzhao is often absent from the headquarters, which still keeps Wei Jinghai very busy.

Teng Yuzao is now considering whether to add a second deputy chief of staff.

Standing on the city wall here, you can clearly see the situation on the outer city wall on the east side through the telescope.

On the city wall near the Guangqumen Tower, apart from the three shield carts with their tops vaguely visible, the sound of cannons in the distance, and the dense and chaotic sound of gunfire still ringing from the East Gate City Wall, there were no other noisy sounds. Even on the city wall near Guangqumen and in the outer city, among the densely packed streets and houses, it was rare to see soldiers.

It was obvious that Li Xianze's Second Mixed Brigade and Liu's 19th Assault Battalion were already prepared both on and under the city walls.

Teng Yuzhao knew very well that at this moment, in the streets and houses of the outer city below, nearly ten thousand of his officers and soldiers were hiding, nervously waiting for the upcoming war.

(End of this chapter)