The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 284 No Prisoners
As Teng Yuzhao's eyes moved, two staff officers came running quickly to the flower hall, one after the other.

The two staff officers came from different directions. The leading staff officer had an excited look on his face and came from the main hall of the Ministry of Revenue, which was also the direction of the operations room.

The other staff officer had a serious look on his face and came from the direction of the Ministry of Revenue’s gate.

"Report."

"Report."

As soon as the two men ran to the door of the hall and stopped, they shouted to report.

These two staff officers were students rescued from the Allied Forces by Teng Yuzao at the Beiyang Military Academy. Although they were still young, only about 20 years old, they had matured a lot after the test of war in the past few months.

Although they were all majors, Teng Yuzhao had high hopes for these staff officers. In Teng Yuzhao's plan, they would be of great use in the future.

The staff officer running over from the direction of the operations room must have come to report victory, which made Teng Yuzhao feel a lot more relaxed. As long as the two current battles ended in victory, his defense of the capital would have a good start and the morale of the troops would be even higher. This was definitely great news for defending the capital.

Judging from the expression on the face of the staff officer who ran in from the gate, something seemed to have happened outside.

However, Teng Yuzhao changed his mind and did not feel that there was anything to worry about.

Although there were thousands of surrendered foreigners and Christian believers from the Legation Quarter gathered on Hubu Street outside the Yamen Gate, their weapons had been confiscated and they had even been searched. They were just a group of unarmed captives and could not cause any big waves.

Moreover, since there was no need to maintain a siege on the legation quarter any longer, the troops directly under his headquarters had already withdrawn to the Ministry of Revenue. There were already over a thousand people in the yamen, and they had enough power to suppress anyone who wanted to cause trouble immediately.

Seeing that Wei Jinghai was about to get up and go out to inquire about the situation, Teng Yuzhao reached out and grabbed Wei Jinghai.

"Let them come in and talk."

There were a lot of foreigners in the flower hall. Wei Jinghai hesitated for a moment, then understood Teng Yuzhao's thoughts. He sat back in his seat and shouted to the door.

"Come in and answer."

After getting permission, the two staff officers hurried into the hall.

Seeing that both of them seemed eager to report their situations, Teng Yuzao said with a smile.

"Don't be anxious. No matter what, just talk slowly. The sky won't fall."

Then Teng Yuzao pointed at the excited staff officer in front of him and said, "You go first."

"Yes."

The staff officer stepped forward and reported, "Marshal, Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant Commander Hu and Assistant Commander Li just called to report victory."

"Great victory! Both battles were great victories!"

After hearing the staff officer's report on the great victory, not only Teng Yuzhao but also Wei Jinghai felt completely relieved. The vanguard of tens of thousands of coalition forces that had attacked the city had been wiped out. What else could make them worry? What could be beyond their ability to handle?
"Go on," Wei Jinghai ordered. "Marshal, Deputy Chief of Staff, the Third Mixed Brigade reported that the two artillery battalions of the artillery brigade suddenly shifted their firepower and stopped intercepting the enemy. Instead, they concentrated their firepower on the Japanese who had crossed the interception line and were still desperately attacking the city. They tried to support the retreating troops inside the city and fiercely bombarded them. The attacking troops took advantage of the situation and rushed out of the city."

"The Japanese probably didn't expect us to suddenly switch from defense to attack, and were caught off guard by the counterattack of the 3rd Mixed Brigade. Thousands of Japanese were quickly defeated by us. The 3rd Mixed Brigade chased them all the way to the Japanese artillery position. According to the 3rd Mixed Brigade's estimate, the counterattack killed about 2,000 Japanese."

"Eighteen Japanese 75mm bronze mountain cannons were blown up, and six Krupp 75mm mountain cannons and all their shells were seized."

"When the 3rd Mixed Brigade was retreating as planned, a Japanese reinforcement force consisting of more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry arrived and tried to attack our retreating troops, but they were fiercely bombarded by two battalions of the Artillery Brigade, which effectively blocked the Japanese counterattack. Now all the troops of the 3rd Brigade that left the city have safely retreated into the city."

"Any more?"

A stone in Wei Jinghai's heart had already fallen, but such a great victory was really exciting, especially in front of these foreign devils, which made Wei Jinghai extremely excited and he couldn't help but urge his staff.

"Have."

The staff officer was obviously more excited, his face already beaming with excitement, and he continued to report.

"The encirclement and annihilation battle in the city has also been completely concluded. According to preliminary statistics, there were about 12,000 Japanese soldiers who entered the city. We have wiped them all out, but we didn't capture any prisoners."

The staff officer added, as if taking into consideration the presence of these foreigners.

"Marshal, Deputy Chief of Staff, these little devils are very tenacious. None of them surrendered. Even the seriously injured ones were still shooting at our troops. In the end, they were all chopped to pieces by the Boxers."

Teng Yuzhao was very satisfied with the staff officer's words. Not only did he call the Japanese army "Jacks" one by one, he also emphasized that the Japanese army was tenacious and refused to surrender. Finally, he said that the seriously wounded Japanese soldiers were hacked to death by the Boxers. He wanted to show these foreigners in the flower hall that the deaths of these seriously wounded Japanese soldiers had nothing to do with the vanguard army.

There were no Boxers on the battlefield of Qihuamen. The only ones supporting Hu Dianjia were Cao Futian's several large squadrons and more than 8,000 newly recruited Boxers. Strictly speaking, these recruits were no longer Boxers but soldiers of the vanguard army.

Teng Yuzao glanced at the ministers and their entourage, and saw that everyone's face changed color, especially Komura Jutaro who was gritting his teeth. His face turned blue, white, and then red, as if there was a dyeing room on his face, colorful and very beautiful.

Teng Yuzhao naturally understood the thoughts of these ministers. It was no wonder that they were surprised by two things. First, they were surprised that this "shoe" unit of the vanguard army could wipe out more than 10,000 Japanese troops in such a short time. Second, they were extremely shocked that there were no prisoners.

No one would believe that there would be no prisoners after such a big battle, and no one would believe the claim that even the seriously wounded were shooting. There would always be seriously wounded soldiers who couldn't even lift a gun, and this would not fool these ministers who had a military background.

This is clearly a blatant killing of prisoners!

According to the information conveyed to them by the coalition forces, is it possible that Teng Yuzao would not only not kill the prisoners, but would also hand over the seriously injured to the coalition forces?

As for Komura Jutaro's mood, it was probably more than just surprise and shock. He probably already had a strong hatred in his heart to tear Teng Yuzhao and the vanguard army into pieces, but he couldn't say it out loud. He would never say that you are lying. Our soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army are not as tenacious as you said. They will surrender too.

The expressions of these ministers made Teng Yuzhao very excited, especially the look of Komura Jutaro, which made him feel extremely happy.

The staff officer ignored what the ministers thought and continued to report excitedly without looking away.
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