Zai Tu's mentality at this moment was like a drowning man grasping at the last straw. Even a fool could understand that these foreigners were here to distract him.
I had vaguely heard from my father before that the civil war that overthrew the Hunjun was backed by foreign forces. Since I had been working as an undercover agent in the Fifth Division, I had not been exposed to the latest information.
The only one who knew the details was his younger brother Zaicheng. This fact made Zai Tu very happy, because everyone knew that the Qing Dynasty's biggest supporter was to establish relations with foreign devils.
The fact that the father kept letting Zai Cheng have contact with the foreign devils showed that the father was still somewhat biased towards him. Who the hell made that boy have a biological mother who was a noble? Who let my mother-in-law be a maid?
During the Battle of Yongding River, Delaney, the military attache of the British Embassy, had been on the front line, inside the headquarters of the Japanese Sixth Army. Zai Tu knew this.
But Zai Tu never expected that he would actually receive reinforcements from foreign devils in Tianjin Guards, and they would be real direct force support.
Tianjinwei was a city that opened as a port during the First Opium War. During the Second Opium War, foreigners gained the right to establish embassies and consulates.
That is to say, from that time on, Tianjin Guards had a concession, and with the embassy and consulate, there was naturally a 'small' number of protective soldiers!
The United Kingdom, France, Russia and the United States were the first to establish embassies and consulates. The United States now pursues isolationism and its domestic policy is construction rather than expansion, so the presence of troops in consulates is at least a symbol.
But Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia pursued an expansion strategy and a colonial strategy. Since the Qing Dynasty allowed troops to be stationed, they could stuff as much as they could.
The originally agreed-upon quota of several hundred people has long been filled. They used the guise of staff members to mix things up at first. If I recruit hundreds more handymen without wearing military uniforms, you can't handle it, right?
When the situation in the Qing Dynasty became increasingly chaotic, and before the civil war was about to break out, they simply threw away all treaty restrictions and began to send troops to the embassy and consulate areas one after another.
Almost all embassies and consulates in Shanghai, Tianjin, and the capital were increasing their troops. The Qing Dynasty saw it but no one took care of it. They knew that no one would listen.
Today, the garrisons at these embassies and consulates finally came in handy. At the moment when the Zaitu rebels had collapsed, 2,800 foreign soldiers formed a formation on the edge of the Hai River, holding on to the rebel positions. .
The Jingwu Heroes Association did not know who was coming. The cannon had no eyes and the shells would definitely fly around. The shells that exploded in front of the British army's formation completely ignited the flames of war.
"Fight back... fight back against these Chinese people..."
Boom boom boom... These arrogant foreign devils didn't care about any treaty or not, and they didn't care who owned the land under their feet. The colonial master's temper suddenly rose.
The artillery of the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces began to roar, and the charging Guanwai Army was knocked upside down by the explosion!
After all, they were foreign devils who had been trained for a long time, and their use of firearms was far superior to that of the rebels. This round of shelling directly cut off the charging Guanwai Army.
What followed was a heavy rain of gunfire. The Ergun battalion cavalry who rushed at the front were knocked off their horses like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. The screaming war horses also fell to pieces.
"Open fire... overwhelm these Chinese... open fire... protect the safety of the embassy and consulate..."
When Hunchun saw the scene in front of him, he became furious and said, "Fuck... what the hell... the embassy and consulate are on the other side of the river. Do we have a shot and fall on your side?"
"Damn it... to protect the embassy and consulate, did you go to our Qing land on the other side of the river to protect it? You are supporting the rebels, and you are trying to overthrow our Qing court..."
"Even you British people have betrayed Lord Long Live? Why? Why on earth..."
Boom...a shell exploded next to Hunchun, and the air wave knocked Hunchun down!
"General..." The surrounding soldiers rushed to protect the general, only to find that Hunchun was already covered in blood. His eyes were open but he was unconscious.
"Take the general down...rescue...rescue..."
When the bad news came, Xiang Lang was also shocked, "The British participated in the war? Blatantly supporting the rebels? What information am I missing?"
Xiang Lang contacted Xiang Shaolong directly. Of course he knew some top-secret information. Everyone knew about the back-and-forth between the British and the Japanese.
Because Delaney belongs to the new Prime Minister Benjamin, and Benjamin is a typical anti-Chinese faction, it makes sense to support the rebels.
But what about the Queen? What about the traditional aristocrats in Britain? They had tried their best to support Emperor Tongzhi and Xiao Letian. Xiao Letian almost didn't support Emperor Tongzhi, but they really supported him.
The Queen also likes the child Zai Chun very much!
Therefore, there are basically two forces in the UK, one supporting Zai Chun is the Queen's side, and the other supporting Guiziliu is the new Prime Minister's side.
No matter how you look at it, the queen is bigger? Even if Benjamin wanted to do something treacherous, he would still have to do it secretly, such as the little conspiracies that Delaney did.
Why did you directly join the war? Isn’t this a slap in the face to the Queen and the traditional nobles? Could it be that there are huge changes in the UK? What happened?
Could it be that the queen died?
Xiang Lang was so frightened that sweat broke out on his back, and he immediately ordered, "Stop the attack... Set up the flag of the Far East in Zhuangzi... Send people to negotiate with the British..."
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the court and the people had a very deep fear of foreigners. Ordinary soldiers and civilians were frightened when they saw foreign devils!
The momentum was already weakened by three points before the battle, not to mention that these foreign soldiers who could protect the embassy and consulates were all the best among the best. Although there were less than three thousand, they quickly stabilized the situation.
There is another unacceptable thing. Suddenly, a strange rhythmic bugle sound was blown from the Tsarist Russian garrison, which sounded like a cry.
Amidst the sound of the bugle, the faces of the Rakshasa ghosts in the Bear Ghost Camp suddenly became strange, and the corners of some people's eyes even became wet!
They stopped, made the sign of the cross on their chests, and even knelt on one knee. The murderous aura that had just filled their bodies suddenly disappeared, replaced by sheep-like meekness.
From the Tsarist Russian Legion, an Orthodox priest wearing an embroidered robe walked out, holding a huge cross scepter in his hand. He slowly walked towards the Bear Ghost Camp, reading verses from the Bible.
"Lost children... The Lord will forgive your sins... Now listen to my command and stop fighting... You can take a rest..."
The soldiers of the Bear Ghost Battalion howled loudly, threw themselves in front of the chaplain’s boots, and respectfully kissed the chaplain’s toes!
"Oh God... We have sworn an oath. We will fight under the command of Hunchun... We will never fight against our compatriots and our motherland. We have sworn an oath!"
Countless soldiers from the Bear Ghost Battalion confessed to the cross and defended their original vows!
