The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 90 Complaints and Waiting

Teng Yuzao knew very well that no matter how he tried to dissuade Yu Lu, Yu Lu would not listen, because not only Yu Lu and Zhang Decheng, but even Nie Shicheng, looked down on the coalition forces assembled in the concession.

Teng Yuzhao secretly sighed, don’t they know the idiom “a trapped beast will still fight”?

For a long time, the Boxers' actions of killing foreigners have caused deep fear among foreigners. Now that the government is condoning the Boxers, the foreigners and those Christians should be very clear that if they fall into the hands of the Boxers and the government troops as prisoners, the consequences will be very serious.

Once the concession fell, all the foreigners and Christians in the concession, including women, children, the elderly and the young, would die. How could this not make them have a strong will to fight to the death? Even at the last moment, in order to save their own lives, any foreigner or Christian who could hold a gun would take up their weapons and fight until they died.

For example, this is the situation in Dongjiaominxiang in the capital. There are as many as two to three thousand believers hiding there. It is precisely because of the participation of these believers that the place has been able to persist.

Teng Yuzhao knew that in history, it was precisely because of the desperate and tenacious resistance of the armies and volunteers of various countries in the concession that the Wuwei Vanguard Army and the Boxers were unable to take over the concession. And tomorrow, because the nearly 3,000 coalition forces coming from Dagukou broke through the blockade of the Wuwei Vanguard Army along the way and reached Dongjuzi, and with the cooperation of the coalition forces in the concession, they took over the Dongjuzi position in half a day, and successfully opened up the connection between Dagukou and the concession, making Yu Lu's plan to take over the concession fail, so he had to retreat to Tianjin City afterwards.

Street fighting has always been the most difficult to fight, and it was like this until World War II. Even if Teng Yuzhao suddenly appeared, he could not guarantee that he would be able to capture the concession in a short period of time!
Moreover, under the current conditions of weapons and equipment, the price paid by the attacker will definitely be greater than that of the defender.

However, although it was difficult, Teng Yuzhao still decided to give it a try. Even if it resulted in heavy casualties, he would not back down.

The only thing that made Teng Yuzhao feel a little bit reluctant was that once the concession was taken, the fate of the Western businessmen and their families hiding inside, as well as the many Christians who had cut their braids, would be worrying!
As for whether the concession can be captured, the most crucial thing now is whether his vanguard army can stop or even annihilate Seymour's coalition forces, preventing Seymour from leading his troops to escape back to the concession, thereby increasing the coalition forces' strength to defend the concession.

Teng Yuzhao tried hard not to think about the cruel consequences that the innocent lives in the concession would soon face. He looked at the watch on his wrist with some annoyance and couldn't help but complain about Yu Lu and the others in his heart.

What era is it now? We are still using hours to organize an attack.

Youshi is from 5pm to 7pm, which is a wide time range of two hours!

That is to say, within these two hours, the attacking troops must be on high alert throughout the entire process because an attack may be launched at any time.

In addition, there are signal guns in the Wuwei Army controlled by the Beiyang government, but Yu Lu and Nie Shicheng ignored them and did not use them. They still used the cannon fire that was popular in the army more than a thousand years ago as a signal.

What if the Allied Forces in the Concession open fire first?

Wouldn't that cause the two attack routes, which should have been carried out simultaneously, to have inconsistent attack times, thus causing the attack times of the two attacking forces to be out of sync!

Li Yaoting hurried to the position of the Second Regiment with a guard platoon of only thirty-six people left.

Although the number of guards in the platoon was not large after Li Yaoting's careful check, less than a whole platoon, they brought a total of seventy horses, not including their mounts.

The explosive pack not only brought six large ones, but also thirty small ones.

Teng Yuzao pulled Li Yaoting aside and asked, "Hanhun, have these people been checked?" Li Yaoting nodded seriously, "Yes, sir, I have checked them all myself. Not only do they all have good martial arts skills, but they are also very good at shooting. They are all absolutely reliable. Among them, there are more than ten of your neighbors."

Teng Yuzhao looked at the remaining people. Each of these soldiers had a Mauser rifle and a Mauser pistol. They all looked very energetic. Teng Yuzhao nodded with satisfaction.

Teng Yuzao lowered his voice and said, "Hanhun, you can tell your people that as long as they work hard, I will not treat them unfairly! Also, the military pay of all the guards will be doubled compared to ordinary officers and soldiers."

Li Yaoting saluted, "Thank you, sir!"

Teng Yuzao stared at Li Yaoting and said seriously, "You will have a special mission today."

"Remember, not only what happened today, but also everything in the future. All members of the guard platoon must keep it strictly confidential, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing Teng Yuzao's murderous look, Li Yaoting stood at attention again, "Yes!"

Teng Yuzao waved his hand and said with a smile, "Don't be too nervous. Arrange your people to take a rest and wait for orders."

In the heavy machine gun bunker where Li Xiance served as the regiment headquarters, Teng Yuzhao, Liu Shijiu, Li Xiance, Li Jinyu, Wu Peifu, and two staff officers of the Second Regiment were all here. They had been anxiously waiting by the phone for a full hour and a half.

They were not waiting for Yu Lu to launch an attack on the concession, but were waiting for the Seymour coalition forces north of Xigu to launch an active attack on the positions of the first regiment of the vanguard army.

However, more than two hours had passed since the Seymour coalition arrived to rest north of Xigu, but there had been no movement at all, which made Teng Yuzao and others anxious.

Teng Yuzhao smoked a cigarette and paced on the ground with an expressionless face, while Li Xianze and Li Jinyu kept looking at their wristwatches and pocket watches.

Li Xiance's watch, like the gold watch that Teng Yuzhao was wearing, was captured from the battle of the Beiyang Military Academy. Not only Li Xiance had a watch, but Liu Yuzhi, Li Yulin, Liu Changfa, Sun Shijun, and Xue Zhiqian also had one.

Since watches were still precious and rare items, not many Allied officers wore watches. Apart from senior officers, the only ones who could afford to wear watches were officers of aristocratic origin or Allied officers whose families had some assets, so there were only a few watches seized.

However, there were as many as thirty-two pocket watches seized. Wei Ningbo and several of his staff officers, as well as several captains and sentry leaders of the two regiments of the vanguard army, all received a pocket watch.

The fact that officers in the coalition forces generally wore wristwatches and pocket watches alone made Teng Yuzao very emotional!

This is not because Teng Yuzhao only saw on the surface that most of the Allied Forces' officers came from wealthy families, but that Teng Yuzhao saw a deeper problem.

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