At the beginning, Britain wanted to support the Qing court to fight against Russia's expansion in the Far East. The Qing court also had a vast territory and a huge population base. Unfortunately, the incompetent Qing court was really unable to support the mud, so Britain turned its attention to Japan, which defeated the Qing court in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. In recent years, Britain and Japan have been approaching quickly.

Now there is a force of overseas Chinese in the Far East, so there is undoubtedly another option for Britain, which is that it cannot form an alliance with overseas Chinese, but as long as this group of overseas Chinese is enemies with Russia, the situation becomes complicated, which is not a bad thing, because the more complicated the situation is, the better it is to join forces and strive for benefits. In this regard, the British are obviously experts.

However, the current situation in northern China is still mainly war-oriented and is still in hostile relations with overseas Chinese. After defeating the German fleet, the military advantage of this group of overseas Chinese in northern China is unshakable, unless countries send more military strength to China, and the scale is much larger than that of the German fleet. The British side estimates that at least 30,000 troops must be invested in China's battlefield. The navy needs to dispatch 6-8 first-class battleships and -5 large armored cruisers as the main force. At least this is the capital to negotiate with overseas Chinese.

The British warships are not bad, but the current British Empire is short of money, because the current Budian War in South Africa has consumed nearly 200 million pounds and killed more than 20,000 soldiers, but the war still cannot be seen. Because the British Empire is also facing the dilemma of landlords without surplus food, it is naturally unable to increase troops to China.

Other countries, after Germany's defeat, will definitely not be able to dispatch large troops. France and the United States have their own problems and cannot dispatch too much troops. Only Japan and Russia can mobilize such troops. However, Britain must not allow Russia to increase its troops to China. Otherwise, even if this victory is achieved, it will be easier for the Russians to be unkind to themselves. At present, Britain can only rely on Japan's power.

However, bargaining between countries still takes a process. During this period, the situation on China's battlefield must be stable to ensure the military existence of the Eight-Nation Alliance in China. Until each country reaches an agreement to increase troops, it is only then that the two sides will decide whether to fight or be harmonious. Of course, in this process, you can also try to contact these overseas Chinese and test their attitudes.

The British Empire's century-old experience in colonization and offshore balance was indeed not in vain. It quickly clarified various relationships from the complex situation and formulated corresponding plans.

After the plan was made, the British immediately began to take action. First, they immediately contacted other countries urgently to inform the news of the German fleet's defeat. They also suggested that the Eight-Nation Alliance in Beijing immediately stop military operations and immediately retreat to Beijing to maintain their strength. The countries immediately began to negotiate and discuss the matter of increasing troops to China. In addition, they could also try to contact these overseas Chinese. On the one hand, they were to test their attitudes and conditions for negotiations; on the other hand, they also delayed time and gained enough time for countries to send more troops.

The telegram was sent from Britain to other countries, and from other countries back to Britain. After more than three periods of telegram exchanges, a total of more than 100 telegram exchanges were reached. The countries finally reached an agreement, immediately stopped Beijing's Eight-Nation Alliance and immediately retreated to Beijing to guard Beijing with all their might. At the same time, the number of additional troops of various countries stopped at once, which was equivalent to the negotiation of a unified plan for the increase of troops. Germany also stated that it would send power to Qingdao to ask about the detailed situation of this battle. The British side ordered the British Consul in Shanghai to try to contact this group of overseas Chinese in private. It could also learn about the ideas of the group of overseas Chinese through the Qing people, and conduct investigations to collect all information related to overseas Chinese as much as possible.

After the countries reached an agreement, the telegram immediately flew across the ocean and spread to China, but it was too late at this time because the Eight-Nation Alliance in Beijing had been dispatched, and the front had entered Yangcun, less than 20 kilometers away from Tianjin City, and the coalition headquarters was set up in Yangcun. It took more than half a day for the last batch of troops to leave Beijing, and it was estimated that it had passed Tongzhou.

There was no wireless telegraph in this era, and all telegraphs had to rely on cable transmission. Compared with Europe's complete telegraph network, only a few big cities in China had telegraphs. Now the army is on the way, and there is no telegraph reception, so naturally there is no telegraph, so it can only be transferred manually. However, even if it is delivered by fast horses, it will take a day to pass to Yangzhuang. On the battlefield, one day is enough to change many things. Therefore, the envoys of various countries in Beijing can only hope for God's blessing, hoping that nothing will happen on this day, and the Eight-Nation Alliance will successfully withdraw to Beijing.

Just when the whole world was busy with the defeat of the German fleet, the Eight-Nation Alliance was still unaware of it and was conducting pre-war negotiations in the headquarters established in Yangzhuang.

Yangcun is a bustling commercial town from Tianjin to Beijing. There is also a stop for the train from Tianjin to Beijing. On the 6th of the 8th, the Eight-Nation Alliance fought with the Qing army in Yangcun. Yu Lu, the governor of Zhili of the Qing court, committed suicide after this battle.

The headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance is located at the railway station in Yangcun. Because the Qing army once built complete fortifications with the railway station as the core, it is now just right for the coalition.

At this time, the total strength of the Eight-Nation Alliance in Beijing was about 5,000. This time, Tianjin was captured, and 0,000 were dispatched, namely 8,500 Japanese troops, Lieutenant General Yamaguchi Sushi; 6,600 Russian troops, Lieutenant General Linevich; 000 British troops, Major General Geisri; 1,500 American troops. Colonel Shafei, 1,500 French troops, Major General Frey. The Italian, German, and Austro-Hungarian Empires did not have much troops in Beijing, and there were only more than 500 people in total, so it was irrelevant. All the 5,000 soldiers left behind in Beijing were Japanese troops.

At this time, the Eight-Nation Alliance that arrived in Yangcun had a total of 1,000 people, namely the army of the Russian, British, American and Japanese armies, of which only had more than 000 Japanese troops. However, at the subsequent military meeting, the commanders of the four countries had serious differences for the next step of military operations. The one side of the differences was Russia, and the other side was Britain, the United States and Japan.

Now the Eight-Nation Alliance does not know that the German fleet was defeated, and that the Eight-Nation Alliance can use telegrams to communicate with each other. The Eight-Nation Alliance knows that there are not many overseas Chinese troops, with an estimated number of about 1,500 people. At this time, he was recruiting soldiers in Tianjin to supplement his insufficient troops. Although Japanese Tianjin Consul Ijiyuan Yoshikichi came to Beijing and brought Fukushima Anmasa to the combat effectiveness of this group of overseas Chinese. Although this group of overseas Chinese has few troops, they are well-trained, with advanced weapons and extremely strong firepower. However, this did not attract the attention of commanders of various countries. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides is too large, and no matter how advanced weapons are, they cannot make up for the gap in numbers.

When sending troops, the commanders of various countries were full of confidence in this battle. What to consider is to win more and greater benefits for themselves after the war is over. Then the army of that country will achieve the greatest results in the war, and the greater the say after the war is over, and naturally the more spoils you will get.

However, Britain, the United States and Japan advocate a steady and steady attack, first building fortifications in Yangcun, focusing on defense, and not rushing to attack Tianjin City. It is best to wait until the German fleet defeats the overseas Chinese navy and successfully land. However, Russia advocates launching an attack on Tianjin City immediately, attacking Tianjin City as soon as possible, and recovering lost territory.

Because Britain, the United States and Japan have prepared enough backups, and Britain and Japan have formed a joint fleet. Therefore, even if the German fleet landed ashore, it has enough naval and army strength to compete with the German army. Moreover, Britain and the United States do not intend to monopolize China's interests. As long as the status quo is maintained, there is naturally no need to take risks and attack. Japan's influence is limited, so it can only be followed by the British leader. Whatever the UK does.

However, Russia knew that its troops in the Far East were limited, and although it also organized reinforcements, it was still much worse than the German and British-Japanese allied forces. In terms of the navy, Russia can only dispatch one battleship and a large armored cruiser, which is too far from the German fleet and the British-Japanese fleet.

Originally, Russia was the most isolated side in the Eight-Nation Alliance. Britain, the United States and Japan had colluded, and Germany also had two ally brothers, Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy. He also had an ally France. However, on the issue of China, France also stood on the side of Britain, the United States and Japan, and sang against it everywhere. Now Russia still has considerable weight in the Eight-Nation Alliance because the Russian army's strength is second only to Japan, so naturally it has enough say. However, when the reinforcements of various countries arrived, Russia completely lost its advantage in military strength and its voice will be even lower in the future.

In addition, after this group of overseas Chinese occupied Tianjin, they kept the consulates of other countries, but only closed the Russian consulates and expelled Russian consulates. Of course, the Russians would not review the stupid behavior of the Russian consulate, but believed that this group of overseas Chinese were intending to humiliate Russia and offend Russia's national dignity. Now Russia wants to communicate with Tianjin and pass through the French consulate, which will make Russia lose face in front of its allies.
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