However, to get first-hand news, naturally, they must be on the front line. Therefore, Jiang Huanwu immediately organized a press team and followed Qin Zheng and his party to Beijing for interviews. The members of the press team were still the six people negotiated in Shanghai. The team leaders were Lin Mu, text reporter Wen Xiaohua, He Wenjing, photography assistant Yang Zhi, two foreigners, Mexican-American Davidot, and French female reporter Chanistine.

As the volume of [New China News] continues to grow, the impact has increased greatly, and the achievements are quite outstanding, the status of the entire newspaper has also risen sharply, and the reporter group is naturally full of confidence. They do not look cautious when they negotiate in Shanghai, and they all look like some media people.

Because they were two foreigners in the press group, they had never been to China in the old time and space, and when they traveled through time, it was China's development and their international influence was growing, so they were full of yearning for this ancient Eastern country. If they did not travel through time, they would also plan their trip to China. After traveling through time and space, they would not only come to China, but also to Beijing, China, and can also enter the imperial palace of China. In the old time and space, this was the four ancient palaces in the world, along with the Palace of Versailles in France, the Buckingham Palace in the United Kingdom, and the Kremlin in Russia, and it is recognized that China's Forbidden City is one of the four ancient palaces, which is naturally extremely excited.

Since working in a newspaper, several foreigners have quickly entered the work state. In the old time and space, they were all active everywhere and had no place to live. They were much more adaptable to the living environment than ordinary people. Now they have a job again, so they quickly adapted to the life of this era. In this era, life is actually very good, the air is fresher, the sky is bluer, and the water is clearer. There are no towering buildings with cities, no flat avenues with all connections, no dazzling neon lights, and no advertising for paved floors. Everything is still the original natural and simple. Of course, there is no electricity or the Internet, but for these reporters who are engaged in free media in the old time and space, this is not unacceptable.

Before coming to the palace, the two foreigners were most excited. Although they had not entered the palace, they could imagine how grand and gorgeous the palace would be from the tall and majestic and magnificent momentum. It was exciting to think about it. Therefore, the two of them immediately took out their cameras and took photos of the palace.

Lin Mu hurriedly greeted the two of them and followed the large army into the palace, not to act privately. When other time travelers saw them, they took out their mobile phones, tablets, and cameras to take photos.

Qin Zheng greeted everyone and said, "Don't be busy taking photos first. Now the entire Beijing city belongs to us. There are still opportunities in the future. Let's talk about it first."

After hearing this, everyone put away all kinds of electronic equipment. The large army passed by and came to the palace. Zhu Yaping immediately arranged personnel to invite the travelers and entourage to rest in the room, and the army temporarily stopped in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Qin Zheng immediately recruited major personnel to hold a meeting to discuss Beijing's affairs and subsequent plans.

Zhu Yaping first reported the results of the Beijing battle to Qin Zheng. According to the continuous statistics last night, this battle killed 6,573 people from the Eight-Nation Alliance and captured 3,721 people, including 8 general-level officers and 47 school-level officers. After the prisoners' defense, the captives included British commander Lieutenant General Alfred Geisley, French commander Major General Frey, Italian commander Colonel Winchezo Galioni. The main generals of the Eight-Nation Alliance were Austro-Hungarian Commander Major General Johannes von Tehapp, Japanese commander Lieutenant General Sushen Yamaguchi, and Russian commander Lieutenant General Alekseev. The Eight-Nation Alliance fled from Beijing had about 3 ooo people. 674o rifles, 21 machine guns, 16 guns, and more than 56,000 bullets were seized.

In addition, 612 war horses were seized. It turned out that the Eight-Nation Alliance was mainly infantry, with only one cavalry in the Russian army, with about 60 people. In the battle ahead, the cavalry did not participate in the battle, so they were basically intact. The People's Army captured Beijing, and the Russian army had no time to dispatch cavalry, so all the war horses became the trophy of the People's Army. The quality of this group of war horses was good, basically three hippos, and there were a small number of Hedon horses and Mongolian horses. With this group of war horses, the People's Army could almost organize two cavalry battalions.

In addition to war horses, there are more than 7 animals such as donkeys and mules, more than 5 vehicles and about 165,000 kilograms of grain. However, various other materials are treasures looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and there are too many property, so there is no time to count them.

In the People's Army, 476 soldiers died in this battle, and another 632 were injured, of which about 150 were injured, and the entire battle was reduced by about 600. The crossings also killed 11, including 8 special forces, and the other three were company-level officers of the People's Army.

Judging from the results of the battle, whether it is the number of people killed, the number of captured people, and the materials seized, this battle of course achieved a very brilliant result. Moreover, this battle completely broke through the Eight-Nation Alliance. Although more than 3 ooo of the Eight-Nation Alliance fled from Beijing, the Eight-Nation Alliance, as a whole, no longer exists. At the same time, the People's Army occupied Beijing, so the Crossing Group completely controlled the situation in northern China. However, the current form is still not optimistic. The reason is that the Russian army that invaded the Northeast will go south, and before defeating the Russian army, the Crossing Group will no longer be able to take the initiative in negotiations with various countries.

In addition, due to the war, the order in Beijing was briefly chaotic, causing 5 churches to be affected, 2 churches, more than 2 houses were burned down, and more than 3 residents died. Therefore, after the People's Army completely controlled Beijing, it immediately began to rectify the order in Beijing, killing 57 people in the street, including 15 scattered Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers; arresting 113 people and 22 scattered Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers, and finally successfully shocked the people in Beijing who were trying to make trouble in the chaos and fishing in the water.

In the end, Zhu Yaping also reported to Qin Zheng that Li Zhuangyong had disobeyed military discipline, killed surrendered soldiers, and caused the death of seven People's Army soldiers. The regiment headquarters of the first regiment made a decision on Li Zhuangyong's punishment, revoked Li Zhuangyong's position as squad leader and demoted him to an ordinary soldier. He had a serious demerit and made a profound review. In addition, the platoon where Li Zhuangyong was located, all the company conducted a review.

Originally, there was no need to report Li Zhuangyong's violation of discipline to Qin Zheng, but Li Zhuangyong was a soldier of the first battalion, and the relationship between Luo Yue and Qin Zheng, the battalion commander of the first battalion, is not a secret. Although this punishment did not involve Luo Yue, it was only at the first level of the company, it would be better to say it.

Qin Zheng didn't say anything after hearing this. After all, the consequences of Li Zhuangyong's violation of discipline were too serious, causing the death of seven soldiers, and it was not an exaggeration to directly shoot him. Therefore, the punishment for him was definitely not excessive, and it did not implicate Luo Yue. In fact, Luo Yue is now the battalion commander, and he has hundreds of people under his command. It is impossible for him to be responsible for the negligence of an ordinary squad leader.

After listening to the report on the results of the battle, Qin Zheng first praised the performance of the First Regiment, Second Regiment, and Fifth Regiment. After all, this was a great victory. Then he decided to arrange and arrange the current military personnel. Because there are now five regiments in Beijing, with a total force of about 12,000. In addition, the accompanying administrative personnel can reach more than 13,000. Naturally, so many people cannot live in the palace. It is not that the palace cannot be occupied, but that all the personnel live in the palace, which also has many inconveniences. Moreover, there are many treasures and a large number of palace maids in the palace. After all, the People's Army has not been established for a long time. Faced with these temptations, it is inevitable that people will not be able to control it. Moreover, distributing the army and personnel is also conducive to controlling the city of Beijing.

Of course, the People's Army will not all withdraw from the palace. The People's Army You Zong Niu is located in the palace. This can show the time travelers' contempt for the Qing imperial power, and can undermine the local soldiers of the People's Army's awe of the imperial power. In addition, it also puts pressure on the Qing court. The time travelers are quite dissatisfied with the Qing court's proposal to sign a treaty for cede land and pay compensation with various countries during the negotiations in Shanghai, so they also take this opportunity to demonstrate to the Qing court. After all, in this era, the imperial power still has great power, and as a symbol of the imperial power, the palace also has extraordinary significance.

The People's Army occupied the palace and set up a command center in the palace. If the Qing court learned about it, it would definitely be frightened, because the time travelers were different from the Eight-Nation Alliance. They regarded themselves as descendants of China. Therefore, the Qing court would naturally think about whether overseas Chinese would plan to establish a dynasty and a pedestal hall in Beijing? This would force the Qing court to accept the conditions of the time travelers.

Qin Zheng decided to divide the palace into two parts, with Baohe Hall as the boundary, and the front part was the command center of the People's Army, including the three main halls of the palace, with the Supreme Hall as the command center and the Zhonghe Hall as the conference room. Qin Zheng's office was located in Hongyi Pavilion on the left of the Supreme Hall, and it was also the military office area; and the Civil Affairs Office area was located in Tiren Pavilion on the right. The rest were used as dormitories, and a regiment stationed in the palace.

The parts after Baohe Palace were handed over to the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace to manage. The People's Army only regularly dispatched troops to patrol and on duty, and no one was allowed to enter at will without the orders of the military headquarters.

The Second and Fifth Regiments were stationed at the Temple of Heaven and the Xiantan respectively, both of which were located in the outer city of Beijing. The Sixth Regiment was responsible for guarding the thirteen external city gates in Beijing, with two rows of each city gate; while the Ninth Regiment was stationed at three inner city gates and assisting the Ministry of Civil Affairs to maintain order in Beijing. The managers of the travelers lived in the Sheji Temple and the Taimiao outside the Meridian Gate, while the local managers lived in the Six Ministry’s yamen in the southeast corner outside the palace.
Chapter completed!