"Squad leader, escort the imperial envoy to Beijing. Are we going to be recruited?"

"I'm so helpless, what an imperial envoy, we won't miss them. The court is a ball. When we meet foreigners, we're like mice or cats. We bully the common people better than the other. But this kind of virtue still wants to attract us."

"If we don't recruit you, what will we do when we welcome the imperial envoy to Beijing?"

"Don't you remember the instructor's talk about it in the political class? Our main contradiction at present is the contradiction between all Chinese and foreign invaders. This is called the conflict between us and our enemy. Therefore, we should unite all Chinese people who can unite and deal with foreign invaders. The court is also the object of our unity, otherwise we will ignore them!"

As the soldiers were talking, Li Zhuangyong interrupted, "No one in the court is a good person, and he is a good person with foreign devils. He hopes to unite them against foreigners. Sooner or later, he will stab us in the back. According to me, the imperial envoy should kill them all."

A soldier said: "Li Zhuangyong, why are you full of fighting and killing? Don't you remember the political lesson that the instructor gave us? What is the main contradiction and what is the secondary contradiction? We have a conflict between the foreign invaders, and we have a class contradiction with the court. At present, of course, the conflict between the enemy and us is the main contradiction. I think the instructor's explanation makes sense."

Li Zhuangyong glared at him and said, "What do you know? None of the people in the court are good birds! They called brother in front of each other and stabbed the knife in the back. When we were in a group, they advocated helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying foreign countries? At that time, the court was so polite to us, saying that we were righteous people, but what was the result? As soon as the court turned against us, it pointed us as rebellious. Many of our brothers died at the hands of the court."

Another soldier said, "Li Zhuangyong, just take it down. Why do you mention the Boxer Rebellion? The court is not authentic, but your Boxer Rebellion has never done anything good. He said that he helped the Qing Dynasty and destroyed foreign countries. Who did he help? He destroyed a few foreigners, and he was bullying his own people. What's the difference with the court?"

Li Zhuangyong couldn't help but be furious and said, "What did you say?"

The soldier was not willing to be outdone and said, "What? Are I wrong? How did the instructor teach us? The Boxer Rebellion represents backward productivity. Although he has patriotic enthusiasm, the method used is backward and stupid, blindly exclusion..."

At this time, the squad leader Jiang Haidong also found something wrong and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, everyone should say less, just obey the orders, we should do whatever we ask, and ask so much. Let's go and prepare, it will be released tomorrow!"

After hearing Jiang Haidong's words, everyone stopped the argument and dispersed to prepare their own things. Jiang Haidong called Li Zhuangyong again and said, "Brother Li, I know you have always been obsessed with the Boxer Rebellion before, but the chiefs didn't like the Boxer Rebellion very much, so it's better to mention the Boxer Rebellion less. I heard that after this battle, our battalion made considerable contributions. Battalion Commander Luo planned to let you be the squad leader again. At this critical moment, don't make mistakes again."

Li Zhuangyong was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded, saying, "Brother Jiang, don't worry, I won't cause trouble for you."

After hearing this, Jiang Haidong felt a little relieved and said, "Okay, I'll feel relieved. Get packed up quickly and we'll leave tomorrow."

After Jiang Haidong left, Huang Huaping came over and said, "Brother Li, are you going to be the squad leader again?"

The expression on Li Zhuangyong's face changed a few times, and he finally shook his head and said, "No, I will not be the squad leader again."

Huang Huaping was stunned for a moment and said, "What? Don't be the squad leader? Why is this?"

Li Zhuangyong said: "I was originally a Boxer Rebellion. I joined the People's Army just to fight against foreign devils. However, although the People's Army also fought with foreign devils, it did not mean to kill all foreign devils. Not only did I not kill the captured foreign devils, but also had to negotiate with foreign devils. Therefore, I cannot avenge myself when I stayed in the People's Army."

Huang Huaping said: "Didn't the instructor say that those are all prisoners. We can kill foreign devils on the battlefield at will, but we must not hurt them for no reason. And Brother Li, have you killed a lot of foreign devils on the battlefield? And we negotiated with foreign devils to win peace and accumulate our strength. The ultimate goal is to drive all the invaders out of China."

Li Zhuangyong said: "There is no good thing for the foreign devils, they should all die. Only by killing all the foreign devils can you be considered revenge. Have you forgotten all the bad things that foreign devils I told you have done in China?"

Huang Huaping hurriedly shook his head and said, "No... I haven't forgotten."

It turns out that since Li Zhuangyong saved Huang Huaping on the battlefield in Shanhaiguan, Huang Huaping has always been very grateful to Li Zhuangyong and completely regard him as his life-saving benefactor. Li Zhuangyong also has the intention to attract Huang Huaping, so he usually tells Huang Huaping some stories about his previous Boxer Rebellion. Of course, he will not say "invincible magical powers", but will beat churches, kill foreign priests, etc., and of course he also talked about many evil deeds of foreigners, some of which were sincere.

For example, churches shelter criminals and oppress Chinese people, but most of them make up random things, such as: searching countless human hearts, livers, and lungs from a certain church; searching peeled human skin, eyes, and babies cut from pregnant women's belly in a certain foreigner's residence; in foreigners' hospitals, human bones eaten up by foreigners, etc., which made Huang Huaping feel creepy. However, because of his gratitude to Li Zhuangyong, he believed it without doubt.

Li Zhuangyong said: "Anyway, I don't want to stay in the People's Army anymore. Since the People's Army does not want to kill foreigners, I will kill myself. So I plan to leave the People's Army and bring in another group of old brothers who have gone past the Boxer Rebellion. We will do it ourselves and specifically kill foreigners." After a pause, he said: "If I leave the People's Army, will you go with me?"

Huang Huaping was stunned for a while before saying, "Brother Li, you saved my life, so whatever you say is, I will listen to you."

Li Zhuangyong nodded, patted Huang Huaping on the shoulder, and said, "Good brother, I did not see you wrong."

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The next morning, the group left Zhuozhou and headed towards Beijing.

When they saw the long string of American prisoners being escorted by the People's Army, the two imperial ministers and the Qing army who were traveling with them felt great shock. Although they had heard of the achievements of overseas Chinese in Xi'an, they were all heard of them and did not have a substantial understanding of them. They always felt that they were a bit exaggerated. But when they saw nearly a thousand foreigners bow their heads and move down their heads and begging the bayonets of the People's Army soldiers, they had never seen the battle of the People's Army, but at this time they couldn't help but feel awe of the People's Army.

Since the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty has always won fewer victories and more defeats. In the limited number of victories, it is also impossible to win without any force. It is a great thing to be able to kill one or two hundred foreign soldiers on the battlefield. It is unique to capture so many foreign soldiers at one time. Although Prince Zhuang and Zhao Shuqiao have never led soldiers, they still understand basic common sense. It is much more difficult to capture prisoners on the battlefield than killing the enemy. Therefore, this time, the overseas Chinese were able to capture so many foreign soldiers. It is also possible to imagine how many foreign soldiers they killed in this battle.

It would be fine if all overseas Chinese fought this battle, but Prince Zhuang and Zhao Shuqiao knew that the overseas Chinese army was basically recruited by the Qing people, and the Qing army was also composed of the Qing people. Whether it was the Hunan Army or the Huai Army, it was okay to suppress the domestic rebellion, but they were afraid of the enemy, but they didn’t know what good strategies for overseas Chinese to train troops?

Because the overseas Chinese actually sent only more than 10 people to escort these prisoners, and did not tie them up. This is not too bold. Even if you are not afraid of the prisoners being difficult on the way, aren't you afraid of them taking the opportunity to escape? However, after walking a while, Prince Zhuang and Zhao Shuqiao were a little relieved, because these prisoners were very honest and did not look like they were about to run away. Several soldiers who were convenient to the way were honest and returned to the team after finishing their work. The two of them were not only secretly amazed, but overseas Chinese really had a good time.

In fact, it is said that it is the US military. In fact, the grassroots soldiers are all Filipinos. Americans are only serving as officers at all levels. Of course, there are also a small number of real American soldiers. However, on the one hand, they lose on the battlefield, and what qualifications are there for the defeated generals to put them on the verge of the enemy. On the other hand, they are in a foreign country and have no language and unarmed language. Even if they escape, they can escape there. Moreover, they have been informed that overseas Chinese are preparing to negotiate with the United States. Once the negotiations between the two sides are successful, they are expected to be released and returned to China. In this case, they are naturally unwilling to escape. Because they are real American officials, soldiers, even if the United States does not care about the Filipino baboons, they will not ignore them. Therefore, the officers, the chief general of the US military, are rarely restrained, and require soldiers to obey the orders of overseas Chinese and not to disobey them.

Although when he first surrendered, the People's Army shot more than 40 soldiers, including Americans and Filipinos, Major General Chafe knew very well what these people had done during this period. In short, this was definitely not something that people could do. Major General Chafe asked himself that if it were him, he would have killed these scumbags. The People's Army only killed more than 40 people, which was considered very kind.

The closer you get to Beijing, the more people there are. When chickens and dogs hear each other, smoke from cooking fires comes out from the villages, farmers work in the fields, and some villages and towns have opened small markets in all directions. This is a very sharp contrast with the desolate and dilapidated scene of the Qing army on the way to Beijing, and it also makes Prince Zhuang and Zhao Shuqiao sigh.

The team rested for a day on the way, arrived at Beijing City the next afternoon, and entered the city at Zuo'anmen. Although there were soldiers in front of the city gate to check the vehicles of people entering and leaving the city, there were still a large number of people coming and going, and long queues were lined up to wait for inspection, which also showed that the order in Beijing had basically returned to normal.
Chapter completed!