The Eight-Nation Alliance stationed in Tianjin did send troops on the same day, but the goal was not to attack Dagukou, but to approach Dagukou and threaten to cross the group.

It turned out that after the crossing group captured Dagukou, although it basically wiped out the defenders of Dagukou, there were still a few fish that had missed the net. More than a dozen soldiers escaped from Dagukou and ran to Tianjin, telling the news that Dagukou was attacked by unknown troops and had already lost Dagukou to the commander stationed in Tianjin, Major General Fukushima Anmasato of Japan.

After learning this news, Fukushima Anmasato was disbelief because he was a person in charge of intelligence and was very clear about the current situation of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Eight-Nation Alliance had not had a large total force, the Qing Kingdom was even weaker at this time. The Wuyi Army, Gan Army, and Yi Army who were guarding the capital were all defeated by the Eight-Nation Alliance. The supreme rulers of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu, had fled the capital. Tianjin and Beicheng, the two most important cities in northern China, had been occupied by the Eight-Nation Alliance. Although before that, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict to order the governors and governors from all over the south to lead troops to Beijing to serve the king, the only one who responded to the court's call was Li Bingheng, and he did not bring many troops, which had no major impact on the entire situation. Therefore, the Qing Kingdom now had no resistance at all.

In addition to Li Bingheng, the governors and governors of the south of the Qingting were organized by Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, and Liu Kunyi, forming the "Southeast Mutual Protection" and reached an agreement with the great powers to remain neutral in this battle. In addition, Li Hongzhang had arrived in Shanghai in response to the imperial edict of the court and prepared to negotiate with the great powers. There is still an army in the north, which is the Beiyang New Army of Shandong Governor Yuan Shikai, but Yuan Shikai was the first to join the "Southeast Mutual Protection" and should not send troops. Moreover, if Yuan Shikai wanted to send troops to serve the king, he would have sent troops long ago, and there was no need to wait until now. Where did the Qing Dynasty still have troops to attack Dagukou?

But An Zheng of Fukushima repeatedly asked, and the soldiers who fled to Tianjin also swear that he had never lie, but the army attacked Dagukou and did not come up, but it was not like the Qing army. An Zheng of Fukushima was also unsure of the idea, so he sent people to find out the news near Dagukou. One day later, the people sent back to Tianjin and confirmed that Dagukou was indeed lost, but it was not clear what army it occupied Dagukou, because they did not dare to get too close to Dagukou. They just observed it from a distance and found that the army was very strange and completely different from the Qing army.

At this time, Fukushima Atsushima really believed that Dagukou was really lost, but another question arose. Where did this army come from? Fukushima Atsushima made several ideas. First, the pretendings of the army mentioned from Tan Ji were very strange. Is it possible that it was the Boxer Regiment? Because the Boxer Regiment's costumes were very strange, but with the combat effectiveness of the Boxer Regiment, how could it be captured Dagukou? Fukushima Atsushima would certainly not believe that the Boxer Regiment's magical power was invincible. What's more important is that the soldiers who fled back attacked this time from the sea and also shelled the coalition's fleet, but the Boxer Regiment would definitely not have a fleet.

So could it be that the governors and governors of the southern Qing Dynasty changed their minds and decided to give up the mutual protection of the southeast and send troops north to serve the king. Moreover, Anmasato Fukushima knew that the Beiyang Navy of the Qing Dynasty was anchored in Shanghai, so it was in line with the maritime attack. However, according to Anmasato Fukushima's understanding of several governors and governors of the southern Qing Dynasty, they probably did not have that great courage. As a result of such a major matter, it was impossible that Li Hongzhang would not have the participation of Li Hongzhang. Fukushima had already seen Li Hongzhang very thoroughly. He absolutely did not have the courage to go to war with the Eight-Nation Alliance. So where did this army come from?

Although it was hard to figure out, it was confirmed that Dagukou had lost its legacy. Of course, Anmasa Fukushima did not dare to conceal the news, and immediately generated power to Beijing and informed the senior management of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Then Anmasa Fukushima also considered how to generate power from Shanghai, asking Li Hongzhang's attitude and whether the Beiyang Navy had left Shanghai. Although various evidences showed that the enemy attacking Dagukou was not the Qing army, it was still necessary to formally confirm it.

At this moment, Beijing called back and asked Fukushima Anmasa if he sent the wrong message.

It turned out that after receiving the telegram from Fukushima Anmasa, the commanders of various countries did not believe that Dagukou would fall. Yizhi thought that it was a wrong telegram from Tianjin. Although the Japanese commander Lieutenant General Yamaguchi knew that Fukushima Anmasa was cautious and thoughtfully, he would never send messages randomly, but he did not think that the news was true, but he thought that something happened. Maybe it was a telegram from someone to wig, so he did not object to the call to question. After all, if someone wig telegram, it was also Fukushima's responsibility.

After receiving a call from Beijing, Fukushima Anzheng was also a little amused and crying, but he could understand the thoughts of commanders from various countries. Didn’t he believe it when he first received this news? So Fukushima Anzheng sent another long message to Beijing, telling the loss of Dagukou to report that Dagukou was lost. He sent someone to Dagukou to investigate and confirm that Dagukou was occupied by an unknown army. He would also generate electricity from Shanghai, asking whether this matter was related to the Qing Dynasty, etc., but Dagukou’s loss is indeed a fact, so please prepare for it.

After returning to Beijing's telegram, Fukushima Anmasa immediately sent a telegram to the intelligence personnel under Japanese stationed in Shanghai, asking them to immediately find out whether Li Hongzhang's tone was interested in making peace with the Eight-Nation Alliance, and at the same time found out whether the Beiyang Navy had left Shanghai. At this time, Shanghai had become the most developed city in China's foreign exchanges. Although this exchange may not be beneficial to China, it objectively promoted Shanghai's modern development.

Although only Britain, France and the United States had formal concessions in Shanghai at this time, almost all major countries in the world had their own consulates in Shanghai. Japan set up consulates in Shanghai very early. In the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870), the Japanese began to establish Japanese mansions in Shanghai (Shanghai De Zhang Suo in Shanghai), which is the prototype of the famous Hongkou Dojo in some later film and television works. In the same year, the Shanghai Public Concession authorities began to build roads across the border in Hongkou District, informally included the Hongkou area in the jurisdiction of the public concession. In the 12th year of Tongzhi (187), Japan changed the Japanese mansion to the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, located at the No. Minhang Road, Hongkou.

In the 25th year of the Guangxu period (1898), the former British and American public concessions were renamed Shanghai International Public Concessions, and Japan and other countries began to participate in the management of the concessions. The following year, the public concessions were divided into four districts, north, east, middle and west, and Japanese expatriates had an advantageous position in the North and East districts. In the same year, the Japanese organized the Japanese team of the Shanghai Boxer Regiment in Hongkou, and as a self-defense organization, they became Japan's informal concessions.

Since the day the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai was established, it has been actively engaged in espionage activities and becoming the base camp of Japanese spies in China. The spies sent to China were first trained in Shanghai to be familiar with China's life, language, habits, and obtained legal body skills. It was not until the Russo-Japanese War that Japan obtained the right to station troops in Northeast China that the focus of espionage activities gradually shifted to the Northeast.

Two days later, Fukushima Anmasa received a reply from the Shanghai Consulate. Li Hongzhang was waiting for the appointment of Qingting in Shanghai because Li Hongzhang knew very well that the situation had reached its current level and could only negotiate with the coalition forces to protect Daling. But this negotiation would definitely be slaughtered, and the land cemetery was inevitable, and the compensation was definitely more than the [Treaty of Shimonoseki] after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 five years ago.

Although Li Hongzhang was labeled as a traitor after signing the [Treaty of Shimonoseki], without the authorization of the Qing court, Li Hongzhang could not sell an inch of land at all. Therefore, if he wanted to negotiate with the Eight-Nation Alliance, he had to get the full authority of the Qing court. Otherwise, even if Li Hongzhang came to Beijing, he would not be able to talk about it. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang went to Japan to negotiate, which was the full authority of the Qing court.

Now Li Hongzhang is waiting for the imperial court. However, now Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu both fled from Beijing, and their whereabouts are unknown. Of course, they cannot appoint Li Hongzhang. At this time, Li Hongzhang could only wait in panic.

The Beiyang Navy's fleet was still anchored in Shanghai at this time. Japanese intelligence personnel saw several of the Beiyang Navy's main warships on the beach. The ships were deserted and there was no such thing as going to sea.

After receiving these news, Fukushima Anmasaki was completely sure that the army attacking Dagukou had nothing to do with Li Hongzhang, nor with the Beiyang Navy. Fukushima Anmasaki really felt that he had nowhere to focus. Did this army fall from the world?

At this moment, Beijing called Fukushima Anzheng again, ordering Fukushima Anzheng to march towards Dagukou.

It turned out that after receiving the telegram from Fukushima Anmasa, the commanders of the Eight-Nation Alliance really believed that Dagukou was indeed lost. Naturally, they did not dare to be careless and immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

However, the commanders of the Eight-Nation Alliance and Anmasato Fukushima had different ideas, because they knew China far less than Anmasato Fukushima. In addition, they always despised the Chinese government and the Chinese team, and thought it was simpler. By this time, the commanders of the Eight-Nation Alliance had not realized that a huge crisis was coming. Therefore, they believed that the loss of Dagukou was just an accident. It might be that a Qing army or the Boxer Regiment counterattacked Dagukou together and caught the defenders by surprise. As long as the main force of the Eight-Nation Alliance returned, they could immediately recover Dagukou.
Chapter completed!