The number of invading troops in various countries is: 8,000 Japanese troops, with Chen Su Yamaguchi as the commander-in-chief, 4,800 Russian troops, General Linevich as the commander-in-chief, 3,000 British troops, and Gary as the commander-in-chief. Most of his troops were recruited from Indian colonies, including 2 100 American troops. The commander-in-chief was Shafei, who was the Philippine governor and lieutenant general in the American colonies, and there were 800 French troops, mostly Vietnamese colonial troops. The total is more than 19 thousand
The invading army invaded the North Canal, and thirteen thousand people from Japan, Britain and America marched along the west bank of the river. More than 6000 people from Russia, France and other countries marched along the east bank of the river.
On July 13, the day before the fall of Tianjin, Song Qing, Ma Yukun and Yulu, the governor of Zhili, led three troops with more than 10,000 people, not defending Tianjin and retreating to Beicang. These defeated generals didn't get the order of the Qing government to retreat, and they didn't dare to retreat again. They wanted to cheat the Qing government about how fierce the foreign soldiers were and why the Boxers didn't fight, which led to the fall of Tianjin. The Qing government also knew that Empress Dowager Cixi had no intention of resisting Japan, so it did not delve into it. Dismissal and retention? Let them continue to deploy between Beijing and Tianjin. There was no danger in Beicang, and the defenders dug a deep ditch for more than ten miles, drawing water from the river as a shield.
Thirteen thousand Japanese, British and American invaders arrived at Hongqiao in Beiguan and saw the fortifications of the Qing army in Beicang, that is, they were deployed in the armory and prepared to attack Beicang. In the early morning of August 5, the Allies took advantage of the light rain and secretly detoured west and south in the darkness before dawn. After the fighting started, Nie Shicheng and other remnants of the Qing army guarding Han Jiashu fought fiercely with the attacking enemy, killing and injuring hundreds of allied troops. Han Jiashu was captured, the enemy soldiers continued to attack, and the Qing army was defeated. On August 6, the Qing army retreated to Yangcun along the canal.
On the 7th, the allied forces chased Yangcun, and the Qing army was defeated and dispersed, but it was not arranged. The enemy attacked from several directions and fled after a confrontation. Song Qing and Ma Yukun did not dare to look back, but went straight to Tongzhou. Yulu fled to Cai Village, north of Yang Village, leaving only a few followers. At this time, gunshots came from all directions. Yulu entered a room in a panic. When he looked up, he saw many big coffins lined up side by side in the room. He was very surprised. He knew that the end was coming and sighed. I'm exhausted and failed my country! ? Raise your hand and shoot yourself. In this battle, more than 3000 people in the Qing army were killed by allied forces.
Yulu died, Song Qing and Ma Yukun's beaten army swarmed in, followed by Eight-Nation Alliance. The ruling clique of the Qing Dynasty headed by Cixi was frightened to disgrace, and repeated its old tricks in 1860, ready to escape. At this moment, Wei Wu's vice minister of military affairs, Li Bingheng, led his troops out of Beijing, rushed to the front enemy and resisted Eight-Nation Alliance again.
Li Bingheng was the governor of Shandong Province. 1897, a large-scale attack killed a German missionary in Juye, Cao Zhou? Juye teaching plan? . In the same year 1 1 month 14, Germany took the opportunity to send troops to occupy JIAOZHOU, thus seizing various interests of Shandong. The German government put pressure on the Prime Minister's yamen, forcing the Qing government to punish Li Bingheng. The Qing government had to dismiss Li Bingheng and allow him to inspect the Yangtze River Navy. After he took office, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China on a large scale, and a large number of warships entered the Yangtze River. He ordered the Yangtze River Navy to fire and bombard the enemy ships immediately, but his order was not carried out because of the opposition of Liu Kunyi, governor of the two rivers in the Yangtze River basin, and Zhang Zhidong, governor of Huguang. 1June, 900, the allied forces invaded Beijing and Tianjin, and Li Bingheng fought Eight-Nation Alliance many times. After the allied forces captured Dagukou, the Qing government ordered the provinces to send troops to defend the capital. The governor of Jiangsu recommended going to Beijing to guard against the enemy, saying? Gongzhong Puzhi? Is it bloody? Have the ambition to serve the country. ? Li Bingheng should be summoned to Beijing as soon as possible to guard against the enemy. After he arrived in Beijing, he strongly expressed his determination to resist the enemy to the Empress Dowager Cixi and stopped the peace talks.
On July 26th, Empress Dowager Cixi appointed Li Bingheng as Deputy Minister of Affairs, and put him in charge of Chen, Zhang Chunfa, Xia and Wan Benhua transferred from Liangjiang, Huguang and Lushan to their former enemies to stop the enemies who committed crimes in Beijing. On August 6th, Li Bingheng set out from Beijing. When he left, he vowed: I would rather die for my country than withdraw! ?
At noon on August 7, Li Bingheng walked near the pier and met Shandong? King Qin? When Xia Jun learned that Beicang had been lost, he immediately consulted with Xia, the company commander, and planned to transfer troops to meet the enemy's Hexi affairs. The next day, he led the troops to Hexi affairs, and reached the sheepfold 80 miles away from Hexi affairs. When he met more than 200 allied reconnaissance troops, he began to fight and beat the enemy away. On August 9, he arrived in Hexi affairs and was about to deploy the whole army. Ma Yukun just retreated here. He told Li Bingheng: The enemy is strong, numerous and unstoppable. ? Li Bingheng advised him: Military law can advance without retreat. Today, the number of troops is one, and there are still 30,000 to 40,000. The current line is blocked! ? Ma Yukun didn't listen to dissuasion and hurried to Nanyuan.
Soon, Zhang Chunfa and Wan Benhua retired to Hexi affairs after Ma Yukun. Li Bingheng organized these three forces to stop the allied forces. The allied forces then pursued Hexi affairs, that is, a war broke out. Xia's army fought bravely and repelled many attacks from morning till night. Zhang Chunfa and Wan Benhua are defeated. When the bullets were finished, the allies immediately turned around and fled. Only a few Qing troops, such as Xia, were left, so naturally they could not resist and retreated to the dock. At this time, Chen's army arrived, so he set up his position on the dock. However, at this time, a large number of Qing troops defeated by the Coalition forces retreated like a flood. The position of the dock will be washed away, which will directly affect the re-war. So he abandoned the dock and retreated to Zhangjiawan. At this time, Chen, the fourth army under his jurisdiction, left without saying goodbye, fled and robbed, and went to Jining to auction the stolen clothes. The other three armies also fled to Shandong and Shanxi respectively.
When Li Bingheng retreated to Zhangjiawan in Tongzhou, he found that there were no soldiers around except a few followers. He sighed bitterly, dismissed his entourage, wrote a suicide note and swallowed the poison.
After Li Bingheng's death, Zhangjiawan fell. On August 12, Tongzhou fell again. On August 13, allied troops arrived at the gates of Beijing.