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/kloc-On the evening of June, 0/3, Seymour led the invading army to Langfang Military Station. Early the next morning, the Boxer Rebellion attacked the station and killed many intruders. A few days later, the boxer stormed the invading army in Langfang, killing dozens of people. The invading army was forced to retreat to Yangcun Station and was attacked by the Boxer Rebellion, killing and injuring dozens of people. The invading army fled to Tianjin along the canal. Later, Seymour recalled this incident and said, "If the Boxers used western-style guns, the allied forces they led would be wiped out."
In order to control the passage from Dagu to Tianjin, in mid-June, the naval commanders of various countries gathered on Russian warships issued an ultimatum to Luo Rongguang, the garrison commander of the Qing army in Dagu, threatening the defenders of China to hand over the battery. Luo Rongguang sternly refused. The invading army attacked Dagu Fort. Luo Rongguang led his heroic resistance, wiped out more than 0/000 enemy troops and sank and injured 6 enemy ships. After several hours of fierce fighting, Dagubao fell.
After the invaders captured Dagu Fort, they attacked Tianjin on a large scale. The boxer lashed out at the enemy. In the battle, Nie Shicheng, the general of the Qing army guarding Tianjin, was killed. Tianjin soon fell. The invading army set up the Dutong yamen and colonized Tianjin.
The Boxer Rebellion and some Qing troops fought fiercely with more than 2,000 Russian troops at Laolongtou Station, killing more than 500 people. Beiyang Machinery Bureau, located in the east of Zizhulin, is the largest arsenal of the Qing government in North China. In late June, the invading army dispatched more than 2,800 people to surround the Beiyang Machinery Bureau, and the Boxer Rebellion and the Qing army repeatedly repelled the enemy's attacks.
In Beijing, German Minister Cleander shot and killed the Boxer Rebellion at will. Angry Boxers launched a fierce attack on foreign embassies in Dongjiaominxiang, burning the embassies of Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy. The Boxer Rebellion, which attacked Sishiku Church, also fought fiercely with the invading army.
Although the Qing government was forced to declare war on foreign countries, it had no real determination to resist. Empress Dowager Cixi quickly ordered to stop attacking the embassy, and then sent people to send rice, vegetables, fruits and other items to the embassy.
In August, the allied forces captured Beijing, and countries occupied it by region. Empress Dowager Cixi led Emperor Guangxu to xi 'an. In Beijing, the invading army openly plundered, slaughtered innocent people, raped women and committed appalling crimes. The commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces, German Vadexi, set the headquarters of the Allied Forces in the Forbidden City and ruled Beijing.
Beijing "on the day of breaking the city, foreign soldiers will not kill one person." The invading army carried out public robbery, and a large number of precious cultural relics and ancient books were looted. The 3 million taels of silver in the inventory of the household department were taken away by the Japanese army, and Qin's bronze astronomical instruments were carved up by Germany and France. "All the palaces in the Forbidden City are occupied by Koubing from different countries, such as Sanhai, Wanshou Mountain and Summer Palace ... the treasures in the palaces are tied up by the Japanese." In this catastrophe, more than 40,000 copies of Yongle Dadian in Ming Dynasty and various rare books were lost. In the name of searching for the Boxer Rebels, the invading army "kicked doors from door to door in every street in groups of three or five, carrying guns and holding swords." Bedroom secret room, rummaging everywhere, searching everywhere. What money, clocks, soft and valuable things have been looted, which is called disturbing the city. You will be killed if you get in the way. "