After Chen Ling finished his dinner, he was on his way back to the Old Summer Palace. He looked at the bustling capital and was very pleased.
Some time ago, the capital gave him the feeling that it was a tomb of the living dead.
Most of the commoners were like machines, without much vitality.
Other than the descendants of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty, who were walking their dogs and playing with birds, the other commoners were like NPCs in the game, as if they were the background.
But now, on the streets, smiles appeared on the faces of the commoners.
The robots seemed to have come alive.
Unfortunately, the current situation did not meet Chen Ling's requirements.
However, Chen Ling was not in a hurry. He knew that Rome was not built in a day.
The 200 years of enslavement education in the Qing Dynasty and the eight-part essay's mental imprisonment were not something that could be changed in just a few days.
They were happy now because they were happy for their people.
The pride that was imprinted in the bones of the Chinese people would not be erased just because of a dynasty's backwardness or a few defeats in the war.
What Chen Ling needed to do now was to awaken this pride and turn it into the driving force for the development of the Chinese Empire, pushing the Chinese nation to stand at the top of the world again.
After returning to Yuanmingyuan, Chen Ling wandered around for a while before going to bed.
It couldn't be helped. There was indeed a lack of entertainment activities in this era.
……
While Chen Ling was sleeping, the whole country was in an uproar.
The news from Beijing made the people of the country a little confused.
The allied army formed by the western powers was actually wiped out?
According to the news from the newspapers in the capital, the 50,000-strong alliance army formed by the western powers was completely wiped out without even hurting a single hair of the Chinese Empire.
Although it wasn't a direct battle, it was an ambush.
Even if the news of the Chinese Empire suffering heavy losses came from the Governor's Office, the people did not care.
Regardless of whether it was an ambush or whether they suffered heavy losses, it was a fact that they had destroyed the western powers 'armies.
As long as they could destroy the armies of the western powers, the heavy losses were nothing.
Even if there were many casualties, this war represented the fact that the western powers were not invincible.
It was like opening a hole in an indestructible city wall.
In the past, people did not believe that the city wall could be broken, but now they realized that it was not that the city wall could not be broken, but that they did not put enough pressure on the city wall.
Therefore, after this news spread throughout the country, many knowledgeable people and hot-blooded youths clamored to go to the capital to seek refuge with Chen Ling.
"Chen Ling is indeed a character." Li Hongzhang.
"Magnificent!" Zhang Zhidong.
"Good, good kill." Liu Kunyi.
The governors of the provinces were also very excited when they heard the news.
It didn't matter if they were trying to conquer the land or if they had selfish motives.
However, they were still very happy when they heard that Chen Ling had wiped out the armies of the foreign powers.
Even though they knew that Chen Ling's army had suffered heavy casualties, no one attacked Chen Ling at this time. Although they had shortcomings, they did not want their descendants to poke their backs.
When Chen Ling was fighting against the western powers, it was fine if they did not help.
They didn't want to be Qin Hui.
These border officials did not have any ideas, but Fengtian and JiLin were a little restless.
After all, there were many Manchu people in Fengtian and JiLin, so after they received the news, they still had some ideas.
However, no one dared to do anything practical.
The Manchu people of this era had long lost their bloodlust.
The Eight Banners disciples walked their dogs and played with birds every day. Other than squandering, forget it if they wanted them to fight.
……
On the other side, when the news reached the western countries, their first reaction was disbelief.
What?
The alliance army that we sent to divide the Far East was wiped out?
Today wasn't April Fool's Day, so stop joking.
We can do whatever we want in the Far East.
However, half a day had passed and there was no news from the alliance army.
They couldn't get in touch with each other, which made the various countries feel a little regretful. Could it be that the alliance army had taken the wrong route and lost their way on the sea?
A day later, after the various countries inquired about the movements of the alliance army, they knew that something had happened.
After the last resupply in Taiwan, the allied forces headed to Tianjin Port.
But now, there was no news at all.
In the end, it was confirmed that their allied forces seemed to have been destroyed by the Chinese Empire.
This time, he had to fight back. It was too embarrassing.
The leaders of the eight countries communicated again and organized their troops.
This time, they did not deploy troops from the colonies, but directly from the mainland.
The eight countries had sent out a total of 600,000 troops, ready to completely occupy the vast land of the Far East and make it their colony.
When the news reached the capital, Chen Ling pursed his lips.
"What a f * cking trash. There are only 600,000 soldiers. Do you dare to send more?”
Chen Ling was very unhappy. He thought that the various countries would send millions of troops to attack him. Who would have thought that there would only be 600,000 people?
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