Just when the Qing court and his entourage entered the Zhili Daimyo's mansion from Henan, they saw that in the middle of the official road, dozens of missionary-looking people suddenly appeared, all wearing black robes and felt hats, almost completely covering their faces, but the three or four people led by them did not wear felt hats, revealing different colors of hair color, they were indeed foreigners, and they also held several crosses, blocking the way of the Qing court convoy.

The Qing court convoy and the officers and soldiers of Song Qing's subordinates who escorted them all stopped advancing, but no one dared to step forward. Although this era is different from the old time and space, the Qing court did not sign the [Xinchou Treaty] that humiliated the country, nor did it cede a large number of national sovereign interests, but the fear of foreigners has not changed. Everyone knows that the Gengzi National Rebellion was caused by the teaching plan, and now a group of foreign priests are in the way, and if there is a conflict, I am afraid that it will cause international disputes.

So the soldier flew a report to Song Qing and asked him to deal with it. And Song Qing didn't dare to provoke the foreigners, although when he was in Shanhaiguan, he followed the People's Army to defeat the Tsarist Russian army that advanced south, but that battle was actually almost all fought by the People's Army, Song Qing just followed behind to pick up a little cheap, but now there is no People's Army here.

And after the fight, Song Qing also knew that the imperial court did not treat the overseas Chinese very well, although he praised the army for leading the army to escort the driver, but he did not say a word about guarding the Shanhaiguan Pass and defeating the Russian army, Song Qing is also an old driver of the officialdom, so he will not understand what is going on, so he also tried his best to clear up his relationship with overseas Chinese, and at this time he naturally did not dare to bring out overseas Chinese to subdue foreigners.

But it is not a way to stalemate like this, Song Qing sent a soldier to inquire, but the foreigners ignored it at all, and a person who looked like a Chinese sectarian said that the master wanted to see the Queen Mother and had something to say, and he didn't want to ink with you.

Song Qing had no choice but to repay Cixi in person and ask the Queen Mother to decide. After hearing this, Cixi thought for a long time and asked if there was any other road nearby that could be detoured, and after learning that there was still a small road that could be bypassed, Cixi decisively ordered to retreat and take the path instead.

The soldiers who were confronting the priests listened, and they all turned back and retreated. But at this time, among the priests, a row of gunshots suddenly sounded, and at this time, the Qing army was facing away from the priests, and no one expected that this group of missionaries would dare to make a move, and as a result, dozens of people were killed and wounded at once. When the other Qing soldiers came to their senses, countless people wrapped in red scarves and red belts around their waists were killed in the woods on the left and right sides of the official road, each holding swords, guns and weapons, and killed in the Qing army.

At this time, the Chunjun saw clearly that the people who came up were all Chinese, and the group of priests also took off their outer robes, showed their tight and strong clothes, and rushed towards the Qing soldiers with a rifle with bayonets, and it turned out that except for the 3 or 4 led by foreigners, the rest were all dressed as Chinese,

Although the Qing army has understood, but at this time the heart has been taken away, the formation has also been disturbed by the other party, and this group of people play bravely, everyone is brave, not like ordinary bandits, there are a lot of people, up to hundreds of people, among which there are dozens of people equipped with rifles, by which there is a big man, with a big ring knife in his back, holding a rifle with a bayonet, extremely brave, and the assassination is very skilled, often three or two can stab down a Qing soldier, and then the bayonet is broken, he pulled out the big ring knife behind his back, and it moved like the wind, only to kill the Qing soldiers' heads, and countless injuries。

After more than ten minutes of fierce fighting between the two sides, the Qing army finally couldn't resist and had to retreat backwards. The big man pursued the Qing army with dozens of people with rifles in his hands, and chased dozens of zhang in a row, only to hear someone shouting behind him: "Brother Li, Brother Li, poor Kou Mo chase, poor Kou Mo chase." ”

When the big man heard this, he stopped, looked at the direction of the Qing army's defeat and retreat, and the leading big man spat fiercely and said, "It's easy for you, let's go." ”

When the group returned to the battlefield, the battle was over, and the other ambushers were clearing the battlefield and picking up rifles and ammunition dropped by the soldiers. A few people greeted him, and the big man said, "Brother Jing, how is it? How many of our brothers have died in battle?"

It turned out that this big man was Li Zhuangyong, and the person who talked to him was Jing Tingbin, as well as Zhao Sanduo and others. Jing Tingbin said: "Fortunately, I took a look just now, there are not many brothers killed in the battle, there are about 10 people, this fight is really beautiful, thanks to Brother Xia's good idea." ”

Li Zhuangyong also nodded, and said to one person beside Jing Tingbin: "Yes, this time it's really thanks to Brother Xia, but it's a pity that I couldn't kill Cixi's old witch." ”

Brother Naxia is a man about 45 years old, with a middle-upper build, a leopard head, thick eyebrows and eyes, and long sideburns under the chin, quite a bit of bold and chivalrous style. Said: "There, there, it's all up to everyone's efforts, and this little bit of strength is not enough, although I couldn't kill Cixi, the old witch, this time, but it was enough to scare her guts." However, you should not stay here for long, so it is better to leave as soon as possible. ”

It turns out that this person's name is Xia Sipain, also known as Shouhua, the word Zhuochun, a native of Zhaizi Village, Wutan Town, Taojiang County, Hunan Province, inherited Wang Yangming's conscience since childhood, entered Yiyang Longzhou Academy at the age of 20, entered Yuelu Academy at the age of 24, and was employed by the famous Confucian Wang Minyun, and worshiped martial arts Huang Fengqi to practice martial arts, young Ren Xia, both civil and military, is not only a scribe who is rich in five cars, but also a chivalrous man who walks the rivers and lakes, and often takes saving the country as his own responsibility, and has dealings with the famous scholars Tan Sitong and Tan Yanmin in Hunan at that time.

After the First Sino-Japanese War, Xia Si bitterly resented the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government, so he began to engage in anti-Qing revolutionary activities, in 1900 the self-reliance association of aspirants Tang Caichang, Qin Lishan in Hankou uprising, Xia Si painfully instigated fellow villagers, Qin sent regiments to train Hu Zuyin to revolt in response, as a result, Tang Caichang, Qin Lishan was defeated and killed, Xia Si painful east to Japan, while taking refuge, while seeking the way to save the country, during Japan, Xia Si painful made friends with many revolutionaries, and Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing and others have dealings, and the idea is gradually inclined to revolutionary salvation.

During the Gengzi Revolution, Xia Siwei was extremely indignant at the perverse behavior of the Qing court in betraying the country and seeking peace, and returned from Japan angrily, sneaked into Xi'an through Shanxi and Henan, and attempted to assassinate Cixi. The Qing court set off from Xi'an to return to Beijing, and Xia Siyan followed the Qing court's return journey first, continuing to look for opportunities to assassinate, and also looking for like-minded companions.

In the Hebei Daimyo Mansion, Xia Si Pain accidentally befriended Jing Tingbin, Zhao Sanduo, Li Zhuangyong and others, and proposed a plan to assassinate Cixi, which was also fully supported by Jing Tingbin and others, who was Li Zhuangyong, who wanted to avenge the brothers of the Boxer Rebellion in the past, and the object of revenge was not only foreigners, but also the Qing court, when Li Zhuangyong fled from the People's Army, on the one hand, it was the traveler who made peace with the countries, and on the other hand, the traveler also accepted the Qing court's recruitment, so Xia Si Pain's proposal to assassinate Cixi was, of course, in the arms of Li Zhuangyong.

Now the uprising of Jing Tingbin, Zhao Sanduo and others has grown to nearly 15,000 people, occupying the three counties of Guangzong, Julu and Pingxiang, but most of the forces participating in this uprising are in the nature of joining, so now these three counties have actually formed three hills, each of which has its own government. However, Jing Tingbin and Zhao Sanduo get along well and can still cooperate with each other.

This time to assassinate Cixi, Jing Tingbin and Zhao Sanduo decided to join forces and planned to do it in the territory of Shunde Mansion. Due to the large number of Jing Tingbin and Zhao Sanduo's subordinates, with their assistance, not only the chance of success is much greater, but also there are many more ways to choose from.

Xia Si Pain was originally a resourceful person, so he made all the plans, first chose a dense forest area, so that it was good to ambush the Qing army, and at the same time, Xia Si Pain also came up with a clever trick, that is, Li Zhuangyong's musket team pretended to be missionaries, blocked the road of the Qing army on the official road, and asked to meet Cixi, if Cixi really showed up, he would immediately shoot at Cixi and kill Cixi.

When everyone heard this, they all thought that Xia Siyan's plan was very good, because the missionary's clothes were very wide, not only could he hide his rifle, but also put on a felt hat, which could cover his face and make it impossible for people to see it.

Now there are more than 8,000 people in Jing Tingbin and Zhao Sanduo's combined army, and Li Zhuangyong has carefully selected more than 700 brothers who are strong and have practiced for several years, plus his musket team, a total of more than 800 people, and Li Zhuangyong also managed to capture a few real missionaries, let them show their true colors, and stand at the front of the team, so that it seems more real.

As a result, the Qing army was really frightened, and no one dared to come up and drive away, but everyone didn't expect Cixi to be more cowardly than they imagined, not only did they not dare to provoke the foreigners, but they also planned to run away and take a small road to bypass, so they had to launch an attack, and the Qing army was defeated, although it was not able to assassinate Cixi successfully, but it was also a big breath.

Moreover, the Qing army threw down a lot of rifles and bullets, which naturally became the trophies of Jing Tingbin, Zhao Sanduo and others, which could greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the rebel army. However, Xia Si is cool-headed after all, although he said that he had won a battle, but these are the places of the Qing court after all, and his own army is a lone army, so he must not stay for a long time, so he strongly persuaded Jing Tingbin and others to retreat quickly.

At this time, Jing Tingbin and the others were very respectful of Xia Sipain, and they also knew that this place really could not stay for a long time, so they also decided to retreat back to Guangzong County immediately. So Li Zhuangyong immediately ordered the team to be assembled, and the corpses of his companions were contained, and they were quickly withdrawn from the battlefield. And Xia Siyong also praised Li Zhuangyong's command and organizational skills, although this operation was planned by Xia Siyong, but Li Zhuangyong was completely responsible for the implementation of the body, and it was inseparable from Li Zhuangyong's execution ability to achieve such success.

Moreover, Xia Siwei has been in the rebel army for a while, and he has found that the good and bad of the rebel army are uneven, but although Li Zhuangyong's subordinates are not many, they are the most elite, even compared with the Qing army, they are not much, and Jing Tingbin and Zhao Sanduo are not strong, but they are bold and righteous, so this rebel army has some development potential, and if it can cooperate with other revolutionary parties, it will be promising.