Although it is only a small shot, the royal style is different after all, and it is impossible to simply spread a piece of cloth on the ground, so that Cixi and Guangxu can lie on the cloth for a while. Because he fled from Beijing this time, he was fully prepared, not only did he have all the bedding he needed, but he also brought a few soft couches, and there were more than 20 palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting, so even if it was just a temporary wild rest, it could not be simple.

But it's the end of December, and it's freezing in Beijing, so it's not a good thing to rest in the wild. Fortunately, there is a temple near Balizhuang, called Dinghui Temple, which was built in the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and was originally named Shanfa Temple, and later changed to Yunhui Temple. In the forty-first year of Kangxi (1702), the royal family gave the name Dinghui Temple. In the eighteenth year of Guangxu, Dinghui Temple was expanded and rebuilt, now covers an area of more than 180 acres, among the many temples in Beijing, it is a large-scale temple. Exactly a great place to take a break halfway through.

So the convoy stopped in front of the gate of Dinghui Temple, and at this time, the presiding officer of the temple and the monk of the temple were waiting for Cixi and Guangxu's motorcade at the door. Because in the early stage, there were officials who led the army to Dinghui Temple, on the one hand, they notified the monks in the temple and asked them to prepare to meet the fight, and on the other hand, they also controlled the temple, and drove most of the monks to the backyard to be secret, leaving only the high-level monks such as the presiding, supervising the temple, and the temple, as well as a few Zhike and novices.

After getting off the bus, the presiding monk brought other high-level monks to come to see the salute, and welcomed Cixi and Guangxu into the main hall to worship the Buddha. Although they only came to the temple to rest, the royal family of the Qing court believed in Buddhism very much, so after entering the temple, they naturally had to give the Buddha a pillar of incense and worship a few times to show respect. What's more, Cixi always believes in gods and ghosts, and last night she had two nightmares in a row, and she hoped to pray in front of the Buddha in order to seek the blessing of the Buddha.

So Cixi and Guangxu successively prayed to the Buddha statue luggage and incense on the main hall, and prayed silently, of course, what the content of the two prayers was, only they knew.

After the incense ceremony, the quiet room for the two to rest has also been arranged, in fact, it is in a room containing two small rooms, Cixi and Guangxu each live in one, have a good time, and then continue to set off. Of course, the two of them used light beds brought from the palace, and they had already supplemented the bedding and so on.

Cixi said to Guangxu: "You can get up today, you just took a nap in the car, and rest here for a while, but we will go on the road again in a while, and we can't sleep more." ”

Guangxu hurriedly said: "Erchen is not sleepy when he arrives, but the Queen Mother should also rest for a while, Erchen ......"

Before the words were finished, I only heard a few "booms", which were deafening, only to shake the ground in the room, and the dust on the beams of the house flew down. Cixi and Guangxu couldn't help but change their faces greatly, although neither of them had experienced the battlefield, but they could also hear that this was the sound of an explosion, because during the Gengzi State Change, the two of them also heard a lot of this sound in the palace.

And then there was a loud gunshot, and Cixi said in a trembling voice: "What's going on outside?"

At this time, I saw Zaifeng hurriedly coming in from outside the house and said: "The queen mother, the emperor, is a pseudo-rebellious army, and the pseudo-rebellious army has come over." Prince Qing and Yin Chang are commanding the army to resist. ”

Cixi's legs were weak, and she sat down on the soft couch, but fortunately she was supported by the eunuchs and palace maids. At this time, Guangxu was still able to maintain his righteousness, and said: "Isn't the army of the hypocrisy stationed in the four directions? There are still 4 or 50 miles away from here, how did they get here?" ”

Zaifeng cried with a sad face, and said: "The minister doesn't know, but it is indeed the hypocritical army attacking Dinghui Temple! What should I do, what should I do now?" Although after the Gengzi State Change, Cixi focused on cultivating Zaifeng and entrusted him with important tasks, but after all, the time is too short, and Zaifeng is still too young, only 26 years old this year, and he has not experienced enough storms, so Zaifeng is completely at a loss at this time, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

Although Guangxu has experienced several ups and downs, he can still stay calm at this time, but he can't come up with any good ways. At this moment, several more explosions were heard outside, and the gunshots became more intense. There was an explosion, which seemed to fall into the temple, and the shock and vibration generated by the explosion shook the two vases in the room and shattered them, which also frightened the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting for them to let out a scream.

At this moment, Cixi suddenly said sharply: "Whatever you call, shut up for me, and if there is any more screaming, drag it out and beat it to death." ”

Cixi's words were really effective, and the eunuchs and palace maids suddenly didn't dare to scream anymore, and some even covered their mouths. At this time, Cixi had completely calmed down, after all, she was a person who had experienced several storms, and knew that she was the backbone at this time, so she must not mess up, and after getting through the initial panic, Cixi also thought of a way to deal with it, and said: "What are you panicking about? What if the pseudo-rebellion is coming? We also have an army and a monastery to defend, what are we afraid of! We still have 3,000 troops in the Summer Palace, as long as we transfer them to support, we can not break the siege." Zaifeng, you immediately send someone to the Summer Palace, order Zaitao to lead the army to the rescue, and then tell the army that you must hold Dinghui Temple, as long as you can hold on until the reinforcements arrive, you will be rewarded. ”

After listening to Cixi's arrangement, Guangxu and Zaifeng have also stabilized a lot, because in this way, there is indeed a great chance that they can turn the crisis into safety, but at this moment, I saw Prince Qing Yixuan and Yinchang hurriedly rushed in, and Yixuan said in a trembling voice: "Queen Mother, Dinghui Temple has been broken by pseudo-counterattack. ”

When Cixi heard this, she only felt a "buzz" in her head, her eyes turned black, and she suddenly fainted.

Originally, after the Central Military Commission formulated a plan to intercept Cixi and Guangxu's southward escape, the Beijing Office and the special forces stationed in the barracks at the Sifang Railway Station held consultations on the implementation of the whole body. To accomplish this plan, the most important thing is to set up a temporary garrison between Beijing and the Summer Palace that can accommodate more than 800 special forces, so that after Cixi and Guangxu are evacuated from Beijing, they can calmly intercept them, otherwise it will be too late to wait until Cixi and Guangxu are evacuated from Beijing before they are dispatched from the military camp at the Sifang Railway Station.

However, the Beijing office is between Beijing and the Summer Palace, and there is really a station, there is a big mansion near Wanshou Temple, which is about 4 kilometers northeast of Dinghui Temple, covering an area of about 1,500 meters, which is enough to accommodate more than 800 soldiers of the special forces.

This house was purchased 1 year ago, the original owner was a banner of the white flag, the ancestor was the white flag Jiala, but in this generation, the family is in the middle, so the ancestral house can only be bought. Of course, this is not to say that the Beijing office has the ability to predict the future, first, it is a cunning rabbit three holes, the Beijing office needs to set up more strongholds in Beijing to spread the risk, and such a large house is also rare to encounter; For 3 months, I have to go to the Summer Palace to live for a few days, and every time I go, I have to bring Guangxu with me, which has become a habit, so considering that this house is near the road from Beijing to the Summer Palace, and it can be Tibetan, it may be useful in the future, so I finally bought it. Now it's just right to use.

Just the night before yesterday, the special forces of the People's Army were stationed in the courtyard of the house and lurked, although at this time the negotiations between the East China Government and the Qing Court had not yet broken down, but at that time the East China Government predicted that the negotiations were extremely likely to break down, so the special forces were ordered to prepare for interception in advance.

Sure enough, just yesterday, the negotiations between the two sides broke down, the war broke out, and the People's Army successively captured Tianjin New Town, Langfang, Zhengding and other places in one afternoon, and stationed in the military camp of the Sifang Railway Station.

As soon as the convoy of Cixi and Guangxu came out of the palace, it was under the strict supervision of the intelligence personnel of the Beijing Office, and it can be said that the itinerary of the convoy was completely under the supervision of the intelligence personnel of the Beijing Office. The special forces originally planned to wait for Cixi and Guangxu to attack and intercept when they walked near Zizhu Courtyard, but they didn't expect that their convoy would rest in Dinghui Temple.

The commander of the special forces is Yang Rui, who was originally a sniper in the Marine Corps of the Crossing Fleet, and when the special forces were established, he took the initiative to sign up for the formation of the special forces, and now he is one of the top commanders of the special forces, with the rank of colonel. The special operation in Beijing was extremely important, so the command of the special forces also sent Yang Rui to Beijing to personally take command. In fact, Yang Rui is not very old, he is only 33 years old this year, and he prefers to be on the front line to command operations.

After receiving the news that Cixi and Guangxu's convoy was resting in Dinghui Temple, Yang Rui made a quick decision after a brief thought and decided to immediately take the initiative to attack Cixi and Guangxu's convoy in Dinghui Temple. Because in this interception operation, the primary target is Cixi and Guangxu, and it is best to capture the two, and it is acceptable to shoot them. But if according to the original plan, if it is to intercept Cixi and Guangxu's convoy near Zizhuyuan, although the combat effectiveness of the special forces is strong, but Bi Jing's strength is limited, only half of the Qing army, of course, it is possible to intercept, but it is difficult to form an encirclement and annihilation in the field, so in this way, Cixi and Guangxu have a great chance of escaping.

Dinghui Temple can be regarded as a relatively closed space, once Cixi and Guangxu enter this space, with the existing strength of the special forces, it is not strong enough to form a siege situation, and Cixi and Guangxu's activity space has also been greatly restricted, and it is very difficult to escape, so in this space, the grasp of capturing Cixi and Guangxu has been greatly improved.

At this time, the People's Army had already made all the preparations, and in the past two days, they have not even taken off their clothes to sleep, and they are all sleeping in their clothes, which is to ensure that they can attack at any time, so after Yang Rui gave the order, the People's Army immediately took action, and took a rapid march, and within 30 minutes, they rushed to Dinghui Temple. At this time, Cixi and Guangxu had just finished offering incense to the Buddha statue and came to the meditation room to prepare for a rest.