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Rong Lu and King Qing were quite happy, and seemed to have sensed that Li Hongzhang was heading north from Shanghai, and immediately sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang in Shanghai, asking him to enter Beijing as soon as possible. At the same time, on the second day, another Shangyu was sent in the form of a bright hair, and Li Hongzhang hurried into Beijing.

At the same time as letting Li Hongzhang enter Beijing to negotiate peace, a big and small thing happened in Beijing; Yuan Chang and Xu Jingcheng, who were familiar with foreign affairs, were killed.

These two originally did not advocate fighting, which caused King Duan to be extremely dissatisfied, so he always tried to punish the two, and finally he found an opportunity. It turned out that Xu and Yuan joined forces to make peace and punish the main battle faction.

The division led by Li Bingheng suffered a big defeat in Tongzhou. Although Li Bingheng had several armies and many Boxers, these were all put together temporarily, and the armies of Song Qing and Ma Yukun were defeated and retreated, and they had no military heart for a long time.

Although some of them were brave in battle, they could not cooperate with each other because they fought separately. As for the Boxers, although their morale was high, they couldn't resist foreign guns and artillery.

In the end, the army under the command of Li Bingheng gave the coalition army a defeat, and there was no other result except for the end of the corpse.

Li Bingheng also knew that he could not do anything, but he could not retreat, he remembered the high hopes given to him by the Empress Dowager Cixi before leaving, as well as his own ambitions, but now, everything is empty. The troops were scattered, and there were no soldiers to take with them.

The sound of the coalition army's guns and cannons filled his ears, and the screams pierced the night sky from time to time, and Li Bingheng couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sadness. He asked himself; Do you believe in the Boxers? Believe, believe too much!

Didn't the Boxers have gods who could destroy foreigners? Isn't it precisely in these Boxers who boast that they can destroy the foreigners that they are fighting against the foreigners? How can it be defeated?

Is that incompetent in command? No, it was the Boxers who were bragging, and they were deceived.

Li Bingheng felt that he had no face to see the Queen Mother, of course he didn't know that the Empress Dowager Cixi was rewarding him for listening to King Duan's words! Li Bingheng decided to commit suicide, learn from Yulu, and dedicate himself to the country. He gathered his staff, laid everything out, and then killed himself in peace.

Li Bingheng committed suicide, and the coalition forces were approaching north, which is true news.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was surprised, what should I do? Foreigners are about to enter Beijing. Rong Lu couldn't help but get anxious, and it seemed that he had to persuade the queen mother to leave. This is a move that I don't want to play but has to play.

Rong Lu was full of worries about this war, from the beginning, he thought that the war might be lost, and later as the war worsened, he confirmed his thoughts even more. So, Rong Lu began to think of a way out, of course, not for himself, but for Lafayette.

He found Yin Chen Kuilong of the Shuntian Mansion at that time, asked him to find 200 cars, and explained that he would be ready to requisition at any time. Chen Kuilong nervously agreed, and indeed found 200 carts in the chaotic city of Beijing.

Rong Lu ordered someone to find Chen Kuilong and tell him about the deterioration of the situation, and the implication was that the two palaces were ready to leave, how is your car preparing.

"Lord Zhongtang......" Chen Kuilong said to Rong Lu with an embarrassed and embarrassed face, as if he had something on his mind.

"Xiaoshi," this is Chen Kuilong's word, "what's wrong with you!" ”

"Lord Nakado, hey! You don't know that the car was snatched away. Chen Kuilong looked helpless.

"Who did that?" Rong Lu's voice was also urgent.

"Who else? It was the Tiger God Battalion under King Duan and those boxers. ”

"Why did they rob it?"

"It was said to be requisitioned, but in fact, it was used to transport the property they had looted and transported it outside Beijing."

"Hey......" Rong Lu was so anxious that he wanted to stomp his feet.

Such a situation upset Rong Lu, and at the same time upset the Empress Dowager Cixi. The gunfire is getting closer and closer, and it can only be faintly heard a few days ago, but now it can be heard clearly.

"Little Lizi, what do you say?" Although the Empress Dowager Cixi was upset, she still asked Li Lianying calmly.

What to do? Li Lianying didn't come up with a good solution. Now the capital is full of people fleeing, and there are also a large number of officials in Beijing, so it can be said that the once prosperous capital has now become a hell on earth where dead bodies can be seen everywhere and people fleeing everywhere.

Everyone else is fleeing, and it is rumored that the queen mother has also fled from the capital, which Li Lianying heard with her own ears. From the day she heard this rumor, Li Lianying wondered if Lafayette should really escape from the capital? However, he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't make up his mind.

At first, he reused the Boxers, and he strongly advocated it, and said that the Boxers could drive away the foreigners, but now? The Boxers not only failed to drive away the foreigners, but were beaten by the foreigners to the vicinity of the capital, and now they have to persuade Lafayette to leave Beijing.

Isn't this a slap in the face? And what would Galeries Lafayette think? This is the reason why Li Lianying has not told the Empress Dowager Cixi for her concerns.

"Let's talk to Rong Lu about it?"

"No need, Rong Lu has said I don't know how many times he wants me to stay in the capital. I don't think it's the best policy to stay in the capital, so I'll discuss it with you. ”

Didn't Rong Lu originally advocate the escape of the Empress Dowager Cixi! Why has it changed now? Yes, Rong Lu once advocated that the Empress Dowager Cixi escape, but later he thought about it carefully and felt that this was not a good strategy.

Lafayette is now old, after all, his energy is not as good as forty years ago, and he can't find a big car in Beijing, how can he escape?

It is better to stay in the capital, deal with the main battle faction Duanwang, Gangyi, Zhao Shuqiao and others, and then urge Li Hongzhang and Zhang Zhidong to negotiate with the foreigners at any cost and keep the foreign soldiers out of the capital, so that the queen mother can avoid all kinds of hardships of escaping.

Although Rong Lu was well-intentioned, the Empress Dowager Cixi did not agree, she had two concerns; On the first floor, the foreigners put forward the conditions for her to return to politics, which is what she is most worried about.

If you flee abroad, foreigners will have no way to mention this harsh condition; The other layer is whether Li Hongzhang will be able to block the offensive of foreigners? Will the foreigners definitely stop there?

？ These are the two concerns of staying in the capital, and if you flee, you will naturally not have this concern. But if you really escape, but you have other concerns, in this era of war and chaos, can you escape safely?

This is what Rong Lu is worried about, and it is also what the Empress Dowager Cixi is worried about.

Li Lianying guessed the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Cixi, in the final analysis, she was still afraid that foreigners would force her to hand over power.

This is also what Li Lianying is afraid of, he is afraid of falling out of favor, and he is also afraid that the Empress Dowager Cixi will lose power.

Once the Empress Dowager Cixi loses power, she may have to move her head, because he understands that many people in the court hate him to the core, especially the emperor, and if the Empress Dowager Cixi returns to power in the future, she will definitely return to the emperor.

How he treated the emperor before, I am afraid that the emperor will treat himself after he comes to power. Li Lianying couldn't help but shudder when she thought of this. (To be continued.) )