Prince Gong Yixin has encountered a lot of things that have been begged for by others, but being begged by a mother so desperately is the first time in his life. As the prince in charge, Prince Gong Yixin completely felt Cixi's affection, he knew Cixi's ability, and he also thought that he was a decisive person. Crying and crying was never something he thought he and Cixi would really do, Cixi would bleed, but he would not shed tears.

Perhaps it was Cixi's distrust from the bottom of his heart, Prince Gong Yixin suddenly had a wave of anger in his heart, he wanted to push Cixi away, and then scolded Cixi for not knowing how to advance or retreat, and at this critical juncture of life and death, he actually wanted the emperor to escape from Shengjing first. Just as he narrowed his eyes and was about to speak, he saw Cixi's crying red eyes, saw Cixi's desperate expression, and cries from the heart. Prince Gong Yixin only felt that all his strength had been drained, his nose was sore, and tears came out of his eyes.

The fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a process that lasted for more than ten years, and since the Taiping Rebellion, the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been shrinking. After the split of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Liberation Army, which was even more victorious than the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, rose. The Manchu court was expelled from Beijing, and the upper echelons already felt that they were at the end of the road.

Now that Shengjing, the last big city, is also under siege, Guopo is about to become a reality. Prince Gong Yixin has to deal with the queen mother and lead the court. This heavy social weight was pressed on his shoulders, and he couldn't cry, and he didn't even think about crying. But at this time, there was no hope in the situation, and in the face of the crying Cixi, Prince Gong Yixin, who was also a fallen person at the end of the world, couldn't help crying bitterly.

"I'm sorry for my ancestors, I'm sorry for the emperor! I'm sorry for my ancestors, I'm sorry for the emperor! In the midst of crying, Prince Gong Yixin choked up like a repeater and said the same thing repeatedly.

Cixi didn't expect Prince Gong Yixin to show signs of mental breakdown at this time, she was originally an extremely scheming person, Fang Cai's plea was of course facing the crisis of losing the country, facing the fate of her own son facing death, so the crying was sincere. But deep inside her, the mind where a small foundation is located has always maintained absolute calm. If you can't convince the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an, you can only convince Prince Gong Yixin.

But Cixi keenly found that Prince Gong's expression at this time was not because he was persuaded, but because his heart collapsed under the pressure. At this time, Prince Gong Yixin was likely to agree to Cixi's request, but the person who agreed to that person was not Prince Gong Yixin, who was shrewd and capable in the past, but Prince Gong Yixin, who collapsed psychologically because of despair. If that's the case, Sheng Jing is afraid that he really can't hold it.

When Prince Gong Yixin cried bitterly, Cixi had already stopped crying, and her eyes when she looked at Prince Gong Yixin were no longer pleading, but shocked.

"Prince Gong, if you feel sorry for your ancestors and the emperor, then cheer up and keep Shengjing. You have to figure it out, Taizu's tomb is in Shengjing. The Cantonese bandits have already dug up the tomb of the first emperor, do you still want to see the tomb of Taizu also dug up! A calm, angry voice sounded in the doorway. It was the voice of the Empress Dowager Ci'an.

According to the current status of the small Manchu court, standing at the peak of power is the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an. Prince Gong Yixin and Cixi are also resolute people, and they can't control themselves for a while, but after Ci'an drank like this, the two quickly returned to at least normal.

Seeing that the two of them were still properly saluting herself, Ci'an walked straight to the main seat and sat down. Looking at the two people standing with their hands down, Ci'an Feng's eyes widened, and his tone was quite stern. "Since I started my family, I have gone through hardships and won the world, and you cry like this, you will only lose the face of your ancestors. As for the situation at this time, does crying work? ”

Prince Gong Yixin had already wiped away his tears at this time, and he hurriedly said, "What the Queen Mother said is true. ”

"As for the emperor's affairs, it has not yet reached the point of exhaustion at this time, if I let the emperor go to Qiqihar at this time, then the hearts of the people in Shengjing will be fluctuating, and the city that can be defended will not be able to be defended." Ci'an reprimanded the two of them dissatisfiedly. After finishing speaking, Ci'an paused for a moment, and after thinking for a while, she continued: "Prince Gong, you choose an elite army and explore the road. It's not a bad thing to have a backup. ”

Cixi's eyes lit up, what she was most worried about was that Ci'an was desperate to defend Shengjing, and Beijing couldn't hold it, could this Shengjing be able to hold it? It's just that he mentioned this matter to Ci'an a few times openly and secretly, and Ci'an reprimanded him. Now seeing that Ci'an finally relieved her words, Cixi's heart was finally put in her stomach. As long as you prepare in advance, there is hope for you to leave Shengjing safely.

Prince Gong Yixin also has the same idea, since there is no drama in this world, he has to work hard to find a chance to make a comeback. The premise of wanting to make a comeback is to at least save your own life. If your life is gone, then there is nothing.

Coming out of the palace, Prince Gong Yixin began to prepare for the elite, waiting for tomorrow after daylight to find a way to find a gap in the encirclement of the Liberation Army. At this time, there were many things, and Prince Gong Yixin was busy until late at night before he could lie down and rest. The sky was faintly bright, and the earth-shaking cannon sound rang out. Prince Gong Yixin got up from the bed as soon as he was excited. At this time, the family of the palace also ran into the bedroom, "Lord Wang, there is a cannon outside!" ”

The Liberation Army's staff barely slept all night to select the plan. At four o'clock in the morning, all the troops got up, and after eating a hot breakfast, they entered the attack position. At dawn, the observation balloon was the first to take off. When the sun fell on the city of Shenyang, the shelling began.

"Did these birdmen really serve as soldiers?" For the first hour of the shelling, observers couldn't help but ask their comrades next to them.

"Whatever, this order is given, and the resisters will be killed!" The comrade-in-arms replied.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners were wiped out by artillery fire like moths fighting fire, and the next group continued to lean towards the city under the drive of the officers. The observers on the balloon had a wide field of vision, and they had to be a little shaken by this simple death. But war is so cruel that countless people are driven into this slaughtered battlefield in order to carry out their ideas. Since the soldiers of the Eight Banners will resist to the end, the Guangfu Army has no reason to let them go.

"The people in the gate are gone, what will happen to our family after the loss of Shengjing? Back then, we Eight Banners entered the customs and killed so many Han people, will they let us go? The officers of the Eight Banners shouted hoarsely.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners listened to the memories of history, and they all knew the fate of failure. The Eight Banners seized the world by slaughter, so the retribution for failure was to suffer the same fate. Jiangning, Fuzhou, Xi'an, what is left of these big cities where the Eight Banners gather? At least not the full people left. The Han people are endless, but the Manchus who stubbornly refuse to sinicize naturally cannot be like the Han people.

But flesh and blood were no match for steel after all, and at ten o'clock in the morning, the Guangfu army finally occupied the city wall. What followed was brutal street fighting. The Eight Banners Army thought that they could resist to the end by relying on the strong courtyard walls. But they didn't know that there was the Battle of Stalingrad in the history of the "future", and the Battle of Stalingrad had a street fighting response, that is, the tactic of piercing through the wall.

When the Eighth Banner Army focused on defending the courtyard gate, the Guangfu Army fixed the explosive bag with a simple bracket on the wall, accompanied by a loud noise, the "solid" courtyard wall was blown open a gap in an instant, and from the gap flew in was a grenade, after an explosion, the Guangfu Army swarmed in from the gap, and the rifle rapid fire was followed by a bayonet battle.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the battle was outside the Shenyang Forbidden City. Listening to the violent explosion, the little emperor Tongzhi was so frightened that he cried. Cixi hugged her own son, and both mother and son were trembling.

There were no more ministers in the Golden Palace at this time, and they were either sent to the front or ran home to make a final resistance. The encirclement of the 50,000 Guangfu army did not leave the slightest gap. In order to "pay tribute to the governor and repay the merits to the central authorities," the troops shrank layer by layer without hurrying or slow. The attack can slow down, but it can't let anyone in Shenyang escape. The vastly different distances in the war capability gave the Liberation Army the opportunity to achieve its campaign objectives. Annihilating the enemy everywhere, the encirclement of the Liberation Army became tighter and tighter, and the density of troops became higher and higher.

Just when Ci'an and Cixi felt that the Manchu ministers of civil and military affairs had abandoned the Manchus, the guards in charge of guarding the palace reported, "Empress Dowager, Prince Rui asks to see!" ”

Cixi looked at Ci'an, but saw a trace of anger floating on Ci'an's face. At this time, the purpose of Prince Rui's visit was to take refuge in the Imperial Palace. But this anger was fleeting, and Ci'an ordered: "Let him in!" ”

It didn't take long for Prince Rui to rush into the Golden Palace, and before he fell down the steps, Prince Rui shouted: "Queen Mother, you can't hold it, let's break through!" ”

Cixi did not want to blame Prince Rui for guarding his own palace at the beginning, and if he could defend his palace, he would be able to shield the enemy's attack on the palace. But Prince Rui can run here, and if he wants to come to Prince Rui's mansion, I'm afraid that it has already fallen. But at this time, Prince Rui did not say that he died in the prince's mansion, but ran to the palace with a shy face to ask for his life, which is the unbearable Cheng dù.

But Cixi did not dare to speak about this matter, and the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an was the real master of the small Manchu court. She looked at Ci'an, but saw that Ci'an's phoenix eyes were slightly closed, and her lips opened lightly, "You still have the face to come here at this time?" ”

Prince Rui was stunned, he never expected that the Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an would say such ruthless words. Without waiting for Prince Rui to argue, Ci'an ordered: "Drag Prince Rui down and behead him, and hang his head at the palace gate." Sue sù Eight Banners, those who retreat, Prince Rui is a ring! ”

With a pig-killing howl, Prince Rui was dragged down by the guards. Cixi looked at Ci'an nervously, such a disposition can only be said to be a ruin. Ci'an did not have the slightest intention of escaping, and after killing Prince Rui, the small Manchu court had already cut off the last chance to escape.

When the guards had already beheaded Prince Rui, Ci'an's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, and she sat firmly on the golden palace, as if steel was cast in iron.