The British army was able to escape the fate of being completely annihilated, and it really needed the shit luck that the sun never set, and the empire was not finished. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for Mitchell to escape the pursuit of nearly four times the cavalry when he lost his troops and only had less than one-third of his troops left, and Wilson and the others would never have the possibility of escaping from the Bagua Array.

The information that there was a police in the Old Summer Palace made it impossible for everyone in the Gu'an army to remain calm, the cavalry did not have the strength to chase to the end, and the gossip array that had already chased ducks to the shelves also made mistakes. Compared with the annihilation of all the British troops, everyone was more concerned about the situation in the Old Summer Palace. The smoke rising from the Old Summer Palace, although it did not cause chaos in the morale of the army, also greatly reduced morale. Mitchell took the opportunity to gather his remaining 1,300-odd men, and then fled back to Beijing in disarray, seeking refuge from their allies, and the ridicule of the French was no longer an important issue.

Cao Meng, who was originally going to cut off the return of the British army, also let the British army live because of the warning signal of the Old Summer Palace, and he had no time to entangle with the British here. As soon as he saw the smoke news, Cao Meng decisively gave up his position, and rushed back to the Old Summer Palace with his subordinates like the wind.

The divisions simply cleaned up the battlefield, and the harvest was still very rich, and the British not only lost most of their troops, but also threw their heavy weapons here. However, all the officers were not happy, and the smoke could no longer be seen clearly, because more than ten thick puffs of smoke had risen in the Old Summer Palace, as if there were fires everywhere, not the wolf smoke that was specially cast. After the direct subordinates returned to help, the sparse gunfire in the garden still did not stop, but it was very sparse, as if there was no fighting, but there was no moment of peace. No one could figure out what was released in the Old Summer Palace, they ordered their subordinates to tidy up their positions, but they all looked at the rear, staring at the Old Summer Palace.

Tan Shaoguang has always been the most valued general of Guoxing'a, and the cavalry regiment under him is also the main force that has fought many tough battles, and they can definitely cope with ordinary small scenes. But now the Old Summer Palace is quiet, and no one has come to spread a word, which makes the people who have just won the battle suspenseful.

"Tuanza, do you think it will be the French army that has made a detour!" Acton and Bi Yuntao looked at each other for a while, and finally expressed their worries.

Guo Xing'a has never dared to devote all his strength to clean up the British army, because he is worried about the French army that has been staying outside Beijing on the surface. Although the camp is there, no matter how powerful the scouts are, they can't walk in one person at a time, and it is difficult to guarantee that the French army will not engage in a partial division and sneak over. Although they are very confident in the reconnaissance battalion, no one can guarantee that there will be no such thing as a horse stumbling forward, and it is not impossible for the French army to sneak around the back to give Goxinga a hard blow.

Acton is worried about this now, and the current situation looks very similar to the French army taking advantage of the main force of the Gu'an army to encircle and annihilate the British army, and went around to the side of the Old Summer Palace, and took the Old Summer Palace directly from the loophole in the Gu'an army's defense. Just now, the British army has attracted almost everyone's attention, and even if Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang are famous generals, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not be negligent.

"It's hard to say! There is nothing to be found nearby, but it is impossible to say whether the foreign devils have gone around in a big circle. But the sound of this gun is not very similar, if you listen carefully, there is only the sound of gunfire, there is no sound of cannon at all, and the sound of gunfire is too thin. Bi Yuntao also has this kind of worry, but he feels that many places make no sense.

"Yes! If it is really a big attack by the French army, the adults can completely give up the palace and let the foreign devils in to fight, there is no need to fight hard. Acton also felt that there were a lot of things that went against the grain.

While the chiefs of the various ministries were discussing the situation, a herald was sent out in the garden, but the news was even more alarming. Goxinga asked the troops to hold their positions tightly, but they sent a battalion from each of the two infantry regiments to help, and Mushun's heavy cavalry battalion also drove into the garden. Fortunately, the herald also reported the specific situation, otherwise all the departments would have to blow up.

The beginning of Guoxing's derailment was a few hours before he had to go back, when Bi Yuntao had just exchanged fire with the British army. The reconnaissance battalion sent back a piece of information to Guo Xing'a, and found a large number of unidentified people in several opposite directions to the battlefield, such as due north and northwest of the Old Summer Palace. Guo Xing'a also thought that the French army had copied it, and hurriedly ordered Tan Shaoguang to step up the deployment in the park, and sent more people to investigate the movements of these people. However, after close investigation, the news that came back paralyzed Guo Xing'a, these people are Chinese, not foreign devils. And they should be considered unarmed, without heavy weapons and without organizational command.

The reconnaissance battalion simply sent more than a dozen cavalrymen up to inquire about the situation, these people were all residents near the Old Summer Palace, and there was indeed nothing unusual about helping the old and the young. Guo Xing'a knew that it was the common people, so he let down his guard, how could the French army not buy the local people so quickly, and these people couldn't make any tricks. It's just a matter of letting Tan Shaoguang strengthen his vigilance to prevent someone from using their cover to carry out a sneak attack.

But these people are constantly approaching the Old Summer Palace, and some people even began to dig gaps in the palace wall, or climb the palace wall directly. Tan Shaoguang's people also found these guys, but these people, old and young, claimed that their families were plagued by foreign devils and escaped for refuge, and they wanted to enter the palace for temporary refuge. Tan Shaoguang relented for a while, so he let a group of people into the garden. But I never expected that these people would become wild horses when they entered the garden, and they did not obey the control at all, relying on the vast area of the garden and the mixed vegetation, and they came directly and scattered. Tan Shaoguang has a total of more than 1,000 people in the garden, and he has to disperse and defend all over the place, and there are not many people in each place, so naturally he can't catch these chaotic people for a while. By the time Tan Shaoguang personally organized people to come over and surround it, three to five hundred people had already rushed into the depths of the garden.

Tan Shaoguang thought at first that these people were just frightened, and he found that the number of Gu'an troops was small, so he wanted to find a safe place to hide, and he didn't care too much. But things turned out completely unexpectedly, and more and more people began to try to storm the garden, from a few hundred at first, to thousands, and finally to tens of thousands. Tan Shaoguang also forbade the soldiers to shoot these rioters before they were threatened, and even made these people have no scruples, rushing hard, climbing over the wall and drilling holes, and using all their skills, and the Old Summer Palace was full of rioters for a while.

Because Tan Shaoguang was defending on the periphery, and the guard platoon was busy with many affairs, there were only about 20 guards around important generals such as Guo Xing'a, and no one expected that there would be a sudden danger in a core area like Kyushu Qingyan. Hundreds of rioters suddenly appeared, and before the guards could see what they were doing, they had already rushed into the main hall. Guo Xing'a, who was eating royal noodles in front of the sand table to guide the battle situation, was also affected by the chaos and was almost snatched away by the noodle bowls.

The rebels were red-eyed and robbed everything they saw, although they mainly used silk, porcelain, and silver, but they also did not let go of other things that looked fresh. Goxinga's military maps and sand tables belong to this kind of novelty, and the gold-inlaid German-style military saber left Goxinga's belt in an instant. If it weren't for the guard platoon that chose to shoot without hesitation, Guo Xing'a, a generation of famous generals in the north and south, would probably be beaten by the rioters because of a noodle bowl.

When the nearby soldiers heard the gunfire of Kyushu Qingyan, they all hurried over, and after the bayonets were red, they quickly drove out the rebels. However, the messy hall is really miserable, the sand table has been torn apart, and several pieces are missing. Two of the military maps somehow got to the pillars, and the others were gone. In addition to the dragon chair, other tea bowls and snacks and other things were taken away, and the coffee table and chairs were gone.

Goxinga was still holding his bowl of noodles firmly, but the ivory chopsticks were snatched away. The saber and pistol were recovered by the guards, but the holster and the loop of the waist knife were torn apart. The top is still there, but the red tassels are all gone, and the gem on the top is gone. Goxinga's clothes were also torn in many places, and his flesh was exposed in many places, and his face was pale. If it weren't for the noodle bowl as a witness, Goxinga would look very much like a girl who had just been ravaged by gangsters.

Pi Runmin, Xiande, Saishan'a and others are not much better than Guoxing'a, and the fans, jade pendants and other ornaments on their bodies are all gone. The clothes were also torn to pieces, Pi Runmin's shoes were lost, and Xiande had several more footprints on his body. The hats were all gone, Pi Runmin's braids were even more scattered, and his cloak looked like a female ghost. Zou Degui didn't have anything to do, but he kept panting on the side. Obviously, this martial arts master just now was able to get out with a lot of internal strength.

"The eunuch in the garden rebelled? What's going on with those old wits? And the bearded! Guo Xing'a's eyes were a little dull, and he had a feeling that he was eating hot pot and singing songs, and he was suddenly robbed, and the eunuch rebellion was the only possibility he could think of.

"It's not a eunuch, these people are dressed like ordinary people, and they are all poor!" Pi Runmin stumbled a few steps in the direction of Guoxing'a. Just now, a few chaotic people wanted to snatch the silver taels in his arms, and desperately pulled their hands into his arms, and if they used too much force, they would inevitably cross the line, and he was very hurt and was taken out a few times, and he couldn't stand up in pain.

"How did these people get in, arrest them for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu's map!" Guo Xing'a threw the bowl and immediately jumped up.

If the Gu'an army didn't arrest it, these chaotic people were all coming around, and this arrest was even more chaotic. There are those who kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, those who jump through the house and jump to escape, those who play hide and seek on the rockery, and finally set fire to cause chaos. The rebels set fire to several eunuchs' residences, and all at once smoke billowed from them. Guo Xing'a was afraid of disturbing the morale of the troops on the front line, so he could only preemptively release the smoke signal, ask the troops directly under him to come back for reinforcements, and ask all units to hold their positions.

Tan Shaoguang saw the smoke news, and when he saw that even Guoxing'a had been attacked, he hurriedly took people back to protect Guoxing'a, and as a result, the gap in the defense line was even greater. Tan Shaoguang's defense is aimed at the army, but the army's attack and the people's climbing over the wall are not the same concept. The army needs to carry a lot of equipment, and they can't walk where there is no road, but the common people can climb over it with a ridge. Tan Shaoguang transferred troops again, for the people, it was equivalent to the palace gate being opened, and thousands of chaotic people rushed into the Old Summer Palace at once.