Chapter 584: Fleeing to the Rehe River in the North
Xianfeng only fainted for half an hour before he woke up. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After spitting a few mouthfuls of blood, I felt a little more relaxed. Several imperial doctors who were with them in the Summer Palace had already come to see him, and after a moment of consultation, they said that the emperor was anxious and worried, and he was a little weak due to overwork, so he wanted to recuperate.
Xianfeng couldn't help but smile bitterly, recuperate? Now that this thief is about to fight in Beijing, where will he go to recuperate?
At this time, there were cries and noises outside the hall, and Xianfeng remembered that he was discussing the military aircraft with the ministers, and when he heard that the battle of Bali Bridge had been lost, he vomited blood and fainted. Thinking of this, he was busy with the support of the eunuchs beside him, and walked from the inner hall to the outer hall.
But he saw that Monk Greenqin was covered in blood, and was pulled by several military ministers, making noise there. And Du Han, the minister of military aircraft, was crying, and when he saw Xianfeng coming out, he hurriedly crawled over on his knees, crying: "Fortunately, the emperor is in good health!" Your Majesty, Wei Chen asked for the immediate dismissal of a criminal minister like Seng Lingqin, the title of the prince, and the detention and imprisonment! ”
Mu Yin, the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Secretary of the Ministry of War, also cried: "Your Majesty, the servants also ask that the general of this defeated army be imprisoned and removed from his title!" ”
Xianfeng turned to Monk Greenqin, and saw that his face was covered with bloody handprints, presumably he was arrested by these ministers of military aircraft, but when he thought of his defeat at Baliqiao, he became angry, snorted coldly, and said: "Monk Greenqin, you still have the face to see me?" ”
Monk Lingqin's face was gloomy, and he broke away from Du Han and Mu Yin, who were pulling him, and kowtowed to the ground repeatedly, bleeding profusely, and cried: "Your Majesty, only slaves have the grace of God, and their sins deserve death!" The slave came this time, just to report the matter, and then led the troops to fight to the death with the Cantonese thieves! ”
Seeing the appearance of Monk Greenqin, Xianfeng sighed and said, "Now that the matter is now, what else do you have to play?" ”
"Your Majesty, the servant implores the emperor to move the Rehe Palace, Qiluan Beijiao, and stay away from Jingshi!" Monk Greenqin said, there is still a sentence that has not been said, that is, only when the emperor leaves Beijing City, can the Gyeonggi Eight Banners Forbidden Army let go of their hands and feet and fight the Cantonese thieves with all their might, otherwise, they can only garrison the Forbidden City.
Xianfeng's face changed. As soon as he woke up, he was thinking about it.
The 30,000 Manchurian and Mongolian troops of Baliqiao were defeated, and even the Mongolian iron cavalry led by Seng Lingqin also failed, what these Eight Banners in Beijing looked like, Xianfeng was not clear, so he put on a scene, and the real battle was no different from those green battalion soldiers.
Whether the city of Beijing could be defended, after the battle of Bali Bridge, he was extremely skeptical. He couldn't bet his noble body on the question of whether he could defend the capital or not.
Before Xianfeng could speak, Mu Yin next to him shouted excitedly: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" The Qiluan Northern Hunt will only exacerbate the chaos of the situation, and the Cantonese thieves will think that the emperor is afraid of them and will be more arrogant, and the court soldiers will definitely lose their fighting spirit and be powerless to resist. ”
He turned his head fiercely and glared at Monk Greenqin, "Monk Greenqin has ulterior motives, and he wants to destroy the entire Daqing Society!" Your Majesty, this person was not only defeated in battle, but also talked nonsense, disturbing the morale of the army. The slave implored the emperor to immediately remove the official and take him into custody for questioning! ”
Du Han, Minister of Military Aircraft, also played again: "Yang Jisheng, a former minister of the Ming Dynasty, said a famous saying, 'If you want to answer me, go to Yan Song first' Monk Greenqin is now Yan Song of the Qing Dynasty. ”
Xianfeng was secretly angry: You two are trying to force me to death! Could it be that I can sit and guard the capital, and wait for the Cantonese thieves to break through the city and capture it?
He just wanted to speak, but saw Prince Gong Yixun report: "Your Majesty, if you leave Beijing, why do you face the people of Sheji Limin?" Why do you face the tablets of the emperors? How can we abandon the ancestral inheritance as if it were a discarding mission? Moreover, the emperor, how will he comment on the future generations? When the fortunes of the country are in danger, no king chooses 'Mulan's move' and wants to avoid it..."
Yixun didn't say any more, he also said cruel things. No way, don't say no, once Xianfeng leaves the capital, as the emperor, the prince, and the minister of military aircraft, he will probably be left behind in the capital to supervise the country. He doesn't want to!
Jiumen Admiral Qi Ying was also there, and he was even more straightforward: "Your Majesty, the servants are worried that once the emperor is out of the pass, the people of the Qing Dynasty will think that I have abandoned the country in the pass, and think that the emperor is evading, and there will be a catastrophe!" Moreover, this will make my Eight Banners soldiers lose confidence, and it will be easier for Cantonese thieves to occupy the capital! ”
At this time, the voice that made Xianfeng happy appeared, but it was Prince Zheng Duanhua, the minister of the guard, who said: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't think so!" The Beijing division is in danger, the emperor's noble body, and there is no crown prince, if you stay in the Beijing division, once the city is broken, the Qing Dynasty will die! If you don't like to hunt outside the North Hunt Pass, you can attack and defend, along the way issued an edict to the King of Qin, wait for the arrival of the King of Qin's army, and then gather the Eight Banners of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army, break the Guangdong thieves, then the Qing Dynasty will be safe. ”
And the newly promoted military aircraft walking Su Shun also played: "Your Majesty, the servants also think it's better to go to the Rehe Palace!" The emperor can lead the Eight Banners Forbidden Army to drive the expedition in person, take the Rehe River, and when the army of King Qin arrives, he will attack the Guangdong thieves together, and the battle will be decided! ”
Saying that, Su Shun also became excited about the excuse he had found, and continued: "Although the thieves are close, they should encourage people's hearts to save the day. The emperor himself led the Manchurian army, and he will definitely be able to calm people's hearts. Just sit in the north of Beijing, in the Rehe Palace to meet the army of the king of Qin, and so the cold winter comes, most of the Guangdong thieves are southerners, and they must not be accustomed to the cold climate, and they will collapse without a fight. ”
Xianfeng's eyes lit up: This is my good minion! Su Shun's words are too much in line with my heart!
He couldn't help but clap his hands and praise: "Not bad! Aiqing's words are the words of the old man who seeks the country, and I am very relieved to consider it! ”
Su Shun's words not only allowed him not to have to be trapped in the capital and wait for the Cantonese thieves to attack, but also to take refuge in Rehe in the name of the royal driver's personal expedition. Thinking of this, his face immediately straightened, no longer worried, although his voice was still lacking in qi, he still said loudly: "I have made up my mind!" Tomorrow, I will drive the expedition in person, but considering that the capital still has to be defended, I only bring 500 guards from the Beijing camp, and then allocate 4,000 cavalry from the Xiaocai battalion, plus the remaining 1,000 cavalry from the forward battalion will also go with me. All the remaining Gyeonggi Eight Banners Forbidden Army remained in the capital! ”
Xianfeng actually wants to bring more troops, and he must be cavalry to follow him and escort him all the way. But with too many troops, along the way, people eat a lot of grain and grass chewed by horses, if you are prepared, I don't know how many days later, he can't wait that long, he will leave Beijing early tomorrow morning, who knows when those Cantonese thieves will come?
Therefore, he can only temporarily receive 5,000 elite cavalry, which is already the limit of the amount of conscription that can be sent immediately.
Thinking that the guards of the capital had to be presided over by someone, Xianfeng's eyes widened, and suddenly, he had an idea: "Order, pull out the monk Lingqin's three-eyed dazzling feathers, remove his position as the commander of Manchuria with the blue flag, cut off the prince's title, and leave only the minister of the Qincha to guard the city of Beijing." Gui Liang was dismissed from the post of governor of Zhili, and he was ordered to leave his post and stay in office to assist in guarding the capital. ”
"Prince Feng Gong is the minister of the Qin Mission, staying in Beijing and the Old Summer Palace, presiding over the affairs of Beijing, and co-organized by Gui Liang."
"I ordered Prince Zheng Duanhua and Minister of Military Aircraft Mu Yin to go to the Guangdong thief camp to negotiate peace with the thief chieftain, and the river can be ruled by rowing the river! If the thief has other requirements, you can handle it as appropriate! ”
Xianfeng issued three edicts in a row, and began to arrange the affairs of Beijing City and prepare to leave Beijing.
The Minister of Military Aircraft, Mu Yin, Du Han and others cried repeatedly, bitterly persuading Xianfeng not to leave Beijing, but where would Xianfeng listen at this moment, the holy decree had been issued, and Xianfeng went away angrily.
When he returned to the inner hall, he found that Concubine Yi's Xingzhen, whose belly had been bulging high, was waiting for her with the support of several palace maids. When I heard him say that he was going north to hunt in the Rehe Palace, he was shocked and hurriedly dissuaded, but where would Xianfeng still listen to the persuasion, if it weren't for the sake of Xingzhen being pregnant with the dragon species, I was afraid that I would have to scold a few words fiercely.
In the early morning of the next day, Xianfeng first went to the Hanjing Hall of Changchun Garden to bid farewell to the tablet of the first emperor and the tablets of the gods who blessed the dynasty; Then, he summoned Prince Gong and Monk Greenqin, Prince Zheng Duanhua, and Minister of Military Aircraft Mu Yin to spy for more than half an hour, and then ordered Prince Yi Zaiyuan, the minister of the guard, to gather soldiers and horses, and led the 4,000 cavalry of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the 1,000 cavalry of the Forward Battalion, and left the Old Summer Palace in a hurry, and went directly to Rehe through the east gate of Changchun Garden.
This went to the Rehe Palace, in addition to the emperor of Xianfeng, hundreds of accompanying concubines, important ministers, and eunuchs and palace maids, plus 500 pro-army guards at all levels in the palace, and 5,000 cavalry, went north.