There was a lot of debate in the court, but the three Western countries would not give the Qing court so much time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

One day the argument was fruitless, as soon as the sky was dark, the French army launched an attack again on the remnants of Zeng Guofan's defeated generals, Zeng Guofan gathered the green camp in Jingnan, barely resisting the attack of the French army, but it was useless, and the retreat was defeated, and the alliance army of the Three Kingdoms followed, all the way to Yongdingmen.

The courtiers can no longer sit still and do not run? If you don't run, you won't be able to run a single one!

Yixin ordered Wang Huanzhang to lead the Shenji battalion to protect the emperor, the queen mother and the ministers of the court, and fled towards Rehe, and the entire city of Beijing was lost to Zeng Guofan, let him toss, there is no way.

But is that the end of it?

Yixin thought too simply, the French and the Spaniards wanted to occupy the city of Beijing, and then force the Qing court to surrender and sign an alliance under the city, but the British, who suffered heavy casualties, did not agree.

The anxious Horton did not listen to the persuasion of Bazin and Morenster at all, and had to continue the pursuit, leading his troops to break away from the city of Beijing and begin to approach Rehe! Bazin and Morenster are helpless, at this time, it is not the time to have a disagreement, since Horton wants to be angry, then give him a chance to be angry.

France and Spain had no choice but to leave a part of their forces to occupy the city of Beijing and pursued it together.

The emperor's line has not yet stayed in Chengde, the Three Kingdoms Alliance has followed again, outside the city of Chengde, people neighing, gunfire like bursting beans, the French chaser regiment has arrived at the city of Chengde first.

The little emperor Tongzhi had already been frightened and numb, and he no longer had the same vigor in the court; As for the Empress Dowager Ci'an, her face was also pale and trembling, she had escaped for four hundred miles, and the foreigners were still in hot pursuit! Is this to drive the imperial court there? Could it be true that you went all the way north and ran to Shengjing?

"Sixth Master, you, you have an idea......

Ci'an said in a trembling voice.

Yixin? The current Yixin is also pale, just his own little life, it doesn't matter, who hasn't died? But the Qing Dynasty can't end like this!

But what to do?

Peace, now there is only one way to make peace, compensation, opening commercial ports, and cutting land, as long as you can keep the Jiangshan Sheji of the Qing Dynasty, the rest can only be said later!

"Queen Mother, now we have no way to escape, we can only seek peace, but we are ashamed of our ancestors and ancestors......"

Forced to be helpless, Yixin had to resort to his last trick and replied astringently.

"How do you sum up?"

Ci'an asked.

"Queen Mother, let Prince Alcohol and Lord Wen go to the coalition military camp to sue for peace on behalf of the royal family and the imperial court, ask the foreigners to temporarily withdraw from the army, reopen the collegiate discussion, no matter what the conditions, first agree to come down and then say, the rest is a later story, as long as the foreigners can withdraw the army, the imperial court will return to Beijing safely, don't say 30 million taels of silver, even if it is 50 million taels of silver, we can only accept it......"

Fifty million taels of silver!

The Empress Dowager Ci'an's heart trembled, that was the financial revenue of the Qing Dynasty for a year! Where can the imperial court afford to lose such a large sum of money? However, if you don't seek peace, what can you do, now Guo Ye and Li Hongzhang are thousands of miles away, far away and close to fire, at most, in two days, the main force of the coalition army will arrive in Chengde, and a single artillery will probably kill the entire imperial court, and at that time, it will be a real political death!

"Okay, Sixth Master, according to your intentions, appoint Prince Yiyun and Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Xiang as ministers of peace and envoys, and go to the camp of the Western Alliance to ask for peace talks."

This time, the Qing court was completely frightened, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty raised an objection, whether it was a nobleman or a Qingliu, no one dared to speak out against it, this is not just the emperor, his own life may not be able to be saved under the angry foreigners!

Even in the last Opium War, the British and French forces captured Beijing, so they stopped the pursuit and only stayed in Beijing.

However, it is no wonder that the British and Japanese were beaten miserably in Shandong, one battleship, three gunboats, plus seven or eight thousand casualties, such a huge loss, if Horton and Dundas do not show a little achievement, then after returning home, waiting for them is only to be demoted or even retired from active service.

The county seat of Chengde, more than 60 miles away from Chengde Mansion, is where the main force of the Three Kingdoms Alliance is located, and Bazin, Houghton and Morenster are temporarily stationed here.

"Peace talks?"

When the three of them were discussing their next steps, a military staff officer ran in and reported to the three generals, Prince Alcohol of the Qing Kingdom, and Wen Xiang, Minister of Military Aircraft, asking for a meeting to discuss peace talks.

Bazin sneered: "Okay, let's let their envoys in for the time being, but under the current situation, it is difficult to negotiate peace!" ”

"That's nature!"

Horton shouted, "At the beginning, we wanted peace talks, but they didn't want to, and now we are mobilizing the people and knocking on the door, and they can't stand it, so they want peace talks?" Think beautifully! This time, it's not as simple as letting them spit out 30 million taels of silver! ”

While speaking, Yi Xun and Wen Xiang walked in, "Yi Xun, the prince of the Great Qing Dynasty, and Wen Xiang, the Minister of Military Aircraft, meet the three generals!" ”

Horton, Bazin, and Morenster are facing each other coldly, and now that the victory is in hand, who will look down on the defeated generals?

"Prince Alcohol?"

Bazin sneered, "No matter what kind of prince you are, these days, the prince of China is not worth much, let's say, what is the matter with coming to our army?" ”

Yi Xun was so angry, this group of bastards ran to their own low heads to spread wild, and they were so domineering! It's really infuriating! It's just that the situation is stronger than people now, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, they can't afford to provoke others, and if they want to avoid this catastrophe, they have to say good things to others!

"General Bazin, on behalf of my Qing court, this king has made a request for peace to you, hoping that your army can return to Tianjin, and the two sides will send representatives to conduct peace talks in Beijing, and everything is precious, and I also ask the general to think of the common people and stop fighting......"

Yi Xun followed Wen Xiang's instructions and said to Bazin.

"Dreaming!"

Horton shouted angrily, "Why did you ask us to withdraw our troops, and we will withdraw our troops?" Now we have the upper hand, and we want to make peace with the war, that's our decision! ”

Bazin waved his hand to Horton, organized Horton, and said proudly to Yiyun: "Exit Beijing City and retreat to Tianjin?" No way! As soon as the treaty is not signed, we will not withdraw from the city of Beijing, and not only will we not withdraw from the city of Beijing, we will continue to attack! It is impossible to conduct peace talks in Beijing, and now we can only conduct peace talks in Rehe! After signing the treaty, you may still be able to return to Beijing City, if we are not satisfied, then we can only drive you to the Outer Khing'an Mountains! (To be continued.) )