Nie Shicheng thinks that he is a general who was forced to surrender without reluctance, and according to his analysis, he will not be allowed to be Liu Jun and Liu Jun will have to stay at home to retire and die, but now, he is very suspicious that he heard it wrong, Liu Jun actually let him serve as the highest military commander of Beijing again, and he is still in charge of Beijing's military power.

Cheating, this must be cheating, Nie Shicheng raised his head and squinted his eyes at Liu Jun, he wanted to see if Liu Jun had a hypocritical side.

It's a pity, from Liu Jun's eyes, there is no trace of hypocrisy, there is simplicity and a kind of trust, at least Nie Shicheng thinks so.

Liu Jun actually knew from later generations that although this Nie Shicheng was an old antique, but in the country's righteousness, he would definitely choose righteousness, and in later generations, when he invaded China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, he fought to the death and did not retreat, and finally died, although this is suspected of protecting the Beijing Emperor, but after all, he dared to go up, and did not choose to escape like Rong Lu.

Because of his arrival, the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Coalition did not occur, and even the rebellion of refugees like the Boxers did not occur. So Nie Shicheng did not die for the country, but he still knew that Nie Shicheng was a good general.

Not to mention anything else, if Nie Shicheng hadn't left North Korea on September 2 and returned to China, the troops in North Korea would not have lost so badly.

: Also, the Resolute Army you are commanding now, you are still in charge of their costumes, but they have to change. Seeing Nie Shicheng with an unbelieving face, Liu Jun did not explain anything, but said a request again

He has already fought against the imperial court, and since Beijing has surrendered to him, even if it is a last resort, this military uniform must be changed, otherwise it will cause international misunderstanding or something in the future, and Liu Jun will not be able to bear it.

"You're not going to dismantle my army." Nie Shicheng never believed that no person would be so generous, and he didn't start when he had the best chance to eat the troops, but used the original team, Nie Shicheng admitted that he couldn't do it, and even Li Hongzhang couldn't do it.

"General Nie, the head didn't lie to you, the head already knew that you would immediately turn the muzzle of the gun after you rebelled together, which was unreasonable, so the head decided to let you continue in Beijing and be responsible for Beijing's security and protection work, and as for the Eighth Army and the Seventh Army, after they converged, only one battalion of troops would be left to be responsible for the reorganization of your department, and the rest of the men and horses should immediately go south and converge with Feng Guozhang's department in Xingtai to prepare for a new campaign." Zhong Lin next to him still didn't believe it when he saw Nie Shicheng, so he simply said what Liu Jun said to him a few days ago,

"Dashuai." In Nie Shicheng's resolute eyes, a tear actually flowed out.

"Thank you, boss, for your trust." His lips trembled slightly, and he knelt down all of a sudden.

Seeing Nie Shicheng like this, Liu Jun smiled slightly in his heart.

If Nie Shicheng can do this, then Beijing's peaceful settlement of major matters can be determined.

"Immediately give the order, and the armies stop the attack." Liu Jun turned around and began to give orders,

"General, immediately come down to the battalions, stop the defense, lay down your arms to the nearby Liaodong armies, and wait for reorganization." When Nie Shicheng saw Liu Jun giving an order, he was not ambiguous, and immediately stood up and began to give orders to his cronies and generals who were following him.

On October 5, 1902, the Liaodong Army incorporated Nie Shicheng's troops stationed around Beijing and established the Independent Third Division, with Nie Shicheng as the division commander and the commander of the Beijing garrison.

On the 6th, the Eighth Army and the Seventh Army, under the leadership of Wang Shizhen, began to move south, waiting to join Feng Guozhang, and then jointly attack Handan.

Originally, before Feng Guozhang entered Baoding, the Qing army was in Shijiazhuang, but on the second day of Feng Guozhang's entry into Baoding, the Shijiazhuang garrison was immediately flustered and led the army to withdraw from Shijiazhuang that night.

Taiyuan Palace, Cixi's bumpy journey, finally arrived in Taiyuan the day before yesterday.

Originally, the queue of the two palaces could go further, but Cixi had not left Beijing for decades, and she couldn't stand the bumps, so she traveled less than 50 kilometers a day on this road, and it took more than ten days to step on it from Beijing to Taiyuan.

As soon as he arrived in Taiyuan, the governor of Shanxi immediately gave up the governor's yamen to the two palaces, and went to the Taiyuan prefect to live a good life.

After more than ten days of bumps, Cixi no longer has the figure she used to have. There is no such privileged life in the palace in the past, and now, his diet is nothing more than some ordinary dishes, and it can't be compared to the forty thousand silver spent on a meal in the palace at that time.

Li Lianying is now looking at Cixi who is eating with a smile on her face, and her heart can be regarded as relieved, in the past ten days, Cixi has not eaten steadily every day, and now she can finally eat peacefully.

From a distance, Li Lianying saw Zhang Zhidong and the governor of Shanxi coming over anxiously, looking at their appearance, something should have happened. I didn't want to disturb Cixi's eating time, but Cixi had ordered that once Zhang Zhidong came, it would be reported immediately, so Li Lianying could only step forward and bow her head carefully: "Qi Lafayette, Zhang Zhongtang and the governor are here." ”

As soon as she heard that it was Zhang Zhidong, Cixi was stunned for a moment, then stood up and looked at Li Lianying in front of her: "Let them go to the hall and wait for the mourning family." ”

In the governor's hall, Zhang Zhidong looked at the telegram in his hand, sighed helplessly, and looked at the curtain behind him again.

The governor of Shanxi next to him stepped forward and looked at the telegram in Zhang Zhidong's hand: "Zhongtang, do you think we should not report this telegram?" ”

Don't report it, Zhang Zhidong looked at the governor in front of him suspiciously, of course he knew that it was best not to report this kind of information, but he had to report it like this.

If you conceal Nie Shicheng's surrender to Liu Jun and conceal the news of the fall of Beijing, if you are found out at that time, you will have to roll up and leave if you don't die.

Rather than let him be punished in the future, he could only tell Cixi about this matter, and then discuss the future.

Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Zhidong looked at the governor of Shanxi beside him, and immediately shook his head, indicating that this was inappropriate.

The person who can be the governor is not stupid, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly understood what Zhang Zhidong meant, so he nodded slightly. The two of them could only stay where and wait quietly.

Ten minutes later, the two people in the hall saw several palace maids walking out, and both of them knew that Cixi had come out, so they quickly sorted out their clothes, and sat down when they saw Cixi. The two of them are going to see each other.

"Excuse me, what do you want to see the mourners?" Cixi waved her hand and motioned for the two to talk about something, and she would have to go to rest in a while.

Zhang Zhidong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at the mood that he was in a good mood today, and retreated, but now that he has come here, it is impossible to retreat.

"What the hell is going on?" Cixi is not a stupid pig, and suddenly thought that something was not good, so she asked again, and her tone was also there

Some serious.

Zhang Zhidong knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he stepped forward and handed over the telegram in his hand with both hands: "Qi Qi Lafayette, Beijing is lost." ”

"What?" Cixi exclaimed, stood up from the chair at once, stared at Zhang Zhidong with wide eyes, and suddenly trembled after receiving the telegram from Li Lianying's hand, and threw the telegram in her hand to the ground at once.

"What about Nie Shicheng, he is not in Beijing, where is Nie Shicheng." In the midst of the roar, Cixi questioned loudly.

It's good that Cixi didn't mention this matter, but Zhang Zhidong was angry about the matter of unity, and Cixi asked Nie Shicheng to serve as the commander of Jiumen at that time, and she was against it.

No matter what, just because he was Li Hongzhang's favorite general, he would oppose it, but Cixi had already decided at that time that he couldn't say it, so he could only agree.

Now seeing Cixi asking Nie Shicheng, Zhang Zhidong suddenly arched his hand in an abnormal atmosphere: "Lafayette, Nie Shicheng has surrendered to Liu Jun." “

What, Cixi's eyes widened. She never thought that Nie Shicheng would betray herself and go to refuge in that chaotic thief, which was hateful. "Lafayette, Nie Shicheng not only surrendered to Liu Jun, but also the Yi army has been reorganized by Liu Jun, in addition, according to intelligence, Liu Jun's Liaodong Army has gone south and is now about to reach Xingtai."