"It's going to be so fast, where are the tens of thousands of troops in the Qing army, are they all pigs?" In the Prime Minister's Hall, there was a roar from Hirobumi Ito.

This is impossible, tens of thousands of people in the two lines of defense, and it was only a few days before the Liaodong Army broke through, he didn't know whether this was because the Qing Army's combat effectiveness was not good, or the Liaodong Army was too fierce.

Walking in front of the map in a few steps, Hirobumi Ito, who had recovered, looked at Inoue Shin: "What is the matter, you can talk about it." ”

Seeing that Ito Hirobumi, who was still angry just now, wanted to understand the situation now, Inoue could only put the telegram in his hand into the folder. Come to the map and pick up the commanding officer.

"The Liaodong army broke through the Qing army's Yellow River defense line in less than three days, and the Qing army's chief general Dong Fuxiang was forced to retreat to Qinling, relying on the Qinling natural danger to block the attack of the Liaodong army, all of which was originally good, the Liaodong army's offensive momentum on the Qinling front line was intercepted, and the two sides entered a stalemate, who knows, on the 7th, Cixi of the Qing State suddenly ordered the fourth town guarding the Qinling defense line, the seventh town and the Praetorian Guard to leave Qinling at night and return to Xi'an, The only ones left in Qinling were Dong Fuxiang's Gan army and the local troops in Shaanxi. The weapons and equipment of these troops were very backward, and they could not stop the attack of the Liaodong Army at all, and the Liaodong Army only took two days to break through the Qinling defense line, and now it has advanced to the Huayin area. "What is she going to do, what is this Lafayette going to do." Ito Hirofumi, who thinks about it at the head, can't understand how this Cixi, when the troops are facing off against the Liaodong Army in the Qinling Mountains, actually neurotically dispatches the main force of the Qing army to Xi'an.

There was still a bit of military common sense, and he really wanted to ask this damn old woman what she had in mind.

"It's supposed to be an escape." Inoue Shin, who was next to her, saw where Ito Hirobumi was dancing, pondered in his heart, and said his guess.

Since the beginning of the war, the imperial court has not fought regularly with the Liaodong Army except for the Battle of Handan, and every time the Liaodong Army approaches, the response of the imperial court is not to mobilize heavy troops to meet the battle, but to mobilize heavy troops to help the royal family escape, and a national leader becomes like this, I don't know whether it is a blessing or bad luck for the country.

Ito Hirobumi was very angry in his heart, in his opinion, as long as the Qing army held out on the Yellow River defense line or even in the Qinling defense line for a month, he would be able to complete the deployment, at that time, he would be able to let the combined fleet carry several divisions of the Japanese mainland into Korea, and then secretly launch a surprise attack on the first corps of the Liaodong Army At the same time, the main force of the combined fleet will also attack the Beiyang Naval Division under the command of Ito Yuheng, and then occupy Lushun and march into Shandong. Then, when the time comes, it will be easy to land in Shandong and attack Liu Jun from several sides, but now, the Qing army is too useless, and he has not completed all the preparations, and the Liaodong army will soon occupy Xi'an.

Ito Hirobumi, who was resentful in his heart, heard Inoue Xin say the word escape, and immediately raised his head and looked at Inoue Xin with puzzled eyes.

"What, is there any movement over there in Xi'an?"

Inouexin can't be sure of this, but he got the news from the spies of the Qing State that Zhao Erfeng, the governor of Sichuan, sent three battalions of troops to suddenly enter Hanzhong, and Xi'an has been confined in the past few days. Judging from all kinds of signs, Cixi wanted to run, and the place where she escaped was obviously Sichuan, and as for the three battalions of Qing troops entering Hanzhong, they must have welcomed Cixi into Shu somewhere.

Forget it, who does it depend on, you can't rely on Qingguo, for joining forces to deal with Liu Jun, Ito Hirofumi no longer reports any hope, if you pin too much hope on it, it will definitely be you who will die of anger at that time.

"Go and give the order, let the Navy and Army be ready for everything and send troops at any time." Indifferently, Ito Hirobumi, who had already lost confidence in Qingguo, looked at Inoue Shin, who was standing beside him, and gave an order.

"My subordinates understand." Inoue smiled smugly, turned and walked out.

Xi'an City, there is no excitement and joy when the two palaces arrived, when the two palaces came to Xi'an, both the people and officials, their hearts were extremely excited, watching the two palaces into the city was crowded, but now.

The streets of Xi'an are deserted, and the strange wind that hangs from time to time rolls the garbage on the street into the sky, and then falls on the ground, on the street, the cold wind is biting. From time to time, there will be groups of Qing soldiers running through the streets, led by the captain. It's just that, judging from their expressions, their faces are heavy, and there is no laughter.

Li Jiaojiao is the proprietress of a tea shop in Xi'an, and in the past two days, he has seen through the gate that the Qing army wearing yellow coats and big caps on his head has been running by the avenue in front of his house from time to time, and he is very curious.

Now, sitting in the counter, she once again saw about 300 soldiers with foreign guns in their hands, trotting from their own doors to the governor's mansion where the two palaces lived, and immediately frowned, snorted, spit out the melon seed shell in her mouth, Li Jiaojiao pushed the dozing guy with her elbow.

"You say, why are these military masters always wandering around the streets these days, and the old lady has no business at all." After Li Jiaojiao finished speaking, she raised her eyes and looked at the empty teahouse.

"Boss, why don't you know yet, listen to other people, Lafayette and the emperor are leaving. That's why there are so many military masters on the street in the past two days. ”

'You're leaving, where are you going?' Li Jiaojiao asked suspiciously.

"I heard that I went to Sichuan."

Sichuan? Looking at the soldiers who had already gone away, Li Jiaojiao threw the melon seeds in her hand into her mouth again.

With a snap, the melon seed shell spit out of its mouth and jumped on the ground.

In Zhang Zhidong's mansion, there was a noisy sound in the courtyard, so that Zhang Zhidong in the study didn't have any intention to read books at all......

Helplessly put down the book in his hand, Zhang Zhidong opened up, opened the door of the study, and saw at a glance where his housekeeper Defu was greeting and carrying things to the car outside the door.

The rhythm of running for his life, Zhang Zhidong shook his head helplessly and returned to his room again.

The imperial court has decided to leave Xi'an, and the time of departure is tonight. Time was in a hurry, no one expected that the speed of the Liaodong Army was so fast, and it took less than two days to arrive in Huayin, which made Cixi, who had planned to wait for two days before leaving for Sichuan, suddenly change the time and advance the time to Sichuan by nearly three days.

Three days in advance, it is easy to cause chaos, originally three more days, the members of the various departments who came together were able to calmly sort out their things, and then leave with peace of mind, but now, the sudden order made everyone scramble, for fear that they would not follow the big cabinet and let the Liaodong Army catch ......

"Master, someone from Ouchi has come, ask us if we are ready." Defoe pushed him in and asked cautiously.

What are the preparations, almost all of his belongings have been smashed in Wuhan, and now he has basically nothing on his body, except for some books and necessary items.

"Tell them they're ready to go."

"Yes, sir." Defu smiled and nodded, turned and walked out.

Hey, I don't know when I'll be back. With a sigh, Zhang Zhidong blew out the candles on the table, turned over and fell on the bed, and he took advantage of this time to take a good rest.

Lushun, it has been dark for a long time, and from the kitchen, the smell of the meat of Liu Jun's favorite boiled fish wafts out.

With a bang, Liu Jun looked at Xiang'er, who was busy in the kitchen, and wanted to go and see it in person several times, but he was surrounded by his wives, and he couldn't get out of it if he wanted to, so he could only sit there and wait quietly.

"Head"

It's over, and the meal can't be eaten. Hearing this voice, Liu Jun chuckled in his heart and looked out of the door.

Sure enough, as soon as he looked up, he saw Zhong Lin pick up a telegram and walk in.

It's not the time to come at the time. Holding his mouth, Liu Jun stood up helplessly: "What's wrong?" ”

"Head, you guessed it, Xi'an Station telegraphed, Xi'an is now in chaos, it is estimated that Cixi is going to run away."

With a squeak, Liu Jun, who received the telegram, suddenly pushed open the door of the study and walked in with Zhong Lin.