Forbidden city.

Emperor Xianfeng looked at the battle report sent by Seng Lingqin and Yile Dong'a, and he was already frightened with cold hands and feet, Dagukou was lost, and Tianjin City was not guaranteed!

There is no more frustrating and desperate news, a thunderbolt!

You must know that from Tianjin to Beijing, only 200 kilometers, if you march urgently, it only takes four or five days, and the foreigners' army can come to the city!

What to do? What to do? The current Emperor Xianfeng no longer has the heart to care about who is right and who is wrong between Seng Lingqin and Ildonga! In fact, you don't have to think about it, one is a fierce general who has survived a hundred battles, and the other is an old scholar who has no power to tie the chicken, and you can know who escaped with your ass!

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me, what should I do now?"

Xianfeng asked in a trembling voice.

His Royal Highness's ministers looked at each other, what should I do? God knows what to do? Monk King, the combat power of the iron cavalry under his command is second to none in the Great Qing Kingdom, even if the Hunan army of Zeng Guofan comes up, it may not be the opponent of the Mongolian elite cavalry, and even the monk king is not an opponent, so who has any way?

Prince Gong on the side? Seeing that no one stood up, he had to bow down and play: "Your Majesty, at this time, the minister thinks that peace should be discussed earlier, so that we can protect the vitality of the empire, and our combat strength will not be buried here; Second, now the focus of our deal is still on the Taiping bandits, send the foreigners away quickly, clean up Hong Xiuquan first, and push the others back! ”

When Su Shun heard this, he was dissatisfied: "King Gong, this matter is not appropriate, right?" Negotiate and negotiate peace, you only know that peace, every time peace is negotiated, foreigners will dig three feet into the ground to loot our goods, oppress us, and go to the country in a dignified manner, why should they give in? In my opinion, I ordered to mobilize heavy troops from the northern provinces, redeploy with the Gyeonggi area, and lead the monks and Shengbao to have a decisive battle with the foreigners! The foreigners only need half a month to concentrate more than 60,000 troops in the capital, Zhili, Rehe, and Shandong. ”

Prince Gong smiled bitterly, he had always been suspicious of the emperor, and he was not on good terms with Su Shun, these opinions, they really couldn't listen to them. It's just that today's matter is different from the past, in the past, we stood on reason, and foreigners were at a loss, so there is also the factor of hatred and hatred, and the war is the war; Now, it's our people who killed more than 20 people from the legation in one go, and they can give up, that's hell! Reason is not to let people, reason first, coupled with the strength of the ship and the artillery, the foreigners were unwilling, and now we have to take the initiative to fight, wouldn't it be more in the hands of others, once defeated, then the loss will be even greater.

Unexpectedly, to everyone's expectations, today's Xianfeng did not support Su Shun through the skylight, but retreated from Su Shun, and said to Prince Gong: "Sixth, you can tell me, if you negotiate peace, you can be sure, as long as you are sure, I will give you full authority to deal with this matter!" ”

Prince Gong's heart jumped, rub! I don't dare to take this back, although I support peace, but it doesn't mean that I have the ability to negotiate peace, this kind of thing, only Guo Ye, who is proficient in foreign affairs, can succeed, where can I withstand it?

Prince Gong's face was slightly red, and he replied: "Your Majesty, the matter of peace negotiation must be made by Guo Ye, and the ministers are stupid and dare not take on this important responsibility......

Guo Ye?

Xianfeng suddenly remembered that his holy decree had been issued for more than ten days, what was the situation now? Where is this Guo Ye?

"Guo Ye! Who can tell me where Guo Ye is now? ”

Xianfeng shouted urgently.

Su Shun hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the servant just received a report from the palace yesterday that Guo Ye's army has entered southern Liaoning, and according to the distance, it has now entered Rehe......

Jehol! There are still hundreds of kilometers from Rehe to Beijing! Even if it is a gallop all the way, it will take several days, not to mention the long-distance travel of two thousand miles, even the iron man is already at the end of the crossbow, and some can't hold on.

Xianfeng's heart was cold for a while, unlucky, he was sick in his ******, why did he send Guo Ye out to suppress the Russian bandits? , didn't they just rob a little barren land? The cold seed there doesn't grow anything, it's even more bitter and cold than Ningguta, and it's useless to leave it to the Great Qing Kingdom! It's okay now, the whip is beyond reach, Guo Ye is capable, he doesn't have wings, he can fly back to Beijing from the extreme north in a day!

Xianfeng can't wait to slash his two mouths fiercely!

Xianfeng said angrily: "From the north of the hot river to the capital for nearly a thousand miles, even if Guo Ye dies, it will take eight days!" Eight days is enough for the British and French troops to enter the city of Beijing! ”

Prince Gong didn't dare to speak at this time, to negotiate peace, he had to have that ability, obviously this time the thing was to completely provoke the foreigners, and the dog was anxious and bitten!

Su Shun on the side said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, for today's plan, the best way is to prepare with both hands." ”

Xianfeng looked at Su Shun and shouted, "Say it quickly!" ”

"First, order the troops of the northern provinces to quickly advance to the capital King Qin, behead the military discipline of Ildong Ayiming, strictly order the monk Lingqin to make meritorious service, and lead all the troops to fight again with the British and French forces, even if they can't win, then they must block the British and French forces out of Beijing! Second, it's ......"

Su Shun hesitated, gritted his teeth, and then said: "That is, please ask the emperor to go out hunting to avoid the edge of foreigners, otherwise, once the capital is lost, it will be necessary to move the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and we can't afford this risk......"

Xianfeng was shocked, and glanced at Su Shun deeply, what Su Shun said was not unreasonable, if Seng Lingqin was really defeated again and Beijing fell, then wouldn't he become the second sect of Huiqin in the shame of Jingkang? Even if you die, you won't have the face to see your ancestors and ancestors, the top priority is to ensure your own safety, this is the best policy!

Xianfeng gritted his teeth and said, "Zaitun! Immediately order the firearms battalion stationed in Tongzhou to move west to protect the safety of the Forbidden City, and since Beijing is not safe, it is not bad to take refuge for a while, and wait for the foreigners to calm down, and then it is not too late to return! The Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately began to prepare, I will patrol Xingrehe in three days, and King Gong will stay in Beijing to take charge of all affairs, and Sushun, Duanhua, and Zaiyuan will accompany me! ”

The soft-boned Xianfeng has long since lost the courage of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong to conquer the Quartet, and now it is a blessing to be able to save his own life, everything is not as important as his own life!