Tieler's cavalry was about to approach, and the royal rider who was advancing on the official road soon learned the news. The reason for the www.biquge.info to prove the news is that most of the scouts sent did not return, and most of those who came back by luck were seriously injured. In the first round of scout-to-scout battles, the Jin soldiers were completely defeated. Even the scout cavalry of the Right Army of the Armed Guard, compared to the Cossacks, was dwarfed.

The Golden Scouts, who also rode Don hippos, were far worse than these Cossack knights in terms of horsemanship, and even worse than those who rode other mounts. What's worse is that these Don hippos are equivalent to incriminating evidence, and after seeing these horses, those Cossacks confirmed that the person who killed his brother was the target of the immediate pursuit.

Their attacks became so ferocious and frenzied that they even ignored the Guards and pursued them with their own troops.

The location of the imperial car is still more than seventy miles away from Xuanhua, and if the march continues at this time, the Cossacks will come and go like the wind. Being caught up by the pursuers is an inevitable result. If it is too risky to stay put, leaving the brigade and moving forward with a light car, and at the risk of being overtaken by the Cossack rangers, then it is also necessary to consider.

Cixi and Emperor Tianyou summoned military planes on the official road, and Cixi said: "Since the foreign soldiers have caught up soon, then do as I said before, and the emperor and I will stay here to supervise the battle." If the foreign soldiers arrive, the lives of our two mothers will depend on whether you have the ability to save them. ”

Han Rong kowtowed and said, "Lafayette, don't." At this time and at that time, there is no danger to defend here, and driving here will not only not be able to boost the morale of the troops, but will involve the energy of the troops. It is necessary to protect the royal driver, but also to fight with foreign soldiers, and it is difficult to protect one or the other. The minister is brave, please go first to the two palaces, and enter Xuanhua to wait for help. I am waiting here, sacrificing my life to fight with the foreigners, and I will not let the Yi soldiers offend. ”

Ganglie also said: "Please Lafayette for the livelihood of the world and the foundation of the ancestors, don't stay here, change your clothes quickly, and enter the city by car." Fortunately, our Maduo has enough foot strength to keep Galeries Lafayette going. ”

When Cixi heard Ma Duo, he couldn't help but think of Zhao Guanhou's collection of Ganjun's war horses, and it seemed that he had foresight. If these horses were defeated at Nankou with Cen Chunxuan, it would be inconvenient to escape now.

I wanted to run away in my heart, but my words were more firm: "Change clothes? Do I have to change into Han clothes again? Tears of mercy rolled between the wrinkles on his face, "The country is so powerful, I have no shame to face my ancestors." Emperor, you change your clothes and go into the city, and I'll stay here and see what they can do to me, an old woman." ”

"Dear father, if you don't leave, your son will definitely not leave." Emperor Tianyou was very excited, "Please change your father's clothes, and your son will follow you...... Let's go together. ”

Wang Wenzhao said: "But it is not safe to go now, once the car driver finds the direction for the foreign soldiers, and attacks with light horses, this must be guarded against." ”

Han Rong said: "I have a way, send a team to escort Lafayette's car into the city, and the horses that set the car will all use good horses and run fast." In addition, a team of men and horses was sent to Xuanhua with great fanfare, escorting a team of empty cars. The foreign soldiers would never have thought that the team with fewer people was Lafayette's car. ”

Gang Lie Su and Han Rong were at odds, but at this time he nodded and said: "Han Zhongtang's method is good, but it is not good to send empty cars, if you are not careful, you will be seen by insiders." The soldier knows that there is no one in the car, and he will not pay attention, which also does not delay time. It's better for me to escort the car. With me in the car, those soldiers didn't dare to slack off, and foreigners couldn't tell the truth from the fake. ”

Cixi knew that taking on this task was extremely dangerous and could kill him at any time. She said, "Ganglie, what are you doing here?" If you want to escort the car, you can just send someone at will, why do you have to be in the hall? ”

"Lafayette, if it weren't for the misjudgment of the situation by the minions that day, there would not have been a declaration of war on the powers, a big war with the embassy, and there would not have been a danger today. The capital has fallen, and foreigners are rampant, all of which are the fault of the slaves. The slave knew that he was guilty of a great sin, so he asked the queen mother for permission, and the slave atonement for his sins with death. ”

He took off his crown and kowtowed to Cixi a few times, "The slave said goodbye to Lafayette." "Nodding to a few military planes again, "My lord, just one step ahead." ”

Li Lianying had to wait for Cixi and the emperor to change their clothes, and Concubine Jin and several other female dependents also had to change their clothes, plus a total of four carts with them. On the other car, there were Jiang Fengzhi, Yang Cuiyu, and Shigege.

These three people walked with Cixi, in fact, Zhao Guanhou knew his heart, saying that his family was in the hands of the Queen Mother, and he would definitely not be unsatisfied. The escort team is the two elite soldiers in the right army, escorting the chariot to fight. In order to prevent leakage, the relatives and nobles didn't know about it, they only knew that the Queen Mother set off, and no one knew which way the specific person was in Mali.

The officials in the team and the accompanying family members, never expected to leave the capital and suffer from military accidents, crying and crying to pack up the package softly, and also did everything possible to find a car and a sedan chair through the relationship, leaving the team first, the whole team was a mess, and big cars and sedan chairs could be seen everywhere on the official road.

There are dozens of carts lined up in a long line, holding the flags of the two palaces, guarded by the soldiers of a whole infantry battalion, slowly advancing towards Xuanhua, Ganglie in the car, turning a string of prayer beads in his hand, and humming softly, "Heroes and heroes need to be bold, even if their lives are dyed with yellow sand......

Since he became Zhongtang, what he thinks about every day is not how to bring down Han Rong and replace him, or how to find another high branch and plan for the future. Today's catastrophe is coming, but he is at peace in his heart, as if he has returned to the capital, and the chrysanthemum crab outside the city of Sanwu confidante, all kinds of disputes in the world, have nothing to do with him.

Thinking back to the past, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, louder and louder.

The number of escorts once reached nearly 7,000 people, but since Zhao Guanhou reorganized the army, he slaughtered on the pretext of killing rebels, and filled some soldiers into his master, resulting in a lot of troops. Now there are more routs on the front line and the Qinwang army from Shanxi, a few times in total, about 6,000 years in size, of which the trustworthy is still the seven battalions and one outpost of the right army.

Among the two battalions of soldiers in Taiyuan, one battalion was transferred out to protect the car where Ganglie was, and the princes and ministers from all walks of life wanted to go to Xuanhua, and they also asked for troops to escort them, and Zhao Guanhou responded to his requests, and transferred Cen Chunxuan's Gan army and the defeated troops of Ma Yulun's left army, and transferred more than 500 people.

These stragglers are of little significance in his opinion, even if they are cannon fodder, they are not qualified. On the contrary, due to low morale and lack of fighting spirit, they may flee as soon as a gun is fired on the battlefield, but even their own team is driven. He is now facing not a boxer or a local ringing horse, but the elite of Tiele, from top to bottom, no one dares to take it lightly.

Several pipe bands were waiting for orders, and Zhao Guanhou himself, who was also the first to be commanded an army of thousands of people to fight, recalled the military book in his mind, and said to everyone:

"If you don't say anything superfluous, we know what the situation is. The two palaces are behind us, and we have no room to retreat, and now we can only fight, not retreat. Besides, the money we have stolen from the rear army is still in our hands, and if we lose this battle, there will be nothing. If you can get through it, you will have everything in the future. Therefore, for the sake of our own future, let's take out all our solutions and fight with foreign devils! ”

More and more people fled to Xuanhua, but fortunately, after the implementation of strict military management, the two palaces set off first, so they would not be robbed by others. The wheels pressed against the potholes on the uneven road, and the bumps made the people in the car also bumpy.

The car of Zhao Guanhou's family was with the car of the two palaces, but a few women were in a single car, and they did not travel in the same car with Cixi. Yang Cuiyu clutched Shigege's arm tightly, her lips were closed tightly, and her face was ugly. She didn't get motion sickness, but when she thought of Zhao Guanhou's situation and her current situation, she didn't know the bottom of her heart. The savagery and rudeness of the Cossacks, which she had seen that day, would have ended badly if it fell into their hands.

She gently took out a revolver and handed it to Yuqing, "Ten grids, if the Cossacks catch up, you can give me a shot, okay?" Myself...... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it. I can't disgrace the crown......"

Yuqing patted her hand, "Don't worry, it's okay." I believe in my forehead that he will win this battle. I'm going to give him a reception banquet in Xuanhua, wait for him to come back, and then the two of us will accompany him together......"

Jiang Fengzhi's face was a little feverish when they said it, and while worrying about Zhao Guanhou, she regretted it a little, she shouldn't be too obsessed with filial piety. If you can give yourself to him yesterday, then today, you can die without regrets.

She held the knife tightly and placed her slingshot beside her, she had a normal relationship with these two women, and they would not help with such a thing as a stab. If the foreigners really chase after them, they can only do it themselves.

Thunder suddenly sounded in the distance, but at this time, there should be no thunder. Yang Cuiyu's face changed: "Thunder or cannon?" Could it be that the two have already seen each other? ”

Yuqing's face was gloomy and nodded, "Listening to the movement, it's a cannon, I'm afraid the enemy has already been received in front." God and Buddha bless, our man is victorious and successful. is also blessed, we can go to Xuanhua smoothly. Now we just hope that the sound of the cannon will not stop, as long as the cannon keeps sounding, it proves that the war is still being fought, and it proves that it ...... Our people haven't lost yet. ”

Jiang Fengzhi was a little unconvinced: "What do you mean you haven't lost yet?" Can't we win? ”

Yuqing asked noncommittally: "Win?" Do you believe this? I'm not optimistic about winning anyway, as long as Guanhou can come back safely, I count him as winning. If he can really destroy this cavalry, I will be willing to use him as a cow and a horse. ”

As soon as the words fell, Cuiyu's face became ugly, and she pulled Yuqing and said, "Listen to Shigege, cannon, why didn't it go off?" ”

Smoke rose in the wilderness and into the sky, and small groups of Cossack rangers ran back and forth opposite the golden soldiers, as if provocative, as if mocking. The knights on the horse cursed the opposing troops in all sorts of vicious language, but few on the right side could understand their Cossack language, and the practical effect of such curses was limited.

It was not a Cossack cavalry brigade that came, but a small group of rangers, who harassed only from a distance and did not attack. Zhao Guanhou fired two shots in a row, knocking out the two rangers, the remaining Cossacks began to widen the distance, against this kind of troops, the role of artillery is not great, the shells exploded, they would have run away a long time ago, their purpose is still to contain and harass.

If the troops move now, they will follow behind and bite when they find a flaw. If they don't move, they will play into the hands of these Cossacks, and when the big army comes, they will just eat it. According to the usual tactics, they should have shot at the right army on their horses to harass them, but the range of the Cossack horse pistols was not as good as the rifled guns of the right army, and they were killed by Zhao Guanhou two more in a row, so the matter of shooting harassment was avoided.

A cloud of purple smoke rose, and it was the Cossacks who reported to their main forces that they had discovered the traces of the golden soldiers. It is conceivable that it will not be long before the famous and feared iron cavalry will come to the battlefield and engage in a head-on confrontation with the right army. Hammer vs. anvil, who is the real strong soldier, you can see at that time.

While ordering the soldiers to hurry up and repair the fortifications, Zhao Guanhou ordered: "Send our men to cover the battlefield." Try not to let them hear about our car, and if necessary, we have to change heads with them. He himself mounted a horse and joined the ranks of the Rangers, and he was better at this kind of single combat than commanding large armies.

Knowing that their own level was insufficient, the right army simply won with a large number of men, and with a large number of horses in hand, it sent fifty cavalry to carry out the task of blocking the battlefield in one go. In the fields and forests, the cavalry of the right army and the Cossack ranger scouts began to make tentative contact, and then a fierce clash broke out.

Judging by the number of combatants, this kind of conflict can only be regarded as a small test of each other, and its impact is insignificant in terms of the situation of the war. However, for the participants in the battle, whether it is a battle between armies or scouts, it is the same for them.

Every battle is a dance between life and death, when riding a horse, holding a gun, the moment you cross that boundary, you have already crossed the boundary between the living and the dead, hovering at the critical point of life and death, as for whether you can return to the world, only God knows.

The sappers of the New Army, together with the rear army that had been used as a master, the Shenji Battalion, and some of the defeated officers and soldiers at Nankou, seized the time to set up horse rejections, fences, and build breastwalks. The infantry, on the other hand, played military music and entered their predetermined positions, and the artillery pushed the artillery wagons into positions and carried ammunition from the baggage wagons. Everything is just like a daily exercise, smooth and natural.

Only in the wilderness, the sound of gunshots and the neighing of horses reminded everyone that this was a war, which could kill people at any time, and the people on both sides of the war were paying attention to the situation of their own people, praying that their people could return smoothly. And in the vast fields, the game of chase and killing is going on, and the lives are turning into cold corpses. The war has begun. (To be continued.) )