"What? The rebel army has caught up, so what are you waiting for, go, go now! Xianfeng heard Le Shan say in a panic When the rebel army caught up, although he tried his best to maintain his majesty as an emperor, this fast and panicked tone had fully demonstrated the nervousness in his heart.

Le Shan said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to move into the car, we will leave now!" ”

Soon, Xianfeng took a few concubines and a pair of children into the carriage, and the other ministers who accompanied them were also called out in a hurry and got into the carriage, but Le Shan and Mu Yin disappeared at this time.

Le Shan went to command the troops to start transferring, and Mu Yin seemed to be frightened before, and the whole person was not in a good state, and he had already been helped into the carriage to rest.

In the carriage, Yehenara was nervous, just hugging his son in his arms, his nervous face still had a look of exhaustion, this way to escape east is not an easy task.

Even if they had carriage seats, and the roads were not concrete roads, asphalt roads, they were all mud, and the potholed roads made the carriage extremely bumpy, and in order to maintain speed, the carriage ran faster, and the carriage was even more bumpy when it ran faster.

Even though it has a thick cushion as a cushion, it is not so pleasant to sit on it all day.

But even if it was lucky, Yehenara didn't dare to complain, because not to mention her, even Xianfeng had to endure this kind of bump.

They were better off in carriages, and some of their attendants, such as the dozen eunuchs and the servants of the ministers, had to walk.

Compared to the crimes of these magnates, the soldiers of First Town are doing well. Although everyone could see the tiredness, when the order was given. One by one, they still took a new step and headed northeast.

This has nothing to do with perseverance and endurance, it's just a physical disparity. Although the soldiers in the first town are said to be soldiers of the Eight Banners, and their combat effectiveness is at the bottom of many new armies in China, they are all new armies no matter what, and they still have some basic qualities.

For example, the physical fitness of the soldiers, so although the intensity of the march in these days is very high, it is not to the point where you are so tired that you can't walk.

The new army in China basically imitates the training of the Chinese army, so the Chinese army does what they do, and the Chinese army has quite high physical requirements for soldiers, which also leads to other new armies in China also have high physical requirements for soldiers.

The soldiers of the First Town advanced lightly. Although they walked as many as thirty or forty kilometers a day, it did not stop them.

But if the soldiers of the first town of the Qing army can still hold on now, then for the soldiers of the first division of the Chinese army behind them, this march is even more nothing.

In these years, marching and fighting basically relied on a pair of feet to maneuver, and this is also the reason why Lin Zhe attaches great importance to the physical fitness of soldiers.

The first division went north from the place where it could be said to have traveled thousands of miles all the way north, and this march on foot had become an instinct, and the Qing army in front of it had certainly fled lightly. But the first division behind was also lightly pursued!

It is usually said that the distance of the daily march of the troops is about 20 to 30 kilometers during a long march, and this term generally refers to the marching speed of the troops in full armament, that is, the marching speed when carrying heavy artillery and a large number of baggage. It does not specifically refer to the speed of the infantry on a lightly armed march.

If, in some battles, you see a certain unit walking 80 or even 100 miles a day, then there is no doubt that this unit must not be marching with artillery units and baggage troops. It was just a simple march of light infantry, and the weight of the infantry was quite limited. It is estimated that except for a rifle, ammunition and three or five days' rations, nothing else was brought.

The 1st Division pursued Xianfeng. It was to adopt the standard mode of light marching, with auxiliary units such as artillery regiments and baggage regiments chasing behind, while the two infantry regiments marched with only five days' worth of rations.

In the first two days, he bit the tail of the Qing army several times, and fought several battles with the broken rear troops of the Qing army, defeating more than 3,000 enemy troops and destroying more than 1,000 enemies!

Unfortunately, although it was possible to crush the enemy's broken rear forces, it also took time, which was enough time for Xianfeng's team to regain distance.

The two infantry regiments of the First Division of the Chinese Army marched a full 48 kilometers on foot in 12 hours under the forced march of the first day, and the soldiers at that time carried a heavy weight of about 20 kilograms, and chased directly from the west of Beiping to the east of Beiping, and bypassed Beiping in the middle, which was equivalent to a semicircle.

Beginning the next day, although the soldiers' physical fitness began to decline, they still maintained a relatively high speed, but at that time they began to engage frequently with the Qing army's broken rear troops, resulting in a further decline in the speed of the march.

By now, after three or four days of forced marching, the physical exertion of the soldiers was considerable, so much so that the speed of the daily march had basically dropped to about 35 kilometers.

But this speed is still faster than the Qing army in front.

The Chinese army behind was tired of chasing, and the Qing army running in front was no better.

The two sides chased and fled, and occasionally fought such a battle, at the same time, the Qing army in order to avoid the Chinese army will also detour, the Chinese army in order to search for the Qing army also took a lot of wrongful roads, so don't look at the straight line distance on the map is so short, but the actual two sides of the march mileage in the past few days is far more than the straight line distance on the map, especially after Zunhua, after entering the hills and mountains northeast of Zunhua, you can clearly see from the field of vision that the Qing army is behind a few mountains in front of you, but you will find out if you really go, It's not easy to climb over these mountains, you have to go around and around.

After entering the mountainous area, the skirmishes between the two sides became more frequent, and in order to delay the pursuit of the Chinese army in the rear, the Qing army frequently sent troops to harass and try to delay the pursuit of the first division.

In order to avoid harassment of the main force, and due to the complex terrain, it was difficult to track the Qing army as accurately as before, so Song Xiangtang also sent a large number of troops, with infantry companies as the basic tactical units. The frontal width has been expanded.

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out frequently in the snowy hills, and occasionally a stiffened corpse could be seen on the snow!

"Damn. It's really fast! Song Xiangtang dismounted and looked at the small col in front of him, which was located right on the leeward side. The many traces of clutter and the large amount of ash indicate that there were a large number of people stationed here to rest not long ago.

Needless to say, this must be in the temporary rest camp of the main force of the Qing army, since at noon when he got the news that the forward troops found the traces of the main force of the Qing army, Song Xiangtang did not delay for a moment, and went directly with the main force, but although the distance was only seven or eight kilometers, the speed of marching in the snow was extremely limited, and when they arrived, the Qing army that sensed the danger had already left.

"According to the report of the remaining scouts. They shouldn't be away for more than three hours, they won't be able to go far! At this moment, a major came over and said.

"Chase, tell the brothers, as long as you catch the puppet emperor Xianfeng, glory and wealth are just around the corner!" Song Xiangtang turned over his horse again, and then gave the order to pursue urgently.

At the same time, in some woodlands ahead, an army of about 5,000 men was marching silently. The soldiers were all tired, and some were even more frightened.

For the past five or six days, they have been under pressure that ordinary people simply cannot bear.

In order to get rid of the chasing soldiers behind him, Leshan can be said to have resorted to many methods. Including detours, sending troops to harass the pursuers behind them, and dividing the troops into multiple routes. Trying to confuse the pursuers behind them.

But the First Division of the Chinese Army behind him was like a hunting dog, always closely chasing the main force where Xianfeng was.

Escaped to the present. Not only did he not get rid of the chasing soldiers behind him, but he made Leshan's first town lose his soldiers. Some of them were lost after being broken, while some of them simply became deserters.

When they left Beijing, there were more than 13,000 people in this team, including nearly 10,000 soldiers, but on the way to escape, Le Shan and Mu Yin directly abandoned the convoy of other powerful families of more than 2,000 people, and only took Xianfeng and a small number of core ministers to continue to flee.

Later, in order to get rid of the pursuers, Leshan lost about four or five thousand troops successively, and now there are only about four thousand people left under his command, and the rest are members of the royal family, powerful ministers and their families.

In the middle of the team, Le Shan looked at Mu Yin with a sad face: "My lord, it's not okay to continue like this, there are too many traces left by our army's march, and the army's marching speed is not fast, so we can't get rid of the pursuers behind us at all!" ”

Mu's vagina, which has recovered slightly: "What do you want to say?" ”

"From a humble point of view, if you want Your Majesty to get rid of the chasing soldiers behind you, the only way to do this is to divide the troops!" Leshan said.

Mu Yin looked puzzled: "Divide the troops, haven't you already tried before?" The rebel army was not fooled at all, but lost two or three thousand people in vain! ”

When they left Zunhua, they also tried to divide their troops into two routes, Xianfeng and the main army continued to flee to the northeast, while the other force of about 2,500 men pretended to be a momentum and then went in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

But as a result, it only took half a day for Song Xiangtang to catch up with the pretending division of troops, and after annihilating the department, he found that he was chasing in the wrong direction, and immediately turned back again, and two days later, he only bit the main force of the Qing army where Xianfeng was located.

However, at this time, Le Shan said with a resolute face: "This time, I personally took the main force of the headquarters to stay around, and Your Majesty and the eldest brother will go east after they change their clothes!" ”

"Let Your Majesty leave the army and march eastward, how can Your Majesty's safety be guaranteed!"

"Put it down, I will leave a battalion for you, although a battalion has fewer troops, but fewer people can also reduce the traces!" Le Shan said: "Now the rebel army is the main force staring at me, and if it goes on like this, it will take three days at most, and they will catch up with it by one day at least, if Your Majesty continues to stay here, it will ...... then."

Le Shan didn't finish speaking, but stopped halfway through speaking, Mu Yin listened to it with a cloudy face, and after a while, he said: "Go, go with me!" ”

And after Xianfeng heard Leshan's suggestion, he was also hesitant, although he was fleeing all the way, but in the army, as long as Leshan's first town was not caught up and completely defeated, then he was safe.

Now, if you leave the army, there will only be a few hundred people in the group, and it will be difficult to ensure safety at that time.

But if you don't leave the army, according to Leshan, if you don't leave the army, three days at most or one day at less, the rebel army will catch up, and Leshan has made it clear that the hope of defeating the pursuers is extremely slim at that time.

Is this to continue walking with the army or alone?

Xianfeng hesitated! (To be continued.) )