When most of the forbidden army retreated to the inner palace, the commander of the forbidden army immediately ordered people to close the palace and guard the door, preparing to resist the Taiping army.

"Your Majesty, the ministers will swear to protect you to the death." Monk Lingqin knelt on the ground with a thud and played.

"Alright, Iron Hat King, I know that you are loyal and can fight alongside you, and I am glad to be able to fight alongside you." Xianfeng stretched out his hand to help Monk Lingqin, a little emotionally authentic.

Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and sees the hearts of the people over time, and it is often in the end that the most true color of a person can be tested.

And beside Xianfeng, no matter the wind and rain, success or failure, the ministers who can follow him from beginning to end and never abandon him are the only two ministers of Seng Lingqin and Prince Gong, from this point of view, the two are really loyal ministers.

"Your Majesty ......," Monk Greenqin said stiffly.

can get the emperor to be so reassuring, Monk Greenqin is to hand over his life to the emperor, why not.

"Alright, get up and speak." Xianfeng looked at the excited monk Lingqin and said gently.

Monk Greenqin got up as he said and stepped aside.

Xianfeng's gaze swept over the faces of Monk Greenqin, the commander of the forbidden army, and countless forbidden troops one by one, and then, he slowly walked to the middle of the team, and said with all his strength. Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is critical now, if you want to retreat with all your body, it is absolutely impossible, and now the only way is to fight hard, in order to kill as much as possible, killing one is enough, killing two to earn one, are you willing to fight with me to kill the enemy? ”

At this time, Xianfeng should be like an emperor.

"Swear to follow the emperor to the death......" A thunderous roar erupted around Xianfeng.

These forbidden soldiers who retreated to the inner palace are the most loyal soldiers of Xianfeng, they were born for Xianfeng, and they are more willing to die for Xianfeng.

"Open the palace gate, let's kill happily, and we won't regret coming to this world." Xianfeng said loudly.

Xianfeng knew that the only thing he could do now was this.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, listen, the shouting and killing outside the palace seems to have stopped." Just when the forbidden army was about to open the palace gate. When fighting to the death with the Taiping army, Monk Greenqin suddenly said.

"Really?" Xianfeng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly listened.

Xianfeng listened for a while, then stopped and looked at Monk Greenqin, his eyes were full of doubts, and it could be seen from his expression that he seemed to agree with what Monk Greenqin said, but he didn't know why this happened.

"Your Majesty, the last general will go out and have a look." The commander of the forbidden army took the initiative to ask for orders.

At this time, the commander of the forbidden army is the most suitable person to do something a little more dangerous.

"Okay, let's go back quickly." Xianfeng nodded.

The commander of the forbidden army saluted Xianfeng, then turned around and hurried out.

It didn't take long for the commander of the forbidden army to return, and from his face, Xianfeng and Seng Lingqin saw the shock, they looked at each other, and they already had the answer in their hearts, the Taiping army might have really stopped attacking.

"Your Majesty, the Taiping thieves just surrounded the inner palace, but they didn't plan to attack." The commander of the forbidden army reports.

As expected, Xianfeng and Seng Lingqin glanced at each other again, confirming what they thought in their hearts.

"Iron Hat King, what do you think about this?" Xianfeng thought about it and asked the monk next to him.

"The minister can't guess it, it stands to reason that the thieves should wipe us out in one go, but they didn't do it, it's really hard to figure it out." Monk Lingqin shook his head and said.

He really couldn't figure it out.

"They must have some plan, maybe they still plan to persuade us to surrender, or they want to capture us alive, anyway, it's not good, in that case, let's wait and see if they will send an envoy to negotiate." Xianfeng pondered.

"The emperor is reasonable, I admire it." Monk Greenqin felt that what Xianfeng said was very reasonable, and sincerely worshipped.

"What is there to admire, the rivers and mountains of the Qing Dynasty are almost gone, and you and I are about to become sinners of the eternal who love and dear Jue Luo, it is really useless." Xianfeng closed his eyes and sighed lightly.

Xianfeng's mood at this time was very complicated, he originally wanted to use this throne to do a big job, but he never thought that he hadn't had time to display his ambitions, and this Qing Dynasty was almost gone, in addition to heartache, he was even more unwilling!

"The death penalty of the ministers, the matter has reached the point today, and the crime is not in the emperor, but in the ministers." Monk Greenqin knelt down again, kept snorting, and said with tears in his eyes.

If the emperor admits that he is guilty, then aren't they the courtiers who deserve to die, Xianfeng's words made Seng Lingqin's heart have an urge to hit his head to death.

"Alright, Iron Hat King, get up, it's useless to talk about it now, let's wait for news from the anti-thief." Xianfeng waved his hand. Road.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Monk Lingqin kowtowed again, then thanked him, and then got up from the ground.

After that, Xianfeng and the others stopped talking and waited to see the movements of the Taiping army.

While Xianfeng and the others were waiting, not far from the city of Shuntianfu, a battle took place, and the protagonists of the two sides of the battle were the foreigners and the firearms regiment of the Taiping army.

Now that the firearms regiment has run into foreigners. Then some things are easy to explain, why when the Taiping army entered the city, there was no firearms legion, and why Xianfeng waited for a long time but did not see foreigners to help. It turns out that the mystery is here.

This is Huang Xu's plan in advance to besiege the city and send reinforcements, Huang Xu planned to attack the palace with the Taiping army first, and then force the Qing court to find a way to ask the foreigners for help, the foreigners out of the prior agreement with the Qing court, will inevitably lead the army to help, and the Taiping army only needs to defeat the foreigners first, and then go back to clean up Xianfeng and others It is simple, it can also be said that this is killing two birds with one stone.

Among them, Huang Xu used the key figure of Prince Gong to spread the word to foreigners. Attract foreigners to help. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the foreigners and the Qing court to cooperate so perfectly with the Taiping army to stage such a good show.

When the advance team led by Marshall rushed to help, the Taiping army had already opened the pre-set pocket, and the foreigners were impartial, just got into this pocket, and were extremely obedient.

The foreigners regarded themselves as advanced in weapons, arrogant, and extremely contemptuous of the Taiping Army, and Marshall did not even send the least sentry in the process of marching, but only swaggered on the official road, which was really unpopular, so. It's no surprise that drill pockets.

After Marshall entered the ambush circle of the Taiping Army, Zuo Zongtang, the commander of the Firearms Legion, lost no time in ordering people to open fire.

Seeing this scene, Marshall did not panic, and ordered the foreign soldiers to find cover on the spot, and then counterattack, these foreign soldiers are also well-trained, under the command of Marshall, they formed their own formation, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack. From this point of view. This Marshall can also be considered a good general.

However, it is a pity that the site where the Taiping Army set up an ambush is indeed empty, which is really not conducive to the concealment of foreigners, so all the foreign devils who appeared on the field have become live targets for the Taiping Army Firearms Corps to practice shooting.

If it weren't for the fact that the Firearms Corps was going to welcome the main course followed by Marshall, the main force of the foreign army led by Bush, Zuo Zongtang would definitely play with Marshall for a while, but he must give the best courtesy to Bush's main force, so he could only grieve Marshall, and he could only let his subordinates die early.

However, Zuo Zongtang was also interesting enough, and tried his best to leave Marshall alive, and the purpose of leaving Marshall was not to invite him to tea and chat, but to act according to Huang Xu's order, Huang Xu's request was that Marshall must be caught alive.

And it was precisely because of Huang Xu's words that Marshall guaranteed his life.

In fact, this Marshall is also strange and interesting, before he was arrested, he thought, he is a dignified foreign general, how can he be captured alive by the Taiping Army, isn't it too faceless, so, he thought about dying in the most glorious way of a soldier, he decided to cut himself to think that his foreign country was loyal, who knows, when he just raised the gun to his head, ready to pull the plate, he became a prisoner of the Taiping Army, a title that Marshall regarded as a great shame.

However, this qiē could not help Marshall.

After eliminating the advance team and successfully capturing Marshall alive, Zuo Zongtang immediately ordered someone to send Marshall to Huang Xu's camp and ask Huang Xu to fall.

Zuo Zongtang ordered people to quickly clean up the battlefield and restore it to the appearance that nothing had happened, and then quietly hid and patiently waited for the main force of the foreign army led by Bush.

Zuo Zongtang's movements are fast. The main force led by Bush was not slow to come, and they did not let Zuo Zongtang wait too long.

However, this Bush march was much more careful than Marshall, he first sent Patton to lead a small group of men and horses as the vanguard, to open the way forward, and he personally led the main force to follow Patton carefully, the distance between the two teams was about four to five miles, if Patton in front of him had a problem, Bush would have more time to make a proper response.

Bush was able to become the supreme commander of the eight-nation coalition forces stationed in China, and there is indeed real material.

After hearing this qi clearly, Zuo Zongtang decided to change the way of ambush, from the original pocket formation that held Marshall, to the formation of closing the door and beating the dog, which means that they first laid an ambush on both sides, and after Bush entered their ambush circle, he sent people to intercept the back road of Bushi, and then attacked from three sides, destroying the main force led by Bush in one fell swoop.

Of course, in this process, they will let Patton's team go first, so as not to lose a big one because of a small one, and as long as Bush is cleaned up, then Patton will have nowhere to jump, and in the end he can only be caught with his hands tied.

The calculations of the first qiē are so complete, and the cooperation between the Taiping Army and Bush is even more seamless, which makes people look breathtaking.

If it weren't for Huang Xu's constant emphasis on the role of these foreign troops, perhaps Zuo Zongtang really ate them up, but fortunately, these foreign troops themselves were also very knowledgeable, and when they saw the might of the Taiping army's firearms, they didn't say a word. Thus bowed their proud heads.

The battle began with an attack by the Taiping artillery, and also ended with the end of the artillery, which was simple and brutal.

After the main force of the foreign army led by Bush arrived at the ambush circle, Zuo Zongtang let the large-caliber artillery lurking on the side begin to bombard, and a round of artillery attacks like a torrential rain was poured on the weapons and equipment of the foreign army.

However, the casualties of the foreigners were not serious, only a dozen or so people were killed and dozens were injured. I have to say. The level of the gunners of this Taiping army is really good. Hit it accurately.

In response to this strange phenomenon, only equipment, not people. Even the foreign commander Bush, he couldn't understand why the Taiping army's artillery was only going to hit the equipment, but not bombarding his foreign generals, and later, he thought about it carefully, and finally figured out that this was the Taiping army giving itself a chance, giving itself a chance to survive.

Bush figured out the joints, and he also figured out what he should do; if he resisted stubbornly, then the next time the Taiping Army bombarded would no longer be equipment, but these foreign soldiers under him, which he did not want to see.

I have said before that these foreigners are very pragmatic, they will never do that kind of sacrificing their lives for righteousness, if they win, they will definitely fight, but if they can't win, they will choose to surrender and save their lives, in their opinion, defeating the war is not a shameful thing, defeating can be reinvigorated, but the people are gone, how can there be anything else. Of course, there are not many foreign generals like Marshall who think about suicide after losing the battle.

Therefore, in the end, under the deterrence of the Taiping army's artillery, the foreign army obediently surrendered.

This incident also touched Zuo Zongtang.

The defeat of the foreign army was expected by Zuo Zongtang, but the surrender of the foreign army into an establishment was also unexpected by Zuo Zongtang.

Zuo Zongtang knows that with the firearms legion in his hand, it should be a normal thing to defeat and then defeat the foreign army, after all, the overall strength of the firearms corps occupies the absolute upper hand, but a bitter battle is inevitable, after all, the firearms corps of the Taiping Army has not been established for a long time, and the actual combat experience is lacking, but the foreigners are long-term killing, and the Taiping army must have suffered a lot of losses, but the advantage of the Taiping army is that it has a large number of people and better weapons and equipment than the foreign army. But perhaps it will come at a considerable cost.

However, the final result was beyond everyone's expectations, the battle had not officially started, the Taiping army just bombarded a few times with artillery, and the foreigner stopped and surrendered, without the need for a firearms corps to take action.

It's too easy to fight.

Anyway, whether it's easy or not, if you win this battle, it's a good thing if you win, and if you win, you will be happy.

The firearms regiment played a triumphant song, and Zuo Zongtang led the army to escort Bush and others to the place where Huang Xu was stationed. (To be continued......)