Chapter Eighty-Eight: The End of the Braided Dynasty (6)
Lafayette, please take Your Majesty and loyal ministers as soon as possible, and go from the Imperial City to the West to hunt for the glory of the Great Qing Longxing. β
"Gather the division of King Qin, command the capable men, and then come to restore the Beijing division of Beiping!"
Liu Hongzhang's old and loud voice quieted down the ministers who were still talking in the entire Qianyang main hall.
There is a secret passage leading directly to the suburbs of Beiping in the Forbidden Imperial City, which was originally the top secret of the Daqing royal family, but the last time the Nineteen-Nation Alliance invaded Beiping, it had been leaked to himself by the braided royal family who fled from Beijing in a hurry.
Now the people in the main hall of Qianyang are all important ministers in Daqing, so they naturally know this secret.
After Liu Hongzhang, the minister of the Westernization faction, finished speaking, many ministers in the main hall, especially the ministers of the Chinese nationality, you look at me and I look at you, and they all found the trace of sadness in each other's eyes.
But now trapped in the imperial city, the defense array under the end of the era can last for most of the time, rather than sit here and wait for death, it is better to work together to send Lafayette and the emperor out of Beiping, and gather a large army to take revenge.
"Minister's reconsideration!"
They prostrate on the ground one after another, and said to the Empress Dowager Cixi who was seated.
The words of Liu Hongzhang and the ministers brought Cixi Lafayette back to his senses.
"Since this is the case, the mourning family will follow what the Qing family said!"
The woman on the throne was also decisive, and she did not shirk, and directly made the decision to evacuate.
With the unanimous decision of the superiors, the entire Forbidden Imperial City in the next semi-chaotic state quickly restored order with the will from the main hall of Qianyang.
However, will the Taiping Society's army, which is already approaching the imperial city step by step, give these rotten Daqing elites time to evacuate calmly?
Of course it's impossible!
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The eight steel limbs of the hundreds of spider tanks of the vanguard force stomped heavily on the ground, causing small potholes to appear one after another on the road surface of the inner city of the capital division.
These armored units, which were completely ahead of this era, were the first to come outside the Forbidden City under the manipulation of the young tankmen of the Taiping Society.
The Forbidden Imperial City was blocked inside and outside by a large array, which also meant that the palace guards inside had no ability to fight back to the outside world, Hong Tiangui simply flew at a low altitude with several giant beast airships that had thrown ammunition, carrying more than 2,000 heavily armed Taiping Army soldiers, and went straight to the gate of the Forbidden Imperial City.
Then, he jumped directly from the airship thousands of meters in the air, controlled the ubiquitous air flow between heaven and earth, and flew directly to Chaotianmen, the largest entrance of the Forbidden Imperial City.
The golden Taiping Jindan True Yuan power in Hong Tiangui's eyes began to shine with eye-catching brilliance.
In the admiring gaze of all the Taiping soldiers below, he directly stretched out his hands to the front flat, and then made a tearing motion to the sides.
In an instant, the shield that was translucent in front of Hong Tiangui and composed of strong winds was directly torn apart by two invisible big hands, and the spiritual light of the entire large array flickered several times, and it directly collapsed to the surrounding areas.
"Soldiers of the Taiping Army, forward!"
Hong Tiangui, who was standing in the void, loudly gave an order to Daqing, the last feudal dynasty in the history of Shenzhou, to be completely buried.
"For our cause, for the sake of peace! Banzai! β
At this time, the expressions of all the soldiers of the Taiping Unification Army also became excited, and these young people, who had been influenced by the Taiping Society's ideology for several years, understood the meaning of their next actions, and they chanted slogans that resounded throughout the world, and marched hard towards the imperial city.
And Hong Tiangui, who saw this scene in the void, smiled with relief.
Then, as if the outgoing divine thoughts sensed something, President Hong's expression immediately became serious.
"Can't, let you run away!"
After muttering in a low voice, his figure turned into a gust of wind and dissipated in the sky above ChaoyangmenΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·
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"Smack!" "Smack!"
Since the elite officers of the inner guard of the imperial city were all taken away by the evacuated Cixi, the net army of the inner court, which was left to defend and delay time, could only use front-loading muskets to make sporadic resistance.
"Puff puff!" "Puff puff!"
"Boom!" "Boom!"
In this era, there are no values for the protection of cultural relics, and when they see someone fighting back, the Taiping soldiers who attacked the imperial city will not be polite, and the continuous sound of semi-automatic rifles and the roar of spider tanks will sound one after another.
Soon, those die-hards who thought they were loyal were targeted by the Taiping soldiers.
And the rest, the eunuchs of the Imperial City Palace, who themselves had no will to resist, surrendered one after another.
"For the sake of peace!"
"Long live the world of Dahei!"
"Liberate the whole state!"
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In the main hall of Qianyang, Liu Hongzhang, the prime minister of Beiyang, who volunteered to stay in the imperial city to resist, retreated several palace people around him and took out a revolver in his arms.
Glancing at the St. George pattern on this pistol, I remembered that more than ten years ago, he himself was as energetic as a traitor outside, leading the army with high spirits to annihilate and suppress the peasant rebels of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom one after another.
"It's hard for eternity, the only death!"
Liu Hongzhang, who never expected that feng shui would turn in turn and turn so fast, couldn't help but sigh at this time.
As early as when it was reported overseas that the remnants of the Taiping had been restored in Yinzhou, he made up his mind to set up a large sailor in case of emergency.
It's just that I never expected it to come to an end, and all the preparations were useless!
With a trembling right hand, he held the St. George revolver on his temple, just as Liu Hongzhang had done his psychological construction and was about to commit suicide and martyrdom.
"Bump!"
The pear blossom wood gate of the main hall of Qianyang was violently smashed open by a spider tank, and several young Taiping soldiers rushed in with steel guns.
"Bang!"
The leading soldier saw that the old man in the main hall was about to raise his gun to commit suicide, and he knew that he had caught a big fish, and his face was happy, so he immediately raised his hand and shot the pistol that Liu Hongzhang was about to commit suicide.
Then, several other warriors rushed forward, tied up the powerful Chinese minister with ropes, and dragged him out like dogs.
At this point, the battle in most parts of the entire Imperial City came to an end......
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At the entrance of the Imperial Secret Passage, on the innermost side of the Forbidden Imperial City, a team of more than 2,000 people was rushing here with large bags and small bags.
"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!"
The Empress Dowager Cixi held the little emperor in her arms and sat on a sedan chair raised by six strong eunuchs, allowing the galloping wind to disrupt her makeup.
The scene where the Great Array Barrier in the sky dissipated when it was destroyed by Hong Tiangui was clearly seen by everyone, making them unconsciously speed up.
"Stop, this is it!"
When they came to the clearing of the imperial city next to a glazed tile building, the eagle-eyed woman let out a loud shout, causing the entire galloping procession to stop.
The six eunuchs put down the sedan chair and let her walk down with the little emperor in her arms.
The slogan of the Taiping Unification Army in her ears became louder and louder, which made her face anxious and couldn't help but speed up her pace, and she came to the middle of the open space with the little emperor in her arms, took off the golden-red jade beads on the little emperor's hat in her arms, and put them in a shallow groove in the center of the clearing.
Suddenly, there was a burst of "Rumble! There was a loud and wide entrance to the tunnel.
The entrance was accompanied by a swirling smoke, which appeared in everyone's eyes, making them can't help but look excited, and there seemed to be a glimmer of hope for the future confusion.
Even the Empress Dowager Cixi herself looked relieved, and then she commanded loudly.
"When the smoke clears, the mourning family and His Majesty will enter first, and Prince Qing and other clan relatives will ...... later."
However, before she could finish her words, she stopped herself.
Because after the smoke in front of him cleared, in front of the entrance of the tunnel, a figure wearing a Mao suit, with a beard of eight characters, and the "sickle wrench badge" of the Taiping Society traitor pinned to his chest.
The figure was looking at them indifferently, with disgust and coldness in his eyes......