Tiel's cavalry was about to catch up, and the imperial guards who were moving forward on the official road soon learned the news. (The reason for proving the news was that most of the scouts sent had not come back, and most of the ones who came back by chance were seriously injured. In the first round of scouts and scouts, the Jin soldiers were completely defeated. Even the scout cavalry of the Wuwei Right Army were pale in comparison with the Cossacks.

The Jin soldiers scouts who also rode the Don hippo, in terms of riding skills, were far inferior to these Cossack knights, and as for the soldiers riding other mounts, they were even worse. What’s even more serious is that these Don hippos are equivalent to evidence of crime. After seeing these horses, the Cossacks confirmed that the person who killed his brothers was the target of pursuit in front of him.

Their attacks became fierce and crazy, and they even ignored the guards and came to chase the imperial guards with their own troops.

The location of the imperial chariot is more than 70 miles away from Xuanhua. If you continue to march at this time, the Cossacks will come and go like the wind. Being chased by pursuers is an inevitable result. If the risk of stationing on the spot is too high, leaving the group of people and chariots and taking the risk of being caught by the Cossacks, you also need to consider.

Cixi and Emperor Tianyou called out military aircraft on the official road. Cixi said, "Since the foreign soldiers are about to catch up, then let's do as we said before. I and the emperor stay here to supervise the battle. If the foreign soldiers arrive, the lives of our mothers will depend on whether you have the ability to save them."

Han Rong kowtowed and said, "Old Master, you must not. There is no danger here. Here, there is no danger to guard. The carriage here will not only not boost the morale of the army, but will involve the energy of the troops. We must not only protect the imperial guards and fight with foreign soldiers. It is difficult to protect them. I dare to ask the two palaces to go first and go to Xuanhua to wait for assistance. We are here to sacrifice our lives to fight with foreigners and will not allow the barbarians to violate them."

Ganglie also said: "Please ask the Lord Lafayette to make the people of the world and the foundation of the ancestors. You should not leave it here. You should change your clothes quickly and enter the city with a light cart. Fortunately, our Maduo has enough foot strength to keep Lord Lafayette away."

When Cixi heard Ma Duo, she couldn't help but remembered Zhao Guanhou's confiscation of the Gan army's war horses. It seemed that he had a vision. If these horses were defeated at Nankou with Cen Chunxuan, it would be inconvenient to escape now.

I wanted to escape, but my words became more firm. "Change clothes? Should I change the clothes of the Han people again?" Cixi's tears rolled between the wrinkles on her face. "The country is so powerful, I have no face to face my ancestors. Emperor, you change your clothes and go to the city, I will stay here to see how they can do what I am, the old woman."

"Dad, if you don't leave, your son will never leave." Emperor Tianyou was very excited. "Please change your father's clothes, and your son will go with you...."

Wang Wenzhao said: "But it is not safe to walk now. Once the chariots find the position for foreign soldiers and attack with light cavalry, this must be guarded."

Han Rong said: "I have a way to send a small team to protect Lord Lafayette's car into the city. All the horses with the carts will use the horses and run fast. In addition, a team of people will be sent to protect an empty car to Xuanhua. The foreign soldiers would never think that the team with fewer people is Lord Lafayette's car."

Gang Liesu and Han Rong were incompatible, but nodded at this time, "Han Zhongtang's method is good, but it is not good to send empty cars. If you are not careful, the experts will see the flaws. Those who are in the army know that there is no one in the car and will not be careful, so this cannot hold back time. It is better for me to escort the car. With me, Zhongtang, in the car, those soldiers dare not neglect, and foreigners cannot tell whether they are true or false."

Cixi knew that taking on this task was extremely dangerous and she might die at any time. She said, "Gang Lie, what are you doing? If you want to take a car, just send someone at will. Why do you have to be in the middle hall?"

"Old Buddha, if the slave had not judged the situation wrongly that day, he would not have declared war on the great powers, fought against the embassy, ​​and would not have been in danger today. The capital was lost and foreigners were rampant, which was all the fault of the slave. The slave knew that his sins were serious, so he asked the queen mother to allow him to atone for his sins by death."

He took off his top and kowtowed to Cixi several times, "I'm going to say goodbye to the Empress Dowager." He nodded to several military aircraft, "Sir, I'll take the lead."

Li Lianying had to serve Cixi and the emperor to change clothes, and Concubine Jin and several other female relatives had to change clothes, plus the soft and soft carts in total. On the other cart were Jiang Fengzhi, Yang Cuiyu, and the ten princesses.

These three people walked with Cixi, which was actually Zhao Guanhou's own thoughts, saying that his family was in the hands of the empress dowager and he would never fail to do his best. The guard team was the elite soldiers of the two huts of the Right Army, protecting the chariots. In order to prevent the leak of the news, the relatives and nobles were not aware of this, and only knew that the empress dowager was out, and no one knew where the specific person was.

The officials who were guarding the team and the family members who accompanied them never expected to leave the capital and suffer from war again. They cry and pack up the packages in a soft and soft way. They also tried every means to find cars and sedan chairs through their relationships. Leaving the team first, the entire team was in chaos, and big cars and sedan chairs could be seen everywhere on the official road.

There were dozens of large chariots lined up in a long line, carrying the flags of the two palaces, guarded by a whole infantry battalion, and slowly advancing towards Xuanhua. He was in the car, turning a string of rosary in his hand, humming softly, "Heroes need to be brave, even if their lives are stained with yellow sand..."

Since he was the middle hall, he has not thought about how to turn Han Rong down and replace him every day, but how to find another branch and plan for the future. Today, the disaster is coming, but his heart is peaceful, as if he has returned to Beijing, and his chrysanthemum and crab-eating outside the city of Sanwu Confidant, and the various disputes in the world have nothing to do with him.

Thinking back on the past, he couldn't help laughing out louder and louder.

The troops were once as many as 7,000, but since Zhao Guanhou rectified his army, he had been killing a large number of soldiers on the grounds of killing riots and injecting some soldiers into the Master, resulting in a much reduced force. Now there are more soldiers on the front line and the royal army from Shanxi. A total of about 6,000 were about 6,000 yuan. Among them, the one that is trustworthy is still another whistle in the seventh battalion of the Right Army.

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

These scattered soldiers and rascals seemed to him not very meaningful, and even if they were cannon fodder, they were not qualified. On the contrary, due to the sluggish morale and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, they might have to escape when a gun was fired on the battlefield, but even their own team was driven. What he was facing now was not boxing bandits or local horses, but the elite iron, from top to bottom, and no one dared to take it lightly.

Several guards were waiting for the order. Zhao Guanhou himself was the first to be commanded by a large army of thousands of people. He recalled the Caodian Military Book in his mind and said to everyone:

"If you don't say anything extra, we know what the situation is. The two palaces are behind us, and we have no room to retreat. Now we can only fight, not retreat. Besides, the money we robbed from the rear army is still in our hands. If we lose this battle, we will have nothing. If we can survive, we will have everything in the future. So, for our own future, we will take all our solutions and fight with the foreign devils!"

More and more people fled to Xuanhua. Fortunately, after implementing strict military management, the two palaces were first released, so they would not be snatched away by others. The wheels were pressed on the uneven road surface, bumping, causing the people in the car to be terrified.

The car of Zhao Guanhou's family was with the vehicles of the two palaces, but a few women were alone in the car, and they did not drive with Cixi. Yang Cuiyu held the arm of the Ten Princess tightly, her lips closed tightly, and her face looked ugly. She was not motion sick, but when she thought of Zhao Guanhou's situation and her current situation, she felt unsure. She had seen the rudeness and rudeness of the Cossacks that day, and if it fell into their hands, the outcome would be unimaginable.

She gently took out a revolver and handed it to Yu Qing, "Ten Princess, if Cossack catches up, you can just shoot me? I myself... I'm afraid I can't do it. I can't embarrass Guan Hou..."

Yu Qing patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, it's okay. I believe my husband, he will definitely win this battle. I will hold a banquet for him in Xuanhua and wait for him to come back. Then we will accompany him..."

Jiang Fengzhi's face was a little burned when they said it. While she was worried about Zhao Guanhou, she also felt a little regretful. She shouldn't be too obsessed with filial piety. If she could hand herself over to him yesterday, then today, she would be able to die without regrets.

She held the knife tightly, with her slingshot beside her. She had a fair relationship with these two women. They would not help with such things as a sting. If the foreigner really chased him, he would have to do it himself.

Thunder suddenly sounded from afar, but at this time, there shouldn't be thunder. Yang Cuiyu's expression changed, "Did you thunder or fire? Have you seen the formation twice?"

Yu Qing nodded with a gloomy face, "Listen to the news, it's a firecracker. I'm afraid there have been a enemy in front of you. God and Buddha bless us, our men will win the flag and succeed. We can also bless you to Xuanhua. Now we just hope that the cannons will not stop. As long as the cannons keep ringing, it proves that the battle is still fighting, it proves that... our people have not lost yet."

Jiang Fengzhi was a little dissatisfied, "What does it mean to not lose yet? Can't we win?"

Yu Qing asked without comment: "Win? Do you believe this? I am not optimistic about winning. As long as Guan Hou can come back safely, I will win. If he can really destroy this team of cavalry, I would rather be a cattle for him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cuiyu's face turned ugly. He pulled Yu Qing and said, "Listen, how come the cannon is not ringing?"

The smoke rose up in the wilderness and entered the sky. A small group of Cossack Rangers ran back and forth across the Jin soldiers, as if provoking or mocking. The horse knights cursed the troops on the opposite side in various vicious languages, but few people on the right army could understand their Cossack language, and the actual effect of this curse was very limited.

It was not the Cossack cavalry brigade that came, but a small group of rangers, which only harassed far away and did not launch an attack. After Zhao Guanhou shot two consecutive shots and knocked off the two rangers, the remaining Cossacks began to widen the distance. The guns were not very effective against such troops. When the shells exploded, they had already run away, and the purpose was to restrain and harass them.

If the troops are now in action, they will follow behind and take a bite when they find the flaw. If they don't move, they will hit the minds of these Cossacks. When the large army comes, they will eat it. According to the usual tactics, they should immediately shoot and harass the Right Army, but the range of the Cossacks' carbine is not as good as that of the Right Army's rifled gun. They were killed two times in a row by Zhao Guanhou, so the guns would be spared.

A ball of purple smoke rose, and Cossacks reported to his main force again, and the traces of the Jin soldiers were revealed. It can be imagined that in no time, the terrifying iron cavalry would come to the battlefield and have a head-on conflict with the Right Army. Who is the real strong soldier against the hammer and the anvil can be seen at that time.

While ordering the soldiers to hurry up and repair the fortifications, Zhao Guanhou ordered: "Send our people to cover the battlefield. Try not to let them find out about our car driving. If necessary, they must change their heads with them." He himself rode a horse and joined the ranks of the Rangers. Compared to commanding the army to fight, he is better at this single battle.

Knowing that his level was insufficient, the Right Army simply won with more people. Relying on the large number of horses in hand, he sent fifty cavalry to carry out the task of blocking the battlefield. In the fields and forests, the cavalry of the Right Army and the Ranger Scouts of the Cossack began to contact with each other, and then a fierce conflict broke out.

Judging from the number of participants in the war, this kind of conflict can only be regarded as a small-scale test of each other, and its impact is insignificant in terms of the situation of the war. However, for the participants of the battle, whether it is a large army confrontation or a scout battle, it is the same for them.

Every battle is a dance between life and death. When riding a horse, holding a gun, and crossing that boundary, you have already crossed the boundary between the living and the dead, wandering at the critical point of life and death. As for whether you can return to the human world, only God knows.

Together with those rear troops who were reputed as Masters, Shenji Battalion and some defeated officials from the south entrance, the new army seized the time to set up horse-resistance fences and build chest walls. The infantry played military music and entered their respective predetermined positions. The artillery pushed the artillery into the position and carried ammunition from the baggage truck. Everything was as smooth and natural as daily exercises.
Chapter completed!