Wen Xiang and Kuang Yuan went to the palace to report military information before dawn. Xianfeng, who had finally fallen asleep, was awakened from his dream. Looking at the two reports collected by the Military Affairs Office at night, Xianfeng's eyes turned dark and he almost fainted.

"Emperor, Your Majesty, on this difficult time, you must take care of the dragon body!"

"I'm fine, I'm fine," Xianfeng sat down with the support of the little eunuch, and looked at the report of "Survey Mulan" on Senggelinqin's office again under the light. After hesitating for a while, hesitating and then looked up and said, "It is said that the king, the imperial minister, and the minister in the inner guards will come in to see him."

"Yeah, I'll go and pass it on now." Wen Xiang hurriedly got up and carefully exited the hall.

"Kuang Aiqing, drafted an order, and the Military Affairs Office submitted a letter from Senggelinqin and Shengbao. I knew that the battle was not in the future, and the camp retreated to Baliqiao. Shengbao was seriously injured and the tutoring bureau was difficult. Zaiyuan and Mu Yin were not good at handling it. So he removed the imperial envoy and asked Prince Gong Yi to act as an imperial envoy, and went to the Supervisory Office with full authority. The imperial envoy issued an edict, and Senggelinqin and Shengbao announced the barbarians and ordered them to stop their troops and wait for the peace."

Before Kuang Yuan received the order, Xianfeng thought about it and said a little unwillingly: "Prince Gong did not meet with the barbarians. He waited for the persons who were sent to discuss the pacification, either Hengqi or Lan Weiwen, to wait for the capital to discuss with him. Senggelinqin, Shengbao and others should still be on guard against the northern invasion. The purpose of blocking the ferocious attacks must be blocked to take into account the overall situation!"

Since it cannot be suppressed, I can only help.

All this was long as Kuang Yuan expected. But he thought that foreigners would not be so obedient and would not "stop troops to wait for pacification". When he thought of the foreign envoys he had arrested before, he couldn't help but remind him: "Emperor, yesterday, several ministers of the royal ministers, the imperial ministers and the Guanglu Temple Shaoqing Jiao Youying, etc., also requested the extermination of the foreign chief Baxiali to be executed..."

Xianfeng suddenly remembered that something happened, suddenly remembered that he had ordered Baxiali and others to submit to the Ministry of Justice for the Prosecution, and hurriedly said: "Bxiali was extremely guilty and could not be punished. However, the custody of the matter has not been completed, so he was temporarily detained, thinking that it would be a turnaround."

"I obey the order, and I will draw the order."

"etc!"

A few days ago, Zaiheng, Mu Yin and others reported that the Baxia Li was the leader of the Western Barbarians and was good at using troops. If you get it now, the barbarians will be confused. Senggelinqin and Shengbao took the opportunity to intercept and suppress the enemy head-on, and Hengfu joined Jiao Youying and others to take advantage of this power to inspire the brave team to intercept the rear, attack them from front and back, and rush forward and suppress them, and then you can hope to wipe out the Western Barbarians who have repeatedly violated the supreme situation.

Although Senggelinqin retreated from Zhangjiawan to Tongzhou in the past few days, the memorial was not defeated, but "there were many thieves" and "there were many thieves again." Sheng Bao also swore in the memorial that he would definitely guard the road to the capital.

Yesterday afternoon, when Han Si led more than 600 troops to Tongzhou, he was worried that the people in the capital would be unstable, so he issued 200,000 taels of civilian treasury to reward patrol soldiers who were blocked inside and outside. He wanted to collect soldiers and horses to fill the horses. Unexpectedly, after only one night, the situation of the battle turned sharply. Nearly 10,000 brigades and Mongolian horse teams, and tens of thousands of soldiers, not only failed to block the Western barbarians, but was defeated in a very bad way.

The more Xianfeng thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and said gritting his teeth, "I secretly told Jiao Youying, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, and you asked you to execute Baxia Li for one hand. This is the extreme, but you can still be relieved for a few days. You can handle the situation with the only way to inspire the hearts of the people to restrain the barbarians. Now there is only one end of the war, so it is not allowed to be kept in the protection. If there is a military camp or other place, there is no scruple. If you are sure to accomplish things, you will be able to make a comeback. When the situation is expected to turn around in the future, you will have a red pen to change the order to ensure that you will be strong in your heart!"

Just as Prince Gong ordered the imperial envoy to handle the tutoring of the imperial envoy, he had not yet drafted the edict, so he secretly ordered Jiao Mazi to "inspire the hearts of the people and restrain the barbarians." He even ordered Jiao Mazi not to care whether the war or peace in the capital, nor to care about what orders he would give to the army or other ministers in the future. As long as the militia can accomplish things, he can let go of his hands and feet to attack and suppress them boldly.

If Jiao Mazi's future actions are inconsistent with the will of the court, he can even hesitate to the sacredness of "golden words and jade words". At that time, the imperial pen can correct or even withdraw the previous decree!

It’s right to reorganize the people and expel the barbarians, but it’s too much of a joke to do it like this. Moreover, so many horses and infantry can’t defeat foreigners. Can the little people recruited by Jiao Mazi and Zhang Zhiwan and others who have just arrived in Tianjin be able to surpass foreigners and can they collect miraculous effects that prevent foreigners from taking care of each other?

Kuang Yuan thought he had heard it wrong and couldn't believe it was true. It was obvious that the emperor's face looked so ugly, so he could only say with a tough look: "I obey the order, I will write the order."

...

As soon as Kuang Yuan left, the big head who was guarding the hall heard a clang inside. He didn't know what was thrown by the emperor who was angry.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor cursed Senggelinqin angrily, scolded Senggelinqin for being incompetent, and after scolding Senggelinqin began to scold Guiliang again, scolding Guiliang for being crazy and promising without authorization, not only to violate the order and fear the barbarians. He was directly promoted and accepted it. He even wanted to punish Guiliang with the right rules and regulations to rectify the rules and regulations, and then he personally led the army to fight the Western barbarians to the death!

Big Head was startled and quickly plucked up the courage to lean over and said, "Emperor, before my fourth brother left, he said that the imperial commander was not a trivial matter. Even if you plan to imperial commander, you have to wait for him to come back."

"What do I want to do? It's his turn to do? I personally commanded the army and still use his approval?"

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong. My fourth brother is worried about your safety of the emperor. You are in charge of the army and he needs to protect him! If you can trust me, give me hundreds of soldiers and I will be the vanguard for you!"

When talking about protecting the car, Xianfeng quickly calmed down. While signaling him to enter the hall, he stared at him and asked, "Where has your fourth brother been there now? He has been walking all night. Is there any letter?"

"He didn't send anyone to send a message back. I guess I should have arrived in Tongzhou now." Datou scratched his head and said carefully: "Tongzhou is not far away. I have been there several times. If I ride a fast horse, I can run two round trips a day."

"Transfer the order and ask him to come back quickly."

"I'll go find him now and find him back."

"Who asked you to go? I asked you to pass the imperial edict."

"Then I'll go find Jixiang and let Jixiang call him back."

...

Just as Xianfeng made up his mind to "visit Mulan" and waited for Han Xiufeng to lead his troops back to the Old Summer Palace to protect his troops, Han Xiufeng had led more than 600 soldiers to quietly touch a farmland four or five miles away from Bali Bridge.

It was already bright, and through the clairvoyance, you could clearly see the tents of the French army standing by the river. Yesterday's war was very fierce, and the people nearby could run away. Many bushes lit by artillery fire were still filled with light smoke, and even the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

"Fourth Master, there should be a British army camp there." Ronglu whispered.

Han Xiufeng followed the direction of his finger, adjusted the focal length, searched for a while, and finally saw the British army's banner, and could even vaguely see someone washing horses by the river.

Just as we were thinking about how long it would take to rest here before we march into the capital, Wang Hedong, who was also a clairvoyant, whispered: "Fourth Master, this battle is not easy to fight. The British and French have horse teams, and the French and French teams. Let's take it quietly and catch them off guard. But it's difficult to escape without any loss. Both legs can't run four legs, and they may be surrounded by their horse team."

Ronglu adjusted the focal length, looked at the rows of cannons of foreigners through Qianliyan, and said solemnly: "Foreigners have cannons, but we don't have cannons. Even if the foreigners don't send a horse team to encircle, we can't fall in love."

"Yes, this battle is not easy to fight." Han Xiufeng lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Yongxiang, have you found out about Senggelinqin and Shengbao?"

"Report to the Fourth Master, I asked a few defeated soldiers. They said that Shengbao seemed to be heading to Dingfu Village. The news about Senggelinqin was not found out. Bei Zhi estimated that although they were defeated, they did not dare to run too far. After all, the capital was behind. If they ran too far, they would be timid in the face of the battle and would lose their heads."

"Fourth Master, why don't you send a few scouts to the scene?" Ronglu suggested.

"Forget it, we are just a few people, so we can't divide the troops." Han Xiufeng weighed the pros and cons, and then said, "Yongxiang, let the brothers hide behind you, especially those brothers with horses, be sure to explain to them clearly and never expose our whereabouts."

"Yeah!"

"Hedong, pick a few bold and careful scouts, go ahead and stare at them to see what happens to the foreigners next."

"Affect the order."

As soon as Yongxiang and Wang Hedong took the order, Ronglu couldn't help asking: "Fourth Master, can we wait here?"

"War is like fishing, don't be anxious. Let's wait here for a long time to see if there are any fighter planes. If there are fighters, fight them. If there are no fighter planes at noon, we will retreat."

"Just go back like that?"

Han Xiufeng raised his eyes again, observing the movements of foreigners, and said helplessly: "If we are just fighting, we don't need to hide here and wait for the fighter plane. We can go around behind them. We can't deal with their large groups of people and raid their rear paths. We are still somewhat sure of dealing with their baggage team, but we can't just go to war, but we must think about the safety of the emperor."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

...

Everyone was lying in the fields and waited for nearly an hour.

It can be seen that the French army's military discipline is much worse than that of the British army. After breakfast, they sent more than a dozen teams of troops to ask the people they hired to drive the cart to lead the way, began to search for villages near the Daying, and began to loot the property of the people nearby.

Seeing a team of French troops heading to a village northwest, Han Xiufeng didn't want to wait any longer and immediately turned around and said, "Hedong, let's fight this way, let Hedong lead a hundred brothers to quickly set up an ambush."

"Take only one hundred brothers?"

"There are only a dozen foreign soldiers, and it is enough to send one hundred soldiers." Han Xiufeng weighed it, took out the map hand-drawn in the morning, pointed to the map and explained: "Hedong, look carefully. Zhonghua and I will lead the brigade to retreat westward. When we retreat here, Yongxiang and I will lead two hundred brothers to set up defenses on the spot. You can't delay for a moment after you succeed. Hurry up and bring our brothers here to meet us."

Yongxiang reacted and couldn't help asking: "If the foreigners hear the movement and send troops to chase them, we will catch them off guard!"

"This is just a blockade. You must not fight in love. If you conquer the foreigners' pursuit soldiers, you will immediately withdraw."

Thinking that there were still two hundred brothers who had no errands, Ronglu pointed to the map and asked: "I will lead the remaining two hundred brothers to go west and protect the defense in this area?"

"That's what I mean. The two places are five or six miles apart, and they fight and retreat. If you are lucky enough to escape unstoppable, we will take a detour from the west to the Old Summer Palace."

"Shengbao should be in the Dingfuzhuang area, and he should have many soldiers under him. Fourth Master, why should we look far away?" Wang Hedong couldn't help asking.

"They have been defeated once, and people must be in panic at this moment. If they retreat to Dingfuzhuang, not to mention whether they can retreat without compromising, the situation will probably become even more uncontrollable. At this time, none of us can count on ourselves, we will count on ourselves."

"What the Fourth Master said is that now I can only rely on myself. Everyone, soldiers are very quick, let's take action separately!"

...

In order to ambush more than a dozen foreign soldiers, more than 600 soldiers who had been waiting for a long time immediately took action.

Wang Hedong selected a hundred soldiers to touch the village quietly. Han Xiufeng and Ronglu led a large group of troops to march west, not daring to delay for a moment. Unexpectedly, as soon as he ran three or four miles, he vaguely heard gunshots coming from behind him.

Han Xiufeng did not dare to act as the previous plan anymore, so he quickly turned over and dismounted: "Zhonghua, hurry up and go to the west to set up defenses. Yongxiang, let's wait for Hedong here!"

"Yeah!"

With Han Xiufeng's order, more than 200 brothers hurriedly searched for favorable terrain to ambush. They had just set up their formation and had just loaded the lead of gunpowder, and the gunshots in the east suddenly stopped.

There was very close to the British and French army camps, less than three miles away.

Thinking that after only half a stick of incense there was no movement, and even without hearing the sound of cannons, Han Xiufeng felt cold and he thought that Wang Hedong and others were not only successful, but were likely to be defeated by more than a dozen foreign soldiers.

Just as they were waiting anxiously, there was a sound of horse hooves coming from the east, and a brother from the river camp was galloping on a fast horse.

Yongxiang got up, met him and asked anxiously, "What's going on? Have you succeeded? Where are you Wangdusi?"

"Report to Mr. Yongxiang, Mr. Wang and his brothers are behind him. Mr. Wang is fine, and the brothers are fine. Only one brother was slightly injured."

"Have you said so well?"

"Five people ran away and six were knocked down on the spot. One of them was not dead. Master Wang dared not fight. He brought them back regardless of life or death. Let the young man report first."

Yongxiang felt a little incredible and asked skeptically: "The foreigners did not send reinforcements, did not send troops to chase him?"

Before the Bing Yong came to report the message first, Han Xiufeng got up and walked over and said with a smile: "The foreign soldiers in the camp only heard the gunshots. Most of them thought they were fired by their people, so they did not send troops."

"Report to the Fourth Master, Master Wang also estimates this way."

"There was no reinforcements just now, so I didn't agree to wait a moment. When the fish that missed the net ran back, the foreigners' cavalry should be dispatched. Brothers, hurry up and prepare, and we will retreat as soon as the Wangdusi and the brothers who won the first battle arrive!"

"If you hear it, you will cheer me up. If the foreign horse team really chases me, aim at me and beat me to death!"
Chapter completed!