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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 697: Re-discussing the surrender of the city

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    In fact, on the day the Northern Expedition was released, the Taiping Army fired a large number of leaflets and artillery shells towards Beijing.  ¡÷The use of artillery shells to scatter leaflets is said to be a new invention of Captain Xiao He, who was new to the artillery unit. The leaflets were placed in a porcelain jar, then wrapped around the warhead, and the warhead was pushed into the air through the propellant. The lit fuse was in the air.  It exploded, and the amount of explosives only cracked the wrapping layer and the porcelain jar, and then the leaflets in the sky flew like snowflakes on the top of Sijiu City.

    Since Sijiu City was besieged by the Taiping Army, the civilians in the city were rejoicing, but the Manchu nobles were frightened. Fortunately, the two palaces and the emperor were still in the Forbidden City, and they heard that the Taiping Army came from the sea alone.  There was no smooth supply line for backup. The Qing army in the capital had previously launched several attacks on the Taiping Army outside the city. Although they failed to break through the Taiping Army camp, the Manchu nobles imagined that the Taiping Army outside the city would be difficult to survive.  In the cold winter in the north, once the winter is over, the Taiping army outside the city will be without food and clothing, and they will be defeated in one go.

    It was precisely because of this little illusion that the Manchu nobles saw the hope of holding on to the capital. Their wealth and wealth were all in the capital. It was only 20,000 long-haired men who besieged the city. The Qing Dynasty still had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses on its side. Most of them  They all hope that the court can persist.  Those few sober people who proposed the strategy of letting the city go were all criticized as traitors by these people. In addition, Prince Gong and Seng Gelinqin were later revealed to have planned to hijack the two palaces with military remonstrance, and the Emperor's Holy Emperor made a shocking trip to the north.  After the big case, no one dared to mention the strategy of letting the city go.

    The case of the Two Kings shattered the Manchu Qing Dynasty's last hope of survival. Prince Gong Yi? and Seng Gelinqin were sentenced to death respectively. Perhaps their mood before death was the same as that of Li Xiucheng, who once strongly petitioned the emperor Hong Xiuquan to let the city leave.  Same.  This court can no longer support him.  In history, the reason why Hong Xiuquan did not want to let the city go was probably the same as those of the Manchu nobles.  Thinking that there are still more than 100,000 soldiers and horses around, but the siege of the city is only 20,000 to 30,000 thieves.  But all his wealth and wealth are in the capital, so he fantasizes that miracles will happen if he sticks to it.

    But after the twelfth lunar month, bad news came one after another. The ferocious winter offensive of the Taiping Army caused the situation in the north to take a turn for the worse. In Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi-Gansu, Hubei, and outside the customs, there was news of the loss of troops and territory everywhere. What was even more serious was the Taiping army in Shandong.  The army has almost opened the canal supply line. The cold winter in the north failed to bring good fortune to the Qing Dynasty. Instead, it made the death knell of the Qing Dynasty ring early.

    The day when I received the message of the Northern Expedition.  The entire capital was in chaos. The Manchu nobles suddenly realized that it was a good idea to let the city stay away, but now no one dared to even mention it.

    On the day when the appeal reached the capital, it was already placed on Xingzhen¡¯s desk not long after. After reading the appeal, Xingzhen couldn¡¯t help but smile bitterly and thought to herself: ¡°It seems that he has opened up the supply line and received a steady stream of backup and support.  Supplies are in hand, and this message is issued at this time. It is the prelude to his large-scale attack."

    After reading it, Xingzhen asked the Manchu clan and ministers present: "The long-haired thief issued this message. It seems that a large-scale attack on the city is imminent. What can be done?"

    Prince Su Huafeng, Prince Qing Yikuang, Dingjun Wang Zaiquan and other clan ministers.  Ministers of the Military Aircraft Department Wen Xiang, Bao Jun, Li Tangjie, Li Hongzao and others all looked at me, and I looked at you, but they were speechless.  On the other hand, Prince Chun Yixuan, who had been dismissed from his power, said: "Queen Mother, for the sake of the present plan, let the city stay away, and the two palaces and the emperor will go north to patrol Mongolia. There may be room for maneuver. There are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the capital guarding the wings. I must have  It¡¯s not difficult to go north.¡±

    As soon as this statement came out, a group of Manchu and Qing clan ministers actually echoed the proposal, which was completely opposite to the time when they opposed the proposal of Seng Gelinqin and Prince Gong.  Because Yixuan was involved in the Prince Gong case, he no longer had any responsibilities at this time. He dared to say things that others did not dare to say, which happened to express the feelings of those Manchu nobles. Now they are really afraid.

    Xingzhen was noncommittal when she heard the words, and then looked at the three important ministers Yuan Jiasan, Li Hongzhang, and Peng Yulin who were leading the army. She saw that the three of them had a little ridicule on their faces. After thinking about it, she understood that these three people were ridiculing.  Those Manchu and Qing nobles thought it was best to let the city go. They opposed it at that time. But now that the Taiping Army was about to attack the city in a large scale, they thought of escaping again. With the Taiping Army's tiger and wolf divisions surrounding them, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties  How can more than 100,000 soldiers and horses calmly let the city go?  Maybe with the Queen Mother's decree, the first thing these Manchu nobles would think of was how to escape first.  Don't tell Cheng not to leave then, the Taiping Army won't agree even if they want to leave.

    Yuan Jiasan didn't care about this and just stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, although there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the capital to protect the city, there are many soldiers and horses stationed in the three mountains and five gardens on the periphery. If you want to prevent the city from leaving, you must take a long-term plan.  The mobilization of horses is not a child's play. The food, equipment, soldiers and horses required for the movement of more than 100,000 people, and the routes and orders of each army and horse heading north must be arranged one by one. Otherwise, if the generals get into chaos, they will be taken advantage of by Chang Mao."

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?He said: "What Mr. Yuan said is reasonable. If the Queen Mother decides to let the city stay, and more than 100,000 troops guard the two palaces, everything must be arranged in advance, otherwise it will be a chaos. The capital city  There are still 50,000 soldiers stationed in the northwest garden (i.e. Old Summer Palace). This group of soldiers can guard here and protect the flanks of the army leaving the city, while the rest of the surrounding soldiers should gather up and together with the soldiers in the capital, bravely protect the two palaces.  Leave together."

    Xingzhen waved her hands and said: "I am a little tired. You can discuss these things. Whether you want to leave or stay, you can come up with a charter after you discuss it." After that, Xingzhen caressed her.  She rubbed her forehead and asked Li Lianying and others to protect her and leave, leaving all the ministers in the room looking at each other in shock.

    After Xingzhen left, Yi Xuan asked curiously: "What is the Queen Mother's decree? Does she agree with us to let the city stay? Or does she not leave?"

    Prince Su Hua Feng smiled, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Didn't the Queen Mother say that? Let us decide whether to leave or stay. She will listen to everyone. I feel unwell, please go ahead.  Let's go. Anyway, no matter what the solution is after everyone has discussed it, I agree with everyone. Anyway, you have to go quickly." After that, he yawned and left first.

    Yixuan looked at Hua Feng's back with disdain, knowing that the prince was an opium addict and wanted to go down and take a cigarette or two, but his words still didn't decide anything, and he blamed everything on others.

    However, Prince Qing Yikuang, Prince Dingjun Zaiquan and other clan ministers also said that they would listen to Prince Chun in everything, which suddenly made Yixuan even more panicked. Although Yixuan had led the troops in the capital before, at that time there were Seng Gelinqin and  Prince Gong was behind the plan, but now that the two of them were gone, Yixuan had to plan the northward movement of more than 100,000 troops, which was very difficult. Fortunately, Ministers Wen Xiang, Bao Jun, Li Tangjie, Li Hongzao and others of the Military Aircraft Department did not say anything to shirk the situation.  After saying this, Wen Xiang said: "Your Majesty, it seems it is too late to tell the city not to leave at this time."

    Baojun also smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Changmao is about to attack the city in a large scale. Leaving the capital at this time is the way to cause chaos."

    Li Hongzao even said bluntly: "In the beginning, Prince Gong's case was because he wanted to send troops to remonstrate. Now he still wants to keep the city away, for fear that the court will not be able to let it go."

    Hearing this, Yi Xuan felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and looked at Yuan Jiasan and the other three as if asking for help, but Yuan Jiasan said: "Your Majesty, I and the other three are responsible for commanding the troops in the garden and the west of the city, just as the prince said  , this is an important place whether you are leaving or staying. Since Changmao's large-scale invasion is imminent, it would be better for the three of us to go back immediately to make arrangements to meet the enemy. As for whether to stay or go, if the court has an agreement, it can be  Once the order is issued, I and the other three will just obey the order." After saying this and bowing to everyone, the three Han ministers also left in a hurry.

    Yizhen was completely dumbfounded at this moment, and finally Wen Xiang said with a wry smile: "My lord, don't think about the army being able to move now. If you can hold on for a few months, you will be lucky to wait until the Mongolian or foreign reinforcements arrive."  Things, if not, the country will be in danger"

    Yixuan himself didn't know how he left the palace in a daze, and returned home to sit down. He was still in a daze. He couldn't figure out why the good Qing Dynasty turned into this. Is it really true?  What's more, the country's destiny has been exhausted and there is no way to turn it around?

    After dinner, Yixuan locked himself in the study and didn't want to see anyone. At midnight, he heard someone outside the room saying: "Master, someone is coming from the palace. The Queen Mother has sent you to see her."

    Yixuan hurriedly changed into court clothes and went out, followed the eunuch who came to deliver the order into the palace, and saw Xingzhen in the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

    Seeing Yixuan's arrival, Xingzhen walked out from behind the screen. After the screen retreated to the left and right, she looked at Yixuan and asked quietly: "Are you still blaming me for the Sixth Master?"

    Hearing this, Yi Xuan hurriedly knelt down and said, "I don't dare." Xingzhen said bitterly, "Ever since my sister suffered a stroke and was unable to govern, all matters in and outside the palace have fallen on my shoulders. The sixth master was also the one at that time.  If you commit a crime, no matter what, you can never do something like kidnapping a holy driver without a king or a father. Now that I think about it, Mr. Liu is pitiful but unforgivable."

    Xingzhen said something, Yixuan responded, and finally Xingzhen sighed and said: "I will know what happened after I left today. Master Qi, it's not that I don't want to cheer up, but that if people's hearts are broken, it will be difficult for them to do anything again."  It¡¯s happened.¡±

    Yi Xuan¡¯s heart trembled when he heard this and said: ¡°Queen Mother, is our Aisin Gioro¡¯s more than two hundred years of foundation ruined?¡±

    Xingzhen said with tears: "The situation is difficult to reverse unless there is a miracle." Yi Xuan also shed tears after hearing this.  One thing, whether the capital city is defended or abandoned, the defeat is already decided. However, the late emperor only left the emperor's flesh and blood. I don't dare to take any risks. I just hope that if the sky changes in the future, others will not be able to count on it.  I just hope Qi Ye can hold up the Tian family¡¯s face.?, he dealt a lot with Chang Mao, trying to preserve the flesh and blood of the late emperor.  "

    Yixuan also shed tears and said: "Queen Mother, if the city is really destroyed that day, my little brother will be shattered to pieces, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor will be safe."

    Xingzhen shook her head and said: "No, Master Qi, I don't want you to be shattered to pieces. As long as you contact Changmao in advance, do you think if the emperor issues an edict to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of his throne, can Changmao agree to save the royal family's fortune and life?"

    Yi Xuan was shocked when he heard this, and had only one thought in his mind: "The Queen Mother is leaving a way out" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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