Cixi leaned on Li Zhen's back, her heart still full of worry.
The pursuers are coming, what should I do?
Cixi took a deep breath, and then said seriously: "Master Li, the pursuers from behind have appeared, and we are about to be overtaken. What should we do next?" Cixi lay on Li Zhen's back, her heart beating thumpingly. It's non-stop and uncontrollable. This is not because of shyness but because of being frightened by the pursuers coming from behind.
When Ci Xi thought that she had fallen into the hands of Yi Xin, and that she was just a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, she felt helpless in her heart. Now she could only rely on Li Zhen.
Li Zhen said simply: "There is no other way but to escape."
Cixi heard this and stopped talking.
A group of people kept rushing forward, just wanting to leave the pursuers behind.
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Yixin and Gilsky led troops to pursue them, and she personally chased Li Zhen and others. After Yixin captured the palace, she left the army she recruited to control the Forbidden City and the hub of the royal family. After doing all this, Yixin and Gilski Together with Girsky, he asked Gilsky to lead 6,000 Russian soldiers under his command to hunt down Li Zhen.
Yixin drove away the little emperor, and he was ready to succeed him.
However, Yixin wanted to ascend the throne legitimately, so he could not let go of Cixi, Ci'an and the young emperor. According to Yixin's idea, it was best to capture Ci'an, Cixi and the young emperor, and then force Cixi. He and Ci'an asked the young emperor to abdicate the throne to him, and then kill the young emperor when his position was stable. Capturing him was the best and safest way, and would not leave too many problems.
However, Yixin would only kill him to get rid of the trouble if he couldn't be captured, because once the little emperor escaped, even if Yixin ascended the throne in Beijing, he would be labeled as a usurper, no matter how much Yixin controlled the government. , no matter how the situation is stabilized, the label of usurping power cannot be avoided.
Because of this, Yixin hurriedly led troops to chase with Gilsky.
Now that he had a chance to capture his opponent, he must capture him.
Gilsky looked at Yixin's eager face, chuckled twice, and said in Russian without being arrogant or arrogant: "Dear Your Excellency Prince Gong, it is impossible for the little emperor to escape. Please rest assured about this. We, the Tsarist Russian Imperial Army, The soldiers in the chase are chasing them, no matter what they are, they will not stop until they are captured."
Gilski looked up at the direction where Li Zhen was escaping, with a calm and confident expression on his face. He had full confidence in his soldiers and believed that Li Zhen and his party could not escape after escaping from the palace gate.
The current escape is just a little longer.
Chen Yuande translated Gilsky's words to Yixin. Even after Yixin heard it, he was still worried.
Don’t be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of what happens.
If the little emperor escapes, he will be beaten, and he will lose a lot of things and encounter a lot of troubles. Yixin kept urging Chen Yuande, and let Chen Yuande urge the Russian soldiers to speed up. These Russian soldiers were full of physical strength and strong fighting power. They were all the way. Chase, constantly closing the distance with Li Zhen's team.
From four or five miles away at the beginning, it gradually became three miles, then two miles, and finally became eight hundred meters, five hundred meters away, gradually getting closer and closer...
The distance between the two sides was less than 500 meters, and Li Zhen felt a great threat.
While Li Zhen was running quickly with Ci Xi on his back, he turned around and ordered: "Zhang Zhiping, order the three hundred soldiers to stop and harass the pursuing enemy troops. We do not want to kill the pursuing enemy troops, but only need them to delay for a moment."
"As commanded."
After Zhang Zhiping received the order, he ordered his soldiers to prepare.
More than 300 soldiers stayed to stop Gilsky's 6,000 Russian soldiers.
These three hundred soldiers did not dare to confront the Russian soldiers head-on, so they could only harass them. However, the three hundred soldiers harassing them was like scratching the surface, and it was of little use. The delay was of no avail. The distance between the two sides was quickly closing, and the situation was getting worse. It was dangerous. At this time, Li Zhen, Long Ao, Han Laiyu and the soldiers of the 13th Guards of the Dragon Group and the Jiandao Battalion ran wildly, even leaving Zhang Zhiping's soldiers slightly behind.
This situation shocked Yixin, Gilski and others.
How come these people are faster?
Yixin was puzzled, but knew that he couldn't let the other party escape, so he yelled: "Chase, chase quickly."
Chen Yuande was also afraid that Li Zhen and others would escape. He knew about Li Zhen. Chen Yuande even had a grudge against Li Zhen. In the past, Chen Yuande and the Russian strongmen came to Beijing to weaken the influence of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but they were met by Li Zhen. Chen Yuande has not forgotten the blow to this day, so Chen Yuande really didn’t want Li Zhen to leave, so he babbled a lot in Russian and asked the Russian soldiers to speed up.
After a long journey, Li Zhen and the soldiers from the Jiandao Battalion and the soldiers under Zhang Zhiping were separated. The soldiers from the Jiandao Battalion could still hold on, but the soldiers under Zhang Zhiping fell apart and could no longer hold on, so they had to flee in all directions.
Zhang Zhiping also felt helpless about this.
Zhang Zhiping followed Li Zhen and others closely, his eyes filled with solemnity.
Foreigners are getting closer and closer, what should I do?
Zhang Zhiping was like this, and the rest of the people were also worried. They hurried on, worried in their hearts. After all, thousands of foreigners came to kill, but Li Zhen and his party only had more than a hundred people left, and it was even difficult to survive. Cixi lay on the ground On Li Zhen's back, he could feel Li Zhen's breathing was extremely rapid, even breathing heavily.
She lay quietly on Li Zhen's back, feeling the quiet atmosphere.
After being silent for a long time, Cixi suddenly said: "Master Li, please put us down with the general who is carrying my sister, and then you can continue to escape with the emperor. In this way, the speed of the journey will be accelerated. As long as you escape, everything will be fine." It's easy to say that the late emperor only has one heir, the emperor. If the emperor is caught by Yixin, the bloodline will definitely be cut off from then on. As long as the bloodline of the late emperor can be preserved and the emperor can live in peace, the Ai family will be satisfied. If Mr. Li still has If you can capture the city of Beijing and defeat Yi Xin, that would be the best. However, Yi Xin colludes with foreigners, so it is not easy to defeat Yi Xin. Mr. Li, you still..."
"Shut up."
Li Zhen was already tired enough when he was running away, but the woman on his back kept mumbling a lot, which made Li Zhen feel irritated. He didn't consider Cixi's identity at all, so he just yelled and carried her on his back. Cixi continued to run forward.
Cixi was stunned for a moment, then stared at Li Zhen.
She was a little aggrieved at first, but when she saw Li Zhen's head full of sweat and the sweat flowing down his neck, her heart suddenly palpitated. She stopped talking and quietly hugged Li Zhen's neck.
Li Zhen was still running forward, not giving up his last chance of survival.
However, the soldiers led by Yixin and Gilski gradually closed the distance. Yixin rode on the horse and shouted: "Li Zhen, put down the empress dowager and the emperor immediately. I will give you a way to survive and allow you to continue." Serve as governor of Guangdong." His voice was so loud that it reached Li Zhen's ears.
Li Zhen sneered in his heart and did not answer Yixin's words.