There is an undercurrent surging in Naha, and the same dark wind is blowing in the summer resort thousands of miles away!
Gordon, Deng Shichang, Sa Zhenbing, Yan Fu and others have arrived here safely under the protection of Kirigakure. Along the way are the remnants of the Guan Foreign Army to protect the seriously injured General Hunchun!
Although Hunchun was awake at the moment, he was wrapped in gauze and could not get off the ground at all. He was like a mummy. After arriving in Chengde, he saw that his colleagues could not say anything and just kept crying.
Third Master Fu Qing held his hand and whispered, "Brother, take good care of yourself, don't think about anything else... don't think about anything, you will be safe here..."
"Let...let me...meet...the emperor..." Hunchun's throat was hoarse and he almost jumped out every word!
Before Third Master could answer, the door curtain of Songhe Zhai was opened, and Li Lianying's drake voice shouted, "I am here to see you in Hunchun..."
Other people in the courtyard, such as Gordon and Deng Shichang, rushed forward and asked anxiously, "When will the Queen Mother summon us?"
Li Lianying's eyes widened, "Why are you panicking? Wait outside..."
Two eunuchs ran over and carried the bench where Hunchun was lying flat, and carefully carried it into the house. The third master sighed and shook his head and followed in!
Hunchun saw Cixi and Ci'an and struggled to get up and kowtow to salute. Ci'an said sadly, "It's already like this, why are you still saluting? Come here, bring the general two softer pillows and put them on his chest." !”
"That's right... It will be easier to raise your head and speak this way!"
Cixi did not have such a good temper. Seeing Hunchun stuffing the cushions, she immediately said, "Hunchun...how many soldiers do you have now? In addition to the 10,000 cavalry, how many more did you bring back?"
The third master is so angry, thinking that Hunchun is like this, but you don’t even have a word of comfort, just open your mouth and you will be a soldier!
Even if Hunchun no longer had the strength to speak, he would not dare to neglect the empress dowagers of the two palaces: "I...I am incompetent...to gather the defeated troops in Tianjin...and those in Tangshan who did not have time to start..."
"Bring here a total of more than seven thousand..."
"Ah! Amitabha..." Cixi patted her chest, "Including the 10,000 cavalry we gathered before, this will be 17,000. Okay, okay, we have another batch of new troops!"
"Hunchun! Your body and bones are too weak now. Take good care of yourself. I'll give you a few ginseng pills to nurse back to health later!"
"You are too weak to lead the troops! These soldiers will be handed over to..." Cixi glanced at Ci'an and Third Master Qing with her eyes and finally said, "Why don't you give King Yu his own character! King Yu is in charge of the police in the capital." The General Administration also has experience in leading troops, so he can lead them safely!"
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became awkward, and the Third Master was the first to be unhappy. Prince Yu didn't have much talent to begin with, but it was because he stood up correctly at the critical moment that Emperor Tongzhi rewarded him with an errand at the Police Headquarters!
Then the Police Headquarters and the Guanwai Army are not the same thing at all. How can King Yu mobilize such a tiger and wolf army?
But the third master can't speak yet, because he now has the establishment of a post army, and he is the only one in the entire Chengde palace who is most suitable to lead troops.
You can’t even recommend yourself! Seizing military power has always been a taboo!
Ci'an couldn't speak either. She didn't have anyone to recommend except the Third Master. Her message to the Mongolian grassland had not been replied yet. God knows when the reinforcements from Mobei would arrive!
Seeing that everyone was silent, Cixi felt better: "Well...if no one has any objection, then let King Yu lead the troops first! They are all iron hats, so they can still be trusted!"
What could Hunchun say? He was so injured that he could only bow his head and prepare to express gratitude!
But before Hunchun could speak, a loud voice suddenly came from outside Songhe Zhai, "No... No, the Queen Mother!"
"King Yu has no talent in leading an army! The Guanwai Army is an army of tigers and wolves, and no one without great ability can suppress it!"
"I request Lord Fuqing to lead the troops!"
Snap! Cixi slapped the table, and the tea bowl was smashed to pieces on the ground. "Who! How brave!"
Li Lianying suddenly lifted the curtain at the door, "Where are the guards? Catch them! You bastard, who was talking just now!"
A man knelt on the ground in the yard, "Your Majesty... After returning from studying in the UK, His Majesty personally appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Navy... Deng Shichang, risking his own life to make a suggestion!"
"The country is in troubled times! At this moment of danger, military power is the foundation of the court... At this moment, power can only be concentrated in one person, and it must be concentrated in the hands of senior officials who know how to fight!"
"Once the rebels move north to invade! We can't send out too many orders! We must have talented people leading the army!"
Cixi was so angry that she said, "Oh, well... how brave! Doesn't this court even have any rules? A small federation, a shabby thing... After eating foreign milk and bread for two days,... Don’t you know the laws of the imperial court?”
"Catch him! Interrogate him and find out who gave him the courage!"
Upon hearing this, the third master quickly begged, "Queen Mother! Please calm down! Although Deng Shichang is arrogant, but considering that he has just returned to China and is not used to the relationship for a while, he should be more lenient!"
The Third Master rushed to the door and shouted, "Deng Shichang! What do you know? There is no reason for your clamor just after returning home! If you don't kowtow and confess your guilt, go down and write a confession of guilt!"
If Deng Shichang had just got off the donkey at this time, kowtowed and retreated to write an apology note, the matter would have been over!
But everyone underestimated Deng Shichang's courage. He held his head high and said loudly, "I bumped into the Queen Mother. This is my fault! But what I said is not wrong!"
"How long has it been since the imperial dynasty? The rebels have captured the capital and lost the Forbidden City! Are you still scheming and calculating your own interests at this time?"
"This is a war! This is a war... The Queen Mother... At a critical moment of life and death, how can this military power be a child's play!"
"Has Prince Yu ever fought in a war? Does he have experience in leading troops? Not to mention that an iron-hatted king can be relied upon. Then is Prince Gong an iron-hatted king? Isn't he just as rebellious?"
"Prince Zheng! Prince Li! Aren't they all defecting to rebellion?"
"What the country wants to do at this moment is to survive! It is to survive and get through the difficulties..."
Cixi was so angry that stars were popping up in front of her eyes, "Ah... which wild monkey is this that jumped out of a rock crack? Catch it... Catch it and treat it as a treason!"
"I'm so mad at the Aijia... I'm so mad at the Aijia..."
The third master didn't expect that these people would cause such a big disturbance just after they came back and met the saint for the first time. He suddenly forgot how to persuade them!
Several guards rushed up to grab Deng Shichang's arm and dragged him out, but unexpectedly, the people behind him, including Yan Fu, Sa Zhenbing, and Liu Buchan, were all anxious at this time!
Rush up and fight with the guards!
"Indiscriminate fate! This is indiscriminate fate! Your Majesty is in danger, and the enemy is about to invade... Do you want to kill loyal ministers if you don't listen to loyal advice at this time?"
"We are not convinced! We are not convinced!"
"The Queen Mother...the Guanwai Army is in the camp outside the city! Let the brothers choose! Let's see who they choose!"
Cixi was dumbfounded. She suddenly felt as if she had returned to the year of Xinyou. The Xinyou coup was also at the Chengde Summer Resort, and it seemed like this when the Eighth Minister Gu Ming threatened her.
"What a sin! This summer resort is trying to kill me! This place doesn't suit me! Why do I get forced to have a baby every time I come here?"
"Kill! Kill them all! This is a rebellion!"
Cixi was hysterical at this moment!
