How many people did Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor take with them when they fled west, and what did they eat on the way? Let's elaborate on that.

In 1900, Cixi fled west, the specific time was the morning of July 21 of the lunar calendar, walking was quite hurried, breakfast did not eat, clothes, food and drink did not bring anything, only wrapped a little scattered silver, took away only Guangxu, Longyu, Jinfei, Three Gege, Si Ge Ge, Big Brother, Pu Lun, as well as Li Lianying, Cui Yugui and the palace women.

After Cixi fled, at first it was very miserable, and there was no difference between her and those who fled the wilderness and asked for food, those who wanted to eat did not eat, and those who wanted to wear did not wear. The only difference is that the team is bigger and there are more people. After Wu Yong began to take over the car from Huailai County, he lived a normal life, and after arriving in Shanxi, he resumed the style of the empress dowager Lafayette. It's an experience from hell to heaven.

On the night of July 20, 1900 in the lunar calendar, the Eight-Power Alliance had already entered the city of Beijing, and bullets were whizzing in the sky. The big officials and merchants with heads and faces in Beijing have all fled the city, and only one person is still in the dark, and this person is Cixi.

However, Cixi did not sleep well this night and got up at 4 o'clock in the morning. Go or not go, this question bothered Cixi. Although Cixi already knew that the Boxers were unreliable, she still did not believe that foreigners could break into the Forbidden City. So, although someone had long suggested that she go out and avoid it, she had not made up her mind.

It should be known that when the Anglo-French coalition army invaded the city of Beijing, Cixi urged her husband Xianfeng to stay in Beijing and take command. 40 years later, the nightmare of that year repeats itself, only this time the protagonist is herself. So, she didn't want to go.

At dawn, Zai Lan, the minister on duty on the military plane, rushed in and reported to Cixi that the foreigners had entered the Forbidden City and asked Cixi to leave quickly.

Cixi still did not make up her mind, she let everyone wait outside, and walked around the house alone. In doing a fierce ideological struggle.

When they were preparing to eat breakfast, a stray bullet landed on the roof of the west hall of the Leshou Hall, and a loud noise frightened everyone present, the people inside, the palace maid of the palace, the eunuch eunuch, and the one who went through this battle, all frightened. Li Lianying shouted: 'Lafayette get up and drive quickly, it will be too late.'

Cixi then decided to leave, and hastened to call someone to inform Guangxu and Longyu and others. Li Lianying did not know where to get a Han Chinese outfit, changed it for Cixi, and after some dressing, Cixi changed from Lafayette to a Han woman.

During the conversation, Guangxu and the others also came. Guangxu was still confused, still wearing a yellow robe and a horse coat with a melon skin hat. Cixi was in a hurry and asked guangxu to quickly change clothes. After a while, Guangxu turned into the appearance of a running hall boy.

Outside the Shenwu Gate, Zai Yi found three carriages for Cixi, a car for Cixi and the palace maid Juanzi, the eldest brother was driving in front, Guangxu was a car, Pulun was driving in front, and Longyu, Concubine Jin, Three Grids, Four Grids, Yuan Grandmother, and other palace girls squeezed into the last car.

Here is an introduction to some of the characters in this fleeing team, because of the lack of popularity, the melon-eating masses may not be familiar with it, and they do not know why they should bring these extras. In fact, these people are all relatives around Cixi.

First of all, the eldest brother, whose name is Pu Juan, is the son of Duan Wang Zaiyi, a typical clumsy disciple, whose lifelong hobby is to play, worse than Yu Qian, at least Yu Qian can also say crosstalk. After the coup d'état, Cixi planned to abolish Guangxu, so he set up a big brother, equivalent to the status of a crown prince and a prince, and waited for the succession, but unfortunately, the court and the outside were unanimously opposed, and Cixi was not good at doing it, so she let him be the big brother first. Therefore, the status is there, and it must be taken away.

Let's talk about the three-grid, four-grid, and yuan grandmother. The three and four ge ge are the two daughters of Prince Yi Li of Qing, who are deeply loved by Cixi, and are usually called into the palace by Cixi to talk and play with her, and Cixi treats them as girls, so they must be taken away. Grandma Yuan is actually not a grandmother, is a teenage girl, she is the daughter-in-law of Cixi's brother, but the fate is not good, she has not yet passed the door, the husband is braided, but according to the previous rules, even if it is the in-laws, so you can not remarry, there is no IQ, usually know to eat. In Cixi's eyes, the status was a little lower than that of the three or four grids.

Well, the protagonist, the supporting role, and the group performance have arrived, and the good drama is about to begin.

Cixi and his party of 3 carriages left the Shenwu Gate and went straight to the Desheng Gate in the north of the city. At this time, the Desheng Gate had long been unharmed, and the people in the whole city of Beijing were fleeing, and Cixi could not squeeze in front of them at all. Later, the military minister Zhao Shuqiao came over and went to the city gate to say a few words, and Cixi and others successfully passed through the Desheng Gate.

Say that this Zhao Shuqiao, who was then the Minister of Military Aircraft and the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, was loyal to Cixi. He supported the Boxer Rebellion, so he was later listed as a war criminal by foreigners, and Cixi ordered him to commit suicide, and as a result, this old thing had a hard life, drank pesticides and did not die, hanged himself, and was later smothered.

After Cixi left the Desheng Gate, she went straight to the Summer Palace. When they arrived at the Summer Palace, they all arrived at duanwang, qingwang, suwang, Zailan and other princes, and Cixi held a temporary meeting, and the theme of the meeting was "Hurry up". How to go, Cixi is still very calm.

Cixi ordered that Cui Yugui lead a person to fight the front station, Cixi, Guangxu and others went to the second group, and Duan Wang, Prince Qing and other princes led a group of relatives of the Summer Palace to escort them at the end. Why let the soldiers and horses walk behind, Cixi was still afraid that the foreigners would catch up.

At noon, Cixi and the others walked to a place called "Hot Springs". The weather was too hot, Cixi and the others were already dry-mouthed, and the palace maid Rong'er found a large household, gave two or two pieces of silver, and used the toilet of the large household to facilitate it once. At the mouth of the well, a few scoops of cold water were beaten, and Cixi drank a few large sips of it.

Cixi had silver in her hands, but there was nothing for her to eat, no way, because of the war, the people on the outskirts of Beijing also ran out. Later, the coachman said that there were beans and corn in the field, so Cixi paid a large price for the next piece of land, and the palace eunuchs went to the field to collect beans and corn, boiled it in water and ate it. This was Cixi's first lunch after her escape.

When the sun went down, Cixi and the others walked to Xiguan City, now around Changping. The village is a Muslim village, so no one is willing to receive this large group of "refugees". Later, Li Lianying found a dilapidated mosque and temple at the head of the village.

There were only three earthen houses, no doors, no windows, a broken kang, and no bedding. The palace maid Rongzi took a large basin for the mule from the mule cart to drink water, poured a basin of water for Cixi, and washed it. Li Lianying got a pot of herbal tea and came over. Cui Yugui found a pot of small bean porridge, and Cixi, Guangxu and others ate a small bowl of bean porridge. This was cixi's first dinner after her escape.

After eating, the princes who followed their butts came one after another, but they had no place to sleep, and they all spent the night in their respective carriages.

After dawn, the villagers learned that it was Cixi Lafayette who had come, and a dart master surnamed Li quickly found two mule palanquins for Cixi and sent a guide to Cixi. Later, Master Li was given the title of Commander of Ili County in Xinjiang by Cixi, and the guide was given the title of "Marquis of Guiding the Way".

On July 22, Cixi and his party left Juyongguan and came to Yanqing Prefecture, but unfortunately this governor was a coward and did not dare to come to see Cixi, because the soldiers were in chaos, and he could not prepare anything for Cixi, but only contributed two palanquins.

On July 23, Cixi and her party arrived at Yulinbao Town, which is under the jurisdiction of Huailai County, and there are still 30 miles away from Huailai County. It was an important place and an important watershed in Cixi's escape. There are two iconic events.

First, Huailai County ordered Wu Yong to personally run 30 miles to Yulinbao Town to pick up the driver, which was the first time that a local official took over after Cixi fled, and later, when he went to any place, there were people who took over the car, and from then on, he got rid of the days of lack of food and clothing.

Second, Cen Chunxuan, the commander of the Gansu Clan, brought 2,000 soldiers and horses to escort him. This made Cixi's snot move and she burst into tears. After that, Cen Chunxuan was also an official, and cixi appointed Cen Chunxuan as the governor of Shaanxi as soon as he arrived in Xi'an, directly serving Cixi.

Spending the night in Huailai County that day, Huailai County ordered Wu Yong to go home and find out all his daughter-in-law's clothes and send them to Cixi, who was able to change her clothes. Originally, Wu Yong prepared a table of good wine and dishes for Cixi, but unfortunately, it was robbed by the scattered soldiers, and Wu Yong fought hard to save a pot of stew. Cixi wanted to eat eggs, and Wu Yong rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and finally found 5 eggs and boiled them for Cixi to eat.

When Cixi saw that Wu Yong was very methodical in his work, he decided to take Wu Yong with him, and also gave Wu Yongguan a promotion of one level, so that Wu Yong would be cixi's front road grain platform. By the way, this Wu Yong is the granddaughter and son-in-law of Zeng Guofan. He was a clean official, and Cixi liked him very much, but Cixi knew that his Gengzhi personality was not suitable for being an official in the dynasty, and later sent him to the local area. After the Republic of China, Wu Yong wrote a book called "Discussion on the Hunt of the West of Gengzi", which recorded this period of history in detail.

After departing from Huailai, Cixi's team was huge, with dozens of carriages and 2,000 soldiers and horses escorting them, which was simply a vast outinging procession. Every time he went to a place, there were local officials to receive him, and in Beijing, Cixi had already sent Prince Yili of Qing back to negotiate peace.

Therefore, from the beginning of Huailai, Cixi's mood began to improve, along the way through Shanxi, after a few days of stay, Cixi felt still unsafe, decided to continue running, and then ran to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, to settle down, lived in Xi'an for more than a year, until the signing of the "Xinugi Treaty", only to return to Beijing.