Attempts were made to send up additional European guards to the Peking legations, but this only precipitated matters. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
A combined allied force of 20,000 under a German general then marched up to Peking and relieved the legations, and the old Empress fled northwestward. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.