Empress Dowager Cixi disguised herself as a poor peasant and escaped before Beijing was conquered, stopping at Datong City, Shanxi Province, before finally arriving at Xi'an in October.
なお、西太后は北京陥落前に貧しい庶民に扮して脱出し、途中山西省大同市などに寄りつつ10月西安に辿り着いた。