598 Battle of Guangqumen
Prince Alcohol Yiyun is already going crazy, he can't figure out Xiao Letian's negotiation path at all, he will be angry like a lion for a while, and ridiculed like a scoundrel bastard for a while, anyway, he is still moving forward and going straight to the direction of Guangqumen.
Along the way, what Prince Alcohol heard the most was 'Don't listen, don't listen, Wang Ba chanted', and in the end, even the new troops around him couldn't help laughing, and they all laughed.
Shame, this is the biggest shame that Yi Xun has experienced in his life, being so insulted by a Han person but not daring to resist in the slightest, who makes the shape stronger than people.
Along the way, he not only heard the sound of ridicule, but also saw a scene that shocked him, only to see whether there were two-horse carts in the ranks of the New Army's rapid march, and the wheels were all Western rubber tires, which were all ammunition, materials and reinforcements transferred from Tanggu.
Tietoutuo and General Liu Lang were now in charge of the logistics of the army, and they brought boatloads of reinforcements sent by the Ryukyus, as well as the newly redressed Dagukou Green Battalion soldiers, together and began to transport them to the front line using rubber tires that were rare in the Qing Dynasty at that time.
The horses and mules around Tanggu have been purchased at a high price, and the two-horse cart looks very rustic, but it is equipped with bearings and rubber tires imported from Europe, which is light and fast to run, like a gust of wind to catch up with the footsteps of the army.
Xiao Letian's army is getting bigger and bigger, slowly increasing from 1,03 to 1,050 to 2,000, and when Xiao Letian saw the Guangqu Gate Tower, Wang Huaiyuan counted that the total number of soldiers under his command had exceeded 2,500.
Xiao Letian did not shy away from talking about military issues with his officers, as if he was deliberately letting Prince Alcohol listen, and when the numbers that frightened Yiyun popped out, this prince had been tortured to the verge of collapse.
"Prime Minister Xiao... Needless to say, I already know the strength of the new army, so you don't need to put pressure on me anymore, but you really don't need to enter this city again......"
"Let's tell you the truth, the empress dowager of the two palaces estimates that a reconciliation has been reached now, and there has been a truce in the court, and you have no truth when you enter the city at this time...... Tell you clearly, the Empress Dowager's decree will come in a while, and it will definitely be the decree that will make you withdraw from the army......"
"It's too late to stop, at least we can reach an agreement outside the Guangqu Gate... There are a lot of benefits that should be given to you...... I'm going to be in charge today, two million taels of silver, plus Tanggu tax exemption for 20 years, how about changing the prime minister and retiring from the army? As long as you don't enter the city, what this king wants is that you don't enter the city......"
Yi Xun's mouth was dry, and he felt that his throat was about to stick together, and he knew in his heart that if Xiao Lotian stepped into the city walls of Beijing, the political significance would be too great, this was the Han people leading troops into the capital, and the morale of the people would be severely defeated.
And the garrison does not enter the city in the wild, that is another rhetoric, it can be completely publicized that Xiao Letian is in awe of the majesty of the Son of Heaven and the laws of the imperial court, and does not dare to enter the city, so Xiao Letian is naturally a loyal minister.
In the eyes of the court scholars, the soldiers of the vassal state are actually the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and the ministers of the vassal state are also the ministers of the Qing Dynasty.
Yi Xun stared at Xiao Lotian pitifully, just like a resentful woman looking forward to a man's change of heart, just so resentful. But Xiao Letian, a ruthless person, had no intention of pity for the jade, but turned his head and told the story to his officers and soldiers.
"Chongzhen two years, that is, in November 1629, Huang Taiji led the Eight Banners Army into Beijing, on January 3 of the following year, the soldiers came to the city of Beijing, "beacon fire all over the suburbs of Beijing", tens of thousands of people of the Eight Banners Army, attacking Guangqu Gate, the superintendent Yuan Chonghuan heard the news and led nine thousand cavalry straight to Beijing, and the Qing army fought outside the Guangqu Gate, Yuan Chonghuan charged ahead, several arrows in his body, from the morning to the afternoon, the battle lasted for ten hours, repelled the Eight Banners Army......"
Then Huang Taiji moved his army to Nanhaizi to observe the incident. At the same time, Huang Taiji felt that Yuan Chonghuan was the biggest obstacle to his entry into the Central Plains, so he devised a counter-strategy, pretending to create news that Yuan Chonghuan collaborated with the enemy, deliberately letting the captured Ming Dynasty eunuchs hear it, and let them go back to the court to report the news. Emperor Chongzhen, who was stubborn and self-serving, really fell into the plan, executed Yuan Chonghuan, and ended up with the country ruined and killed......"
As soon as he said this, Yi Xun almost fell off his horse, "You...... What are you going to say?" he really couldn't imagine that Xiao Letian would bring up this topic at this time, could he really be the remnant of the former Ming?
Xiao Lotian ignored him, and continued, "This gate has witnessed the decline of an old empire, but also the rise of a new empire, this gate is spiritual... I even feel like this door is the lock cylinder of the reincarnation of the Empire......"
"You have all heard the words of Prince Alcohol just now, the imperial court is likely to retract that decree, and we will soon become unjustified when we enter the city, and I am afraid that we will be scolded by the world. And there are cannons, garrisons, and walls on the Guangqu Gate, and we have to kill a lot of people if we want to break through it......"
"I don't want to be arbitrary today, I just want to hear your opinions, can we break this city gate?
At this time, the officer corps had long been depressed by the tragic historical story, man is such a strange animal, when an ordinary place, an ordinary building, is given some historical significance, it will become extremely sacred.
At that moment, the officer corps even felt the weight of history pressing on its heart, and the history of the suffering of the Han people was probably going to be reversed today.
"Why did the prime minister say this, it's just a city gate, and our brother will pounce on you......"
"Hit... Gotta hit... Let this city see the might of our soldiers, let the Xiao Ziqi be planted on the head of the city, and do ......"
"Why should the prime minister hesitate? You have said a long time ago that your savings and those of our new army have only one purpose, and that is to reverse the tide and fluctuate the situation...... A good man lives to rewrite history..."
That's right, this is what Xiao Letian said in a secret meeting, and it is also the most shocking slogan of his subordinates: 'A good man lives to rewrite history...'
Prince Alcohol had already burst into tears, and he kept persuading him: "Do you really want to rebel? I don't believe it, I don't believe it, you didn't overthrow the ruling system of the imperial court in Tanggu, you keep all the officials well, I don't believe you will rebel......"
"Isn't it just money? Isn't it just profit? The court gives it, and the court is willing to give it...... Stop messing around, give this king some face, and save some face for the court......"
Xiao Letian didn't have time to pay attention to the crying prince, he raised his head to the sky and let his eyes flow silently, and he muttered to himself in his heart, "In 1900, after the Eight-Nation Coalition occupied Tianjin, Yangcun, and Tongzhou, it approached Beijing, and because there were many defenders at Chaoyangmen, they could not attack the city many times, so they attacked from Guangqumen and Dongzhimen, which were weakly defended......"
"At that time, the people who stopped at Guangqumen were a group of double-spearmen, with a cigarette gun in one hand and a musket in the other, and they didn't forget to smoke two puffs when they were fighting, so how could such soldiers be undefeated... In the end, the city was broken, and the Empress Dowager Cixi fled west to Shanxi ......"
"Two battles of Guangqumen, one witnessed the rise of the Manchus, and the other witnessed the fall of the Manchus. And today I, Xiao Letian, are here, this battle that did not appear in history is about to start, whether I can reverse the fortunes of the country depends on today's battle..."
Thinking of this, Xiao Lotian wiped a handful of tears and said fiercely to Yixun, "Of course Lao Tzu is not going to rebel, Lao Tzu is also a loyal minister... However, since the edict of the Empress Dowager has not been issued until now, the original order is still valid...... The new army is ready for battle and storms the city..."
Yi Xun's eyes were dark, and he suddenly planted himself from the horse, he knew that the wood had become a boat, and now there was really no one who could stop the new army, and he knew best what kind of soldiers were in the Guangqu Gate.
The horn of the charge had sounded, and the blue crowd began to surge on the ground, and the shouts of killing were earth-shattering, and the people who had not fled in the distance stopped and watched the group of desperate soldiers begin to attack the city.
The New Army had no artillery, no ladders, but they had Gatlings, snipers, passionate warriors, and of course, new tactics that had been around for more than a century at the Eight Banners.
Sudden ...... Gatling's tongue of fire was at a forty-five degree angle and wanted to rush towards the city, and for a while, the bricks flew one after another, and thousands of Eight Banners soldiers were suppressed and couldn't raise their heads.
The sniper calmly observed the movement on the city wall, and whenever there was a shot, especially near the red-coated cannons, it was the focus of the sniper's attention, and that person dared to operate the cannon was a shot.
"Grenadier on the ...... I'll see who has the most hands, and throws the fat man on top of the red-coated cannon... Those who succeed will be credited with merit..."
The new army doesn't care about rewards, nor does it care about battlefield captures, but they value military merit the most, because military merit can accumulate and improve their social status, which ordinary people can't dream of.
"Spell it...... With Lao Tzu, I'd rather stack Arhats than throw them up... The new army will win......"
At this time, Prince Alcohol had already woken up, and he and the guards had already looked stupid, and the people who stopped in the distance were also crazy, they had seen such a desperate soldier there, desperately throwing Arhats and fat grenades upwards with stones on their heads.
The outer city wall of Beijing City is eleven meters high, and it really takes a lot of strength to throw a heavy object to this height, and it is a very effective way to reduce the height of the Arhats.
A sturdy soldier's eyes were already on fire, and as soon as he ran away, he stepped on the shoulders of his comrades and rushed up, "Grandpa will reward you with a pot of good wine..."
The fire instantly engulfed the red-clad cannon.
"Enter the Imperial City and save the Queen Mother... The new army Qingjun is on the side..."Thousands of people on the battlefield shouted wildly, and the murderous spirit rushed straight to Xiao Han.
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