Chapter 170 [Liukou Enters Beijing]
As soon as the words fell, I saw the three generals come out and said, "The left deputy general of the 3,000 battalion: He Jihui, the left deputy general of the 5th army battalion: Yin Decai, and the left deputy general of the Shenji battalion: Su Zhouyu, see Lord Rongzheng of the Beijing camp." ”
Seeing that the three of them were okay, he continued to ask, "What is the number of the three battalions now?" How much is the supply? ”
First of all, the left lieutenant general of the 3,000 battalion of the Ming Dynasty replied: "Our department has 6,300 cavalry regiments and 600 spears. ”
Then he went to the Ming Fifth Army Camp, and the left deputy general replied: "Our department has 4,600 chariots and soldiers, and thousands of arrows. ”
Finally, the left lieutenant general of the Mingshen Machine Battalion replied, "Our unit has 4,400 musketeers, 3,000 guns, 27 artillery pieces, and 15 deniers of ammunition. ”
After learning these news, the Ming Jing camp Rong Zheng completely collapsed, what about the 50,000 Beijing troops that were promised? The result is all the guys who reported the number of people and ate empty salaries! This is only one-fifth of the strength of the army, which is 15,300 men.
And the most important thing is that these 15,300 people, most of them are old and weak soldiers (some are infected with the epidemic), and it is almost impossible to really lead them to repel the rogues, so the first thought of the Ming Jing Ying Rongzheng is to hold the city first.
In this way, the Liukou army gathered in the area of Desheng Gate and Andingmen to bombard the city gate, and few of the Ming soldiers defending the city insisted on it, and most of them were killed by shooting a few shots with firearms! It took a long time for the artillerymen to fire a single shell, so that the rogues outside the inner city met little resistance.
And when the Great Shun Emperor in the inner city was under the Chengtian Gate, the iron cavalry of the Shun soldiers came overwhelmingly, and the heavy armor soldiers of the Shun army in the front team and the Xuanda Ming army who surrendered before were demoralized and shouted "Kill, kill, kill!" Overthrow the court and kill the Son of Heaven. ”
However, Emperor Dashun, who was wearing a silver-white robe and a hat in the Liukou army, rode forward slowly and sighed, "Since I was laid off by the imperial court, I never thought that I would be able to come to the foot of this heavenly son of Gyeonggi, let alone that I would be able to win the Central Plains!" And now I have done it, so many years of hard work have not been in vain, do you know why I don't wear the red robe today and wear this white robe? ”
The Governor of Dashun first said, "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to attack the Imperial City of Beijing as a civilian?" ”
But the secretary of the Dashun military department said, "No, Your Majesty should think that this imperial city is tall and strong, and it is unlikely that our army will break through it?" That's why you wear white uniforms to encourage our army? ”
In fact, it was not the case, but the prime minister of Dashun, who had guessed his intentions, said: "Your Majesty, do you want to wear a white robe to give the Ming Empire a funeral?" ”
I saw Emperor Dashun raise his head and laugh and said, "It's still Juming, I understand my mind!" Yes, I am indeed here to send the last journey to the Ming Empire, and I hope God will live up to me. ”
After speaking, he drew his saber and commanded the army to begin to attack the city, tens of thousands of Shun troops and surrendered Ming troops united in the city with fire and arrows to shoot at the city tower, and the Ming and Shun infantry quickly pushed the Lu bus step by step close to the city wall of Chengtianmen and began to go up the city tower.
The soldiers of the Beijing army defending the city also fired back with guns, and Fang Guangliang, the commander of the Mingji Battalion, led the Ming soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to replace them with a swarm of bees, Dalian beads, handguns, bird guns, nine-headed bird guns, wheel guns, Ye Gong guns, Eagle Yang guns, Winged Tiger guns and other firearms to hit the besieging enemy army in succession.
The 3,000 battalions were not inferior, and all the cavalry dismounted and set up artillery; Thunderbolt cannons, general cannons, exterminating cannons, attack cannons, Wansheng Frankie cannons, Baizi Grip Frankie cannons, bronze Franky meteor cannons, etc., are used to bombard the rogues outside the city.
Even the Ming Jing Battalion Rongzheng also organized the Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion soldiers to dispatch the car battalion and promote; After being formed, the Partial Box Car, the Fire Tribulus Terrestris, the Large and Small General Barrels, the Large and Small Iron Cannons, the Divine Arrows, the Fire Chariots, the Divine Rocket Screens, and the Fire Cabinet Attack Vehicles, etc., were formed because the Imperial City area could not show its might, so it was planned to pull this army out of the city gate and engage the enemy head-on around the Chengtian Gate.
The pressure on the infantry of the five military camps on the city tower increased instantly, many Ming troops were very weak but still picked up sabers and fought hard with the enemy, and the governor of Dashun killed the city tower twice and was defeated by the Ming army with a swarm of bees, a hundred tigers rushing arrows, the fire dragon out of the water, and the two tigers chasing sheep arrows.
Although the three major battalions of the Beijing army do not have many troops at the moment! The combat effectiveness is not as strong as before, but in terms of resistance, it can still resist for a while, so the governor of Dashun and the Shangshu of the Dashun military department are very annoyed.
However, they were in a hurry, and when they retreated to the back of the deck of the Lu bus, they accidentally saw the Ming Jing Battalion Rong Zheng who commanded the battle, which made the Dashun Governor see where the hope was, and he led a team of men and horses around the rear for the first time, intending to capture the thief and capture the king first to capture the Ming Jing Camp Rong Zheng to force the Ming army to give up resistance?
So the Shangshu of the Dashun Military Department continued to order the Shun army artillerymen to load and ignite the artillery to cover the cover, (boom!) Solid shells, open shells and other artillery shells exploded one after another at the Ming troops defending the city, and many soldiers were shocked to death! Some soldiers were blown up and fell to their deaths!
When the governor of Dashun, who successfully bypassed the rear, climbed the city tower, he also found that the Ming army defending the city was actually only such a small number? In addition to the important checkpoints, there were only three or four soldiers in a few battlements, so the governor of Dashun was very happy, and he directly led the soldiers to rush over and kill the Ming army who were shooting with guns.
When the Ming soldiers who were attacked reacted, they were shot by the rogue soldiers with crossbow arrows! In this way, the Ming Jing camp Rongzheng was captured by the Liukou, and the governor of Dashun, who was standing in the city, pulled out his saber and threatened, "Stop it!" Your commander has been captured, lay down your arms and surrender or you'll be dead. ”
Forced to helplessly, the generals of the Beijing camp hesitated when they saw the commander being captured! But if you keep fighting, the odds of winning are slim! After all, there were still surrendered Xuanda Ming troops outside the city who did not exert their abilities, so the soldiers of the three major battalions of the Beijing army laid down their weapons under the leadership of their respective left deputy generals, and walked out of the city gate in turn to surrender to the Liukou.
When the soldiers of the Shun army took the Ming Jing camp Rongzheng to see Emperor Dashun, he slammed his head on the steps and tried to commit suicide! But he was stopped by the rogue soldiers in time, and he didn't die, but he was bleeding profusely.
Emperor Dashun, who was riding a horse, persuaded him to surrender Dashun when he saw the Ming Jing Ying Rong Zheng who was bleeding on his head: Li Guozhen, but the Ming Jing Ying Rong Zheng said, "It's okay if you want me to surrender!" But three things must be promised to me? First; The tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty can not be excavated and destroyed, second; If Your Majesty is killed when the city is broken, please use the etiquette of the Son of Heaven to bury the Ming Emperor and the third; You can't harm the crown prince and the two princes. ”
I thought Li Thief would refuse? Who knew that he agreed to come down one by one, but Emperor Dashun immediately ordered him to kneel down and surrender to him, which was immediately rejected by the Ming Jing Yingrong.
The enraged Emperor Dashun mistakenly thought he was teasing himself? He ordered, "Someone! When the city was broken, all the families of Jingying Rong Zheng Xiang Chengbo were wiped out! Despite this, the Ming Jing camp Rongzheng refused to kneel again, and finally Emperor Dashun had no choice but to coerce him with a slaughter, which made him kneel down and submit to Dashun.
At the same time, on the Bei'an Gate of the Imperial City, an army led by the Ming Si Rite Supervisor Bingbi and the Governor of the Nine Gates of the Beijing Division: Wang Chengen, hurriedly came to the city, but saw that many rogue soldiers broke through the city wall one after another with the sound of artillery fire and attacked, and the anxious Ming Jiumen Admiral immediately said, "Go up and resist this governor!" In addition, I will send someone to urge me to see why the Jingwei Command Envoy and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have not yet come! ”
As soon as I finished speaking, I saw Jinwu Guard, Jinwu Guard, Jinwu Guard, Jinwu Right Guard, Yulin Left Guard, Yulin Right Guard, Yulin Guard, Yulin Guard, Fujun Guard, Fujun Left Guard, Fujun Right Guard, Fujun Guard, Fujun Guard, Huben Left Guard, Tiger Ben Right Guard, Yanshan Left Guard, Yanshan Right Guard, Yanshan Qianwei, Jeju Wei, Tongzhou Wei, Daxing Wei, Daxing Left Guard, Daxing Right Guard, Jiyang Wei, Wu Dewei, Long Xiang Wei, Leopard Tao Wei, Fei Xiong Wei, Wei Wu Wei, Guang Wu Wei, Xing Wu Wei, Ying Wu Wei, Ying Yang Wei, Xiao Cavalry Guard, Shenwu Wei, Xiongwuwei, Fengxiangwei, Tiancewei, Xuanwuwei, and other pro-army Jingwei commanded the envoys and the troops of the five cities in the southeast and northwest rushed here one after another.
This made the Admiral of Ming Jiumen see hope, and he walked over with a smile and greeted him: "Ouch! It's great that the commanders and envoys are able to bring their troops here! Now, I ask you to join me in guarding the gates and thoroughfares. ”
In addition to the sincerity of the commanders of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, the rest of the pro-army Jingwei commanders and envoys almost all had ghosts in their hearts, which was that the Ming Jiumen Admiral also saw that they were suspicious when they arranged for them to defend the city, so the Ming Jiumen Admiral specially asked a eunuch to go to His Majesty the Emperor to participate in a copy, of course, not to scold these commanders for being irresponsible?
Instead, he said realistically, "Your Majesty, our army is short of soldiers defending the city!" Do you want to move some people to resist it? ”
This makes Ming Yizong feel a little strange? The three major battalions of the Beijing Army, the three armies of the pro-army Jingwei Command Division, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were only sent out before, but it was only an hour later, so why do you say that there are not enough manpower now?
Ming Yizong, who was suspicious of the problem, looked at him with his eyes and questioned, "Tell me quickly, what happened?" The eunuch who didn't dare to tell the truth immediately knelt down, but fortunately, the eunuch next to him, the Ming Si Li Supervisor, stood up in time and said, "Long live Lord, the old slave thinks that the Admiral of the Nine Gates asked people to pass the word, presumably there must be his intention?" He has been with you for so long, presumably the Nine Gate Admiral's intentions can be guessed by Long Live Lord! ”
Hearing this, Ming Yizong, who thought about it for a while, eased up and said, "In that case, I will believe him once, remove all the guards around me, and leave only a few eunuchs and palace maids, and the rest of the Tengxiang Four Guards, Nanbei Zhenfu Si, Jinyi Guard, Bannerman Guard, and the old and weak soldiers and civilians in Gyeonggi City will all go up to defend against the enemy, and the silver two will be rewarded from the treasury obtained before." ”
Subsequently, the rogue army besieging from the city walls everywhere, as if riding the wind and waves, attacked the city gate checkpoint with a small number of people, only the heavy troops pressed the Chengtianmen and Bei'anmen two places, Bei'anmen was guarded by the north and south Zhenfu Division and the Ming Jiumen Admiral Wucheng Soldiers and Horses, and the Chengtianmen was guarded by the pro-army Jingwei Command Envoy.
Due to the distance between the two places, it is impossible to connect with each other! In addition, there are almost a few battlements on the rest of the city walls before there is a military and civilian guard, and most of the soldiers and civilians defending the city are still epidemic patients, and everyone began to vomit, dizzy, and fever for a while!
When the Liukou soldiers attacked the imperial city wall, they saw the Ming soldiers and some ordinary people (official relatives) wearing cloth clothes lying next to the battlements and struggling, so that the Liukou army easily occupied the imperial city wall.
Immediately after that, the major Jingwei commanders in the Chengtianmen area only had Wu Dewei, Feixiong Wei, Weiwuwei, Guangwuwei, Xingwuwei, Yingwuwei, Yingyangwei, Xiaocaiwei, Shenwuwei, Xiongwuwei, Xuanwuwei, these eleven generals who were pro-army Jingwei commanding envoys, Ken led the soldiers to defend the imperial city of the Ming Empire to the death, and resolutely did not let the Liukou step into Chengtianmen.