After three days of preparation, the Qing army loaded 7,000 catties of gunpowder into the tunnels under the Taiping Gate. After all the attention of the Ming army in the city was attracted by the Jubaomen and Zhengyangmen, they set fire to the city wall and collapsed.

The Qing army's sneak attack was very successful, and 7,000 catties of gunpowder blew down the city wall next to the Taiping Gate by more than 20 meters. Duoduo, who was lying in ambush in the mountains a mile away, saw that he had done a great job, and said to all the generals around him: "Everyone, the city will be broken tonight!" After a while, he followed the king into the city, and after entering the city, he slaughtered the city for ten days, and killed all the Han barbarians who did not shave their heads! ”

All the generals had been deflated under the city of Nanjing for half a year, and they had already held back their grievances, and they shouted when they heard Duoduo say this: "Kill all the Han barbarians!" Ten kings Chitose! ”

"Okay, Luck Dehun, you lead three thousand taels of white flag soldiers as the vanguard! Batu, you lead 5,000 Mongolian Eight Banners as a rear team to support Luckdhun, and all the other generals enter the city with this king! ”

Duoduo's order was issued, and Luckedhun, as the deputy general, was the first to rush into the city of Nanjing with the main force of three thousand taels of white flags. At this time, the Ming army on the city wall was stunned by the impact of gunpowder, and the number was smaller than that of the Qing army, and soon more than 1,000 Ming troops who were responsible for defending this section of the city wall were cut down. Luckedhun easily established a stronghold in the city, and the reinforcements that followed rushed into the city like a tidal wave.

Ma Xi's headquarters was not too far from the breach, and the earthquake just now collapsed several houses in the Metropolitan Courtyard, and Ma Xi came out of the rubble, grabbed a soldier and shouted, "Go, go and see what's going on?" ”

There was no need for the soldier to check, and soon the news came that the city wall three hundred meters away from Ma Xi's headquarters had been blown down more than 20 meters, and the Qing army brigade had already attacked the city.

Ma Xi was taken aback when he heard the news, and after staying for a while, Ma Xi did not organize effective resistance, but took more than 20 personal soldiers with him, turned around and fled to Beicheng.

The commander's escape made the Ming army a mess, and at this time, Xie Guangkun, the deputy general of Dongcheng, was commanding the artillery in Longguang Mountain, and Ma Xi's escape immediately caused the Ming army to fall into a leaderless state. An Zhenxi, the general of the Taiping Gate, saw that the situation was not good, and originally wanted to learn from Ma Xi to escape, but An Zhenxi thought of Ma Cheng's great kindness to his brother, originally An Zhenxi was just a native soldier in Guizhou, if it weren't for Ma Cheng's appreciation and promotion, how could their brothers achieve the high position of a general?

Thinking of this, An Zhenxi gritted his teeth, picked up his blade, hacked to death an escaped Ming army, and then stood on a high place and shouted: "Everyone is not allowed to retreat, this is the end of escaping!" Now listen to Lao Tzu's orders and follow Lao Tzu to kill the enemy! ”

Although An Zhenxi stood up to organize resistance, his position was too low, and less than 300 people followed him out of the yamen of the Duchayuan, and most of the other soldiers fled to Beicheng.

As soon as An Zhenxi and these 300 people came out of the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they saw a group of Qing soldiers dressed in white rushing over from the corner of the street not far away.

Less than 100 of the 300 people led by An Zhenxi are new troops, and most of the others are Weisuo troops, if these people encounter the Han army flag of the Qing army, they can still fight a dozen, but if they encounter the main force of the main force and two white flags, they are not opponents at all.

In less than ten minutes, the three hundred people in An Zhenxi were killed and wounded heavily, and An Zhennan was wounded in six places

People send messages! and told Lao Tzu's brother to let him avenge Lao Tzu! ”

When An Zhenxi was fighting to the death, Ma Cheng had already rushed to Yingtianfu Yamen, and now the situation is unclear, the Qing army in Nancheng is still attacking the city, Ma Cheng does not dare to casually transfer the defenders of Nancheng to support Dongcheng, so he has no choice but to use his own reserves, the five thousand Shenji battalion.

Ma Cheng's Shenji Battalion is definitely the most elite existence, although the number of this army is only 5,000 people, but all of them are equipped with firearms, and they are also equipped with 100 of the latest artillery, and their combat effectiveness is the strongest in the Ming army.

Because of the Manchu Qing siege, the Shenji Battalion, under the leadership of the two guerrillas Gu Changwei and Xu Dahu, had already been prepared, waiting for the city wall to be in danger to support. Ma Cheng rushed to the Cheng'en Temple where the Shenji Battalion was stationed, and shouted to Gu Changwei and Xu Dahu: "You two, take all your subordinates and follow Lao Tzu to Dongcheng!" ”

Gu Changwei was originally Ma Cheng's constant attendant, and he had a very close relationship with Ma Cheng, so he hurriedly came up and asked: "Lord Junmen, there was fire and vibration in the East City just now, is the city broken!" ”

"Lao Tzu knows the fuck, now I'm going to take you to see what's going on!"

Gu Changwei didn't dare to slack off when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and hurriedly restrained his subordinates to rectify the team, and rushed to Dongcheng under the leadership of Ma Cheng.

As soon as Ma Cheng and his people arrived at the street outside Xi'an Gate, they saw a group of people running in front of them in a panic, and when they walked in, they saw that it was the Ming army defending the city. Ma Cheng couldn't control the rout, so he grabbed a soldier covered in blood and asked, "What happened to Dongcheng?" ”

The soldier said in a trance: "The city is broken, the northern captives have entered the city, they will kill people when they see them, and they will scare me to death!" ”

"The North Captives into the city? How did they get in? What about Marcy? ”

Ma Cheng asked about the situation again and again, but the soldier was already scared stupid, and his mouth turned over and over with those few words, Ma Cheng couldn't ask any useful information, so he had to let this guy go.

Ma Cheng rode on his horse and shouted to the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion behind him: "Everyone, pay attention, now that the northern captives have entered the city, if you see someone who is not ours or a guy with braids, all of them will be killed!" ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he took the soldiers along Xi'anmen Street to Taipingmen, Xi'anmen Street to Taipingmen to pass through the West Imperial City Genbei Street, which is close to the Imperial City, and now the East City is full of flames shouting to kill the sky, and all the Jinyi guards guarding the Imperial City were awakened, and they all stood at the head of the city to see what was wrong in the direction of Taipingmen.

When Ma Cheng passed through Xi'an Gate, a guard in charge of guarding Qianhu in the city shouted: "Brother below, what's going on in the city?" ”

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion shouted: "The northern captives have entered the city, and Lord Junmen will take us to battle!" ”

The northern captives entered the city, this is big news, and the thousand households hurriedly passed the news to Emperor Zhu Lunkui. The emperor sighed when he learned of this, it seemed that he had not even been an emperor for a year, and he was about to become a prisoner of the Manchu Dynasty.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Ma Hongning also learned the news, and rushed from Cining Palace to Qianqing Palace, and the sad Emperor Zhu Lunkui saw this mother in his name and cried: "Queen Mother, the city is broken!" I'm going to be a prisoner! ”

Although the Empress Dowager Ma Hongning is soft on the outside, she is very strong on the inside, and she said angrily when she heard Zhu Lunkui say this: "Emperor, you are the king of a country!" At this time, it is necessary to set an example, and now the Marquis of Guiyang has led troops to exterminate it

The northern captives who entered the city, how the situation will develop is not certain, even if the Marquis of Guiyang is defeated, you have to learn from Emperor Sizong's martyrdom! ”

Sizong is Zhu Youzhen, Ma Hongning's intention is to let Zhu Lunkui learn from Zhu Youzhen to hang himself and martyr, but no one wants to die, and Zhu Lunkui doesn't want to, but what else can he say at this time?

The queen mother and the emperor in the palace are preparing to commit suicide and martyrdom if something bad happens, at this time Ma Cheng has already brought the troops to the right guard of the government army, here is the military camp in the city, and because it is close to the imperial city, there are not many private houses, here Ma Cheng met the hundred households sent by Anzhenxi.

The hundred households were very happy to see the reinforcements coming, and ran to Ma Cheng and shouted: "Lord Junmen, Lord Junmen!" The last general will be a hundred households under the account of the Taiping Gate general, and Lord An will send the last man to ask for reinforcements! ”

Finally, he was very happy to meet a sober man, and hurriedly got down to live in the hundred households and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Lord Junmen, the city wall on the side of the Taiping Gate was blown down by the Beiyu for more than 20 zhang, and now a large number of elite soldiers from the Beiyu have entered the city, and Lord An is leading people to resist in front!"

Although An Zhenxi is a general, there are generals who are higher than him here in Dongcheng, the top general is Ma Xi, and the deputy general is Xie Guangkun, that is, there are five or six generals at the same level as An Zhenxi, so it is not the turn of such a general as An Zhenxi.

"Why is An Zhenxi commanding? What about Ma Cheng? What about Xie Guangkun? ”

Hearing Ma Cheng say this, the hundred households cried: "Lord Junmen, Mr. Ma ran away with people when the city was broken, and Deputy Town Xie was leading people in Longguang Mountain at that time, and now I don't know if I live or die!" ”

Ma Cheng ran away after hearing that Ma Xi didn't fight, no wonder there were so many routs who ran back from Taipingmen just now, it turned out that Ma Xi was the leader. Siege warfare is similar to landing warfare, the most important thing is when the city is broken, if the defenders can react at this time, relying on absolute manpower superiority, it is easy to block the attacking side out of the breach.

Although the 10,000 new troops on the Dongcheng side were transferred by Ma Cheng and 5,000, there are still 5,000 new troops and 20,000 Weisuo troops, in addition to these, there are also 20,000 young and strong people.

Ma Cheng scolded Ma Xi angrily, but what could he do at this time? The Qing army was in front, and Ma Cheng couldn't go to Ma Xi to settle accounts. Ma Cheng had no choice but to leave Ma Xi aside and order the Shenji Battalion to form a battle formation, ready to fight an encounter with the Qing army at any time.

Dongcheng is full of military camps, the terrain is very open, Ma Cheng let the Shenji Battalion each small flag as a group, every hundred households as a team, carefully along the Taipingmen Inner Street.

Walking to a distance of 500 meters from the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Shenji Battalion finally encountered the Qing army. This group of Qing soldiers was not large, about 100 people, and they were killing people and setting fire everywhere under the leadership of a Niu Lu.

Ma Cheng's Shenji battalion is very well nourished, and there is no restriction of night blindness at all, and he saw this group of Qing troops a hundred meters away, and the hundred households led by him shouted: "Aim, fire!" ”

The Shenji battalion was well-trained, and under the command of Baihu, it fired three rounds of fire in ten seconds, and the Qing troops on the opposite side were caught off guard and killed more than 20 people on the spot. Niu Lu, led by the Qing army, saw that he had encountered the Ming army brigade, and this Ming army was an all-firearms unit, and knew that he had encountered the elite in the city, so he hurriedly beckoned the remaining Qing army to retreat into the house.