Qianlong originally wanted to keep it secret, first secretly gathered soldiers and horses, brought enough supplies, and made it clear who should bring and who should not be brought, those people could stay in Beijing and let them fend for themselves, and those people must be killed before leaving, but he overestimated the ability of the imperial court to do things, and as soon as the order was issued, everyone in Beijing knew it within a few days.

The soldiers in the Agui army on the front line also knew the news, and they all thought about running away early and had no intention of resisting, and they were immediately defeated by Prince Zhuang and fled into the capital in embarrassment, and the north gate of the capital was also surrounded by Prince Zhuang.

"What, Qianlong plans to abandon the city and flee?" , the Red Flower Society and Prince Zhuang got the news almost at the same time, the Red Flower Society relied on its own intelligence department, and Prince Zhuang had countless Manchurian relatives to report to him.

"Attack immediately, be sure to enter the city in front of Prince Zhuang/Red Flower Society!" , the two sides issued the same order, and for a time there was chaos inside and outside the capital.

"Your Majesty, it's too late to clean up so much! The two thieves began to attack the city at the same time, and the people in Beijing are now panicking, and I am afraid that they will not be able to hold out for long! Let's go! He Shen's heart was dripping blood when he said this, this time he was going to leave behind the countless family businesses he had accumulated over the years! I don't know if it's time to get it back!

Qianlong was also panicked at this time, and while angrily scolding a few of them for their ineffective work, he hurriedly gathered his cronies and went to various palaces to gather the queen mother, the queen, his favorite concubines, and several elder brothers and Gege together and were ready to set off at any time.

Here, Fukangan is responsible for mobilizing guards to protect his own safety, and He Shen went out to collect grain, grass, carts and horses, Agui went to collect the capital and was loyal to his army, and Fu Chang'an, Fu Lingan and others contacted the important ministers of the court to go out of Beijing together.

Three days later, when the defense line of the capital was in danger, Qianlong finally fled from Ximen with a large group of men; Leaving the capital to the Red Flower Society and Prince Zhuang.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the chief helmsman's order to ban the use of cannons. This capital has already been defeated! Geng Chen instructed the soldiers to suppress the soldiers at the head of the city with rifles, and asked eagerly, "Has Prince Zhuang entered the city?" If there is any sign of entering the city from his side, we can't care so much, so we can only use heavy firepower! ”

"Nope. Prince Zhuang had insufficient troops along the way, and still did not capture the north gate; However, according to the report of the intelligence department in the city, there have been quite a few people and nobles at the city gate in the past few days, and it seems that they want to open the city gate for Prince Zhuang! ", reported his staff officer.

"Commander! There is an urgent report in the city, Qianlong has already left the city! A herald hurriedly came over to report.

"Huh?!" , Geng Chen immediately took the note and read it carefully a few times, "Okay! Now that Qianlong has run away. Presumably, the soldiers on this wall will not insist on fighting to the death like they do now! The order went down, and immediately used a loudspeaker to transmit the news to the Qing army at the head of the city, and at the same time the artillery was ready to shoot, and if they continued to resist under persuasion, they would open artillery to scare and scare them! ”

"Yes!" , The people around him immediately became busy, and after a while, the voice of persuasion sounded on the battlefield, "Listen to the people on the city, Qianlong has escaped from the West Gate!" No one will miss you, even if you keep carrying it. Think of the wife and children at home! It's not worth dying in vain at the head of the city! Hurry up and open the door and surrender, I will give preferential treatment to the captives! ”

"Your Excellency. Is what they're saying true? There was a commotion in the city.

"My eldest brother-in-law's third aunt had followed Lord Aligon to fight in the south before, and after being caught by the Red Flower Society, he was indeed released back without too much embarrassment! I see that we seem", someone began to waver.

"The day before yesterday, when I passed by Hefu, I saw a large cart of people pulling things outside the west gate, these dogs were afraid that they were ready to run away a long time ago, and threw our brothers to the city to die!" Someone scolded angrily.

After shouting a few times, Geng Chen saw that there was still no movement on the city wall, and ordered, "First aim at the city head and try to fire three shots, give them a little pressure!" Wait any longer, Prince Zhuang is afraid that he will enter the city! ”

"Boom! Bang! Bang! After three loud bangs, a dozen or so unlucky ghosts were blown to pieces. The morale of the Qing army was once again hit critically.

"Listen, it was just a test firing just now, I did dozens of shots, if you don't surrender again, the next thing will be a thousand cannons!" , The infantry in front deliberately moved out of the way, revealing the dense artillery behind them, "Nineteen Eight Seven Six Five Fourth"

"Don't fire, don't fire, we surrender!" The city suddenly panicked, and after a while, someone hurriedly opened the gate, and two people with unclear brains tried to stop them, but they were slashed into meat sauce by everyone.

"Quick, get into town!" , Geng Chen immediately led a large group of men and horses into the city, "One regiment along the city wall to the south to help open the south gate, the second regiment to guard here, and the rest follow me to the north gate to block Prince Zhuang, be sure to stop him outside the city gate!" ”

"Commander, what about Simon? Let's not care about Qianlong? ", someone asked.

"Huh!" , Geng Chen smiled mysteriously, "Your Majesty said, if Qianlong dies, the world will be in chaos, and the people are afraid that there will be many deaths and injuries, so it is better to leave him with a small life for the time being; Wait for us to slowly eat Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi provinces, and when the time comes, dealing with him will be just a turtle in an urn! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The group rushed straight to the north gate under the guidance of the guide, and the people on both sides of the street were silent along the way, looking at the heavily armed Chinese soldiers with trembling legs, and secretly praying that their homes could be saved in this chaos.

When the group rushed to the north gate, they were confronted by the soldiers of several royal palaces and the soldiers guarding the city, and those soldiers were slowly shaking under the deterrence of the princes, and were about to open the north gate.

"Well, it's not too late! On the second regiment! Take them all down for me! Geng Chen saw that Prince Zhuang had not yet entered the city, so he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and the second regiment took the order, and the rest of the troops immediately dispersed and forced from the three sides to the city gate.

Bang bang

The Chinese soldiers immediately told the soldiers defending the city that Qianlong had fled westward, and ordered them to surrender immediately.

At this time, Prince Zhuang's troops have been densely packed to the city, and some of them have reached the top of the city, if it is a quarter of an hour late, the north gate may be occupied by them! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the reward of the true red thief, I overslept, and I sent two chapters together