Chapter 336: The Brave Yu Linwei
The Jingshi moat outside the Fucheng Gate is more than 60 meters wide, and the embankment is about 100 meters wide. The walls of the capital are basically more than ten meters high, and the city gate tower and arrow tower are usually dozens of meters high, which can condescendingly attack the enemy besieging the city. The city gate tower of Fucheng Gate is 35 meters high, and the city gate tower of Xizhi Gate is even higher than 40 meters.
In the era of cold weapons, if you want to break through a city like Beijing, the price you have to pay can be imagined. Historically, Li Zicheng's attack on Beijing was also successful because he had to open the city gate.
For a quasi-semi-mechanized army like the Tiance Army, the city wall is of course of little use.
With a wide moat, the suspension bridge is naturally strong and wide, especially the suspension bridge of Fuchengmen is even stronger, because the coal used in the capital is transported from Fuchengmen to the city.
Such a drawbridge, of course, was able to pass armored vehicles, and in case of emergency, the boat-bridge troops still erected temporary bridges.
The troops of the Tiance Army entered the city with armored vehicles to open the road and rumble into the city, which was the first time that the Tiance Army appeared in front of the people of Beijing. In the past, there were only a small number of civilians, and occasionally armored vehicles were seen. Now it is an eye-opener, and the roar of dozens of armored vehicles echoes through the streets of the Beijing Division, followed by infantry carrying rifles.
The bold people only dared to watch from afar, and the timid only dared to observe this strange army through the cracks in the doors and windows.
From the perspective of the people of this era, this army with a steel helmet and a colorful military uniform is indeed very peculiar.
The effect of radio propaganda is still there, and the positive image propaganda of the Tiance Army has never stopped. Although the popularity of radio is not high, many people dare to go out to see the new, which can prove that the Tiance Army has not become a clean street tiger.
Wang Yue is still satisfied with this effect, if it is Li Zicheng or "I am in the Qing Dynasty!" "Here, shouldn't this be the treatment?
In fact, Wang Yue didn't know, "I'm Qing!" When he came, the treatment was much better than him, and many former Ming officials wept and wiped their tears to kneel to greet him, "I am Daqing!" "Come, because they were blackmailed by Li Zicheng miserably, it was "I Daqing!" "Drove away Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng's treatment was more solemn, the Shun army broke through the gates of the inner city, and the people in the city burned incense to greet them, and also posted the words "Shunmin" to express their obedience. It was only then that Li Zicheng taught them how to behave, and Beijing became a hell on earth.
Wang Yue led the Tiance army all the way through the city, and when he successfully arrived at Chengtianmen (i.e., Tiananmen), he was met by the Praetorian Guards, who were waiting for him.
These Praetorian Guards were led by Liu Zhongsi, the commander of Yu Linwei, whose duty was to guard the palace and the emperor.
Although the limelight of Jinyiwei endured in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, it was mainly used as a spy agency, in fact, the task of Emperor Suwei was still Yulinwei, so the commander of Yulinwei must be the most trustworthy person of the emperor.
Of course, Liu Zhongsi was loyal to Chongzhen, so when he heard that the Tiance army was armed into Beijing, he was worried about Chongzhen's safety, and he immediately mobilized the soldiers of Yulinwei to block Wang Yue's way.
Although the soldiers of Yulinwei all raised their swords and guns at the same time, putting on a posture of being ready for battle, most of the demeanor of these soldiers showed panic, and scolded Liu Zhonghe's ancestors for eighteen generations one by one. Other armies are lying on their stomachs, and they haven't stopped the Tiance army, which door are you filling with half of the garlic?
To guard the huge palace, Yulin Wei has a total of 3,000 troops, and he has to divide troops to guard each gate, so there are only seven or eight hundred people who can be concentrated in Chengtianmen.
Compared with the majestic Tiance Army, many of the soldiers of Yulinwei were already trembling like quails.
Liu Zhongji didn't care about this, it was a big deal to be loyal to the emperor, and he just died.
There were really many officials who committed suicide and martyrdom for the Ming Dynasty during the "Jiashen State Change", and Liu Zhongsi was one of them.
"Stop coming, the palace is forbidden, no trespassing, violators will be killed!" Liu Zhongsi shouted.
Wang Yue just got out of the car, looked at these Yulin guards who had no intention of fighting, and then looked at the righteous and awe-inspiring Liu Zhongsi, and was very surprised. Haven't you already talked to Cao Huachun? Judging from the smooth entry into the city, it must have been a greeting, which play is this singing?
Li Zixuan, the commander of the third regiment, pulled out his gun in his hand and said to Wang Yue in an inquiring tone: "Commander? His gaze glanced coldly at those Yu Lin Wei, and his meaning was self-evident.
"Forget it, shout through the loudspeaker, I came to meet the king by edict, let them give way." Wang Yue waved his hand and said, he didn't want to have a bloody conflict in front of the palace, after all, it was not good-looking.
The car loudspeaker shouted to the Ming army, this loud voice can be described as deafening, and the Ming army on the opposite side who had not seen the loudspeaker was even more worried, and their morale was even more depressed.
Liu Zhongsi is not afraid of death, but he is still afraid of this thing? Therefore, he insisted that Wang Yue could only be seen alone, and the others avoided him.
When he met such a hard bone, Wang Yue also had a big head, did he really want to enter the palace? That would be tantamount to slapping Chongzhen in the face.
was in a stalemate, Cao Huachun, who heard the sound of a loudspeaker outside the palace, rushed out accompanied by Cao Ruyi, but he had been paying attention to Wang Yue's arrival.
Cao Huachun asked the reason, sank his face, and said to Liu Zhonghei: "Commander Liu, the emperor has explained, Wang Yue and Wang Sihua can bring escorts to the audience, and others must not obstruct it, do you want to resist the decree?" ”
"Chief Cao, guarding the palace and guarding the emperor's safety is the duty of this commander, and I have never heard of anyone who can carry weapons and escort them!" Liu Zhongsi argued on the basis of reason.
Cao Huachun asked, "Dare to ask Commander Liu, can you stop the Tiance Army?" ”
Liu Zhongsi said solemnly: "If you can't stop it, you have to block it, it's a big deal to let them step on my corpse!" ”
Cao Huachun smiled bitterly: "It doesn't matter if you die, why bother to die with your soldiers?" Besides, it won't help you if you die, so why bother? ”
Liu Zhongsi looked at his soldiers, their faces turned pale, where is the strength to fight? I can't help but be gloomy.
Wang Yue still admires a loyal and righteous person like Liu Zhongsi, and Daming is not all soft eggs who bend their knees to the enemy.
So he promised to bring only one platoon into the palace, he believed that with the firepower of one platoon of the Tiance Army, no one would be able to stop him from breaking out of the palace, and there were four armored vehicles. What's more, there is also radio to keep in touch, and the army at the gate of the palace can answer it at any time.
Cao Huachun is the head of the inner house, and he came with the emperor's edict, Wang Yue only brought a few dozen people into the palace, which can be regarded as taking care of the royal dignity, Liu Zhongsi had no choice but to let him go, the key is that he has not intuitively experienced the combat effectiveness of these dozens of people.
In the modern Forbidden City, Wang Yue has visited it a few times, and it is much more magnificent than the palace in front of him. The palace in front of you, the palace walls are mottled, and it seems that it has not been repaired as a whole for a long time, which also reflects the financial situation of the imperial court from the side.