Chapter 400: Recovering the Capital
"Fire!" There is no need to be as polite as when you enter the city, and after a burst of gunfire, Prince Zhuang's men and the Rakshasas dropped hundreds of corpses and retreated.
"Just one step away!" , Prince Zhuang is now extremely remorseful in his heart, if he had entered the city earlier, the situation would have been very different, now is it to continue to attack or retreat?
"Everybody, give me all the cannons!" , didn't think about it for long, he made up his mind, since he had arrived in the city, if he didn't go in, he really couldn't get over this hurdle, even if he couldn't hold the capital, it would be good to be able to take the full people in the city out to supplement his strength! Not to mention the wealth that these people have!
"Cannon! The enemy's artillery is coming! The observer quickly discovered the enemy's abnormal movement, and without waiting for Geng Chen's order, the snipers of the Chinese army aimed at the enemy's gunners, and the artillery also quickly pushed their cannons to the city wall, the quality of the Chinese army's artillery was originally better than that of Prince Zhuang's army, coupled with the condescending geographical advantage and the super high quality of the Chinese army's artillery, after a burst of shelling, Prince Zhuang's army's artillery suffered countless damages.
"Get ready to attack!" Seeing the chaos of Prince Zhuang's army, Geng Chen immediately issued an order; The attacking team of the Chinese army had already been prepared, the obstacles at the gate of the city were clearly cleaned, and after receiving the order of the superior, they immediately opened the gate and rushed out.
"Lord Wang, I can't stand it in front! Let's go! Seeing that it was impossible to do anything now, Hongyang hurriedly persuaded.
"Hey!" Looking at the city gate not far away, Prince Zhuang sighed and threw the horsewhip to the ground depressedly. Finally, he glanced at the capital nostalgically, and then pulled out his horse and turned around, "Let's go!" Let's go! He knew that he would not have a chance to come back in his life!
The army of Prince Zhuang was driven out of Huaihua and left enough defensive forces here before the Chinese army retreated to the capital. Along the way, many Manchu and Mongolian soldiers and Rakshasa soldiers became their prisoners, and these people were also brought back to the capital.
"Cut down those who are seriously wounded by the Mongolian cavalry! Bandage the minor injuries and stay in Beijing to do coolies! Geng Chen ordered according to Chen Jialuo's instructions, "Those Rakshasas are sent back to Nanjing, Your Majesty is of great use!" ”
Chen Jialuo had long been unhappy with the "Treaty of Nebuchu" and the "Kyakhta Trade Agreement", and now the Rakshasas sent soldiers to participate in the civil war in China, which just left him with the excuse to tear up the treaty, and kept these people first, and waited for himself to subdue all the territory. You can talk to the Rakshasa people, of course, the best way to deal with these robbers is to talk with guns.
Now that all the gates of the capital have fallen into the hands of the Chinese army, after solving the external threat of Prince Zhuang, Geng Chen began to order his men and horses to clean up the unrest inside the capital.
After entering Beijing, there was a group of people who went to the palace and attacked all the way in, killing a lot of eunuchs and palace maids who tried to set fire to destroy and take the opportunity to steal precious cultural relics, and drove out the palace maids and eunuchs, guards and concubines in the palace, and gathered them in several cold palaces. Wait for identification before disposing of it.
Then there are various imperial court offices such as the Military Aircraft Department and the Sixth Ministry, and various archival documents here are also the top priority. There must be no damage, and under the leadership of the intelligence department of the capital, the army quickly controlled these places.
In addition, there are special people who went to the mansions of various important ministers, and the mansions of He Shen, Liu Tongxun, Ji Xiaolan and the prince's house are the key targets, and what surprised the Chinese army is that the gold and silver copied from the Heshen Mansion are more than the household and the palace combined, this Lord He really deserves to be the first corrupt official in the world!
Liu Tongxun's father and son wanted to commit suicide and martyrdom after hearing the gunshots outside. Unfortunately, before they could finish praying to the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, they were broken into the door and taken down by the Chinese army, and were imprisoned with other captured officials.
Ji Xiaolan was directly brought to Geng Chen by the soldiers, and Geng Chen looked at it carefully, "Hehe, I thought this world's number one traitor looked like him." It turned out to be a black fat man! ”
Ji Xiaolan was anxious when he heard this, what the literati value most is reputation, if he dies with this reputation, he will be stinking for 10,000 years, and hurriedly distinguished, "This general, who has no power to restrain the chicken, has never done anything great and evil in his life, where does the reputation of the world's number one traitor start!" ”
"Hehe, the "Siku Quanshu" was compiled by your leader, right?" , Geng Chen looked at him with pity, "In order to compile this book, countless books have been banned, this is a big crime to destroy my Chinese cultural heritage, don't you admit it?" ”
The compilation of the "Siku Quanshu" used to be Ji Xiaolan's most proud thing, but now he regrets it, because what Geng Chen said is indeed the truth, in the process of compilation, the books that are not in line with Qianlong's thoughts have been burned and banned, and I don't know whether he is compiling books or burning books!
Looking at his face as if he was dead, Geng Chen sighed and took out a letter from his arms, "Hey, it's not too much to cut you with a thousand knives according to my intentions, but Dai Zhen and Minister Dai pleaded hard with Your Majesty, Your Majesty spared your life for the sake of Mr. Dai's face, this is Mr. Dai's letter, take a look!" ”
Ji Xiaolan trembled and took Dai Zhen's letter, which first briefly talked about his situation in the past few years after leaving in the capital, and then blamed him for helping and abusing him for so many years, and finally pointed out the way out, asking him to gather all the people who participated in the compilation of the "Siku Quanshu" to restore those burned books and atone for his past sins.
"Take Mr. Ji down to rest!" , Geng Chen knew that he needed a few days to think about it, so he ordered someone to take him down.
Three days later, the remaining Qing troops in Beijing were swept away, and the ruffians and hooligans who tried to burn and loot on the streets were directly killed by the Chinese army; Stores related to the lives of the people, such as rice, flour, grain and oil, were strictly ordered by the Chinese army to open every day, and prices were not allowed.
In front of the strong military strength and super high organizational and operational capabilities, Jingzhong finally slowly regained peace, and the lives of these people were not disturbed too much, and the only unlucky people in this upheaval were those who were influential in the capital in the past. What awaits them will be confiscation of family property and waiting for China's punishment.
Chen Jialuo also had a plan for the disposal of these people, and he prepared a large prison for these people at the location of Gongdelin in the capital, where they would study and reform for a long time, until the correctional officers felt that they had succeeded in reforming before they could go out. (To be continued......)