The red-eyed soldiers of the Wu army didn't notice that the defenders of the city were already retreating to the south of the city in embarrassment, rushing to kill the streets of the city crowded with fleeing bannermen, and the soldiers of the Wu army could not see the specific actions of the enemy brigade, so the soldiers of the Wu army led by Li Chendian only knew to do two things, kill! Rob!

"Dog mess party! Take your life! Die! Die! Death to Lao Tzu! ”

Although Wu Chaoyue and Wu Jun's propaganda department have repeatedly and shamelessly declared that all the military actions of the Wu army against the Qing army are for the sake of the Qing monarch's side of the Jingguo disaster, they have absolutely no selfish motives, they will not kill innocents indiscriminately, let alone learn from the Taiping army's massacre, and will unconditionally protect the safety of the lives and property of the Manchurian people in the Eight Banners. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, when it really came to the city of Beijing, the old nest of the Eight Banners, the soldiers of the Wu Army had a tacit understanding to collectively forget this promise of the Wu Army, and rushed to kill the streets of the city with knives and guns stained with the blood of the banner people, whether it was the soldiers of the Qing Army or the people of the banner, the soldiers of the Wu Army saw one by one, the knife was not cut to death and the spear was mended, and the key points were picked and ruthless, and the neck was killed to give a pleasure, and if they dared to resist they fought back, they would be divided into corpses, and if they were killed, they would grab the package, and the large bags and small bags were quickly hung all over the whole body of the Wu Army soldiers. The corpses of the banner men were layered all over the streets, and the blood melted the ice and snow and filled the ditches.

This is just a prelude, the real nightmare of the Mancheng Banner people is still to come, when the Wu army auxiliaries composed of homeless beggars and Eight Banner slaves rushed into the city, the Mancheng Banner people really realized what hell is called, those poor and red-eyed homeless beggars not only started more ruthless and spicy than the main soldiers of the Wu army, but also did not let go of the old children, children and women of the banner people, even if the old and weak women of these banner people hid in the alley, they did not let go, as long as they saw it, they would rush up to kill all the first and then kill, When he grabbed things, he even had to strip off the cotton jackets and clothes on the Eight Banners Manchurian people, so that these Eight Banners parasites with evil retribution could only go to hell with their bare butts when they arrived in the underworld.

The beggars and homeless people who were incorporated by the Wu army were only ruthless because they were poor, and they turned from the warriors of the Tiger God Battalion into the slaves of the Eight Banners of the Wu Army's auxiliaries called vicious, relying on their familiarity with the terrain and environment, and constantly went to the rich and powerful banner families during the killing, and especially liked to go to their original master's house, killing and robbing after entering the master's house, and especially liked to press the old master's wife and daughter on the bed and strip them naked, and warm the body of the old master's wife and daughter with his hot body, and do his last loyalty. Several relatively affluent streets in the Chaoyangmen area are also full of women's screams and men's lewd laughter.

Of course, these Eight Banners slaves who are used to being slaves are also very smart, and they know who should eat meat and who should drink soup, and most of the good things they grabbed were voluntarily handed over after the war, and they didn't dare to hide too much even if they kept some.

The constant noise in the city made the Wu soldiers outside the city itch in their hearts, and they just wanted to hurry into the city to rob on a large scale, but Zeng Guoquan frowned and was worried - because Zeng Guoquan knew the situation of his army too well, and most of the old people in the core backbone of the Hunan army were poor mountain peasants, and the soldiers who were later added to the main force were basically poor people in Henan, and more than eighty percent of them were born in extreme poverty for generations. Military discipline could not be restrained, giving the enemy the opportunity to counterattack.

Fortunately, Zeng Guoquan also has a dog-headed military advisor Zhang Zhidong who is good at understanding people's hearts, and he also saw the danger that the soldiers could not restrain after entering the city, so Zhang Zhidong also quickly gave Zeng Guoquan an idea, saying: "Nine marshals, you should immediately order the whole army, and all the loot captured after entering the city will be handed over for unified distribution." Then tell our soldiers, they said that they can't just focus on robbing, we must first block the nine gates of the city, block the road for the bannermen in the city to go out of the city, and then catch turtles in the urn to confiscate the party's property. ”

Zeng Guoquan nodded, and hurriedly sent an order, announcing that all the captured booty would be handed over for unified distribution, and that the army should give priority to blocking the city gate and blocking the road, and then scrape the ground to check the enemy, and asked that every soldier of the Wu army, including the auxiliary soldiers, know this.

After the order was delivered, the restless mood in the army improved slightly, and Zhang Zhidong took the opportunity to stand up and ride his horse through the crowd of Wu soldiers and shouted, "Soldiers, it doesn't matter! There are a lot of good things in the people of the capital, but compared to the things in the Forbidden City, these good things are all things called Hanako! ”

"Do you know what a Ru kiln is? A palm-sized Ru kiln inkstone can be sold for thousands of taels of silver in the Taiping years! Just a teacup from Ruyao is enough for your whole family to have food and clothing for life! Such a good thing is fully equipped with more than a dozen rooms in the warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! ”

"What is gold in the Forbidden City? Even the copper cylinder used to hold water and fight the fire is plated with gold! Have you ever heard of a golden toilet? Have you ever seen a night pot carved from a whole piece of jade? These things are in the Forbidden City! Sooner or later, it's all yours! But it doesn't matter, only by controlling the inner city first, killing all the rebel troops in the city, can we really get these things! ”

"Have you ever been an errand boy in the **** palace? Have you ever worked as an errand in the Treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Households? Stand up and tell the brothers in the field what is going on in those places! Brethren who have not been to these places should also remember that these things will be ours only if we take and defend the city first! Think about it carefully, if we can't take the city, if we can't keep the city, how much can we take away these good things? In order to snatch back these good things, will the rebel army chase us to the end? ”

It was only after doing enough ideological work that Zeng Guoquan dispatched troops and sent men and horses to seize control of the gates of the city, but even so, Zeng Guoquan still did not forget to tell every general with troops, requiring them to strictly restrain military discipline, and never rush to plunder, and directly threatened to behead them on the spot if they couldn't do this!

Thanks to Zeng Guoquan's usual management of the army is quite strict, and his prestige in the army is very high, after all parts of the Wu army entered the city in batches, although the newly recruited auxiliary troops are still somewhat difficult to restrain and there is a situation where they can't help but plunder, fortunately, the main army has not been chaotic, and the leading generals have also taken action to suppress it in time, so that there is no major chaos, and the basic orderly seizure of the city gates and the gradual control of the city gates are at all points. But of course, during this period, in order to open the road and seize control of the city gate, these Wu soldiers did not mention the killing of the Eight Banners along the way and at the city gate.

Annoyed that Li Chendian did not listen to the call and took the lead in robbery, Zeng Guoquan unceremoniously handed over the drudgery of seizing the three gates in the south of the city to Li Chendian, and asked Li Chendian to immediately lead the army of his headquarters to restrain the auxiliary soldiers who were about to get out of control and enter the city first, and join forces to take the three gates of Zhengyang, Xuanwu and Chongwen that connected the outer city. The important task of seizing the Forbidden City was handed over by Zeng Guoquan to the honest and obedient veteran Zhu Hongzhang.

When Zeng Guoquan's herald found Li Chendian, the packages robbed by Li Chendian's army had been piled up in Xianliang Temple, although Li Chendian, who had already snatched the red eye, was unwilling, but he was afraid of Zeng Guoquan's prestige, so he could only honestly obey the order, and quickly commanded the army to restrain the auxiliary soldiers who were about to get out of control, and dispatched men and horses to seize the three southern gates of the city.

The commander of the Qing army such as the devil Zi Liu and Hui Lao Wangye, who took the initiative to retreat to the south city, helped Li Chendian a lot, and when the main force had fled into the south city, he had just seen the Wu army killing, and the Qing soldiers guarding the three south gates of the city had fled into the south city one after another, and the monks and princes who guarded the south city did not want to consume too much strength in the street battle, and did not let the defenders of the south city defend the three gates with all their might, so although Li Chendian's army also spent some hands and feet, it still had a thrill to capture Zhengyang, Chongwen and Xuanwu three gates.

When the sky was light, all the nine key points of the city fell into the hands of Wu Jun, and the veteran Zhu Hongzhang also successfully took the Forbidden City, which was voluntarily abandoned by the devil Liu, and also confirmed from the palace maid and eunuch that Cixi and Ci'an had taken Tongzhi to slip away in advance. After the news was sent out of the city, Zeng Guoquan led the headquarters battalion, the cavalry of the Wu army and a large number of Wu army auxiliaries into the city from Chaoyang Gate, and walked into the city of Beijing, which was already full of dead corpses, in the rising sun, and officially replaced the Manchu court to take over the main city of Beijing, which had been shamelessly occupied by the Manchus of the Eight Banners for more than 200 years.

The blood of the dead bodies everywhere did not affect the excitement of Zeng Guoquan and the soldiers of the Wu army, looking at the Forbidden City that had been planted with the flag of the Wu army, everyone of the soldiers of the Wu army cheered constantly, all of them were happy, Zeng Guoquan was also itching in his heart, just looking forward to rushing into the Forbidden City as soon as possible, and going to the palace and the Jinluan Palace to open his eyes.

Thanks to Zhang Zhidong, he was still able to stay calm, and kept reminding: "Jiu Shuai, we still have to be calm, now is not the time for us to celebrate the victory, Nancheng is still in the hands of the chaotic party, the main force of the chaotic party of the official and cultural department will soon come, the people in the city are dissatisfied, and our auxiliary soldiers are also unstable. ”

Reluctantly glanced at the Forbidden City, which was not far away, and after quietly swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Zeng Guoquan turned to Zhang Zhidong and said: "Xiaoda rest assured, Ben Shuai is not the kind of person who doesn't know priorities, you say, what should we do now?" ”

"First, Jiu Shuai, you must not live in the Forbidden City and fall into rebellion." Zhang Zhidong said in a low voice: "In the future, if the king of Zhennan knows, I am afraid that he will also have ideas." ”

"You don't need to teach this, Ben Shuai is a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, of course he won't be so ignorant of the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky, and live directly in the Forbidden City." Zeng Guoquan nodded and replied.

"Second, reorganize the army, prepare for the counterattack of the rebel army, and hold on to the city with abundant money and food to wait for our reinforcements." Zhang Zhidong also said: "Publicly declare that our friendly army in Shanxi is coming soon, so as to stabilize the morale of the army. ”

Zeng Guoquan nodded again, and Zhang Zhidongcai said again: "Third, make a list to calm the people, prohibit the army from plundering and killing the people, open warehouses and release grain, and give relief to the poor banner people in the city, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people." ”

"Don't rob it, you still want Ben Shuai to open a warehouse and release grain?" Hunan's number one iron rooster Zeng Guoquan glared.

"If you don't do this, when the main force of the official text counterattacks the city, what should I do if the banner people in the city respond in chaos?"

Zhang Zhidong asked rhetorically, and said in a low voice: "Jiu Shuai, I understand your thoughts, but you can't be in a hurry, now is not the time to make a move, you have to repel the reinforcements sent by Guanwen and Luo Bingzhang first, and wait for our friendly troops in Shanxi to arrive, lay a strength advantage, and then it's not too late to make a move." ”

"But in that case, let's not think about it alone." Zeng Guoquan said with a sad face.

"Jiu Shuai, it's very enjoyable to swallow alone, but if you can't pull it out if you swallow it, it's troublesome."

Zhang Zhidong replied with a more sad face, Zeng Guoquan thought about it carefully and found that it was also, so he could only nod with tears in his eyes, and decided to let Shanxi Wu Jun get a piece of the pie in the future. Then, Zhang Zhidong put forward two suggestions to Zeng Guoquan, one is to immediately start hoarding food and ammunition in the Forbidden City to prevent accidents, and the other is to strive to eliminate the Qing army in Nancheng before the official reinforcements arrive, so as to reduce the pressure of defending the city in the future.

Seeing that the Wu army not only did not rush into the house to kill people and set fires, but also sent people to transport food to various parts of the city with vehicles, the people of the city banner, who were already like frightened birds, quickly became convinced, and began to believe that the notices posted by the Wu army on the streets were true, and the Wu army had no intention of slaughtering the city, and the resistance and hostility towards the Wu army was greatly reduced, although it did not support the Wu army to control the city. But he didn't have the heart to fight to the end with Wu Jun - anyway, whoever he was a slave to be a slave would be a slave, as long as he could save his life.

In addition, Zeng Guoquan also set up his headquarters in the Nanfu Yamen next to the Forbidden City very honestly, and continued to claim to be a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, and did not dare to take the liberty of living directly in the politically sensitive Forbidden City. Wu Jun also recruited a large number of officials who could barely do some work at once, and had enough manpower to manage the streets in the city and pacify the people.

The most important thing is, of course, the management of the army, in order to appease the soldiers, Zeng Guoquan, who had made more than two million taels of silver in the Hubu treasury, announced the siege reward as soon as possible, and decided to give each main soldier of the Wu army a reward of 30 taels of silver, double the commando, double the pension for the wounded and killed, and reward each auxiliary soldier with 5 taels of silver. In exchange, the whole Wu army cheered in unison and smiled, and then Zeng Guoquan announced the news that the Qing army was about to counterattack, asking the whole army to prepare for war and defend the results that had been obtained, as well as the rewards and pensions that had not yet had time to be distributed one by one, and the loot that had not yet had time to be distributed in the register.

A day passed quickly, after the sky was completely dark, when the exhausted soldiers of the Wu army were taking turns to rest and sleep, there was a cheering sound from the south of the city, and countless torches appeared outside You'an Gate, officially announcing the arrival of the main force of the Qing army. After the news reached Zeng Guoquan, who had just been lying down, Zeng Guoquan's face was very grim, and he muttered to himself after a while, "Whether you can make a fortune depends on whether you can hold out until our reinforcements arrive." ”

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The next day, after dawn, the main force of the Zhili Qing army led by Guan Wen personally rushed to Yongding Gate and joined the Qing army in the south of the city. At the same time, there was also the main force of the Qing army in Tianjin led by Hengfu, the political envoy of Zhili.

So far, the number of Qing troops on the battlefield in the capital has reached more than 43,000 people, nearly half of which are equipped with advanced weapons of the Qing army in Zhili, not only in terms of the quality of soldiers and weapons and equipment to regain the upper hand, but also because of the control of the southern city, there are a large number of auxiliary soldiers can be recruited, at any time in the number of soldiers can surpass the Wu army.

After meeting with the devil six and the others, the gloomy old fox Guanwen did not ask the devil six and others the reason for taking the initiative to abandon Mancheng, but first inquired about the situation of Ci'an and Cixi and others, and learned that Ci'an and Cixi had escaped to Miyun smoothly with Tongzhi, Guanwen breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Okay, as long as the two palaces and the emperor are safe and sound." ”

"What should we do next?" Devil Six hurriedly asked.

"Back to the prince, of course, it is to counterattack with all your strength and recapture the northern city and the Forbidden City." Guan Wen replied with a cold expression: "But before that, we have to do two things, the first is to ask the two palaces to move to Zunhua as soon as possible to prevent accidents, Miyun is still closer, and we have to prevent Wu thieves from finding out the news, and they will attack and kill the holy cars of the two palaces on light horses." ”

After the devil nodded, the official text said: "Lord Gong, the second thing is that the slaves are courageous, and I want to ask the two palaces to send an edict to give the slaves the power to control all the armies on the battlefield in the capital, and ask Prince Gong to serve as the supervisor." ”

Hearing this, before the devil six agreed, our monk and prince had already jumped three feet high, yelling and shouting: "Guanwen, you are so bold, dare to speak to Prince Gong like this? What qualifications do you have to control the Qing Forbidden Army, including the Xiao Cavalry Battalion and the Forward Battalion? ”

The official document was silent, and he didn't bother to look at the ugly face of the monk and the prince who couldn't wait to seize power and fight for power, but fortunately, the devil was a person who understood, and immediately said: "Don't worry, the king will immediately ask the two palaces to send an edict, before that, if you want to mobilize the royal forbidden army, you can directly tell the king, this king is ordered to stay in the capital, the general department has full power, and has the right to control the camps of the forbidden army in the capital." ”

The monk's face was even more ugly, but the official document bowed to the devil and said respectfully: "Thank you Gong Wangye, the slave will live up to the trust of the prince and will definitely do his best to recapture the inner city." ”

After speaking, the official text said quickly: "Please immediately organize people to shout slogans outside the gates of the inner city, claiming that Zeng Guoquan rebels are ready to abandon the city and flee with the treasures in the palace, and ask the Wu thieves and soldiers to make a fortune and leave, don't stay in the inner city to die." ”

Devil Zi Liu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly arranged for people to act according to the plan, but the official document was inexhaustible, and he asked Devil Zi Liu to immediately organize people to rush to print leaflets, instigating the Mancheng Banner and the Eight Banner slaves who joined the Wu Army's auxiliaries to turn against each other, open the city gate to welcome the Qing army into the city, and then shoot bows and arrows into the city-not to mention, there are really so many soldiers who use primitive bows and arrows in the Qing army in Nancheng.

The matter is not over, the official document also personally wrote a book to Zeng Guoquan, pointing out that although Zeng Guoquan currently has a strong city to defend, and the grain and grass in the city are also very abundant, but the army is unstable and the people's heart is not attached, and it is destined to be difficult to defend for a long time. Then he sent a messenger to waive a white flag and send it into the city openly and handing it over to Zeng Guoquan.

As soon as the official documents, who are also masters of attacking the heart, came out, of course, our monk and prince's face was ugly and ugly, and the devil six and Hui Lao Wang Ye and others were full of praise, and the younger alcohol prince said directly: "It's good that there is still an official platform, we finally know what to do." It's a pity that someone fell for the trick of the Wu thief, and he didn't send it to the two palaces in time after receiving the official platform, otherwise, would we have to spend so much effort to counterattack the Inner Nine Cities? ”

The monk and the prince looked up at the sky, with a face full of disdain for the arrogant appearance of the young man who was scheming with the young man, but the official document still refused to give up, and said regretfully: "It's a pity that yesterday we wasted a day's time, if yesterday our army in the south city could properly counterattack the inner city, and did not give Zeng Guoquan the opportunity to quickly gain a foothold, maybe we could directly recapture the inner city today." ”

"Sixth Brother and Hui Lao Wangye, they originally wanted to counterattack, but it was the monk and the prince ......."

The sudden rush of the official Wen personally interrupted the further slander of the monk and the prince, and handed over a copy of the Zhengding urgent report that had just been delivered to the official text, and the official document took it and opened it only once, and his face changed suddenly, and the hand holding the military emergency report couldn't help but tremble a little. The devil next to him saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Official platform, what's wrong?" ”

"Lord forgive us, we have to launch a counterattack as soon as possible, and we can't waste any more time." Guan Wenshui replied.