In the third year of Jiaqing, on the 30th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, there were less than ten hours before the New Year, at this time, the Jingshi was surrounded by Yang Lin's three armies from three directions, showing a triangular trend, and the imperial city was in the center. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the capital, the pedestrians are dripping and deserted, whether it is the streets and alleys, or on the wide official roads, standing full of Qing court officers and soldiers, three or four hundred thousand troops hoarded in it, almost reaching the limit of what the capital can carry.

Whether it is the inner city or the outer city, the city wall is full of soldiers who are waiting for battle, arranged with red-clothed cannons, pointing far away, outside the city, not only that, starting from the outermost city wall, progressing inward in turn, a large number of strong bows and crossbows are also placed on the city wall, slightly tilted, pointing to the sky, and there are more archers waiting for orders at any time.

Obviously, the Qing court has received news that Yang Lin's army has a mysterious weapon such as an airship, which can be suspended in the air, attack the city from the sky, and send troops, strong bows and crossbows and archers, which are used to greet Yang Lin's airship troops to deal with threats from the sky.

Also, not only are there many archers on the city walls, but even some relatively high pavilions and houses have archers standing on them.

At this moment, the capital can be described as impregnable, the defense is very strict, let Yang Lin's all the tricks and secret hands, are impossible to implement, the whole city is densely packed with archers and powerful hard crossbows, so that the airship does not dare to approach the sky above the capital at all, and the soldiers who are constantly patrolling the streets make it impossible for those lurking people to move, let alone make some sabotage actions, assassination, or capture the city gate.

The residents of the city were silent and did not dare to go out of their homes easily, because the slightest carelessness was likely to lead to unwarranted disasters and deaths, and they were regarded as spies by the patrol soldiers of the Qing court, and the light ones were imprisoned and the heavy ones were beheaded.

In the southeast of Beijing, a flat area of eighteen miles, Yang Lin's 200,000 troops are stationed here, among the Chinese army, the command headquarters, gathered a large number of generals, as many as dozens, Yang Lin is impressively in the column, located at the head of the crowd, at this time, Huo Xiong and Chao Sheng are also here, standing on the left and right sides of Yang Lin.

At the front of everyone, there is a map of the Beijing Division's defense, which presents the geographical distribution and sphere of influence of the Beijing Division in front of everyone's eyes, so that you can have an intuitive understanding.

Looking at the finely crafted city defense map, each place is clearly marked, and even the size is not much different, Ruan Yuan knew that this rebel army had been prepared for a long time, not in a hurry, otherwise there would not be such a detailed map, even the Qing court may not have it, without a few years of secret planning and field investigations, it will not be drawn at all.

Unable to allow Ruan Yuan to think too much, Yang Lin glanced at everyone roughly, his eyes finally stayed on Qu Kun's body, and said loudly: "Ah Kun, for nearly three years of secret arrangement, investigating all kinds of news, as the head of the intelligence department, you will talk about the garrison and city defense of the Beijing Division." ”

"Well, all right, Marshal."

While speaking, Qu Kun walked towards the map, Yang Lin retreated to the side with a shallow smile on his face, Chao Sheng and Huo Xiong followed closely behind, making room for Qu Kun.

After standing still, Qu Kun nodded to everyone, and then picked up the thin baton on the side with his right hand and gestured on the map.

"Marshal, generals, please see, on the periphery of the Qing court's Beijing Division, there are three major military camps stationed in the Tartars, namely the Xishan Battalion, the Tongzhou Battalion and the Fengtai Battalion, in normal times, the total strength of the three major battalions is about 100,000 people, however, with the return of the Mongolian cavalry in the north, flooded into the three military camps, the total strength has now reached 300,000, respectively guarding the northwest, southwest and east directions of the Beijing Division."

"At the same time, the capital division is divided into the outer city and the inner city, there are four or nine cities of the general name, the central is the Forbidden City, the imperial city has Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Dong'anmen, Xi'an Gate, the inner city has Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Chaoyang Gate, Fucheng Gate, Dongzhi Gate, Xizhi Gate, Anding Gate and Desheng Gate, the Eight Banners soldiers and their families live in the four nine cities, this inner city."

"The north of the imperial city, in the outer city, is guarded by the positive yellow flag and the inlaid yellow flag respectively, the west is stationed in the red flag and the box red flag, the east side is the positive white flag and the inlaid white flag, and the remaining southern area is the positive blue flag and the inlaid blue flag."

"So far, according to the latest information obtained, excluding the Xishan battalion, Tongzhou battalion and Fengtai battalion, the strength of the Beijing division is also about 400,000. Marshals, generals, this is the current situation of the Beijing Division's city defense and troop deployment. ”

After that, Qu Kun put the baton back, stepped aside, and stopped talking, and at this time, Yang Lin walked up, without the slightest emotional fluctuation because of Qu Kun's narration, and said calmly: "Everyone, presumably you have heard what Qu Kun said, I will add some more now." ”

"According to the distant observation of our airship, the defense of the Beijing division at this time can be described as very tight, the city is full of patrolling soldiers, our lurkers can not act at all, some slightly higher buildings have many archers, and there are red-coated cannons and sub-mother cannons on the city wall, as well as powerful hard crossbows, the range is extremely high and far, and the airships cannot get close to the capital, otherwise, it is easy to be shot down by those hard crossbows."

After a pause, with a solemn look on his face, he asked in a deep voice: "Everyone, if you attack the Beijing Division, it is easy to cause a large number of casualties, injure innocent people, and most of the city will also be burned. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a buzz below, and there was nothing to say.

"The marshal's requirements are too high, not only to ensure the safety of the residents of the city, but also to avoid the destruction of the building as much as possible, and at the same time, to annihilate the Qing army, which is also too difficult."

"Yes, in this way, there are too many constraints, and our advantages cannot be used to the greatest extent, which is tantamount to abandoning martial arts, cutting off both arms, between an increase and a decrease, the difficulty will increase significantly."

"Hey, this is a war, this is a fight between the enemy and the enemy, the marshal's heart is too merciful, there are too many concerns, if you let it go, not to mention that the Qing army has six or seven hundred thousand, even if there are millions of people, under our fierce artillery fire, it can't stop the fall of the Beijing Division, and it is not the opponent of our army."

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Different from everyone's reactions, Ruan Yuan and Bailihe's thoughts are diametrically opposed, but they care about other things, at this moment, although the two have not communicated, they have a consensus, and they are more and more determined to be loyal to Yang Lin.

In the past, those policies formulated by Yang Lin, divided the land among the people, benefited the people in the world, and other measures, many of which were suspected of winning the hearts of the people, but now, Yang Lin said all kinds of conditions, greatly restricting the hands and feet of the army, if it is not for the world, for the sake of the people, how can it be done?

As long as you let it go, use powerful firearms on a large scale, and rely on the powerful destruction of cannons and guns, within ten days, maybe in a shorter time, you will be able to take down the Beijing Division.

These thoughts were only in the hearts of the two of them, of course the others didn't know, seeing that everyone was still discussing, holding each other, and no consensus was reached, at this time, Ruan Yuan stood up and said loudly without humility or arrogance: "Marshal Qiyu, my subordinates have some suggestions, I don't know if to talk about it?" Is it useful for capturing Kyoshi? ”

As soon as the words fell, the surroundings suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at Ruan Yuan, Yang Lin did the same, nodded, and said in a harmonious voice: "Staff Officer Ruan, please speak, but it doesn't hurt to say it, this is just brainstorming and looking for a way to attack the city. ”

"Marshal Qiyu, if you want to take the Beijing Division, you must first sweep away the peripheral obstacles, the first to bear the brunt is the Fengtai Battalion, the Xishan Battalion and the Tongzhou Battalion of the Qing Court, because the three are located on the periphery of the Beijing Division, relatively speaking, it is much easier to take."

"However, although our army occupies the absolute superiority of weapons, however, the three major military camps are not without the power of a war, especially the Xishan battalion, also known as the Xiangshan Jianrui battalion, is the most powerful one in combat effectiveness, has experienced the Dajinchuan Rebellion, the size and Zhuo Rebellion, Zhuang Datian Uprising and the Battle of Kulun and other wars, has a wealth of actual combat experience, just experienced the baptism of war not long ago, in the barracks, most of the weapons are firearms, can be described as a special forces in the Eight Banners Praetorian Guard."

"Therefore, when dealing with the Xishan camp, we must pay special attention to it."

At the beginning, when they heard Ruan Yuan's story, everyone was dissatisfied with the combat strength of the three major battalions, however, as the content deepened, they gradually paid attention to it, and Yang Lin even said: "Yes, in order to avoid casualties caused by paralysis and carelessness, when attacking the Xishan camp, it is necessary to attack with heavy troops, with their own strengths and the shortcomings of the enemy." ”

Hearing this, everyone laughed, thinking of their own weapons, machine guns, mortars, grenadiers, grenades, etc., as soon as these weapons came out, with a long-range and hugely lethal artillery, they were completely able to crush the three battalions and defeat each other!

Although he didn't know what everyone was thinking and why he laughed, Ruan Yuan understood what Yang Lin meant, what is "to attack the enemy's shortcomings with his own strengths"? In any case, Ruan Yuan is also a dignified staff officer of the First Army, how could he not know and not understand these weapons?

As soon as Yang Lin finished speaking, Ruan Yuan did not continue to dwell on the affairs of the three major battalions, but instead said: "Because the Qing court has arranged a large number of archers and powerful hard crossbows in the Beijing division, the airship troops cannot be dispatched and cannot attack the Beijing division from the sky. ”

"Therefore, for the sake of today's plan, if you want to capture the Beijing Division, you can only advance from the outside to the inside, and attack hard little by little, so that you must have a deep understanding of the city structure of the Beijing Division, so as to make effective deployment and response, and strike in a targeted manner."

Speaking of this, Ruan Yuan paused slightly, looking at everyone's reactions, especially Yang Lin, the supreme commander, seeing that the other party's expression was uncertain, he just listened carefully, and the others nodded and shook their heads, and their hearts were more or less bottomless, even so, they continued to tell the meaning in their chests.

"The capital division is divided by the city wall, which can be roughly divided into four layers, namely the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city and the Forbidden City, and the four nine cities refer to the four gates of the imperial city, Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Dong'anmen, Xi'anmen, and the nine gates of the inner city, Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, Xuanwumen, Chaoyangmen, ......."

"And among the four city walls, the Forbidden City is the most, the city is ten meters high, more than six meters thick, there is a moat outside the city, also known as the tube river, and there are four tall and solid city gate towers in the four sides of the city, the south is called the Wumen Gate, the north is called the Shenwu Gate, the east is called the Donghua Gate, and the west is called the Xihua Gate."

Ruan Yuan stopped, did not continue to speak, but looked at Yang Lin, the expression was very simple, that is, I finished speaking, Yang Lin understood and understood, the next thing is his own business, how to assign tasks and attack Jingshi?

From beginning to end, although Yang Lin's face was calm, he actually had an idea in his heart, seeing Ruan Yuan's performance and the expectant expressions of the generals, he did not postpone it any longer, and stood up in front of the map, picked up the baton, and assigned tasks at the same time, he also pointed on the map and issued a series of orders.

"The generals listen to the order!"

With a bang, everyone moved, standing neatly below, horizontally and vertically, listening quietly, waiting for the task.

"Huo Xiong, listen to the order!" Yang Lin shouted

"Yes, the last general!"

"You take the Kongtong army to attack from the northwest, responsible for eliminating the Xishan camp, and then stop at the north of the Jingshi, wait for my signal, once you find my signal, immediately capture Andingmen and Deshengmen!"

"Yes, marshal, promise to complete the mission!"

Immediately, Yang Lin looked at Chao Sheng with sharp eyes, and shouted in a deep voice: "Commander Chao, you launched an offensive from the southwest, responsible for eliminating the Tongzhou battalion, and then Chen soldiers on the west side of the Beijing Division, the same, wait for my order, and then capture Xizhimen and Fuchengmen!" ”

"Yes, marshal, promise to complete the mission!"

"Zhuge Mou, I allocated you 50,000 soldiers, plus 100,000 marines, a total of 150,000, responsible for destroying the Tongzhou battalion, is there a problem?"

Since Zhuge Mou has always been in charge of the navy, there are not many land battles, so Yang Lin will ask such a question, unlike Huo Xiong and Chao Sheng, who simply assign tasks.

seemed to feel Yang Lin's unease, Zhuge Mou could also understand, without any oath, but said quickly: "Marshal, although you can rest assured, you promise to complete the task, your subordinates will match the firepower from far and near, first let the machine gun unit and the mortar and grenadier troops advance in turn, and the artillery will be pressed to the rear, and then use the artillery to carry out the first round of bombardment, the grenadier and mortar troops will carry out the second round, and the machine gun unit will charge again, and it will definitely be able to take the Tongzhou battalion." ”

Brief and quick narration, about the military deployment of the Tongzhou battalion, after listening to this, Yang Lin was really relieved, if you act according to such a military deployment, it is very safe, the successive bombardment of artillery, mortars, and grenadiers can completely defeat the Tongzhou battalion, and there will hardly be too many casualties, after being at ease, he immediately continued: "After eliminating the Tongzhou battalion, you also stop for a while, wait for my military order, and then be responsible for capturing Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen!" ”

"Yes, Marshal!"

After saying this, Yang Lin paused, at this time, the task of capturing the capital division has been allocated more than half, only the outer city in the south is left, looking at the hopeful eyes of the others, the excitement of the battle, and then said: "This battle is divided into four major aspects, it is obvious that the outer city in the south is in charge of me, leading an army of 150,000 to attack." As for the tasks of the others, they will be assigned by their respective supreme commanders, and I will not arrange them here. ”