The sun rises in the east, the morning glow is everyday, at a glance, wolf smoke everywhere, ruins are distributed all over the capital, chaotic scenes, scattered rubble, people are shocking, I can't help but sigh, this country of Gyeonggi, no longer the prosperity and liveliness of the past, everywhere lingers after the war curling black smoke, some dilapidated and burned houses are still flashing sparks, whether it is located in the southernmost outer city, or the north of the inner city, wolf smoke is filled, corpses are everywhere, horizontal and vertical, upside down postures are various. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Sporadic gunshots rang out from time to time, making the atmosphere more and more tense, and groups of soldiers in modern costumes were patrolling, maintaining the basic order of the inner city and the outer city, and disposing of the corpses of the soldiers of the two armies, however, the Qing army Praetorian Guards were still defending the imperial city, putting on a posture of fighting to the death, holding on to the four imperial city gates, and confronting Yang Lin's army, without any intention of compromise.

At this time, thousands of kilometers away from Tiananmen Square, Yang Lin was wearing a military uniform, looking at the direction of Tiananmen Square, observing the deployment of the Praetorian Guards on the city gate, Zhuge Mou, Huo Xiong, Chao Sheng and Zhao Hu and others arrived one after another, standing on one side, although everyone had not slept all night, and their faces were faintly tired, but they were still full of energy, and they couldn't stop the excitement at all.

Yang Lin picked up the binoculars and carefully observed the situation on the gate of Tiananmen Square, the Praetorian Guards hidden behind the city wall loomed, showing their heads from time to time, and the muzzles of the guns of birds were pointed straight at the outside of the city, shaking from time to time.

Bloodstains stained the city walls, showing how tragic the battle at Tiananmen Square was last night.

Seeing this situation, Yang Lin said to himself: "It seems that this Delentai is very stubborn, this is to live and die with the imperial city, presumably the situation on the other side of Di'anmen, Dong'anmen and Xi'anmen, it is about the same, everyone, about the next battle, how to take the imperial city, what do you think?" ”

Of course, everyone knew that the marshal was asking the commander of the three-way army, Chao Sheng, Huo Xiong and Zhuge Mou were even more clear, they glanced at each other, and finally Chao Sheng stood up: "Marshal, looking at Delentai's posture, he really wants to fight to the death with us, due to the thick walls of the imperial city, the Qing court has made sufficient preparations in advance, if you want to break through the imperial city, if you don't have a good strategy, you will definitely have to go through a fight, and if you want to take it, you will pay a lot of casualties." ”

The qualitative conclusion was immediately recognized by others, Huo Xiong stood up even more, and his deep voice sounded: "A hard attack will definitely not work, but a strategy for the next step, Marshal, since we have captured the inner city and the outer city, we can completely fight a war of attrition with the Praetorian Guard, surround the entire imperial city, cut off its water source, cut off its rice and grain, at most five days, and then the imperial city will be self-defeating." ”

"Moreover, with the capital as the center, the entire Zhili is controlled by our army, and in a short period of time, there will not be any forces involved here, even if the Qing army in the northeast and Mongolia wants to come, it will not work at all without ten days and half a month."

Yang Lin nodded, and at this time, Zhuge Mou also said: "Yes, in the entire imperial city, there are more than 20,000 people in the Praetorian Guard alone, and there are countless other palace maids and eunuchs, which will not be less than the Praetorian Guard, not only that, but there are also Jiaqing and many concubines and princes in the imperial city, just a matter of eating and drinking, no matter how big the imperial city is, no matter how thick the walls of the city are, the stored food is limited, and it will not last long." ”

"What's more, the grain depots in the inner city and the outer city have also been taken over by our army, even if they are just surrounded like this, besieged but not attacked, whether it is mentally or physically, they will not last long, they will either surrender or starve to death."

Yang Lin had been listening, and as soon as Zhuge Mou's words ended, he immediately put down the binoculars, turned to look at everyone, and his face showed a cunning look, which flashed away: "Not only that, but we also have to surround and fight, and fight but not attack, so that the opposite side cannot eat and sleep steadily, and the spirit is always in a high-pressure state, and there is no rest." ”

"In this way, it will make the people in the imperial city have always been worried, once there is a shortage of food in the imperial city, it is a matter of time before people's hearts are disordered, and when the time comes, even if Jiaqing is a trapped beast and fights, with Delentai's sworn follower, others will not be afraid of death, and the time required for the city to break will be greatly shortened, and it will never exceed three days."

At the same time, everyone also has a voice, except for soldiers like Delentai in the imperial city, everyone else is pampered, can they hold on in the face of such a tense situation?

The sound of artillery sounded, and the constant bombardment, day and night, sooner or later broke through the mental defenses of those people, and with it collapsed.

Immediately afterwards, without waiting for everyone's reaction, Yang Lin ordered to the three of them: "Commander Chao, Commander Huo, and Staff Officer Zhuge after a while, you can arrange for the troops to carry out echelon attacks, take turns to rest, day and night, and bombard the imperial city every other hour, so that those Praetorian Guards have no chance to breathe." ”

"Yes, Marshal, I'll arrange it." The three of them responded in unison, and said secretly in their hearts: "This trick is really amazing, the plan is in the plan, while besieging but not attacking, use fatigue tactics to exhaust those Praetorian Guards, even if it is an iron man, it can't hold up such a fight, how can it take three days, only two days, you can capture the imperial city and capture Jiaqing alive." ”

It is not difficult to understand that no matter who can't get a good rest for three days in a row, the spirit is in a tense state at all times, and the body will definitely collapse.

Then, Yang Lin turned his words and looked at Qu Kun and Baili River on the side: "Ah Kun, Mr. Baili, you two are responsible for the clean-up work in the city, counting the things of those yamen, especially the Qing soldiers who surrendered, you must be strictly guarded, beware of those people who have accidents." ”

"Yes, Marshal." The two agreed, Bailihe showed hesitation, and finally said in a deep voice: "Marshal, although those Qing soldiers who surrendered have laid down their weapons, there are quite a few of them, there are more than 200,000 people, and the prisons in the city are already overcrowded, and there are no longer so many places to detain the remaining people. ”

At this moment, Yang Lin understood the sound of Baili River, if only with Baili River and Qu Kun's current manpower, it would be a little overstretched to guard those surrendered Qing soldiers, and the risk would be very great, even if those people put down their weapons and were in a state of malaise. However, once those people riot, it will be a great trouble and a hidden worry, after all, there are too many ants to kill people, and they must always be on guard, and there must be a place to watch them.

Thinking of this, without waiting for Yang Lin to think about countermeasures, he only listened to Bailihe continue: "It's a cold winter now, and the placement of those surrendered troops is also very troublesome, if they are placed in the open field, not only does it increase the danger, they are very likely to escape, and moreover, whether it is a tent or something else, it is not enough to place the surrendered troops." ”

Although he has been fighting for several months, Yang Lin has seen many battlefield emergencies, as well as the disposal of prisoners and surrendered troops, however, this time the surrender is the largest, preliminary estimates, at least 200,000 people, now it is the deep winter, it is impossible to settle casually, while ensuring food and drink, we must also ensure that those surrendered soldiers are not frozen to death.

Otherwise, the consequences can be imagined, the Qing soldiers who have just surrendered will definitely resist, facing the severe cold, no matter how good their health is, they will not survive, and it is not a matter of one or two days.

It is not as cold as the south, the north is cold, if you sleep on the streets, you will definitely die, and after a night of fighting, those Qing army camps have long been destroyed, and there are few of them, and they cannot be inhabited.

In a trance, Yang Lin somewhat understood why the invasion of northern nomads in ancient times was mostly in spring and summer, and rarely occurred in winter, not only because of the snow disaster in winter and the heavy loss of livestock, but also because it was easy to move in spring and summer, and it was much easier to deal with prisoners of war.

Otherwise, the captive women and slaves will not be exhausted to death, but will also freeze to death.

At this moment, Yang Lin's slowly moving gaze stayed on He Lin, who was walking in the distance, as if he had thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he said: "Ah Kun, Mr. Baili, you now count the strength of a division, and use the company and platoon as a unit to raid those princes of the Qing court. ”

Retracting his gaze, Yang Lin, who was smiling and groaning, saw that both of them were puzzled, and they were still discussing how to place those surrendered troops just now, but now why did they suddenly talk about raiding the palace of the prince Baylor?

As if he had guessed what the two of them were thinking, Yang Lin smiled slightly, and said loudly: "Those princes Baylor's mansions often cover an area of dozens of acres, and there are countless rooms at home, after more than a hundred years of operation by the Qing court, there are many princes in the entire capital, as long as these people are confiscated, not only will there be a place to detain the soldiers, but also for the people of the whole city in addition to a harm." ”

"Over the years, the Manchus have done evil in the capital, especially these princes and belles, and they have done all the bad things, and the Qing court's law is tilted, as long as they are the children of the Eight Banners, after committing the crime, the yamen of each state capital not only does not have the power to try the guilt, but can only be handed over to the Zongren Mansion for disposal, and the criminal law is also very light, killing a Han person, it is only a year or two of imprisonment."

"The marshal is right, these children of the Eight Banners are rampant in the countryside, causing trouble to the people, and often bullying the Han people with their various privileges. Not only that, but even their clothed minions are very arrogant, acting for the tiger and oppressing the people, now it's time to rectify these people and vent their anger for my Han people! Ruan Yuan stood up, Yang Lin's words evoked his bad memories, and shouted indignantly.

Yang Lin didn't say anything more, and continued to dwell on this matter, but looked at the higher and higher sun, and said lightly: "Okay, let's do it, the army will be divided according to the current way, except for the troops responsible for attacking the imperial city, Tiananmen, Di'anmen, Dong'anmen, and Xi'anmen, the others are divided into two parts, one part is stationed in the various gates of the inner city and the outer city, and the other part is responsible for restoring order in the capital, finding out those Qing soldiers who are hiding, and promoting our policies." ”