The people who were sleeping at night were destined to react very slowly, and when Jiannu, who was awakened by the start, woke up and hurriedly prepared for battle, the Ming army led by Cao Yue had already rushed to the vicinity of the camp.

After a volley of bows and arrows, several Jiannu outside the barracks were all shot to the ground, and the two teams led by Cao Yue and Cao Jie rushed into the Qing army camp on both sides of the palace almost simultaneously. After storming the camp of the Qing army, the sergeants set fires everywhere with lit torches.

There are many forests in the northeast, and there is a lot of wood output, and today's Shengjing City, whether it is a palace, a residence or a military camp, is basically built of wood. This is true not only in Shengjing, but also in other places, and most of the ancient houses seen in later generations are made of wood except for the outer walls of bricks. In the middle of summer, the weather is very hot, and there has been no heavy rain for several months, and the wood is very dry.

By the time Jiannu, who was like a headless fly, rushed out in a panic with his weapons and was ready to fight, the two military camps had become a sea of fire, and they had no chance to resist, and finding a way to escape from the sea of fire was the first priority. Some unlucky eggs were buried in the fire, and the smell of burnt human flesh suddenly filled the air over the barracks. Those Jiannu who were lucky enough to break out of the sea of fire were also quickly hacked to death by the Ming soldiers who swarmed in.

The two Yellow Banner soldiers who stayed in Shengjing were basically fourteen or fifteen-year-old underage children, or some old and weak soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was far from being comparable with the other Eighth Banner Army on the outskirts of Songshan.

It was a one-sided massacre, and soon most of the "boy scouts" were wiped out by the Ming army.

Seeing that the situation was completely under control and smoother than expected, Cao Yue immediately ordered to leave two hundred horsemen and horses to continue near the barracks, killing all the fish that slipped through the net, and the rest of the men and horses followed him to attack the palace. The threat to the perimeter of the palace has been cleared, and the capture of the palace is a priority.

Cao Jie, on the other side, saw that the Qing army camp had completely fallen into flames, and there was no organized resistance at all, so he also asked Wu Xin to continue to stay in the barracks with two hundred families to control the situation, and at the same time blocked the west gate of the palace, and he took the rest of the family members straight to the Qing Gate. When Cao Jie rushed to the vicinity of the Daqing Gate with more than 300 families, the more than 300 families led by Cao Yue also arrived near the palace gate.

There are Qing soldiers on the city wall, Cao Yue calmly issued an order to shoot muskets, more than 100 soldiers raised their muskets on horses, and concentrated on the city, the Qing soldiers on the city wall suddenly fell down, and the rest of the soldiers were frightened and quickly hid under the female wall.

There were no arrows on the city wall, so Cao Yue ordered the sergeants to pile up several explosive bags of more than ten catties under the Daqing Gate, preparing to blow up the city gate.

The housekeepers quickly stacked several explosive packets under the city gate and lit the fuses. With an earth-shattering explosion, the wooden city gate was blown into countless pieces, and the palace guards hiding in the hole in the city gate were blown down, either dead or injured.

This scene not only stunned the guards of the palace, but also made Cao Yue's family soldiers unexpected, obediently, the power of explosives is really great. There is no need to build a ladder to attack the city, just blow up the city gate and break the city, and the price that the besieging party needs to pay is much smaller.

The gate of the Great Qing Dynasty was blown open, and the palace of the "Great Qing Dynasty" almost became an undefended city, Cao Yue did not have any hesitation, and led his troops to quickly rush into the palace, and burned all the way along the Wende Fang, Wugong Fang, Fengxiang Tower, and Chongzheng Palace.

After storming the palace, Cao Yue also ordered the sergeants to set fires everywhere. This attack on Shengjing was not for the purpose of occupying it, what Cao Yue had to do was to kill and destroy, kill everything that could be killed, and burn everything that could be burned.

The Ming cities captured by the Manchu army were basically completely destroyed, and the Ming people who originally lived in the land of Liaodong were also slaughtered. Of the more than 2 million Han people in Liaodong, at least 1.5 million were slaughtered by the Manchurians. What Cao Yue has to do now is to use his own way and give back to him, so that the Manchurians can also taste the pain of their homes being destroyed and their families being killed.

Soon, fires burned everywhere in the palace, and in Shengjing City, there were raging fires everywhere, reflecting half the sky.

When Cao Yue and Cao Jie led nearly 1,000 men and horses to kill people everywhere in the palace and set fires, Zhao Liang, the other commander of the thousand people, gathered the remaining men and horses, and guarded the broken Daqing Gate with more than 200 cavalry left by Cao Yue, preparing to meet the attack of the Manchu army stationed in various parts of the city and outside the city.

The Shengjing Imperial Palace was breached, and the Qing army inside and outside Shengjing City would definitely fight back with all their might while sending fast horses to ask for help from Huang Taiji in Songshan. The palace is inhabited by the emperor's concubines and the Agogege, and these soldiers and horses have no second choice but to fight for their lives.

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At this time, the Shengjing Palace was already in chaos.

Qingning Palace, where lives is the queen Zhezhe of Huang Taiji. Zhezhe, who was asleep, was awakened by the sound of an explosion, and hurriedly got up and asked the palace maid who served beside him what had happened. The palace maid naturally didn't know what was going on in the city, so she hurriedly ran out to find someone to inquire. But the eunuchs and palace maids outside the Qingning Palace didn't know what was going on, so they could only send someone outside to inquire.

But before the inquirer could come back to report, the shouts of killing had already reached the palace, and the flames that rose to the sky reflected the entire sky. As long as you're not stupid, you know what's going on. It's just that no one wants to believe that there will be an enemy attacking Shengjing and breaking through Shengjing.

Mongolia has surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, Korea has also been beaten very submissively, the Ming army is besieged in Songshan and Jinzhou, the Ming court can't even send rescue men and horses, they can't send people and horses to attack Shengjing. Who will attack Shengjing? Zhezhe couldn't think of it.

Just when Zhezhe sent people to inquire about the situation outside the palace and asked Dai Shan, who stayed in Shengjing, to come to the palace to discuss countermeasures, other concubines in the palace, including Bumu Butai of Yongfu Palace, that is, the famous Empress Xiaozhuang in history, Namu Zhong, the concubine of Lintoe Palace, and Ba Tema, the concubine of Yanqing Palace, and more than a dozen concubines of Huang Taiji came to Qingning Palace.

Because it was summer, these women were already wearing little, and they got up from their sleep in a panic, and they didn't have time to get dressed at all, everyone was disheveled, Namu Zhong didn't even change his pajamas, and he ran over directly without wearing his shoes. Queen Zhezhe was a little better, she realized that she was a mother in the world, even if she was very panicked and scared, she tried to keep her composure, and when she got up to meet other women, she was still dressed very neatly. It's just that there is no man by his side, and Zhezhe pretends to be calm again, and the panic in his heart is still shown on his face.

Among all the women, Bumu Butai was quite calm, and did not cry and ask Zhezhe, but asked the palace maids and eunuchs in a low voice what was going on, and then comforted the sisters not to panic, Prince Youli was in the city, and everything would be fine.

"Auntie, there may be ...... in the city There is really chaos, we have to find a way to avoid the turmoil involving the palace, presumably the family is already thinking of a way to control the situation," Bumu Butai walked in front of Empress Zhezhe, who was sitting at the top, and whispered: "Prince Youli is in charge of the situation, it should be fine." It may be that the gangsters in the city took advantage of the army's southern expedition to rob their homes. ”

Zhezhe is Bumu Butai's aunt, and Bumu Butai, together with his sister Hai Lanzhu, both became Huang Taiji's concubines and served a man with his aunt. Originally, she was a woman in the palace whose status was second only to her aunt Zhezhe, but after her sister Hai Lanzhu and Namu Zhong and Zalut Borzigit married into the palace, her status declined, but she was not snubbed by Huang Taiji by virtue of her good relationship with Zhezhe.

Because she is very assertive and will please Zhezhe, Zhezhe relies on her very much, and always discusses important matters with her.

At this very moment, the other women are all in a mess, but she is the only one who remains calm. Zhezhe, who was also panicked, suddenly felt relied on, pulled Bumu Butai, and asked Bumu Butai to help her come up with ideas.

At this moment, a eunuch ran in in a panic, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried out: "Master, the master is not good, the Ming army ...... The Ming army attacked, and the Ming army ...... It's time to enter the palace! ”

"What?" Everyone gasped, it turned out that it was the Ming army attacking the city, and broke through the gate of the palace and came in. Bumu Butai was also taken aback, but she still pretended to be calm, stepped forward and kicked the eunuch who reported the news to the ground, and said angrily: "Dog minion, you are talking nonsense, the Ming army is all besieged by the emperor in Songshan and Jinzhou, they have fought a big defeat, how can they fight to Shengjing?" ”

"Master, the slave is not talking nonsense, Ming Jun ...... The Ming army has really entered the palace, master, you should flee quickly!" The eunuch said, lying on the ground and crying, I don't know if I was scared, or if I was kicked by Bu Mu Butai just now, and my body was spasming.

"Concubine Zhuang, what can I do about this, what can I do about this?" The other women looked at Bumu Butai, who pretended to be calm, like a savior.

"Yu'er, what are we going to do?" Empress Zhezhe couldn't maintain her composure anymore, stood up and took Bumu Butai's hand, and asked repeatedly, "What are we going to do?" Why hasn't Prince Li come yet, Yu'er, what should we do? ”

Bumu Butai's body was also trembling, but she still tried to maintain her composure, and after taking a few breaths hard, she said categorically: "Auntie, queen, sisters, the Ming army came in from the Daqing Gate, and now the palace guards are desperately resisting, we will escape through the back door, as long as we get to the military camp outside the city, we will be safe." Let the prince pass the order, let him lead people to resist the attack of the Ming army, and cover the departure of the queen and the elder brothers. ”

At this time, the sound of chaotic footsteps came, and then a group of people rushed in, it was Shengjing's left-behind minister, Prince Li Daishan, and the disheveled Daishan rushed in with a group of guards. The situation was urgent, Dai Shan knelt directly on the ground, and begged repeatedly: "Queen, princesses, the Ming army has broken through the palace and is killing here, you go quickly, and the servants will take people to cover the palace." Hurry up!"

Hearing Dai Shan say this, the women suddenly seemed to explode the pot, crying and shouting, and several women ran out desperately, ready to pack up their things and escape from the palace.

Dai Shan stopped them, told them to leave things alone, and did not listen to the urgency of escaping.

No one had ever encountered such a situation, and they never dreamed that such a tragedy would happen. The Ming army actually attacked the palace, and they, the women who were the imperial concubines of the Qing Dynasty, actually wanted to flee for their lives. In the panic, there is no reason to speak of, and everything is chaotic.

Dai Shan was anxious, but he had no choice but to persuade Zhezhe one by one, asking Zhezhe to leave anything alone and flee with the other imperial concubines and the elder brothers and Gege in the palace.