'Huhuhu......'

Three torches were thrown down the city wall from the middle of the gate tower, and there was a moat outside the city, so in order to prevent the torches from falling into the moat, the torches were not thrown too far, but along the root of the wall.

The moat of the capital is made of living water, so even if the temperature is more than ten degrees below zero, the water in the moat does not freeze.

After doing this, Liao Qing stared at the front of the city gate, and not long after, he saw a torch lit on the opposite side, but soon the torch was extinguished.

"Put the suspension bridge! Open the gates! After confirming the other party's reply signal, Liao Qing immediately ordered.

More than a dozen soldiers ran to the city gate tower, untied the rope that tied the drawbridge, and slowly sent the rope out in their hands.

At the same time, the same scene was being played out at the gates of other places.

For Wang Sirui, who has more than 40,000 troops, the only more than 10,000 troops in the capital are not their opponents at all, and even 60% of them are arranged by Wang Sirui in advance.

Under the internal and external attacks, the gates of both the inner city and the outer city all fell into the hands of Wang Sirui again in just half an hour.

"Report sir! Liao Qing, the platoon commander of the third battalion of the ninth regiment and the second platoon of the fourth company, has now completed the task, please instruct! Liao Qing didn't know who the person standing in front of him was, but this person was protected by a group of people and seemed to be a big official, so he walked up to the other party and reported.

Although they are not a regiment, who makes the family have a high rank? Even though they had already arranged their respective tasks, they had to ask for instructions like these people before they could leave.

The other party saluted, and did not put on a lofty posture because Liao Qing's position was relatively low, but showed a very ordinary expression, and replied: "Wang Shuqi, commander of the Second Division, on behalf of all the Han soldiers outside the city, I would like to express my gratitude to you!" ”

The commander of the second division! After Liao Qing heard Wang Shuqi's self-introduction, his whole head suddenly seemed to explode, and it went blank in an instant.

That's the commander of the second division, Liao Qing's top boss, and a division commander is going to express his gratitude to a platoon commander? And returned the military salute?

If it weren't for the fact that this was really not the occasion, Liao Qing would even want to twist himself and test it to see if he was dreaming.

"Divisional commander! ......" Liao Qing was a little excited and speechless, and the soldiers behind Liao Qing were also trembling with excitement.

The Ninth Regiment was subordinate to the Fourth Brigade, which in turn belonged to the Second Division, and the Ninth Regiment was one of the two regiments that the Second Division was assigned in the capital.

They were all ordinary people before this, how have they ever seen any big officials?

"Everyone is two shoulders and one head, don't be nervous, maybe in the future, you can all sit in the division commander, and even the position of army commander may not be guaranteed." Wang Shuqi knew why Liao Qing and the others had such a reaction, so he made a little joke and planned to enliven the atmosphere of the scene.

"Haha......" All the soldiers laughed one after another, but soon they covered their mouths, daring to laugh like this in front of the division commander? If this had been put in the past, as long as the division commander was unhappy, their little life would have been over.

"Commander, what should these people do?" Liao Qing quickly reacted, looked at those former 'comrades-in-arms', and said with some concern.

In fact, these 'comrades-in-arms' of his are also some poor people, most of them are children of ordinary people, and they joined the army just to get a bite to eat.

On weekdays, except for the occasional trouble for the people who enter the city, there are no particularly bad habits. In one, getting along with them for a long time also made Liao Qing feel a little reluctant in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that their military salaries had never been cut off, Liao Qing didn't even dare to guarantee that someone would leak out their mission.

It is precisely because the Qing army has not been paid military salaries since its formation, and there is only one blank check on each pay day, so the soldiers of the four regiments ambushed in the capital have strengthened their beliefs.

"Our Han army is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and we will never do things like the three massacres of Jiading." Speaking of this, Wang Shuqi sighed slightly: "Alas, it's all poor people who eat for a mouthful of food." Keep them in the watchful eye and provide them with two meals a day for the commander to dispose of them later. ”

Then, Wang Shuqi looked at Liao Qing again and ordered: "The Ninth Regiment has your own tasks, go and assemble, and leave it to the other brothers to be responsible here." ”

"Yes, Commander!" Liao Qing saluted Wang Shu, and immediately led more than 90 people to leave Deshengmen, and quietly advanced with the large army entering the city, but they left the team halfway and ran towards the place where they had assembled.

Seeing a soldier enter the capital so easily, Wang Sirui also had a lot of emotion in his heart.

"The great land of China, the abundance of talents, the huge empire in the past, but now it has become like this, this is the misfortune of the Chinese people, but also the necessary experience of the history of the rise and fall of mankind." After a long time, Wang Sirui sighed at the capital.

At this moment, Wang Sirui's thoughts were full of thoughts, he thought of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, and thought of the former super empire Qin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty with the most comprehensive strength in China, and the Song Dynasty with the strongest economic strength.

In the end, it was replaced by the Qing Dynasty, which did not want to make progress, closed itself off from the country, and finally locked itself completely in this ignorant thought, and became the fish on the plate of the defeated generals of the past.

History, from the moment of their arrival has changed, the wings of the butterfly, will be more and more violent, the turning point of China, from the decline to the moment of prosperity, will start from this moment.

"Command!" Wang Sirui said suddenly.

The group of soldiers behind him suddenly stood up straight, waiting for Wang Sirui to give the latest order.

"Escort all the prisoners to the military restricted area of the outer city, and order the 1st Division to send two battalions of troops to guard these prisoners, and make a decision after the capital is completely controlled." Wang Sirui said.

"Yes!" The generals behind him responded.

They are all from some bitter backgrounds, the Han army has the ideals of the Han army, and they have their mission, but these people also have their difficulties.

As for whether they will live or die in the future, it depends on how they perform in the near future. As long as there are no vices, Wang Sirui will still respect their choice in the end, after all, these people are also the army trained by Wang Sirui.

On this night, many people in the capital always felt that they did not sleep particularly well.

Because in my sleep, I can always hear footsteps on the street outside, and it is not the footsteps of a person. They are no strangers to this kind of sound, the neat and uniform sound of footsteps, which only the army can make.

It's just that no one dares to satisfy their curiosity, and one by one they can only hide at home, watch the children, and prevent them from making any noise, so as not to attract the attention of those soldiers outside.

The people in the city couldn't sleep, but the magnates in the city slept soundly.

After half a year on the run, he has finally returned to the capital.

Although their home is already in dilapidation, no matter what, as long as they come back, they can restore their family business in the future.

Besides, how many of the people who can be called big officials in the capital put their eggs in the same basket? Who hasn't had a family business out there? This seems to have become the norm.

And the imperial court has long acquiesced to this practice, mainly not to commit a heinous crime, which needs to be punished by the nine clans, and generally the imperial court will not touch the property of those officials outside the capital.

This night, Yixuan, who had been running for the court for several months, was completely released.

Although the family wealth is no longer there, after all, there is still the title of the iron hat prince, and Yiqiao once again resumed his role as a groom on this night, and had a ******** with the two maids who had just been accepted into the mansion.

This night, the old Empress Dowager Cixi finally slept soundly, although the palace no longer has the luxury of the past, but no matter what, this is still the palace after all, as long as it is still in the palace, Cixi's heart will feel steady.

The gold and jewelry are gone, and she can make all the officials in the world pay tribute again, as long as the court is still there.

Xu Zhiyou stood in front of the palace, looking at this place with the highest power in China, and he was even more embarrassed in his heart.

Maybe these people are really relieved, they are all in the city, and they don't even have the slightest reaction. There was not even a warning, which made Xu Zhi feel a sense of loneliness as a master.

At this moment, the gate of the palace has been opened, and the palace is not like the gate outside, which can be opened so easily.

The fifteen city gates outside almost all used the same method, drugged the defenders with wine, and then quietly opened the city gates.

But the palace side is different, because they are guarding the palace, and most of them are garrisoned by those Eight Banners.

Later, the 2,000 people who were transferred from the outside, they were only responsible for guarding the outermost part of the palace, and they were not even qualified to enter the palace gate, in fact, Cixi was also guarding them.

But fortunately, among the guards of the palace, there are also Wang Sirui's people, but this force is not strong, only more than a hundred people.

These people took advantage of the night when the soldiers were asleep to quietly cut the throats of these Eight Banners, and then secretly eliminated the soldiers guarding the palace gate, and finally opened a side door.

And the 2,000 soldiers, together with the more than 100 people, quietly went to the various camps and secretly killed the Eight Banners there, which barely controlled all the palace gates.

At this point, the 2,000 troops were no longer able to continue the attack, they were waiting, waiting for the arrival of the main force. (To be continued.) )