Chapter Seventy-Four: Arriving in the Imperial Capital
The Xiangjiao people from all walks of life in the city have been pouring into Yanjing City. Han Zhongping Zhangyu is inside, and Yan Shuqin is outside. has been planning for this time for a long time, and Tan Sitong transferred the troops to quell the rebellion, and he can only control a few places. Yan Shuqin also transferred out the senior brothers who were unable to resist Tan Si and the regular camp leaders under his command by the way. These senior brothers have already killed the red eyes in their hometowns, and they are much more effective than those senior brothers who have never seen blood.
On the appointed night, countless people poured into the fields and villages in all directions, far or near. The good news has passed through Yan Shuqin here, and then through the senior brothers, layer by layer. Open Yanjing City, it is a master, kill Ermaozi, and Xiangjiao will sit in the world!
Yan Shuqin has been running these days, thinking that he can mobilize more than 30,000 people to attack the city tonight, but he didn't expect that senior brothers from all over the place will continue to come to join, before and after, I am afraid that there will be more than 50,000!
This is the embodiment of the cruelty of chaos at the bottom, as long as the momentum rises, it will be like fire! Especially coupled with the stimulation of the insufficient force sent out by Tan Sitong to quell the chaos, it made all parts of the country rise up in flames.
One day, everyone gathered on the left side of the capital, staring at the gray-black tall city wall in the distance. There is Tan Sitong's Nanyuan camp in the south, and these Xiangjiao brothers are far away. Elsewhere, they will force the city into some. Yan Shuqin waited with a dozen or so senior brothers who were his most confidants in the north of the city, just ten miles away from the city, anxiously watching the sun slowly pass overhead.
The gunfire in Nanyuan had already made Yan Shuqin happy. The old man's prior arrangement has been carried out as promised! The backbones around him are also joyful. These old people of the Xiangjiao Sect are not quite the same as the senior brothers and sisters who joined in the swarm later, they are less from the background, and more hostile to the imperial court. In the eight years of Guangxu's chaos, everyone crawled out of the pile of dead people. Most of them were rescued by Han Zhongping. Now that I have the opportunity to open Yanjing City and go in to wash this Yanjing in blood, I am really heartbroken!
The gunshots in Nanyuan stopped for a while, watching the sun slowly set, tens of thousands of people were in all directions, and they couldn't last too long in this cold night. If Yanjing City does not open the city gate due to civil strife as promised, most of the enthusiasm will be wiped out in the middle of the night. If you want to gather so many people to attack the city at the same time, you don't know what year and month it will be!
Time passed step by step, and Yan Shuqin became more and more nervous. Most of the people below who had things to do with him were viciously scolded back by him. At any time, he was just waiting for the Yanjing city wall, which was not too far away, looking at the tall arrow tower, his heart was beating more and more urgently, and he seemed to be able to jump out of the cavity!
Time passed minute by minute, until the first pillar of fire rose in Yanjing!
Yan Shuqin couldn't hold himself back at this moment, and waved his hand to order. Let your men hurry up and fire the fireworks and artillery!
Fireworks rose one after another around him, and the signal in Yanjing City was more fire, and the flames were blazing, illuminating the outline of the tall arrow tower in the dark night. At this time, the sound of gunfire could be heard faintly, mixed with the cries and screams of the whole city like a tsunami!
At this moment, no one doubts anymore. These 800 years of Yanjing have been completely open to them!
Yan Shuqin almost used up the strength he had accumulated over decades of life and shouted loudly: "Wash the city!" ”
Tens of thousands of Xiangjiao disciples responded in unison, and the whistling sound rolled from far to near layer by layer, slapping directly on the ancient city wall of Yanjing City, as if it was about to completely destroy this solid and tall city wall!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ night, seemingly endless incense sect followers flocked to the four gates of the capital. Under the internal and external troubles, Yanjing City no longer has the ability to resist. These disciples are dressed in a variety of ways, and the guys in their hands are also varied. Spear machetes, iron ruler earthen guns, kitchen knives and nail rakes, and occasionally some foreign guns are mixed in. The road that Yan Shuqin took was particularly well-equipped, all of which were provided by Han Zhongping, and there were almost nearly a thousand fast guns!
The crowd poured into the Nine Gates like a tidal wave, and in some places the doors had already been opened from the inside, and the parishioners poured in. And those Qingliu Emperor Party who came to open the door with Han Zhongping were killed almost immediately by the red-eyed parishioners who entered the city!
As the flow of their people advanced, the fire dragons were stretching forward. Countless houses were set on fire, countless shops were smashed open, refugees running around the streets were flooded in an instant, and residents hiding in their homes and shivering were dragged out and immediately cut down. The fate of the place where the bannermen lived was even worse, and often the entire alley was on fire, and if anyone tried to escape from here, regardless of the old and weak, women and children, they would be thrown into the fire by the parishioners.
Those deep mansions and compounds are the focus of these religious people's impact, as long as the door is smashed open, it will be a tragedy. In the courtyard, in the house, and in the flower hall, there are corpses that have been cut down that can't be avoided. Children's jade silks, cages and objects, thrown out in piles and thrown on the street, let others rob them.
The backbone of the Old Xiang Sect under Yan Shuqin played the role of a vanguard everywhere. Everywhere he went, a burst of bullets from foreign guns poured down, exacerbating the chaos in the places he went, and no one had the will to resist. They are also a group of people who have the deepest hatred for the Qing court, and they hardly go to rob things and burn houses, but only lead the frenzied people to rush left and right in Yanjing City!
The idlers and gangsters in the capital, as well as the parishioners who had already believed in the incense sect, also took advantage of the fire to rob at this time. As long as you get a red cloth to wrap your head and raise a gossip flag, you will join the team of violence.
At this moment, the frenzy in the capital is a hundred times more tragic than just now!
In the suburbs of Yanjing City, and even more than 200 miles away in Tianjin, you can see the red sky in the direction of the capital, all of which shows that under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, all the means to find a way out in the system have been exhausted, and all methods of prolonging life have been declared invalid. And with such a tragic ending, the curtain call is announced!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the firelight of the city, Chu Wanli's arrangement finally began to play some protective role. Several groups of people and horses greeted the fire dragon that was surging over. Gunshots rang out ten times more densely throughout Yanjing City. The Heavenly Street has become a battlefield, and the royal road is full of corpses. These horses are trying their best to prevent the people from advancing, at least to keep the southern half of Yanjing City intact.
The soldiers left behind by Liu Kunyi are now only more than 1,000 people, and tonight's changes have come and gone, which has already made people dizzy, although a Janissary general Chu Wanli suddenly appeared to ask them to work hard to serve themselves, and promised them a new way out. But no one has a bottom in their hearts, so naturally they won't have much combat effectiveness. The momentum of the Xiangjiao involvement was so terrifying that many people were even more frightened, and they didn't care about anything, so they simply dropped their guns and ran. The strengthened Yanqing Biao is also a child who has not been trained much, and many people are still barehanded. In such chaos, the resistance force is naturally not very strong.
However, the people of the Xiangjiao Sect are also a rabble, and the only thing to rely on is that there are many people, and the momentum is amazing. is more focused on killing and looting, and the will to rush forward is not so strong. The only red-eyed pioneer is Yan Shuqin's thousand-handed people.
Under the mutual elimination of each other's strengths, the two sides are almost on par. However, wherever Yan Shuqin rushed with his henchmen, the officers and soldiers retreated one after another. Yan Shuqin even passed on only a single gown, wiped his forehead with a red cloth, tied a yellow belt, and ran forward like crazy, encouraging these old Xiang Sect disciples to rush forward and slaughter Yanjing City for revenge!
Half of Yanjing City has been completely chaotic, and the fate of destruction can be imagined. There is also half of Yanjing City, which is struggling to support it. The fire in Wanshou Mountain in the Summer Palace rose early, and the Forbidden City also burst into flames here. All the symbols of the Qing Dynasty's rule were burning, the shouts of the Xiangjiao were even more overwhelming, and the teams that resisted were almost collapsing several times in this situation!
Chu Wanli took the backbone of the Praetorian Guard and hurriedly killed him from the Summer Palace at this time. They almost rushed out of the bloody path from the Xiangjiao people, and everyone was covered in blood. As soon as Chu Wanli arrived, it was only then that the morale of the army was stabilized slightly, and the backbone of the Praetorian Guard was distributed to master this chaotic team, these veterans or even junior officers were all carefully selected absolute elites, and the leading soldiers led the team to kill two battles, which boosted a lot of morale.
It wasn't until the second half of the night that the front lines of the two sides stabilized - Chu Wanli's side was because these people and horses at hand dragged over tonight, and they had encountered too many changes, and the backbone of the Praetorian Guard was too few, and they were really exhausted, so it was good if they didn't retreat. And the Xiangjiao side, although the morale is like a rainbow, but after all, it still can't be compared with the regular battalion head, and the equipment is also a lot worse, after encountering a few head-on blows, they all retreated, and simply found a place to join the crowd of robbery, slaughter and burning, Yan Shuqin took the backbone of the old Xiangjiao to rush and kill a few times, with more than 100 dead and wounded, no matter how angry he was and desperately cheered, this team was rarely pulled up for a while. I had to retreat and talk about it.
The Forbidden City is located in the very center of Yanjing, and it is hidden as the boundary between the two sides. On one side, it has become a city of fire, a hellish scene. On the one hand, it was not much better, it was full of large groups of terrified refugees, no one knew how long they could hold on, and the cries were earth-shattering.
Standing in the middle of the Forbidden City, it is already a fire through the sky, and from time to time there are burned through the palace buildings collapsed, every time at this time, the entire Yanjing City is blown by a burst of exclamations that almost everyone shouted in unison!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sky gradually brightened and then darkened. The scuffle in the capital continued for the rest of the day and night.
The people of the Xiangjiao continued to enter the city in a steady stream, and their human resources in the Northland were almost endless. After half of Yanjing City was completely destroyed by them, they set their sights on the other half of the city that was protected by Chu Wanli's best efforts. A day and a night of robbery and killing made even the most honest Xiangjiao disciples red-eyed. Throughout the day, the Xiangjiao continued to attack this side, and was repulsed again and again. Chu Wanli, they struggled to support another day.
The people gathered in half of the city here almost squeezed the left and left of Yongding Gate to the brim. Everyone is worshipping the Buddha and begging Xu Yifan and Xu Dashuai to come to Yanjing as soon as possible to save the living beings. This torture from last night to tonight has made everyone insincere. Just silent and fearful gathered in one place, waiting for an unknowable fate. People don't dare to go out of the city to escape, just a wall of Yongding Gate, if you stand at the head of the city, you can see that there are already countless gossip flags pouring towards here. Seeing that there are still soldiers guarding the city, these gossip flags guide the flow of people and enter the city from another direction!
In the new day, Yanjing City looks like hell on one side, but it is like a graveyard on the other.
The sound of gunshots, shouts of killing, and dying cries and struggles, although not as dense and chaotic as last night, still kept wafting over, reminding all the people here of the environment they were in.
The fire in Wanshou Mountain has been extinguished, and only wisps of smoke are coming out of the west of the city, while the fire in the Forbidden City is still burning endlessly throughout the whole day, as if it wants to completely burn the more than 200 years of Manchu rule!
Time, as the chaos and killing flew by, it was already the early morning of the seventh day of the third lunar month of the first six years of the A.D.
Night is at its deepest.
It's cold.
Chu Wanli limped through the rubble, Ge Qitai and Yuan Shikai guarding him on his left and right. In Yanjing City, he and Yuan Shikai were the only ones wearing the uniforms of the Praetorian Guard. Although it was already gray and bloody, in the eyes of the people who were still alive in this half of the city, it was the greatest hope.
The emperor is gone, the court is collapsing, and the ministers don't know how many are left. Now the only one who can save this city is Xu Yifan and Xu Dashuai! And he did send people, otherwise, I'm afraid that this half of the city will not be able to be saved now!
Chu Wanli's role is to move around and motivate his miscellaneous people to persevere to the end. Let the people look at the clothes on his body, and they can feel a little more at ease.
The incense sect is still coming in a steady stream, and it is still attacking during the day. Although for well-trained soldiers, these shocks are disorganized and anticlimactic, and there is nothing that cannot be dealt with. But how many well-trained soldiers can Chu Wanli have under his command now? The security line to be guarded is so long, Yanjing City is too fucking big. At every alley and street entrance, there are not a few soldiers, and the bullets are one less shot. In addition, after a day and two nights, I ate and drank nothing. The physical strength has been exhausted, but there are people in the Xiangjiao Sect, even if they continue to rush like this, they can't support it for too long!
Walked a few streets and comforted hundreds of refugees. Going around to a place where there were fewer people, Chu Wanli sat down. The roaring fire that was still burning in the Forbidden City shone on his face, and it could be seen that in just one day and two nights, Chu Wanli had lost a lot of weight, and his lips were dry and broken, I don't know if it was because of the throbbing pain on the wound on his leg, he sat there, just grinning.
Ge Qitai stood beside him, hesitated for a long time, and then asked cautiously, "Your Excellency...... You say, when will the big man arrive? ”
Chu Wanli glanced at him weakly: "Scared?" ”
Ge Qitai straightened his chest: "Who is afraid of who is raised by a little mother!" Then he hesitated again: "............ It's just that this incense sect is really fucking ants bite to death elephants! ”
He looked at Chu Wanli's face again, and asked cautiously, "My lord...... We are native to our hometown, do we send some brothers back, and once there is a case, we will save the two adults to kill them? ”
Chu Wanli smiled and shook his head: "The task is not completed, just run away with your butt, you are still a handsome soldier?" Big man, you still lack practice! ”
Yuan Shikai also broke the silence next to him and smiled: "Where is this?" At the beginning in North Korea, it was said that the devil was much more powerful, didn't Lao Tzu kill a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood under the city of Anzhou, and wait until the big handsome arrived? Don't worry, Dashuai will never abandon us! ”
Chu Wanli smiled and waved his hand, and sent Ge Qitai away: "Go and go, find some water for Lao Tzu, if you are lucky, get some food!" ”
Seeing Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai's calm and relaxed appearance, Ge Qitai was much more relieved. After saying yes loudly, turn around and leave.
Before he left, Yuan Shikai looked thoughtfully at the fire in the Forbidden City, and said softly: "When will the big handsome arrive?" ”
Chu Wanli rolled his eyes: "How do I know?" According to common sense, it will take three or two days, Old Man Han is too fast! By the time the commander made up his mind, it was already a little late............ But we've saved most of the people in this city now! ”
Yuan Shikai shook his head silently: "...... There are too many people in Xiangjiao, I just walked around, and we don't have many bullets. Several times the Xiangjiao pounced, but it was our old Praetorian Guards who flashed their bayonets and killed them back............ Although we don't suffer heavy casualties now, we are exhausted. The camp leaders who were holding on to them were even more demoralized, and some of them had already lost their guns and sneaked into the refugee pile............ We are alone in half of Yanjing City, surrounded by the vast sea of incense sectarians, I think............ Difficult. ”
Chu Wanli listened quietly, and just asked, "How long do you think it can last?" ”
Yuan Shikai spread his hands: "There will be one more day tomorrow at most...... Maybe when dawn comes, the Xiangjiao will launch another attack, and we will have to finish it all. There is no addition at all, and the rear is a half-city of refugees who have already been frightened, after all, we are not heavenly soldiers............ My lord, it's better to prepare early, let Big Ge escort you to exit first, so that you can take the big man into the city. ”
Chu Wanli didn't answer his words, but just smiled: "Xiang Cheng, what do you think the new era created by Dashuai will look like in the future?" ”
Yuan Shikai was stunned, distracted for a while, and slowly shook his head: "I can't think of it." ”
Chu Wanli smiled: "I can't think of it either............ But I pondered it carefully, accompanied the handsome along the way, the road to seize the world, we walked almost with a clear conscience! Protect the overseas Chinese, defend North Korea, and the world will surrender to me......... Now he has saved hundreds of thousands of people from the incense knife! It sounds like a dream, and the speed of the rise of the handsome is jaw-dropping. But it is precisely because we follow the handsome man that we have always been upright, which is in line with the hearts of the people! There is no greater righteousness than this. Just follow the direction of this road............ In the future, it will always be better than the present, right? If that is the case, why should we run away from this path? What is a life? ”
Yuan Shikai smiled: "My lord, I am not as open-minded as you. For the sake of their own glory and wealth............ But since he has accompanied Dashuai on this road, if this glory and wealth can only be obtained from this road. I'll just go down with you...... I don't think this life is heavy, how many times should I have died! ”
Chu Wanli laughed: "Go!" Go up to the city wall and take a look, look at the Yanjing City that is being reborn from the flames, and see if the handsome Canglong banner will suddenly appear in our eyes! In this life, I have been so happy to encounter such an opportunity! ”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on the other side of the city, Yan Shuqin was also busy mobilizing people.
It turned out that most of the senior brothers who accompanied him into the city could no longer be found. It's not that they continue to burn and loot somewhere, or they simply feel that they are full, bullets are flying in the city, and it is said that there are Xu Yifan's Praetorian Guards in it, and this life is now expensive, so he simply left the city with his henchmen. Now that the Qing Dynasty has collapsed, while the surname Xu has not yet gone north, where can't he get rich?
Now the people who come to Yan Shuqin to ask for benefits are all senior brothers who have come one after another. The fire in Yanjing City burned for a day and two nights, and all the way over, I also saw the people of the Xiangjiao sect who were tired from time to time pushing out of the city. The one who carried the back and the one who carried it, and the silver and the woman. All of them are almost red. waited for death to rush to Yanjing City, but found that half of the city was almost destroyed, even if there was still a place to make a fortune, it was defended to the people who came first. In order to snatch the fire from the Forbidden City, several senior brothers themselves killed each other.
If you want to get rich, you have to count on the half of the city opposite! If you want to pounce on the opposite half of the city, you have to count on the thousand hard fires under the command of Venerable Yan!
The senior brothers and sisters came one after another, crowding Yan Shuqin here. Yan Shuqin still wore the mud and blood single gown on his body, and he didn't rest until he held on to the fire, and his hoarse voice buzzed and echoed in the palace hall of the bird prince who was now stationed in the festival.
“…… It's dawn! All the little cars are pushed out! Pour oil and burn fuck! One person is invulnerable! As soon as the fire burns and there is chaos on the other side, let's rush over! I've already calculated, how can we have forty or fifty thousand strong men, and the bullets on the other side are almost gone, and I haven't closed my eyes for a day or two nights, so I don't believe that they are iron! Walk all the way and set fire all the way, I don't believe they won't retreat! Lao Tzu has a thousand hard fires to support you, and everything you catch is your own, Lao Tzu's bullets are counted as vain, and people are considered to die in vain, I don't want you to pay a penny! ”
"Venerable, just look at it!"
"How can you pile it up! Fuck, if we slow down our legs, we'll be able to run for nothing? Grandmother! ”
"Don't look at the red eyes of the people who arrived first, Yanjing City is full of dogs, and they are not wronged by knives! In the other half of the city, there are more people, and they all flee for their lives with softness, and whoever has the best hand will be who will be the one at that time! ”
"The Qing Dynasty said that it would fucking collapse, the surname Xu is still hugging the girls in the south of the Yangtze River, and now this northern land is our world! No matter what happens in the future, after slaughtering Yanjing City, let's also hold the Venerable as the emperor for a few days! When the time comes, I don't know whose world it is! ”
"That's it!"
These senior brothers have already stimulated the chaos in Yanjing in front of them to the point of blood rushing straight to their heads, and they are spurting each other's breath. All of them are eager to kill them right away.
Yan Shuqin's face was flushed with excitement, and he waved his hand vigorously: "Go back and prepare!" Pile up! Lao Tzu's hard fire is in the back, the casserole is pounded with garlic, and the hammer is sold! Who dares to retreat, Lao Tzu doesn't recognize the master! ”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the seventh day of the third lunar month in the sixth year of the first year of the lunar calendar.
The sky was getting brighter. The morning breeze swept up the ashes of the fireworks and fell. The heads of the refugees who gathered near the Yongding City Gate and sat silently had already fallen into a thick layer.
Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai stood on the tall gate of Yongding City, raising their eyes and looking around.
Outside the city wall, there are gossip flags fluttering everywhere. Church people kept passing outside the city, flying in the other direction into the city. The flow of people seems endless, and no one knows exactly how many!
Looking into the city, it is still quite quiet, and as long as you enter the eye, you can see the black pressed human head. Most of the population of Yanjing City, whether it was a high-ranking official or a common person, whether it was a banner or a Han dynasty, all gathered here.
Everyone is waiting in fear for the final fate.
The division between life and death in the middle of the city, you can see the streets and alleys with telescopes, and all kinds of messy things are piled up to form barricades. A small number of soldiers were stationed there, whether it was the Praetorian Guards, the indigenous children of Yanqingbiao, or the Hunan soldiers left behind by Liu Kunyi, all of whom sat there with their backs against the barricades, holding rifles that had run out of bullets.
Yanjing City, which has been crying and shouting for a day and two nights, is strangely calm down at this time. Occasionally, only the sound of fire burning through the house and collapsing shattered the silence.
At the end of Yanjing City, where the Xiangjiao sect was guarded, you could already see a large group of people slowly pouring out of the street. Each of them, with red eyes and a mess of blades, filled every oncoming alley, and in front of them were trolleys full of jars and jars, and layers of bedding and cotton wool. It was poured with all kinds of vegetable oil and meat oil, ready to be used as a fire attack when the time came. At the back of these crowds, you can see rows and rows of fast guns, always with a thousand poles, and the people who carry them are either on the barricades or climbing on the rooftops, all aiming at this side. There is also a team of women wearing red and green, standing on a high place with baskets and fans, cheering for the incense brigade that is ready to pounce.
Chu Wanli put down the binoculars and asked Yuan Shikai beside him, "How is it?" ”
Yuan Shikai replied briefly: "Enough!" ”
Then he said in a sullen voice: "If there are enough bullets, they still won't be enough!" ”
Chu Wanli smiled and didn't speak. They had 10,000 rounds of ammunition with them when they set out. It also reminded Lin Xu that they had enough bullets, but at that time, it would be good for Lin Xu and them to come back with a team of thousands of people, who could take care of the baggage? In a day and two nights, the bullets were almost gone. Regarding the fighting power and tenacity of the Xiangjiao, Chu Wanli and Yuan Shikai both have a very low opinion. But when it's really time to fight in the short quarters, in this street battle, if the other party has red eyes, he can really fill it up! - Unless he is now full of Praetorian Guards, even if he fights with bayonets, the Xiangjiao will not be able to come up! But the old Praetorian Guard in his hands only has a hundred people!
The ragtag army under his command, which is the main force, is in a desperate situation, there is no foreign aid, and there is no imperial court, and now I don't know what it is. It hasn't completely collapsed yet, and it's a miracle that it's not too small.
"Dashuai, if you don't come yet, the life surnamed Chu will be explained here............ Miss Koontz, you have been deceived by me, and your fate is not good............"
Chu Wanli muttered in his heart. Yuan Shikai pointed with his hand next to him: "The dog has moved!" ”
Gunshots had been fired from the opposite side, and bullets whizzed by, smashing into the barricades with smoke and dust. In the Xiangjiao, everyone opened their throats and shouted, and the shouts of so many people were mixed together, which was really amazing. Silence all the gunfire at once! There were also people behind him who played big gongs and drums to cheer, and all kinds of sounds were mixed together, sweeping over like a strong wind!
The refugees were also alarmed, and there were waves in the dense crowd, and more people knelt on the ground, kowtowing and praying. Some people want to get up and run away, but where can they flee?
The people at the front had already lit a small cart, and the Xiangjiao Xuanfeng who was selected was a well-known outlaw in the township, holding a rattan sign on the door and pushing the cart forward. A line of people followed behind them holding powder packets and throwing them when they got close - this was the end of the Xiangjiao's organizational ability. Behind the streets, the streets were full of black and oppressive crowds, howling, and rushing forward.
Finally a gunshot rang out from the barricades, firing back at the onrushing incense sect. But the sound was scattered, and everyone's bullets were almost gone. From Chu Wanli, it can be seen that someone has already dropped the rifle in his hand and ran backwards while taking off the number barrier. And there were also people who stood up and loaded their rifles with bayonets!
Seeing that the people of the Xiangjiao sect were unable to fight back here, their roars became higher and higher, and the small cart like a fire dragon rushed faster and faster, and there were already barricades where the car had hit, plus the gunpowder bag thrown from behind, and it was immediately burned to pieces! The backbone of the Praetorian Guard rose one after another, braving the flames and raised their rifles with good bayonets to meet them, and under their leadership, there were also men with blood surnames who copied all kinds of weapons to meet them. Hit the incense cultists who rushed over!
The few Praetorian Guard officers and soldiers flew up and down with their bright bayonets, stabbing one cultist after another, but many more poured up from behind. The foreign guns under Yan Shuqin's men were no longer firing at the opponent, but one shot at the back of their own people, so that they could not retreat!
Every brother who still stands in his place is fighting to the death, but no one knows how long they will last!
Chu Wanli slowly put down the binoculars, at this time, there was no need to look at it anymore. The rest is nothing more than fighting for this life. He took out the pistol on his waist and tilted his head towards Yuan Shikai, at this time he actually laughed: "Go wow?" ”
Yuan Shikai nodded, and suddenly roared: "It's been a great time in the past two years!" Fuck, the eldest husband can't eat Wuding in life, even if Wuding cooks, it's a happy thing! ”
Ge Qitai stood beside the two of them, didn't say a word, just tightened his belt.
Chu Wanli smiled and finally glanced eastward. Dashuai, I can't wait for you!
At this moment, a cry and panic came from the east. For a moment, Chu Wanli thought that he had heard evil ears and regarded the sound in the city as outside the city. But the voice grew clearer and louder.
When I looked to the east again, I already saw the Xiangjiao people in the red cloth Baotou of the brigade and the elephant were like an ant nest in the water, and they fled here like crazy. The gossip flag, knives, guns and iron rulers were lost all the way, and many people desperately tore off the red scarves on their heads while running and threw them away.
"Xu Yifan is here! The Praetorian Guard is coming! At this time, you can hear clearly what they are shouting. Behind the fleeing crowd, dozens of healthy horses could already be seen, galloping like the wind. Horsemen were half-prostrate on horseback, dressed in the yellow tweed uniforms of the Praetorian Guards, with guns on their backs, and did not even bother to shoot. Each person firmly holds a big flag in his right hand, and the flag moves in the wind, with four big characters on it: "Xu Yifan arrives!" ”
In front of these dozens of Praetorian Guard cavalrymen who didn't even bother to take off their guns, none of the Xiangjiao people dared to turn back and try to resist, but just scattered and fled desperately in three directions: forward, left, and right. Dozens of sweaty horses passed, and the crowd dispersed like waves.
The Xiangjiao people who had gathered outside the Yongding Gate also left their hands behind at this time and joined the fleeing team. The sound of shouting and shouting has increased tenfold compared to just now!
In the blink of an eye, the gossip flags and red turbans that were originally outside the Yongding Gate, which were terrifying, completely collapsed!
Not far behind those knights, billowing smoke and dust had been rolled up, and under the smoke, you could see the infantry of the brigade, forming four columns, carrying guns and hurrying forward, in the ranks, the dragon banner of the Praetorian Guard, dazzling!
Yuan Shikai had already raised his arms and shouted towards the city: "Xu Dashuai has arrived!" ”
This voice provoked more cries, and the refugees in the capital jumped up and looked at Yuan Shikai, who was yelling there like a madman. Listening to the chaotic cries of the Xiangjiao people outside the city to collapse and flee for their lives, more roars rang out among the refugees.
"Xu Dashuai has arrived!"
This wave swept through the entire Yanjing City from south to north, until everything was enveloped in it!
Chu Wanli found a battlement to sit down against in the midst of this shout: "............ I'm tired of Lao Tzu............ What kind of effort are you doing volunteering............ Do you want to quit your job in the future? Use one's noodle............ The words are all out, wow......"
(To be continued)