The war has just begun, all kinds of caliber artillery of the Zhengnan Army, the shells are like a downpour, frantically poured on the wall of Yanjing City, in order to reduce unnecessary casualties, the landing point of the shells has always been controlled outside the city wall, as far as possible to prevent them from touching the people in the city.

Ni Zanqing has just decided to help the Zhengnan army enter the city, so that at least he has some credit, and when he settles accounts after the autumn, he can be regarded as having some credit, even if there is no merit, there is hard work, it doesn't matter if the Zhengnan army wants to kill people, but if they even kill the people who have helped them, then the reputation of the Zhengnan army in this country will be ruined by themselves, Ni Zanqing believes that the Zhengnan army will not do the thing of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, at best, it is unloading the mill and driving the donkey.

But Ni Zanqing never expected that the Zhengnan Army would attack before he could make any reaction, the sound of explosions in the sky continued to echo in his ears, and even the earth was sending out that terrible tremble, this is still some distance from the city gate, if Ni Zanqing was at the city gate at this time, you can imagine what he was going to face.

After a short shelling, the Qing army and Boxers in the city finally realized their situation, and at this time the city began to become more and more panicked, but instead of killing people, they each went to find a place that they thought was relatively safe. In this era, the technology and methods of anti-artillery have not yet been fully developed, and even if they are developed, these Boxers and Qing troops on the opposite side do not know how to use them.

Three minutes later, in the earth-shattering explosion, a cluster of orange flames rose up at the west gate of Yanjing, and a grenade that landed at the foot of the city wall exploded violently, and a relatively solid city wall could no longer withstand such a fierce artillery attack of the Zhengnan army and collapsed, mixed with continuous screams, sand and gravel and dust flew up one after another, and the fragile flesh and blood of the Boxers who were hiding in the battle distance from the city wall were smashed down by the collapsed city wall, and then turned into a piece of flesh mixed with blood and water, deep in the ground.

In the continuous explosions, one after another cannonballs were sent to the foot of the city wall, like an iron hammer, smashing the ancient city wall that had guarded Yanjing City for hundreds of years.

The whole earth was trembling terribly, a section of the city wall for several kilometers collapsed in the artillery fire of the southern army, revealing a vacant opening, and the soldiers with good eyesight could see the enemy lying on the ground and wailing one by one from those openings, with the blocking of the city wall, even the 155mm heavy artillery could not directly blow them into a cloud of blood mist, but the strong impact of the 155mm heavy artillery shattered their internal organs and so on.

Countless shells were sent to the foot of the city wall like a downpour, and after about five minutes of heavy shelling, after the shelling, the gap in the wall was still dusty, and it was impossible to see what was going on in the distance.

The artillery attack of the Zhengnan Army finally stopped slowly, and for the Boxers and Qing soldiers who stopped the shelling, this moment was perhaps the happiest moment for them, because they no longer had to endure this mental fear. At this time, they were already deeply shocked by this new type of artillery of the Zhengnan Army, the artillery they had seen, the red-coated cannon, but the red-coated cannon that was rumored to be the god did not seem to be as powerful as the artillery equipped by the Zhengnan Army's artillery. At least in their opinion, the power of the red-coated cannon is not as great as that of the Zhengnan Army, and the effect is not as obvious as that of the Zhengnan Army.

The members of the Boxers and the soldiers of the Qing army, who were still powerful in Yanjing City before, were trembling with fright one by one at this time, and they hid in the shadows, hiding their weak bodies inside, for fear that they would lose their surnames after being discovered by the Zhengnan army.

Before, they were also murderers one by one, but now that it is really time for them to die, the fear of death in their hearts has been haunting them, and every murderer will always understand that it is so uncomfortable to be killed after they are killed.

The soldiers of the Zhengnan Army have begun to attack, and through the gap blown out by the artillery, the soldiers quickly erected improvised bridges on the moat, and one by one, the soldiers and the companies quickly entered the Yanjing City. After crossing the city gate, the distance of hundreds of meters was deserted, at least all they saw were corpses lying on the ground, including ordinary people, Boxers, and Qing soldiers.

A soldier hurriedly rushed through the 100-meter range, ran at the front of the entire company, and strictly demanded himself according to the requirements of the battle, after rushing over 100 meters, the soldier hurriedly looked for such a bunker, at this time the dust here has gradually decreased, and the visibility has gradually increased, while looking for the bunker, the soldier's eyes are constantly probing the surrounding situation. Eventually, the soldier stopped and stood there in a daze.

Company commander Xiao Chengming saw that the soldier suddenly stopped, and stood there in a daze, his heart was anxious for a while, he quickly rushed up, grabbed the soldier's arm, pulled him to a corner of the wall, and asked a little angrily: "Liu Ziqiang, do you know what you are doing?" As a veteran who has participated in many battles, has he even forgotten the rules of the battlefield? You don't want to die. ”

The soldier known as Liu Ziqiang looked at the company commander with some trepidation in his eyes, and his pupils gradually moistened.

Xiao Chengming saw that Liu Ziqiang didn't speak, and there was a tendency to shed tears, so he quickly changed his tone and continued to ask, "What's wrong?" Where is it uncomfortable? ”

Liu Ziqiang pointed to the dozens of civilian corpses lying on the ground not far away, and two or three female corpses were stripped naked, with hideous expressions on their faces, and the cause of their death could be roughly inferred from the appearance of their deaths. This is the first time Liu Ziqiang has seen this kind of scene since he joined the army, but there are dozens of corpses here, and there are women who were killed by annihilation, so how many such things are there in the huge Yanjing City? Liu Ziqiang is sure that this will definitely not be the only place.

He has seen a lot of dead people on the battlefield, and he doesn't seem to be very afraid, but now that he has seen countless civilians dying unexpectedly, and obviously at the hands of the Boxers and Qing soldiers, Liu Ziqiang suddenly had an urge to kill people in his heart. War is originally a matter between military personnel, why should they involve civilians? Why involve innocent people? Why are you crazy about destroying your own siblings?

Xiao Chengming turned his head to look at the place where Liu Ziqiang was fingering, just now he only cared about pulling Liu Ziqiang aside, and the afterglow of his eyes only roughly scanned the surroundings to see if there was an enemy, and did not pay attention to the dozens of corpses lying on the ground. At this time, when Xiao Chengming saw these scenes, his heart was suddenly shocked. There was a feeling that they suddenly couldn't speak, they joined the army to fight not for a certain person, but to protect the people of their country, and now seeing them lying on the ground one by one without turning a blind eye, Xiao Chengming had a feeling of wanting to go crazy.

As an officer of the Zhengnan Army, the first requirement is to have strong self-control, and not to affect his judgment of things because of a certain thing, when dozens of corpses were found, Xiao Chengming was deeply shocked for the first time, but this was only short-lived, and soon, in less than a minute, Xiao Chengming called the company's correspondent to report the news to the temporary command and ask for their decision.

Xiao Chengming believes that the headquarters will give them a satisfactory answer, because the generals in the headquarters are the same as them, and even the hatred for the enemy is deeper than them, which is mostly due to Wang Lin, since the beginning of the army, Wang Lin has vigorously promoted a theory in the army, which can make the enemy grit his teeth and hate it to the bone, and the soldier who has always wanted to kill is a real soldier. Of course, this is Wang Lin's shameless stealing of the words of a certain celebrity boss in later generations.

It was a pointless battle, and since the artillery bombardment had not only pierced countless gaps in the city walls, but also opened a gap in the hearts of everyone in the city, and the feeling of fear quickly occupied the whole mind along this only gap, so that they no longer thought about their lives and surrendered all the time. They know the rules of the Zhengnan army not killing prisoners, and it is precisely because of this that they dare to think about life and surrender with confidence.

The various units of the Zhengnan Army, which were advancing rapidly along the way, deeply remembered this infinitely terrifying aspect of the capital, and in the rear headquarters, the telegrams that came to ask for instructions were one by one, floating like snowflakes to Chen Mingjie, the acting commander of the temporary headquarters. At this time, Chen Mingjie was also a little undecided, after all, Wang Lin had greeted him before, and the order to wait outside Yanjing City was also given by Wang Lin, and now that the Zhengnan army came in, the scene seemed to be a little out of control.

Chen Mingjie hurriedly sent a report to Hainan to ask Wang Lin for instructions, but Wang Lin replied lightly.

"Order the 45th Division to go to the palace with all its might, and when you arrive, you will immediately start a battle and take the palace for me." After Chen Mingjie received Wang Lin's telegram, he immediately changed his original battle plan. He immediately continued: "The rest of the troops blocked all the gaps, strictly prevented anyone from running out, searched me in the city, and searched every member of the Qing army and the Boxers, and not a single one was allowed to be spared. The headquarters immediately moved to Yanjing City. ”

After issuing a series of orders, Chen Mingjie slowly walked out of the headquarters, and someone would clean up the documents in the headquarters, so he didn't need to worry about it. Chen Mingjie slowly faced the south, staring in the direction of Hainan, and muttered: "Commander-in-chief, what are you going to do?" ”

(To be continued)