"Haha!" Da Shanyan laughed proudly, and after laughing, Da Shanyan's face was very stern, and he ordered, "Order the second division to prepare to attack!" ”

"Hay!" The herald replied respectfully.

"Back to headquarters!" Oyama turned around and returned to the temporary headquarters that had just been set up.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" The chief of staff said respectfully when he saw Dashan Yan coming back.

"Yes!" Da Shanyan nodded, "Chief of Staff, how much ammunition do we have, is it enough for us to break through Beijing City?" ”

"Your Excellency Commander Hui, the remaining ammunition is enough for four days, and if it is a qiē shun lì, it should be enough to support us until we break through Beijing." The chief of staff said with a smile.

"Yo Xi, it's good!" Dashan Yan was also in a good mood after hearing this.

"This is also thanks to the support of the army, especially the Ming army that was defeated by us, they left almost all the baggage and materials at the time of the rout, without these supplements, we would not have been able to hit the city of Beijing so smoothly." The chief of staff said, with a treacherous smile in his eyes.

"Yo Xi! In this way, this Ming army is simply our friendly army! Dashan Yan, who was in a good mood, couldn't help but make a joke.

"Yes, Mingjun is simply our baggage team! Ha ha! The Chief of Staff laughed triumphantly.

The two wolf bèi traitors laughed as they walked up to a map, and Dashan Yan pointed to the city of Beijing on the map and said, "I plan to make the 2nd Division responsible for attacking the Yongding Gate, Zuo'anmen, and You'anmen, while the 6th Division will return to the east of Beijing City to attack the Guangqu Gate in the east of the city, and will also be responsible for blocking the Qing army reinforced from Tianjin." In addition, the 7th Division was ordered to quickly break through the current enemy, and then advance in the direction of Langfang, if Langfang can be captured, so that the reinforcements in the direction of Tianjin can be completely cut off, and we can also attack the city of Beijing with all our strength! ”

"Yo Xi! Your Excellency the Commander's plan is perfect, I fully agree! After hearing this, the chief of staff said with an appreciative face.

Dashan Yan nodded with satisfaction, "Then please ask the chief of staff to formulate specific combat arrangements!" ”

"Hay! It is my pleasure! The chief of staff replied respectfully.

The Beijing City Wall was founded in the Yuan Dynasty, built in the Ming Dynasty, and used from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, which lasted for seven centuries. The city wall of Beijing is divided into two cities, the inner city is not in the outer city, the southern part of the ancient city wall of Beijing is the outer city, the north is the inner city, and the overall layout is in the shape of "convex". Among them, the inner city is built by Ming Taizu in 1370-1419, with a circumference of 24 kilometers, a total of 9 city gates, the old Beijing said that the four nine cities, that is, the four city walls and nine city gates in the east and west, north and south. These nine city gates are Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, Anding Gate, Desheng Gate, Dongzhi Gate, Xizhi Gate, Chaoyang Gate, and Fucheng Gate. The Qing Dynasty had an official position of the Admiral of the Nine Gates, which was specifically responsible for the internal and external guards and access control of the nine city gates, and was also responsible for night patrols, firefighting, compiling and inspecting armor, prohibitions, arrests, prison breaks, etc., and was actually the commander of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Forbidden Army.

In the Ming Dynasty, the population outside the Zhengyang Gate increased, in order to commit the invasion of foreign people, Jiajing 32 years (1553) to Zhu Bochen wrote to the matter, saying that the population outside the city surged, and the outer city should be added and repaired. There are still relics in the suburbs of Beijing where the former sites of Jin and Yuancheng are "one hundred and twenty kilometers away from Zhou", and if they can "increase the inferiority and make up for the thinness, and the cultivation of the deficiency is interrupted, the result can be doubled with half the effort". Therefore, the outer city was added, and after the completion of the outer city, the total length of the city is 28 miles. Set up 7 gates: due south is Yongding Gate, its east is Zuo'an Gate, and its west is You'an Gate; The east is Guangqu Gate, and the west is Guangning Gate (changed to Guang'an Gate when Qing Daoguang). There are two small gates at the junction of the east and west with the inner city, the east is the east gate, and the west is the west gate. Later, the urn city of each gate was added.

The Japanese army came from the south, and the first to bear the brunt was naturally the outer city of Beijing, so the little devils would attack the Yongding and other city gates in the outer city. It is hoped that the outer city of Beijing will be broken through first, and then the inner city will be attacked.

On the morning of March 6, 1895, on the eighth day of the second lunar month (stinging), in the rumbling cannonball, the Japanese Second Division first launched an attack on Beijing, and the three city gates in the south of the outer city, Yong'anmen, Zuo'anmen, and You'anmen, were attacked by the Japanese Second Division almost at the same time. At noon on the same day, the Japanese Sixth Division made a detour back to the vicinity of Guangqumen, and immediately launched an attack on Guangqumen. For a time, the entire city of Beijing was shrouded in the sound of gunfire.

Li Hongzhang strictly ordered the defenders of each city to defend to the death, and absolutely not let the little devils break into the city. Flee the battle! Fear the enemy and not cut the former! Those who do not obey orders will be killed! The loser of the battle is slashed! Those who lose the city and the land are beheaded! Those who are negligent and slacker are killed! Li Hongzhang gave six death orders in a row, which suddenly made the army's heart burst for a while, and no one dared to defy the law! Even those Eight Banners soldiers could only obediently carry out Li Hongzhang's orders in the face of them, because before Cixi fled to Rehe, she had ordered Li Hongzhang to control all the soldiers and horses inside and outside the capital, and had the right to act cheaply. That is to say, whether it is the Eight Banners Green Battalion or the Huai Army Lianyong, they must listen to Li Hongzhang's orders, and Li Hongzhang's right to act cheaply is equivalent to holding the sword above, and he can cut first and then play! At this time, more than a dozen bloody human heads had been hung outside Li Hongzhang's yamen, and most of them were some noble children of the Eight Banners. With these living examples in front of you, who would dare to defy the law!

Although the Japanese army's offensive was fierce, the Qing army's strong fortifications were able to block the attack of the little devils. The Japanese fought hard for a day, and apart from some damage to the Qing troops defending the city, there was no substantial progress.

As night fell, the walls of the south and east of the outer city of Beijing were still filled with gunpowder smoke that did not disperse, and the smell of scorching was disgusting! The corpses outside the city walls were piled up, among them were the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and naturally there were also the corpses of the Qing army. Groups of Qing soldiers on the city walls either lay on the walls or sat with their backs against the walls. Some of these people are resting because they are tired, and some are already asleep forever.

"Baga Ya Road!" Dashan Yan slammed his fist on the table and said viciously, "Waste! It's all rubbish! After a day of fighting, there was no progress, when will we be able to capture the entire city of Beijing? ”

"Your Excellency, Commander, is angry! Mainly because the locust army came from a long journey, and after repeated battles, the soldiers were exhausted, and their combat effectiveness naturally decreased! That's why it's ~! The chief of staff couldn't help but persuade.

"I don't want to listen to these excuses, I only want one result, and that is to capture Beijing!" Dashan Yan roared loudly.

"Report to Your Excellency the Commander! Li Hongzhang sent a messenger to ask for a meeting! At this time, a Japanese soldier walked up to Oyama Rock and said loudly.

"Li Hongzhang's messenger?" Da Shanyan couldn't help frowning, and after thinking about it, he really couldn't understand why Li Hongzhang would send a messenger over at this time, "Let him come in!" ”

"Hay!"