579.The Battle of the Qing Dynasty (18)
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It must be said that people's psychology is very subtle, although a few days ago I saw the Xia army appear on the front line of You'anmen, which made the city of Beijing frightened, but the Xia army did not further attack the city after defeating the flag camp in the city and even did not get more reinforcements, which made the Qing court in Beijing, who had no time to escape, have some hope for the battle situation, thinking that the headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Xuanwu Army was actually a lone army that copied behind enemy lines, a force dedicated to intimidating and shaking the Qing court's will to fight. As a result, the once unstable order in the city has actually stabilized again, and only the Manchurian high-level leaders who know the truth are still fleeing to the northeast in an endless stream, and ordinary people have resumed their normal lives, and even the closed city gates have been opened to allow daily necessities to enter and domestic garbage to be transported out.
On the evening of 19 August, when a force of several thousand people under the banner of the Xia army approached You'anmen, the city of Beijing became chaotic again, especially the next morning, in front of the defenders of the city, after the Xia army openly cut down thousands of Mongols' fortifications to form a fortress in Beijing, a huge wave of flight suddenly broke out in the city.
It's just that the people in the outer city can't escape if they want to, under the control of the Yamen, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the Shuntianfu, the once opened East Gate and West Gate were re-closed, and the only open Chongwen Gate between the inner and outer cities was also locked, and the people in half of the city fell into an island-like life since then, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the final judgment of fate.
As for the Manchurian banners in the inner city, many people have fled in the past seven days, but most of them are the princes of the clan above Jueluo and the servants in their palaces, a number of Manchu and Han civil and military officials and their families, important archives kept by various departments of the Qing court, the few silver deposits in the household department, and all kinds of treasures in the imperial city.
Originally, looking at the Xia army's reinforcements, these ordinary Manchu officers had to get by, but the first batch of reinforcements of the Xia army arrived, and they also used the Mongols to declare their determination to retaliate to the Manchus, which made the old and young restless, so the Manchus who flocked to Dongzhimen almost filled the streets.
Seeing so many fleeing people, Long Keduo, the commander of the Nine Gates, was so sad that he couldn't even eat, so he had to go to see Kangxi, but Kangxi didn't see anyone, there was no way, Long Keduo could only go to the two elder brothers who were detained in the Forbidden City, Yinyu and Yino, to ask for an idea.
Yinyu and Yin'o didn't know how long Kangxi was going to detain him, and they were drinking and prostituting themselves, and the world was full of disasters for those palace maids who Kangxi didn't care about, and when they heard that it was a matter of life, they had to be nervous. After thinking about it for a long time, the two finally came up with an idea, when Long Keduo took advantage of Xia Jun's still can't take care of the north of the city, open the Desheng Gate, Anding Gate, and Chaoyang Gate to let more people escape, and they would find a way to mix in and get out of the city together.
Long Keduo thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was the only way, so he opened the three gates that night and guided the people out of the city.
In the early morning of August 21, as the fleeing Manchurians were pouring out of the city, the Shence army suddenly struck from a distance and rushed to the open gates everywhere. Seeing the appearance of the Xia army, the bannermen who were leaving the city were frightened, and they didn't have time to tell whether it was the real Xia army or what mercenaries were in front of them, and some of them fled to the city, and some fled away from the city gate. But the people outside the city wanted to squeeze into the city, and the people inside the city wanted to rush out of the city, and suddenly the city gate was in chaos, and even the banner soldiers guarding the city wanted to close the city gate very difficult. Finally, Desheng Gate and Chaoyang Gate finally closed the city gate before the arrival of the Xia army and turned the Xia army away, but the Xia army at the Dongzhi Gate controlled the north gate of the urn city, and fired at the garrison Qing army with bird guns and iron cannons, and both sides suffered losses on both sides.
The crisis was born in Andingmen, and the Xia army not only controlled the two gates of the entire urn city, but also poured into the inner city, and fought to the death with the Qing defenders at the inner city gate and city wall. The defenders were certainly worried that the Xia army would enter the city and launch a massacre against the bannermen, so they desperately resisted it; The Japanese in the Xia army were thrilled and motivated at the thought of the honor of capturing the capital of a huge empire with their own hands; The two sides have come and gone, and the battle situation is extremely tragic.
Speaking of which, the delicate and expensive flag soldiers were very unaccustomed to the Japanese soldiers' murderous fighting style, and the Xia army, who did not succeed in Deshengmen and Chaoyangmen, continued to rush over after learning that they had controlled Andingmen, and soon, Xia Jun controlled the entire Andingmen, and killed all the way to Dongzhimen along the city wall.
When the Xia army took control of Dongzhimen again, the Qing army defending the city inevitably collapsed. At this time, everyone knew that the fall of the Qing court was imminent, and even the Manchus themselves were unwilling to be martyred for the Qing court, so while the Xia army had not yet attacked, the seven gates of the inner city that were still in the hands of the Qing army were all opened, and countless Manchus rushed to flee outside the city, and those who were far away simply fled into the outer city where the people lived. This momentum of collapse in an instant made the officers and soldiers of Xia all stunned.
"Immediately control all the gates in Beijing." Cao Yichong, who is still the most senior, was the first to wake up. "Don't worry about the lack of soldiers, one sentry is enough to control a city gate." Out of extreme self-confidence after seeing the ugliness of the Qing army, no one vetoed Cao Yichong's suggestion, so fourteen outposts were sent out to control the rest of Beijing's city gates. "Next, let's go and surround the imperial city, and we must not let Kangxi escape."
Yu Guoen, the head of the [Shooting Sky Wolf] regiment, was a little hesitant to surround the imperial city with all his troops: "There are still so many Tartars in the city, what if?" Not to mention that the Tartars still have the courage to face our army, even if there is a little fire in the city, it is easy to make a big mess. ”
"This is easy to do, bring in the sixth division of the Xuanwu Army and let them control the whole city." [Fourteen states] Tuan Tuan Tuan more than 1,000 grams is still an old opinion. "You can't let the Japanese soldiers enter the houses at will, that's going to cause a big mess??????
"What, the Shence Army has already taken control of all gates in Beijing." Gu Jie said with some jealousy. "How can it be so fast?"
It's not that Gu Jie can't take Beijing because he's incompetent, but the key is that he doesn't have enough troops, and he wants to use just 3,000 people to take the capital of a country, even if it's the capital of a country where people are panicking, it's something that the god of war can't do, but he can't do it himself, but he was done by a group of mercenaries, and it's impossible not to be jealous.
"What are they doing now?" Gu Jie asked with some insinuation, but the answer surprised him. "Siege of the Imperial City? Are we still going into the city to maintain order? Gu Jie thought for a moment and ordered. Enter the city, go into the city immediately??????"
The Xia army continued to march into Beijing, which suddenly eased the situation that was about to move, and after arranging patrols in the inner and outer cities, Gu Jie rushed to the main gate of the imperial city, Daqing Gate. Daqing Gate is the original Daming Gate, the majestic three-que ticket gate and the open square in front of the door and the more towering ** looming in the back, so that the Japanese soldiers who are accustomed to low buildings are dazzled, and some people even kneel there and don't know whether to worship or pray.
"Captain Cao," Gu Jie called the other party with Cao Yichong's own official, according to the military attache system in Huaxia, Tuan Qian is always a second-class lieutenant from the fifth grade. "The capture of Beijing by the Shence Army in one fell swoop is an immortal achievement, and here the official congratulated Captain Cao and the rank captain in advance."
Hearing the sour taste in Gu Jie's words, Cao Yichong immediately replied: "Don't dare, if there is no foreshadowing before Lord Gu and the Sixth Division of the Xuanwu Army, how can the Shence Army succeed lightly, if there is really any immortal merit, it is also half of your two departments and a family, and the Shence Army will never dare to be greedy for the merits of the sky." ”
Seeing Cao Yichong's interest, Gu Jie's face slowed down, and he said: "You and I don't want to praise each other, but although the inner and outer cities of Beijing have fallen into the hands of our army, the imperial city and the palace city are still in the hands of the Tartars, and I don't know what Cao Qian's side has to say." ”
"Before our troops completely surrounded the imperial city, there were still many Manchu people and soldiers who fled into the imperial city." Seeing Gu Jie talking about the topic, Cao Yichong told the truth. "So if you want to attack it, you can do a lot of damage." This is true, the Xia army does not have heavy artillery in these two parts, but it is probably not so easy to rely on a little light artillery support to attack the strong Forbidden City. "And the saint has only regarded Wuchang as a line so far, whether there is an idea of moving the capital to Beijing, I can't wait, but the Forbidden City is magnificent, if it is destroyed in the war, I am afraid that it is not up to you and me to decide."
"Makes sense." Gu Jie nodded again and again. "In this case, we can only besiege the city first."
"There are troubles with the siege." Cao Yichong said what the Tuan Qian generals were worried about before. "After all, the Japanese soldiers are alien aliens, and they can't stay in Beijing for a long time, if there are no reinforcements, I'm afraid that sooner or later things will change."
"Don't worry about this, this official has already sent a letter to Texas asking for help before he came." Gu Jie smiled unnaturally. "Lord Cao, Lord Rank, don't think that Gu is robbing for credit."
Ying Shixiong, the general manager of the [Po Loulan] regiment, responded with a sneer on his face: "So that Lord Gu knows that at the beginning of entering the city, our department has sent someone to report to Dezhou, and in addition, I have calculated the time, if it is not bad, the armies from all walks of life will arrive in Beijing in a few days, and the fastest may arrive tomorrow." ”
Gu Jie raised the corners of his eyebrows, as if he wanted to be angry, and pressed it again, but said with a smile: "This is very good, just to let you know that in addition to the cavalry troops, it is estimated that the southern front will not send many soldiers and horses to the north for a while and a half." ”
Gu Jie explained with some meaning: "Yinxi and Yinxiang are stubbornly defending Zhangde, and the Holy Lord has mobilized a large army to surround them, plus the remnants of the Qing captives in various places and the sub-stationing and receiving of various state capitals and counties, the main force in the south will be busy for a while. ”
Cen Gang, the head of the [Wolf Juxu] Regiment, didn't hear Gu Jie's meaning clearly at all, but just replied with a big grin: "It doesn't matter if the main force is late, as long as the cavalry can arrive, we can also free our hands." ”
"What does Lord Gu mean that the Holy Admiral will use cavalry to attack Yuguan, Xuanhua and other places?" [Fourteen States] Tuan Tuan Qian Zong Yu Ke heard something, and responded with a smile. "It's not impossible, but even if the Tao system is transferred from Tianjin at that time, this imperial city will not let you and me attack it, and you have to let the Praetorian Guard take over."
Gu Jie's face changed slightly, and he reluctantly responded: "Yes, the Holy Emperor drove the expedition in person, and in the end, it was inevitable for the king to see the king to achieve great consummation??????"