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The Qing army, which was less than 500 cavalry, stretched the line and almost became a straight line, although it was divided into two teams, but this was not a big threat to the Mawei army. The Qing army that rushed out of the city approached and soon reached a position of fifty meters in front of the Mawei soldiers, and at this distance, the men and horses on both sides could clearly see the faces of the enemy troops on the opposite side. The Qing army's side opened their eyes one by one, their faces were hideous, and a huge shout of killing broke out from their mouths and rushed towards the Mawei army, and the Mawei soldiers still unhurriedly alternated queues to shoot at the Qing army's side.

The continuous sound of artillery just now, twenty three-pounder cannons reached the opposite side of a series of scattered bullets, but not only hit the Qing cavalry at the front, but the Qing army on the right side of the cavalry was also beaten, plus the continuous platoon of guns fired by the Mawei army in the old queue, and the Qing troops in front of them rushed to the ground as if they had been rehearsed, and it was difficult to stand up when they fell. Even if he didn't die, he was trampled on by the Qing army who rushed up to see the king of Hades.

"Don't panic, the first and second columns continue to shoot, and the third column of fighters are ready to throw grenades!" The commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division was Zhang Wenliang, the commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Division, and this time the 2nd Division followed the team in front of the three battalions, and the rest were left in Jinling, after all, the 1st Division and the 2nd Division were the two army divisions with the strongest combat effectiveness, and they were inseparable from patrolling Jiangnan.

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

The queue of the Mawei army is also quite long, and a large semi-circular encirclement has been formed, surrounding this city gate. This time, there were 200 people throwing grenades. The team behind continued to throw. Serial grenades were thrown into the Qing array. Whether it is the cavalry that is attacking or the Qing army foot soldiers of Cao Biao. For a while, all the bombed people turned on their backs. These Qing troops were not removed from the forts, they had never seen such weapons at all, and when the first wave of grenades was thrown at their feet, one by one they didn't take it seriously, and there were twenty or thirty foot soldiers who were hit by grenades and thought that the Mawei Army was talking with stones.

However, it was only three seconds before the grenades were thrown at their feet, and just as the second wave of grenades left the palms of the Matails soldiers, the grenades exploded on the ground. Although the power of the grenade explosion is not large, it can only cover a range of less than ten meters centered on the landing point. But its power should not be underestimated. In particular, the grenade contains a large number of marbles, plus the fragments of the grenade explosion, which can immediately bring down the surrounding Qing troops after the explosion. Even if he wasn't killed, he was seriously injured.

However, the Qing army was not so vulnerable, because of the close distance, the archers and the few musketeers in the Qing army also exerted their might. Although there are not many people, their counterattack is also quite sharp. Because the Mawei soldiers had a rifle in their hands, they fired continuously, so that only a series of gunfire on the Mawei army's side were heard on the battlefield, and the sound of the Qing army's bow and arrow shooting and the sound of a small number of muskets were all muffled.

The Qing army began to shoot arrows at this moment, with a total of about 300 archers and musketeers, and their counterattacks also caused casualties on the side of the Mawei army. The musketeers of the Qing army were not worried. After all, they shoot slowly, and the archers here are different. Hundreds of arrows flew over, and the casualties caused to the soldiers of the Mawei Army had exceeded 100. However, as long as it is on the battlefield, there is never an immortal, and the Mawei Army is still attacking the old troops of the Second Division, all of them regard death as home, and the queue is not scattered at all. The fighters stood steadily, advancing step by step, although the speed was very slow, but the movements in their hands did not stop at all, but became more and more calm and faster.

The gunfire never stopped, twenty three-pounder cannons were firing non-stop, and grenades were flying overhead. The triple attack made the Qing army suffer heavy casualties, the fastest five hundred cavalry who charged and charged, after half of the deaths, the back ones no longer dared to move forward, these war horses did not experience such a fierce bombardment, hundreds of grenades exploded loudly to frighten these war horses, one by one uncontrollable, even if these Qing cavalry tightened the reins, they could not adjust the direction of the war horses and continue to charge towards the horsetail army, but under their movements, the war horses were more flustered, and they collided headlessly, A small number of them also crashed into the queue of Qing army infantry on the side, which made the infantry army also follow the chaos.

"Run!" Seeing that things were completely unexpected, the Qing generals who led the troops couldn't hold on anymore, and turned around and retreated towards the city with the cronies around them. There is no way, this south gate is tightly blocked by the Mawei army, and it is impossible to break through from this side, so you can only go back to the city first, and then find a way to escape from the other city gates. Tianjin City is destined to be lost!

"Surrender, we surrender!" Seeing that the chief has fled for his life, where will these pawns continue to fight hard. The Qing army at the front didn't know the situation, but the Qing army at the back all began to retreat to the city at this time, and the first wave of Qing troops at this time even if they wanted to escape back to the city was impossible, the distance was already too far, I was afraid that if they didn't reach the city gate, they would be sent to the west by the bullets of the Mawei army. But they also had a way to save their lives and surrender on the spot. From the first person shouted, dropped his weapon and knelt on the ground, and then a large number of Qing troops began to follow. At this time, the gunfire on the side of the Mawei Army also slowly stopped, and since the opposite side had surrendered, there was no need to continue shooting.

At this moment in the city, the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Division, which were the first to rush into the city, began to advance rapidly in the direction of the east gate of the town under the order of Jin Yinghu. However, at this time, the Mawei army did not rush into the city. The number of Qing troops here is the largest, and even if the Mawei army rushes into the city, it will not take much advantage, but may be ambushed by the Qing army, and then it will suffer heavy losses.

But the Mawei Army on the east gate of the town was not idle, one hundred and twenty cannons and kept roaring, but it was this cannon that continued to extend dozens of meters inside. After such a long time. There are no more people within a hundred meters of the east gate of this town. The area closest to the city gate was all garrisoned by Qing troops. Even if ordinary people wanted to stay here, these Qing troops stationed in the Qing army would not agree.

The extended artillery fire once again gave the Qing army in the city a heavy blow, originally thought that the artillery fire of the Mawei army was aimed at the city gate, where to find the city gate just broken, the artillery fire on the side of the Mawei army extended, not far from the city gate of the Qing army, especially the leading Fan Zhenlang is still ready to give the Mawei army a heavy blow when the Mawei army rushes in. His idea was good, just when the city gates were breached. He and Jie Shu also made up their minds to evacuate Tianjin City. But it was too dangerous to evacuate like this, the Mawei army would follow behind to death, and if the Mawei army's pursuing force was repulsed, then they would have a much better chance of escaping. But on the side of the east gate of the town, they didn't expect that the other ones had been broken at this moment, but the cannon sound here was too loud, completely suppressing the explosion at the city gate in the distance

Beijing, Qianqing Palace.

Qingning Palace, which has always been noisy, is exceptionally quiet today. Except for the solemn sentry, there was no other figure in sight. Several important officials of the Qing court were in the south study. is still discussing military affairs with Kangxi.

Since two months ago, this Qianqing Palace has begun to appear extraordinarily quiet. Jiangnan was lost, not in the hands of Wu Sangui but occupied by Geng Jingzhong, which made the Qing court realize that in addition to Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong was also an opponent that should not be underestimated, and he was too careless before. From the current point of view, the power of this horsetail army is not much inferior to Wu Sangui. Judging from this article, Geng Jingzhong is really good at hiding, and at the same time, it also makes the Qing court officials change from full of confidence in the Qing court to panic, and the ministers of the court and the central government also have different thoughts.

Immediately afterwards, although Kangxi successively issued holy decrees and mobilized a large army to rush to Jiangnan to recover Jinling and other places, the battle situation was not as smooth as they expected, but the final outcome was that both armies were defeated, and it was a fiasco. Leerjin's army of more than 50,000 was still completely wiped out. The defeat on the battlefield in Jiangnan has affected all levels of the Qing court, even including Kangxi's own harem. The front line has been defeated repeatedly, Kangxi's prestige and power have been greatly affected, and the lives of the beauties in the harem have also been greatly affected. This is mainly in Kangxi, who has not recruited harem concubines for more than two consecutive months.

Although it is now September, the weather in the capital is still relatively hot. But the only thing that remains unchanged is the solemn sentry inside and outside the palace, although they have been all over the Qianqing Palace, but it has always been very quiet, and no human voices can be heard. It's just that at night, you can hear insects chirping or something, and with these sounds, it seems that this huge Qianqing Palace is even more deserted. The excessive silence has made many people feel uneasy. Excessive silence gives the illusion that the outside world does not know anything. Some people are suspicious and may hallucinate that the enemy has hit them right under their noses and that no one has come to inform them. For a while, Kangxi himself had such anxieties.

In some special times, people need to use their appearance to maintain their status and dignity, to hide their weakness and incompetence. This is especially true when you are weak, the weaker you are, the more you have to work on your appearance. After the defeat in the battle on the Jinling side, the guards of the Qianqing Palace suddenly became much more than usual, and it was for this reason. Since the loss of Jinling two and a half months ago, the guards have increased a part, and after the defeat of Leerjin and Zhou Peigong, the garrison here has become more tight, with three steps and one post, and five steps and one sentry. Outside the palace, there are often cavalry patrols, as if they are waiting for something to be prepared.

With the loss of Jiangnan and the defeat of the follow-up soldiers and horses, martial law began to rise in the city of Beijing. There was an incident of the third prince Zhu rebelling at the beginning, and the city of Beijing has been unstable until now. The remnants of the third prince of Zhu, Wu Sangui's spies, Geng Jingzhong's men, and some other anti-Qing forces will make some movements here in the capital from time to time, which will make the admiral of the nine gates of the capital annoyed. In the past two months, Kangxi directly ordered martial law in the whole city, and whenever the sun went down, no more trading was allowed on the street. Now at night, there is not a single ghost in these streets, and even the brothels are now out of business. Anyone who dared to go out at night in violation of the ban was arrested as a disorderly party.

These actions did bring a hint of stability to the capital, but this was only on the surface, and secretly the people of the capital realized that something was wrong. The Qing court's desire to cover up the situation at the front line also illustrates the unfavorable situation at the front, and the situation of the Qing court is already precarious. The older ones who have experienced the era when the Qing army entered the customs have a hunch that the sky in the capital is going to change again.

The thing that frightened the people of Beijing the most was not whether the rebels had hit the city of Beijing, but that the price of grain in the capital had risen again today. Geng Jingzhong occupied Jiangnan, Jiangnan Province was the source of Cao Yun, and the grain in Jiangnan supplied most of the consumption in the north. Now the grain in the south of the Yangtze River is suddenly gone, and the Qing court has to urgently drop the grain from Henan, Shandong and other places, but this amount is still far from enough, after all, some of the grain in these places is also divided and sent to Hubei and handed over to the front-line army. Otherwise, Hubei Province, even if it is a large grain-producing province, will not be able to supply the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops.

"You are all the pillars of the imperial court, and the army of Geng Rebellion has reached the city of Tianjin at this moment, and Tianjin is in danger. Tianjin City is the gateway to the capital, if Tianjin is lost and occupied by Geng rebels, then it is like Geng rebels pointing a dagger at the throat of the Qing Dynasty, and I can take the life of the Qing Dynasty at any time. Now let's not talk about whether we can immediately repel the rebels, let's just say that if Tianjin is really lost, how should I deal with it?! "Kangxi has now become more and more calm, and has experienced many front-line defeats and other crisis situations, not only has he not been knocked down by difficulties, but has become stronger and stronger. Now he will not be like when he just transferred troops to quell the rebellion, he will get angry at every turn, and getting angry is just a way to vent his feelings, and it can't really solve any problems. (To be continued......)

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