Chapter 112: The City Breaks
The defense of the Beijing city wall should be said to be very tight, there are hundreds of cannons alone, but unfortunately no one uses it to become a decoration, in the fire of the shell explosion, in the poisonous mist of mustard gas, even if the wild boar skin is alive, it is estimated that the soldiers of the Eight Banners can be angry to death, even if they do not run clean, it must be because they are frightened by the shells and dare not get up.
Three bridge-erecting vehicles drove directly to the moat without hindrance, now there is not much water in this season, and it is only waist-deep in the middle, and the estimated length is first lifted by the accompanying crane to lift the welded steel frame pier, and then the wooden row is hoisted up after being put into the river, one end of the river bank and one end of the bridge pier, basically half of the moat is over, and the twenty-meter-long boom is hoisted up another pair and then put it on with the assistance of manpower to finish the work, this scene is jaw-dropping to the defenders who are about to run to Dongzhimen.
Immediately after the bridge truck retreated, another truck drove forward, and at this time, the car was no longer a mystery under the help of Yang Feng's engine, gearbox, tires, gasoline antiknock agent and other things, and there were fashionable foreigners in Beijing with cars. Although the truck was bigger, it didn't scare the elites of the Eight Banners, but to their surprise, the truck passed the bridge and then stopped there directly after leaning to the base of the city wall, and then the people in the car got down and pulled the wire and ran back.
"They're going to blow up the walls!" At this time, the elite of the Eight Banners didn't know who shouted, but then it attracted a ridicule, although the other party's artillery fire was fierce and the poisonous gas was ferocious, but it was still whimsical to want to blow up the iron city of Beijing, and it was true that the city was bombed, and it was necessary to dig a tunnel to bury the explosives underneath, and it had to pile up tens of thousands of catties, just the point in the car that was used to blow up the pipe outside.
However, the performance of the Japanese army on the other side was completely different, and the soldiers who had experienced the explosion of the Nagoya castle tower quickly covered their ears and opened their mouths one by one after the sappers ran back with detonators. At the same time, even the soldiers who had not experienced that scene were also persuaded to do the same, that time there were many who did not do what Boss Yang asked, and the most was shocked to the ear bleeding, and two were deaf, and it was a ton of antimony, which was at least three tons.
"Dashuai, are these explosives enough?" Yuan Shikai asked a little uneasily.
"You just riveted the walls to the armor plates of the ironclads, and these explosives are enough." Yang Fengxi said with a wicked smile, then took the detonator from the sapper and handed it to Yuan Shikai, and quickly ran back to the car and put on the earmuffs.
Yuan Shikai didn't know that Yang Dashuai was cheating him. Looking at the Beijing city wall in the distance, at the instigation of the surrounding cronies, he pressed the detonator with great interest, and then saw that the truck disappeared all of a sudden, and a huge fire ball like a mountain arched from the ground, and at the moment of arching, the Beijing city wall, which was known as iron, suddenly turned into countless pieces and flew into the sky, at this time a huge explosion came, and he felt as if he had been punched in his ears, and he couldn't help screaming. Then there was silence in the whole world.
For him, it was still like this, but for the defenders on the city wall, it was really a sea crack, and a section of the city wall tens of meters long was directly blown away. The debris even sprayed into the sky at a height of several hundred meters, and then whistled and smashed down like cannonballs, and the explosion blew the adjacent Chaoyangmen Tower to the skeleton, and countless soldiers who were shocked and spewed out along with the broken bricks and tiles. Sweep through everything like a shotshot from a breech-loading gun.
Of course, it was not only the defenders who were unlucky, but also the houses behind the city walls, which were torn down like the giant hands of the gods. An obvious line of destruction swelled outward, and even the Hengwang Mansion, which was hundreds of meters away, was affected. At this time, Prince Heng Yusen was preparing to stay away from this place of right and wrong, and just went out with a sedan chair, the old guy struggled to get up from the ground, and just looked up before he could appreciate the new look of his palace, just a head that was blown up hit into his arms, and he was so frightened that he screamed and fainted.
Cixi in the Forbidden City was being served by the palace maids and eunuchs, and suddenly an earth-shattering loud noise exploded in her ears, so frightened that the old lady sat directly on the ground, and the net bucket was also taken by her to pour and urine, and the loud sound of the explosion was transmitted in the air at a speed of more than 300 meters per second.
"The city is broken!" Screams of horror immediately spread throughout the city.
Beijing City has become the most psychological defense line of the Manchurians, especially the inner city, which has become a symbol of the Manchu people's right to rule, the iron-beaten Beijing City means the iron-beaten country, the artillery fire of the Eight-Nation Alliance Army opened the Beijing City and told the Han people of this country that the alien race that has ruled them for hundreds of years has lost their most embarrassing fig leaf, and it is estimated that there will be no Eight-Nation Alliance Army in this time and space, so this job was replaced by Yang Feng, this guy has countless ways to solve the problem in front of him, but he has to use this most direct and arrogant way, The three-ton antimony blasted open not only the walls of Beijing, but also the embankment that stood in the way of the hearts of the Han people.
"This, this Yang Feng, is too reckless." After knowing what was going on, Devil Zi Liu's lips trembled and said, he is a person who understands, and naturally knows what it means to break the city of Beijing.
"What are you afraid of, it's a big deal to fix it again." How could Guangxu's mind think so much, this loud noise also announced his liberation, and since then he has completely gotten rid of his father's clutches, and now his mood is full of excitement like a high school student who has finished the college entrance examination.
Devil Six smiled bitterly, the mud city wall is easy to repair, and it is difficult to repair the city wall in his heart, but at this time, he really doesn't care about thinking about this problem, and the breaking of Beijing City means that the most serious concerns do not exist, he immediately gathered his subordinates, solemnly wore a court robe, and protected Guangxu, who was also wearing a dragon robe, to open the door and walk out.
"What are you looking at, the emperor still doesn't kneel here, do you want to wait for the whole door to be beheaded?" Looking at the soldiers outside, Devil Six said with a gloomy face, his words were really kind, reminding these guys that they would have no chance if they didn't defect.
"The Queen Mother has a decree to invite the emperor to enter the palace." A eunuch who was supervising the army wanted to struggle at this time, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked down by an officer behind him.
"This dead eunuch dares to falsely spread the will of the Queen Mother!" The officer scolded.
Devil Six looked at him with satisfaction.
The officer hurriedly led his subordinates to kneel, looking at the red tassels in front of him, the little dog couldn't help but laugh proudly.
"Drive back to the palace and summon Yang Qing's family and the generals to enter the palace to receive a reward!" He said smugly.
"Lafayette, the city is broken!" At this time, Li Lianying was crying and reporting the bad news to Cixi, and Cixi, who was taking a bath, glared at him and shouted: "What are you panicking about, the mourning family is the queen mother, can the emperor still kill his mother?" ”
Li Lianying got up with a sad face, thinking in her heart that the emperor wouldn't dare to do anything to you, but what should I do? It is estimated that a thousand cuts are light.
"Has Yang Feng entered the city?" Cixi said lightly.
"Empress Dowager Qi, not yet." Li Lianying said.
"This monkey cub is very interesting." Cixi smiled instead, then looked at Li Lianying, whose little face was white, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "You slave don't need to look like this, the matter is not over yet!" ”
Li Lianying was stunned for a moment.
The situation outside is indeed very strange, after blowing up the city wall of Beijing, the Japanese army did not enter the city as expected, but stopped outside the city, not to mention that the people in the city were inexplicable, even Yuan Shikai, Song Qing and others were inexplicable to Yang Feng's order.
"What are we asking for this time?" Boss Yang said with a wicked smile.
Who knows what you are asking for, we are being coerced by you, okay? Song Qing and the others sneered, but Yuan Shikai understood a little, and he asked tentatively, "Dashuai, what do you mean?" ”
"Who is in power in this court is our business, how do their mother and son, aunts and nephews love each other, they love the Xinjue Luo family, what does it matter to my surname Yang? What we are here to ask for is just to add officials to the knight, real money, naturally whose price is high to help whom, now Beijing City has been broken by us, which means that we have reflected our value, and now we are waiting for them to make a price.
I have here a copy of your reward requirements, you can see for yourselves, and change it yourself if you are not satisfied. Yang Feng said and handed an official list to Yuan Shikai.
Looking at the governor of Zhejiang behind his name above, the first-class viscount, Yuan Shikai couldn't help but feel his heart beat wildly, and then he asked with a blank face: "Then why didn't you mention it when Sun Yuwen passed the decree?" ”
"It's very simple, because I want to bomb the city of Beijing!" Yang Feng said with a pure face.
From the beginning, this thing was not ready to help the little dog to take the position, what kind of reform changes did he make to help him take the position, and then let the Qing Dynasty survive any longer? He is not so kind, this mutiny is to play a leading role for the Han warlords, and to intensify the bloodiness of the battle between the emperor and the queen, you can imagine that he will withdraw and leave at the highest chao moment, and how will Cixi and Guangxu, who have been transferred by him to almost short-handed combat, continue this big drama? Especially those who are already in danger and have seen people's hearts, how should they face Cixi's anger at this time? You must know that there is more than one person who was cheated by him this time, such as Devil Six, Master Weng, it is estimated that he will have to shed his skin if he does not die, and those who ride the wall, especially Li Hongzhang and Wang Wenshao, how should Cixi clean them up? And how will Li Hongzhang, who holds the military power, deal with it? It's all worth looking forward to.
Now just wait for the guests to come to the door, of course, if Cixi's performance is not good enough, then it is better to continue to invest in the puppy. (To be continued......)