Chapter 173: Entering the City

In the sad and indignant gaze of Duan Wangye, the three thousand warriors he sent out suddenly raised the white flags that they didn't know what they were made of, and then threw away the weapons in their hands and rushed to the front of the loyal army to turn over and dismount, hula and knelt down.

"These cowards, these bastards, have wasted the grace of the Queen Mother." Zai Yi said with trembling lips, the big mountain rock beside him was also speechless, but now is not the time to evaluate these people, the enemy army on the opposite side has begun to move to the north of the city on a large scale, if you don't finish kuài push out the enemy troops at the gap, wait for their reinforcements to arrive, you don't need to rush more, and another brigade will go over, with the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, don't expect to recapture Andingmen.

"His Royal Highness the King of the County, they will not attack Chaoyang Gate anymore, leave some of them, and all the others will rush to Andingmen." He turned his head and said to Zai Yi, only Zaixun was the only one who reinforced Andingmen before, after all, there are still 20,000 enemy forces opposite Chaoyangmen, what if people play with the tiger and leave the mountain?

There's no need to worry about that anymore.

"Don't go yet!" Zai Yi had a sad and indignant afterglow on his face, turned back to his younger brother Zai Lan behind him and yelled, Dashan Yan called more than 30 Japanese officers to follow at the same time, and the two armies inside and outside the city began a race with Andingmen as the end point, but what made people speechless was that in this race, the inner circle really couldn't run the outer circle.

Those Eight Banners disciples who have long been nasty, how can they be compared to the loyal warriors, these guys often play ten kilometers of armed cross-country, this is also Yang Wangye's favorite project, of course, it is the most favorite to watch, it is a great pleasure to sit comfortably in the car and watch others run out of breath.

Just as the infantry on both sides began the race, the first reinforcements in trucks had arrived at Andingmen, this time bringing with them almost two battalions of fresh troops, and more importantly, heavy machine guns and mortars, which led to a sharp increase in firepower.

Of course, the reinforcements of the Qing army were also arriving in a steady stream, and even some mortars were also moved over, directly erected on Andingmen Street and shelled towards the gap. It's a pity that there is an airship in the sky, as long as the artillery of the Qing army fires, it is equivalent to suicide, the fire from the mortar mouth soon made the airship target, and then used the flag again to notify the ground, and then the test shells came over, and before the shells after adjusting the coordinates came, those Qing artillery left the artillery and scattered, fortunately, those infantry were still very brave, one by one lying in the ruins, holding rifles and shooting aimlessly forward. The commandos opposite them hid in their hiding places and returned fire with a dense barrage of bullets.

After the reinforcements arrived, under the cover of mortars, grenadiers, and heavy machine guns, the loyal soldiers who had broken into the gap even began to charge, but fortunately, the ruins here affected the Qing army's offensive at the same time, but also affected their attack, so the progress was relatively slow, but this situation completely changed after the arrival of the second batch of reinforcements, which were not only infantry. The trucks were also carrying ten rapid-fire guns, one of which began to rain shells into the city.

And at this time, Zaelan, who had come along the streets of the city instead of the city walls, finally arrived out of breath, and although he was riding a horse, the Lord Fuguo was still so tired that he was almost paralyzed on the ground. On the contrary, the Japanese officers beside him were all energetic and their expressions were excited, and they were directly two levels higher than the Qing soldiers who were leaning against the wall.

"My lord, we must launch a counterattack at once and drive the enemy out of the city in one fell swoop." A former Japanese soldier said in stiff Chinese. In front of them was the Qing army engaged in the assault team, and in the dense sound of bullets bursting through the air, one after another fire balls exploded in the crowd. In the ruins of the torn houses, you can see the figures that have been blown away from time to time, and it can be seen that the defense line is crumbling at this time.

Zailan wiped the sweat from his face, pulled out his knife and roared like a mountain king: "Little ones, rush me!" ”

It's a pity that no one responded, the nearest soldier looked up weakly at him, continued to lower his head and poured his breath, many even listened to his words, they simply collapsed on the ground, this really can't blame them, even if a high school student who runs every morning runs five thousand meters down is wasted, not to mention these Eight Banners who walk birds every day and smoke big cigarettes, in fact, these guys can insist on running down It is already a miracle, of course, there are actually a lot of people who slip down halfway, and many people who can run down are in a cold sweat. The heart beats like a drum, and then rushes? There is a danger of sudden death even if you rush again.

"!" Zai Lan, who was ignored, waved his horsewhip and whipped those soldiers angrily, but at this moment, there was a sudden earth-shattering shouting and killing sound outside, his face turned white, and he immediately understood that the main force of the loyal army that was racing with him had also arrived, at this time he no longer cared about those Qing soldiers, and shouted with his knife: "If you don't want to die, follow me." ”

Maybe it was his courage to inspire, or maybe he was frightened by the terrible consequences of the enemy army entering the city, and finally a part of the Qing army insisted on standing up, braving the shells that fell from time to time and rushed forward with him, those Japanese officers were holding katanas, completely sacrificing their lives and forgetting to die, they were indeed not ready to go back alive, these guys were basically the whole family dead, no worries only to kill a few of Yang Feng's subordinates to avenge the tragic death of their relatives, this scene saw Zai Lan was moved, secretly thinking that if he escaped this catastrophe, These dwarfs will be rewarded.

It's a pity that they are rushing forward, but the Qing army in front has collapsed, and it is already surprising that they can withstand the attack of the commando, and now suddenly tens of thousands of troops are rushing up, just like the waves of the tsunami, instantly the original crumbling defense line collapsed at once, and the Qing army fleeing along Andingmen Street and the reinforcements behind Zailan collided directly together, crowded with each other in the chaos, trampling, all kinds of shouts and scolding even overshadowed the explosion, under the urging of dense bullets behind, Many Qing troops even raised their knives against their own reinforcements.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat to the Imperial City!" Zai Lan's courage was leaked at once, he looked at the enemy troops pouring into the city like a tide in the distance, in the crowding and crying of the rout, waving his saber and roaring hoarsely, the personal soldiers around him raised their swords very simply at the rebels in order to open the way for him, as for those Japanese officers who could not be found at this time, they rushed to the front, and the Qing army that bore the brunt of the rout was drowned without hesitation, how could the already short stature withstand such a powerful impact, one by one they were all knocked down and trampled under their feet, At this time, I don't know how many big feet are being ravaged underneath.

With the efforts of the guards, Zailan finally fought his way out of the chaos, and then got into an alley next to him, ran directly to the west to the safest Yaowangmiao Street, and then turned around and ran south to Di'anmen, since the enemy army has broken through the outer city, then the best way now is to retreat to the imperial city to continue to hold on, as for the imperial city to be broken again, then we have to go to the Forbidden City and wait for everyone to die.

Cixi in the Forbidden City was already stupid at this time, from the huge explosion at Andingmen, she had already understood that the city of Beijing was broken, but at that time she was still a little fantasized, feeling that there were almost 100,000 troops in the city, how could she not drive the enemy army out, but the next bad news one after another, when Zai Lan appeared in front of her covered in blood, the old lady's eyes were black and finally she fainted,

"Where have the enemy gone?" However, Devil Six was quite calm at this time, and he asked with a gloomy face.

"Back to the sixth prince, when the minister came, he had already passed the national prison, although the minister tried his best to kill, but unfortunately the soldiers had no heart to fight, plus the thieves poisoned, had to retreat back, for today's plan I am afraid that I can only retreat to the imperial city." Jae-hoon said honestly.

"Then don't go quickly, call your brother back, it's useless to guard the Chaoyang Gate any longer." Devil Six stared at the blood-red eyes and shouted, Zaixun hurriedly ran to tell Zai Yi to withdraw from Chaoyang Gate and retreat to the imperial city, but at this time, the progress of the loyal army that attacked the city was not very fast, after all, although the Qing army was defeated, it was defeated everywhere, Beijing City was too big, 10,000 people were too few, they could only fight and walk, anyway, they were not in a hurry, the most difficult ones were solved, are you afraid of the rest?

After Zai Yi received the notice from his younger brother, he hurriedly withdrew into the imperial city with the defenders of Chaoyangmen, and at the same time, the defenders from other places also began to retreat towards the imperial city, including those who were scattered.

After they left, the remaining loyal soldiers on the opposite side immediately marched towards Chaoyangmen, climbed the city wall with a ladder, and then went down to open the city gate and put down the drawbridge, and the army outside continued to drive into the city, and then went up to the city wall to turn around the cannons left by the Qing army above and aimed at Dong'anmen and Di'anmen.

At this time, after some rescue, Cixi finally woke up, and the first thing she said when she opened her eyes was: "This Qing Dynasty is coming to an end!" ”

"Queen Mother, it's too early to say this at this time, in the opinion of the old minister, it's time to prepare to leave Beijing." Devil Six said with a frown.

"Run, where to run?" Cixi said with a wry smile.

"Fengtian, although Iketang A waits and sees, but will definitely not sell us to Zaiyan, at this time we have no ability to fight with him, but at this time stay in Beijing, Zai Xiang comes back we only have a dead end, just a sentence to die in the chaos, you can block the mouths of the people of the world, if you flee to Fengtian and then announce your return to him, at that time, even if Zai Xiang wants to kill us, I am afraid it will depend on the attitude of the governors of various places, after all, he has to bear a charge of killing his mother, so that we can at least save our lives." Devil Six said, I have to say that this is their best solution now, since it is impossible to fight for the world, then simply admit defeat and hide in Mukden Even if Guangxu wants to kill them, I'm afraid Iketanga will not allow it. (To be continued......)