The First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards appeared at Huaiyuan Gate outside Shengjing City at this time.

The eight gates of Shengjing City are Neizhi Gate, Fujin Gate, Tianyou Gate, Desheng Gate, Wai Zheng Gate, Huaiyuan Gate, Dizai Gate, and Fusheng Gate.

The Huaiyuan Gate is the main gate in the east of Shengjing City, which is guarded by Ahani, the deputy capital of the Zhenglan Banner, and in addition to the Qing army defending the city, there are five red-coated cannons.

The 1st Guards Corps has a total of more than 73,400 men, including eight infantry battalions, two infantry battalions directly under the corps, two artillery battalions one heavy artillery battalion and one light artillery battalion, and three cavalry battalions, one of which is directly under the cavalry battalion, as well as attached non-combatants and political officials.

More than 73,400 people spent three days just setting up camp outside Shengjing City, except for one cavalry battalion directly under the city to defend the Chinese army's camp, three cavalry battalions respectively guarded Huaiyuan Gate and the Neizhi Gate and Tianyou Gate on the left and right sides.

Two artillery battalions are in the center of the rear of the Chinese battalion, and there are two infantry battalions on both sides of the artillery battalion, and in front of the Chinese battalion are six infantry battalions arranged in the center of the front of the Chinese battalion.

During this period, the Qing army in Shengjing City did not dare to go out of the city to attack the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, after all, Ye Keshu already knew how sharp the firearms of the Guards were.

Because the army was stimulated by the cold when crossing the river, in order to prevent the appearance of wind chill, at this time, the entire first corps of the Guards Army was required to drink a bowl of ginger soup every day, and now the chief officer has just drunk a bowl of ginger soup and personally rode out of the camp to the front, picked up the telescope and personally inspected the city defense of Shengjing City.

"Why is Shengjing City full of unarmed civilians?"

Qin Zuoming asked himself with some surprise, and at this time, the cavalry commander Mao Jukui came over: "Deputy marshal, we found that Shengjing City is full of civilians, no less than 100,000 people, the entire Shengjing City is crowded, and they all have braids cut and wear Han clothes. ”

"Although the Han people in Liaodi have been ruled by Jianyu five years ago, but in the end they are also the people of my Han family, different from the banner people, if it is against military discipline and the righteousness of compatriots, I really didn't expect these Qing troops to be so despicable and use the people of my Han family as a meat shield!"

Qin Zuoming couldn't help but be so angry that he clenched his fists.

"What now?" Governor Lu Yuding also asked.

"Deputy marshal, the last general thinks that these Qing troops can't threaten us by doing this, our artillery not only has heavy artillery, we also have three-pound rifled flat-firing guns, this kind of flat-firing guns have low and short ballistics, but because of rifling, the bullet speed is fast and with the propellant nitrification explosive, it is not a problem to blow up the gate of Shengjing City, and this kind of flat-fire cannon has a very long range, but there are only three, and there are only six shells, this thing is a new artillery made by the Ordnance Institute, the output is limited, please show me!"

At this time, the commander of the artillery battalion, Zhang Yuan, expressed his opinion, and Qin Zuoming replied without thinking: "Just use the flat-firing artillery, it doesn't matter if the shells are finished, the shells are gone, we can still use them to rebuild, but it will be difficult to pick up the honor of the army to maintain the people, and the order will go down, and all the bannermen in the city will be killed after the siege!" Since these people dare to be unkind to our Han people, we don't have to be righteous to these banner people, and now they have cut the braids of the Han people themselves, so that we can execute all these banner men and banner soldiers without distinguishing! ”

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At this time, all the Han people on the wall of Shengjing City were forcibly driven here by the Qing army, and once the Han people dared to come down from the city wall, the Qing army stabbed the Han people to death directly to the ground with one shot.

At this time, a woman from the Han family was just about to take two steps back to the inner side of the city wall, and a Qing soldier walked up directly with a spear: "What are you doing!" Stand back for Lao Tzu! ”

"Master Jun, the slave family wants to relieve themselves, is it really inconvenient for there to be many people here, let the slave family go back first and then come up."

The Han woman couldn't help but plead.

"That's a lot!" The Qing army flag soldier made a gesture of waving his hand, and the Han woman thought that the Qing army flag soldier had allowed it, so she hurriedly walked under the city wall, but the Qing army flag soldier suddenly stabbed into the abdomen of the Han woman and sneered: "Low Han dog!" What is convenient or inconvenient, have you ever seen a dog poop and pee and have to hold it home to solve it! Hahaha! ”

The Qing flag soldier laughed proudly.

At this time, Ye Keshu, the head of Shengjing, also smiled: "That's how it should be, what do these Han dogs who are only worthy of being slaves pay attention to, notify them, no matter what requirements these Han dogs have, they are not allowed to go down to the city, as long as they dare to say more, they will be stabbed to death directly!" ”

The Han woman was clutching her stomach in pain, she was hateful and painful at this time, but she had no choice but to fall to the ground, and the other Han people did not dare to show their anger when they saw this, so they only lowered their heads.

At this time, the child of the Han woman ran over and shouted, "Mother! Mother! ”

Poof!

Ye Keshu, the head of Shengjing, happened to be next to this child at this time, and when he thought that it was these Han people who caused him to lose his left arm that day, he was so angry that he lifted the child up and threw him out of the city wall directly.

The child fell from the wall.

At this time, Ahani, the deputy commander of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner beside Ye Keshu, even shouted flattery: "My lord's arm strength is good!" ”

Some Qing soldiers couldn't help laughing, looking at the guards outside the city wall proudly, they thought that the guards had not fired artillery bombardment on the city wall at this time, and they must have been afraid of the Han people on the city wall and did not dare to enter the city again, so these Qing troops became more and more fearless.

Mao Jukui, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Guards, saw that the Han child was thrown out of the two-zhang high city wall at this time, and hurriedly rode his horse and galloped over, stretched out his hand to hug the child.

He himself fell off his horse with the force of the impact, but he was able to save the child.

At this time, Ahani, the deputy commander of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's Blue Banner, sneered and aimed an arrow at Mao Jukui, after all, Mao Jukui was very close to the wall of Shengjing City at this time because he saved the child, and he could just shoot Mao Jukui, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the Guards, with an arrow.

"Ahani, why don't you kill two birds with one stone, and let these bright dogs see the archery skills of my Qing warriors!"

After Ye Keshu sneered and said, Ahani immediately took an arrow and prepared to shoot two in a row to kill Mao Jukui and the child that Mao Jukui had saved.

Syllable!

Qin Zuoming didn't know when he came over, and a shot was fired over, and the fast-shooting Chongzhen 22-style rifled gun bullet directly hit Ahani's bow-holding left hand, and the flesh and blood were immediately blurred.

Yes!

Ahani screamed, and the bow and arrow in his hand fell to the ground, his face full of astonishment.

Ye Keshu was also busy pulling Ahani back, and he couldn't laugh at this time, staring at Qin Zuoming viciously, eager to cut Qin Zuoming with a thousand knives.

Ahani gritted his teeth in pain, and he angrily pinched the throat of a Han people, and directly strangled the Han people to death: "If you dare to hurt my hand, I will kill ten of you Han people!" ”

(End of chapter)