Tu Hai, the governor of the third border of the Qing Dynasty, came to Fengxiang. When he saw the poem written by Zhou Shimin at the gate of the prefect's Yamen, his face turned pale with anger. However, he was very well-behaved. Although he was angry, he did not curse out loud. He gave the order with a sullen face.
The whole army rested for an hour and then marched eastward to Xi'an.
Xi'an was the ancient capital of the Thirteenth Dynasty, with Guo County attached to it as Chang'an and Xianning. At that time, Emperor Taizu Gao believed that "the mountains and rivers in the world are the only ones with the most dangerous mountains and rivers." He considered moving the capital here and sent the crown prince Zhu Biao to inspect it, and later granted the title to his second son.
Zhu Feng became the king of Qin and established vassalage in Xi'an.
The entire city is centered on the Prince of Qin's Palace, with Chang'an and Xianning nested inside each other. There is also a double city wall in the Prince of Qin's Palace. There are four city gates: Changle Gate, Anding Gate, Yongning Gate, and Anyuan Gate. Each gate has three gate towers.
The gate tower is outside, the watchtower is in the middle, and the main tower is inside. The wall between the watchtower and the main tower is an urn city.
The city is high and the pond is deep. It is said to be a fortified city that is rare in the world. Unfortunately, it has a big flaw: Changle Gate, the east gate.
When Li Zicheng invaded Xi'an from Changle Gate, he pointed to the "Changle Gate" plaque hanging on the city gate and said to the soldiers around him: "If the emperor is allowed to live in Changle, the people will suffer." When his subordinates heard this, they lit a fire.
The Changlemen gate tower was burned down. In fact, not only Changlemen, but the other three gates were also seriously damaged in the war.
Chen Jixin, the governor of Shaanxi Province, wanted to rebuild the Xi'an city wall, but lacked money, so he had to hastily rebuild the main tower of the east gate and the moon city tower of the south gate, and dredge the city moat.
Tuhai rushed to Xi'an desperately. As soon as he entered the city, the Ming army arrived. At this time, his headquarters, plus the Fukhachan, Biliketu, and Hazhan tribes, had a strength of 50,000. They had to face Fan Youxian's five
More than 10,000 soldiers and 40,000 rebels from Zhou Shimin.
We were not worried about anything else, but we were most worried about Changlemen. We sent three generals, Chen Wanlue, Ma Ning, and Lai Nu, to guard Changlemen.
What are you afraid of? Come here. Fan Youxian and Li Dingguo tried several times and found that the tower near Changle Gate was actually made of earth, not brick walls. They were overjoyed and set up 180 cannons to blast it.
Half a day later, Changle Gate was blown down. Li Chengjue, Peng Mingyang, and Chen Bao led 20,000 elite troops to take advantage of the situation and seize the gap in the city wall to cover the follow-up troops entering the city.
"My sons, follow Zhang Jing to kill the enemy and drive Ming Gou out." Mel Zhang Jing was a famous general in the Qing army. He was good at using a heavy mace and one-handed weapons.
The bones that can be used are different. The weight of the mace is heavy and requires both hands to swing it. It cannot be used by non-strong people.
It's such a big stick, it can be used to chop, smash, throw, pick, twist, and knock, and in a short while, a gap will be created.
The general was a brave soldier. Seeing Zhang Jing's bravery, his three thousand Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners rushed towards the Ming army like crazy, slowing down the Ming army's entry into the city.
Chen Bao became angry and led his army towards Lai Nuan's general flag.
"Bang!"
Lai Ann was fighting when his arms suddenly sank, and a strong force pressed against the mace in his hand. It turned out to be a mace as well.
Stick versus stick, another round of horse-pulling, Chen Bao was fine, Lai Ann's stick was almost knocked out of his hand. He was shocked, his stick weighed more than sixty kilograms, far more than an ordinary mace, but unexpectedly he encountered
The last one was heavier. It was indeed heavier. Chen Bao was born with great strength, and the rod weighed eighty kilograms.
"Bang!"
In the third round, Chen Bao knocked Lai Ann's stick away with one blow and then smashed it, breaking Lai Ann's head.
Once he died, the morale of the Qing army collapsed.
Chen Wanlue tried to escape, but was killed by the Ming army's firecrackers.
Countless Ming troops swarmed into the city, and sun and moon flags could be seen everywhere in the city.
"Governor Xian, Xi'an cannot be defended anymore. Please evacuate to Yan'an quickly," Shaanxi Governor Chen Jixin said hurriedly to Tu Hai.
"Withdrawing now will inevitably result in the total annihilation of the entire army," Tu Haiya said, "Send an order to Mele Zhangjing, Biliktu, and the Hazan army to fight in the streets with the Ming army. No matter what, we must persist until dark and break out after dark."
Biliketu's surname was Boljijin (Borzijit), who was born in Horqin, Mongolia, and was a descendant of the Golden Family. He was very senior and had served as Dodo's guard, and was a veteran general with many battles; Hazan was a regular
Blue Banner Manchurian brave general, served as Minister of War.
The two men successfully carried out Tuhai's military orders and fought with the Ming army in every street and house, making the Ming army pay a price for every step forward. During the fierce battle, the commander-in-chief Hou Yongxi was killed.
When it got dark, Tuhai ordered people to open the Anyuan Gate, and all the Qing troops filed out of the city to escape. They were as panic-stricken as a bereaved dog, as miserable as a fish that had slipped through the net, and they desperately fled north.
Xi'an General Fu Kachan and Vice-Capital Tong Dumin refused to escape. They had the responsibility to guard Xi'an. Besides, there were more than 20,000 Eight Banners people in Xi'an. Even if they escaped back to Beijing, it would be a dead end, so they simply died here.
Qing Empire.
The two organized all the old, weak, women and children in the city who could afford weapons to go to the city to assist in the defense. They organized 8,000 people, plus the 6,000 Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners in the city, to prepare to defend the city.
Hearing that the Nikans were coming, the bannermen in the city became bloody brave and planned to defend the city to the end.
Fu Kachan saw a thin boy who was only a little taller than a waist knife and asked: "My child, are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid," the boy raised his head, "Eni wants me to be a great hero like Ama!"
"Where's your Ama?"
"Died in battle in Jiangning".
"Where is your nirvana?"
The boy pointed, "over there".
Fu Ka Chan followed the direction and found a strong woman, wearing a zither and carrying a bow on her back.
After collecting land, a fighting spirit stirred in the heart of Namutulu Fukachan. This brave Manchu general with a red flag was the nephew of Chuo Henuo, the general of the Qing army. He was born in the military academy and had been fighting for thirty years.
Beat until the head turns white.
There are no cowards in the Eight Banners. Even children know how to be heroes. Wu Fukachan cannot be inferior to a child! Thinking of this, he touched the knife in his hand. Daling River, Datong, North Korea, Shaanxi and Gansu, this knife has killed countless people!
The brutal siege began.
Fan Youxian originally thought that the outer city was already broken, so attacking the entire city would not be easy. Who would have thought that attacking the entire city would cause more casualties than attacking the outer city.
"Kill~kill~kill"
Another group of Ming troops rushed towards Mancheng.
The Ming army's Qian Zong was so prosperous that he advanced with a sword on his left and a sword on his right. He approached the city wall without any injuries. He was feeling proud when he heard a gunshot and fell down.
This wave of attacks has been suppressed again.
"Come here, bring the cannon into the city and blast me hard," Fan Youxian shouted.
The cannon sounded like the wrath of the thunder god.
Like the outer city, the walls throughout the city were severely damaged in the war, and several gaps were quickly blasted out.
The flags of the Chinese army were waved, and the troops of Jin Tongwu, Dou Mingwang, Wang Huibu, and Chen Jian poured in like a tide.
The vice-capital general, Du Min, curled his sword and smashed it with a stick when he found it. He was shot to death by arrows at the top of the city. General Fu Kachan of Xi'an suffered more than ten wounds and committed suicide from exhaustion.
After fighting all over the city, he actually lost 6,000 soldiers and horses. Fan Youxian was heartbroken, but now was not the time to feel distressed. Tuhai had escaped and had to be pursued. He summoned the generals and asked, "Who is willing to be the vanguard to pursue Tuhai?"
"I will go there eventually!"
With a loud shout, Zhou Shimin stepped forward, "In the past, I was chasing Tuhai, but now I want to have a taste of chasing Tuhai."
This chapter has been completed!