Chapter 620 The Peacock Becomes a White Striped Chicken
Daoguang, who failed to get married, could only curse Yang Feng and his incompetent subordinates in the palace with grief and anger.
He already regretted not running away early.
After the war in Tianjin ended, some ministers advised him to visit Rehe. No matter what, they avoided the Ming army's military front first, but the princes and nobles unanimously opposed it. After all, when he left, the people's hearts would disperse. Those princes and nobles could follow him, but their family business could not escape. These guys who sacrificed their lives and were reluctant to leave had to pull Daoguang. Only when Daoguang stayed in Beijing would there be a army of kings. If Daoguang ran away, it would not be able to protect himself. At that time, all their property would be cheaper than those poor people. In addition, Daoguang himself lacked understanding of the attack speed of the Ming army, so he did not leave. When Yang Feng captured Tongzhou like a broken bamboo, it would not be so easy for him to run away. At least there was city wall protection in Beijing, but when he came out, there was no city wall protection outside. Once the Ming army pursued him, it would be easy to catch him in the wilderness.
The Ming army also had a large number of horses.
In fact, at this time, at least two battalions of the Ming army were riding horses. Yangcun, Hexiwu, Zhangjiawan, and Tongzhou were easy to collect two thousand horses, and more than one thousand horses were collected in Tongzhou City alone.
There are more after the Battle of Baliqiao.
The Ming Marines were indeed not cavalrymen. It was impossible to expect them to ride horses to fight, but it was still okay to ride horses to act as dragon cavalrymen.
So even if the Ming army only blocked Chaoyang Gate, Daoguang would not dare to run away at this time. If he couldn't run to Juyong Pass, he would have to be caught up. Then he would just be able to hiding in Beijing. At least it would be safer to hide in the city of Beijing, and he could still imagine the army of kings. Even if he knew that the green camps had no hope, at least the three foreign generals, the Suiyuan General, and the Xi'an General, these people would not sit idly by, especially the three generals outside the pass. Previously, General Shengjing Xien had received the imperial edict from the south. The Eight Banners outside the pass, especially the Solon, could still form a real army, and these people were also the strongest combat power in the entire Qing Dynasty. As long as Xien's army headed south, they would definitely be able to solve the demon. After all,...
After all, Daoguang is still very naive!
He didn't think about his nearly 100,000 troops being beaten by the Ming army. What's the use of the Eight Banners outside the pass when they came?
"Eight Banners outside the Pass?"
Yang Feng smiled disdainfully.
A donkey cart was driving by his side. It was loaded with various exquisite silks, and even a box with military seals. The driver was wearing a robe that was obviously made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and actually a carved and exquisite gilded helmet on his head. The lightning rod stood high and said something happily to his companions as he walked. His companions were even more exaggerated. It was just early autumn at this time, and he was wearing a luxurious woman-style white fox fur robe on his body, and a huge bag on his back. In the bag, you could see a gold-line embroidered curtain that had been pulled from somewhere, and an exquisite vase exposed the mouth of the bottle. Such donkey carts, horse carts, ox carts and even trolleys lined up in a long winding dragon. Under the escort of Ming soldiers riding horses, they meandered to Tongzhou in the distance, and the other end of the long dragon was the Old Summer Palace.
The cleaning of this famous garden has caused almost all the poor people around Beijing to be in a carnival. Not only was the Ming army organized by the Ming army from Tongzhou, but many other people from other places who received the news are also coming spontaneously.
Anyway, the Ming army only has gold, silver and jewelry.
There are also some rare ancient books. As for the rest, they are completely allowed to be taken by the people, even if they demolish the house, the Ming army would not care about it.
Of course, no one demolished the house.
At least not now.
For those ordinary people, all kinds of cloth and antiques are the main ones, and even some furniture and utensils, especially metal utensils are popular. In short, the Ming army took gold, silver and jewelry, and they took everything left. This huge garden was being emptied at a very fast speed, and even the palace maids who had not had time to escape into Beijing were carried away. As for the Old Summer Palace guarding the army camp, they ran into Beijing after the Ming army arrived, and then lay on the city wall with the princes and nobles in Beijing, watching the people who carried away all the people in the garden cursing these troublemakers, cursing them for disregarding the grace of the Qing Dynasty for many lifetimes, and cursing the bandits and demons who had ruined them.
This is not just about emptying the Old Summer Palace, it is also about stripping off their fig leaf!
This garden symbolizes their so-called prosperity!
Now the unruly people are slapping them in the face over and over again, stepping on their faces, shattering the dignity of the Qing Dynasty, shattering the lies of the Qing Dynasty, and shattering the majesty they have established for hundreds of years by relying on killing and enslavement. While the Old Summer Palace quickly turned from a peacock to a white chicken, the image of the Qing Dynasty was also collapsed.
No one will fear them anymore.
They have become laughing stocks, and their weakness and incompetence have been known to everyone. Those unlucky people who carry royal supplies and walk out of the royal garden happily will continue to spread their jokes in the next time, and then the whole country will know that the alien rulers who once pressed over this land like mountains were just a blank shell of paper. If this empty shell was scary in the past, now even the thin paper outside has been ruthlessly torn apart.
Then……
Then a lot of things happen.
"According to the merchants who returned from Niuzhuang, when he left Niuzhuang, the Eight Banners outside the Pass led by General Xien of Shengjing was passing through the Sancha River floating bridge. He was carrying a group of cavalry that the Eight Banners and the Korchin tribes of Shengjing were finally pieced together, with a total force of no more than 10,000. The Eight Banners and Bukhat Banners under the Heilongjiang General and Jilin General were also rushing to Shengjing and heading south. In the end, the total force of this group of Tartars may exceed 20,000. In addition, the Mongolian cavalry of the Chechen Khan tribe was also recruited. This is what the Niuzhuang Tartars said when boasting that the Chechen Khan tribes would definitely exceed 20,000, and they were all cavalry or heavy infantry riding horses, but there were not many guns and cannons, especially the Mongolian cavalry and Bukhat Banners, basically all bows and cobs, and even few flintlocks."
Xu Hui said.
This is actually very normal.
Before this, the Qing army had a clamping gun, but it was only after being stimulated by the Ming and British troops over the years that the flintlock gun was replaced. It was mainly from the southern war zone. The proportion of flintlock guns from the north was lower. The proportion of flintlock guns in the green camp in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang, and Beijing had more than half of the flintlock guns. There were only a small number of the Eight Banners flintlock guns. The Green Camp in Beijing was just a flintlock gun. The Green Camp was just a flintlock gun, and it was not a war zone outside the pass. It was good that the Eight Banners there could have a clamping gun.
However, it is true that these people still have a certain combat power, especially the Soren soldiers of the Buhart Eight Banners were the pillars of the mid-Qing Dynasty. In fact, since the Qianlong Dynasty, the Eight Banners could only rely on the Sorens to support the scene. Most of the generals with some talent were Sorens.
For example, Hailancha.
Although Dorona is a Zhengbai Banner, he is actually a Sauronian.
"That's what they should go to Shanhaiguan."
Yang Feng pondered for a moment.
"Send a report to the fleet at Dagukou, ordering the remaining Second Brigade and the Third Battalion to transfer a sentry to take the machine gun team to board the ship and go to Shanhaiguan immediately. If Xien has passed Shanhaiguan, forget it. If Xien has not passed Shanhaiguan, land and seize the old dragon head, and then attract the Qing army to attack and then bombard it with ships. If the Qing army does not counterattack, then take the machine gun forward along the Great Wall with its feint."
Then he said.
He had to say hello to Xien first, and it would be perfect if he could attract the Qing army into the naval gun range.
By the way, his current naval gun range is still a bit insufficient, otherwise it would be perfect to bombard Shanhaiguan from sea. But even his latest six-inch main gun is only 5,000 meters in range, and such a range cannot hit Shanhaiguan no matter what. It is not that he cannot make longer pipes, but that the black gunpowder is not capable enough, and even the range of the rifled gun is limited. If you want to shoot further, you have to wait until you can replace it with more advanced launching drugs later.
"Your Majesty, I think it's better to attack Niuzhuang just."
Xu Hui said carefully.
"Niuzhuang, let's forget it for the time being. Our ship cannot drive Niuzhuang, and even the frigates cannot drive there this season."
Yang Feng said.
Niuzhuang must fight.
But it was early autumn, and the water level of the Liaohe River began to drop, and his frigate was also in a 500-ton class. Even if this tonnage could be opened into Liangfangkou, it would not be able to open Sanchahe. Otherwise, the British would not have changed Yingkou to open a port in history.
"Your Majesty, the cannon of the destruction is loaded!"
An officer saluted.
On the specially-constructed position behind him, a huge water tank pointed to the sky. This was the Deluo Cannon made by Yang Feng himself. He used several tons of high-quality bronze to create this eleven-inch caliber cannon that was less than two meters long, but had a terrifying eleven-inch caliber cannon, or simply a bronze tank. However, there were trunnions on both sides mounted on cast iron ear bases, and the tail of the cannon was semicircular on the steel plate, which could be adjusted in an angle within a very small range. The pig iron and steel base below were placed flat on the ground of rammed earth, and a circle of wooden stakes were locked on all sides. There were booms and inverted chains on the base to fill giant shells that looked like stone balls in front of some buildings.
Giant flowering bullet.
It weighs 200 kilograms and is filled with giant flowering bullets produced by Daqing's black gunpowder.
"Then let the chiefs listen to your roar!"
Yang Feng said with satisfaction as he looked at his latest work.
The officer saluted immediately, then turned around and took the ignition rod from a soldier, and stepped into the ignition hole of the tail of the cannon without hesitation. Then he heard a sudden loud noise, accompanied by the flames ejected from the muzzle, a black shadow almost visible to the naked eye, with a small tail burning with the fuse, rushed straight into the sky.
Chapter completed!