10-30 Lingxiao Palace descends into the mortal world
After ten days of rest, the transformation of the Sky City was finally completed, and the army had almost rested. One day at the end of August, the Ming army officially launched an attack on Beijing.
Beijing is a great city. The capitals of the Liao and Jin dynasties were once established here. The Mongols invaded the Central Plains and named this city Dadu. From then on, it replaced Xi'an, Luoyang, Kaifeng and other cities and became the political center of China. After the demise of the Yuan Dynasty, Beijing was a great city.
, Nanjing once became the capital, but after the Jingnan Campaign, the capital was still set in Beijing, and Emperor Yongle built a magnificent palace and towering city walls, using Beijing as both the capital and a military center to intimidate the nomads in the north.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, war broke out all over the country, and the imperial court could not bear the hardships to support it, so it moved the entire capital to Nanjing, giving a complete city to the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty completely took over Beijing and directly used the Ming Dynasty's imperial palace. The Beijing Imperial Palace was the most magnificent and elegant palace in the history of the dynasties. It was very different from the landlord's mansion in Shengjing that had been burned down by Liu Ziguang. It came from Baishan Heishui
The local bumpkins took over the large and small mansions in Beijing, and they seemed to be happy. They moved in without even repairing them. In recent years, the Manchu and Qing court has been considered clean, and they did not spend their money and taxes on any summer resorts.
In terms of construction, they vigorously rebuilt the city wall. The unfinished outer city of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty was improved, raised, and thickened. The wall of Beijing was as thick as ten feet, even with the cannons of the Red Shirt Army.
It is difficult to collapse even with continuous bombardment.
Thick city walls, ample supplies of food, grass, water, and equally sharp firearms were the guarantee of Kangxi's confidence. The city of Beijing was a hundred miles in radius, and it was impossible to surround it with just the Red Shirt Army. Although the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal leading to Shandong was surrounded by
Although it has been cut off, the roads leading to Shanxi and Mongolia are still open, and Beijing is far from being at the end of its rope.
Liu Ziguang knew the enemy's strengths and his own weaknesses. Although the artillery was sharp, he was still unable to deal with the city wall built by the ancients using an almost perverted method. According to the records of the Ministry of Industry, a large amount of glutinous rice juice and egg white were used in the construction of the Beijing city wall.
The adhesive and wall bricks are huge blue bricks made of Bozhou soil. The texture is very good and is no less than reinforced concrete fortifications.
Beijing is a square city with a circumference of more than 60 miles. Liu Ziguang's 20,000 troops can't surround it at all. Attacking by force is even more nonsense. People's military books say that if we attack it ten times, there will be at least 20,000 people in the city now.
With an army of 130,000, the Red Shirts can't even keep up with the others. They can attack in any way, even if they have enough troops. Liu Ziguang is also very opposed to this primitive and backward strategy. The casualty rate of climbing the city with ladders is too high, which is not in line with his tactics.
Thought.
The Red Shirt Army's response strategy was to deploy reconnaissance balloons in three directions of Beijing to observe the movements in the city at all times. If the Qing army sent cavalry to attempt harassment, the information would be immediately reported to the Red Shirt Army staff headquarters, and Li Yan would dispatch cavalry according to the situation.
In terms of interception and killing, now compared to the wild battles, the Qing army is no longer a match for the Ming army.
To the north of Beijing, the Red Shirt Army did not arrange detection balloons, but directly dispatched a team of elite cavalry. The general of this cavalry was Zhamuhe, and its members were all Mongolian soldiers, but all of them were Chahars.
The soldiers of the tribe are the mortal enemies of the Horqin tribe and the Manchus. It is thought that Lin Danhan, the great Khan of Chahar, died under the joint attack of the Manchus and Horqins. Now Zhamu and the men leading Chahar
The fight is back!
Liu Ziguang gave Zhamuhe a new identity, saying that he was the half-brother of Lin Danhan. Anyway, this matter can no longer be studied. Whoever has the stronger fist is the truth. This cavalry did not display the military banner.
It is the banner of Chahar's revolt, but the weapons and armor are all standard Red Shirt Army equipment. They are naturally rampant on the Mongolian grasslands. Horqin's elite soldiers are all on the battlefield in Shandong. Who can be their opponent? Zhamu and all
Wherever they arrived, the herdsmen of the former Chahar tribe rode the wind, mounted their horses, picked up their bows and arrows, and followed Lin Dan Khan's younger brother into the vigorous Mongolian restoration movement. In just a few days, a thousand cavalrymen snowballed.
It usually expands to 3,000 people, and has a tendency to get bigger and bigger.
After being prepared, the Red Shirts finally took action, but they did not send a single soldier to the walls of Beijing. The protagonist of the show this time was the City in the Sky.
In the early morning, a group of soldiers from the Jianrui Battalion in full armor were patrolling the city wall of Yongdingmen carrying matchlock guns. Suddenly, a burst of faint music came. They looked around but found nothing. The soldiers all suspected that there was something wrong with their ears.
, but the sound of the music became clearer and clearer. It was an extremely pleasant sound of silk and bamboo, just like fairy music. Gradually, everyone's eyes were focused on the clouds, and the fairy music seemed to be coming from there.
A huge, indescribable thing slowly floated out of the clouds. This thing seemed to be a lotus throne, but judging from its size, it was a hundred feet in diameter. Could such a huge lotus throne be the descendant of Guanyin Bodhisattva?
If you look closely, you will see that the lotus throne is covered with golden light, and a magnificent palace stands on it. From the pillars, steps, to the cornices, they are all made of gold. It is really magnificent and breathtaking, with auspicious clouds floating around the palace.
, adding more charm.
Some officers and soldiers with telescopes hurriedly raised their telescopes to observe, and saw two rows of golden-armored warriors standing on the heavenly steps on both sides of the Golden Palace, one in pure gold armor, holding golden melon axes in their hands, and in front of the Golden Palace.
On the platform, a fairy in fluttering white clothes was dancing gracefully, and the sound of silk and bamboo drums was the music accompanying her.
"Heaven! Chang'e! Heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals!" The officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who saw this scene couldn't help but think of these terms. How shocking it was that heaven had come to the world. Everyone knelt down in unison and prayed devoutly.
The Jade Emperor protects the Qing Dynasty for generations to come.
This heavenly palace was renovated by Liu Ziguang's Sky City. The Ming army spent ten days and hired hundreds of painters, painters, carpenters, and masters from the incense paper horse shop who specialized in making paper figures and horses.
The fairing of the city is depicted as a lotus throne, and the flight deck is built with wooden boards and cardboard as the Lingxiao Palace. The craftsmen are skilled in craftsmanship, and the outside of the paper palace is painted with a layer of gold paint. Don’t even look at it from a distance.
Yes, it looks lifelike even when you get close.
As for the heavenly soldiers and generals, they are served by the red-shirted honor guard. Their armor is ceremonial gold armor, and their weapons are specially made red lacquer poles, axes, axes and gourds. They look majestic, but are actually useless. The dancing Chang'e is Dong Xiaowan.
Dong Xiaowan made a guest appearance. She wore a thin gauze and danced in the sky. She was very excited. Artists are like this. They are easily infected by the environment. At this moment, Dong Xiaowan really felt that she was Chang'e in the Moon Palace.
, danced very immersedly, the sky was windy, and the white ribbon was flowing elegantly around her, giving her an unearthly fairy-like temperament.
The City in the Sky is hovering outside the Yongding Gate. It has been deliberately lowered so that everyone on the tower can see the Lingxiao Palace made of cardboard. Chang'e's dance is just a prelude, and there are exciting dramas to come later. The four major
The King of Heaven, Taoist Priest Sanqing, Guanyin Pizza, and the Eighteen Arhats were all doing their final touch-ups at the back. Liu Ziguang invited so many theater troupes not just for singing, but for them to perform this big play is the real purpose.
There was a vision coming from the sky, and all the Yongding Gate defenders were lying on the ground, mumbling: There are still people who dare to fire cannons and arrows and blaspheme the gods. But there are also those who know better and understand that this is a trick of the Ming army. Peng Chun is now in charge of Yongding Gate.
The general roared loudly and asked the soldiers to fire, but no one listened to his command. Peng Chun became anxious and fired the cannon himself. The Yongding Gate was equipped with the most advanced weapon of the Qing army, the red cannon, which was designed by Nan Huairen.
, the copper artillery produced under the personal supervision of Emperor Kangxi fired solid iron egg pellets, but Peng Chun was in a hurry and did not estimate the range.
It fell to the ground without even grazing its edges.
However, the Qing army's artillery attack also shocked Liu Ziguang. Fortunately, in order to maintain the mystery, the Sky City was not too close to Yongding Gate and was kept at a distance of 500 feet. The Qing army's artillery range was also close, otherwise it would have been impossible
Embarrassed, he quickly ordered a counterattack. A small window appeared on the lotus throne, and three missiles were fired in succession.
Today's missiles are no longer the primitive bullion-band-powered gadgets used in the East China Sea, but advanced weapons propelled by aluminum alloy projectiles and gunpowder. Although the distance is still remote, a target as big as Yongding Gate is difficult to miss.
It's all difficult.
The missile showed that it was shot out by a powerful crossbow. After flying for a certain distance, the nozzle began to work. Flames spurted out from the tail of the missile. The air flow disturbed the three tail fins and began to rotate. The missile spun and flew straight towards the tower. The Qing soldiers saw
Heaven was so angry that they were so frightened that they lay on the ground trembling. The missiles hit the Yongding Gate Tower and the nearby city wall one after another. Another one flew straight into the city. The aluminum alloy warhead was equipped with a mercury fuse and high-explosive gun, and it hit the target.
Then it exploded. Although the power was limited, the psychological pressure it caused was huge. This was a fire of punishment sent from heaven.
Peng Chun drew his sword and pointed it at the Sky City and cursed: "Han dog, what kind of hero is it to pretend to be a ghost? If you have the guts, come down and challenge grandpa to a duel!" But he was the only one who went crazy there, and no other Qing army generals and soldiers dared to
He said nothing, thinking that Peng Chun must have lost his mind and gone crazy, daring to challenge the Jade Emperor.
Seeing that the Qing army no longer fired artillery, the heavenly soldiers and generals on the "Lingxiao Palace" shouted together: "The Jade Emperor summons the Qing Emperor Xuan Ye to come and listen to the announcement!" A large group of people shouted together, and their voices were loud and clear. Peng Chun
Still yelling: "Bah! What qualifications do you have to summon me, His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty?" However, other generals already regarded him as a madman, ignored him as the guard of Yongding Gate, and went down to the city on flying horses to report back to Kangxi.