The Forbidden City is 320 feet long from north to south and 251 feet wide from east to west. It has 9,999 and a half palaces, large and small, and tens of thousands of eunuchs, maids, guards, and members of the royal family. It would be too difficult to hide a lot of people in it.
Relaxed.
So Liu Ziguang gave up his attempt to find Kangxi. He only had a thousand men and horses at his disposal, and the defense of the palace was stretched thin. How could he have the strength to search for Kangxi from palace to palace? Anyway, holding Dayu'er in his hand already had a trump card.
The Qing army in Beijing was disrupted by the sudden airborne landing, and they were afraid that the Ming army would take the opportunity to attack the city. Therefore, the troops in the outer city and the inner city did not leave their posts without permission. Only the mobile troops of Admiral Jiumen rounded up the Ming army who landed on the ground, and the commotion continued.
After a while, I realized that the Forbidden City had been attacked by others, but by this time the death camp had already established a foothold in the palace and established a defense line.
The walls of the Forbidden City are 1,133 feet long in total and four feet high. Outside is a circle of Tongzi River 18 feet wide. In addition to the Meridian Gate directly in front, there are Donghua Gate and Xihua Gate on the left and right.
There is a bridge outside the gate, a bridge at the Shenwu Gate in the north, and a majestic turret at each corner of the Forbidden City. There are many firearms, bows and arrows left by the Qing army inside. A thousand men and horses can sit back and relax as long as they live in a few gates and turrets.
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As for the residents in the palace, Liu Ziguang left it to Nie Feng to deal with. Now that the situation is in turmoil, eunuchs of Han origin will no longer work for the Qing court. They followed Nie Feng with swords and guns and drove all the maids, eunuchs and concubines to the palace.
Go up to the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. During this period, some revenge and petty thefts will inevitably occur. In the chaos, who has the time to care about this? The green hats who cooperate with the eunuchs anyway don’t care.
Right or wrong, whoever dares to stick around will be hacked to death on the spot.
The imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty had never experienced such a catastrophe. The pampered concubines were dragged by their hair on the ground by the slaves who used to have low eyebrows. The loyal palace maids came to protect them, but they were hacked to death by demon soldiers with red hair and blue eyes.
Blood splattered everywhere, and the harem was filled with the smell of fear. Since Nie Feng and others were familiar with the harem, the progress was quite rapid. A large number of concubines and eunuchs were gathered in the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Most of them were not dressed neatly.
, a wailing.
The red-shirted troops set up volleys of muskets at the entrance of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Gate of Supreme Harmony, Hongyi Pavilion and Tiren Pavilion to monitor the group. If anyone dared to make any move, they would use muskets and grenades to greet them. The rest of the troops would use them.
Come to defend the city, the Qing army's counterattack is coming soon.
There were a total of 130,000 Qing troops in Beijing. After the initial chaos, a large number of troops were gathered to attack the palace. The Tongzi River was very wide, and the attack could only be launched from the Meridian Gate and the east, west, and north gates. A large group of Qing troops swarmed on the bridge, using bows and arrows.
He and fire cannons fired suppressively at the city wall, but the Ming army did not fight back. As more and more of them gathered, the water ghost team members hiding under the bridge lit the gun bag, and then a fierce man dived into the water and disappeared. Installed on the bridge
The bombs they dropped blew up a wide bridge into the sky, causing bricks, stones and corpses to fly everywhere. The Qing army had to terminate the attack and put its troops on the wide Meridian Gate.
The Meridian Gate is a gate-shaped city tower, with the city walls protruding from both sides like a pair of large pliers. Here, the strongest firepower of the Red Shirt Army is concentrated. Artillery, rocket launchers, and platoons are all placed on it. In addition, there are a large row of human shields.
, all titled concubines.
Most of these concubines were Shunzhi's concubines, and some were Huang Taiji's concubines. Anyway, they were all elders of Kangxi and noble members of the royal family. With them around, the Qing army would never dare to shoot arrows randomly.
After fighting all night, the sky was already twilight. Bodies were lying on the ground outside the Meridian Gate. The city gate was covered with broken arrows and small holes made by bullets. The vermilion city wall was also blackened by the flames of war. The Qing army had sacrificed
Despite the cost of hundreds of casualties, they still didn't get even half a step closer to the Meridian Gate. The firepower here was simply too strong.
A man walked through the smoke and approached the Meridian Gate, waving a white flag in his hand. While waving the flag, he shouted: "Don't shoot the arrow, don't shoot the arrow."
Liu Ziguang personally commanded the defense at the Meridian Gate. He waved to everyone not to do anything, and asked the man to come closer and talk. The man was wearing a straw hat, a blue satin official robe, a peacock embroidered on his chest, and was dressed as a civil servant. He walked over cautiously.
In the open space, they actually started shouting words, which even the literate people couldn't understand. The general idea was that women should not be involved in the war between the two countries. It was not very kind of the Ming army to do this. They suggested that the Ming army release the concubines. Everyone
Fight with open swords and clear guns.
Liu Ziguang sneered. He had finally managed to make a human shield. If you asked him to withdraw, just withdraw. He raised his hand and hit the old master with two muskets under his feet. He was so frightened that he dropped his little white flag and ran away with his head in his arms.
The Qing army's command post was on the front line, because Duanmen was already under the threat of Ming army firepower, so it had to be farther away. Because the distance was too far, Liu Ziguang didn't know who was leading the army, but looking at it
The Qing army looked well organized, and a high-ranking figure should be commanding it from the opposite side.
After a while, the Qing army began to attack again, using all the elite soldiers from the previous three phases. The rattan soldiers of the Jianrui battalion were in the front, the Shenji battalion holding match ropes and blunderbuss was behind, and the other armies were armed with strong bows and hard crossbows.
An assault, followed by a large bronze cannon, advanced toward the Meridian Gate with murderous intent.
Liu Ziguang was a little confused, did the Qing soldiers not even care about the lives of these concubines? The twenty or so concubines were tied to the top of the city with tears in their eyes and screamed in fear, but no one paid attention to them.
Approaching in silence, the Ming army was quietly waiting for them to enter the effective shooting range. The atmosphere in front of the Meridian Gate was tense and depressing.
As the Qing army entered the effective firing range, a burst of gunpowder smoke rose from the top of the Meridian Gate City, and a hail of bullets poured over it. The shields of Jianrui Camp were of no use at all, and a large number of them were killed on the spot. However, the Qing army still moved forward bravely.
While charging and fighting back, bullets and bows and arrows fell on the city tower. The first ones to bear the brunt were the human shields. Each one was pierced by thousands of arrows and beaten to a bloody pulp. It was a pitiful generation of emperors and concubines who ended up dying on the city walls.
Since the other party did not care about the late emperor's concubines at all, it means that the commander must be a resolute and responsible character. Thinking of this, Liu Ziguang couldn't help but worry. If the 130,000 Qing troops in the capital use wheel tactics to attack, no matter how powerful these 1,000 people are.
I have to explain it here, Li Yan, Li Yan, why haven't you arrived yet?
The weapons of the Qing army were one generation behind the Ming army. The rate of fire, range and power of matchlock muskets were weaker than those of the Ming army's breech-loaded firing pin muskets. The range of the artillery was also much closer. The general had just placed the cannon and had not had time to fire it.
He was killed by Zhao Zhangcheng, the master artilleryman of the Ming Army. Now this man is already well-known at the Qianhu level. He is also married and has given birth to several children. I didn't want him to follow him on the airborne adventure, but
People say that wealth and honor are given by the commander, and this life will be returned to the commander sooner or later. Liu Ziguang couldn't resist him, so he had to bring his companions. Whether it was a rocket launcher or an infantry cannon, it was like having eyes in his hands.
No matter where they hit, the ammunition was always fired. The Qing army was inexperienced and always wanted to shoot directly without being able to projectile, so the cannon was pushed very close. Three general cannons that were pushed in a row were knocked down by Zhao Zhangcheng.
This wave of offensive was once again contained. There was a gong sound in the direction of the enemy. The Qing army dropped corpses on the ground and retreated like a tide. After a while, they came back again. Liu Ziguang was about to give the order to fire when he suddenly saw in front of the formation.
There was a woman with her hands bound, a white cloth stuffed in her mouth, and tied to a wooden pole. Who else could she be if she wasn't Dai Wenpei?
Liu Ziguang quickly asked his brothers to stop firing. The Qing army did not take advantage of the situation to attack. They just pushed Dai Wenpei to the front of the formation and then formed a formation, pretending to have a dialogue.
A Qing general came out from behind Dai Wenpei, grabbed Dai Wenpei's hair, and yanked his drooping head. His pale face was facing the Meridian Gate Tower.
"See clearly! This is your handsome Liu Ziguang's fiancée, and she is in our hands now! If anyone dares to act rashly again, I will take her away and let the brothers take turns, and let you see what kind of handsome woman this is.
What a naughty look!"
The Qing soldiers laughed lustfully, as if they had obtained some amulet. Seeing that there was no response from the tower, the general shouted arrogantly: "Open fire, shoot me! If you dare, open fire and shoot me to death. Who knows?"
Dare? Who has the courage?" As he spoke, he tore off his armor, revealing a suit of black hair. His arrogance was so arrogant that the Qing soldiers were infected by his aura and began to howl and scream.
When the Chinese army saw that the commander did not order to fire, they knew that what the Qing army said was true. His wife had been captured. This was indeed a problem. Throwing a weapon against rats. A pair of inquiring eyes looked at Liu Ziguang. Liu Ziguang was also in a dilemma. He was surrounded by
Dai Wenlong, the personal guard, even had tears in his eyes. The young man was fourteen years old this year, but he was already very sensible. Seeing the commander, he couldn't bear to fire, so he knelt down and said: "Commander, fight, my sister definitely doesn't want you to delay for her."
This is a major military and national event. If the commander-in-chief still has feelings for my sister, please send her on her way in person."
Liu Ziguang looked at the tearful Dai Wenlong, and then at the pale Dai Wenpei below the city. A complicated mood came to his mind. He had very little communication with Dai Wenpei, but he knew the girl's thoughts.
In order for Dai Wenpei to have a place in the Marquis' Mansion after passing the exam, and to contribute to Liu Ziguang's career, Dai Wenpei has been traveling across the land of Yan and Zhao these years, contacting local righteous people, and winning over Han officials from all over the country. She is Liu Ziguang's fiancée, and
She is the senior third-level leader of the Tiandihui. With these two identities, she has achieved a lot of achievements. She is responsible for the surveying and mapping of various military maps used by the Red Shirt Army.
The Qing general was still laughing unscrupulously, and stretched out a dirty hand to Dai Wenpei's chin to rub it. He smiled at the Meridian Gate and said: "Shuai Liu really has a good eye, and the little wife he picked is tender and tender."
No one would be willing to kill such a young beauty. The handsome man treats her so tenderly, and we admire her so much."
As he spoke, the Qing soldiers moved forward without leaving any trace. Seeing that they were already within the effective shooting range of the matchgun, Liu Ziguang finally made up his mind and grabbed a long-barreled firegun from the soldiers around him. Click.
He raised the hammer with a sound, closed his left eye, opened his right eye, and aimed at Dai Wenpei's head.
"Dai Nuxia, I'm sorry." Liu Ziguang muttered silently in his heart. The moment he pulled the trigger, Dai Wenpei, who had been lowering his gaze, suddenly opened his eyes and met Liu Ziguang's eyes, his eyes filled with determination and determination.