The battle in the middle of the street is still going on. This is a battle between advanced firearms. Both sides have used repeating muskets, grenades, rocket launchers and light infantry artillery. All the window glass of the shops and houses along the street have been shattered, and the tiles have been broken.
There was thick smoke billowing from the wall, and the people fled in all directions. The news of Zhen Guogong's rebellion quickly spread throughout the city.
In the martial arts hall of the Tokyo Normal University, students were doing morning exercises. A total of 1,500 future red-shirt non-commissioned officers from first grade to third grade were standing on the school field in high spirits, waiting for the instructor's instructions. But the strange thing was
The familiar instructors did not appear. Those who came to the command podium were some unfamiliar faces. These middle-aged men wearing crimson third- and fourth-grade military attache robes and black gauze hats had serious faces. There were also dozens of hand-holding personnel standing under the stage.
Ma Bian, who is wearing a waist knife, seems to have a very uncomfortable atmosphere.
The leading military attache murmured a few words to the people next to him, then took out a bright yellow roll from the tray behind him, unfolded it respectfully, coughed twice and said: "The Holy One has a decree, and all the students in the Martial Arts Hall of the Capital are listening to the announcement.
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The students looked at each other, slightly uneasy, but the long-term military training made them not make any noise, but knelt down neatly to listen to the order.
The military attache was very satisfied with the effect and said in a tone of voice: "By God's will, the emperor summoned Liu Ziguang, the Duke of Zhazhen, who tortured and killed the prince, took bribes, manipulated the stock market, and conspired to rebel. Therefore, he was stripped of all his positions and titles, and he was appointed as a general.
He was rectified on the spot, and all the party members were arrested and questioned. They thought that all the people in the martial arts hall were unaware of the inside story, and they were pardoned for the crime of being a bandit. From then on, the martial arts academy in the capital was renamed the Nanjing Military Bei School, and it was directly under the control of the Ministry of War. I appreciate this. You are still here.
No thanks?”
There were only 100 people sent by the emperor to recruit the Martial Arts Lecture Hall in the capital, and most of them were officials from the Ministry of War. They thought that these sixteen or seventeen-year-old students were not worth mentioning, and a few senior officials wearing black gauze hats would be enough.
The imperial edict was a bit too much to shock them. These guys were not red-shirted soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles and were rebellious. They were just kids who had just left home. They were so frightened that they peed their pants when they heard the word imperial edict. Besides,
, all their instructors were arrested in advance, and the firecrackers in the school's arsenal were replaced with wooden ones, so that they could not cause trouble.
But this judgment was completely wrong. The people who were most loyal to Liu Ziguang and the ones who fought with their lives the most were these people. They had been immersed in the heroic stories of Zhen Guogong since they were eleven or twelve years old, and their minds were filled with personality worship.
After finally getting admitted to the martial arts hall, and just waiting to conquer the country to make great achievements, suddenly something went wrong and something happened to the Duke of Zhen. This was like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone present.
There was silence on the campus, with only the sound of the wind blowing. The fat military attaches on the command platform held their jade belts and said dissatisfiedly: "You still don't kowtow to thank me! You are a bunch of unruly people."
Suddenly a shout broke out from the crowd: "There is a traitor in the court! I have deceived the emperor and assassinated the commander-in-chief. Brothers, please avenge the commander-in-chief!" This voice was like a thunderbolt, waking up every young student soldier and commander-in-chief present.
It was Yue Wumu. There was a treacherous minister like Qin Hui in the court who used conspiracy and tricks to assassinate the beloved Marshal. Then Marshal Liu, who had outstanding military exploits and devoted himself to serving the country, died unjustly in Fengbo Pavilion just like Yue Wumu. This is something that no one can do from the bottom of his heart.
Accepted, they are all young men of sixteen or seventeen years old. They do things without thinking. No matter what the imperial edict is or not, whether they are rebels or not, they want to avenge the commander at this moment and kill all these Qin Hui!
Many of the third-grade students had participated in the Western Region War with Liu Ziguang. Now that the instructor was away, they took the initiative to assume the duties of officers. Xia Wanchun jumped out and shouted: "Brothers, take down these dog officers!"
The soldiers rushed towards the military attachés on the command platform like crazy. They were so frightened that their legs were trembling and they could not run. The horsemen were even more sparse and they knelt down and surrendered without even pulling out their sabers.
The trainees were indeed ruthless. They killed several military attachés on the spot, and then swarmed into the weapons warehouse. If they didn't have real guns and live ammunition, they would use wooden blunderbuss as teaching aids. Fortunately, there were bayonets on them, so they were not unarmed. There was also a box of
They also took out the guns used for teaching box soil work, and 1,500 people were quickly armed. Each class had a squad leader, and each grade also had a district captain. There was no need to temporarily assign officers, engineers, infantry, cavalry, artillery and other services.
All were ready, and students from the Staff Department formed the staff department. Someone brought a bed sheet, dipped a mop in ink and wrote the words "Rebel Army" on it. Everyone recommended Xia Wanchun as the commander and Liang Shiyi as the general staff officer, and they took the oath on the campus.
, vowing to go into the city and kill all the traitors to avenge the commander-in-chief!
The students all put on teaching protective gear made of bamboo pieces, with silver-white star emblems on their chests. Their eyes were glowing red, and everyone's mind was filled with blood. Xia Wanchun looked at everyone,
He yelled in a hoarse voice: "Brothers, traitors are rampant in the court, and the commander-in-chief may have suffered an accident. From now on, the Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of traitors and return to the previous situation of being at the mercy of others. We are the red shirt army,
He is the pillar of the nation. We must not allow the Ming Dynasty to repeat the tragedy of Fengbo Pavilion. It belongs to men. Come with me and fight into the city to avenge you. Those who are afraid of death can stay. The red shirts don’t want to be cowards!"
They were all bloody men, and no one would step back when faced with such a situation. They all roared together: "Come into the city and take revenge!" The sound shook the sky, and the rebel army immediately set off and headed straight for the nearest city gate.
As soon as he opened the gate of the Martial Arts Hall, he encountered a group of people arriving from the opposite side. It turned out that Yuan Chengzhi was worried about the students causing trouble, so he specially sent the nearby Xiaoling Guards to assist the officials of the Ministry of War in recruiting the students from the Martial Arts Hall. The Xiaoling Guards were in charge.
To put it bluntly, the troops guarding the imperial tombs were just to guard the tombs. Their combat effectiveness was very average. To satisfy their ancestors, their armor and weapons were not bad. They were assigned a temporary task to go to the martial arts hall to perform duty. They didn't know what they were going to do, so they took the weapons.
They lazily passed by after raising the flag, but unexpectedly they met a team head-on, under the banner of suppressing the rebels, and their murderous intent was very frightening. The commander of Xiaoling Guard immediately panicked and did not have time to react.
, they launched a charge.
The rebel army only had bayonets, so they could only charge hand-to-hand. The Ming Dynasty had often fought wars over the years, but it had never been reduced to using troops to guard the graves of their ancestors to fight. These soldiers rarely even practiced, let alone fight face to face.
The knife was out, and when I saw the bayonet shining brightly in the sun, I panicked, threw the thing in my hand, turned around and ran away, ignoring the commander's scolding.
The rebel army defeated the Xiaoling Guards with a single charge and picked up good weapons all over the place. Even the commander of the Xiaoling Guards was captured.
Wear the clothes of the captives, raise the flag, and open the city gate.
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It was already daylight at the Red Shirt Army camp in the south of the city, but there was still no sound in the camp. The Imperial Guards guarding outside thought that all the people inside had died of poison, so they drove in with bullock carts to collect the bodies. However, when they opened the barracks, they found it was empty.
There was no one there. The stove was still hot when I touched it with my hands. The Imperial Guards were puzzled. The crowd outside was airtight. Could it be that they had wings and flew away? That's not right. There were people watching all night.
There was no sign of the airship. They couldn't figure it out and were unwilling to think about it. They just went to report it to Yuan Chengzhi immediately.
Besides, the veterans of the Zhenguo Palace were still fighting hard in the middle of the street. Their ammunition was getting less and less, but the enemy's supplies were abundant. They were hiding behind the wall and kept firing without even aiming, as if
Bullets are free, but this idiotic strategy is extremely effective. All the passages are blocked, and the veterans are trapped in several houses and cannot show their faces.
The servants of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion were surrounded by troops from several factions, including the Beijing Forbidden Army, the Imperial Guards, and the Royal Forest Army. They all wanted to compete with each other, but they were also cowardly and afraid of death, and did not want to lead the charge, so they fought for a long time without eating the food.
A small team was in a stalemate when they suddenly heard a loud rumbling noise from the corner of the street, and could see plumes of black smoke rising. The officers and soldiers suddenly cheered. It turned out that the chariot sent by the emperor for reinforcements had arrived.
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This is a new type of tracked artillery combat vehicle developed by the Royal Academy of Sciences. The huge body has a square riveted turret. An eight-pound cannon and a half-inch caliber repeating gun are arranged in front of the turret. There is a
The bright yellow pennant was painted with a golden dragon showing its teeth and claws. Everyone knew at a glance that this was the emperor's personal army. The so-called emperor's personal army was a small army with the Eighth School Lieutenant of Xiyuan as its core.
Tough and equipped with extremely advanced equipment, they are the emperor's trump card troops and will not go into battle until critical moments.
The chariot was driven directly from the test site of the Academy of Sciences. This new weapon named Tianqi heavy double-gun chariot was originally developed for the Western War. It was first used against Liu Ziguang before it was officially put into production. The chariot only has two
It was a vehicle, but it was so powerful that there was no need to fire a cannon at all, it just crashed into a path, and the black muzzle was aimed at the house where the veterans were hiding, and it was about to fire.
A pillar of fire suddenly shot out from the ruins of the wall. It was a powerful individual rocket. This kind of rocket in an iron tube is thrown away after being fired. It is the standard configuration of the Red Shirt Army infantry unit and is used to destroy the effect of civil engineering works.
Excellent, but the rocket hit the front of the turret of the Apocalypse Chariot, but only made a dent in the sloping armor plate, and then flew to an unknown place.
The tank slowly rotated the turret and fired a shot towards the place where the rocket was fired. This vehicle-mounted eight-pound cannon is not a smooth-bore front-loading cannon that uses eight-pound round cast iron shells in the traditional sense, but a new breech-loading rifled cannon.
, custom-installed oval steel artillery shells, unparalleled in power. One shot hit, and the dilapidated house was instantly reduced to ashes. The officers and soldiers released their hands covering their ears and cheered loudly. The top cover of the tank opened, and a man with a
The guy in the leather hat exposed half of his body and raised his hands triumphantly. He looked very proud. But Peng Jinrong and others looked pale, thinking that the defeat was already decided.
Suddenly, there were bursts of loud noises in the distance. This sound was different from the roar of the tracks of a giant chariot, but the feeling of heavy objects hitting the ground. One sound was followed by another one a few seconds apart, and each sound was preceded by another sound.
At this time, the ground was shaking violently, and the pots and pans were shaking wildly. The driver of the Apocalypse chariot looked up and his face turned green. He closed the hatch cover with a bang and began to raise the muzzle desperately.