Beiyang new warlord

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Fortunately, the capital is still somewhat elite. The eunuch Wang Dehua, the former eunuch who supervised the battle, ordered his soldiers to shoot without hesitation. There was a burst of crackling shots, and more than 30 people in the capital who had just escaped from the city wall were shot dead. The sergeants from the Yongwei Battalion of the Horse Supervisor swarmed up, and pressed the soldiers who had thanked and fled back to the city wall, as well as the soldiers who were injured and screamed, to the ground. The big blades were chopped off from the back of the head, and each head was like a watermelon. Get out like that.

He always bared his teeth and claws fiercely towards his own people, pointing at those heads, Wang Dehua bared his teeth and yelled viciously.

"Reward for those who fight bravely! Those who dare to retreat and flee, our family will kill his whole family! Rabbits! Let our family guard it!"

The eunuch's lethality was still full of his yelling, those street rogues who spent money to come in to take up the quota, and the hooligans had no choice but to hide behind the battlements tremblingly and chant Amitabha, begging for the blessing of the Buddha.

Under the city, the earth and rocks splashed by the shells also rose one after another. With a bang, a shell even penetrated the excavated trench wall. A puddle of blood was sprayed directly on Wu Sangui's helmet.

Looking forward with the binoculars, he remained motionless as if he hadn't seen it.

There are indeed many cannons in the army. However, Li Zicheng's artillery battle still belongs to the idea of ​​tent army. If the cannons are placed in the army and protected by layers of troops, then there is nothing to talk about. A round of shelling, thousands of heavy iron balls dotted the long battlefield, but the damage is not necessarily much, but the main effect of the cannonball on the morale of the Chuang army has been revealed. In the messy town of the officers and soldiers, the infantry who broke into the army were already boiling with blood. As soon as the sound of the guns stopped, following the orders of the captains and captains of the various ministries, in an instant, the army of 10,000+ people seemed to be exhausted. rushed out.

In fact, the soldiers of the Dashun Army don’t care much about what it means to be a king, but the imperial capital is in front of them. Behind the thick walls, there are countless gold, silver and jewels. The children of wealth are waiting for them to harvest. Their eyes are blood red because of greed. All the cannon fodder light infantrymen who didn't even have armor, and were still wearing civilian clothes and flowered clothes, ran forward with all their strength, shouting.

But at this time, their nightmare unfolded.

Amidst the creaking sound, along the slope in the ditch, one after another of the side-cars that they had seen on the Lushan battlefield slowly showed their heads, looking at the dark barrels, those who had narrowly escaped death The veterans of the Shun Army subconsciously stopped in fear, but those new recruits who joined the Shun Army were still ignorant and charged forward with their swords held high. It's the same.

The same hot iron ball pierced through the chest, and there were bloody paths in the densely packed crowd. The inclined shell hit the ribs, and the chest cavity collapsed directly. The people in front slammed into the people behind People, two or three people in a row were smashed to death together by a cannonball. Some shells hit the air and landed, but bounced up again, killing a large area again. Running towards his head, he opened his mouth in fear and yelled, but if his voice could be invulnerable, everyone wouldn't have to fight. With a crackling sound, his head exploded like a watermelon.

A round of shelling killed at least hundreds of people, hitting the front battalion of the Chuangjun army with teeth, and the indomitable momentum was immediately contained.

However, not only the Ming army has personal soldiers to supervise the battle team, but also the Chuang army. Behind them are dark muzzles and gleaming sharp arrows. The speed has slowed down by half, and the densely packed Dashun army is still crowded forward, but the slower , the more shells they received, and after two rounds of shelling in a row, they finally rushed to the front of the official army.

Fear erupted with an unprecedented desire for destruction, and even some of the Chuangjun went crazy in fear. In the last dozen meters, almost every Chuangjun held his knife high and screamed forward, rushing forward regardless of the height. The hanging Ming characters and Wu characters flags will be chopped off.

However, here, the gap between the flat and professional troops is revealed again. On the side of the van, neat spears suddenly pierced out, and they didn't even need to poke hard. The Dashun army directly rammed himself to death on the tip of the spear.

The sound of puff puff puffed continuously, the spear in front was retracted abruptly, and the spear behind it was thrust out again. In a short period of time, the hundreds of meters in front of the line were directly stained red with blood, and the messy corpses fell down, a huge number The Chuang army was actually forced to retreat by more than a thousand Guanning spear infantry.

After three steps, the spear army also began to scatter and loosen up, but the Guan Ning army's offensive was like Taijiquan. The tiger-headed round shield slammed heavily on those intruders, and then the knife stabbed heavily, and the sound of the knife chopping bones was like entering a slaughterhouse.

Despite having an absolute advantage in numbers, Chuangjun was completely at a disadvantage. In the side van, the frontier gunmen took turns tapping the trigger, and the Chuangjun charging forward seemed to be hit hard by a hammer. Like that, trembled violently, and then fell to the ground.

Obviously he was fighting with a knife, but he slashed at him fiercely, but he was blocked by the opponent with a shield lightly, and then Sergeant Guan Ning lightly raised his sword, and with a puff, each of them followed the army. Seeing the open wound, he knelt down screaming.

Seeing the excitement of fighting below, the Jingying Shenji Battalion on the top of the city also followed suit, pretending to be brave enough to shoot their own poisonous fire blunderbusses and bursting artillery at the intruders below, and the heavy iron sand was thrown into pieces. blooming among the crowd.

Different from Yuan Chonghuan's Battle of Lushan, Wu Sangui didn't think about keeping the cavalry behind to deliver a fatal blow to Jing Ke's assassination of Qin. With a snort, he stretched out his hand to put down the binoculars, and Wu Sangui drew out his broadsword abruptly, and got on his horse neatly. Following his yelling, he went straight along the trenches that had already been laid out, and recruited a barbarian army composed of Liao people who were good riders from the ethnic minorities outside the pass. Ding Tuqi was clad in iron armor weighing more than ten kilograms, and slashed fiercely along the flanks like an iron dragon. Hearing the sound of heavy horse hoofs, Shunjun who was blocking the edge of the army had just turned his head, and his sharp blade It has been swung down their necks.

It was like cutting leeks, heads flew up one by one like polo balls, and Shun Jun, who was too late to escape, was knocked down by heavy cavalry again, amidst the screams of fear and despair, the horse's hoof the size of a bowl stomped hard on his chest The abdomen, head and thighs, after a few rounds, they will be trampled into meat paste.

The mere 1000 cavalry were like scalpels, stabbing at the weak point of the Chuang army, cutting apart the thick army formation together, and the former army, which had already been exhausted, seemed to have encountered the last straw that overwhelmed the camel, crying and throwing away Putting down their weapons and banners, they fled backwards. The Dashun Army, which was like a tide, retreated in embarrassment after leaving behind countless corpses!

Supported by cannons on the city wall, the combination of artillery, chariots and cavalry under the city was Yuan Chonghuan's most classic tactics back then. Even Nurhachi was beaten by him and fled from the city of Ningyuan in embarrassment. Turned into a blood horse, holding up the bloody big knife and pointing at the thick Dashun army in front of him, stepping on layers of corpses, Wu Sangui roared like a beast, the roar made even Li Zicheng's heart skip a beat, unbelievable Standing up suddenly from his war horse, he shouted in amazement.

"In the official army, there are still such warriors!"

After shouting, he shouted hastily again.

"withdraw troops!!!"

Chapter 563

The bomb craters were densely covered outside the Guangning Gate like pockmarks, and corpses spread all over the place from under the city wall of the capital to the entrance of the Chuangjun camp. At the most arrogant moment, Wu Sangui even led the cavalry directly to the front of the camp, and a rain of arrows fell on them. More than [-] Dashun troops were defeated. Li Zicheng didn't even dare to launch another attack in this battle. This afternoon was spent in the confrontation.

However, if this victory happened under the city of Tongguan, even if it happened under the city of Xi'an, if Yuan Chonghuan's Qin army dragged Li Zicheng and controlled the war in the barren northwest, maybe the fate of the Ming Empire could be changed. Now, it seems to be too late A little bit.

Fortunately, this does not delay the boosting effect of Shengli on the capital.

People always know how to cherish when they lose. Before the Dashun army came to the city, Chongzhen called on the ministers and nobles to donate their salaries. All the officials, gentry and rich men were so stingy that they wanted to hang their underwear outside and sell it to show their poverty and avoid fundraising. , but when the cannon rang, these guys finally knew they were afraid!

During the battle in the morning, a family of rich families stuck their doors shut, wishing they could get under the bed. When the battle reached its climax, some rich and powerful officials fled to the non-war east city with their belongings and money, and demanded to leave the city. The gates of this huge city were tightly blocked, and in the end Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, transferred the guards from the Nine Cities Bingma Division.

Regardless of the princes and nobles, the uncle of this generation of queens is still the sister-in-law of the previous generation of noble concubines. He took a whip and slapped the crowd's head and face, and then blocked the booing crowd back.

In the afternoon, the two armies ceased fighting. Those nobles didn't know what was going on. They thought the city wall had been breached, and they all huddled in their homes. It was not until evening that they carefully pushed the slaves out of the wall with a ladder. They went to investigate the situation.

Knowing that the officers and soldiers had won a big victory, they still couldn't believe it, and sent out the slaves again. After repeated confirmation, these high-ranking people in power became ecstatic.

In the evening, the whole capital city was as lively as the Chinese New Year. Everyone took out all the firecrackers and set them off crackling. They also invited singers and dancers to sing songs at home. Take out the two copper coins, go to the small restaurant at the street corner, order an anise bean and a bowl of Dongjiang corn wine, and celebrate the rest of the life after the catastrophe.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

The tone of excitement was off by a few degrees. Wang Chengen ran into the ancestral hall, facing the Emperor Chongzhen who was kneeling in front of the ancestral ranks with Empress Zhou and Concubine Yuan Gui, he shouted excitedly and hastily: " Victory! Victory! Today in the battle of Xizhimen, Ping Xibo won a big victory, retreated ten miles from the enemy, and beheaded more than [-] people!"

The subordinate generals are used to giving two discounts when they repay their merits. Emperor Chongzhen also had a happy expression on his face, muttering to himself in disbelief.

"Behead four thousand? Good omen! Ancestors bless you!"

"Hurry up, Zitong, thank our ancestors for their protection!"

After rejoicing for a long time, he just came back to his senses, and pulled Queen Zhou to kowtow and kneel again like Sen Ran's ranking group.

The huge capital was immersed in the celebration, and the only thing that was worried about it seemed to be the mansion of the Duke of Beiji in this town.

The firecrackers were crackling outside, and the sound of the zither inside was echoing movingly. In several incense burners, the misty green smoke swayed endlessly, giving a feeling of being in a celestial world.

In front of the same antique copper stove, a girl with a double ring bun, a pale pink shawl, and a fairy dress with wide sleeves sat in front of a small stool, flickering a cattail fan, and the incense spring on the stove was also gurgling. , that hot, steaming girl's smooth forehead was covered with a layer of fine beads of sweat. After a long time, when the water boiled three times, she just picked up the teapot with difficulty and poured the green tea soup into the royal tribute kiln. Just after it was cooked, it was like Ningzhi's teacup, picked it up and Pingpin Tingting walked over gracefully.

"Father serves tea!"

"Hey, this old man will do it himself! How dare you bother Her Royal Highness!"

Hurriedly jumping off the chair, Mao Wenlong greeted him with a smirk like an old eunuch, but it made the girl coquettish.

"The father-in-law is so alien, doesn't it mean that he doesn't recognize the daughter-in-law?"

"Where is there? It's too late for this old man to be happy! Yes, yes, this old man sit back!"

The old man's laughing laughter stopped, she was a woman after all, Chen Jiao who was waiting outside the room couldn't help but put on a rigid face with jealousy, but she was not bad, in the shadow of the corridor, there was a woman in a brocade robe with her face covered. The tall and thin man, who was completely hidden in the darkness, kept turning his hands behind his back, anxious like ants on a hot pot, but he didn't dare to go in and urge him.

Just when he was so anxious that he was about to urinate blood, the eunuch's piercing shouts finally sounded in the yard.

"Your Highness! It's getting late! If you don't go back to the palace, you will be locked up! Your Majesty has to worry about it too. The old slave respectfully invites His Highness back to the palace!"

"This palace knows!"

After a long time, there was a voice of reluctance in the room, and Princess Changping said goodbye with a gentle skirt.

"Little girl, farewell to father-in-law! When you are free in the future, come to say hello to father-in-law, please stay for a while!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

In the courtyard, two rows of maids surrounded by guards of honor slowly left the courtyard. Mao Wenlong was still standing at the entrance of the courtyard with a smirk. Seeing that Luanyi finally came out, it was the first time that the eunuch's voice was so melodious. He walked out hurriedly with Chen Jiao, and immediately fell to his knees heavily on the ground.