Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 213 Battle in the Central Plains, a gamble for the whole country
The Taiping Army's offensive was indeed quite smooth.

A large number of cannon fodder from the outer battalion continued to impact the city wall. Judging from the intensive gunfire on the city wall, the firepower density of the Ming army was also getting lower and lower.

Under the city wall, the musketeers of the Taiping Army rushed to a place only [-] steps away from the city wall, and kept shooting towards the top of the city wall with their muskets. cannon fodder.

in this era.

Fighting wars has become a math problem.

In theory, as long as the firepower density and troop density exceed the opponent, victory can be won.

As far as the current battlefield situation is concerned, the Ming army, which is covered by the city wall, can obviously concentrate more powerful firepower with a small number of troops, and the firepower of the defenders is quite strong.

With the help of his own soldiers, the fierce Nie arrived only a hundred steps away from the city wall. Leaning on a parapet, he stared at the battered battlements, which were crackling and flying bricks.

Just now.

The ground shook suddenly, and a city gate was blasted open!

This was the blasting with the cooperation of Ying in Kaifeng City.

With this trick.

Every time the Taiping Army attacked a fortified city, it was invincible!

This is the first time this trick has been used against the Ming army.

"The city gate is broken!"

The fierce Nie took a deep breath, drew out his sword and waved it: "Musketeers! Charge! Charge into the city gate!"

As long as you rush into the city, you will win!

Under the leadership of the fierce Lord Hou of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The morale of the Taiping Army was extremely high.

soon.

One by one, the old Fubing brothers with flintlock guns jumped out of the trenches, and rushed into the blasted dullness with muskets and covered their heads.

Soon the first batch of musketeers rushed in, and a dense volley of guns rang out.

Immediately afterwards, the second batch, and the third batch, continuous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom soldiers rushed in, and dense volleys of guns continued to ring out.

"It actually rushed in?!"

Yao Zhifu, who was watching the battle from the back, couldn't imagine his eyes.

It took three days for Kaifeng city to be captured/
It's also incredible.

Ten thousand Ming troops, why are they so unarmed?

Wang Sanhuai and Nie Siju beside him laughed out loud.

Wang Sanhuai laughed loudly and said: "King Wu, it seems that there are no fakes, even if the city gates are open, can there be any fakes?"

Really talking.

Then he saw that the general flag of the fierce man Nie had been erected on the tower of the north gate of Kaifeng City.

It seems that the tower of the north gate has been occupied!

"The city gate has been taken! The city gate has been opened!!"

"Win! Win!"

"The world belongs to the kingdom of heaven!"

The fierce Nie was extremely excited.

Putting all the elite into it at once, it is bound to keep the results of the battle and control the city wall of the north gate.

And Yao Zhifu in the rear did not hesitate.

This is truly the best opportunity!

"Kill the Ming thief, divide the fields, long live the kingdom of heaven!"

Yao Zhifu drew his sword and shouted.

Then Wang Sanhuai and Luo Siju led the most elite soldiers of the old battalion, more than [-].

He rushed towards the city wall.

The city gate is open.

At this time, it is necessary to invest in the elite, thoroughly consolidate the results of the battle, and repel the enemy's counterattack with a thunderous blow!

As such.

Even if Kaifeng City is completely won!

Yao Zhifu's heart was burning.

After taking Kaifeng, the supply problem that plagued the Taiping Army will be solved in an instant, and the army can move south to fight in Lianghuai and Jiangbei.

The population density of these places is much denser than that of the Central Plains!
Wealth is also denser.

Unseal it.

All live!

The Taiping Army fought all the way, and they always dared to put all their eggs in one basket at critical moments!

Now Yao Zhifu also decisively issued the order for the whole army to rush into the city, even he himself rushed to the city gate with his personal guards!

"Junmen, the old battalion of the Taiping Army has entered the city from the north gate!"

Inside Kaifeng City.

Luo Dingshan, who was in charge of commanding the Kaifeng city defense operations and was the first time to lead the army alone in the main town, smiled slightly upon hearing this.

"Okay! It's not bad to be able to kill tens of thousands of their old battalion here! Immediately gather troops, close the door and beat the dogs!"

Opening the door to lure the enemy is a strategy determined after grasping the domestic response of the Taiping Heavenly Heaven.

It's not too complicated, just open the city gate, wait for the opponent to throw in the elite soldiers, and use the encirclement fortifications that have been arranged in the city long ago to trap the opponent.

Where did the Taiping army expect the Ming army to be so cunning.

Before they fought Hanzhong, Xi'an, and Luoyang, after the city gates were opened, the green battalions of the Qing army or the Heavenly Soldiers of the Eight Banners who guarded the city raised their hands and surrendered.

So this one made the King Wu of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom pitted.

He found out after he followed the old battalion into the city from the north gate and rushed into the city along a wide street.

This is not the Sunshine Avenue at all.

Ahead is a dead end blocked by a sandbag wall!

The wide road was crowded with soldiers of the Taiping Army excitedly heading towards the city of Kaifeng to plunder the city.

It was like a rushing river suddenly hitting the embankment.

Immediately it was crowded into a group.

Just now.

Already planted explosives
A bang.

The artillery to shoot Zhu Yuan has already been prepared, and it is also pouring firepower into this small area at the first time
Guangping Mansion, Handan City.

Since Yao Zhifu was dispatched to the south, Liu Zhixie, the heavenly king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, transferred his central army camp to Handan, breaking away from contact with Fukang'an and Zhao Si.

However, before Liu Tianwang's butt was hot in Handan, news came from the south that shocked the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The army of Wu Wang Yao Zhifu, who went south to attack Kaifeng and tried to mobilize Emperor Zhu's army, failed to break through the city of Kaifeng.

Instead, the halberd was broken under the city of Kaifeng. The tens of thousands of troops in the old camp were bombarded by the artillery of the Ming army. Nearly 2 were killed, and more than 1 were captured. The remaining few thousand fled in embarrassment with Wu Wang Yao Zhifu.

In addition, Zhijiang Hou Niejieren and Dazhou Hou Wang Sanhuai were both folded in Kaifeng.

The 10,000+ people in the outer camp were scattered.

The inner camp and the old camp only ran back less than [-] people, escaped from Chenqiao, and fled all the way north to Tangyin County in Weihui Mansion.

After King Wu settled down the rout, he traveled all day and night, and when he arrived in Handan, he knelt outside the tent of the Chinese army to plead guilty.

"Tens of thousands of old battalion soldiers! There are 30 troops, but they can't beat a mere [-] soldiers and horses to guard the Kaifeng Mansion just now. They were killed and returned in a big defeat. They lost their soldiers and generals, and lost all their luggage!"

Liu Zhixie pulled out his sword suddenly, and slashed it on the table with a bang.

Outrageous!

Even the most pessimistic forecast before the war was just a futile effort to stop troops in Kaifeng Mansion.

And now.

30 troops! !
He was defeated by a mere [-] soldiers and horses.

If this gets out, what will be the face of the Kingdom of Heaven?

The princes and generals below did not dare to speak when they saw the King of Heaven so furious.All of them drooped their heads, their faces full of fear and difficulty in carrying out.

They couldn't believe it.

Swept all the way from Hubei, Sichuan, Guanzhong, and Henan.

The Taiping Army, which must conquer almost every city, suffered such a big defeat under the Kaifeng Mansion!
The fighting power of the Ming army is too terrifying.

At first, everyone thought that the numerical advantage of the Taiping Army was enough to threaten the more than 3000 soldiers under Emperor Zhu's command.

But now?

Now 30 soldiers have defeated the [-] Taiping Army.

The more than 2 most elite Ming army under Emperor Zhu's command.

Isn't it as good as the Taiping Army's million-strong army?
"Heavenly king! Yao Zhifu is damned, please hurry up and rectify the law in front of his army, so as to shock the army!"

A Hou Ye from the Taiping Army suggested.

Liu Zhixie narrowed his eyes.

Yao Zhifu is his confidant, even if he loses a battle, he cannot be executed casually.

What's more, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a system where the princes respect the heavenly king together.

Marquis, big and small, have their own territories and armies.

Liu Zhixie's ability to be the heavenly king depends on the fact that his army is capable of fighting and is strong enough.

There will be no challengers below.

So killing Yao Zhifu is impossible.

He snorted coldly and said: "King Wu is the king of the heavenly kingdom, so you can talk about the life and death of the heavenly king?"

He stood up suddenly.

"What's more, the order I gave to King Wu was a false defeat. Hasn't King Wu completed the task very well now?"

"Let King Wu shrink his troops and advance eastward, and join me in attacking the Ming Emperor Qinlin's army at the Daming Mansion!"

to this point.

Liu Zhixie was already a little bit stuck.

If he retreats like this, on the one hand, it will be difficult to explain internally. Going south to Kaifeng, losing troops and losing generals, and then retreating to Guanzhong will be a huge blow to Liu Zhixie's prestige.

But if we don't retreat, we will stand firm here in Henan. On the one hand, it will delay the farming season that will start in two or three months.

The soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven are not professional soldiers.

They are peasants and soldiers who have been given land, although there are servants and tenant farmers in their families.

But when you go out to fight, you have to take your servants with you. If there are no strong laborers in the farm, and the spring plowing will not produce seedlings, the farm will be barren.

Therefore, for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the period from after the autumn harvest to before the arrival of spring plowing is the time for war.

Therefore, Liu Zhixie was faced with two choices at this time: either retreat to Guanzhong now, so as not to waste the country's power, or, before the arrival of spring plowing, seize the time to fight a war!
Although the former choice is safe, it will reduce his prestige and also greatly damage the morale of the soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom.

second choice
It's an adventure!

And it's a national gamble.

Once defeated.

It is no longer possible for the Kingdom of Heaven to organize troops capable of spying on the Central Plains, and even the Guanzhong cannot be maintained. We can only pray that the Ming Dynasty can give Pingxi King a future and settle down in the Western Regions.
Liu Zhixie was able to pull the White Lotus Sect across several provinces, so he was naturally not someone who was willing to accept it as soon as it was good.

and so.

to him.

There is only a second option.

(End of this chapter)