Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 517 Breaking Through Shengjing City

Just when Ahani, the vice-captain of the Zhenglan Banner in Manchuria, was about to strangle the Han people on the walls of Shengjing to death, the three three-pound rifled flat-firing guns of the Second Guards Army also shot at Huaiyuan Gate, Neizhi Gate and Tianyou Gate. Three three-jin shells were fired outside the three city gates.

Although the Guards Artillery Battalion has a lot of artillery, a regiment has about a thousand artillery pieces, but most of them are smoothbore guns, and there are not many real rifled guns.

After all, even a powerful empire during World War II would hardly have the scale of thousands of rifled guns for a one-time expedition, not to mention the Guards, and there are even fewer flat-fired guns, but as long as they are rifled guns, their rate of fire and range are still The bombardment accuracy is much higher than that of smoothbore guns.

Although it was only three catties of small artillery shells that bombarded the city gate of Shengjing at this time, their power was not inferior to the twelve catties of solid iron bullets of the smoothbore gun, not to mention that the three catties of rifled shells still accurately bombarded the latch below the city gate. .

boom!
The three shells were fired at the three gates of Huaiyuanmen, Neizhimen and Tianyoumen almost simultaneously.

At this moment, Ahani, the deputy commander-in-chief on the city wall of Shengjing, couldn't help but stop the hand that was holding the throats of the people of the Han family, and looked outside with horror on his face: "These Ming troops actually fired!"

"Remove first!"

Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, was also very stunned at this time, but at the same time he was also very disappointed. He didn't expect that the Ming army would still fire, but he couldn't help laughing, and said to a group of Han people:
"You have all seen it. The Ming army you are looking forward to will not take your life seriously. They are Southern barbarians. They will not only enslave you, but also kill you!"

"Your Excellency is right, you can still live as a slave of the Qing Dynasty, but if you rely on those smart dogs outside to do anything, you can only be a dog!"

At this time, a representative of the Han military landlord named Li Jiuyuan began to flatter Ye Keshu with a smile.

When he said this, the other Qing army bannermen burst into laughter, and some Han gentry also ignored the pitiful Han people on the city wall, and smiled and flattered them.

Ye Keshu patted Li Jiuyuan on the shoulder: "Li Jiuyuan, what a slave, what you said is very reasonable, you can only be a dog if you follow the Ming dogs outside!"

At this time, the shells of the guards' flat-firing artillery had directly smashed the three gates of Huaiyuan Gate, Neizhi Gate, and Tianyou Gate to the ground, and the clanging Atsugi Gate fell to the ground, revealing the light in the city. .

The Qing army inside the three city gates turned around in astonishment and looked at the city gate that suddenly made a loud noise.

"Kill!"

The two cavalry battalions of the First Corps of the Second Army of the Guards, who had been on guard at the closest of the three city gates, rushed in first.

Commander Mao Jukui took the lead even more. Even though he was actually facing a large number of Qing troops in the city alone at this moment, he was not afraid at the moment. He shot out three bows and arrows, hitting three Qing troops immediately, and one shot In the throat of the Qing army, one shot in the eye socket of the Qing army, and the other shot in the chest of the Qing army.

Mao Jukui came on horseback, because the distance was very close, so close that he would collide with these Qing soldiers in a few seconds, Mao Jukui immediately reined in the reins and turned the horse's head. When the horse decelerated rapidly, the whole person jumped forward due to inertia At that time, he drew out his saber and slashed down, immediately cutting off the heads of four Qing soldiers. The sharp guard cavalry alloy steel sword almost didn't stop when they slashed.

And these Qing troops at the city gate were all scared to death!

The officers and soldiers of the Qing army did not expect that the city gate would be broken so soon. They all thought that the Ming army would fire cannons on the city wall first, so they had been complacently watching the Han people on the city wall about to be bombarded to death. They didn't expect the Ming army to attack and break through the city gate first, so the Qing army was caught off guard.

"How is this going?"

At this time, Ye Keshu, the general manager of Shengjing, who was also in the Huaiyuanmen area, also saw the scene where the city gate suddenly broke open, and asked in surprise. The moment when the city gate suddenly broke open and the Ming army appeared was even more shocking than when he saw a large number of cavalry under his command being bombed to death by the Ming army.

"Oh my god! No way, how many firearms did the Ming army have that could break the cavalry and break the city gate? Could it be that the iron box that I saw that day was not enough, but it wouldn't be possible to break through my Shengjing city so quickly, right? !"

Ye Keshu exclaimed, clenched his fists in pain, and looked at the Ming army who was slaughtering in the Qing army camp ahead, he could only instinctively shout: "Quick, stop them, stop them!"

Ahani, the deputy governor of the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner who was in charge of the defense, also forgot the severe pain in his left hand, and hurriedly led a hundred armored soldiers and thousands of Qing army banner soldiers to kill them.

At this time, Mao Jukui and his cavalry had entered Zhengyang Street. These Qing infantry wanted to use their spear formations to resist the Guards cavalry, but the Guards infantry following the cavalry had already aimed at the spear formations. The Qing army infantry shot these Qing army infantry on the spot, disrupting the blocking formation of these Qing army infantry, and sometimes the Guards artillery who followed the last and rushed into the city would also take advantage of the opportunity to shoot at the Qing army behind. gun.

As I said before, not all the artillery equipped by the Guards artillery are rifled guns, so the smoothbore guns are mainly responsible for the bombardment at this time. In the camp of the Qing army who came, a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood were plowed out in a short while.

At this time, the deputy commander-in-chief Ahani also brought a group of Qing troops to kill him, but when he saw countless shells falling over, he panicked, and hurriedly withdrew the Qing troops, but some Qing troops were still killed. It was directly smashed to pieces, and some even brought down the entire house next to the street, and because of this, the Qing army was completely flustered and began to run from other streets in a hurry.

The 7 guards rushed in from Huaiyuan Gate, Neizhi Gate, and Tianyou Gate, and quickly occupied the three streets corresponding to these three city gates.

The Qing army all retreated to the vicinity of the Shengjing Palace.

At this time, Ye Keshu, his deputy capital of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the Han gentry and landlords who supported the Manchu Qing were also here. Ye Keshu saw more and more Qing troops returning from defeat and heard the sound of fighting that was getting closer and closer. The man also collapsed and knelt on the ground, his head touched the ground: "Long Live Lord! I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry, I failed to defend Shengjing City, why did this happen, why is this!"

"Because you are not worthy to rule the world!"

Mao Jukui had brought the cavalry here first, and these officers and soldiers of the Qing army no longer had the will to resist, and they all looked at Mao Jukui and the Ming army in fear.

Li Jiuyuan shouted even more: "Master, the younger one is the younger brother of Li Jiusi, the former commander of Liaodong. The lower official has also worked as a thousand householder in Fushun. He is an official of the Ming Dynasty. The lower official is thinking about it day and night. Daming, none of this has anything to do with the little one, nothing to do with it!"

(End of this chapter)