scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 407 Attacking Qingdu

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When Fatty's army's infantry ace Hunji soldiers charged, it was close to the evening You hour, and there was not much time before dark. Seeing that the city had been broken, Fatty Lu asked the auxiliary army to distribute The torches prepared for the night battle, and gave An Jiarong and Li Xiongfei an additional order. Within an hour, they must seize a city wall position of sufficient width, so that the follow-up troops can go to the city in an endless stream, so that they can join the new force reserve team after dark. Completely break the stalemate of the entire battlefield.

The order was conveyed, and the Huan soldiers who rushed to the front charged faster, holding their shields to protect the vital points of the head, face, chest and abdomen, and rushed to the Beijing city wall at the speed of flying like a sharp arrow. When they arrived at the moat, they stepped on the pontoon bridge and began to cross the river. The archers and musketeers of the Qing army on the city wall hurriedly shot and fired arrows, but they were shocked to find that these fat soldiers with white cloths on their heads were not only dressed differently from ordinary fat soldiers, but also moved even more. Frighteningly fast, while waving a shield to block incoming arrows, while stepping on the uneven, undulating pontoon bridge like flying, nimble and quick like a monkey in the mountain, he rushed across the pontoon bridge in the blink of an eye, and the speed of crossing the bridge was faster than that of ordinary fat soldiers. More than twice as fast.

"The Huanbing soldiers! It's Lugou's Huanbing soldiers!" A few veterans of the Qing army who had fled from the Yangtze River battlefield screamed in despair. Lu Gou’s soldiers! They are Lu Gou’s number one infantry fighters, so don’t let them get close! They are all lunatics on the battlefield! They are all lunatics who don’t want to die!”

The veterans reminded that countless Qing army archers and musketeers hurriedly shot and fired arrows, and concentrated on shooting at the soldiers of the Qing army, but the soldiers of the Qing army used practical actions to teach these Qing soldiers who had not fought many battles while hiding in the capital. In the battlefield practice class, the small shield in the hand always protects the vital points, runs like flying under the feet, walks on the ground like walking on the battlefield full of corpses and sundries, and can skillfully cooperate while running fast. A group of three holds up the shield Bows and arrows fired from three directions except the rear. Although the Qing army's bows and arrows were fierce, they still couldn't stop these white-headed demons.

At the same time, the archers and musketeers of the fat army hiding behind the small fortifications also stepped up their cover for the Huanzi soldiers. The bows, arrows and muskets focused on shooting the Qing soldiers above the Huanzi soldiers, and the fat men who were deposited in front of the Huanzi soldiers. The soldiers of the army also consciously made way for the most reliable companions in hard battles to charge forward, clearing the way for all the fat soldiers.

It took less than half a cup of tea to cross the moat, and An Jiarong, the chief general of the Yuyu army, was the first to step on the ladder cart, stepping on the steps already filled with the corpses of soldiers from the own army, and rushed up like flying At the top of the city wall, as soon as one foot stepped on the city wall, the shield in An Jiarong's left hand was thrown out horizontally, and the iron-clad shield flew out, hitting a long door of a Qing army post straight, and there were also the sound of heavy objects colliding and bones breaking. The face of the unlucky Qing army whistle chief sounded, the Qing army whistle chief didn't even see what hit him clearly, and fell on his back to the city wall with his face covered in blood, clutching his shattered cheekbones all over the ground Rolling and howling like a dying wild dog.

Before the fat soldiers next to him applauded, the light of the sword flashed in the setting sun, and a gleaming Japanese sword appeared in An Jiarong's hands, and accompanied by An Jiarong's body, he rushed into the place where the Qing army was most densely packed. The sword flashed again, and the heads of two Qing soldiers flew into the air, and the blood in their necks spurted more than a foot high. The surrounding Qing soldiers were almost stunned, but An Jiarong was merciless , with a smirk on his face, he slashed out again, chopping down another Qing soldier in front of him with his head and shoulders, and then violently retracted his hands holding the knife. The Qing army soldier smashed the bridge of his nose, and blood spurted out of his eyes.It was also at this time that the bodies of the three Qing soldiers whose heads had been chopped off by An Jiarong fell slowly.

"Ghost! Ghost!" Seeing An Jiarong's bravery and killing five enemies in a blink of an eye, all the soldiers of the Qing army next to him were so frightened that their legs trembled, and they couldn't help screaming and retreating.However, the nightmare of the soldiers of the Qing army has just begun. Amidst the slogans of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is already very proficient in Chinese, the demon soldiers wrapped in white cloth jumped up the city wall like flying, threw away the useless shields, and rushed towards the soldiers of the Qing army. , and turned around to pick the place where the soldiers of the Qing army were most densely packed. The bright lights of the swords were flying up and down like auspicious snow. The screams and screams of the Qing soldiers and the excited howls of the soldiers of the Qing army also echoed on the Beijing city wall. reverberated.

In fact, for the Fatty Army, the biggest difficulty in breaking through Beijing is not the melee combat. Regardless of melee street fighting, the Beijing defenders assembled by Jie Shu are no match for the Fatty Army at all.For the Fatty Army, the biggest difficulty in conquering Beijing is how to put its troops on the battlefield at the top of the city wall. Basically, it only needs to send an elite soldier of the Fatty Army to the city wall of Beijing, hold a foothold, and let the reinforcements of the Fatty Army If they can go to the city in an endless stream, the Fatty Army will have a sure chance of winning.But now, a fat military ladder vehicle with little hope at all has miraculously leaned against the city wall of Beijing, opening the way to attack the city. The city wall, the Fat Man's army broke through Beijing and entered the countdown.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, the Fat Man's soldiers, whose numbers had been kept at [-], became more and more courageous as they fought. They dispersed into several small groups and rampaged on the city wall as if they were in no-man's land. Just slash, the knives are attacking and slashing, there is no parry and seldom dodging, the blood is covered in blood but still laughing, and the enemy who is several times his own is defeated and retreated. Everyone was horrified and retreated one after another, unable to stop this group of desperate lunatics.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the soldiers rushing wildly to expand their positions, the fat army infantry below the city wall rushed up the city wall one after another, and those flying ladders that had not been effective, also took the opportunity to ride on the city wall. Going up the ladder, one after another of the fat army's white military flags were planted on the head of the city of Beijing. The morale of the Qing army's defenders was even more shaken, and the fat army successively seized several positions on the city wall.

At the same time, the fourth wave of siege teams led by Li Xiongfei finally passed through the moat and brought two brand new siege ladder vehicles. The Qing army panicked and fired few rockets. How much damage did the two aerial ladder vehicles cause? The two aerial ladder vehicles took the opportunity to lean against the city wall one after another. The fat army cheered and charged forward. They rushed to the city wall and started a bloody battle with the Qing army defenders. Poran.

At this time of the battle, the advantages of the main fighters of the fat army, such as combat effectiveness, experience, and weapons and equipment, have finally been demonstrated one by one. The two teams, An Jiarong and Li Xiongfei, equipped with grenades, threw a large number of them when they encountered resistance. The grenade opened the way, blowing up the enemy group and rushing up to attack zero. The tactics were skillful, and the morale of the soldiers was high. They hacked, hacked and poked. The offensive was like a raging fire. Reinforcements counterattacked, but they were all killed by the elite soldiers of the two fat troops. Jie Shu was sweating profusely, but he was completely helpless.

Soon, nearly half of Li Xiongfei's [-] new troops rushed to the city wall of Beijing, and joined forces with the soldiers to control a section of the city wall that was nearly a mile long, and even controlled the upper city road of this section of the city wall. After retreating from the several charges of the Qing army reserve team, the Qing army reserve team could only go to the city from other roads. Jie Shu personally led the army to counterattack several times, but was also blown up by the grenades of An Jiarong and Li Xiongfei's team. After disarming, more soldiers of the Fat Man Army took the opportunity to rush up the city wall, firmly controlled the occupied city wall position, and began to attack the enemy tower next to the city wall.

It cannot be denied that the Qing army’s will to resist and its determination to defend the city, even though the Fat Man Army had seized part of the city wall and helped the common people flee for their lives, the Qing army in Beijing with Fengtai and Miyun garrisons at its core has never It collapsed completely, and has been launching a counterattack against the fat army. In addition, it has used the favorable terrain of the enemy tower higher than the city wall to defend the stronghold, desperately resisting the impact of the fat army on the enemy tower. At the same time, it has also caused huge casualties to the fat army. Blood flowed into rivers above, and corpses piled up like mountains.

The fat army with rich experience in the battlefield would naturally not be helpless against the enemy platform guarded by the Qing army. An Jiarong and Li Xiongfei only discussed for a while, and soon freed up twenty grenade throwers, and asked them to collectively throw grenades above the enemy platform, rumbling Amidst the sound of explosions and billowing gunpowder smoke, the soldiers of the Qing army hiding above the enemy’s platform wailed and wailed, or were killed on the spot, or fell off the tower like a plane. Stepping up to the stage, they seized the most threatening Qing army enemy tower next to the position, and at the same time asked for rocket reinforcements from the rear, preparing to bombard the Qing army defenders on the other side of the enemy tower with condescending rockets.

The rocket was sent to the city wall quickly, and Li Xiongfei's [-] troops also boarded the city wall. The fifth wave of Fat Army's siege team also carried torches, and led by the brave general Yao Yi of the Fat Army, they pushed the ladder car towards the city wall of Chaoyangmen. Rushing forward, although the Qing army defenders on the city wall of Chaoyangmen were still firing arrows and guns to stop them, they were already in their last desperate struggle, and it was only a matter of time before Chaoyangmen fell.

"Boom rumble—!"

Evil is rewarded with evil, it’s not that there will be no retribution, the time has not yet come, and the sky has just been completely dark Not long after, there was another burst of earth-shattering violent explosions from Dongzhimen, and then, a section of Beijing’s city wall collapsed, and there was another burst of explosions that made people cry. The terrified sound of earth and rocks collapsing from the garrison. It turned out that Gao Dejie, the fat army who was in charge of attacking Dongzhimen, blew a gap two feet wide on the north wall of Dongzhimen by digging the wall and planting medicines. The fat army who attacked Dongzhimen cheered loudly. One day, swarms rushed into the city from the gap, frantically massacring the Qing army reserve team who were caught off guard behind the city wall.Huang Shibiao, the deputy general of the Fat Army who led this Fat Army to attack the city, also became the first General of the Fat Army to enter the city of Beijing with great honor.

Hearing the violent explosion sound of the successful Dongzhimen blasting tactics, Fatty Lu was inevitably a little stunned, because Fatty Lu had already learned from the local people before that the thickness of Dongzhimen's city wall was more than ten feet thicker than that of Chaoyang Gate, and the bottom was nearly ten feet thicker. Zhang wide (28.5 meters), the chiseling tactics on the Chaoyangmen side were only four feet deep enough to carry out the blasting, and there was no time to bury the explosives. How could Dongzhimen be blasted successfully?

Sending messengers to inquire carefully, Fatty Lu couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded. It turns out that Dongzhimen is too thick and heavy, part of the foundation has sunk, and cracks have appeared inside the wall. When digging the city, one of the big cracks happened to be dug, and the progress of the city was much faster than that of Chaoyangmen. In addition, Li Zhending, the Qing army guard guarding Dongzhimen, encountered the fat army's city-chiseling and blasting tactics for the first time. The tactical response was insufficient, so the engineers of Gao Dejie's team succeeded before Chaoyangmen's side.

"Forget it, anyway, I can't fight the enemy personally, and I can't be the first to break into the city of Beijing. It doesn't matter which team enters the city first."

With a word of self-consolation in the spirit of Ah Q, Fatty Lu quickly mobilized his troops and dispatched eleven thousand-man teams to prepare for a rainy day, ordering them to set up defenses outside the other eleven inner and outer city gates in Beijing, block them and flee for their lives. Mite clears defeated soldiers.After arranging their respective destinations for fortification, Fatty Lu said fiercely to the eleven fat generals, old and new, "If you catch the Manchu Bannermen, you don't need to keep any prisoners, just kill them all! Then tell those who fled the city Common people, if they report and expose the banner people hiding in their ranks, no matter men, women, old or young, the traitor flag, the traitor flag, or the dog flag, a flag dog will reward two taels of cash and a bucket of grain, and it must be cashed on the spot! This king will kill all the flag dogs in Beijing!"

"Follow your lord's orders!" The eleven fat generals clasped their fists together and agreed neatly. Fatty Lu waved his hand again, and the eleven fat generals rushed away immediately, each leading their troops to the city gates they were in charge of to fortify and block .

Not long after this group of troops left, the Fatty Army engineers finally put the explosives into the hole dug out on the Chaoyangmen city wall, set fire to them and retreated. There was a wide gap, and the soldiers of the Fatty Army swarmed into the city. While killing the reserve guards and civilians behind the city wall, they attacked the city wall from the horse road and helped the Fatty Army on the city to kill the Qing army defenders on the city wall.The Qing army defenders, who had been exhausted after fighting hard for five or six hours, fled or threw down their weapons and surrendered one after another, seeing that the situation was over.

"My surname is Fucha, I surrender!"

I don't know that clever bannerman shouted his surname and knelt down to surrender. Immediately, countless bannermen followed suit, throwing down their weapons and knelt down and shouted their surnames, or showed that they were just the traitor flag and the traitor flag, hoping to remain firm The soldiers of the Fat Man Army who carried out the quadruple kill order were able to spare them from death.But it is a pity that Fatty Lu used the excuse that the Beijing Eight Banners Army was desperately resisting and hurting too many soldiers of the Fatty Army. The kind treatment of the soldiers was cut off on the spot by the soldiers of the fat army like wolves and tigers, atone for the blood debt owed by their sinful nation.

In the light of the fire, fat soldiers and soldiers wearing white felt hats poured into the inner city of Beijing like a tide, and rushed up the city wall of Beijing. When they saw people, they cut them down without saying a word, and splashed blood on the city. The will of the people who helped the battle collapsed, or they returned to the ground and surrendered, or fled to other city gates that were not attacked by the fat army, and more often fled to hide in the houses in the inner city, waiting for the end of the battle before attacking the red-eyed people. Fatty's army surrendered, increasing some chances of survival.Only a small number of soldiers and generals of the Qing army who were born in the four surnames of evil slaves were still dying on the city wall under the leadership of Jie Shu, but they were still dying, and their days were numbered.

In the first year of Honghua in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the first year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, at the beginning of the morning on the eighth day of the seventh month, Dongzhimen was first opened by the soldiers of the Fat Man Army from the inside. Li Zhending, the defender of the Qing army, was heavily surrounded.

At three o'clock in the morning, Li Zhending's army supervisor Jieshu's cousin Bakda was killed. He led the supervising team to urge the soldiers to fight and was trampled to death by his own defeated soldiers. Unexpectedly, he was rejected by Gao Dejie, the general of the Fatty Army, and the soldiers of the Fatty Army rushed forward, massacring Li Zhending and more than 700 people.

At the right time, the Chaoyang Gate was also opened by the Fatty Army from the inside. The main force of the Fatty Army calmly entered the city and encircled the Chaoyangmen city wall defenders. Knowing that the Fatty Army could not forgive him, Prince Qingkang Jieshu led the army to fight to the death and struggled to death on the ruins of the Chaoyang City Tower , to fight to the death.

At the same time, all the gates of Beijing opened one after another, and the soldiers and civilians left the city to flee for their lives, but they were stopped by the fat man's army on the side of the moat bridge. No matter men, women, old or young, everyone will be rewarded with two taels of silver and a bucket of food!" Countless butchers who disguised themselves as Han people and escaped from the city were pushed out of the crowd and presented in front of the fat army. Floating corpses are full.

The time of ugliness was about to pass, and there were less than ten people around Jie Shu. Seeing the fat soldiers approaching step by step, Jie Shu, who was covered in blood all over his body, stabbed his neck in despair. Lord Zhou Lu, God has the virtue of loving life, please don’t kill him, we bannermen can surrender to Da Zhou!”

After saying that, Jie Shu committed suicide by slaying himself. When his dying words were brought to Fatty Lu, Fatty Lu snorted loudly, "Now I think that God has the virtue of good life? Why didn't you kill our compatriots of all ethnic groups in China?" Thinking that God has the virtue of good life? The order to send an order to the whole army, Beijing mite city will not be left behind, will never be changed! Anyone who deliberately allows the enemy to flee for his life, no matter who it is, will be killed! Let me eradicate the mite poison in Beijing city, Don't stay at all!"

(End of this chapter)