Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 12 The Loyal Eunuchs
In addition, after Li Zicheng's death, the peasant army was in chaos. Li Zijing advocated returning to his old nest in the northwest, thinking of separatist regime and becoming the local emperor.

But the buddies who followed Li Zicheng from birth to death disagreed, not because they had the confidence to break through Beijing, but because they felt that it was too aggrieved to go this way, and they had to avenge their elder brother and the dead brother Tian Jianxiu.

For this reason, Li Zijing argued with many generals for a long time. The peasant brothers had no education, and their thinking was very simple. In the end, Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi represented all the revenge faction brothers to showdown with Li Zijing.

Li Zijing looked at the generals around him, as if no one was following him, he had to compromise, so the day after Li Zicheng's death, the peasant army revived and made a comeback.

The sudden attack also startled Wang Chengen, who was drinking tea in the city gate building, and the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.

As Chongzhen's most trusted minister, Wang Cheng'en was ordered in the face of danger. As an eunuch, he shouldered the safety of the entire Ming Dynasty. This burden was not light.

For the past few days, Wang Chengen has been sleepy and trembling. The last battle during the siege is still vivid in his memory. If it wasn't for the critical moment, that warrior named Liu Hongjian stepped forward and killed the leader of the bandits, Li Zicheng, with strange weapons. Daming couldn't say...he couldn't say he was dead.

I hate those mediocre ministers, who are still arguing over a trivial reward. The death of the Ming Dynasty is at the hands of these ruthless scholars.

"Which door is the bandit army attacking now?" Putting on his armor, Wang Chengen quickly walked out and asked the accompanying messenger.

"My lord Admiral, the rebel army is now divided into three groups, one is attacking Chongwenmen, the other is attacking Xuanwumen, and the other is attacking Zhengyangmen! There are many rebel soldiers, especially the city wall near Zhengyangmen was attacked by cannons the day before yesterday. The gap that was blasted has not had time to repair, some...something is not good!"

Speaking of this, the messengers felt helpless and angry. Although the city of Beijing is high and deep, there are really too few defenders in Beijing. After the battle the day before, only 3 people can stand on the city wall now.

Don't look at the large number of 3 people, you must know that the city of Beijing is very large. The circumference of the inner city wall of Beijing City is 45 miles. There are nine gates, two enemy towers, and more than 170 crenels. More than ten feet.

That is to say, with the existing soldiers of the Beijing camp, if two people are placed on each crenel, there will be no one left. The lack of troops is always a shadow that haunts Wang Chengen's heart.

"Called Eunuch Gao to Zhengyangmen to see our family!" Of course Wang Chengen knew that this was another tough battle. If he won, Daming would be able to live on. Ron.

Under the city wall of Zhengyangmen, under the command of Liu Zongmin, the dense peasant army moved ladders and shot arrows. Although the chaos was like a fight in a vegetable market, there was an order in the chaos.

All the soldiers looked at Liu Zongmin, who was supervising the battle behind him. As long as he was there, they could only brave stones, arrow feathers, and firecrackers to climb the city wall. If they wanted to eat, they had to work hard.

The city wall on the right side of Zhengyang Gate was blasted by a red cannon to create a gap about 5 meters long. Although Wang Chengen had sent people to seal it up overnight, due to the rush of time, he simply dealt with it with stones, but Liu Zongmin understood that, Here is the only breakthrough.

"My subordinate Gao Shiming and Zhang Guoyuan have met the admiral!" Gao Shiming, who was also in armor, ran from a distance and saluted, followed by Zhang Guoyuan. They had a common identity, they were all eunuchs.

The ancient Ming Empire once fought against Mongolia and killed the Mongolian iron cavalry. The last battle of the Ming Empire, which belonged to it, was staged by the eunuchs...

"Gao Gonggong, you go to guard the Xuanwu Gate, Zhang Gonggong, you guard the Chongwen Gate! There are many thieves and soldiers, so we won't talk about the redundant ones. The emperor entrusted the defense of the entire Beijing city to us, and the men just risked their lives. , and can’t repay this attention!”

The two father-in-laws in armor also sighed, accepting the order with tears in their eyes.

"As for our family, this is Zhengyangmen! It is our family's life. As long as our family is alive, the bandits will have to pass through here!" Wang Chengen's eyes were also wet, but he said every word like gnashing his teeth. out.

"This subordinate swears to live and die with this city!" The eunuchs Gao Shiming and Zhang Guoyuan clasped their hands together.

The second offensive and defensive battle in Beijing began.

Liu Zongmin commanded from a distance beyond the range of gunfire and bows and arrows. Of course, he knew that the weakness of Beijing City was the lack of troops. Some climbed the city wall.

In the end, the remaining soldiers pushed out a simple rush car from the rear, which Liu Zongmin ordered to rush out overnight to deal with the gaps in the city wall.

Wang Cheng'en was not stupid either. He saw the enemy's charging chariots and pushed them out, and immediately saw through the bandit army's plan to divide the troops. The militiamen of the car scattered for a while.

In order to increase the defensiveness of the car, the outer layer of the car is covered with a layer of iron sheet, the iron sheet is covered with cowhide, and a lot of water is sprinkled on the cowhide, which can not only prevent bows and arrows, but also have a good fireproof effect.

The militiamen under the car shouted slogans and pushed the car towards the gap in the city wall. The arrow feathers on the wall fell like raindrops, but there was no progress of the car except for a few militiamen who did not pay attention to avoiding were shot down. what impact.

Wang Chengen knew that the gap repaired hastily last night could not withstand the impact of the car, and the cannons on the city wall had already been extinguished due to lack of shells. He sighed, it seemed that he had to prepare for the worst, Wang Chengen thought to himself.

He looked back and explained something to the lieutenant beside him, and then led about 2000 soldiers from the Beijing camp from the two guards down the city wall.

The chariot finally moved slowly to the gap in the city wall. Behind the city wall, more than 2000 soldiers led by Wang Chengen stared solemnly at the enemy behind the gap in the stone.

Also staring at this side are Liu Zongmin not far away, and more than a thousand pro-armies behind him. These pro-armies are not only the most sophisticated weapons in the civilian army except for the troops directly under King Chuang, but also accompanied him on the southern expedition for many years. In the Northern War, everyone is a master.

"Boom—" The huge ram hit the stone with a dull sound, and then some unstable gravel fell from above, hurting a Ming army who was standing too far behind the city wall, and his blood flowed suddenly. Note.

"Boom—boom—" two more times, the militiamen rushing under the car shouted slogans and pulled the ram vigorously, and the stones that filled the gap collapsed like a landslide.

"Rush! Avenge Lord Chuang Wang! The first one to rush into the city wall will be rewarded with ten thousand gold!" Liu Zongmin finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, drew his sword and rushed up first, followed by more than a thousand elites behind him .

"From our family down, all the soldiers loyal to Ming Dynasty, the time has come to serve the imperial court, and we swear to live and die with this city!" Wang Chengen immediately drew out his saber and rushed forward.

"Swear to live and die with this city! Swear to live and die with this city!" The Ming army, who was infected by Wang Chengen's death as home, shouted at the top of their voices.

(End of this chapter)