I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 383: Empire sunset and bloody dusk

第 383
"How is the situation now?"

Wu Sangui finally killed hundreds of people and successfully reached Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji was losing his temper, and he didn't know what it was, but it hit him all over the face. Naturally, Wu Sangui didn't dare to hide. It wasn't until it hit him that Wu Sangui realized that it was actually the riding crop in Huang Taiji's hand.

"Reporting to the emperor, no ambush has been found in the capital for the time being, and the troops entering the city did not encounter any resistance. They were just wrapped up in the frightened crowd and found it difficult to move. The ambush was outside the city. Prince Su led the troops to counterattack the ambush!"

Wu Sangui frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this situation is wrong. There are not many people in the ambush!"

"Of course the situation is not right! This is Cheng Shijie's plan. He wants to muddy the waters, damage my reputation, make me bear the reputation of an executioner, and make Wen Aiqing and the others the eternal sinners..."

Huang Taiji said angrily: "Humph, Cheng Shijie, you are so vicious and scheming!"

Just as he finished speaking, Huang Taiji's brows suddenly tightened. Cheng Shijie was a very realistic person. He had gone to great lengths to set up such a big situation, not just to slap the Wenchen Group in the face. There must be more to it. Important purpose!
According to Cheng Shijie's temperament, if this was a killing plan arranged by him, it should be more than that simple. Even five years ago, Cheng Shijie's Ning Haijun's firepower strike was more than what he saw.

In the Battle of Shenyang less than a year ago, when Ning Haijun found out that he had retreated early, Ning Haijun became furious and bombarded Shenyang City with artillery for more than two days, until the entire city was reduced to rubble. Not even a finished house could be found.If it was Cheng Shijie's plan to kill him, there should be hundreds of artillery pieces firing endlessly at Chaoyang Gate...

It's just that the situation is too chaotic now. Huang Taiji racked his brains and failed to grasp the key to the problem. As he was racking his brains, Fan Wencheng had already reacted and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the palace!"

As if a bolt of lightning pierced the fog in the sky, Huang Taiji cried out: "His goal is the palace! Wu Sangui!"

Wu Sangui responded loudly: "The slave is here!"

Huang Taiji pointed in the direction of the Forbidden City and shouted: "Take your troops immediately and rush into the Forbidden City as quickly as possible! No matter what means you use, you must control the royal family! If you do well, you will be rewarded. If Let someone take advantage of the chaos to rescue the royal family members, and come and see them!"

Wu Sangui shuddered and responded loudly: "Your servant obeys!"

But Jierharang shouted: "Your Majesty, let the slaves go. The situation is too complicated now. Only the devil knows whether these Han people are reliable!"

Wu Sangui almost vomited blood and hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty, this servant is very loyal to the Qing Dynasty!"

Jierharang's face was filled with a sneer: "Everyone can say such beautiful words, but few people can actually do it! Now everything is in chaos, and no one can believe it except my own people!"

Huang Taiji immediately understood the real problem. The Ming Dynasty's imperial palace had been run by the Zhu Dynasty for two to three hundred years. It contained a large amount of gold and silver treasures. There was a high probability that Wu Sangui would not betray the Qing Dynasty. He did not have the courage. But the problem is that Wu Sangui has the courage to hide a certain amount of treasure secretly.

This all belongs to the Qing Dynasty, and this all belongs to me. Although Huang Taiji did not speak, Taidu explained everything.

Jierharang shouted to hundreds of white-armored soldiers in his headquarters: "Follow me!"

Jirharang kicked the horse's belly with his spurs, and the Liaodong horse under his crotch rushed out like a cannonball, leading hundreds of fierce white-armored soldiers to rush towards the Forbidden City like a hurricane.

The general of Guan Ning's army looked as ugly as he wanted.

Huang Taiji pondered for a moment and said to Wu Sangui and Zu Zerun: "Ji'er Harang is brave but not wise. The situation is complicated now. I only let him go alone for fear of making mistakes. Four generals, please accompany me!"

Zu Dashou, Zu Dacheng, Wu Xiang and Wu Sangui were overjoyed and all agreed, each leading hundreds of elite troops to attack the Forbidden City.

At this time, the battle outside Chaoyang Gate became increasingly fierce.

When the rocket launchers started to attack, there were only six rocket launch positions in total. As an old rival of Ning Haijun, Hauge also knew that there would not be too many people and horses in such an artillery launch position. What is great is that six dozens or more Hundreds of people.

For Hauge, if there were tens of thousands of Ning Haijun, he would definitely turn around and run as far as he could. However, now facing dozens or hundreds of Ning Haijun, Hauge was not afraid.

But the problem is that the ideal is very full and the reality is too skinny.

If facing ordinary Ning Haijun soldiers, Hauge's idea is correct, but the problem is that he is now facing the Ning Haijun's senior scouts. As Ning Haijun's scouts, after they formed an army, At the beginning, Cheng Shijie once said to Ning Haijun's reconnaissance: "You are a reconnaissance force that penetrates into the enemy's front or behind enemy lines to conduct reconnaissance. The first is to learn to disguise yourself, and the second is to learn to preserve your own strength when the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered!"

It would take at least three to four minutes for Hauge to lead the elite Qing troops with yellow flags. From the moment they discovered the rocket launcher, they rushed two to three miles away. However, this time was enough for Ning Haijun's scouts to move.

When Hauge drove to a courtyard, the smoke had not cleared, but there was no sign of anyone.

Hauge jumped in the air and cursed in anger: "Ming dogs run really fast. I have to dig three feet into the ground to find them!"

After receiving the order, the elite soldiers with yellow flags began to search the surrounding houses.

If these soldiers of the Qing army with yellow flags had watched "Landmine Warfare", they would definitely be careful and cautious, instead of just kicking down the door recklessly.

"boom!"

The door of a room was kicked open by Qing soldiers. Before they could see clearly what was going on in the room, a grenade was fuseed by a simple mechanism made of fishing wire. At the same time, the grenade bomb was hung on the beam. There was a basket hanging, and the Qing soldiers who had just rushed in were about to reach out and grab the basket to see what was inside.

"Boom..."

As the grenade exploded in the air, dozens or hundreds of shrapnel shot out. These Qing soldiers enjoyed the treatment of indiscriminate attacks, and they screamed instantly.

What is even more tragic is that most of the people in the neighboring capital city are poor people, and their houses are also in disrepair. Even a heavy snowfall will crush countless houses, let alone a grenade explosion?As a result, the house collapsed with a crash, burying several Qing soldiers directly in the room.

Hauge's eyes were opened today. Only then did he realize that war can be fought this way. In just a quarter of an hour, the Qing soldiers responsible for searching for Ning Haijun and reconnaissance triggered more than 60 booby traps. Most of these booby traps Made from grenades,
The booby traps made of more than 60 grenades caused more than 800 casualties to Xianghuangqi in just a quarter of an hour, of which more than 300 were directly killed or injured.

In addition to hand grenades, there are also things like touching mouse traps, modified mouse traps, which directly cut off the fingers. Some Qing soldiers stepped on traps. The traps had sickles. The sharp sickles cut the soles of their feet, and some were dropped from the air. The guillotine that came was cut into the arm, some were shot through the throat by the fixed crossbow, some were stabbed in the thigh by the feces fork, and some were cut off from the head to the toes. There were more than 500 casualties caused by cold weapons alone.

Without even seeing the enemy's face, Hauge's yellow flag had more than 300 wounded soldiers, and most of the wounded soldiers were disabled, which was even more difficult for Hauge to bear. "Stop searching and just set this area on fire!"

Hauge no longer dared to risk his own army, these Ning Haijun were too insidious.

It is a pity that Ning Haijun's scouts once again predicted Hauge's prediction. In fact, this is also the case. If they find a seemingly ordinary yard, whether it is a door, a window, a beam, a stack of firewood, There are traps everywhere in water tanks, grain tanks, wardrobes, under beds, etc. The only way to reduce casualties is to set fire directly.

The problem is, setting fires is also dangerous.

Because when the General Staff formulated the plan, they calculated that one-third of the 20 troops from the Beijing camp, that is, 7 troops, would be dispatched to pursue Cheng Shijie. Therefore, they also deployed many weapons of mass destruction, such as Thunder cannon.

As the fire burned, the deployed thunder cannons were first ignited, and a muffled thunder sounded. Hauge's troops who set fire were also bombarded by the thunder cannons, causing many casualties.

Only then did Ma Xing realize that the delicate girl in front of him was so ruthless.

If he encountered such a method, Ma Xing thought about it carefully and felt that he might have no other way to deal with it except running away.

Where is the Red Lady waiting for an ambush at the next ambush location?Seeing those Qing soldiers looking very stupid, she took the walkie-talkie and said: "Platoon leader, make some movement!"

"Yes!"

"Crackling..."

A plate of firecrackers was placed in a barrel and detonated. A soldier called out: "They are over there!"

When they got to the firecrackers, they realized that they had been fooled.

Soon, bursts of firecrackers sounded in many places in Beijing and Guoguo.

After being fooled several times in a row, more Qing troops joined the encirclement and suppression battle, but it was a pity that Red Lady and the others had successfully retreated.

After discovering that there was no trace of Captain Ning around, Hauge was furious and ordered the arrest of nearby people. He quickly arrested 5000 to [-] people and asked his Qing soldiers to kill the captured people on the spot. .

Suddenly there was a scream. If Huang Taiji hadn't ordered Hauge to stop, it is estimated that all 5000 people would have been killed.

Rivers of blood flowed outside Beijing, and the Forbidden City was also in chaos. After hearing that the Qing army was killing people in the city, countless Qing troops were heading towards the Forbidden City.

Countless officials, maids, and eunuchs ran out screaming, but they had no ability to resist when facing the Qing army's butcher knife, so they could only be killed one by one.

The palace guards found out that they would be killed if they surrendered, so they took advantage of the terrain of the Forbidden City with weapons to resist. Of course, they were no match for the Qing army. Seeing that they were being killed and bleeding like rivers, the furious Forbidden City guards had no choice but to set fire to the Forbidden City.

Soon, fires broke out in many places in the Forbidden City, with thick smoke billowing and flames reaching into the sky.

Huang Taiji saw this scene and hurriedly ordered: "Order Jierharang and Guan Ningjun to put out the fire immediately!"

As the Qing army rushed blindly towards a palace that was on fire everywhere, everyone huddled together.Some people with evil intentions took advantage of the situation and broke into the palace to loot all kinds of rare treasures, gold and silver utensils, and even raped the palace maids. When they were desperate, many palace maids committed suicide by throwing themselves into lakes or wells, or even hung themselves from beams or even set themselves on fire.

These acts of robbery made the situation more complicated. Beast-like laughter, the cries and screams of weak women, and the sound of the collapse of the pavilion came and went. It seemed that the whole world was collapsing, and countless faces were in the fireworks. Twisted, even for a warrior like Zu Dashou who has experienced hundreds of battles, being in it is thrilling.

The fierce Manchurian white-armored soldiers were not reasonable characters. They grabbed a well-dressed eunuch and asked how to get to the Kunning Palace where the queen was. Then they led the white-armored soldiers to rush over there. When they encountered obstacles, Regardless of whether it was a white-haired old eunuch or a charming palace lady, they chopped them down one by one and cut open a bloody alley. The Forbidden City was filled with blood. Their cruel methods made the situation in the Forbidden City even more chaotic. Tens of millions of people Shout loudly and run wildly!

Zu Dashou looked coldly at his second brother Zu Dacheng beside him and said, "Did you see it?"

"I see!"

"Is this what you want?"

Zu Dashou gritted his teeth and said, "Our ancestors' wisdom for many generations has been destroyed in your hands. How can you face our ancestors?"

Zu Dacheng pursed his lips: "It is you, brother, who decided to surrender, not me!"

"you……"

Zu Dashou regretted it very much.

Kunning Palace arrived in a blink of an eye. This magnificent palace was already a sea of ​​fire, but through the thick smoke and fire, it was vaguely visible that many people were evacuating to the imperial garden. Some beautiful palace ladies were looking at the miserable appearance of the palace ladies in the past. , some of them found ways to commit suicide, while others rushed directly into the sea of ​​fire.

Wu Sangui was going crazy: "Have you seen Queen Zhou? Where is Queen Zhou and where is the prince?"

The answer is yes. They had already left the city. Yesterday, they had actually left the city. They left the city directly through the secret passage. There have always been secret passages in the Forbidden City. In fact, whether in Beijing or Nanjing, including Chang'an, There are secret passages.

This was the last escape route. Even if the invading army had already entered the city, if Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to run away, he would have a chance to escape.

Soon more and more Qing troops rushed into the capital. The Forbidden City was too small to hold too many Qing soldiers. Those Qing soldiers who were full of promotion and wealth began to target the big families in the city.

Chaos began to spread from the Forbidden City to the inside of the city. The bustling streets had turned into Shura fields. Blood splattered everywhere and screams of agony were heard. The sky throughout Beijing turned into a dim yellow, which was the color reflected by the fire.

It's dusk in the Ming Empire, and the imperial capital must be bloody.

(End of this chapter)