I have a cornucopia

Chapter 316 Love Business
Zhengyangmen.

Wu Sangui stood on the city wall, hiding behind layers of sandbags, and looked proudly at the city gate not far away on the opposite side...

Daqing Gate.

It is the original Daming Gate.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Beiyang government decided to change this place to Zhonghua Gate. As a result, after the three original words "Daqing Gate" were scraped off, it was discovered that the three words "Daming Gate" underneath were still there. The Qing Dynasty just pasted another layer on top.

And now, on the same city wall, behind the same sandbags, our Great Qing Emperor is looking at him angrily.

In fact, they are only two hundred meters apart, so they can still see each other.

"Your Majesty, I have come from afar to help the king and quell the crisis. Why are you avoiding me?"

Wu Sangui shouted.

He did not attack Hauge who retreated into the city, but allowed him to enter Chaoyang Gate.

Even after occupying the three gates of Zhengyang, his servants who were originally slaughtering the elderly, the weak, women and children quickly withdrew from the Chaoyang Gate city wall. Only some of the young and strong people in the inner city who were used as cannon fodder retreated slowly because they were having too much fun, or they were deliberately pushed to the front by Wu Sangui's subordinates. As a result, they were retaliated by the angry Eight Banners warriors and thrown off the city wall just like the elderly, the weak, women and children of the Eight Banners who were thrown down by them before.

Then it was ignited by the flames on the elderly, the weak, women and children.

It's still burning together.

As for Wu Sangui's men...

Of course, I would go to the Chongwenmen city wall to watch the fun.

After all, if a field battle really breaks out, they will suffer heavy losses.

The core of Wu Sangui's subordinates was only 3,000 family servants. Although the rest were not weak in combat effectiveness, they were only at the level of the Eight Banners Han Army, not the level of the Eight Banners Manchu. Hauge had 5,000 Eight Banners Manchu, who were originally the elite guards of his upper three banners, especially his own Zhenglan Banner Bayalahu. Although there was a gap in the strength of the two sides, they were still evenly matched in a real field battle.

Wu Sangui didn't want to end up with both sides suffering losses and letting others take advantage.

Hauge guessed correctly.

Now the powerful people around the capital are rushing in like sharks smelling blood.

In fact, it has already arrived.

Even the gentry in the inner city have defected.

Of course, they definitely didn't come to support the king.

Now the morals have all gone bad. There is no longer the gentleness, courtesy, frugality and modesty of the Ming Dynasty. They are all like beasts. Of course, the main wealth of the Qing Dynasty is still in the capital. Although it has been transferred to Shenyang in recent years, the bulk is still in the capital. Now everyone is crazy about poverty. After all, the Qing Dynasty has failed in its southward march. Not only has it been drained of blood by the war, but it has not been replenished yet. In addition, it has been squeezed dry by all parties headed by Yang Feng. The poor ghosts are of course just like that. They originally had nothing and still have nothing now. The powerful or local slave owners have really suffered heavy losses, and no matter how hard they squeeze, it is difficult to squeeze much money out of the poor ghosts. After all, it is a slave system. How can there be any money? All the money that can be squeezed out has been squeezed out in recent years.

But Wu Sangui's purge of the imperial court opened a new door for them.

There are some in the capital!

Those hardcore crops are very lucrative!

In the final analysis, it is a force that originally needed to rely on external plunder to maintain itself. The inevitable result after losing the ability to plunder externally is that it has no ability to rob outside, so it can only rob each other internally. This kind of thing has not changed since ancient times.

Even if Daiying was no longer able to go out and plunder, he would still have to face civil unrest. If he was still able to go out and rob, there would not be a street fight.

Wu Sangui dared to raid the capital because he knew this kind of thing very well. He didn't need to pay too much. He just took the lead and raised his arm. As long as he raided the capital, the surrounding tyrants who were crazy about poverty would naturally flock to join in the fun. So the most important thing for him was to block Haoge in the capital. As for the bloody fight, there would naturally be those who came later. But if he risked the death of half of his elite troops to defeat Haoge, it would be really stupid. There would be plenty of cannon fodder later, and it would be a waste if he didn't use them. But if he used up all his elite troops, wouldn't it be a bargain for others in the end?

"King Pingxi, I just..."

Hauge said.

however……

"Wu Sangui, you are a dog slave. If it weren't for the Qing Dynasty, you would have been crushed to death by Li Zicheng. Now you are betraying the Qing Dynasty and repaying kindness with hatred. You deserve to die!"

A general not far away roared angrily.

"Kill this dog slave, cut him into pieces!"

"Tear him into pieces!"

……

Then there was an angry roar on the entire Daqing Gate city wall.

At the same time, a cannon suddenly spurted out flames, and the cannonball hit Wu Sangui in front, but it hit the thick sandbags, sending sand flying. A sack of sand was broken into pieces, but it could not penetrate the multiple layers of sandbags. By now, the technology of using sandbags to protect against cannonballs has long been familiar, and even on the defensive walls, in order to avoid being killed or injured by broken bricks brought up by cannonballs that penetrate the parapet, they have learned to pile sandbags.

Wu Sangui had already squatted down the moment the flames came out from the muzzle of the opposite cannon.

Then he stepped forward calmly.

He dusted off the sand on his body in the dusty air.

“Your Majesty, it seems that Your Majesty has been held hostage by these treacherous ministers.

In this case, I have no choice but to eliminate the traitors first.

Your Majesty, don't worry. I will come to see Your Majesty after I have cleared out all the treacherous officials in the city.

Brothers, kill the treacherous officials and restore the peace and order of our Qing Dynasty."

he shouted.

Then, countless gun barrels on the walls on both sides of him had been turned and spewed flames towards the city. The whistling shells did not fly towards the Daqing Gate, but directly crashed into the streets inside the city. The old, weak, women and children of the Eight Banners who were fleeing to the imperial city were splashed with blood and flesh in the impact of the shells. They screamed in fear and ran to avoid it in panic, but the shells from the city walls continued to land among them, and their broken limbs flew up in the impact of the shells...

Wu Sangui looked at the opposite side proudly.

Those Eight Banners warriors howled like crazy as they watched their wives and children being blown to pieces by artillery shells.

There were even shells that flew directly over their heads and towards the palace.

And it’s not just the three gates of Xuanwu.

In fact, because the old and weak soldiers and even female soldiers were defending the city wall, the western wall was already controlled by Wu Sangui's subordinates, and even part of the northern wall was controlled. Their cavalry also patrolled outside the city, including outside Chaoyang Gate. There were originally a large number of artillery on these walls, but now they were controlled by Wu Sangui's subordinates, including the young and strong men in the outer city. Previously, because Hauge wanted to escape, 5,000 Eight Banners troops were all at Chaoyang Gate. Later, they only seized a section of the wall south of Chaoyang Gate, and because of the crossfire between Dongbian Gate and Chongwen Gate, they actually did not really control much.

Hauge's biggest mistake was running away, or running away but returning.

It would be better if he really ran away.

After all, if you run away, you run away.

But because they had to escape, they left the defense task to the old, weak and women who served as scapegoats. The latter quickly collapsed under the attack of Wu Sangui's men, and most of the city walls fell into the hands of the enemy.

There were plenty of various firearms, especially cannons, on the city walls.

So now they are in a fire trap. The only things that can protect them are the two walls of the imperial city and the imperial palace. The inner city has actually been opened, but because of the fighting power of the 5,000 Eight Banners warriors, people outside dare not enter the city.

And he had another mistake.

He only wanted to escape, not only letting the elderly, the weak, women and children be scapegoats, but also not considering their retreat at all...

They were all scapegoats, so of course there was no need to consider retreat. For a man who killed his wife to prove his faith, he could not be asked to consider so much. After he returned to the city, those who had fled from the inner city wall and those who had no fighting ability all rushed to the imperial city for refuge. More than 100,000 people crowded into the five city gates. It was impossible to hide in the imperial city in a short time. As a result, except for Bei'an Gate in the north, which could guarantee safety, the remaining four city gates were all hit by artillery shells.

Same thing in the east.

Dong'anmen is located on the south side and, like Chang'an Zuomen, was directly under the attack of Chongwenmen's artillery shells.

Xi'an Gate is not facing south, but it has to face concentrated fire from the west city wall.

The elderly, the weak, women and children who were crowded in the streets and waiting to enter the four gates of Dong'an, Xi'an and Chang'an all became targets of artillery shells. Almost in the blink of an eye, the streets were covered in blood, and countless broken corpses and wounded were soaked in blood, just like those cities massacred by my Qing Dynasty.

Wu Sangui still stood there, looking at Haoge with pride, while those Eight Banners warriors were already attacking Chongwen, Zhengyang Gate, and the southern wall of the inner city like crazy. They were really going crazy watching their wives and children being killed. But their madness was exactly what Wu Sangui wanted, because there were countless muskets waiting on the city wall. Wu Sangui would lose a lot in the field battle, but he would not lose in the shooting. Then dense flames sprayed at the Eight Banners warriors.

Their dead bodies fell in piles.

Behind the not-so-high parapet on the inner side of the inner city wall, half-lying soldiers and young men were also proudly loading various types of muskets in their hands, and then immediately leaned their heads out to fire into the city.

The main threat to them in the city was only the cannons on the walls of Daqing Gate.

But this section of the wall is very short.

It's only about two hundred meters, and there's not enough space to mount a few cannons. Even if they keep firing, they can't stop the countless cannons and muskets on the inner city wall from shooting down at their targets.

"Stop, stop everyone!"

Our Great Qing Emperor was howling like crazy as he watched the Eight Banner warriors who were attacking the city walls like they were committing suicide.

He only has 5,000 soldiers like this left!

This is his last resort. Without these soldiers, he is nothing!

Wu Sangui deliberately provoked them to attack the city walls and then shoot them with cannons and muskets.

But no one paid any attention to the Emperor's howling.

After all, the cannons on the inner city wall were still wantonly killing the wives and children of these soldiers. Besides, Hauge's performance had already made these Eight Banners warriors despise him. This emperor was stupid and incompetent, not as good as Dorgon. Dorgon did lose, but he really didn't lose to incompetence. After all, his opponent was Yang Feng. Facing an undead demon with summoned beasts, it was a miracle that he won.

The Eight Banners warriors admitted that they could not defeat Yang Feng.

After all, they had long since stopped daring to engage in a head-on battle with Yang Feng.

It’s not Dorgon’s fault if we lose.

Even if Wild Boar Skin were reborn, he would not be able to defeat such a monster.

It was not Dorgon's fault that he lost to Yang Feng. He did not make any mistakes during his march south. Losing to Yang Feng was purely fate. It was just bad luck and he had to accept this destiny.

But now it is against Wu Sangui.

You actually ran away?

You actually abandoned the elderly, the weak, women and children, your own crops, countless relatives and even your wife and children to flee? You are the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. How could you be so scared by Wu Sangui that you abandoned your wife and children and fled without a fight?

How dare you give orders to anyone?

Now the Eight Banners warriors have ignored him as the emperor.

"King Pingxi, what do you want?"

Hauge shouted at Wu Sangui like a madman.

The Eight Banners warriors could ignore him, but he couldn't just accept his fate.

"Your Majesty, I am only here to purge the emperor's entourage. Jirgalang and Ajige, two treacherous ministers, have persuaded Your Majesty to abandon the interior of China and withdraw to Liaodong, abandoning the millions of loyal righteous men in the interior of China, forgetting the revenge of the late emperor, and abandoning the Holy Mother Empress Dowager. We cannot allow these treacherous ministers to destroy the Qing Dynasty, so I and other generals would rather abandon our wives and children to come here to purge the treacherous ministers and pacify the national crisis.

As long as Your Majesty issues an order to execute these two treacherous ministers and appoint another regent, I will naturally stop."

Wu Sangui shouted with a smile.

Hauge looked at him with grief and anger.

Also, he was appointed as the Regent...

Of course it’s the Regent King Pingxi!
In fact, he also understood that Wu Sangui came to tell him that they were all in the same boat and he should not think of escaping by himself because they were going to give up the interior of the country.

If we die, we die together; if we run away, we run away together.

It was of course impossible to kill Ajige and Jirgalang, as they had tens of thousands of troops. But after the decree was issued, it would be equivalent to Hauge's court severing ties with them, and then appointing Wu Sangui as regent. Then Wu Sangui would have the final say on whether to hold on or flee. He could even use the imperial decree to force Ajige and his men to fight against the Ming army, and those local tyrants would not let them escape easily.

These powerful people are even more afraid of being abandoned.

Just break up if you say so?
You ran away and left us to Yang Feng to skewer us?
It was you who came here and forced us to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. You forced us to do it. Now you want to leave. Aren't you irresponsible? You are dreaming. We have to die together. We have to be skewered together by Yang Feng.

"I promise you, I promise you, stop now, stop now!"

Hauge looked at the Eight Banners warriors who fell in large numbers in the artillery fire and shouted anxiously.

This is his last capital.

Can't lose.

As long as Wu Sangui stopped shelling the elderly, the weak, women and children, they would come to their senses.

"Your Majesty, you must issue an order!"

Wu Sangui said.

The cannons and muskets on both sides of him continued to pour shells and bullets into the city.

"I have issued an order, I have issued an order, pass it on, Jirgalang and Ajige have deceived the emperor and plotted against the law, all their official titles shall be stripped, they shall be arrested and sent to the capital, and the Prince of Pingxi shall be promoted to the title of Regent for his meritorious service to the emperor, and he shall be in charge of the government as the Regent Prince of Pingxi."

Hauge shouted anxiously.

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wu Sangui hid behind sandbags and shouted like a loyal minister.

"Stop!"

Hauge shouted anxiously.

Wu Sangui laughed.

"Your Majesty, there are many rebels among them. I think it is better to clean them up first."

He said.

"Uh?"

Hauge looked at him with tears in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)