Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Since ancient times, the so-called killing three thousand enemies has caused eight hundred losses. However, the Xia army killed more than [-] Mongolian coalition forces at a relatively small price of [-] casualties, and captured more than [-] people below the princes, making the mighty [-] Mongolians. In the end, only more than [-] Jingqi people escaped from birth and fled all the way to the grassland, so it must be an unprecedented victory.

Just a big victory was enough to completely seal the victory, so the commander of the Xia army, Ku Jin, sent people to surrender the surrounding prefectures and counties with the victory of this battle, and at the same time led the main force of the cavalry to go south quietly, heading straight for the back of the Qing army in Dongchang.Only the Sixth Division of Tao Yue's Xuanwu Army stayed in Gu'an to rest and recuperate because it had to take care of the wounded and guard the prisoners.

However, Tao Yue was also a bold and reckless person, and he didn't want to end his Northern Expedition just like that. He didn't make enough military achievements, and then mobilized a team of more than 3000 people from the remnants of the Xuanwu Army's Sixth Division. One cannon and most of the division's remaining artillery went straight to Beijing overnight.

The news of Xia Jun's appearance outside Beijing obviously made many Manchu and Han civil and military soldiers in the city more anxious to flee for their lives.

Fearing that the Xia army would rush in while a certain city gate was open, Beijing continued to seal the gates. Only the Dongzhi Gate on the northeast corner of the inner city remained open to allow the Manchu nobles to escape.It's just because the order in Beijing has collapsed at this time, so the gates of the city are often blocked by bannermen scrambling to escape.These bannermen usually have a lot of cowhide, and they are not convinced by each other when they run for their lives. They have to go first, but no one can escape under the shoving. [

However, on the evening of August [-]th, the blocked city gate was finally unblocked, and the imperial guards beat up with big sticks. All the red and yellow belts gave way to the concubines, elder brothers, and the imperial concubine's convoy. This allowed the most noble group of people in the Qing Dynasty to escape to the outside of the pass before most people.

There are many reasons why the palace and the elder brothers delayed their journey for two days, such as the lack of transportation such as carriages and mule carts, too many entourages, etc. Naturally, there are also reasons why the masters were reluctant to leave behind their gold and silver treasures, so they set off immediately Only to find out that I only brought money, but did not bring clothes and quilts and food, so I had to do it all over again.Fortunately, Xia's army was too small to storm Beijing's city defenses, so he just fired a few shots from a distance, and retreated before the artillery fire from the old flag battalions such as the defending Shenji Battalion, Jianrui Battalion, and Qianfeng Battalion came. We temporarily put down the hanging heart.

However, Kangxi came up with a bold idea when he heard that Xia Jun’s vanguard had limited strength, so he offered rewards for Feng Gong and raising the flag to recruit bloody and brave flag soldiers and go out of the city to invite battle. He also temporarily suppressed the retreat of the elder brothers, so as not to further shake the morale of the army and the people in Beijing.

On the early morning of August 5000, more than 2000 Manchurian soldiers from battalions of guards, cavalry, forwards, and infantry, and more than [-] soldiers from various prefectures rushed out of Beijing city.Before that, the Qing army had inquired about Xia Jun's garrison, not far away, actually just outside You'anmen, where the Qing army on the outer city wall of Beijing could see.

Although the 7000-strong Qing army was far more numerous than the Xia army, it was dominated by the old and the weak. Only some of the coat-coated ones seemed to be strong and strong, but they were scattered all over the place.This is actually understandable, after all, the real elites have been incorporated into internal and external firearms and the Eight Banners New Army went south to fight, only those well-connected dandies still stay in the old camp, and there are even fewer who are willing to go out of the city to fight There were very few of them, and most of them were either veterans who reluctantly went to war for the sake of generous rewards, or teenagers who didn't know the dangers of war and just wanted to seek fame immediately.

Not only did the Qing army look poor in combat power, but their equipment was also messy.Some held knives, some raised guns, some carried blunderbusses, some carried bows and arrows, some wore armor, and some wore cotton armor left by their ancestors. But the Eight Banners Army generals wore double cotton armor back then, and now their children and grandchildren wear single Most of the steel sheets in the inner layer have to be removed

There was also a shortage of horses in the Qing army, often those in the cavalry battalion had no horses, and those in the infantry battalion rode two. On the contrary, the coatiers from various prefectures rode many good horses from their masters, but most of them could only use them for transportation. Well, if they really let them attack Xia Jun's formation, they might fall out by themselves on the way.

It’s not that the Qing army didn’t have artillery, it’s just that the good artillery from the inner and outer firearms battalions were taken to the south, and all that remained were city defense artillery weighing several thousand kilograms that were difficult to move, so they could only be placed on the top of the city and fired a few times to fight. The Qing army cheers, but it is actually not expected on the battlefield.

Faced with all kinds of unfavorable situations, Wang Xibao of Duoluo Shuncheng County, who presided over the battle, also lost his rules, but it was Kangxi's order to fight, and he could only execute what he understood and what he didn't understand.

After leaving the city gate, the problem arises, you can't just kill Xia Jun all at once, then you need to form a formation.

The young Xibao once served as the general of Emperor Yongzheng in another time and space, but in this time and space he has never led the army. Of course, in recent years, most of the Manchu princes who had the experience of leading the army have passed away. , the rest were dying even if they were not dead, so the shortest eldest son had to let Xibao, who had only read a few military books, take on the heavy responsibility of saving the Qing court.

Observing the results of the test firing, Xia Jun's artillery corrected one after another, and then the Qing army began to be unlucky. At a distance of forty Huaxia steps, Xia Jun falsely fired, and the Qing army screamed.The only good thing is that the Xia army has a limited number of artillery pieces and very few jumps, which allowed the flag soldiers to escape.

But before those Qing soldiers who escaped the Xia army's less intensive artillery fire secretly rejoiced, the Xia army's artillery team replaced it with a shorter range but powerful graupel.When this kind of large-scale killing weapon was sacrificed, the casualties of the Qing army suddenly increased sharply. More importantly, under the deliberate attack of the Xia army, there was a serious disconnect between the front team and the rear team of the Qing army.

Those who can charge resolutely and resolutely in the face of the violent enemy are either the bravest warriors in the Qing army or those passionate young foster soldiers. They are so determined to charge forward that they don't even notice that those slick veterans have retreated halfway, and they don't notice what's more. Many companions have fallen directly in the middle of the sprint.

However, just when victory seemed to be within reach, the Xia Army's intensive volley of volleys made their hopes come to naught. It is also the Xia army's dense gunthorn forest or the more terrifying white soldiers.

When these bravest and most passionate fighters fell, the battle was over without any suspense. The panicked veterans and the dazed packers fled back with the foster soldiers who wanted to charge again. He even fled directly back to the palace, and immediately joined the army that had escaped from the city.

Kangxi, who received the news of another defeat, could only sigh sadly, so the retreat of the Qing court continued, and the city of Beijing, which had lost more defensive forces, was one step closer to its complete fall.