The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 745 Restoration of Beijing
Xu Feihu was not polite at the moment, stretched out two fingers and said: "There are two important things right now.

"First of all, we must open the city gates as soon as possible to welcome the army into the city. However, Tan Bai has many Jianzhou soldiers at each gate, so we have to gather a team first to be sure of taking the gate.

"Then, we must strictly prevent the thieves from arson. The key points are the two places where the thieves store grain and the Forbidden City, and a lot of people are needed to make it happen."

He immediately looked at the crowd, "The opportunity to make meritorious service is right in front of you, now everyone tell us what you can do."

This is the last chance to survive, dozens of people in the hall immediately rushed to the first and said: "There are 33 strong men in the lower official's family, fifteen guns, and more than thirty single-handed swords, I would like to dedicate them to my lord!"

"I have a life-threatening friendship with Zhang Hong, the thousand general manager of the Qianxi Green Camp, but it can be said that he turned his back on the battlefield..."

"Luji Chariot and Horse Co., Ltd. is the property of the younger brother of the lower official family. There are forty good horses for the adults to dispatch..."

"The lower official knows the guard of the granary in the east of the city, so I'm going to find him..."

The next day, in the east of Beijing, in a mansion three streets away from Chaoyangmen.

More than 700 strong men each held knives and blunderbuss, and waited with bated breath under the command of the Jinyiwei officer.Most of these people are guards and guards of officials in the city, and they are all under the command of Xu Feihu.

After a while, a fat official came to the back door out of breath, got the signal, entered the house and reported to Xu Feihu: "Master Xu, Zhang Hong's side is ready, there are more than 550 elite soldiers, just waiting for your Excellency to show you. "

After that, more than a dozen people came to "report" their achievements one after another, "My lord, the lower officials have found out that if the army invades the city, Tan Bai will flee from Fuchengmen."

"My lord, the guards of the granary in the north of the city have received the money from the lower officials, and will lock the gate of the granary tightly tonight!"

"Master Xu, I have managed to tamper with the gunpowder of the thieves at the Chaoyang Gate to ensure that none of the cannons can be lit..."

Xu Feihu asked people to write down all these, but he was also secretly surprised-the energy of these more than a hundred Beijing officials is so great!In just one day, they sent the 2000 brave soldiers behind them, and contacted and instigated more than [-] people from the green camp of the Qing army!At the same time, many "insiders" were placed in important places such as the Forbidden City and the granary.

As for the intelligence, it is even more amazing. Not only can the dozens of locations that Jianlu planned to set fire to the city be found clearly, but someone even got a copy of Tan Bai's city defense deployment plan!
At night, the moon is dim and the stars are sparse.

The Ming army's heavy artillery in the north of the city still kept roaring, almost covering up all the noises within a radius of more than ten miles.The Dragon Guards and the Polu Battalion split up. Huang Qishou led [-] infantry and [-] dragoons to the east of the city to stand by three miles away. Zhao Shichao led the hussar battalion to lurk outside Fucheng Gate.Several other teams rushed to Xianghe, Baodi, and Changping, all of which were the only way from Beijing to the outside of the pass.

At Choushi, smoke billowed suddenly from the Jianlu barracks guarding the Chaoyang Gate, and the flames shot up into the sky in a short while.

Yiltu, the officer in charge of the Jianlu army, hurriedly ordered the soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire, but he heard the sound of a gong not far away. Hundreds of black-clothed and masked men rushed forward, firing bows and guns, and the soldiers near the city gate retreated one after another. .

At this time, the main force of the Qing army was almost all in the north of the city. After the defense wall was blasted by cannons, the Ming army rushed into the city, so there were only more than 2000 guards in the east of the city.

Under Xu Feihu's surprise attack, the green battalion in the east of the city was the first to lose their fighting spirit, shouting "Ming army has entered the city" and "the city is broken", and began to flee in all directions.

Yiltu took the remaining more than 400 Jianzhou soldiers but still gritted his teeth and hurriedly sent people to the north of the city to ask for help from Tan Bai.

At this time, I saw a group of people from the south coming quickly. The clothes and equipment should be green battalion, and there is a huge "Zhang" on the banner.

Is it from Zhang Hong?Yiltu was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved to the team and shouted, "Brother Zhang, hurry up and help me!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Hong's troops only responded with a shower of arrows. Yiltu was caught off guard by several arrows and fell to the ground.

After the captive soldiers were killed and scattered, Xu Feihu asked Zhang Hong to lead his troops to the top of the city to control the urn city, while he led his men to remove the gate bars and push open the city gate, and then lit three piles of hay outside the city.

Huang Qishou had been waiting anxiously for a long time. He was overjoyed when he saw the signal from Chaoyang Gate, and immediately gave an order, "The capital of Kuangfu is here! Follow me into the city!"

Then he took the lead and led two dragoon battalions to rush westward at high speed in order to firmly control the city gate first.Behind him, [-] infantry were in skirmish formation, followed by running.

When the dragoons arrived at the foot of the city, they realized that the banner with the word "Zhang" or "Xu" had been changed on the top of the city.It turned out that after the Jianzhou soldiers guarding the city retreated, the other green battalions all surrendered in anticipation, and the three-mile range near Chaoyang Gate had all fallen under Xu Feihu's control.

It wasn't until Huang Qishou's troops entered the city, set up iron rope nets and repelling horses along the street, and set up four No. [-] Franc cannons, that the [-] reinforcements sent by Tan Bai were long overdue.

All of a sudden, the main street in Chaoyangmen and the nearby alleys were full of gunfire and cannon fire. The Jianlu reinforcements who didn't know the reality of the Ming army were caught off guard. They didn't even have a meal, so they left six or seven hundred The corpses scattered in all directions.

Huang Qishou immediately led the dragoons to cover up the attack, and then divided a group of soldiers to attack Dongzhimen, and another group went straight to the Forbidden City to prevent Jianlu from destroying it.

At the same time, dozens of signal flares rose in all directions outside Beijing, which were particularly conspicuous in the night.

Seeing the red light rising, people from all walks of life that had been arranged in the city immediately acted together under the leadership of Jin Yiwei.Some drenched the firelighters prepared by the Jian captives with water, some attacked the captive soldiers guarding the granary, and some sounded gongs to warn the people in the city to beware of captives setting fire, and the torches in the city were suddenly bright as day.

Tan Bai's side is on pins and needles, with constant police reports.

"Report! Chaoyang Gate has been lost, and the reinforcements, Lord Jierkunbi, were defeated."

"Report! Dongzhimen is being attacked by the southern army inside and outside, and I may not last long..."

"Report! The southerners have already killed Renshoufang, and they are coming this way!"

"General, Bei'anmen can't hold on anymore, please send reinforcements quickly..."

Tan Bai sent out a brigade of reinforcements, but they couldn't stop the Ming army's offensive at all - many of the green battalion soldiers in his army had been instigated to rebel, and they ran away when they saw the Ming army, and even scattered the formation of the Jianzhou soldiers , Under the powerful firepower of the Dragon Guards and Poluying, almost all of them were defeated in an instant.

Before Mao's time, Huang Qishou's striker had already fought against Tan Bai's Chinese army.The latter only heard the shouts of killing and shaking the sky in the city, and he didn't know how many Ming troops had come. He was terrified, but there was a main force of the Xianghuang Banner who did not dare to turn in the direction of Deshengmen to fight against the enemy-there was a whole two days of fighting there. Who knows when the Ming army will rush up.

Tan Bai commanded only more than 2000 people and fought and retreated, but more and more Ming troops gathered around, and gradually tended to surround him to death.

Finally, after the neck of the lieutenant not far away was pierced by a bullet, he let out a long sigh, and ordered the Ba Yala beside him: "Send the order to burn the whole city, and summon the main force of the Xianghuang Banner to go out of the city at Fucheng Gate... "

(End of this chapter)