Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 610 Copying the Imperial Palace

If historians of later generations see it, they will probably feel distressed.

The anti-aircraft guns of the capital city, which had just been pulled down from the inner city of the capital and had not fired a single shot for external defense, launched a violent bombardment on the inside of the palace city. The heavy iron balls smashed hard on the resplendent Meridian Gate amidst the roar of the artillery fire. On the city tower, the glazed tiles on the upper floor fell down in a sputtering manner, and fell to the ground to become a pile of shimmering metal fragments. During the violent bombardment, the crenels on the top of the city also collapsed in pieces, falling heavily on the ground. on the ground.

Once the emperor decreed that the place where the ministers were summoned was covered by broken eaves and broken walls, and the city gate nailed with foam nails was smashed and uneven. It was the gunpowder and firearms from the Daming Military Bureau that destroyed all of this.

However, the Huai army fought so fiercely just now that the Chuang army who fought was still terrified. After bombarding for half an hour, Li Guo gritted his teeth for the second time and ordered the troops to charge upwards.

This time, the attack was surprisingly smooth. It seemed that the Ming army was completely dead in the artillery fire. Unexpectedly, the ladder climbing team of the Chuangjun successfully took down the city wall before firing a gun. Chuangjun climbed up the ladder like ants. Standing on the top of the city that was bombed into a mess, they cheered and shouted excitedly.

The Meridian Gate was opened to Chuangjun for the second time. Carrying flags, more Chuangjun field troops rushed into the Forbidden City again like flowing water. Something was wrong, after waiting for a long time, he suddenly flicked his whip in shock.

"No! The military flag is not on the city, there must be fraud in it!"

"King Chuang, hold off on marching troops!"

On this side, seeing the army under his command rushing in like the rushing Yellow River, he was in high spirits, but was suddenly disturbed by Li Yan's yelling, and Li Zicheng immediately turned his head and scolded him angrily.

"The Emperor Ming is already at the end of his life. It was just a flashback just now. We just need to work harder. The Ming Dynasty has been replaced by my Dashun. It is just when the rapids are advancing bravely, but you, Li Yan, are blocking the army from attacking. Why do you care?"

After all, Li Yan was born in the scholar-bureaucrat class, and he was always incompatible with those generals who were born from grassroots. He was too high-minded, and he didn't have a good relationship with people like Niu Jinxing and Gu Junen. Hearing Li Zicheng himself yelling and cursing, the rest of them followed suit .

"Mr. Li is afraid, go back to Qi County! We support Prince Chuang and sit in the Dragon Court!"

"It's really inappropriate for Li Xiandi to speak like this when people are so happy!"

In such a chaos, Li Yan's eyes were already burning with anxiety, and he said anxiously: "But the official dog in front of us is not an ordinary person! He is Song Lianghuai! Song Fool! Song Qihuo!"

"Impossible! Fool Song's team is still staying at Anqing Fengyang, and the capital has already lost its wings. He can come here..."

Li Guo raised his head in disdain, but before he finished his sentence, bursts of violent explosions came suddenly along with the trembling of the ground, and another large scream came from the palace, hearing the intruders outside. The expressions of the senior generals changed dramatically.

In front of the Jinshui Bridge, dozens of huge black marks were left on the ground, and the surrounding body remains were scattered everywhere. The terrifying explosive force completely emptied a large area of ​​the army, and even some people were frightened by the explosion. , shrunk to the edge of the railing, giggling silly, this attack, at least another three or four hundred intruders were thrown in.

Along the way, from Xi'an to the capital, Li Zicheng's army lost only this amount. Guan Ning's army was brave and bloody fighting for a whole day, and also killed 700 people. Today, they hit a wall twice in the palace. Only six or seven hundred people died, and they didn't even touch the opponent's hair.

"King Chuang, the most urgent thing to delay is not to compete with Song Lianghuai for the Forbidden City. We should quickly outflank the southeast and block the road to Tianjin. Song Lianghuai has not many troops, so we just need to trap him! No worries!"

Following Li Zicheng to the top of the city tower, looking at the tense deployment of the Ming army around the Taihe Gate, Li Yan clenched his fists anxiously. Not to mention, his line hit Song Qingshu's deathbed, starting from the country of Wa, leaving the guards behind. In terms of military strength, Song Qingshu only brought eight divisions with him, so he was not afraid of being trapped to death, but once Li Zicheng's siege began immediately, Song Qingshu wanted to take away much less!

Fortunately, history favored Daming for a while. At this moment, he saw the magnificent and beautiful Forbidden City, and the golden dragon chair was just a step away from him. The Ming army with the gun, he shouted to his subordinates as if he was crazy.

"Bring the cannon in now! Quick!"

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Boom~Boom~
Shocking explosions spread to the harem one after another, shaking tables and chairs every time. At this time, industrialization had not yet rolled out, and the production capacity of yellow gunpowder was still too small, but after winning the Wa Kingdom, Song Qingshu had enough sulfur As well as saltpeter, the output of black powder has increased countless times at once.

This time, there were 1 troops and more than 20 civilian husbands. Most of them didn't even carry the bedroll on their backs, but they carried a [-]-jin explosive barrel. Song Qingshu, who was watching on the sea in Tianjin, couldn't react, and couldn't carry heavy artillery at all. However, this kind of Song Qingshu was created in Japan, and the blasting tubes that replaced the tiger squatting cannons came in handy.

I remember watching the Huaihai Campaign movies in later generations, and we can often see our army propping up petrol barrels one after another, and firing explosives with a bang. A few hundred meters away, the Jiang bald bandit soldiers who immediately exploded cried for their fathers and mothers, burning a large area, This was also used by Song Qingshu. About two or three catties of black powder wrapped in linen can be fired, and the projectile can hit more than 300 meters. Although it is not as powerful as TNT, the explosive power of more than ten catties of black powder is quite impressive. Not to mention nails and metal pieces, just air waves can blow people away, and a big iron bucket only weighs [-] to [-] kilograms, so it is light and easy to carry.

In the later generations, the Jiang bald army who exploded with this thing cried for his father and mother, and the gasoline tank was still the party and the country, but he came back to beat himself, so this thing is called a heartless cannon.

Relying on unconscionable guns, Zhou Yuji, Xu Kai and other three divisions withstood the pressure of Li Chuang's army outside the palace gate, and Bayintu and other two cavalry divisions guarded the back road leading to Tianjin. The civilian husband began to dig three feet in the palace like a robber.

It's not money that was robbed. Although there are not as many rare treasures as Chongzhen, Song Qingshu really has all the silver, which is not bad. What Song Qingshu really cares about is the ancient books and archives accumulated by the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years!
Why can the Qing army defeat Li Chuang so quickly?It also stabilized the country!On the one hand, the north has indeed been in turmoil year after year, and people's minds are settled. On the other hand, Dorgon has almost inherited the inheritance of the entire Ming Empire, such as household registration atlases, mountains and rivers fortification maps, where cities are located, how real estate is, and those Ming Dynasty officials. It is not wrong to say that they are disastrous to the country and the people. Under the hands of the Ming Dynasty, they were corrupt and perverted the law. Under the hands of Jiannu, they worked hard like an oiled generator, and one slave at a time stabilized Jiannu's prosperity.

Song Qingshu, the second- and fifth-year-old officials, can't take care of them anymore, so he can only pray to God, let Li Zicheng kill a few more people by copying his salary!However, such terrible things as "Yongle Dadian" and "Minghuangyu Yutu" must not be left to Jiannu. Saving Chongzhen is secondary. His life and death have little to do with Song Qingshu, but these things, Either it must be moved, or it must be burned on the spot!

"Here, here, and this piece!"

"Come here, come here!"

Wenyuan Pavilion, Supervisor of Rites, Li Jiantai, Wang Yaozhi, and Jiao Dalin are all busy grandchildren. In the early morning, they became the leading party and led the begging army into the Forbidden City. They didn't even bother to eat breakfast immediately. Many people have gone deep into the power center of the Ming Empire. The Ming Dynasty has been founded for more than 270 years, and there are so many useful files. It only takes a few hours to sort out these, which really makes them busy.

So the headquarters was set up in the Kunning Palace. As time went by, Song Qingshu, who had teeth marks on his face, also dripped sweat from his forehead. This time he took a great risk. Once he was besieged , even if he could break out, the loss would be heavy, and he couldn't take what he wanted to take away.

"Report, Chuangjun has broken through the Supreme Harmony Gate!"

"Report! Chuangjun has captured the Palace of Preservation!"

"Report, the platform is lost!"

Time passed by every minute and every second, and bad news came one after another. From the fierce battle at noon to the afternoon, the sun also began to turn westward and darken. The news that worried Song Qingshu was sent to the headquarters again.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, Master Bayintu sent a battle report. There are two intruders approaching Duanmen, and they have already been repelled. However, judging by the situation, they are very likely to continue to organize attacks!"

"Can't wait!"

After all, he wiped the wet sweat from his forehead, and Song Qingshu became cruel.

"Send someone to tell Li Jiantai, Jiao Dalin, and give them another [-] quarters to pack the packed boxes into the car, and burn the rest to me!"

"As ordered!"

After sending away the messengers, Song Qingshu anxiously turned his head and said to Li Xiangjun.

"Xiangxiang, organize your staff immediately, and we are also preparing to retreat!"

"Yes, handsome!"

With a promise, Li Xiangjun immediately packed up the table, and the staff officers also put together the map booklets that were spread out on hand, and packed them up to take away. On the bed, a difficult moan sounded.

It should be said that human nature is really miraculous. Several concubines chose to escape, but were killed, but Concubine Yuan and Empress Zhou who accepted their fate safely did not die, and Concubine Tian and Zhu Youjian did it. All three women survived the time of King Xin, but unfortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang Yan, one of the five Chinese Empress Dowagers, who was only in her twenties, went away.

Chongzhen's injuries were not serious, and I don't know if Song Qingshu's marksmanship had declined. This shot rubbed against his shoulder but left a bloody gash. Dizzy, the three concubines and the kicked Wang Cheng'en were all carefully waiting on the sidelines. The crown prince, Yong Wang, and Ding Wang were also chased back, but the two princesses were not so lucky. Because Princess Changping, a dead girl, dared to touch Song Qingshu, the two princesses were tied up at the foot of the wall, and their feet were also tied up.

A pair of small white hands were tied behind her back, and her mouth was also blocked. Princess Changping's eyes were still looking at the bed with fiery eyes, and she didn't realize at all that if it wasn't for Song Qingshu's shot, she would have died at the hands of her father. inside.

"retreat!"

After another [-] minutes of anxious waiting, seeing that the staff had packed up, Song Qingshu finally breathed a sigh of relief, shouting and ordering loudly, who knew that these words were like a spell, and Chongzhen, who was still lying on the bedside, slammed his eyes Opened it, like a magic barrier, this big bright boy blocked the door with a stride.

"Don't withdraw!"

"I order you to fight immediately! Kill all the intruders! Kill all the thieves!!!"

(End of this chapter)