historical royal courier

Chapter 42 Taking the Capital
"Your Majesty, why don't we take a break, it's already late at night, and we are not in a hurry."

After a busy day with the army, Li Yi, who lacked exercise, now feels that his legs are not his own.

"No, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. If we delay, we don't know what will happen ahead. We must continue to set off."

"Your Majesty, leave some people to follow me, I can't run anymore, you go first."

Ying Zheng thought for a while, anyway, it didn't make much difference whether Li Yi followed or not, so he agreed with Li Yi's decision, leaving 100 people to rest with Li Yi, and then he led the army to move on.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something serious has happened, and an enemy has attacked the city."

Li Zicheng was sleeping with a newly conferred concubine in his arms at this time. In his dream, he had unified the world, and the people of Dashun were everywhere. He suddenly heard someone shouting, which woke him up from his sweet dream. .

"Your Majesty, there are enemies attacking the city."

"what?"

Hearing this news, Li Zicheng's anger disappeared in an instant, and his whole body seemed to have been poured with cold water. He was sober. He hurriedly dressed and ran outside to watch the situation.

At this time, the whole city of Beijing was in turmoil. These refugee soldiers did not know where they got the news that the emperor was about to run away, so they started to rob the city with the intention of robbing them before escaping. Many people packed up their belongings and prepared to take advantage of the turmoil to escape from Beijing.

"Master, what's going on outside?"

Just happened outside the city, Niu Jinxing came to look for Li Zicheng at the first time, and had been waiting in the hall for a while.

"Your Majesty, the enemy has bypassed the ambush I arranged and has already appeared outside the city. According to the people below, the enemy still has artillery. I'm afraid our city will not be able to defend it."

"How did this happen? Why did the other party come so fast? What about you waiting?"

"At this time, you went to the city wall to organize people to resist, otherwise the enemy will come in. Your Majesty, take advantage of this time to tidy up. Let's prepare to retreat."

"Okay, military division, you should also inform Ru Hou that you can come directly to meet us at an urgent moment, and these soldiers and horses in the capital will not be needed."

"Okay, sir, let's go."

This time Li Zicheng did not hesitate at all. After all, if he delays, let alone the Daming Palace, his life may be lost.

Niu Jinxing came to the city wall, glanced at the lineup of the Qin army outside the city, and couldn't help taking a breath.

I thought that my side relied on the remaining 1 soldiers and horses to defend the city to gain an advantage. Even if they couldn't win, they could still defend the city overnight.

But at this time, look at the military power on the opposite side and a row of cannons in front of you, and then look at yourself. The city wall is full of panicked people. Many people don't even know where they should stand. An hour or two is fine.

"Military division, you are here, what does the emperor say?"

Seeing Liu Zongmin, Niu Jinxing secretly pulled him to a corner, avoiding the people around him, and said:
"Just now the emperor has agreed to run away immediately, and you are here too, try to organize troops to delay the opposite party, as long as you can, and come directly to gather with us when necessary, regardless of the remaining soldiers and horses."

"Okay, my things have been packed up, I'll go there after I make some more arrangements."

"Okay, then I'll go first, you pay attention."

After finishing speaking, Niu Jinxing said goodbye to Liu Zongmin, and ran home to pack his things.

"Come on, get our Hongyi Cannon ready and let the people on the other side see it."

"Yes."

Seeing the torches on the opposite city wall and those flustered figures, Meng Tian was in a good mood. As long as nothing happened, he and others could enter the city tonight and greet His Majesty in the city tomorrow.

"Centurion, you will aim at the enemy's city gate and cannon later. If you can't blast the opponent's city gate in time, don't blame the military law for being ruthless. Of course, if you blast it open, I will naturally shoot Report your name to His Majesty, and you will be rewarded and promoted."

"Yes, please rest assured, the general, the subordinates will not disappoint the general."

After the artillery was arranged here, suddenly another group of generals quarreled with Meng Tian.

"General, let my troops fight to be the vanguard later. The general guarantees that as long as the opponent's city gate is opened, they will be able to take the tower within two moments."

"General, I think our department is more suitable. In the end, the general will ensure that while taking the tower, he will also clear out all the enemies on the other side, and never let a single one go."

"Fart, General Niu, don't talk big here and deceive the general."

"Hehe, how do you know that I am lying to the general, you let me try and you will know whether I can do it or not."

"Don't even think about it, this pioneer is more suitable for our department."

Seeing the two generals quarreling, Meng Tian was not angry. What is needed in the army is the spirit and courage of daring to fight for the first place. As long as there is no internal friction, Meng Tian would like to see more of this kind of fighting for the first place. If everyone shrinks back, That's when Meng Tian should have a headache.

"Okay, stop arguing, wait for the two of you, one will be in charge of the left city gate, and the other will be in charge of the right city gate. If one is released, neither of you will have any good fruit to eat."

"The last will obey."

After the army was ready, Meng Tian did not continue to wait and waste time, but directly let people start the attack, saving a long night and more dreams.

Meng Tian kept the army away from the city of Beijing for about four miles, and did not use the old method to attack the city. With sufficient gunpowder, there was no need to use human lives to attack the city.

The furthest distance of the Hongyi cannons in the Ming Dynasty is said to be [-] kilometers, but the real effective range is only [-] kilometers. What about the artillery of the Qing Dynasty?The longest range is three kilometers, and the effective range is about two kilometers.

From this, we can also see how awesome the research and development of firearms in my Qing Dynasty is. It has grown by one kilometer for hundreds of years, haha.

However, because the opposite side is on the city wall, and the Qin army is on flat ground, the artillery gap between the two sides is evened out by the terrain, but the Qin army still has another advantage, that is, there are more artillery and sufficient firepower.

Meng Tian let the army leave the effective range of the opposite side, only the centurion of the artillery battalion started to bombard the opposite side with the artillery within the range.

In the continuous artillery fire from both sides, the two miles in the middle have almost become a dead zone. Even if you want to go around it, you can't do it, because both sides are rookies in using artillery, and they will miss a few rounds from time to time. These scattered shells are enough. human life.

After going through a half-hour-long pecking between rookies, the final result was naturally that the Qin army won, not because of strong combat power, more gunpowder, etc. For one reason, the gate of the capital city has been blasted open , Qin Jun began to charge and stopped firing.

"Kill, rush!"

A group of people poured into the city gate without any effective resistance, because the general of the refugees, Liu Zongmin, had already fled, and then other generals, large and small, also ran away. The remaining refugees were not organized and they were very scattered. They could only be divided and massacred by the organized Qin army.

"Wang Gonggong, lead the way, where is the palace?"

"Here, General Meng, follow me."

Ignoring the fighting in the city, Meng Tian ordered all the Qin army to clean up the remaining refugees in the streets, large and small, but the Qin army was not allowed to enter the houses, and then followed Wang Chengen to arrest Li Zicheng.

Meng Tian is a person who has read the history books with permission from Yingzheng. He naturally knows that most of the wealth in the capital is with Li Zicheng. If Li Zicheng is allowed to escape, then their trip will be in vain.

Along the way to the palace, almost all the refugees on the road were cleaned up. A pair of terrified eyes watched the situation from the windows of many houses. In some houses, there were children crying, but they disappeared immediately.

The gate of the imperial city has been captured by the Qin army. The refugees who had stayed here to guard ran and died, and the rest were all lying on the ground trembling.

As we walked, a voice suddenly came from the crowd of refugees,

"Wang Chengen, you are not dead?"

(End of this chapter)