Qiming 1158

Chapter 1652 The end of Ping An Jing
The moment he saw Aiko's body, Ping Qingsheng knew that everything was over.

As a military strongman, his political life and physical life have come to an end and no one can stop him.

Once the core competitiveness of the strongman regime is destroyed by a stronger external force, the internal contradictions suppressed by the strongman will first break out, and together with the external force, the strongman will be torn to pieces.

How strong he was when he was in power, how ugly he was when he died.

The Ming army was a qualified external force. It didn't stop after the battle, and didn't even care about how to clean the battlefield. Kong Zhende led the main force to pursue the victory and chased all the way to the foot of the peaceful capital.

The Ming army swept away all military facilities with powerful firepower, destroyed three barracks, and completed the siege of Ping An Jing in just one day.

Before the Ming army arrived in Ping'anjing, a large number of residents and powerful people from the peripheral areas of Ping'anjing rushed into Ping'anjing.

They also panicked and didn't know where it was safe. As a result, most of them poured into Ping An Jing, and only a small number of people fled to the Danbo country in the northwest region.

Several former emperors and current French emperors all fled into Heianjing, and all the nobles and bureaucrats who followed them also fled into Heianjing, and the army that had not had time to prepare also fled into Heianjing.

At this moment, they have nothing else to rely on, only the city and the city's Ping Qingsheng and his Ping army.

Although the drainage function of this city is poor, the inside is full of stolen goods, there are many places with stinky smells, and there is only a small piece of clean and fresh place, but this is a city after all.

Although the [-] troops that went out were completely wiped out, there was still an elite team in the city who could defend the city, which they could confirm.

After they rushed into the city frantically, they went to Ping Qingsheng collectively, but Ping Qingsheng locked himself in the house and stayed with Ping Zhongsheng's body, and no one was seen. Right now, everyone in the Heike family can only rely on Ping Qingsheng's third son, Ping Zongsheng.

But compared to Hei Shigesheng, Hei Zongsheng did not show any military and political talents. On the contrary, he was arrogant and had a timid style in major events, so he was never favored by everyone.

But who would have thought that Ping Shigesheng would be so dead?

Faced with the extreme predicament inside and outside the Ping An Jing, Ping Zongsheng could not come up with any effective plan. Faced with the inquiries of the Ping clan's retainers and the subordinates sent by the Emperor Houbaihe, he was at a loss, hesitating, and even saying a complete sentence. not come out.

Some veteran retainers knelt outside Ping Qingsheng's room, crying and begging Ping Qingsheng to come out and preside over the overall situation.

But Ping Qingsheng seemed to indulge in the pain of losing his son and could not respond to their cries for a long time.

Kong Zhende would not give them too much time. The Ming army also felt a sense of urgency. He was worried that if it was delayed for a long time, the raid would be blocked by reinforcements from other places. On the other hand, they quickly attacked Ping An Jing.

All the artillery pieces carried by the army were pushed into battle, round by round of violent artillery fire.

A large number of siege equipment obtained from the surrounding Japanese army barracks also came in handy at this time. The Ming army also found a small amount of trebuchets in the Japanese army barracks. .

Under the bombardment of the overwhelming Thor cannons and artillery shells, the interior of Heianjing was in chaos.

Because of the lack of a unified command, it was difficult for the soldiers on the city to prevent the effective defense, the soldiers below the city could not prevent the effective logistics, and it was difficult for the various armies to coordinate and help each other, and the goal of effectively defending the city could not be achieved at all.

The Ming army did not wait for them to recover, and immediately began to storm the city wall.

The elite hand-to-hand combat troops approached step by step under the cover of shield soldiers. The Ping's army on the top of the city finally reacted in the shock of the gunpowder explosion. Just as they wanted to shoot arrows to stop it, they had to face the attack of the Ming army musketeers.

The city wall of Ping An Jing is not high or thick, and its defense is very limited.

Although it is said to be built in imitation of Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty, in the final analysis, the similarity is only the plan on the drawings, and Japan's national strength is simply not enough to build a giant city like Chang'an City.

Due to the considerable problems in site selection, the urban terrain tilted from the northeast to the southwest, resulting in the long-term immersion of Ukyo in the name of Chang'an, and the inability of the aristocrats in the Heian period to solve the drainage problem of Ukyo, which led to the rapid development of the right part of Heianjing. Abandoned, the vast majority of people concentrated in Zuojing, named after Luoyang.

Kong Zhende learned the news from the Skynet Army spies, so he planned to concentrate the artillery and the main siege ordnance in Zuojing once they attacked, creating a huge momentum to force the defenders in the city to arrange the main force in Zuojing.

Then he sent Qi Hetong, the commander of the 41st Division, to lead a 2000-man army to hide behind the large army, and quietly marched to the Youjing part while the battle was in full swing. It looks like it's almost gone.

According to the spies, the large city wall at the Ukyo location was originally almost dilapidated, and there was no defense at all.

After Ping Qingsheng led the trade with Song Dynasty, he made a lot of money. He was rich and rich, so he felt that Ping An Jing should be a bit like a capital, so he allocated funds to repair Ping An Jing, but only the Zuo Jing part of the dignitaries lived well.

The Youjing part is mainly inhabited by civilians, homeless people and other low-ranking people, so you can repair it and look a little better, that's all.

And because of bureaucratic corruption, a lot of money for repairs has been embezzled. The repairs in Ujing are really just a show, and they haven't solved the problem of drainage at all. It is so dirty that even homeless people rarely appear here.

So much so that the city walls in some areas can really be kicked out of a hole with just a kick, let alone attacking with any siege equipment.

At this time, Zuo Jing in Ping An Jing was under the command of Kong Zhende, and the artillery unit was in full swing. Everyone's attention was on Zuo Jing, and no one paid attention to You Jing at all. Qi Hetong took this opportunity very well and led two thousand elites to break through in one fell swoop. Ukyo.

The funny thing is, after Qi Hetong broke into Youjing, he didn't encounter the defending army, only a large number of ragged, pale, short-statured civilians looked at them in horror.

Then run away.

Qi Hetong didn't care about these civilians, and took his troops through Youjing to Zuojing, killing the Japanese army guarding the city by surprise.

The center blossomed is equal to yes.

Under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the Ping An Jing quickly fell, the Ming army rushed in, and the Miyagi was quickly broken.

When the news reached Ping Qingsheng's ears, he was stunned.

He just wanted to be a little sad when his son died, but how long did it take to be sad before the city was destroyed?

Ming Jun treats everyone fairly.

No matter who you are, as long as you resist, you will be killed, and only by throwing away your weapons and begging for mercy will you be spared.

Ping Qingsheng's retainers and elite private soldiers protected the Ping family and wanted to break out of the siege, but in the face of the elite Ming army, this idea was undoubtedly very dangerous.

To make matters worse, the Ping family's breakout army accidentally encountered a complete Ming army formation, and more than 20 muskets fired at them in one round, directly blowing them up.

Ping Qingsheng finally witnessed what happened to this strange firearm that killed his son. After a loud bang, a large plume of white smoke came out, and a guard beside him was inexplicably interrupted by the arm holding the knife. He fell to the ground, convulsed and died.

How brutal and powerful is this weapon?

Ping Qingsheng did not know.

(End of this chapter)