Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

On April 1664, , the guards attacked the imperial city again. The chief of the ten thousand households, Tarhun, braved the threat of enemy artillery fire and moved the cannon forward. The Dong'an and Di'an gates were blown to pieces. The Daqing, Chang'an Left, Chang'an Right, Tian'an, and Xi'an gates were also hit by artillery fire. This was because on April , the Great Khan Lianhua had issued a death order that the imperial city must be taken within ten days. Six days had passed, so they had to fight desperately.

The reason why the Great Khan was so fierce was because Chen Shikai, the general of Hangzhou Town, who was sent to Jizhou to block the Qing army from Shanhaiguan, sent an urgent report saying that Fu Shou, the prince of Qingxian in the direction of Shanhaiguan, sent the minister of state, Fei Yasiha, the deputy general Yang Tingyu, and Fu Jinzhong to lead more than 10,000 elite troops to Kaiping, with the tendency to rescue Beijing. At the beginning, the guards defeated the two supporting troops of Zhu Zhixi, the governor of Qinghe Road, and Gao Mingzhong, the admiral of Jiangnan, without sending out the main force. It also made someone complacent, thinking that the end of Manchuria had come, and he did not intend to attack too many elite soldiers and generals. He just kept ordering the surrendered troops to shout to the city to persuade them to surrender, and even ordered the captured Manchu prisoners to shout that it would be best if they could disintegrate the enemy's morale and let them surrender automatically. But the movement of the Qing army in Shanhaiguan made him realize that the territory of the Manchuria was still vast. If he did not seize the time to capture Dadu, he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy. Thinking of this, he issued a strict order to break the imperial city in ten days.

As a man with rich combat experience, he naturally would not regard every city gate as the focus of the attack. Instead, he carefully studied the terrain of the imperial city and formulated a combat strategy with Dong'anmen as the key breakthrough direction and Di'anmen as the second. As for the other city gates, they were just feint attacks. The reason why Tiananmen was not chosen was that if you want to attack Tiananmen, you must first capture Daqingmen (Damingmen, Zhonghuamen) and the two city gates behind Daqingmen, Chang'an Zuomen and Chang'an Youmen. Although Daqingmen is the national gate of the Qing Dynasty, it has great symbolic significance and is only a brick and stone structure with a single-eaved hip roof without a tower, so it is easier to attack. But there are two city gates, Chang'an Zuo and Chang'an You, for civil and military officials to pass through to court, and then you can reach Tiananmen. There are so many city gates, and it takes too much time to attack them one by one; Xi'anmen was not chosen because there are three narrow lakes behind Xi'anmen, Beihai, Zhonghai and Nanhai, and there is only a narrow passage in the middle leading to the palace city. In fact, the terrain of Di'anmen was only slightly better than that of Xi'an and Tian'anmen. There was Jingshan Mountain behind it. Even if the Qing army took it, Jingshan Mountain would be a barrier. Therefore, the Oirat God of War chose Dong'anmen as the main target, and Di'anmen as the second.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

The commander of the Wanhu army, Tarhun, commanded the artillery battalion to continuously fire at Dong'anmen and Di'anmen. From time to time, artillery shells from the defenders exploded beside him, but the veteran general who had experienced many battles did not even blink an eye, and just kept urging his subordinates to load and fire.

"Boom~" A large section of the Dong'anmen city wall finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.

"Quick! Give the order to attack!" The Great Khan, who went to Dong'an Gate to supervise the battle in person, was overjoyed.

Zhang Yuanxun, deputy general of Zhenjiang, rushed towards the gap with all his might. In order to show off in front of the real dragon, he rushed to the front without fear of life or death, just like a shot arrow.

"Push the knife cart to block the gap, quickly!" Ebilun, the Grand Minister of the Imperial Guard and the Minister of State Council, gave the order fiercely.

Irgen Jueluo Moro, a doctor in the Ministry of Works, led 580 bannermen and pushed more than 20 knife carts to run towards the gap recklessly, but they were seen by a Mongolian archer who was mixed in Zhang Yuanxun's army and was hit in the face by an arrow.

Because the guards acted quickly, the knife carts were not effective, but there was a fence behind the imperial city. "Chop open the fence~" Zhang Yuanxun shouted. The guards, who were well prepared, used the big axes behind them to chop hard. Seeing this, the brave general of the Qing army and the commander of the guards, Biliketu, led the 588 banners and rushed towards Zhang Yuanxun fiercely. Everyone who was selected to be the guards of the Qing Dynasty was a warrior, and the commander of the guards, Biliketu, was the bravest of the brave. With a knife in his left hand and an axe in his right hand, he smashed Zhang Yuanxun's head with one axe after a few rounds.

The offensive of the Wei army did not stop with the death of Zhang Yuanxun. Henan General Cai Lu, Jizhou General Xuan Youcai, Tongzhou General Zhang Wei, and Samarkand General Bayar led their troops to attack the gap one after another. In the fierce battle, the Wei army guerrilla Xuan Yi, Qianhuzhang Buyechuk, Qing army commander Ilibu, Huangqi Manchu commander Shu Xilan, and Shi Tu, the minister, died one after another. The blood dyed the Dong'an Gate red. The red gate stood there, and it could never be conquered.

"Father Khan, are we still attacking?" Seeing the heavy casualties, Crown Prince Zhuoligtu asked his father in a low voice.

Except for the troops of General Bayar of Samarkand, all the guards attacking Dong'an Gate were surrendered troops. The Oirat God of War actually did not feel sorry for these surrendered troops, and advised his son: "A king should not be soft-hearted, and continue the attack."

The fierce fighting and dangerous situation at Dong'anmen alarmed Emperor Shunzhi and the veteran general Sony who was in charge of commanding the defense of the city. Team after team of Qing troops were transferred to Dong'anmen, and few people paid attention to the battle situation at other gates.

“Boom~Boom~Boom~” “Boom~Boom~Boom~Boom~”

Di'anmen was also covered by overwhelming artillery fire, and the rumbling of artillery covered the sound of civil engineering. The captain of the Wei army, Shilabu, led his men to dig tunnels day and night, and finally dug three tunnels that reached the foot of Di'anmen.

"Hurry! Carry the boxes in," Shlab ordered solemnly. His men carried three coffins filled with gunpowder and slowly entered the tunnel.

"Climb the city walls and prepare for battle!" The deafening sound of artillery finally stopped, and the Qing infantry commander Tong Huinian immediately ordered his men to climb the city walls. Past experience told him that once the sound of artillery stopped, the guards would attack the city. Although Di'anmen was a "back door" of unimportant status, with Jingshan Mountain behind it, the number of guards was relatively small. However, the three battalions of patrol officers under his command were the few elite Beijing troops in the city, and they thought they could defend this gate. However, strangely, the guards did not attack immediately this time.

"Huh?" Tong Huinian exclaimed in surprise.

"Boom~Boom~Boom~Boom~" Three loud noises were heard, and the Di'an Gate shook violently and collapsed, and then three huge gaps appeared. The city wall of the capital was extremely strong, and it was difficult to blow down the city wall by blasting, but the bombardment for several months damaged the foundation of the wall, and it actually collapsed in three places.

"Attack!" Biligendalai, the prince of Zhao who was in charge of commanding the attack on Di'an Gate, issued the order to attack. The young and energetic prince personally led the spearhead, chose the middle gap and galloped on horseback, while Wurigendalai, the head of the Junggar army, and Sonom Tsering, the head of the Bukhara army, each led an army to rush to the gaps on both sides.

"Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~" The shouts of the Mongolian cavalry could be heard everywhere inside Di'anmen.

"Stop the gap! Quick~" Tong Huinian was about to command his men to resist, but a white horse appeared before him. His Highness the Prince of Zhao on the white horse was in high spirits, and with a flick of his bright silver spear, he pierced Tong Huinian's throat.

There was a fence behind Di'anmen. Mu Chengge, the commander of the Manchu Guard of the Bordered White Banner, commanded 2,800 bannermen to shoot at the guards inside the fence in an attempt to prevent them from breaking in.

"Shoot me!" Biligenda was furious.

The guards first fired with three-barreled guns, then took out the longbows on their backs and shot Mu Chengge and his men to death one by one. Then they cut open the fence, rushed into the city through the Di'an Gate, and killed people everywhere.

"Well done! You are worthy of being my son!" After hearing the news that Xiao Wuzi had captured Di'anmen, Great Khan Lianhua laughed and ordered the entire army to enter the imperial city through Di'anmen.

After learning that the guards had entered the imperial city, Emperor Shunzhi looked ashen. Sony pretended to be calm and issued an order to retreat to the palace and Jingshan. The Qing army quickly withdrew to the palace and deployed defenses on Jingshan. Although the main force of the army was saved, most of the people of the Eight Banners fell into the hands of the guards. (End of this chapter)