Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

"Dahasu, I'm your father Yasongjia. Our whole family is now in the hands of the Wei Army. The Wei Army has said that as long as you surrender, your family will be released. Some time ago, the defeated bannermen who surrendered to the Wei Army have taken their families back. Son! Whether our family lives or dies depends on you", "Folgon Ahun (brother), I'm Jile Zhanshu~ Father, Enie (mother) and Asha (sister-in-law) are all fine. As long as you surrender, our whole family can survive", "Ama~Dou (brother), I'm Kadalaku. Some time ago, I followed Prince Xin to rescue Beijing, but was defeated and captured and surrendered to the Wei Army. The Khan is merciful and allows the surrendered soldiers to take their families back. Our family has been taken back by me. Ama~Dou, the Qing Dynasty is about to perish, don't make any more futile resistance, come back soon, and our family will be reunited"... The voices of persuading surrender rang out outside the palace (Forbidden City), making the defenders in the city uneasy.

"This is a conspiracy of the Wei army. Don't listen to it~ Don't listen to it~" On the wall of the Meridian Gate, Prince Kang Jieshu shouted angrily.

"Your Highness, seven more soldiers secretly jumped out of the city and escaped last night," reported Seleng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Bordered Yellow Banner Mongolian Army.

"Damn it! Strengthen the night patrols. If you find any deserters, execute them immediately!" Jieshu shouted angrily.

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. The hearts of the Eight Banners soldiers are still with our Qing Dynasty. They just fled because their families were controlled. After all, those who escaped are a minority. Jingshan and the palace are each other's support. As long as Jingshan is in our hands, the palace will be safe," Sony, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of State Affairs who was in charge of commanding the defense of the city, appeared beside him and persuaded him.

"How long do you think we can hold out? Will there be any reinforcements?" Jieshu asked helplessly in a low voice.

Sony's face was stern. "Your Highness, please don't say such discouraging words to shake the morale of the army. At this critical moment, the eyes of the Eight Banners soldiers are all on you! To be honest, I have made up my mind to die for my country. If the city is captured, I will just die!"

Hearing his firm words, Jieshu couldn't help but cheer up. He bowed and thanked him, saying, "You have such determination, and so do I. There are no cowards among the descendants of Aisin-Gioro!"
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On May 1664, 94.2, the Great Khan Lianhua led important civil and military officials to climb the wall of Di'anmen. The Supreme Khan suddenly pointed his whip at Jingshan Mountain in front of him and said, "This place is very important. If we can set up cannons here, the palace will not be defended." Jingshan Mountain, formerly known as Wansui Mountain, was the back garden of the imperial palaces of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It covers an area of ​​more than acres and is about zhang ( meters) high. It is the highest point on the central axis of Beijing. It faces the Shenwu Gate of the Forbidden City across the street to the south and is adjacent to Beihai Lake to the west. Standing on it, you can overlook the entire palace city.

"The Khan is a military genius. He can see the purpose of this place at a glance. I am short-sighted and can only see a colorful patch. I have no idea of ​​the ingenious method of setting up cannons on the mountain." As soon as he finished speaking, David began to flatter Bobi, the number one flatterer and Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace.

Sultan was pleased with the flattery and asked with a smile, "Bobei, how is the arrangement of persuading the surrender going?"

"To reply to the Khan, I have been organizing the people of the Eight Banners to persuade them to surrender, and it has been quite effective. In just seven days, 723 Manchu soldiers have surrendered by using ropes, including 36 female soldiers," Grand Secretary Bobe proudly reported to the Khan. Unexpectedly, the Khan's face turned stern after hearing this, "I spent so much effort to persuade so few people to surrender?"

"In the past, the Eight Banners soldiers were very stubborn and few of them surrendered voluntarily. Now, so many people have surrendered in just seven days, which shows that their morale has been shaken. If it weren't for the strict inspections by the Qing army on night patrol, the number of surrenders would be even greater," Bobe analyzed hurriedly.

"Hmph! Even so, I can't wait for them to surrender slowly. The longer the night, the more trouble there is. We must take Dadu as soon as possible!" Sultan sneered and stretched out three fingers. "Three days, within three days, David's flag must be planted on Jingshan Mountain!"

The military order was as firm as a mountain. The guards mobilized all the heavy artillery to bombard Jingshan day and night. The guards of Jingshan were the old Qing generals, the Minister of the Imperial Guard and the Minister of State Affairs, Ebilun, and the Manchu General of the Bordered Blue Banner, Sun Ta. The experienced two dug many caves on the mountain to hide soldiers, so that most of the guards' shells missed. Even so, the dense artillery shells still caused considerable casualties to the Qing army, especially the eight artillery pieces deployed on the mountain, which were blown into scrap copper and iron in a short time.

The bombardment, which seemed to never stop, finally stopped. Under the personal supervision of the Great Khan, Jizhou General Xuan Youcai, Tongzhou General Zhang Wei, and Henan General Cai Lu led 20,000 surrendered soldiers to attack Jingshan fiercely. After the imperial city was captured, the surrendered generals were more eager to make meritorious deeds, and everyone wanted to show their faces in front of the Great Khan. However, it was not easy to show their faces. The Qing army also knew the importance of Jingshan. The soldiers guarding the mountain were all elite soldiers in the defenders, and they failed after three consecutive attacks.

"Brothers, follow me, today is the day to be rewarded for your meritorious service!" Zhang Hu, the captain of the guard army, howled, holding a sign in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and led 500 sharp soldiers to climb up like a cat, and finally rushed to the top of the mountain. The Eight Banners soldiers guarding the mountain shouted and rushed down, trying to drive them down the mountain, but were killed by this fierce army and retreated step by step.

"Bang~" Suddenly, a huge force knocked Zhang Hu's knife away. It was Sun Ta, the Manchu governor of the Bordered Blue Banner, who came with a big iron hammer. One hammer knocked the knife away, and another hammer ended his life.

After 15 attacks in two consecutive days, Jingshan was still not taken despite corpses everywhere. With only one day left before the Great Khan's military order, Xuan Youcai, Zhang Wei, and Cai Lu were aroused and led their soldiers into battle. Cai Lu, in particular, showed his heroic spirit as a pirate, charging forward with strange howls, and led his men to the top of the mountain first. Ebilun and Sun Ta were unwilling to fail, and organized their men to fight to the death.

"Okay! Order the archers to come forward and shoot arrows to provide cover." Seeing that the guards had already climbed to the top of the mountain to fight, the Great Khan who was in charge of the battle immediately ordered 10,000 archers to come forward and shoot arrows. Arrows rained down on the Qing army's formation, effectively covering the infantry's attack on the mountain.

As the sun was about to set, Jingshan was finally captured. Ebilun was killed by Cai Lu in battle, and Sun Ta died in the chaos. This was a tragic victory, with nearly 8,000 surrendered soldiers buried here in exchange for a major victory of annihilating 5,000 enemies. Yes, it was a victory. From the loss situation, 8,000 for 5,000, the guards suffered a loss, but taking this mountain meant taking the commanding heights outside the palace, and the palace was already in their pockets.

On May 11, the guards set up artillery on Jingshan Mountain and fired at the palace day and night. Shells fell into the palace like snowflakes, taking lives one after another and turning the magnificent palaces into ruins. On May 16, the Shenwu Gate collapsed and the guards swarmed in. The guarding officer of the Zhenglan Banner Guard, Satan, died in battle.

"Soldiers, we have nowhere to retreat. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, advance!" Seeing that more and more guards were entering the city, the commander of Shenwu Gate, Prince Qingzhuang Boguduo, led the remaining hundreds of guards to launch a final counterattack against the guards.

"Kill~ Kill~ Kill~" The Eight Banners soldiers burst out with their last bit of courage and fought to the death with their prince.

"This man is mine, don't fight with me!" A roar that could destroy mountains. The fierce general of the guards, the chief of the Huite, Mandulatu, rushed towards Boguoduo. The mace in his hand seemed to have eyes, and every strike killed a person. Soon he was in front of Boguoduo. The young prince swung his sword to block, but the sword was shaken away. Mandulatu grinned, retracted his moves, and hit the head of Prince Zhuang in the neck with another club.

"Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~" The guards cheered and controlled the Shenwu Gate. Inspired by the victory, they rushed madly into the palace.

Once the Shenwu Gate was broken, the already demoralized Qing army immediately collapsed. Many people stopped resisting and instead dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender.

Soni, the Grand Secretary and Minister of State Affairs who was guarding Donghua Gate, was surrounded by the guards, but he still fought to the death. His sword was bent, so he snatched the enemy's sword and continued to kill. Finally, he died of exhaustion, fulfilling his promise to die for his country. Seleng, the Deputy Governor of the Bordered Yellow Banner Mongolian Army, also died in battle on the top of the Meridian Gate. When the Meridian Gate defender, Prince Kang Jieshu, saw that the situation was not good, he wanted to retreat from the city wall, but was shot and killed by Shilabu, the captain of the guards, with a three-barreled gun.

Inside the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Shunzhi felt disheartened as he listened to the report from his trusted eunuch Wu Liangfu.

"Please change into the clothes of a eunuch and follow me out of the city," Wu Liangfu pleaded anxiously.

"Do you have any good way to escape?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Emperor Shunzhi's eyes.

"I secretly sent people to dig a tunnel a few days ago, which leads to the outside of Xihua Gate. As for how to get out of the imperial city and the inner city, we still need to think of a way," Wu Liangfu said hesitantly.

"Alas! I never thought that the great Emperor of the Qing Dynasty would fall to such a state!" Emperor Shunzhi sighed and slowly took off his dragon robe with the help of Wu Liangfu.

"Your Majesty, I am here to protect you!" Just at this moment, the commander of the guards, Biliketu, stumbled in with a knife in his left hand and an axe in his right hand.

When he saw him, there was some light in Emperor Shunzhi's eyes, "Don't bother me, just invite the Empress Dowager here quickly."

"Hey!" Biliketu ran out of the Qianqing Palace quickly, and soon ran back, crying, "When I went to the Cining Palace, I saw the fire. I asked the palace servants and learned that the Empress Dowager heard that the city had been broken and did not want to be humiliated, so she burned herself to death!"

"What!" Emperor Shunzhi felt dizzy for a while, and it took him a while to catch his breath. When he walked out of the palace gate, he saw flames rising from the direction of the Cining Palace. He couldn't help but burst into tears, grief-stricken, "Your Majesty! Your son is unfilial!"

"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences! Please follow me out of the city immediately. The country and the people are counting on you!" Wu Liangfu cried and winked at Biliketu. Biliketu hurriedly ran out of the palace gate with several guards carrying Emperor Shunzhi. When they reached the entrance of the tunnel, they met the third-class guard general Naimanbo Ahan. Ahan was sharp-eyed and led his men to surround them.

"Your Majesty, I will hold them back, you quickly go through the tunnel!" Biliketu roared like a tiger and rushed towards Ahan with several bodyguards. He killed many guards with his knives and axes.

"How brave! Shoot him to death!" Seeing that this man was like a mad tiger, Ahan did not dare to fight him and ordered hundreds of his men to shoot arrows at the same time. The arrows flew like locusts, killing all the people. Unfortunately, Emperor Shunzhi returned to the embrace of Changshengtian with his loyal Biliketu, Wu Liangfu and a group of guards before he could dig a tunnel. (End of this chapter)