Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Riding on the horse, Yang Rusong hurriedly saluted Xue Lian and the others who were coming up, and then asked, "How is the situation in the city? How many bandits have entered the city?"

"The sky and the earth are full of insurgents! General, hurry up and protect us and run...!"

"I heard that all the people in the palace ran out, and something is wrong with the emperor...!"

"Quickly drive the thieves out! Quickly kill the thieves!"

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The group of nobles standing in the front row immediately burst into chatter, the voices were extremely noisy, but there was no useful information at all.Yang Rusong got a headache when he heard that, but fortunately, he saw Li Lu standing behind Xungui, so he asked, "Mr. Li! How's the situation?"

"The number of people who entered the city is unknown. But Chuangni may have reached the imperial city." Li Lu replied.

"Then did they rush to the outer city?" Yang Rusong asked again.

"Even if there are, there are not many. But Zhengyangmen and Chongwenmen are not closed, and they may rush in soon." Li Lu replied again.

"That's good! Chief Li! Eunuch Liu! You take your people to contain the outer city, and then find a way to cut off the passages in the inner and outer cities. You also need to control the situation in the outer city. Also, find a way to transport more food and grass Go to the outer city with gunpowder, bows and arrows, and prepare to persist until the arrival of your lord."

"it is good!"

"General Yang! Commander Liu! You follow me into the inner city, and you must ensure that the three gates of the southern city are closed." Yang Rusong ordered.

"Yes!"

Then Yang Rusong drew out his saber, patted his mount horizontally, and ordered: "Go! The Runing Army is victorious!"

"The Runing Army is victorious!" The soldiers of the surrounding Runing Army also shouted in unison.Then they all rushed out following Yang Rusong.

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Yang Rusong, who rushed into Beijing, found that the inner city and the imperial city were in danger, so he decided to defend the outer city with all his strength.

The outer city of Beijing is not an outer city wall built around the inner city.Instead, a separate city was built outside the Zhengyang Gate of the South City.This outer city is actually due to the overpopulation of Beijing and the expansion of the city. A large number of people built residential buildings outside the south city. Over time, a city outside the city was formed, so the imperial court simply built a "conjoined body" outside the south city. city".Therefore, it can be said that the outer city can actually be regarded as an independent city.

The outer city of Beijing has seven gates.They are Yongdingmen, Zuoanmen, Youanmen, Guangqumen, Guanganmen, Dongbianmen and Xibianmen.In addition, there are Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen, which are the three city gates connecting the inner and outer cities of Beijing.

So now the problem arises. To cut off the passages between the inner and outer cities, we must first block the three gates of Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Xuanwumen; secondly, cut off the passages between the inner and outer city walls; Go up the stairs of the inner city wall of the South City, or else.Yang Rusong and the others had no way to stop the Dashun army from rushing into the outer city of the capital.

And this is also the biggest problem Yang Rusong and the others are currently facing.In the history of wars in ancient and modern China and abroad, defending the city "inside" from "outside the city" like this.Not to mention unique.Also extremely rare.

For example: Zhengyang Gate, Chongwen Gate, and Xuanwu Gate, the Runing Army in the outer city had no way to close the gates, but could only seal the three gates with sand and stone.Because the reason is very simple, the city gates are all closed inside the city, and I have never heard of a city gate that can be opened from outside the city.

The same is true for the passage between the inner and outer city walls and the stairs of the inner city wall of the South City, because the city is protected from the outside but not from the inside.On the contrary, in order to quickly mobilize the troops in the city, the passages on the city wall were very smooth, which brought many difficulties to Yang Rusong and the others.

Fortunately, Yang Rusong is an aborigine in the capital, and he knows the characteristics of the inner and outer parts of the capital very well.That's why he was able to grasp the focus of defending the outer city.Otherwise, it would take a lot of time for a general who doesn't understand the capital to understand all this, let alone order the key to defend the outer city in a few words.

So Yang Rusong, Yang Chengzu, and Liu Guqian led their troops into the inner city to disperse the soldiers of the Dashun Army who were close to Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Xuanwumen, and firmly guarded these three city gates until they reached the outer city. The men of the city sealed the three gates with sand and stones.

As for Li Lu and Liu Yuanbin's troops, except for some of them going up the outer city wall to resist the Dashun army's climb, the rest of the soldiers had to seal the city gate with sand and stones.In addition, the city walls connecting the inner and outer cities and the stairs of the inner city walls of the Shangnan City were to be blown up, so that the Dashun Army could not use these weaknesses to break into the outer city.

Fortunately, Li Lu and the others were able to collect most of the gunpowder in the capital because they were close to Wang Gong's factory.Coupled with the large number of fleeing teams at that time, in order to prepare for use on the road, Li Lu and the others also transported a large amount of food and grass to the outer city. Therefore, there is no shortage of gunpowder and food and grass in the outer city now, which is enough to last for a while.

At this time, there were not many Dashun troops rushing into the inner city of the capital, and there were only more than 1 people.After all, Cao Huachun's dedicating the city was a temporary idea, and Li Zicheng couldn't mobilize so many troops in a hurry.However, as the news of the fall of the city gate spread throughout the Dashun Army barracks, all the Dashun Army troops also took action one after another, and all flocked to the fallen Xizhimen.

And all the Dashun Army troops entering the city also aimed at the imperial city.After all, whoever captured or killed Emperor Chongzhen was the first.Besides, there are so many gold, silver, jewels and beautiful court ladies in the imperial city, who can give up such a good thing even if they can't make the first contribution?

And Li Zicheng will not stop the actions of the vanguard troops. After all, the troops that can be the vanguard of the Dashun Army are all from the old battalion of Li Zicheng's direct lineage. It is not a big deal to let them make some money. chair.

Therefore, the Dashun army rushing into Beijing was a combination of unity and competition.After all, everyone wants to run faster. There are good things in the imperial city, but there are fast hands and slow hands!

"beep--!"

The Runing Army rushed into Zhengyangmen, Chongwenmen, and Xuanwumen. Their front row of cavalry had just finished their formation, and before the follow-up soldiers and horses arrived, they blew the copper whistle, and the horses rushed forward. .

In the dark night, the sound of the copper whistle is quite eerie.And the wide streets of the capital also made the horses suddenly mention the high speed.

Yang Rusong led the cavalry to the front, and within a short time, he met a group of Dashun soldiers who were out "hunting for wild food". All the soldiers of the Runing Army immediately raised their sabers and rushed towards this group of Dashun soldiers. and go.

"Ah—!" Facing the sudden appearance of the death-like official army.The Dashun army immediately howled and wanted to disperse and flee.But in a blink of an eye, the cavalry of the Runing Army had rushed in front of them. (To be continued..)