Chapter 304 God's Soldier descends from heaven, Chongzhen hangs himself
Qin Shanshui took a stack of portraits and distributed them to every soldier.
"You have all seen clearly that the person above is Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty.
Catch this person alive as much as possible.
You want to see people when you are alive, and you want to see corpses when you are dead.
Our most important task is to capture Emperor Chongzhen.
The secondary task is to control the palace.
When we enter the palace, as long as the people there don't resist, don't shoot.
Maybe one of them is the prince, princess or concubine. If these people are caught alive, our contribution will be greater."
After Qin Shanshui finished speaking, he began to assign tasks to each company.
The four gates of the palace, Xuanwu Gate in the north, Meridian Gate and Dongxihua Gate in the south, must be guarded by troops.
Important palaces such as Qianqing Palace and Huangji Palace also need to be cleared by the army.
At the guard group's camp, the hot air balloons were all set up, the kerosene was lit, and the balloons were inflated.
The hot air balloon is tied to the ground by a thick rope and can take off at any time.
Qin Shanshui arranged all the work and was only waiting for the order from King Su He of Qin.
Around nine o'clock in the morning, Qin Shanshui heard the sound of war drums coming from Nancheng.
He immediately gave the order.
"Everyone boarded the hot air balloon, waiting for my order, ready to take off for combat at any time."
The guard regiment and Zhao Manggang's company immediately boarded the hot air balloon.
They only carried light weapons and no bombs were carried on the hot air balloon.
Fight in the palace, and if you drop a large bomb, destroy the entire palace.
At that time, a lot of money will be spent to repair the palace.
There is no need to attack fortresses in the palace, and there is no need to use heavy weapons.
The guard regiment carries the most powerful weapon, which is grenades.
In order to make it easier for the grenades to fall, the fuses of the grenades they carried burned longer.
Soldiers from the guard regiment boarded the hot air balloon in an orderly manner.
As soon as they boarded the hot air balloon, they heard three muffled sounds and then a loud bang.
They were in the southeast corner of the capital and could see the south and east walls of the capital.
Qin Shanshui saw that a section of the south wall collapsed, and the soldiers of the Third Army had already launched an attack on the south wall.
Zhao Manggang was not far from Qin Shanshui. He shouted loudly: "Captain Qin, the Third Army has launched an attack. Should we take off to fight now?"
Qin Shanshui replied loudly: "Wait a little longer until the Third Army enters the city in large numbers before we can take off to fight.
The Third Army launched an all-out attack on the capital, attracting all the Ming troops in the capital to the frontal battlefield.
Only then can we attack the palace.
Otherwise, the more than a thousand of us will be surrounded and suppressed by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops.
Even if we are one against ten, we still cannot defeat the huge Ming army."
Qin Shanshui had already planned the time to send troops.
They parachuted directly into the palace and took control of the Ming Palace by surprise.
The combat effectiveness of the guard group is very strong, and the bullets are not used up before.
The elite soldiers of the guard regiment can defeat the Ming army guarding the palace with one against ten.
But the combat effectiveness of the guard regiment has its limits.
Once Emperor Chongzhen mobilized heavy troops to attack them, the already scattered guard regiments could not stop the huge Ming army.
We can only wait until the Ming army can't take action, then this is the time for the guard group to raid the palace.
Qin Shanshui was on the hot air balloon, observing the movements of the Third Army.
When he saw the vanguard of the Third Army rushing into the capital, they opened the Yongding Gate, the southern gate of the capital.
The main force of the Third Army, dragging heavy artillery, has entered Yongding Gate.
Qin Shanshui blew the whistle hard.
He directly used his bayonet to cut off the ropes binding the hot air balloon.
The hot air balloon he was in immediately took off quickly.
The other hot air balloons received the order, and they cut the ropes at the same time and flew to the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty following the southeast wind.
Along the road to Qin Shanshui, soldiers from the Third Army could be seen running quickly, dragging heavy weapons.
The soldiers of the Third Army used their fastest speed to capture Chongwenmen and other inner city gates of the capital by surprise.
When the Third Army began to attack Chongwenmen with heavy artillery.
Qin Shanshui took a hot air balloon and flew over Chongwenmen.
He was on the hot air balloon, looking at the buildings above the capital.
I kept thinking about the model of the capital that I had memorized in my mind.
Below is Chongwen Gate. He looked at a group of buildings in front of him, which was the Taiji Factory.
After flying over the platform factory, Qin Shanshui looked at the magnificent buildings below.
He had already seen the walls of the Forbidden City and the south gate of the Forbidden City, the Chengtian Gate. He could already see it clearly.
To the south of Chengtianmen are the bureaus of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army.
To the north of Chengtianmen are the Ancestral Temple and Sheji Altar.
When the hot-air balloon troop flew over the Imperial Ancestral Temple, he had already seen the Meridian Gate and the walls of the Imperial Palace.
Qin Shanshui recalled the map of the capital city, which was divided according to the city walls.
The capital city has two cities: inner and outer. The dividing line between the inner and outer is the city wall from Xuanwumen to Chongwenmen.
The center of the capital is the Forbidden City where the royal family lives, including the Taiye Pool and the royal gardens.
Most of the eunuchs and palace ladies also live in this area, including the Si Li Jian, the Royal Horse Supervisor, and the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
In the center of the Forbidden City, there is a wall that surrounds the palace. This is the palace where the emperor and his concubines live.
The goal of the guard group is the palace.
Qin Shanshui blew the whistle to remind the guard group that they had arrived above the palace.
When the hot-air balloon troops were about to arrive at the Meridian Gate, some hot-air balloons began to descend.
When they saw the Ming soldiers above the Meridian Gate, they immediately threw grenades downwards to attack the Ming soldiers below.
Ming soldiers were blown away by grenades and fled in all directions.
They saw the hot air balloon landing overhead.
The general of the Ming army loudly urged: "Hurry up and light the sky-piercing monkeys and blow up these Qin army's hot air balloons."
The soldiers on the Meridian Gate city wall heard the sound of huge cannons in the distance.
They already know that thieves in yellow have entered the capital.
Then he watched the magic soldiers descend from the sky, and grenades were dropped from the hot air balloon.
These Ming soldiers did not obey the general's orders. They ran directly into the palace, preparing to grab some things and escape.
The soldiers of the Guard Regiment on the hot air balloon saw only a small number of Sky-piercing Monkey firearms attacking them.
The hot air balloon quickly landed on and near the city wall.
They first threw grenades outside where there were Ming soldiers and attacked these Ming soldiers.
Then he raised his rifle and attacked the Ming soldiers who wanted to get close to the hot air balloon.
After a burst of gunfire, the Ming army could not withstand the guards and launched continuous attacks. More Ming troops retreated to the surrounding areas.
These guardsmen did not pursue the fleeing Ming army. Their mission was to guard the Meridian Gate.
Don't let the people in the palace escape from the Meridian Gate.
They waited for the soldiers of the Third Army to attack the Meridian Gate and completely capture the palace.
The rest of the guard group saw their target and the hot air balloon descended from the sky.
When Qin Shanshui saw the Qianqing Palace, the hot air balloon he was in immediately dropped in altitude.
After throwing several grenades, he defeated the Ming army guarding the gate of Qianqing Palace.
He saw several eunuchs and guards running out of the Qianqing Palace in a panic.
He supported a young man in his twenties and ran towards the north.
Ding Degui said excitedly: "Captain, the man in the palace doesn't look like a eunuch. He is most likely Emperor Chongzhen.
The height of the hot air balloon is too high now, and we don't have the ability to jump directly.
We should be able to hit such a long distance with a rifle."
"It's too far to hit."
While Qin Shanshui was speaking, he picked up his rifle and shot at the group of people.
The bullets did not hit this group of people at all, but when they heard the gunfire, they ran forward quickly.
“The killing range of black powder bullets is really too close.
If the Academy of Sciences could develop a better propellant.
I'm absolutely sure to win them.
I couldn't hit it, and no one else could hit it.
But they can't escape either. The palace and the major gates of the Forbidden City are our priority areas to block."
While they were talking, several hot air balloons had landed in front of the Qianqing Palace.
Qianqing Palace is where the emperor lived and worked.
When Qin Shanshui saw the door of Qianqing Palace open, he led his men into Qianqing Palace with guns in hand.
The scene inside made him a little stunned.
Dozens of gorgeously dressed women died here in Qianqing Palace.
Two women were hanged, and the others were apparently strangled.
There are many girls here in Qianqing Palace, holding the dead woman and crying loudly.
When some eunuchs and maids saw them rushing in, they all hid in the corner and trembled.
Qin Shanshui pointed a gun at an eunuch and shouted, "Tell me what's going on."
The young eunuch was so frightened that he shivered and said tremblingly: "My lord, these are the wives, concubines and daughters of the emperor.
We obeyed the emperor's order and executed his wives and concubines.
Just as they were preparing to execute these princesses.
You guys just come in and fight, and Mr. Wang Chengen and the emperor will run out."
Only then did Qin Shanshui understand what was happening here now.
He immediately asked the eunuchs to collect the corpses, and the palace maids comforted the crying girls.
He left a squad of soldiers to guard the Qianqing Palace.
Qin Shanshui led other soldiers to control the palaces surrounding Qianqing Palace.
He saw eunuchs and palace maids constantly having bulging bodies and trying to escape.
Qin Shanshui immediately understood that these eunuchs and maids wanted to escape with the things in the palace.
The entire palace belongs to King Qin, and these people are thieves.
He immediately led his troops to stop these maids and eunuchs, and searched every corner of the palace.
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Wang Chengen protected Emperor Chongzhen and fled towards the Xuanwu Gate.
The thieves in yellow came from Chengtian Gate and must not run towards Meridian Gate.
As soon as they ran out of Qianqing Palace, they saw a gunshot coming from behind.
They were so frightened that they ran forward as hard as they could.
Emperor Chongzhen was still in a state of uncertainty when he saw a large number of hot air balloons floating above the palace.
The thieves in yellow got off the hot air balloon and occupied all parts of the palace.
"This is the hot air balloon of the thief in yellow. The loss of many important cities is related to these hot air balloons."
Emperor Chongzhen looked a little lonely.
"We have millions of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, but how come no one can build a hot air balloon?
This kind of important weapon is in the hands of the thief in yellow.
I asked them to imitate the hot air balloon and spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver but failed."
Emperor Chongzhen ran towards Xuanwu Gate. There were fewer and fewer guards around him. They all stayed behind to buy time for Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen and his party had just arrived near Xuanwu Gate when they saw a group of people running in from Xuanwu Gate in a panic.
They didn't pay attention to Emperor Chongzhen, and shouted as they ran: "Find a way to hide quickly, Di'anmen has been occupied by thieves in yellow clothes, and we can't get out of the Forbidden City."
When Wang Chengen and Emperor Chongzhen heard the news, they were hesitating whether they needed to run forward.
Looking at the current situation, the Forbidden City has been completely blocked by thieves in yellow.
Banging gunshots were heard from behind them, and a group of thieves in yellow had already arrived near Xuanwu Gate.
The royal guards escorting Emperor Chongzhen shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, run quickly, I will lead people to stop the yellow thief."
Wang Chengen helped Emperor Chongzhen and ran out of Xuanwu Gate.
I saw Long live Mountain outside Xuanwu Gate, also known as Meishan.
Emperor Chongzhen ran to a crooked-neck tree. He was panting and could no longer run.
Wang Chengen looked anxious and urged: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to rest. Let's run away."
Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and asked Wang Chengen to kneel on the ground.
He took off his imperial robe and laid it on Wang Chengen. He bit his finger and wrote a line of words on the imperial robe.
[I am cold and virtuous, I bow lightly, and I blame Heaven for my fault. However, all my ministers misunderstood me. I died without a face to see my ancestors. I took off my crown and covered my face with my hair. I allowed the thieves to divide me, and no one of the people was harmed.]
Emperor Chongzhen took off his crown and let his hair disheveled.
He tore out a strip of cloth and hung it under the crooked neck tree.
"Wang Banban, I never thought that you would be with me when I was about to die.
After I die, you take care of my body."
Wang Chengen knew that Emperor Chongzhen was determined to die, so he knelt aside and respectfully sent Emperor Chongzhen off.
Emperor Chongzhen tied a piece of cloth to a crooked neck tree, sighed, and hanged himself.
After Wang Chengen saw Emperor Chongzhen dying, he took care of Emperor Chongzhen's body.
He heard chaotic footsteps coming from under the coal mountain.
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Zhao Manggang led his troops to jump off the hot air balloon and prepare to occupy Xuanwu Gate.
They were not familiar with hot air balloons, so they did not predict the wind strength, and their landing position was somewhat off.
It didn't fall right on Xuanwu Gate, but not far away from Xuanwu Gate.
Zhao Manggang led his troops and immediately rushed towards the Xuanwu Gate.
He saw in front of him a well-dressed man trying to escape from the Xuanwu Gate.
Zhao Manggang immediately chased after him, but he found more than a hundred Ming army soldiers rushing towards them with swords in hand.
Even though the number of these people is about the same as them, long knives and rifles are weapons from two eras.
After Zhao Manggang threw the grenade, he immediately opened fire on these Ming soldiers.
Their marksmanship was extremely accurate, and the Ming army began to fall to the ground in large numbers.
Zhao Manggang discovered that these Ming troops were extremely determined to fight.
"Big fish, the man in front must be a big fish.
It is very likely that he is Emperor Chongzhen, who is a bigger fish than Zhu Dadian."
Zhao Manggang immediately became excited, took out his revolver, and attacked the Ming soldiers who were very close to him.
They quickly eliminated these Ming soldiers.
Zhao Manggang left half of the people to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and he led the other half to chase them out of the Xuanwu Gate.
Ahead is a hill.
Zhao Manggang led his troops and rushed to the foot of a crooked-neck tree on the mountain.
He saw a man lying on the ground with his hair covered, and a eunuch guarding him.
After the eunuch saw Zhao Manggang and the others arriving,
He pointed at the corpse and said: "This is the corpse of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Please don't insult the corpse."
Zhao Manggang's eyes lit up, this was really a big fish.
He immediately asked the soldiers to surround the crooked neck tree.
Zhao Manggang led his troops to guard here and sent someone to immediately inform Qin Shanshui of the news.