On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the bustling city of Beijing was bustling with activity, and countless people were walking in the streets. However, under the attack of Russian soldiers, the entire city of Beijing turned into a mess.
Gilsky led six thousand Russian soldiers and was invincible along the way.
Chen Yuande, as a staff officer, also accompanied him.
In addition, Yi also led a large army to join the ranks of Russian soldiers. Before that, Yi did not show that there was no leakage, but he did not expect that he had recruited tens of thousands of soldiers. These tens of thousands of people and Gilsky's six thousand Well-equipped Russian soldiers gathered together became even more aggressive and unstoppable.
Some soldiers in the fifth patrol battalion tried their best to resist, but were completely defeated.
These soldiers were stationed in the capital, had not participated in the battle, had not gone out for actual combat exercises, and lacked adequate training. Now they were suddenly attacked by Russian soldiers, and they were immediately in a panic. They did not know how to resist. Some soldiers even pulled out steel weapons. The knives were blunt and had no sharp edges, and some soldiers armed with muskets were about to shoot, but they blew up and injured themselves.
Things are so varied that they make people feel funny and sad at the same time.
Chen Yuande looked at Yixin next to him and said with a smile: "Prince Gong, have you seen it? This is the power of our great Tsarist Empire, and it is not the most powerful power. However, the garrison of your empire is incomparable." Attack, now with our help, it will be easy for you to ascend to the throne of God."
When Yixin heard this, he felt very uncomfortable because the Qing Dynasty's army was beaten to pieces.
On the other hand, he also felt lucky.
Only if the army in the city cannot stop him can he ascend to the throne of God.
Gilsky pointed forward with his hand, a look of disdain on the world, and a look of disdain on his face, and said loudly in Russian: "The army of the Manchu Empire is really vulnerable. These people are as weak as ants. As long as we lift a finger, they will all be crushed to death."
Chen Yuande translated for Yi Xin, and Yi Xin's face became even more ugly.
However, Yixin could not refute.
He could only swear in his heart that after he captured Zaichun, Cixi and others and ascended to the throne, he would train his troops to strengthen the country and let the foreigners in front of him see what the Qing army was. Yixin comforted himself in his heart, Following Gilski on the road, they encountered soldiers patrolling the fifth battalion on the road. Without taking action, the soldiers patrolling the fifth battalion dispersed and surrendered, and the morale of the army was lost.
Yixin's army and Gilski's army were so fierce that they rushed towards Zhengyang Gate.
This gate is guarded by Zhang Zhiping, and the Eight Banners soldiers under his command were also trained by Zhang Zhiping. Previously, Zhang Zhiping was only the city gate leader of Desheng Gate, but after being promoted to the right wing commander of the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen, in addition to Desheng Gate, Zhang Zhiping He is also responsible for the security of Zhengyang Gate, Xuanwu Gate, and Chongwen Gate. He is responsible for the security of four of the nine gates, which can be said to be a great increase in power.
At this time, Zhang Zhiping was on the tower of Zhengyang Gate.
Because through Zhengyang Gate, you can go directly to Tiananmen and approach the palace hall. Therefore, Zhang Zhiping attaches great importance to the safety of Zhengyang Gate. Zhang Zhiping is a brave general in the army, and the soldiers under his command are not weak. As the saying goes, if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging. Relatively speaking, Zhang Zhiping is the bravest among the nine gatekeepers in the inner city, and the soldiers under his command are also the most elite.
Zhang Zhiping had already ordered the soldiers to prepare to resist and put all the guns, ammunition and weapons in place. At this time, Zhang Zhiping stood in the arrow tower on the tower, going back and forth to encourage the soldiers.
"Ba Tu, cheer me up and load up enough ammunition. When the foreigners come, hit me hard."
"Mo Sanchong, you have great strength and are our main force. Sharpen your knife. When the foreigners rush into the city gate, you will rush forward with your knife and kill a few more foreigners."
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Wherever Zhang Zhiping went, the soldiers who were called nodded in agreement, and those who were not named were also very motivated and did not dare to relax at all.
"Sir, don't worry. When the foreigners come, I will definitely come and kill them one by one. I will hit them accurately."
A soldier who was cleaning the barrel of his gun said loudly.
Zhang Zhiping patted the soldier on the shoulder and said loudly: "It's good to have this energy. Damn it, aren't they just some foreigners? No one can stop those sons of bitches patrolling the Fifth Battalion. They can't win." The foreign dogs came here to kill, but each of us is armed with a dog-beating stick, you must give me a hard beating, don't let the foreigners think that we are easy to bully."
"yes."
All the soldiers roared in unison, excited.
"Sir, the foreign dog is here."
Suddenly, a soldier shouted.
Zhang Zhiping turned around and looked at the soaring fire outside the city through the hole in the archery tower. He actually saw Yixin's army, and saw Yi Zai in the army. Zhang Zhiping's sword eyebrows stood up, and there was blazing anger in his eyes. He didn't expect Yixin and the foreigners. At this moment, Zhang Zhiping understood why the foreigners arrived in Beijing smoothly. It was obviously Yixin who took action.
"Brothers, Yixin is a traitor to the country. Beat him, beat him hard."
Zhang Zhiping was furious and ordered an attack.
In an instant, bows and arrows were shot out through the archery tower, and bullets were also shot out.
The buzzing sound of bowstrings and the sound of gunshots came one after another. The intensive attacks had a certain impact on the advancing army below. But what shocked Zhang Zhiping was that the opponent actually pulled out a cannon and pointed it at Zhengyang. The city gate was obviously ready to be attacked by cannon.
"boom,."
There was a loud sound, and a cannonball flew out.
Zhang Zhiping secretly scolded the foreigners for being shameless, but shouted: "Quickly, withdraw, withdraw."
After speaking, Zhang Zhiping took the lead to retreat.
In an instant, the cannon fell on the wall of the archery tower, making a loud noise. Bricks and stones fell down. The inside of the archery tower was shaking constantly, and dust continued to fall. The soldiers looked at the situation outside the city with lingering fear. But he saw that the other party had already taken advantage of this gap to rush over. An army of more than 10,000 people was approaching with such ferocious momentum that Zhang Zhiping knew he could not stop them.
"Commander Zhang, the commander-in-chief asks you to retreat. There is no need for you to resist the foreigners at Zhengyangmen."
A soldier from the Sharp Knife Battalion ran over and said loudly.
Zhang Zhiping looked puzzled and asked: "Why are you giving up resistance? Do you want to surrender?"
The soldiers of the Jiandao Battalion pointed at the troops in the city and said loudly: "This is not a surrender, but a strategic retreat. The commander-in-chief has already transferred all the Eight Banners soldiers in the city and asked them to temporarily hold back the foreigners. General Zhang led The elite men under my command went to protect the emperor and the two empress dowagers, and prepared to withdraw from Beijing."
After receiving the order, Zhang Zhiping gave up Zhengyang Gate and ran towards the palace.
At this time, the troops dispatched from other sects came up and guarded Zhengyang Gate again. However, the soldiers in this group were obviously not as powerful as Zhang Zhiping's elite. The only thing they could do was to delay time or wait for Yixin. After the army came in, they surrendered decisively.
This is the only thing the remaining cannon fodder Eight Banners soldiers can do.