Chapter 233 New Year's Eve - Battle of the Imperial City (Part 2)
However, at this time, the guards of the merchant army had already relied on the base of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and arranged a defense line in front of the railings outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The foundation of the Hall of Supreme Harmony was more than two meters high, and the surrounding area was carved with white marble.
The railings made of them happened to be used as cover. When the enemy attacked, the soldiers of the merchant army immediately took turns to shoot. Suddenly, the fire suddenly appeared and the gunfire sounded loudly. The attacking soldiers were defeated by Xu.
In fact, although there were many Qing court personnel who sneaked into Nanjing, they were not real soldiers. Although they were all carefully trained staff, and each of them had no weak skills in their personal martial arts, and there were also experts among them, but as a whole,
As an entire army, it is not qualified. In the battle, it is basically a group of mobs, with no organization, formation, cooperation, no distinction between main attack and support, and only caring for the Taihe Palace.
Attacking wildly in the direction.
Of course this is not surprising, because intelligence agents are not soldiers and should not be sent to the battlefield. They are good at collecting intelligence tricks, carrying out confidential tasks and fighting small groups, rather than large corps, and putting intelligence
The agents were used as soldiers and could not exert their abilities at all. On the contrary, they were tied up.
However, such a reckless and unscheming method of attack is of course in line with the appetite of the merchant army. Although their number is not as large as that of the enemy, relying on the well-trained three-stage continuous shooting, the bullets were mercilessly shot at the enemy without any mercy.
, threw the grenades into the enemy's crowd, and took advantage of the firepower to defeat these group of soldiers who were not the Qing army, and were unable to get close to the Taihe Hall.
There are indeed many masters among this group of Qing army, and a few of them are known as masters in the martial arts world. Fighting alone, even Shang Yi, who has mastered the skills of cloud body and wind body, did not win at all, but he has not won even if he has mastered the skills of cloud body and wind body.
It's a sure thing, but this is a battle between the two armies, not a superposition of personal martial arts. Moreover, it's the age of firearms, who can compete with each other with one sword and one shot? Even if you practice the indestructible body of Vajra and the power to break the void
, he still couldn't hold up a small bullet. Even if Shang Yi took action, he tended to use a pistol to solve the battle.
Moreover, although the number of the Qing army is large, the assembly is very simple. After all, it is very good to be able to sneak into Nanjing. It is impossible to bring armor, shields, bows and arrows into Nanjing with you. Therefore, the Qing soldiers are basically
It is like a knife or sword in his hand, and no other weapons, and the guardrails are even more vague. Of course, there is no protection against the sole bullet.
Of course, as a martial arts master, most people will use hidden weapons such as darts and locust stones, but the attack distance of hidden weapons is limited, and it will only take at least thirty meters to be effective. There are almost no people who can enter this distance, even if it is considered
Someone occasionally rushed into this distance, but they were quickly shot and killed by solitary ejections.
However, when someone saw that he couldn't rush over, he had an idea and threw out the sword in his hand. This way, the attack distance could be expanded to fifty or sixty meters. Therefore, the people in the area also crafted the beams, and this time they arrived
With some effects, many soldiers from the Merchant Army were hit and killed or injured, but within this distance, the range of the Merchant Army was also hit by rifles.
Moreover, the merchant army itself has helmets, armor, and railings outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony to cover it. Although the Qing army's flying swords and swords took action, there were not much casualties. Moreover, the number of Qing soldiers' weapons was limited, so they threw them away.
After that, I was empty-handed and I couldn't go to war with my hands, so not everyone wanted to do this.
As the war progressed, the Qing army suffered more and more casualties. A body was left in the open space in front of the Supreme Hall, and many people were shot and injured, so they were unable to continue fighting. The Qing army's losses,
Nearly two hundred people have been killed or killed by the merchant army.
The Protector Zhou, who was commanding the Qing army's attack, was also anxious at this time. Although a considerable number of his personnel were from the Qing court, the people in the Holy Sect also accounted for a large proportion, and many of them were
They are all elites. Of course, the Dharma Protector Zhou knew that it was not easy to cultivate a qualified saint elite, even an ordinary qualified disciple. It would take at least ten years, and some of them had to follow their own guidance.
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Although he had also heard that the firearms of the Merchant Army were powerful, he thought that relying on the outstanding personal force of the Holy Sect disciples, he could completely restrain the firepower of the Merchant Army, but he had no idea that the firepower of the Merchant Army was so fierce that he would give him a gift.
If such a large casualty is caused, after a row of gunshots, his own people will fall down in a row, and a grenade will be thrown into the crowd and explode, and a piece of them will be killed. If it is a real battle between everyone, he believes
The disciples of the famous sage can withstand at least ten Shidi from the merchant army, but they have no intention of defeating them. In actual combat, there is no difference between masters and ordinary people. They can easily use a small projectile.
If you take their lives, you won't care about your martial arts at all.
Although Zhou Guardian can prove that he is a very smart and capable person, as the commander of an army, he can only be described as resistant.
Now it is possible to determine the completely ineffective attack method, but there is still no change. The soldiers are still blindly rushing to die. As a result, the casualties will only increase, but the situation of the battle will not change at all.
Although the battle lasted less than thirty minutes, the Qing army's casualties had been nearly half, and the opponent's defense line was still unstoppable. At this time, no matter how crazy the attack was, it would feel like it was powerless. And Zhou
The guardian obviously noticed this situation, and immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Roar, don't stop, continue to rush."
At this moment, the guardian Zhou suddenly felt a piercing pain in his right chest. He immediately realized that he had been shot, but before he could make any rebellion, he was hit again, his lower abdomen, left shoulder, and left flank.
After three bullets, my eyes suddenly turned black and I fell to the ground.
The fact that the Qing soldiers committed suicide like this also surprised Shang Yi. In his opinion, this was no different from the death. However, Shang Yi never liked passive defense in war, even if this kind of defensive battle was very good.
He would still look for the enemy's weaknesses and then launch a counterattack. Therefore, in the battle just now, he was always looking for the commander of the Qing army, hoping to shoot him to change the current situation, but because of the Qing Dynasty
The military's clothing was exactly the same, and it was in the dark sky, so I never noticed it. However, as I saw the number of military personnel decreased, it gradually became clearer. I saw a man slashing in the formation and shouting
Of course, I wouldn't let it go, so I fired five shots at him, and four shots were shot.
Although in Shang Yi's eyes, the clothes of the Qing army were the same, there was a clear distinction between them. Therefore, the Zhou Protector was discovered by someone, so they said: "The Zhou Protector"
, What's wrong with the Protector Zhou?" Many people rushed to help him.
At the same time, most people didn't want to attack anymore, so they took advantage of this incident and retreated one after another. The Qing army's continuous and crazy attacks finally stopped.
The Qing army stopped, but Shang Yi would not stop and wait for the Qing army to finish his work. And it can be guessed that the person he hit just now was indeed the commander of the Qing army. Of course, such an opportunity was
It cannot be missed, so I immediately ordered a counterattack against the Qing army.
In the battle just now, the merchant army only suffered more than 30 casualties, and at this time it returned to a reconnaissance platoon. The entire army now has more than 260 people, and the number of Qing army was only 300.
There are many, and at least nearly 100 people were injured, and the strength of the two sides was almost the same. At the same time, the Qing army could not capture for a long time, and the fighting spirit had been exhausted. Now the main general was shot and fell to the ground again, and his life and death were unknown, and his morale had also declined.
Near the zero o'clock. However, the merchant army has high morale and strong fighting spirit. By comparison, the high and low judgment is determined.
Therefore, with Shang Yi's down, soldiers from the Shang family army jumped out from behind the railings, held rifles, and rushed towards the Qing army. While rushing, they shot and shot. After approaching, more than twenty in the front row were in full swing.
The soldiers threw grenades together, and then the Qing army was killed and injured.
At this time, the Qing army had no intention of fighting again. Therefore, under the fierce counterattack of Shangjia Mou, the Qing army could not resist at all, so they had to retreat from the direction of the Meridian Gate and withdraw from the palace.
The Shang family army chased after the Meridian Gate, and Shang Yi was relieved. It seemed that the blow to the Qing army was quite a big blow. Judging from the time, the team was about to arrive. Now, just guard the Meridian Gate and wait for the team.
After aid arrives, you can control the entire palace.
Therefore, just as we were about to dispatch troops, we suddenly heard a shout of killing on the east side of the palace, which became louder and louder, and denser, at least in the size of thousands of people.
Shang Yi was also shocked. This was the men from there and they also entered the palace, but it was certain that it would never be reinforcements from the merchant army. Because the east side of the palace was close to the wall of the east city of Nanjing City,
There should be Huang Degong's defense zone. If it were reinforcements from the merchant army, it would be impossible to enter the palace from that direction. Then would it be Huang Degong's men?
At this time, a group of soldiers rushed from the northeast direction. They were the last reconnaissance platoon sent out. The platoon leader came to Shang Yi panting and said, "Sir, I'm not good,
The Qing army broke through Chaoyang Gate and entered Nanjing City."
Shang Yi felt a shock in his whole body, and finally fully understood the entire plan of Tonight's Qing army. It turned out that there was such a move. No wonder Ajige has not launched an attack on Nanjing City in the past few days. In fact, he is just waiting to get into the city tonight.
The Qing court's meticulous works in the interior and outside, so how many Qing court's meticulous works have been involved in Nanjing? What did those people do in Nanjing before?
But now Shang Yi is not allowed to think about it carefully, because the sound of killing is getting closer and closer. Shang Yi can only make a quick decision and order the evacuation of the palace and prepare for street fighting.
After the order was issued, a long bell of "Dang-Dang-Dang-Dang-" was heard in the northwest direction. It turned out that midnight was already here, and New Year's Eve had ended. This was the new year.
Shang Yi turned around and looked at the direction of Hangzhou, and suddenly thought that at this time Ye Yao and the others should be welcoming the New Year in the Supervisor's Mansion.