"Oops," Ha Yukun quickly rolled off the horse, stepped forward, and then plunged in with a Qian'er, "The general will pay homage to Chairman Mu!... Chairman Mu has many things to do, but he still greets him from such a distance. It is really a shame to kill the general.
!”
Mu Hu laughed and said:
"Faced with the superior Ming army, all the rats knelt down and begged for surrender. Only General Ha, who is unyielding and unyielding, is the real man of my Eight Banners! This chairman is far away and too late to greet you. General Ha, don't be so humble! Ha.
Haha, come, come, come with me..."
The laughter stopped abruptly.
Mu Hu bent down to help him, and suddenly his eyes widened, staring at the pistol pressed against his chest.
Ha Yukun slowly stood up and pressed his pistol against Mu Hu's chest.
Mu Hu understood immediately.
"I see..." He gritted his teeth and said, "You also surrendered to the Ming army..."
At the same time, there were sudden loud shouts from both sides:
"Don't move! Don't move!"
"Put the gun down!"
"Raise your hands and surrender!"
"Everyone put down their guns!"
The Imperial Guards on both sides of the road suddenly had a gun thrust into their backs. There were twice as many Eight Banners Division soldiers holding guns and shouting loudly.
Ha Yukun grabbed Mu Hu's collar with one hand, put a gun against Mu Hu's head with the other hand, and shouted loudly to all around:
"Mu Hu is a clown, trying to steal the country. Following God's will and following the people's will, I will capture Mu Hu and welcome the Ming Dynasty King's army into the city! You all put down your guns and spare your life! If you persist in your obsession, don't blame me for killing you.
Kill them all!"
At the same time, the Eight Banners Division soldiers on both sides also shouted:
"Surrender quickly! Surrender quickly!"
There was almost no need to shout a second time. The Guards soldiers on both sides of the road dropped their guns and raised their hands in surrender.
Ha Yukun waved over the two guards, tied up Mu Hu, then mounted the horse, waved his gun, and shouted:
"Brothers, the opportunity to make great achievements is right in front of you! Occupy Beijing and come with me!"
“Go for it!!!”
"ah…………"
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Soldiers from the Second Division of the Eight Banners flooded into the streets of Beijing. At the same time, the tops of several city gates were also occupied, and more soldiers from the Second Division of the Eight Banners rushed into several city gates. Inside the city
The number of soldiers of the Eight Banner Division quickly increased from more than a thousand at the beginning to thousands to tens of thousands. In the end, except for a small number of troops who stayed outside the city, the main force of tens of thousands of people poured into the city.
Soon, gunshots began to ring out from all over the city. Occasionally there was the explosion of grenades.
However, the division commander Ha Yukun was extremely nervous. He saw the soldiers so crazy and sweating profusely. He pulled the reins, rode the horse around, fired into the sky from time to time, and shouted:
"Once again, anyone who dares to rob, set fire, rape, or hide a large amount of property will be killed without mercy!!!"
As he yelled, sweat flowed down his forehead. Then, he turned to his close friends and said:
"Brothers, you have been following me for such a long time. You all know how I treat you... Thank you for your hard work now, and we will have to work harder to suppress military discipline... Xiang Xiaoqiang is a master who really dares to kill people. We
It depends on tonight whether everyone will be rewarded for their meritorious service or whether they will be killed... If nothing big happens, my brother, I will receive a share of the uprising bonus!"
Several confidants quickly said:
"What are you talking about, sir!"
"Don't worry, sir!"
"Whoever dares to quarrel with you will be killed by my subordinates!"
Ha Yukun's nervousness was not in vain, and Xiang Xiaoqiang's last words were not in vain. What Xiang Xiaoqiang was most worried about was that so many Qing troops entered the city in the middle of the night to "fight by fire", and it could easily turn into a "fire merger" if he was not careful.
It became a large-scale robbery. Especially this is Beijing, which is the center of culture and wealth in northern China. Needless to say, ordinary wealthy households and shops and banks. What worries him more is the Forbidden City, the three seas in the north, middle and south, and various palaces.
Imperial gold reserves in banks…
No matter which one of these places, there is astonishing wealth inside. As long as any place is rushed away by the rebels, facing such dazzling treasures, no matter how strict military discipline is, I am afraid that they will not be able to restrain these soldiers. In such an instant,
They will all be robbed and burned to the ground
.Moreover, more rebels who have not grabbed it will be jealous and will turn their targets to other places... Then, a city-wide robbery is inevitable. To exaggerate, this thousand-year-old capital will face another "Eight Kingdoms"
A catastrophe similar to the Gengzi National Disaster of the Allied Forces.
So, as the initiator of this idea, Xiang Xiaoqiang himself didn't know if he could save his head. The best outcome would be that his future would be ruined and Zhu Yourong would blow it.
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The streets of Beijing were full of gunshots and shouts of killing. The citizens of the whole city were so frightened that they closed their doors and windows and trembled and chanted Buddha's name. May the whole family spend the night safely. May the rioters not break in. May the rioters break in even if the door is broken.
When you enter, just grab things and don’t set fire to them. Even if you set fire to them, just set fire to them and don’t hurt anyone...
Ha Yukun had organized a strengthened military police force in advance. There were less than 20,000 people in the entire division, and now there were more than 1,000 military police units. These people had received a stern warning before entering the city. The first thing they did after entering the city was
To guard the Forbidden City, all the kings
They set up machine guns in key locations such as government offices and banks. The rest of the military police dispersed around to suppress military discipline. If there was burning, killing, rape, or rape, they would be shot to death. If military discipline was not restrained and large-scale robberies occurred, all military police officers would be shot.
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Outside the city, Xiang Xiaoqiang personally led the First Division of the People's Guard and quietly approached Beijing along the highway. The vehicles and armored vehicles passed through the original Eight Banners Division garrison positions until they stopped a few kilometers away from Guangqumen. Ahead
small troop of scouts
Driving a sidecar motorcycle back and forth, he kept reporting the latest situation in Beijing. Xiang Xiaoqiang was sweating, wishing he could move his troops closer to the city wall. He was prepared to report any changes in Beijing if there were any changes.
Immediately march into the city.
Now the Second Division of the Eight Banners is said to have surrendered to the Ming Army. These Ming Army scouts drove their sidecars to the bottom of the city tower, and then climbed up the tower to use telescopes to observe the civil war in the city. The Qing army defenders on the tower also poured water.
Smoke, busy serving.
"Then what," a squad leader of the Eight Banners Division handed over a cigarette and flattered with a smile, "Sir, should we take down the original flag now and put our Ming flag on it?"
"No need," the Ming army soldier said coldly, looking at the city through binoculars, "no need now. It has nothing to do with the Ming army now."
There was another sound of motorcycles approaching from a distance below the city, and then stopped. The Qing soldiers on top of the city quickly laughed and said:
"Sir, your brother is here."
The Ming army scout below raised his head and shouted:
"How about it?"
The Ming army scouts on the top of the city came to the other side and shouted down:
"fine!"
Next he asked again:
"Approximately how long will it take?"
The Ming army on the city shouted:
"It's not a big problem! It looks like it's going to be fast!"
"clear!"
The sidecar motorcycle under the city turned around and drove away in a hurry.
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Time passed by minute by second. It had been more than an hour since the initial action. The large-scale gunfire had stopped long ago, and now there were only occasional scattered gunfire here and there. All the prisoners of the Imperial Guard in the city were gone.
They were gathered into Chang'an Street. On the long Chang'an Street, thousands of prisoners squatted in the middle of the road, holding their heads in their hands, and it was dark under the moonlight.
Ha Yukun established a temporary division headquarters in the Qing Imperial Bank in Dongdan. The marble hall was very cold, and a fire was lit on the mirrored granite floor, which could also bring some warmth. Two orderlies were there.
Broken tables and chairs were chopped up nearby, and the chopped wood was thrown into the fire.
Beneath the cement a few meters below your feet is the national treasury. Hundreds of tons of gold, silver and various foreign currencies are piled inside. In addition to the Forbidden City, this is the largest concentration of wealth in the Qing Empire. Ha Yukun built the temporary division headquarters here.
The main reason is that he feels it is necessary to take care of it personally. He is not as courageous as Mu Hu, otherwise he would have built the division headquarters directly in the Forbidden City.
Several telephone calls were answered here, and the staff officers nearby were busy and sweating profusely, constantly contacting the occupied places in various parts of the city.
The city of Beijing is now basically under control. So far, there has not been a single fire in the city, at least no fire set by humans. Only a fire broke out in the snack street in Dashilan in the south, which is not a big problem. According to reports, it was still used in the firefight.
A grenade exploded.
Ha Yukun's nerves relaxed and he felt that he could inform Xiang Xiaoqiang.
A staff officer hurried over and whispered a few words in Ha Yukun's ear.
Ha Yukun was shocked:
"Huh? Really?"
The staff officer nodded:
"Yes! Mu Hu's close confidant Nashun said that only he knows where it is hidden, and he is willing to tell it and atone for his sins."