Chapter 307 I am the Loyalty of the Country II
From the position of the turret, it was impossible to tell where the rebels outside the city had gone or whether they had started an attack, but Pu Xiang could clearly hear the sudden and shocking shouts of killing.
Even Feng Kelie was stunned, and then laughed loudly: "You thief, catch him quickly, and a certain family can protect your whole family from being exiled."
Even Pu Xiang thought it was soldiers from Feng Kelie's camp who were coming, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Why didn't Chen Cao take action?
"Master Marquis..." One of Feng Kelie's servants looked towards the city and shouted in shock: "They are not our reinforcements..."
Hundreds of people suddenly poured out, all dressed in ordinary people's clothing, but many of them were holding crossbows, and some were even wearing armor. It was not easy to see the identity of the person coming from all these factors.
The battle at the gate of the city suddenly became fierce. Pu Xiang was not deaf. When he heard that the reinforcements were not Feng Kelie's, he immediately realized that they must be the men summoned by the Jin Yiwei lurking in the city, so he shouted to kill the enemy and must stop this group of people.
Song Che personally led the first division to run forward, and when they arrived in front of the city gate, there was a volley of fire. No matter who was the enemy or friend on the top of the city, everyone was shot.
However, what Song Che saw before him was the closed city gate. As the only city gate in Nanjing without a moat, it was the safest way to enter through the Taiping Gate.
The shouts of killing were getting closer and closer, and could be heard clearly even outside the city gate, but the Dingwu Army had never practiced climbing and attacking the city from beginning to end. If the city gate was not open, they would have no use.
Squeak...
Song Che was waiting and wanted to get off his horse and take a nap. Unexpectedly, at this time, the Taipingmen gate was slowly opened from the inside.
Looking around, the person who opened the city gate was covered in blood and was shouting towards Song Che outside the city: "Quickly..."
Song Che waved his hand and personally led the troops to the city gate. Arriving at the moment when the city defenders grabbed the door handle and tried to close the city gate again, dozens of muskets fired at the door gap that was less than one person wide. , and suddenly blood splashed.
"Okay..." Chen Cao put down his telescope and raised his hand towards Zhu Changxun: "Your Majesty, Taiping Gate is successful. Please prepare to enter the city..."
"Hahaha..." Zhu Changxun also had a telescope in his hand. The sight of the Dingwu Army opening the city gate had already caught his eye. As the firearms were fired more and more often, the city gate was engulfed in smoke. among.
When Chen Cao and Zhu Changxun arrived at the city gate together, the gunshots at the gate had become less and less. Song Che rode his horse to the front of the two horses: "Inform Prince Fu and the Duke, the Taiping Gate is captured, and the guard Wang Shuangfu will be executed. Song Ninghou Feng Kelie was captured alive, and nearly 20,000 defenders of the Taipingmen garrison camp were surrounded by the First Division."
The Taiping Gate that had been temporarily cleared out now seemed a bit crowded. Originally, the Taiping Gate was located between Fuzhou Mountain and Longguang Mountain. Not far from both sides of Chengmen Avenue in the diagonal direction was the Yamen of Nanjing Sanfasi, and the Taiping Gate was also the only one in Nanjing. A city gate with only one opening.
After being bombarded by field artillery, rubble, bricks, and cleared corpses were all placed on both sides of the road. The temporarily cleared aisles in the city gate cave were also filthy.
Zhu Changxun was used to being rich and powerful in Luoyang. Seeing such a bloody scene at such a close range today, he couldn't help but feel sick in his heart. If he hadn't been riding on a tall horse, he might have been disgusted and made a fool of himself in public.
Pu Xiang was standing inside the door. The blood on his body had already stained his Marquis python robe. However, the moment he saw Chen Cao riding his horse into the Taiping Gate, he knew that the risky move that day would eventually bring him his return. The wealth of the day.
"Brother Pu..."
Chen Cao jumped off his horse first, then walked up quickly and patted Pu Xiang on the shoulder: "You should be the first to seize the Taiping Gate. Come, I will introduce you to His Highness Prince Fu..."
In the northwest turret of the Taiping Gate, in the blind spot under the city gate, a Kangxing rifle was slowly protruding from the door opening of the turret, with the muzzle pointing directly below the city gate.
After Chen Cao and Zhu Changxun introduced Pu Xiang, shouts of killing suddenly broke out all around. The guards on both sides of the road were all Dingwu soldiers. When they heard this, they all turned around and looked behind them with their guns raised.
Under the cover of eunuch Sun Dewen, Zhu Changxun was ready to turn around on his horse. After all, Taiping Gate had just been captured. Although Zhu Changxun himself brought 30,000 horses, they were still outside Taiping Gate.
"Just remember, fat man in python robe on horseback, I don't believe that you are a famous sharpshooter in the army and you can't hit a big fat man."
'boom...'
There was a gunshot, and Zhu Changxun, who had turned around and was about to run away with Sun Dewen, suddenly shouted, then suddenly turned over and fell off his horse.
"Kill the traitor king..."
"Kill..."
"Cover the prince..."
Cries of death, gunshots, wailing, and wails filled my ears...
The defenders of Zhengyangmen and Chaoyangmen were relieved at the same time after learning the news that Taipingmen had been lost, because the rebels who attacked the city also retreated.
After Qi Boyu learned the news of the fall of Taiping Gate in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he was instantly angry. By the time Qin Liangyu and the remaining nobles arrived at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, the sixty-three-year-old Nanjing Governor had already committed suicide. In temporary public housing.
The two giants in Nanjing, Governor Qi Boyu, committed suicide, and Nanjing garrison Xu Hongji was captured. Now the only people in Nanjing who can make the decision are a few distinguished governors from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and guest army personnel such as Qin Liangyu and Sun Chengzong.
"Chen Cao's firearms troops occupied Taipingmen at the first opportunity, and at the same time stationed soldiers and horses on Fuzhou Mountain and Longguang Mountain on both sides of Taipingmen;"
"The guard of Yuanwumen saw the artillery array set up by the rebels on the tower, facing Yuanwumen..."
"What should I do now?"
"It's better to send people out of the city to ask Beijing to report."
"Taipingmen has been lost, Nanjing...cannot hold it anymore..."
Precisely because of the loss of Taiping Gate, a gap has been opened in the inner city of Nanjing. Even if the north sends hundreds of thousands of reinforcements southward, they cannot wait for the reinforcements to arrive.
This is also the main reason why Qi Boyu committed suicide. He and Xu Hongji were responsible for the loss of Nanjing. Even if they managed to escape back to Beijing, they would die and their family would be destroyed. It would be better to die in Nanjing, which would be worthy of Emperor Chongzhen.
As the saying goes, after a person dies, he will not care about the huge waves behind him. After the news of Taipingmen's fall spread to all the gates in the inner city, the mood of the defenders had changed seriously, and the idea of slagging off the war was even spread among some soldiers from the north. open.
Sun Chengzong was a senior, and after being recommended by a group of officials and nobles, he was temporarily in charge of all things in Nanjing. However, as for the generals, he could only choose Qin Liangyu and her Shizhu troops.
"I..."
Sun Chengzong didn't know what to answer. In fact, the moment the Taiping Gate was lost, he had planned to die for his country, but before he could die, the news of Qi Boyu's suicide reached his ears.
He really doesn't know what to do if he fights for it to the death, but now the position of presiding over the overall situation is purely to catch a duck.
"The number of rebels in Qingliangmen and Dinghuaimen is less than a thousand. I thought it would be better to withdraw with the remaining troops. Nanjing cannot be defended."
Qin Liangyu first said something that no one present was willing to say. After all, she was just a guest soldier who was ordered to come for reinforcements. She was not responsible for the loss of Nanjing. Moreover, many of her nephews were seriously injured. Now the battle situation has lost its advantage. If the fight continues, they may be surrounded by everyone in the inner city and no one can escape.
"They let it go on purpose, just waiting for us to evacuate from the second gate."
"Report..."
Just when everyone was debating whether to stay or go, a junior high school student ran into the lobby in panic: "My lords, good news. After the rebel king Zhu Changxun entered the Taiping Gate with Chen Ni, he was ambushed by Song Ninghou's retainers. A hidden gun from unknown sources hit the rebel king Zhu Changxun. Many people personally saw him fall from his horse and fall to the ground. The rebels were panicked. Even Chen Ni shouted and led his men to deliver the rebel king Zhu Changxun. Sent away."
"Okay..." Sun Chengzong stood up: "Where is Song Ninghou?"
"Report..."
Another junior high school student ran into the lobby: "My lords, this is a big deal. The rebels cut off Song Ninghou's head and threw it into Yuanwu Gate."
Behind the Yuanwu Gate is the Inner Palace. Although there are no concubines in the Inner Palace in Nanjing, there are many eunuchs and maids. They were shocked by the sudden death.
"Probe again and report again..."
"yes..."
Qin Liangyu suddenly stood up: "We can concentrate our superior forces and recapture Taiping Gate immediately."
Sun Chengzong clasped his fists and said, "Mrs. Qin, please give me the command."
Zhu Changxun was already dead when he was transported to the camp of Xiaoling Guard. The 7.62mm bullet of the Kangxing rifle was not trivial. Although Zhu Changxun was hit by a shot, he was wearing a layer of chain armor under his python robe, but the bullet still penetrated him. His body collapsed and collapsed from his chest. There was only a small hole in his back, but his chest was already a rotten mass.
Sun Dewen and Gao Qiqian knelt in front of Zhu Changxun's body and cried bitterly. After receiving the news, Zhang Gaoping arrived with dozens of trusted generals and could not help but accept the hard facts.
His Royal Highness Prince Fu is dead...
This is how to do?
Zhang Gaoping couldn't help but look at Chen Cao, who was standing aside, with all kinds of doubts in his heart. However, due to Chen Cao's identity, he went to ask Sun Dewen and Gao Qiqian.
Sun Dewen told Zhang Gaoping carefully about what happened inside the Taiping Gate, and then Gao Qiqian turned around and said: "The general doesn't know, but it was the servants of that damned Feng Kelie who lurked among the corpses and suddenly broke out. Your Majesty, he ...He...was shot in the dark..."
Plop...
Once Zhu Changxun dies, what will happen to the hundreds of thousands of people under their command?
Chen Cao had cried a long time ago and sighed now, then turned around and left the tent. Watching Chen Cao leave, Zhang Gaoping asked Sun Dewen again about the cause and effect, and finally asked King Fu's personal guards and soldiers, and the answers they received were all the same. of.
King Fu was killed by the servant of Song Ninghou Feng Kelie.
"General Zhang, the prince has passed away. The battle of Jingnan has reached this point now. What should we do..."
