The scale of chaos in the capital continued to expand. Tens of thousands of Japs and six agents held hostage at least 60,000 and 70,000 thugs, who in turn brought more than 100,000 ignorant people to the streets to cause trouble.
Later, someone calculated that the number of rioters who took to the streets in the capital that night exceeded 200,000!
Two hundred thousand people is already a large number for the capital's population of one million. You seem to think that 80% of the people have not followed in the trouble.
But don’t forget that those who can come out to smash, smash, and rob are all adult men. The old, weak, sick, and disabled women and children are all hiding at home. These people have been thrown away. In other words, half of the adult men in the capital who can smash, smash, and rob are already here. A thief!
Fu Qing climbed up to the high Five Phoenix Tower to look at the situation in the capital. Originally, the Five Phoenix Tower was tall enough, but for the purpose of fighting, people also built more than ten towering wooden towers on the walls of the Forbidden City.
Thick pine wood was bundled into a sturdy watchtower, one of which was more than ten meters high. Standing on it, you could already overlook the beacon fire of the whole city.
Fu Qing was shocked by the scene in front of him. Around the capital, fires broke out everywhere in the southeast, northwest, and countless houses were set alight. Even an entire alley in the northeast corner was burned.
Black smoke billowed into the sky, black and gray ashes flew all over the city like butterflies, and within a short time, Fu Qing's cloak was covered in ashes.
The sound of gunshots, shouts of killing, and the sound of fireworks to convey news came and went, and the entire capital felt like the sky had collapsed!
Fu Qing was so furious that his vision went dark and he almost fell down. Thanks to the support of his own soldiers, "Sir...sir...we...can we still hold on?"
Hearing the timid voice of the soldiers, Fu Qing punched the railing hard, "What can't be stopped! Pass on the orders I just made one by one!"
"Guard the three lifelines of the capital. We will kill them at dawn tomorrow!"
"I'm going to force you to do it hard? Isn't it just that I'm giving up this city of Beijing? I'm willing to give up! I'm willing to give up..."
Fu Qing spoke harshly, but his heart was bleeding with pain! How many old alleys, how many ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, how many temples and pavilions!
How much would this night have to be ruined? Can you not feel bad? They are all antiques and treasures!
Just when he was feeling distressed, suddenly there was a heavy sound of machine guns coming from Dong'an Gate. The clicking sound could be heard very clearly on the Wufeng Tower. After a while, a messenger came to report.
"Report...a group of five hundred thugs attempted to storm Dong'anmen...we opened fire and killed dozens of them, and the rest have dispersed!"
"Okay! No pursuit is allowed. You just need to hold on for me... All the cavalry will be pulled out to patrol the inside of the imperial city. Anyone who climbs will be killed immediately!"
One after another, messengers came up from Wufeng Tower, bringing urgent military information from all over the city. Fu Qing was the organizer of the Qing Post, and he paid special attention to the transmission of military information in the capital.
It was a pity that there were no telephones in this era, but it did not prevent him from repairing telegraph lines all over the city. Many of the lines were not on the surface, but were secret military lines.
That’s why we can have smooth command this night!
The same information will also be transmitted to the Taihe Sect. Although Zai Chun is still unconscious, the Queen Mother of the two palaces can still analyze the battle situation.
"Report...Dong'anmen repulsed five hundred thugs, and we killed a hundred enemies..."
"Report... There are dozens of thieves climbing up Maquan Alley, and the Kaizi Horse Cavalry patrol has shot them all..."
"Report... The thugs have explosives in their hands... They are trying to blow up the Imperial City east of Di'anmen... But the Imperial City is strong and they only blew up a dog hole... The new Yulin Army has temporarily repaired it with stones and cement..."
"Report...Thousands of thugs set fire to Shuichui Hutong...and attempted to attack Fucheng Gate...At this moment, the sabers and stairs of the city gate were all blocked, and two hundred thugs were shot from the top...The enemy has retreated..."
Good news came one after another, which finally made Cixi and Ci'an feel more at ease. Cixi patted her chest and said, "I didn't expect that the third master still has two brushes... It's a little messy... but you can hold on!"
Ci'an ignored her, but desperately held the beads and chanted scriptures in his mouth. The uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.
The civil war has reached this point, and Guiziliu's methods are revealed one after another. How can he be so easy to deal with?
At that time, the late Emperor Xianfeng spent all his energy to compete with his sixth brother for favor. In the end, he only narrowly won by relying on the strategies of Han counselors, and he could not be considered a prosperous person.
Because Xianfeng did not dare to touch Guiziliu until his death, which was completely different from Yongzheng who came to power to deal with other brothers. Guiziliu's reputation later even surpassed Xianfeng's.
So Xianfeng only defeated the Japanese by six and a half moves!
How can such a person be easy to deal with? We still have to endure this night!
The defenders in the capital were anxious, and so were these thugs. Bai Jiaoxiao was a high-level craftsman raised by the Japanese army, and he knew what Yi Xin's strategy was.
Just burning down the alley and killing people is not enough. The chaos can only last for one night, and there will be no fighters at dawn. The chaos must be expanded to cause chaos among the defenders. It is best to open one of the city gates.
However, the fight went smoothly at first, but then the situation suddenly changed. The new Yulin Army and the kidnapper horses who were trapped in the vast ocean of the People's War all retreated after suffering setbacks.
They abandoned all civilian residences and non-military targets and retreated to various government offices and three city fortifications. Instead of attacking, they turned to defense.
This was unlucky. The white crickets had just brought out a team of more than 800 people, and they took several bites of the steel plate!
Di'anmen and the others tried to blow open the palace wall with their homemade black fire, but the ratio of the gunpowder to the fire was so easy. They heard a boom, and smoke and fire flew everywhere. When the smoke cleared, the hole that had been opened was gone. Just drill a dog.
The white beetle wanted to get closer to see what was going on inside, but several rifles fired from the depths and killed several of them!
If they couldn't attack here, they would take a detour. They circled the palace wall counterclockwise to look for opportunities, but they met another group of thugs. Under the leadership of the leader, they were climbing up a ladder obtained from nowhere.
Bai Jiaoxiao looked at it and said, "That part in front... you climb over and don't take away the ladder, we will also go in and join forces with you!"
The thug sitting on the wall turned around and said, "No problem... we two brothers will share the treasure in the imperial city equally..."
Bang... there was a gunshot. Before the thugs on the wall could decide how to divide the treasure, they were shot down. Then there was a shooting spree, and all the thugs on the wall were killed.
The defenders inside also climbed up the wall and mounted their rifles on the wall. They were beaten so hard that they were so frightened that they turned around and hid in the alley again.
"Let's go...go further south...don't you believe that you can't find an opening yet?"
"Boss... Look, there is a house in front of you. It's not overdone yet... Let's grab a vote?"
"Fuck..." Bai Cicada went up and kicked him, "Damn, you're blind. That's the Chinese Embassy. If you don't want me to kill you, I will!"
