At midnight, when the riots in the capital just started, Fu Qing had already ordered the nine gates of the capital to be blocked, turning the city wall into an independent defense system.
Before the Jiajing Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the southern city of the capital had no city walls, which meant that Chongwenmen, Zhengyangmen and Xuanwumen faced the wilderness directly.
As the capital's population grew and trade developed, more and more people gathered together. The goods and people from the south naturally formed many markets and large villages on this side of the south city wall.
In order to protect these people from the Mongolian cavalry... At that time, the Mongolian cavalry broke through the Great Wall many times and ravaged the land of the capital.
Only then was the Nancheng built later, and the city wall of Beijing changed from a "kou" shape to a "lv" shape, with an opening above and a large opening below.
In this way, the layout of the capital was established. Now that Guiziliu broke in from the south city, Chongwen Gate, Xuanwu Gate, and Zhengyang Gate were the gateways that he could not bypass when attacking the Forbidden City.
Of course, he can climb the city wall from You'anmen and fight all the way along the city wall, but it is too difficult. The Yulin New Army still has some remaining Xishan Camp Guaizima, who can block them step by step. A simple sandbag wall can block their troops. .
Even if you fight like this for a day, you may not be able to break through the defenses of Beicheng!
The British are the most cunning. They know very well that Chongwenmen, Xuanwumen and Zhengyangmen are easiest to attack from the inside out!
Because Chongwenmen Urn City faces the south, that is, the Nancheng, and Dongjiaominxiang is in the North City, just under the base of the city wall. If you attack nearby, you can directly hit the city gate with cannons.
To be honest, Fu Qing was also on guard against this move. He blocked the city gate opening to the north of Chongwen Gate with sandbags and stones, and then arranged heavy machine gun positions.
The horse paths climbing the city wall on both sides were also piled with sandbag walls. Countless soldiers defended them layer by layer. It was impossible for thugs to break through!
However, they never expected that the foreign devils would directly join the war and fly the flags of Prince Qing and Prince Chun. Now Chongwenmen suddenly became the eye of the storm.
With the support of foreign cannons and musketry teams, Chongwenmen's commanding advantage no longer exists. Without cannons and foreigners to bombard, how do you expect a few heavy machine guns and Mausers to output firepower? That's a joke.
After a round of intensive artillery fire, the positions around the city gate were blown into a mess. These thugs rushed forward like crazy!
"Move away the debris...open the city gate..."
The deep city gate hole was filled with ant-infested thugs. They passed from front to back, and bags after bags of sandbags were carried out and dumped on both sides of the city gate hole.
Hundreds of people crowded inside and worked quickly. Within a quarter of an hour, the barrier was half empty. However, if you look closely, the Chongwen Gate actually has a lock on the door latch and a large iron chain.
Bang bang bang... several shots were fired but the huge lock could not be broken. The thugs kicked the door angrily with their feet, but the capital city gate was extremely thick. Could it be kicked open with their feet?
"Bring the explosives... go ask the foreign master for the explosives..."
If you can't open the city gate, then blow it up... Five or six medical packets were stuffed into the gap under the city gate hole and pressed with a few sandbags to make it more solid.
Boom...a loud bang! The inner city gate of Chongwen Gate was blown open, and the huge door leaf creaked and fell to the ground, half of which was still connected to the gate axis.
"Long live...the city is broken! The city is broken...kill..."
Thousands of thugs rushed inside before the smoke cleared. However, they never expected that as soon as they emerged from the smoke, they saw a wall of bright bayonets blocking the exit.
In the Wengcheng, Doro left behind three hundred good soldiers who fought hand-to-hand, lying in ambush in the Wengcheng, waiting for these thugs to rush up!
"Kill..." The bayonets thrust forward like a forest, and the half-moon-shaped position tightly guarded the city gate!
Puff... Puff... Puff...
The bayonet penetrated the flesh and pierced each of these thugs. The one who shouted the most fiercely from the front directly stabbed the bayonet into the throat and protruded from the back of the neck.
"Thrust...kill!"
Each thrust could release a corpse lying on the ground, adding a bit of blood to the thick smell of gunpowder smoke!
The battle has reached this point, and the thugs no longer care about their own lives. Behind them is the team of foreign devils supervising the battle. The two princes are personally holding the battle. If they don't sacrifice their lives, what are they waiting for?
More and more thugs rushed in, and in the end they were butted against three hundred new imperial forest troops!
The first row of the three-row bayonet array could no longer move. They were pressed against the enemy's corpse. The two groups behind found the gap between the man and the man and thrust their bayonets in.
There is no need to aim or prepare, your sword will definitely hit someone dead or alive!
The rebels are scattered but numerous, and the new Yulin soldiers are few but the team is neat and disciplined. These Wuyi Mountain people are very tenacious, and they will not be in chaos even if the entire team is pushed back!
"Stop fighting... Surrender! What are you doing? The Hunjun has already lost, you surrender..."
"Why are you working for him... Emperor Guangxu has entered the city... The new king is about to ascend the throne..."
"You can surrender now in exchange for preferential treatment... If you go all the way and go to the dark side, you will turn around and kill the nine tribes!"
The banner men in the capital may be a little bit worse in fighting, but they are very good at talking, and attacking the heart is the most important thing!
But their flirtatious glances were directed at the wrong target. These soldiers trained in Wuyi Mountain did not know the Japanese Emperor Liu Guangxu. There was no comparison in their hearts, only Emperor Tongzhi.
No matter how much you shout, these three walls of bayonets will naturally remain unmoved!
Not only that, after the three bayonet walls were pressed into the middle of the barbican, the heads of the thugs who rushed in were within the firepower range of the new imperial forest army.
Many soldiers shot down from above, and these thugs were killed one after another!
"What should I do? What should I do?" Prince Qing rubbed his hands on the horse anxiously, "It's all blocked. Our cannons can't fire, and our foreign guns can't fire either..."
Yi Xuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, as if he had woken up from a big dream, "Don't kill people...Don't kill people...Let the people in front shout!"
"Damn it, Xiao Letian died in the sea, why are they insisting?"
"These new Yulin troops are all trained by the Chinese...their faith lies in Xiao Letian! These things are still dreaming!"
"Damn it... Xiao Letian is dead, I won't send reinforcements to save you!"
After waking up the dreamer with one word, Prince Qing slapped him in the face, "I'm so dizzy from the battle that I forgot...to shout!"
Tens of thousands of thugs also woke up and said, "What? Xiao Letian is dead? When did it happen..."
"Why do you care about this...you can shout whatever you want!"
Inside Chongwen Gate, tens of thousands of thugs suddenly shouted in unison, "Surrender... Surrender without killing... Stop fantasizing about Chinese reinforcements..."
"Xiao Letian is dead...Xiao Letian disappeared in the sea...drowned!"
