Li Zicheng's adopted son Li Shuangxi rode a maroon war horse with two hundred cavalry, suppressing the two embarrassed Ming vassal kings. He stood in the open space a hundred steps away from Fucheng Gate, squinting his eyes. Looking out over the city.
Of course, you don't need 200 people to escort two weak feudal princes. Li Shuangxi alone is enough. Therefore, the purpose of Li Shuangxi bringing 200 people was not to escort anyone, but to find an opportunity to "call the city".
The so-called "calling the city" is actually a means of attacking the city. Instead of fighting, use threats or inducements to break up the city. To carry out the "City Calling" operation, you must be able to get close to the enemy's city, and you must do so without the enemy firing cannons or cannons. Otherwise, if the sound of cannons and cannons is heard, who can still hear what you are shouting? Therefore, usually, "Chengcheng" is carried out at night.
But today is an exception. Calling the city and Du Xun entering the city are both part of Gu Junen's heart attack strategy and can be carried out at the same time.
As long as Emperor Chongzhen has illusions about peace talks, then Li Shuangxi can let his subordinates go up and speak out. Lure the soldiers and generals guarding the city with heavy rewards and at the same time intimidate them with bluffs. Du Xun could also contact officials and eunuchs in the city to promote King Chuang's benevolence and righteousness.
With such a two-pronged approach, the already panic-stricken Beijing city will surely collapse without an attack!
Li Shuangxi felt indescribably proud at the thought of breaking through the city of Beijing! King Chuang had no biological sons, only a nephew Li Guo who was several years older than King Chuang. As for who will inherit the throne of King Chuang a hundred years from now, it has not yet been decided.
If Li Guo died before King Chuang, then compared with Li Guo's son, his adopted son, His Highness Qian, might have the possibility of ascending to the throne - after all, Li Shuangxi was not the child picked up by King Chuang, he was also King Chuang's. Sons and nephews, but the blood relationship is farther than that of Li Guo...
Maybe Li Shuangxi will be Emperor Taizong of Dashun in the future!
"Brothers who broke into the army..."
When Li Shuangxi was thinking about how to become Emperor Taizong in the future, a body with half a helmet and armor suddenly poked out from behind the crenellation of the Fuchengmen archery tower, and he was still shouting: "The lower official is Zhu Chunchen, the commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp, Mr. Du I have already entered the palace to see the Holy Sage. If our two families stop fighting, we will soon be ministers of the same palace... Now can you please invite the Qin and Jin vassals to come forward and speak?"
Got it! Li Shuang was dissatisfied, Beijing City was won! The officials in the imperial court are stupid and easy to deceive!
He waved his hand and said to the left and right: "Take the two kings of Qin and Jin up to the moat."
The cavalry who followed him were all veterans of city calling. They had been eager to try. When they heard his order, they responded with a bang and then rode forward one after another.
However, Li Shuangxi did not participate in the city call. He was the future Emperor Taizong of Dashun and had to respect his identity, so he just looked at the Fuchengmen Gate Tower with a smile.
Just as the Dashun cavalry calling for the city lined up and approached the moat, but before they had time to call for the city, the Ming Dynasty's commander-in-chief of the Beijing camp suddenly leaned out half of his body again, holding an unknown object in his hand. He shouted: "The traitor Du Xun has been killed! Our soldiers in the Beijing camp will defend the Ming Dynasty to the death! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
What? What's going on? Du Xun has been killed?
Li Shuangxi couldn't believe his ears. Before he could react, a new incident happened.
Three hundred dark "fire sticks" suddenly protruded from the crenellations of the city wall!
This is... a firecracker!
Li Shuangxi was shocked and wanted to order a retreat. But it was too late, three hundred firecrackers roared almost at the same time!
This is not a low-quality firecracker made in Beijing, but a high-quality firecracker ordered by Zheng Zhilong from Guangdong - of course, it doesn't cost much, but the stuff is definitely good! Not only will the barrel not explode, but the air tightness is also very good. However, the recoil force is too great and it must be mounted on a bracket or a wall crenel to fire accurately.
Therefore, the first salvo of these 300 turtle-dove-footed fire cannons knocked down forty or fifty old soldiers who were invading the army! Part of it is that people are hit, and they are basically certain to die! What's the caliber of the turtle dove's fire cannon! After one shot, there was a bloody hole as big as a fist, and even resuscitation was unnecessary. For others, their horses were knocked over, and they fell to the ground together with their horses.
"You've fallen into the trap, hoohoo!" As soon as Li Shuangxi shouted, something even more terrifying happened.
Suddenly there was a roar like the sky falling and the earth collapsing from the top of Fuchengmen City!
Rumble, rumble...
Six red cannons fired at the same time!
At this time, Li Shuangxi even forgot about escaping, and quickly turned around and looked nervously at the yellow felt tent behind him. I saw a few small black dots streaking across the sky at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then suddenly fell in front of the yellow felt tent. Then they suddenly bounced up and swept forward. One of them seemed to hit the felt tent and hit it. One corner of the felt tent was collapsed. Another cannonball passed through the soldiers of King Chuang's imperial camp who were arrayed beside the felt tent, knocking down more than a dozen rows of people at once!
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng..."
The soldiers on the city wall cheered!
Although they did not support Ming Dynasty, they even looked forward to Li Zicheng's arrival. But considering the hard work of one tael of silver a day, shouting a few times is still necessary.
And Li Zicheng might have been beaten to death! If that were the case, they would have to continue to be good officers and soldiers and good people of the Ming Dynasty!
"What a pity!" Zhu Cixiang held up the binoculars and saw the chaos in front of the yellow felt tent. He also saw a large group of people protecting a guy in a red cloak running towards the Diaoyutai.
Needless to say, this "red cloak" must be Chuang Wang Li Zicheng. Seeing how fast he ran, you knew he wasn't injured.
"Reward!" Zhu Cixi then shouted loudly, "The gunners will be rewarded with five taels each! The gunners will be rewarded with two taels each! The gunners will be rewarded with one tael each!"
Although Li Zicheng was not killed, he did hit the felt tent in the first round! Li Zicheng couldn't be killed simply because the cannonballs weren't good enough. If there had been explosive shells, Li Zicheng would have been in trouble. However, this round of shelling should be able to scare Li Zicheng, and he should know that Beijing is not easy to fight.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Another round of gunshots sounded, and the eunuch gunners fired their second round. The fixed ammunition obviously accelerated their rate of fire, allowing them to fire another round of ammunition before Li Shuangxi's men retreated to a safe distance. This time the results were much smaller, only over a dozen people were defeated, most of them were cavalrymen who had been badly beaten because their horses were killed and injured before. But it still made Li Shuangxi feel distressed. Those were all veteran soldiers! It hurts to kill one person, but this time he actually killed dozens of people, which is really hateful.
But Li Shuangxi soon couldn't care less about his heartache, because the six red cannons on the Fuchengmen archery tower opened fire again! Another six solid bullets rolled and drew arcs in the air, and then hit the Dashun officers and soldiers who were in a mess around the yellow felt tent. I don't know if they hit Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng?
If his godfather Li Zicheng dies, where will his Emperor Taizong of Dashun be fooled?
Worried about Li Zicheng's safety, Li Shuangxi quickly turned his horse around and ran back. When his men saw him running away, no one wanted to stay under the city of Beijing anymore, and they all ran away together. They actually forgot that they were also taking two captured Ming Dynasty vassal kings into custody!
The two princes Zhu Cunji and Zhu Shenxuan were also very lucky. Even though they were caught by Li Zicheng, they were not killed. They were dragged to the city walls of Beijing and shot with half a stick of incense. These two guys were so frightened that they even forgot to hide from the gun. They just sat on the ground and cried loudly. In the end, they were safe and sound. They were both wearing the prince's uniform. The soldiers who fired on the city wall all recognized it, so naturally they would not Targeting both of them.
However, the two pampered princes were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak and they could not walk. In the end, a few Beijing soldiers were put down in hanging baskets on the top of the city. They were carried across the moat on their heads and feet, and then loaded into baskets and lowered into the city of Beijing.
Zhu Cixiang won the first battle this time! Not only did he kill dozens of elite thieves and Du Xun, who had betrayed his country and surrendered to the enemy, but he also rescued two useless feudal lords. Thinking about it, he was very wise and powerful!
However, Li Zicheng outside Beijing did not know that there was a wise and powerful prince in the city. He only thought that he was being plotted by Zhu Chunchen...
