After arranging his own funeral arrangements, Emperor Shunzhi Fulin of the Qing Dynasty, with tears in his eyes, left the Meishan Fortress accompanied by his confidant generals such as Sony, Suksaha, Banbulshan, and Baiyintu.
Fulin's most trusted 2,500 Manchurian forward battalion soldiers had been mobilized long ago to set up a guard all the way at the foot of Meishan Mountain. The cordon started from Meishan, went out of Bei'anmen, went up the Drum Tower, went down the street, and turned up the Xiejie Street. , turn around near Deshengmen Wengcheng and go up Balokou Hutong, and finally pull it all the way to the outside of Qianfo Temple. There is a post at five steps and a sentry at ten steps. They are all Manchu warriors wearing helmets and armor and fully armed.
Although the era of Manchuria's glory has passed, no one can deny that the personal combat effectiveness of these second and third generations of Manchuria is still strong. If there is a long street melee, even the most elite Ming army infantry may not be their opponent!
In addition to the elite soldiers deployed along the street, Suksaha, Baiyintu and Banbulshan also selected three hundred warriors to serve as Fulin's Baya soldiers, guarding the Qing emperor in groups, and facing the people who had been alerted at all levels early in the morning. Go to Thousand Buddha Temple.
Precisely because Fulin was heavily guarded on his way to Qianfo Mountain after coming down from the mountain, Shang Kexi, Kong Tingxun, Shang Zhixin and others did not dare to take action rashly.
After all, there are still many traitors in Beijing who are not on the "amnesty list", such as Geng Zhongming, Shen Yongxing, Gang Atai, Fan Chengyin, Chen Jin, Ma Degong, Sun Youguang, etc. They all control part of the army (except for Geng Zhongming, everyone else He is the general of the Peking Guard Army commanded by Suk Saha). If Shang Kexi and Kong Tingxun act rashly, there will be a bloody battle... Don't fail to catch Fulin and get yourself involved instead.
So when Fulin went down the mountain to Qianfo Temple to take charge, Shang Kexi took the imperial edict issued by Fulin and mobilized troops out of Andingmen to set up formations - Needless to say, most of the people heading out of the city were Geng Zhongming, Shen Yongxing, Gang Atai, and Fan Chengyin , Chen Jin, Ma Degong, Sun Youguang and others... and 2,000 of the 2,500 forward battalion cavalry directly under Fulin completed the task of escorting Fulin into Qianfo Temple. Later, they will also drive out of Beijing City and be deployed under five prismatic forts.
The reserved battlefield is between the North Moat and Beitucheng in Beijing. The distance between the North Moat and Beitucheng is about six miles. It is not too wide or too narrow, so there cannot be too many places. army.
The Qing army had five large and small forts in the north of the city. The forts were equipped with Hongyi cannons and Franco machine guns, which could cover the Qing troops who were fighting out of the city.
The Ming army on the opposite side also built many forts and set up artillery based on the ruins of Beitucheng (Beitucheng was not a continuous wall, but intermittent and collapsed in many places).
Therefore, the two armies deployed on this battlefield had to face the enemy's condescending firepower, and they seemed to be quite patient and not eager to fight at all. After entering the battlefield, they all started digging trenches, stacking sandbags, and building simple fortifications.
The artillery on both sides began to fire shells, disrupting the local formation and construction of fortifications.
The rumble of cannons began to sound in the north of Beijing!
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Boom boom boom...
When the thunderous roar of artillery reached Qianfo Temple, Fulin had already taken off his Minghuang-colored armor, put on a monk's robe, and sat on the futon. Monk Yulin Tongxiu held a razor in his hand. , shaving his head!
Don't get me wrong, Fulin is not going to become a monk because he has seen through the world of mortals, but he is going to put on makeup and run away... If he keeps the green hills, he won't be afraid of running out of firewood!
This escape was planned by Sony, and preparations began a few months ago. Fulin's confidants Suo'etu, Nalan Mingzhu, Gao Sai and others have already brought some of the most reliable Two Yellow Flag warriors with them. A large pile of gold and silver treasures left Beijing, and Fulin found a fairly reliable place to live in seclusion.
The secret passage out of the city has been dug long ago, and the entrance to the secret passage is within the Thousand Buddhas Temple.
After exiting the city through the secret passage, they would sneak westward along the dry river channel of the abandoned old moat (because five new exits were built outside the North City, a new moat was dug). At the intersection of the old moat and the long river (already blocked), several fast boats have been prepared...
Sony, Suksaha, Banbulshan, Baiyintu and others have all changed into monk robes and shaved off their braids. They all look like Shaolin monks, carrying simple knives on their backs and walking in the rivers and lakes. The magic weapon - flintlock pistol!
There are also dozens of great monks who look fierce. They all have swords on their backs and muskets in their hands. They look very powerful. If there are any masters in the world, they will definitely not be able to defeat them.
At this time, Yulin Tongxiu had already put away the razor and clasped his hands together: "Your Majesty, the shave is done..."
"Don't call me the emperor..." Shunzhi sighed, "Give me a royal title!"
"Your Majesty," Yulin Tongxiu said, "there is a word "福" in your name. Why don't you keep it and change it to just one word?"
"Change one word?" Fulin asked, "Change what?"
"How about changing the character to "特"?" Yulin Tongxiu said, "You are not an ordinary Buddhist, so the word "特" is most appropriate."
"Monk Ford?" Fulin thought for a moment, "Okay! That's it..." He looked back at a bunch of monks, "From now on, you will call me, the poor monk, Zen Master Ford!"
Sarhuda, the deputy commander of the forward battalion who led the guards to guard the Thousand Buddhas Temple, walked in hurriedly at this time. When he saw Fulin, who was already dressed as a monk, his nose became sour and he squeezed out a few tears.
"Salhuda, what happened?" Fulin also saw him.
"Your Majesty..." Sarhuda wiped his tears, "I received a secret report that Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao gathered 3,000 soldiers in Deshengmen Wengcheng this morning, all from the Shang family and the Kong family. The confidants who died... Now these 3,000 people did not go out of the city to form an array, but went to Xiejie and were heading towards Babukou!"
"What?" Fulin took a breath, "They want to..."
The noisy sound came in like a sea wave at this time. Fulin held his breath and listened carefully. It seemed like someone was shouting loudly: "The enemy is at Thousand Buddha Temple! The enemy is at Thousand Buddha Temple..."
"They rebelled!" Sony suddenly became nervous, "Your Majesty, leave quickly!"
Sarhuda knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please run quickly. I will bring someone to resist..."
Fulin sighed, clasped his hands together, and recited the Buddha's name: "The fate between the poor monk and the city of Beijing is over... Let's go, let's go, Sony, lead the way! Suk Saha, you are responsible for breaking up the rear!"
Sarhuda, you should also take care...if you resist for a moment, you can escape! "
After saying that, Fulin followed Sony to the back of a Buddha statue, which was the entrance to the secret passage.
Suksaha took the torch from a "Batulu monk" who was dressed like him!
Firewood has long been piled inside and outside various buildings in Qianfo Temple. Once lit, it will be a raging fire...
When the fire at Qianfo Temple broke out, 3,000 soldiers commanded by Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao had already broken through Sarhuda's defenders at Babukou with the support of artillery. These Manchu warriors were not stupid either. Knowing that the situation was over, and now seeing the Shang family's army defecting, they naturally lost the will to fight. Before Sarhuda came out from Qianfo Temple to organize his troops, they were already scattered and no longer formed a team.
Just when the two Shang brothers were ecstatic, they saw Thousand Buddha Temple burning down...
"Brother, big brother... Thousand Buddha Temple is on fire!"
Shang Zhixin, who was directing the troops to attack, was startled when he heard Shang Zhixiao shouting loudly. He quickly looked up and his expression suddenly changed.
The Thousand Buddhas Temple has been submerged in the raging fire!
"Why, why did it start to burn?"
"Brother, Fulin must have set himself on fire..."
"What should I do?" Shang Zhixin was already a little confused, and so was Fulin... Why are you going to die? Wouldn't it be better to let yourself be captured alive? Emperor Zhu wants to confer you the title of Violent Marquis!
Even if you are going to die, you can jump off a building, hang yourself, wipe your neck, drink poisoned wine, commit seppuku and cut your belly... Why do you have to burn yourself? The body was going to be burned, so what could I do to report to Emperor Zhu?
