After hearing this, Li Yongfang was silent for a moment and said: "I heard that the rebels were the border troops from Shaanxi Town on the nine sides. It may just be this army guarding Guangqumen. The border troops fight all year round and are stronger than the corrupt Beijing camp. They are also normal."
After listening to Li Yongfang's explanation, Huang Taiji nodded and said immediately: "Let the army withdraw and rest for a while, and let the big Beile Mang Gurtai, Beile Abatai, Dorgon, and Duduo who came from behind lead 10,000 people. Launch an attack on Waizuo'anmen."
"Hey~" After receiving the order, the soldiers quickly went to deliver the order.
"Er brother-in-law, see if there is any way to contact the people in the city and figure out the troops deployed in the inner and outer cities. We also have people go to contact Daming and say that our Houjin is willing to take back Shuntian Mansion for Daming, but Daming has to provide Give us one hundred thousand stones of food and grass." Huang Taiji ordered again.
At this time, Huang Taiji dreamed of attacking the imperial city. When he learned that there was a riot in the capital and the Ming Emperor fled, he came with his army as soon as possible.
But in the end, Huang Taiji failed to enter the city as he wished. He led the cavalry around the capital. All the city gates were closed tightly. Now he launched a tentative attack, which resulted in many casualties.
Huang Taiji was a little doubtful at this time, had he been tricked?
But soon, Huang Taiji denied this possibility. After all, it was impossible for Ming Dynasty to play with fire at this critical moment.
Huang Taiji was on his horse, looking at the capital several miles away. The cannon on the top of the capital could hit for three or four miles, and there was no obstruction around it.
Therefore, Huang Taiji did not dare to get too close to the city wall of the capital.
Just when Huang Taiji was confused, Han Xi in the city had already rushed to Guangqumen with five thousand troops.
At this time, many injured soldiers were being carried down under the city wall.
The civilian men who had been captured and worked as laborers all gave way to a group of five thousand soldiers approaching.
Han Xi saw that there was only one military doctor treating dozens of injured soldiers, and he was too busy at all, so he ordered: "Go back to the Imperial City and escort all the people from Tai Hospital."
"Yes!" After receiving the order, the soldier turned his horse's head and left.
When the guards stationed here saw Han Xi coming, they hurriedly came down from the top of the city. Also coming down with them was a general patrolling in the city, who appeared at Guangqumen for some unknown reason.
After the two came down, they immediately saluted and said, "I have met the king."
"How many casualties were there at the top of the city? How were the people from King Qin's Army, Jing Camp, and Patrol Battalion in the city cleared?" Han Xi asked.
The guard at Guangqumen reported back: "Your Majesty, Hou Jin launched three attacks, but the offensive was not strong. Thirty-six soldiers have been injured so far, and no one has been killed."
Then the general also reported back: "Thirty-six thousand eight hundred people have been arrested and 564 people have been killed. Now all the arrested people are detained in the barracks outside the city. Hearing that there is a war here, the general will lead A thousand people came here."
More than thirty-six thousand people?
The number of people was a bit large. Han Xi asked, "How many people do you think can be included in it?"
The general thought for a moment and then said: "About five thousand people can be recruited."
"Five thousand people? Okay, you select them all and organize them into the thirteenth battalion to protect the city. The rest are sent to the workshops to work as coolies, and three thousand people are sent to watch." Han Xi ordered.
The imperial army in the city is now divided into three armies: the Thirteenth Guards Battalion that defends the city gate, the Third Black Wind Battalion that guards the palace and Han Xi, and the Fourth Tiansha Battalion that patrols, eliminates resistance forces, and collects property.
This name has a strong villain flavor.
Han Xi led the people up to the city gate, and then turned to the head of the Wengcheng in front.
There is a barbican at all the outer gates of the capital. Even if the barbican is lost, it will still be difficult to attack the interior of the capital.
This is also the reason why the capital camp in the capital is so weak and the Hou Jin Dynasty has been unable to break through the city gate.
Even if Han Xi is outside the city and lets the imperial soldiers attack the city, it is estimated that they will not be able to capture the city gate within a month or two.
So a few days ago, Han Xi was shocked when he heard that the imperial soldiers invaded the inner city from the outer city. The wall of the inner city was more than ten feet higher than the outer wall.
Arriving at the top of the city, Han Xi used a telescope to check Houjin's military situation outside the city. The telescope was found in the palace treasury.
After observing for a moment, Han Xi suddenly burst into laughter.
As for why you are laughing?
Just because there are too few Houjin Jianu troops outside the city, we can roughly estimate the number to be five or six thousand.
Such a large number of troops actually wanted to capture the city gate of the capital.
As the old saying goes, the siege army should be ten times the number of defenders.
There are 3,000 imperial soldiers stationed at Guangqumen, so Houjin would need at least 30,000 troops to attack the city.
That's why Han Xicai laughed at Houjin's whimsical thinking.
Soon, Han Xi pondered in his heart. There were more than 9,000 people on his side, and only five or six thousand on the opposite side. It seemed that he could fight a wave of annihilation!
Thinking of this, Han Xi said to the guards around him: "Aim all the musketeers and Baizi cannon into the Wengcheng, and then open the city gate to let them in."
"Follow your orders!" The Guangqumen garrison quickly took orders and set up arrangements.
If the guard general of the Ming Dynasty's capital camp were here, he would definitely think that Han Xi was a lunatic and would not go to the emperor to read his book.
After a while, more than a thousand musketeers stood on both sides of the city, and more than a dozen Baizi cannons were aimed at the barbican.
The thousand-jin stone of the Wengcheng gate was slowly pulled up.
More than twenty imperial soldiers ran down the city and opened the two heavy city gates.
The sound of "crunch" and "crunch" sounded at Guangqumen.
The Houjin detective sentry who had been keeping an eye on the city gate outside was stunned for a moment when he saw that the city gate was actually opened. Then he hurriedly mounted his horse and rushed towards the Chinese army two miles away.
After a while, the scout came to the Chinese army flag and loudly reported: "Report! The Guangqumen city gate is wide open, but no Ming army has come out."
Huang Taiji, who was originally deep in thought, was stunned for a moment, and then he was surprised in his heart, and then his face showed ecstasy: "Quickly let Baylor Azig and Haug lead the army to seize the city gate."
It's not like Huang Taiji has never thought that this might be a trap or something.
But during these two months, Huang Taiji conquered the city and saw clearly the weakness of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Huang Taiji simply ignored the possibility of a trap. At this time, he only had the large population and wealth in the capital in mind, and even the idea of testing it was suppressed.
Soon, the sound of "dong dong dong" war drums sounded from Hou Jin's position, and more than two thousand Hou Jin Jiannu rushed towards the city gate.
Because it was a siege, there was no cavalry.
The more than two thousand Jiannu were all heavy armored infantry.
These are Huang Taiji's straight yellow flags and Xianghuang flags, both of which are heavy armored infantry.
There is no slave Aha playing tricks in it, they are all real Jurchens, who can be said to be the foundation of Huang Taiji.
More than two thousand Jurchens who were slaves arrived at the cave gate without encountering any resistance.
The cave door is fifteen feet wide, allowing more than thirty Jian slaves in armor to pass through side by side at the same time.
In just a moment, a group of Jiannu passed through the Guangqumen gate, not seeing a single enemy along the way.
