The sound of firecrackers fired was still as loud as fried beans. The rain of bullets, coupled with the clouds of smoke from the Tiger Crouching Cannon and the Folang Machine Cannon, soon turned the area around Zhengyangmen Wengcheng into a smoke of gunpowder

diffuse.

After the gunfire, there were shouts of killing!

Rows of foot soldiers with disheveled armor and white felt hats poured out from the streets outside Zhengyang Gate. Holding shields and ladders, they rushed towards the tall city wall like a tide.

At the same time, on both sides of Zhengyangmen Urn City, from the direction of Chongwenmen and Xuanwumen, they launched another attack along the wide city wall!

Although they have been repulsed many times, these former Ming army officers and soldiers who have newly attached themselves to Dashun still have high morale and everyone is vying for the lead.

There is no other reason. The Yellow Dragon Flag of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is still flying on the Zhengyang Gate! The desperate Emperor Chongzhen is probably there too. As long as Zhengyang Gate is captured, the Ming Dynasty will come to an end and Dashun New City will be the common ruler of the world.

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If great success is right in front of you, who wouldn't want to be the first?

The battle for the inner city of Beijing has lasted for more than a day. On March 22, eight of the nine gates of the inner city of Beijing have raised flags with the word "Chuang". Except for Xuanwu and Chongwen

The second gate and the remaining six gates were all broken without a fight. In two gates, the defenders dispersed in despair, and in the remaining four gates, the defenders simply turned against them and surrendered the city gates on their own initiative.

Because Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate were not blocked, Li Zicheng's old soldiers also poured in from Chaoyang Gate in large numbers.

However, what waited for them were not the stubborn Ming army officers and soldiers, but the people of the capital and the officials who had abandoned the Ming Dynasty to welcome them. Songs of "eat his mother, wear his mother" kept coming, and many people took out early morning greetings.

The prepared firecrackers were set off as much as possible, and the whole scene was almost like celebrating the New Year!

Dashun Dynasty was extremely proud on this day.

However, amidst this success, there is also a little bit of dissatisfaction. That is, the resistance in Zhengyangmen Wengcheng is still tenacious. It has continued from noon on the 21st until now, and has repelled more than a dozen waves of attacks by the Dashun Army.

This barbican city is too strong! The city wall is high and thick, and the gates on all sides are composed of thousand-jin gates and split iron leaf gates. It can't be opened without using red cannons. What's even more frightening is that the Zhengyangmen barbican city's

The defense system also includes a huge archery tower made of bricks and stones with a city platform four feet high and a building eight feet high. The main body of the archery tower has a total of four floors, with a total of 94 arrow windows on the east, south and west sides.

For external archery.

This was the first time Li Zicheng had seen such a strong fortress! Without the Hongyi cannon or any large-scale siege equipment, the losses would certainly not be light if the ants attacked alone.

However, the officers and soldiers of Dashun, stimulated by the heavy reward, still pressed forward and launched wave after wave of attacks.

Chen Yongfu's soldiers and horses are still the main force of the attack. This warrior who once blinded King Chuang is now wearing heavy armor, and together with his trusted officers, he is trying his best to control the rhythm of the team's advance, so that they will not rush to the front.

There was chaos. Arrowheads and iron sand projectiles were shot out from the arrow tower window from time to time. The arrowheads posed little threat to Chen Yongfu and others. They wore long iron armor and had soldiers around them to help them hold up their shields.

But armor and shields cannot protect against fire blunderbuss! There are some well-made Lumi blunderbuss on the Zhengyangmen archery tower, which Luo Yangxing collected from the Jinyi guards under his control. The soldiers who wield the blunderbuss are also fed with silver.

They specially selected Dashun officers who were wearing good armor and opened fire! Many of Chen Yongfu's trusted officers and servants had been killed, which made him feel very distressed.

But it hurts, I still have to fight if I have to!

The attack on Zhengyangmen Wengcheng was probably the first success of Dashun in destroying the Ming Dynasty! As long as it can be defeated, is Chen Yongfu still afraid that there will be no Duke to pass on to him in the future?

The officers and servants under Chen Yongfu are also risking their lives. The prosperity and wealth of their children and grandchildren depends on this day!

Under the leadership of these generals and servants, ordinary soldiers also risked their lives. They didn't expect to be awarded a title, but a person with a hundred households can always win, right? That can last for several generations.

The formation of thousands of people filled the narrow moat in an instant. They trudged forward in the waist-deep river water. People kept falling down after being shot by arrows, and the cries and screams of wounded soldiers could be heard.

.However, these sounds are not as good as the song of "Eat his mother, drink his mother" to welcome the King of Chuang. This ballad rang out from all over the inner and outer cities of Beijing, converging into a shocking sound, as if to make this people...

The suffocating apocalypse was shattered.

Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun were shocked and frightened when they heard this earth-shattering song. This sound came from all directions. Could it be that all the capital has been occupied? Only one Zhengyangmen Urn City is left.

Are you persisting?

The two loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty were also forced to have no choice. They actually wanted to surrender - Zhu Cixiang's consent to surrender was carried in their arms, which could make them the loyal ministers who will go down in history.

But the problem is that Li Zicheng didn't send anyone to persuade them to surrender! He just attacked wave after wave! So they had no chance to surrender, so they had to grit their teeth and hold on.

Yes, you have to have a chance to surrender, and you have to agree on conditions. You don't just "hand down your gun and refuse to kill" when you see the ferocious enemy soldiers coming to kill you. How can such a good thing happen? Who cares when they are all red-eyed?

Will you surrender? Kill him first and then talk!

Not only Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun had to insist on supervising the battle, but the brave soldiers who had been tricked into defending by heavy rewards were also in trouble at this time.

Because of Luo Yangxing, Gao Yushun did not go into the city empty-handed, but brought hundreds of thousands of taels of silver into the Zhengyangmen Urn City - Zhu Cihong gave them all the money that he could not take away. Luo Yangxing and Gao Yushun were also extremely generous.

, open up money distribution, and push back the enemy in a wave of attacks, and everyone will be rewarded! So much so that everyone of the thousands of people who were still holding on to the Zhengyangmen Urn City received at least twenty taels of silver!

This is a huge sum of money!

Even if the officers and soldiers of the Dashun Army spared their lives out of kindness, how could they still refuse their money?

In order to keep the little money they had exchanged for their lives, they had no choice but to carry it on... until Li Zicheng sent someone to persuade them to surrender. Only then would they be qualified to negotiate terms with the new leader of the world.

Fortunately, they still have a big card in their hands, which is Emperor Chongzhen, the Son of Heaven!

On the highest fourth floor of the Zhengyangmen Archery Tower, there were only two people, Guang Shiheng and Luo Xiu Shen. Guang Shiheng pretended to be Emperor Chongzhen, but he was the backbone of the heroic defense of the city. If people knew that he was a Xibei,

, who knows whether the people below will disperse in a rush?

So Luo Xiu Shen personally guarded the fake Chongzhen and had people block the road leading to the Four Cities from the third floor of the Arrow Tower.

However, Guang Shiheng had already collapsed. He was huddled in a corner on the fourth floor of the watchtower. He didn't eat or drink, and his hair was disheveled. He just kept crying and didn't look like a loyal person at all.

Luo Xiu Shen had no choice but to persuade him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... When King Chuang sends people to persuade us to surrender, we will surrender. Even if we surrender, we will still be loyal and righteous people. What a good thing? We can bear it now."

The longer time goes by, the more qualified this loyal man will be. At that time, King Chuang will have to treat us preferentially in order to win people's hearts..."

"Yes, but he didn't send anyone to persuade him to surrender!" Guang Shiheng almost burst into tears, "When will these waves of attacks end!"

"It will come, it will come," Luo Xiushen comforted with a smile, "Zhengyangmen Urn City is not easy to fight. How many lives can Li Zicheng take in?"

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Li Zicheng was standing on the Yongding Gate at this time, with an extremely solemn expression on his face, staring expressionlessly at the battlefield ahead. He had noticed the performance of both Shunming and Ming armies.

The soldiers of Dashun have worked hard enough and attacked desperately. However, the Ming army defending the city also risked their lives. Even though all parts of the capital have returned to Dashun, even Wang Dehua, the great eunuch guarding the Forbidden City, has just surrendered. They

These lonely loyalists of the Ming Dynasty remained unwavering and vowed to defend Emperor Chongzhen to the death.

This kind of loyalty really made Li Zicheng admire him. He couldn't help but sigh: "If all the civil servants and military generals in the Ming Dynasty were as loyal as the Zhengyang Gate, how would E'an be today?"

"Your Majesty," Second Military Advisor Gu Junen finally thought of a trick to persuade us to surrender, "Why don't we send Wang Dehua, who has just surrendered to us, to persuade us to surrender... Now that the emperor has lost his kingdom, how long can he sustain it with just one castle? Your Majesty

If you can make him a prince, he will probably surrender."
Chapter completed!