Chapter 3 The first engagement
Although things are urgent now, Zhu Cilang's face must be calm.
Otherwise, the people below would panic when they saw themselves, and the temporary team would collapse.
"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, although the practice time is one hour short, at least they will shoot, so the accuracy is not guaranteed."
When Li Guodong saw the prince's eyes coming, he immediately knew what the prince wanted to ask.
"Where are you there?"
Zhu Cilang fell in love with Cao Renli again, and they were practicing pistols just now.
"Your Highness..."
Cao Renli's expression on his face was not good-looking. He was almost the same as the people from Shenji Camp. He had just learned how to use a pistol, so the accuracy was beyond words.
"Gather all the people and take away everything you can, and retreat into the imperial city."
After Zhu Cilang thought about it for a moment, he immediately knew where he should go.
In the entire capital, once the walls of the outer city are broken, they can only retreat into the imperial city.
The Imperial City, also known as the Forbidden City, was surrounded by tall walls. In addition, there is no danger in the city to guard.
"Your Highness, you have no intention to lead your troops into the palace, this..."
Cao Renli hesitated for a moment. Li Guodong didn't even stop and immediately gathered his troops.
What a joke? How did the previous commander die? Wasn’t it just because hesitated? Now that the chaos is so messy, where can I find the imperial edict? Whatever the prince said is what.
I'm stupid and can't use my brain. This is what Li Guodong commented on Cao Renli.
"Parent Cao, the Lone King still said the same thing, the sky has changed..."
The shouts of killing in the distance were approaching, and Zhu Cixuan was too lazy to waste time here, so he turned over and got on the horse. The Shenji Camp and the Eastern Palace Guards had already assembled.
Although less than two hours have passed, the mental outlook of these people is completely different from what they were just now.
Shenji Camp is dedicated to serving firearms. During these two hours, they certainly knew how powerful the thing they were carrying.
Walking out of the gate of Shenji Camp, hundreds of rebels rushed to see this.
Li Zicheng's men also have capable people. They know that the firearms in the Shenji Camp are more important, but unfortunately, Zhu Cilang had already sent people to pour water on all the gunpowder just now.
If it weren't for the fear of the explosion hurting the people in the capital, Zhu Cilang would have simply ignited the place.
Anyway, our things can be redeemed in the system, so these things here will not be kept for you.
"The guards of the Eastern Palace were cut off, and the soldiers of the Shenji Camp quickly retreated to the imperial city."
Seeing the rebels coming from afar, many soldiers from the Shenji Camp were not prepared at all.
Although they once belonged to the most elite unit of the entire Ming Dynasty, they were indeed limited in the number of times they went to the battlefield, and they seemed a little at a loss at this moment.
“Array…”
With Hu Qiang, the leader of the Eastern Palace Guard, said, about 300 Eastern Palace Guards began to line up.
Some soldiers in the nerve management retreated slowly. They had a lot of question marks in their foreheads at this moment. What kind of bird formation is this?
The guards of the East Palace were divided into four rows, each with about 80 people. The soldiers in the first row had already raised their flintlock rifles and aimed at them, and the three rows of soldiers behind were also ready.
Zhu Cixuan was very satisfied with this and just told them dictatedly in the East Palace. Unexpectedly, Hu Qiang was trained in such a short time.
"Your Highness, you might as well retreat to the imperial city first?"
Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince riding to the left side of the team, Hu Qiang said with some concern.
“Prepare in a row…”
His Highness the Crown Prince did not speak, but instead drew out his own hand-fitting knife. When the Crown Prince's knife was raised, all the soldiers also aimed at the crowd in front of him.
From now on, the lobster soldiers of the British Empire adopted this array.
At that time, they used this array to conquer the whole world. Although our army was not as well-trained as lobster soldiers, they were facing Li Zicheng's rebels, so we really didn't believe that we could not defeat them.
When the soldiers saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lead the way, they did not retreat for the first time, and they were excited.
In the past, when fighting, they were like these soldiers who rushed forward without any brainstorm, and one general succeeded and his bones were woven.
Not to mention His Royal Highness, he wouldn't even see a small deputy general.
Today, if you don’t want to do anything else, just fight with Your Highness the Crown Prince and fight with us. Even if you fight your life, you have to let these thieves know how powerful our Eastern Palace guards are.
"The king dies in the country, and the emperor guards the country's gates. My Ming Dynasty has no retreating emperor, and naturally there is no retreating prince. You and others have picked up the steel guns in your hands, followed me to destroy the traitors, and jointly protect the Ming Dynasty. Follow the orders, one...two..."
When Zhu Cixuan said one, all the soldiers stepped out their left foot neatly, and when they said two, they stepped out their right foot neatly.
The guards of the East Palace were originally chosen by many choices, and their combat effectiveness was comparable to that of the Guanning Iron Cavalry. After Zhu Cilang's preliminary training, they were even more murderous intent.
Although Li Zicheng's verdict army fought from the west to the capital, the journey was unstoppable, at this moment, some people still felt scared at a distance of only 200 meters...
Is there any such army in the Ming Dynasty? In addition to the border troops of Jiuzhen Town, it is the Guanning Iron Cavalry. Where did these banned troops come from?
"This general is here to pass the order of the King of Rebellion, and those who retreat will be killed..."
These rebels themselves were mobs, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty's official army was defeated was mainly because of their large number.
If it weren't for Liu Zongmin, the general of the King of Chuang, had it been here, it would be very likely that Zhu Cixuan would have been defeated before entering the palace.
In addition to Liu Zongmin's arrival, there were nearly four or five hundred rebels coming. The other party now has at least eight or nine hundred people, and there are shouts of killing from behind.
Zhu Cilang was unmoved at all. He must not panic at this moment, and he was still shouting the slogans in his mouth.
The British lobster soldiers advanced by drum beats, but we don’t have those things now, so we can only replace them with slogans.
"General, that is Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty."
Next to Liu Zongmin, the old man was Zhang Jinyan, the Minister of War who had long been rebellious. This man was also a favorite minister of Emperor Chongzhen, but unfortunately he did not have the character of eunuch Wang Chengen.
"It's great. Today I will make the first contribution to entering the city, capture Zhu Cilang, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty, and reward a thousand taels of silver..."
Liu Zongmin shouted, and the men under him rushed up like crazy, without any formation at all.
Their magic weapon to win is because there are many people.
"Don't be afraid, the queue will not be chaotic, our army will be invincible."
Seeing a group of people opposite, the guards under his command were also a little palpitations.
At this moment, Zhu Cilang's voice came to their ears, which also played a certain role in soothing them. None of the four rows of musketeers escaped.
After this battle, as long as it is victorious, the Eastern Palace Guard will evolve into an ace army, and its own subordinates will have an army that can be relied on.
Zhu Cixuan slowly calculated the distance in his mind. Although the effective range was more than 100 meters, Zhu Cixuan was preparing to put them within 80 meters before starting the fight, so that the accuracy rate would be higher.
When fighting, British lobster soldiers even dared to stay at a distance of 50 meters.
90…85…80…
"shooting…"
With Zhu Cixuan's order, the soldiers in the first platoon began to shoot.
At this time, there is no need to aim at it. There are all people on the opposite side of the musketeers.
The sound of gunfire was still very spectacular. There was no smokeless gunpowder in this era, so a row of white smoke appeared in front of the position.
The rebels who were charging were very fast, but at this moment it seemed like they were beaten to a halt.
Many people in front were shot, and the people behind were directly hitting their bodies, and some even had blood on their faces. This was all the blood of their brothers in front, like hell.
Chapter completed!