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To the sound of rumbling war drums, groups of sword players carried improvised ladders and rushed towards the city walls. When the Ming army rushed into the firing range, the Qing army at the head of the city showed its head from behind the battlements and accurately shot one feather arrow after another. These Eight Banners are not the Eight Banners that have fallen for many years, but the elite Eight Banners outside the customs, so many years, the skills of horseback archery have not been forgotten, the Qing soldiers shot the feather arrows at the head of the city are accurate and ruthless, from the shield and the gap between the shield and the shield to shoot through, many sword and shield hands have no protection in the forearm and calf of the arrow, these armor-piercing heavy arrows of the arrows are barb-type, and soaked with feces, as long as an arrow, the Ming army in the arrow screamed and fell, lost its combat effectiveness.

Several unlucky Ming soldiers were shot in the face and killed on the spot.

"Fire!" An officer shouted.

In the watchtower on the roof outside the city, there was a roaring gunshot, and a scorching bullet was shot from the watchtower, like a sharp blade that cut through the air, and the bullet hit the city tower, and from time to time there was a tooth-sore bullet into the flesh, and the elite Eight Banners soldiers who were shooting arrows were shot one after another, and the screams, shouts and scolding were mixed together.

The artillery shelled by the "boom" aimed at the city gate continued to spew tongues of fire, and one after another solid shells smashed on the city gate, and the city gate, which was bombarded by multiple shells, was finally no longer supported, and a hole appeared in the door. Then more shells slammed in, and the gates were smashed into a broken net.

In addition to attacking the city head-on, the Ming army also seized the weakness of the few Qing troops defending the city and attacked from multiple directions at the same time. There were people carrying simple ladders in all directions, finding the weak position of the Qing army's defense, rushing to the bottom of the city, and erecting ladders to climb up.

"Quick, let the eunuchs and palace maids in the city all ascend to the top of the city, and block the pseudo-Ming rebels for Lao Tzu!" Tong Tula shouted to Goshha and asked them to organize the eunuchs and palace maids who remained in the Shengjing Palace to take up arms and resist in the city.

After the Qing army entered the customs, the Shengjing Palace was not used, but some eunuchs and palace maids were still left to take care of the house. Now the Ming army is attacking the Shengjing Imperial Palace, the Qing army defending the city is only more than 600 people, and in the attack of the Ming army, it has lost more than 100 people, and only about 500 people are left, and it is impossible to hold such a large palace city.

A large number of eunuchs dressed in yellow, red, and blue trembled and climbed up to the top of the city, lifted the rolling wood and stones, and threw them down.

A low-ranking eunuch dressed in blue saw the hook on the top of a simple ladder hook to the top of the city, and with all his strength he lifted a stone and smashed it down the ladder. Only the sound of stones and shields colliding on the ladder was heard, and a Ming soldier who was ascending the city fell down from the ladder.

"Little Shunzi, well done! Kill a false traitor! A middle-level eunuch dressed in red beside him gave a thumbs up approvingly.

Just when the low-level eunuch named Xiao Shunzi picked up a big stone again, walked to the edge of the battlement, and was about to throw the big stone down the ladder, several bullets flew up the city, and the little eunuch's head exploded.

"Hold on! Resist! A senior eunuch in a yellow coat shouted, and the frightened palace maids came forward to stop the Ming army.

The palace maids can be said to be powerless, no more than those little eunuchs who do rough work on weekdays, and the little eunuchs often have to chop wood to make fires, clean the palace, and do a lot of rough work. And even the lowest-level palace maids, at most, are just washing clothes, cleaning the house, and how can they have the strength of their arms.

Several palace maids worked together to move a stone, and it took a lot of effort to get the stone off the ground, but one of the palace maids couldn't bear the strength, and as soon as her hand was loosened, the other palace maids were so frightened that they retreated, and the stone fell heavily on the ground, and the palace maids also sat on the ground, crying in fright.

If there were lime bottles and oil cans at the head of the city, the palace ladies could still play a certain role, but the Qing court never even dreamed that the Shengjing Imperial City would be attacked!

The outer city of Shengjing has all kinds of weapons to defend the city, as well as Hongyi cannons, but the outer city was easily taken by the Ming army, and the Qing army defending the city was damaged by more than half, and the remaining inner city was almost just a decoration.

The first Ming soldier climbed up to the head of the city and saw a eunuch wearing clothes of various colors standing at the head of the city, the Ming soldier cut down a little eunuch in blue without thinking, and then looked around, only to see a group of eunuchs in red clothes surrounding a eunuch in yellow clothes and retreating.

"Kill the Tartars!" The Ming soldiers shouted and chased after the eunuch.

More and more Ming troops climbed to the top of the city, and the eunuchs and palace maids who were forced to climb to the head of the city to defend the city by the Eight Banners immediately scattered and fled in all directions. The palace maids who ran slower fell behind, and the Ming soldiers didn't pay attention to the women, but concentrated their forces and charged in the direction of the city gate tower.

In the direction of the city gate tower in front, the Qing army defending the city carried the bow and arrow with the Ming army equipped with rifled guns and artillery, the rifled gun hit far and accurately, it was the nemesis of the archers, the Ming army attacked several rounds, and the more than 300 Qing troops guarding the front city tower were already dead and wounded, and it was difficult to stop the attack of the Ming army.

More and more Ming troops climbed onto the top of the city, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat at the head of the city.

I have to say that the combat effectiveness of these elite Eight Banners is still very strong, and a Eight Banners soldier can be worth two or three Ming soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, but the number of Ming soldiers is too large, and more than 500 people have climbed up to the front. More than 600 Ming troops who climbed up from the walls on both sides were also coming. Then some smoothbore gunners also climbed the city wall, hid behind the sword and shield men, and shot cold shots at some of the Eight Banners soldiers with particularly high martial arts skills at close range.

"Boom", the city gate, which was already full of holes, collapsed with a bang.

"Kill!" Hundreds of Ming soldiers guarding outside the city shouted in unison and poured into the city.

"My lord! The thieves have broken the city, run for your life! Several Goshha stumbled in, crying.

Tong Tula and Lang Tan glanced at each other helplessly: There is only one gate in the Shengjing Palace, and the entire Shengjing City has completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army. Where to run?

"Your Majesty!" Tong Tula turned his head, faced the southwest, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "The slave failed to help the emperor keep the family business of the ancestor, and the slave is guilty!" ”

Lang Tan also knelt down and kowtowed to the southwest to apologize.

"Sons! There is no way back! Anyway, it's all dead, it's better to rush out and fight with Minggou! Tong Tula and Lang Tan shouted in unison.

Two Qing generals led the last 50 or so Eight Banners soldiers to launch a decisive charge against the Ming army, and waiting for them were rows of Ming musketeers who had lined up.

Looking at the Eight Banners soldiers who rushed over, a trace of pity and unbearability flashed on Xiao Gongchen's face, and then he gave an order: "Fire!" ”

"Bang bang bang" The musketeers standing in three rows opened fire in turn, and the guns roared. After a round of shooting, the smoke gradually dissipated, and calm finally returned to the Shengjing Imperial City.