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During the city-wide resistance struggle, the Gongyuan area became the place where the most intense fighting took place between the citizens of Jinling and the Qing army. The Qing army divided its forces and came from all streets to fight;
The citizens of Jinling, on the other hand, piled up a large amount of debris at Huaiqing Bridge, Wende Bridge, Qingping Bridge, Dazhong Street, Neiqiao, Zhongcheng Street, Cunyi Street, Liren Street and other bridges and street intersections to block the enemy. Return fire with recovered weapons;
After countless young men in the city occupied the small streets and alleys, they began to launch attacks on the Qing troops retreating on the streets. Bricks and stones flew out from the roofs, walls, doors and windows everywhere, and fell like raindrops. In this place, the Qing army was beaten to the point where they cried for their fathers and cursed their mothers, and ran like wolves;
This made the people's morale surge, and the sound of killing the enemy filled the city and shook the sky. The two million people in Jinling City suddenly unleashed an astonishing force. Countless people rushed out from every street corner.
Only in the Gongyuan area, where Baiyintu had assembled two thousand troops, they still had a crushing advantage. The people suffered heavy casualties and were retreating steadily. The Qinhuai River was dyed red with blood.
Not long after he had just escaped from Taiping Mansion, Nikan brought hundreds of Qing soldiers and cavalry from the direction of Jubaomen. They attacked from two sides. The iron hoofs beat on the bluestone pavement. The sound was like thunder and deafening. The people were defeated and suffered many casualties. land.
"Everyone retreat into the alley, hurry up, everyone retreat into the alley!" Chen Baimu shouted quickly. After retreating into the alley, he worked with more than 20 young men to push down the mud wall, and the Qing army's arrows hit There was a clanking sound on the iron pot on his head. A strong man named Hong Daming next to him just stood up and was about to throw out the rocks. With a pop, an arrow shot deeply into his eye socket. With a scream, Hong Daming Falling to the ground, twitching and rolling;
"Blow the hell up!" As Chen Baimu roared, several more sky-shaking thunderbolts were thrown out, exploding on the street. The flying shrapnel instantly killed 8 Qing soldiers. The war horse fell to the ground and screamed in agony. A house on the street was also blown down, and several Qing soldiers were crushed to death. Nikan was also scratched with blood on his face by the flying tiles, and he looked extremely ferocious.
"Kill the Tatars!" From a window on the street, an old woman suddenly opened the window and shouted, poof! The old woman was shot in the chest by a powerful arrow, blood spurted out, and she fell on her back. When everyone thought she was dead. But she reappeared at the window with a distorted face, and poured down a bucket of scalding hot water with difficulty but determination.
When Nikan raised his head and looked up, a bucket of boiling water was poured down on his head. "Ah!" Nikan let out a shrill scream. The burned mount stood up and screamed, and then rushed out like crazy. Nikan lifted the After falling off the horse, one of his legs got stuck in the stirrup of the horse, and he was dragged more than ten feet by the crazy horse. The crazy horse was hacked to death by the Qing army. Save Nikan.
Encouraged by this, the people threw large rocks into the street, inflicting severe injuries on the Qing army's head and bleeding. Nikan, whose face was covered with blisters, could hardly open his eyes. He shouted hysterically: "Kill, leave no chickens or dogs behind, kill them all!"
At this moment, a wave of cheers came from the northwest. People kept shouting that the Dinghuai Gate was broken and the Qin army had entered the city. The cheers became louder and louder. Straight up to the sky.
Chen Baimu was overjoyed and immediately shouted: "The Tatars are finished. King Qin's army is coming to the city! The Tatars are finished! The time for revenge has come. Kill the Tatars! Kill them!"
The Qing troops on the street were caught in the battle of a sea of people and had no idea what the situation was like at Dinghuai Gate. However, the people in the city cheered loudly, which inevitably made them more frightened. Many green soldiers began to abandon their helmets and seize the opportunity. They fled, and some of them directly turned against the Tatars and chopped off their heads to protect themselves.
The Dinghuai Gate was definitely broken. With the cooperation of Huanglian Mountain and Jiangnan, the Tatars on the Dinghuai Gate were successfully cleared, and more than 200 green soldiers were surrendered. The Dinghuai Gate was opened. Shi Qing led a thousand cavalry. He ran wildly and rushed directly into Dinghuai Gate.
In a hurry, Shi Qing followed Huang Lianshan's suggestion and left 500 troops to guard Huaimen to prevent the Qing army from counterattack. Leading the way from Jiangnan, Shi Qing himself led five hundred cavalry to kill the Shence Gate.
Dinghuaimen Street, Guping Street, Xiaomenkou, Hecao Street, Caijia Lane, Zizhulin, Xujia Lane, Shencemennei Street. Under the leadership of Jiang Nan, the five hundred cavalry chose the shortest distance and the best way to kill Shence Gate.
Most of the road along the way was still under the control of the Qing army. When they saw the Qin army in black armor approaching, their hooves sounded like thunder, and their murderous intent reached the sky. The soldiers in the green camp immediately dispersed.
When the people in the city saw the Qin army, their cheers were earth-shattering. Yang Pu rose up in Shence Gate and beheaded the general Xu Dingguo, and caused hundreds of green battalion soldiers to defect and join the Jurchen banner soldiers organized by Qing general Luo Desang. There was chaos in the city.
Huo Sheng, who was outside the city, made a decisive decision and personally led his troops up the stairs to the city. Tens of thousands of Qin soldiers rushed towards the city in a dark force. People kept climbing up the city and joining the fierce battle on the city wall. Luodesang focused on one thing but not the other, and his morale was greatly reduced.
When the 500 Qin troops in the city reached Shence Gate amidst the cheers of the crowd, not to mention the ordinary Tatars, even Luodesang was desperate and led hundreds of bannermen to the east toward Taipingmen to fight and retreat. Shence Gate immediately fell into the hands of the Qin army, and Huo Sheng's 10,000 troops poured in like a tide.
Dinghuaimen and Shencemen fell one after another, and the situation was over. Almost all the Qing army's green camp was defeated. Nikan escaped from the city with hundreds of bannermen through Jubaomen.
When Baiyintu retreated to the east, he encountered Luo Desang who had fled from the north. Together, he and his two thousand troops rushed back to the imperial city in the east. The imperial city was still relatively peaceful because it was a government office and no ordinary people lived there.
Hong Chengchou seemed to have aged ten years in half a day, with a haggard look on his face and despair in his eyes. Once Jinling was lost, whether it was Bolo, Irduzhi, Durde, or Feiyanggu in Hangzhou, they would all fall into despair. Difficulty, there is no doubt that the green battalion under their command collapsed. Thousands of bannermen are trapped in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will only be a matter of time before they perish...
"Master Hongda, leave quickly, keep the green hills, don't worry about running out of firewood, and retreat from Jinling City before the Qin army reaches the Zhengyang South Gate." Luo Desang shouted anxiously.
Hong Chengchou knew that even if he could escape back, he would probably not end well. Even if Dorgon wanted to protect him, he couldn't. Moreover, after Jiangnan was defeated, Dorgon also needed a scapegoat.
At this moment, Hong Chengchou was completely despairing. Seeing that he was silent, Luo Desang couldn't help but put him on his horse. Hong Chengchou was still useful, at least until he successfully escaped across Jiangbei.
Baiyintu looked at the majestic palace and listened to the shouts of killing and cheering all over the city. He couldn't help but feel angry and evil in his heart. He shouted to Luo Desang: "First take people to guard the Zhengyang Gate. , I’ll come soon.”
After saying the "Bayin Tu", he led thousands of people on horseback and rushed into the Meridian Gate, setting fire to Fengtian Hall, Wuying Hall, Wenhua Hall, Huagai Hall, and even the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace and other places in the back court.
When Li Chengzi withdrew from Yanjing, he also set fire to the palace, burning the three main halls of the former dynasty of Yanjing. The worship of Yintu was even more ruthless, even the back court was not spared, and the entire palace was set on fire. He planned to leave nothing to Qin Mu.
When Baiyintu fled to Zhengyang Gate, the entire Nanjing Palace City was already filled with smoke and flames. "Let's go! Let's go quickly!" Baiyintu looked back at his masterpiece, feeling that he finally had a bad breath, and couldn't help but feel jealous. And laughed, he, Luo Desang and Hong Chengchou led two thousand troops and ran out of Zhengyang Gate.
But Baiyintu laughed too early. He probably forgot that there is a city wall outside Nanjing. They just left the capital and were still within the outer perimeter. Although the outer wall was not as towering and tall as the Beijing wall, it was not casual either. Anyone who wants to can turn over it. And there are 800,000 people outside.
Going south from Zhengyang Gate, running through the Altar of Mountains and Rivers, and arriving at the Zhonghe Bridge across the Qinhuai River, they were blocked by the two hundred Qin troops who were originally monitoring Zhengyang Gate. And behind the two hundred Qin cavalry, there were tens of thousands of young and strong men;
Baiyintu did not dare to fight. After being unable to charge forward, he retreated from the Zhonghe Bridge, turned around and ran eastward. Two hundred Qin army cavalry immediately sent the young men to Zhengyang Gate to put out the fire, while Baiyintu was chasing after Baiyintu. Abandon.
As soon as Baiyintu crossed the Temple of Heaven heading east, another three hundred Qin cavalry came from Chaoyang Gate and joined the pursuit. Baiyintu and Luodesang fought and fled to the nearest outer gate, Cangbo Gate. .
Along the way, there are obstacles set up by the people everywhere, including a few broken cars, broken chairs, tables, beams and wooden railings. These things will not cause any harm to the Qing army, but they can slow down the Qing army. At this moment Time is life to them;
However, these debris are still good and can be moved away. Instead, they are those inconspicuous wooden boards on the ground with large iron nails on them. The Qing army was busy running for their lives. From time to time, their mounts stumbled and fell to the ground, causing the Qing army to panic. A bereaved dog.
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