The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

Chapter 154: Battle for the Imperial City, Iron Bird Appears

The Jinyiwei Special Forces' surprise attack on the city caught Rongfang off guard.

By the time he reacted, the imperial city had completely fallen into the hands of the Ming army. Fortunately, he heard from his subordinates that the number of Ming troops who attacked the imperial city was not large, and he could easily destroy them when he mobilized his troops.

Although he was skeptical about the report, Rongfang finally believed it after repeated assurances from his subordinates.

Soon, hundreds of Green Camp soldiers, organized by the officers, launched an attack on Chengtian Gate, the south gate of the imperial city.

I saw hundreds of Qing soldiers gathered together, and the soldiers in the front row slowly advanced towards Chengtian Gate holding special load-bearing shields.

The shields in the hands of these Qing soldiers were covered with two layers of raw cowhide on the outside, and the inside was made of brocade cotton, dense paper, and iron sheets, which were pressed layer by layer. A single shield weighed 30 kilograms.

The Qing army conducted experiments and found that this shield could withstand gunfire at close range. This was also the reason why the Qing army dared to attack head-on.

But soon, their confidence was shattered by the gunfire of the Ming army.

When the Qing troops walked to the open space in front of Chengtian Gate carrying heavy shields, twenty or thirty special forces members on the city gate tower suddenly stood up and opened fire.

"Bang bang bang..."

Long tongues of fire spurted out, and the high-speed rotating bullets easily penetrated the special shields in the hands of the Qing army, and then tore the soldiers behind to bloody pieces.

The Qing army miscalculated.

Rifles are not blunderbuss. Although the Type 90 carbine in the hands of the Jinyiwei special forces members has a shortened barrel and the muzzle velocity of the bullet is not as high as that of the Type 90 rifle, it can still easily penetrate a 100mm steel plate within a distance of 5 meters.

The shield in the hands of the Qing army obviously did not have the defensive capability of a steel plate thickness of 5 mm. (The use of compressed black powder increases the bullet chamber pressure, and its power is close to that of smokeless gunpowder, but it cannot be used for mortar propellant and can only be used for internal bullets or small-caliber fixed shells.)

In an instant, these Qing soldiers were beaten until their blood and flesh splattered, and they screamed repeatedly.

The Jinyiwei Special Forces are the first special forces formed under Emperor Zhu Da's personal order, and are also the first professional special forces in the world.

Each team member is an elite member selected from the Jinyi Guards. They are proficient in marksmanship, fighting, assassination, and blasting.

Although frontal offensive and defensive battles like the current one are overqualified for them, and the skills of the special operations team members cannot be perfectly displayed, they have no choice now.

But precisely because of this, the Qing army was unlucky!

The special forces members all had extremely accurate marksmanship, and the Qing troops were all crowded together, which led to the saying that there was no empty gun at all.

With every violent sound, one or even several Qing soldiers fell to the ground with blood splattered on them.

Seeing that the shields prepared to resist the Ming army's gunfire were ineffective, and the Ming army's muskets fired at an alarming rate, the green battalion officer who led the team turned green.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" He looked at the dead soldiers on the ground with a mournful face and shouted.

Obviously there were only 30 Ming troops on the city gate, but those 30 people killed and injured hundreds of them in just a few breaths!

The open space in front of Chengtianmen seems to have become a gate of hell. Those who dare to step forward have become dead souls. They can't even suppress them with bows and arrows!

"Run!"

The heavy shield in his hand was useless, and the surrounding colleagues were killed one after another, and the remaining Qing soldiers collapsed.

They dropped their shields and fled to the rear on hands and feet.

Under the gunfire of the special forces team members, these rolling Qing soldiers finally fled back to the rear of the residential areas outside the imperial city after leaving behind nearly 200 corpses.

"Is this what you said about Ming Junjun? Can he be destroyed easily?"

Rongfang stared dumbfoundedly at the Green Camp soldier who had escaped back and asked, pointing at the Green Camp General's nose.

"My Lord Governor, I have indeed underestimated the power of the Ming army's firearms. However, it is true that the Ming army has few soldiers. Please be patient, Lord Governor. I immediately organized men to attack from both sides of the city walls. The Ming army has few soldiers, even though he has sharp firearms. There’s no way to look after the entire section of the wall!”

Although nearly 200 people died, the Qing army general was more certain that the Ming army was not large in number, and he immediately reassured himself.

Rongfang didn't say much after hearing this, he just said sternly.

"After entering the city, burn down all the buildings immediately! The Emperor has ordered that not a single brick or tile be left to the Ming bandits!"

"Yes! Your lord!"

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After suffering the first big loss, the Qing army no longer dared to attack from the front of the city gate tower. They bypassed the city gate, found a large number of wooden rafts, and rowed directly across the moat, using flying rope hooks to climb up from the surrounding city walls. Climb.

This approach of the Qing army had almost no effect in a real siege except for killing people.

However, it achieved remarkable results despite the severe shortage of Ming army manpower.

The number of special forces members was too small, and it was impossible to defend such a long city wall, so they had to retreat.

However, when approaching the city wall, some team members set several trip mines at the exit of the city wall.

For special forces, isn't it normal practice to leave some good things for the enemy wherever they go?

After the Chengtian Gate was abandoned, the other three gates on the outer palace wall of the imperial city also encountered the same situation. After leaving some snacks, the special forces team also gave up the defense of the outer palace wall and all withdrew into the inner city. .

A few minutes later, accompanied by several explosions and scattered limbs and broken arms, the Qing army invaded the imperial city.

Of course, this is just the outer palace wall. If they want to burn down the imperial city, they have an inner palace wall in front of them.

Because of their previous experience, when they arrived at the inner palace wall, the Qing army repeated their old tricks and used a large number of flying rope hooks to fully attack the city wall. Again, they encountered almost no resistance and quickly entered successfully.

Then the Qing troops swarmed into the Meridian Gate and passed through the Fengtian Gate. Immediately, the Fengtianmen Square with an area of ​​more than [-] square meters appeared in front of them.

At this time, two city walls were abandoned in succession, and the special operations team members who had been waiting in this square for a long time finally opened fire.

"Fire!"

The captain of the special forces team issued the attack order in a cold voice.

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The intensive gunshots sounded like exploding beans, and the scythe of death swung towards them.

The Qing soldiers in the front row who had just stepped through the Heavenly Gate were instantly covered in blood mist. Under the strong impact of the bullets, they were knocked to the ground before they even had time to grunt.

Under the full attack of the special forces members, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

But having already reached this point, it is naturally impossible for the Qing army to retreat.

"You are not allowed to retreat! There are few soldiers in Ming Dynasty! Charge up and kill them all!"

"Kill one of the Ming soldiers, and you will be rewarded with twelve taels of silver and seventh-grade military merit!"

"Whoever kills a Ming army general will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and fourth-level military merit!"

The leading military officer of the Qing army shouted loudly that this was a promise he had obtained from before. He originally thought that it might not be used, but now that he saw that the Ming army was so powerful, if he did not give anything practical, he would be afraid of the outcome of the battle. It would be quite ugly.

When the Qing soldiers heard the general's promise, their eyes suddenly turned red.

10 taels of silver!That was already more than half a year's salary. What was even more attractive was the promise of military merit.

If a person has a seventh-grade military merit, they can become an officer as long as they kill two Ming soldiers!

Although he is a candidate, now Man Qingzheng and Daming are fighting to the death, and many people have died. Today, he caught the candidate, and maybe he will become a formal officer in a few days!

As long as you become an official, you will get everything you want, including money and women!And there are also those exaggerated thousand taels of silver and fourth-grade military merit!

The Qing army general's motivational speech had an obvious effect. The Qing army soldiers, who had been in chaos under the flying bullets, regained their morale in the next moment.

They stepped over the corpses of their companions under the dense rain of bullets, and rushed into the square desperately with low roars in their throats.

Although the Type 90 carbine in the hands of the special forces members has no rival in the current era in terms of rate of fire, it is still impossible to stop the Qing army's desperate charge.

Seeing the Qing army getting closer and closer, even some of our own soldiers were injured by the Qing army's bows and arrows.

Suddenly there was a roar in the air.

The Qing army general at the rear looked up curiously.

"What is that? How could there be such a big bird?"

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