After Liu Yu returned to the Forbidden City, he no longer cared about the battle on the city wall.
With the royal guards guarding the city walls, it was foolproof. With Dorgon's troops, it was impossible to break through Beijing.
In the battle to defend the capital, the strength of the grade-9 imperial guards had doubled. Every soldier was equivalent to a third-rate general.
Fifty thousand third-rate generals, impenetrable armor, and indestructible walls.
Unless these royal guards were hit by a cannonball, they would not be injured.
Under such circumstances, Liu Yu would not waste his time thinking about the battle on the city wall.
Before he went to bed at night, Liu Yu received a notification from the system.
The imperial guards led by Chen Cheng had also arrived at the Qing Yuan of Baoding Prefecture.
Through the system, Liu Yu gave Chen Cheng the order to station his troops. They would attack the city tomorrow morning.
When Chen Cheng took down Qingyuan and killed Li Zicheng, he would bring his men back and kill Dorgon. That would be the time to completely finish him off.
"After we kill Dorgon and pacify the north, we will choose a beautiful woman to enter the palace.
It was really cold to sleep alone.”
Liu Yu lay on the bed alone and muttered to himself. Soon, he fell asleep.
In his dream, he seemed to hear the roar of artillery fire.
However, he didn't care. He turned over, changed his position, and continued sleeping.
In fact, the sound of artillery fire was real. Dorgon, who was outside the city, saw that the soldiers could not occupy the city wall no matter what and ordered the artillery fire in a fit of anger.
In the end, nothing happened to the city wall. On the contrary, the soldiers attacking the city did not dare to continue.
This was because the cannonballs did not kill many of the royal guards, but they killed many of the soldiers who were attacking the city.
This time, morale was completely gone, and there was no way to continue fighting.
Dorgon furiously beheaded a few people. In the end, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and order a retreat.
The next day, Liu Yu woke up from his sleep.
"I slept really well."
He got up and washed up. As he ate breakfast, he asked about the battle situation last night.
"5 dead, 23 injured, 4700 killed. Not bad.”
After Liu Yu heard the battle report from last night, he nodded in satisfaction and no longer cared about this matter.
"Have Mo Gong Palace and Hundred Craftsmen Palace been built?”
"My lord, the two great halls will need more than four hours to be completed.”
Liu Yu nodded and said,"Yes. After Craftsmen Palace is built, we will immediately recruit craftsmen in the city and start operating Craftsmen Palace."”
"Yes, my lord."
After the meal, Liu Yu had nothing else to do, so he sank into the system.
"Chen Cheng, organize the soldiers to attack the city. Before noon today, take down Qing Yuan and kill Li Zicheng.”Liu Yu ordered Chen Cheng through the system.
"Yes, my lord."
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In the military camp outside Qingyuan City of Baoding Prefecture, Chen Cheng received Liu Yu's order and immediately began to gather his troops.
"General, 34,000 soldiers have gathered.”
The original 50,000 strong army had reached Qingyuan City, leaving only 34,000 people.
The remaining soldiers didn't die in battle. They stayed behind to defend the city and maintain order in the counties.
Although there weren't many soldiers left in each county, some counties left 1000 soldiers, and some counties left 2000 soldiers.
However, from Beijing to Qingyuan, they had passed through more than a dozen county cities. Each county city had a group of soldiers left behind, which added up to quite a number.
However, these 34,000 people were more than enough to capture Qingyuan City.
"The lord has ordered us to take down Qing Yuan before noon.”Chen Cheng said.
"I'm willing to die for my lord." The soldiers roared.
"Let's go and attack the city." Chen Cheng ordered.
There was no pre-battle mobilization. Liu Yu's orders were their code of conduct.
Soon, 34,000 soldiers arrived outside Qingyuan City.
Chen Cheng left 5000 soldiers to wait at the rear while the remaining 28,000 soldiers attacked the city from the four walls. Each wall had 7000 soldiers.
Li Zicheng stood in the city tower of Qingyuan City and looked at the Royal Guards in front of him.
"The cavalry isn't riding horses and is attacking the city in a square formation. I'm afraid this general who is attacking the city is out of his mind.”
Li Zicheng said disdainfully. He had never seen such a brainless enemy.
From the armor worn by the Royal Guards, one could tell that this army was definitely an elite force.
In the end, the enemy's general was a fool.
Asking the elite cavalry to dismount and attack the city like infantry was simply the biggest joke in the world.
"Your Majesty, it is Your Majesty's fortune that the enemy is so foolish.
It was probably because the heavens saw that His Majesty did not have a horse, so they sent the enemy to send the horse up.”Liu Zongmin said.
Liu Zongmin, who was beside Li Zicheng, started to suck up to him crazily.
"Hahaha…Jie Xuan is right.”
Li Zicheng laughed loudly as if the horses outside the city were already in his pocket.
Indeed, Li Zicheng wasn't worried at all.
There were 80,000 soldiers in the city and all the equipment needed to defend the city. There was no need to worry about whether Qing Yuan could be defended.
Li Zicheng had already begun to imagine that with these horses, he could form an elite cavalry that could completely compete with the cavalry of the Manchu Eight Banners.
At that time, he would lead his troops south, and the entire world would fall into his hands.
On the city tower, a group of higher-ups of Great Shun were flattering Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was also fantasizing about himself.
However, the next moment, the Royal Guards began to attack the city. Their smug expressions instantly froze.
The Royal Guards crossed the moat and ignored the rain of arrows above them, directly placing the ladders on the city wall.
After the ladders were set up, the Royal Guards at the back rushed up the city wall in three to five steps.
(The ancient city walls were really not high, especially the walls of a city like Qingyuan. The city wall of the Tang Dynasty was only 6 meters high, and the city wall of Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty was only 12 meters high. The city walls of Qingyuan City were at most seven meters long, equivalent to a modern two-and-a-half-story building. They were not as tall as the city walls in movies and dramas.
The Royal Guards waved their spears and instantly wiped out the city guards around the city wall.
After occupying a corner of the city wall, the Royal Guards behind them rushed up the wall and began to suppress the city guards.
"How…how is this possible? How can the enemy be so powerful?"
Li Zicheng was dumbfounded.
The higher-ups of Great Shun were also dumbfounded.
In less than a minute, the royal guards rushed up the city wall and began to suppress the city guards.
It was already very respectful to say that he was suppressing them. It was completely crushing them. The combat strength of both sides was not on the same level.
The city guards did not have time to react. The golden liquid prepared on the city wall had not even been poured down before the city wall was occupied by the royal guards.
"Your Majesty, quickly escape. Qing Yuan can't be defended anymore.”
"Go, go, go. Inform the imperial guards to open the western city gate. We will break out of the western city gate.”
Li Zicheng and the others reacted from their daze and ran down the city tower in a panic, wanting to escape.
However, where could he run to? Chen Cheng had already set his eyes on Li Zicheng.
"The lord has ordered us to capture Li Zicheng.”
Chen Cheng roared and led the Royal Guards down from the city wall, quickly charging towards Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng's guards wanted to stop him, but they were no match for a first-rate general like Chen Cheng and the royal guards behind him.
Mowing grass was unparalleled!
Chen Cheng charged forward and mowed the grass along the way. Soon, he caught up to Li Zicheng.
With a wave of the spear in his hand, he directly broke the horse leg under Li Zicheng's crotch, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Li Zicheng, give the order to surrender!"
Chen Cheng pointed his spear at Li Zicheng's neck and said coldly.
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