Chapter 362 Kong Youde's Death
Although the Daxi Army also used bird guns, whether it was bird guns or turtledove guns, they were all muskets with bayonets. Compared with the Qing army's bird guns without bayonets, the equipment of bayonets not only gave the muskets the ability to fight in close combat, but most importantly, it gave the muskets the courage to shoot at close range.
With a bayonet, a musket can be close to thirty or even twenty steps before firing. But without a bayonet, when soldiers face the enemy's hand-to-hand combat, they are afraid of not having the ability to protect themselves after being close to each other, and often cause panic to fire too early. With the pitiful accuracy of the smoothbore gun, firing too early is a waste of ammunition.
Musketeers who do not have bayonets are useless even if they have waist knives or even Miao knives, because when fighting in close combat, they must first throw away the musketeers and draw the knives. And musketeers who use waist knives or Miao knives are not sword players after all. Soldiers with one-handed knives will definitely not beat sword players with shields, nor can they beat sword players with long weapons.
The bird gun and the turtle dove gun are different when paired with bayonets. The bird gun and the bayonets become a short spear. The player with the same sword will have the power to fight and can even resist the impact of cavalry. The turtle dove gun and a long wide-blade bayonet are equivalent to a long-handled big sword. Although the turtle dove gun weighing 20 kilograms is a bit heavy, the power of chopping is still quite strong.
With bayonets, musket soldiers can approach the enemy calmly, shoot bullets at close range, and then hold a bayonet with a bayonet to attack the enemy.
The musketeers of the Daxi Army fired at close range, and a row of guns shot over. The Qing soldiers within twenty to thirty steps screamed and fell down a large area. Then the musketeers started a hand-to-hand battle with the Qing army who rushed in front of them.
At the same time, the bird gunners in the back row began to load bullets, and the Daxi sabre player and the spearmen behind also rushed forward. The two sides launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat. During the hand-to-hand combat, the bird gunners in the back row completed loading under the cover of their comrades, and accurately shot the Qing soldiers at close range.
Within more than ten steps, the bird gun still has a very high accuracy, basically referring to wherever it is.
The fierce attacks of the Daxi Army on the gap continued, and the Qing army could not resist them at all. The first batch of Daxi Army soldiers who rushed into the gap were all elite veterans, and their combat effectiveness was not inferior to that of Kong Youde's Eight Banners Han Army. In addition, the firearms were advanced than their opponents, and the Qing army at the gap was beaten backwards, so they could not block the gap at all.
In fact, in the original time and space, Li Dingguo's Western Army was very powerful, otherwise how could it be a record of forcing Kong Youde to death and killing Nikan?
Originally, the Ming army had an advantage over Kong Youde in terms of number of people. As the gap was constantly torn open and widened, more and more Ming army rushed into the city.
The city gate was opened by the Ming army. Feng Shuangli, Bai Wenxuan and other powerful generals personally led the Daxi cavalry into the city. The cavalry trampled through the block, leaving behind incomplete Qing soldiers along the way.
"Your Majesty, you can't stop it!" The Goshhas and others broke into Kong Youde's palace with a sad face.
"Your Majesty, Andingmen has been broken by the thief army!" A Geshha broke in.
"Your Majesty, Yongning and others were also captured by the thief army!" Another Goshha rolled and crawled in.
"Prince, something is wrong, Anyuan Gate has also been lost, and the bandits have flocked into the city!" Another person came to report.
Sun Long and Wu Guoan knelt on the ground and advised, "Prince, keep the green mountains and don't worry about the lack of firewood. Let's break through the Chaoyang Gate as soon as possible. Just break out and make plans later."
Kong Youde sneered: "You can't see that the obvious plan of three sieges and one siege? If we break out from Ximen, we will inevitably be killed by the thief army behind the back. How many people can run to Shanxi alive?"
"Prince, let's save our lives first." Sun Long persuaded him hard.
Kong Youde lamented: "Even if we can save our lives, all the brothers around us will die. Can the court still use us? Instead of escaping back to the capital and being humiliated, it is better to fight the thief army to the death!"
The Qing army organized people and launched a fierce street battle with the Ming army in Xi'an City. However, the Qing army was obviously no match for the Daxi Army. The Daxi Army that invaded the city advanced one by one in the streets in the city and gradually destroyed the Qing army. After a whole day of fierce fighting, the Qing army either died in battle or surrendered. When it was dark, there was only one Dingnan Prince's Mansion left.
"Li Dingguo's son, I would rather die than surrender! I am not a slave of the three surnames like Wu Sangui!" Kong Youde's scream of hoarseness sounded in the Dingnan Prince's Mansion.
The fire in the Dingnan Prince's Mansion soared into the sky, Kong Youde roared and roared in the sea of fire, and finally gradually fell into the sea of fire.
When the Daxi Army attacked the royal palace, Kong Youde had already burned it to charcoal, Kong Youde's wife had already committed suicide by hanging herself on the beam, and the Daxi Army only captured Kong Youde's young son.
Li Dingguo only glanced at Kong Youde's son: "You have asked your father to surrender long ago, but he resisted stubbornly! Since he is dead, then you go down and accompany him!"
After saying that, Li Dingguo was about to order the knife and axe to push Kong Youde's son out to behead him, but Chen Zilong shouted: "Hare you wait!"
Li Dingguodao: "If you cut the grass, you must eradicate the roots. Kong Youde is stubborn and seeks death if he keeps this boy, I am afraid that this boy will seek revenge when he grows up."
Chen Zilong advised: "Mr. Marquis, my national policy of the Ming Dynasty is not limited to the land of China, but is in the whole world. His Majesty originally planned to surrender Kong Youde, so he could open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, this thief was stubborn and would rather commit suicide than surrender to our Ming Dynasty. Now that Sun Long and Ai Guoan have been captured by our army, we can hand over Kong Youde's son to them and then release them."
"Isn't this letting the tiger return to the mountain?" Li Dingguo was shocked.
Chen Zilong laughed: "Mr. Marquis, if the loyal and brave army of waiters does not come to Yanjing, they will be able to recover the capital soon! Even if the son of Kong Youde and the others are left behind, can they become a climate? Marquis might as well be a good person and put them all back, which will also fulfill my reputation as a benevolent person."
Sun Long had already died in the chaos, but Wu Guoan committed suicide but was unable to be captured by the Ming army.
Li Dingguo thought about it and felt that since Chen Zilong said so, he must have received the imperial edict, so he ordered Kong Tingxun to be released. Then Liu Guoan and others were taken up.
"Release the bondage for General Wu!" Li Dingguo shouted.
The surrounding soldiers stepped forward and loosened the rope for Li Guoan.
Who knew that Wu Guoan was not grateful and cursed: "Rebel thief, my lord has died in his country, so don't even want to ask me to surrender you!"
Li Dingguo laughed loudly and pointed at Kong Tingxun who was standing aside and said to Li Guoan: "This child is the orphan of Dingnan King. I hope General Li will take his child back to Yanjing and raise the child in the future."
When Li Guoan turned around, he saw that the boy standing next to him was Kong Tingxun. He hugged the child and cried bitterly. After a while, Li Guoan asked, "Why did General Li let us go back to Yanjing?"
Li Dingguo Dao: "The army of loyal and brave waiters has arrived near Yanjing. If nothing unexpected happens, the pseudo-request of the little emperor Shunzhi may have already surrendered to our Ming Dynasty. So let you go back, so it is also easy to assist the Qing Dynasty in expeditions westward and expand its territory. Since the Qing Dynasty has surrendered, isn't it equivalent to expanding its territory for our Ming Dynasty?"
Afterwards, Li Dingguo ordered the release of Li Guoan, Kong Tingxun and more than 1,000 Tianyou soldiers and let them go back to Yanjing, but the more than 10,000 green camp soldiers captured were kept by Li Dingguo.
Chapter completed!