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Text Chapter 219 The Destruction of the Qing Dynasty

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    "Here it comes, this day has finally come!" Empress Dowager Cixi sat slumped on the chair, completely losing her mind.

    "Boom!" At this time, a huge explosion suddenly came, and then, the continuous explosions resounded throughout the capital.  Obviously, the attack of the Western Sichuan Army has begun, and artillery is now being mobilized to storm the walls of the capital.

    "Go and tell Fengshan that you must hold on no matter what, and you must not let the Western Sichuan Army attack!" Prince Gong Yixin saw that the Empress Dowager Cixi had lost her mind and quickly ordered, not caring about overstepping at this time.

    "Yes, Your Highness the Guard!" The guard immediately ran out of the Jinluan Palace and headed towards Guang'an Gate to deliver the order.

    "Lord Buddha, the Western Sichuan Army has begun to attack. I'm afraid we have to make plans early!" Prince Gong Yixin said.  Although there are still 100,000 new troops in the capital city, these are the remnants of the defeated troops who were defeated by the Japanese last year. No one can tell how effective they can be.  However, the only thing that is certain is that these people will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.

    "What else can you plan?" The Empress Dowager Cixi was no longer as ruthless as before, looking like a dying old woman.

    "Back to Lafayette, even if the Qing Dynasty is about to fall, we still have to protect the interests of the Manchus! We can abdicate and give the country to Western Sichuan, but they have to protect the interests of the Manchus. Otherwise, once the city is destroyed,  We Manchus will definitely be massacred by the bandits in western Sichuan!" Prince Gong Yixin had no choice but to bite the bullet and said.  It is obvious that this broken ship of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties will be silenced soon, but those of them who are on the ship do not want to die yet, they have to find a way out for themselves!

    "Yes, Lafayette. We are negotiating peace with Western Sichuan. It's a big deal that we don't want the throne, but we must make Western Sichuan not kill our Manchurian people at will!" Prince Su Shanqi also said quickly.

    "Lafayette, I also agree with the views of the two princes. It is no one's fault that the Qing Dynasty has reached this point. It can only be said that God wants to destroy the Qing Dynasty. However, we must strive for the interests of the Manchus as much as possible.  Ah! We can't let the Qing Dynasty fall and let millions of Manchus suffer along with it!" Prince Li Shiduo also said.  At this time, any loyalty to the country is false, and your own interests are the first priority.

    "Alas! You can do whatever you want, I'm tired of the family!" Empress Dowager Cixi sighed, as if she had aged a lot.  She stood up from the chair and returned to the harem with Li Lianying's support.

    "Princes, what should I do? Please come up with a charter! Now we all have to look at the princes to make the decision!" As soon as the Empress Dowager Cixi left, the remaining Manchu ministers immediately gathered around.

    "The most important thing now is to send people to negotiate with Western Sichuan to stop their attack. Otherwise, once the city is broken, it will be too late!" Prince Su Shanqi said.

    "There is no charter? Then how can we negotiate with Western Sichuan? Can't we just let them raise the price?" Prince Gong Yixin said with some dissatisfaction.

    "Prince Gong! Are we still qualified to negotiate conditions with Western Sichuan? As long as Western Sichuan can promise to save our wealth and lives, then everything can be agreed!" Prince Li Shiduo said.  What he fears most is that Western Sichuan is eyeing the wealth of the Manchu dignitaries.  You don¡¯t have to be an official, you can lose your title, but if you also lose your family property, it¡¯s completely over.

    Other people also put forward their own opinions.  The entire Jinluan Palace turned into a vegetable market in an instant.

    At this time, the Western Sichuan Army outside Guang'an Gate was preparing artillery fire before the attack.  More than a hundred cannons launched an indiscriminate bombardment on the west wall of the capital.  The top of the city had long been shrouded in gunpowder smoke, and the Manchu New Army soldiers were holding their heads under the city wall, shivering.  The city wall of Guang'anmen has once again been blocked by huge rocks to prevent the Western Sichuan Army from entering the city.

    "The walls of the capital are too thick and difficult to break through." Behind the Western Sichuan Army's position, a middle-aged general in his forties said. He was none other than Wei Xiang, the commander of the 12th Division.

    "Of course, otherwise the young marshal would have captured the capital four years ago. We would have unified the country by then. There would be no need to wait until this time!" said another middle-aged man, who was the twentieth  Su Hongguang, commander of the Second Division.  He was originally the commander of the Eighth Brigade of the Western Sichuan Army, but after winning the battle in the Sino-British border conflict and taking advantage of the expansion of the army, he was promoted from brigadier general to major general division commander in one fell swoop.  And there was no need to garrison the plateau anymore, and instead participated in the war against the Manchus.

    "It's fortunate that this is the case, otherwise, how could we have gotten this great achievement?" Du Qizheng, commander of the 23rd Division, also said.  He was also the original commander of the ninth brigade. After the army was expanded,, who was just promoted to commander of the 23rd Division.

    "Haha! Yes! Taking down the capital is a great achievement. We can't let the commander down! The commander has an order to capture the capital within three days, then reinforce Shanhaiguan and fight the Japanese devils. They were defeated on the plateau that year.  To defeat the British, we must defeat the Japanese this time without our division!" Su Hongguang, commander of the 22nd Division, laughed.

    The entire capital was trembling under the artillery fire of the Western Sichuan Army.  However, the Western Sichuan Army's artillery bombardment was always controlled near Guang'anmen and did not extend inward.  Among Wang Yuze's orders was to protect the ancient buildings of the capital as much as possible.  Of course, the walls are no longer protected.  The city wall has seriously hindered the development of the city. Even if it is preserved now, it will be demolished when Western Sichuan takes over the capital.

    Half an hour later, the Western Sichuan Army began to charge.  Because the city gate was blocked, they could only adopt ancient engineering methods and use ladders to attack the city.  Behind them, a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars have been set up less than two hundred meters away from the city wall of the Lijing Division. They will provide the most direct fire support for the attacking troops.

    "Get up quickly, the bombardment of the rebels has stopped, they are about to start attacking!" In the capital city, officers of the Manchu and Qing Army at all levels began to shout, and drove the soldiers up the city wall like cattle to resist the Western Sichuan Army.  attack.

    On the city wall, ladders have been set up one after another, and the soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army began to climb up the city wall crazily.  At this time, the Manchu Qing's new army also rushed to the city wall, preparing to block the attack of the Western Sichuan Army.

    "Ta-ta-ta!" The heavy machine guns in the rear rang out, and rows of disciples swept towards the top of the city, knocking down a large number of the Manchu troops.  The mortars also started bombarding, accurately sending the shells to the top of the city, and the bombs knocked down the soldiers of the new Qing army.  The morale that had finally been boosted disappeared once again, and those who survived ran towards the bottom of the city wall in embarrassment, regardless of the officers' scoldings.

    Soon, the first batch of soldiers climbed onto the city wall. They used their rifles and pistols to attack the Qing troops on the city wall.  In order to enhance the firepower of the offensive troops, the Western Sichuan Army specially equipped the first batch of troops with pistols.  The standard pistol equipped by the army in western Sichuan is a 7.92 mm caliber pistol copied from the Mauser pistol. It has high lethality and an eight-round ammunition capacity, making it powerful in close combat.  Especially the soldiers of this first batch of battalions are each equipped with not only one magazine, which makes their attack power even more powerful.

    As more and more soldiers from the Western Sichuan Army attacked the city wall, and weapons such as heavy machine guns and mortars were also moved onto the city wall, the Qing army finally collapsed and Guang'anmen fell into the control of the Western Sichuan Army.

    Subsequently, the Western Sichuan Army used internal blasting to clear away all the boulders blocking the city gate and opened the city gate.  A large number of Western Sichuan troops invaded the capital.  The First Cavalry Corps of the Western Sichuan Army, which had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed into the city on horseback.  The horses galloped and the sabers were sharp. The Qing army simply could not resist it.  After being defeated like a mountain, one hundred thousand new troops with low morale either surrendered or simply threw away their weapons, took off their uniforms and fled for their lives.  The Western Sichuan Army captured the entire capital with extremely weak casualties.

    "Quick, quick, surround the Forbidden City. The division commander has ordered to seal off the entire Forbidden City. No one is allowed to enter or leave without authorization!" The soldiers of the Western Sichuan Army ran wildly in the capital.  A regiment of troops headed straight for the Forbidden City.  They will take on the task of protecting the Forbidden City.

    At the same time, a large number of troops went to the mansions of various nobles in the Qing Dynasty. These nobles were placed under house arrest first and then screened after the war. Most of their properties would also be confiscated.  If a Manchu dignitary with a good reputation can return a certain amount of property.

    The many Manchu dignitaries who were quarreling in the Jinluan Palace did not expect that the Western Sichuan Army invaded the capital so quickly. This frightened them so much that they could no longer care about the argument and immediately escaped from the Forbidden City.  Some dignitaries ran home, while others went directly to Dongjiaomin Lane and asked for protection from foreign embassies, but more people went to Prince Ding's Mansion.  Pu Xu, the Ding Prince, is the father-in-law of the Marshal of Western Sichuan. Soldiers from Western Sichuan will never attack the Ding Prince's palace!  Where is the safest place in the entire capital.

    After a day of fighting, the Western Sichuan Army took control of the entire capital.  Most of the Qing's new troops were captured, and a small number had fled and could no longer pose a threat to the Western Sichuan Army.

    The big and small dignitaries of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are basically under house arrest. They will be temporarily under custody, waiting for processing by Western Sichuan.  At the same time, Western Sichuan also sent troops to surround Dongjiao Minxiang to prevent more Manchu dignitaries from hiding there.

    In the Forbidden City, at the moment when the city was breached, Empress Dowager Cixi committed suicide by drinking poisonous wine.  Before that, she had already sent Emperor Guangxu to death.  It was also from this moment that the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had existed for 255 years, officially perished, and China would enterA new era.

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