Chapter 1032: 1033 pig teammates
Chapter 1032 1033 Pig teammates
Zhao Jie was a little surprised. What was surprising was that he really didn't expect that Zhao Ji would have such courage to fight back from the Hezhe front line!
To be honest, this was a change that Zhao Jie did not expect, because the troops in his hands were really not enough to deal with the double-sided attack by the two forces.
Li Mingshun's troops in the city were originally larger than Zhao Jie's, so it was actually impossible for Zhao Jie's troops to enter the city and close the city gates to wait for reinforcements.
Zhao Jie's only support was the southern field troops drawn from the direction of Shanchong who were coming in a steady stream from behind him.
But what Zhao Jie has, Zhao Ji also has! The troops brought out from Hezhe were said to be at least 300,000. Counting the garrisons of Xiajuan and Dongqing, Zhao Ji was able to collect almost 400,000 troops along the way!
Although Zhao Ji is still at a disadvantage in terms of total military strength, these troops do exist, and Zhao Jie must of course defend them.
The most annoying thing is that Zhao Jie was unable to calculate Zhao Ji's accurate troop strength: according to normal people's approach, Zhao Ji must leave enough troops to defend the Xiajuan area to prevent Fengjiang's army from attacking Xiajuan City.
But this is the thinking of normal people! Who in the right mind would give up He Zhe and leave Zhao Chen's 800,000 troops in Fengjiang?
So maybe, Zhao Ji will really call all the troops back like a madman, so Zhao Jie must calculate the troops that Zhao Ji can use based on the total troops that Zhao Ji has in hand!
How many troops does Zhao Jie have? He has about 1.1 million field troops! Yes, it's more than what Zhao Chen has in his hand.
These troops were originally used in the direction of the mountain rush, preparing to recapture the light. But Zhao Jie did not devote the main force to the fierce attack on Guiguang. He had been conserving his strength.
However, he, Zhao Jie, is not Zhao Ji. He cannot ignore the Shanchong defense line and mobilize all the troops to participate in the battle to seize the imperial capital.
In order to ensure that there would be no problems with Shan Chong's basic base, Zhao Jie left an army of 500,000 in Shan Chong and gave it to his trusted generals to command.
At the same time, he must also allocate troops to control Jutian and Pingfeng: these places are his transportation thoroughfares and grain-producing areas, and he must control them.
If he does not maintain troops in these areas, the only way to reach the imperial capital from Shanshan is Dongqing. This road has now been blocked by Zhao Ji.
After calculation, Zhao Jie immediately mobilized the troops to support the imperial capital. In fact, there were only 10 divisions, about 150,000 people.
Most of these troops are on the way, because it is impossible for Zhao Jie to mobilize so many troops to go to the imperial capital unknowingly, so they are still one or two days away from the imperial capital.
Zhao Ji is actually in the same situation: he cannot transfer all the frontline troops to the imperial capital, and there is only so much railway transportation capacity, so the troops he can use to reach the outskirts of the imperial capital are actually less than 3,000 troops!
Things immediately became interesting: Zhao Jie and Zhao Ji's troops were both heading towards the imperial capital in a steady stream. In terms of combat effectiveness, Zhao Jie's troops were higher, and in terms of military strength, Zhao Ji seemed to have more troops.
After all, Li Mingshun in the imperial capital and the Dahua Army in the northwest directions all supported Zhao Ji by default, so Zhao Jie's situation was quite unfavorable.
If he attacks with too few troops, he is simply asking for death.
But if he retreats and gives way to the south gate, then Li Mingshun will join Zhao Ji and drive Zhao Jie's troops out of the imperial capital! When Zhao Ji has the banner of righteousness and Li Mingshun, who is capable of fighting, to command the battle, Zhao Jie will almost be done with it.
Hence, after thinking about it, Zhao Jie felt that he could not retreat no matter what! He must stick to this place and stop Li Mingshun from joining Zhao Ji at all costs.
In fact, he made the right bet: Zhao Ji actually did not have many troops in his hands. He kept the main force at the lower end to prevent his retreat from being blocked by others.
The whole thing is like this: Zhao Ji actually wanted to wait for Zhao Chen to retreat to Hezhe, and then he would lead his troops back to the imperial capital. But when he suddenly heard the news that Zhao Kai was seriously ill, Zhao Ji panicked.
He felt that it was too late to wait for Zhao Chen in Hezhe, so he led his troops and hurried towards Xiajuan! Before he even got off the reins, he suddenly realized a serious problem: the troops were advancing too slowly.
In the panic, Zhao Ji had many new thoughts in his mind: Although Zhao Chen still had 800,000 troops in the encirclement, what if the Fengjiang army that occupied Hezhe attacked westward and caught up with him? ?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Ji left most of the troops behind in case of unexpected events. In fact, he could have left the troops in Hezhe and led the others first, but he never thought of this at the time!
He felt that he did not wait for Zhao Chen because he was afraid that Zhao Chen would not listen to his instructions or provide him with support after he retreated to Hezhe, causing him to lose in the battle with Zhao Jie to seize the throne.
But this was all something he thought about afterward. When he led his troops back to Xiajuan, he just had a feverish mind and couldn't wait to return to the imperial capital to seize power. He was also preparing to sell Zhao Chen to reduce the variables in his own seizure of power. When Zhao Ji was about to return to the imperial capital, he realized that there was actually a variable behind Zhao Chen that posed the greatest threat to him in seizing power: Zhao Yu! That's right, it's Zhao Yu!
Zhao Yu is also a prince, and in terms of status, he is also qualified to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. At the same time, look at the map now. There is support from the big boss, an actual control area, and a large army. Isn't it Zhao Yu?
What is even more frightening is that Zhao Yu still has widespread support in the court and among the people. He is indeed a greater threat than Zhao Jie!
So the frightened Zhao Ji gave up the idea of dispatching troops from Xiajian to return to the imperial capital. He led 3,000 elite troops to the outskirts of the imperial capital in a mighty manner.
At this time, there was still fierce fighting in the imperial capital. Zhao Jie gained the support of the nobles in the city and actually fought a back and forth with Li Mingshun, who had an obvious advantage in military strength.
Zhao Jie, who thought he was at a disadvantage, was already very nervous. As a result, he suddenly heard two pieces of bad news while commanding the battle.
"What did you say? What do you mean that the whereabouts of Wang Yucai, the minister of household affairs, and his family are missing? Doesn't he live in the south of the city?" Zhao Jie pointed at the map with his finger and angrily asked the confidant who went to find the person.
The confidant was actually very wronged, and replied mournfully: "Your Majesty! I went there in person, but the place was already empty, and all the valuable things had been moved away!"
"Huh?" After hearing what his subordinate said, Zhao Jie believed it. Based on his understanding of his subordinates, if there are valuable things, he will definitely not mention them...
Where has the person gone? Originally, Zhao Jie wanted to find Wang Yucai and use coercion and inducement to get the Minister of Household Affairs to support him.
Coupled with the fact that he knew Zhou Qiang as a wallflower, there was no way he could build a court like that.
But now, Zhou Qiang is no longer mentioned, and Wang Yucai in the south of the city is missing. Zhao Jie smells a conspiracy. Who was he plotting against? Or is it that the other party is planning to plot against someone else?
Just as he was thinking about what was going on, news came from the airport outside the city that a force was attacking them, under the banner of the Prince's Guards.
At this time, Zhao Jie had no time to think about other issues. He immediately ordered several nobles to lead a battalion of troops to rush to the airport. In order to prevent these nobles from defecting temporarily, he also arranged for his confidants to follow with a company to help out.
The battle lasted all day, and by night Zhao Jie's troops had been compressed by Li Mingshun near the south gate of the imperial capital, defending with the help of several blocks of barriers.
The battle outside the city did not go well either. The Prince's Guards still had some fighting capacity, much stronger than the private armies of the nobles. The two sides fought fiercely until nightfall, and almost everything they could lose at the airport was lost.
All the planes parked at the airport were blown up, and the towers were blasted into ruins and used as a small high ground.
Relying on the anti-aircraft guns to the west, the defenders have stabilized their position, but they have few troops and limited artillery shells, and they urgently need support.
Where does Zhao Jie have the troops to support them: the fighting in the city has heated up, and all his own guards have gone to the front line, leaving only seven or eight guards to protect the headquarters.
But early the next morning, the situation suddenly changed: a reinforcement force from Zhao Jie arrived and joined the battle. This new force defeated Zhao Ji's crown prince's guard outside the city, thus eliminating the risk of Zhao Jie being encircled.
Zhao Ji was unwilling to accept the defeat and launched another attack. It's just that the Prince's Guards, who had experienced a rout, were even more defeated. This time they were defeated again without even seeing the airport.
Zhao Jie, who had received support, also stabilized his position in the city. He mobilized his troops and launched a counterattack, which made Li Mingshun a little surprised: Isn't there Zhao Chen helping Zhao Ji? Why did he play so badly?
As a result, he checked carefully and found out that Zhao Ji had sold Zhao Chen... The foreign aid that was supposed to arrive faster was no longer there!
Li Mingshun was so angry that he almost vomited blood: he had seen stupid people and stupid people, but he had never seen such an outstanding genius as Zhao Ji.
Now he knows how much pressure Feng Kezhi, Qian Jinhang... and Zhao Chen are fighting under!
It doesn’t matter that the enemy is extremely powerful, the key is that our own people have to dig holes and cause chaos for our own people! Who can bear this? Who can withstand this?
Fortunately, I have served as the commander of the city guard in the imperial capital for these years. If I were released, I would end up like Qian Jinhang and Feng Kezhi if I couldn't protect myself.
Thinking about it, it’s really frustrating: The empire has reached this point, and it actually elected such a worthless prince as the emperor. It’s sad... It’s really sad!
Sighed and shook his head, Li Mingshun knew that he still had to continue fighting, he still had an advantage! As long as he is still alive, as long as he has one breath left! We must protect the Dahua River and Mountains left by the late Emperor Zhao Kai!
"Here comes someone! Send a telegram to the heavy artillery regiment! Aim at the top of the South Gate city! Fire!" Li Mingshun, who could no longer care about anything else, ordered through gritted teeth.
(End of this chapter)