Chapter 1034: 1035 people left the building empty
Chapter 1034 1035 people left the building empty
Emperor Hua has not experienced such a disaster for many years: first he was hit by two ballistic missiles and almost killed the emperor, and now there was another cannon fire.
For the civilians living in the imperial capital, the past year or so has been truly troubled. They have experienced more stories than the past two hundred years combined.
“Why are you still firing?” Some civilians gathered in the north of the city looked at the plumes of smoke rising in the distance in horror, and asked nervously.
“Who knows? It was just gunshots before, but now it’s better, even cannons are used.” Another civilian also had a nervous look on his face.
You are kidding, this is the imperial capital! If it's not safe here, where else is safe in the world?
"Who knows what happened in the south of the city?" Some people were still curious to inquire. They really wanted to know what the fight was like in the south of the imperial capital.
While they were talking, a car full of soldiers rushed through the street in front of them, followed by a second and a third.
These soldiers were all soldiers transferred into the city from outside the city. At the same time, Li Mingshun's 150mm heavy artillery unit deployed outside the city was firing towards the south of the city. Almost 200 rounds of artillery shells had been fired so far.
At the beginning, everyone was still panicking, but gradually, everyone found that the impact points of the shells were concentrated in the south of the city, and they felt relieved.
Zhao Jie's side rushed in lightly and did not carry heavy artillery, so there was no way to fight back. They could only let Li Mingshun's troops open fire, blowing up the block they were holding onto into rubble.
Li Mingshun is mobilizing troops and generals. He must solve Zhao Jie's trouble before more support from Zhao Jie arrives.
Outside the city, there is basically no hope for Zhao Ji. Compared with Zhao Jie, who is good at fighting, the prince Zhao Ji is just an embroidered pillow, and at best he can only be regarded as a straw bag.
His command level is not as good as Zhao Jie's, and the troops in his hands may not be as good as Zhao Jie's: those so-called elite prince guards are usually good at scaring people, but there is still a certain gap between them and the field troops in actual fighting.
So Zhao Ji's raid on the airport actually failed. However, what neither Zhao Ji nor Li Mingshun expected was that their fierce battle at the airport to the south actually had a certain effect.
Zhao Jie prepared dozens of DC-3 transport planes to fly some soldiers over to participate in the war. Unfortunately, these planes had no way to land because the airport had been destroyed in the battle.
Dozens of DC-3s had to make an emergency landing because they ran out of fuel. Not a single soldier left inside was left after the emergency landing. Basically, the entire army was wiped out.
Zhao Jie lost at least 500 men inexplicably, which made the troops in his hands even more valuable. He had no way to attack, so he could only stick to the southern area of the city and fight positional battles with Li Mingshun in the city.
Due to the lack of troops, Zhao Jie had no other choice. His strength did not support his ambitions. He could only hold on temporarily to ensure that Zhao Ji and Li Mingshun would not merge and pose a greater threat to him.
In fact, Zhao Ji had a better choice at this time: he could make a big circle, take the northeast direction, bypass the periphery of the imperial capital, and join Li Mingshun.
This is actually the simplest and safest way. It's just that Zhao Ji is unwilling to give in. He feels that this choice wastes Zhao Jie's advantageous status of attacking from both sides.
As the battle continued, Zhao Ji became more and more inclined to join up with Li Mingshun after consecutive defeats. He felt that the troops around him were too thin, which made him very unsafe.
In addition, the 10,000 troops he mobilized from Dongqing moved very slowly. In fact, the so-called two-sided attack was actually bankrupted by Zhao Ji's own efforts.
So, on this night, Zhao Ji led the remaining troops in his hands and began to move northeast. He was planning to bypass Zhao Ji in the south of the city and meet Li Mingshun.
Because he received a telegram from Li Mingshun, hoping that he would return to the imperial city as soon as possible to win over the people and thwart the rebellion.
In fact, this telegram was indeed sent by Li Mingshun. His main purpose in sending this telegram was to fear that Zhao Ji would continue to waste his life.
Facts have proved that Li Mingshun's worries were correct: Zhao Jie did launch a sneak attack on Zhao Ji's camp that night. Zhao Jie personally led an elite company he could find to surprise Zhao Ji, but failed.
Zhao Jie immediately judged that Zhao Ji was going to enter the city. He immediately launched a pursuit and finally caught up with Zhao Ji who was running away in the middle of the night. The two sides started a fierce battle near the east gate of the city.
Zhao Ji's army was severely defeated, and Zhao Ji almost died in the rebellion. Fortunately, some loyal and brave men saved his life. The two sides fought fiercely until dawn, and Zhao Jie retreated after being outnumbered.
But this battle allowed Zhao Jie to remove the threat behind him. He could mobilize more troops to enter the city and fight fiercely with Li Mingshun's troops.
The quality of the troops on both sides is evenly matched. Li Mingshun relies on the elite of the Forbidden Army, while Zhao Jie relies on his own elite soldiers who have fought in many battles. Everyone had someone to rely on, and the battle situation was thus maintained in an evenly matched state.
The next day, the surrounding troops supporting Li Mingshun and Zhao Ji began to enter the city one after another. A new batch of reinforcements from Zhao Jie also arrived. The number of troops on both sides suddenly increased, and the battlefield became more complicated. bloody. Li Mingshun relied on his own more cannons and continued to attack fiercely. Zhao Jie was more calm with the reserve team on his side and could deal with it with ease.
In fact, in terms of pure military strength, although Li Mingshun still has the advantage, his advantage is no longer obvious.
Zhao Jie's troops are fighting more and more, and they have obviously taken the initiative. If things continue to develop like this, Zhao Jie is likely to win this battle to seize the throne.
But no one could predict the variables on the battlefield. Just when Zhao Jie thought he was sure of victory as long as he continued to persevere, another army appeared behind him.
This unit was transferred from Dongqing by Zhao Ji for reinforcements. Although they walked a little slowly, they finally arrived. This unit has a high degree of autonomy and good combat effectiveness. It actually launched an attack after preparation and defeated the Chengnan Airport occupied by Zhao Jie in one fell swoop.
Zhao Jie, who always thought he was safe behind him, did not expect this. He also captured some civilians to repair the airport, trying to repair the runway so that it could be reused.
But he never expected that his troops would actually lose the airport, putting himself once again in a situation where he was attacked from both sides.
Angry and angry, Zhao Jie mobilized his troops to launch a counterattack. Due to poor communication, Zhao Ji's troops who occupied the airport were unable to hold on to the results. They fought alone and were eventually defeated. The airport once again fell into Zhao Jie's hands.
By the time Li Mingshun learned the news and tried to flank Zhao Jiejun, Zhao Jie had already solved the trouble behind him and returned to the south of the city again. Li Mingshun lost an excellent opportunity.
While the battle in the Imperial Capital continued, Luo Xiao and Zhe waited for a total of 200,000 support troops arriving from Fengjiang.
These troops are not simple. They are basically veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. Their weapons and equipment are also frighteningly sophisticated: they are actually equipped with many Type 5 tanks from the Dahua Empire, and as many as two divisions of Type 3 tanks.
With these armored units and He Zhe's material reserves, Luo Xiao, the frontline commander who had just been promoted to lieutenant general, was full of energy and immediately launched a new round of offensive.
There are not many defenders under the reins. How have they ever seen such a huge offensive formation? After receiving the telegram from Fengjiang Army persuading them to surrender, they immediately made a wise choice.
More than 100,000 Xiajian defenders abandoned the city and surrendered. Fengjiang's army captured Xiajuan without any bloodshed, and the forward troops immediately moved forward and rushed towards Dongqing, the gateway to the imperial capital.
For the Tang Empire, good news came one after another: Luo Xiao divided two thousand troops to go to the wasteland. The guard of the wasteland was also a bachelor and surrendered directly. The wasteland city also fell into the hands of Fengjiang army.
One-third of the Dahua Empire has fallen into the hands of Fengjiang Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu's men are strong and powerful, and they are already on the verge of sweeping the Dahua Empire.
First of all, the number of troops on the Fengjiang side is really scary: 800,000 troops from the Zhao Chen Group surrendered, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the direction of Guiguang and Jiange. Luo Xiao also has 300,000 troops including Fengjiang reinforcements, which adds up to a total of The strength exceeds 1.5 million.
This is no longer comparable to Zhao Jie and Zhao Ji. What's more, Zhao Yu's rear is backed by the Tang Empire. The support is timely and the supplies are sufficient. It is safe and has huge depth.
Luo Xiao's advance was very fast. Under the banner of Zhao Yu, he encountered almost no resistance. The Dahua Empire has experienced a year of war. Under such circumstances, the people have made up their minds and have long been unwilling to continue the war.
They heard that Zhao Yu, who can make money and understand trade, was back. It was too late to be happy. How could anyone choose to resist?
According to the judgment of the Tang Empire's military advisory group, they can capture Anqing within seven days, and then they can attack the imperial capital.
The fall of Xiajuan suddenly made the atmosphere in the imperial capital tense. Zhao Ji knew how destructive the big hole he dug in the direction of Anqing was, so he immediately approached Li Mingshun to discuss countermeasures.
But Li Mingshun was just a military general, and he had no idea. Only then did he remember that all the court ministers seemed to be taking refuge in the north of the city.
So he hurriedly took Zhao Ji to the north of the city, only to find that the place was already empty. No one from the five families of Chu Muzhou, Jiang Run, Wang Yucai, Chen Jing and Zhou Qiang could be found.
"Where is Shen Chuan? Where is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment...?" Only then did Zhao Ji remember that there were also the Minister of the Ministry of War and his cronies.
Li Mingshun told the truth: "That shameless villain, the Minister of Punishment, took refuge with the fifth prince before, and now he is probably hugging Zhao Jie's lap! Shen Shangshu... disappeared without a trace, and no one has been found until now."
(End of this chapter)