Chapter 1044: 1045 Zhao Ji who caused trouble
Chapter 10441045 Zhao Ji causing trouble
Going south from Dongqing City, you can reach Pingfeng in the southwest direction, and you can reach Shanchong in the southeast direction. Both of these places are very important places.
Shanchong is the strategic fulcrum that guards the southern part of the Dahua Empire. Mastering Shanchong is equivalent to cutting off the territory of the Dahua Empire from the south.
As for Pingfeng, this is the southeastern barrier of the imperial capital. At the same time, you can also bypass Jutian from Pingfeng and go to Shanchong from the other direction.
The road from Guiguang to Shanchong has been cut off, because Guiguang is now occupied by Fengjiang troops. The road from Dongqing to Shanchong was also cut off for the same reason as the Guiguang side.
This is equivalent to saying that two of the three supply lines in Shanchong have been cut off, and only the one from Jutian to Shanchong is still being supported.
The Fengjiang troops moving south from Dongqing were also moving closer to Pingfeng and Shanchong, and Zhao Jie also felt tremendous pressure on Pingfeng.
Although there are not many Fengjiang troops going south, Zhao Jie really has no way to retreat: the only area he currently controls can be regarded as the rear area, and the only area left is Jutian.
Fortunately, Jutian is also an important grain-producing area, and being backed by Jutian can be regarded as a strategic support. If it is possible to bypass Shu and seize Caili and Xiqing, then Zhao Jie's control area is still "huge."
But Zhao Jie knew that was impossible. Although the area seemed vast and there were many soldiers spread out like this, there were too many areas that he needed to defend.
As long as you go south from the direction of the imperial capital, Xiqing and Pingfeng will be on the front line to be attacked. At the same time, there is Shanchong, a strategically important area that must be defended.
This means that Zhao Jie must defend against pressure from at least three directions. No matter how many troops he has, he will only care about one and not the other. So after Zhao Jie retreated to Pingfeng, he began to reinforce the defense at all costs, preparing to hide in the turtle shell and not come out.
On the other side, Li Mingshun, who was considering a retreat, was actually optimistic about the southwest: he felt that going to Xiqing would be better than going to Wang.
Although there are more cities to control in the northwest, not to mention the desolation of the northwest, there is no way out: hiding in Xiqing, backed by another large agricultural city Caili, connected to Shucheng, there is only one line of control area Talk about perfect.
As long as they withstand the pressure from the direction of the imperial capital, the situation can be stabilized. Anyway, there is Pingfeng on the other side to withstand the pressure, and everyone defends against the powerful enemy in the north back to back. They can be regarded as strategic partners who cover each other.
In case that doesn't work, you can still take a step back and surrender to Qin or directly join forces with Zhao Jie. In any case, there are more choices than going to Wangdu in the northwest.
Luo Xiao shifted the focus of the attack from the northern part of the imperial capital to the south. He felt that it would be easier to attack from here, because the north was far away from the railway and supplies were not convenient.
Hence, the subsequent Dahua Type 3 tanks were put into the south direction of the city. The Dahua Forbidden Army that had previously suppressed Zhao Jie was now suppressed and defeated by Fengjiang Army.
Although they desperately destroyed five or six Type 3 tanks, the offensive of Toyojiang's troops was still very fierce. The battle continues, and Zhao Ji's retreat route may be cut off at any time.
Although the east of the city is not the focus of Fengjiang's troops' attack, as the attacks from the north and south of the city become more and more sharp, the Dahua troops in the east of the city are also being defeated.
The retreat of these troops brought Zhao Ji's palace gradually closer to the front line: In fact, in the afternoon of that day, Zhao Ji could already hear the sound of intensive machine gun fire.
He was so angry that he called Li Mingshun and asked the commander of the city defense army about the situation. Then he learned that his palace had become a "front line", which made him furious. He immediately scolded Li Mingshun and ordered him to immediately organize a counterattack to repel the enemy troops from the east of the city: "Counterattack! Take back the lost blocks. Position! This is my palace! You must ensure the safety of the imperial city!"
"Your Majesty! I have no reserve team, and the remaining troops are no longer able to organize a decent counterattack." Li Mingshun was very bachelor. He told the truth and poured cold water on Zhao Ji.
Li Mingshun had only a few troops in his hands, and their combat effectiveness was uneven. After fighting fiercely for a day and night with the powerful Fengjiang Army, it was a very good achievement that the whole line did not collapse.
Now he doesn't have much ammunition, and his reserve troops have been used up to 70%, and he has no energy left to launch a counterattack: Just kidding, if he can withstand the tanks of the Fengjiang rebels, he will be in high demand. How can he expect to counterattack? Wouldn't that force the troops to die or surrender?
"How far are they...from here?" Zhao Ji asked Li Mingshun angrily: "Explain it to me clearly!"
“About, there is still 1 kilometer left.” Li Mingshun replied directly: “If His Majesty insists on not leaving, then we should be ready.”
As the city defense commander, Li Mingshun had given up hope on the entire war situation. He was also fed up with Zhao Ji's random instructions, so his attitude was not good.
From his tone, Zhao Ji could tell the general meaning: if he continues to insist on staying in the palace, it is best to prepare his own funeral arrangements.
Zhao Ji, who once lost his direction after ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, finally remembered his second goal in life at the critical moment of life and death: to survive. The fear of death made him finally make a compromise: He is used to compromise: "Send my money...and my woman away first!"
"Your Majesty! In times of crisis, what do you need these things for? If you don't leave, it will be too late!" Li Mingshun persuaded hard.
"You can't defend the city, and you can't even protect my royal family?" Zhao Ji asked sharply, his voice was sharp, but he had no momentum at all.
Li Mingshun has been tortured to the point of numbness by this new emperor, and he is not willing to fight anymore. Since Zhao Ji has changed his mind and wants to leave, he has achieved his goal.
Anyway, as long as Zhao Ji is willing to leave, that's all. As for how many things Zhao Ji is willing to take, Li Mingshun doesn't care: anyway, he feels that he can still hold on for a day or two.
Who knew that the whole incident would suddenly get out of control: after Zhao Ji returned to the harem and started packing his luggage to escape, the women who were taken into the harem by Zhao Ji became chaotic.
They cried loudly as if their husbands had died. They desperately scrambled for valuables in the palace and made everything messy.
The waiters and maids who took orders from their respective masters and concubines looted everything they could see, and some did not hesitate to fight: these people even started a fire in order to fight for valuable things.
The palace guards who were supposed to help transport things and cover the retreat also got into chaos in this atmosphere: they began to insult the palace maids and even the concubines conferred by Zhao Ji, killing people and stealing goods to grab treasures, and some even blew up a section of the palace wall to facilitate access. .
As soon as the palace wall fell down, the situation got completely out of control: the guards who had robbed the finances took many occupied maids and concubines and fled in all directions, taking away countless belongings.
Their farce even affected Li Mingshun's Forbidden Army who were fighting on the front line: these soldiers, fighting only a few hundred meters away from the palace, heard the explosions and gunshots behind them, and saw the light of fire, thinking that they had been attacked by Feng behind them. Jiang Jun occupied it and ran away in fright.
By the time Li Mingshun finally arrived at the palace with his guards, there were only a dozen people left around Zhao Ji.
The Great Emperor was in a state of utter disarray at this moment, and traces of smoke and fire could even be seen on his clothes. After he saw Li Mingshun, he didn't get angry immediately, but cried in aggrievedness.
"General...General! I feel relieved when you are here!" The crying Zhao Ji almost hugged Li Mingshun's thigh. Regardless of his image, he directly promoted Li Mingshun to a higher level verbally.
There is no other way. The only one he can rely on now is his father who was once loyal to him, and now Li Mingshun is most likely to be loyal to him.
“Let’s go! It’s no longer safe here!” Li Mingshun knew that Fengjiang’s troops were probably climbing over the palace wall and entering the palace at this time, so he immediately persuaded: “Let’s go!”
“Let’s go! Let’s go! Listen to the general!” Zhao Ji nodded, no longer insisting on defending this place. After being escorted all the way out of the palace by Li Mingshun's troops, Zhao Ji found a sense of security while escaping.
It seems that Zhao Yu wanted a relatively complete imperial capital, so the Fengjiang rebels stopped shelling. In the absence of shelling, Zhao Ji and his party were indeed not in great danger to their lives.
Within half an hour after Zhao Ji left the palace, Fengjiang's troops finally planted the flag on the tallest building in the imperial city of the Great China Empire.
The cheers were heard one after another, as if they had occupied the entire imperial capital. If they had known that Li Mingshun's remnant army could still hold on in the imperial capital for more than ten days, they probably wouldn't have cheered so excitedly.
That's right, Li Mingshun did not escape immediately. He stayed in person to buy time for Zhao Ji to retreat. According to the escape route arranged by Li Mingshun, Zhao Ji immediately took the southwest route to Xiqing after leaving the city.
Li Mingshun, who was behind the scenes, did not have Zhao Ji's interference, but fought vigorously, tenaciously holding on to the west side of the imperial capital, and even waited for some reinforcements from the direction of Wangdu.
While the battle in the Imperial Capital continued, a cruise ship operated by the Tang Empire that crossed the Endless Sea arrived at Linshui.
This luxury cruise ship was chartered by the Yangmu Empire. The person who came to the Datang Empire on this huge ship was the elf princess who was arranged to marry.
On the one hand, it was because of the fear of long nights and many dreams, and on the other hand, it was also because the Tang Empire agreed to reconcile with the Yangmu Empire, so the Yangmu Empire sent the elf princess over.
Yangmu I was very active in this matter. Not only did he provide a lot of dowry, he even arranged an adoption ceremony before the princess set off: This elf girl was not the princess born to the prince. Now she is adopted Given to Yang Mu I, she had the status of a princess.
(End of this chapter)