Chapter 1219: 1220 Dahua Dilemma
In the Royal City of King Dahua, the former imperial capital, the color of the newly repaired palace walls is still a little different from the surrounding old walls. The guards standing guard yawned casually.
Zhao Yu felt inexplicably agitated in his palace, because none of the recent series of events could satisfy him.
In this palace with a great sense of history, many buildings have been newly built. It has gone through many hardships and is no longer what it used to be.
The Tang Empire had directly attacked this place with missiles before, so some buildings collapsed and were damaged. There was no time to repair them when Zhao Kai was there, and they were left there without anyone caring about them.
Then civil strife broke out in the imperial capital. The various princes attacked each other and even used heavy firepower. After fighting for such a long time, the imperial palace was naturally affected and part of it was damaged.
This kind of loss is really too great. As the palace wall collapsed, many officers, soldiers and civilians sneaked into the palace and stole a large number of artifacts and treasures, leaving most of the royal collection of the Dahua Empire missing.
When Zhao Yu returned to the imperial capital and drove away Zhao Ji and Zhao Jie, there was basically nothing left.
Zhao Yu, who originally thought of relying on the cultural relics and treasures in the palace to repay his debts, found that almost all the royal collections in the Dahua Empire had been looted.
In fact, compared with the throne of the Great China Empire, these treasures are actually not that precious. It's just that the Dahua Empire that Zhao Yu took over...it is no longer the Dahua Empire.
The empire eventually turned into a kingdom. A large area of land that was originally agreed upon was lost to Zhao Jie because Zhao Yu was unable to settle it, and one third of it was lost.
Now, due to the civil strife in the Kingdom of Dahua, Zhao Yu is no longer able to continue attacking southward to defeat the rebellious rebel Zhao Jie.
Zhao Ji died, and Li Mingshun's return allowed Zhao Yu to regain a little bit of the initiative. But as Zhao Yu concluded a peace treaty with the Tang Dynasty Empire and announced his abdication to become king, Li Mingshun, a staunch supporter of the Tang Dynasty Empire, has now begun to disobey Zhao Yu's orders.
Facing internal and external troubles, Zhao Yu had to cling to the thick legs of the Tang Empire, which made the ministers look down on Tang Mo's loyal dog even more.
The situation on the battlefield was also at a stalemate. No matter how much weapons and equipment Zhao Yu invested in the weapons and equipment he obtained from the Tang Empire, he could not defeat Zhao Jie who had the Qin Empire on his back.
There is no other way, Zhao Jie also has support! He has obtained sufficient resources from the Great Qin Empire, and has many main forces left over from the Great China Empire. In addition, he is also a famous general of his generation. It is indeed a killing opportunity to defeat Zhao Yu.
If the Tang Empire had not provided enough weapons and equipment to support the Kingdom of Dahua, and Zhao Yu's absolute strength was indeed greater than Zhao Jie, Zhao Yu's army might not have been able to sustain it until now.
The two sides attacked each other in Caili and Pingfeng, which directly led to the complete destruction of Caili, the Dahua granary. In the past year, almost no food has been grown here.
On the contrary, there was a bumper harvest near Jutian, which was not affected by the war. These grains greatly relieved Zhao Jie's pressure and gave the clan general of the Great China Empire the capital to continue his dealings.
"Didn't we agree? Didn't the Tang Empire promise to let me be the King of Dahua? Why didn't you try your best to help me defeat Zhao Jie!" Zhao Yu swept the teacup and other things in front of him to the ground, and they shattered into pieces. One place. He looked at his generals angrily, including the **** general Li Mingshun who had been ineffective recently. In order to win over the most important general under Zhao Ji, Zhao Yu even gave the opponent the title of general.
But as the Dahua Empire became the Kingdom of Dahua, Li Mingshun never helped Zhao Yu with any good ideas.
In this state, Zhao Yu did not dare to let Li Mingshun lead troops on the expedition. He was afraid that Li Mingshun would defect before the formation and surrendered directly to Zhao Jie. By then, he would not even have a place to cry.
"Your Majesty, we have recently provided you with 20,000 sets of individual weapons and equipment, 20 155mm howitzers, 40 tanks, 80 armored vehicles, and 90,000 rounds of artillery shells." A diplomat from the Tang Empire showed no fear at all. He calmly reminded Zhao Yu who was furious.
Others give Zhao Yu face, but their overlord, the Tang Empire, will not give Zhao Yu face. At that time, the Great China Empire, which lacked strength, dared to boss around in front of the Tang State. Now that the Great Tang Empire was at its peak, diplomats like them certainly could not be coy.
"If you play more cautiously and control the losses within a reasonable range, I think this assistance will be enough for you to achieve a satisfactory result in Caili." Another diplomat from the Tang Empire sneered. .
The Dahua troops had no fighting spirit on the front line, and their attack had little effect even when planes and tanks had the upper hand.
Thousands of artillery shells were fired, and the positions of Zhao Jie's troops were ablaze, but Zhao Yujun was still unable to advance, and sometimes even had to be counterattacked by the opponent.
If the Tang Empire didn't want Zhao Yu to collapse too soon, they would have cut off their support to Zhao Yu: What does this mean? Filling real money into a bottomless pit?
In the opinion of the military advisors of the Tang Empire, supporting arms and supplies must at least see some effects, right?
Look at the orcs, they may not be considered barbaric, but they really work hard when fighting. At least they won't be like Zhao Yujun, who surrendered to Zhao Jie one company at a time, and even took some weapons and equipment with him.
"How are you talking? If His Majesty hadn't been forced to abdicate by you, losing the thousand-year inheritance of the throne of Dahua, and making Your Majesty lose the support of the people, would the front line be like this?" A minister couldn't stand it anymore and scolded the people of the Tang Empire. Foreign minister.
Several diplomats from the Tang Empire didn't even bother to argue with this official from Dahua. They would find an opportunity to depose him in a few days anyway. There is no point in arguing now.
Sure enough, the ministers of Dahua who stood on the side of the Tang Empire became excited. They pointed at each other and kept criticizing: "That's nonsense. If the Tang Empire hadn't supported us, how could His Majesty control these thousands of miles of land? You guys are simply ridiculous. If you are unfaithful and unfilial, you are not worthy of being a minister!”
Those ministers who thought they were on the side of Dahua also refused to give in. They pointed at the sycophants who sided with the Tang Dynasty and cursed: "If you hadn't deceived Your Majesty, how could I, Dahua, be in this situation today?"
Seeing that the scolding was going on, and it was about to accuse him of treason and usurping the throne, Zhao Yu slammed the table, making the scene quiet down.
He snorted and then looked at the diplomats of the Tang Empire: "Special envoys, I have no other intentions. I just want the Tang Empire to put pressure on Qin and stop them from secretly supporting Zhao Jie." That’s all!”