The Imperial Capital of Great China has not experienced such a disaster for many years: first it was hit by two ballistic missiles and almost killed the emperor, and now there was the sound of artillery fire.
For these civilians living in the imperial capital, the past year or so has been truly troubled, and 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 looked nervous.
You're kidding, this is the imperial capital! If it's not safe here, where else in the world is safe?
"Who knows what happened in the south of the city?" Some people still asked curiously. 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 closely by a second and third car.
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 they had no way to fight back. They could only let Li Mingshun's troops open fire, blowing 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 was basically no hope for Zhao Ji. Compared to Zhao Jie, who was good at fighting, the prince Zhao Ji was just an embroidered pillow, and could only be regarded as a straw bag at best.
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 real fighting.
Therefore, Zhao Ji's raid on the airport had actually failed. However, what neither Zhao Ji nor Li Mingshun expected was that their fierce battle at the southern airport actually had a certain effect.
Zhao Jie prepared dozens of DC-3 transport planes to fly some soldiers over to join 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. None of the soldiers inside them survived 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 south of the city and fight positional battles with Li Mingshun in the city.
Due to the lack of troops, Zhao Jie had no other option. His strength did not support his ambitions, so 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. However, Zhao Ji is unwilling to do so. He feels that this choice wastes Zhao Jie's advantageous status in attacking from both sides.
As the battle continued, Zhao Ji became more and more inclined to join up with Li Mingshun after losing consecutive battles. 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 side.
So, on this night, Zhao Ji led the remaining troops in his hands and began to move northeast. He planned 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 the result was in vain.
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, and 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 was evenly matched. Li Mingshun relied on the elites of the Forbidden Army, while Zhao Jie relied on his own elite soldiers from hundreds of battles. Everyone had support, 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.
of blood.
Li Mingshun relied on his own more artillery and continued to attack fiercely. Zhao Jie was more calm with the reserve team 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, then 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 chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This unit was transferred from Dongqing by Zhao Ji for reinforcements. Although they walked a little slower, they finally arrived. This unit has a high degree of autonomy
, the combat effectiveness was not bad, and they actually prepared and launched an attack, knocking down 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 even 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 lose the airport, leaving him 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 fell into Zhao Jie's hands once again.
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 were not many defenders under the reins, but they had never 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 Xiajuan 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 troops are strong, and he is 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 hundreds of thousands of troops from the Guiguang and Jiange directions. Luo Xiao also had 300,000 troops including Fengjiang reinforcements. In total,
The military 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, with timely support, sufficient supplies, safety, and huge depth.
Luo Xiao's advance was very fast. Under the banner of Zhao Yu, he encountered almost no resistance. The Dahua Empire had already experienced a year of war. Under such circumstances, the people were determined and were no longer willing to continue the fight.
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They heard that Zhao Yu, who could make money and knew 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 deceptive the big hole he dug in the direction of Anqing was, so he immediately went to Li Mingshun to discuss countermeasures.
But Li Mingshun was just a military general, and he didn't have any ideas. Only then did he remember that all the ministers in the court 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... where are the people?" Only then did Zhao Ji remember that there was also the Minister of the Ministry of War and his cronies.
Li Mingshun told the truth: "That shameless scoundrel, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, had taken refuge with the fifth prince before, but now he is probably hugging Zhao Jie's lap! Shangshu Shen... disappeared without a trace, and no one has been found yet."
