Zhao Jie waited all night, but his confidant did not return to his headquarters. History played a joke on him. After investigation, it was found that the car his confidant was traveling in was too conspicuous and was attacked by a lightning attack aircraft.
Found and destroyed on the street.
Yes, due to some strange combination of circumstances, the news that Zhao Jie wanted to surrender did not reach the Tang State at all. He himself did not know about it, and as a result, the Tang Army began a larger-scale attack immediately afterwards.
While Zhao Jie was still hoping for an honorable surrender, the tanks and armored vehicles of the Tang Army covered the infantry and stormed the square in the east of the city, and a bloody battle broke out.
The Qin State deployed a regiment of troops here, with about 1,500 people. They held the commanding heights and fought with the Tang army house by house and corridor.
However, the Tang army soon drove these Qin troops out of their defense line under the cover of heavy firepower. Then the Qin army arrived with support, and the number of troops nearby increased to more than 2,500.
The Tang Army felt the pressure and called for support. Immediately after the Tang Army's air support arrived, the ground force subsequently increased to 3,000 people.
That's right, the Tang Army directly reinforced a reinforced regiment with a very clear purpose, which was to seize the east square of the city.
In the end, the Qin army was expelled from the buildings around the square. The bloody dragon flag hanging on the sculpture in the square remained there despite being riddled with bullet holes, indicating that the Tang army had taken control of the nearby positions.
The early morning sunshine shone on the entrance of Zhao Jie's underground bunker, and a field vehicle parked precariously on the nearby lawn.
The two Qin officers got out of the carriage with ugly expressions, then returned a military salute to the guards and walked into the entrance of the basement.
It is reinforced with reinforced concrete, and there are two hidden machine gun bunkers next to it. Several buildings in the distance have also been reinforced with sandbags, forming a seemingly reasonable crossfire.
Once the Tang Army approaches here, they need to first clear out the surrounding commanding heights, then attack these bunkers and trenches, and finally approach the entrance to the underground bunker with the large iron gate.
Walking down the stairs, under the dim lights on the wall, some women were sitting on the bench nearby crying. Several guards were smoking together, and when they saw the officer, they immediately stood at attention and saluted.
The two Qin officers were too lazy to clean up the military discipline. They just returned a hasty military salute and then passed by the civilian staff and guards who were beginning to collapse.
The door to Zhao Jie's office was pushed open, and two Qin officers walked in. They stood at attention and saluted, and then explained their purpose: "Your Highness, I have a regrettable news to inform you. The car your adjutant is riding in,
It was shot down by Tang Jun's plane yesterday afternoon... When we found out this morning, both he and the driver had already died for the country."
"What?" Zhao Jie's first reaction was that the Qin State might have discovered his little tricks and killed the adjutant who went to contact the Tang people to warn him about this idiot.
But then he realized that the other party would never do such a boring thing. As long as the other party had definite evidence, the most important thing to do was to control him and eliminate him to prevent future troubles.
But the Qin people did not do this. This does not mean that the Qin people are kind and generous. It only means that the other party must not know that Zhao Jie is ready to surrender.
Therefore, Zhao Jie immediately suppressed the fear in his heart and sighed sadly: "He has been with me for many years, and I have always treated him as a junior."
"Please be sure to express your condolences." Another Qin officer comforted him and continued: "You sent your adjutant to the east of the city to supervise the battle in person. General Chen Li appreciated you very much. He said that you were the pillar of the Qin State and a loyal and brave minister.
.”
Zhao Jie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he didn't dare to show it. He just stayed silent, as if he was intoxicated by General Chen Li's praise.
He still doesn't know about the fierce battle in the east of the city yesterday afternoon, because he has been thinking about his surrender and running away.
"It's a pity... We still lost the square in the east of the city yesterday. If your adjutant hadn't died on the way, we might have been able to boost morale and reverse the decline, and maybe we could have defended the square in the east of the city." What do you say to the two Qin officers?
In one sentence, I was almost able to explain clearly what happened yesterday afternoon.
The square in the east of the city... was lost! Zhao Jie almost cursed in his heart. He was not a mediocre person, so he naturally knew that the square was the top priority in defending the city of Shu. When he heard that it was missing, he cursed in his heart.
But he couldn't show it, because it seemed that by some mistake, the Qin State misunderstood Zhao Jie's actions: the adjutant sent by Zhao Jie to contact the Tang people died on the way. He did not leak Zhao Jie's information
Therefore, the people of Qin mistakenly thought that Zhao Jie's adjutant was going to the east square of the city to supervise the battle.
"General Chen Li hopes that you can continue to command the battle, regain the defense line near the square as soon as possible, and repel the enemy's pincer offensive..." When Zhao Jie felt guilty, a Qin officer continued.
Zhao Jie didn't know whether the adjutant he sent out had contacted the Tang people or whether he was killed by the bomb on the way back or on the way out.
If the other party has already contacted Tang State, will it be considered "treachery" if he continues to resist or even organizes a counterattack?
But if he doesn't organize a counterattack, then the Qin State will definitely doubt him. If he fails to contact the Tang State, wouldn't he be a different person inside and outside?
Therefore, Zhao Jie, who seemed to have no problem on the surface, was already bitter and wanted to cry. He just wanted to be a fence-sitter, why was it so difficult?
Just when Zhao Jie didn't know what to do, the Tang army helped him make a choice: a few minutes later, the ferocious bombardment started again, and the Tang army quickly interspersed and surrounded the Qin army between the water plant and the square.
Tens of thousands of Qin troops were surrounded and suddenly became a mess. These troops were eager to retreat and break out of the encirclement, abandoning the defensive positions they had originally built, and suddenly a huge gap appeared in the defense line entering Shu.
The Tang army followed the collapsed Qin army to expand its results and occupied about half of the urban area that day. The Qin army that entered the city of Shu was completely passive.
Zhao Jie, who was still debating whether to counterattack on the east side of the city, no longer had to struggle this time, because the nearby positions were now well within the Tang Army's control area.
What Zhao Jie wants to think about now is: how to deal with the attacking forward troops of the Tang Army less than 2 kilometers outside his headquarters...