Chapter 922 923 The mountain screen suddenly changes
The battle at Shanping was in full swing. Fengjiang's attacking troops had a numerical advantage. Zhao Zheng, who did not receive much reinforcements, felt that he could no longer hold on.
He frequently sent telegrams to the Imperial Capital, Hezhe, and Guiguang, hoping to get more support.
However, except for Zhao Chen who promised him that he was doing his best to help, the telegrams sent to the other two places were like mud and nothing.
Zhao Chen really worked hard for the situation: while he continued to send telegrams to urge the imperial capital to request rapid support for Shanping City, he also forced the troops to attack Fengjiang regardless of losses, trying to reduce the pressure in the direction of Shanping by storming Fengjiang.
pressure.
Even a fool should have realized by now: what prevented the troops from going north to support him was definitely not the mobilization speed of the Dahua Empire that was hard to recover, but that these troops had received orders and refused to come out from Guiguang to support Shanping.
Zhao Zheng was certainly not a fool. On the contrary, he was actually quite smart to be in this position. He quickly figured out most of the reasons. At least he understood that it would be very serious if these troops hoarded in Guiguang did not come to support him.
The probability is because of instructions from the Emperor of the Great China Empire.
In other words, the emperor of the Great China Empire is trying to trick him - no matter what the reason is, Shanping is a fishhook thrown by the emperor. And he, Zhao Zheng, is the bait hanging on this fishhook.
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What Zhao Zheng hated the most was that Zhao Kai didn't even tell him the overall plan, and even asked him to set the flag of "defend Shanping to the death" when the war started.
What he didn't know was that Zhao Kai didn't actually mean this. He didn't plan to deal with Zhao Zheng after Shanping City was lost, nor did he plan to trick Zhao Zheng from the beginning.
The actual situation is that Zhao Jie's plan was only delivered to Zhao Kai more than a month ago. After seeing this plan, Zhao Kai liked this plan very much, which could wipe out almost all the rebels.
So Zhao Kai immediately adopted this plan, and in order to make the performance in Shanping realistic, he did not inform Zhao Zheng of the plan: Zhao Kai was afraid that Zhao Zheng would abandon Shanping as soon as he saw the plan and not fight to the death in Shanping.
What he was thinking was that Zhao Zheng was kept in the dark and fought to the death at Shanping until the last moment, and then he ordered Zhao Zheng to abandon Shanping and retreat, and at the same time gave Zhao Zheng a commendation so that he would get the rewards he deserved for his hard battle at Shanping.
But after all, this was what Zhao Kai was thinking, and Zhao Zheng had no idea about it. When he was angry and felt that the emperor was cheating people and that he had no way out, Zhao Zheng suddenly felt that he could compete with the opponent.
Let’s talk to Zhao Yu.
Originally, Zhao Zheng was not a member of the royal family's inner circle: he did not have the status of Zhao Chen and Zhao Jie, nor was he a person like the prince Zhao Yu or Zhao Ji. In fact, he was already a highly respected minister and had no future.
If he emerges in this civil war, it will have a bright ending no matter what, and at least he can gain a title of prince or something to give his children and grandchildren a better future.
But now, he felt that he had abandoned his son and had no future of becoming his wife. He might as well go to Zhao Yu's side while he had the bargaining chip.
Anyone with a discerning eye can definitely see that Zhao Yu has the support of the Tang Empire behind him. Even if he loses, he will just flee to the Tang Kingdom - being a popular drinker in the Tang Kingdom may not be much worse than living an ignoble life in the Great China Empire.
But if - to a large extent, this if may still be a reality. If Zhao Yu wins, he, Zhao Zheng, will be a hero who abandons darkness and turns to the bright side!
What people fear most is having thoughts. Once thoughts come up, no matter how much you think about it, you will always feel that what you are thinking about is perfect and perfect.
The more he thought about it in his mind, the more Zhao Zheng felt that what he was thinking was right. As long as he could work it out and get all his wife, children, and children to the Tang Empire, the outcome of this war seemed to have nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, he immediately summoned his cronies and asked him to find an opportunity to go to the other side and inform the other side that he was willing to defect but was suffering from the fact that his wife and children were being held hostage in the imperial capital.
In fact, at this time, Zhao Zheng was still dreaming of sitting on the fence: it is not easy for people like him to make direct choices.
Zhao Zheng thought very well: he announced that he was ready to defect, and the attack of Fengjiang's troops would definitely slow down, and his defensive pressure would naturally be less. How many more days could he sustain it?
It is very difficult for my family, who is far away in the imperial capital, to rescue them. Even the Tang Empire has to prepare for a while. In ten days, the winner of the Battle of Fengjiang may be decided - here we are.
At that time, if you make your choice based on the limelight, it will be absolutely foolproof.
Even if the matter is exposed, don't be afraid. At worst, you may say that you are out of desperation and make a false surrender. Although it looks a bit ugly, you are not on the side of the winner after all.
But who would have thought that just after his confidant found a way to reach the other side and explained his purpose of coming, more than an hour later, an intelligence agent from the Tang Empire lurking in Shanping came to the door and met with Zhao Zheng.
This intelligence officer was very straightforward and directly explained the purpose of his visit, indicating that it was very simple to pick up the Zhao Zheng family in the imperial capital, as long as Zhao Zheng could find a way to make his own family trust the person they contacted.
Such an efficient way of action confused Zhao Zheng... He really didn't expect that the Tang Empire really didn't give him time to continue riding the wall.
In desperation, Zhao Zheng had to finally make up his mind and hand over the code he left behind before leaving to the intelligence personnel of the Tang Empire.
As a result, that night, Pan Yiping, a businessman from the imperial capital of the Great China Empire, came to Zhao Zheng's home. After checking the password, he paid out a large sum of cash and bought everything in Zhao Zheng's mansion.
That's right, there is no need to pack anything, everyone leaves immediately! These people left the city overnight and ran westward. By the time Zhao Kai got the news and reacted, the planes of the whole family had already passed the Daxi Pass and were about to cross.
Shahun City is here.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Further west is the State of Qin, so although Zhao Kai ordered a plane to take off to intercept it, he wanted to find this plane for various reasons mentioned above
It is as difficult as climbing to heaven.
The Great China Empire has no way to force Qin to surrender - Qin is ready to make a move these days and has been looking for trouble on the border. Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that Qin is trying to take advantage of the situation.
At this time, if you continue to look for important people from the Qin State on the pretense of the empire, you may be directly passive in diplomacy. If the Tang State supports the Qin State in starting a war, those idiots in Qin may really take action.
Angry, Zhao Kai could only take out his anger on Li Mingshun, the imperial army responsible for guarding Zhao Zheng's family and the general in charge of city defense: he reprimanded Li Mingshun and fined him a year's salary, and then pulled out 30 people from the city defense army and 50 people from the imperial army, killing them all.
Already.
What no one knows is that these people have all been transferred, and those who executed them are all death row inmates in the prison. These people have changed their identities and been locked up in the prison to continue living.
As the saying goes, money can make the world go round. Pan Yiping spent money, and it naturally had the effect of spending money: the family of the killed death row inmate was overjoyed when they saw the reward, and the jailer in the prison burst into tears when he saw the benefits.
The soldiers who were replaced naturally also received subsidies. They did not need to die for the time being. If nothing unexpected happened, they would definitely die. Although they could only change their names, the money their families received was enough for them.
I feel like I should be grateful even after I die...
The aftermath was handled very carefully, and the DC-3 arrived safely in Qin. There, more than 20 of Zhao Zheng's wife and children would take a safer train to bypass Shu and Chu, and finally arrive in Tang.
So on the afternoon of the next day, the Tang Empire intelligence officer who had been staying at Zhao Zheng's headquarters was waiting for the news he wanted.
"General Zhao Zheng, your family is safe. They are now in the Qin State and will arrive in the Tang State soon." Looking at the shocked Zhao Zheng, the intelligence officer of the Tang Empire smiled and said: "
Your family asked me to bring you a message; 'Phoebe rocking chair under the walnut tree.'"
Hearing this sentence, Zhao Zheng could be sure that what the other party said was indeed true. This was a code word that only his mother and himself knew in their family, and would only be used at the most critical time.
"Alas..." Zhao Zheng, who sighed and stopped struggling, finally made up his mind: "I will order the troops to stop resisting... please Datang... please invite the Fengjiang rebels to enter the city."
The whole handover process was actually very smooth: Shanping City originally supported Zhao Yu, and the people and officials there had long since wanted to fight.
Some troops, especially the local troops in Shanping, actually did not want to fight. They were just suppressed by Zhao Zheng's army and did not dare to move.
Now it's all right. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after the order was given. Shanping City was handed over peacefully. Nearly 200,000 Fengjiang defenders entered the city. Together with the 100,000 Zhao Zheng Army who had defected, they occupied a large area north of Guiguang in one breath.
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These places were originally dedicated to Zhao Yu, but now they are simply decided by word of mouth. Shiwanfengjiang's troops advanced to a place about 50 kilometers north of Guiguang, and stopped when they encountered the Guiguang defenders.
It was only at this time that Zhao Kai, who was far away in the imperial capital, finally confirmed that Zhao Zheng had surrendered and Shanping had fallen into Zhao Yu's hands.
The confused Zhao Kai immediately ordered Zhao Jie to go to Guiguang to take charge of the overall situation - in his plan, this position was actually reserved for Zhao Zheng.
The civil war in Fengjiang, which was originally a good situation for the Great China Empire, suddenly took a turn for the worse. The news of Shanping changing hands was like a nuclear bomb detonating within the Great China Empire.
The 400,000-strong Dahua Empire army entrenched near Guiguang City actually started killing each other overnight... Before Zhao Jie could reach Guiguang, Guiguang was in chaos and was occupied by Fengjiang's troops from the south.
The connection between Jiange and the Dahua Empire was completely severed!
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