Chapter 982 Soldiers approaching the city of Fuchun
Liu Jintang watched Xi Changzhen slip away from under his nose, and could only sigh softly.
Otherwise, he could only watch.
Not long after, Li Zhen led his army to Qinghua City.
At this time, Li Zhen had brought more and more troops, including soldiers recruited from Xingyang County, Xiaoshui County and other places, and had already marched towards tens of thousands of people. After his army joined Liu Jintang, the strength of the army was as strong as The number of soldiers increased again, the number of soldiers exceeded 15,000, and their strength was many times stronger than when they first entered Vietnam.
Such strength makes the people of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces even more fearful and uneasy.
The stronger Li Zhen becomes, the more worried they become.
However, the people in the Eight-Nation Allied Forces hid their worries in their hearts and did not speak out.
Li Zhen stopped for a day in Qinghua City. He used this day to re-adjust the army and deal with the affairs of Qinghua City before leading his soldiers to continue southward to pursue Xi Changzhen. Liu Jintang followed Li Zhen. Finally, he began to ask: "President, I still don't understand why you let Xi Changzhen go. No matter what the purpose is, taking down Xi Changzhen will be of great benefit. Xi Changzhen is Xi Yinglong's right-hand man. If you take him down, that's One of Xi Yinglong's arms was cut off, and without Xi Changzhen, Xi Yinglong would not be able to jump up."
Li Zhen has heard this question countless times.
Li Zhen replied without hesitation: "Xi Changzhen is still useful, but we can't take it down for the time being."
In one sentence, Li Zhen's attitude was clearly stated.
After hearing this, Liu Jintang stopped asking further questions.
The army continued to advance. Li Zhen led his army behind Xi Changzhen, but Xi Changzhen tried his best to retreat, leaving Li Zhen's army behind. When Li Zhen's army reached a place, it immediately surrendered and continued to expand. As a result of the battle, the army chased from Qinghua City to Rongcheng, and then to Donghai City, all the way south, and approached Fuchun City, the home base of Xi Yinglong and Xi Changzhen.
Xi Changzhen led the army in front. After returning to Fuchun with his soldiers, and settling down the army, Xi Changzhen entered the palace directly and met with Xi Yinglong in the main hall.
He came to the main hall, knelt down with a plop, and said: "I am ashamed of your Majesty."
At this time, Xi Changzhen was speechless when he met Xi Yinglong.
Originally, Xi Changzhen left Fuchun City with tens of thousands of soldiers in an aggressive manner to defeat Li Zhen. Now, Xi Changzhen failed and returned. He fled back all the way quickly. He did not even see Xi Yinglong and was unable to see the Jiangdong elders.
Xi Yinglong stood up, walked down, and reached out to help Xi Changzhen.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty." Xi Changzhen said again.
Xi Yinglong shook his head slightly and said in a sincere tone: "It's good that my brother can come back. This is enough. If the army is gone, we can recruit more soldiers and train an elite division. If we fail in the battle, we can fight again. As long as Victory in the final battle is enough, but if something goes wrong with my brother, who will lead the soldiers for me? I can't find anyone like him."
"His Majesty,."
Xi Changzhen was moved to tears and extremely excited.
Xi Yinglong continued: "Failure is a thing of the past. Don't worry about it, otherwise you will always be thinking about it and it will affect your judgment. Now, what you need to do is how to plan the next stage of the war."
Xi Yinglong pulled Xi Changzhen to sit down on the steps of the main hall, and the two of them sat like this.
There is clearly nothing regal about this situation.
However, Xi Yinglong can do this.
Xi Changzhen wanted to refuse, but Xi Yinglong insisted, so Xi Changzhen stopped trying to dissuade him. Xi Changzhen took a deep breath, organized his words, and said: "Your Majesty, I led the troops to fight Li Zhen, and I have some new feelings."
Xi Yinglong said: "Come and listen."
Xi Changzhen rubbed his eyes, wiped away his tears, and said: "First, comparing the situation of the two armies, except for a few soldiers who were brought out by themselves in the past, most of our soldiers were recruited in Vietnam. Even after many years training, but there is too little actual combat, and it is still not as good as the soldiers under Li Zhen who have experienced countless battles. This is a comparison of the soldiers' own abilities."
"Second, the weapons used, our weapons are still ordinary guns used in Guangdong, with low power and short range. However, the weapons used by Li Zhen's soldiers are different. They are the latest weapons, including grenades, There are also machine guns that can fire bullets continuously, which can shoot countless bullets in the blink of an eye. In addition, the guns used by each of their soldiers are also more powerful than ours. This is the gap in weapons."
"Third, Vietnam's geographical location. Although Li Zhen is far away from the base camp and is conducting long-range operations, Vietnam's area is small, there is no strategic depth, and it is impossible to fight in a roundabout way. We cannot rely on Vietnam's local topography to resist."
"Fourth, basic issues. We occupied Vietnam for a period of time, but the governance period was too short. In addition, the constant fighting consumed too much manpower and material resources, which made the people tired. The people now do not want to fight, and they are not very convinced. Once Li Zhen's army arrives, the heavenly army of the Chinese Empire will arrive. When the people see it, they will surrender in droves. We have no foundation and are like duckweeds on the water."
Xi Changzhen made four points in a row, and finally said: "This is a problem that came to my mind during my escape, especially the people's problem. If the people's problem cannot be solved, we will be destroyed by Li Zhen sooner or later."
Xi Yinglong asked: "Brother, what do you think?"
Xi Changzhen looked helpless and said: "The time is too short to solve the people's prejudice against us."
After a pause, Xi Changzhen said: "Now, we can only rely on Fuchun City to fight to the end."
His face showed determination to fight to the death.
After hearing this, Xi Yinglong said: "I already understand what the eldest brother means. Looking at the overall situation, we do not have an advantage. As long as Li Zhen does not make a big mistake, we will not be able to reverse the situation of the war. However, a man comes to this world for a visit. It must be spectacular. I, Xi Yinglong, have even become the emperor. There is still something to commemorate. Brother, let’s give it a try and fight to the death with Li Zhen.”
"Yes, fight to the death."
Xi Changzhen nodded heavily, looking very excited.
The two brothers have already made up their minds.
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On July 16, Li Zhen's army entered Fuchun and had already arrived at the home base of Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong. The first thing Li Zhen did after arriving was to immediately let his soldiers drop a large amount of news of the arrival of the army into Fuchun City to persuade Xi Changzhen. He and Xi Yinglong surrendered in order to shake the opponent's military morale. Then, Li Zhen set up camp outside the city and began to prepare for the attack on Fuchun City.
As the capital city of a country, Fuchun is extremely strong.
Xi Changzhen and Xi Yinglong made up their minds to defend, which means there will be a tough battle. Even if Li Zhen's army enters the city, it will face many difficulties, because Xi Changzhen may also use the lanes to carry out street fighting and various street battles.
It was not that Li Zhen won the victory as soon as he arrived at the city.
