Going south from Dongqing City, you can reach Pingfeng in the southwest direction, and you can reach Shanchong in the southeast direction. Both of these places are very important places.
Shanchong is the strategic fulcrum guarding the southern part of the Dahua Empire. Mastering Shanchong is equivalent to cutting off the territory of the Dahua Empire from the south.
As for Pingfeng, it is the southeastern barrier of the imperial capital. At the same time, you can also bypass Jutian at Pingfeng and go to Shanchong from the other direction.
The road from Guiguang to Shanchong has been cut off, because Guiguang is now occupied by Fengjiang troops. The road from Dongqing to Shanchong has also been cut off, for the same reason as the Guiguang side.
This is equivalent to saying that two of the three supply lines in Shanchong have been cut off, and only the one from Jutian to Shanchong is still being supported.
The Fengjiang troops moving south from Dongqing were also moving closer to Pingfeng and Shanchong, and Zhao Jie also felt tremendous pressure on Pingfeng.
Although there are not many Fengjiang troops going south, Zhao Jie really doesn't have much retreat: the only area he controls now can be considered the rear area, and the only area left is Jutian.
Fortunately, Jutian is also an important grain-producing area. Being backed by Jutian can be regarded as a strategic support. If we can bypass Shu and seize Caili and Xiqing, then Zhao Jie's control area is still "huge".
But Zhao Jie knew that was impossible. Although the area looked vast and there were many soldiers spread out like this, there were too many areas that he needed to defend.
As long as you go south from the direction of the Imperial Capital, Xiqing and Pingfeng will be on the front line to be attacked. At the same time, there is Shanchong, a strategically important area that must be defended.
This means that Zhao Jie must defend against pressure from at least three directions. No matter how many troops he has, he will only care about one and not the other. So after Zhao Jie retreated to Pingfeng, he began to reinforce the defense at all costs, preparing to hide in the turtle shell and not come out.
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On the other side, Li Mingshun, who was considering a retreat, was actually optimistic about the southwest: he felt that it would be better to go to Xiqing than to visit.
Although there are more cities to control in the northwest, not to mention the desolation of the northwest, there is no way out: hiding in Xiqing, backed by Caili, another large agricultural city, and connected to Shucheng, there is only one line of control area.
Talk about perfect.
As long as we withstand the pressure from the direction of the imperial capital, we can stabilize the situation. Anyway, there is Pingfeng on the other side to withstand the pressure. We can resist the powerful enemy in the north back to back, and we can be regarded as strategic partners covering each other.
If that doesn't work, you can still take a step back and surrender to Qin or directly join forces with Zhao Jie. In any case, there are more options than going to Wangdu in the northwest.
Luo Xiao shifted the focus of the attack from the northern part of the imperial capital to the south. He felt that it would be easier to attack from here, because the north was far away from the railway and supplies were not convenient.
Therefore, the subsequent Dahua Type 3 tanks were put into the south direction of the city. The Dahua Forbidden Army that had previously suppressed Zhao Jie was now suppressed and defeated by Fengjiang Army.
Despite desperately destroying five or six Type 3 tanks, the offensive of Fengjiang's troops was still very fierce. The battle continued, and Zhao Ji's retreat route might be cut off at any time.
Although the east of the city was not the focus of Fengjiang's troops' attack, as the attacks from the north and south of the city became more and more sharp, the Dahua troops in the east of the city were also constantly defeated.
The retreat of these troops brought Zhao Ji's palace gradually closer to the front line: in fact, in the afternoon of that day, Zhao Ji could already hear the sound of intensive machine gun fire.
He was so angry that he found Li Mingshun and asked the commander of the city defense army about the situation. Then he learned that his palace had become a "front line", which made him furious. He immediately scolded Li Mingshun and ordered him to organize a counterattack immediately.
, repulsed the enemy troops from the east of the city: "Counterattack! Retake the lost block positions! This is my palace! You must ensure the safety of the imperial city!"
"Your Majesty! I no longer have a reserve team, and the remaining troops are no longer able to organize a decent counterattack." Li Mingshun was a bachelor. He told the truth and poured cold water on Zhao Ji.
Li Mingshun didn't have many troops in his hands, and their combat effectiveness was uneven. After fighting fiercely for a day and night with the powerful Fengjiang Army, it was a very good achievement that the entire army did not collapse.
Now he doesn't have much ammunition, and his reserve troops have been used up to 77%, and there is no spare power to launch a counterattack: Are you kidding, he can withstand the tanks of the Fengjiang rebels, so he is very proud, and he still expects to counterattack? Then?
Isn't it to force the troops to die or to surrender?
"How far are they... from here?" Zhao Ji asked Li Mingshun angrily: "Explain it to me clearly!"
"About, there is still 1 kilometer left." Li Mingshun replied directly: "If His Majesty insists on not leaving, then we should be ready."
As the city defense commander, Li Mingshun had given up hope on the entire war situation. He was also fed up with Zhao Ji's random command, so his attitude was not good.
From his tone, Zhao Ji could tell the general meaning: if he continued to insist on staying in the palace, it would be best to prepare his own funeral arrangements.
After ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor, Zhao Ji lost his direction for a while. Finally, at the critical moment of life and death, he remembered his second goal in life: to survive.
The fear of death made him finally make a compromise: He was used to compromise: "Send my money...and my woman away first!"
"Your Majesty! In times of crisis, what do you need these things for? If you don't leave, it will be too late!" Li Mingshun persuaded him hard.
"You can't defend the city, and you can't even protect my royal family?" Zhao Ji asked sternly, his voice sharp, but without any momentum.
Li Mingshun has been tortured to the point of numbness by this new emperor, and he is not willing to fight anymore. Since Zhao Ji has changed his mind and wants to leave, he has achieved his goal.
Anyway, as long as Zhao Ji is willing to leave, that's all. As for how many things Zhao Ji is willing to take, Li Mingshun doesn't care: anyway, he feels that he can still hold on for a day or two.
Who knew that the whole incident would suddenly get out of control: after Zhao Ji returned to the harem and started packing his luggage to escape, the women who had been brought into the harem by Zhao Ji became chaotic.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! They cried loudly as if their husbands had died, and they desperately fought for valuable objects in the palace, making everything a mess.
The waiters and maids who took orders from their respective masters and concubines looted everything they could see, and some did not hesitate to fight: these people even caused a fire in order to fight for valuable things.
The palace guards who were supposed to help transport things and cover the retreat also got into chaos in this atmosphere: they began to insult the palace maids and even the concubines conferred by Zhao Ji, kill people and steal goods for treasures, and some even blew up a section of the palace wall to facilitate access. .
As soon as the palace wall fell down, the situation got completely out of control: the guards who had robbed the finances took many occupied palace maids and concubines and fled in all directions, taking away countless belongings.
Their farce even affected Li Mingshun's Forbidden Army who were fighting on the front line: These soldiers, fighting only a few hundred meters away from the palace, heard the explosions and gunshots behind them, and saw the light of fire, thinking that they had been attacked by Feng behind them. Jiang Jun occupied it and ran away in fright.
When Li Mingshun finally arrived at the palace with his personal guards, there were only a dozen people left around Zhao Ji.
The Emperor of Great China was in a state of disarray at this moment, and traces of smoke and fire could even be seen on his clothes. After he saw Li Mingshun, the first time he saw Li Mingshun, he did not get angry, but cried in grievance.
"General... Great General! Now that you are here, I feel relieved!" The crying Zhao Ji almost hugged Li Mingshun's thigh. Regardless of his image, he directly promoted Li Mingshun to a higher level verbally.
There is no way, the only one he can rely on now is his father who was once loyal to him, and now Li Mingshun is most likely to be loyal to him.
"Go quickly! It's no longer safe here!" Li Mingshun knew that Fengjiang's troops were probably climbing over the palace wall and entering the palace at this time, so he immediately advised: "Go quickly!"
"Go! Go! Listen to the general!" Zhao Ji nodded, no longer insisting on defending here. Being escorted by Li Mingshun's troops all the way out of the palace, Zhao Ji found something while escaping. Children's sense of security.
It seems that Zhao Yu wanted a relatively complete imperial capital, so the Fengjiang rebels stopped shelling. In the absence of shelling, Zhao Ji and his party were indeed not in great danger to their lives.
Within half an hour after Zhao Ji left the palace, Fengjiang's troops finally planted the flag on the tallest building in the imperial city of the Great China Empire.
There were cheers one after another, as if they had occupied the entire imperial capital. If they had known that Li Mingshun's remnant army could still hold on in the imperial capital for more than ten days, they probably would not have cheered so excitedly.
Yes, Li Mingshun did not escape immediately. He stayed in person to buy time for Zhao Ji to retreat. According to the escape route arranged by Li Mingshun, Zhao Ji immediately took the southwest route to Xiqing after leaving the city.
Li Mingshun, who was behind the scenes, did not have the interference of Zhao Ji, but fought vigorously, tenaciously holding the west side of the imperial capital, and even waited for some reinforcements from the direction of Wangdu.
While the battle in the Great Capital was continuing, a cruise ship operated by the Tang Empire that had crossed the Endless Sea arrived at Linshui.
This luxury cruise ship was chartered by the Yangmu Empire. The person who came to the Tang Empire on this huge ship was the elf princess who was arranged to get married.
On the one hand, it was out of fear of long nights and many dreams, and on the other hand, it was also because the Tang Empire agreed to marry the Yangmu Empire, so the Yangmu Empire sent the elf princess over.
Yangmu I was very active in this matter. Not only did he provide a lot of dowry, he even arranged an adoption ceremony before the princess set off: This elf girl was not the princess born to the prince. Now she is adopted
Given to Yang Mu I, she had the status of a princess.
