Li Mingshun has been really frustrated recently. Ever since he led his troops to withdraw from the imperial capital, everything seems to have gone very wrong.
The four cities of Wangdu, Daxiguan, Shahun, and Bingshuo all surrendered to Zhao Yu as a matter of course. Now Zhao Yu has controlled almost two-thirds of the Dahua Empire, and his troops are extremely powerful.
Although Zhao Jie took away most of the nobles and bureaucrats in the court, Zhao Yu was not afraid of these. He promoted a lot of his confidants and had the support of Tang State, so he naturally had every advantage.
Prince Zhao Yu now focused his attack on Xiqing, and Li Mingshun suddenly felt the pressure.
Zhao Ji was having fun in Cai Licheng, while Li Mingshun was fighting hard in Xiqing. The absolute gap between the two sides gradually became apparent.
Because the rear area was too small, Li Mingshun gradually could no longer support it: his army became smaller as the army grew larger, but Zhao Yu's army became more and more numerous.
After all, even excluding the areas "still in Zhao Yu's hands" that were taken away by the Tang State, the area that Zhao Yu actually controlled was larger than the areas controlled by Zhao Jie and Zhao Ji combined.
With a population advantage, control over the imperial capital, and the support of the Tang State, Zhao Yu could squander an absurd amount of resources.
Another factor that expanded Zhao Yu's advantage was the terrain: after controlling the imperial capital, there was only one way to go, whether going to Xiqing or Pingfeng.
There is no so-called strategy at all. Everyone has only one path, so the battle is basically concentrated on one point, and the strategy is not so important.
Everyone is competing for strength, and the competition is who has more soldiers, more weapons and better weapons... Obviously, in this regard, Zhao Yu has a huge advantage.
"General, this is not an option if we continue like this. The 200,000-strong army has been depleted so far, and only 170,000 are left including the supplementary troops. The enemy is attacking more and more. What should we do?" An officer complained to Li Mingshun angrily.
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There was indeed a lot of resentment in his heart, because it was this officer who went back to ask for reinforcements before. Zhao Ji held hundreds of thousands of troops in Caili and refused to give them to Li Mingshun, and only arranged some recruits to make up the number.
As a result, Li Mingshun lost several lines of defense in Xiqing Company and saw that he had retreated to the outskirts of Xiqing. If street fighting really broke out in Xiqing, there would be even fewer places for Zhao Ji and Li Mingshun to recruit troops.
It would be fine to say that Zhao Ji was working hard in Caili, but the frontline generals who returned were really angry when they saw Zhao Ji living and drinking in the rear.
This is not hearsay, they really saw it with their own eyes: Zhao Ji was really extravagant in Caili's temporary palace: he captured local beauties, even those who were married,
Then let these women rehearse dance together for him to enjoy, and sleep with these women at night.
This move made many local gentry very angry, but they dared not speak out. So they joined forces to secretly dig holes and blockades for Zhao Ji in many places.
For example, they no longer donate money to support Zhao Ji, which makes Zhao Ji's government-in-exile very difficult to raise funds. These local powerful people also do not support conscription and do not cooperate with corvee labor. These actions also directly affect Zhao Ji Group.
Because of the resistance of these people, Li Mingshun could not even find many people to build fortifications, and recruiting soldiers was also very difficult.
When it comes to conscription, Zhao Ji cannot be entirely blamed for offending the local powerful and gentry class. In fact, due to more than a year of conscription, there were not many strong men in these places to recruit.
"I also know that continuing like this is not an option, but Zhao Ji is the emperor after all, so what can we do?" Li Mingshun sighed, feeling that he was indeed very aggrieved.
Originally, he only supported Zhao Ji, who was unable to support him, just to be loyal to Zhao Kai. Now, as the civil war in the Dahua Empire continues, he has made all preparations. In his opinion, it is nothing more than death.
It’s just that he has repaid his country, it doesn’t matter, he, Li Mingshun, is not afraid of death!
But it's not enough for him to not be afraid of death. His men and his soldiers are all afraid of death! If these people are left with no way out, Li Mingshun knows that disaster will soon strike.
"General! If that doesn't work, let's vote for Zhao Jie, right? At least... Zhao Jie is much stronger than Zhao Ji..." A general couldn't hold himself back and made a suggestion that made Li Mingshun furious.
Li Mingshun felt that surrendering to Zhao Jie was even more unacceptable than surrendering to Zhao Yu: If he surrendered to Zhao Jie, would it be better to surrender during the melee in the imperial capital? If he surrendered at that time, there would be no subsequent series of variables.
If Zhao Jie had taken control of the Imperial Capital at that time, he would have at least been able to hold on to the Imperial Capital. With half of the Great China Empire behind him, the situation would have been countless times better than it is now.
Therefore, surrendering to Zhao Jie is a negation of all Li Mingshun's previous decisions, which Li Mingshun cannot accept.
Let Li Mingshun surrender to Zhao Jie and admit that the current collapsed situation was caused by him alone. Li Mingshun would rather die!
In Li Mingshun's view, surrendering to Zhao Yu is a better choice: as long as he surrenders to Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu will be legally recognized! Zhao Yu, who controls almost the entire territory of Dahua, will immediately put down Zhao Jie
rebellion.
By then, the Dahua Empire will still be the Dahua Empire, and at least the situation has been stabilized on a fundamental basis. He, Li Mingshun, can be considered worthy of the deceased Zhao Kai and the martyred Shen Chuan.
That's what he said... But Li Mingshun didn't want to surrender to Zhao Yu. If he was willing to surrender, why bother struggling until now? Now he is very entangled and doesn't know how to choose.
He is not willing to give in, he still wants to persist. As for what he is insisting on, even he himself cannot tell clearly.
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The current situation of the Qin State can be said to be a mixed blessing. After the Qin army broke through the Shushan defense line, Emperor Qin Yingduo received the support of the Tang State and became the emperor of the Qin Empire.
This made him feel that marrying Yingyue to the Tang Empire was the most cost-effective business, and he felt a little excited for a while.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! To be honest, the Qin army was able to successfully break through the Shushan defense line because of the "cooperation" of someone within the Shu Kingdom! After Liu Jing, the Speaker of the Shu Kingdom, formed an alliance with Sophia,
, I don’t care much about the Shushan defense line.
Since the Speaker has this kind of virtue, one can imagine the attitude of others: some people are in secret contact with the Qin State, and some people are unwilling to fight. The Shushan defense line, which was originally considered unbreakable, was breached by the Qin army.
After taking the northern part of the Shu Kingdom, breaking through the Shushan defense line, and occupying a little bit of the land of the Chu Kingdom, the territory of the Qin Kingdom was already quite vast. Not only did he monopolize the slave trade in the Orc Empire, but he also captured the slaves from the Shu Kingdom.
A lot of machinery and equipment have strengthened its own industry.
In this way, Qin can be regarded as a first-class powerful country: Yingduo does not need to build a navy, which allows Qin to save a lot of military expenses.
After acquiring the industrial base in northern Shu, Qin tripled its tank and aircraft production lines, which also made Qin's war machine even more powerful.
Although the DO-17 bomber purchased from the Tang Empire is not an advanced bomber, it can be regarded as an average level in the world. Coupled with the large-scale mass production of P-36 fighter jets, Qin even feels that it has the capabilities to compete with large-scale
The strength of the Tang Empire to fight against each other.
But the result was that the smug Yingduo was poured cold water on his head: when the Tang Empire was fighting in the Mirage Kingdom, they invested in a very fast bomber. This kind of bomber had never appeared in the past and was definitely the secret weapon of the Tang Kingdom.
The news came from a secret organization, which seemed to have close ties with the Mirage Kingdom. Many news about Tang's attacks on the Mirage Kingdom were spread by this organization.
The whereabouts of the other party are very secretive, but the accuracy of the information is still very high. Therefore, the Qin State is also preparing to send envoys to the Tang State to discuss the matter of "purchasing new technologies."
After all, the relationship between Qin and Tang is still in the honeymoon period. Emperor Qin believed that Emperor Tang would still give him some face and be willing to sell some high-end goods.
In fact, what he didn't know was that Tang State was actually considering whether to sell jet aircraft technology to other countries.
Opponents believe that if this advanced technology is not sold, other countries will never be able to imitate it, so there is no need to rush to sell it.
Those who agree believe that the Tang State actually already has the technology to counter jet fighters. It can make a lot of money by selling jet fighters, and it can also use the countermeasures technology, killing two birds with one stone.
In fact, there are more people who agree, because jet engine technology is not limited to military use, but is also widely used in civilian fields.
They feel that as long as similar technologies are sold, civil aviation will immediately develop greatly. The profits that Tang can earn are absolutely unimaginable. They can even support tens of millions of Tang workers in the future. This is more practical than blocking a technology.
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This kind of debate has always happened, but this time it was particularly fierce. Tang Mo did not take a position. He was waiting for the navy to produce results and the subsequent naval technology to be developed before making a decision.
In Tang Mo's view, at least the navy should be allowed to use jet aircraft before the outdated technology is spread out: this can maximize the guarantee that our soldiers will not encounter enemies with advanced technology on the battlefield.
"Remember! Buy whatever you can! Anyway, we made a lot of money in Shu and monopolized the orc slave trade! Spending more is nothing!" Ying Duo told those who went to Tang to buy things.
envoy.
Now there are no obstacles to the exchanges between the two countries: Zhao Yu has regained control of most of the territory of the Great China Empire. He is a puppet of the Tang State, and it is naturally impossible to hinder the trade between Qin and Tang.
"I understand! I will definitely do my best to win more things for Qin." The envoy was also very polite and lowered his head as he assured.
