The armies of the Six Kingdoms made unusual movements and gathered towards Anguo one after another. Zhenguo was not blind or deaf, so of course he noticed it.
After Li Hong heard about this, his first reaction was to immediately find the ministers of Sichuan in Beijing and ask what was going on with the unusual movements in various countries.
Shangjing has always been jointly occupied by Sichuan and Zhenyang. The minister from Sichuan who stayed in Shangjing was named Zhou Qi, a third-grade civil servant. Of course, Zhou Qi was well aware of the reasons for the changes in various countries, but he deliberately acted in front of Li Hong
Pretend to be confused and look confused, indicating that you don’t know.
Li Hong was doubtful of his words, and then wrote a letter to Xiao Xuan. After all, the changes in the armies of various countries also included Sichuan. Zhou Qi didn't know about it, so Xiao Xuan couldn't also know about it, right?
His letters were spread out like a stone's throw without any response. Now that Xiao Xuan has completely drawn a clear line with Li Hong, it is of course impossible for him to write any more replies to him.
When he couldn't receive a reply, Li Hong was a little panicked and had a premonition that something was not going well. The changes in the armies of the Six Kingdoms were probably directed at him proclaiming himself emperor. However, the reason why he proclaimed himself emperor was that
It was Xiao Xuan who encouraged him, so how could he turn his back on him now?
Li Hong was unwilling to give up and wrote a letter to Xiao Xuan again, asking questions repeatedly in the letter.
As a result, this time he did not wait for Xiao Xuan's reply, but instead waited for the emperor's angry revolt. The armies of the six countries gathered in Anguo. At this juncture, the emperor's remonstrance was promulgated again. Now even a fool can
You can see what's going on.
The ministers of Zhenguo came to Li Hong one after another and pointed out to him that the gathering of the armies of the Six Kingdoms was clearly directed at Zhenguo. What they had to do now was to step down from the throne as soon as possible, apologize to the emperor, and proclaim himself emperor.
It was just a momentary act of confusion, maybe there is still room for maneuver.
If Li Hong had not proclaimed himself emperor, it would have been easy for him to give up the idea of proclaiming himself emperor. But now that he has proclaimed himself emperor, if he were to abdicate, let alone if he did not want to, even if he did so, he might not end well.
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Li Hong did not accept the advice of the ministers, but he was not stupid either. He did not dare to stay in Shangjing and quietly fled back to the country with a group of civil and military ministers from the Zheng Kingdom, leaving behind his third son Li Ting and his fourth son Li Yu to take charge of the government on his behalf.
As soon as he escaped back to Xitang, Zhengdu, the millions of coalition troops gathered in Anguo launched a thunderous attack on Shangjing.
Since Li Hong proclaimed himself emperor, all the Sichuan garrison in Shangjing have been evacuated. Now the garrison in Shangjing is basically Zhenjun, totaling nearly 50,000 people.
Although the Zhen army is brave and good at fighting, and none of them are afraid of death. They are like madmen on the battlefield, but after all, the number of troops is too small, and the capital is too big. If the 50,000 Zhen army defends a small city, there is still a chance, but defending such a large city
It is really beyond our capabilities to go to Beijing alone.
The Allied Forces of the Six Nations were divided into six groups, attacking from six directions and besieging Beijing. During the city defense battle, the Zhen Army was unable to think about the front or the rear, nor the left nor the right. Their forces were stretched thin, and the situation was completely passive.
The fighting between the two sides did not last long, and the 50,000 Zhen army was defeated by the six-nation coalition. The city defenses were broken down one after another, and the remaining Zhen army had no choice but to retreat to the palace.
The Orthodox Imperial Palace in Shangjing is not comparable to the miscellaneous palaces in Yancheng. It is a large round mountain covering a vast area. Even if the remaining Zhen army wants to defend the palace, it will not be an easy task.
The Feng Army has Shangguan Yuanrang as the vanguard, the Sichuan Army has General Wu Rui as the vanguard, the An Army has the fierce general Zhang Bi, the Huan Army has Yan Hui who is invincible to ten thousand people, and the Mo State has Xiang Wen. Just these five armies
The vanguard officers alone are enough for the Zhen army to resist, not to mention that in addition to these five fierce generals, there are also an army of over one million.
The Zhenjun who retreated to the palace retreated again and again, from the bottom to the top of the palace. At the end of the battle, even Li Hong's fourth son, Li Yu, was killed, and his third son, Li Ting, led about 5,000 remaining soldiers.
The defeated general will defend the top of the mountain.
By this time, the six armies had gathered together and were about to attack a family. Looking down from the top of the mountain, wherever you looked, there were seas of people. Soldiers and horses from all over the world gathered together, really like ants, covering the huge palace.
Covered from top to bottom.
At this point in the war, the overall situation has been decided, but Li Ting would rather die than surrender. In fact, from the beginning of the war to the present, no one in the Zhen army has surrendered. Except for the remaining five thousand people, all other Zhen soldiers died in the battle.
Not to mention the soldiers below who refused to surrender, even Li Ting and Li Yu, who were princes, expressed their determination that they would rather be broken into pieces than destroyed.
The final battle between the two sides only lasted half an hour. The Six Nations Allied Forces stepped on the corpses on the ground and attacked the top of the mountain. Unable to bear the humiliation of being captured, Li Ting committed suicide with a horizontal sword. All his soldiers were also killed.
After completely wiping out the forces of Zhenguo that stayed in Shangjing, the Six Nations Allied Forces launched a large-scale looting of the palace. Now, there are no treasures left in the palace. Yin Zhun took away all the precious treasures when he fled.
Later, the Sichuan and Zhen allied forces entered Beijing and looted the remaining treasures in the palace. However, there were still some treasures in the palace that were not easy to take away. Among other things, the imperial chair made by Li Hong was made of pure gold.
, the soldiers of the Six Nations Allied Forces cut with swords and sawed, and cut the imperial chair into countless pieces. Many soldiers had their arms filled with gold nuggets. In addition, there were some gold and silver inlays in the palace.
When it comes to buildings, people can scrape them as much as they can, and move them as much as they can.
A good palace, but after the six-nation coalition forces retreated, all that was left was a mess and devastation.
In order to humiliate Li Hong, Li Xin specially ordered the heads of Li Ting and Li Yu to be cut off and sent to Zhen Kingdom.
Normally, Huan Guo is the most obedient to Zhen Guo, and follows Zhen Guo's lead in everything. Li Hong says to go east, but Li Xin dare not say to go west. Now that Huan Guo has joined the alliance to defeat Zhen, he has become the most hostile to Zhen Guo.
The vicious one would not even let go of the bodies of Li Hong's two dead sons. This is human nature. The longer it is suppressed, the stronger the desire for revenge will be.
The Six Nations Allied Forces were quite polite to the people who came to Beijing. There were no large-scale plunders or indiscriminate killings of innocent people. However, the maids were not so polite to the concubines that Li Hongwei took away. It would be better if they were all old and young.
Hundreds of people were all assigned to various armies and served as military prostitutes for anyone to play with.
After a short rest in Beijing, the Sixth Army began to march towards the mainland of Zhenguo without stopping.
To open the door to Zhenguo, we must first capture Canglin County, which borders Shangjing. To capture Canglin County, we must open the two major checkpoints of Tongguan and Jingguan.
These two checkpoints are located on two roads respectively, and are the only way to go from Canglin County to Guping and Xinfeng counties in the west.
The Allied Forces of the Six Nations can choose to take only one route to attack Xitang, the capital of Zhenguo. However, the Six-Nation Allied Forces with high morale now have no intention of just capturing the capital of Zhenguo. Instead, they plan to capture the entire territory of Zhenguo and take the opportunity to plunder some more loot.
, to collect more money.
The coalition forces temporarily stationed ten miles away from Tongguan. After the Chinese military tent was set up, the six kings Xiao Xuan, Tang Yin, Yue Ze, Li Xin, Shao Fang, and Lingshuang gathered in the tent to discuss how to capture Tongguan and Jingguan.
Important points everywhere.
Yue Ze was the first to speak and said: "The way I see it, our coalition troops will be divided into two groups, one for the pass and the other for the Beijing Pass."
Li Xin shook his head and objected: "Our coalition forces are strong when we unite our forces together. It is unwise to divide our forces to fight. According to my opinion, our army can adopt various methods to defeat the enemy, first take the pass, and then take the Jing Pass."
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After hearing this, Tang Yin nodded secretly. Li Xin actually knew some ways of using troops. Other princes also agreed: "What Brother Li said is reasonable, but my millions of troops cannot be sent to the battlefield together. Which legion should be sent to attack first?"
For good?"
"This is simple!" Li Xin said without thinking: "Each of the six armies will draw one legion as the front army. The prince and I can lead the other six legions as the rear army. It is naturally best for the front army to win. If
If we fail to win the customs clearance, it will not be too late for us to lead the rear army to provide assistance!"
"Okay! This is a good idea. Each of the six armies will have 100,000 soldiers. It is fair, reasonable and impartial. From my perspective, let's make this decision!" Yue Ze grinned widely and laughed.
Shao Fang sneered in his heart and cursed an idiot in his mind, but then he agreed: "Just as Brother Yi Li said!"
Xiao Xuan secretly rolled his eyes and joined forces to attack the city, and it was six armies cooperating. Have the armies cooperated before? On the battlefield, the enemy will never give you a chance to get along. If you make a mistake, you may suffer a fatal blow from the enemy.
If we attack according to Li Xin's method, even if we can attack and pass the level, our losses will not be too small.
If he was dissatisfied, he didn't want to say it himself. Instead, he turned around and asked Tang Yin with a smile: "Brother Tang, do you think Brother Li's opinion is feasible?"
It's impossible! Tang Yin muttered in his heart. He also thought of the problem that Xiao Xuan thought of. He smiled lightly and said: "Instead of joining forces to attack the city, it is better to mobilize a country's 200,000 troops to fight alone. This way
Even if there is a loss, it is the loss of one army. The other five armies are still there. If there is a tough battle next, each army can take turns to fight. The Zhen Kingdom is so big that the battle cannot be completed in one day, and each army takes turns to fight.
Who takes advantage and who suffers? What do you think, brothers and sisters?"
This is a way. Anyone who can be a prince is not a fool. Everyone understands that if the six countries join forces to fight together, there will be great coordination risks. However, all the kings are afraid that they will suffer losses, so they agree.
It was Li Xin's bad idea. Now Tang Yin proposed that the six armies take turns to go into battle, which was exactly what they wanted. The kings looked at each other and said in unison: "This method of brother Tang Yin is very good!"
A smile finally appeared on Xiao Xuan's face, and he asked again: "Since all the gentlemen have no objections, then who is willing to take the lead?"
As soon as he finished speaking, An Wang Yueze stood up and said: "Brother Xiao Wang, let An Jun take the first battle!"
Ha! Everyone was stunned. An Jun, who had never been strong in combat and was timid and afraid of death, actually wanted to take the lead. This was really new.
Xiao Xuan thought for a while, nodded, and said: "That's fine! By the way, I would like to ask Lieutenant General to mobilize the siege weapons of each army to help secure the army and fight this first battle. The first battle is won, the battle is won, this battle cannot be tolerated