Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 1032 1033 Pig Teammates

Zhao Jie was a little surprised. What was surprising was that he really didn't expect that Zhao Ji would have such courage to come back from the front line of He Zhe!

To be honest, this was a variable that Zhao Jie hadn't expected, because the troops in his hands were really not enough to deal with the double-sided attack of the two troops.

Li Mingshun's troops in the city were already more than Zhao Jie's, so it was impossible for Zhao Jie's troops to enter the city and close the gates to wait for reinforcements.

Zhao Jie's only support was the southern field troops who came behind him continuously, and were dispatched from the direction of Shanchong.

But Zhao Jie has it, so does Zhao Ji!The troops brought out from He Zhe were at least 30, including the garrisons of Shangxuan and Dongqing, along the way, Zhao Jineng had collected almost 40 troops!
Although Zhao Ji is still at a disadvantage in terms of total strength, these troops do exist, and Zhao Jie must of course guard against them.

The most irritating thing is that Zhao Jie couldn't calculate Zhao Ji's exact troop strength: According to normal people's practice, Zhao Ji must leave enough troops in the Xiaren area for defense, so as to prevent Fengjiang's army from attacking Xiaren City.

But this is the thinking of normal people!Who in a normal person would hand over He Zhe and leave Zhao Chen's 80 troops in Fengjiang?
So maybe, Zhao Ji will really withdraw all the troops like a lunatic, so Zhao Jie must calculate the troops that Zhao Ji can use according to the total troops in Zhao Ji's hands!

How many troops does Zhao Jie have?He has about 110 million field troops!That's right, more than what Zhao Chen has in hand.

These troops were originally used in the direction of Shanchong, preparing to take back the light.But Zhao Jie didn't put the main force into the battle of storming back to the light, he has been conserving his strength.

But he, Zhao Jie, was not Zhao Ji, so it was impossible for him to ignore Shan Chong's line of defense and call all the troops back to participate in the battle for the imperial capital.

In order to ensure that there will be no problems with Shanchong's basic situation, Zhao Jie left an army of 50 in Shanchong and handed it over to his confidant generals to command.

At the same time, he had to divide his troops to control Jutian and Pingfeng: these places were his main traffic routes and grain production areas, and he had to control them.

If he didn't maintain his troops in these areas, the only way to get to the imperial capital would be Dongqing. This road has been blocked by Zhao Ji now.

After a long calculation, Zhao Jie dispatched the first time, and the troops rushing to help the imperial capital were actually only 10 divisions, about 15 people.

Most of these troops are on the way, because it is impossible for Zhao Jie to mobilize so many troops to go to the imperial capital without knowing it, so they are still a day or two away from the imperial capital.

Zhao Ji is actually in the same state: he can't transfer all the frontline troops to the imperial capital, and the railway transport capacity is so much, so the troops he can use to kill the outskirts of the imperial capital are actually less than 3000 people!
Things immediately became interesting: both Zhao Jie and Zhao Ji's troops were heading towards the imperial capital continuously. In terms of combat effectiveness, Zhao Jie's troops were higher, and in terms of military strength, it seemed that Zhao Ji's side had more troops.

After all, Li Mingshun in the imperial capital and the Dahua Army in the northwest both supported Zhao Ji by default, so Zhao Jie's situation was quite unfavorable.

If he attacked with too few troops, he would simply seek his own death.

But if he retreats to give way to the south gate, then Li Mingshun will join Zhao Ji and drive Zhao Jie's troops out of the imperial capital!At that time, Zhao Ji will have the banner of righteousness, and Li Mingshun, who can fight, will command the battle. Zhao Jie will almost be done.

Therefore, Zhao Jie, who was thinking about it, felt that he could not retreat no matter what!He had to stay here, desperate to prevent Li Mingshun and Zhao Ji from reuniting.

In fact, he made the right bet: Zhao Ji didn't actually have many troops in his hands, and he kept the main force in the lower reins to prevent his rear from being taken over by others.

The whole thing is like this: Zhao Ji originally wanted to wait for Zhao Chen to retreat to He Zhe before he returned to the imperial capital with his troops.But when he heard the news that Zhao Kai was seriously ill, Zhao Ji panicked.

He felt that it would be too late to wait for Zhao Chen in He Zhe, so he led the troops to rush down the rein!Before reaching the reins, he suddenly realized a serious problem: the troop's advance speed was too slow.

In the panic, Zhao Ji had many new ideas in his head: Although Zhao Chen still had 80 troops in the encirclement, what if the Fengjiang army who occupied He Zhe attacked westward and caught up with him?
After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Ji left more than half of the troops in the lower reins in case of accidents.In fact, he could have left the troops in He Zhe and led them away first, but he never thought about this at the time!
He felt that he didn't wait for Zhao Chen because he was afraid that after Zhao Chen withdrew and returned to He Zhe, he would not listen to his transfer, not give him support, and let him lose in the battle for the heir apparent with Zhao Jie.

But this was all his afterthoughts. At that time, when he led the troops back to the reins, he just got hotheaded. He just couldn't wait to go back to the imperial capital to seize power, and he was going to sell Zhao Chen to reduce the chances of him seizing power.

When Zhao Ji was about to return to the imperial capital, he realized that Zhao Chen was actually followed by a variable that threatened him the most: Zhao Yu!That's right, it's Zhao Yu!
Zhao Yu is also a prince, so in terms of status, he is also qualified to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.At the same time, looking at the map now, there is the support of the big boss behind, the actual control area, and a large army, isn't it Zhao Yu?
What's even more frightening is that Zhao Yu still has extensive support in the court and among the people. It is true that he is a greater threat than Zhao Jie!
So Zhao Ji, who was scared, gave up the idea of ​​​​drawing troops from the lower reins to return to the imperial capital. In this way, he took 3000 elites and marched to the outskirts of the imperial capital in a mighty manner.

At this time, the battle was still fierce in the imperial capital. Zhao Jie won the support of the nobles in the city, and even fought back and forth with Li Mingshun, who was clearly superior in military strength.

Zhao Jie, who thought he was at a disadvantage, was very nervous at first, but when he was commanding the battle, he suddenly heard two bad news.

"What did you say? What do you mean that Wang Yucai's family is missing? Doesn't he live in the south of the city?" Zhao Jie pointed at the map with his finger, and angrily questioned his confidant who went to find someone.

The confidant was actually very wronged, and he replied in mourning: "Your Majesty! The minister went there in person, but, but the place is already empty, and all valuable things have been removed!"

"Huh?" Hearing what his subordinates said, Zhao Jie believed it eight out of ten.Based on his understanding of his subordinates, if there is something valuable, he will definitely not mention it...

Where has the person gone?Originally, what Zhao Jie wanted was to find Wang Yucai, coerce and lure him, and ask the Minister of the Household Department to support him.

Coupled with Zhou Qiang's scumbag that he knew, how could he build a court like that.

But now, Zhou Qiang is not mentioned, and Wang Yucai from the south of the city has disappeared. No matter what he thinks, Zhao Jie smells a conspiracy.Who was he tricked by?Or is the other party planning to plot against someone else?

Just when he was thinking about what was going on, news came from the airport outside the city, saying that there was a force attacking them under the banner of the prince's guard.

At this moment, Zhao Jie had no time to think about other issues, and he immediately ordered several nobles to lead a battalion of troops to help the airport.In order to prevent these nobles from defecting temporarily, he also arranged for his confidant to bring a company to help out.

The battle lasted for a whole day. At night, Zhao Jie's troops had been compressed by Li Mingshun near the south gate of the imperial capital, defending to the death with the barrier of several blocks.

The battle outside the city was not going well. The prince's guards still had some fighting power, much stronger than the private army of the nobles. The two sides fought fiercely until nightfall, and lost almost all that could be lost in the entire airport.

All the planes parked at the airport were blown up, and the tower was blasted into ruins and used as a small high ground.

Relying on the anti-aircraft artillery in the west, the defenders have stabilized their position, but they are running out of troops and limited artillery shells, so they urgently need support.

How could Zhao Jie have any troops to support them: the fighting in the city had already become fierce, and his own guards had all gone to the front line, leaving only seven or eight guards to protect the headquarters.

But in the early morning of the next day, the situation suddenly changed: a reinforcement from Zhao Jie arrived and joined the battle.This new force defeated Zhao Ji's prince's guard outside the city, which relieved Zhao Jie from the risk of being encircled.

Unwilling to be reconciled to the defeat, Zhao Ji launched an offensive again.It's just that the prince's guard, who had experienced a defeat, was even more hip. This time, they were defeated again without even seeing the airport.

Zhao Jie, who received support, also stabilized his position in the city. He dispatched troops to launch a counterattack, which surprised Li Mingshun: Isn't Zhao Chen still helping Zhao Ji?How did you play so badly?
In the end, after careful investigation, he found out that Zhao Ji had sold Zhao Chen... The foreign aid that should have arrived sooner did not exist anymore!
Li Mingshun was so angry that he almost vomited blood: he has seen stupid people before, but he has never seen such an outstanding talent like Zhao Ji.

Only now did he realize how much pressure Feng Kezhi, Qian Jinhang... and Zhao Chen were fighting under!

It doesn't matter that the enemy is extremely powerful, the key is that our own people have to dig holes for our own people to make trouble!Who can bear this?Who can stand this?

Fortunately, I have been the commander of the city guards in the imperial capital all these years. If this is released, I will end up with Qian Jinhang and Feng Kezhi if I fail to keep it.

Thinking about it, it really makes people feel aggrieved: the empire has come to the point where it is today, and it has elected such a worthless prince as emperor, sad... really sad!
Sighing, sighing, shaking his head, Li Mingshun knew that he still had to continue fighting, he still had an advantage!As long as he is still alive, as long as he has one breath left!It is necessary to keep the Dahua River and Mountain left by the former emperor Zhao Kai!
"Come on! Send a telegram to the Heavy Artillery Regiment! Aim at the head of the south gate! Fire!" Li Mingshun, who had already ignored the others, ordered through gritted teeth.

(End of this chapter)