Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 922 Chapter 923
The battle at Shanping was in full swing, Fengjiang's attacking troops had an advantage in numbers, and Zhao Zheng, who didn't get much reinforcements, already felt that he was about to be unable to hold on.

He frequently sent telegrams to the imperial capital, He Zhe, and Guiguang, hoping to get more support.

But except for Zhao Chen who promised him that he was doing his best to help, the telegrams sent to the other two places were like mud cows, and there was no news.

Zhao Chen really worked hard for the situation: while he continued to send telegrams to urge the imperial capital, requesting immediate support for Shanping City, he also forcibly ordered the troops to attack Fengjiang regardless of the loss, trying to alleviate the pressure in the direction of Shanping by storming Fengjiang. pressure.

Even if he was a fool, he should have realized it by now: what prevented the troops from going north to support him was definitely not the speed of mobilization of the Dahua Empire, but that these troops had been ordered not to come out of Guiguang to support Shanping.

Of course Zhao Zheng is not a fool, on the contrary, he is quite smart to be able to sit in this position.He quickly figured out most of the reasons. At least he understood that these troops were hoarded in Guiguang and did not come to support him, most likely because they had received instructions from the Emperor of the Great Hua Empire.

In other words, the emperor of the Dahua Empire is cheating him—no matter what the reason is, Shanping is a fishhook thrown by the emperor.And he, Zhao Zheng, is the bait hanging on this hook!

What makes Zhao Zheng hate the most is that Zhao Kai didn't even tell him the overall plan, and even made him set the flag of "defend the mountain screen" when the war started.

What he didn't know was that Zhao Kai didn't actually mean that. He didn't plan to deal with Zhao Zheng after Shanping City was lost, nor did he plan to kill Zhao Zheng from the very beginning.

The actual situation is that Zhao Jie's plan was delivered to Zhao Kai more than a month ago.After seeing this plan, Zhao Kai liked it very much, which could wipe out almost all the rebels.

So Zhao Kai immediately adopted this plan, and in order to act realistically in Shanping, he did not inform Zhao Zheng of the plan: Zhao Kai was afraid that Zhao Zheng would give up Shanping after seeing the plan, and would not fight to the death in Shanping.

What he thought was that Zhao Zhengmeng fought to the last moment in Shanping in the dark, and then he ordered Zhao Zheng to abandon Shanping and retreat, and at the same time reward Zhao Zheng, so that he would get the reward he deserved for his hard work in Shanping.

But this is what Zhao Kai thought in his heart after all, and Zhao Zheng didn't know it at all.When he was full of anger and felt that the emperor was lying to him and he had no way out, Zhao Zheng suddenly felt that he could talk to Zhao Yu who was opposite him.

Originally, Zhao Zheng was not a member of the inner circle of the royal family: he did not have the status of Zhao Chen and Zhao Jie, nor was he a person like the prince Zhao Yu and Zhao Ji.

If he makes his mark in the civil war this time, no matter how you look at it, there will be a bright ending, at least he can get a title like prince to give his children and grandchildren a bright future.

But now, he felt that he was an abandoned son, and he had no future to seal his wife and son, so he might as well take refuge in Zhao Yu's side while he had a bargaining chip in his hand.

Anyone with a discerning eye can definitely see that Zhao Yu has the support of the Great Tang Empire behind him. Even if he loses, he will just flee to the Tang Kingdom.

But if——to a large extent, this if may still be a reality, if Zhao Yu wins, he, Zhao Zheng, is a hero who has turned his back on the dark and turned to the bright!

What people are most afraid of is thinking about it. Once thinking about it, after thinking about it, they will always feel that the things they think are seamless and foolproof.

The more he thought about it, the more Zhao Zheng felt that what he was thinking was right. As long as he could get his wife and children to the Tang Empire, the outcome of this war would have nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, he immediately summoned his cronies and asked him to find an opportunity to go to the other side and tell the other side that he was willing to defect, but was suffering from his wife and children being held hostage in the imperial capital.

In fact, what Zhao Zheng was dreaming of at this time was still a dream of sitting on the fence: it was not an easy task for someone like him to make a direct choice.

Zhao Zheng thought very well: if he announced his intention to defect, the attack of Fengjiang's troops would definitely slow down, and his defensive pressure would naturally be less.It is a few days to support it for a few more days.

As for my family who are far away in the imperial capital, it is very difficult to save them. Even the Tang Empire must prepare for a while. In ten days, the battle of Fengjiang may be decided—— At that time, it was foolproof to make a choice based on the limelight.

Don't be afraid even if the matter is exposed, the worst is to say that I was quick-witted and feigned surrender. Although it is ugly, I am not on the side of the winner after all.

But who would have thought that his confidant had just found a way to get to the opposite side and explained his purpose. More than an hour later, a Datang Empire intelligence agent lurking in Shanping came to the door and met Zhao Zheng.

The intelligence agent was very straightforward, directly explaining the purpose of his visit, saying that it was very simple to pick up Zhao Zheng's family from the imperial capital, as long as Zhao Zheng had a way to make his own family trust the person who went to contact them.

Zhao Zheng was confused by such an efficient way of action... He really didn't expect that the Tang Empire really didn't give him time to continue riding on the wall.

In desperation, Zhao Zheng had to finally make up his mind, and handed over the secret code he left before leaving to the intelligence personnel of the Datang Empire.

As a result, that night, Pan Yiping, a businessman from the imperial capital of the Dahua Empire, came to Zhao Zheng's house. After checking the password, he paid out a large sum of cash and bought everything in Zhao Zheng's mansion.

That's right, there is no need to pack up, everyone leaves immediately!These people left the city overnight and ran westward. By the time Zhao Kai got the news and reacted, the planes of this family had already passed Daxi Pass and were about to cross Shahun City.

Further to the west is the state of Qin, so although Zhao Kai ordered a plane to take off to intercept it, but due to the various reasons mentioned above, it is difficult to find this plane.

The Great Hua Empire has no way to force the Qin State to surrender—these days, the Qin State is ready to move, and has been looking for trouble on the border. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this is Qin State's intention to take advantage of the fire.

At this time, if you use the imperial airs to find important people in Qin, you may be directly passive in diplomacy.In case Tang State supported Qin State to go to war, those stupid people from Qin Land might really do it.

An angry Zhao Kai could only vent his anger on the Imperial Army guarding Zhao Zheng's family and Li Mingshun, the general in charge of city defense: He reprimanded Li Mingshun and fined him a year's salary, and pulled out 30 people from the City Defense Army and 50 from the Forbidden Army, killing them all. up.

What no one knew was that these people were all reassigned, and those executed by shooting were all death row inmates in the prison.

As the saying goes, money can turn ghosts, and Pan Yiping spent money, which naturally had the effect of spending money: the family of the murdered prisoner was very happy when they saw the reward, and the prison guards were even more weeping when they saw the benefits.

The soldiers who were replaced naturally also received subsidies. They don't have to die for the time being, and if there is no accident, they will definitely not die-although they can only change their names and surnames, the money the family got is enough for them to die. I feel that I should be grateful to Dade when I die...

The aftermath was handled very carefully, and the DC-3 also arrived in Qin State safely.There, more than [-] Zhao Zheng's wives and children will take a safer train detour to Shu and Chu, and finally arrive in Tang.

So in the afternoon of the next day, the Datang Empire intelligence officer who had been staying in Zhao Zheng's headquarters was waiting for the news he wanted.

"General Zhao Zheng, your family is safe. They are now in Qin State and will arrive in Tang State soon." Looking at the shocked Zhao Zheng, the intelligence personnel of Datang Empire said with a smile: " Your family asked me to bring you a message; 'Phoebe rocking chair under the walnut tree.'"

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Zheng was sure that what the other party said was indeed true.This is a code word that only his mother and himself know in their family, and it will only be used at the most critical time.

"Alas..." Zhao Zheng, who sighed and didn't struggle anymore, finally made up his mind: "I will order the troops to stop resisting... Please Datang... please invite Fengjiang volunteers to enter the city."

The whole handover process was actually very smooth: Shanping City originally supported Zhao Yu, and the common people and civil officials inside did not want to fight for a long time.

Some troops, especially the local troops in Shanping, actually didn't want to fight anymore. It was nothing more than Zhao Zheng's army suppressed them and didn't dare to move around.

Well now, with an order down, everyone is relieved.Shanping City was handed over peacefully, and nearly 20 Fengjiang defenders entered the city. Together with the 10 Zhao Zheng army who had defected, they occupied a large area north of Guiguang in one go.

These places were originally for Zhao Yu, but now it is simply a matter of publicity.The 50 Fengjiang troops advanced to about [-] kilometers north of Guiguang, and stopped when they encountered the Guiguang defenders.

It wasn't until this time that Zhao Kai, who was far away in the imperial capital, finally confirmed that Zhao Zheng had surrendered and Shanping had fallen into Zhao Yu's hands.

Zhao Kai, who was in a mess, immediately ordered Zhao Jie to go to Guiguang to preside over the overall situation—in his plan, this position was actually reserved for Zhao Zheng.

The Fengjiang civil war, which was originally a good situation for the Dahua Empire, suddenly took a turn for the worse. The news that Shanping changed hands was like a nuclear bomb that detonated inside the Dahua Empire.

The 40 troops of the Great Hua Empire entrenched near Guiguang City suddenly started killing each other overnight... Before Zhao Jie arrived in Guiguang, Guiguang was in chaos and was occupied by troops from Fengjiang River.

The connection between Jiange and Dahua Empire has been completely severed! ——
The jet lag is upside down again...the second watch will be delivered tomorrow morning, so don't wait.

(End of this chapter)