Volume 10 Chapter 246

Chapter 246

The armies of the Six Kingdoms moved and gathered towards Anguo one after another. Zhenguo was not blind or deaf, so of course he was aware of it. Read the full text. clubbing)

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 changes in various countries.

Shangjing has always been jointly occupied by Sichuan and Zhen Dynasty. The minister of Sichuan who stayed in Shangjing was named Zhou Qi, a third-grade civil servant. Of course, Zhou Qi knew why various countries were moving, but he deliberately pretended to be confused in front of Li Hong, with a confused look on his face, saying that he didn't know either.

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 sent out like a stone's throw, with no response. Now Xiao Xuan has completely drawn a clear line with Li Hong, and of course it is impossible to write him any more replies.

When he couldn't receive a reply, Li Hongke panicked a little and had a premonition that something was not going well. The unusual movements of the armies of the Six Kingdoms were probably directed at his proclaiming the emperor. However, the reason why he became emperor was because Xiao Xuan encouraged him. How could he turn his back on him now?

Li Hong was unwilling to give up and wrote a letter to Xiao Xuan again, questioning him repeatedly in the letter.

As a result, this time he didn't wait for Xiao Xuan's reply, but instead waited for the emperor's angry revolt. The armies of the six countries gathered towards Anguo. At this juncture, the emperor's message was promulgated again. Now even a fool can see what is 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 claim the throne. It was just a momentary act of confusion, maybe there was 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. .

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 his third son Li Ting and 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, with a total of nearly 50,000 troops.

Although the Zhen army is brave and good at fighting, and none of them is afraid of death. They look 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 the capital city alone.

The six-nation coalition forces were divided into six groups and attacked and besieged Beijing from six directions. In the city defense battle, the Zhen army was unable to think about the front or the rear, nor the left nor the right. Their troops were stretched thin, and the situation was completely passive.

The fighting between the two sides did not last long. The 50,000 Zhen army was defeated by the six-nation coalition. The city defenses were broken down. 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 Zhenjun wanted to defend the palace, it would 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 Mo Guo has Xiangwen. The vanguard officers of these five armies 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 clings to the top of the mountain.

By this time, the six armies had united and were about to attack one 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 battle, 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 5,000 people, all other Zhen soldiers have 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 lasted only half an hour. The six-nation coalition stepped on the corpses on the ground and attacked the top of the mountain. Li Ting couldn't bear the humiliation of being captured and committed suicide with a horizontal sword. All his soldiers were also killed.

After completely wiping out the Zhenguo forces remaining in Shangjing, the six-nation coalition launched a massive looting of the palace. Now, there are not many treasures left in the palace. Yin Zhun took away all the precious treasures when he fled. Later, the Sichuan and Zhen coalition forces entered Beijing and looted the remaining treasures in the palace. But there are still some treasures in the palace that are not easy to take away. Among other things, the imperial chair made by Li Hong is made of pure gold. The soldiers of the Six Nations Allied Forces used swords to cut and saw to cut the imperial chair into pieces. It was so fast that many soldiers' arms were filled with gold nuggets. In addition, people can scrape and move some buildings inlaid with gold and silver in the palace.

A good palace, but after the Six Nations Allied Forces retreated, all that was left was a mess and devastation.

In order to humiliate Li Hong, Li Xin also ordered the heads of Li Ting and Li Yu to be cut off and sent to Zhenguo.

Normally, Huan Guo was the most obedient to Zhen Guo's words, and followed Zhen Guo's lead in everything. Li Hong said to go east, but Li Xin did not dare to say to go west. Now that Huan Guo has joined the Alliance to Defeat Zhen, he has become the most vicious to Zhen Guo. He even refused to 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, they were not so polite to the concubines and maids 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 also the only way to go west from Canglin County to Guping and Xinfeng counties.

The Allied Forces of the Six Nations could choose to take only one route to attack Xitang, the capital of Zhenguo. However, the Six-Nation Allied Forces, now with high morale, did not want to just capture the capital of Zhenguo. Instead, they planned to capture the entire territory of Zhenguo and seize the opportunity to plunder some more loot. , 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. Key points everywhere.

Yue Ze was the first to speak and said: "The way I see it, our coalition troops are divided into two groups, one for Tong Pass and the other for Jing Pass."

Li Xin shook his head and objected: "Our coalition forces are strong when we unite them 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, we will attack the pass, and then we will attack the Jingguan Pass." ”

After hearing this, Tang Yin nodded secretly. Li Xin actually knew some ways of using troops. Other princes also agreed: "What King Li said is reasonable, but my millions of troops cannot be sent to the battlefield together. Which legion should I send to attack first?"

"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 best for the front army to win. If If we fail to win the clearance, it won’t 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 secretly cursed an idiot, but then he agreed: "Just what Brother Yi Li thinks!"

Xiao Xuan rolled his eyes secretly 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 adjust. If you make a mistake, you may suffer a fatal blow from the enemy. If you follow Li Xin's method, even if you can pass the level, your 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 works! 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 one country's two hundred thousand troops to fight alone. In this way, even if there is a loss, it is the loss of one army. The other five armies are still there, and there will be a tough battle next. , each army can take turns to fight. The Zheng Kingdom is so big that the battle cannot be completed in one day. Each army takes turns to fight, and no one will take advantage and lose. What do you think, brothers and sisters? "

This is a solution. Anyone who can be a prince is not a fool. Everyone understands that if the six countries join forces to fight together, there are great hidden dangers in coordination. However, all the kings are afraid that they will suffer losses, so they agree with 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!"

Ah! 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, please ask Lieutenant General to mobilize the siege weapons of each army to assist the army and fight this first battle. The first battle is won, the battle is won, this battle cannot be tolerated What a mistake!”