Chapter 53

At the head of the city, he saw the city wall suddenly collapsed and the Zhao army pouring into the city like a tide. Yu Hualong felt that he was in the dark, and a mouthful of blood gushed up his throat. The whole man fell back straight down.

A voice in my heart echoed repeatedly: it's over, it's all over!

The destruction of Xiangyang City means not only a city, but also a significant change in the strategic situation of Jingzhou and even the south. It means that Zhao Yuanjin's foundation is really stable, and he has risen to be a new Qianlong. He is qualified to participate in this game of competing with the imperial court and Wu zhence.

"Your Majesty, I am incompetent..."

Yu Hualong murmured to himself, his face was gray. A Wu zhence had already made the Imperial Army try his best. Now, because of his weak resistance, he released a more dangerous hidden dragon. This situation in the South may be hard to recover. Under this situation, the imperial court's vigor may be really insufficient.

Yu Hualong's dazed eyes swept the upper and lower parts of the city. At the bottom of his eyes, a resolute and resolute look slowly appeared. He said in a deep voice: "the city is broken. I have to die in battle to serve the imperial court. Would you like to go with me?"

The generals responded to the promise and decided to fight to the end.

Even if the city is broken, there are still more than 20000 garrisons left in the city. In addition, Hualong has a good command of the army and great prestige. Fierce resistance is inevitable. Therefore, if you want to completely control this huge city, there is still a fierce battle between the two sides.

Of course, the most difficult moment has passed and the overall situation has been settled. No matter what, there will be no more troublesome problems. The morale of the whole Zhao army is high, and a large number of soldiers swarm into the city with cheers and cheers, and continue to pursue and kill the defenders in the city.

In a short time, the gate near the gap of the city wall was controlled by the Zhao army. The heavy gate was opened, and the Zhao army quickly split up. More soldiers rushed into the city, rapidly changing the balance of strength between the enemy and us.

Xiangyang is a rare giant city in the south. Naturally, there are many strong buildings and strongholds in the city. As long as there are enemy soldiers guarding against danger, it will be difficult to calm down for a while.

Qin Feng stopped fighting at the moment, but chose to accompany Zhao Yuanjin. Until more than 20000 troops rushed into the city, the private guard camp came to the gate surrounded by Jiedu envoys.

With the rapid growth of the forces, the scale of the pro guard camp has been expanded several times, and now it has reached 7000 people. All the equipment is the excellent goods provided by Qin Feng. The unified black body armor and the cold light of swords, guns, swords and halberds are shining, which is shocking.

Zhao Yuanjin is ready to form his own royal family army on this basis. The scale should be expanded to at least 30000 people and directly obey his orders. When something goes wrong, only the pro army is the capital to defend the throne and the most reliable and reliable force.

“…… Lord, Xiangyang is a big city. Now it has been obtained by our army and can be used as the capital of our country. "

looking at Zhao Yuanjin's expression, sun Xiangqing proposed:" the Lord has occupied the whole land of Jingzhou, with more than 100000 soldiers under his command. The name of cangshui Jiedu is no longer suitable. In order to order millions of soldiers and civilians, it is advisable to prepare as soon as possible the issue of the title of king, so as to rectify the status quo. "

All the generals around him looked excited. If the LORD was officially called king, he would confer meritorious officials on a large scale. At that time, they would be regarded as the founding fathers of the country. This kind of glory is very important, and only once in hundreds of years.

Zhao Yuanjin pondered for a while and looked at Qin Feng around him: "what do you think, sir?"

Qin Feng said with a smile: "the commander-in-chief's strength is not inferior to that of Wu zhence. It's due to call Wang Jianguo just right. However, the orthodoxy of the imperial court is still there. Many princes in the world have not called themselves King now, or they can postpone it a little longer. Wouldn't it be better to consider this matter after the foundation is more stable?"

Throughout the history of the main world, eager to be king is the common fault of the leaders of peasant uprisings of all ages, with the exception of a few cool headed people. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng didn't listen to the advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu and called himself king prematurely. As a result, he was divided inside. The generals did not obey the orders. Finally, the Qin army defeated Chen Sheng and died.

Most of the leaders of the peasant uprising army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty also made this mistake. Liu Futong promoted Han lin'er, the son of Han Shan Tong, who claimed to be the eighth generation descendant of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, to the throne of emperor, which was helpful to call on the Han people to resist the Yuan Dynasty, but also made the Yuan Dynasty rulers point their spearheads at the northern red scarf army.

Although the military strength of the Yuan Dynasty was not as good as that at the beginning of the founding of the people's Republic of China, Mongolian iron cavalry was still very effective. In addition, the northern red turban army was active in the Central Plains and northern areas, which posed a direct threat to the Yuan Dynasty. The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty had to do their best to deal with the northern red scarf army, which made Liu Futong's red scarf army almost bear the heavy pressure of the yuan army alone.

Other rebel leaders, such as Xu Shouhui, Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Ming Yuzhen, have also claimed that the king should establish his own political power. Under the premise that the powerful enemy is like a forest and the conditions for the title of king are not yet available, it is obviously unwise to do so, and the result of being king will only attract more opponents.

Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were killed or destroyed one after another. When Ming Yuzhen occupied the remote Sichuan Province, he could only be at peace for a while. After the death of Ming Yuzhen, although his successors were struggling, they were unable to resist the powerful Ming army and had to surrender.

At that time, Zhu Sheng's strategic thought of "building a wall high, accumulating grain widely, and slowly becoming king" was a farsighted strategic thought at that time, especially after the proposal of "slowly calling the king" was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang, it played a great role in the survival and development of Zhu Yuanzhang's forces.The red turban army led by Han lin'er and Liu Futong had the strongest strength at that time. They were in the north of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang belonged to the king of Xiaoming in politics. He did not have a unique school and avoided being attacked by enemies on all sides. Because the red turban army in the North blocked the yuan army, Zhu Yuanzhang had the time and strength to confront Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang on both sides of Fu Dong and Xi.

Following the principle of "slow to be king", Zhu Yuanzhang called himself king of Wu only after he eliminated Chen Youliang. He became emperor only after overthrowing the rule of Yuan Dynasty. He established the Ming Empire and became the real founder of the country. In this game of competing for the world, I got the last laugh.

Although the situation facing Zhao Yuanjin is different now, if he becomes King too early, he will surely attract the full attention of the imperial court. The great princes in the north, even the Hu tribes and some hidden sects will be interested in him. The consequences are unpredictable.

"You are right, sir. It's no harm to postpone the title of king."

After listening to Qin Feng's analysis, Zhao Yuanjin immediately changed his mind. Although the generals around him had some regrets, they did not say anything anymore. They are not stupid people, so it's not difficult to figure out the interests at this level.

"However, although you can't be king, it's OK to call the Duke of the state."

Qin Feng said: "the land of Jingchu is obtained by the commander-in-chief. In the future, he will plot Yizhou, Jiaozhou and Yangzhou in the East and West. When all these places are in hand and unify the south, then he can be called king

Zhao Yuanjin nodded his head and said, "Sir, what you said is very good. Let's call it Duke first."

After discussing this matter, the generals were determined and began to focus on the fighting in the city. At the moment, the east gate and the surrounding residential areas are Zhao Jun's sphere of influence, and are still steadily advancing.

People in the city had been closed for a long time, and no one dared to show up at this time.

Even if Zhao Yuanjin had a strict order that all soldiers should not disturb the houses and plunder the people after entering the city, no one could completely stop this situation in the chaotic stage at the beginning of the city's destruction.

In the streets and alleys drinking, scolding, shouting and killing, piles of corpses can be seen from time to time, bleeding all over the ground. Groups of Zhao soldiers and tenacious defenders fought fiercely in different regions. The physical and equipment advantages of the Zhao army began to show. Coupled with the high morale, the clean-up operation went smoothly.

In sun Xiangqing's opinion, as long as the city can be successfully captured, it is worth dying twenty or thirty thousand people. After all, kindness does not lead the army.

As the sun set, the night fell, and then there was a whole night of fighting. Until dawn, the fighting in the city stopped.

Yu Hualong led more than 2000 remaining soldiers back to the inner city and continued to resist. Zhao Yuanjin sent for another surrender, which was severely rejected by the old general.

So the army besieged the city, and then transferred a gun back and forth. It was easy to blow open the not high wall, and thousands of elite soldiers poured in, and then there was a bloody killing.

In the end, Yu Hualong committed suicide by swallowing the sword. The only martial arts master in the inner city tried to escape. Qin Feng intercepted him for hundreds of rounds of fierce fighting, and then the head of a sword was the first time that he killed a strong man of innate realm by his own strength.

At this point, the overall situation of Xiangyang City has been determined.

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