Chapter 158 - Are you trying to force the palace?
In the battle in the city, the defenders of Chang'an had no power to fight back in the face of the attack of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army only used a basic subject of daily training - crossbow arrows and five-stage shooting.
In the face of dense crossbow arrows, any resistance is futile, even if the defenders of Chang'an erect a huge shield for defense, it is only in vain, the follow-up ballista will shoot the shield array in minutes, and the soldiers hiding behind are also shot over by the ensuing crossbow arrows, without any suspense.
This set of tactics was also created by Zhao Fan based on some film and television works he had seen in his previous life, the crossbow used as a rifle, and the ballista cart acted as a gun carriage, crossing cover in the street battle.
Since the Celestial Mandate Army was equipped with a large number of Flying Fish crossbows, Zhao Fan rarely let the soldiers fight the enemy in close combat, and only under some special circumstances such as launching a charge or siege battle, the soldiers of the Celestial Mandate Army would draw their weapons to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.
Of course, this definitely does not mean that the melee combat ability of the Heavenly Mandate Army is not good, you must know that in the daily training of the Heavenly Mandate Army, the most trained is hand-to-hand combat, no matter what position, from soldiers to generals, they must participate in the training plan specially formulated by Zhao Fan, from physical fitness to resistance to attack, to the cultivation of reaction ability, every link is extremely perfect.
In a few hours, the battle in Chang'an City was basically over, Yang Chongben fled towards Fenzhou with hundreds of cavalry guards, and Zhao Fan didn't bother to send people to chase him, but sent many soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army to start posting Anmin notices, announcing that the battle had ended and Chang'an City had been occupied.
Fortunately, the soldiers of the Heavenly Mandate Army were strict in discipline, and they did not do anything to forcibly seize and disturb the people, and the people of Chang'an City heard that it was the Heavenly Mandate Army that occupied Chang'an, and they only thought that the emperor sent people to recover the imperial capital, but they didn't think much about it.
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At this moment, there was already chaos in the court hall in Luoyang City, and the Jiwang Group had completely torn off its face with the Zhao Fan Group headed by Qiao Yi, and the entire Ziwei Palace was jumping.
"Queen Mother, now that Your Majesty is dead, you are a woman and a Taoist family, and you are holding on to the power of the government, do you want to learn from Wu Meiniang, the thief mother-in-law, and seek to usurp the throne?" King Ji stood in the court, pointed his finger at Joey on the golden steps, and said unceremoniously, and the ministers of King Ji's camp were firmly around King Ji, looking at Joey with a red face like a show.
"King Ji, don't deceive people too much, Your Majesty's bones are not cold, you will force the palace to fail?" Joey stared at King Ji and said with some annoyance.
"The queen's words are wrong, as the so-called country cannot be without a monarch for a day, since Your Majesty has passed away, then you should quickly let the new emperor ascend the throne and ensure that my Tang Dynasty will continue to have national fortunes. A minister next to King Ji glanced at King Ji flatteringly, and then shouted at Joey.
"That is, you, a woman, are so obstructive of the establishment of a new monarch, do you really want to steal the Tang Dynasty?"
"Since Your Majesty is no longer there, then the canonization of a new monarch is a must-do, why does Niangniang bother to push back, do you really want to be the next martial emperor?"
"Niangniang must know that this world is the world of the Tang Dynasty and the world of the Li family, His Royal Highness King Ji is intelligent, both civil and military, and noble, and he is really the best candidate to succeed to the throne!"
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A group of ministers surrounded Joey, saying all kinds of attacking words, as if they were eager to rush up and tear Joey apart, and King Ji was praised in various ways, as if he had become a saint.
"You guys! You guys! ......" Joey's arm trembled and he pointed to the ministers below, his little face flushed, but he couldn't say anything to refute it.
"Ahem...... Your Excellency has done this, but it is too much, is there only His Majesty King Ji in our Tang Dynasty? Fu Qinghe, who had not spoken, coughed dryly twice, glared at the ministers viciously, and said coldly.
"General Fu, how can you speak as a military general in this matter of establishing a new monarch?" Not to be outdone, a minister shouted, and then under Fu Qinghe's cold eyes, he shrunk his neck and recaptured the crowd.
"Hmph, gutsless rats!" Fu Qinghe retracted his gaze and muttered with disdain.
"You!" Seeing that his subordinates were so weak, King Ji naturally had a somewhat dull face, so he had to glare at Fu Qinghe fiercely, but he was afraid that Fu Qinghe's dog would jump off the wall and kill him on the spot, and in the end he could only give up.
"Niangniang, what Lord Ji said is not unreasonable, this is not a matter of delaying the canonization of a new monarch, it is better for us to select the most outstanding royal child from the clan, and then canonize a new monarch," Du Rangneng suddenly raised his head and said with a serious face.
King Ji and the others couldn't help but be surprised when they saw that Du Rang could speak, they didn't expect that Du Rang could actually stand on their side and help them speak at this time.
Although Du Rangneng did not directly say that King Ji succeeded to the throne, but in this clan, can anyone be better than King Ji? The ministers all thought that it did not exist, and there could not be any clan that was respected by the ministers like King Ji, after all, when Zhao Fan was still alive, King Ji was already silently preparing.
Zhao Fan also knew that King Ji had different intentions, after all, the intelligence agency that Qiao Xinchao had worked hard to establish was not a food eater, and the reason why Zhao Fan had not attacked him for a long time was just because it was not yet time, that's all.
King Ji, who thought he was planning something to hide, never thought that he had already become an important chess piece for Zhao Fan to implement his plan.
"Niangniang, the minister thinks that Du Xiang's words are reasonable, in this world, there will still be an emperor to rule, if this matter is not decided, I am afraid there will be more variables." Wei Zhaodu glanced up at Joey, said slowly, and lowered his head again after speaking, as if he hadn't said anything.
"That's right, this new monarch has not been established for a long time, I'm afraid it will violate the ancestral system." Kong Wei nodded and said approvingly.
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
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With Du Rangneng and others taking the lead, the neutrals and royalists among the ministers poured their flags and began to support the canonization of the new monarch, and many ministers were a little depressed in their hearts, and they could never understand why Joey would be so opposed to the canonization of the new monarch.
Joey looked at the somewhat boiling crowd below, with helpless tears in his eyes, and pointed to the ministers in the audience tremblingly, but he couldn't say a word.
At an angle that everyone couldn't see, Du Rangneng, Fu Qinghe and others gave Joey a thumbs up one after another, admiring Joey's natural acting skills.
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