On the head of the city, seeing the suddenly collapsed city wall and the Zhao army that was pouring into the city like a tide, Yu Hualong only felt that his eyes were dark, and a mouthful of blood gushed up his throat, and the whole person fell straight back.

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

The destruction of Xiangyang City is not just a city, but a major change in the strategic situation of the entire Jingzhou and even the south. It means that Zhao Yuanjin's foundation is truly solid, rising to become a new hidden dragon, fighting against the imperial court and Wu Zhence, and is qualified to participate in this game of competing for the world.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is incompetent......"

Yu Hualong muttered to himself, his face was ashen, a Wu Zhence had already made the imperial army do his best, and now because he was unable to resist, he released a more dangerous hidden dragon, and the situation in the south may be irreparable. Under the elimination of one and the other, I am afraid that the number of qi in the imperial court is really not much.

Yu Hualong's blank eyes swept over the city and under the city, and a resolute and resolute look slowly emerged in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The city has been broken, and the old man can only die in battle to serve the court, are you willing to go with me?" ”

The generals agreed and decided to fight to the death.

Even if the city is breached, there are still more than 20,000 defenders left in the city, plus Yu Hualongping has a good command of the army, and the prestige is very heavy, and fierce resistance is inevitable, so if you want to completely control this giant city, the two sides still have a fierce battle.

Of course, the most difficult moment has passed, the overall situation has been decided, and there will be no more troublesome problems in the future, which is that the morale of the whole army of the Zhao army is high, and a large group of soldiers cheer and pour into the city, with a team of 100 people, continue to chase and kill the defenders in the city.

It didn't take long for the city gate near the gap in the city wall to be controlled by the Zhao army, the heavy city gate rumbled open, the Zhao army quickly diverted, and more soldiers rushed into the city, quickly changing the balance of power between the enemy and us.

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

Qin Feng no longer made a move at this moment, but chose to accompany Zhao Yuanjin until the army that rushed into the city exceeded 20,000, and the personal guard battalion surrounded the Jiedu envoy to the city gate.

With the rapid growth of the power all the way, the scale of the guard battalion has been expanded several times, and now it has reached 7,000 people, all the preparations are the excellent goods provided by Qin Feng, the unified system of black full-body armor, swords, guns, swords and halberds flickering with cold light, and it is shocking to look at.

Zhao Yuanjin is already preparing to form his own Wang family army on this basis, and the scale will be expanded to at least 30,000 people, and he will directly obey his orders. It is said that when something happens, only the pro-army is the capital to defend the throne, and the most reliable and reliable force for oneself.

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

Sun Xiangqing looked at Zhao Yuanjin's expression and proposed: "The lord already owns the entire land of Jingzhou, and there are more than 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and the title of the envoy of the Cangshui Festival is no longer suitable. In order to order millions of soldiers and civilians, it is advisable to prepare for the matter of claiming the throne as soon as possible, so as to correct the name. ”

The surrounding generals looked a little excited, if the lord is officially crowned king, he will definitely be crowned a large-scale hero, and they will all be regarded as the founding fathers at that time, such a glory is not trivial, and it is a grand event that only happens once in hundreds of years.

Zhao Yuanjin groaned for a while, and looked at Qin Feng beside him: "What does Mr. think?" ”

Qin Feng smiled and said: "Dashuai's strength is not inferior to that Wu Zhence, and it is the right thing to call Wang Jianguo right, but the orthodoxy of the imperial court is still there, and many princes in the world have never been kings now, or they can take it a little longer, and wait until the foundation is more stable, wouldn't it be better to consider this matter?" ”

Throughout the history of the Overworld, the rush to claim the throne has been a common problem among the leaders of peasant rebels throughout the ages, with the exception of a few who are level-headed. In the last years of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng did not listen to the advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, and prematurely proclaimed the king, which led to internal divisions, and the generals did not obey orders, and were finally defeated by the Qin army, and Chen Sheng was also defeated and died.

Most of the leaders of the peasant rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty also made this mistake. Liu Futong's promotion of Han Lin'er, the son of Han Shantong, who claimed to be the eighth generation descendant of Song Huizong, to the throne of the emperor was certainly conducive to calling on the Han people in the world to rebel against the Yuan Dynasty, but at the same time, it also made the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty point the finger at the Red Turban Army in the north.

Although the military strength of the Yuan Dynasty was not as good as at the beginning of the founding of the country, the Mongolian iron cavalry was still very combative, and the Northern Red Turban Army was active in the Central Plains and the northern region, which posed a direct threat to the Yuan capital, and the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty had to deal with the Northern Red Turban Army with all their might, so that Liu Futong's Red Turban Army almost alone could bear the heavy pressure of the Yuan Army.

Other rebel leaders such as Xu Shouhui, Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Ming Yuzhen also claimed that the king had established his own regime, and this approach was obviously unwise under the premise that the strong enemies were like forests and the conditions for claiming the king were not yet in place, and the result of claiming the king would only attract more opponents. Xu Shouhui, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Shicheng were killed or destroyed successively, and Ming Yuzhen occupied the remote Sichuan, and could only be in peace for a while, after the death of Ming Yuzhen, although his successor resisted stubbornly, but was unable to resist the powerful Ming army, so he had to surrender.

Zhu Sheng's proposal of "building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowing down the claim to be king" was a far-sighted strategic idea at that time, especially after the proposal of "slowing down the king" was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang, which 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 was the strongest at that time, they were in the north of Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang was politically subordinate to King Xiaoming, and he was not unique, so he avoided being a big fan and being attacked on all sides. Because the Red Turban Army in the north blocked the Yuan army, Zhu Yuanzhang had the time and strength to deal with Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang in the east and west.

Following the principle of "delaying the king", Zhu Yuanzhang only proclaimed himself King of Wu after eliminating Chen Youliang, and only became emperor after overthrowing the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, established the Ming Empire, and became a veritable founding king. I had the last laugh in this game of competing for the world.

Although the situation facing Zhao Yuanjin is different now, if he becomes king too early at this time, he will definitely attract the full force of the imperial court, and the great princes in the north, even the Hu tribe and some hidden sects will target him, and the consequences caused by this are really unpredictable.

"What the gentleman said is good, and it doesn't hurt to put down the matter of being crowned king."

After listening to Qin Feng's analysis, Zhao Yuanjin immediately changed his mind, and although the generals around him had some regrets, they didn't say anything anymore. In other words, they are not stupid people, and it is not difficult to figure out this layer of stakes.

"However, although you can't be called a king, it's okay to be called a prince,"

Qin Feng said again: "The land of Jingchu is obtained by the marshal, and in the future, he will plot to Yizhou in the east and west, Jiaozhou, and Yangzhou, and when these places are all in hand and the south is unified, he can be justified as the king." ”

Zhao Yuan bowed his head and said: "What Mr. said is very good, then let's call Guogong first." ”

After the matter was discussed, the generals made up their minds and began to focus on the fighting in the city. At this moment, the East Gate and the surrounding residential areas are already in the sphere of influence of the Zhao army, and they are still steadily advancing.

The people in the city have long closed their doors, and no one dares to go out and show their faces at this time.

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

The streets and alleys were full of shouts and shouts of killing, and from time to time piles of corpses could be seen, and blood was flowing all over the ground. Groups of Zhao soldiers fought fiercely with the stubborn defenders in different areas, and the strength of the Zhao army's physical strength and equipment began to be reflected, coupled with high morale, so the clean-up operation went smoothly.

In Sun Xiangqing's opinion, as long as he can successfully capture this city, it is worth dying for twenty or thirty thousand people, after all, Ci is not in charge of the army.

As the sun sets, night falls, and then another night of fighting, until dawn, when the fighting in the city dies down.

Yu Hualong led more than 2,000 remnants of the army to retreat to the inner city and continued to resist stubbornly, and Zhao Yuanjin sent someone to surrender again, but was sternly rejected by the old general.

So the army besieged the city, and another return cannon was brought in, and it easily blasted through the not very high city wall, and thousands of elite soldiers poured in, and then there was a bloody slaughter.

In the end, Yu Hualong committed suicide by swallowing his sword, and the only remaining martial arts master in the inner city tried to escape, but was intercepted by Qin Feng and fought fiercely for hundreds of rounds, and then struck the head with a sword, which was the first time he killed a strong person in the innate realm with his own strength.

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