Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Fifty-Eighth Palm Capital Offensive and Defensive Battle {II}
At this time, in the imperial palace of the imperial capital, Hilton III, the emperor of the Rand Empire, was roaring hysterically! The prolonged siege of the rebels led to a gradual collapse of the emperor's will and spirit, and the fear of the rebels overwhelmed rational judgment. All the ministers of civil and military affairs who suggested sending troops were either scolded for their blood, or they were sentenced to prison, and even worse, not only were they killed but their whole families suffered. The emperor's madness completely plunged him into unprecedented isolation, and everyone in the court was in danger.
Since this day, the emperor's mental condition has become worse and worse, and his behavior has become more and more cruel, killing the people around him at will. The entire palace was shrouded in an atmosphere of fear, and everyone was in danger. This also caused some of the princes and ministers to form an alliance to plan for their own future, after all, in this form, the defeat of the empire was already assured. It's better to take refuge in the mountains early, and you can still hug the thick thighs of the rebels. Soon, tempted by various interests, the guards of the South Gate also joined the alliance. Soon after discussion, it was decided to secretly send someone out from the south gate at night to get in touch with the rebel army, and then Li Feng quickly became the rebel army's internal response under very favorable conditions, ready to surrender at any time. And the other part of the people began to switch to the crown prince and participated in the other party's plan to plot a coup, and the reason why the prince wanted a coup d'état was because he was afraid that the mentally abnormal emperor would have a convulsion and depose himself that day, so it was better to strike first and be happy! The naivety of the imperial capital is about to change. Although Emperor Hilton III at this time had a mental problem, it did not mean that he was a fool and idiot. The other party quickly noticed the abnormality in the court and became suspicious, but his every move had long been monitored by the prince's people. And his unusual behavior was soon known to the crown prince, and it was already too late. When the crown prince knew that the emperor might be suspicious, in order to prevent long nights and dreams, he immediately decided to launch a coup d'état in advance that night without sufficient preparations. Although he did not have complete control over the Imperial Palace, he quickly defeated the Imperial Forest Army defending the Imperial Palace with the support of the Inner Ying and the Guards of the North and West Gates. He successfully wiped out all the Imperial Guards who did not take refuge in him, and successfully forced the old emperor to sign an abdication edict. Then a cup of poisoned wine sent him back to the West. After that, the crown prince brutally washed the entire palace in blood, and put several of his other younger half-brothers and their mothers to death to prevent future troubles. Just like when the old emperor usurped the throne, this is just a repetition of history! This is called the cycle of cause and effect, and evil is rewarded! Immediately after that, an army was sent to begin a city-wide manhunt, killing all those who opposed him or might pose a threat to his position. Overnight, there was a river of blood and corpses strewn all over the field. Many innocent people were also mistakenly killed in this catastrophe, only that the people who were killed later blocked the streets, and it took two days to clean them up. After the overall situation was decided, the crown prince couldn't wait to take over the center of state power, quickly moved into the palace where the body had not been cleaned up, and soon chose the auspicious day of the zodiac to inherit the throne, and ordered his subordinates to prepare for his accession to the throne. In stark contrast, his father's body was hastily packed into a coffin and thrown haphazardly into the yet-to-be-built mausoleum. It's really sad and lamentable! The other prince did not know what means to reach an agreement with the Shenwu Empire, and exchanged half of the country's territory for the armed intervention of the Shenwu Empire. It's just a pity that before the army of the Shenwu Empire arrived at the imperial capital, the city had been completely captured by Li Feng's troops.
And Li Feng, who was outside the city, learned everything that was happening in the city at this time through the established inner response, and such a chaotic situation was a good time to attack. So he contacted the inner office of the city and informed them of the time of the attack, so that they could prepare early. Although they suffered a lot of losses from this massacre, because the other side only killed and did not try them, on the contrary, the rebel organization and plan were not leaked. All the preparations for the siege have long been prepared, and the heavy artillery in the remaining three directions has been assembled and ready to fire at any time. However, Li Feng did not intend to completely destroy the city. First, because it will be outside the capital of the newly established state in the future, and secondly, the large number of civilian casualties may not be conducive to the stability of the rule in the future. In the end, I didn't want to destroy the Royal Library of the Imperial Academy of Magic because of a possible accidental injury, after all, this country is the most powerful country in magic on the continent, and it is unknown what important information there will be of great help to future battles!
Although magic does not reflect its advantages in the weapon battle with scientific and technological civilization, Li Feng believes that if magic and the power of science and technology are fused, there will be unexpected gains! Think about what would happen if you carved a defensive magic circle on a tank, if you carved a magic circle on a track that increased speed, and if you carved a magic circle on a shell that increased the power of the explosion. It has invisibly raised the combat effectiveness of the weapon to a higher level, so why not do such a good thing!
In order to carry out this battle smoothly, Li Feng also equipped the recently manufactured 1,000 German-made MG-42 general-purpose machine guns into the Tiangang army. In addition, several special commandos have been organized and equipped with powerful multi-purpose capture nets, and his mission is to ensure that all the perverted masters who stand in the way of the troops' progress are eliminated. Of course, Li Feng also teleported the emirson, the color dragon, a few days ago, but it also made Li Feng see a lot of things that he shouldn't see and want to see! And Li Feng's purpose in transferring him is very simple, as long as this guy cares about you, what Fa God or Fa Saint is the army's dish! Such a perverted existence in the forbidden realm can definitely suppress all the magical forces in the opponent's city.
It is indeed a big problem to completely destroy such a perverted defense of the capital, but under the early blow of the Paris artillery, good relevant data have been obtained. And according to this, Noah began to make certain special improvements to the artillery that was being deployed in three directions, allowing it to completely destroy the almost perverted city walls. In particular, all the ** in the shells were replaced with the more powerful black Suojin, which increased the destructive power of the artillery by more than a star and a half. What had been a difficult siege war was made stress-free by the arrival of new weapons. Because in addition to choosing to manufacture Paris cannons, Li Feng also chose one of the most terrifying siege artifacts of World War II among many materials. Fortress destroyer, the pride of the Führer of the Third Reich - Gustav cannon.
The 800 mm caliber gives it terrifying destructive power, which is not comparable to ordinary weapons. With the angry roar of this terrifying war machine, more than 7 tons of shells successfully hit the city wall more than 130 meters high and 50 meters thick, the violent explosion sound was like lightning and thunder, earth-shattering, puffs of smoke rose from it, and the place where the shells landed, immediately turned into ruins, just a shot that completely destroyed the almost perverted strong city wall and blew out a gap of more than 30 meters. Although the destruction in three directions was nothing for the 20-kilometer-long city wall, the impact on the defenders' minds was huge, completely blasting away the last line of defense in their hearts.
At this time, the guards on the city wall had long been shocked by the terrifying weapons of the rebels, and even the magic cannon forgot to counterattack the rebel troops rushing over. But even if they wanted to, they would be sad to find that everything related to magic had failed! In order to stabilize his rule, the crown prince sent a large number of overseers to all the troops who did not trust. And these people relied on the power of the prince to arbitrarily oppress, insult, and beat the officers and soldiers defending the city to make a fortune. As a result, the morale of the army was low at this time, the morale of the army was unstable, and it quickly defected under the fierce attack of the rebel army. Soon, the siege force of 200,000 easily occupied the three gates of the city, east, west and north. At this time, the south gate was also under the leadership of Neiying, and quickly took down the prison sent by the prince, and then opened the city gate.
At this time, the crown prince in the palace was still ecstatic to become the emperor, but unfortunately the three huge explosions outside the city completely broke his illusions, and after getting that the rebels outside the city had broken through the outer city and attacked the imperial capital, he was completely deflated like a deflated ball. However, after learning that the South Gate had not yet fallen, he decided to hold on to his only hope, and fled from the palace to the South Gate under the cover of the last two elite troops of the empire loyal to him, but because the mage suddenly failed to use magic, the combat effectiveness of the troops was greatly damaged. And after the remaining knight soldiers fought desperately with the rebel army's interception forces, the only four remaining half-saint-level masters in the palace were also beaten to pieces by the opponent's countless burst firearms in the battle. However, their sacrifice bought precious time for the crown prince's escape. In the end, only more than 500 troops protected the prince and fled to the vicinity of the south gate, but he was surprised to find that the defenders of the south gate had long since disappeared. The rebel army in ambush quickly surrounded them completely, and the prince finally chose to surrender in despair in order to survive.
The main departments and institutions in the city were also quickly captured by the rebels, and in order to prevent the palace from being destroyed, Li Feng deliberately set up a team of supervisors to occupy it. At the same time, the Academy of Magic was soon taken over by the troops. Under the powerful Forbidden Demon Realm, even the only god-level powerhouse in the empire was helpless in this situation. All the mages who tried to resist were reduced to ornamentation, and were soon captured by the wolf-like rebels.
This nearly half-month battle for the attack and defense of the capital came to an end, and the more than 300-year-long rule of the Rand Empire came to an end. The army then quickly took control of the situation in the city, and the surrenderers and prisoners of war were properly settled. And with the breaching of this impregnable city, many previously unexplained phenomena have been rationalized. What made Li Feng unbelievable was that the culprit who interfered with his teleportation was actually just a fist-sized red crystal! It's really unpredictable, and the world is full of wonders! The stone was then placed in a special box made by Noah that could block this ability, and was transported back to the fortress in space for research.
However, at this time, Noah came with an important piece of news. A 300,000-strong Shenwu Empire force is heading towards Lancer. Seeing that the opponent's posture is not good, I am afraid that a vicious battle may be inevitable!