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Chapter 682 The Last Battle

Li Chengliang didn't even understand how he lost.

The defeat of the Ming Dynasty began during a march in Zaozhuang. Due to low morale, several troops did not arrive as scheduled when the army was assembled. Li Chengliang was furious and ordered the punishment of these troops.

Originally, this kind of thing was not a big deal. Military orders were overwhelming, and Li Chengliang's punishment was only symbolic, but it planted the seeds of hatred.

When the Southeast Army began to attack Zaozhuang, these punished troops began to mutiny, causing a greater rout. In addition, Lin Liangjun had already obtained Zaozhuang's detailed defense drawings. The entire Zaozhuang battle only lasted three days. The Southeast Army He successfully captured Zaozhuang.

Lin Liangjun did not stay longer in Zaozhuang, but directly led troops to attack Jeju City.

Li Chengliang, who had not arrived in Linyi at this time, received the news of the fall of Zaozhuang, and he was also horrified.

In Li Chengliang's plan, Zaozhuang could also fall, but it would have to resist for at least a month or two to hold back the main force in the southeast before falling, instead of falling like this without any resistance.

When Li Chengliang checked the map again, he saw that without the Zaozhuang barrier, Jeju City was directly exposed to attacks from the southeast. Jeju City was where the entire Shandong New Army camped. Most of the troops under his command were rooted in Jeju City. Many soldiers left their wives and children behind. It was received in Jeju City, which is also the logistics supply base for the entire Shandong front line.

Li Chengliang gritted his teeth. If he returned to defense now, his morale would be even more unbearable. He could only block the news and continue to attack the Huaibei area from Linzi according to the original plan.

However, not long after Li Chengliang arrived in Linzi, the spies that had been prepared by the Southeast immediately spread the news of the fall of Zaozhuang in Linzi, and spread the news that Jeju City had been surrounded by the Southeast Army.

Although Li Chengliang wanted to suppress the news, the news in the southeast were all notices and small notes written in vernacular that ordinary soldiers could understand. This type of panic rumors spread very quickly in the army and could not be blocked at all.

Li Chengliang could not suppress the rumors, so he could only continue to lead his troops southward and cross the Yellow River to attack Suqian.

But the next battle was also very unsatisfactory.

Every time Li Chengliang led an army to attack the southeastern defense line, the opponent always seemed to be predicting the future and would gather a large number of troops in the direction of his attack.

When Li Chengliang changes his target, the southeastern army will continue to gather, always appearing in the direction of his main attack.

Li Chengliang was shocked. Even if there was a traitor in the army, it would take time for the army to assemble. The Southeast Army was able to respond so quickly and complete the assembly. He immediately carried out several counter-espionage arrests in the army.

But in the end, they were all caught by him, and the spy who leaked the information was not found. In the end, Li Chengliang could only decide to announce his march plan at the last moment, and then immediately make a combat plan and distribute it to various ministries, and then march in an emergency.

But what Li Chengliang did was still ineffective. The Southeast Army was still able to appear in the direction of his march in time. He couldn't figure out how the Southeast delivered the news. He couldn't have just set off and the Southeast Army had already started to attack him. Are you gathering at the destination? Even a flying pigeon can't pass the message so fast, right?
Moreover, when a large army moves, doesn’t it also take time to notify each unit to march? How does the southeast commander control his troops?
Li Chengliang did not understand the telegraph as a communication tool, but the morale of his army was about to collapse.

After Lin Liangjun attacked Zaozhuang, he immediately began to attack Jeju City.

Jeju City is located along the canal and was originally developed through water transportation.

The canal flows through Jeju City. Yan Jun organized a water workers' strike in Jeju City back then, but still retained the water workers' organization.

During this period, due to the water transport strike, Li Chengliang ordered officers to raid the water transport terminals and forced the water transport workers to work and transport materials. Huge conflicts have accumulated.

Lin Liangjun suddenly appeared outside Jeju City. Shanhao, who was left behind in Jeju City, was in chaos and quickly organized people to defend the city wall. In order to strengthen his momentum, Shan Hao first ordered the water transport dock workers to put on military uniforms and stand on the city wall to defend themselves.

This naturally aroused greater dissatisfaction among the water transport workers. They had been forced to work by the Ming court's army these days, and now there were rumors that the Ming court forcibly recruited them to join the army to defend the city. These water transport workers who had accumulated huge dissatisfaction immediately united. .

Not long after Lin Liangjun bombarded Jeju City, the water transport workers quickly armed themselves from the city with weapons snatched from the water transport ships, captured a city gate, and then opened the city gate to put the southeastern army into Jeju City.

Lin Liangjun thought at first that this was a ploy by the Ming army to lure the enemy deeper, but when he saw the wide-open city gate, he finally couldn't resist the temptation. Regardless of whether it was a trap or not, he rushed into the city first!

The army rushed into Jeju City. Shanhao, who was processing official documents at the general's camp, first heard the shouts of killing, and then heard the news that the southeastern army had entered Jeju City. He immediately felt dizzy and almost fainted.

As soon as Jeju City was lost, Shanhao Xian knew that the Ming Dynasty had lost its fortune. He cried loudly: "General, I have failed you!"

Shanhao Xian recalled his past like a revolving door. From a down-and-out scholar in Shandong, he gained the appreciation of General Li Chengliang through an article, and thus became Li Chengliang's staff, helping him plan to become the ruler of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty still occupied most of the country, and Artemisia was so high-spirited at that time.

But as the territory of the Ming Dynasty was being cut away day by day, and only the last three provinces and one capital were left, Shan Hao Xian finally followed Li Chengliang on the expedition, but the result was that Jeju City could only be defended for a week.

Thinking of this, Shan Hao first grabbed the guard's musket and shot himself directly in the camp.

Just after the city of Jeju was broken, the First Southeast Brigade gathered in Dagu from the sea and, under the leadership of Lin Mojun, fought from Dagu to the capital again.

When news of the destruction of Jeju City reached Nanjing, Su Ze immediately announced that a constitutional convention would be held three days later.

He sent a battle report to everyone in the cabinet, leaned on the recliner and looked out the window.

After traveling so far, Ming Ting was finally overthrown. All the past events came to mind, but Su Ze didn't feel relaxed at all.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty was only a matter of time, but Su Ze still faced this new empire with trepidation.

Without the enemy Ming Ting, the only one left to fight against the stubborn ills and evils that have accumulated for thousands of years is himself.

When I think of this, how can I relax?

Even in Su Ze's view, the difficulties faced after the Ming Dynasty were eliminated were even greater. This was a brand new era and a major change that had not happened in a thousand years.

Su Ze picked up his pen and began to write his opening speech to the Constitutional Convention.

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