At this moment, he may not have too many ideas, but if His Majesty leaves Guanzhong in person, and the Prince's lack of prestige makes it difficult to control the country, Chang'an City and even the entire Guanzhong will inevitably be in chaos.
Only when the whole situation becomes chaotic can he take advantage of it!
And when he raised his arms and shouted, the entire royal family followed his lead, which made the ambition in his heart flourish and grow out of control.
My heart is even longing for that wonderful time to come...
Of course, he is not hopelessly stupid, at least he has some dirty tricks hidden in his heart, and even close friends like Dong Mingyue have not revealed any of them.
He has already begun to instigate everything, and the only thing that makes him feel stuck is the Youtun Guards under Fang Jun...
There are many people in the court who have his eyes and ears, and there are also people in the royal family who are secretly collaborating with him. Whether it is hearsay or based on pictures, all the signs indicate that Youtun Wei is a first-rate and powerful army.
Among the Sixteen Guards of the Tang Dynasty, they can be regarded as the elite among the elite. It is just because Fang Jun has made so many achievements in recent years that many forces in the DPRK and China deliberately suppressed him. His Majesty did not want him to make new achievements again and was unable to be sealed.
He was ordered to stay in Chang'an and assist the prince in guarding the capital.
Chai Zhewei's Zuotun Guards are nominally equal to him, but in fact their combat effectiveness is much inferior. If there is a real sword-on-sword and gun-on-gun confrontation in the future, they may be defeated.
If there is no outside help for Chai Zhewei's Zuotunwei, he may encounter the most stubborn stumbling block on his way to his great cause...
How can we help the left guard to overpower the right guard?
This is a serious question...
After the excitement, Li Yuanjing thought of something again: "After this incident, the Guanlong nobles remained stationary or even indifferent. What on earth were these people thinking?"
He couldn't help but be confused. The current state of the Guanlong nobles could only be described as "dormant". However, the emperor personally went to Liaodong to conquer the country, and the prince's prestige in supervising the country was not enough. Isn't this a good opportunity to expand his influence and strength?
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Why is there no movement from the Guanlong nobles...
Is it that we are really on the verge of collapse? Without Changsun Wuji, the capital is like a piece of loose sand, or that when Changsun Wuji left, he had already made plans for the Guanlong nobles, and his plans were so big that a mere Chai Zhewei was not worth letting go.
Did they jump out and confront the Prince's family head-on?
As the saying goes, only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Li Yuanjing, who had always paid attention to every move of the Guanlong nobles, felt helpless and frightened when facing the dormant opponent.
Is it possible that these audacious guys are secretly plotting some shady tricks?
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Liaodong.
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming. Rain has fallen on the land of Liaodong. Countless grass sprouts have sprouted from the soil. His Majesty Li Er's chariot arrived belatedly accompanied by an army of more than 100,000 people.
Unless His Majesty Li Er refused to speed up, he was the emperor on horseback. He charged into battle and wiped out all the heroes in the world. What kind of hardships had he not suffered? However, although the road from Chang'an to Liaodong has been continuously repaired in the past two years, after all, it has no foundation.
It was so bad that it could not withstand being rolled over by more than 100,000 soldiers on horses and wheels. The forward path was already in a mess. In addition, there was a rain on the road, making it even more difficult to advance.
When they arrived in Liaodong, His Majesty Li Er, who had been physically exhausted in recent years, was almost falling apart from the torture and almost fell seriously ill...
However, when His Majesty Li Er rode his horse and stood on the bank of Liao River, behind him were hundreds of thousands of Tang Dynasty tigers wearing armor, and beside him were Li Ji, Yuchi Gong, Zhang Jian, Zhou Daowu, Zhang Liang, Changsun Wuji, and Zhu Suiliang.
Waiting for the civil servants and generals, there is the surging Liao River in front of them. People in the Far East City on the other side are panicked. All the scouts and cavalry are out. All the depression in the heart and all the fatigue in the body are all dissipated at this moment, replaced by endless
Strength and confidence!
He held a riding crop in his hand, pointed at the clearly panicked Far East City on the other side of the Liao River, and laughed loudly: "When the heavenly army arrives, the enemy's army is in confusion. How can they withstand a full-strength attack by the army? The Sui Dynasty fought in a hurry.
There are millions of troops, but Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has great ambitions and little talent. He only thinks about opportunism and does not understand that Huanghuang's army should use head-on force to destroy the city and crush the city all the way. That is the right way! Now we have learned from the lessons of the previous Sui Dynasty,
If we refuse to repeat the same mistakes, the tiny country of Goguryeo will only fall apart!"
His words were full of confidence and high spirits.
Since ancient times, the land of Liaodong has never been truly included in the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty and has been under the jurisdiction of the dynasty. Naturally, the reason for this is that the land of Liaodong is bitterly cold all year round and produces very little, so the gains outweigh the losses in implementing the jurisdiction. However, there is also the factor that the people here are fierce and it is extremely difficult to conquer.
Who would have thought that the Sui Dynasty, which was at its peak, would be defeated and defeated here?
As long as he can conquer Goguryeo, his famous general Li Er will go down in history forever, and his achievements will be comparable to those of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty!
Zhang Jian, who was only in his fifties, slightly nudged the horse's belly, stepped forward a few steps, and was slightly one horse's head behind His Majesty Li Er. He frowned and looked across the Liao River, and said in a deep voice: "At this moment, Lu Guogong has already joined Xue Wanche's vanguard army.
Together, they will wreak havoc in the west of Liao River, and soon they will arrive behind Far East City, forming a pincer attack with the main force. The people of Far East City will be in chaos, and they can fall down in one go. However, if you go south and east, you will have to face Goguryeo.
Every part of the built mountain city is a key pass with dangerous terrain. If you want to defeat them one by one, it will be time-consuming and laborious, and the damage will be too great. However, Goguryeo is overwhelming the country to resist the king's army, and the defense of Pyongyang City must be weak, allowing the navy to carry several ships.
Tens of thousands of soldiers can go upstream along the Zhu River and reach the base of Pyongyang City, overturning its roots. Then hundreds of thousands of people can surrender without a fight."
After saying these words, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became silent...
Before His Majesty Li Er could say anything, Zhu Suiliang behind him had already said: "The emperor's personal expedition is different from that of generals, and we should not take advantage of danger... Today in Jian'an, there are only a hundred thousand prisoners in the new city. If we attack Pyongyang City directly, they will all be like this."
The enemy army will now lie in the heart of our army, and the trapped beasts will still fight. If you want to wipe them out, you will inevitably pay greater casualties. It is better to break through the Far East first, then break through the city of An, capture Jian'an, and then drive forward. This is a safe strategy.
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Zhang Jian's face suddenly darkened and he said displeasedly: "This is in the battle formation, not a place for you and other literati to talk nonsense! I am just a mere waiter next to His Majesty, so what qualifications do you have to talk about marching strategies and battlefield plans?"
I just don’t know what it means!”
One sentence made Zhu Suiliang flush with shame, but he did not dare to say any more.
Although Zhang Jian is not in the center, he is a unique figure in the Liaodong army. His mother is the niece of Emperor Gaozu. His ancestors were high officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty. He was the most trusted person of the two generations of Tang emperors.
He was also the governor of Yingzhou, but he made mistakes and was demoted, so he was replaced by Zhou Daowu.
However, among the Liaodong Army, Zhou Daowu's prestige was hard to match...
Everyone on the side was silent. Changsun Wuji coughed dryly and said leisurely: "This matter has been debated in Chang'an, and the strategy has been affirmed by the Military Aircraft Department, so there is no need to argue. The mission of Wancheng County Duke is to assist
Your Majesty conquered the city and marched directly to Pyongyang City. It is useless to say more unnecessary words."
Zhang Jian glanced at Changsun Wuji, then looked at Li Ji, Yuchi Gong, Zhang Liang, Zhou Daowu and others who were silent on the side. He lowered his eyelids and said nothing.
He could reprimand Zhu Suiliang, but he could not treat Changsun Wuji with the same attitude. After all, the latter's status and qualifications were much higher than his, and the military had always been a place where seniority was important.
And how could he have never heard of Goguryeo's strategy? It's just that the invincible navy was not used to charge into battles and attack cities and plunder territory. Instead, it was only entrusted with the task of transporting food and supplies, and all the main forces were used to attack the fortress.
superior……
He could also understand how many struggles and competitions the various forces had gone through for their own interests. It was just that when the matter came, he had to watch the Tang Dynasty's disciples fight against each other in the mountain city of Goguryeo and do this with bloodshed.
It's a useless sacrifice, just trying to fight for it.
Now that His Majesty has made up his mind, he no longer feels any shame or guilt and just goes with the flow...
His Majesty Li Er felt that his morale had suffered a slight setback, and he was a little dissatisfied, but it was not directed at any one person, so he waved his riding whip in the air and said loudly: "When Lu Guogong's troops are interspersed behind the Far East City, the main force will
The army immediately crossed the Liao River and launched a forceful attack from the front of the Far East City! I don’t believe it. How could Goguryeo, a tiny place, resist the Celestial Army again and again? The Tang Dynasty is not the Sui Dynasty, and I am not Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
, wherever the military front arrives, this vast land will be surrendered under the banner of the Tang Dynasty and merged into the territory of the Tang Dynasty for eternity!"
"promise!"
The generals responded with a roar.
Although everyone had different opinions on the strategy of attacking Goguryeo, Fang Jun's earliest strategy was similar to Zhang Jian's, but after weighing all parties, they all abandoned this strategy.
Because everyone believed that with the great military strength of the Tang Dynasty and the strong national power, Goguryeo's generals would be wiped out like a mantis with its arms like a chariot, which would not affect everyone's ability to gain benefits and earn meritorious deeds at all.
War is never the only goal of victory, but to gain more benefits on the road to victory...