The greatest investment can capture the greatest benefits, but the greatest investment also means the greatest risk. Rich families like Jingzhao Weishi, which have been inherited for thousands of years, care most about the inheritance of the family, and will almost never compromise for the greatest benefit.
Take the maximum risk.
Because there are endless benefits in the world, but once the family inheritance is cut off, there will be no continuity of blood and the family temple will fall into decline. No one can weigh and judge what is more important or less important.
Unless you are absolutely sure, or the situation forces you to do it...
Can Jingzhao Webster be completely sure of the current situation? This may not be the case. The situation in Chang'an is unpredictable. It seems that Guanlong has the upper hand, but the foundation of the East Palace is still there. Even if all the powerful people in the world come to support Guanlong, once the elite Anxi army comes from the Western Regions
When we return to support, it is still difficult to predict who will win and who will lose. How can we say victory or defeat lightly?
If you have to do it... who in the world can force a thousand-year-old family like Jingzhao Weishi to take extraordinary risks and risk the family inheritance?
Jingzhao Webster suddenly jumped out, and the real intention behind it is thought-provoking.
The eldest grandson Jiaqing pondered and said: "But no matter what, once Jingzhao Weishi gives his full support, it will definitely affect the world's elites, which is a good thing."
Even for a prominent surname in Guanzhong like Jingzhao Weishi, a thousand-year-old wealthy family spared no effort to support Guanlong. In a sense, it means that Guanlong is already in a winning position. Otherwise, how could Jingzhao Weishi risk all his family inheritance?
This will make the world's elites less worried and fully support Guanlong, causing Guanlong's power to increase dramatically.
Changsun Wuji sighed: "Of course I know this is a good thing, but no matter good or bad, this kind of situation out of control is always uncomfortable. Hundreds of thousands of Eastern Expedition troops have led troops abroad and have not returned. Now Jingzhao
Webster jumped out again without any warning... How do you know there is no ulterior conspiracy behind this?"
He is a born "conspiracy theorist" and will be suspicious of everything that he cannot control. No matter how passive the situation is, he has the confidence to use his own ability to turn the tables against the wind and turn defeat into victory. Back then, he assisted His Majesty Li Er to seize the opportunity and achieve hegemony.
, this has already been proven.
But I feel deeply disgusted with everything unknown, even if it seems that I and Guan Long have benefited a lot from it...
After taking a sip of tea, the eldest grandson Jiaqing said: "How should we deal with it now? I would like to ask my assistant for advice. As a brother, I will obey everything."
Changsun Wuji started to have a headache again...
As the commanding heights of the Chang'an area, Longshouyuan has a very important strategic position. He has always attached great importance to it. First, he asked Changsun Heng'an to lead the army to guard the Zhongwei Bridge, which not only cut off the connection between Xuanwu Gate and the north bank of the Weishui River, but also defended Longshouyuan. Then he sent Changsun Heng'an to lead the army to guard the Zhongwei Bridge.
Jiaqing resettled and Longshouyuan, with two elders from the Changsun family in charge to ensure that nothing went wrong.
As a result, the eldest son Heng'an was defeated by Fang Jun's "returning gun". Not only did the tens of thousands of troops collapse, but the company commander Sun Heng'an also died in the army; now the eldest son Jiaqing suffered another heavy blow, the 30,000-strong army was routed, and the entire Longshouyuan and the Daming Palace were destroyed.
Entering the hands of the Youtun Guards, it poses a great threat to the Guanlong army stationed in the east of the city.
Now that the morale of the Youtun Guards is strong, the soldiers and horses are strong, and they have occupied the Longshou Plains, Guan Long will not only have to face the extremely elite and high-morale Youtun Guards and the Tubo Huqi, but also face "attacks from above" if he wants to recapture the Longshou Plains.
In such an extremely unfavorable terrain, what are the chances of winning?
Should we risk a counterattack?
Or are you willing to accept the status quo and defend yourself with all your strength?
For a time, Changsun Wuji weighed the options but couldn't make a decision...
Changsun Jiaqing is also thinking seriously. He does not think that this defeat is his own problem. Of course, there may be his own problems, that is, he underestimated the deterrent effect of artillery on Guanlong soldiers, which led to the morale of Guanlong soldiers under the artillery bombardment.
The army collapsed and the morale of the army was completely lost. But his own command was not wrong. Faced with the situation of the collapse of the morale of the army, even if Han Xin was resurrected from the dead, how could he be able to recover?
Defeat is a foregone conclusion, and it is useless to think too much. Instead, we should think more carefully about how to face the current situation and minimize the losses and impacts as much as possible.
He suggested: "Now that Youtun Guard occupies Longshouyuan, it needs to defend the Daming Palace, which will inevitably lead to the dispersion of its troops, not to mention the defense of Xuanwu Gate? If an army of 50,000 people is assembled,
Attack Longshouyuan from three sides from the south, east and north. The Youtun Guards will definitely care about one thing and lose the other. We broke into the Daming Palace and relied on the palace to start street battles with Youtun Guards, making it difficult for the cavalry to exert their power. We will definitely be able to defeat Longshouyuan.
Retake it.”
Changsun Wuji listened carefully. After a while, he got up and leaned on crutches. He endured the pain in his injured leg and came to the map on the side of the wall to look at the map carefully.
The eldest grandson Jiaqing also stood up and came to his side.
After looking at it carefully for a while, Changsun Wuji shook his head and said: "The risk is too great... Although it is indeed possible to capture Longshouyuan according to your tactics and regain the suppression of Xuanwu Gate, once it fails, then
The consequences will definitely be a huge disaster."
From the day the troops were raised, apart from the initial smooth entry of the Guanlong army into Chang'an City and the full suppression of the East Palace, they were restrained everywhere. Especially when the sixth rate of the East Palace abandoned the imperial city and retreated to the Taiji Palace, the Guanlong army was trapped in mud.
They could only engage in bloody battles with Dong Gong Liu in the Tai Chi Palace. With an army of more than 100,000, they could not take advantage of their strength at all.
When Fang Jun returned thousands of miles away to come back for reinforcements, the Guanlong army suffered another series of defeats, and the morale of the army was extremely low. This can be seen from the disastrous defeat of Changsun Jiaqing's troops - once they faced the Youtun Guards, Guanlong
The soldiers do not have half the momentum to win. If the occupation is not smooth, morale will be low and the morale of the army will be shaken, which will lead to a disastrous defeat.
If an army of 50,000 people was mobilized to counterattack Longshouyuan but failed, or even continued to lose troops and generals, how low would the morale of the Guanlong army be?
As one goes and the other goes, the morale of Youtunwei and the Sixth Army of the East Palace is getting stronger and stronger. Maybe Fang Er, that stick, will just wave his troops and charge down from Longshouyuan...
"In the current situation, safety should be the most important thing. Since we cannot defeat the Youtun Guards in one blow, we must be patient. After all, time is on our side."
After thinking for a long time, Changsun Wuji decided that it was better to be absolutely safe and not take risks.
The Anxi Army is thousands of miles away from Chang'an. Before it can return to Chang'an, reinforcements from the world's elites will inevitably arrive in Guanzhong earlier. They will be enough to destroy the East Palace in one fell swoop with an overwhelming advantage. After the overall situation of the tripod is determined, we can calmly think about it for dozens of times.
The stance of Wandong’s army.
If you rush to counterattack at this moment and accidentally lose again, the situation will be too passive and you have to proceed with caution...
Changsun Jiaqing looked a little unhappy. Although he did not think that the previous defeat of Longshouyuan was his fault, a defeat was a defeat. Losing face was inevitable. If the army could be mobilized as soon as possible to counterattack, Guanlong currently lacks generals.
Due to the reality, coupled with the status of the elder of the Changsun family, there is a high probability that he will still lead the army.
If you can successfully counterattack, you can avenge your past humiliation and earn back your lost reputation.
But Changsun Wuji refuted his opinion, and the matter of avenging shame was naturally put aside for the time being. Unavoidably, a sigh of relief filled his chest, which made him feel extremely unhappy. However, Changsun Wuji dominated the family and kept his word, even for those uncles and uncles.
The ancestors did not dare to refute Changsun Wuji's opinion, let alone him?
He could only say in a muffled voice: "What the auxiliary machine said is true, everything is up to you to decide. Just one word for brother, no matter when and where, as long as it is useful to be a brother, I will go through fire and water, and I will do whatever it takes!"
Changsun Wuji happily said: "As the saying goes, brothers working together can break gold! Our Changsun family is at a critical juncture. As long as we can overcome the difficulties in front of us, we can regain our past glory, and our children and grandchildren will benefit endlessly. You and I, brothers,
We should work together to forge ahead, not fearing life or death, to earn a shadow for our family and our descendants, and have lasting blessings!"
The eldest grandson Jiaqing was greatly encouraged, and he immediately put his slight unhappiness behind him and said in a deep voice: "It's exactly what the auxiliary machine said!"
Having enjoyed the wealth and glory that dominated the world in the early years of Zhenguan, I simply cannot imagine how the prince will live after he continues His Majesty Li Er's national policy and continues to suppress and weaken the family, especially since the younger members of the family have since disappeared from everyone and become officials.
They all had to pass the imperial examination... The Guanlong clan was founded by military exploits, and the fierce blood of the people outside the Great Wall flowed through their ancestors for generations. If they say that they are naturally not afraid of anyone in killing and conquest, but when it comes to the imperial examination, how can the Four Books and Five Classics be compared with poetry?
Is it comparable to the Shandong family that has heirlooms?
Even among the Jiangnan gentry, most of them are descendants of clans from the Central Plains who traveled south in attire, and their family background may not be much worse than that of Shandong families. When they go to court to obtain scholars through the imperial examination, how can they still have a future for the Long clan clan?
It's ridiculous that those clans in Hedong and Hexi didn't even understand why the Guanlong clan rebelled and wanted to depose the East Palace. Instead, they sent troops and money to help Guanlong defeat the East Palace. They were just like stupid beetles.
What's more, some people around the prince in the Tai Chi Palace are actually sending messages to express their goodwill to Guan Long, completely unaware that the prince's policy is actually the most beneficial to them, the heirs of poetry and calligraphy...