Starting from the Northern Wei Dynasty, more than ten clans formed an alliance and joined forces to seize the political interests through military power, and then used the political interests to feed back the military power. They complemented each other, and finally stole the rich land of Guanlong and achieved the hegemony of the clans.
A country is reborn and another is destroyed, and the general trend of the world is controlled by the hands of one person. There has never been such a situation in the past.
However, the general trend of the world is that if we divide for a long time, we will unite and divide. The Guanlong clan, which has been united and prosperous for more than a hundred years, is now about to face the most serious crisis of division...
Yu Wenshiji understood that even though most of the Guanlong clan no longer wanted to fight with the East Palace and preferred peace talks, Changsun Wuji could not be forced too far.
After all, Changsun Wuji is still the leader of Guanlong, and the Changsun family is the backbone of Guanlong. Once Changsun Wuji is pushed too hard, this "yin man" can't help but coerce everyone to burn with the East Palace in a rage...
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He sighed and comforted: "If you insist on doing this, I have nothing to say, I can only support you. But I want you to understand that the threat to the East Palace is secondary at the moment, and the unity of Guanlong is the most important. Kill.
Fang Jun can do it, but he needs to back down when faced with the anger of the East Palace afterwards, otherwise the peace talks will break down for his own personal grudges, and the rest of the family will probably feel resentful."
Unity is the general direction. Once the Guanlong Alliance breaks down and everyone goes their own way, let alone the mutiny, what will be done to resist the East Palace's counterattack?
Changsun Wuji did not comment, took a sip of tea, and said: "At present, the peace talks are at a stalemate and there is no progress. The East Palace must be very anxious. They are more anxious than us. Who knows, Xiao Yu and others will advise the prince to deploy troops to carry out a large-scale battle.
A huge counterattack... The troops at the front must pay close attention to the movements of the Sixth Army of the East Palace, and be on alert if there is any change. In addition, some of the troops outside the city must be gathered into the imperial city as a backup. Once the Sixth Army of the East Palace seriously counterattacks, they must ensure that
Defend and wait for opportunities to strike back.”
Yu Wenshiji frowned and said: "Isn't that the case? The two sides are currently in a stalemate. Although the fighting continues in the Taiji Palace, the troops invested by both sides are extremely limited. If one of the parties suddenly launches an attack, it may have an unexpected effect at first.
But it will inevitably cause fluctuations in our own battle formation. If the other party seizes the loophole, it will be a lose-lose situation. In the current situation, we can afford it, but the East Palace cannot afford it. The stalemate is beneficial to the East Palace. Of course, Xiao Yu
I don’t know how to fight, but Li Jing is a famous commander in the world, how can he be so reckless?"
"hehe,"
Changsun Wuji sneered twice, put the tea cup on the table, and said calmly: "When it comes to military strategy, I am not as good as Li Jing, but when it comes to the general trend of government, how many people in the world can match me? I advocate fighting the East Palace to the fullest.
We will use all our strength to destroy it, but right now, why don’t we just sit here and wait for peace talks with the East Palace?”
In this world, not everything you do is correct. You will always have to go against your original intention due to various reasons. Even if you know it is wrong, you still have to hold your nose and go on.
Yuwen Shiji felt a little embarrassed.
However, he also understood what Changsun Wuji meant. Various clans forced Changsun Wuji to embark on the path of peace talks because Changsun Wuji had more concerns and could not watch the Guanlong Alliance collapse; and the situation in the East Palace was
Normally, the civil service system headed by Xiao Yu and others strongly advocated peace talks, so the prince had no choice but to accept his advice and could not reject it arbitrarily...
Thinking about it this way, the East Palace Six Rates are very likely to launch a massive counterattack in the near future.
After all, the peace talks have reached a deadlock. If you want to break the situation, you can only break the current anxious situation, give each family a chance, and give everyone an excuse to force Changsun Wuji to take a step back and return to the negotiating table...
Outside the door, the sound of horse hooves sounded like muffled thunder.
Yu Wenshiji raised his head and looked out the window, and saw thousands of well-equipped cavalry galloping away towards Lantian.
This is already the last elite soldier of the Changsun family. With this cavalry dispatched, Changsun Wuji no longer has a powerful force to defend him. Not to mention whether Fang Jun can escape the successive encirclements and interceptions, but at the moment in Yanshoufang,
If all the families gathered their strength to give Yu Changsun Wuji a sudden blow...
This thought suddenly came up for no reason, frightening Yu Wenshiji's heart, and he quickly suppressed it.
Although the war situation is tense, Guanlong still has the advantage after all. For various clans, winning the mutiny will gain the greatest benefits. Only when the situation collapses and the future is gloomy, can a scapegoat be thrown out to bear the wrath of the East Palace.
It's far from that time yet.
At the same time, he hoped in his heart that Fang Jun would be braver. If this cavalry was completely defeated, the strength of the Changsun family would plummet. Once the situation went bad in the future, each family would have more choices.
Of course, the most ideal situation is that both the cavalry and Fang Jun will suffer losses...
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Lantian Pass is a hundred miles away from Lantian. It seems not far away, but in fact, this section of the road is within the Bashui River Valley. There are dense river networks, crisscrossed ravines, rugged mountain roads and steep cliffs. Moreover, the valleys are dark and cold with no sunlight, and the ice and snow are extremely difficult everywhere.
If you are not careful, you may fall into a cliff or roll down a ravine, making it extremely difficult to walk.
After the Lantian Pass counterattack and killed the Guanlong army, Fang Jun led his soldiers back to Guanzhong along the Shangyu Ancient Road. The walking was difficult and extremely slow along the way.
Moreover, he did not feel complacent because he counterattacked the Guanlong troops who came to intercept them. He relaxed his vigilance. Instead, he became more and more cautious. He stopped advancing every evening, set up camp in an open place, and sent out all his scouts to guard against surprise attacks by powerful enemies.
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If he kills the eldest grandson Anye, he will inevitably arouse the wrath of the eldest grandson Wuji. How can the other party be willing to let it go?
Especially now that the two sides are engaged in peace talks. Although it is still unclear how the progress will be, the initiators of the peace talks are the Guanlong families. This is tantamount to provoking Changsun Wuji's authority. How can Changsun Wuji be willing to be bound? Naturally, he will avoid the peace talks.
On the basis of the collapse of the Long Alliance, they fought back and sabotaged the peace talks.
And killing him, Fang Jun, was justifiable revenge. Even if the rest of the Guanlong clan were dissatisfied, they had nothing to say.
But it is the most direct way to undermine peace talks...
Both public and private, Changsun Wuji would never allow him to return to Chang'an alive, so Changsun Wuji would most likely send troops to intercept and kill him.
Nowadays, Fang Jun has many wives and concubines, heirs are born, he is in a high position, and he is full of ambitions. He is just waiting for Li Chengqian to ascend the throne to initiate a series of reforms and create a glorious and prosperous Tang Dynasty. How can he be willing to bury his bones here?
Do you trade in ancient ways and let future generations trample on your body?
When camping every night, Fang Jun had to personally direct the camp, and he was very particular in choosing the place to avoid being attacked by cavalry as much as possible. When he went to bed at night, he would lie down with his clothes on, holding a horizontal sword, and watch for the slightest disturbance.
He jumped up...
However, until they were more than ten miles away from the valley entrance, the expected strong enemy did not appear, which made Fang Jun a little puzzled.
Changsun Wuji has always been decisive in killing, but now he has both public and private reasons to make himself a deadly enemy. How could he let him go so easily?
As a result, the doubts in my heart did not last long, and I heard a report from the scouts, saying that a cavalry team had completely blocked the entrance of the valley, and people entering and exiting were closely checked...
Fang Jun immediately breathed a sigh of relief. The thing he was so sure of never happened, which was really depressing and made him seriously doubt his own intelligence.
But soon my heart started to lift again.
The Guanlong army gave up on the midnight raid this time, and instead blocked the only entrance to the Bashui River Valley with great fanfare. There were high mountains on both sides of the valley, making it impossible to climb, so he had no choice but to rush through...
It was not a problem to break through forcefully, but the casualties were too high, which was not what he wanted. The soldiers around him were all his confidants who accompanied him in the north and south, and every loss of one of them made him feel distressed.
But if we don't break through forcefully, we can only go back the same way and rush to Luoyang. But this trip is extremely time-consuming. How can we rest assured if we don't quickly return to sit outside Xuanwu Gate?
After weighing the left and right, there is no other way.
The horseman stood in the valley, thought for a long time, and then ordered: "Set up camp on the spot, send out scouts, closely monitor the enemy's movements, the rest will dismount and rest, and force their way into the valley entrance at midnight."
"Here!"
The soldiers immediately dismounted and set up camp, and the Huotou Army even set up stoves by the river to cook food.
Half an hour later, Fang Jun said to Wei Ying: "Take the men and search along the mountain walls on both sides. I want to cut off all the enemy scouts in the valley so that my actions will not be known to the enemy."
"Here!"
Wei Ying immediately set off with dozens of people, and his powerful figure disappeared into the jungle shrubs under the mountain walls on both sides, startling countless birds.
Another half an hour passed, and Wei Ying led his men back to resume their duties.
Fang Jun immediately stood up and shouted: "Everyone, mount your horses! Abandon all the baggage and food, go into battle lightly, and follow me to defeat the enemy and return to Chang'an!"
The illusion of setting up camp and waiting for a midnight raid must have spread to the enemy. A sudden attack at this time will surely catch the enemy by surprise.