In the carriage, Princess Jinyang's voice was soft and crisp: "Brother-in-law is responsible for military and national affairs. Just go about your business and ignore me. It's just that the war is fierce and the war is dangerous, so you still need to pay more attention to safety."
Fang Jun said: "Thank you, Your Highness."
After watching the car drive into the camp gate and turn to the residence behind, Fang Jun rode straight to the Chinese army's tent.
Inside the tent, Gao Kan, Cheng Wuting, Sun Renshi, Cen Changqian, General Xin Mao, Ouyang Tong and others had already arrived. Even Wang Fangyi, who had just returned from a great victory, had also arrived...
Fang Jun walked directly to the map hanging on the wall and asked in a deep voice: "How is the situation?"
Everyone stood behind Fang Jun and gathered him in the middle. Gao Kan said: "In the east of the city, Changsun Jiaqing's tribe gathered tens of thousands of troops, mainly the Changsun's private army. In the west of the city, Yuwenlong also gathered the private army of 'Woye Town', and the number reached 30,000."
The remaining soldiers are stationed in the north of the military camp, with murderous intent, but no further measures have been taken for the time being."
Fang Jun nodded slightly.
Cheng Wuting said: "This attack on Jingzhao Weishi's private army must have made everyone in Guanlong panic. As if they were facing a formidable enemy, from the perspective of the general, they may not really dare to fight head-on again. They probably want to provoke a fight."
Use this small-scale conflict and take the lead to stabilize the private armies of those powerful families who have entered Guanzhong."
This guess is very reliable. Now that all the food outside the Jinguang Gate has been burned, the entire Guanlong army is in a huge crisis of food shortage. I don’t know how many days the remaining food can last, and they have encountered scheming gangsters outside the city.
The army was attacked one after another and suffered heavy losses. It must be that people are panicked and the morale of the army is weakened. They are in urgent need of a victory to stabilize their morale and boost their morale.
Otherwise, there is no need to even use the right guard to fight, they will collapse on their own...
Fang Jun doesn't think so.
He asked Gao Kan: "Is there any news from Li Junxian about the rebels' food surplus?"
Gao Kan shook his head: "A fire outside Jinguang Gate burned all the rebels' grain. The Guanlong clan immediately collected the remaining grain stored by various armies and hoarded it in one place. However, the external information blockade was very strict, 'Baiqisi'
We haven't been able to investigate the details yet. However, Li Junxian once said that the remaining grain in Guanlong can only last for a month at most."
"Baiqisi" has penetrated into all aspects around Chang'an. Although the detailed figures of Guanlong's grain reserves are temporarily unavailable, Li Junxian's estimate will probably not be too different.
Fang Jundao: "That is to say, Guanlong must make a decision within the next half month, whether it is war, peace or surrender, otherwise the food supply will be exhausted, and nearly 20 people, including Guanlong's army and the clan's private army, will be exhausted."
The army of ten thousand is about to be completely routed."
Sun Renshi, who had a very low sense of presence on the side, suddenly spoke and said: "Changsun Jiaqing's tribe and Yuwenlong's tribe gathered urgently, but they did not attack together at the first time to catch us off guard. It may not be because of the last defeat that caused us to be afraid.
Feet, could it be that this is just to contain us, but its main force has already been transferred into Chang'an City, preparing to storm Tai Chi Palace?"
The other generals were immediately shocked and thought it was very possible.
After all, the real battlefield is in Chang'an City. Even if you defeat the Youtun Guards, the purpose is to encircle and overthrow the East Palace. If you can defeat the six leaders of the East Palace from the front, and then occupy the Taiji Palace and capture the inner gate, whether it is to capture the prince
Regardless of whether it is better to force the prince to evacuate Chang'an under the escort of Youtun Guards, the entire control of Chang'an will fall into the hands of the Guanlong Clan, which means that the Guanlong Clan occupies the central power of the Tang Dynasty.
Even if the prince retreats westward and reaches the counties in Hexi under the protection of Youtun Guards, he can only fight his way back to Chang'an and seize the imperial capital. However, the Guanlong clan can completely establish another prince, build a center, and establish a brand new regime.
As for who will win in the end, that is another matter. At the very least, the Guanlong clan steals the center of the Tang Dynasty and uses it to command the world, which gives them great relief.
Fang Jun also felt that this guess was the most likely, so he ordered: "Order the entire army to be under martial law and release all the scouts. I want to be aware of every move of Guanlong's army! At the same time, send people into Xuanwumen to report the situation to the prince and Duke Wei.
, and report our predictions together so that Donggong Liuli will take strict precautions."
"Here!"
Wang Fangyi took the order and left.
Fang Jun stood in front of the map with his hands behind his hands, his thick eyebrows furrowed and worried.
Changsun Wuji is too heavy-minded and thinks too far. It seems that he has coerced all the rebels into making a big move, but the conspiracy behind it is likely to be on the second or even third level...
I thought that if I could see through Changsun Wuji, I would definitely suffer a big loss.
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Tongguan.
Inside the government office, when the news came that the scouts had sent the cavalry of the Youtun Guards to cross the Wei River without scruples under the nose of Xue Wanche's army, but Xue Wanche had turned a blind eye, everyone was shocked at first, and then became excited and noisy.
Yuchi Gong's face turned dark and he said angrily: "Mother! Does this idiot Xue don't know how to write the word "death"? The same night he arrived in Jingyang, he crossed the river to Youtunwei and Fang Jun drank all night long. Today, Youtun even let Youtun
The guard can move freely within his defense zone...Does he still have a commander-in-chief in his eyes? Does he still have military law?"
Zhang Liang fanned the flames: "Commander, you should send someone to Jingyang immediately to recall Xue Wanche, and then punish him for ignoring military orders and flouting military discipline, and show his head to the public as a warning to others!"
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yaojin glared at him and yelled: "Zhang Liang, you are such a bad guy! We are all in the same boat, even if we are not getting along with each other, if we have less contact,
Adding insult to injury and fanning the flames is simply unbecoming of a man!"
Zhang Liang blushed and became thick-necked after being scolded, and argued: "Military law is like a mountain, how can it be allowed to be trampled upon by anyone? The public officials of Lu State protect each other, and they are actually the criminal ministers of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Mom! You bastard are looking for a beating, aren't you? Come on, let me, a sinner, teach you how to behave?"
Cheng Yaojin rolled up his arms and sleeves, staring with murderous eyes.
Zhang Liang shrank his neck in fright... Although Cheng Yaojin was nearly sixty years old and had gray hair and beard, he had excellent body bones and a body that was as muscular as a young man. His body was made of copper and iron, and his fists were like iron bowls.
Even if Zhang Liang is ten years younger than him, he is absolutely no match for him.
"shut up!"
Li Jiyin had a sullen face and shouted: "If you keep making trouble, you will strip off the flagpole!"
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yaojin suddenly lost his arrogance and acted angrily, but he couldn't lose face and muttered to himself: "I despise the most insidious villains like this. If you associate with such people, maybe
It would be extremely disgusting to be stabbed one day!"
However, Li Ji had great authority and did not dare to provoke him easily. He cursed and sat down.
Li Ji stared at the map on the opposite wall and said to the scout who came in to report: "Tell me the situation again, and no details can be omitted."
"Here."
The scout recounted the situation in detail.
Li Ji's eyes were deep.
Although the entire Guanzhong knew that it was either Fang Jun or Li Ji who killed the private armies of the clan, Li Ji knew that he had not done it, so the murderer was naturally Fang Jun. However, there has been no conclusive evidence for Li Ji, and it cannot be ruled out that someone fished in troubled waters. It is possible. Now looking at the path of the cavalry of Youtun Guard, we can finally confirm this matter.
Obviously, the cavalry escaped into the Zhongnan Mountains after a surprise attack on Webster's private army and asked the Guanlong army to pursue them. It sneaked westward in the mountains, made a big detour, and then crossed over from the weak defenses of the Guanlong army in the Xi County area. Cross the Weishui River, then turn eastward, along the north bank of the Weishui River until near the Zhongwei Bridge, and swagger back to the Youtunwei camp outside Xuanwu Gate under the nose of Xue Wanche...
Seeing Li Ji, the scout stopped asking and said, "The scouts in front have just reported that the Guanlong troops on the east and west sides of Chang'an City have gathered urgently, each numbering in the tens of thousands, but there has been no specific movement yet."
"oh?"
Li Ji raised his eyebrows, pondered for a long time, waved his hand and said: "Inform the entire army to strengthen their alert and closely monitor the movements of the Guanlong army and Youtun guards, but do not get involved."
"Here!"
After the generals had retreated, Li Ji leaned back on his chair, sighed, and murmured: "After all, it's Changsun Wuji who has far-sighted vision and ruthless heart!"
Coercing all the rebels to fight to the death, seemingly striving for a chance of survival, in fact, they are using the heads of nearly two hundred thousand rebels in exchange for the continuity of the eldest son's family, so as not to annihilate their descendants... As for his eldest grandson Wuji himself, he must have seen through it. After understanding the current situation and knowing that he will definitely die no matter what, he must have prepared a pot of poisonous wine, or three feet of white silk, one foot of green blade...
But there's nothing to be sad about.
People die for money, birds die for food, power, wealth and enchantment, who can completely escape? From the moment Changsun Wuji became greedy, the outcome was doomed.
Who made him choose an enemy like His Majesty Li Er?