Li Siwen looked at the map hanging on the wall and listened to Li Jing's inquiry. His mind was spinning rapidly. After a while, he tentatively said: "What Guanlong's army is most afraid of is that the main force attacking Taiji Palace will be cut off by the Youtun Guards, so
Once the situation changes, Guan Long will immediately withdraw the troops from Taiji Palace, either by fire and annexing the Youtun Guards, or simply withdraw from Chunmingmen, admitting that the mutiny has failed completely, but at the same time, he will accumulate strength and withdraw to a certain place to defend the dangerous place.
Stronghold, try your best to defend, wait for changes..."
What happened?
Naturally, it was his father who was sitting in Tongguan but watching the Chang'an rebellion from a distance...
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he said: "The Guanlong rebels probably dare not continue to attack Taiji Palace for fear of being cut off by the Youtun Guards, so they will probably admit defeat and simply gather their troops to withdraw from Chang'an City.
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Li Jing nodded in approval, looked at the map, and sighed softly: "That's right! Although Guanlong's defeat has been determined, his strength still exists. Once he withdraws from Chang'an, he will choose a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he will gather and wait.
When the situation changes, you will escape the disaster and escape safely."
"Won't!"
Li Siwen's face turned red, because when it came to his father's position and reputation, even in the face of the most respected Li Jing, he already stiffened his neck and tried his best to retort: "The general dare not speak of my father's loyalty, but how can my father collude with the rebels?"
?The commander-in-chief’s words are too rash, and I will not agree with them.”
"Ho!"
Li Jing sneered, slapped Li Siwen on the back of the head, and cursed: "I just said so much, but you listened to it in one ear and didn't pay attention to it at all? Your father is not a soldier in the army, but the commander of an army."
, and he is the prime minister of the empire. In his eyes, there is no victory or defeat, no right or wrong, not even good and evil, only politics! What he wants is not only his own interests, but also the balance of the government. He has already set his sights on this.
How can the outcome of a mutiny itself be ignored because of one's own good and evil? The Guanlong family has been in charge of the center of the imperial court for many years. They have strong power from top to bottom and are intricately connected. Once they are all expelled from the court, what will happen to these people?
The vacant positions are bound to be taken advantage of by powerful people from Shandong and Jiangnan. The powerful people from these two places have been squeezed by the Guanlong Pai for many years, and they are deeply entangled with each other. Once they enter the court, they will definitely be in the same spirit.
I take your father as my opponent with my arms crossed. You don’t know your father’s temperament? The most far-reaching plan is that he never goes into battle without shirts. Instead of letting him face off against the elites of Shandong and Jiangnan in the future, why not help Guanlong, who is still struggling,
, put them in front to replace your father’s low-end firepower?”
Although Li Jing and Li Ji do not have much personal relationship, as the two most famous commanders in the empire today, they know each other very well and are very familiar with each other's temper, temperament, and habits. Based on Li Jing's knowledge of Li Ji, this person has always been silent.
When it comes to making a fortune, his deep thoughts are even worse than those of Changsun Wuji. His favorite thing to do is to hide behind the scenes and manipulate puppets to control the overall situation.
However, Li Siwen felt that this had already involved "slandering" his father's character, and tried his best to resist: "The commander is ridiculous! My father is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, brilliant, broad-minded... what the hell..."
In Li Jing's teasing eyes, he blushed and couldn't continue.
It's okay to say that Li Jichi is loyal and capable, but it's too much to say that he's "light, wind and moon"...
After all, it was really inappropriate to comment on the father in front of the son of a man. Li Jing stopped continuing this topic and ended his "teaching", and directly ordered: "Occupy the danger, even if the Youtun Guards may intercept it."
The rebels' rear path will lead to their complete collapse, but they cannot be taken lightly. Although you are seriously injured, at this critical moment of life and death, you should go into battle and do your best to seek victory! After the war, I will focus on your merits.
, be commended.”
"Here!"
Although Li Siwen was a playboy, he was also a tough guy. He patted the wound on his shoulder with a smile. His face turned pale from the pain, and he laughed loudly and said: "As an imperial soldier, facing the survival of the country and the continuation of the country, we should pay tribute to him."
Die to live, work hard without caring about yourself!"
Li Jing looked at him approvingly and said warmly: "Right now, we are not trying to retreat the enemy, but we are trying to lure the enemy deeper, so that the rebels will lose their intention to retreat and make them deepen step by step. When we retreat to the Xuanwu Gate, I think Youtun
Wei has also broken through to Yanshoufang. At that time, it is time for us to launch a massive counterattack and completely annihilate the rebels to establish victory!"
"Here!"
Li Siwen obeyed the order, then turned around and strode out of the command post, shouted and left quickly with his own soldiers, rushed to his own army, and organized the army to retreat.
Li Jing turned around and stood in front of the map again, checking the various information marked on the map, analyzing the forces, distribution, and trends of the enemy and ourselves, and then pondered in his mind how to lure the enemy deeper step by step, and finally how to counterattack in one fell swoop and turn defeat into victory.
*****
Outside the West Market, the fighting was extremely fierce.
Although the Yu family in Luoyang is not well-known now, it was one of the "Eight Pillar Kingdoms" back then. It has been dormant for many years but still has a profound foundation. The private soldiers in the family are quite strong. At first, they followed His Majesty Li Er to pacify the Quartet for the Tang Dynasty, and even later turned against him.
He has made great contributions to seizing the throne of the emperor.
Now, thousands of soldiers, driven by Suigu, launched a tidal wave of offensive against the heavy-armed infantry of Youtun Guard who were armed to the teeth. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they still charged and fought fiercely without fear of death.
However, the heart-rending screams of countless soldiers in front of the heavy infantry formation, the splatters of blood, and the fallen corpses made Yu Suigu's heart throb all the time, and his teeth were almost broken.
This is the last family fortune of the Yu family in Luoyang!
When these private soldiers died in the battle, the Luoyang Yu family was like a toothless tiger, and was about to sink together with the Guanlong clan and be slaughtered by others...
But he didn't dare to take a step back.
Once the Youtun Guards break through the West City and the troops arrive at Yanshoufang, it will have an earth-shaking impact on the occupation of Chang'an. The Guanlong army, which is currently launching a desperate fight in the Taiji Palace, is in danger of having its retreat route cut off, and its morale has dropped sharply.
Collapse, I'm afraid complete defeat will be a foregone conclusion.
That is a responsibility he absolutely cannot bear.
However, it is easy to have the desire to die, and it is difficult to die without hesitation. Watching the lively private soldiers of the family being sent under his order to the meat grinder-like steel knife of Youtun Guard, in the battle formation, the torment in my heart is
It's hard to describe how rare it is.
"Go to Yanshoufang quickly and inform Duke Zhao to send reinforcements immediately!"
Yu Suigu's eyes turned red and he drove away the soldiers around him. This was already the tenth soldier he had sent to Yanshoufang for rescue. However, Yanshoufang, which was only one wall away from the West Market, had not sent any more soldiers so far.
Pawn, this even made him think, "Could it be that those old guys deliberately used this to consume the Yu family's strength"...
However, at this moment in Yanshou Square, Changsun Wuji was already in a state of distress and was in a dilemma.
Yu Suigu from the West Market asked for help again and again, regardless of whether they had the intention of preserving their strength, but it was a fact that the Youtun Guards were overwhelming and difficult to resist. Once the Yu family's private soldiers in Luoyang suffered all casualties, the Youtun Guards would arrive directly.
Yanshoufang will have a decisive impact on the occupation.
But now Changsun Wuji is struggling with whether he should recruit the remaining private soldiers of Chunmingmen's Sun family into the city to reinforce the West City, and at the same time continue to storm the Taiji Palace to destroy the Sixth Army of the East Palace, or quickly withdraw the troops from the Taiji Palace.
All troops withdraw from Chunming Gate...
Battle reports from the Taiji Palace also arrived one after another. The Sixth Army of the East Palace changed their previous tenacity and retreated step by step. The Guanlong army had already attacked near Ganlu Palace. Half of the palaces were in their hands. They were about to completely defeat the Sixth Army of the East Palace.
, occupy the Tai Chi Palace and achieve the initial strategic goal.
However, it is also possible that all this was done deliberately by Donggong Liuli, with the purpose of luring the enemy deep into the territory and gaining enough world space for Youtun Wei...
To advance or to retreat?
Changsun Wuji is difficult to decide.
At this moment, only Yu Wenshiji was left in the side hall, and he said to Changsun Wuji worriedly: "Li Jing has outstanding strategies and is the best in the world in leading troops. Now our army in Taiji Palace is making good progress, and the six leaders in the East Palace are retreating steadily. This
Some of them are contrary to common sense, so be careful of Li Jing’s deception.”
Changsun Wuji rubbed his eyebrows and sighed: "I'm not afraid of him cheating. So far, the war situation has left both sides with no room for maneuver. No one can try to cheat the other. What I can't decide is whether the six rates of the East Palace are still alive.
With how much combat power we have, can we capture the Taiji Palace before Youtunwei breaks through the West City?"
As long as Taiji Palace is completely captured, the initiative will be completely in Guanlong's hands. At that time, all he has to do is defend the palace and wait for Li Ji to send troops back to Beijing from Tongguan.
Li Ji must be waiting for a breakthrough in the occupation of Chang'an, and then he will lead his army back to Beijing to settle the matter...
At that time, Guan Long can negotiate with Li Ji and is willing to defend him against the pawns of Shandong and Jiangshan, who occupy the court. Presumably Li Ji will also be willing to follow the trend and monopolize power and sit back and watch Guanlong fight endlessly with Shandong and Jiangnan. Let him sit