Li Chengqian said: "The British Lord may have other ideas, but if the overall situation has been decided, is it possible that he can still risk the disapproval of the world?"
Judging from Li Ji's various actions after withdrawing from Liaodong, it is easy to come to the conclusion of "killing with a borrowed knife". Li Ji wanted the East Palace to fall and the prince to be deposed, so as to establish a prince to ascend the throne and achieve the goal of monopolizing power. However, there was He cherished his feathers and did not want to bear the name of "rebellion", so he sat back and watched the Guanlong army's rebellious actions without any action.
If you do this, you will definitely be criticized. People all over the world will accuse you of having ulterior motives and not behaving like a minister. But after all, you have never personally participated in the dethronement. Compared with the power you have obtained, such criticism is acceptable...
Therefore, Li Chengqian believed that as long as Li Ji returned to Chang'an, he would definitely take action to quell the rebellion and would not personally overthrow the East Palace.
There are some things that Fang Jun can't say, and he can't even hint at them. He can only say: "How can we give the initiative to others and trust our life and death in the hands of others? We should still pursue the victory and attack Yanshoufang. Then they went straight to the Chengtian Gate, and together with the Sixth Army of the East Palace and the Beiya Imperial Army, they surrounded the rebels in the Taiji Palace and annihilated the foundation of Guanlong in one fell swoop."
The thoughts of the Guanlong clan are also clear. On the one hand, they stormed the Taiji Palace in the hope of completely occupying it and taking the initiative. If they failed to capture the Taiji Palace, they would wait for Li Ji to lead his army back to Chang'an to stop the mutiny, and then take action. He surrendered, hoping to gain protection from Li Ji.
Li Chengqian understood Fang Jun's intention. Once Li Ji defended Guan Long and intended to use him as a knife against the powerful families in Shandong and Jiangnan, it would be difficult to punish Guan Long from now on.
Even the emperor can't do things as he pleases, let alone he is just a prince?
Then he nodded and said, "Let Erlang decide everything."
Fang Jun was not polite and immediately ordered: "Order Gao Kan to lead his troops to defeat the enemy blocking the West City, quickly capture Yanshoufang, advance to the front line of Chengtianmen, block Taiji Palace, and the retreat from the East Palace. In addition, send people to Xuanwu Gate to inform the guards My Lord, please strike back immediately, attack from both sides with Gao Kan's tribe, annihilate the rebels in the Taiji Palace, and take advantage of the situation to attack the remaining Guanlong troops. We must not tolerate this."
"Here!"
Cheng Wu obeyed the order and turned around and left.
There were several shouts outside the tent, and then the sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded and disappeared quickly.
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On the long street outside the West Market, even if it rains heavily, the fighting never stops.
The heavy-armed infantry of Youtun Guards lined up in formation, facing the oncoming Guanlong army like a sea wave. They calmly responded to the challenge. Their strong iron armor and sharp swords formed a torrent of steel, killing and devouring the rebels. Although their steps were slow, , but moves forward firmly and unstoppably.
Yu Suigu stood at the junction of West Market and Yanshoufang, looking at the extremely tragic battlefield in the distance. He raised his hand and wiped his face. His hands were wet, and he didn't know if it was sweat or rain...
Every moment, the private soldiers of the Yu family in Luoyang went forward and fought bravely, but the heavy infantry, armed to the teeth, were like rocks on the coast. They remained firm despite the strong winds and waves. Countless private soldiers of the family were smashed to pieces and swallowed up. , killing, Yu Suigu’s heart continued to bleed.
Each family has inherited and developed elite private soldiers through the dark and turbulent years of the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. While protecting the family's industry, these armed forces also used these armed forces to stir up troubles in troubled times and became a weapon for the family to seize profits.
Which family would have to go through dozens or even hundreds of years to cultivate a private army of such a large scale and with considerable combat effectiveness?
As a result of this mutiny, the wealth accumulated by the Guanlong clan for decades was almost completely wiped out, not to mention the private army of the clan clans who were coerced and induced by Changsun Wuji to come to Guanzhong to support the rebellion. They were almost completely wiped out.
The remaining defeated troops in twos and threes were wandering around Guanzhong, making no scene...
The reinforcements from outside Chunming Gate finally arrived, which made Yu Suigu let out a long sigh. He quickly withdrew on the grounds that his private soldiers were "tired from long battles" and "suffered heavy losses", and sent the reinforcements from Guanlong.
Go up.
The addition of thousands of fresh troops made the Guanlong army even more powerful, but the heavy-armed infantry of Youtun Guard still pushed forward firmly and steadily, not at a fast pace, but without resistance.
This gave Yu Suigu a chill in his heart, and he realized a possibility...
He hurriedly pulled over the soldiers beside him and said quickly: "Hurry back to Yanshoufang and inform Duke Zhao that the Youtun Guards are obviously delaying the battle and refusing to do their best. Fang Jun must have felt that he had a chance to win and deliberately attracted
We are sending reinforcements, but we are afraid that we may have some back-up, so please allow us to withdraw from the West City and reorganize our troops to fight again."
"Here!"
The soldiers hurriedly took the order and left.
Yu Suigu looked around, and simply asked someone to squat under a section of the square wall, and let him climb up to the square wall on his shoulders, overlooking the battlefield ahead.
I saw the fiercest fighting in the distance at the main gate of the West City. The heavily armored infantry moved forward slowly and uniformly, like a copper wall and an iron wall, slowly retreating the surging Guanlong army. However, the Guanlong army seemed to be menacing.
, in fact, nothing could be done about it. The heavily armored infantry relied on the solidity of the iron armor and the sharpness of the horizontal sword. All the Guanlong soldiers who rushed forward were chopped down and crushed, and they moved forward unswervingly.
Yu Suigu felt increasingly uneasy.
The Youtun Guards clearly had the strength to launch a forcible surprise attack. It was difficult to stop the Guanlong troops gathered near the West City, but they were always unhurried and carried out a steady attack. It was obviously a tactic of "encircling the point to bring reinforcements", and its purpose may not be to rescue the East Palace at all.
Six rates, to reinforce Taiji Palace, but to consume the Guanlong army to the maximum extent.
In the current situation, even an ordinary captain would know the importance of Taiji Palace to the entire war situation. Once Guanlong's army captures Taiji Palace and overthrows the Sixth Army of the East Palace, they can hold on and just wait for Li Ji to return to the capital.
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At the very least, Guanlongmen also has the confidence to negotiate.
The Youtun Guards tried their best to break through the Golden Light Gate, so how could they turn a blind eye to the safety of the Taiji Palace? Obviously, the Youtun Guards believed that the Sixth Army of the East Palace could defend the Taiji Palace! Or maybe the Duke of Wei, Li Jing, had been showing
Use the enemy's weakness to lure the enemy deeper, and you will definitely have a backup plan at the critical moment...
Coming down from the wall, Yu Suigu became more and more panicked, but the soldiers who went to deliver the message returned shortly after, giving him only one order - no matter what the cost, the Youtun Guards must be blocked in the West City and given to the rest of the army.
Try to gain as much time as possible to capture the Tai Chi Palace.
And then there were the soldiers around Changsun Wuji, who reprimanded Suigu: "Xishi City is the place of life and death for the Guanlong clan. I hope you will spare no effort in fighting and fight to the death. You must block the enemy here.
Don't let your timidity cause you to fail in your success and become the eternal sinner of the Long clan!"
Mother!
Yu Suigu was so angry that he almost vomited blood. If he hadn't been afraid of Changsun Wuji's power in the past, he would have cursed loudly.
If I can't stop the Youtun Guards, will I become the eternal sinner of the Guanlong Clan?
Your eldest son, Sun Wuji, was so greedy that he committed regicide, and then coerced the whole of Guanlong to raise troops to rebel in order to depose the prince and establish a new king. This led to the current situation of life and death. Now you actually bite back and throw the blame on me.
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How shameless!
But even though she was resentful and furious, she did not dare to disobey the military order. If she dared to withdraw from the West City recently, Changsun Wuji would dare to chop off his head and blame all the crimes on the Luoyang Yu family...
He could only keep urging his soldiers to rush towards the heavy infantry with red eyes, letting the corpses of Guanlong soldiers pile up in layers on the long street, letting the blood spatter and gather into a stream, diluted by the patter of rain, and then flow into the roadside, and the corpses in the corners
Gutters and ditches...
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Compared to Suigu who was in agony, Gao Kan had a lot of time to rest. The heavy armor was better than the armor that covered the whole body. These heavy armors hindered the agility and speed of the soldiers. They were not very useful in field battles and had poor mobility. However,
It is used in street fighting, but it is almost invulnerable and can be called invincible.
Breaking through the Golden Light Gate is the most important step in reversing the situation of the war. Now that the Golden Light Gate has been captured and broken into the city, there is no need to rush.
Although it was easy to raid the Western Market and reach Yanshoufang, Gao Kan still acted steadily and did not rush too much, lest he completely destroyed the morale of the Guanlong army in a sudden advance, causing the morale of the army that was storming the Taiji Palace to drop sharply and withdraw from the Taiji Palace.
Meet up with the troops in the city and evacuate outside the city.
Without the big "urn" of Taiji Palace, it will be more difficult to annihilate Guanlong's army to the maximum extent, and Li Ji must have begun to lead his army back to Beijing. With a slight delay of a day or two, Guanlong can retreat calmly and preserve his strength.
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Half of the city of Chang'an was almost reduced to ruins, the once majestic Taiji Palace was razed to the ground, and there were countless casualties in the East Palace. How could Guanlong be allowed to withdraw his troops, and then return to the court in a grand manner under the protection of Li Ji?
All the Donggong troops held their breath and vowed to completely annihilate the Guanlong army before they would give up!