Chapter 3667: Trapped
Facing Wu Meiniang's questioning, Fang Jun was shocked.
This girl is indeed gifted and has a keen sense of all conspiracies and plans...
Fang Jun coughed dryly and looked around to talk to him: "What you are saying... If even we have lost our firm will to fight against the enemy and win, how can our soldiers be willing to fight to the death? It is better to pack our bags quickly and withdraw from Guanzhong. Hexi cowered. Okay, don’t talk too much about state affairs, we should talk about important matters that are related to your immediate interests... Where will my husband stay tonight?”
Jin Shengman, who was massaging his shoulders behind him, blushed, and Wu Meiniang's beautiful eyes flashed, looking at the man who changed the subject with a half-smile.
Princess Gao Yang had a look of disgust on her face, waved her fair little hands, and sneered: "As if no one cares about it, you can sleep alone tonight."
Fang Jun let out a hey, winked, and said seriously: "This trip to Luoyang, although it is a hurried trip and a long journey, is still much easier than traveling thousands of miles from the Western Regions to help
"Bah, bah, bah!"
These nonsense words made even Wu Meiniang's face turn red and she spat: "I'm so shameless, who cares about discussing with you? Old husband and wife know everything, so hurry up and take a shower and change clothes before resting."
As soon as the words came out, even she was stunned for a moment, and she immediately realized the ambiguity in it. She raised her hands and covered her face with her sleeves, feeling uncontrollably ashamed. Her beautiful, white face was filled with clouds, like a steamed crab.
Princess Gao Yang also blushed and said angrily: "You are really crazy, how can you speak so carelessly like this stick? Bah! You have no shame."
Fang Jun laughed loudly, and was pinched on the leg by Princess Gaoyang. He urged him to get up and go to the back to shower and change clothes, and then went to the tent on one side to sleep peacefully.
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That night, Donggong Liu led a large-scale mobilization of troops, and thousands of elite soldiers swarmed up to the front line of Chengtian Gate. However, to the surprise of the Guanlong army, the Sixth Army of the East Palace did not forcibly rescue Cheng Chubi's troops who were surrounded by troops, which completely failed the Guanlong army's idea of "encircling the point for reinforcements". Instead, they stormed Chengtianmen at dawn.
Li Siwen's and Qu Tuquan's troops swarmed up from both wings, bypassed the Guanlong army in the Jiademen and Taijimen areas, and launched a fierce attack on the Chengtianmen line behind them. Thousands of soldiers were protected by thunderbolts and bows and crossbows. , launched a surprise attack regardless of casualties, trying to cut off the retreat of the Guanlong army that broke into Taiji Palace.
This tactic greatly exceeded the expectations of Guanlong's army. The Sixth Commander of the East Palace actually gave up rescuing Cheng Chubi's troops and sat back and watched as they fell into the crisis of being surrounded and possibly annihilated at any time. This caught the troops surrounding Cheng Chubi's troops unprepared and did not know what to do. response.
At this time, it is certainly possible to annihilate the surrounded Cheng Chubi tribe, but once Chengtianmen falls and the escape route is cut off, he will be surrounded by the Sixth Army of the East Palace...
After learning about the sudden change in the war situation, Changsun Wuji got up from the bed, dragged his injured leg, and urgently formulated a plan to retreat the entire army. He ordered Sun Jiaqing, the commander of the city outside the city, to enter the city overnight and rush to the Taiji Palace. Yu Yeting entered the Taiji Palace and advanced. The front lines of Suzhangmen and Youyanmingmen forced Donggong Liuli to shrink the front. The rest of the army stayed frontally at Chengtianmen, Yonganmen, and Changlemen.
The army that broke into Taiji Palace and surrounded Cheng Chubi's troops dispersed the encirclement and retreated to the Chengtian Gate in the rear...
As Fang Jun expected, when Li Ji led his troops abroad and his attitude was unclear, Changsun Wuji felt deeply afraid and did not dare to annihilate Cheng Chubi's tribe. The swords and arrows in the battle formation had no eyes. If Cheng Chubi died in the battle, it would be equivalent to pushing Cheng Yaojin completely into the East Palace without any room for change. The relationship between Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji is very close and they trust each other. Once this affects Li Ji's tendency, Guan Long will regret it.
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Changsun Wuji was sitting in the side hall, sipping tea, listening to the noisy voices and hurried footsteps in the main hall, feeling confused and depressed.
Originally, he had imagined that after the death of His Majesty Li Er, the generals and commanders of the Eastern Expedition Army would definitely feel panic and return to Chang'an to avoid damaging their own interests after the new emperor came to the throne. And he led various families in Guanlong to suddenly revolt, raised troops to attack the city, defeated the deposed prince in one fell swoop, and then supported the king of Jin to ascend to the throne of the crown prince, creating an established fact.
As long as Li Ji and others do not want the entire empire to fall into civil war, they can only hold their noses and recognize the fact that King Jin has become the crown prince, and then provide him with tangible benefits, then the overall situation will be settled.
However, a series of changes occurred one after another, causing the situation to fall into corruption and completely out of control.
First of all, the combat power of the Sixth Army of the East Palace was completely beyond his expectation. When the prince abandoned the East Palace and forced himself into the Taiji Palace, the Sixth Army of the East Palace relied on the imperial city to fight to the death, and the Guanlong army suffered heavy casualties but could hardly advance. He had already realized that Something bad has happened.
Who would have thought that Donggong Liusu, who was just reorganized in a hurry, could be so brave and good at fighting?
After all, he still underestimated Li Jing's ability, thinking that the "Military God" had lost his original prestige and ability after retiring from military duties and living in hiding in his mansion for many years. Unexpectedly, Li Jing had been hiding in the palace for many years, and instead became involved in the military. Become a master of the art of war in the world, and be more capable than before...
Then, the King of Jin and the King of Wei successively refused to ascend to the position of crown prince. This was a more fatal omission than the six-speed burst of powerful combat power in the East Palace.
As the saying goes, "If the name is not right, then the words will not be right." The banner of Guanlong's army was "to bring order to the chaos and depose the East Palace." It is known to the world that His Majesty Li Er intended to depose the crown prince and establish the King of Jin. Although he deposed the East Palace and the East Palace without His Majesty's will, There is no doubt that there is rebellion, but as long as the King of Jin is promoted to the position of crown prince, it can be regarded as "obeying the decree of heaven", which can be justified in terms of legal principles.
However, the kings of Jin and Wei refused to ascend the throne without hesitation, causing Changsun Wuji to suddenly change from a loyal minister who "brought order to order" to a "rebellious minister". He had no choice but to give up his majesty's two legitimate sons and become a concubine. Li You, the king of Qi, was appointed as the crown prince, which was a last resort.
You can't break into the Tai Chi Palace and sit on the throne of the emperor yourself, right?
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he hasn't lost his reason yet. Although the Changsun family has great power and leader Guan Long, in the end they still lack the kingly background to rule a state and be followed by thousands of people.
Just like Yu Wenji in those days, the Yuwen family entered the Sui Dynasty from Wei to Zhou Dynasty and has always been one of the top families in the world, but it has never been able to control a state or county. Therefore, even though it later hanged Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and established himself as emperor, But he was defeated and died in an instant.
Of course, Yu Wenhuaji did not know that he was far from having the foundation and strength to ascend the throne as an emperor. The reason why he established himself as emperor and named his founding country "Xu" was because he was at the end of his rope at that time. He lamented, "Isn't it the same thing to die for the sake of life?" "I will become an emperor one day", and I had the addiction of being an emperor before I died.
His grandson Wuji is far from that level...
All of these, one after another, were unexpected, which directly led to the current predicament.
What was least expected of him was that Li Ji acted completely contrary to his character and interests. He kept leading his troops to the outside but kept silent. It was difficult to guess what he was thinking in his heart...
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The hundreds of thousands of Eastern Expedition troops were like a sword hanging over Changsun Wuji's head, capable of chopping him down at any time and cutting him into pieces. However, at this point, Changsun Wuji was unable to get off the tiger, so he could only desperately try to destroy the East Palace, and then look back and think about how to deal with Li Ji.
Generally speaking, Li Ji has been unable to reveal his tendencies and positions, which may not necessarily mean that he intends to use his own troops to seize the maximum benefit when the victory or defeat in Chang'an is about to be decided.
It is more likely that the reason why Li Ji acted so contrary to common sense was because he was coerced by the Shandong family behind him...
Changsun Wuji was confused and depressed.
To this day, he can only try his best to involve all the nobles in the world to participate in this mutiny. Even though there was another guess in his mind that could frighten him to the extreme, he had to suppress it and pray that his worries were unfounded...
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In the Tai Chi Palace, war was raging.
Since before dawn, both sides have invested huge forces, fighting for every inch of territory and fearing no death, resulting in heavy casualties. However, the Sixth Army of the East Palace took the initiative to give up rescuing Cheng Chubi's troops, and moved their troops from both wings into the rebel rear formation, storming Chengtianmen. As a result, the rebels were caught off guard and lost sight of the other. With support, they fought back to attack, and the two armies fought against Chengtianmen.
Until noon, due to lack of troops, the Sixth Army of the East Palace could not capture the heavily guarded Chengtian Gate, and they had to take care of Changsun Jiaqing's troops who broke into the palace from Yeting, so they had to evacuate to the palace, and Cheng Chubi, who was almost completely wiped out, had to evacuate the palace. The Ministry saved the day. (End of chapter)