Chapter 3837 Fight to the death
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 don't pay attention to 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 the 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, full of murderous intent, but no further measures have been taken yet. "
Fang Jun nodded slightly.
Cheng Wuting said: "This attack on Jingzhao Wei's private army must have made everyone in Guanlong panic and feel as if they were facing a powerful 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 to gain an advantage and stabilize the private armies that enter 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 been attacked by the powerful clan outside the city. The army suffered heavy losses due to successive raids. It must be that the people are panicked and the army's morale is distracted. 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 Guanlongmen clan urgently collected the remaining grain stored by the armies and hoarded it in one place. However, the external information blockade was very strict, 'Baiqisi' The details have not yet been investigated, but Li Junxian once said that the remaining grain in Guanlong can only last for a month. "
"Baiqisi" has penetrated into all aspects around Chang'an. Although the detailed figures of Guanlong's grain reserves are not available for the time being, Li Junxian's estimate will probably not be too different.
Fang Jun said: "In other words, 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 soldiers, including Guanlong's army and the clan's private army, will be exhausted." The army of ten thousand is about to be completely defeated.”
Master Sun Ren, 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 to Chang'an City, preparing to storm Taiji Palace? "
The other generals were shocked and thought it was very possible.
After all, the real battlefield is within Chang'an City. Even if Youtun Guard is defeated, the purpose is to surround and overthrow the East Palace. If we can defeat the six leaders of the East Palace from the front, and then occupy the Taiji Palace and capture the inner gate, whether we capture the prince or force the prince to evacuate Chang'an under the escort of Youtun Guards, we will lose control of the entire Chang'an. Falling into the hands of the Guanlong Clan, this means that the Guanlong Clan occupied 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 desperately to return to Chang'an and seize the imperial capital. 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 Xuanwu Gate 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's city is too heavy and his thoughts are too far-sighted. It seems that all the rebels are involved in a big move, but the conspiracy behind it is likely to be deeper in the second or even third layer... If he I thought that if I could see through Changsun Wuji, he would definitely suffer a big loss.
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Tongguan.
In the government office, when the news came that the scouts had sent the Youtun Guard cavalry across 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 was dark and he said angrily: "Mother! Does this idiot Xue not know how to write the word "death"? The night he arrived in Jingyang, he crossed the river to Youtunwei and Fang Jun drank all night. Today, Youtun even let Youtun The guard can move freely in his defense zone...Does he still have military law in his eyes?"
Zhang Liang fanned the flames on the sidelines: "Commander, you should send someone to Jingyang immediately to recall Xue Wanche, and then punish him for the serious crime of ignoring military orders and contempt of military discipline, and have his head displayed 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 always at odds with each other, if we have less contact, It is unbecoming of a man to add insult to injury and stir up trouble!”
Zhang Liang blushed and became thick-necked after being scolded, and argued: "Military law is like a mountain, how can anyone trample on it? The public officials of Lu State protect each other, and they are actually the guilty ministers of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Mother! 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 a gray beard and hair, his body bones were very good, and his tendon flesh was not much better than that of a young man. His whole 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 definitely no match.
"Shut up!"
Li Jiyin had a sullen face and shouted: "If you keep making trouble, you will strip off the flagpole!"
As soon as he said this, Cheng Yaojin suddenly lost his arrogance and angrily did it, 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’s so 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 wiped out the clan's private army, Li Ji knew that he had not done it, so the murderer was naturally Fang Jun. However, Li Ji has always had no conclusive evidence, and the possibility of someone fishing in troubled waters cannot be ruled out. Now looking at the path of the cavalry of Youtun Guard, this matter can finally be confirmed.
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 left the Guanlong army in the Xi County area where the defenses were weak. He crossed the Wei River, then turned east, along the north bank of the Wei River to the vicinity of the Zhongwei Bridge, and swaggered back to the Youtunwei camp outside Xuanwu Gate under the nose of Xue Wanche...
When the scout saw Li Ji, he 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, with tens of thousands of people each, but there is 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!"
When the generals retreated, Li Ji leaned back on his chair, sighed, and murmured: "After all, it's Changsun Wuji who has far-sightedness and cruelty!"
Coercing all the rebels to fight to the death, seemingly striving for a chance of survival, but in fact, they are using the heads of nearly 200,000 rebels to continue the inheritance of the eldest grandson 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 must die no matter what, he must have prepared a pot of poisonous wine, or three feet of white silk, one foot of green front...
But there’s nothing to be sad about.
People die for money, birds die for food, power, wealth and wealth are alluring, 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? (End of chapter)