Chapter 3916 The war situation is anxious
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 someone 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, but he had his own self-esteem. Feather didn't want to bear the name of "rebellion", so he sat back and watched the Guanlong army's rebellious moves but remained indifferent.
If you do this, you will definitely be criticized. People in the world will accuse you of having ulterior motives and being unworthy of a human 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 their hands? We should still take advantage of the victory and pursue Yanshoufang. Then they went straight to the Chengtian Gate, and together with the Sixth Leader of the East Palace and the Beiya Imperial Army, they surrounded the rebels in the Taiji Palace and annihilated 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 surrender. , hoping to get Li Ji's protection.
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 Chengtian Gate, and block the retreat from Taiji Palace and East Palace. In addition, send people to Xuanwu Gate to inform the guards Duke, ask him to strike back immediately, attack from both sides with Gao Kan's troops, annihilate the rebels in Taiji Palace, and take advantage of the situation to attack the remnants of Guanlong. We cannot tolerate it. "
"Here!"
Cheng Wu stood up and turned around.
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 heavily armored infantry of Youtun Guards lined up in formation, facing the oncoming Guanlong army like a sea wave. They responded calmly. The strong iron armor and sharp horizontal knives formed a torrent of steel, killing and devouring the rebels. Although their steps were slow, , but moving 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 whether it was sweat or rain...
Every moment, Luoyang's private soldiers of the Yu family fought bravely and bravely, but the heavily armored infantry, armed to the teeth, were like rocks on the coast, remaining motionless despite the strong winds and waves. Countless private soldiers of the family were crushed, devoured, and killed, and 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 such a large private army with considerable combat effectiveness?
As a result, this mutiny almost wiped out the wealth accumulated by the Guanlong clan for decades, not to mention the private army of the clans and 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 are 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 Guanlong's army even more powerful, but the heavy-armed infantry of Youtun Guard still pushed forward firmly and steadily, not fast but irresistibly.
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 afraid that we will have a back-up if we send reinforcements. Please allow us to withdraw from 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 from a high position.
I saw the fiercest fighting in the distance at the main gate of the West City. The heavily armored infantry moved forward slowly in uniform steps, like a copper wall and an iron wall, slowly retreating the surging Guanlong army. However, the Guanlong army seemed to be menacing. , but in fact nothing can be done about it. The heavily armored infantry relied on the solidity of the iron armor and the sharpness of the horizontal sword. All Guanlong soldiers who rushed forward were slashed and crushed, and they moved forward unswervingly.
Yu Suigu became 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 steady. It was obviously a tactic of "encircling a point to bring reinforcements", and its purpose may not be to rescue the East Palace at all. Liu led and reinforced Taiji Palace, but consumed 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 captured Taiji Palace and destroyed Donggong Liuli, they could hold on and just wait for Li Ji to send his troops back to the capital. .
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, Youtunwei believes that Donggong Liushu can defend Taiji Palace! Or perhaps the Duke of Wei, Li Jing, has been showing off his weakness to the enemy to lure them deeper, and he 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 soon after, bringing 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: "Xi Shi 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 lead to failure and become the eternal sinner of the Guanlong clan!”
Mother!
Yu Suigu was so angry that he almost vomited blood. If he hadn't been afraid of Changsun Wuji's past power, 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 into rebelling in an attempt 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. ?
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...< br>
He could only keep urging his soldiers to rush towards the heavy infantry with red eyes, letting the corpses of Guanlong soldiers pile up layer by layer on the long street, letting the blood spatter and gather into a stream, diluted by the pattering rain, and then flow into the roadside and corners. Gutters and ditches...
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Compared to Suigu who was in agony, Gao Kan had a lot of leisure time. 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 their mobility was too poor. However, This is used in street fighting, but it is almost invulnerable and can be called invincible.
Breaking through the Golden Gate is the most important step in reversing the situation of the war. Now that the Golden Gate has been conquered 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 defeated the morale of the Guanlong army in a sudden advance, causing the morale of the army that was attacking the Taiji Palace to drop sharply and withdraw from the Taiji Palace. Join 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. .
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! (End of chapter)