Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3058 Delay in battle
His Majesty Li Er boasted that he was decisive in killing and attacking, but he never admitted that he was a bloodthirsty person.

Back then, the change of Xuanwu Gate killed brothers and brothers, and even expelled the clan and relatives, but His Majesty Li Er always believed that it was just a way to protect himself.There is no room for tenderness in the struggle for imperial power. After all, the power of the supreme power in the world is mixed with too many entanglements. Either you die or I die.

At such a position, at such an opportunity, all you can do is move with the times.

It's just a king and a loser. How has it ever had anything to do with morality?
However, while the Xuanwu Gate incident brought him the power of the supreme under heaven, it also naturally caused his reputation to fall to the bottom, and anyone could step on it.

After all, he is committing an offense against the superior and taking it against the superior. This is contrary to the mainstream values ​​inherited by the ancestors for thousands of years. It makes those who claim to be at the highest moral point excited, and ridicule and insult him as a brother-killer. The executioner came to show the purity and elegance of his body.

How can there be benevolence, righteousness and morality?
The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. The words of Tai Shigong really break down the world situation and express the true meaning of the world.

As long as Changsun Wuji knows how to back down and understand the principle that imperial power cannot be touched or held hostage, why would he want to bear the infamy of a murderous hero, mean and ungrateful?
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Changsun Wuji looked grateful, and said with tears: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, how lucky is the old minister? It's just that in the past, the old minister couldn't control himself and had to worry about the pleas of everyone around him. After all, without their support back then, where would the old minister be today? But Right now, the veterans are getting old, and the descendants are gradually withering, it is really powerless, and I will not take care of their affairs anymore."

Not only do I rely on the support of the Guanlong nobles behind me today, but the reason why your Majesty Li Er was able to seize and ascend the throne is not the support of the Guanlong nobles who spared no effort?

Now that you are firmly seated on the throne, you start to gather the imperial power and abandon the nobles of Guanlong like your shoes. What is the difference between this and killing donkeys?
Don't put it so sweetly, in the end, everyone is just doing it for profit. Of course there is love, but in front of such interests, they are very fragile.

The abyss is deep and fish live in it, the mountains are deep but beasts go to it, people are rich but benevolence and righteousness are attached.

Now that you are the Ninth Five-Year Lord, holding the sun and the moon in your hands, you want to take the most soothing way while gathering the imperial power, so as not to kill people's heads and blood.

But does that mean you are a kind person?Not necessarily, it's just that he has the power of the supreme under heaven, and he only considers his life after death.Back then, you killed your brothers and snatched the family fortune, but now you don't want to bear the infamy of the murderer, that's all.

Don't think too high of yourself...

How could His Majesty Li Er fail to hear the unfinished meaning in his words?His complexion was gloomy, but he was not angry, and he said slowly: "Back then, you, Ruhui, and Xuanling were my humerus. If Huitian didn't have a holiday, and he was seriously ill and died early, it was a bit less fortunate, but the other My sons and heirs are all reused, and it is not a credit to Ruhui. Xuanling retired bravely, and now roams the mountains and forests, writing books and talking about making grandchildren, and I will not treat his son badly. Only the auxiliary machine, you are a little bit of money. , I treat you closer than Ruhui and Xuanling, the princess who married into your family is also my eldest daughter, my darling, the result? Alas! Good fortune makes people play tricks, let’s not mention the past. I just miss the old days I will also take care of you, the sons of the auxiliary machine, and live with the country from generation to generation."

The meaning of beating in the words is very obvious.

What else can you complain about?Indeed, you have made the greatest contribution to the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. I will enshrine portraits and commemorate your achievements in Lingyan Pavilion. You rank first among the civil and military officials, and you have confirmed the title of "the first hero of Zhenguan". There is Tang Dynasty, As long as your family does not rebel, you will be the first-class honor, rich and glorious, endless.

But did I treat you too thinly?

After I ascended the throne, I appointed you as the Taifu, and the Guanlong nobles behind you gave you various rewards. It can be said that the power is in the court, and there is no difference for a while. I even married my most beloved daughter to your family. The result?

You led the gang of Guanlong nobles, formed a party to privately sell officials and nobles, and even intervened in the battle for the throne, causing chaos in the court and chaos in the world. In the end, even my daughter was humiliated in your house and had to bear the bad name of Heli !
Have you ever put my emperor in your eyes? !

I am not only your brother-in-law, but also the most respected emperor in the world!

Changsun Wuji also felt sad when he heard His Majesty Li Er's words.

Remember when the nobles of Guanlong supported you with all their support, how many Guanlong children died on the way to the battle?Blood and corpses have paved your way to the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Isn't the reward for meritorious deeds what the disciples of Guanlong deserve?

As a result, you are now using the Jiangnan gentry and Shandong aristocratic family to suppress Guanlong, intending to remove the power of Guanlong from the court. Isn't this chilling?

However, he knew His Majesty Li Er's temperament, if he bowed his head and gave in, this man must have some old feelings, but if he just insisted on reasoning, it would definitely not end well.

He wiped away his tears and wept bitterly: "After returning to Chang'an, the old minister also followed Liang Guogong's example of traveling in the forest and enjoying family happiness. As for those Guanlong children, the old minister can't control them, and he doesn't want to. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. The older generation conquered the country, they only know how to enjoy themselves, they don’t know how to make progress, and finally they fall into disrepair, who can be blamed?”

When His Majesty Li Er heard this, he was immediately relieved and said: "It is best for the auxiliary machine to think like this. Although I am not a sage of generosity, I am by no means a mean and ungrateful generation. As long as the children of Guanlong are honest and honest Gong, how can I treat you badly? After all, I was once a member of Guan Long, so I am naturally much closer to my children than others."

What he hopes most is that Changsun Wuji can give up his status as "Guanlong leader", retreat bravely, and stop interfering.Writing books like Fang Xuanling said, how happy is it to have a posthumous name after living a leisurely life?Why bother to get involved in the court battle and fight against him, the emperor?
Still the same sentence, unless it is absolutely necessary, he doesn't want to ruin his reputation by being cruel to the nobles of Guanlong...

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The heavy rain for several days in a row caused the Yanshui to soar, and the river has overflowed the embankment.Fortunately, the Yanshui River was low-lying, and the banks on both sides were higher than the embankment, so there was no danger of the Tang Army's camp being flooded by the river.

Once the camp is flooded, the entire camp will be soaked in the river, which will not only make soldiers susceptible to disease, but more importantly, it will affect the morale of the army.

Hundreds of thousands of troops came in an endless stream from the direction of Jian'an City, and the camp was getting bigger and bigger, densely packed all over the mountains and plains, showing the strength of the Tang army.

His Majesty Li Er called all the generals to the tent of the Chinese army, and said with a sad face: "The heavy rain has been going on for many days, what should we do?"

The "Great Wall of Liaodong" in Goguryeo is not in name only. These mountain cities are built on the mountain, and the terrain is often cheap, the walls are strong, and they are easy to defend but difficult to attack.Nowadays, the Tang army is attacking the city more often. The gunpowder blows up the local city wall, and then enters along the gap.

However, the heavy rain made the gunpowder useless, and if you want to attack the city, you have to rely on soldiers to attack by force.

Anshi City has high walls and thick walls, backed by mountains. There are more than 20 defenders in the city. The defender is a generation of famous generals like Gao Huizhen. The source of troops is sufficient and the supplies are convenient. If you want to break it, you can only use human lives to fill it.

How many people have to die?

His Majesty Li Er is reluctant. This is already the expected last battle after the founding of the Tang Dynasty. Burying bones in Liaodong, the soul can't return home?
But if the delay continues, the heavy rain won't stop any day. The longer the delay, the more unfavorable the battle situation will be for Tang. If Ping Rang City is not captured before winter, wouldn't it be like the same mistakes that Emperor Yang of Sui had made?

This is absolutely not allowed!

All the generals are veterans who have experienced many battles and have rich experience in battle. They naturally understand the urgency of the current battle situation and why His Majesty Li Er is so worried.

Yu Chigong said loudly: "Why does your Majesty need to do this? The worst is to attack in the rain! Gunpowder can indeed blow up the enemy's city wall, allowing soldiers to easily break into the enemy's city and reduce casualties. But right now, the heavy rain has continued for many days, and the battle cannot be delayed. We serve the king, why should we be afraid of death? Your Majesty, please order to fight to the death! I am willing to lead the soldiers under my command to storm Anshi City!"

He glared, impassioned.

Cheng Yaojin, Xue Wanche and others served as the vanguard of the army, and they captured several cities successively, and made great achievements.And Zhang Jian, Cheng Wuting, Cheng Mingzhen, Qiu Xiaozhong and others have been in Youying Erzhou for two years, and they have contributed a lot. Only he has not made an inch of merit since he went out with the army from Chang'an.

How can you not be in a hurry?
(End of this chapter)