Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3179 each with their own minds

A centipede is dead but not stiff, not to mention the Guanlongmen faction, which has been rooted in Guanzhong for hundreds of years, is a behemoth that stirs up the world and grabs the interests of the world with one hand?
Even though he was suppressed for a while, and his family was young and young, and his children were unworthy, but the huge strength buried deep in the ground that few people can perceive should never be underestimated.

Dong Mingyue blinked, but she couldn't believe it. After all, she held a group of extremely powerful secret spies, which penetrated into almost every aspect of the government and the public, and did not receive corresponding feedback.

No matter how profound the background of the Guanlongmen Clan is, its current influence in the army has been reduced to the lowest point, and it is even difficult to control the first army.With no military power in hand, no matter how rich and well-connected, what is the use?

The so-called scholars can't make a living in ten years, without the army in hand, how can they succeed with just lip service?

Who would have thought that Li Yuanjing would be so optimistic about the Guanlongmen Clan, which seems to be in decline and the world is going downhill...

Perhaps, it is because the Guanlongmen faction is extremely cautious in the control of internal power and the allocation of resources, and those who can participate in it are the core figures of each family, so it is difficult for secret spies to infiltrate, so it is impossible to know their hidden forces.

This is very possible, or the same sentence, "a centipede is dead but not stiff", let alone a huge force like the Guanlongmen faction that has held supreme power for more than a hundred years?

Li Yuanjing took a sip of tea and shook his head.

Although he confirmed that the Guanlongmen Clan would do their best to support King Jin, and the battle for the reserve position would never be settled, he still felt regretful in his heart.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as Hexi is defeated and the prince bears the criticism of public opinion, he can take advantage of it, causing the prince's prestige to plummet and his power greatly reduced.

But I didn't want Fang Er to use his absolutely weak force to achieve a rare victory in ancient and modern times. Not only did he get rid of the prince's predicament, he even pushed the prince's reputation to an unprecedented peak...

It's really unpredictable.

Of course, the most depressing thing was that Fang Jun was not able to take Fang Jun under his command and charge for him.Until now, he still couldn't figure out what he did wrong in the past, which would make Fang Jun, who was obedient to him and extremely kind, suddenly part ways?

Be puzzled.

After being depressed for a while, he came back to his senses and asked, "How is Duke Qiao?"

Dong Mingyue knelt beside him, poured tea for him with a white porcelain teapot in her plain hand, and said in a soft voice: "Before the news of the great victory in Hexi, Mrs. Chai immediately went to Duke Qiao's mansion to meet Duke Qiao. It's just two People talk in private, and there is no one around to wait on them, so the content of their conversations is unknown."

Even though her secret spies are all over Chang'an, they can't detect everything.

The two brothers are locked in the room and have a private conversation. Even if you have the ability to penetrate the sky and the earth as a secret spy, you will not be able to find out...

Li Yuanjing nodded and said: "Chai Fuma is a smart man, so he will naturally analyze the gains and losses to Qiao Guogong. These two brothers come from prominent families, but they are equally narrow-minded and short-sighted. Can't be reused if it is idle? You will definitely make a wise choice."

The more majestic Fang Jun is, the more embarrassed Chai Zhewei is. The different choices of the two at the beginning have led to the situation that is so different today.

But how can a child of a family like Chai Zhewei be willing to lose his prestige and humiliate his family?
Definitely not waiting to die.

If the victory in the Battle of Hexi brought him benefits, it would only make Chai Zhewei have no way to retreat, and he had to plan how to revive his reputation and find another way.

As long as Chai Zhewei is unwilling to accept the status quo, he can only gradually move closer to him and be used by him.

When necessary, this will be a decisive move...

*****
Thousands of miles away, Ping Rang City was shrouded in a rustling autumn rain.

The houses in the city are bathed in the rain curtain, the autumn wind is fierce, misty and misty, and even the mountains and rivers in the distance are vague and blurred, making it hard to see clearly.

Originally, as the autumn and winter seasons were getting closer, Goguryeo should be rejoicing and morale high. After all, they had suffered countless conquests by the Central Plains dynasty in the past, and they could only rely on the weather to turn defeat into victory.The colder the weather, the greater the constraints on the Central Plains Dynasty. When it snowed, no matter how powerful the Central Plains Dynasty was, they had to evacuate from the land of Liaodong.

However, now, Ping Rang City is under coercion. As the Tang army's soldiers headed straight to Yalushui, the two fortresses of Daxing City and Boqiang City are in danger. At a loss.

The speed of Tang Jun's advancement is really too fast.

Except for the resistance of Anshi City, which blocked the Tang army for nearly two months, all the other cities that were entrusted with important tasks were breached by the Tang army. Hundreds of thousands of troops rushed on the land of Liaodong. block.

As long as the Tang army captures any one of Dahang City and Boba City, they can obtain the ferry and then forcefully cross the Yalu River.Yalushui is only a few hundred miles away from Pyongyang City. With the combat power and advancing speed demonstrated by the Tang army, it may take less than a month to reach the city of Pyongyang.

Ping Rang City has assembled hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo troops and allied forces of various ethnic groups, but most of them are just mobs, and the elite have been buried in various mountain cities in Liaodong.

Relying on these mobs, can the Tang army be stopped and the city defended?

Almost all of them are hopeless and take the most pessimistic attitude towards it.Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that some people want to escape from Ping Rang City and head south to avoid the disaster of war.As long as you leave Ping Rang City, even if the Tang army falls and Goguryeo occupies the whole territory in the end, everyone will just change a master, life will be the same, and you can even surrender and continue to be an official.

Tang Jun can't kill all the Goguryeo people, can he?
But if they stayed in Ping Rang City, once the city was broken, the end would be extremely miserable.With Yuan Gai Suwen's cruelty, the whole army is bound to be soldiers in the defense of the city. Men, women, old and young all drive to the top of the city to fight against the enemy, vowing not to surrender to the death.

This will definitely cause heavy casualties to the Tang army.

The experience of the defenders in Anshi City has shown the ferocity of the Tang army. In the absence of food and supplies, they did not need too many prisoners. Most of the seriously injured, old, weak, sick and disabled were slaughtered by the Tang army.

It can be seen from this that when the Tang army captures Pingrang City, it is bound to go on a killing spree, and the whole city will face the Tang army's horizontal sword...

However, it is not so easy to run.

As early as a few months ago, the imperial court ordered that the people in the city be strictly prohibited from fleeing, and they must stay in the city and be with the king.

Go fuck with the king!

Who doesn't know that the current king of Goguryeo has long been hijacked and controlled by that traitor Yuan Gai Suwen?Everyone is not allowed to leave Ping Rang City, just because they want everyone to be buried with him, Yuan Gai Suwen!

In the face of death, all rules and laws are just idle.

Therefore, even though the imperial court issued repeated orders and even beheaded a group of merchants who wanted to flee with robbery, more people still fled risking their lives.

Zuo Zuo is nothing but death, why not give it a try?
The city walls around Ping Rang City have extremely complex terrain because of mountains, rivers, and rivers. More opportunities to escape.

……

On the long street inside the Seven Stars Gate, the eldest Sun Chong in military uniform rode on a horse, and swung his raised hand down fiercely.

More than a dozen bare-chested and open-chested army soldiers, five big and three thick, stood at random, raised the sharp steel knife in their hands high, and chopped at the "absconding criminal" who was bound and kneeling in front of him. The heads were separated, human skulls fell to the ground, and a cavity of blood sprayed out. The common people and businessmen who watched were not surprised, but their faces were pale and silent.

It's not that these people are cold-blooded and tyrannical, it's that these days, this kind of situation will be staged at the Seven Stars Gate every day, and everyone has long been accustomed to it.

And surrounded by soldiers, that fair-skinned, calm and breezy Han man sitting firmly on the horseback was the killing knife in Yuan Gai Suwen's hand.

Since he was given the duty of monitoring absconding, this devil-like ruthless man has escorted all the captured prisoners to this place, and imposed capital punishment among them, which has achieved the effect of deterrent and warning.

The blue bricks paving the floor inside the Seven Stars Gate have long been stained reddish brown by blood...

On the other hand, Chang Sun Chong, who was riding on the horse, glanced at the crowd indifferently, his heart was calm.He is not a bloodthirsty person, but in order to gain Yuan Gai Suwen's trust, he is not against accepting such a position.Being able to inspect and search the streets and alleys and city defenses in Pingrang City at any time is of great benefit to him in exploring the reality of Pingrang City's defense.

As for killing people like hemp, what is it?
He killed all Goguryeo people on the left and right, even if he killed a thousand or ten thousand, he didn't have the slightest psychological burden.

There is only one thing that makes him feel uneasy all the time, that is, the "Wang Zhuan Army", the most elite army in Goguryeo, has not been able to find out where it is until now...

(End of this chapter)