Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3560
Although the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army was Li Ji, who ostensibly supported Donggong, Li Ji came from a family in Shandong after all, and the interests behind him determined that he might not be able to wholeheartedly support Donggong.In the final analysis, it is still the interests that are at work, whoever offers the highest price will naturally be inclined to him.

Moreover, the internal factions of the Eastern Expedition Army were complex and intertwined, and even Li Ji could not fully control them, and there were many constraints among them. This caused the hundreds of thousands of troops who had already returned to Guanzhong to travel slowly and delayed.

In the court, in the vortex of power, he has never acted on his own will.Li Ji is like this, Li Jing is like this, so why not Changsun Wuji?
Otherwise, why would his grandson Wuji be so exhausted and put to death...

People in court cannot help themselves.

In the end, Li Jing still turned his gaze to the vast Western Regions, thinking in his mind that from Gongyue City to Chang'an, there would be various dangers and bumps along the way, and in addition to the extremely cold weather, the journey would be thousands of miles long, windy and snowy, what would it take? How much time.

After a long time of calculation, the time is right.

Li Jing sighed softly, and said slowly: "Your Highness, the reason why Guan Long attacked so frantically is probably because Duke Yue has led his army back to Guan Zhong."

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said decisively: "This is absolutely not the case. Gu has sent people to the Western Regions to send letters, and the troops from the Western Regions are strictly prohibited from rushing to help Chang'an. Besides, Duke Wei may not know that although Erlang is loyal to his father and Gu , but more loyal to imperial interests."

After a pause, he tried to persuade Li Jing: "Perhaps Gu shouldn't have said such words, but with Gu's understanding of Erlang, he knows that he doesn't have much respect for imperial power in his heart. In his opinion, it doesn't really matter who is the emperor." The most important thing is that the central organization can operate normally to ensure that the empire is always moving in the right direction. Erlang will never abandon the vast territory of the Western Regions, just to help Chang'an turn the tide."

Li Jing was a little stunned.

From ancient times to the present, the morality of the world has been "monarch, subject, father and son". If a subject is disloyal to the king, it is tantamount to being unfilial to his father. Although such people are not uncommon, they will definitely be disgusted by the world and scolded by history books.

But then I thought, since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has been respected, but today, Confucianism has developed countless factions and derived countless theories, among which "the old king dies for the country, he dies; It is not surprising that the discussion of dying for one's own sake and dying for one's own sake is not private, and who dares to let it be" is also one of the origins of Confucianism.

I just didn't expect that Fang Jun would be "loyalty to the country is better than loyalty to the emperor". What is even more surprising is that His Royal Highness knows Fang Jun's ideas, but still trusts him and relies on him as a confidant.

This kind of bearing alone is not much worse than that of His Majesty Li Er, who has always been known for his broad-mindedness...

However, after pondering for a long time, Li Jing still preferred that Fang Jun had rushed to rescue Chang'an, at least there was some commotion around Yumen Pass, which made Changsun Wuji very afraid, otherwise the onslaught, regardless of casualties, would not stop?

Even if the remonstrance is successful, and then the East Palace is deposed to support a certain prince to become the crown prince, and even finally ascended the throne as the emperor, but if Guan Long's family fortune is wiped out right now, what will he use to influence the world and seize the interests of the court?
There must be something that cannot be done, otherwise Changsun Wuji would never be so desperate. Even if he was willing, the rest of the Guanlong clan would never bet on their century-old family fortune to accompany him to go crazy.

As for the matter of forcing Changsun Wuji to "do it as a last resort", Li Jing thought about it, and still felt that it should be caused by Fang Jun...

After pondering for a while, Li Jing said: "His Royal Highness, even if the Duke of Yue never sent his troops back to help, there must have been some changes in the outside world, which prompted Changsun Wuji to do everything he could."

Li Chengqian nodded, and he thought so too, otherwise, it would only take more than a month for the East Palace to lose all casualties, and they would have to withdraw from the Imperial City through the Xuanwu Gate, and the East Palace would be wiped out.

Except for the attack on Xuanwu Gate by Zuo Tunwei, the royal army, and Guanlong army, where the soldiers remonstrated, no battles took place outside Xuanwu Gate. Combat strength should also have the strategy of "encircling three and missing one" hidden in it. It is to leave such a way of survival for the East Palace Six Rates. The fish died and the net broke.

It can be seen from this that although the Guanlong rebels are aggressive, they actually leave room for them. This is true for the East Palace, and it is naturally even more true for themselves.

And the current frenzied attack, regardless of the casualties of Guanlong's army, and the momentum to capture the imperial city even if they had to fight all their fortunes, obviously blocked all the back roads.

Unsuccessful, they become benevolent.

This is not Changsun Wuji's usual way of doing things...

Seeing that Li Chengqian agreed with his guess, Li Jing felt relieved. He was afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince would be stubborn, and he would easily miss the opportunity to fight.

He was uplifted, and continued: "Your Highness, with the background of the Guanlongmen Clan, although the soldiers and horses gathered by them are all mobs, the number is too large, enough to annihilate the imperial city. No matter how brave and fearless the East Palace Six Rate is, but Two fists are hard to beat with four hands. Under Guanlong's onslaught that doesn't care about casualties, it won't take long for them to lose everything. Once a certain soldier suffers heavy casualties, resulting in a neglect of defense, the rebels can break into the city, and then There is no power back."

Li Chengqian's face was serious, and he nodded slowly.

This is a fact. The reason why the East Palace Six Rate was able to persist for so long under the siege of the rebels without losing the imperial city was because Changsun Wuji had never attacked as frantically as he is now.Because of such a crazy way of fighting, it can be said that killing eight hundred enemies will destroy one thousand. Even if the imperial city is captured, Guan Long's family property will be wiped out, so what's the use?

But right now, Changsun Wuji obviously doesn't care...

Li Ji said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the imperial city is too big, and the Six Rates of the Eastern Palace suffered heavy losses, so it is difficult to be fully scrupled. Don't simply abandon the city wall, shrink the troops, and gather elite soldiers in one place to deal with the enemy within the imperial city. Persist for a few days! But His Highness withdrew from Xuanwu Gate in secret, and once the imperial city could no longer be defended, even Xuanwu Gate would be abandoned together, leading the army straight to Hexi, relying on the geographical advantage to hold on, waiting for the world's diligent king's division."

If you keep it, you will definitely not be able to keep it.

Instead of the rebels breaking through the city wall defense from a certain place, causing chaos for the entire army and being defeated by the enemy, it is better to take the initiative to retreat and rely on the countless palaces and towers in the imperial city to resist.With the elite of the Six Commanders of the East Palace, the street fighting against the mob rebels can be killed to a greater extent.

I don't believe that Changsun Wuji really doesn't care about anything, and he will fight to the death even if he tries his best to wipe out his family fortune.

As for persuading the crown prince to withdraw from the imperial city, this was something that Li Jing had already planned for, but Li Chengqian had been sternly refusing it, so he dared not mention it.The current situation is critical. Once the prince is trapped in the imperial city, the situation will be over. If the prince can escape calmly, the name and righteousness will still be preserved, and the battle situation will ease.

Sure enough, Li Chengqian was still the same as before. Faced with the matter of persuading him to withdraw from the imperial city, he refused very firmly: "No way! Right now Chang'an is in chaos, and the whole world is watching. No one dared to act arbitrarily as the prince of the empire or the prince of the supervisory country. But once Gu withdraws from the imperial city, it means that the rebel army has successfully remonstrated. The forces in Hedong, Hexi, Hanoi, etc. must take the opportunity to move and completely surrender to Guanlong. Great things will happen!"

There is still a word in my heart that I haven't said: According to the current signs, the father must be in danger. If he, the prince of the supervisory country, abandons the imperial city and flees now, then Guan Long will completely occupy his name and righteousness from now on, even if he Fleeing to Hexi received the support of various forces in Longxi and fought against Chang'an, which was only the beginning of the civil war.

But even with the full support of all forces in Longxi, how can they compete with Guanlong who occupies Guanzhong and holds the whole world hostage?Failure is a matter of time.

Here, fighting to the death and smashing the entire empire to pieces and the country in decline, it would be better to fight to the death in the imperial city and kill yourself for justice.

But when Li Jing was disappointed, Li Chengqian said: "At most, Gu promised to retreat to the Xuanwu Gate with the father, concubines and officials of the East Palace, let go of the defense of the city wall, and fight the enemy decisively within the imperial city. But The imperial city is the symbol of the Great Tang Dynasty, since it was destroyed by Gu's hands, Gu must give an explanation. Either stick to the imperial city and turn defeat into victory, or be defeated and die, and apologize to the emperor with Gu's blood."

No matter what, he will not leave the imperial city, and watching this majestic and magnificent imperial city handed over to him by his father be destroyed by the flames of war is already his limit.

(End of this chapter)