Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3620 Victory and defeat
No one could have imagined that the unruly Tubo Huqi that crossed the plateau would be willing to drive Fang Jun and obey his orders to charge into battle?
Although Datang did not go to war with Tubo in the past two years, since the day Songtsan Gampo asked Datang for his marriage, the Tang Dynasty recognized the great ambitions of Tubo, but the Tang Dynasty became more and more powerful, and the internal chaos of Tubo The turbulent regimes are different, so all frictions are hidden for the time being.

However, there will be a war between the two countries in the future, but it is the consensus of the Tang Dynasty and the opposition.

Either the Tang Dynasty suddenly declined in national strength, or Songtsan Gampo suppressed the internal disputes in Tubo... The side of the couch does not allow others to sleep, and the two great powers live next to each other, how can one mountain accommodate two tigers?

Therefore, when the Tubo Hu Qi appeared in Fang Jun's army, the court and the public were puzzled. It can't be said that Fang Jun took refuge in Tubo, or sold some of the interests of the Tang Dynasty to the Tubo people in exchange for their support, right?Others might be able to do such a thing, but if Fang Jun did this, even Zhangsun Wuji wouldn't believe it.

When it comes to "family and country feelings" and "Han people are respected", no one in the military and military officials in the court cares more about this than Fang Jun. This fellow is a typical "family and country first"...

But in any case, the Tubo Huqi did indeed appear under Fang Jun's command, and he was free to be driven.

And now, it is this Tubo Huqi that suddenly appeared when Youtunwei and Guanlong were at a standoff, intending to intersperse behind Guanlong's army and complete the siege in one fell swoop.

The eldest grandson Jiaqing was trembling with fear. He did not expect that the Youtun Guards would dare to dispatch all the armored cavalry and light cavalry, and he also forgot about such a Tubo Hu cavalry that was not within the Youtun Guard system. Wei couldn't get out of the melee, and he was in danger of being cut off by the Tubo Huqi.

He is also a veteran in the army, and he naturally has no shortage of strategic vision. He understands that once he is interspersed by the Tubo Huqi, the troops under his command will be completely surrounded, and then eaten away bit by bit, and eventually the entire army will be wiped out. the ending.

"Retreat, retreat!"

The eldest grandson Jiaqing hurriedly ordered, and immediately turned around and ran away with the personal soldiers beside him.This is the end of the matter, the defeat is set, and Long Shouyuan's loss is irreversible, so he can only turn around and run away, as much as he can run.

When the military order was issued, the morale of Guanlong's army, which was still fighting to the death with Youtun Guards, collapsed instantly. Countless soldiers simply threw away their weapons, ignored the enemy in front of them, turned around and ran away.For a time, the situation of the endlessly scuffled battlefield reversed. The Guanlong soldiers fled like rabbits, while the Youtun Guards were not in a hurry. The armored cavalry gathered up the formation, and slowly marched towards the Dragon Shouyuan behind the defeated soldiers, left and right. The light cavalry on both flanks merged with the Tubo Hu cavalry and pursued Guanlong's army all the way.

Under the heavy snow, Guanlong's army was defeated like a mountain, and the Youtun cavalry and the Tubo Huqi chased and killed all the way to the east of the Longshou Pond, and then gathered the troops and horses to stop the pursuit.

In front, the routed soldiers fled south along the frozen Longshou Canal. Not far away is Tonghua Gate. From Tonghua Gate to the south to Chunming Gate, more than [-] Guanlong troops were stationed, and they took turns taking turns. Enter the city and attack the Taiji Palace.

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Long Shouyuan's artillery rumbled, and it was really heard in the inner door.

Li Chengqian was discussing matters with Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen, Li Jing, Ma Zhou and others. Hearing the sound of the cannon, they were all stunned. Ma Zhou asked in surprise, "Could it be that the rebels want to attack Xuanwu Gate?"

As the portal of Taiji Palace, the importance of Xuanwu Gate cannot be repeated, and it affects the nerves of everyone in the palace all the time.Although Youtunwei had hit the intruding enemy several times, the Xuanwu Gate is still safe and sound, but the Xuanwu Gate is too important, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Li Jing listened to it for a while, then shook his head and said, "If the rebels attacked Xuanwu Gate, the sound of the cannons should not be far from the Xuanwu Gate, but at this moment the sound of the cannons occurred in the Longshouyuan, and the battle should have broken out on the Longshouyuan."

The monarch and ministers were at a loss. There was no news from the Youtunwei beforehand. At this moment, the shelling suddenly occurred, and the situation was completely unclear.

After a while, Li Junxian hurriedly entered and reported: "Your Highness, the Youtun Guards just sent the battle report, at noon, the Duke of Yue ordered to bombard the rebel camp on Longshouyuan, while the Youtun Guard cavalry and Tubo Hus The entire cavalry was dispatched and attacked Longshouyuan with the power of artillery bombardment. At present, Changsun Jiaqing's troops have been defeated, and Changsun Jiaqing led the defeated troops to escape, including the Daming Palace, the entire Longshouyuan has been restored. "

"..."

Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Okay, good, good! Erlang is worthy of being a famous general in the world. As soon as he made his move, he hit the rebels continuously. Today, he first raided Baqiao to attack the enemy's morale, and then recovered the dragon head. Yuan, well done!"

Now the entire inner square of Chang'an City has long been occupied by the rebels, and Donggong Liulu is clinging to the Taiji Palace, and the situation is extremely unfavorable.The Longshou was originally the commanding height of the entire Chang'an, and the rebels were stationed here, threatening the safety of the Taiji Palace at all times.If Xuanwumen cannot be attacked for a long time, the rebels will surely launch an attack from Daming Palace to Taiji Palace.

Moreover, due to the threat of rebels at the time of retreat, Dong Gongliu was inevitably worried, leading to low morale.

The recovery of Longshouyuan now means that Donggong Liulu has a safe retreat channel. Even if the Taiji Palace falls due to the frontal defeat by the rebels, they can safely evacuate from Xuanwumen.

Great for stabilizing the military.

Li Jingyi patted the table with an excited look, and laughed loudly: "This kid is really good, I thought that the artillery in the Youtun Guards was severely damaged, and it would be difficult to show the power of artillery as it was at the beginning of the war, but unexpectedly today I am shelling the rebels again. The army, to recover Longshouyuan, must have deliberately released false news in the past to paralyze the rebels, but even us were concealed."

Xiao Yu frowned and said worriedly: "Duke Wei is the commander-in-chief of the entire army, so he should know the details of the entire army so that he can control the entire army and formulate strategies. If everyone in the East Palace conceals the truth like this, it will lead to Duke Wei to formulate strategies. If something goes wrong, no one can shoulder the responsibility.”

Li Jing glanced at Xiao Yu, who was "speaking with justice" for him, and said with a smile: "When the general is outside, the king's orders will not be accepted. Erlang leads troops outside, not only to guard the safety of Xuanwumen, but also to constantly dispatch to weaken the rebel forces and attack them. The morale of the rebels, if you ask for everything, it is easy to delay the military opportunity and make a big mistake. The Duke of Song does not need to worry about this, Erlang has made great achievements in battle, and his subordinates are all elites in a hundred battles. How can we not know how to advance and retreat? You need to stick to the Taiji Palace and wait for the Anxi Army to come to the rescue immediately, outside the Xuanwu Gate, you can all be handed over to Erlang."

Although as the nominal coach, it is disrespectful to be concealed by the generals under his command, but Li Jing will definitely not care about this with Fang Jun.Moreover, "the soldiers never tire of deceit", the East Palace and the rebels are all former colleagues and Paoze, and they are deeply entangled with each other. How many rebels' eyeliners are in the East Palace now, who can figure out?Only by deceiving everyone can you deceive the rebels, otherwise there will be no immediate victory.

What's more, Xiao Yuzhi's "speaking with justice" really is to maintain his authority of Li Jing?

Even if he lacks political talent, he will not easily fall for such a simple alienation scheme of others...

However, he thought that Fang Jun was "hiding the sky and crossing the sea", with a sophisticated strategy, deliberately concealing the strength of the Youtunwei guards, but unexpectedly, Li Junxian smiled bitterly: "It's good to teach Duke Wei to know that the Duke of Yue did not conceal the artillery of Youtunwei. Quantity. There are indeed a large number of artillery pieces that have been scrapped after several battles, and only thirty or fifty can be used."

"Oh?"

Li Jing was even more amazed: "A mere [-] to [-] cannons can blow up more than [-] rebels on Longshouyuan, throwing their armor and armor, and fleeing in embarrassment?"

Li Junxian said: "It wasn't that the artillery hit the enemy heavily, but the artillery sounded, and the rebels were demoralized and unstable. The Duke of Yue sent armored cavalry and light cavalry to entangle the main force of the rebels, and ordered Zanpo to lead the Tubo army. Hu Qi went straight into the rear of the rebels from one side, and made an outflanking situation, forcing Changsun Jiaqing to make a decision to withdraw the entire army, and he did not dare to risk being surrounded."

Hearing this, Li Jing turned his head to Li Chengqian and said, "Erlang's use of troops has already reached the state where he is not trapped in the shape and reaches the inside. Given time, his achievements will definitely not be inferior to the old ministers."

Li Chengqian was immediately surprised. Although he used Fang Jun as his arm, the bigger Fang Jun's ability was, the better for him, but he couldn't believe that one day Fang Jun could be compared with Li Jing, who was known as the "God of the Army", and said hurriedly: "Erlang He is young, and his personality is somewhat calm. Although his abilities are not bad, how can he be compared with Duke Wei? If he can get advice from Duke Wei, it will be an honor for him. "

(End of this chapter)