Tiantang Splendid

3664 Balance of Interests
On the battle front, the situation is ever-changing, and even with absolute superiority, it is difficult to say that victory is inevitable.

However, the factors that affect the outcome of the war are summed up in only a few points such as timing, morale, and combat power, and then spread out from these to create a complete theoretical system of war.

Donggong Liu led the mobilization of troops and horses from all over the world, with Cheng Chubi's troops fighting fiercely in Hongwen Pavilion as the main force. They suddenly launched a surprise attack at dawn. The rebels were caught off guard and immediately defeated. Only able to stabilize the position.

The rest of the Taiji Palace turned to defense due to weak forces, and Donggong Liu led a sharp counterattack, hoping to achieve the goal of forcing Guan Long to return to the negotiating table.

However, when Cheng Chubi's troops rushed into the Chengtian Gate, and the East Palace was excited, the rebels quickly increased their troops. Thousands of soldiers broke into the Taiji Palace from both sides of Guangyun Gate and Changle Gate, and then quickly gathered in the middle. One of the rebels in Tianmen completed three copies of Cheng Chubi's department.

The situation changed rapidly.

Guanlong's army did not have the elites of Donggong Liuli, but relying on the absolute strength of the army, they quickly achieved comprehensive suppression.However, due to the deployment of troops, the six leaders of the East Palace in the Taiji Palace could only defend themselves and had no ability to counterattack, so they could only watch Cheng Chubi be surrounded by rebels, but could not rescue them in time.

There was a fierce battle under Chengtianmen, blood spattered, and the battle was extremely tragic.

A deliberate counterattack, under the situation that the rebels were well prepared and responded quickly, soon fell into a hard fight. Cheng Chubi led his troops to break through the siege and fought desperately to the death.

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Changsun Wuji was sitting in the side hall of the store facing the street in Yanshoufang, drinking hot tea, putting his injured leg on the stool beside him to let the servants massage gently, listening to the constant news of Taiji Palace, he was in a great mood. easy.

In terms of tactics and strategy, no one in the world can compare to Li Jing, so from the day of the incident, Changsun Wuji was very jealous of him, and every time he formed an army, he tried his best to complete the crushing with superior troops, and did not give the opponent. Tossing and moving to opportunities, in order to offset the gap between the two sides in strategy and tactics.

So far, it's been doing pretty well.

Li Jing is indeed unparalleled in military skills, but the East Palace is not monolithic. Even if he is the nominal military commander of the East Palace, it is difficult to follow the law and follow the same words. .

War has never been a simple arrangement of troops and tactics, and the duty of the army can only be to serve politics.When the army is defeated like a mountain, everything will naturally rest, but even after a great victory, wouldn't it be possible to cede land and pay reparations, lose teachers and humiliate the country?
Li Jing's military strategy is unparalleled in the world, but when it comes to political literacy, he is really naive...

This time, Donggong's counterattack was thwarted by himself, and he took advantage of the situation to inflict heavy losses on him, which was extremely important to Guanlong's future.No matter how much he hated peace talks, he couldn't completely resist them. After all, Guanlong was inseparable from each other. If he completely ignored the determination of the rest of the clan for peace talks, perhaps the next moment would be the time when the Guanlong alliance would fall apart.

Interests are always pursued by people who spare no effort to pursue them. Even if he controls the entire Guanlong, it is impossible to swallow all the interests.

He naturally understood that the real purpose of the rest of the Guanlong clan was to prevent him from dethroning the East Palace and supporting Li You in power, so as to completely control the government.At that time, the eldest grandson's family will become a veritable "uncrowned king", completely controlling the power of the country, and all Guanlong clans will have to be reduced from "collaborators" to "dependents" and lose all initiative.

The people do not suffer from widowhood, but suffer unevenly. When Guan Long received the imperial power's oppression at stake, everyone could still work hard to cooperate sincerely, but once the mutiny was victorious and the power was in hand, everyone's plan would be how to grab more from the eldest grandson's family. More interests, rather than letting the eldest grandson's family dominate, reaching a more prosperous state than in the early years of Zhenguan, just like "the first family in the world"...

Constraints, checks and balances are everywhere, Li Jing is like this, and so is himself.

The difference is only to see who can suppress the opponents around them as much as possible, exert their own advantages to the best of their ability, and win the final victory.

At this point, Li Jing is not worthy to support himself...

The resentment and grief brought by the death of the eldest grandson Anye has dissipated in the bottom of his heart. After all, after this battle, the morale of the East Palace will plummet. Even if it can't completely dispel the peace talks of Guanlong's allies, it can also promote the peace talks to make great strides. , so that the war would end as soon as possible.

Changsun Wuji did not expect the development of military remonstrance to the present level. Not only did the Guanlong clan go all out without any reservations, but even the clans in Hedong, Hebei and other places were almost coerced and put all their efforts into it. .

For the world's clans, this "battle for the deer" with the imperial power is a success if it is unsuccessful.If you win, you can establish the situation in which the clans will dominate the government for the next ten years; if you lose, the heritage accumulated by the clans in the world for hundreds of years will be swept away, and the supremacy of imperial power will not be shaken.

Therefore, this is an unprecedented direct challenge to imperial power. As long as the victory can be achieved, no matter how high the price is...

Outside the door, Yuwenjie walked fast and now, he handed the battle report to Zhangsun Wuji and whispered, "Fang Jun is back!"

For a moment, Changsun Wuji was a little stunned...

Immediately reacted, carefully opened the battle report, and checked word by word, with a gloomy expression.

He dispatched two groups of cavalry before and after, and dispatched all the remaining elite soldiers of the eldest grandson's family. According to the narrow terrain of Shangyu Gudao, he wanted to kill Fang Jun, but they were all defeated, and Fang Jun defeated them one by one.

That's all, after all, Fang Jun is not a vain name, and his personal soldiers are one to ten, and they are not able to intercept him on the ancient road of Shang Yu. Although it is regrettable, it is not unacceptable.

However, after Fang Jun returned to Chang'an, he did not immediately return to Xuanwumen to enter the palace for an audience. Instead, he circled outside the Jinguangmen and provoked the Guanlong army stationed here...

This is simply a slap in the face of his eldest grandson Wuji.

Yuwenjie looked at Zhangsun Wuji's livid face, fearing that he would be angry, and then continued to increase his troops into the city to increase the intensity of the attack on the Taiji Palace, resulting in the empty garrison outside the city, and the surprise attack on the East Palace, which ruined the good situation.

Moreover, once the war escalates, it is very likely that this partial battle of "counter-attack" and "counter-counter-attack" will evolve into a full-scale war in which both sides spared no effort before, which seriously violates the interests of Guanlong's families...

He quickly remonstrated: "Fang Jun seems to be rude and unruly, and his actions seem to be unruly. In fact, he often makes plans to move later. If he really thinks that he is reckless and impulsive, he will easily suffer a big loss. Now that Fang Jun has returned to Xuanwu Sect, The morale of the Youtun Guards, Anxi Army, and Tubo Hu cavalry are all boosted. If we continue to increase our troops to strengthen the Taiji Palace's offensive at this time, resulting in an empty defense outside the city, we may give Fang Jun a chance to attack, and please Zhao Guogong to be cautious. ."

The Youtun Guards, the Anxi Army, and even the Tubo Hu Qi are good at sneak attack. Moreover, the Guanlong Army’s defense area is too large, so it is inevitable that one will lose the other. Once Fang Jun chooses a place to attack, it is really difficult to defend. .

Zhangsun Wuji had a gloomy expression on his face, waved his hand, and said, "Do you really think that this old man has been swept away by hatred? Although hatred is like a sea, this old man will never put Guan Long's interests above his personal hatred. It is beneficial, naturally it will not be superfluous and extraneous, and the order will be passed down, and the troops outside the city will be strictly defended, and beware of sneak attacks by the Youtun Guards."

Guanlong's interests are indeed important, and interests are the link that keeps Guanlong united together, but for the current eldest grandson Wuji, it is necessary to maintain the unity of Guanlong, but also to destroy the peace talks and eliminate allies as much as possible. Grab greater benefits in peace talks.

The interests are placed there, the total amount will not change, the more allies, the less the eldest grandson.In view of the current complaints from the Guanlong clan towards the eldest grandson's family, and constantly complaining that the eldest grandson Wuji dragged everyone into such a dangerous war that may even be overturned, the eldest grandson Wuji had to consider that once the peace talks were organized by the other clans successfully, Will the eldest grandson's family be rejected and held accountable?
All in all, it is really difficult for him to unite the Guanlong families and try to destroy the peace talks...

Yuwenjie was relieved to see that Changsun Wuji did not go it alone, and asked for instructions: "Now that Cheng Chubi's troops are surrounded and exhausted, do you want to mobilize nearby troops to cut off their back path and completely wipe them out?"

(End of this chapter)