Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3868 Long-term vision
Master Sun Ren rode his horse and stood on the high ground, with the majestic walls of Chang'an City on one side and the lowlands stretching and deep ravines on the other side. With his hand on the horizontal knife at his waist, he looked at the road ahead and the people scattered over the dense forest. The Guanlong army bumped headlong in front of the position built by the Youtunwei cavalry, quite a bit complacent and their ambitions were rewarded.

As a soldier, who doesn't want to make contributions and seal his wife and son?
Who doesn't want to pass on the name to future generations and have a long history?
It's just that he didn't expect that he was just a mere school lieutenant under Zuo Yiwei's command. Because of his "anyway", Fang Jun entrusted him with reuse, and immediately participated in this mutiny destined to be a famous celebrity in history, and made repeated contributions. Great reputation.

It's a good move, everything is alive...

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Fang Jun sits firmly in the tent of the Chinese army and constantly receives various news from the front line. Cen Changqian temporarily acts as a "secretary". After collecting all kinds of information, he marks it on the map, and can clearly observe the current changes in the current battle situation between the enemy and us.

When the news came that Gao Kan defeated the powerful private army's frontal attack, and Sun Renshi also led his troops to cut off his retreat, Cen Changqian used a charcoal pencil to draw a nearly semicircular arc in the northwest corner of Chang'an City, and then excitedly said: "Commander, The Guanlong army under Yu Wenlong's command is already a turtle in a urn!"

The front army was routed and the rear was cut off. To the south was the towering wall of Chang'an City, and to the north was the surging Weishui River. It can be said that this Guanlong army could hardly fly.

Fang Jun took a sip of tea calmly, and said leisurely: "Don't be surprised, everything is under control."

"The handsome and wise!"

Cen Changqian flattered her and ran to Fang Jun to pour tea for him.It's not flattering, he admires Fang Jun's indifference of "the mountain collapses before him without changing his face". No matter how urgent the situation is, he is always calm and determined, and can deeply affect the people around him. And give great encouragement.

In his opinion, this is the quality that a high-ranking person should master. He is too far behind and needs to practice hard...

After pouring tea for Fang Jun, Cen Changqian turned back to look at the map on the wall, and asked tentatively: "Right now, the Yuwen family's 'Woye Town Private Army' has suffered a major defeat, and almost the entire army has been wiped out. What a blow to the Guanlong army. It is so huge that it has even become an irreparable loss. Especially on the front line of Kaiyuanmen and Jinguangmen, the number of Guanlong troops has decreased sharply, which will inevitably lead to defensive loopholes. If General Gao Kan is ordered to pursue the victory and attack Kaiyuanmen and Jinguangmen all the way It is possible to completely recover the western part of the city!"

Today, most of Chang'an City is under the control of Guan Long's army, so Guan Long can continuously send additional troops to attack Tai Chi Palace. The sixth rate of East Palace suffered heavy casualties and heavy pressure.

If the western area of ​​the city can be regained and several city gates such as Kaiyuanmen and Jinguangmen can be brought under control, it can put great pressure on the Guanlong rebels in the city. At least they can no longer attack Taiji Palace unscrupulously. Beware of being copied by the Right Tunwei.

If this strategy is successful, it will completely reverse the current situation, and even the last madness of the Guanlong army before the food and fodder runs out will be severely strangled to death.

But Fang Jun shook his head, took a sip of tea, and said, "The time has not come yet."

Cen Changqian was puzzled: "What kind of timing does the commander-in-chief want?"

Fang Jun didn't answer, but asked instead: "In this battle, at least ten thousand Guanlong troops will be captured. How do you think these prisoners will be dealt with?"

Cen Changqian was taken aback for a moment, then frowned in thought.

Civil wars and foreign wars are not only completely different in terms of fighting methods, but also completely different in how they are dealt with after the war.If it is a foreign war, for example, the Anxi army defeated the Dashi army in the Western Regions and captured tens of thousands of soldiers. How to deal with these prisoners depends on how the Anxi army thinks about the situation. If there are several cities that need to be rebuilt, or roads that need to be paved, Then most of these captives will survive and use their labor in exchange for food.If there is no need for these infrastructures, the large number of captives will be a huge burden and burden for the Anxi Army, and even the entire Anxi Protectorate.

The killing of prisoners is inauspicious and does not conform to the dignity of the heavenly kingdom, so some symbolic food will be distributed to these prisoners, and then they will be driven to a certain difficult road, allowing them to return to Dashi thousands of miles away... …in fact, fend for itself.

But the Civil War was different.

In particular, the Guanlongmen faction is not a conspiracy in the true sense, but an out-and-out remonstrance. The people on both sides are the people of the Tang Dynasty. Compatriots, you must not use methods like dealing with foreign enemies.

No matter how many captives there are, they can only reluctantly consume a large amount of food and fodder to keep them alive...

There is also a regulatory issue.

The soldiers and horses of Youtunwei are only about [-]. If you want to guard more than [-] prisoners, you need to allocate at least [-] to [-] troops. Otherwise, if the supervision is not strict, the prisoners will escape. This is an absolutely impossible situation.

If you really took advantage of the victory to attack from Kaiyuanmen to Jinguangmen, and then captured another [-] to [-] Guanlong troops...then the entire Right Tunwei would stop doing other things, and just guard these prisoners from top to bottom to live.

Cen Changqian couldn't help scratching her head: "Then what should I do?"

Fang Jun put down his teacup and gave some advice to this young man whom he was very optimistic about: "We need to take a long-term view. After this battle, the reconstruction of Guanzhong must be the top priority. It can be said that within the next five years at least, It will be the top priority of the imperial court. But what is needed most in the reconstruction of Guanzhong? One is money, food and fodder, but sufficient labor. And the captives of these powerful and private armies can just serve as labor and make great contributions to the reconstruction of Guanzhong, even after the reconstruction is completed , the imperial court can allow them to settle here, and distribute money and food to bring their families to Guanzhong and settle down. In this way, even the population problem has been solved.”

In this era of low productivity, population represents everything.

Whether it is the reconstruction of Guanzhong or the continuation of the prosperity of Zhenguan in the future, population is a huge problem.There have been countless times in history that this kind of story of migrating the world's population to fill a city, but the various things involved behind it are often the sorrows that a generation of people will never want to recall after they have shed blood and tears...

At present, tens of thousands of people from the outside of the pass are enlisted to enter the pass, and some private troops with deep roots will be exterminated, which will serve as a warning to the monkeys. The "Production Corps" contributed to the prosperity of the Tang Empire, wouldn't it be one thing?
Then, he said to Cen Changqian: "Don't be obsessed with the victory or defeat in front of you. We are not only the courtiers of His Royal Highness, but also the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty. While consolidating the current advantages, we must focus on future reconstruction, otherwise Right now, we are only focusing on expanding the results of the victory, and the style of play is too open and close, which will do great harm to the foundation of the empire."

Cen Changqian bowed to the ground and was taught, "Thank you, Commander, for your advice. The students are taught."

He understands the principle of "different positions, different responsibilities, and different practices", but due to limitations of experience and status, he often cannot see that far.The purpose of Fang Jun's words is to let him not be limited to the situation in front of him, but to take his thinking to a new level and think about every problem ahead of time.

Fang Jun nodded, and said: "Let's pass on the order, let Gao Kan and Zanpo stop when enough is enough, don't force too much, the frontal attack of the Guanlong army may not have a very good effect in front of the Six Rates of the East Palace, ten and a half months, it will not be able to fight at all .”

"Here."

Convinced, Cen Changqian turned around and drafted the order. After Fang Jun stamped the seal, he went out to distribute the order to the soldiers, and conveyed the order to Gao Kan and Zampo on the front line.

Then he turned back and stood in front of Fang Jun's case, hesitating to speak.

Fang Jun pointed to the teapot and asked him to pour out the tea leaves and make a new one, pour a cup, and then said, "Speak up if you have something to say."

Cen Changqian hesitated for a moment, and said: "Now that Duke Guo has sealed off the Xuanwu Gate, and there is no news from inside or outside, what if...the commander-in-chief has any countermeasures?"

It stands to reason that his status is not high enough to involve such a topic, let alone ask Fang Jun what countermeasures he has.But this matter is related to the survival of the East Palace, and it is directly related to the final victory or defeat of this mutiny, and the uncle who single-handedly raised him is currently in the inner gate... so I still have the courage to ask.

Fang Jun didn't answer, he picked up the teacup and took a sip of the hot tea, savoring the lingering fragrance between his teeth and cheeks, just when Cen Changqian thought that he shouldn't have asked such words, he heard Fang Jun say slowly: "Everything It's all under control."

For some reason, upon hearing such a sentence, all of Cen Changqian's worries disappeared in an instant.

As long as the commander-in-chief says "everything is under control", then he is really under control, and will never deviate from the expected... But why is the commander-in-chief so sure?

Did he hide his backhand, or did he make an agreement with Zhang Shigui?

(End of this chapter)