Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3999 Step by step
However, in the end, the crown prince sat firmly on the mountain, causing His Majesty Li Er's various plans to fail.

Under such circumstances, how can the emperor and the crown prince coexist peacefully?Therefore, His Majesty Li Er's desire to store easily will not change, and he will even do whatever it takes to do so.

However, the crown prince experienced the Guanlong Rebellion, as if he was reborn from the ashes. His outstanding performance not only won praise from the government and the public, but also won unprecedented support. The invincible You Tunwei is rampant, the Donggong army is strong and loyal, and the prince is as stable as Mount Tai.

In this way, even with the prestige of His Majesty Li Er, it is no longer feasible to force the easy storage, otherwise it will be boycotted and we can only find another way.

What path?
Naturally, it is to plant the blame, tarnish the reputation of the prince, and make him lose the hearts of the people.

What could be more perfect than the crime of "killing footballers because of a stable reserve"?

In the past, His Majesty Li Er's purpose of wanting Yi Chu again and again was that he felt that the prince could not be the emperor of the Tang Empire, let alone his two brothers; now, His Majesty Li Er's purpose of Yi Chu has become unable to coexist with the prince. After all, after so many cruel schemes, how could the prince not feel resentful?

Coupled with the fact that the Eastern Palace has a large military force, strong combat power, and the support of the elites in Shandong and Jiangnan, who knows whether the crown prince will follow the example of those people and carry out another "Xuanwu Gate Change"...

It is completely reasonable to use the lives of his two brothers to completely pull the prince down from the reserve position.

As for the future crown prince, he may not necessarily be the son of the eldest son, which one is not the son of His Majesty Li Er?
What's more, there is now Li Ke who went to Liaodong to serve as the "King of Silla". In terms of talent and prestige, he is not inferior to their brothers. Go up a floor...

So, how could the two brothers not feel a chill in their hearts and a war between the two?
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When Fang Jun returned to the tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Wuting, Wang Fangyi, Cen Changqian, Ouyang Tong and others all arrived in a hurry, but they sat down with dull faces and were speechless for a long time. It was obvious that they had not "resurrected from the dead" by His Majesty Li Er and the matter. Get rid of the shock brought about by the meaning behind the event.

After all, who would have thought that after the Eastern Palace fought bloody battles and won the victory, they would realize that all of this might be a conspiracy by His Majesty Li Er?
This is a fatal blow to the morale of the Eastern Palace.

Fang Jun looked around, took everyone's expressions into his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You must have heard about His Majesty's return to Beijing. You are all soldiers, you only need to perform your own duties, and don't care about the battles in the court."

Several people paused for a while, and said in unison: "Here!"

Fang Jun nodded, and continued: "Assemble the entire army immediately, and send an order to Gao Kan to withdraw him. All the ministries are ready for battle, and the scouts closely monitor the movements around Chang'an. Don't be negligent. Once the situation changes, no matter whether the commander-in-chief If you are in the army, you must capture the Xuanwu Gate within an hour, regardless of the cost!"

Everyone was shocked, stood up together, and said loudly: "Here!"

Everyone knew in his heart that if Li Ji followed orders all the way, then His Majesty's Yi Chu's heart would have been as firm as iron and unshakable.Now that he returns to Beijing, he will still promote the matter of Yi Chu, and You Tunwei, as the strongest team in the East Palace, is bound to conflict with the emperor.

Once His Majesty puts the Prince under house arrest by strong means, doubts and simply wants to depose the Prince directly. Offensive and defensive transposition.

It's just a reincarnation...

Cen Changqian worriedly asked: "The commander-in-chief will enter the palace later?"

You Tunwei is the team member of the East Palace, and Fang Jun is the soul of You Tunwei. If His Majesty Li Er wants to depose the prince, he must first cut off the wings of the East Palace. If he wants to cut off the wings of the East Palace first, he must first take down Fang Jun... So Fang When a handsome man enters the palace, there are many bad luck and bad luck.

Fang Jun sighed and said, "Your Majesty is returning to the capital. How can our subjects not enter the palace to see you? But you don't have to worry about my safety. With you guarding the Xuanwu Gate, it is my amulet. Even Your Majesty dare not act rashly." I will enter the palace later, and before I return, no matter who comes to make You Tunwei change his defense to another place for whatever reason, don't bother, we must firmly root in this Xuanwu gate!"

"Here!"

Everyone promised again.

Xuanwumen is the gate of Taiji Palace, whether it is to occupy this place to meet the prince, or to put pressure on Taiji Palace, there is absolutely no room for loss.

Fang Jun said again: "Later, the commander-in-chief will rush to Chunming Gate, and on the way, he will inform Po Zan, ordering her to claim illness and stay in the army, guarding the Zhongwei Bridge for us, and must not enter the palace easily."

The Zhongwei Bridge means the final retreat, and the Tubo Hu cavalry are foreign troops after all, so there is no need to obey His Majesty Li Er's command. The situation in Guanzhong is complicated at the moment, and even if His Majesty Li Er is angry, he will not dare to fight this Hu cavalry .

Cheng Wuting frowned and said, "Will Po Zan be won over by His Majesty?"

In the final analysis, the reason why Tubo Huqi traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an to help the East Palace was for the benefit of the Gar family. Once Zan Po realized that the crown prince's position was not stable, and he might even be deposed by His Majesty Li Er, he might not switch to His Majesty Li Er faction, betray the East Palace.

Fang Jun shook his head and said firmly: "No! Your Majesty was willing to marry Tubo at the beginning, which shows that you are afraid of Tubo in your heart. Originally, His Majesty planned to appease Tubo during the Eastern Expedition, and then attack Tubo after the Eastern Expedition. Now the Eastern Expedition is a battle. Anticlimactic, exhausted national power, unable to support another big war. Under such circumstances, they can only continue to have sex with Tubo. If the Gar family wants to stand on the shore of Qinghai Lake, how can His Majesty take the risk of offending Tubo to support it? Zan Po understands this truth, and she will stand firmly on the side of the Eastern Palace, and the Eastern Palace is the hope of the Gar family."

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How to deal with such a situation, Fang Jun has already prepared a plan, and all actions are carried out step by step.

After explaining it carefully, I thought about going back to my residence to take a bath and change clothes before entering the palace for an audience, but thinking that the female relatives have probably heard the news of His Majesty's "resurrection" at this moment, and they must ask questions when they see themselves, and some people are even more happy Some people were worried and troubled, so they just washed their faces casually, and went out with their own soldiers, who had already left the camp with a thousand horsemen.

Going out from Youtunwei, galloping westward around the outer wall of the Daming Palace, and outside the Taiji Gate, you will see the Tubo Huqi who are ready to go and have high morale.

Riding outside the Taiji Gate with Zan Po, looking south to the direction of Chunming Gate, Fang Jun gave his order, and Zan Po immediately agreed, and expressed his heart: "I know that the situation in Chang'an is complicated and the interests are entangled. The roots are intertwined, and no one even knows what the future situation will be like, but please tell His Royal Highness, Duke Yue, that the Gar family is not from the dynasty of Qin and Muchu. Or someone else, will carry out the promise to the end, until death.”

Fang Jun was taken aback, and exclaimed, "How could he still use the idiom 'Chao Qin Mu Chu'? Well, it fits the occasion."

Zanpo laughed loudly and waved her arms. The body odor that she had never bathed since arriving in Chang'an could not be suppressed, and her face was very proud: "My father is pedantic, especially obsessed with Chinese classics. The family study is full of those subsets of classics and history, and to use an idiom to describe it, we can also be regarded as the origin of family studies, ha!"

Fang Jun smiled, tapped his horsewhip on his boots lightly, looked at the direction of Chunming Gate in the distance under the rain, and said softly: "The news that His Majesty returned to Beijing safe and sound, the general must have known about it?"

Zan Po suppressed her smile, nodded heavily, but did not speak.

Fang Jun withdrew his gaze, looked at Po Zan, and asked, "If the general surrenders his back, can I continue to trust the general?"

Zan Po was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and said with emotion: "Duke Yue is a rare smart person in the Tang Dynasty, and I am not a fool. Whether it is public or private, the Gar family must be the same as Duke Yue and His Highness the Crown Prince. Otherwise, once the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty married Tubo, the Gar family would suffer from the enemy. How could there be a way out? When I sent troops, my father told me that the more than [-] cavalry under my command were the few of the Gar family. The elite, regardless of victory or defeat, let us exchange our blood and remains for the friendship of the Duke of Yue and His Royal Highness, other than that, life and death matter!"

"it is good!"

Fang Jun gave a big praise, his face was flushed, and he drew out his waist knife and pointed to the sky to swear: "In this case, I implore the general to guard the Zhongwei Bridge. As long as the general lives up to the crown prince, the East Palace will remember this kindness, and he will do his best to help the general and his son build a country." , if you break this oath, both humans and gods will abandon you!"

Zan Po was also full of passion, and slapped her chest loudly: "I guarantee with my head, even if I die, I have to build a pontoon bridge with the corpse for His Royal Highness to cross the river!"

Naturally, he was not stupid, he understood that the Zhongwei Bridge should be regarded as the last retreat of the East Palace, once the crown prince crossed the Weihe River, he would be defeated and flee, and from then on all the way to the west, and then separated the Hexi counties.But the crown prince's separatist rule of the Hexi counties is also considered a good thing for the Gar family. It can completely block the offensive from the Tang Dynasty, allowing the Gar family to free up their hands to resist the attack of Luoxie City with all their strength.

The Gar family and the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace depend on each other and assist each other. They occupy the north and south of the Qilian Mountains. Both sides can attack and retreat, and have sufficient strategic depth. , not too much difference.

Immediately, Zan Po led Hu Qi under his command to evacuate northward from the Forbidden Garden on the side of Taiji Palace, and after arriving at the Weishui River, he walked east along the river bank and returned to station near the Zhongwei Bridge.

Fang Jun led his soldiers and fine cavalry out of the Forbidden Garden, along the city wall all the way south, and arrived outside the Chunming Gate.

At this time, outside the Chunming Gate was already crowded with people, shoulders rubbing each other. Countless dignitaries, royal relatives and celebrities heard the news of His Majesty's return to Beijing, broke through the obstruction of the Jingzhao Mansion, and rushed outside the Chunming Gate to welcome the holy car.

(End of this chapter)