Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4148 Strategic Retreat
Taiji produces two forms, two forms produce four images, four forms produce gossip, and gossip is repeated, covering all things in the universe...Since ancient times, people have known that the principle of the existence of all things in the universe lies in balance. everywhere.

Once the balance is lost, the universe collapses.

Why is the father so dissatisfied with the Guanlong clan who assisted him in reversing the throne, and why did he decide to weaken and suppress it?The reason is that the Guanlongmen faction almost monopolizes the central power, controls the government inside and out, and integrates the upper and lower levels, making the imperial power inferior to Guanzhong, making it difficult to implement national policies throughout the world, and even the appointment and dismissal of officials are affected by the Guanlongmen faction.

The father claimed to be a hero of his generation, wise and powerful, even if he is like this, how can the successors compete with the Guanlong clan?

Therefore, the father continued the imperial examination established in the former Sui Dynasty, improved it, and promulgated it to the whole world. He tried to use the imperial examination to recruit scholars and recruit children from poor families.

It's a pity that the imperial father could not see the day when the imperial examinations became popular...

Li Zhi does not deny the national policy of "supporting poor families and weakening powerful families" formulated by his father, but he now needs to rely on the power of powerful families to achieve the goal of seizing the heir. Foundation.

Of course, he would never allow any family to dominate and make him a puppet.

The clans in Shandong and Jiangnan have profound backgrounds and powerful strengths, and Guan Long is by no means an opponent.But Guan Long had just suffered a failure in an uprising, suffered heavy losses, and was devastated. I fully trusted and supported him at this time, which must make him grateful and willing to do his best to check and balance the powerful families in Shandong and Jiangnan.

Only when you walk on two legs can you walk more steadily.

Like the prince, he only knows to blindly follow the national policy formulated by his father to cut off the powerful and support the poor. The final result can only be that the powerful fade away, but the poor rise.

Once a poor family rises, how is its essence different from that of a powerful family?

Decades later, today's poor family will gradually evolve into another family because of the emergence of scholars from generation to generation in the clan to ascend to high positions.

As long as the power structure exists, as long as the class exists, the clans will be endless and will never be destroyed.

Throughout the ages, the so-called changing dynasties and pleading for orders for the people are nothing more than reshaping the power structure time and time again.

When a group of clansmen are knocked down, another batch of clansmen will rise up on top of their flesh and blood. This process does not take too long, 100 years is enough.

Therefore, in the past dynasties, except for the short-term prosperity when the production resources were redistributed at the founding of the country, after a hundred years, the class solidified, the bottom-up channels were completely blocked, power was passed down from generation to generation, and social conflicts continued. It will intensify again and repeat the same mistakes.

But that idiot of the prince obviously didn't understand such a truth.

When it comes to political talent, the difference between the prince and him is not 01:30 points, so the father insisted on deposing the prince and handing over the reserve to him, the youngest son.

Royal father is perceptive and insightful...

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Yu Chigong sat in the barracks under Chunming's gate, twisting his buttocks and scratching his head from time to time, feeling quite restless.Battle reports from the front kept coming in. Although the East Palace Six Rates did not have many firearms, You Hou Wei also added a lot of new recruits. Compared with the old soldiers who had fought a hundred battles in the past, the two armies fought fiercely outside the Chengtian Gate. No one could do anything to the other side, which made the battle extremely anxious and the casualties continued to increase.

This is the foundation that Yuchi Gong relied on to stand in the world, and it is also the confidence to maintain his position and even go further under the tent of the King of Jin in the future. If it is all under the Chengtian sect, is it expected that the King of Jin will appreciate his selfless loyalty? Give him a big reward?
Not to mention whether Jin Wang is an ungrateful person, but those aristocrats in Jiangnan and Shandong will trample him on the soles of their feet and kick him off the dust.

As for the Guanlongmen Clan... now the Guanlongmen Clan has no other soldiers besides these soldiers under their own command?
The whole of Guanlong was counting on him, Yu Chigong, to fight against the clans of Shandong and Jiangnan under the tent of the future King Jin, so how could he give him the slightest support.

It seems that I am the leader of Guanlong...

But the battle was intense, and no one knew what King Jin was thinking. This rash retreat would not only easily be chased and killed by the Six Commanders of the East Palace, but it might also make King Jin dissatisfied.

Just as I was restless and in a dilemma, I suddenly heard that there were soldiers from outside rushing in, and reported: "Commander, His Royal Highness King Jin has an order to withdraw the troops to Tongguan immediately."

Yu Chigong seemed to be listening to the fairy music suddenly, he suddenly got up, his eyes widened and said: "Can you check the token of the messenger, and see if it is correct?"

The soldier said: "The humble officer has checked it carefully and confirmed it is correct!"

"it is good!"

Yu Chigong couldn't help cheering up, but immediately felt that something was wrong. After all, his entire army was unable to storm the Taiji Palace, and now he had to return without success. In any case, it would be an extremely shameful thing. Wouldn't it affect the morale of the army to smile at the withdrawal of the troops?
Then he said loudly: "The late emperor passed away, and the crown prince usurped the throne. Humans and gods are indignant! Jin Wang took the late emperor's edict to punish the crimes of heaven, but he sympathized with the livelihood of millions of people in Chang'an. Therefore, I ordered to withdraw from Chang'an and retreat to Tongguan to plan for the future."

The generals on the left and right raised their arms and shouted: "The king of Jin is benevolent!"

Yu Chigong then gave an order: "Every department listens to the order, the forwards suspend the attack, and the backup presses up from the two wings to block the sixth rate of the Eastern Palace, so that it cannot rush in and pursue from the middle. If anyone makes noise and disobeys the general's order, he will be killed without mercy!"

"Here!"

Will make layer by layer forward.

In the area hundreds of feet outside the Chengtian Gate in front, the guards of the Right Marquis are fighting with the enemy. The neat bluestone pavement has already been soaked in blood. Remnants of limbs and arms, and the corpses of soldiers were spread on the ground in a thick layer. The soldiers of both sides almost stepped on their robes and fought desperately with the corpses of the enemy, all of them were red-eyed.

When You Houwei received the order to retreat, the soldiers at the front intertwined with the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace were full of despair, because they could not retreat and could not retreat. If they retreated, the enemy would follow and kill them. I will still die, and the back line will be disrupted, and it may be a disastrous defeat.

So they had to fight to the death, trying to entangle the enemy to cover the retreat of the army.

On the battlefield is a group of courage. When the robes around him are advancing one after another, no matter how cowardly a person is, he will become bloody and fearless. However, once someone retreats or flees, it will easily lead to a chain collapse of the entire army. , Countless war cases are produced in this way.

For the soldiers who rushed to the forefront, they had to cover the retreat of the army, but since retreating at this moment meant that their death was meaningless.

This is the most difficult to accept, but it must be accepted.

These fierce soldiers gritted their teeth and let out a terribly shrill cry. They slashed and killed the East Palace Six Rates like crazy. Their valor and aura instantly suppressed the originally evenly matched enemy. The army behind them was like a tide towards Yanximen , and retreat in the direction of Chunming Gate.

Seeing the opponent's retreat, Donggong Liu led immediately cheered up and scattered and killed the lone enemy vanguard, and then swarmed to chase and kill the enemy, but was threatened by the enemy's reserve troops on both wings, and did not dare to use all their strength. He could only chase after the enemy army step by step, from Chengtianmen to Yanximen, and then from Yanximen to Chunmingmen, watching the enemy quickly withdraw from Chang'an City, but he couldn't wait for the military order to pursue with all his might .

At the gate of Chunming, Yu Chigong sat on the horse with his helmet on and armor, and personally led the troops to the rear. He watched Donggong Liushi calmly and calmly pursued to dozens of feet away, and did not dare to move forward. Then he turned his horse's head with his hands and walked along Riding out of the dark city gate.

Behind them, a team of guards dragged several carts full of flammable debris into the gate of the city and ignited them. The blaze completely blocked the gate of the city, and then calmly mounted their horses to catch up with the figure of Captain Chi Gong. Tens of thousands of people were orderly They galloped towards the direction of Baqiao.

The soldiers of the Sixth Commander of Donggong rushed into the city gate to clean up the burning carts, and then rushed out of Chunming Gate, some of them chased after the enemy's tail and killed them in an orderly manner, and some rectified on the spot, regaining control of Chunming Gate. He quickly reported to Li Jing who was sitting in Jinguangmen.

When Li Jing received the report, his expression was calm, and he didn't show much surprise. He first ordered Cheng Chubi to lead his troops to clean up the battlefield and at the same time, martial law was imposed on the whole city, not allowing all the workshops to open the gates without authorization, and then ordered Qu Tuquan's department to closely monitor the West Market The nearby Zuo Wuwei reported any changes immediately, then tidied up his clothes, and went straight into the Taiji Palace to report the battle situation to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

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West Market, Left Wuwei Camp.

Cheng Yaojin was sitting in the commander's tent, drinking tea with Niu Jinda leisurely, Cheng Chumo walked in quickly, and said in a loud voice: "Marshal, Youhou Wei is defeated in battle, seeing that there is no hope of breaking the city, the whole army has withdrawn Leaving Chang'an and going straight to Tongguan."

Cheng Yaojin ignored him, poured tea for Niu Jinda, and said with a smile, "How is it, just as I expected?"

Niu Jinda didn't take it seriously: "I'm too lazy to speculate about the situation of the battle. I'll do whatever the commander says. I'll go for it as long as the commander gives orders."

The two have been together since the time of Wagangzhai. They have cooperated with each other very tacitly for decades, and their mutual trust is unparalleled. Collaboration never fails.

Cheng Chumo couldn't understand what the two of them said, but when he saw his father sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, he couldn't help feeling anxious, he hurried forward two steps, and said loudly: "You Houwei is defeated and defeated, something is wrong!"

Since my father had expressed his preference for King Jin, but now Youhou Wei was forced to retreat after the fierce attack, it was obvious that the situation was over, and my father would face the crown prince's accountability, what should I do?

That King Jin was also really incompetent, he wanted to seize the heir in a fierce manner, but after a while of onslaught, he died down and hurriedly retreated, isn't this a scam...

(End of this chapter)