Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4351 The Highest Price
Li Daozong was expressionless. Although it was difficult to accept, he was already mentally prepared the moment Fang Jun disappeared. How could Chai Zhewei win Fang Jun?It is reasonable to lose a lot and lose a lot.

Yuwen Shiji at the side couldn't hold back, he sighed, and said with a choked wrist: "Father Chai Shaohu, son of a dog, this Chai Zhewei is too embarrassing to use, and the right guards have been messed up by Li Daliang, killing each other, under such a good situation It’s a total failure, it’s just trash.”

Li Daozong snorted: "Chai Shao can't be regarded as a 'tiger father'. If it weren't for the meritorious service of Princess Pingyang Zhao, his Chai family would be a second-rate family at best."

Turning around, he called his own soldiers to the front, and ordered: "pass on the order, this commander will capture the North Gate of Wude within an hour, and the first climber will be rewarded with viscount and [-] rounds of meritorious service. Yaishi will live and die with the soldiers!"

The soldiers felt stunned, and hurriedly responded, turned around and ran to deliver the order.

As the commander-in-chief of an army, Li Daozong's prestige is extremely high. It would be a disgrace to the entire army if he had to go into battle to capture the North Gate of Wude. Li Daozong had already captured Cheng Wuting alive and defeated the defense line of Ganlu Hall in person. If Li Daozong is still needed now Going into battle, the entire army will inevitably lose face. Soldiers value honor the most, so this order conveys Li Daozong's true thoughts: Even if he dies, the entire army must die in the siege battle.

If the commander-in-chief is killed before the army, how can the whole army have the face to survive?Left and right are dead, so they died on the way to charge!

At the moment, the momentum of siege is even worse.

Yuwen Shiji secretly sighed, this is the reason why the prestige of a veteran general can increase the combat power of an army to the limit. If it is an ordinary general who urges the army to fight to the death, not only will the combat power not be improved, but the lieutenant will probably be defeated. There are complaints and morale is low, and if you encounter another setback, it is very likely that you will collapse in an instant...

The drums were rumbling on the battlefield. Li Daozong asked the scouts about the battle of Xuanwu Gate. When he heard that the right guard had defeated the left guard cavalry with thousands of musketeers, he looked solemn and turned to look at Yuwen Shihe: "before, King Jin Has Your Highness ever found out how many percent of the foundry's output will be restored?"

In fact, almost everyone has investigated the reconstruction and output of the Foundry Bureau. After all, firearms shine in Fang Jun's army, relying on them to run wild and invincible, who dares to underestimate them?Especially those who have ulterior motives, if they don't know whether the foundry bureau can supply all the troops loyal to the emperor with firearms, they will never dare to act rashly.

He has also investigated it himself, and the result is that the output is seriously insufficient...

So at this moment, the Youtunwei sacrificed the Musketeer, the big killer, because of the original inventory, or did it hide the real output of the foundry bureau?
Since there are musketeers, will there be artillery at critical moments?
Is it only Youtunwei equipped with Musketeers, or are all other troops loyal to the emperor, such as the Six Rates of the East Palace, equipped?

Yuwen Shiji nodded and said: "This is natural. With the power of firearms, how can His Highness be completely defenseless? In fact, not only His Highness Prince Jin, but also Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, and the other sixteen guards, etc. are all open or covert. I have checked the output of the Foundry Bureau, but almost all the conclusions are the same, that is, only a very small amount of gunpowder and projectiles can be produced, not even the Thunderbolt can be produced, and the artillery is even more impossible."

After a pause, he looked at Li Daozong: "The matter has come to this point, there is no way to retreat, no matter whether there is a mistake in the firearms detection, we should capture Wude Hall as soon as possible, as long as Wude Palace is captured, it means a change of imperial power , we’ll talk about it later.”

It is indeed a big trouble for His Majesty to die or escape, but in any case, it is necessary to overthrow His Majesty's rule first, and then support King Jin to take the throne. Misfortune happened.

Now those garrisons and clans all over the country who are eager to try to support the King of Jin may see the situation is not good and simply speak out to support His Majesty. At that time, the King of Jin will become a complete rebel.
This also shows how Chai Zhewei's defeat to Fang Jun has a huge impact on the situation. According to the original expectation, at this time, Chai Zhewei has wiped out all the troops loyal to the emperor in Xuanwumen, showing everyone in Guanzhong that the king of Jin has achieved great power. news, then those who watched the fire from the other side would naturally go forward to serve the King of Jin one after another, and then one after another raised troops to assist the King of Jin to wipe out the Six Rates of the East Palace and achieved great things.

As a result, Chai Zhewei suffered a crushing defeat, causing the situation to almost get out of control...

Li Daozong said indifferently: "What I did was to fulfill the last wish of the late emperor and assist the King of Jin to inherit the great cause, instead of allowing the empire to fall into divisions and civil wars to destroy the cornerstone of the empire. In any case, the emperor must be controlled. Personal life and death, honor and disgrace have nothing to do with the future of the empire. What is it compared to falling into civil strife? So even though you Guanlong Clan flourished for a while, you will sooner or later be eliminated by the mighty general situation and have to fall into the dust, it is too narrow."

He could hear the meaning of Yuwen Shi and his words, probably as long as King Jin can sit on the throne, everything can be put aside for long-term consideration, and even in order not to bear the infamy of a regicide personally, he would rather sit and watch His Majesty escape from Chang'an. In two days, the world will be divided and ruled.

But in Li Daozong's view, it is absolutely impossible. The reason why Emperor Taizong thought of Yi Chu and pushed King Jin to the throne was because he thought that Li Chengqian could not be an emperor well, while King Li Zhi of Jin was a natural politician who could control the government with ease. In the final analysis, Emperor Taizong wanted the empire to be better and better day by day.

And why didn't Emperor Taizong issue the edict of Yi Chu until his death?It is because the scruples and easy storage will make the original Donggong faction incompatible with the court. When the Jin king ascends the throne in the future, he will fight openly and secretly, and the struggle will continue, so that the foundation of the empire will be exhausted.

If Li Chengqian is allowed to go out of Beijing now, wouldn't it be in response to Emperor Taizong's concerns and run counter to Emperor Taizong's wishes?

For Emperor Taizong's last wish, he was willing to bear thousands of infamy, even if the infamy lasted forever.

Yu Wenshi and his heart were sincerely convinced, and actually bowed to salute: "The king of the county cares about the country and has lofty aspirations. He does not hesitate to use his own honor and disgrace to achieve the inheritance of the empire. The old man is far behind. He is respectful and ashamed. Ashamed."

Li Daozong turned a blind eye to it, turned a deaf ear to it, and ignored such tricks of "praising and killing".

"Many Guanzhong garrisons are contacted by you, Lord Ying. I wonder how many people can raise troops to approach Chang'an to contain Fang Jun this time?"

If Fang Jun completely defeats Zuo Tunwei and clears Xuanwu Gate, then he must attack Xuanwu Gate with all his strength, and he thought that there would be no problem with Chai Zhewei cleaning up Right Tunwei, so he only left 2000 people in Xuanwu Gate. Chai Zhewei's entire army was wiped out. How did these 2000 people resist the onslaught of Youtunwei?

Once the Xuanwu Gate falls into Fang Jun's hands, Fang Jun will completely isolate the Taiji Palace. There is no way for him to retreat, and no one will come to reinforce him. To advance without retreat, to live towards death.

Moreover, he never dared to think that breaking the North Gate of Wude would lead to the successful capture of the Hall of Wude. If His Majesty dared to indulge the King Jin's army all the way from Tongguan to the city of Chang'an, how could he not have other preparations?

In the Taiji Palace, there must be an armed force capable of undertaking the preparatory mission...

Yuwen Shiji shook his head and sighed: "If Chai Zhewei defeats Youtunwei successfully, it is estimated that at least five armies will go to Chang'an and enter the Xuanwu Gate to fight side by side with us. , The outcome is not decided, I am afraid that no one dares to take risks, and most of them will continue to wait and see."

This is the worst result of Chai Zhewei's defeat. As long as the Xuanwu Gate falls into Fang Jun's hands again, who has the confidence to take it back from his hands?

Without full certainty, no one would be willing to take risks.

What was originally planned is a matter of course and logical, but now there are sudden twists and turns. It has to be said that Fang Jun's move to give up leading the army to defend the Taiji Palace and instead sneak back to the right guard is equivalent to hitting the seven inches, and is about to "group and attack". Was cut off abruptly.

It is very likely to be the winner of this mutiny...

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Shenheyuan.

Zuo Wuwei's tens of thousands of troops marched slowly, stopped at a distance of [-] miles from Yuanqiu, and set up camp on the spot. Although King Jin repeatedly sent people to urge them to join forces in Yuanqiu as soon as possible, Cheng Yaojin went his own way and dismissed it.

In the tent, Cheng Yaojin was looking at the map with his hands behind his back, while listening to the intelligence from the scouts from various sources.

When he heard that Fang Junqian returned to You Tunwei to thwart Li Daliang's plot to instigate rebellion and organized an army to resist Zuo Tunwei, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help sighing: "Chai Zhewei will definitely lose... It's strange to say that this Fang The second is like the nemesis of the Chai brothers. As long as he is there, the Chai brothers will accomplish nothing. How can a fool like Chai Zhewei beat the invincible Fang Er? King Jin is missing a trick. The last time Chai Zhewei was defeated, it was all because of Princess Baling's intercession in the palace that His Majesty let him go, but there are rumors in the market that Princess Baling begged Fang Er first, and Fang Er then advised His Majesty to let Chai Zhewei go …I don’t know if it’s true or not, but if it’s true, then Princess Baling might really have paid a high price, heh!”

All the generals of Zuo Wuwei in the tent looked at each other silently, so how can they be told in the big tent of the Chinese army whether the romantic affairs are true or not?
Cheng Yaojin didn't take his eyes off the map, and asked again: "Where are the coalition forces of Xue, Liu, and Zheng now?"

The scout said: "We have already arrived in Fanchuan, and we have followed suit with our army. Now that our army is camping, they are also standing still."

Cheng Yaojin remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Niu Jinda said: "These three people have obviously been ordered by His Majesty to restrain us. If we dare to attach ourselves to the King of Jin, we are afraid that we will attack them immediately, and cooperate with the Six Commanders of the East Palace outside the Chunming Gate to make Jin Jin The king is under attack."

Cheng Yaojin nodded and did not deny this point: "Of course there is a reason for this, but it doesn't matter whether King Jin is under attack or not, and it doesn't even matter whether King Jin can break through the city. The most important thing is whether Li Daozong can quickly break into the city." The Hall of Martial Virtue controls His Majesty... Originally, there were great hopes, but now that Fang Er has disturbed him like this, the variables have increased dramatically."

The focus of the whole battle is the Wude Palace. Li Daozong hopes to enter the Taiji Palace from the Xuanwu Gate to wipe out all the defenders, and then go straight to the Wude Palace to control the emperor; Still sticking to Wude Hall must be prepared.

Whether it was Li Daozong's surprise, his soldiers, his swiftness and invincibility, or the emperor's planning and preparation in advance, was the winner of the whole battle.

Now it seems that Li Daozong's retreat is cut off, and he is alone and helpless. He is afraid that he will be defeated outside the North Gate of Wude...

Niu Jinda frowned and said, "Then where are we going? The commander-in-chief is thinking that the highest bidder wins, right? Now the situation is chaotic, and there is no way of knowing who will win. No choice is risky. At the extreme, even if we continue to procrastinate, it may not be possible for the two parties to re-open the price."

Before Cheng Yaojin could speak, a soldier came in from outside the account: "I want to report to the commander, Zhongshu ordered Liu Ji to ask for an interview outside the account."

Cheng Yaojin laughed: "Isn't it here?"

Niu Jinda: "..."

(End of this chapter)