Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4430

Li Daozong looked at Li Zhi with relief and relief in his eyes. Although in his opinion, Li Zhi's consistent performance was too young and superficial, far from the stunning talent of emperor Taizong, but now he can do it in a desperate situation. Fighting for his life, putting life and death above all else, he did have a bit of decisive imperial air.

For those who have achieved great things in ancient times, is there any good thing that is smooth sailing and easy to come by?

Sure enough, Emperor Taizong had the discerning eye, and he did not misjudge the youngest son of his son, even though he was immature, he was full of potential...

The sons of Emperor Taizong are all dragons and phoenixes.

Uh, it seems a bit wrong, if they are both dragons and phoenixes, why bother to depose Li Chengqian and support King Jin...

Then he nodded in satisfaction: "If Your Highness thinks this way, then the humble minister will naturally guard the left and right, and accompany him life and death! Even if he dies in the army, it will not be in vain for the kindness and virtue of Emperor Taizong's cultivation and maintenance."

Life and death are a matter of life, since Emperor Taizong's last wish was able to embark on the road of "military remonstrance", he had already put his family and life at risk, and if he was finally defeated and implicated Li Zhi, he could only apologize with death.

If you are lucky enough to achieve a great cause and support the king of Jin, then life and death will be insignificant...

After making the most difficult decision, Li Zhi was also relieved. Why not take risks for the sake of the supreme throne in the world?Anyone who has this opportunity to be one step away from the supreme will never give up.

If he really died in the battle, he would also appoint him.

If you don't fight for the last time, who knows who will belong to the destiny?
Xiao Yu and others remained silent.

A school lieutenant walked in quickly from outside the hall, and said anxiously: "His Royal Highness, Liu Rengui led the army to advance from Tianjie. The attack was fierce. Our army couldn't resist and retreated step by step. Now it has retreated to the vicinity of Anhuafang, and the army has suffered casualties. The situation is severe and the morale is low, please Your Highness to send reinforcements as soon as possible."

Everyone in the hall felt tense.

When Yu Wenkai designed and built Daxing City, he used a super-large military fortress as a blueprint. The [-] squares in the city seemed to be orderly. However, Chang'an City is actually not easy for large corps to fight.

After all, since the outer city has fallen, it means that the war is on the passive side. How can we organize a large-scale counterattack?Street fighting is more beneficial to the side with a smaller and better army.

As a result, the current situation has been created. The number of Shandong private army is dozens of times that of the navy soldiers led by Liu Rengui, but because of the terrain and terrain, it is divided into pieces and cannot form a military advantage. The quality of soldiers and tactical literacy cannot be compared with the elite navy, which leads to being restrained everywhere and falling behind.

The reason why they have been able to defend step by step along Tianjie until now is completely filled with human lives, which made the navy's Modao team kill softly, and had to stop charging repeatedly, accumulate energy, and slow down the speed of advancement.

However, the private army in Shandong was recruited temporarily, and there was almost no military discipline. Previously, they could rely on heavy rewards and severe punishments to restrain the army. Facing the furious attack of the naval forces, they stood firm and did not retreat, but this unilateralism was suppressed. Fighting a battle with a huge number of casualties, if you persist for a long time, the morale of the army will be exhausted, so that it will completely collapse.

Cui Xin was so anxious that he got up quickly and said: "Your Highness, there are many troops in the Taiji Palace right now, and many troops are just rotating on the sidelines. They can't go into battle for a while. Can you call a team of elites to support Chengtianmen? These troops under the old man are all I don’t understand military affairs, and I’m trying my best to maintain my loyalty to Emperor Taizong and His Highness, if I can’t stand it, it will easily lead to the collapse of the army’s morale, and the consequences will be disastrous!”

This meeting supported King Jin's "military remonstrance". The Shandong aristocratic family did their best. They not only donated all their wealth accumulated for decades, but also recruited most of the young and strong in the areas controlled by each Shandong aristocratic family to form a hundred thousand army.

This battle has been fought until now, and the Shandong family has suffered heavy losses. Even if King Jin succeeds in ascending the throne, it will take more than ten or twenty years to recover under the tilted court policy, let alone if King Jin is defeated?

Part-time jobs are unimaginable.

The loss of food, fodder and luggage is nothing more than that. If all the 50 Shandong children die in Guanzhong, then every family in Shandong will be dead, and every household will cry. Not to mention that it is difficult to recover without [-] years of recuperation. The foundations of its rule will collapse completely.

In the most extreme situation, he is ready to accept failure, but if the whole army is wiped out, then he absolutely cannot accept it...

Li Zhi silently put on the armor under the servant's service, but hesitated in his heart, and subconsciously looked at Li Daozong.

The area inside the Taiji Palace is limited, and the fierce attack around the Wude Palace is endless. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses cannot all go into battle, they can only attack in turn. Deploying a troop from Chengtianmen to reinforce the Shandong private army will not affect the war in the Wude Palace. .

But after all, it has weakened the troops in Taiji Palace, and no one can guarantee that they will not suffer the consequences due to the lack of troops at a certain moment...

Li Daozong and Li Zhi looked at each other, and said in a deep voice: "The most important thing now is to capture Wude Hall as soon as possible to end this war. As for the ownership of Chang'an City and even the safety of Chengtian Gate, it has nothing to do with the overall situation. Reinforcements defeat the navy, wait for Li Jing and Che to lead the army into the city, what reinforcements do we need? In my opinion, we don’t need to care about the gains and losses in the city, we should concentrate all our efforts to capture the Wude Hall."

What's the point of reinforcing the Shandong private army, repelling the navy, and ensuring the safety of Chengtianmen?Once Li Jing's East Palace Six Rates and Xue Wanche's You Wuwei enter the city, they will surely rush straight to Chengtian Gate, no one can stop them.

The only chance of victory is to capture the Hall of Wude first, and then the king of Jin declares his ascension to the throne, in order to force the Six Commanders of the Eastern Palace and You Wuwei to either put down their weapons and swear allegiance to the King of Jin, or protect Li Chengqian and escape to Hexi.

The most important thing is whether or not the Hall of Wude can be captured. It is meaningless to deploy the troops who besieged the Hall of Wude to reinforce the Shandong private army.

As for whether the Shandong private army will completely collapse and the entire army will be wiped out, what does it matter?In the current situation, everything must be based on the overall situation.

Cui Xin was cold all over, looking at Li Zhi's face full of pleading, he tremblingly said: "Your Highness, the Shandong disciples traveled thousands of miles to enter the customs just to serve His Highness and fulfill Emperor Taizong's last wish. They were sent to Liu Rengui's butcher's knife with decapitated bodies and broken limbs?"

The killing by the Modao team was too cruel and tragic. Although Cui Xin hadn’t seen it in person, he felt fear from the bottom of his heart every time he listened to the battle report. This shows how tragic the Shandong children who are fighting the enemy on the front line are. , Miserable, as the head of the Shandong family, but he can only silently watch from the sidelines and has no ability to rescue him, which makes him feel helpless and panicked.

What made him most distressed was that the Shandong aristocratic family devoted all their efforts to support the King of Jin, but now they were going to be ruthlessly sacrificed by the King of Jin...

Li Zhi fastened the silk sash of his armor, and couldn't bear Cui Xin's pleading eyes, but he understood what he should do at the moment, and said softly, "Don't worry, Mr. Cui, the sacrifices of the Shandong family are all in the eyes of the king." , when he ascends to the throne in the future, he will be compensated ten times or a hundred times, and the Cui family will surely prosper forever and live with the country! If you break this oath, there will be such an arrow!"

He casually took out a spiked arrow from his quiver, held both ends of the shaft with both hands, bent his knees and hit it hard, the shaft snapped in two with a "click", and then threw it on the ground with determination on his face. The color, to show their determination.

Li Daozong said with emotion: "Your Highness's benevolent and righteous heart is touching, and this is exactly what we are willing to follow the original intention. Of course, the Shandong family has done their best to support His Highness this time, and His Highness should have such a promise."

Although I don't care about the life and death of the Shandong private army, if the Shandong private army collapses at this moment, it will inevitably lead to Liu Rengui directly leading the army to attack Chengtianmen. Then the army must be drawn from the Taiji Palace to resist, which is different from the nature of sending troops out of Chengtianmen to support the Shandong private army The same will affect the full capture of Wude Hall.

Cui's heart is cold and full of resentment. The Shandong family is so loyal and dedicated, even willing to take advantage of decades of family wealth and more than [-] young and strong children, but in the end they end up being abandoned...

However, what else could he say?

If King Jin succeeds in the end, at least he can give more compensation to the Shandong family, and if King Jin is defeated from then on, then the Shandong family will surely fall from now on and fall into the mortal world, and it will be difficult to recover...

Taking a deep breath, suppressing the disappointment and sorrow in his heart, Cui Xin bowed to the ground, his voice trembling slightly: "It is the honor of our Shandong family to be loyal to His Highness and do our best for His great cause. As for sacrifice... From ancient times to the present, every time you correct the evil spirit and change your fate against the heavens, there will be no blood flow and corpses lying everywhere? Today is the right time for His Highness to pursue the way of heaven, and I hope that His Highness will worship the heavens and return to the fate!"

Li Zhi took two steps forward, and patted Cui Xin's shoulder heavily, his youthful and handsome face was full of emotion: "Cui Gong's kindness really makes this king very grateful and deeply impressed! If you don't get drunk with Cui Gong, you won't return!"

Cui Xin said loudly: "May Your Majesty win the battle and achieve success!"

"Borrow your auspicious words!"

Li Zhi nodded heavily, took a spear from the imperial guards with his open hand, and strode out of the Zhaode Hall. The imperial guards of Prince Jin's Mansion had already assembled in the heavy rain. Seeing Li Zhi coming out, someone hurriedly brought the horses , Served Li Zhi on his horse, and then mounted his horse collectively, gathering behind Li Zhi.

The rain is pouring, the armor is clanging, and the long knives are like a forest.

Li Zhi rode on horseback, Li Daozong was on the right, and hundreds of imperial guards of Jin Palace followed suit. A group of people galloped out from Zhaode Hall and swept towards Wude Hall, and soon merged into the wind and rain, full of murderous intent.

In the Hall of Wude, Xiao Yu, Chu Suiliang, and Cui Xin looked at each other in blank dismay, each having their own thoughts and not knowing what to do.

(End of this chapter)