Cheng Yaojin watched Liu Zi leave, stroked his beard, and turned back to the tent.
Niu Jinda followed suit, came behind Cheng Yaojin who was checking the map, and asked in a low voice: "The commander-in-chief has made a decision?"
Cheng Yaojin asked: "When did I make the decision?"
Niu Jinda: "..."
You have negotiated terms with Liu Zi, and yet you disrespectfully ask His Majesty for a promise. Doesn't this mean you have decided to side with His Majesty?
Cheng Yaojin said: "It's not me who makes the decision, it's your Majesty who makes the decision. Until now, both sides are confident and have made countless arrangements to ensure victory. Li Daozong unexpectedly rebelled and led his troops to attack.
This was unexpected by Your Majesty, causing the Taiji Palace to be empty and in danger. But is that all? Doesn’t Your Majesty have other arrangements to prepare for emergencies such as this? After all, Your Majesty is still the emperor of the empire, so all he can do
The power mobilized and the price paid were far beyond what King Jin could compare with, and he firmly had the upper hand. Therefore, King Jin dared to make a promise to the feudal side of his generals, hereditary disregard, and he did not hesitate to sow the hidden danger of division and collapse of the empire. However,
Your Majesty does not need to do this."
Just from the degree of desire of both sides for victory, we can know the degree of control they have over the situation. King Jin has been forced to the edge of the cliff, and he can only seek victory at any cost, not caring about how it will end in the future, because if he does not win this
If he wins, he doesn't even have a future, so how can he talk about anything else?
However, His Majesty has always been rational and has never acted excessively. From this, it can be seen that there must be a back-up plan.
But what this backhand is, we still don’t know.
Li Daozong has already reached the North Gate of Wude, and this back-up man should also show up...
Outside the tent, a lieutenant quickly stepped inside and reported: "Commander Qi, we have just received the news that Fang Jun sneaked back to the right guard to defeat Li Daliang's rebellion plan, and then gathered his troops and defeated the left guard.
Tens of thousands of Zuotunwei troops were dispersed and captured. Chai Zhewei fled without fighting and his whereabouts are unknown."
The atmosphere in the tent was serious.
Niu Jinda was a little incredulous. He clicked his tongue and exclaimed: "This boy Fang Er... is really amazing."
Li Daozong's rebellion can almost be said to be a sure-fire move against the emperor. Xuanwu Gate, the most strategic place in the entire Tai Chi Palace and even Chang'an, was lost. The entire Tai Chi Palace was covered by Li Daozong's military front, like a thorn on the back.
, the inevitable defeat has become possible.
Unexpectedly, Fang Jun went against the norm and did not enter the Taiji Palace to assist in the defense. Instead, he sneaked back to the right guard and thwarted Li Daliang's rebellion plot. He then powerfully defeated Chai Zhewei's left guard and took complete control of the Xuanwu Gate.
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In the current situation, although Li Daozong approached the Wude Palace with menacing and murderous intent, he was actually already under a pincer attack from the imperial army and Fang Jun. If he was not careful, not only would he not be able to break into the Wude Palace to control the emperor, he would even be defeated in the attack.
Although Niu Jinda believed that it was unlikely that the imperial army could stop Li Daozong, being able to break out of such a gap in a fatal situation was already a genius.
Who can succeed depends solely on God's will...
In this regard, Cheng Yaojin saw the same thing: "At that time, Emperor Taizong's praise of this son aroused the dissatisfaction of the government and the public. Now it seems that Emperor Taizong still has a discerning eye."
At the beginning, His Majesty Li Er praised Fang Jun as "talented as a Prime Minister and Fu". Although many people admitted that Fang Jun had some talents, they inevitably exaggerated. After all, a Prime Minister and Fu could not be competent just by writing a few popular poems and winning a few battles.
However, times have changed. At this moment, who dares to say that Fang Jun cannot be the prime minister of a country?
Niu Jinda couldn't understand Cheng Yaojin's thoughts, and was too lazy to use his brain. He simply asked: "So, how should we deal with it now?"
Cheng Yaojin turned back to the bookcase and sat down, took a sip of tea and stretched: "Just wait."
Niu Jinda was confused: "What are you waiting for?"
"Either Li Daozong rushes into the Wude Palace to control His Majesty, and we turn around and defeat the Xue, Liu, and Zheng coalition forces with all our strength, and help King Jin enter Chang'an and enter the Taiji Palace to scare those monsters who want to replace King Jin; or Your Majesty holds the Taiji Palace.
When the counterattack begins, we will join forces with Xue, Liu, and Zheng to block the King of Jin in the circle on the left and right, and together we will defeat his 100,000-strong army and capture the King of Jin alive."
These are two things, two directions, two positions, but no matter what, Zuo Wuwei will play a decisive role in it, which is far inferior to "Conglong Zhigong" or "Qingtian Protection".
But the best thing is to be safe. Obtaining the guarantee of establishing a foothold in the court from the place with the least risk is already the best result.
Niu Jinda looked helpless: "I have been talking about this request and that request for a long time. Are you trying to delay His Majesty's time in Hu Nong?"
Cheng Yaojin sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, what can we do?"
One wrong step after another. Ever since His Majesty's death, he supported the troops and allowed the rebels to enter the city and stood by, he has gone astray and fallen into passivity. It is already very difficult to be in the current situation. How can he dare to ask for more?
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"After all, this son is also a daughter of a famous family. Of course, I don't expect to be a heroine like his mother, but when he has the upper hand in every situation, he should collapse at the first touch. It is simply unreasonable!"
In the military camp on the side of Yuanqiu, Jin King Li Zhi was stunned for a long time when he heard the news of Chai Zhewei's defeat. He should have been furious because of this. After all, Chai Zhewei's defeat meant that all the areas outside Xuanwu Gate were controlled by Fang Jun, which led to Li Daozong's retreat.
was interrupted.
The most serious impact was that it cut off the way for troops stationed in Guanzhong to enter Taiji Palace to support Li Daozong, forcing those armies and clans that should have taken the opportunity to start an uprising to once again cease their activities and wait to see how the situation changed.
However, faced with such an almost impossible result, Li Zhi found himself unable to complain.
How could it be defeated...
The atmosphere in the tent was gloomy, and everyone looked at each other in disbelief. Unexpectedly, the most unlikely Li Daozong raised his troops and entered Tai Chi Palace, which had already made the emperor's situation precarious. However, the most unlikely link turned out to be a problem.
Yuchi Gong was very speechless, rubbed his hands, and said helplessly: "When Emperor Taizong was here, he accidentally liked the second generation of his children, but he was different from Chai Zhewei and Changsun Chong. The former certainly had the characteristics of Princess Pingyang Zhao.
Their relationship has made His Majesty love his wife and others, but although he has not made any outstanding achievements in the army since he was young, he is calm and steady, rarely making mistakes in his work. Changsun Chong is as beautiful as jade, smart and smart, and even Queen Wende favors her to marry Princess Changle.
I had great expectations for them... but in the end, both of them were useless and could not compare to the reckless, uneducated, absurd and playboy Fang Er back then."
There are indeed opportunities in a person's life. When the opportunity comes, luck will be prosperous, and even a loser can rise to the top and shine brightly.
Everyone was silent again, and they couldn't help but recall Fang Jun's various deeds, and they felt even more incredible.
Of course there are late bloomers, but how has this kind of waste reversed their lives and reversed their lives, never before?
It's simply amazing.
Xiao Yu put down the tea cup and said: "Now is the time to accuse Chai Zhewei of being incompetent. No matter how impossible it is, Chai Zhewei was defeated in the end. As a result, everyone outside Xuanwu Gate was controlled by Fang Jun, and Xuanwu Gate could be captured at any time. What should we do?
How to reverse the unfavorable situation?"
Once Fang Jun captured Xuanwu Gate, it would not only cut off Li Daozong's retreat, but also form a pincer attack with the palace defenders, and the situation in Taiji Palace would reverse in an instant.
Can Li Daozong break through Wude Palace before a pincer attack is formed?
After breaking through Wude Palace, the retreat was cut off, and there was no help. How would Li Daozong deal with His Majesty?
The situation is very delicate.
Sitting in the main seat, Li Zhi felt a splitting headache. The situation in front of him was a mess. The impact of Chai Zhewei's defeat was so bad that it was almost irreversible.
Troops stationed in various places in Guanzhong and nobles entering Taiji Palace to support Li Daozong can not only ensure the defeat of the palace guards, but also form a clamp, making Li Daozong constrained and unable to do whatever he wants. Otherwise, once Li Daozong supports the other princes to ascend the throne and announce it to the world, the King of Jin will be extremely
passive.
So the situation has developed to this point, and King Jin no longer knows whether he wants Li Daozong to rush into Wude Palace to control the emperor and save the overall situation, or whether he wants to simply be defeated and wait for him to lead the army to clean up the mess...
After pondering for a long time, Li Zhicai slowly said: "No matter what, we cannot be trapped here and wait for death. We must be proactive and work hard to break the situation."
Whether it was Li Daozong who invaded Wude Palace to support other princes to ascend to the throne, or Cheng Yaojin finally sided with the emperor and joined forces with Li Jing and the coalition forces of Xue, Liu and Zheng to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign, this was a situation that Li Zhi could never accept.
Is it possible that I risked the disapproval of the world and was accused of treason, but ended up making wedding clothes for someone else?
It's absolutely impossible to accept it.
Everyone in the tent looked grave and remained silent.
It’s not that I don’t want to say it, but there is really no way to break the situation...
Yuchi Gong sighed, feeling a little regretful: "If we hadn't believed Cheng Yaojin's lies at that time, we would never have reached the Chang'an City, and would have been unable to advance or retreat, and missed the opportunity."
When Cheng Yaojin vowed to do so, the King of Jin was a hundred times more confident. He just wanted to rush to the city of Chang'an to launch a fierce attack, break the city in one fell swoop, and then besiege the Taiji Palace, and determine the country at one stop. But who could have expected that Cheng Yaojin would go back on his promise and go to Qin Muchu,
Suddenly changed your stance?
Although Cheng Yaojin has not openly sided with His Majesty, because of the huge threat posed by the entire Zuowu Guard behind him, the 100,000-strong army under the King of Jin did not dare to act rashly and could only watch helplessly as the Xue, Liu, and Zheng coalition forces slowly pressed forward.
On the other hand, Li Daozong broke into Tai Chi Palace, causing the situation to gradually get out of control.
More importantly, Li Jing's tens of thousands of Donggong Liu's troops have been stationed at Chunmingmen. Even though Chang'an was in turmoil and the war was raging, they remained stationary...
No one doubted Li Jing's position, and no one questioned Li Jing's control of the battle situation. Everyone knew that the moment Li Jing moved, what the soldiers pointed at must be the final decisive battle.