Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2961
The family has been rich and prosperous for too long, and they have long forgotten how their ancestors fought bravely from the ice and snow in Wuchuan Town to enter Guanzhong and create a glorious foundation for more than a hundred years.Dude children emerge in endlessly in the family, but they have never been able to cultivate outstanding children who can emulate their ancestors.

Even the recruitment of talents has been seriously lagging behind. Talented people in the world have been gradually recruited by the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River and the aristocratic families from Shandong. This is the main reason why the Guanlong nobles are in their current situation.

In terms of financial strength, you can't compare with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River; in terms of background, how can you compare with the Shandong family that has been passed down for thousands of years?Now that even the cultivation of talents has been cut off, Guan Long's future is simply out of sight...

What Changsun Wuji did was to win decades of time for the children of Guanlong, so that they could see the development of the world clearly, work hard to create achievements, and reproduce the glory of Guanlong.

He said to Chai Zhewei: "Although the Chai family is not from Guan Long's lineage, they have been with Guan Long for generations, and they have long been indistinguishable from each other. Nowadays, most of Guan Long's children have nothing to do, and young handsome men like nephews are needed to take the lead and protect Guan Long's future." Benefits. The old man has watched you grow up, and you are inextricably linked with your father, so I will do my best to help you to a higher level."

Chai Zhewei was very grateful: "Uncle misses the old love and treats each other generously, and my nephew is grateful and willing to do his best!"

Changsun Wuji looked relieved, and clapped his hands and said, "Now King Jin is deeply favored and valued by His Majesty. Although the crown prince has not been deposed, the day when King Jin will ascend to the throne is not far away. This old man threw away his wealth and life to support King Jin with all his strength, and my nephew should join me , and set up the meritorious service of following the dragon. The old man is old, and his plan is only for the children of the family. In the future, the nephew will soar into the sky and become the humerus of the king of Jin. It is just around the corner."

"My uncle supports me, how dare my nephew not do my best? Some things only follow my uncle's lead!"

Chai Zhewei looked submissive and his tone was firm, but he didn't know what to think...

Changsun Wuji was very satisfied with Chai Zhewei's reaction. He beat him first and then wooed him. He didn't believe that Chai Zhewei, who had military power but was unreliable, could resist his wooing. There is no general in charge of the army in the clan, as long as Chai Zhewei integrates into Guanlong, he will gain much more benefits than if he joins the prince.

Of course, this son is also a scheming man, but he is mean, treacherous, and merciless.

After chatting for half an hour, Chai Zhewei just declined the grandson Wuji's banquet and got up to say goodbye.

After leaving the Changsun's mansion, Chai Zhewei rode his horse out of the Golden Light Gate surrounded by his own soldiers, and detoured to the military camp outside the Xuanwu Gate in the north of Chang'an City.As soon as they got close to the barracks, they heard a burst of shouts coming from the Youtunwei barracks on the west side.

Reining in his horse, he stood by the side of the road and looked at the school field of You Tunwei. He saw more than a thousand soldiers practicing, and each of them was shirtless.

Chai Zhewei's face was gloomy, and the worries in his heart could not be suppressed no matter what.

As Changsun Wuji said, after His Majesty Li Er's personal conquest, the entire Guanzhongcheng army will only be left with the left and right camps guarding the Xuanwu Gate. If you enter, you can guard the palace and control the imperial city, and if you retreat, you can block the four gates and control the capital. Sex is truly indescribable.

However, the gap between the combat power of the left and right guards is really too big.

Chai Zhewei is not a generation of wine bags and rice bags, but in the Zuo Tunwei, apart from the soldiers of Fanshang, there are more children from aristocratic families with mixed seniority. They eat, drink, eat and do nothing all day long. People are bound to be eliminated.

How many people offended?
The Youtunwei is completely different. All the soldiers in Fanshang have been cancelled. Ninety-nine percent of the soldiers are recruited. They are all young and strong from all over the Guanzhong. They are all good soldiers in training, and the soldiers they trained with one hand are all brave.

The most important thing is that Fang Jun didn't care about the face of the Guanlong nobles at all, and almost all the requests to put the children of the clan into the Youtun Wei gang qualifications were rejected.

No sand can be mixed in, the source of soldiers is good, and there is a lot of luggage, how can it be not tough?
Take another look at your own Zuo Tunwei camp on the other side. Except for the two guards standing guard at the gate of the camp, who are still standing upright, there is no one practicing in the empty school field. , The smoke has already risen from the barracks in the back row, and the kitchen is preparing dinner...

The two barracks are adjacent to each other, looking at a completely different scene, how can Chai Zhewei not be worried?
At least within the next year, the two armies will become the center of the entire Guanzhong contest. After all, one side represents the crown prince's team, while the other side is closer to the Guanlong nobles and becomes a supporter of the King of Jin.

But looking at the comparison of the strengths of the two sides, if a conflict really arose one day, and the Zuo Tunwei under his command was pushed to the ground and beaten severely, wouldn't he be humiliated?

That’s all for losing face, if this puts Jin Wang’s family at a disadvantage and has to lose too much profit, then how can I stand up in front of Jin Wang, talk about the merits of the dragon, and say that the power is in the hands of the people , Revitalize the lintel?
However, if the Zuo Tunwei's drills were forcibly strengthened, the resistance they would receive would not be so great. If those dandy boys who were dawdling in their lives were not eliminated, there would be no effect.

However, if it offended a large number of noble officials and relatives, is it worth it?
Chai Zhewei's face was gloomy, his heart was entangled, he turned his horse's head straight, and drove into Zuo Tunwei's barracks like lightning.

*****
Pyongyang City.

Spring has arrived, and the breeze brings warmth, but the first spring rain has not come. The fields are dry, the rivers are dry, and the water level of many rivers has plummeted, exposing the riverbed.

The whole city fell into a kind of panic.

It has been two years since the Chen Bing of the Tang Dynasty sharpened their knives at the frontier. Last year, the Eastern Expedition had to be suspended because the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty contracted a sudden illness. As a result, millions of troops were stranded in Liaodong, and countless money and food were wasted.This year, no matter what, it is impossible to stop the Eastern Expedition again, and millions of Tang troops will surely swarm like wolves and tigers.

What did Goguryeo rely on to resist the millions of Tang troops?Even the most ignorant Goguryeo people know that only a mere [-] soldiers and horses in Goguryeo are just a drop in the bucket. If you encounter a real field battle, it is no different from holding a car with your arms. In an instant, you will be crushed by the Tang army. The national border will be wiped out by the Tang army within a few months.

Before the Sui Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of troops marched east several times. Goguryeo relied on the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country. It retreated step by step and gradually tightened.

Now the situation has hardly changed, and the Tang army is still showing a crushing trend. Goguryeo has no power to fight back, so it can only stick to the mountain city, step by step.

The most important line of defense is the Great Wall, which starts from Fuyu City in the east and reaches the sea in the southwest since the spring of King Rongliu's 14th year. It builds a solid fortress to resist the attack of the Tang army.Besides the Great Wall, relying on the criss-crossing rivers in Liaodong to form a natural barrier, it was difficult for the Tang army's cavalry to take advantage of their maneuverability, and they had to fall into a hard battle with the Goguryeo army.

Every spring and summer, there is abundant rainfall in Liaodong, and the criss-crossing rivers all over the country generally swell. Many areas where no one lives normally become swamps filled with rivers, which can seriously hinder the advance of the Tang army.Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, and the roads are even more simple and sparse. After the rain, almost all roads cannot withstand the trampling caused by the march of the army, which further hindered the speed of the Tang army's march and the supply of food and supplies.

And in early winter, the severe cold came, and there was heavy snow after a north wind, which would cause a serious blow to the combat power and morale of the Tang army.

The land of Liaodong was favored by heaven. Back then, it relied on the right time, place and people to defeat the powerful Sui army. Countless Sui soldiers died in battle, freezing to death, and starving to death in Liaodong. Show off its mighty feats of defeating mighty empires.

However, since the beginning of spring this year, there has been no rain, and the water levels of all the rivers have dropped sharply. The originally surging Liaoshui River is only a few feet wide.

How can this not make everyone in Goguryeo panic?

I heard that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in Chang'an City is already preparing for the ceremony of worshiping heaven before the Eastern Expedition. If there is no accident, the war will break out after the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty arrives in Liucheng. It will only take more than a month at most. Su Wen hurriedly summoned a group of ministers to discuss that Goguryeo must adjust its strategic deployment and not place too much hope on the skyrocketing river.

(End of this chapter)