Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4390 Sudden Change
"Your Highness, the Navy's combat power is fierce, and Cui Xin may not be able to resist it!"

Standing by Li Zhi's side, Xiao Yu accompanied him to watch the battle on Tianjie, and felt worried when he saw the Shandong private army's desperately launching a tide-like offensive, but it was like a storm hitting the reef, and the reef remained motionless.

Tens of thousands of Shandong private troops are not in a state of disunity at this moment, but have been aroused by the heroic blood of the Shandong children. The charge is not only about death, but one general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies. Fighting to the death is nothing but death.

No matter how brave the Shandong disciples are, their blood and courage will be exhausted. When the casualties continue to increase and the battle situation does not improve, morale is bound to plummet, and the whole army will collapse.

"The inner quarters in Chang'an City are like narrow streets and alleys. After the army breaks up, they will be at a loss as to what to do. They will surely flood into the inner quarters. At that time, the whole of Chang'an will suffer, which is probably ten times worse than the previous looting by the defeated troops!"

Xiao Yu was worried.

If the rout soldiers who entered the city and plundered all the Lifangs can still try their best to restrain them, when these many soldiers are scattered and poisoned the whole Chang'an, there will be no one to stop them, and they can only watch the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty being looted, burned and killed by the rout soldiers reduced to ashes.

Li Zhi held the arrow stack in his hand, looked at the tragic fight on the Tianjie through the dense rain, gritted his teeth, and said slowly: "Cui Xin is really incompetent, and the strength several times that of the navy is not enough to win the battle." In short, even blocking it is so difficult, especially this king ordered him to restrain the routs in the city so as not to harm the place, but he ignored it, and still allowed the routs to loot Lifang and harm the people, this king is very disappointed!"

Xiao Yu froze for a moment, and then fell silent.

Obviously, as long as there is a rout and looting in the city, no matter before or after, this account will be counted on Cui Xinji's Shandong private army...

But the problem is that even if someone is responsible, the damage to Chang'an City is real. As a person who aspires to ascend to the throne and control the world, how can he be so unscrupulous and merciless?

Regardless of whether it is true or false, the safety and interests of the dignitaries and the common people must be guaranteed, because this is the foundation of an emperor's governance. If you ignore these because of a momentary victory or defeat, is it a wise emperor?
Even if King Jin achieved great things in his dynasty, he was probably just a monarch who played tricks and used insidious means, relying on the huge foundation created by his ancestors and fathers to spend extravagantly. Although the empire was still powerful, it was by no means a prosperous age with good politics and harmonious people.

It may not be a good thing to be loyal to such a monarch...

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The two returned to the city tower, took off their coir raincoats and wiped their faces with the handkerchief handed by the servant, sat back on the desk and took a sip of hot tea. Li Zhi asked Chu Suiliang who was sorting out the battle report: "How is the battle in Wude Hall? Outside the gate of Mingde What is the situation?"

Chu Suiliang temporarily acted as Li Zhi's document, recording and sorting the battle reports submitted from various places for Li Zhi to consult.

Hearing this at this moment, he immediately said: "The battle over the Wude Hall is intense. Although the heavy rain caused many failures of the firearms of the Youtunwei, the Youtunwei has stabilized after losing many outer positions in the panic at the beginning of the heavy rain. They fired back at the temples and pavilions near the gates of Wude Palace with firearms, and our army suffered heavy casualties."

Heavy rain can indeed cause firearms to fail, but it doesn't matter if they are inside the house. Now the Right Guards rely on those buildings to build a defense line, remove and dismantle the doors and windows, and shoot from the inside of the buildings, severely injuring the troops of Yu Chigong and Li Daozong.

However, due to the limited line of sight of the building, the coverage of the shooting could not cover all directions. Yu Chigong and Li Daozong were commanding the troops to either bypass the building, or charge desperately with superior forces, bit by bit suppressing the defense line of the right guard.

"In addition, Cheng Yaojin has just led his Zuowuwei out of camp and set off to the west. According to the scouts' inquiring about his military order, he rushed to deploy defenses around Xianyang Bridge, but the specific purpose is unknown for the time being. Xue Wanche is guarding Mingdemen, Zheng Rentai Assisting from the side, there is no change."

After listening to Chu Suiliang's report, Li Zhi frowned and pondered for a moment before trying to understand Cheng Yaojin's intentions. He slapped the table and said angrily: "This old thief was at the beginning of both sides, and now he has made up his mind to cling to the false emperor willingly. Seriously." Damn it!"

Xiao Yu, who looked at the map, also understood Cheng Yaojin's intention, shook his head, and did not speak.

Cheng Yaojin's withdrawal from Mingde Gate was regarded as the complete release of Xue Wanche and Zheng Rentai, so that the two could enter Chang'an City at any time to support Liu Rengui, and even joined forces to attack Chengtian Gate; if he really led his army to Xianyang Bridge to isolate The traffic between the north and the south of the Wei River separated all the gates of Guanzhong and Longyou. Anyone who wanted to lead an army into Chang'an to support the King of Jin would have to pass Zuo Wuwei and fight a fierce battle with Zuo Wuwei.

As the existence with the highest level of combat power among the sixteen armies, and with a veteran general like Cheng Yaojin in command, who would dare to win easily?Even if one is lucky enough to win, there is bound to be a huge price to pay. At such a critical moment, everyone is trying to protect themselves wisely, hoping to obtain the maximum benefit with the minimum loss. Who is willing to risk their lives to help others?
In this way, the entire Guanzhong and Longyou garrisons and clans will be wary and dare not act rashly.

Furthermore, Li Jing who was outside the Chunming Gate was also released...

If Li Chengqian secures the throne in the future, Cheng Yaojin will make great contributions without a single soldier, enough to erase all the previous bad deeds in one fell swoop, which can be called a stroke of genius.

But at the same time, it also completely reversed the battle situation in Chang'an, which is extremely unfavorable to King Jin...

A school lieutenant galloped up from the bottom of the city, entered the tower and came to Li Zhi, knelt down on one knee and reported, "Your Highness, the Sixth Battalion of the East Palace outside the Chunming Gate has begun to gather soldiers and horses, and the military situation is abnormal!"

Hearing this, Li Zhi slapped the desk hard again, his face was ashen, but he didn't curse.

Xiao Yu worried: "Li Jing must be waiting for Cheng Yaojin to arrive at Xianyang Bridge, then he will enter the city from Chunming Gate!"

The Sixth Commander of the East Palace sits outside the Chunming Gate to deter the garrison troops and clans in Guanzhong, and dare not move lightly, because once they enter the city and are held back, all the troops and clansmen who are about to move will frantically rush to surround Chang'an City. Brave and good at fighting, and how Li Jing used his troops like a god, he could only be a turtle in the urn, waiting to be wiped out bit by bit.

So Li Jing could only wait outside the Chunming Gate to preserve the last chance for His Majesty, sit and watch the scuffle in Taiji Palace, and if the battle went unfavorable, he would protect His Majesty to escape from Chang'an, withdraw from Guanzhong, and rush to Hexi.

But if Cheng Yaojin went to Xianyang Bridge to block the only way for the troops from Guanzhong, Longyou and other places to go to Chang'an, Li Jing would be free to lead his troops into the city.

Li Zhi was a little panicked. He knew that he was facing a desperate situation of life or death. If he was not careful, the whole army would be wiped out, defeated and killed. He barely restrained his trembling hands, took a sip of tea, and forced himself to calm down: " Immediately send an order to King Jiangxia and Lord E to inform you of the details, and implore the two to capture Taiji Palace as soon as possible at any cost!"

Chu Suiliang responded: "Here!"

Quickly wrote a military order, stamped it with the seal of the King of Jin, and handed it to the school lieutenant who was waiting on the side. The school lieutenant took the general order away, and after saluting, he turned around and left the tower, flew down the city, and headed straight for the Hall of Wude .

Xiao Yu looked at the calm Li Zhi, and said with relief: "The battle situation is not yet out of control, as long as the Taiji Palace is captured one step earlier, His Highness can become the Lord of the Tang Dynasty, and no one dares to refuse to order the world. I can only escape and hide in all directions, lingering on my last breath."

The only chance now is to capture the Hall of Wude earlier. At that time, no matter whether Li Chengqian dies or flees, the entire center of the empire will fall into Li Zhi's hands, thus occupying the legal name and righteousness, and he can ascend the throne by himself and announce it to the world.

At that time, Li Zhi was the righteous Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. With the righteousness in hand, countless people competed to attach and reshape the center. The garrisons and clans all over Guanzhong no longer had any scruples, and immediately rushed to Chang'an to swear allegiance to Li Zhi.

Even if the Six Rates of the East Palace and the Right Tunwei have three heads and six arms, there is only one way to retreat and surrender the Datang Center.

As for how to eliminate the "false emperor" Li Chengqian in the future, we will talk about it later...

The truth is the same, but Xiao Yu feels a little numb at the moment, because he is not sure whether Yu Chigong and Li Daozong will take the first step to capture Taiji Palace. After all, there are still two armies Xue Wanche and Zheng Rentai outside the Mingde Gate. into town.

Once the two of them are free from the "unknown" of Cheng Yaojin, they can enter the city with peace of mind and join forces with Liu Rengui. How will Cui Xin and the mob under his command resist?
I'm afraid Xue, Liu, and Zheng have already arrived at Chengtian's gate before Li Jing led his army into the city...

Li Zhi nodded. He also felt that Li Daozong and Yu Chigong would be able to capture Wude Hall first, but the current situation of the battle is ever-changing, and too many factors will affect the direction of the battle. It seems safe for him to be here in Chengtianmen. Xin couldn't resist the offensive from the south of the city, wouldn't he want to face Xue, Liu, and Zheng's soldiers?
None of these three people are easy to mess with. Once I am negligent, I am afraid that I will fall into the enemy's line...

He turned around and said to Chu Suiliang: "Send an order, pack up all the paperwork, let's go to Zhaode Hall to meet Li Daozong and Yu Chigong, this king will personally supervise the battle."

Chu Suiliang was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood Li Zhi's intentions. He believed that the king of Jin, as the commander-in-chief of an army, should sit in Chengtianmen at this moment, so that Li Daozong and Yu Chigong could besiege the Hall of Wude boldly and at the same time stabilize the morale of the private army in Shandong , and once they withdraw into the Taiji Palace, not only will Li Daozong and Yu Chigong be tied up and ask for instructions on everything, but it will also shake the morale of the Shandong private army, and the gains outweigh the losses.

However, he would not remonstrate at this time, he was not that loyal, and immediately ordered the scribes and guards inside and outside the city tower to pack up all the documents and utensils, and accompanied Li Zhi down the tower, and set aside this temporary "command post". "Moved to Zhaode Hall.

(End of this chapter)