(2nd Update)

To be honest, Gao Yu was still very envious of Tong Guan's move at that time, the strength of the Western Army was the best in the whole army, and with the help of the Western Army, it would be half the effort.

Tong Guan is a veteran of the Western Army and a close minister of the emperor, so it is not normal to mobilize tens of thousands of people to quell the domestic turmoil? It was extremely easy for this matter to be passed, but who expected that Tong Guan said this matter in the court, but it attracted a lot of opposition from many people in the court, what southeast thieves are just a rabble, and they can be exterminated by the southern garrison alone, and it is completely unnecessary to transfer the western army across the entire Great Song Dynasty to suppress bandits; What is the tension of the northwest frontier defense line, the Xixia people are afraid that there will be a big move in the deployment of troops, and the Western Army has a heavy responsibility and must not be moved; There are even reasons such as the dryness of the northwest and the sudden arrival of the western army in the humid and sultry southeast, which will affect the combat effectiveness, in short, the western army must not move!

Tong Guan was not to be outdone, tried his best to fight for himself, the two sides fought in the court, the emperor was undecided, so he asked the Privy Council official Zheng Juzhong, who had the right to transfer troops, and Zheng Juzhong believed that now the east and west roads of Beijing and southeast were rioting at the same time. It is not impossible to dispatch the Western Army with strong combat effectiveness into the Central Plains to suppress bandits, but the Western Xia people are eyeing the Great Song Dynasty, and if a large number of troops are suddenly transferred from the northwest, it may not be beneficial to the border defense, so it is okay to transfer troops, but not too much. At the same time, compared with the civil unrest in the southeast that had just broken out, the Liangshan bandits, who had been entrenched in Jingxi Road for half a year and were closer to Tokyo, were more threatening, so the transferred western army should first be used to exterminate the Liangshan bandits, rather than traveling thousands of miles to the southeast.

After Zheng Juzhong said that, several ministers agreed with Zheng Juzhong's opinion, including Cai Jing!

In this way, the emperor adopted Zheng Juzhong's opinion and ordered Liu Fa to lead his troops to participate in the Eastern Expeditionary Army! Tong Guan suffered a rare loss, and Kong made a dowry for Gao Yu.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this incident is very unusual, and many neutral ministers who have taken a wait-and-see attitude in the dispute over the crown prince in the past have rarely united against Tong Guan. Who is Tong Guan, Tong Guan is a clear supporter of Jiawang Zhao Kai, and he is the leader of Zhao Kai's faction, defeating Tong Guan is equivalent to defeating Zhao Kai's faction to a certain extent.

Therefore, this is not a simple battle for the transfer of troops in the court, but a successful "demonstration" of the prince Zhao Heng, who has always been forbearing, he wants to use this way to tell the ministers who have been bullying him in the court, and tell all the centrists, don't think that I, Zhao Heng, am easy to bully, I am not alone, from today on, I also have my own strength!

Zhao Heng's faction is cool, but Gao Yu has made it difficult, and he sent Liu Fa to join his Eastern Expeditionary Army, where is it stained, it is clearly a hot potato, sure enough, unfortunately Gao Yu guessed it, and this matter did not end with Tong Guan's rejection, since they have torn their faces, the prince's faction simply does not do anything, they want to further attack Tong Guan, fight the strength of Zhao Kai's faction, and the method of attacking Tong Guan is very simple, that is, to start with Liu Fa, Liu Fa is Tong Guan's general, and Tong Guan's right-hand man who controls the Western Army, If something goes wrong with him, Tong Guan will not only lose his general, but also give the prince an opportunity to send his own people to replace Liu Fa's position and insert his forces into the Northwest Army!

As a result, Liu Fa, as the main force of the Northwest Army, although he had 100,000 elite soldiers in his hands and 10,000 cavalry in the elite horse army, the Privy Council only allowed him to take 50,000 infantry to the east, and the elite horse army was not allowed to take a single horse, on the grounds that the horse army had to stay to guard against the Xixia people, who were more good at horse troops.

It's just that the prince's faction wants to take Liu Fa's hand, and the Jiawang faction will naturally not let it do anything, and whether it is the prince's faction or the Jiawang faction, if they want to realize their plans, as the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Gao Yu's role is crucial.

So, one night before he set out on the expedition, a small official suddenly came to his house and asked to see him, and that person said a few words to Gao Yu, although he didn't say much, but Gao Yu was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

The man finally told Gao Yu, "From today onwards, I will always have a dagger and a packet of highly poisonous poison hidden in my arms, and if the matter is exposed, I will end my life as soon as possible, and everything will be unproven." ”

Although the person did not say who sent him, Gao Yu knew that he was the prince's person, and this was the prince forcing him to make a choice, even if Gao Yu did not stand in line, at least don't spoil the prince's business, Gao Yu secretly complained in his heart, he knew that if he rejected the prince this time, he would completely enter the prince's "blacklist", and in time, if the prince really succeeded to the throne, he would be greeted by ......! It's just that if you really do this, if King Jia wins in the future and overthrows the crown prince and enters the East Palace, you can't afford to settle this old account.

After thinking about it, Gao Yu didn't know how to answer, the man smiled when he saw this, "My husband knows the difficulties of adults, and my husband asked me to tell my lord, you don't have to care about anything, you don't have to do anything, you originally planned to arrange the troops as you wanted, and my husband was grateful." ”

Gao Yu now understood that this was the prince who wanted to "pretend to be confused", he thought about it carefully, and then it was the only way, as long as he didn't get involved, he really couldn't count anything on his head. After thinking about it, Gao Yu finally nodded to the man, and the man immediately left.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, a little eunuch in the palace asked to see Gao Yu, and hinted that he wanted Gao Yu to help protect Liu Fa, and Gao Yu understood when he heard that this was a person sent by King Jia. Gao Yu's head was big, and he suddenly realized that an unprecedented crisis had come! Because the biggest advantage of being caught between two parties is that both parties owe you a favor, and the biggest disadvantage is that you may also offend both parties!

Gao Yu instantly made up his mind that he wanted to minimize the crisis as much as possible, and to achieve this, it was necessary for both sides to be good people, and to agree to the conditions of both sides at the same time, but not to favor either side more. As for the final outcome, it's up to them to fight it themselves, as long as they don't get involved with me. As for the Eastern Expedition, Liu Fa's 50,000 people were originally an additional army, and in addition to them, he still had more than 200,000 troops in his hands. As long as the bandits are successful, who cares about the process?

After he thought about it, he immediately made a gesture of embarrassment and said, "Then I don't know what this official should do?" "Let's explore the meaning of King Jia first and then make a choice,

The little eunuch said, "Just arrange Liu Jingluo on the safest way." ”

Gao Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, this is not simple, the prince only asked me to arrange troops at will, but he didn't clearly tell me where I shouldn't send Liu Fa, "How is the Daimyo's Mansion all the way?" "The Daimyo's Mansion is all the forbidden army of the Beijing Division, and it is very powerful.

The little eunuch shook his head, Gao Yu understood after thinking about it, the Daimyo's Mansion was Liang Shijie's territory, and Liang Shijie was Cai Jing's son-in-law, and Cai Jing had just stood on the ......side of the prince in the court.

Gao Yu said again, "What about the Hebei Forbidden Army?" ”

The little eunuch immediately bowed his hand, "The grace of the adult, it is unforgettable!" ”

In this way, Gao Yu arranged Liu Fa into the Hebei Army all the way, he thought that the reason why King Jia agreed to this arrangement must be because the Hebei Army was also a member of their faction, but who expected .......

Subsequently, the development of things was completely unexpected by Tong Guan, from the first day after the start of the war, the news of the unfavorable war in the Daimyofu, Hebei East Road, and Jingdong East Road followed, and then, the news that Liu Fa's Western Army surrendered to Liangshan Bandit Kou came, Liu Fa's rebellion, as one of the main generals of the Western Army, will definitely affect the whole body, just to give the prince a chance to rectify the Western Army, and it is indispensable to take down a few more Tong Guan generals, if it goes well, even the entire Northwest Army will change its surname to "Prince", If there is no Western Army, Tong Guan is a piece of bullshit.

After Gao Yu knew the news, he only felt like he had been struck by lightning, and it was only then that he understood that the Hebei Army was also the prince's person, and King Jia's faction completely looked away, the prince is really powerful, if he doesn't send it, it will be a thunderous blow!

Jiawang's faction lost two games in a row!

It's just that in this way, the situation in front of Tong Guan is even more severe, and he suddenly finds that the originally good situation has become extremely serious, that is, what if the Eastern Crusade fails? Judging by the current situation, this is not impossible!

Gao Yu thought about it, only to feel like falling into an ice cellar, the blood all over his body seemed to be coagulated, and his back was also soaked in cold sweat, "No! I can't afford to sit still! Gao Yu clenched his fists and thought secretly, "Fortunately, I still have 20,000 people in the Daimyo's Mansion in my hands, 30,000 people in the Hebei Army, and more than 30,000 people in the Jingdong Road Army. And I still have 100,000 Ying Tianfu forbidden army in my hands, so my strength is still superior to the thieves, as long as I am careful step by step, from the southern line of Jeju, Xuzhou, Puzhou to the east and west of the road smoothly attack the thieves, the victory is still mine! ”

"Someone's coming!" Gao Yu wanted to stop shouting, but immediately saw a sergeant walking into the camp tent with a frightened face, and kneeled down, "My subordinates are here, what do you command?" ”

Gao Yu said in a loud voice, "Order the front line, give me a hard beating, the thief city is not broken, no one is allowed to take a step back, those who retreat will be dealt with by military law, and severely punished!" ”