At the end of May, the political situation in the eastern capital fell into a state of contradiction and anxiety.

The contradiction is due to the fact that the various forces in the eastern capital have different concerns and interpretations of the complicated situation in China and Turkey, some believe that the resolution of the crisis in Longxi is a top priority, some believe that the suppression of chaos and thieves is imminent, and some insist that they should focus their main efforts on the main transportation artery of the north and south to ensure the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade. Everyone insisted on their own words, disputes, guidance and opinions could not be unified, and decisions could not be made, so they could only watch the situation in various places continue to deteriorate but were at a loss, which made Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Fan Zigai, the left-behind minister of the eastern capital, and many ministers left behind in the central government anxious and anxious, and could only report to the holy lord in Liaodong day after day, and even play several times a day, but hoping that the holy lord's decision was just self-deception. The current situation is changing rapidly, even in the Eastern Capital, it is overwhelmed, overwhelmed, and exhausted to cope, not to mention the Holy Lord who is thousands of miles away, so the more diligent the Eastern Capital is, the more it shows the inaction and non-responsibility of the powerful people left behind in the Eastern Capital, which is of no avail.

At this moment, after the Liang County thief commander Han Xiangguo caused chaos in Yuzhou, he suddenly crossed the defense line of the Gyeonggi Trench like a madman, and began to storm Yiquekou, threatening the eastern capital, and giving the Jingshi an unprecedented shock.

The anti-thieves are so rampant that they attack the Eastern Capital, is this worth it? This is simply an insult to the Eastern Capital, an insult to the Twelve Guards, and an insult to the elites of Middle Earth, so the dispute in the court suddenly stopped, what is the dispute at this moment? The thieves have all been killed at the south gate of the eastern capital, and the priorities are clear at a glance, do you still need to fight? So the opinions were unified, and the decision came out, and immediately mobilized a large army to go south, kill the rebels, and cut off Han Xiangguo's head to set an example.

Decisions do not mean that the problem is solved, on the contrary, the problem is more complex.

The military believes that the duty of the Dongdu garrison is to protect the Holy Lord, protect the Dongdu, and protect Gyeonggi, so the Dongdu garrison cannot leave Gyeonggi, cannot cross the Tianji defense line, and cannot stay away from its own defense area for a long time to go to the two sides of the Tongji Canal to fight chaos and suppress thieves. In other words, the military was not optimistic about the development of the situation, did not agree with the decisions made by the king of Yue and the left-behind government, and had their own views on the current situation.

The military has the duties and positions of the military, and it is natural for them to adhere to their principles, which are beyond reproach and cannot be blamed, so Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Fan Zigai, who stayed behind in the eastern capital, immediately made an appointment to meet with Pei Hongce, the Zanwu of Henan County.

The Holy Lord moved the capital to Luoyang, changed Luoyang to the eastern capital, and Henan County, where Luoyang was located, became the location of Gyeonggi. The north of Henan County is Dahe, the east is Xingyang County, the south is Xiangcheng County, the west is Hongnong County, these three counties are the periphery of Gyeonggi, among which Xingyang has always been a place for soldiers to fight, the location is the most important, within the Gyeonggi Tianqian Pass, so nominally Xingyang County is also regarded as an important town in Gyeonggi, and its post of Taishou is generally held by the prince, depending on the political situation in the eastern capital, or a false collar or a real position. In the real sense, the Taishou of Gyeonggi Nam County is definitely a false position, an official position that symbolizes power and honor, and in the past, it was led by Prince Yuande, and after the death of Prince Yuandeok, there was the king of Qi Yang who was closest to the position of the prince. Since it is a false leader, there is no real power, and the one who holds the real power is the deputy chief executive of Henan County, the praise of a county.

Gyeonggi has a garrison to suppress the army, and of course the Gyeonggi Governor does not have the right to command the army, but during the expedition of the Holy Lord, considering the safety of the Eastern Capital and Gyeonggi, and considering that under special circumstances, not only the local armed forces of the Gyeonggi Township Regiment must be conscripted, but also the local young and strong soldiers may be urgently recruited, so the Holy Lord specially granted the temporary command of the troops to Pei Hongce, the governor of Henan County, and allowed him to mobilize all the manpower, material and financial resources of Gyeonggi at a critical moment to protect the east.

Pei Hongce is from Hedong. Hedong and Dongdu, Xijing across the big river, outstanding people, many wealthy families, among which Pei's, Liu's and Xue's are the most. Because of the complex relationship between regions, history, interests, etc., Hedong and the Guanlong region with Chang'an as the core, and the Heluo region with Luoyang as the core are very closely connected, but since the rise of Guanlong, after the Middle Earth entered the three-legged period, the emerging aristocratic group that rose with military merits began to challenge the two old aristocratic groups of the Han Dynasty with the five wealthy families of Shandong and the eight surnames of Xianbei. However, with the unification of Middle Earth, the political pattern has changed, and the new aristocratic group has joined hands with the old aristocratic group to obstruct the reform of the great unification in order to safeguard vested interests, but the trend of history is unstoppable, and the centralization of power will inevitably destroy the privileges of the gate lord clan. In this political context, the Guanlong people, Hedong people, and Heluo people inevitably moved towards confrontation, and the Hedong people were more focused on reform in politics, among which the Hedong Pei clan became a strong supporter of the radical reform of the Holy Lord, making the Hedong people an important force in the reform forces.

During the Holy Lord's expedition, of course, he had to arrange for his cronies to stay in the eastern capital and Gyeonggi, Fan Zi to cover the inside, and Pei Hongce to the outside, which can be described as foolproof. It is true that in the unfavorable situation where King Yue and Fan Zigai were unable to persuade and dispatch the military, the only thing that could be counted on for some military actions was Pei Hongce.

Pei Hongce agreed, and immediately summoned the county government bureaucrats, urgently deployed and conscripted the local armed forces of the township regiment and the clan, and recruited a large number of young and strong men to form an army, and the time limit he gave was that within five days, an army of 10,000 people must be established.

As soon as Pei Hongce gave the order, all the counties and towns in Gyeonggi immediately became busy, and a number of heavily armed local troops rushed to the assembly area, and the atmosphere in the eastern capital suddenly became tense.

Fan Zigai breathed a sigh of relief. Although the military did not cooperate, Pei Hongce still took into account the overall situation and formed an army of 10,000 people within five days, which gave Yang Tong, the king of Yue, a great confidence to the Liufu Mansion, with such an army, they would not be constrained by the military in the current crisis. However, the situation changed so fast that Fan Zigai was dizzy and almost suffocated.

Xingyang, Dongjun and Jiyin counties have reported that the situation in Henan has deteriorated sharply recently, not only Fengqiu, Kuangcheng, Jiyang and many other cities north of Jishui have been besieged by rebels, even the Eastern Capital White Horse City has been surrounded by rebels, and the opposite side of White Horse City is Liyang Cang, which is Yongji Canal, if the rebels take the opportunity to cross the river and swarm north, it will inevitably endanger the north-south transportation artery, it can be seen that the current shape is extremely critical, so they implore Dongdu Huo to send troops to kill the traitors as quickly as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Fan Zigai was puzzled, he didn't know what the real purpose of the thief Li Fengyun was to trouble the Henan soldiers in the big river? Is it to cross the river to the north to fight Liyangcang, or to cooperate with Han Xiangguo, a thief in the direction of Yuzhou, to attack the east and the west?

While the rebellious alliance of the thief marshal Li Fengyun wantonly plundered the Tongji Canal, perhaps because it was afraid that the eastern capital would send troops, or perhaps because it was worried that it would hurt itself by exhausting the water, it never cut off the Tongji Canal, but there were too many traitors, and there were countless refugees who were coerced, and the limited looting of the Tongji Canal would definitely not solve the food shortage crisis, so it was reasonable for them to target Liyangcang. It's just that at this moment, the thief handsome Han Xiangguo has hit the south gate of the eastern capital, and the two anti-thieves have formed a pincer offensive against Gyeonggi. Does he want to attract the attention of the Eastern Capital and break through the Yique Pass with the thief Han Xiangguo? But with the strength of the thief Han Xiangguo, how could he take the initiative to provoke the Eastern Capital and kill himself? Could it be that the sound of the west is attacking the east? The thief marshal Han Xiangguo attacked Yique and threatened the eastern capital without knowing whether he was alive or dead, in order to attract the attention of the eastern capital, so as to help the thief marshal Li Fengyun cross the river to the north to attack Liyangcang?

The more Fan Zigai thought about it, the more he felt that the thief might be "striking the west and attacking the east", and was about to urgently write to Liyang to warn Yang Xuangan, but Yang Xuangan's letter for help arrived first.

Yang Xuangan told Fan Zigai that considering that the current situation on both sides of the Tongji Canal was deteriorating day by day, thieves were becoming more and more rampant, and the thief commander Li Fengyun was very likely to cross the river to the north to attack Liyangcang, so he planned to recruit the local armed forces of the township regiments and clans in Ji County and its surrounding counties to strengthen the defensive forces of Liyangcang and Yongji Canal. Of course, it would be better if the Yue kings Yang Tong and Fan Zigai could convince the military to send a garrison of several thousand people to reinforce Liyang.

Fan Zigai smiled bitterly and was speechless. Yang Xuangan's request for help is fake, and it is also false to solicit opinions, with his power and prestige, recruiting the local armed forces of Ji County and its surrounding counties is just a matter of one sentence, the reason why he told the Eastern Capital, one is out of courtesy, and the other is to warn the Eastern Capital, do not let the thieves cross the river, if the Yongji Canal is interrupted and the Eastern Expedition fails, the responsibility will be great, and it will be lost.

Fan Zigai immediately rushed to the Yue Wangfu and reported this latest form to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Shi Cui, the head of the palace, to discuss countermeasures.

Fan Zigai was furious and pleaded with the king of Yue to come out and put pressure on the military and put pressure on Xingyang.

Now Wu Benlang's general Fei Yao is in Junyi City, Xingyang Governor Cui Baode is also in Junyi City, and Xingyang Taishou Xun Wang Yang Qing also led an army of more than 3,000 people composed of local township regiments and clans to Chen Bing on the front line of Junyi and Fengqiu, that is to say, at least tens of thousands of officers and troops are currently deployed at the junction of Xingyang, Liang County and Dong County. However, what is infuriating is that both the military and the local government have used various excuses to stand still, allowing the thieves to loot the Tongji Canal, allowing the thieves to mess with Henan, and allowing the thieves to attack Baima City, the capital of the eastern county. If Yang Qing, Fei Yao and Cui Baode continue to do this inaction, let the thief Li Fengyun cross the river and kill into Liyang, cut off the Yongji Canal, and lead the failure of the Eastern Expedition, then the matter will be strict, the three of them will certainly lose their heads, and the three of us will be finished.

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