Silent. Zhang Quan was speechless to refute. Gao Xiaoji, Yuan Wendu and other ministers were also silent, they knew that Wei Yunqi was deliberately obstructing the province from concentrating on saving the eastern capital, but they couldn't find any reason to refute it.

Wei Yunqi paused for a moment, and saw that no one questioned him, so he continued, "The King of Qi will definitely actively ask to enter Beijing to quell the rebellion, and we will definitely find ways to prevent him from entering Beijing to quell the rebellion, and the only way to prevent the King of Qi from entering Beijing to quell the rebellion is to use more troops to trap the King of Qi on the line between Baima and Liyang, so that the province will inevitably be overstretched in terms of troop scheduling, and it will be difficult to continue."

When Wei Yunqi said this, his eyes swept over the faces of the provincial ministers one by one, and said solemnly, "Therefore, I ask the princes to pay attention to the overall situation, to the national Zuo, and to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force, they are the foundation of Middle-earth, the important weapon of the country, and the Great Wall of Northern Xinjiang, and they cannot tolerate the slightest loss, if the mistakes of the past are repeated, if Middle-earth loses another 200,000 soldiers, what will be the consequences, the princes should be very clear, and there is no need to repeat it again."

Wei Yunqi asked well, is it the lives of hundreds of thousands of expeditionary soldiers that are important, or is it the importance of a city in the eastern capital? Is the security of the country important, or is the face of the Holy Lord and the central government important?

After this question, the provincial ministers did not dare to refute even if they had the heart. Now the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force are still on the battlefield in Liaodong, and the Grand Canal is still in the process of interruption, once the Grand Canal cannot be opened for a long time, and the grain and grass cannot be transported for a long time, although the expeditionary force will not repeat the mistake of failure as Wei Yunqi said, but at least it will delay the time to return, and this delay, the situation in the eastern capital is very likely to deteriorate to the point of irretrievability, and the storm in the eastern capital may sweep the two capitals and even a larger area, and the consequences will be strict and uncontrollable. In the future, Wei Yunqi will definitely not be at fault, and they will have to bear the responsibility.

After some debate, the province finally decided, the current priority of the province is to concentrate on opening the North-South Grand Canal first, so for the time being, Li Gongting will not be supported by troops, depending on the development of the war situation in the eastern capital, and then decide whether to abandon Deng Jin and Meng Jin.

The 100,000 people in the province hurriedly informed Wei Wensheng of this decision, and urged him to speed up the march and enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital as soon as possible, otherwise the Eastern Capital would be in danger of falling.

He also told King Qi, Cui Hongsheng and Chen Ling and other reinforcement commanders, urging them to recover Liyang as quickly as possible and open up the Yongji Canal.

Another 100,000 people urgently told Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the water division, urging him to rush to Xingyang as much as possible to support Yang Qing, the king of Xun, and to open the Tongji Canal in the shortest possible time to restore the smooth flow of the north-south Grand Canal.

On June 21, the Xijing army arrived at Tongguan.

Dugu Wudu, the commander of Jingfu, and Liu Gang, the deputy commander of the capital, greeted each other at the pass, and at the same time conveyed a bad news: on June 19, Zheng Yuanshou, the general of the right guard, was defeated at Hangu Pass, and the whole army was annihilated.

Xijing stayed to guard Wen Sheng, the military department waiter Ming Ya and the book-holding servant Yu Shi Duyan three reinforcement commanders, as well as the Eastern Capital special envoy and the civil department waiter Wei Jin, hearing this bad news, couldn't help but look at each other.

Zheng Yuanshou has more than 10,000 garrisons in the Eastern Capital, thousands of troops in the Jingfu Governor's Mansion, plus 25,000 reinforcements in Xijing, adding up to more than 40,000 troops, and this is the army base that Wei Wensheng used to support the Eastern Capital, less than this base, it will be difficult to do anything on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital, at most it is to delay time, but the key problem is that Yang Xuangan will not give them time to delay, he must defeat them as quickly as possible, and then kill Guanzhong unimpeded. As long as Yang Xuangan takes Xijing and occupies Guanzhong, the future is promising. However, at this critical moment, Zheng Yuanshou was completely wiped out, which was undoubtedly a blow to Wei Wensheng.

Mingya, the squire of the military department, immediately came up with two countermeasures, one of which was to continue to advance, rush to Kunshan as quickly as possible, take advantage of the steep terrain of Kun and the first line, block the rebels to the west of Hangu Pass, cut off Yang Xuangan's way into the pass, and then give the army from all walks of life to enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and win enough time to encircle Yang Xuangan; Another countermeasure was very negative, the army stopped advancing, and according to the danger of Tongguan, prevented Yang Xuangan from entering the pass.

If the Xijing army wants to enter the battlefield of the eastern capital and solve the danger of the eastern capital, it must be killed all the way, and the forced attack is very large, which is really unwise, so Mingya's first countermeasure is actually no longer possible, Yang Xuangan did not take the eastern capital before he could give up the danger of Kun, and let the Xijing army enter the battlefield of the eastern capital.

Wei Wensheng did not hesitate to deny Mingya's second countermeasure, according to Tongguan and guarding too negatively, from his standpoint, it is absolutely undesirable.

Wei Wensheng ordered to speed up the march, continue to march eastward, and move forward, if he encounters rebels, he will face the attack, and he will kill the eastern capital with an invincible momentum.

On June 21, on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, Wang Zhongbo and Li Mi led the army and Li Gongting to fight fiercely in Deng Jin.

Yang Jishan led the army to attack Beiguanmen, and Yang Xuanting led the army to attack Huiluocang and Kim Yong City, but they were all thunderous and rainy, and they were bluffing.

Li Fengyun's attack in the direction of the Sun Gate was also a bluff, the sound of drums and trumpets was earth-shattering, the sound of killing shook the sky, arrows were like rain, and there was fire and smoke everywhere, but I just couldn't see the soldiers carrying the ladder to attack the fortified battle.

Yang Xuangan led the main force to rest outside the Shangchun Gate.

At noon, Master Hu reported in a hurry that Wei Fusi had secretly visited. Yang Xuan was overjoyed, and personally greeted him outside the gate, holding the gift of his son and nephew, and giving full face.

After sitting down, after a little greeting, Wei Fusi went straight to the topic, "King Qi has the intention of entering Beijing, I don't know if Yue Gong is willing to welcome him?"

Yang Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this, "Is this true?"

Hu Shitan is also happy, "When Yang Gong, it is a matter of importance, and it cannot be said."

The two sides hit it off and immediately entered into an in-depth discussion. Yang Xuangan said that the reason why he did not make a decision on the matter of imperial reunification was because . [,！ In order to be deceived by Xijing, Xijing swore that he would form an alliance and cooperate, but when he raised the flag in Liyang, Xijing changed his hexagram, so Yang Xuangan fell into passivity, and had to do his best to win the eastern capital first, reverse the crisis, and then take the eastern capital to "wait for the price and sell".

Wei Fusi asked, if the eastern capital falls, the king of Qi enters the capital, and the two sides join forces, then in the confrontation with the Holy Lord, can they win the final victory? What if it fails? Is there a way out?

"There is no chance of failure." Yang Xuan said with a straight face, "A certain person who resolutely launched a mutiny has already explained the problem. The most acute and fierce contradiction at present is how to take the road of reform, and the direction we have chosen is in the interests of the vast majority of the people, which is enough to ensure that we will win this struggle. It can be asserted that as long as the king of Qi ascends the throne and becomes emperor and determines a new reform strategy, Xijing will definitely support us. At present, Xijing is on the rise of wait-and-see, and it has to coerce the Xijing army to support the eastern capital with bloody killings, which can be seen."

"Bloody killing?" Wei Fusi asked in surprise, "The situation in Xijing is so tense?"

Yang Xuangan immediately gave a detailed introduction to the current situation, including Dongdu, Xijing, Liyang, Xingyang and other shapes, and explained in detail, revealing a strong confidence in his words.

"There is no doubt about the influence of the imperial rule on the situation." Yang Xuangan finally said, "The sooner the King of Qi enters Beijing, the better, so I implore the Duke of Dangyang to send a letter to the King of Qi as soon as possible, and try his best to persuade the King of Qi to enter Beijing decisively, and only wait for the King of Qi to ascend the throne and become the emperor, then the situation will inevitably develop rapidly in the direction favorable to us."

Wei Fusi bowed his head again and again, agreeing with Yang Xuangan's opinion, but he did not agree, but proposed to meet with Li Fengyun, "Don't hide it from Yue Gong, when we were in Qi County, we had an agreement with Bai Fa, and Bai Fa promised to do his best to help King Qi seize the imperial throne, and this is the reason why he entered the Eastern Capital at any cost."

Wei Fusi told him frankly, Yang Xuangan and Hu Shitan were also frank and honest, since they have formed an alliance and cooperated, of course they trust each other, if you want to see Bai Fa, then go and see him, he is commanding the army to attack the imperial city in the Sun Gate Square.

At dusk, Li Fengyun Mingjin collected his army and returned to the temporary tent on the Sun Gate Square, and then saw Wei Fuhe, who was waiting for him in the tent.

"I told you, please don't enter Beijing, otherwise you will be killed." After Li Fengyun greeted him, he immediately warned sternly, "A certain person once said that Li Zixiong is in trouble, and the Holy Lord will arrest him, what is the result?"

Wei Fusi smiled and shook his head, "There is a reason why I have to come."

"The king of Qi is ambitious, he never forgets the emperor's love, and he is also very resistant to the northern frontier, in his opinion, it is equivalent to exile and self-exile." Li Fengyun sneered, "Because you are subject to Xijing, you have to sacrifice the King of Qi for the future of the Wei Clan, but have you ever thought about how likely it is that the King of Qi will enter Beijing?" Yang Xuangan is willing to form an alliance and cooperate with the King of Qi and actively encourage the King of Qi to enter Beijing, what is his real purpose?"

Wei Fusi stroked his beard and smiled, and asked rhetorically, "Yang Xuangan said, Li Zixiong has fled from Liyang and gone north with your alliance army, your purpose has been reached, why are you still stranded in the Eastern Capital?"

Li Fengyun frowned slightly and asked, "The purpose of your coming to the Eastern Capital is to persuade a certain person to cross the river to the north immediately?"

Wei Fusi said with a smile, "The situation has developed so far, and the role of you continuing to stay in the Eastern Capital is minimal, and if you are not careful, you will become Yang Xuangan's funeral, so you should leave the Eastern Capital early and escape from the place of death before the reinforcements from all walks of life have formed an encirclement of the Eastern Capital."

Li Fengyun looked at Wei Fusi thoughtfully.

"According to Yang Xuangan, Wei Wensheng's army supporting the Eastern Capital was only 25,000 people." Wei Fusi asked, "Yang Xuangan's army is still expanding, and it is estimated that it will soon be able to reach about 100,000 people, although the number of its elites is not very large, but it will definitely be no problem to defeat Wei Wensheng, so Yang Xuangan is trying to keep you in the Eastern Capital, and its purpose is only one, that is, to take you as a sacrifice."

"In this way, Xijing is ready to resolutely prevent Yang Xuangan from entering Guanzhong, and will kill him in the Eastern Capital at any cost." Li Fengyun said, "But I think that you have despised Yang Xuangan, you must know that entering the Guanzhong West is his only way to survive, how can he not worry about it?" What you can think of, Yang Xuangan can think of, and what you can't think of, Yang Xuangan can also think of."

Wei Fusi disagreed, "You insist on staying here?"

"If a certain man and a certain man succeed in sacking the Liyang Cang, a certain may listen to your advice and leave the battlefield of the Eastern Capital immediately." Li Fengyun sighed, "But Dong Chun and Li Shanheng decisively changed the situation in Liyang in order to prevent the King of Qi from entering Beijing, and the men and horses of the guide zhì had to give up Liyang Cang and go north in advance. As long as he enters the Guanzhong, the crisis caused by this mutiny will continue, and the Holy Lord and the Weifu Army will not be able to free up their hands to deal with a certain person."

Wei Fusi's face suddenly became gloomy.

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