Chapter 515: Weakness
Wei Jin, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Shi Duyan, the secretary of the book, had a resolute attitude, and the Xijing army must march to Hangu from the first line of Kun and Mi, completely blocking Yang Xuangan's western entry into the pass, and surround Yang Xuangan in the eastern capital with other reinforcements.
This strategy is in line with the interests of the people in Guanzhong, not only to prevent Yang Xuangan from entering the customs, but also to use Yang Xuangan to destroy the Eastern Capital, killing two birds with one stone, as for whether the King of Qi enters Beijing, whether he will form an alliance with Yang Xuangan after entering Beijing, they don't care, no matter what the result is, they are happy to see it, the bigger the storm in the Eastern Capital, the more beneficial it will be for them.
Mingya, the squire of the military department, believes that if Yang Xuangan wants to enter the customs, he must first defeat the Xijing army, otherwise he will have intercepted and pursued the soldiers in the process of entering the customs, and once he is blocked under the Tongguan, he will be defeated, so Mingya believes that Yang Xuangan's attack on the eastern capital is actually a plan to lure the enemy, that is, to lure the Xijing army into the battlefield of the eastern capital, and fight to the death, as for the king of Qi, it is not in Yang Xuangan's consideration at all, otherwise Yang Xuangan will form an alliance with the king of Qi at the beginning of the army, and will support the king of Qi to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, so it will occupy the right time, place and people, not to be as embarrassed as now, to put yourself in a desperate situation, in order to put yourself in the place of death and come back to life.
"Yang Xuangan tried to fight for life and death, but we didn't fulfill his wishes, that is, we didn't fight with him, and dragged him on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital." Ming Ya said, "With the arrival of reinforcements from all walks of life, Yang Xuan felt that he was in a deep place of death, his vitality was exhausted, and there was no possibility of escape."
"What if Yang Xuangan gives up the Eastern Capital and goes all out to enter the customs?" Du Yan asked, "Who can block his way into the customs?"
"Hongnong has King Cai, and if King Cai wants to protect himself, he must block Yang Xuangan in Hongnong, take a step back and say, even if King Cai fails, there is still a natural danger in Tongguan, so that the acting king can transfer troops to support Tongguan to win enough time, just wait for the right Wuwei general Huangfu Wuyi and Wu Benlang to order Hu Derun reinforcements, then Tongguan is impregnable." Ming Ya pointed to the map and explained in detail, "After Yang Xuangan leaves the Eastern Capital, the siege of the Eastern Capital can be solved, and the merit of saving the Eastern Capital is at our fingertips, and then we can chase and kill. At the same time, the situation on the Liyang side has also changed, the King of Qi has no possibility of entering Beijing, Cui Hongsheng, Chen Ling and other reinforcements can immediately cross the river to the south and follow us to chase and kill Yang Xuangan, so Yang Xuangan will undoubtedly be defeated, and there is no possibility of entering the pass."
"On the other hand, if we go eastward from Kun and Miao, we will first have the worry of being ambushed. Although Xin Gong (Zheng Yuanshou) is still in charge of the pond, he is trapped in the city and knows very little about the movements of the rebels, and if the rebels take advantage of the terrain to lurk in the mountains, we are in danger of being annihilated. Taking a step back, even if we arrive safely at Mianchi to join the Xin Guild and kill at the Hangu Pass, Yang Xuangan will definitely come out with all his strength next, and the decisive battle is inevitable. We won, of course, we are all happy, lost, a thousand miles of collapse, Yang Xuangan chased and killed, then the big thing will go, at that time King Cai has us as a scapegoat, will he fight desperately in Hongnong? Tongguan was caught off guard, Liu Gang who stayed in Tongguan only had 800 guards, could he hold on until the arrival of Xijing reinforcements?"
As soon as Ming Ya's words fell, Du Yan questioned again, "Are you sure that Yang Xuangan wants to fight us to the death?"
Mingya nodded, "I'm absolutely sure of this."
"Since Yang Xuangan wants to fight a decisive battle with us and has the confidence to defeat us, where is the battlefield located, so that he can maximize the benefits after victory
Du Yan's words were a good question, and Mingya smiled bitterly and was speechless.
Yang Xuan sensed a decisive battle to win life, but is there only one way to get into Guanzhong? Definitely not, if Yang Xuan felt that the decisive battle of Guò gave Xijing a heavy blow, and took the Eastern Capital, and formed an alliance with the King of Qi to build the imperial unity, then his future would be very good, he had enough capital to reach a political compromise with Xijing, and he did not need to enter the customs to win the support of Guanlong, so the purpose of this mutiny was achieved, and the conservative forces of Middle-earth took the King of Qi as the banner and Guanlong and the Central Plains as the territory to contend with the Holy Lord and the reformers.
This is the decisive battle of life and death, this is the interest appeal of Yang Xuangan and the mutiny alliance, and the reason why Du Yan said it was not because he stood tall and saw far, but because Wei Wensheng and other reformers, Ming Ya and other Shandong people never believed in the local nobles of Guanlong, and always held a heart of vigilance, always worried that this was a conspiracy jointly controlled by conservative forces aimed at overthrowing the Holy Lord and reform, so they fortified everywhere.
Why didn't Ming Ya want the Xijing army to enter the eastern capital from the direction of Hangu Pass? is worried that the two sides will join forces to make a play, and the result is just like Pei Hongce and Zheng Yuanshou, the armies under the tent have defected and collapsed without a fight, Yang Xuangan's strength has expanded, expanded and expanded, and then the three major political forces of Guanlong, Heluo, and King Qi joined forces to split the central government, destroy reform, and destroy the great cause of unification. Therefore, he insisted that the Xijing army first rendezvous with the central government and fight under the unified command of Shangshuxing Province, so that the central government could firmly control the development of the form.
Why did Du Yan insist on killing Xianghangu Pass? He was worried that this army would be controlled by the central government, and the Guanlong people would not be able to control the final decision of Shangshu Province, once they were entangled with the reformers in the province, or Shandong, Jiangzuo people, delayed the fighter plane, and let Yang Xuangan kill in Guanzhong, then the last unlucky person was the Guanlong people, so Du Yan would rather let Wei Wensheng command this army than be used by the central government.
In addition, he affirmed that Yang Xuangan wanted a decisive battle, and he wanted to lure the Xijing army to the decisive battle under the eastern capital, if he took the waterway, the Xijing army went directly to the eastern capital, and the decisive battle was inevitable, but it was a backwater battle, Shangshu Province and Shandong people were not trustworthy, once the Xijing army was defeated, it must be the whole army annihilated, on the contrary, by land, if Yang Xuangan wanted to lure them to the eastern capital for a decisive battle, he must give up the natural danger of Hangu Pass, and the Xijing army controlled Hangu Pass in one place, then there was no need to advance and retreat, even if it was defeated under the eastern capital, You can also evacuate from Hangu Pass, so as not to be driven into the river by Yang Xuangan and drowned.
Du Yan's questioning finally "defeated" Mingya and won. [,! ] Wei Wensheng's support.
Since Yang Xuangan wants to maximize the benefits after the victory of the decisive battle, then he will inevitably choose the decisive battlefield under the eastern capital, since the decisive battlefield is under the eastern capital, then Yang Xuangan must give up Hangu Pass in order to lure the Xijing army in, and as long as the Xijing army controls the Hangu Pass, it will be worry-free and invincible first. Of course, if Yang Xuangan is unwilling to give up Hangu Pass, it is fulfilling the wish of the people in Guanzhong, which not only blocks Yang Xuangan's way to enter the customs, but also uses Yang Xuangan to destroy the Eastern Capital, and there is no need to fight Yang Xuangan to the death.
Just when Wei Wensheng and the others were arguing over the route to support the eastern capital, the situation of the battle in Michi had changed.
On June 23, Yang Xuangan's army at Qianqiu Pavilion suddenly launched an attack on Sin'an Fortress. Zheng Yuanshou decisively abandoned Xin'an and concentrated his forces to defend Mianchi, but in the afternoon, more troops came from the direction of Hangu Pass, and surrounded Mianchi, Zheng Yuanshou was unable to return to the sky, except to call the police to the province and ask Xijing for help, there was no way to save it.
In the rebel shooting book city, Yang Xuangan has captured the eastern capital, the king of Qi is on his way to Beijing, and Yuan Hongsi is also raising troops in Honghua, and is currently attacking Xijing in the south, and the whole shape is very beneficial to the mutiny alliance.
The defenders of Michi were panicked and demoralized. Zheng Yuanshou tried his best to refute the rumors, but to no avail, even he himself could not distinguish the truth of these news, let alone those ordinary soldiers.
On the night of the 23rd, the main force of the alliance crossed Gushui from the direction of Sin'an Fortress, and under the cover of night, it quickly marched towards Kunseong.
At the same time, Yang Xuangan led the main army to advance in great strides, getting closer and closer to Mianchi.
At this moment, a member of the Yang clan who came from Huayin Pegasus found the Yang Xuangan brothers and told them a shocking news.
At midnight, on the shore of the valley, Li Fengyun and Li Mi stood side by side, enjoying the cool breeze while laughing and talking in a low voice.
Suddenly, a sudden sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, whistling, breaking the silence of the night and giving people a sense of tension and suffocation. Soon, a fire dragon appeared in Li Fengyun and Li Mi's sight, as fast as lightning, and then the figures of a team of knights gradually condensed and became clearer and clearer.
Li Mi saw that this group of knights was from Yang Xuangan's personal guard group, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately greeted Li Fengyun and hurriedly greeted him.
In the fierce neighing of the horses, the knights stopped, and a knight in full armor flew off his horse, met Li Mi, bowed and saluted, and whispered something in Li Mi's ear.
Li Mi turned around and walked back to Li Fengyun's side, looking at him with a look of shock in his eyes.
"Something happened in the Eastern Capital?" Li Fengyun asked.
Li Mi shook his head and sighed bitterly, "You're right."
Li Fengyun smiled bitterly and was speechless.
"Why? Why do you want to do such a thing that people and gods are angry with?" Li Mi was indignant and couldn't help but shout, "What is this all for?"
Li Fengyun reached out and patted Li Mi's back, signaling him to calm down and calm down.
Li Miqiang held back his anger, shook his head and sighed, "This is a deep hatred in the sea of blood, an undying hatred."
Li Fengyun frowned slightly, glanced at him, and said, "Calm down, you must be calm, this is a mutiny, not a vendetta."
"X can calm down, X can use this decisive battle as an important means to achieve the goal of the mutiny, but can the Yang brothers calm down? Can those protégés and disciples who swear allegiance to Lao Yue Gong calm down?" Li Mi waved his hand angrily, pointed at the speeding knights and shouted, "Do you know where they came from? Yue Gong gave you a promise, please do your best in this decisive battle, and then you can leave, leave the Eastern Capital, go where you want to go, and even, he is willing to hand over all the troops of Han Shige and Gu Jue who are far away on the battlefield of Xingyang to you to compensate for your losses in this decisive battle."
Li Fengyun sighed secretly. Everyone has a weakness, the reason why the Yang Xuangan brothers are powerful and prominent is because of the old Yue Guogong Yang Su, the old Yue Guogong is their Achilles heel, and now this weakness has been stabbed by the opponent, and their brothers' sanity is also lost in an instant.
"If the mutiny is regarded as a vendetta, can the mutiny still succeed?" Li Fengyun sighed helplessly.
Li Mi also sighed bitterly, "It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, so let it be fate."
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