Yang Xuangan expected that the Weifu Army might have to give up Nanguo, but he didn't expect to give up so quickly, and he didn't expect that the Weifu Army would destroy the Zodiac Bridge while abandoning Nanguo. As soon as the Zodiac Bridge was broken, his army was blocked by the Tongji Canal in the Sun Gate Square, and he could not reach the opposite bank in a short time, which made Li Fengyun easily win the opportunity to seize Nanguo, and with the violence and greed of the alliance army, it can be imagined how much damage their looting would cause to the Eastern Capital, and all the charges were Yang Xuangan's, and all the injured Dongdu people would spit on Yang Xuangan, which would not only severely damage Yang Xuangan's reputation, but also bring a series of unpredictable troubles to Yang Xuangan.

Li Fengyun has long been prepared to attack Nanguo, and now Nanguo has no garrison, it is just an empty city, and it is even more in the bag. More than an hour later, the alliance army blasted open the city gates and rushed into Nanguo in a swarm, and the first targets for looting were the Fengdu Market and Datong Market in Nanguo.

Just when Yang Xuan was depressed and indignant, and Li Fengyun was overjoyed, Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei, led the main force under his command to cross the Lishui and prepare to raid the rebels, but Yang Xuanting's vigilance was very high, and he immediately discovered Li Hun's traces, and the two sides immediately started fighting.

Yang Xuanting's position is very dangerous, there are Weifu troops in the imperial city, Huiluocang and Kim Yong City, and there are also Weifu troops in Bishan and Jingu behind him, and they are enemies in front and behind, how dare he close his eyes at night? As a result, Li Hun's sneak attack was unsuccessful, and Yang Xuanting was afraid of being attacked by the enemy on his back and did not dare to fight, so he retreated to Pingcheng overnight.

The news reached Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan was even more depressed, just before dusk to encircle the eastern capital, but in a blink of an eye, the encirclement was broken through to the Weifu army, the passage between the imperial city and the golden valley was unblocked, and the eastern capital and Hanoi could support each other, and if the eastern capital could not be surrounded on all sides, it would inevitably affect the speed of the Xijing army to reinforce the eastern capital.

After Yang Xuangan thought about it for a while, he invited Hu Shitan and asked him to rush to Hangu Pass and work with Yang Jishan to find a way to "rebel" against Zheng Yuanshou's subordinates. Only by weakening the garrison of the Eastern Capital as much as possible can the Xijing army be "lured" into the battlefield of the Eastern Capital more quickly.

Yang Xuangan urgently ordered Yang Xuanting to attack Jin Yong City after dawn, return to Luocang, and give him military support, and at the same time urgently told Wang Zhongbo to continue to attack Linping Pavilion and firmly contain Li Gongting, so that he could not threaten Yang Xuanting's "behind" from the direction of Jingu.

Yang Xuangan invited Li Mi again and asked him to rush to Nanguo, and did his best to persuade Li Fengyun and Han Xiangguo to strictly enforce military discipline and restrain the soldiers of the righteous army as much as possible, and it was okay to loot Fengdu and Datong City, and it was okay to loot the wealthy merchants, but not to kill people, let alone harm innocent civilians, so as not to arouse public anger and cause riots, so that the situation would get out of control and get out of control.

On June 18, Li Zixiong, Chen Rui, Han Yao and others evacuated Liyang with the last group of alliance troops and headed north.

Before leaving, Chen Rui once again reminded Zhang Jin, the leader of the Qinghe Righteous Army, that we are leaving, you should also hurry up, it is almost enough, so as not to be surrounded by the Weifu army, and the bamboo basket will be empty.

He also told Cui Hongsheng through a secret channel that Liyang had an empty city, which was a good opportunity for the Ming Gong to make contributions.

On the same day, Yuan Wuben received a reply from Yang Xuangan. Yang Xuangan gave him two choices, one of which was to defend Liyang, but Li Zixiong was gone, and the alliance army was also gone, with the meager strength of Yuan Wuben, under the siege of the Weifu army of several roads, he couldn't hold on at all, so the second option was to surrender to Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and give Liyang and Liyang to the king of Qi, and the king of Qi controlled Liyang, so he had the initiative, and he had no worries about advancing and retreating. In this way, the commanders of the armies who arrived in Liyang to quell the rebellion, as long as they were loyal to the Holy Lord, would try their best to prevent the King of Qi from entering the capital, so as to prevent this storm from turning into a great war for the Emperor, so before the Eastern Capital did not deteriorate further, or before the Holy Lord did not return, they would act cautiously and carefully "trap" the King of Qi in Liyang, and it would be impossible for them to leave the King of Qi alone in Liyang until they were forced to do so, and hand over their "backs" to a "trapped beast" that could break out at any time.

If all the counterinsurgency armies were "contained" by the King of Qi in Liyang, wouldn't it mean that Yuan Wuben held Liyang?

Yuan Wu understood in his heart, and immediately planned to write a letter and sent an envoy to cross the river to Baima and hand it to Li Shanheng.

Li Shanheng and Dong Chun's original plan was to take the opportunity of controlling Liyang to control the alliance, killing two birds with one stone, but the alliance could not hand over its fate to the king of Qi and let him slaughter it, plus there was also an old treacherous and slippery Li Zixiong, as a result, the two were combined, and they made a decision immediately, "escaped", and even Liyang Cang couldn't take care of the looting, so Li Shanheng and Dong Chun's plan fell through, after all, Cui Hongsheng was closer to Liyang, and Li Zixiong must use Liyang as a "bait" in order to gain time to escape, and first "throw" Liyang to Cui Hongsheng, Let Cui Hongsheng and King Qi "two tigers fight".

King Qi was originally reluctant to enter Liyang, so as not to be "surrounded" by a group of ill-intentioned bigwigs, that is, sheep into the wolves, and the slightest carelessness would end up in a tragic end in prison, so under the current situation, he was even more reluctant to enter Liyang, and Li Shanheng and Dong Chun were bound to hesitate because they were worried about a head-on conflict with Cui Hongsheng, which gave Yuan Wuben a chance.

On June 18, in the early morning, Li Shanheng left Baima City, led his army to Baimajinkou, and prepared to cross the river to attack Liyang, but he was worried that Cui Hongsheng would capture Liyang first, so he hesitated and sent scouts to cross the river to inquire about Liyang's military situation, while waiting for Dong Chun to come to meet and discuss. At this moment, the letter of the Yuan Wuben arrived.

After reading Yuan Wuben's letter, Li Shanheng was overjoyed. Yuan Wuben's surrender of the city is fake, and it is true to use the King of Qi to "disguise" hold Liyang for Yang Xuangan and help Yang Xuangan contain the reinforcements of the Weifu army, but he doesn't care about being used by Yang Xuangan, on the contrary, he is "willing" to give Yang Xuangan more time to continue to deteriorate the situation in the Eastern Capital, and the more chaotic the Eastern Capital is. [,！ The more sinister it is, the more advantageous it will be to seize the profits of the king of Qi, and the greater the success rate of the strategy of going north.

As for the truth of this matter, Li Shanheng did not doubt it at all, nor was he worried that this was a conspiracy on the part of Liyang, and he was not afraid that Yuan Wuben would take advantage of his crossing of the river to attack him.

Previously, he had received a clear reply from the alliance from Li Anqi, and the alliance refused to accept King Qi's cooperation plan, seeing through King Qi's intention to annex the alliance, and not cooperating was tantamount to turning his face, and the alliance's strength was not good, so he decisively withdrew. This is in Li Shanheng's expectation, he has made two preparations before coming up with this strategy, if the alliance is in the middle of the plan, then take the opportunity to annex a part, strengthen his own and weaken the alliance at the same time, so that after arriving in the northern Xinjiang, he can firmly control the alliance, and prevent Li Fengyun from sitting so big that the tail is too big to fall, causing a big disaster, on the contrary, the alliance can only "escape" and be forced to give up looting Liyang Cang, and if the alliance does not have enough food to support after the northward war, the foothold is still possible, But if you want to develop quickly, it will be extremely difficult, and this can also achieve the goal of weakening the alliance and curbing Li Fengyun's growth.

What Li Shanheng expected was Li Zixiong's reaction, he thought that Li Zixiong would tacitly cooperate with the "King of Qi" and would join forces with the King of Qi to manipulate the situation in Liyang, but he didn't expect that Yuan Wuben would tell him in a letter that Li Zixiong had fled from Liyang and went north with the alliance army.

Li Shanheng couldn't help but slander himself. People are old and fine, Li Zixiong is really old and treacherous, not only can he see the shape clearly, but even the psychology of people is also transparent, and more importantly, he can judge the situation and endure humiliation, and resolutely abandon the self-esteem and arrogance of the nobility at the critical moment, and put himself in the position of a "thief" to consider survival and find faint hope. This is too powerful, the average aristocrat can't do it, it's not a question of whether you can let go of your aristocratic status, but you need to cross your own psychological bottom line, subvert your own outlook on life, and rebuild your own values. It's not enough for you to admit that you are a "thief", you still need to use the perspective of a "thief" to examine and interpret the world, to be a real "thief", and then you can integrate into the world of "thieves" and be accepted by other "thieves". Li Zixiong did it and went to the alliance army to be his "thief" boss.

Li Shanheng sighed to himself. Although he did not have a plan to kill Li Zixiong, but Li Zixiong's idea of death was very clear, and it became stronger and stronger, for no other reason, at the critical moment, in order to prove his "innocence" and express his "loyalty" to the Holy Lord, King Qi had to take out Li Zixiong's head. Li Zixiong is obviously clear about this, so after the alliance decided to flee from Liyang and no longer cooperate with him, and Li Zixiong was unable to support himself, there were only two ways out for him, either surrender to the king of Qi and give his life to the king of Qi, and then hope that the holy lord would spare his life, but this hope was too slim; Either escape from Liyang with the alliance, and be a "thief" to the end, one way to the black, although survival is equally difficult, but if Li Fengyun's prediction of the future of the Middle Earth shape shì is correct, then even if the King of Qi fails to develop north, the alliance also has the opportunity to develop and grow in Hebei, once the Middle Earth collapses, it can compete for hegemony, in comparison, this road is not only expected to survive, but also may leave a clean name behind him, and the descendants of Yinze.

Li Zixiong escaped from Liyang, leaving Yuan Wu alone and lonely, unable to defend Liyang at all, and the premature fall of Liyang was very unfavorable to Yang Xuangan on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, so it is normal for Yuan Wu to make this choice in a hurry.

Li Shanheng urgently reported to King Qi and Dong Chun while commanding the army to cross the river quickly. In order to ensure that he could take Liyang in front of Cui Hongsheng, Li Shanheng took the lead and was the first to cross the river to the north.

At noon on the 18th, Li Shanheng's troops came to Liyang City, and Yuan Wuben sent an envoy to negotiate. I can give you the city, but only if you guarantee my life.

Li Shanheng sneered and replied to Yuan Wuben, either you immediately abandon the city and leave, go to the eastern capital to find Yang Xuangan, or go north to chase Li Zixiong, I will turn a blind eye and give you a way to live, or you will wait for death, because neither he nor the king of Qi can guarantee Yuan Wuben's life, so he believes that this is Yuan Wuben's delaying strategy, dragging on for a day is a day, and what is even more ill-intentioned is that at this moment, Hebei thieves are looting in Liyangcang, if he does not fight Liyang City, and does not go to suppress Hebei thieves, wouldn't it be true? But he slaughtered the thief with a knife and let the thief who betrayed the Holy Lord not fight, but went to kill the thief who robbed the grain, isn't this putting the cart before the horse? not only gave his political opponents a handle to "attack" him, but also formed a blood feud with the people of Hebei, how could such a stupid thing go?

Li Shanheng sternly warned Yuan Wuben that if he did not surrender the city before dark, he would attack Liyang City overnight.

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