Sure enough, Wei Yunqi immediately built a new army, increased the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, gave Wu Benlang general Li Gongting support, and held Dengjin and Mengjin at any cost, so as to force Yang Xuangan into the dilemma of a third-line battle, drag Yang Xuangan to death under the Eastern Capital, and not give him any chance to enter Guanzhong from the west.

No one responded.

Yuan Wendu once again came forward to play a round and kindly reminded Wei Yunqi that the situation facing the province today was different from yesterday.

Yesterday, the province did not know that the king of Qi had arrived at the battlefield of Liyang, so he compromised under the reason of Wei Yunqi's righteousness and awe, and decided to concentrate on opening the Grand Canal first, but today the province knew that the king of Qi was attacking Liyang, and knew that the king of Qi had seized the opportunity, in order to prevent the king of Qi from entering Beijing and the storm from getting out of control, the province must concentrate on "trapping" the king of Qi in Liyang, which directly led the province to suspend support for the eastern capital.

In fact, even if the province changes its decision and orders Cui Hongsheng and Chen Ling to support the eastern capital quickly, it will be difficult to implement this order. The people of Shandong and Jiangzuo must be very happy to see the people of Guanlong kill each other, and from the standpoint of Cui Hongsheng and Chen Ling, opening the Grand Canal and ensuring the safe return of the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force is indeed the first priority. There are priorities, if in order to accommodate the Guanlong people, everyone went to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital to surround Yang Xuangan, ignoring the severance of the Grand Canal, and allowing the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force to starve in Liaodong, this must be wrong.

Wei Weiqing Zhang Quan saw that Wei Yunqi was arrogant and brazen when he saw that Wei Yunqi was arrogant and brazen, and couldn't help but make mocking remarks, "I remember that someone swore yesterday that we must put the overall situation first, take the national Zuo as the priority, and ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force, and the top priority of the province is to concentrate on opening up the Grand Canal, but how did it change overnight?" The province has turned to concentrate on supporting the eastern capital? Provincial decision-making represents the authority of the central government, and if the order is changed overnight, where is the authority?"

Wei Yunqi sneered and sneered at each other, "When people are old, they will inevitably be cowardly, but if they understand that they are confused and deceive themselves, they are ill-intentioned. Don't you know that the shape of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and those who are in command must judge the situation and adjust their strategies in time to win? Only victory can maintain the authority of the central government, and if it is defeated, let alone maintaining authority, it will be difficult to save even life."

Zhang Quan laughed, "In this way, so-and-so is indeed old, confused, and I don't know what to call it. You are right, you must judge the situation, adjust your strategy, and the province must concentrate on supporting the Eastern Capital, and you will resolutely support you."

Gao Xiaoji, the servant of the ministry, and Cui Junxuan, Zong Zhengqing, immediately complied and resolutely supported Wei Yunqi's opinion.

This atmosphere is a little weird, not to mention that Wei Yunqi and Wei Ji smelled a smell of conspiracy, even Yuan Wendu and Dugu Sheng felt that the situation was uncontrollable. If you concentrate your forces on supporting the Eastern Capital, who will stop the King of Qi from entering Beijing? If the King of Qi enters Beijing, this storm quickly evolves into a great battle for the emperor, and the situation will get out of control, and what is even more terrifying is that if Xijing defects at a critical moment, supports the King of Qi, forms an alliance with the King of Qi, first joins forces to solve Yang Xuangan, and then deals with the reformers together, then the outbreak of civil war is inevitable.

Yuan Wendu, Dugu Sheng decisively opposed, but because of the support of the Shandong people, the full support of the Eastern Capital still formed a decision, but all the provincial officials know that the Shandong people will not only slap Wei Yunqi's face this time, but also slap the face of Shangshu Province, it is foreseeable that the province's change in such a heavy decision-making will definitely damage its authority, and it will inevitably cause great "disgust" from King Qi, Cui Hongsheng and Chen Ling, and the province will not be able to control the development of the province in the future.

The provincial order, the governor of Heyang, the king of Qin, Yang Hao, immediately commanded the 800 eagle guards supported by Changping, as well as 400 soldiers of the Hanoi Township Regiment, to cross the river and rush to the battlefield of the eastern capital to support Li Gongting.

He also ordered the king of Qi, Cui Hongsheng, Chen Ling, and Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the sailors who were marching on the river, to ask them to quickly support the eastern capital.

At Wei Yunqi's insistence, the province even gave an order to Laihu'er, the head of the sailor who was far away in Donglai, to support the eastern capital.

At present, the Grand Canal under the shape of shì will not be opened at all for a while and a half, and the expeditionary force can only suspend the second eastward expedition when the grain and grass are not continued, so there is no need for the sailors to carry out an expedition across the sea. Of course, it is already under June, and the sailor may cross the sea at any time, and by the time the provincial order arrives in Donglai, Laihu'er may have already set off, but Wei Yunqi insisted that since Laihu'er sent troops to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion as soon as he learned that Yang Xuangan had launched a mutiny, it shows that Laihu'er had foreseen that the Second Eastern Crusade might have to give up halfway, so he would pay close attention to the development of the Dongdu Shape and deliberately postpone the time of crossing the sea. It is difficult to win the Second Crusade, and even if Lai Hu'er does not receive the edict of the Holy Lord, he will categorically give up crossing the sea and go all out to go west to quell the rebellion.

On June 22, Zhou Fashang, the deputy commander of the naval division, led a hundred warships on the waterway of the Great River, to the south of him was Jibei County of Qilu, and to the north was Wuyang County of Hebei, and there were only four or five hundred miles left from Dongjun, where Baima was located, and Jijun, where Liyang was located, so Zhou Fashang deliberately slowed down his speed and sent small boats to inquire about the military situation in Jinkou along the coast. As he wished, that afternoon, when the sailor passed through the waterway of Xin County, Wuyang County, Hebei, the sailor scout found a messenger sent by Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei's arrest, in Jinkou.

Cui Hongsheng's Neihuang is more than 300 miles away from Jinkou in Shen County, and the messenger he sent to ensure that he will not miss the sailor, has been galloping along the north embankment of the river, the distance and the time spent is longer, although he did not pass by the sailor, but the news brought was three days ago, that is, the shape of the dawn of June 19, as for the situation in the eastern capital and the western embarrassment, it was even earlier.

However, these outdated information were extremely important to Zhou Fashang, allowing him to have a general understanding of the situation in the two capitals and deduce future development trends from them.

The eastern capital has fallen into the siege of Yang Xuangan, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the eastern capital stayed behind Fan Zigai to hold the imperial city, while the central prefectures. [,！ ], the empress's concubines, the aristocratic bureaucracy have withdrawn to Ha Duong and established the Shangshu Province to maintain the normal functioning of the central government. Xijing has decided to send troops to support the eastern capital, and the time for sending troops has not yet been determined. Xingyang has been attacked by rebels, and the Tongji Canal has been interrupted. The king of Qi had relieved the siege of Baima and quickly crossed the river into the Liyang battlefield, seizing the opportunity to force the Hebei ambassador Cui Hongsheng to stop at Neihuang. Chen Ling, the deputy of Zhuo County, had already led Youzhou reinforcements to Anyang, the capital of Wei County, and Cui Hongsheng also sent a messenger to inform him of the relevant information in advance. The thieves of the alliance have already crossed the river to the north and fled under the siege and interception of the king of Qi, and it is estimated that they have fled into Taihang Mountain, which is no longer a concern. The Hebei thieves who took advantage of the chaos in Liyang to capture Liyang Cang have also fled, and Cui Hongsheng can't care about killing them, so he can only let them go.

"Qiao Gong, the key to the current situation is Liyang, whoever gets Liyang will be able to control the North-South Grand Canal, threaten the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force, and directly affect the development of the war situation in the Eastern Capital." General Wu Benlang, Xiangyang Gonglai is the spring breeze proud, high-spirited, at the time of such a good opportunity, of course, he is full of ambition, gearing up is greater than a game, but after reading Cui Hongsheng's letter, after careful analysis and deduction, he realized that behind this storm are the major political forces in which they show their magic powers, fueling the flames, and the key to determining the fate of the Eastern Capital is not the victory or defeat on the battlefield at all, but the fierce game on the political capital, and this game is too far away from him, and he has neither the qualifications nor the strength to intervene in it, so he decisively adjusted his mentality, and only Zhou Fashang was the first to look forward, and charged into battle under the command of Zhou Fashang, never making the slightest mistake, let alone bringing any disaster to his father and family.

Zhou Fashang bowed slightly, his eyes showed praise and kindness, this Liulang who came to the house is indeed a talented person with both civil and military skills, and his future is limitless.

"Now that King Qi is in Liyang and Dong Chun is in Baima, the two are in solidarity with each other and have completely controlled the initiative." Fei Qingnu, the old soldier of the Wei Mansion, sighed, "King Qi made a good move, he took the initiative, and the others were passive and had to follow his steps."

"If you want to relieve the siege of the Eastern Capital, you must first take Liyang and open up the Grand Canal." Lai Jian frowned, and after a little deep groaning, he looked at Zhou Fashang and asked, "If the King of Qi can't attack on the battlefield of Liyang for a long time, the Eastern Capital will be in danger of falling, and once the Eastern Capital falls, everyone will have to take responsibility, and the King of Qi will not be able to escape, so if the King of Yue and the province threaten the King of Qi with this, the King of Qi may make a compromise."

Fei Qingnu disagreed, "King Yue and Xing Province can't bargain with King Qi at all, let alone threaten King Qi, so in a certain opinion, the key to whether King Qi takes Liyang or not is how much he thinks about this storm."

Lai Cheng shook his head, "I don't think that King Qi has lost his mind for the sake of the emperor. His strength is too weak now, even if he takes risks, he is still a pawn in the hands of others, and he should have a clear understanding of this."

"If he wasn't for the emperor's reign, why did he rush to seize Liyang in order to blackmail the Holy Lord and the Eastern Capital?" Fei Qingnu questioned.

Come and meditate silently.

Zhou Fashang smiled slightly, looked at Lai Cheng and asked, "Does Yang Xuangan have any intention of capturing the Eastern Capital?" If he wants to capture the Eastern Capital and confront the Holy Lord according to the Central Plains, it is natural that he will establish the imperial unity at the beginning of the army, and use the appeal of the new emperor to quickly win the support of more forces, but he has not taken any action in the matter of imperial unification so far, why?"

Fei Qingnu's face changed slightly, and he suddenly had an epiphany.

Lai immediately reacted, "Yang Xuangan's target is Xijing?" According to Guan Long, hegemon? King Qi saw through it, so he took the lead and secretly helped Yang Xuangan to enter the pass? When Guanzhong is in chaos and a civil war breaks out, the King of Qi will be able to make a lot of money from it, and he may be able to do what he wants."

"Xiju is reluctant to send troops, it should be estimated that Yang Xuangan's purpose of attacking the eastern capital is to divert the tiger from the mountain, but the shape is here, if our sailors and other reinforcements from all walks of life can't quickly enter the battlefield of the eastern capital, Xijing must enter the battlefield of the eastern capital, and Yang Xuangan must be dragged under the eastern capital, but Yang Xuangan defeated them, and the road to the west into Guanzhong will be unimpeded."

Zhou Fashang said this, shook his head and sighed, "Yang Xuangan used Yangmou, and King Qi also used Yangmou, but the shape is not up to people, Xijing can't not send troops, can't fight to the death with Yang Xuangan, and our sailors and other reinforcements can't stop at Liyang, can't help but trap King Qi in Liyang, so that before the battle of the Eastern Capital is not decided, our sailors have very limited room to move, so we can only wait and see what happens."

Fei Qingnu's face was expressionless and he didn't say a word.

Come and comprehend and smile. Zhou Fashang's so-called waiting and watching the changes is actually allowing the Guanlong people to kill each other, which is beneficial to the Jiangzuo people, and even more beneficial to the Holy Lord and the reformers. The reason why Cui Hongsheng sent a messenger to inform Zhou Fashang of the situation in Beijing in advance was actually to win the tacit understanding of the Jiangzuo people, and the two sides joined hands to "add fuel to the fire".

"Qiaogong, the soldiers have come all the way, they are tired, do you want to rest for a while?" Came to ask tentatively.

Zhou Fashang shook his hand resolutely, "Keep going."

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