"Can you build a Yue Gong, set up an ambush in Yukun, take a line of Wei, and take Wei Wensheng by surprise?"

"We thought about it, but we gave up." Li Mi explained, "Wei Wensheng is a veteran of a hundred battles, although he does not have a proud record, but he has not lost a battle, even in the defeat of the Eastern Expedition last year, he also returned with all his divisions, which shows his steady use of troops. A cautious and cautious commander will not be able to venture into the Kun and take the plunge, once our plan fails, Wei Wensheng may withdraw to Tongguan to hold on, or it is possible to take a detour by waterway, go down the big river, first go to Heyang to meet Shangshuxing Province, and then enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, but no matter which result, it will delay the time of our decisive battle with it and delay our footsteps in the westward entry into the pass, so we gave up, and showed the enemy weakness and lured the enemy to go deeper, and completed the battle in one battle."

Li Fengyun nodded again and again, "It's still you who think about it thoroughly, it's wishful thinking."

On the morning of this day, Li Fengyun waved his army across the Zodiac Canal, led the Fengyun Army into the Sun Gate Square, and used Yang Xuangan's banner to pretend to be Yang Xuangan's main force and storm the East Sun Gate.

At the same time, Yang Jishan led the army to cross Lishui, and Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuanting three ways to attack Li Hun's department, the two sides fought fiercely for a day, Li Hun was outnumbered, first defeated and retreated to Lishui, retreated to the Longguan Gate in the north of the palace, and then gave up back to the outer fortresses of Luocang and Kim Yong City, and retreated to Hui'an Gate. As a result, Hui Luocang and Kim Yong Cheng were isolated in the siege of the rebels, and the garrison of the eastern capital also retreated into the city, and the imperial city, Miyagi and Beiguo north of the eastern capital Luoshui were all besieged.

In the afternoon of that day, at the northwest foot of Bishan Mountain, Wang Zhongbo, with the support of Li Mi, captured Linping Pavilion, captured Jingu, and approached the Great River. Wu Benlang isolated Li Gongting and had to retreat to Dengjin, ready to evacuate at any time.

On June 20, after learning that the eastern capital was besieged and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, the central ministers of Heyang, Shangshu Province, and Gao Xiaoji, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, formally assumed the functions and powers of the central government, presided over the daily work of the central government, and maintained the normal operation of the central government.

That night, Shangshu Province had a fierce dispute over many issues that needed to be solved, the most critical of which was whether to give Li Gongting support, so that Li Gongting could resolutely hold Jinkou and guard the passage into the battlefield of the Eastern Capital.

From a military point of view, Wei Weiqing Zhang Quan believed that Li Gongting must hold on to the south bank of the Great River, recapture Jingu, hold Dengjin and Mengjin, and ensure that all reinforcements have a passage into the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, so he must do his best to support Li Gongting.

Wei Weiqing Zhang Quan came from the Zhang family of the Qinghe family, was a veteran of the Wei Mansion, an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and also served as the commander of the Wei Mansion during the Holy Lord's expedition to the west. Last year, he stayed in the Eastern Capital due to physical discomfort during the First Crusade, and this year he stayed in the Eastern Capital again because he opposed the immediate launch of the Second Crusade and disagreed with the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

"Yesterday, Zheng Yuanshou, the general of the right guard, was defeated under the Hangu Pass, and today Li Hun, the general of the right guard, had to abandon the periphery under the onslaught of Yang Xuangan, and retreated on the whole line, and the eastern capital was located in the imperial city on the north bank of Luoshui, and the palace city and Beiguo were surrounded by rebel regiments." Zhang Quan, who had a white beard, stood in front of a huge map to analyze the current situation in the eastern capital to the provincial officials, "The situation in the eastern capital has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the deterioration rate is very fast, but a certain thinks, because the central government has been evacuated, Nanguo has been abandoned, and the right Xiaowei general Li Hun was forced to retreat on all fronts, so that the garrison force holding the imperial city reached about 15,000 people, plus the king of Yue, Fan stayed behind, and the oath of Guanguo and the eastern capital coexisted and died, which stimulated morale, and the defense of the eastern capital was thus consolidated and strengthened, if nothing else, The Eastern Capital can hold out until the return of the Holy Lord."

"On June 17, the same rail Gong (Wei Wensheng) led the Xijing army eastward, if there is no obstacle on the way, it should enter Tongguan today, arrive at Hongnong tomorrow, and arrive at Shaancheng the day after tomorrow." Zhang Quan speculated, "After Yang Xuangan defeated Zheng Yuanshou yesterday, he will inevitably take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, according to Kun, the danger of Mizhi to block the reinforcements of Xijing, so as to give Yang Xuangan more time to attack the eastern capital. The same track was blocked by the Gong in Kun, and it was inevitable to change to the waterway, go down the big river, and land and kill the eastern capital by Mengjin and Dengjin. Zhu Gong can imagine that if we give up Meng Jin and Deng Jin now, then when the support of the same rail gong comes, the first battle will attack Jinkou, and Yang Xuangan occupies a favorable terrain, even if the same rail prince captures Jinkou, the losses will be very heavy, and he will inevitably lose the strength of the decisive battle with Yang Xuangan."

Wei Yunqi immediately questioned, "There are only 25,000 reinforcements in Xijing, and there are only more than 3,000 people in the Jingfu Governor's Mansion, which together is less than 30,000, do you have the strength to fight a decisive battle with Yang Xuangan?" Once the same track is blocked by Kun, will it be urgent to take the waterway in the eastern capital? Gao Dugong (Li Gongting) fought for several days, suffered heavy losses, and there were less than 2,000 men and horses under his account, could he hold Dengjin and Mengjin? If the province refuses to evacuate Gaodugong, resulting in the annihilation of Gaodugong's entire army on the south bank of the Great River, will it further worsen the situation in the eastern capital and put the province in a dilemma where there are no troops available?"

Zhang Quan's expression was grim, his brows were furrowed, and he was silent. He believed that Wei Wensheng, the official of the same track, was anxious to rush to the aid of the Eastern Capital, otherwise Wei Wensheng would not have risked the disapproval of the world, risked offending the Holy Lord and the clan, ignored the "unspoken rules" of the aristocratic class, and went on a killing spree in Xijing, cutting off more than 100 heads in one go, which shows the great resistance to rushing to the Eastern Capital. It is precisely because of the great resistance that the major political forces in Xijing, especially the local nobles in Guanlong, deliberately set up many obstacles, even if the Xijing reinforcements set off, they may not be able to travel hundreds of miles a day, and even if the Xijing reinforcements approach the eastern capital, they may not be able to fight to the death with Yang Xuangan.

"At present, the army supporting the Eastern Capital is not only the Xijing Army, even if the entire army of the Gaodu Gong is wiped out on the south bank of the Great River, even if the Tongliang Gong fails to arrive at the battlefield of the Eastern Capital as scheduled, the province will not fall into the dilemma of having no troops available." Zhang Quan looked at Wei Yunqi and retorted in a firm tone, "According to the report of Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei, on June 14, he has led his army to approach Liyang; According to the report of Duan Da, who stayed behind in Zhuo County, the deputy guard of Zhuo County, Wu Benlang led Chen Ling to the south to quell the rebellion in the early morning of the ninth day of the first month. [,！ It should also be approaching the dawn of the sun; According to the report of Dong Chun, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, who stayed behind in Pengcheng, he had led his army to attack and advance towards the White Horse, and at this moment he should have killed under the White Horse City, which was only separated by a river from Liyang; According to the report of the king of Qi, he had led his army into Puyang in Dongjun and fought with Dong Chun to attack the white-haired thieves besieging White Horse City, and at this moment he should also be killed under White Horse City; According to a report by the chief of the naval division, Zhou Fashang, the deputy chief of the naval division, had led 100 warships and 15,000 soldiers to the aid of the eastern capital in the middle of the night on the ninth day of the ninth month of June.

"After receiving the order from the eastern capital, the local counties also actively came to support. According to the Shangdang, the two counties of Changping reported that the eagles in the southeast of Jin Province were traveling south day and night, and the Changping Yingyang, which was only separated by a mountain from Hanoi, had crossed the Taihang Mountain and was about to arrive at the camp in Heyang; According to the report of Linfen, Jiangxian and Hedong counties, the eagles of southwest Jin are also rushing south to aid the eastern capital, among which the eagles of Hedong have crossed the river into Tongguan, if nothing else, they have joined the guild of the same track at this moment. According to the reports of Xiangguo, Wu'an, Wei County, and Wuyang Counties in Hebei, they have urgently recruited local township regiments and clans to rush to Liyang to quell the rebellion, and at this moment these troops should have joined or are meeting with Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei."

Speaking of this, Zhang Quan raised his hand and slapped it the map a few times, and shouted, "What we lack at present is not the army, but time, we must seize Yang Xuangan before Yang Xuangan captures the Eastern Capital, drag Yang Xuangan, contain Yang Xuangan, consume Yang Xuangan, and win enough time for reinforcements from all walks of life to enter the Eastern Capital."

Gao Xiaoji, Yuan Wendu, Cui Junqiu and other provincial ministers all nodded frequently, agreeing with Zhang Quan's analysis and deduction, and tended to do their best to support Li Gongting and hold on to Deng Jin and Meng Jin, forcing Yang Xuangan to be unable to concentrate all his forces to storm the eastern capital.

Wei Yunqi sneered and questioned Zhang Quan again, "At present, Liyang is still in the hands of Yang Xuangan, and if Liyang is not down, the Yongji Canal will not be passed, and what is even stricter is that according to the report of Yang Qing, the king of Xun, Yang Xuangan's army has captured the Tiger Prison, surrounded Xingyang, and cut off the Tongji Canal, that is to say, now that the North and South Grand Canal have been cut off, even if we recover Liyang and open up the Yongji Canal, we will not be able to provide an endless stream of grain and grass for the expeditionary force, and we cannot guarantee that they will return to the Eastern Capital in the shortest possible time, and we still need to open the Tongji Canal." After we recover Liyang, we will have to reinforce Xingyang, and the army that conquered Liyang will also move to Xingyang, so I think that the province will not have enough troops to invest in the battlefield of the Eastern Capital before the Grand Canal is restored."

"For the province, the restoration of the smooth flow of the Grand Canal is the top priority at present, and it is the top priority. We must open the Grand Canal in the shortest possible time and provide the expeditionary force with food and grass. Only when the expeditionary force is safe, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are safe, can the garrison of Middle-earth be guaranteed. In comparison, the safety of the eastern capital is secondary, the central government has been transferred, and the current eastern capital is just a city, so even if it falls, even if it becomes a ruin, as long as hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expeditionary force return safely, as long as the northern Xinjiang town is as solid as a rock, as long as the country is stable, this loss is irrelevant, we can rebuild the eastern capital in the future, and we can make up for today's losses."

"In addition, there is a huge hidden danger that cannot be ignored, and that is King Qi." Wei Yunqi asked, "Which of you dares to let the King of Qi enter Beijing to quell the rebellion?" If after the King of Qi enters Beijing, he seeks to seize the imperial throne under the temptation of Yang Xuangan, and this storm evolves into a great battle for the imperial unification, which of you can bear this responsibility? The king of Qi is now in Baima, and will soon cross the river into Liyang, so it will echo Yang Xuangan, once the reinforcements from all walks of life enter the eastern capital and gather in the eastern capital, the king of Qi stabs us in the back, what is the consequences? Who can afford this?"

=