In the face of the current complicated situation and Fan Zigai's anger, the young Yue King Yang Tong wisely kept silent, except for Cui Zhenma.

Cui Zhen's heartbeat is a little fast, and he is a little excited, the storm is finally coming, he is "lucky" to stand on the cusp of the storm, in the face of the earth-shattering storm, in the face of the terrifying catastrophe of life and death, can he persevere to the end?

"If the white thief crosses the river north and attacks Liyangcang, what are the chances of victory?" Cui Xun asked quietly.

Of course, Fan Zigai knows the answer. The Holy Lord asked Yang Xuangan to sit in Liyang to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, on the surface, it seemed that he was entrusted with a heavy task and trusted him, but in fact, he dug a pit and hung a sharp sword on Yang Xuangan's head, only the supply of grain and grass had a problem, and the first one to ask was Yang Xuangan. This is the "prelude" to "take" Yang Xuangan, and it is to force Yang Xuangan and the conservative forces with him to do their best to support the Eastern Crusade, so the white thieves are in trouble in Henan, and the soldiers are approaching the big river, and the most nervous should be Yang Xuangan, and judging from Yang Xuangan's urgent recruitment of local armed forces in Ji County and its surrounding counties, it is true that in order to prevent the white thieves from crossing the river, Yang Xuangan has to fight hard.

"Since the river is impassable for the white thief, why does he still make a northward stance? Is it really a big deal? Fan Zigai stroked his long hair, frowned and said, "Han Xiangguo has just rebelled, and his strength is limited, so it is impossible to break through the Yique Pass." ”

"What if he breaks through?" Cui Xun asked rhetorically.

Fan Zigai wanted to scoff at it, but suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he suddenly thought of something, and immediately became cautious.

If Han Xiangguo breaks through the mouth of Yique, only more than 100 miles away from the eastern capital, the night is coming, once the army is under the eastern capital, the consequences will be severe, although the military has to bear the main responsibility for this, but for the king of Yue, for his own eastern capital to stay, as well as the praise of Henan County Pei Hongce, it is also an inescapable disaster, the king of Yue will definitely lose the right to inherit the imperial line, and his and Pei Hongce's career has also come to an end, what is even more terrible is that if the second crusade falls short, it will be a big blow to the holy lord and the center, It is an unbearable weight, and the loss on politics is incalculable.

Fan Zigai's mind was open, he thought of King Qi who coveted the imperial system, thought of the Guanlong people who sharpened their knives in Xijing, and thought of the conservative forces who wanted to destroy the reform of the great unification, and suddenly his heart trembled, and a cold sweat came out of his body, conspiracy, this is a conspiracy, a conspiracy to destroy the Eastern Crusade and counterattack reform.

"The sound of the east hits the west, and it really is the sound of the east and the west." Fan Zigai's voice trembled a little, if there was no reminder from Cui Zhen, if he was fooled and focused on the direction of the river, if he blindly believed in the military, thinking that with the defense of the garrison, Yiquekou would be impregnable, then it would be a big trouble, and he would probably die without knowing how to die.

Cui Zhen sighed secretly, there is no way, the shape is too complicated, there are too many opponents, the future variables are even more unpredictable, and the strength of King Yue and his side is too weak, as for Fan Zigai, there are too few allies, and the resources available are too poor, which is equivalent to fighting alone, basically can't be counted on, so he can only protect himself, and can only concentrate his limited forces in the eastern capital, and strive to protect the east.

"Don't focus on the anti-thieves, and don't pay too much attention to the situation on the outskirts of Gyeonggi, the so-called pincer offensive seems to be nothing more than a fog deliberately created by some ill-intentioned people to confuse the public, deliberately deceive and paralyze us, and make us make wrong judgments about the shape so that they can carry out their ulterior conspiracy."

Cui Zhen glanced at Fan Zigai, who was a little uneasy, and Zhengse admonished, "For us, the most important task is to hold the Eastern Capital, if the Eastern Capital falls, don't say that the Second Eastern Crusade will definitely be defeated, even the Holy Lord is homeless, and the bad shape can be imagined, on the contrary, as long as we hold the Eastern Capital and keep the fundamentals, then no matter how bad the shape is, the Holy Lord can reverse the situation." ”

Fan Zigai understood and nodded again and again. He keenly sensed something from Cui Chen's words, Cui Zhen must know something, otherwise he would not have been able to keep such a clear head in the current complicated situation, let alone repeatedly mention sticking to the Eastern Capital. What is the Eastern Metropolis? Even if there are some traitors on the periphery of Gyeonggi, it will not affect the safety of the Eastern Capital in the slightest, so under normal circumstances, even if he, the ruling ruler of the dynasty and the Eastern Capital, stays behind, it is impossible to have such a crazy and unbelievable idea as the fall of the Eastern Capital. Fan Zigai did not hesitate to make a decision, before he saw the truth hidden behind the current situation, do not make decisions on his own, and humbly listen to Cui Zhen's opinion.

"What's going to happen?" Fan Zigai took the initiative to ask questions to explore the truth.

"Respond to change with the same." Cui Zhen said indifferently, "The people in charge of suppressing the eastern capital are Gong (Li Hun) and Xin Gong (Zheng Yuanshou), since the Holy Lord has entrusted them with important tasks, of course they trust them, and the people trusted by the Holy Lord, how can we doubt their loyalty?" ”

The implication is that we should not be involved in military affairs, but recently Fan Zigai has been deceived by the deteriorating situation and has been involved more in military affairs, which has caused more and more contradictions between military and political officials, and this is obviously not conducive to the cooperation between the two sides in a critical situation.

Fan Zigai disagreed, "We must be prepared in advance, and we must come up with a counterattack strategy." ”

Cui Zhen spread his hands and sighed helplessly, "What else can we do besides strengthening the defense of the Eastern Capital?" However, the defense of the Eastern Capital is a matter for the military, and we cannot get involved in it. ”

"Pei Zanwu is building an army." Fan Zigai reminded.

Cui Zhen's face sank like water, and he didn't say a word.

Fan Zigai looked at Cui Zhen's solemn expression, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but have a trace of depression, sadness, and murder in his eyes. If Pei Hongce is not trustworthy, how much can Li Hun and Zheng Yuanshou trust? If the shape deteriorates to such a degree, won't the eastern capital just have to wait to be killed?

At the end of May, Liyang, Yang Xuangan received a secret letter from the palace, and the content of the secret letter gave Yang Xuangan a blow to the head.

Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department who was far away on the battlefield in Liaodong, secretly told Yang Xuangan that the holy lord issued an edict and ordered the chief of the naval division to arrest Li Zixiong and escort him to the palace for trial, and ordered Li Yuan, the commander of the guard, to rush to the northwest day and night to arrest Yuan Honghei, and Li Yuan temporarily led Honghua to stay behind, in charge of the military affairs of the thirteen counties of Longyou, and was the supreme commander of the Northwest Army, and was fully responsible for dealing with the crisis in the northwest.

The meaning of these two edicts is self-evident. The secret of the mutiny was exposed, but the Eastern Crusade had begun, and the Holy Lord was unwilling to give up halfway and return in vain, so he was lucky, first secretly took Li Zixiong and Yuan Honghei, first solved the two enemies who held military power, and then "cleaned up" the other opponents one by one. If you are lucky, you may be able to win the victory of the Eastern Crusade at the same time, and eradicate this group of political enemies, of course, if you are unlucky, it will be too bad, but the Holy Lord is very confident, he has considered the civil strife before the Second Eastern Crusade, and has a premonition that there are political enemies who may take risks and give himself a fatal blow at the critical moment, so he has taken precautions in advance, such as the prince and the two capitals of Zaizhiliu Town is one of the preventive measures, and he firmly believes that he has the ability to sweep away a qiē charm and ghost.

Yang Xuangan urgently summoned Hu Shiwei, Wang Zhongbo, Zhao Huaiyi, and his younger brothers Yang Xuanting and Yang Jishan, who had just come secretly from Xijing, to discuss, and the result of the discussion was only one, raise troops in advance, and immediately launch a mutiny, and the target of the attack was the Eastern Capital.

At this time, they thought of Li Fengyun and Li Fengyun's warning. Previously, Li Fengyun had made a secret envoy to Li Min's mouth, speculating that the mutiny might be forced to move in advance due to the deterioration of the situation, they faced this warning squarely, and made careful preparations, and as a result, Li Fengyun's prediction really worked, and it was precisely because they had prepared in advance that they were shocked and calmly dealt with, so as not to panic and mess up the rules.

Now Li Fengyun, Han Xiangguo, and Li Mi have led the army to Yishui, crossed the Gyeonggi defense line, and are attacking the mouth of Yique, shaking the entire Gyeonggi, basically completing the task of attracting and containing the Dongdu garrison, and creating a good opportunity for Liyang to raise troops in advance and raid the eastern capital, and at the same time, the alliance army that stayed on the eastern front of Tongji Canal also tacitly cooperated with Li Fengyun and attacked from east to west, forming a pincer offensive against Gyeonggi, which also successfully attracted the attention of the eastern capital and played the effect of "confusing the enemy". At the same time, there was also a part of the alliance army into Henan to attack the city and pull out the village, and even surrounded the Dongjun capital Baima City, the army was on the river, and it seemed that there was a tendency to cross the river to the north, which brought a threat to the safety of Liyangcang and Yongji Canal, and Yang Xuangan was clear about the real intention of the alliance's move, which was actually Li Fengyun coercing him to provide food support to the alliance army by force.

Yang Xuangan was very unhappy before, he didn't like to be coerced, although this move could help him legitimately recruit the army and help him cover up the preparations for the mutiny that was being actively carried out, but the feeling of being coerced and controlled by others and losing the initiative was too bad, so he turned a blind eye and ignored it, but at this moment he couldn't ignore it, he had to "bow his head" to Li Fengyun, and he had to give food support to the alliance army, in exchange for Li Fengyun's cooperation, and with the help of Li Fengyun's strength, he would strive to conquer the eastern capital in the shortest possible time.

Yang Xuangan made a decision and ordered Yang Jishan to immediately cross the river and rush to the White Horse Battlefield to get in touch with the alliance army, and the condition he gave for food support was that the alliance army on the eastern front of Tongji Canal must accept his command after he raised his troops, and attack Xingyang while cutting off Tongji Canal, so as to contain the official army in Xingyang.

Yang Jishan hurriedly crossed the river and did not return for a day, Yang Xuan felt anxious and fearful of an accident, but at this moment, an accident happened.

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