June 15, the Eastern Capital Battlefield.

Han Shige and Gu Jue led the army to leave the eastern capital and went straight along the Tongji Canal to kill the tiger prison.

Yang Jishan led his army to Cijian Road and launched an attack on Hangu Pass.

Wang Zhongbo led his army to launch an attack on Bishan, targeting the Yamato Valley and cutting off the Mengjin River crossing channel.

Han Xiangguo led his army to continue the attack at the north embankment of Jicui Pond, pinning down the main force of Li Hun, the general of the right Xiaowei, while Li Fengyun concentrated the main force on the moonside and continued to launch a fierce attack on the south bank of the Zodiac Canal. At the same time, Yang Xuangan and Yang Xuanting led the army to continue to attack the north bank of the Zodiac Canal, the East Sun Gate and the Hui'anmen Street, effectively containing the garrison and combining the attacks of other armies in all directions.

In the afternoon of this day, Yang Xuangan received a secret report from the inner line of the Eastern Capital: Fan Zigai, who stayed in the Eastern Capital, killed Pei Hongce, the Zanwu of Henan, and made an example of the chickens and monkeys. Yang Tong, the king of Yue, ordered the central government, the queen concubines, and the aristocratic bureaucrats to evacuate the eastern capital overnight and take refuge in Ha Duong to ensure the safety of the central government and maintain its operation; Yang Tong, the king of Yue, swore to live and die with the eastern capital, and ordered Zheng Yuanshou, the general of the right guard, to rush east from Kun and the first line of Mi to reinforce and defend the eastern capital; There has been no news of troops sending troops to support Xijing so far.

The central government's evacuation of Dongdu was expected by Yang Xuangan, and it was normal for Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to make this decision. Yang Tong himself can coexist and die with the Eastern Capital, but he can't take risks with the central government and the aristocratic bureaucracy. The central government represents the political center of Middle-earth, and is the bearer of the ruling power of Middle-earth, if it is controlled by Yang Xuangan, it will be an unbearable blow to the Holy Lord and his core center, and the authority will be completely lost. The queen's concubines, civil and military officials and their relatives need to evacuate even more, once they are held hostage by Yang Xuangan, not to mention the Holy Lord, the commanders of the central and expeditionary forces, Xijing and the local government are also at a loss, and many wealthy families can only do "watching from the wall" first, which will become more complicated, and the trend of the storm will become more and more confusing.

What Yang Xuan expected was Pei Hongce's death. It is understandable that Dongdu uses human heads to stabilize the morale of the army, but what is incomprehensible is why he should kill the head of a senior member from the Sanpin Central Committee? And this big man is also from the powerful and hot Hedong Pei clan today, which is tantamount to declaring war on the Hedong Pei clan. Who has the strength to declare war on the Hedong Pei clan? Why was it not Yang Tong, the king of Yue, who ordered Pei Hongce to be killed, but Fan Zigai, who stayed in the eastern capital? Fan Zigai is just a member of the Zhengsanpin Central Committee from a poor family, and he has the right to order the killing of a central member from the Sanpin without the consent of the Holy Lord and the Center, or even without the support of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and openly declare war on the Pei clan in Hedong? What's the mystery here?

Pei Hongce's death was beneficial to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to hold on to the east, and had a negative impact on Yang Xuangan's attack on the eastern capital, but fortunately, Yang Xuangan's target was the Xijing army, and he did not plan to fight with Yang Tong, the king of Yue, so the drawbacks caused by this were not too strict.

Yang Xuangan immediately gave the order, and Yang Xuanting immediately led his army to launch an attack on the Golden Valley in the west of Pishan. Taking Jingu will cut off the evacuation channel of the eastern capital, and the encirclement of the eastern capital will be completed on all sides, and the king of Yue, Yang Dong, the central government and the aristocratic bureaucrats will be unable to fly, and the shape of the eastern capital will be more critical, which can force the Xijing army to enter the battlefield of the eastern capital earlier.

Yang Xuangan also ordered Yang Jishan, after taking Hangu Pass, do not rest, quickly cross the Lishui, storm the Golden Valley, and Yang Xuanting formed an east-west flank momentum, be sure to capture the Golden Valley in the shortest possible time, and surround the eastern capital.

He also told Han Xiangguo, Li Fengyun, the Praetorian Guard in the imperial city was divided into two, the left prison gate Lang Dugu Sheng personally led a part of the army to escort the central officer, the queen concubine is withdrawing to Heyang, after dawn, the central government and many nobles and bureaucrats will also withdraw from the eastern capital one after another, in order to ensure the garrison of the imperial city, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, transferred a part of the army from Nanguo, and now the garrison force of Nanguo is not enough, it is difficult to give strong support to the imperial city, please do their best to capture the south bank of the Huangdao Canal and seize the Huangdao Bridge, Cut off the connection between the imperial city and Nanguo, take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the central government to evacuate the people's panic, further deteriorate the garrison of the imperial city, and try every means to create a good opportunity for their own side to capture the imperial city.

When Li Fengyun received the news, he immediately felt that something was not very good. The central mansions in the imperial city and the queen concubines in the palace city have all been evacuated, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, is more confident in holding the eastern capital, and once Xijing gets this news, the pace of reinforcements to the eastern capital will inevitably slow down, which is not a good thing for Yang Xuangan.

"After the Duke of Yue arrives in the Eastern Capital, he should concentrate his forces to surround the Eastern Capital first and cut off the evacuation road from the Eastern Capital." Li Min sighed, "But the Duke of Yue did the opposite, divided his troops into various routes, and seized the key passes, which gave the King of Yue time to evacuate the central government."

Li Fengyun frowned and asked, "Is this news reliable?"

Li Min glanced at Li Fengyun with a little surprise, "Of course it is reliable, you don't need to doubt Yue Gong's strength, in this territory, his ability is far greater than we imagined. In addition, don't be negligent, for Xijing, the fall of the eastern capital is a good thing, if the east is burned to ruins, Xijing can wake up with a smile in his dreams, so at the critical moment, many people in Guanzhong will help Yang Xuangan."

Li Fengyun thought for a moment and asked, "Is it possible for King Yue to abandon the imperial city?"

"Fan Zigai killed Pei Hongce, which is equivalent to cutting off the retreat of King Yue and himself." Li Min said, "Defending the imperial city and guarding the eastern capital, King Yue and Fan Zigai can still find a reason to kill Pei Hongce, after all, Pei Hongce's head still plays a role, on the contrary, losing the eastern capital is a felony, and beheading Pei Hongce is also a felony, and the punishment for several crimes is combined, even if the king of Yue does not die, it will be over, and even if Fan Zigai is destroyed, it will be difficult to atone for his sins, because for him, only by holding the eastern capital can he barely maintain the authority of the holy lord and the center, and can offset the devastating blow caused by the defeat of the Eastern Crusade to the holy lord and the reformers.".

[,！ Li Fengyun nodded and agreed with what Li Min said, "In this way, Yang Xuan was careless?"

"The more public is not cautious enough, there is negligence." Li Min said, "But the Duke of Yue still has the strength to make up for this mistake, as long as he quickly captures the first line of Pishan, captures the Yamato Valley and the Golden Valley, and cuts off the two river crossing channels of Mengjin and Dengjin, then the east will be surrounded by regiments, and the evacuation plan of the King of Yue will fail."

Li Fengyun leaned over and looked at the map spread on the desk, took a closer look at the layout of Bishan, and shook his head, "It's too late, the Weifu army on the front line of Bishan will desperately block the attack, and the king of Yue will also speed up the evacuation, and Pei Hongce's head also made the nobles and bureaucrats terrified, and they all wanted to escape from danger with their wings, so it is certain that the defense of the imperial city will become more stable because of this, which will definitely affect the reinforcement speed of the Xijing army."

Li Min disagreed, "Our goal is Nanguo, and the current shape is very beneficial for us to capture Nanguo."

Li Fengyun bowed slightly, "If nothing else, King Yue is going to give up Nanguo."

"Dugu Sheng is gone, the garrison of the imperial city is insufficient, at this time, if Li Gongting is restrained by Yue Gong on the front line of Pishan and cannot provide strong support to the imperial city, and Zheng Yuanshou is hindered by the delay in Hangu, then the king of Yue is at a critical juncture, in order to ensure the safety of the imperial city, he can only give up Nanguo." Li Min's eyes were excited when he said this, "In this way, we have a chance to easily take Nanguo without blood."

Li Fengyun smiled knowingly, "Since Yue Gong has given the order, let's use some force. Summoned Lu Xingxing, Guo Ming, and all the armies took turns to attack day and night. There is no such thing as a free lunch, and if we want to plunder Nanguo, we must pay for it with blood and sweat."

At dusk, the Confederate forces approached the south bank of the Zodiac Canal, a stone's throw from the Zodiac Bridge.

The right Xiaowei general Li Hun anxiously wrote the king of Yue Yang Tong, he is now attacked on three sides, the battle is very fierce, the guards are fighting very hard, if the rebels attack overnight, endlessly, the Zodiac Bridge is very likely to fall, for this he built yì to abandon Nanguo, and withdraw Fei Yao and more than 2,000 guards who garrisoned Nanguo into the imperial city, and then destroy the Zodiac Bridge to relieve his defensive pressure.

Yang Gongren replied to Li Hun in the name of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, that he could not give up Nanguo now, let alone give up the Zodiac Bridge, and he must hold on for two more days until all the relevant personnel in the imperial city and the palace city were evacuated. In addition, according to the general Li Gongting of Hu Benlang, the rebels are attacking the front line of Bishan with the main force, the direction of Yamato Valley is fighting fiercely, and Pingcheng has also entered a state of imminent battle, but this is not the worst, the worst thing is that once the rebels in the direction of Cijian Road cross the Lishui, the entire evacuation route is under the attack of the rebels.

Li Gongting's troops were limited, and at this time he was no longer overstretched, but had no troops available, so he had to ask the king of Yue for help. For this reason, Yang Gongren took the initiative to consult Li Hun if he could send part of the army to Lishui to protect the safety of the flank of Jingu.

Li Hun couldn't help but want to scold, not to scold Yang Gongren, but to scold Zheng Yuanshou, at such a critical moment, Zheng Yuanshou ignored the safety of the eastern capital, in Kun, the first line of the army did not move, and watched coldly, it was too much, could it be that in his eyes, the eastern capital was already a ruin, and Yang Xuangan had already triumphantly played? Isn't he afraid that King Yue will defend the eastern capital, the Holy Lord will destroy Yang Xuangan, and he and the Xingyang Zheng clan will be swept away by the liquidation storm and will be wiped out?

Li Hun weighed it again and again, gritted his teeth, and resolutely ordered to concentrate his forces, and under the cover of night, he first launched a counterattack on the north embankment of Jicui Pond.

In today's battle, two of the rebels attacking the imperial city on three roads are diversion attacks, one is the rebels on the north embankment of Jicui Pond, and the other is the rebels in the direction of Sun Gate Square.

Han Xiangguo was not well prepared, although Li Fengyun asked him to cooperate with the attack in the direction of the moon, and he also attacked day and night on the North Embankment, but Han Xiangguo responded to the story in vain and perfunctory, and was caught off guard by the counterattacking Weifu army, and the exhausted soldiers of the righteous army were torn apart in a hurry under the double blow of bloody killing and dark night.

Li Hun didn't take advantage of the situation to pursue, he was still a little jealous of Li Fengyun, and besides, he was going to divide his troops to Lishui, so he didn't have time to entangle here.

The news of Han Xiangguo's defeat and taking away the north embankment of Jicui Pond reached Li Fengyun's ears late at night, Li Fengyun was furious, and immediately ordered Lu Xingxing and Guo Ming to stop the attack, and deployed troops to support Han Xiangguo overnight, and be sure to kill back to the north embankment of Jicui Pond again before dawn, so as to maintain the momentum of the three-way attack on the imperial city.

At this moment, Yuan An rushed into the big tent with a nervous expression, and shouted at Li Fengyun, "Ming Gong, there is a change in Liyang."

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