Chapter 235: The soldiers are divided into two ways
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"Who is behind the white thief? What have you found so far? Have you ever found any clues? Only by finding out who is behind the white thief can we deduce the reason why the white thief swore to die.
It was Wei Fusi who spoke, his father Wei Shikang was a famous minister of the Middle Earth generation, famous, and he himself was also talented, his career was smooth, and he was once an official to the inner historian, ranked in the center, participated in secrets, and won the emperor's respect. However, as the pace of reform became faster and faster, his governing philosophy gradually failed to keep up with the shape, and he gradually distanced himself from the emperor and the central ministers who held a radical reform stance, especially on the matter of imperial unification, and he was in strict contradiction with the emperor, and there were constant conflicts.
On the eve of the Eastern Crusade, Wei Fusi was involved in the case of King Qi's "loss of morality", dismissed from his official position, removed from his name as a citizen, and was kicked out of the center by the emperor and reformers, but Wei Fusi, who was over fifty years old, was not decadent and depressed because of this, on the contrary, he actively planned and looked for opportunities to make a comeback and make a comeback. A month ago, when Jiyin Taishou Wei Baoluan saw an opportunity from the thieves in southwest Lu attacking the Central Plains, and secretly told Wei Fuhei, Wei Fusi rushed to the side of the King of Qi and gave him advice, determined to assist the King of Qi to ascend the throne at any cost. As long as the king of Qi ascends the throne, he will make a comeback, and more importantly, he can take this opportunity to defeat the reformers, return the great ship of Middle-earth to its normal course, and break the waves on the course of "moderate and gradual reform" pioneered and adhered to by the first emperor.
Wei Fusi's identity is sensitive, and he is a guilty body, so it stands to reason that he should be confined at home, and it is impossible to appear next to King Qi, but at very moment, King Qi needs his assistance, and he also needs to rely on King Qi to realize his ideals, so he thought of a plan to get rid of the golden cicada, nominally going to Guanzhong Qishan Tower to view the road for treatment, but in fact, he secretly hid beside King Qi.
There are very few people who know this secret, and the people sitting in the tent at the moment are all insiders, except for Yang Lan, the king of Qi, only the secretary and the servant Wei Yunqi, the Jiyin Taishou Wei Baoluan and Wu Benlang will Li Shanheng, other officials such as the palace governor, Sima and other officials, the officials of the Henan Inner History Office, and the army Zhuying Yang commanders, are all excluded.
Since the "immorality" case, the main cronies of the king of Qi have been wiped out, either dismissed, exiled, or beheaded, with heavy losses, although soon after the palace officials are fully equipped, but those are the emperor's people, are monitors, especially the 20,000 troops subordinate to him, all the governors of the Yingyang Mansion have been replaced, the purpose is to prevent the king of Qi from misdeeds.
However, from the political level, the king of Qi, the prince closest to the prince, is itself a huge political force, and the ones who can really help him are other political forces that are equivalent to his strength, and those who can hold important positions in the palace of the king of Qi are the representatives of these political forces. Killing these representatives and killing these cronies of the King of Qi seems to have suffered a lot of losses on the surface, but in fact it cannot cut off the political forces behind these representatives from continuing to support the King of Qi, so although the case of "loss of morality" has caused the King of Qi to suffer heavy losses, it is far from hurting his vitality. This time, with the support of the Guanlong wealthy Wei and Li clans, the King of Qi immediately showed his true strength, and his real strength was enough to ⊥ subversive upheaval in the political situation in the Eastern Capital and even the situation in Middle-earth.
After Wei Fusi said this, there was a brief silence in the tent.
Who is behind the white thief, has not been found out so far, but there are a lot of clues, from these clues to speculate, the white thief may be behind the Shandong wealthy, such as Xingyang Zheng, or it may be Heluo nobles, such as Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in short, from the rise of the white thief, it can't get around these two forces, and these two forces are the opponents of the local political zhì group in Guanlong, so there is no doubt that the white thief is the enemy and destroyed the white thief, It also destroyed the conspiracy of the black hand behind the white thief.
"The white thief is the enemy." Wu Benlang sneered at Li Shanheng, "A very cunning enemy, it is enough for us to know this. ”
Li Shanheng is in his forties, with a strong figure and a handsome appearance, from the Li family of Chengji in Longxi, and is the nephew of Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei, the cousin of Li Min, who will be the prisoner, and the commander of the 20,000 army that the emperor used to control the king of Qi.
Wei Fusi smiled and shook his hand, "The white thief is indeed an enemy, but there are two kinds, if he is a chess piece laid by the Heluo people, his main target is the king of Qi, on the contrary, if he is a chess piece laid by the Shandong people, then the target is not the king of Qi, but our Guanlong people, including the Heluo people, are in his calculations, once he is allowed to provoke cannibalism between the Guanlong people with the help of the battle for imperial unity, it will not only exacerbate the chaos of the political situation in the eastern capital, but also shake the foundation of the country, just like the Shandong people supported the rebellion of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, the consequences are unimaginable, The damage caused to us Guanlong people is also incalculable. ”
As soon as these words came out, the arrogance in Li Shanheng's eyes suddenly subsided a little, and Wei Yunqi and Wei Baoluan had already thought of this, and they were not surprised.
"What Ming Gong means is that Shandong talents are our enemies." After Li Shanheng groaned for a while, he asked, "Could it be that behind the white thief is the Xingyang Zheng family?" ”
Wei Fusi shook his hand again, "At present, the shape is very unfavorable to the Xingyang Zheng clan, this is obviously not a situation they want to see, and if the Xingyang Zheng clan wants to get rid of the current Yan zhòng crisis, the top priority is to let the white thief leave Henan quickly, but the white thief has Chen Soldier Tongji Canal and wants to fight to the death with us, which is obviously contrary to the Xingyang Zheng clan's wishes." So the inference is that the white thief is not behind the Xingyang Zheng family, but it must be one of the wealthy families in Shandong. ”
"If behind the white thief is a Shandong person, then what is the purpose of his sworn to fight to the death?" Li Shanheng asked, "Does he have the confidence to defeat us?" ”
"Of course, the white thief has no confidence to defeat us, but he is confident that he will take advantage of the complicated situation on the battlefield of Tongjiqu to provoke a fight between the Guanlong people." Wei Fusi said, "The Heluo people have calculated us once, but failed to give us a fatal blow, this time suddenly fell from the sky a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how could the Heluo people miss it?" We will do what we want, and although the risks are great, once we seize the opportunity, the rewards are unimaginable
"Ming Gong is sure that we can seize the opportunity?" Li Shanheng seems to be a little lacking in confidence.
"If the Eastern Expedition is smooth, and the expeditionary force has been killed under the city of Pyongyang at this moment, then the battlefield of Tongjiqu is only a risk, there is no opportunity, but the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition has given us a surprise, the expeditionary force has crossed the Liaoshui for more than two months, and it has not yet conquered the city of Liaodong, and it is still more than a thousand miles away from Pyongyang. It is clear that the Emperor and the Central Committee are falling into a crisis from which they cannot extricate themselves, and in order to get out of the crisis, they can only take risks. ”
"In this passive situation, the emperor still wants to conquer Pyongyang, and he still wants to win the victory of the Eastern Crusade and return triumphantly before winter comes?"
Li Shanheng did not believe that from a military point of view, the possibility of the expeditionary force conquering Pyongyang this year was very small, and unless there was a miracle, the Eastern Expedition would definitely continue until next year, so that the Expeditionary Force would need countless amounts of grain and grass, and its dependence on the Eastern Capital would reach an unprecedented height, and the emperor and the central center would inevitably make compromises and concessions to the Eastern Capital in order to ensure that the Eastern Expedition could continue. This is the opportunity of the King of Qi, and it is also the reason why the King of Qi can't wait to get out of the Beijing Rebellion, but at the same time, the King of Qi can't destroy the white thief in one battle. If the task of fighting the rebellion is completed too early, what will the king of Qi threaten the emperor and the center? And how to force the emperor and the central center to make a compromise on the matter of imperial unification?
Wei Fusi did not speak, and did not intend to discuss the matter too much. He couldn't see the future, but he knew that once there was an accident on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, an accident that was unfavorable to the expeditionary force, then the shape would be very beneficial to King Qi.
Yang Lan, the king of Qi, also didn't want to discuss things outside the battlefield of Tongji Canal. His goal is the prince, and the goal of his political enemies is to destroy him, to provoke cannibalism, to lead to civil war, to confuse the domestic situation, and even to overthrow the Yang family. In fact, the father and son have a clear understanding of the cruelty of the government, and they also know how terrible their enemies are, so both of them control the dispute over the imperial system within an acceptable range, and will never allow the bottom line to be crossed, let alone dare to repeat the mistake of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, who raised troops to rebel and endanger the security of the country.
At present, there are many traps and dangers on the battlefield of Tongjiqu, and the slightest carelessness will fall into the enemy's conspiracy, so for King Qi, the most urgent thing at present is to use the force in his hands to firmly control the situation, so that the situation can unfold according to his own wishes, rather than being led by the enemy.
"Now the white thief wants to fight to the death, and we can't do what he wants." King Qi looked at Wei Fusi and asked, "Where is the plan?" ”
"Divide the troops." Wei Fusi said categorically, "The soldiers are divided into two routes, with partial divisions out of the customs defense, across the Jiji Canal and the white thief confrontation, with the main force north to Jishui, along the north bank of the Jishui River to kill Jiyin, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, with the momentum of thunder to regain the control of Jiyang, Jiyin, Dingtao towns, cut off the white thief back to Mengshan Road, surrounded by its regiments, so that the white thief will become a turtle in the urn, and it is easy to take his life." ”
"Good" King Qi nodded again and again, his gaze slowly swept over the faces of Wei Yunqi, Wei Baoluan and Li Shanheng, "What do you think?" ”
Wei Baoluan smiled happily and praised Wei Fusi's strategy of dividing the troops. Since the fall of Jiyin, he has been dreaming of how to recover Jiyin in the shortest possible time, only in this way can he redeem his merits, otherwise his head will be difficult to protect, fortunately, now the King of Qi is here with an army of 20,000, and Wei Fusi is anxious, and the first task of the rebellion is to help him recover Jiyin, which of course makes his heart bloom.
Wei Yunqi also breathed a sigh of relief. Jishui was defeated, the whole army was annihilated, his reputation was ruined, and he could afford to pay it, but if Xiang Shang's head was lost, he couldn't afford to pay it, so he was eager to use the army of King Qi to fight a turnaround.
Wei Yunqi and Wei Baoluan took the initiative to ask for help, and were willing to lead the main force north to Jishui, recover Jiyin, and cut off the thief's retreat
Qi Wang Yang Mu did not hesitate and agreed.