Fan Zigai, who was left behind in the eastern capital, was silent, and the others did not speak.

The young and immature Yue Wang Yang Tong's weight in their minds suddenly increased. This strategy was offered by the people of Shandong, and it was Cui Zhen who persuaded Yang Tong, the king of Yue, but the crux of the matter is that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, made a decision alone, without consulting anyone or consulting others, which shows that he has wisdom, scheming and thought, and does not want to be a puppet at the mercy of others, and wants to be the master of the eastern capital, and he must firmly control his own fate. At a young age, he was full of a strong desire for power, which was the most awe-inspiring thing about Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and what made Fan Zigai and other military and political bigwigs feel threatened.

King Yue's decision changed the current balance of power in the Eastern Capital, and Fan Zigai and others felt that the power in their hands was weakening, and their control over the future situation was rapidly weakening. Soon Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, and Yang Hao, the King of Qin, will come to the side of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to defend left and right, and help Yang Tong, the king of Yue, consolidate and enhance his authority, and then Fan Zigai and others will inevitably be passive, even if they will not be led by the nose of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, they will also be constrained by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and it will be difficult to do whatever they want and do whatever they want.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, was very cautious, worried that Fan Zigai and others would join forces to prevent the return of Yang Hao, the king of Qin, to Beijing and the return of Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, after coming to his senses, so he decisively announced the end of the discussion, and as for the matter of supporting Li Hun, it depended on the Luoshui war. Fan Zigai has already said that he wants to slow down the Holy Lord, to give Li Hun time to reorganize the army to fight back, and to say that the Wei Mansion must also take care of his own face, and he must also wash away the stain of this shame, so let the Wei Mansion do what should be disposed of, and it will inevitably fall into the truth if he is too involved.

Everyone had their own thoughts and dispersed in a hurry.

On the same day, Wu Benlang, who was already preparing to move the defense in Xiyuan, led the army to the Jingu in the northwest of Bishan and the Yamato Valley in the southeast after receiving the order of the Wei Fu, strengthened the garrison force of the two pontoon bridges across the river in Dengjin and Mengjin, and rushed across the river to Heyang with 100,000 fires, temporarily taking the military of the Heyang Governor's Mansion to ensure that the Qin King Yang Hao returned to the Eastern Capital before dusk.

On the same day, Li Hun, the general of the right Xiaowei, reorganized the army on the front line of Luoshui, and launched a counterattack against the rebels around noon, and the two sides launched a fierce battle in the Antler Pavilion ten miles southeast of Xianren Palace, but the morale of the Weifu army was generally not high, and the eastern capital did not transfer troops to support, and the officers were very indifferent, and the officers were full of complaints, and the counterattack failed to work, and the rebels could not be beaten back to Yiquekou, and they could only barely maintain the Luoshui defense line for the time being.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Fengyun, who was commanding the operation on the front line, received confidential news from the eastern capital, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Lu Xingxing to lead the hussars and the third army of the alliance to the north along Yishui, from the flank of the Luoshui defense line, to attack and advance in the southern direction of the eastern capital, so as to further threaten the eastern capital and confuse the situation in the eastern capital.

Under the unfavorable circumstances of the rapid deterioration of the situation in the Eastern Capital, the political game between the military and political circles has intensified, and the political forces, large and small, have pursued their own interests at any cost and by unscrupulous means, and as a result, whether they are active or passive, whether intentionally or unintentionally, everyone has become the "pusher" of the "storm", so dark clouds have enveloped the Eastern Capital, and an earth-shattering "storm" is coming.

At the end of May, Li Zixiong arrived in Liyang.

Laihu'er "detained" Li Zixiong to Liaodong with a warship, but many of Li Zixiong's subordinates were imprisoned on this boat, and when they traveled to the coastal waters of Hebei, Li Zixiong's subordinates broke out of the prisoner, hijacked the warship, rescued Li Zixiong, and then sailed into the river, went upstream, and fled to Liyang day and night.

Li Zixiong's "escape" proved that the news from the palace was absolutely accurate. Now Li Zixiong escaped by luck, but Honghua, who was far away in the northwest, was in danger if he stayed behind Yuan Honghei, and there were many auspicious ones.

Li Zixiong did not wait to rest, and eagerly inquired about the situation in the Eastern Capital. Hu Shitan immediately made a detailed statement, and Yang Xuangan, Wang Zhongbo, and others added slightly.

Li Fengyun, Li Mi, and Han Xiangguo led the army to capture Yique and approached the eastern capital, and Shun lì completed the important task of attracting the attention of the eastern capital and containing the Gyeonggi garrison, and at the same time intensified the contradictions and conflicts between the major political forces in the eastern capital, and further confused the political situation in the eastern capital. The shape shì is very favorable to the mutiny, it can be said that everything is ready, and only the east wind is owed.

However, the key to the success of this mutiny is not in the military, but in the political situation, so what Li Zixiong is most concerned about is not whether Li Fengyun has entered Gyeonggi and approached the eastern capital, but whether Yang Xuangan has reached an agreement with the Guanlong people, whether the successor to the imperial throne has been determined, and whether the conservative forces in the two capitals can work together to fight against the Holy Lord.

Yang Xuangan gave an answer that disappointed Li Zixiong, although Li Fengyun had already made a prediction about this, but Li Zixiong always had luck, and it turned out that Li Fengyun was right again, and the luck in Li Zixiong's heart finally disappeared.

"Is there an alternative?" Li Zixiong asked bluntly, "We have been preparing with both hands, and if the acting king can't do it, we will choose other princes, such as Yang Hao, the king of Qin, he is the captain of Heyang, and he has the responsibility of garrisoning Yongji Canal, and the person is in Heyang, if you invite him under the pretext of inviting him, lure him into Liyang, and then raise troops with him, we will have the banner we need, and we can threaten the Boling Cui clan, so that even if we can't win the support of the Shandong people in the early stage of the mutiny, we can also let the Boling Cui clan throw a mouse bogey, forcing the Shandong people to have to stand by and be patient for the time being." ”

"We made other choices, and the candidate is none other than Yang Hao, the king of Qin." Hu Shitan said, "We also tried to lure it into Liyang and coerce it into raising troops, but our efforts failed." ”

"What's the explanation?" Li Zixiong asked.

"According to the news we just got from the Eastern Capital, the King of Yue suddenly decided to ask Yang Hao, the King of Qin, and Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, to complement each other." Hu Shitan glanced at Li Zixiong and said with a pun, "What is the purpose of King Yue, Duke Jianchang should be clear at a glance, so if nothing else, at this moment, Yang Hao, the king of Qin, has returned to the Eastern Capital." ”

As soon as Li Zixiong heard it, he guessed that this was the result of the overly fierce power game of the high-level in the Eastern Capital, and it was certain that the idea given to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, must be Shi Cuiyun, the governor of the Yue Wang's mansion, who was in a power predicament, but unexpectedly, the young Yue Wang Yang Tong had such a cautious mind, such extraordinary courage and courage, this is not a child's house, there is no extraordinary courage and no courage to take a risk under the protection of the wolves. What is particularly unbelievable is that Fan Zigai, Yuan Wendu, Wei Jin, Wei Yunqi, Pei Hongce and other military and political officials did not obstruct it, and actually allowed Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to take back all the power that should have belonged to him. How is this possible? There must be a secret in this.

"No one to stop you?" Li Zixiong asked in surprise, "Still can't stop it?" ”

Hu Shi stretched out his hands, indicating that he knew nothing. The reason why the political situation in the Eastern Capital has deteriorated rapidly to such an incredible point today is directly related to their enthusiasm for "fighting in the nest", but it is indeed unbelievable that such a group of powerful people were suppressed by a child who looked weak and bullied. On the contrary, if the power of the eastern capital is concentrated in the hands of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, has the final say, the cohesion of the eastern capital will inevitably be enhanced, and the defense will be firm, which will be unfavorable to the attack on the eastern capital.

After thinking for a while, Li Zixiong sneered, "King Yue is a good means, the reason why he invited back Yang Hao, the king of Qin, is that his real intention is to dispel the concerns of Yang Gongren, the prince of Guanguo, and pave the way for Yang Gongren's comeback." Speaking of this, he looked at Yang Xuangan and Hu Shitan, and asked, "Is there any news that Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, has made a comeback?"

"There's no doubt about that." Yang Xuan stroked his long hair with his hand, frowned and said, "In order to help King Yue defend the eastern capital, Cui Xun took the initiative to make the biggest compromise to the Yuan family and the eight surnamed Xungui, but the matter is far more complicated than Cui Xun imagined, Xijing is aggressive, Guogong (Li Hun) is even more pressing, and it is no longer realistic to rely on Xianbei people to hold the eastern capital. The Eastern Capital is in danger, we can see it, Cui Zhen can see it, Yang Gongren can certainly see it even more, with his personality, he will never stand by and ignore it, so Yang Gongren's sudden comeback, on the one hand, is certainly invited by Cui Zhen, on the other hand, he also has his own wishes, in the face of the rapidly changing situation in the Eastern Capital, he can no longer sit still. ”

"The comeback of Guan Guogong has too much impact on the political situation in the Eastern Capital." Hu Shi said worriedly, "It is foreseeable that the authority of the King of Yue will therefore override the Eastern Capital, and the central governments and the twelve governments have fallen behind in the confrontation with the King of Yue, and it is no longer possible to control the situation in the Eastern Capital." This affected our plans for mutiny, disrupted our planned deployments, and forced us to delay the deployment of our troops. ”

The faces of the people were heavy, and they were all silent. Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, had great prestige in both the military and political circles, and inherited the huge political legacy left by his father, Yang Xiong, the king of Guande, and his uncle Yang Da, the Marquis of Shi'an, in fact, his position as the leader of the clan government group is very solid, which is also the reason why the whole Eastern Capital is optimistic about him, regards him as the core of the new generation of power in Middle-earth, and is willing to maintain a good cooperative relationship with him.

Guande Wang Yang Xiong and Shi'an Gonghou Yang Da have become history, and Guanguo Gong Yang Gongren is the future, and all political groups are willing to actively "invest" in the object, so at this moment, the comeback of Guanguo Gong Yang Gongren will definitely have a far-reaching impact on the political pattern of the Eastern Capital, and the first thing that will be affected is the change in the attitude of the large and small political forces in the Eastern Capital towards Yang Tong, the king of Yue, because in a sense, Yang Gongren's comeback can be interpreted as the clan began to "stand in line" in the battle for imperial unity, and began to tend to the Yue King Yang Tong, began to fully support Yang Tong, the king of Yue, which would inevitably affect the choice of these political forces after the storm in the eastern capital.

This sudden change, Yang Xuangan did not predict, Hu Shitan and other mutineers did not deduce the performance and take precautions, no one expected that Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, would resolutely "stand in line" at the time of the crisis in the eastern capital at the cost of his own and the future of the clan, this is too crazy, it is completely irrational political impulse, it is impossible to be born in the real world, but now it is really born.

"In this way, have we lost the choice in the succession of the emperor?" Li Zixiong finally broke the silence.

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