The arrival of the main force of Laihu'er and the Sailor Division quickly reversed the tide of the battle in the Eastern Capital.

On the seventeenth day of the month, under the personal supervision of Zhou Fashang, Lai Cheng and Fei Qingnu commanded the sailors to capture Luokoucang, and then took advantage of the victory to chase and kill, and attacked Heishi Pass on land and water. Yang Xuanzong couldn't resist it, so he abandoned the black stone overnight and retired from the Yanshi.

When the Eastern Capital battlefield heard the news, he was shocked, and Yang Shen urgently told Yang Xuangan. At present, Yuwenshu, Qu Tutong, Cui Hongsheng and Chen Ling have led the Weifu army to capture Mengjin and Dengjin, and are fighting with Wang Zhongbo in the Jingu at the western foot of the mountain. The army of Yang Hao, the commander of Heyang Governor Qin, had even reached the area of Qianshui, and it was close to the eastern capital. Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang commanded the water division to kill along the Tongji Canal (Luoshui), all the way like a bamboo, unstoppable. Yang Shen was attacked by the enemy on his back and fought on two fronts, which was difficult to support, so he consulted Yang Xuangan's opinion on whether to immediately evacuate the battlefield in the eastern capital and enter Hangu Pass in the west.

On July 18, Laicheng and Fei Qingnu captured Yanshi, and the sailors rushed to the eastern capital and fought fiercely with the rebels on both sides of the Yangqu. On the same day, Zhou Fashang arrived in Hongchi and went to the front line to command the battle.

At the same time, the sailor Mai Mengcai led the army to capture the Tiger Prison. Gu Jue retreated to Xingyang City, and then fell into the encirclement of the four-way army of Dong Chun, the Taishou Xun Wang Yang Qing of Pengcheng, and the Wu Benlang general Liu Changgong and the sailor Mai Mengcai, and the defeat was decided.

On July 19, Yang Shen received an order from Yang Xuangan to immediately withdraw from the battlefield in the eastern capital, enter Hangu Pass in the west, and join the main force. Ordered Yang Xuanzong to lead the army to hold the Hangu Pass, block the Weifu army at any cost, and win enough time for the army to capture Tongguan.

Yang Shen immediately made evacuation arrangements, and all armies began to withdraw from the battlefield in the eastern capital in the early morning of tomorrow.

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On July 19, Hebei Zhao County Fenglong Mountain.

Li Fengyun led his army to Fenglong Mountain, and joined forces with the alliance armies who had arrived at Fenglong Mountain in advance.

Li Zixiong, Chen Rui, Han Yao, Han Shou, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Wang Bo, Sun Xuanya, Huo Xiaohan and other alliance officials and heroes went out to welcome Shili, and the scene was very grand, and Li Fengyun did not disappoint them and gave them a big surprise. At the beginning, Li Fengyun led more than 30,000 soldiers into the Eastern Capital, but now not only did he not have any losses, but brought back more than 10,000 elite soldiers, as well as a large number of grain, grass and weapons, which is an incredible miracle. The "old men" of such a miracle alliance are accustomed to it, but they are very shocked by Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin and Wang Bo, who have not long joined the alliance.

There must be a reason why miracles happen, and in addition to luck, strength is the decisive factor. Li Fengyun brought back 40,000 elite soldiers, this is strength, and this strength is enough to control the alliance, firmly suppress all the heroes, and not let anyone affect or threaten his highest position in the alliance.

The news of Li Fengyun's safe return spread quickly, and the alliance soldiers and civilians were thunderous with joy, their morale was like a rainbow, and everyone was full of unprecedented confidence in the future.

After a short rest, Li Fengyun held a high-level military meeting of the alliance in the real sense of the word in Fenglong Temple.

The participants included Shi Chen Rui and Han Yao, the left and right chiefs of the Alliance's Great Governor's Office, Sima Yuan An, Xiangtai Wuyang, Xiao Yi, Gong Cao and Wang Yang, and Cang Cao and Lu Ping. There are four army commanders subordinate to the Great Governor's Office: Tiger Ben, Fengyun, Hussar, and Xiao Cavalry. There are the chief managers and deputy directors of the left, right, front and middle five road governors.

Then there is the guest secretary. For the alliance heroes, familiar faces include Li Zixiong, Li Min father and son, Hebei Hongru Liu Xuan and Daru Kong Yingda. Then they were all unfamiliar faces, but after Li Fengyun's introduction, the heroes were all dumbfounded.

Sitting in front of the heroes were Yang Gongdao, the son of Yangxiong, the king of Guande, Han Shige, the son of the famous Chinese general Han Baohu, Zhou Zhong, the son of the famous Chinese general Zhou Luoyu, the son of the current chief of the water division, Lai Yuan, the son of the current chief of the water division, Yu Rou, the son of Yu Shiji, the current internal history servant, and Zheng Yan, the son of Zheng Shanguo, the current Dali Qing.

What's going on? After all, Li Zixiong and Li Min's father and son are wanted criminals under the edict of the Holy Lord, their identities have changed, and everyone can accept them in the alliance, but Yang Gongdao is a royal family, Han Shige and Zhou Zhong are the sons of famous generals in Middle-earth, Lai Yuan and Yu Rou are the sons of ministers of the military regime of the current dynasty, and Zheng Yan is from the Xingyang Zheng family, one of the five super wealthy families in Middle-earth. It's incredible, it's a miracle of miracles.

The atmosphere at the military conference immediately changed. With so many wealthy nobles, and even a royal family sitting, where is there a place for the heroes? Since the ruler of the gate lord clan ruled Middle-earth, the concept of respect and inferiority determined by the nine-rank Zhongzheng system has been deeply rooted in the people of Middle-earth? Blood. The heroes are either from poor families or commoners, with humble status, and under normal circumstances, they are not qualified to sit opposite the high nobles, let alone sit on an equal footing with the super wealthy and the royal family, which is something that they never dreamed of.

But today something that I never dreamed of happened. The wealthy and handsome were panicked, like pins and needles, and the wealthy nobles were also ashamed and indignant, and were extremely angry at Li Fengyun for revealing their true identities.

Li Fengyun disagreed, pointed at Xiao Yi, and asked in front of everyone, "Do you know who he is?" ”

Xiao Yi smiled bitterly, knowing what Li Fengyun's purpose was, he couldn't help but shake his head again and again. Xiao Yat has been using a fake name to conceal his identity in the alliance, and he knows very little about his true identity.

Everyone was puzzled. Lai Yuan glanced at Xiao Yi carefully, feeling a little familiar, so he asked in an uncertain tone, "Are you from the Lanling Xiao Clan?" ”

Everyone was surprised, especially the "old men" of the alliance stared at Xiao Yi, who was too familiar to be familiar, and it was hard to imagine that this person was actually from the Lanling Xiao family of Jiangzuo's wealthy family.

Xiao Yat smiled and nodded, acknowledging his identity.

At this moment, Li Fengyun deliberately exposed Xiao Yi's true identity, and his intention was clear at a glance, that is, to tell the heroes that as long as they enter the alliance, everyone is a "thief", no matter how noble their past status is, it is meaningless, and if they are caught by the government, they will be beheaded. At the same time, he also sued the wealthy nobles, entering the alliance is a "thief", everyone shouts and beats, the more noble the identity in the past, the more dangerous it is, so you must change your name and surname, and you must be a low-key person, otherwise it will not only affect your family, but also become the target of the public, maybe one day your head will be gone, after all, the more noble the status, the greater the number of rewards offered by the government, and the more valuable the head is, the more coveters you will be, and it is impossible to prevent it.

"From now on, you all use pseudonyms." Li Fengyun said unceremoniously, "In the alliance, you must not only give up your real name, but also give up your innate sense of superiority. From the moment you are willing to live in the Alliance, you are true thieves. There is no distinction between high and low thieves, only the difference between early and late death. If you want to live longer, if you want to reverse your destiny, if you want to use your real name again one day, then create a future with us. ”

Li Zixiong, a highly respected meritorious general, is a "role model", and now even Li Zixiong has to face the reality, bow his arrogant head, and look for a glimmer of life in a desperate situation. I can only take one step at a time and leave it to fate.

The nobles of the wealthy families were depressed, while the nobles were excited, not because they could be on an equal footing with the high nobles, but because they saw the hope that they could one day become the high nobles, and this hope was very big and even real.

Finally, Li Fengyun "grandly" introduced two young people, Li Sixing and Li Mengwei from the ancestral house of the Li family in Zhao County.

Li Zixiong smiled. Li Fengyun finally "couldn't resist" the pressure to make something about his identity, although he wanted to cover it up, but the effect was still obvious. There are so many wealthy and noble people in the alliance, if Li Fengyun does not have the corresponding noble status, his position as the supreme commander of the alliance will be in jeopardy, and it is difficult to maintain his authority when he takes a step back, and he cannot control and control the alliance as commanding, and the consequences are very strict, so Li Fengyun can only "show" his identity as a last resort.

In fact, Li Zixiong misunderstood that Li Fengyun's move was not for the wealthy nobles, but for the alliance heroes, and there was also the meaning of the "eyes" of Li Sixing and Li Mengwei to show the true strength of the alliance in front of the Zhaojun Li clan, so as to change the Zhao Jun Li clan's view of the alliance and himself, and strive to win the strong support and help of the Zhaojun Li clan in the future.

When Wei Fusi persuaded these wealthy nobles before, he had already "pointed" Li Fengyun's true identity, which was also one of the reasons why the wealthy nobles were willing to live in the alliance, and the alliance heroes were always skeptical, after all, coming from the Zhaojun Li family and whether there was support from the Zhaojun Li family are completely different things, the former can only prove the dignity of the identity, while the latter proves the existence of strength, and it is illusory without strength. Now Li Fengyun has proved his strength with the joining of a large number of wealthy families and nobles and more than 40,000 elite troops, and then proves his noble identity, then he can basically win the respect of the heroes and marshals, and he can stabilize the military heart of the alliance, and the stability of the military heart is very important to the next alliance "foothold" in the battle of Yanbei.