Chapter 209: Who made the first bird

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The study was quiet, and the two looming figures looked lonely against the dim candlelight. The air is hot and humid, and although the slightest coolness emanating from the ice cubes can give people a clear mind, it cannot calm the restless feelings.

Yang Qing's face became more and more ugly, sweat soaked purple clothes, beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, the pain and resentment in his heart accumulated in his body and was in danger of exploding at any time, he felt as if he had fallen into boundless darkness, as if he was surrounded by countless hideous smiling faces, as if he was thrown into the raging fire by invisible black hands, and he even felt that a mountain as heavy as a thousand pounds was falling from the sky, about to smash himself into a ball of powder

Cai Wang Yang Zhiji can't count on it, and Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, is "trapped" in the Eastern Capital again, how can he save King Qi single-handedly? Yang Qing couldn't help but want to howl loudly, completely spitting out the endless grief and anger in his heart. Is the royal family illustrious? Are the princes and grandsons shining brightly? Not at all, only when you are in it do you know that behind the illustrious figure of the royal family is a terrifying bloody storm, the golden robes of the princes and grandsons are all swords, swords, shadows, axes, hooks and forks, and the general public only sees that the royal family has inexhaustible power and wealth, but they can't see that in the shadow of these powers and wealth, there are bloody corpses of the princes and grandchildren.

There are only two sons-in-law today, and the luckiest one is Yang Zhao, the prince of Yuande, who died when he entered the East Palace, got rid of the sea of suffering early and went to heaven, and threw all the suffering to his younger brother Yang Lan mercilessly. The core of this generation of imperial disputes should have been two brothers, and now there is only one King of Qi left, Yang Lan, the natural prince, and it stands to reason that there will be no dispute over the imperial system, but the government is so ruthless, whether it is ten princes or one son-in-law, there will be a dispute over the imperial system. On the banner of politics, the prince will never be able to get rid of the fate of "chess pieces", and will always be a victim of the struggle for power and wealth.

Poor King Qi, poor child, has always struggled in the whirlpool of political struggle, lost his way in the storm, lost his nature. Today's King of Qi looks like a free-flying eagle, but in fact he is a fierce beast imprisoned in a cage, as long as he does not die, he will inevitably be driven into the Colosseum and fight to the death with groups of beast hunters.

Yang Qing fully understood the emperor's practice of not setting up a prince for the time being. The first emperor had five sons-in-law, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, he set up a prince, but the cruel battle for the imperial throne was like a demon, dragging all the good family into hell and turning them all into devils. How many of the thousands of families in Middle-earth have experienced the misery of the world like them? The death of Yang Zhao, the crown prince of Yuande, gave the emperor a chance to protect his family, but for an emperor and a Guozuo, the risks contained in this practice are incalculable.

At the same time, although this practice effectively protected the emperor's family, the battle for the imperial throne always existed, and this demon Shi always lingered by the side of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, so that Yang Lan, the king of Qi, lived in a terrifying nightmare year after year, and he could not live in fear all day. No matter how strong a person is, he can't survive for a long time in such a harsh environment, people will become crazy, and they will lose their minds in despair, the prince Yang Yong was crazy and lost his mind, and Yang Lan is not crazy and still gritted his teeth and insisted, but there are more and more wounds on his body, and the pain in his heart is becoming more and more intense, he is desperate to break through the cage, desperate to smash the nightmare, desperate to soar into the sky and fly freely, so even if there is a mortal trap ahead, he will not hesitate to rush forward and fight to the death.

Either you die or I live, in fact, he has no choice, because of this, the emperor and Guozuo are facing a huge crisis, once the king of Qi Yang Lan is defeated and dies in the trap, the domestic chaos, and the Eastern Expedition is in vain, the emperor and Guozuo will pay a heavy price for their risky tightrope walking.

Protecting Yang Lan, the king of Qi, today is actually protecting the emperor and Guozuo. However, once everyone works together to protect Yang Lan, the king of Qi, then Yang Lan's "big gamble" of sacrificing himself to jump into the trap will also be successful, he is not only close to the throne of the prince again, but also has the support of more political forces, so that the emperor's purpose of not setting up the prince for the time being has failed, and the political forces that protect Yang Lan, the king of Qi, have involuntarily gone to the opposite side of the emperor, which will surely anger the emperor, and the battle for the imperial system will set off a shocking storm, and the political contradictions in the court will become increasingly intense. And if some ill-intentioned people take advantage of the situation to carry out a military coup, then father and son will inevitably kill each other, and Middle-earth will inevitably move towards division and war.

At this moment, for Yang Qing, the king of Xun, it is neither advancing nor retreating, and Mingzhe is digging his own grave to protect himself. No wonder Yang Gongren "hid" in the eastern capital as a shrinking turtle, and only sent a son to "talk about his heart", because he also couldn't find a proper countermeasure.

After a long time, a heavy sigh came from the dim candlelight, "King Qi's side ......"

"The King of Qi is running around to get out of the chaos in Beijing." Yang Qian's expression was calm, his tone was calm, not impatient, "According to the inference of a certain adult, the resistance of King Qi to Beijing is not great, and Duke An Chang (Yuan Wendu) can't stop King Qi from leaving Beijing, and the real key to the matter is when King Qi will leave Beijing." ”

Yang Qian knew that his uncle's situation was too difficult, and it was inevitable that he would hesitate and be uneasy, because Yang Lun, the king of Teng, and Yang Ji, the king of Wei, were very close to Yang Liang, the king of Han, even if they did not participate in the mutiny, they were still removed from the list and exiled to the frontier. Today, the King of Qi was calculated, and if he didn't make a move, he was waiting for death, but there was a glimmer of life, but even if this line of life was caught by King Qi, I don't know if it was a curse or a blessing, but if it was a disaster, it would be a dead end, and the person who helped King Qi to seize this line of vitality would shed his skin if he didn't die. Therefore, if you want to persuade Yang Qing to take the lead in suppressing thieves and pave the way for Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to get out of Beijing, it is not ordinary.

Yang Qing gently wiped the sweat on his face, then looked at Yang Qian, who was sitting on the side with a calm heart, and secretly praised his calmness, but also couldn't help but have a thought, since Yang Gongren sent a son to Xingyang to help him, then he should have some confidence, otherwise he would not dare to meddle in this matter.

In any case, Yang Gongren is in the Eastern Capital, and if the King of Qi wants to find the support of the royal family, he must first find him, and if the Yuan family, the Dugu family, and the Zheng family want to join forces to fight back, they must also find the help of the royal family, and they still have to find Yang Gongren. In this way, Yang Gongren must have a countermeasure, but it is difficult to implement, and he needs a capable and absolutely trustworthy executor, and he obviously does not have such conditions, he is not incapacitated, nor is he lacking trust with Yang Gongren, but he is too sensitive like Yang Gongren, and he is not suitable for charging on the front line. So who is the right bird? Yang Qian in front of him is a standard candidate for the first bird.

The more Yang Qing thought about it, the more determined he became, and he felt that he was getting closer and closer to Yang Gongren's true thoughts.

"When does King Qi plan to leave Beijing?" Yang Qing asked.

"July." Yang Qian replied without thinking.

Yang Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. Yang Qian obviously knew the relevant situation very well, and it was inferred that Yang Lan, the king of Qi, must have asked Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, for help, and Yang Gongren was willing to send Yang Qian to Xingyang, so he must have made some promise to Yang Lan, the king of Qi.

"Is there a specific time?" Yang Qing asked.

"In July, in mid-July at the latest."

Yang Qing frowned slightly, "What's the explanation?" ”

"Winter in the Far East comes early, and there is a possibility of snow in late autumn, and if it snows heavily, it will be difficult to continue both the attack and the transportation of grain and grass, so under normal circumstances, the expeditionary force will enter the hinterland of Goguryeo in July, encircle Pyongyang, and end the war before the heavy snow comes, that is, around mid-September. If the war drags on into winter, the consequences will be devastating. ”

"If my expeditionary force surrounds Pyongyang in July, then there are two possibilities: one is that Pyongyang has been conquered and the war has ended, and whether the Tongji Canal is interrupted or not is irrelevant; First, Pyongyang is under siege, and grain and grass are being transported to Pyongyang in a steady stream of water, and the temporary interruption of the Tongji Canal will no longer affect the outcome of the war. On the other hand, if our expeditionary force fails to encircle Pyongyang in July and the war process is seriously delayed, then there are two results: one is to prolong the war, suspend the pace of attack, stabilize the occupied area, and wait for next spring to fight Pyongyang again; Another result is to end the war and return in vain. In this case, whether the Tongji Canal is interrupted or not will not jeopardize the victory or defeat of the Eastern Crusade. Therefore, the best time for King Qi to go out of Beijing is July, and it can't be early, or it's late. ”

After Yang Qing pondered for a while, he asked, "My hundreds of thousands of Weifu troops have entered Goguryeo, and the water 6 is attacking, and the momentum is like a bamboo, where do you have to wait until July?" ”

Now the situation on the front line of the Tongji Canal has deteriorated sharply, and the Tongji Canal will be interrupted at any time, the sooner Yang Lan, the king of Qi, enters the battlefield of the rebellion, the sooner he can reverse the crisis, which is a good and harmless thing for the political situation in the Eastern Capital and the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, why do you have to wait until July? There is still more than a month to go until July, and in such a long period of time, there will be all kinds of unpredictable changes, and once these changes make the eastern capital and the local government completely lose control of the Tongji Canal, then it will inevitably cause severe danger to the battlefield of the eastern capital.

Yang Qian shook his head with a wry smile, "June, is the rainy season in the Far East, and all the rivers in Goguryeo will skyrocket. During the war, the Goguryeo people would make full use of this natural advantage, and did not hesitate to break the embankment and release the water, and use the surging torrent to block the advance of our expeditionary force. For them, as long as the encirclement of Pyongyang by our expeditionary force is delayed until August, then they have a glimmer of opportunity to drag the war into winter. Winter is coming, and when it snows heavily, if our expeditionary force is still under the city of Pyongyang, it will surely be defeated. Therefore, if our expeditionary force fails to encircle Pyongyang in July, the difficulty of the attack will increase exponentially, and stopping the attack is the most rational choice. In the same way, if our expeditionary force fails to conquer Pyongyang in September, it must retreat, otherwise it will be in danger of total annihilation. ”

Yang Qian said this, and shook his head again, "The terrain in the Far East is complex and the climate is harsh, and the time that is really suitable for my expeditionary force to attack Goguryeo is only four months, and it is too difficult to capture a barbaric country where all the people are soldiers in these four months. ”

Yang Qing was speechless for a long time. Obviously, the Qi King Yang Lan had to wait for July to send troops out of political considerations, while the Yuan, Dugu and Zheng clans wanted to unite themselves to send troops to fight the rebellion now, which was out of military considerations, that is, they must firmly control the initiative on the battlefield of Tongjiqu, so that the Eastern Capital could help Yang Lan, the king of Qi, achieve his political goals, and the political forces could also pursue the maximization of interests in this process.