On the 2nd day of the first month of June, at the call of Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the local troops stationed or stranded in Hanoi and other surrounding counties near Liyang arrived outside the city of Liyang.

The tense atmosphere shrouded Liyang, Liyangcang, Yongji Canal, and Yang Xuangan's newly built barracks, and in the rolling flow of people and busyness, all kinds of rumors are also flying all over the sky, some say that the white thieves are crossing the river to attack Liyangcang, some say that the Taihang thieves and Qinghe thieves want to cut off the Yongji Canal, some say that the sailors have rebelled, and hundreds of warships are killing the eastern capital, and it is also said that Han Xiangguo, the thief of Songzhou, has entered Gyeonggi and is storming the eastern capital, and the eastern capital is in danger, and there are rumors that the king of Qi has rebelled and wants to usurp the throne and stand on his own. Such as the White Thief, the Songzhou Thief, the Donglai Naval Division and even the Eastern Capital Garrison, are all supporters of the King of Qi, and they are all charging for the King of Qi, etc., in a word, the Eastern Capital is in chaos, the storm has come, and the innocent people are going to suffer from poison again.

At such a critical moment, a highly respected military and political chief will inevitably play a role in stabilizing people's hearts. Now there are three highest military and political chiefs in Liyang, one is Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is Li Zixiong, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard, who has just arrived in Liyang, but they are all Guanlong people, they are highly respected for Guanlong people, but not for Hebei people, Hebei people don't trust them at all, so the importance of governing the book and serving the imperial history You Yuan at the critical moment is reflected, however, what puzzles the Hebei people is that You Yuan has never shown up, and this abnormal thing quickly introduced the vigilance of the Hebei people. Hebei officials led by Bo Tangwei, the lord of Hanoi, immediately implored Shi Youyuan, the secretary of the imperial court, to immediately come forward to inspect the army on the grounds that the army's morale was unstable and needed to be comforted.

Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Wang Zhongbo, Zhao Huaiyi and other military and political chiefs prevaricated and delayed for various reasons, until late at night, You Yuan did not appear, and the Hebei officials who gathered together anxiously waiting for You Yuan still did not disperse, they tried every means to find You Yuan, and even the subordinates and guards around You Yuan were not found, this thing is not abnormal, but weird. The people of Hebei sensed the danger, and they acted quickly, while gathering troops into a state of imminent battle, in case of accidents, and at the same time preparing to withdraw from Liyang overnight, and using this to threaten and force You Yuan to come forward.

Things have finally reached the point of being out of control, although Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong have long taken precautions, but the vigilance of the Hebei people is too high, and they even have the exact evidence that You Yuan is in Liyang, which makes many of the preventive measures of the Guanlong people not used at all, and what is even stricter is that judging from this move of the Hebei people, there is obviously an invisible hand behind them that is secretly manipulating, otherwise with the identity and power of Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, it is impossible for the Hebei people to be so fearless to the point of being so lawless. If you can't see Youyuan Hebei people, you will leave Liyang, this kind of naked threat is not only to openly slap Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong in the face, but also to draw a clear line with the Guanlong people, and even do not hesitate to turn their faces into enemies in a hurry, what does this mean?

Yang Xuangan and Li Zixionghuo discussed countermeasures.

Yang Xuangan insisted on procrastinating. He needs more troops, and he needs to drag this part of the Hebei people into the water, even if he can't be held hostage to the Hebei aristocratic group because of this, at least he must make the Hebei wealthy families fearful, so that Cui Hongsheng, who holds the army, will not attack him at the first time, so that he can win more time and better conditions for going south to attack the eastern capital.

"The key now is that You Yuan is dead, and we can't drag it on." Li Zixiong unceremoniously questioned Yang Xuangan, "Can you let You Yuan come back from the dead?" Or, do you have a plan to continue to deceive the people of Hebei and continue to delay? What's more important, Dongdu must know that a certain person was arrested by a secret edict, but now that a certain is in Liyang, and a certain is with you, what will happen to Liyang next, can Dongdu not know? ”

Yang Xuangan frowned deeply, stroked his hair and sighed, "We still have a lot of things to do, if we raise troops in a hurry, I'm afraid it will ......."

"In a hurry? Is it still in a hurry to raise troops at this moment? Bai has already killed the city of the Eastern Capital, and has paved the way for us to enter the Eastern Capital, as long as we cross the river to the south, it will form a situation of east-west attack, such a favorable situation, you still say that it is hasty? So when are you going to raise troops? Wait until Li Fengyun's entire army is wiped out? ”

Li Zixiong's sarcastic words were particularly harsh in Yang Xuangan's ears, but he was as calm as water and did not express the slightest dissatisfaction, "So far, there has been no movement in Xijing. ”

Li Zixiong couldn't help but sneer, "Do you still have expectations for Xijing?" Taking a step back, even if Xijing responds, do you believe it? ”

"But you should know that when Xijing will send troops is directly related to whether we can take the eastern capital as quickly as possible." Yang Xuangan hesitated for a moment and continued, "From the Xijing side, if they intend to destroy the Eastern Capital, they will not be in a hurry to send troops, and they will make some kind of hint to us, otherwise we will certainly not jump down with our eyes open and kill ourselves when we know that the Eastern Capital is a dead land." ”

Li Zixiong bowed slightly, agreeing with what Yang Xuangan said, "Maybe Xijing is also waiting for your hints, because they don't know if you will definitely fight the Eastern Capital, although Bai has captured Yique and entered Gyeonggi under the banner of Han Xiangguo, and has made a posture of attacking the Eastern Capital, but in their opinion, this may be your plan to attack the East and the West, you pretend to fight the East Capital, but the actual goal is Xijing, so when the Xijing army pours out of the nest and enters the battlefield of the East Capital, that is, the moment you enter the Guanzhong, so they will be in the plan, The whole shape was suddenly subverted, and Xijing would fall into a place of no return. ”

Yang Xuangan pondered for a long time, and then asked in an inquiring tone, "Xijing has not moved for a long time, is this the reason?" ”

Li Zixiong glanced at him meaningfully, "In the eyes of the soldiers, today's Dongdu battlefield is a dead land, and the Central Plains is also a place of four wars without danger to defend. At present, the Holy Lord has an absolute advantage, even if we take the Eastern Capital and occupy the Central Plains, we will not be able to change the disparity in strength between the two sides in the short term, unless Xijing supports us and confronts the Holy Lord with the strength of the entire Guanlong, but how dare we hand over our fate to others? Therefore, if we want to control our own fate and win this mutiny, the best strategy is to take Xijing and occupy Guanlong, so we must not only seize the opportunity, but also seize the time. ”

Yang Xuangan was silent. Li Zixiong also stopped talking, and stopped at the point.

Purely from a military standpoint, fighting the eastern capital must be the next policy, especially in the unfavorable situation of raising troops in advance, the mutiny alliance has lost the basic conditions for defeating the Holy Lord, the top priority is survival, raising troops in advance is actually for survival, survival is the important task of the mutiny alliance, and if you want to survive, you must first grab a piece of territory, Guanlong is the best territory, with the advantage of time, place and people.

In the attack strategy designed by Li Mi for this mutiny, the upper strategy to intercept the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force on the battlefield in Liaodong is purely on paper, while the middle strategy to attack Guanlong is very realistic and correct, as for the next strategy to attack the eastern capital, it is a desperate fight under the corner, and there is no way. However, Yang Xuangan never made the decision to attack, and he was secretive, why? In fact, Yang Xuangan must have to think of a way out before raising troops, what should he do if he fails? And his choice is undoubtedly Guan Long, which can be seen from his abandonment of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and the secret negotiation with Xijing, although the nominal move is to find out the "bottom line" of Xijing, and to pull Xijing onto his "boat", but the real purpose is to prepare for a retreat.

Xijing did not use violent means to destroy the confidence and courage of reform, nor was he willing to give up more interests in cooperation with radical conservative forces, the results are self-evident, but Xijing saw an opportunity to make profits, so he began to make arrangements, to use Yang Xuangan's mutiny to achieve the dual purpose of both fighting the reformists and benefiting greatly from them.

With Yang Xuangan's wisdom, of course, he knows that in the case of fruitless negotiations, Xijing will inevitably have a black hand behind his back, so what is Yang Xuangan's countermeasure? Of course, it will be calculated.

Li Zixiong has been mixed in the military and political circles for decades, and he has become old and fine, how can Xijing and Yang Xuangan's methods hide from him? He can be sure that Yang Xuangan will inevitably target Xijing when there is no chance of winning the mutiny, but Xijing is prepared, shrinking his head to be a turtle, and he can't hold on. can only attack the east and the west, and lure Xijing's army into the battlefield of the eastern capital with all his might, otherwise Yang Xuangan will not be able to destroy the Xijing defense line at all, and it will be even more difficult to occupy Guanlong.

Of course, if Yuan Hongsi is safe and sound, and Yuan Hongsi sends troops to fight Xijing, Yang Xuangan can easily enter Guanlong, and he doesn't need to fight the Eastern Capital, but how can Xijing let Yang Xuangan get his wish? At any cost, he wanted to drive away Yuan Hongsi and control the Northwest Army, so Yang Xuangan fell into a predicament and could only rely on himself.

Yang Xuangan never said his true intentions, and he had to be secretive, and the people around him were also very cooperative, avoiding talking about Xijing, even Li Fengyun was very cooperative, with extraordinary determination and extraordinary courage, he entered Jinggi in one go, and put the situation of attacking the eastern capital out early, but Xijing's cousin was also secretive, allowing the situation in the eastern capital to deteriorate rapidly, not to mention active support, not even a word of comfort.

Yang Xuangan has enough patience, although Li Fengyun's strength is far from enough to lure out the Xijing army, but he still has the King of Qi this wonderful move, as long as the King of Qi can't wait to appear on the periphery of Gyeonggi, creating the illusion of joining forces with him to enter the Eastern Capital to snatch the imperial unification, Xijing will not be able to sit still, and he will inevitably make a move, otherwise once the King of Qi grabs the imperial unification, Guanlong will inevitably be divided internally, and the shape will inevitably get out of control.

At this moment, the reason why Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong discussed emergency measures alone was to use Li Zixiong's power to "invite" the king of Qi to the battlefield in the eastern capital, otherwise even if he raised troops tomorrow and killed the city of the eastern capital the day after tomorrow, he would not be able to lure out the Xijing army.

However, Li Zixiong's answer is that only if you raise troops, the king of Qi will appear, and the two sides will have the possibility of cooperation.

Yang Xuangan hesitated, because once he entered the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, he would be passive, and he might even be trapped in it and difficult to get out.

At this moment, Hu Shitan hurriedly came with a secret letter, "Duke Ming, the Eastern Capital is in an emergency, and Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, suddenly came back." ”

Yang Xuangan stood up, and Li Zixiong was also surprised. Yang Gongren's comeback? Yang Gongren's comeback means that the existing power structure of the Eastern Capital has undergone a qualitative change, once Yang Gongren monopolizes the military and political power of the Eastern Capital in the name of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, with his prestige, he will be able to unite the high-level of the Eastern Capital in a short period of time, and ease the contradictions and conflicts between the major forces.

"Raise troops tomorrow." Yang Xuangan didn't hesitate anymore and made a decisive decision, "Go south to the Eastern Capital." ”

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