June 19, Eastern Capital Battlefield.

After Yang Xuangan, Hu Shitan, Li Mi and others weighed it repeatedly, they finally chose to compromise with Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun needs a way out, this is understandable, after all, Li Fengyun will never be able to help Yang Xuangan enter the pass at the expense of himself, and after Yang Xuangan enters the pass, he also needs Li Fengyun to contain the Weifu army in the direction of Hebei to reduce the heavy pressure he is bearing in the direction of Guanzhong, and more importantly, Han Shige and Gu Jue have broken through the tiger prison and surrounded Xingyang City, so they not only control Li Fengyun's retreat, but also control the life and death of Han Xiangguo and hundreds of thousands of Song Yu rebels, which is enough to blackmail Li Fengyun, forced him to stay on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital and fight to the death with the Xijing army.

On this afternoon, Han Xiangguo, as the head of the march of Henan Road, led his headquarters to march to Xingyang with the spoils of looting the eastern capital, along the Tongji Canal, water and land.

The commander-in-chief, Lu Xingxing, led the hussars of his headquarters and Yue Gao's Third Army to choose the front for the eastward advance, nominally subject to Han Xiangguo, but in fact he fought independently and assumed the heavy task of capturing Jindi Pass.

On the afternoon of the same day, Li Fengyun commanded his soldiers to start erecting a pontoon bridge on the Zodiac Canal, and made a three-way attack on the imperial city with Yang Xuangan.

On the afternoon of the same day, the battlefield of Hanguguan suddenly changed, several Ying Yang Lang generals who were "rebelled" by Yang Xuangan, Eagle Strike Lang will defect to the battle, Zheng Yuanshou, the general of the right guard, was caught off guard, and fled in defeat, and finally only collected more than 1,000 stragglers and withdrew to Michi.

Yang Jishan surrendered the prisoners as quickly as possible, reorganized the army, and urgently reported to Yang Xuangan, preparing to enter Lishui the next day, and cooperate with Yang Xuanting and Wang Zhongbo to completely destroy the defense of the northern front of the eastern capital.

June 19, Liyang Battlefield.

Yuan Wu was going to surrender the city, but the king of Qi refused. You don't frame me, don't tarnish my innocence, there are already people who suspect that I and Yang Xuangan have joined forces to launch a mutiny, and now you surrender without a fight, and my soldiers will not regain Liyang with blood, which is normal in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of some people, there are mysteries and conspiracy, once they turn black and white upside down, and take the opportunity to frame me, if they have to put me to death, I will be speechless, so, you honestly defend the city, I will attack the city diligently, we will fight for a few days, and we will fight a little more fiercely, That's the only way to prove my innocence.

Yuan Wuben is ridiculous, I gave you Liyang, you don't want it, you have to pretend to attack the city, do you want to prove your innocence, or do you have ulterior motives? However, Yuan Wuben is willing to accept it, you can fight if you want to, and the longer you fight, the better, the more beneficial it will be to Yang Xuangan on the battlefield in the Eastern Capital.

At noon, Li Shanheng began to attack the city and fought in full swing.

At the same time, Dong Chun's Xuzhou army continued to stay in Baima, and the Yingyang Mansion regiment led by Dong Chun, which belonged to the King of Qi, began to cross the river in the early morning, and began to attack Liyangcang at noon.

On this day, Cui Hongsheng continued to fight "fiercely" with the rebels outside the inner Yellow City.

That night, Li Zixiong and Han Yao arrived in Tangyin, and at the same time, Huo Xiaohan and Wang Bo, the commanders of the left and right roads of the alliance, plus Liu Heimin, Sun Xuanya, and Li Deyi, the three marshals, tens of thousands of troops of the alliance gathered on both sides of the river.

The atmosphere on the battlefield was very tense. Zhuo County deputy left, Wu Benlang general Chen Ling has led the army into Anyang City, the capital of Wei County, only fifty or sixty miles away from Dangshui, tomorrow at noon the two sides will meet and start a fierce battle on the front line of Dangshui.

Li Zixiong presided over the military meeting and discussed with the heroes how to block the emperor. The heroes are afraid of war, the combat effectiveness of the Youzhou border army must far exceed the local army, and Chen Ling has 10,000 elites under his command, the two sides face each other, even if the alliance strength is several times that of the other party, it is not its opponent, and the alliance army is not only not good at combat effectiveness, but also many contradictions between the heroes.

Liu Heimin openly questioned that the alliance soldiers and civilians had already withdrawn from Liyang in accordance with the order, and the baggage battalions full of supplies had all gone up the mountain, and even Wang Bo, who had finally withdrawn from Liyang, had arrived at Tangyin City, and the alliance army had all been safely transferred before the Youzhou border army arrived in Liyang, so what reason was there to continue to stay on the front line of Dangshui to block the officers and troops? Could it be that covering the safe evacuation of the Qinghe rebels from Liyang is also a task that the alliance must undertake? We have told Zhang Jin about the evacuation in advance, and Zhang Jin said that he also saw our evacuation, and also knew that the Youzhou border army was about to kill Liyang, but he was insatiable, and he insisted on continuing to loot Liyang Cang regardless of the danger, then he was looking for death, and he couldn't complain about us, and we had no obligation to sacrifice the lives of the soldiers in order to help him evacuate.

Li Zixiong was expressionless and disdainful to answer.

Han Yao had to explain to the heroes once again the reason why the alliance gave Liyang to the King of Qi, and why the alliance had to block Chen Ling to ensure that the King of Qi got Liyang before the King of Qi took Liyang.

In fact, these reasons are clear to the marshals in their hearts, Li Zixiong had explained in detail in Liyang a few days ago, but at that time, Li Zixiong made a position on the front line of Dangshui to block the border army of Youzhou The purpose was to cover the safe withdrawal of the alliance army and people from Liyang, not to help the king of Qi fight for time to take Liyang after the alliance army and people had evacuated Liyang. Sell your life for yourself, willingly, but for the king of Qi, then it must be profitable, otherwise you will not be resolute.

Liu Heimin questioned again, if it is negotiable to cover Zhang Jin's retreat, after all, everyone is a brother of the rebels, and they cooperate very happily on the battlefield of Liyang, but what reason does the alliance have to sacrifice themselves to help the enemy of King Qi? At the beginning of the year, the three-way rebel army attacked Qi County, if there was no Qi Wang, a powerful opponent, the three-way rebel army would be defeated by the official army, and the head of the rat would be rushed? If the alliance grabbed it in the battle of Qi County at the beginning of the year. [,！ ] A piece of territory, why give up Mengshan, risk the annihilation of the whole army, and go north to fight?

Liu Heimin scolded King Qi in front of Li Zixiong, in fact, he also scolded Li Zixiong, and his words were deeply recognized by the heroes, especially Wang Bo, Guo Fangyu and other Qilu heroes, and now they are leaving their hometowns, all thanks to the King of Qi, of course, they hate the King of Qi to the bone.

Li Zixiong's face was ugly, his eyes were gloomy, and he was full of murderous intentions.

Han Yao sighed bitterly, knowing that Liu Heimin's words were too lethal, even if there were still a few heroes who were willing to follow the orders of Li Zixiong and the alliance to fight a dozen before, but now to Liu Heimin such an instigation, there is also a strict sense of resistance, if nothing else, the heroes will flee tonight, and it is estimated that there will not even be a figure on the front line of the water tomorrow.

Han Yao raised his eyes to look at Li Zixiong and motioned for him to follow the advice. This group of handsome people are unruly and untamed, no one can suppress them except Li Fengyun, especially Hebei, Qilu Haoshuai, who has just joined the alliance not long ago, has no sense of belonging to the alliance, if it is not for the fact that it is too difficult to survive, they can only unite together, and Li Fengyun has brought them the opportunity to develop and grow, these people have long been scattered, and it is impossible to hug each other and go north.

Li Zixiong bowed slightly, saying that he accepted the reality, and the next thing was up to Han Yao, he didn't interfere, in fact, if his decision-making was not conducive to the heroes, he couldn't interfere if he wanted to.

Han Yao decided, and the allied armies withdrew to Lin Shu Mountain overnight.

Also on this night, in Anyang City, dozens of miles away from Dangshui, the deputy of Zhuo County stayed behind, and Wu Benlang sent Chen Ling to Cui Hongsheng's letter.

This letter arrived in Anyang before Chen Ling, and it can be seen that Cui Hongsheng must have important military information to tell, so Chen Ling was a little surprised, and immediately opened it, and as he expected, the content of this letter was only one: Yesterday, Wu Benlang, the general of the King of Qi, led Li Shanheng to Liyang and asked Cui Hongsheng to join forces to attack Liyang.

Chen Ling came from the Jianghuai Hanmen, rose with military merits, and walked step by step to the position of a senior officer in the Weifu. His real "career" is after the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the Holy Lord vigorously promoted Jiang Zuo in the military and political circles, Chen Ling, as a protégé of Laihu'er and a fellow villager of Fan Zigai, naturally won the trust of the Holy Lord, and rose step by step. has been promoted, weighted, and even once in charge of the Holy Lord's guard, staying by the Holy Lord's side all day long, under the influence of his ears and eyes, Chen Ling has also gradually become a "politician" from a veteran army with deep qualifications, a pure martial artist, but the time is still short, coupled with many objective restrictions such as being born in a poor family, martial artist status, etc., his understanding of the political situation in the Eastern Capital is far from being compared with Cui Hongsheng and other wealthy magnates, but at least he has the power of "self-preservation", so that he will not be "played to death" in the high-level game.

Now, Chen Ling has read a lot of things from Cui Hongsheng's short letter.

Cui Hongsheng took the initiative to send a letter and took the initiative to inform him of the military situation in Liyang, indicating that Cui Hongsheng had the intention of cooperation. How to cooperate? King Qi is the key.

However, whenever it comes to the King of Qi, it will inevitably involve the battle for the imperial system, and the battle for the imperial system is a battlefield of death, such as Cui Hongsheng and other wealthy elites have lost consecutive battles on this battlefield, not to mention that he, a martial artist from a poor family, is purely cannon fodder, and if he goes in, he will die, so no matter what the real purpose of Cui Hongsheng's letter is, Chen Ling is very grateful to Cui Hongsheng for his "friendship" to call the police.

If there was no letter, Chen Ling rushed to Liyang in one go, but when he saw King Qi, he was passive, what should he do? If he fights Liyang with the King of Qi, he will leave a handle for his political enemies, and in the future, the King of Qi will be defeated in the Imperial War, and the political enemies will seize this "handle" to attack him and frame him for supporting the King of Qi, he will be in trouble, and he will shed his skin if he does not die, on the contrary, if he refuses to fight Liyang with the King of Qi under various excuses, he will not only offend the King of Qi, but also leave a greater handle for the political enemies. You were ordered to suppress the thief, but you didn't fire a single arrow when you arrived in Liyang, what do you mean? Do you support Yang Xuangan's rebellion? Are you against the Holy Lord?

The more Chen Ling thought about it, the more frightened he became, and suddenly found that the rebels had set up a formation to block him on the front line of the river, and it was a great thing to delay the speed of his attack on Liyang.

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