On the sixth day of the sixth month of June, in the early morning, Fan Zigai, Yang Gongren, the Duke of Guanguo, and Shi Cui, the governor of the Yue Prince's Mansion, jointly rushed to the small town of Kuaixiang where the Li Au) River entered Luo, and went to the front line to command the battle of Yique.

In the morning, Wu Benlang sent Zhou Zhongchen to Baiting, changed the previous passive defense, and actively made a posture of crossing the river and attacking, effectively containing the rebels on the front line of Ganluo City.

Under the cover of darkness, Li Hun, the general of the right guard, gathered all his troops in the southeast direction of Xianren Palace, and began to attack and advance in the direction of Yiquekou with all his strength after dawn.

At the same time, Henan Lingda Xi, who was under the banner of Wu Benlang's general Fei Yao, also led the army to appear on the bank of the Yishui River after dawn, and the troops pointed directly at Luhoi Mountain, while Fei Yao's department, which was under the banner of Henan Lingda Xi's goodwill, quickly advanced to Ganluo City along the Luoshui line after dawn.

Li Fengyunxun reacted and urgently told the commanders of the armies that the intention of the officers and troops was very clear, trying to cut off the connection between Ganluo City and Yiquekou, and then surround Ganluo City with heavy troops. Li Fengyun ordered to abandon Ganluo City immediately, take advantage of the fact that before the official army could close the siege, withdraw to Yishui, set up a formation to block the line of Luti Mountain and Yiquekou, and hold Yique at any cost.

The allied army retreated on all fronts, and the situation of the battle immediately changed, and this change was obviously not conducive to Li Hun, who was at the forefront. If Li Hun continues to rush, he will inevitably start a fierce battle with his opponent, and there is even a danger of being surrounded by his opponent. Obviously, the former is more likely.

Li Hun ordered to stop the attack, immediately distance himself from the rebels, and ensure his own safety, and at the same time urgently reported to the front-line headquarters in Kuaixiang, and they urged the other departments to speed up, and now the armies are not advancing together, but he is alone in the depths.

After Kuaixiang received Li Hun's report, he learned that the battle situation had changed, the rebels had retreated on all fronts, and the strategy of dividing and encircling and annihilating had failed before it was implemented, which was enough to show one thing, the secret had been leaked, otherwise it would be impossible for the rebels to counterattack Li Hun just now, and to "escape" when Zhou Zhong and Chen Bing Baiting had just crossed the river, and when Pei Hongce, Fei Yao and Da Xi had not yet entered the Yique battlefield, but now is not the time to investigate the leakage of secrets, but to immediately come up with new countermeasures in response to changes in the battle situation.

Yang Gongren was very depressed, standing in front of the map and sighing, "The rebels are retreating to Yiquekou, once tens of thousands of traitors defend the danger, it will be difficult for us to recapture Yiquekou in the short term." ”

"Time is too precious for us right now." Cui Zhen glanced at Fan Zigai, who had a heavy expression, and said in a low voice, "If Liyang mutinies, the anti-thieves will kill the eastern capital, and the Xijing side will be eyeing the tiger, plus the thief handsome Han Xiangguo in Yiquekou, we will not be attacked on the back of the enemy, but trapped on three sides." ”

Fan Zigai's face was expressionless, and his heart was full of helplessness, powerlessness, and helplessness.

He has always thought that the open and secret struggle between the factions comes from different political opinions, although the fight is for power and wealth, but it will not shake the fundamentals, to damage the fundamental interests of Middle-earth, the kingdom and the great cause of unification, after all, only by making the "cake" bigger, everyone can get more, but this time he realized more and more clearly that his idea was wrong, perhaps the reform has touched the vital interests of most nobles, and they get less and less share from the "cake", Perhaps it is because the continuous foreign wars have greatly depleted the national strength, and the "cake" is shrinking day by day, which has seriously endangered the fundamental interests of the vested interest groups, so they are "extremely vicious" and do not hesitate to break through the "bottom line" and use all means to seize their own interests, and for this reason they do not hesitate to destroy the great cause of reunification and subvert the national ancestry.

Looking at it, there are selfish and crazy people in front of them, and some have even lost their minds, such as Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong in Liyang, they have lost their minds, and Yang Gongren, Yang Hao and others have deceived their superiors and subordinates for their own selfish interests, and they are unwilling to reveal the secrets they have until now, and Cui Zhen, Yuan Wendu, Zheng Yuanshou, Li Hun and others are even more insidious and cunning, all of them are behind the scenes, and the crisis in the eastern capital is rapidly expanding and out of control under their deliberate promotion, not to mention Xijing, which has been planned for a long time, Not only to destroy the Eastern Capital that replaced their position as the capital teacher, but also to destroy the reform, and even to destroy the Holy Lord and Guozuo, their idea is actually very simple, when I helped you build a country, it was to build a country that was beneficial to me, and now this country is not good for me, of course I want to destroy it, and then rebuild one.

The situation is out of control, Fan Zigai has 100,000 fires to report to the Holy Lord, but the far water can't save the near fire, it will take time for the Holy Lord to come back, and during this time, Fan Zigai must hold the eastern capital, and the crisis must be controlled within a certain range, otherwise the consequences are unimaginable, and the great cause of reunification may collapse violently.

However, Fan Zigai has more than enough heart but not enough strength, there are far more "enemies" around him than "friends" and "brothers", and the strategy to suppress the enemy that was drawn up only yesterday will not be able to be used after one night, which shows that there are so many "enemies" inside, there is no way to fight this battle, and more importantly, how to hold on to the eastern capital like this? It's just that the arrow is on the bow, and I have to, if the battle of Yique ends before it starts, the blow to the authority of the Eastern Capital will be too great, and it will be a public "slap in the face" for Fan Zigai himself, after all, he is the real supreme military and political chief of the Eastern Capital, as for how much power he actually controls, only he knows, and on the surface, now even the Wei Mansion is "obedient to orders", and the right Xiaowei general Li Hun, Wu Benlang will Fei Yao and Zhou Zhong all obey his command, so if this battle is anticlimactic, Fan Zigai must have become the laughing stock of the Eastern Capital, and his authority has plummeted, and no one will listen to him anymore.

Fan Zigai was remorseful. Wei Yunqi's move was too poisonous, and Yuan Wendu's "pushing the boat down the river" became more and more ruthless, no wonder Yang Gongren and Cui Zhen both closed their mouths at that time, and never said a word, it turned out that they all knew that this move would not only consume the army of Dongdu, but also put Fan Zigai to death, forcing him to "surrender his hand", have to hand over power, and honestly be a "supporting role". Of course, the auxiliary ministers must have the consciousness of the auxiliary ministers, how can the main weak minister be strong, and the main minister upside down? It's a pity that Fan Zigai "came to his senses" too late, and now he is in a dilemma.

"Is there a countermeasure for Guan Gong?" Fan Zigai is also very decisive, when it is time to be flexible, it depends on when it is better to bend than to bend, at this moment it is useless to clash head-on with a large group of bigwigs, it is better to take a step back, wait for the change, wait for the opportunity to move, maybe you can succeed in one blow, so you take the initiative to lower your posture, and once again make a compromise to Yang Gongren.

This time, Yang Gongren didn't prevaricate, pointed to the map and said, "There are two countermeasures. First, the advance of large armies from all directions, General Li stormed Yiquekou, Zhou Lang will storm Lutei Mountain to contain the main force of the rebels on the north bank of Yishui, and General Fei Lang will take the opportunity to lead the army to cross Yishui and attack Qianting. Qianting is the only way for the rebels to retreat from Yuzhou, if the Qianting is lost, the rebels are trapped in Yique, once the food is exhausted, the whole army will be wiped out, so the thief handsome Han Xiangguo saw that the front pavilion was in a hurry, he must abandon Yique, and retreated on the whole line, but on the contrary, if the thief Han Xiangguo garrisoned the front pavilion with heavy troops, Fei Lang will be blocked from attacking, and the battle will be deadlocked, which is not good for me. Second, General Li will attack Yiquekou, Zhou Lang will attack Lutei Mountain, suppress the rebels on the Yishui line, Henan Lingda Xi will defend the north of Luoshui with goodwill, Fei Lang will reinforce the Yan Division, Pei Zanwu will support Luokoucang, strengthen the defense of the eastern front of the Beijing Division, if the news of the Liyang rebellion is not true, then concentrate troops to kill the Yique rebels, on the contrary, it can take into account the defense of the east and south of the Beijing Division, and give the eastern capital enough time to deal with the crisis. ”

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Fan Zigai chose a strategy that took into account the defense of the eastern and southern fronts. He was sure that Liyang had rebelled, and Yang Xuangan was coming to the eastern capital, so the battle of Yique could only be decided, if it could not be decided, the eastern capital would definitely fall into the dilemma of two-line or even three-line operations, and the troops were simply insufficient, so choosing to take into account the defense of the eastern and southern lines was the only way, so that at least Yang Xuangan would not be allowed to drive straight into the eastern front of the Beijing Division, and at least it could win more time for the eastern capital to strengthen the city defense. In addition, Pei Hongce disobeyed the yin, and after receiving the order, not only did he not go south to Yique, but went east to Yanshi, and made it clear that he wanted to work against him Fan Zigai, in order to alleviate the contradiction, it was also a good thing to drive him to Luokoucang.

Of course, this is actually an "improved version" of Yang Gongren's adjustment to the defense of the Eastern Capital on the day Zheng Yuanshou left Beijing, Fan Zigai chose to compromise and accept, and Yang Gongren also gave Fan Zigai face, so as not to make him lose face because of the defeat in the first battle of Yique.

Fan Zigai's choice was expected by Yang Gongren and Cui Zhen.

If it weren't for the promotion of the Holy Lord, his career would have stopped at the feudal officials, and it has been proved that although his character and style of government have helped the Holy Lord to implement radical reform policies with strong means, in the extremely complex political game at the time of crisis, the defects of not being flexible enough are not good, and even aggravate the crisis. This time, if Fan Zigai happily exchanged the power in his hand for cooperation between several major forces, he would not intensify the contradiction with Pei Hongce, let alone give Wei Yunqi the opportunity to "fall into the well". From the analysis of the current situation, the eastern capital will eventually have to stick to the help, since it is stubborn, of course, the more defensive forces, the better, and if you want to defend a large number of troops, the several major forces that actually control the army must work together, and they cannot dismantle each other and calculate each other, and to do this, they must be given enough benefits, and the premise of giving benefits is to share power, as a result, Fan Zigai refused to compromise, so the crisis must be strict.

The crisis is strict, and it will be too late for Fan Zigai to compromise, and many things are out of control, but he does not find the reason from himself, but blames his opponent and remembers his resentment on others.

"Now that the rebels have taken the initiative to withdraw to Yique, and our goal on the battlefield of Yique has been adjusted to suppress the rebels on the Yishui line, can we transfer more of the main forces to the eastern front of the Jingshi?" Fan Zigai took the initiative to propose a building yì.

Yang Gongren and Cui Zhen looked at each other, and a trace of gloom involuntarily flashed in their eyes, this person is incorrigible, it is not wrong for the Holy Lord to trust his loyalty, but it is really a big mistake to entrust him with the important task of staying in the Eastern Capital.

"The Yique battlefield is under the sole responsibility of Gong (Li Hun)." Fan Zigai continued, "Henan ordered Daxi to reinforce Heishi Pass with kindness, Zhou Lang will lead the army to garrison Baiguwu, and Guluoshui and Yanshi Fei Lang will support each other, so as to ensure the strength of Yanshi's defense line. ”

This Jian yì sounds good, originally the Fifth Route Army attacked Yique, and now four of the Route armies have been transferred to the eastern front of the Beijing Division, and the defense of the eastern front has indeed been greatly strengthened, but what about the defense of the southern front? Just rely on Li Hun alone? Li Hun has tens of thousands of elites under his account, and his strength is indeed good, but the problem is, you pointed the finger at Li Hun, what does Li Hun think? Didn't you make it clear that you wanted to pull King Qi Yang Lan and Yang Xuangan together? You deliberately framed the King of Qi, that is, you framed Li Hun, can Li Hun give up? Take a step back and say, even if Li Hun swallows his anger and suppresses the thief Han Xiangguo in Yique at any cost, the two sides will lose both, your wishful thinking will succeed, but Li Hun is scarred, what do we do to stick to the eastern capital? The eastern capital is dozens of miles away, there are two outer Guo in the north and south, there are the imperial city and the palace city, and the armies of Dugusheng and Fei Yao together hold the imperial city and the palace city at most, what should the outer Guo do? Does it depend on the goodwill of Bae Hongce and Da Xi's Gyeonggi local army? Don't you know that these local armies are all composed of the township regiments and clans in the Gyeonggi region, and most of these township regiments are vassals of the Hongnong Yang clan.

Yang Gongren closed his mouth, he had nothing to say. Say what? Fan Zigai's purpose is very simple, hold on to Zhou Zhong tightly, no matter what, he must control an army, with an army he can keep his right to speak, nominally he compromised, in fact he didn't want to compromise at all, he must firmly control the eastern capital.

Cui Xun stroked his long beard with his hand, and stopped talking, but finally sighed.

At noon, Zhou Zhong led his troops to cross Luoshui and rushed to Luti Mountain, and soon formed a trend of advancing hand in hand with Li Hun's troops.

At the same time, Fei Yao, who was under the banner of goodwill in Henan Lingdaxi, also turned around and advanced sharply towards Luhoi Mountain.

On the evening of the sixth day of the first lunar month, Li Hunbu set up camp five miles away from Yiquekou. Zhou Zhongbu camped five miles northwest of Luhoi Mountain. Fei Yao and Da Xi kindly rendezvoused in Yishui and camped in the northeast of Lutei Mountain.

On the battlefield of Yique, the official army formed a three-sided encirclement of the rebels.

Fan Zigai, Yang Gongren and Cui Zhen are preparing to leave Kuaixiang and return to the city, and the new order will be issued before midnight, and tomorrow the Yique battlefield will be fought alone by Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei.

At this moment, the king of Yue ordered urgently, and Hanoi and Xingyang all played urgently to return to the imperial city.

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