The alliance's Fenglongshan military council was divided on the core decision-making, and four opinions were formed.

Li Zixiong, a respected guest secretary of the alliance, as well as Chen Rui, Han Yao and other high-level members of the alliance, have firm confidence in Li Fengyun, and must wait for Li Fengyun to come back before making core decisions; Li Sixing, Li Mengwei brothers and Liu Heimin and other Hebei heroes aimed at Taiyuan; And some of the Hebei heroes led by Hao Xiaode and Sun Xuanya are bent on preserving their strength, and they have already hatched the idea of leaving the alliance, if Li Fengyun does not return for a long time, they will resolutely leave; Qilu Haoshuai, led by Wang Bo, has a wait-and-see attitude, the current shape is not clear, the alliance also needs time to rest, and many things cannot be decided too early, so as not to fall into passivity.

None of the parties could convince anyone, and in the end they ended up fruitless and broke up unhappily.

The fact that the alliance cannot form a decision actually shows that most people have a wait-and-see attitude, and they don't want to control and use the two super giants. The alliance finally came out of the encirclement and suppression of the Weifu army, and the goal was to firmly control its own destiny and win a better future for itself, rather than making a "wedding dress" for the two super giants, driven by the two super giants, and let them be slaughtered. But they can't compete with the two super giants, the only thing they count on is the king of Qi, as long as the king of Qi arrives in the northern frontier, the shape develops as Li Fengyun predicted, the war between the north and the south breaks out as scheduled, and the alliance and the king of Qi fight side by side to block the northern captives, and the heroes can rely on meritorious deeds to reverse their fate. This is the reason why the heroes are willing to follow Li Fengyun to the north to fight, and this is their path of hope.

King Qi and Li Fengyun bring them hope, and once the alliance is controlled by the two super giants, there will only be nightmares in the future, this is the difference, which is also the reason why most heroes want to be supported by the two super giants, but they don't want to be driven by the two super giants.

Fortunately, the alliance has just completed its northward march and urgently needs to rest, and it happens that the food is temporarily worry-free, so that the alliance's top brass has enough time to argue.

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July 11, Liyang.

The chief of the water division, Lai Hu'er and the chief Shi Cui Junsu, were worried because the scout was blocked, and there were various speculations about the situation in Liyang, but the more so, the more it proved that the situation in Liyang was extremely complicated, far exceeding the original expectations, and the complexity of the situation in Liyang would inevitably affect the situation in the entire Eastern Capital, so for the water division, if you want to reverse the crisis in the Eastern Capital, you must first solve the crisis in Liyang, and in order to resolve the crisis in Liyang, you must first "get" the King of Qi, but the King of Qi is too difficult to deal with, and if you are not careful, you will lose yourself, what will be the plan?

Cui Junsu postponed his westward advance, on the one hand, he put pressure on Yang, and on the other hand, he sent scouts to explore the reality of Liyang, and at the same time quickly contacted Zhou Fashang to understand the current situation in the eastern capital, and urgently reported to Heyang Province to listen to what the province had to say. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, a hundred battles will not be defeated, the complexity of the situation in the eastern capital can be imagined, the sailor does not understand the current situation, recklessly rushed in, it is very likely to do bad things with good intentions, not only failed to reverse the crisis, but further worsened the situation, then it is impossible to atone for his sin, so it is better to be cautious.

Lai Hu'er accepted Cui Junsu's construction, but he did not suspend his westward advance, but slowed down the pace of his advance, and asked Cui Junsu to go ashore nearby, Pegasus rushed to Liyang to visit the King of Qi, and strive to get all the information needed in the shortest possible time, after all, the storm in the eastern capital has been raging for more than a month, and the consequences are already very severe, and the longer the storm rages, the greater the damage to Guozuo, and the heavier the blow to the Holy Lord and the center, so Lai Hu'er can't wait to fly to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital with his wings, swept away the rebellion with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, if it weren't for the fact that the political interests involved in the King of Qi were too complicated at this moment, he couldn't be cautious, with the current strong strength of the water division, he would have ordered to go at full speed and kill Liyang.

Late that night, Cui Junsu rushed to Liyang, regardless of his exhaustion, and visited the king of Qi overnight.

Wu Benlang personally drove Li Shanheng outside the camp to greet Cui Junsu. After a brief exchange of greetings between the two sides, Cui Junsu went straight to the point and eagerly inquired about the situation in the eastern capital. Li Shanheng understood Cui Junsu's eagerness, and besides, King Qi had already made a decision to find a way to win the "favor" of Laihu'er, so he explained the current situation in detail very frankly.

Xijing stayed behind to guard Wensheng and was defeated by Michi, and the Xijing army is currently struggling to stop Yang Xuangan on the front line of Hongnong Palace and Changping. Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and Fan Zigai, who remained in the eastern capital, were still holding on to the imperial city, but under the siege of tens of thousands of rebels, they were already in danger. Pengcheng stayed behind Dong Chun to capture Jindi Pass, and with the support of Yang Qing, the king of Xun, and Liu Changgong, the general of Wu Benlang, he took control of the Tongji Canal and restored the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal. Zhou Fashang's troops were divided into three routes, blocking the waterways of the Great River all the way, attacking Luokoucang all the way, and attacking the Tiger Prison all the way, controlling the initiative on the battlefield on the eastern front of the Eastern Capital, but the impact on the entire Eastern Capital was not very great. Qu Tutong, the general of the right guard, and Yuwen, the general of the left Yiwei, arrived in Liyang successively. Currently Qu Tutong? Rendezvous with Heyang Province, he is joining forces with Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei to arrest, Chen Ling, the deputy guard of Zhuo County, Li Gongting, the general of Wu Benlang, and Yang Hao, the governor of Heyang, to counterattack Deng Jin and Meng Jin. On the way to Ha Duong, Yu Wenshu will soon be able to join the province, and once he begins to exercise the power granted by the Holy Lord, the situation in the eastern capital will inevitably change.

Cui Junsu heard "sincerity" from Li Shanheng's words, which eased Cui Junsu's nervous and anxious feelings. It can be seen from the known situation that although the rebels occupy a certain advantage, the advantage is not very large, and with the addition of the main army of the naval division, the shape will inevitably be reversed, this reversal is not only military, but also political. The change in the attitude of King Qi and the alleviation of the crisis in Liyang are obviously directly related to the arrival of the main army of the water division.

It's just that in this storm, King Qi exposed his ambition for the imperial system, and tried to blackmail the Holy Lord with the Grand Canal to "blackmail" the Holy Lord for political benefits, and may even have intervened in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, indirectly or directly promoting the outbreak of this storm, making his status in the Holy Lord's heart plummet. At this moment, he wants to rein in the precipice, wants to atone for his crimes, and wants to escape from the storm, it is too difficult. However, before the storm subsides, before the political reckoning begins, and before the Holy Lord has made a disposition of King Qi, neither Yuwenshu nor Lai Hu'er, including the province, will openly turn against King Qi, let alone deliberately provoke King Qi, on the contrary, they will try their best to comfort King Qi and stabilize him, so as not to let him be willful and reckless and do things that dig their own graves. This is not only to give the Holy Lord face, so that the Holy Lord has more room for maneuver to deal with "family affairs", but also the need for politics, after all, the current situation at home and abroad is not good, the Holy Lord and the center are worried about internal and external difficulties, the abdomen and back are under the enemy, and they are anxious.

"Liyang's side is personally controlled by the King of Qi, and the situation is bound to be stable." Cui Junsu cautiously probed, "The Grand Canal can be quickly restored and unblocked, and the King of Qi has made great contributions." ”

Li Shanheng smiled bitterly and shook his hand, "Gao Tang Gong, it's not a secret, the so-called smooth flow of the Grand Canal, that is, the section from Xingyang to Liyang is guaranteed, while other canal sections have no guarantee, and there is a danger of being cut off at any time, and even some sections have been cut off." ”

Cui Junsu's expression suddenly grim, "I want to hear about it." ”

"After the thief commander Han Xiangguo broke through from the direction of Xingyang and fled, he quickly returned to the Song and Henan areas, and in a short period of time, he once again pulled up tens of thousands of horses, burned, killed and plundered on both sides of the Tongji Canal, and did all kinds of evil, you can imagine how bad the situation in the Tongji Canal is at this moment." Li Shanheng frowned and shook his head again and again, "The situation here in Yongji Canal, Hebei is even worse. Since Huangtai Gong (Cui Hongsheng) went south to quell the rebellion, the Hebei rebellion immediately came to a standstill, and the thieves in Hebei took advantage of the situation to make a comeback and rampant again, especially the Qinghe thief Zhang Jin said that he was bold and took advantage of the Liyang chaos to rob and gather tens of thousands of traitors to capture Liyang Cang and loot it on a large scale. Now Zhang Jin said that there were many people, burning and killing and plundering on both sides of the Yongji Canal, and the thieves of Gao Jibo Gao Shida and Dou Jiande followed closely behind, extremely vicious, and the Bohai thieves Ge Qian and Gao Kaidao were even more rampant, killing people and goods on the Yongji Canal, and losing their conscience. At the same time, the Yingyang Mansion on both sides of the Yongji Canal was basically empty, and there were no troops to adjust, and it was difficult for the government to recruit enough township regiments to kill the traitors along the way, so so far, the Yongji Canal was actually still in a state of cut-off, and the grain from Liyangcang still could not be transported to Zhuo County in a safe and timely manner. ”

Cui Junsu was taken aback, "The shape is so strict? The Grand Canal is still not open? ”

Li Shanheng nodded solemnly, "The shape shì is indeed strict." Because the Tongji Canal was cut off, the materials from the south could not be transported to the eastern capital; Because the Yongji Canal was cut off, the grain from Liyangcang could not be transported to Zhuo County. ”

Cui Junsu was in a heavy mood. He has no solution to this situation, the only thing the sailor can do is to kill Yang Xuangan as quickly as possible and pacify the storm in the eastern capital, as for the rebellion and thieves on both sides of the Tongji Canal and Yongji Canal, only after the rebellion in the eastern capital is pacified, then the troops will be dispatched, but at that time, will the eastern capital still have enough troops to go to Henan and Hebei to suppress the thieves?

Li Shanheng accompanied Cui Junsu to the tent of King Qi. King Qi greeted him out of the tent, said that he was very enthusiastic, but for Cui Junsu, he was miserable, and he couldn't bear this "enthusiasm".

After entering the tent and sitting down, after a few words of gossip, without waiting for Cui Junsu to make a temptation, King Qi had already spoken amazingly, "What is the prediction of the Duke of Gao Tang on the relationship between the north and the south?" Is there a possibility of a Civil War? ”

Cui Junsu was caught off guard, stammered, and didn't know how to answer in a hurry.

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