On the surface, Yang Gongren briefly introduced the offensive and defensive strategies of the Eastern Capital War, but in fact, he clarified a fundamental principle in the Eastern Capital in this Great War, that is, to hold the imperial city and rely on the existing garrison forces in the Eastern Capital to hold the imperial city. In other words, the eastern capital will not ask for help from Xijing, nor will it ask the king of Qi for help, and the eastern capital still adheres to the established principles, does not allow the king to enter Beijing, nor does it allow the king of Qi to enter Beijing, and does its best to control this storm within the scope of a military coup, and never allows it to evolve into a great war for imperial unification, so as to minimize the damage of this storm to the eastern capital and Guozuo.

From the standpoint of the Eastern Capital, although Yang Gongren's strategy was passive and conservative, it could indeed reduce the damage of this storm to the Eastern Capital and Guozuo, and not only resolutely safeguarded the interests of the imperial family, but also effectively safeguarded the interests of the conservative forces in Guanlong.

However, this passive and conservative strategy has a fatal point, it does the greatest damage to the interests of the Holy Lord and the reformers, because in order to control this storm within the scope of the military coup, the Eastern Capital resolutely "rejects the two forces" of Xijing and the King of Qi, and as a result, the Eastern Capital is in danger of defeat, and the Eastern Capital is in danger of protecting itself, and of course it is unable to take into account the safety of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal was cut off for a long time, the expeditionary force was in a predicament, and the Second Eastern Crusade had to be suspended, and the Second Eastern Crusade fell short, and the blow to the Holy Lord and the reformers was fatal, and the successive political and military defeats would inevitably make them lose control of the government, and behind the great loss of authority was the stagnation and retrogression of reform, and the result was that the foundation of their power was shaken, and the foundation was crumbling, and the day when the "edifice" collapsed would be far away?

Of course, if Yang Gongren's strategy was changed to aggressiveness, the ideal outcome would be: the king of Yue invited both the king of Dai and the king of Qi to the eastern capital, and the three kings joined forces to quickly destroy Yang Xuangan with their strength, and then open the Grand Canal by fire, so that the victory of the Eastern Crusade could be ensured. It's just that the gap between reality and ideals is far away, and the most ideal outcome is unlikely, on the contrary, the worst outcome will definitely appear, and a military coup will evolve into a great war for imperial reunification.

However, the future is unknowable, on what basis does Yang Gongren believe that the implementation of a positive strategy will definitely lead to the worst outcome, and the military coup will definitely turn into a great war for imperial unification? Who would say that the best outcome will not occur?

A fact that cannot be ignored is that when the Second Eastern Crusade was suspended and the Holy Lord and the Central Hub returned to the Eastern Capital, it was impossible to admit that Yang Gongren's passive conservative strategy was correct, otherwise who would bear the responsibility for the failure of the Second Eastern Crusade? Therefore, they will decide that the positive strategy is correct, and that the three kings will be able to solve this storm quickly if they join forces, and Yang Gongren's wrong decision will be severely punished, and the military and political officials such as Yang Tong and Fan Zigai, the king of Yue, will also bear the corresponding responsibility.

Yang Gongren has made up his mind to "sacrifice himself to become benevolent", he has no scruples, and the road goes to the dark, and Cui Zhen is the same, sacrificing his life to die and letting go, but Fan Zigai cannot lose his position and change his principles, he must safeguard the interests of the Holy Lord and the reformers, and must do everything he can to help the Holy Lord and the center win the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade.

Fan Zigai did not hesitate to raise his voice of doubt, "Guan Gong, according to your strategy, the imperial city may be able to be defended, but what about the Grand Canal?" Did the Second Crusade come to naught? ”

The lobby was suddenly silent, and the bigwigs were all expressionless, only Yang Gongren looked cold, he had long expected that someone would jump out to oppose at a critical juncture, if his strategy succeeded, although he and Yang Tong, the king of Yue, would be punished for this, but it was beneficial to the royal family and the country, he had a clear conscience, but unexpectedly, the first person to jump out to oppose was Fan Zigai, what does this mean? What's the secret behind this?

Yang Gongren has no intention of changing the established strategy, and changing it will only make the situation in the Eastern Capital worse, and the appearance of bad results is enough to prove that the revised strategy he was forced to modify under pressure is still wrong, and he still has to take responsibility. If whatever he does is wrong, why change his strategy? Resolutely do not change.

"Do not underestimate the wisdom of the Lord at any time." Yang Gongren sneered, and without hesitation, he made a killing move, do you dare to doubt the Holy Lord's strategy? The Second Crusade is so important, the Grand Canal is so important, the Holy Lord will not take precautions?

"Don't forget your duty at any time." You are the one left behind in the Eastern Capital, and your duty is to ensure the stability of the political situation in the Eastern Capital and ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital, and whether the Grand Canal is unblocked or not, whether the Second Eastern Crusade is won or lost, what does it matter to you?

"Don't cross the bottom line of etiquette and law at any time." The principle of officialdom is to be loyal to one's duties, abide by one's duty, do not trespass, and do not violate the law, otherwise it will be the target of the public and everyone will shout and beat.

Fan Zigai was fearless and-for-tat, "Guan Gong said well, the duty of a certain is to ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital, but is the Eastern Capital still safe now?" According to Guan Gong's strategy, only the imperial city and the palace city were held, but in addition to the imperial city and the palace city, there were also north and south outer Guo, what should I do with the north and south outer Guo? There are dozens of squares in the north and south, with hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, what can be done to protect their safety? Guan Gong can treat human life as a mustard, but it is not possible to protect them, so it is the duty of a certain to protect them, so it was decided that the Eastern Capital Left-behind Mansion immediately asked for help from the Xijing Left-behind Mansion, and asked the Xijing Left-behind Mansion to urgently reinforce the Eastern Capital, help the Eastern Capital to kill the traitors, quell the rebellion, and strive to end this crisis in the shortest possible time and as soon as possible. ”

There was a dead silence in the lobby, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.

Yang Gongren was furious, his eyes were murderous, and his hands trembled uncontrollably.

Cui Zhen and Yuan Wen both looked at each other, and a chill poured out in their hearts involuntarily. Fan Zigai openly broke with the political forces of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, at such a critical moment, certainly not because the Jiangzuo people surrendered to Yang Xuangan and lost their minds in anger, but because they had premeditated, and it was an emergency countermeasure jointly prepared by the Holy Lord and his loyal advisers.

Yang Gongren made a mistake, since his comeback, he has spared no effort to contain and weaken Fan Zigai, basically succeeded, and Fan Zigai has been hollowed out into a puppet, he can control the eastern capital, who knows that at the last moment, Fan Zigai hit a fatal blow, directly destroying all the efforts made by Yang Gongren before.

Yang Gongren's words are still in my ears.

"Do not underestimate the wisdom of the Lord at any time." As a result, Yang Gongren himself underestimated.

"Don't forget your duty at any time." As a result, Yang Gongren slapped himself in the face.

"Don't cross the bottom line of etiquette and law at any time." As a result, Yang Gongren himself crossed the "bottom line", and was calculated to death by Fan Zigai, and the "pit" could no longer be "pitted".

Wei Yunqi and Wei Ji looked at each other, each saw the surprise in each other's eyes, and then their hearts were heavy, although they had expected this, but when the matter was serious, the struggle in Xijing would be more difficult, and the shape would be unfavorable to the local aristocratic group in Guanlong.

The political situation in Xijing was actually worse than that in Dongdu, and the various forces were entangled and complicated, on the one hand, because Xijing was originally the foundation of the Guanlong ruling group, and on the other hand, it was deliberately done by the Holy Lord and the reformers. If you want to make great strides in the Eastern Capital and make great strides forward in reform, it is best for the Eastern Capital to be centralized, "Yiyantang", the Holy Lord and the reformers have the final say, while Xijing must be in a mess, and the gate lords and scholars are vying for power and profit, so that the conservative forces in Guanlong are deeply trapped in it and cannot extricate themselves, and they cannot concentrate on fighting fiercely with the reformers in the Eastern Capital court. To this day, although the local aristocratic group of Guanlong is the largest political force in Xijing, it cannot control Xijing, and it is greatly constrained in all aspects, and many simple things are complicated by the noisy and noisy forces of all sizes, so the local aristocratic group of Guanlong often has to work hard in order to achieve its own goals, and all kinds of means are used to fight together, doing everything they can, making them exhausted and exhausted.

Xijing will definitely send troops in this storm, but the timing of this dispatch is very important. can't be too early, too early, don't say to achieve the established profit-making goal, if you are not careful, you may get involved in it, be dragged into the water by Yang Xuangan, and finally lose your wife and soldiers, and suffer heavy losses; On the contrary, it should not be too late, because if it is too late, the intention will be exposed, and if you give someone a handle, you will be retaliated against by the Holy Lord and the reformers, and you will shoot yourself in the foot, and the gains will outweigh the losses. So when is the best time to send troops? It was the moment when the eastern capital fell, taking advantage of the chaos, to defeat Yang Xuangan with the momentum of devastating and decaying, and by the way, turning the eastern capital into ruins, so as to complete the set goal.

However, what they thought of, the Holy Lord and the reformers also thought of it, and formulated countermeasures, so that the military and political officials loyal to the Holy Lord in Xijing worked together to send troops to support the Eastern Capital as soon as possible, that is to say, the acting king Yang Yu was excluded, and the local nobles of Guanlong with Wei Shi were also excluded, although this is very difficult, but if the Holy Lord is prepared in advance and successfully won over the main generals in the Xijing garrison by various means, coupled with the tacit cooperation of the political bigwigs who specially stayed in Xijing, The two sides joined forces to fight against the local aristocratic group of Guanlong, and the outcome was unpredictable, and the possibility of Xijing supporting the eastern capital at the first time was completely existent, which would destroy the overall plan of the local aristocratic group of Guanlong, and guide them to be unable to achieve their set goals.

Fan Zigai stood up, bowed deeply to Yang Tong, the sweaty king of Yue, and said that he would go back to write a chapter for the Holy Lord and the palace, and write a letter asking for help to Wen Sheng, the guard left behind in Xijing, to be loyal to his duties, and then left.

Soon, the ministers 6 continued to retire. There is nothing to discuss, Yang Gongren's strategy of holding on is very good, but he gave up the Grand Canal and gave up his support for the Second Eastern Crusade, which is not tolerated by the Holy Lord and the center, so even if everyone supports it, they can only keep it in their hearts; Fan Zigai's plan for help is not wrong, but once the imperial war breaks out, once the eastern capital is destroyed, then there will be no atonement for his sin, considering that after the defeat of the first Eastern Crusade, Yu Zhongwen was disgraced and came to protect his son but was promoted to the rank of knight, then Fan Zigai should not be dethroned, and the unlucky one can only be Yang Gongren, the royal family, and all the people who support Yang Gongren, so everyone respects Fan Zigai, does not support but does not oppose it.

Cui Zhen stayed at the end, he hesitated for a long time, and asked Yang Gongren in a low voice, "Wu Yalang General Gao Bi and Hanoi County Lord Bo Tang Wei are currently in Linqingguan, did you order them to attack Liyang?" ”

"Hanoi is our only way out, and we can't afford to lose it." Yang Gongren waved his hand and cut it out categorically, "The Eastern Capital has fallen into a life-and-death crisis, the North and South Grand Canals have been interrupted, and the Eastern Crusade is in fact no longer possible, we must give up all unrealistic illusions and do our best to defend the Eastern Capital." ”

Cui Zhen shook his head and sighed, "But Xijing ...... over there"

Yang Gongren glanced at Cui Zhen and laughed at himself, "Don't underestimate the wisdom of the Holy Lord at any time. ”

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