On March 25, the Holy Lord arrived at Linyu Palace.

From the Linshuo Palace in Zhuojun to the Linyu Palace in Beiping, in just ten days, the news from the Eastern Capital was like snowflakes, but what made the Holy Lord depressed was that most of them were bad news, on the one hand, it was of course deliberate in the Eastern Capital, on the other hand, it also showed that the domestic situation did not improve because of the opening of Andong, on the contrary, its deterioration was not only not effectively curbed or slowed down, but was getting faster and faster.

Among the many bad news, the most angry thing for the Holy Lord is that the situation in Xijing continues to deteriorate.

Acting Wang Yang Yu, Xijing stayed to guard Wen Sheng, and Yang Yichen, the servant who was ordered to go to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, successively reported that after the wind thief was ambushed to Haiming, his subordinates Tang Bi and Li Hongzhi made a comeback, and in a short period of time, Guanzhong swarmed up and responded to more than 100,000 people, and more seriously, Li Hongzhi also followed Xiang Haiming's example, founded the country and called the emperor, self-proclaimed Tang Wang, built a hundred civil and military officials, and the thieves were rampant, especially than before.

If Guanzhong is in chaos, it will inevitably affect the entire northwest.

Sure enough, there was an accident in the Lingshuo area, and the Diaoyin County close to the Yellow River broke out in rebellion, and the thief Liu Jialun raised his arms and shouted, and more than 100,000 people flocked to it, and then opened the country in Suide, proclaimed himself the emperor, and the year was called the world, and its soldiers went south to Yan'an County, seriously threatening the safety of the two counties of Jingzhao and Fengyi in Guanzhong, which were hundreds of miles away.

At the same time, the Jihu people living in this area also rebelled, and the Jihu thief Liu Harrier caused trouble on both sides of the river between Shuo and Dai, and echoed with Liu Jialun, seriously affecting the safety of Lingshuo and Daibei.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the more worried about something, the more something came. Lishi County, which is only separated by a river from Tiaoyin County, has the Xiongnu thief marshal Liu Miao Wang raised troops to rebel, although there are only tens of thousands of thieves, but he also claims to be the Son of Heaven, divides the princes, and is very arrogant. To the north of Lishi County is Daibei, to the east is Taiyuan County, to the south is Hedong County, and to cross the river to the west is Lingshuo, so no matter which direction this rebel army attacks, it will have a bad impact.

Guanzhong cannot afford to lose, Lingshuo, Daibei, Taiyuan and Hedong cannot be lost, but the armies of Lingshuo and Daibei must be suppressed by the Great Wall, and cannot be mobilized, and the Guanzhong army is helping the wind to suppress thieves, and the only troops that can be mobilized are Taiyuan and Hedong Zhuyingyang, so the holy lord made a decisive decision and ordered Qu Tutong, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, who stayed in the eastern capital of the town, to lead the ambassador to arrest in the pass, and immediately led the eagles of Hedong to kill Liu Jialun and Liu Harrier thieves; Ordered Yang Zizhen, the right guard general who stayed in Taiyuan, to immediately lead the Taiyuan eagles to kill the thief Liu Miaowang.

The situation in Qilu is also continuing to deteriorate.

Since last year, after Zhang Xutuo, the county of Qijun defeated the rebels of Hebei, Ludong and Luxi, the situation in Qilu has improved, but the good times did not last long, and soon there was a new thief Marshal Rapid rise, and the situation in Qilu deteriorated again, among which the thief Marshal Zuo Xiaoyou occupied the squatting dog mountain in Donglai, with more than 100,000 troops, which not only posed a serious threat to the Naval Division in Donglai, but also had a bad impact on the situation in Ludong.

After the Holy Lord decreed the start of the third Eastern Crusade, Zhang Xutuo had to do his best to encircle and suppress Zuo Xiaoyou in order to ensure the safety of the water division, but he lost the other, he just led the army into Donglai, and there was an accident on the side of Luxi, the thief Marshal Lu Mingyue gathered 100,000 people to rebel, and took Zhu'a as a stronghold, along the big river and Jishui upstream, swept Jibei, Dongping and Lu County, all the way to attack the city, burn and kill, plunder, and the blockers were invincible.

At the same time, the thieves Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin, who were stationed in the Wagang area of Dongjun, and the thief commander Meng Haigong, who were stationed in the Zhouqiao area of Jiyin, plundered the Tongji Canal and the Hehe and Surabaya Roads on the one hand, and on the other hand, the thieves Lu Mingyue and Meng Rang echoed each other from afar, and the situation in Qilu, Henan, Yingru and other places deteriorated as a result.

Qi County thief Marshal Meng Rang, Zuo Caixiang, Li Zitong and so on since last summer in Zhang Xutuo's pursuit, after evacuating Changbai Mountain, all the way south to attack, from Langya County to Xiapi County, the team is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people and horses, now has more than 100,000 troops, and take advantage of the Jianghuai Eagle Yang main force with Wang Shichong to rush to the south of the Yangtze River to suppress the thief favorable opportunity, across the Huai River, captured Xuyi, captured the Duliang Palace, began to approach the Jiangdu, once it and the active in the southeast of the Jiangdu thief Marshal Du Fuwei, Fu Gongqi get in touch, The two rebels attacked Jiangdu from the north and south, and Jiangdu was in danger.

The Holy Lord made a decision, and ordered the deputy of Jiangdu to stay behind, and Wu Benlang to general Chen Ling, to increase the intensity of suppressing thieves, and to pacify Du, Fu and other traitors as soon as possible to ensure the safety of Jianghuai.

He also ordered Wang Shichong, who was still in the south of the Yangtze River, to immediately lead the army to withdraw to Jiangdu, kill the thief Marshal Meng Rang, recover the Duliang Palace, ensure that Jiangdu was worry-free, and cross the Huai to the north at the right time to fight the rebellion, echo with Zhang Xutuo, the county of Qi County, and vigorously suppress the thieves, so as to ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal and the Hehe and Surabaya Roads.

He also ordered Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qijun County, to ensure that after the start of the Third Eastern Crusade, after the Donglai Naval Division crossed the sea, before the arrival of this winter, his important task was to ensure the smooth flow of the Great River, Jishui, Hesi Waterway and Tongji Canal, and to ensure that the materials in the south of the Yangtze River could be continuously transported to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition.

However, as soon as the Holy Lord issued an edict, Pengcheng reported bad news, and the thieves Zhang Dabiao, Zong Shimo and others gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel, with Hanging Bo Mountain as the center, burning and killing and plundering everywhere; The thief handsome Wei Qilin gathered people to rebel in the area of Shan Father and Pei County, and there were tens of thousands of people who responded to Yunqi; The thief marshal Peng Xiaocai raised troops to rebel in Donghai County, and went all the way north to Langya County, causing chaos on both sides of the Yishui River.

In this way, the tide of rebellion began in the central and southern parts of Hebei, roaring southward, and has swept the entire Henan, Qilu, Jianghuai and Jiangnan, and the northwest direction began from Guanzhong, and the tide of rebellion is also roaring northward, and is spreading rapidly in Lingshuo, Daibei, and Taiyuan, and what is more serious is that since last year, the Jiangnan thief Liu Yuanjin and the Guanzhong thief have been proclaimed emperor to Haiming, and this momentum has been unstoppable, and in the spring of this year, there are Li Hongzhi, Liu Jialun, and Liu Miaowang, three thieves, who claim to be the Son of Heaven, and this trend is very bad. If we do not intensify the crackdown and let it intensify, the consequences can be imagined, and in the future, every thief and commander may be the emperor of the country, will cut off the hegemony, and will openly split the Middle Earth, and if this continues, the country will not be a country.

The Holy Lord had to stop at Linyu Palace and hurried to Liaodong.

As long as the Holy Lord and the center return to the Eastern Capital, and the center of power return to the capital and command in the center, they will definitely be able to save the crisis and turn the tide on the imminent end.

The Holy Lord asked, "Why do the rebellions keep coming?" If there is a traitor riot in Qilu, Hebei, Henan, there is a natural disaster** that can be explained, the natural disaster led to starvation all over the wilderness, ** both the poor relief and the conspiracy of the remnants of Shandong to restore the country, several conditions come together, there are always people who are desperate to take risks. The Jiangnan rebellion can also find a reason, although Jiangnan has no natural disasters, and there are no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but the Jiangnan relics have always regarded themselves as Zhengshuo, and it is reasonable to conspire to restore the country. But why did Guanzhong rebel? Is there a natural disaster in Guanzhong? Guanzhong**? Guanzhong is the foundation of the country, the foundation of the country, the collapse of the country, what are the interests of Guanzhong? I would like to ask, is the Guanzhong rebellion going to overthrow me or destroy the kingdom? If I want to overthrow me, even if I return to the Eastern Capital, what problem can I solve? Do you want me to kill and slaughter the Great Wall, or do I want to be tied up and slaughtered? ”

Su Wei stammered, speechless.

Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Zhao Cai, Pei Shuang and other civil and military ministers also did not dare to speak.

That night, the Holy Lord summoned Yu Shiji and asked straight to the point, "Aiqing, under the current situation, should I turn the horse's head and return to the eastern capital, or will I continue to march eastward and drive in person?" ”

Yu Shiji knew the Holy Lord's thoughts, and after pretending to be silent, he replied cautiously, "Holy Lord, the opening of the frontier and Andong have failed to succeed in curbing the deterioration of the domestic situation, and it is obviously useless to return to the Eastern Capital at this moment, unless you compromise with Xijing, it is very likely that you will lose the other, neither can save the crisis of the two capitals, but also fail to achieve the victory of the Third Eastern Crusade, and finally lose, then the situation will be out of control, once the two Turks in the east and west join forces to invade the south next year, how will the Holy Lord respond?" There is nothing to be done at all, and there is only one result, which is to surrender internally and externally. ”

The Holy Lord was silent for a long time, and sighed gloomily, "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, this crusade may not be able to achieve the expected victory." ”

Yu Shiji was silent.

The so-called expected victory was to destroy Goguryeo and expand the territory, and only in this way could we successfully conclude the Eastern Crusade, boost the morale of the soldiers of the Guardian Mansion, prevent and contain the counterattack of the conservatives, rebuild the authority of the Holy Lord, the Center, and the Guardian that had been battered by the Eastern Crusade, and concentrate our efforts on the preparations for the Great War of the North and the South to the greatest extent.

However, it was not easy to achieve such a victory, although Goguryeo was already unsustainable, but the hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff, the Jedi counterattack before death also had immeasurable power, and more importantly, the Middle-earth side was also full of difficulties, not only insufficient troops, low morale, but also very fierce internal contradictions.

Before the war began, news came from the Eastern Expedition Command that the soldiers of Weifu in Huaiyuan Town did not welcome Anton's army, and wanted to advance on two routes, each fighting its own. This obviously fulfilled the wishes of the Andong people, but the question is, will the Andong army, which has lost control, still fulfill its promise to capture Pyongyang at any cost? This is obviously an extravagant hope, although Pei Shiju can be trusted, but Li Pingyuan is out of control, what can Pei Shiju do in the face of his former subordinates who have an army of 100,000?

Therefore, as far as the current situation of the Eastern Crusade is concerned, the greatest victory that the Holy Lord can count on may be to force Goguryeo to surrender, and it is a conditional surrender.

However, this kind of self-deception of the so-called victory, this kind of so-called victory of three years of hard work and mobilization, the loss of troops will exhaust the national strength, is tantamount to another slap on the face of the Holy Lord with a blue nose and swollen face, even if the Holy Lord takes it for granted that this victory can be used as a fig leaf, covering the slap marks on his face, so that he can return to the Eastern Capital with dignity, but in fact this fig leaf is transparent, but it makes the Holy Lord a laughing stock in the world, and his authority is lost.

The Holy Lord was frightened, but he had nothing to do, and he was in a dilemma.

"Holy one, it is better to seek others than to seek oneself." Yu Shiji said in a low voice, "Order Xu Guogong (Yuwenshu), Pucheng Gong (Guo Rong), Hua Guogong (Li Jing), Wuyin Gong (Xue Shixiong), and Huangtai Gong (Cui Hongsheng) to attack bravely at all costs, and order Rong Guogong (Lai Hu'er) and Qian Guogong (Zhou Fashang) to lead the water division to cross the sea as fast as possible, and the water 6 troops will advance and kill Pyongyang." When the brave wins when they meet on the narrow road, the minister doesn't believe it, and the little Goguryeo still has the strength to block the progress of our Weifu army today? ”

Just when the two of them were discussing the matter, Xiao Yu came in a hurry, and suddenly spread the bad news.

"On March 11, Zhou Fashang, the deputy head of the Navy Division and the Duke of the State of China, died of illness in Donglai."

The Holy Lord Huo Ran changed color, and in an instant, familiar faces jumped in his mind, such as Neishi Ling Yuanshou, Guande Wang Yang Xiong, Nayan Yang Da, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, and Mai Tiecane, the general of Zuotunwei...... Since the beginning of the Eastern Crusade, a single humerus minister has passed away, giving the Holy Lord a series of heavy blows, and this nightmare seems to have no end in sight.

The Holy Lord's heart ached to the bone, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, "Heaven doesn't bless me? ”

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