On the afternoon of June 14, Li Hun, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, concentrated his main force on the north bank of the Huangdao Canal, and suddenly switched from defense to attack, taking Wang Zhongbo by surprise and retreating again and again

Yang Xuan felt that his eyes were in danger, and he took the lead and personally led the reserve regiment to rush forward. At the same time, he ordered Yang Xuanting, who was attacking Chengfu Gate, to stop the attack, and instead joined forces with Wang Zhongbo to drive the advancing garrison out of Sun Gate Square on the front line of the East Sun Gate. He also ordered Yang Jishan, who was attacking Hui'anmen Street, to suspend the attack, and to send part of the army as a reserve to support the front line of the East Sun Gate at any time.

At dusk, the drums and trumpets gradually died down, and the sound of killing gradually stopped. The Weifu army retreated to the north bank of the Zodiac Canal. Yang Xuanting, Yang Jishan, and Wang Zhongbo each led their headquarters to be stationed in the Sun Gate Square. Yang Xuangan returned to the camp of Shangchunmen.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, Yang Gongren, the prince of Guanguo, and Fan Zigai, who had been standing on the city wall to watch the battle, also hurriedly returned to Shangshudu Province. Everyone's hearts are heavy, worried, and very low.

The mutiny's subordinates presented the latest news collected from various sources. After reading it carefully, Yang Gongren took the initiative to walk to the map and explain the current battle situation in the Eastern Capital to Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and the central officials.

The eastern capital is surrounded on three sides, and only the northern part of the eastern capital is still under the control of the Weifu army. Based on the information obtained from various channels, it is speculated that the number of rebels is about more than 100,000, although this number is a bit exaggerated, but it cannot deny the obvious advantage that Yang Xuangan currently has, and once this advantage is fully wielded, for example, from tomorrow Yang Xuangan will concentrate his forces to attack Bishan, then once Bishan falls, the eastern capital will be surrounded on all sides, and the battle situation in the eastern capital will further deteriorate.

Now the garrison is on the front line of Pishan is Wu Benlang's general Li Gongting. Li Gongting only had more than 5,000 guards under his command, plus a part of the army of the Heyang Governor's Mansion, which was more than 6,000 people. These more than 6,000 people undertook the garrison of Beiguo, Huiluocang, Kim Yong Cheng, Bishan and the main roads at the east and west ends of Pishan, Yamato Valley and Jingu, as well as the two river crossing channels of Mengjin and Dengjin on the big river.

If Yang Xuangan hits the mountain, can Li Gongting hold on? The answer is obvious, Li Gong can't hold on.

Li Gongting can't hold the mountain, what kind of situation will happen? Once the Yamato Valley and the Golden Valley were lost, Mengjin and Dengjin, which were protected by these two main roads, would inevitably fall into the hands of Yang Xuangan, so that the passage of the Great River would be cut off, and the connection between the Eastern Capital and Hanoi would be lost, and the Yue King Yang Tong, the central officials, the empress concubines, and thousands of noble bureaucrats would be surrounded by rebel regiments and could only wait helplessly for reinforcements to come.

What is the countermeasure? There is no need for Yang Gongren to repeat it, he has already said it. There are only two countermeasures, one is to hold on to the eastern capital and wait for reinforcements, which requires concentrating all the forces to defend the imperial city, and the other way is to first withdraw the Yue king Yang Dong, the queen concubines, and the central and aristocratic bureaucrats from the eastern capital and temporarily take refuge in Hanoi, while leaving a part of the garrison to hold on to the city, and do everything possible to delay the fall of the eastern capital.

There are pros and cons to both of these strategies. The first countermeasure may have the worst result, the eastern capital has fallen, the king of Yue, Yang Tong, the queen concubine and the central government are all captured, and the nobles and bureaucrats all surrender to Yang Xuangan, and this worst result will inevitably have a decisive impact on Xijing, once the local nobles of Guanlong and Yang Xuangan reach a compromise, and the two sides join forces to fight against the Holy Lord, the storm will surely expand infinitely, sweeping the entire Middle Earth, causing a terrible catastrophe. In comparison, the second countermeasure is much more secure, you can advance or retreat, and the room for maneuver is very large, and the worst result is that the eastern capital will fall and the capital will be destroyed, but as long as the holy lord has the last laugh, the east can be rebuilt, and even if it can't be rebuilt, the capital can be restored, and then the capital can be moved back to Guanzhong, so that the damage of this storm to Middle-earth can be minimized.

The controversy immediately raged in Shangshudu Province.

If Yang Xuangan starts to attack Bishan tomorrow and Pishan Xun is lost, then he can only hold on and wait for reinforcements, and the closest reinforcement to the eastern capital is the Xijing army. Did Xijing send troops to support? If Xijing sends troops to support, then when? If Xijing is unable to send troops for a long time, then the eastern capital will be in danger, on the contrary, even if Xijing sends troops as quickly as possible, marching day and night, it will take seven or eight days to reach the eastern capital, and can the eastern capital be held during this time? Once Yang Xuangan captured Tongguan before the Xijing army, or seized the danger of Kun and Mizhi and won the opportunity, or the Xijing army was blocked in Hangu and Cijian to stagnate, could Dongdu hold out longer? After such analysis, once the stubborn waiting for reinforcements fails, the consequences are too terrible, so most people are afraid and have the idea of retreating, and they evacuate the eastern capital to take refuge in Hanoi before Yang Xuangan captures Pishan.

Fan Zigai resolutely objected, on the grounds that if the king of Yue and the central government withdrew from the eastern capital, the morale of the army would be chaotic and morale would be low, which was equivalent to defeat without a fight, and the eastern capital would be handed over to Yang Xuangan. Now that the eastern capital has not yet reached the point of exhaustion, the shape has not deteriorated to the verge of collapse, and the war situation has not fallen into a one-sided desperate situation, and the Weifu army still has the strength to fight, in this case, it is a great shame to say that it is defeated, so it is easy to give up and flee without a fight.

"If Pei Hongce's head is not enough to deter the Eastern Capital, then kill him again until the Eastern Capital has the same hatred and no more dissent."

Fan Zigai was very arrogant, but unfortunately there were few responders. At the moment of life and death, who would be stupid enough to give their lives in vain? Yang Xuan felt unstoppable, coupled with the fact that there were many internal responses, and the neutrals were even more rudder-watching, the courage of the sticking faction and the Eastern Capital to coexist and die was commendable, but it could not reverse the overall situation, and the fall of the Eastern Capital was a foregone conclusion, but it was a matter of time sooner or later.

Fan Zigai was very frustrated when he couldn't stand alone. He can't control the situation at all, even if he monopolizes power, even if he cuts off the heads of one powerful person after another, he can't control the eastern capital at the moment, and control those powerful people who have no intention of sticking to the eastern capital. There were too many "enemies" of the Holy Lord and the reformers, and the consequences of reforms aimed at centralization to the detriment of the vested interests of the aristocratic bureaucracy were all felt at this moment. When the wall fell down, everyone pushed it, and everyone wished that the east would fall, that the Holy Lord and the reformers would fall, and that the reforms that harmed their vital interests would collapse with a bang.

From this, it is not difficult to infer Xijing's attitude, although the Holy Lord took precautions and deployed in Xijing's power structure, and curbed and weakened the control of Guanlong's local forces over the political situation in Xijing to the greatest extent, but because of this, Xijing is scattered, and the situation of Xijing's remaining guard Wensheng must be exactly the same as him, even if Xijing unanimously decides to send troops to support, but in the process of implementing this decision, its resistance can be imagined, and it is even possible to "turn the tables" entirely, On the contrary, it promoted the alliance and cooperation between the local forces of Guanlong and Yang Xuangan, so instead of counting on the Xijing army to turn the tide, it is better to hope for the timely return of the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force.

Yue Wang Yang Tong is a child after all, he is very scared, and the result of his fear is of course that he wants to escape from the Eastern Capital, but he lives in a fierce political game, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, his mind is far more mature than that of children of the same age, he knows that he escapes from the Eastern Capital at such a critical moment, and the consequences are very strict, and his life may be over, so he is panicked and can't make up his mind, so he can only hope for Yang Gongren, and hope that Cui Zhen and Yuan Wendu, these close ministers, will help him get an idea.

Yang Gongren's attitude is very clear, he must evacuate to ensure safety. People are the most important, as long as people are there, hope is there, and it is a foolish thing to coexist and die with the Eastern Capital. The survival of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, the central government, the queen's concubines and the aristocratic bureaucrats is directly related to the future of the Yang family. As for the future of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, it is not important in the eyes of Yang Gongren, life is the most important, as long as Yang Tong escapes from this storm, does not intervene in the bloody battle for the imperial throne, and saves his life, the future is possible, who dares to say that Yang Tong, the king of Yue, has no future?

Yuan Wendu remained silent, he knew that the price of King Yue's evacuation of the Eastern Capital might be the end of his life, which made him unable to open his mouth, let alone dare to take the idea on behalf of King Yue, but aside from the personal fate of King Yang Tong, King of Yue, from the perspective of the survival of Guozuo, the evacuation was correct.

Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, there is no east to rebuild, but if there are no people, or under the coercion of Yang Xuangan, they have abandoned the national ancestry, then even if the Holy Lord returns, there is no point, not to mention that the expeditionary force fell apart at that time, and even the reformers disappeared. Besides, for the nobles and bureaucrats, the interests are paramount, and it is a normal thing for the city to change the banner of the king, no matter who is the king and who is the master of Middle-earth, as long as their interests are ensured, they will support whom, so it is natural to stay away from danger at the critical moment, stay away from killing, save their lives, and wait and see what happens, otherwise how to make the right choice in their favor in the future? As for Fan Zigai, he has gone crazy and has completely put personal and group interests above the interests of the kingdom, and his so-called coexistence and death with the Eastern Capital is actually pulling everyone to live and die with the reformers and bury them for the reformers.

Cui Zhen's attitude is also very clear. In the afternoon, he watched the battle from the city wall, saw Li Hun counterattack on the north bank of the Zodiac Canal, and after hearing the discussion that the ministers were increasingly inclined to evacuate the eastern capital, he made a decision. Li Hun can still fight back in the midst of the rebels' flanking, why? Li Fengyun waved his role, which is enough to prove that Li Fengyun and Li Hun have established a tacit understanding and have a certain degree of control over the battle situation in the Eastern Capital, and the reason why Li Hun is willing to establish a tacit understanding with Li Fengyun proves that Li Hun accepts and agrees with Li Fengyun's deduction of the future situation and the countermeasures made on this basis, that is to say, the possibility of King Qi entering Beijing is getting smaller and smaller, and Li Fengyun will stab Yang Xuangan in the back at the critical moment, so Li Fengyun's prediction is still credible, and the imperial city is still sure to be defended. If the Imperial City is defended, the Eastern Capital will also be defended, which can ensure that the damage of this storm to the Eastern Capital, Guozuo, and Middle-earth will be minimized.

Therefore, Cui Xun clearly told the frightened Yang Tong that everyone can evacuate the Eastern Capital, but he can't, he must live and die with the Eastern Capital, this is his duty to stay in the Eastern Capital, and it is also directly related to his future, there is no room for negotiation, otherwise he is finished, there is no future, and it is completely over.

After a fierce debate, the shape was already one-sided, and most of the central officials supported Yang Gongren's opinion, and the evacuation of the Eastern Capital was a foregone conclusion.

In the end, it was the turn of Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to make a decision.

"Lone agrees to evacuate." Yang Tong said, "But Lone must stay, and must live and die with the Eastern Capital, this is Lone's duty, mission, even if he is broken, he has no hesitation." ”

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