Chapter 443: Strength is supreme

On the fourth day of the first month of June, late at night, Yang Xuangan, who was sailing west on the Yongji Canal, received an urgent report from Yang Xuanting, Tang Wei rebelled, and he did not retreat according to Linqingguan, and the attack of the Xuanfeng army was blocked.

Yang Xuangan disagreed, and Hu Shitan was also calm.

Although it is a shortcut to enter Hanoi and cross the river from the direction of Ha Duong to fight the east, it can also form a north-south attack with Li Fengyun, who has already broken through the Gyeonggi defense line, and effectively contain the garrison of the eastern capital, but the wealthy family of Hanoi will definitely launch a "controlled" attack on Yang Xuangan under the condition that the shape is still unclear, even if it is pretentious, Yang Xuangan can not be unguarded, in addition, the eastern capital has a large river and natural danger, there is a mountain defense line, plus a large number of garrisons, If Yang Xuangan concentrates all his troops in the direction of Heyang, the risk is too great, once it is blocked by the big river, and he can't cross the mountain for a long time, he will not only waste precious time, but also worsen his own situation, and the consequences will be extremely strict, so Yang Xuangan for the sake of safety, so Yang Xuangan divided his troops into two ways to attack the eastern capital.

One route is Yang Xuanting as the commander, with a partial division, under the banner of selecting the front army, attacking Hanoi, making a situation of crossing the river from the direction of Heyang to attack the eastern capital, and one route is Yang Xuangan personally as the commander, with the main force, taking a boat, through the Yongji Canal to the Qishui River, and then from the Qishui River into the big river, and then going upstream, from Luoshui to the eastern capital.

Yang Xuanting's partial division can play a role in containing the eastern capital in the direction of Heyang, so as to attract the attention of the eastern capital, and cover Yang Xuangan's main force to reach Luoshui along the way, and then it is a three-way attack on the eastern capital, which is very good; On the contrary, if Yang Xuanting's partial division does not go well and the attack is blocked, then it must continue to fight, because it can also play a role in attracting the attention of the Eastern Capital, or it can cover the whereabouts of the main army.

In order to keep it secret, Yang Xuangan did not reveal the strategy of this attack in the inner circle, except for Hu Shitan and Wang Zhongbo, who formulated the strategy, even Yang Xuanting and Yang Jishan did not know. Now Wang Zhongbo is marching on the Qishui River with the fleet carrying the main army, and he can enter the Dahe waterway unconsciously in the early morning, because they are under the banner of merchant ships, pretending to be cargo ships, and Yang Xuanting is covering in the direction of Linqingguan, the possibility of being traced by the Eastern Capital in the short term is not large, which is very conducive to the army entering the Luoshui River and taking the defenders of the eastern front of the Beijing Division by surprise.

However, Yang Xuanting's defeat in the first battle and his obstruction in Linqing Pass still had a certain impact on Yang Xuangan's attack strategy, after all, Linqing Pass is the first pass to enter Hanoi County, nearly five hundred miles away from Heyang, and the threat to the Eastern Capital is really very limited, and when the news of Liyang's rebellion was transmitted by Tang Weifei to the Eastern Capital, the Eastern Capital will inevitably adjust its defensive deployment and strengthen the defensive forces in the east and north of the Beijing Division. In this way, Yang Xuangan wanted to attack the Eastern Capital again, and it would be impossible to surprise him.

"Tang Wei? This man has some guts. Yang Xuangan sneered, "It's just that the people of Hanoi can't help but think about things simply, can they block a certain from the Linqing Customs, and they can clear the relationship with a certain person, draw a clear line, and be alone?" ”

"This represents the attitude of the people of Hanoi." Hu Shi said with a smile, "It is indeed difficult for them to be alone, but in the short term, as long as they stand on the north bank of the river and wait and see what happens, it will be very beneficial to us." ”

Yang Xuan agreed, "According to the predetermined policy, the division will fight Hanoi, although it will be blocked by Linqingguan, but it may not be impossible to fight, take a step back, even if it can't be defeated, it can also cause a certain momentum to attract the attention of the Eastern Capital." ”

Hu Shitan nodded in agreement, "Since you want to create a momentum, then Mou will personally lead a fleet to pretend to be a follow-up army to arrive at Linqingguan, while Ming Gong will take the elite division from Qishui to the big river, and rush to Luoshui day and night." ”

"Good!" Yang Xuangan said, "After a certain and the main force enter Luoshui, you will evacuate Linqingguan, go south to Yanjin and board a boat to the west, and come to the east to meet." ”

On the fifth day of the sixth month, in the morning, Cui Chu directly arrived at Tang Wei's secret letter, and then 100,000 people hurriedly reported to Yang Tong, the king of Yue.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, is discussing with the ministers in Shangshudu Province how to solve the crisis in the eastern capital and alleviate the crisis in the Tongji Canal, because the thief Han Xiangguo has captured Yique and threatened the security of the eastern capital, and the thief Shuai Bai has burned, killed and plundered on both sides of the Tongji Canal and Jishui, which has seriously endangered the safety of the north-south transportation artery. Therefore, Yang Tong, the king of Yue, let out cruel words, and he kept discussing it if he couldn't come up with a countermeasure, and no one wanted to get out of Shangshu Province.

A day and a night passed, and the princes and ministers were all tired and drowsy, and at this moment, a thunderbolt suddenly exploded on a sunny day, and everyone was shocked, and everyone changed color.

Bo Tang Wei, the lord of Hanoi, reported that on the third day of the first month, Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, killed Shi Youyuan, the secretary of the Zhishu, and together with Li Zixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, and Wang Zhongbo, the general of Wu Benlang, a large number of military and political dignitaries raised troops in Liyang to rebel, and is now leading the army to kill the eastern capital.

The crisis in the eastern capital has exploded, the bloody rain and bloody wind are falling from the sky, and a terrifying storm is roaring along the big river to the eastern capital, which will sweep through the eastern capital and sweep across the Central Plains in an instant.

The lobby was silent, the atmosphere was stagnant, and the scorching heat was like a big oven, which made the powerful sweat profusely and suffocated.

Yang Tong, the king of Yue, had a red face and red ears, and while constantly wiping the beads of sweat on his face, he looked at Yang Gongren, Yang Hao, Cui Zhen and Yuan Wendu and other close ministers for help, hoping that they would speak and tell him the answer, is this true or false? If it's true, how to deal with it? And more importantly, do you want to report to the Holy Lord who is far away in Liaodong? Once the report is reported, the Second Eastern Crusade will definitely be suspended, and the resulting severe consequences will not be borne by Yang Tong, the king of Yue, and a group of left-behind ministers

Yang Gongren, Yang Hao and others all closed their mouths and looked at Fan Zigai, at this moment, those who are qualified to come out to support the overall situation, except for Yang Tong, the nominal supreme military and political chief of the Eastern Capital, are the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu who is actually in charge of the military and political power of the Eastern Capital, and Fan Zigai who is left behind in the Eastern Capital. However, in times of crisis, when someone needed to come out to take responsibility and someone to be a scapegoat, the puppet of Yue Wang Yang Tong was immediately protected, and his puppet was naturally pushed to the forefront, using his weak body to resist the most violent storm.

Fan Zigai was angry to the extreme, but there was no way, no matter how he cursed the shameless magnates in front of him, he couldn't change the fate of his "puppet", strength determined a qiē, his strength in the Eastern Capital was too weak, the sheep entered the tiger herd, he didn't do the prey, who would be the prey?

Fan Zigai's only way to save himself was to hold the eastern capital, wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and wait for the arrival of the Holy Lord.

"Verify the authenticity of the news immediately." Fan Zigai finally spoke. A Tang Wei's report can't prove the truth of the news, and there is no way to hide such a major event as Liyang's raising troops, if it is true, there must be other people who are in a hurry to play the Eastern Capital.

Soon there was a report from Peng's subordinates, and the reports sent from Liyang and its surrounding areas in the past few days were normal, but the report received today from Bo Tangwei, the county lord of Hanoi, said that Liyang had rebelled, so there was no way to verify the truth of this news in a hurry.

Fan Zigai didn't know anything about Tang Wei, but he knew that the Taiyuan Tang family, a famous northern family, and the Taiyuan Wang family, one of the five wealthy families in Shandong, as well as the Taiyuan Guo family, the Wen family and other families are the core strength of the Han aristocratic group in the Dai Jin Dynasty, and the strength should not be underestimated, and this Tang Wei is from the Taiyuan Tang family, and he is a disciple of the Jinyang family, so no matter from the interests of the Jin nobles or the Tang family, Tang Wei will never lie about the military situation, let alone target Yang Xuangan, Aiming at the Hongnong Yang clan and the Heluo aristocratic group, this is purely provoking a fight between the two major interest groups and two families, and the consequences are too strict.

Fan Zigai was in a dilemma. This news must be true, but the problem is that if he confirms that this news is true as a left-behind guard in the Eastern Capital, the next thing will be complicated, the next thing is to use all the strength of the Eastern Capital to block Yang Xuangan's attack, but he can neither command the military nor call on the treasury, in this case, even if the officials of the central government in the imperial city listen to him, what is the use? There is no army, no money and food, what can he do to stop Yang Xuangan? In addition, there are 100,000 urgent reports to the Holy Lord and the center in Liaodong, which will inevitably affect the progress of the Second Eastern Crusade, and under the anger of the Holy Lord, he will definitely find someone to take the blame and vent his anger, and his scapegoat will be considered solid. There are also stricter zhòng, should this matter be reported to Xijing in the first place? Do you want to ask for help from Xijing? If Xijing had already secretly formed an alliance with Yang Xuangan and cooperated, and Xijing's goal was the imperial unification and the eastern capital, wouldn't it be tantamount to digging his own grave if he told Xijing and asked Xijing for help?

Fan Zigai's power is very great, but his strength is not good, he has a lot of power without strong strength, and this power can't be wielded, and the so-called government decree can't be issued Shangshutai. The power is empty, and the person is a puppet, and now Fan Zigai is trapped in this dilemma, there is too little he can do, and he can only let a group of powerful magnates wantonly slaughter the power that belongs to him.

Fan Zigai weighed it again and again, and categorically decided to compromise and exchange power for the cooperation of Yang Gongren and other powerful people.

Only cooperation can hold the eastern capital, and the basis of cooperation is trust, but the real problem is that Fan Zigai is from a humble background, a native of Jiangzuo, a staunch reformer, and a cronie of the Holy Lord, and there is an insurmountable gap between him and Yang Gongren and other powerful people, and there is no possibility of building trust at all.

How could a group of meritorious magnates who fought the world trust a low-ranking civil official who was promoted like a rocket for the Holy Lord? What common language can there be between a meritorious commander and a rebel leader? Under normal circumstances, Fan Zigai is supported by the Holy Lord, and he can fight with the powerful people, and even have the upper hand, but now the Holy Lord is far away in Liaodong, and the eastern capital is in crisis, so in such a critical situation, if Fan Zigai can't see the shape clearly, can't recognize himself clearly, and continues to fight for power and profit with the big powers, it is looking for death, and the big powers have countless means to put him to death.

"Guan Gong, is there a way to deal with it?" Fan Zigai took the initiative to ask for advice.

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