After the Xijing army marched to Shaancheng, it stopped.

Shaanxi City is more than 100 miles away from Mianchi, in the middle is the Kunshan Mountain, very steep, but also an excellent place to set up an ambush.

Zheng Yuanshou has no news since he called the police at noon yesterday, so there are two possibilities, one is that the pond has fallen, Zheng Yuanshou has been besieged and annihilated, and the other is that the pond has been besieged, and Yang Xuangan wants to besiege the city and send reinforcements. If it is the second possibility, Yang Xuangan is very likely to set up an ambush in Kunshan, so Wei Wensheng has to be cautious to prevent accidents.

Wei Wensheng sent several teams of scouts to gallop along the Kunshan Avenue to investigate the military situation, and at the same time continued to discuss the march route with Ming Ya, Du Yan, Wei Jin, Dugu Wudu and others. Several commanders insisted on their own words, each did not give in to each other, and the people in Guanzhong were very negative about the aid to the east, of course, there was no result to be discussed.

In the evening of the same day, Wei Wensheng received a new decision made by the province on June 22, which was completely different from the decision made by the province on June 21, that is, the safety of the eastern capital was put in the first place, and the province ordered Cui Hongsheng, Chen Ling and Zhou Fashang, a sailor who was riding the wind and waves on the big river, to do their best to support the eastern capital, and handed over the important task of recovering Liyang and opening up the Grand Canal to the king of Qi, as for whether the king of Qi would stab the back of the reinforcements from all walks of life, and then enter Beijing to form an alliance with Yang Xuangan, The province can't take care of it anymore, don't think about it.

Why did the province make two diametrically opposed decisions in two days?

The province did not explain the reason for the change in decision, but it certainly had something to do with the change on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital.

Du Yan and Wei Jin immediately grasped the "key point" of this decision, that is, other reinforcements from all walks of life would soon enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital. Of course, the other reinforcements are still far away from the eastern capital, and it takes time to enter the battlefield of the eastern capital, take a step back and say, even if Cui Hongsheng, Chen Ling and Zhou Fashang disobey the orders of the central government, they are not good to do too much, they still have to approach the eastern capital, especially after the sailor controls the waterway of the big river, which is equivalent to directly forming an encirclement of the eastern capital, which poses a mortal threat to Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuangan in order to avoid being encircled, he must try his best to enter the west.

"We just need to stay in Shaancheng." Du Yan was blunt and did not hide his sluggish war situation, "As long as we stick to Shaanxi, Yang Xuangan will be blocked in the first line, and he will be in a dilemma, just waiting for the water division, the Hebei army and the Youzhou army to enter the battlefield of the eastern capital, Yang Xuangan will suffer from the enemy on his back, and defeat is imminent."

To tell the truth, this is a good idea, for nothing, the difficulties are given to others, but the credit is indispensable to their own share, and more importantly, when Yang Xuangan and Shandong people, Jiangzuo people fought flesh and blood, the Xijing army just sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, and the fisherman profited, and finally achieved all the expected goals without much effort.

But is there really such a good thing in the world? Are the opponents as stupid as the Guanzhong people imagined? If the opponent is also like the people in Guanzhong, who is passive and sluggish, delays in entering the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and allows Yang Xuangan to fight with the Xijing army on the road to Guanzhong in the west, will the Xijing army be sure to stop Yang Xuangan? Also, Honghua left behind Yuan Hongsi has not yet been "solved", this "sword" is still hanging high on the head of Xijing, once the volley is stabbed, the enemy on the back is Xijing, for this reason the Xijing army must first "solve" Yang Xuangan with the momentum of thunder, and first "rescue" himself from the predicament of the enemy on his belly and back.

It is impossible for Du Yan not to know this, but he must set up obstacles for Wei Wensheng to preserve Xijing's strength as much as possible. Xijing is the "stronghold" of the conservative forces, and the "thorn in the eye" of the Holy Lord and the reformers, even if they have built a counterinsurgency in this storm? It is certain that once Xijing loses too much in this storm and its own strength is not enough, it will inevitably blow the reformers in the liquidation storm to the ground, and finally cheapen the reformers.

Wei Wensheng also knew very well that the people of Guanzhong had been trying to find ways to set up obstacles for him, even if he had killed people in Xijing, dug up the tomb of the old Yue Guogong in Huayin, and put the "basins" on the heads of the Guanzhong people one by one, the people of Guanzhong would not compromise, but would hate the reformists even more and intensify their efforts to "fight back." Now that Du Yan has put forward the "conditions," he can only "bargain."

"Holding on to Shaancheng is actually a passive slack." Wei Wensheng was also blunt, "We are passive and sluggish, and other reinforcements will inevitably follow suit, once the King of Qi sees the opportunity and makes a decisive move, these people take advantage of the fire to rob, fall into the well, secretly add fuel to the fire to worsen the shape, and push all the pressure on our side, what should we do?" How to deal with it?"

Wei Wensheng's remark "hit" the "key point" of the Guanzhong people; In today's court, although the reformers and the conservatives are fighting to the death, the conflict between the Guanlong people, the Shandong people, and the Jiangzuo people is also very fierce, and instead of pinning their hopes on Zhou Fashang, Cui Hongsheng, and Chen Ling to work together on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, it is better to honestly "rely on themselves" and solve the problem first on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital.

Wei Jin, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, immediately made a "concession": "At present, Michi is besieged, the military situation is unknown, and the shape is very unfavorable to me, rashly advancing from the east of the mountain, there are many dangers, once it is ambushed by Yang Xuangan, the consequences are unimaginable, so a certain Jianyi is, temporarily stationed in Shaancheng, waiting for the opportunity to advance eastward."

Although you can't passively slack off and stick to Shaancheng, you can't change the waterway and open the way for Yang Xuangan to go west, so the compromise of the people in Guanzhong is to wait a while, observe first, and see the reaction of other reinforcements, especially after the water division blockade of the big river waterway directly threatens Yang Xuangan, will there be changes in favor of the battlefield in the eastern capital, if Yang Xuangan is still besieging the eastern capital, and has not actively advanced westward, and intends to lure the Xijing army to the decisive battle under the eastern capital, the Xijing army will move eastward decisively from Kun and the first line. After all, at that time, Yang Xuangan was already in the dilemma of being attacked on his back and fighting on two fronts. [,！ The army has also been very advantageous.

Wei Wensheng accepted this construction and ordered the army to be stationed in Shaanxi, temporarily resting, and ready to go.

Wei Wensheng urgently reported this decision to the province, asking the province to actively attack in the direction of the big river, forming an encirclement of the eastern capital, forming a substantial threat to Yang Xuangan, forcing Yang Xuangan to react passively on the battlefield of the eastern capital, and then giving reinforcements from all walks of life the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the rebels.

June 25, Liyang Battlefield.

King Qi's mood was a little excited, he had besieged Liyang for six days in a row, and the pressure he was under was getting bigger and bigger, and even made him feel suffocated, unsustainable, luckily, at the critical moment, the situation finally changed, and he finally saw a ray of light in the vast dark night.

Although the province did not explain the reason for the change, the king of Qi knew about the "atrocities" committed by the Xijing army in Huayin through his own secret channels in the province.

The province "compromised", had to "grit his teeth" and handed over all the important tasks of recovering Liyang to the King of Qi, and had to let the King of Qi hold the North-South Grand Canal hostage to threaten the Holy Lord and the central government, and the precondition was that the King of Qi stayed in Liyang honestly, did not enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and did not try in vain to fight for the imperial unity, because the "atrocities" of the Xijing army in Huayin led Yang Xuangan and the West Embarrassment formed a deep feud in the sea of blood, and the two conservative forces in the court have become fire and water, and the two sides have no possibility of alliance and cooperation. And the basic condition for the king of Qi to seize the imperial throne is to rely on the cooperation and support of conservative forces, so the king of Qi can give up this unrealistic idea and instead concentrate on using this storm to seize the interests of the government.

Now the province is willing to satisfy and even provide convenience to the king of Qi to grab profits, in exchange for the "cooperation" of the king of Qi, the king of Qi got his wish, of course happy.

In addition, the water master has already arrived and is about to enter the Liyang section of the waterway, which is also good news for King Qi. The water division came too fast, and after the water division blocked the waterway of the big river, the impact on the battle situation in the eastern capital was very great, and the shape suddenly became unfavorable to Yang Xuan, he was surrounded by reinforcements from all walks of life, if he didn't react quickly and didn't rush out of the battlefield of the eastern capital before the reinforcements from all walks of life were encircled, his fate would be very tragic.

However, this didn't matter to King Qi, since he was "overheaded" by Dong Chun and Li Shanheng, he had completely given up the idea of using this storm to seize the imperial throne, and instead actively sought greater political interests in exchange for the goal of going north to conquer the frontier.

In fact, because of the experience of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty, it was very difficult for the king of Qi to go north to conquer Xinjiang, even if the king of Qi thought that going north to garrison was political exile for him, and the psychological resistance was very great, but if he wanted to achieve this goal, he really needed "the right time, place and people", all of which were indispensable, fortunately, the failure of the two eastern crusades would inevitably deteriorate the relations between the north and the south, and the war between the north and the south could break out at any time. So there is still the possibility of compromise between the Holy Lord and the Center.

For this reason, King Qi must actively strive for it, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he must devote all his efforts, and the "cooperation" with the sailor is very important at this moment. The sailor is absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord, and the chief and deputy directors of the Sailor are the commanders of the Weifu who are very trusted by the Holy Lord, and these two commanders have a certain right to speak in military decision-making.

At dusk that day, the King of Qi personally went to Liyang Jinkou to greet the water master.

Peng Cheng stayed behind, and Dong Chun, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, also deliberately crossed the river to Liyang, and accompanied the king of Qi to meet Zhou Fashang together with Li Shanheng, the general of Wu Benlang.

King Qi's posture was "too low", so "low" that Zhou Fashang was surprised, caught off guard, and couldn't hide if he wanted to.

This spring in Qi County to suppress thieves, Zhou Fashang took the sailor to swim on the waterway of the big river, in order to avoid contact with the king of Qi, he didn't even get off the warship, for fear of getting into trouble. Today's King of Qi is even more bold, he dared to threaten the Holy Lord and the central government with the Grand Canal, and he confirmed the name of "disaster", and Zhou Fashang did not dare to provoke it, so he deliberately slowed down and wanted to quietly pass Guò Liyang under the cover of night, but he expected that the King of Qi arrived at Jinkou early, and he was waiting for him, just because he was afraid that he would run away secretly and miss the opportunity to "meet".

"Qiaogong, do you want to stop the boat and go ashore?" Lai Cheng saw Zhou Fashang's ugly face and knew that he was in a dilemma, so he asked cautiously.

Zhou Fashang heard that he had the intention of going ashore, but he really didn't want to "provoke" the King of Qi, he couldn't afford to "provoke".

"Ashore." Zhou Fashang said dejectedly.

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