June 13, dawn, east of the eastern capital, Bai Sima Ban.

Pei Hongce was worried that Yang Xuan was moved by the night attack, he couldn't sleep, he didn't sleep all night, and he finally stayed up until dawn, but he couldn't support it, and he just closed his eyes and took a nap, and he was woken up. Henan Neishi Mansion Dongcao Peng Zheng Yan quietly told Pei Hongce, Yang Xuangan sent a messenger, just outside the camp, can you see it?

"Nope." Pei Hongce refused without thinking. No matter what you have in mind during this sensitive period, you must definitely keep a distance from Yang Xuangan before the shape is clear, draw a clear line, never have any contact, let alone be "ambiguous", if you are not careful, you may fall into the divisive scheme, and you can't find a place to shout grievances.

Zheng Yan frowned slightly, and said cautiously, "Yang Xuangan sent an envoy, of course, to persuade Ming Gong, in that case, why didn't Ming Gong see it and touch Yang Xuangan's bottom line?" ”

Pei Hongce glanced at Zheng Yan, if it weren't for the fact that this son was the son of Zheng Shanguo, the Qing of Dali Temple, and the best among the children of the Zheng family in Xingyang, the future was limitless, he really wanted to spit on his face, what do you mean? Hell-intentioned to frame me? Getting to the bottom of it? Yang Xuangan has hit the eastern capital, what else is there to touch?

"Nope." Pei Hongce waved his hand vigorously, closed his eyes and ignored it.

Zheng Yan hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Duke Ming, the person who came is Duke Huaiyang." ”

Huaiyang Gong is Yang Xuanting, Yang Xuangan actually sent his younger brother to be a lobbyist, this weight is heavy, and he can indeed see and find out, but Pei Hongce immediately thought that he and Fan Zigai had turned against each other, and the orders of King Yue were also disobeyed, plus they were full of their "eyes and ears", once they came into contact with Yang Xuangan, whether it was public contact or secret contact, they would give people a handle, the risk was too great, and it was better not to see it.

"Nope." Pei Hongce refused for the third time.

Zheng Yan's face was a little ugly. In his eyes, Pei Hongce and his father Zheng Shanguo both belong to the Holy Lord line, both reformers, and it stands to reason that Pei Hongce should work hand in hand with Fan Zigai in this crisis, but the result was unexpected, and the reform forces left behind in the eastern capital were infighting and split. Although the reason for this is directly related to Yang Gongren's suppression and crackdown, and the fall of conservative forces, it is also related to Pei Hongce's self-righteous and arrogant character.

Even if Fan Zigai made a compromise with the Yue Wang family at the expense of Pei Hongce's interests, but Fan Zigai's purpose was to seek cooperation after all, Pei Hongce should take into account the overall situation, but the fact is that since the crisis in the Eastern Capital, Pei Hongce's actions have gradually gotten out of control, which is very unfavorable to the Eastern Capital, and it is also a disaster for the Henan Inner History Mansion, once Pei Hongce is defeated on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, it will not only affect Pei Hongce's own career, but also affect Zheng Yan's future, so he must save himself, the best way is to keep this army, Safely retreat to the city.

According to the order of the king of Yue, Pei Hongce can withdraw to the city as long as he holds on outside the city for two days, but Jinggi is Yang Xuangan's sphere of influence, with the right time, place and people, all the way to the ground, if the head-on confrontation, Henan Lingda Xi's goodwill is a lesson from the past, counting on the township group in Gyeonggi to fight against Yang Xuangan is pure foolish dream, Pei Hongce has no chance of winning at all, so the only feasible way is to "delay", to negotiate to deceive Yang Xuangan, and find a way to delay for two days.

Seeing Pei Hongce's refusal to contact Yang Xuangan three times, Zheng Yan had to speculate with malice about Pei Hongce's true thoughts, did this old guy deliberately seek defeat? Deliberately gave the army to Yang Xuangan?

With Da Xi's goodwill defeated in front, Pei Hongce will be fine even if the whole army is wiped out, if the king of Yue is angry and really wants to punish, it is also to cut off the head of Da Xi's goodwill first, Henan Ling Da Xi's goodwill is just a local governor of the fifth grade, and if he kills it, he will kill it, and the holy lord will blame the king of Yue for being suspected of unauthorized power afterwards, and Pei Hongce is the central member of the third grade, and the king of Yue has no right to kill him at all. According to the law, all officials who are sentenced to death must be reported to Dali Temple, the Criminal Department and the Imperial History Observatory for review, and then submitted to the emperor for approval, and the emperor can only be killed if he agrees, otherwise it is illegal. Of course, special circumstances can also be dealt with specially, but like Pei Hongce, a central member from the third grade, even in special circumstances, can not be killed, otherwise it is not only illegal, but also unauthorized power, Yan zhòng infringes on the authority of the Holy Lord and the center, endangers the majesty of the law and the vested interests of the powerful, will become the target of the public, even if he kills the right thing, he must be investigated for the crime of trespassing without authority, so it is normal for Pei Hongce to have no fear, no one in the East has anything to do with him, except for the Holy Lord, he is not afraid of anyone, but he is loyal to the Holy Lord, The Hedong Pei clan is also an important political force that the Holy Lord relies on, and even if he is punished in the future, it will not be too heavy.

"Duke Ming, since Yang Xuangan raised troops and rebelled, he only said that he would overthrow the Holy Lord, but he didn't say who would inherit the imperial throne after the overthrow of the Holy Lord, why is this?" Zheng Yan's expression was stern, but there was a hint of cunning and sinister in his eyes, "Ming Gong, you don't want to know the answer?" ”

Pei Hongce's eyes opened, his eyes were fierce, and he glared at Zheng Yan coldly, eager to give him a slap.

This is a question that is full of doubts and expectations from top to bottom in the Eastern Capital, everyone wants to know the answer, although this answer may be Yang Xuangan to usurp the throne and stand on his own, but as far as the current political situation is concerned, this possibility is very small, even if Yang Xuangan has such an idea, it is just wishful thinking, so the real answer should be one of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and Yang Yu, the king of Qi, and Yang Lan, the king of Qi, is the most likely, the reason why Yang Xuangan has not said it for a long time, except that the king of Qi has not yet arrived in the eastern capital, Another important reason must be related to the local aristocratic group in Guanlong, where the two sides may have had serious disagreements on the redistribution of power and wealth after the new emperor ascended the throne, and could not reach an agreement.

Of course, Pei Hongce wants to know the answer. Who is the new emperor is very important, and the new power and wealth distribution plan is even more important, especially for the Hedong Pei clan, because they support the holy lord and are classified as reformers, then with the fall of the holy lord, the power of the Hedong Pei clan is bound to be hit hard, so if the Hedong Pei clan can know the secret in advance, make the right choice in advance, and reach a compromise with the conservative forces in advance, it will definitely be conducive to the Hedong Pei clan to protect the vested interests in this storm, and even if the vested interests cannot be preserved, it can also reduce the losses to the greatest extent.

Zheng Yan's words just hit Pei Hongce's "soft underbelly", so that the "magic box" that was suppressed in his heart suddenly opened, and his reason was suddenly overwhelmed by the burning **, and he could no longer resist the fatal temptation.

After a long time, Pei Hongce finally said one word, "see"

Pei Hongce secretly met with Yang Xuanting. Pei Hongce did not publicly summon Yang Xuangan's messenger, he could not give away an obvious handle to the political enemies of the Eastern Capital, and he would flatly deny and refuse to admit the matter of chasing after the wind and shadows.

Half an hour later, Yang Xuangan said goodbye and left, as for what the two sides discussed, even Zheng Yan was rejected and didn't know anything.

In the morning, Yang Xuangan ordered the attack to advance, and Yang Xuanting led the selection of the front army to attack Bai Sima Ban.

The two sides faced each other head-on, and the drums and trumpets were noisy, but as soon as the killing sound started, it was one-sided, and Pei Hongce's army scattered in a hurry and left in defeat.

Yang Xuanting did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but ordered the soldiers to collect the spoils of war and then continue to advance towards the eastern capital.

After Pei Hongce retreated three or four miles, he gathered the defeated troops and regrouped his men. Behind them, only the Shangchun Gate of Beiguo was open, and there were garrisons guarding the Shangchun Gate, so they could not enter the city at all, and they had to fight again.

At noon, Yang Xuanting commanded the army to slowly press, and the two sides fought again, Pei Hongce's army was defeated again, but this time at least more than half of the soldiers defected and defected directly to Yang Xuanting.

Pei Hongce retreated another four or five miles, summoned the defeated troops to regroup, and fought against Yang Xuangan again.

This was repeated repeatedly, and by dusk, Pei Hongce was defeated in five battles, and the whole army was annihilated, and finally fled back to the eastern capital with only a team of guards.

That night, Yang Xuangan's army approached the eastern capital, and it was only ten miles away from Shangchun Gate.

On the night of June 13, the Shangchun Gate was closed, and all the gates of the Eastern Capital were closed, and the city was defended.

On the same day, on the battlefield in the west of the eastern capital, the battle in Jicuichi was fierce.

Zhen Baoche, the head of the Tiger Army, was stationed on the iron crutch, lame on one leg, and went to the front line to command. The morale of the Tiger Ben Army is like a rainbow, and they move forward bravely with one as ten, tearing apart the defense line of the Weifu Army again and again.

Guo Ming took the lead, leading the first, third, and fifth armies of the alliance and Niu Jinda's 23rd army, taking turns to go into battle, destroying the resistance of the Weifu army again and again, and forcing into the imperial city step by step.

Han Xiangguo led the main force of the Song Yu Yi Army to pounce on the whole line from the direction of Fanghuayuan and launched a fierce attack on the flank of the Weifu army, giving the alliance army a strong cooperation.

Xu 13, the commander of the Fengyun Army, led the elite of five regiments to enter the Jicui Pond by boat, and attacked the North Embankment again and again from the water, forcibly cutting off the battle formation of the Weifu Army, and forcing the Weifu Army to retreat again and again.

At the same time, on the Yuebi battlefield, Lu Xingxing's hussars and the second and fourth armies of the alliance commanded by Xiahou Zhe also fought fiercely, but compared with the battlefield of the North Embankment, its tragic Cheng dù was far from enough, and it was obvious that the main direction of attack of the alliance army was not the south embankment, but the north embankment, and the target was the imperial city.

At dusk, the fighting stopped. After a day's fighting, the Weifu army retreated three miles on the battlefield of Beidadi, and the alliance army was only a little more than a mile away from the West Sun Gate of the Imperial City. At the end of the month, the Weifu army retreated about two miles, and the alliance army was still more than three miles away from the Zodiac Canal.

The Weifu army was defeated on both the eastern and western fronts, and the atmosphere in the imperial city became extremely tense.

After dusk, Yang Gongren went out of the West Sun Gate and rushed to the North Embankment to meet Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei. Li Hun is very tired, his eyebrows are tightly locked, but his feelings are good, and he is full of confidence

"What about the losses?" Yang Gongren asked.

Li Hun shook his head, very depressed, and probably said a number, and this number surprised Yang Gongren, "Han Xiangguo has such strength?" ”

"Yang Xuangan may have had the intention of rebellion, and he has been carefully preparing for many years, of course, he is a blockbuster." Li Hun sighed, "From the defection of Han Shige, Gu Jue and others, we can see the leopard, and there will be more people who defect to the enemy in the future." ”

Yang Gongren nodded and asked, "How many days can you hold on to this fight?" ”

After two days of fierce fighting, the Weifu army retreated to the root of the imperial city, which was obviously not the real strength of the Eastern Capital garrison, but why did Li Hun deliberately conceal his strength? What is the purpose? This is the reason why Yang Gongren came to visit in person.

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