On June 18, Gu Jue led an army to surround Xingyang City, and the overseers stormed it. King Yang Qing held on to the city.

At dusk, the fighting stopped, Gu Jue returned to the camp, and there was a report from his subordinates, and in the afternoon, a son of the Zheng family who claimed to be from Xingze asked to see him outside the camp. The main hall of the Zheng clan in Xingyang is in Xingze City, which is close to the confluence of the Tongji Canal and the Great River, if nothing else, this person should be an important person of the Zheng clan, so Gu Jue immediately invited, but he saw a familiar face, the former inner Shi Sheren, when Yang Gong Wei Fuhei.

Wei Fusi was born in a wealthy family, ranked in the center, and was high, such as Gu Jue, a middle-level and high-ranking officer in the Wei Mansion, with a huge disparity in status, and belonged to different political groups, under normal circumstances, there was no intersection, but Gu Jue was a general under the account of Yang Su, the old Yue Guogong, and he wanted to enter and leave the mansion of the old Yue Guogong during the New Year's holidays, so he had seen Wei Fusi by chance, and Wei Fusi was deposed and shook the high-level because of the case of King Qi's "immorality" the year before last, so Gu Jue was quite impressed by him, and he recognized it at a glance.

Gu Jue was very surprised, he didn't know why Wei Fusi, who was deposed at home, suddenly appeared under Xingyang City, could it be that the Xingyang Zheng family who went to the house of his in-laws was a guest, and happened to pass by from here, so he took the initiative to act as a lobbyist for King Xun?

Gu Jue invited Wei Fusi to take a seat, sat on one side by himself, and after greeting respectfully, he cautiously inquired about Wei Fusi's intention.

Wei Fusi bluntly told him that he came from the king of Qi and wanted to go to the eastern capital to visit the prince of Xiaoyue.

As soon as Gu Jue heard it, he understood that Wei Fusi was the secret envoy of the King of Qi, and as for what the purpose was, it was not within the scope of his investigation, so he immediately asked someone to prepare wine and food to entertain him, and at the same time arranged a military tent for him to rest.

Wei Fusi immediately shook his hand, the matter is urgent, there is no delay, leave after eating, please Gu Jue prepare a horse for him, and send a team of guards to escort him. Gu Jue agreed.

"Who is the Tiger Guard now?" Wei Fusi asked.

"New Yigong (Han Shige)."

Wei Fusi nodded, and asked again, "How is the battle situation in the Eastern Capital?" Can you sue one or two?"

Gu Jue gave a brief introduction and said that Yang Xuangan had surrounded the Eastern Capital, and as for some military deployments, Gu Jue did not reveal a word. Yang Xuangan, King Qi, and Wei Fusi are all opponents in politics, and now they are even more hostile to Mai Mang, and of course they can't be said if they shouldn't be said.

"Is there any news of the West Embarrassment?" Wei Fusi asked again.

Gu Jue shook his head again and again, in fact, he really didn't know anything about the movements of the West Embarrassment, he didn't belong to Yang Xuangan's inner circle, and his knowledge of secrets was limited.

"What about Liyang?" Wei Fusi asked, "Can the Weifu army kill Liyang?"

Gu Jue continued to shake his head. The purpose of him and Han Shige's fight against Xingyang is to prevent the Weifu army from all walks of life from rescuing the eastern capital from the direction of the tiger prison, so of course we must pay close attention to Liyang, but so far, the news from Liyang is not bad, and the rescue of the Weifu army has not yet been seen.

"Duke Ming, how is the progress of the suppression of thieves in Qi Wangdong County?" Gu Jue was unwilling to be passive, and took the initiative to ask Wei Fusi about King Qi's movements, after all, King Qi's every move was not only closely related to the Eastern Capital, but also to the Xingyang battlefield.

"King Qi should have arrived at Baima." Wei Fusi stroked his beard and smiled, "If nothing else, King Qi's Xuanfeng army is about to cross the river to attack Liyang."

Gu Jue's face changed slightly, and he secretly speculated about the credibility of Wei Fusi's words.

"Does Duke Ming have any news about the palace?" Gu Jue saw Wei Fusi smiling and seemed to be in a good mood, so he resolutely asked again.

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Wei Fusi's face suddenly dissipated, and a trace of deep worry flashed in his eyes. He didn't want to know the news of the palace, but the problem was that King Qi was the object of high vigilance between the Holy Lord and the center, and even if the two sides kept in touch, the information transmitted was very limited, especially the confidential news from the palace.

On June 18, at night, it rained lightly, and Liaodong City was pitch black, while outside the city, the camp of the Middle Earth Army was brightly lit, like a bright Milky Way, and it was magnificent

Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu hurriedly walked into the Liaodong base camp where the Holy Lord was located.

The Holy Lord summoned him alone. On behalf of the expedition, Yang Yichen, the commander of the front army, and the commanders of the various armies, Yu Wenshu asked the Holy Lord to force the Liaoshui to cross the Liaoshui at the end of this month to begin the expedition to Pyongyang. Although the rainy season in Liaodong may last until mid-July or even late July, and it is very difficult for the river to swell and lead to the transportation of grain and grass, because Liaodong City has been unable to attack for a long time and has been delayed for too much time, there is no choice now, and Liaoshui must be forcefully crossed, otherwise the time to attack Pyongyang will not be enough, and this time the army has learned the lesson of last year's fiasco丨 Prepared enough grain and grass, ready to overcome all difficulties, determined and more confident to take Pyongyang, destroy Goguryeo, and win the final victory of the Eastern Crusade.

The Holy Lord was tired, haggard, and depressed, and sat there without saying a word.

After Yuwen finished speaking, he waited for a while, and saw that the Holy Lord had no reaction, his eyes were in a trance, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised, realizing that something might have happened. Could it be that another central minister and commander of the Weifu died on the battlefield of Liaodong? Since the beginning of the First Eastern Crusade last year, such ominous things have happened one after another, and the blow to the morale of the army is really too great.

Yu Wenshu was speculating wildly, when he saw the Holy Lord raise his hand and point to the several volumes of documents on the desk, motioning for him to take a look.

Yu Wenshu opened a volume casually, and after only reading a few lines of words, his expression changed suddenly, as if he had been hit hard, his face was desperate, and the spirit of the whole person was gone in an instant, and he couldn't stand it anymore, he couldn't sit down and wanted to cry without tears.

After the end of the Eastern Crusade, and a series of adverse effects on politics, military affairs, and defense diplomacy brought about by the defeat of the two Eastern Crusades are unimaginable and unbearable, not only will the Holy Lord, the center and the reformers suffer a fatal blow as a result, but the interests of the state and even the entire Middle-earth will suffer heavy losses, and even endanger the shortly established Middle-earth. [,！ The great cause of reunification, which is still in a fragile stage.

Success is also Yang's, defeat is also Yang's. At that time, the Holy Lord finally won the Imperial War, which was inseparable from the strong support of Yang Su, the old Duke of Yue, and now at the critical moment of deciding the fate of Guozuo, Yang Xuangan, the Duke of Xiaoyue, stabbed the Holy Lord in the back mercilessly, and the knife was fatal.

Yu Wenshu quickly adjusted the situation, the matter has come to this point, despair, frustration, anger and swearing can't solve the problem, only by facing it positively can we turn the tide and fall.

In fact, this is expected by the center, and there are also contingency measures. As early as when the center made the decision of the Second Eastern Crusade, all the factors that could lead to the failure of the Second Eastern Crusade had been taken into account, including the military coup d'état launched by the radical conservatives in China, or the imperial war launched by the prince of the clan. However, after all, the emergency strategy is something on paper, and whether it can finally solve the problem, whether it can achieve the goal of turning the tide, and whether it can reverse the crisis to the greatest extent depends on the ability of the executor. The executor must not only control the overall situation, grasp the shape, and seize the opportunity, but also judge the situation, respond to the situation, and be decisive in killing, especially at the critical moment, and not make mistakes.

The Holy Lord's single summoning of Yuwenshu has already shown that he and the central government are determined to entrust Yuwenshu with the heavy responsibility of turning the tide.

Yu Wenshu carefully read several volumes of documents. The earliest document comes from the report of the Eastern Capital at the end of May, after the Liang County thief Han Xiangguo troubled the Song and Henan regions, he suddenly went north to capture Yiquekou and broke through the Gyeonggi defense line, and the crisis in the Eastern Capital expanded. It can be seen from the two events of the fall of Yiquekou and Yang Gongren's comeback, the crisis in the eastern capital is very strict, the internal contradictions in the eastern capital are very intense, and people in the eastern capital are actively cooperating with Yang Xuangan to launch a military coup, and with the intensification of the crisis in the eastern capital, the pressure on the western embarrassment on the eastern capital is also increasing, the Yue king Yang Tong and the Cui clan who supported him, the Yuan clan saw that the situation was quickly out of control, and had to turn to the clan, and the comeback of the clan minister Yang Gongren at the moment can help the Yue king Yang Tong firmly control part of the military and political power, But Yang Tong, the king of Yue, is young after all, and it is Yang Gongren who is actually in charge, which has buried new hidden dangers for the political situation in the eastern capital, and will even prompt the imperial war.

The next few volumes are still from the Eastern Capital, the Eastern Capital left behind Fan Zigai was obviously suppressed by Yang Gongren, reporting good news but not bad news, and Yang Gongren also firmly grasped the military power, and adjusted the defense of the Eastern Capital, the main purpose of which was to prevent the King of Qi Yang Lan and the acting king Yang Yu from entering Beijing, in order to prevent the princes from entering Beijing to seize the imperial unity, he did not hesitate to connive at the thief Han Xiangguo to cause trouble in Beijing, it is not difficult to see that Yang Gongren and many magnates actually knew that the Eastern Capital was about to break out in a mutiny, and even they may know that the rebel is Yang Xuangan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

According to the news from Bo Tangwei, the lord of Hanoi and other parties, it was confirmed that Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Wang Zhongbo, Zhao Huaiyi, Hu Shitan and others raised troops to rebel in Liyang on the second day of the sixth month, killed the scholar Shi Youyuan to sacrifice the flag, and then quickly went south to attack the eastern capital.

This was followed by the report of the Hebei ambassador Cui Hongsheng on the sixth day of the sixth month of June, in which Cui Hongsheng promised to attack Liyang as quickly as possible.

The last document came from the report of Zhuojun Zuojun who stayed behind Duan Da on the ninth day of the sixth month, and he had sent his deputy to stay behind, and Wu Benlang led Chen Ling to lead 10,000 elite soldiers south to quell the rebellion.

This is also mixed with a report from the first day of the sixth month of the king of Qi, the white-haired thief abandoned Mengshan and fled from Qilu after quickly flowing to the Central Plains, once again troubled Tongji Canal, Yan zhòng endangered the safety of the Second Eastern Crusade, King Qi decided to follow the pursuit, so the army was divided into two roads, one route was left in Pengcheng, the general Dong Chun of Zuo Xiaowei commanded, along He, Ji line directly killed Tongji Canal, one route was led by Wu Benlang Li Shanheng, out of Qi County, along the Jishui rapid westward, and strive to encircle and suppress the white-haired thief in the shortest possible time.

Yu Wenshu's mood was very heavy, he knew the purpose of the Holy Lord to put the report of the King of Qi in this pile of papers, the Holy Lord was worried that the King of Qi and Yang Xuangan jointly launched a military coup, so that this military coup would inevitably develop into a great war for the emperor, once the King of Qi got the support of all the conservative forces, including the local aristocratic group of Guanlong, according to the Eastern Capital and called the emperor, then the civil war broke out, and the Middle Earth fell into internal and external troubles.

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