Li Hun did not answer directly, "How is the battle on the Eastern Front today?" ”

"Pei Hongce's entire army was wiped out and fled back alone." Yang Gongren said angrily, "Yang Xuangan is only ten miles away from Shangchun Gate. ”

Li Hun's expression became grim. Tomorrow, Yang Xuangan will arrive at Shangchun Gate, and his main force will kill the imperial city along the Tongji Canal, so that it will form a flank attack with the rebels on the western front, and the defensive form of the Weifu army will turn sharply.

"A certain keeps a promise." Li Hun swore that "I will definitely hold the western front of the imperial city, and never let a thief soldier approach the Sun Gate, nor let a thief cross the Zodiac Bridge." ”

Yang Gongren's heart sank suddenly. Under the current war situation, Li Hun said this sentence, which means that he wants to concentrate all his strength to defend the imperial city, in other words, he is going to give up Nanguo. Although Nanguo had Fei Yao's army, the key problem now was that if Li Hun gave up his protection of Nanguo and transferred all the troops holding the moon to the north bank of the Zodiac Canal and the west line of the imperial city, it would be equivalent to giving up the moon to the rebels, and the rebels could kill the south bank of the Zodiac Canal along the moon, thus severing the connection between Nanguo and the imperial city. Fei Yao was trapped in Nanguo, and he had no way to give strong support to the imperial city, so he could only watch Yang Xuangan's army attack the imperial city from east to west, and once the imperial city fell, what was the point of him even if he held Nanguo?

Yang Gongren knew the reason why Li Hun had preserved his strength in the past two days. Since the rebels captured Yiquekou, Li Hun has been deliberately preserving his strength and deliberately exaggerating the strength of the rebels, thus finding sufficient reasons for his successive defeats, but no one can say that he deceived his superiors and subordinates, and there is no evidence. He had been fighting this battle all along, and he said that the rebels were powerful and strong enough to compete with the garrison, so who could come up with evidence to prove him wrong? Since the rebels are strong, it is normal for the garrison to retreat step by step in the past two days, and this time Li Hun even took out factual evidence, a bloody corpse, ironclad evidence, can you say that he has no evidence?

The battle situation has reached this point, Li Hun is also facing a "difficult choice", if he continues to divide the troops and garrison, he will not be able to hold the western front of the imperial city, he will not be able to fulfill his promise to the king of Yue, and once the western front of the imperial city is lost, Han Xiangguo's rebels will storm the West Sun Gate, and Yang Xuangan will storm the East Sun Gate on the other side, and the imperial city will be in danger, so Li Hun has only one choice, concentrate his forces to defend the western front of the imperial city. So the problem came again, if Li Hun defended the western front of the imperial city with all his might, he would not have enough troops to protect Nanguo, so he had to give up the protection of Nanguo, and Fei Yao was trapped in Nanguo. It is not terrible for Fei Yao to be trapped, what is terrible is that Fei Yao cannot support the imperial city, and he and more than 4,000 garrisons have become "spectators" in the defense of the Eastern Capital, which is definitely not good.

The problem then turned to Yang Gongren, and for him, the next step was to ensure the safety of the imperial city? Or do you want to take care of the Imperial City and Nanguo? The key is still Li Hun, and Li Hun's choice in the future situation is crucial.

If the king of Qi arrives at the battlefield of the eastern capital and joins hands with Yang Xuangan to form an alliance, Li Hun will inevitably defect, and with his defection, the fall of the imperial city is inevitable, Yang Gongren will not be able to hold the imperial city even if he has the ability to reach the sky, unless he is decisive now, resolutely abandon Nanguo in advance, transfer Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrisons into the imperial city in advance, and then rely on the strength of the imperial city and the advantage of defensive forces, tenaciously hold on to the return of the Holy Lord and the expeditionary force.

Yang Gongren's face became more and more gloomy, and his eyes became more and more aggressive, but Li Hun ignored it and was not afraid. Why did he want to preserve his strength? Why would you rather force Yang Gongren to give up Nanguo than fight to the death for King Yue? There is no way, Longxi Li Chengjifang has no choice in this storm, he can only share the blessings and misfortunes with the King of Qi, if the King of Qi wants to go to the Eastern Capital to compete for the imperial throne, he has to accompany him to the end, and if he has no strength at that time, what will he do to deal with the rapidly changing and treacherous situation in the Eastern Capital? And what to do to help King Qi fight for the throne?

Yang Gongren inspected the battlefield for a while, comforted the soldiers of the Wei Mansion, and then hurriedly returned to the imperial city and summoned the left-behind bosses to discuss urgently.

Fan Zigai, who stayed behind in the eastern capital, was the first to veto Yang Gongren's proposal. Give up Nanguo? Absolutely not, the east is a whole, if you want to defend it, you must defend it all, and every inch of land must be fought, otherwise even if you lose the city gate of a foreign country, it will be a great shame for the Jingshi. To put it bluntly, he can't afford this responsibility, the puppet can do it, and the black cauldron can carry it, but there is a bottom line, he must hold the Eastern Capital, as long as he holds the Eastern Capital, he is willing to pay any price, after all, the final credit can compensate him for all his previous losses. On the contrary, he is finished, completely finished, and there is no atonement for his sins in death. Of course, in the case of necessity, for example, Nanguo and Beiguo were captured by Yang Xuangan, and he could only hold on to the imperial city, so he gritted his teeth and admitted it, but the key problem is that now Han Xiangguo has not broken through the defense line of Jicuichi, and Yang Xuangan has not yet come to Shangchunmen, Yang Gongren hurriedly roared to take the initiative to give up Nanguo, this is not good, this is too ridiculous, completely unacceptable.

The governor of the Yue Palace, Shi Cui Zhen, resolutely stood on Yang Gongren's side and clearly supported Yang Gongren's proposal. The reason is very simple, will Yang Gongren fight, or will you Fan Zigai fight? There is no doubt that Yang Gongren is better at military affairs. Since Yang Gongren will fight, then his analysis of the current battle situation in the eastern capital is credible, once Yang Xuangan and Han Xiangguo attack the imperial city from east to west, the ecliptic bridge on the ecliptic canal will be broken, and the ecliptic bridge section will be severed between the imperial city and Nanguo, and Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrison soldiers will play a very limited role in the defense of the eastern capital.

Cui Zhen questioned Fan Zigai, "Since you refuse to Guan Gong's decision and refuse to transfer Fei Yao and more than 4,000 soldiers into the imperial city, do you dare to take Xiang Shang's head to ensure that the imperial city can definitely be defended?" If you can't guarantee that the imperial city will not be able to hold it, and it will fall, will you be willing to bear all the blame for it? ”

Of course, Fan Zigai did not dare to guarantee it, let alone bear the responsibility, although he was not personally afraid of taking responsibility, but the problem was that he did not represent his personal interests on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, but represented the interests of the Holy Lord and the Center and the entire reformers, if he alone bears the responsibility for the fall of the Eastern Capital, it will inevitably deal a fatal blow to the authority of the Holy Lord and the Center, and bring immeasurable huge losses to the entire reformers

Fan Zigai argued with reason. Now the Zodiac Canal is still in the hands of the garrison, the Zodiac Bridge is still impregnable, the Imperial City and Nanguo are still in close contact, Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrison soldiers can also support the Imperial City at any time, why give up Nanguo in this case? What is it that the enemy abandons his position before he reaches the position? Which book of war is this? In addition, Fan Zigai, on behalf of the Eastern Capital Left-behind Mansion, has already asked for help from the Xijing Left-behind Mansion, and it is estimated that soon the Xijing Left-behind Mansion and the Criminal Department Shangshu Wei Wensheng will send troops to the Eastern Capital, and it is even more unreasonable to give up Nanguo in this case. Fan Zigai firmly believed that as soon as the reinforcements from Xijing arrived, the situation on the battlefield in the eastern capital would inevitably be reversed.

At this time, the scribe Yu Shi Wei Yunqi spoke, and the spearhead was pointed directly at Fan Zigai, "What if the Xijing army has not arrived, and the imperial city has already fallen to the enemy?" ”

Fan Zigai became angry when he heard this. The driving force behind this crisis is the local nobles of Guanlong, with Websters as the leader, and the rapid deterioration of the situation in the eastern capital is also directly related to the deliberate creation, expansion and intensification of internal contradictions and conflicts in the eastern capital by the local nobles of Guanlong. Now Wei Yunqi is going to "stir up trouble" again, and he is going to provoke the conflict between Yang Gongren and Fan Zigai again.

Previously, Fan Zigai insisted on asking Xijing for help because of Yang Gongren's obsession, and the contradiction between the two has intensified. After Yang Gongren's comeback, not only failed to realize the original intention of effectively uniting the major forces in the Eastern Capital, but was roasted on the "fire" by a group of bigwigs in the fierce game, although he did not become the target of public criticism, but at least he was already the scapegoat of the Eastern Capital crisis, and Yang Tong and Fan Zigai, the kings of Yue, were robbed by Yang Gongren because of their power, and naturally passed the responsibility to Yang Gongren. It stands to reason that Yang Gongren should be able to control the overall situation, and it can be regarded as bringing the major forces in the eastern capital together, but he didn't expect that at the critical moment, Fan Zigai "soared", and he showed an extraordinary "combat effectiveness", and when the rebels were approaching the city under the pressure of the enemy, he suddenly drew his sword to "fight to the death" with Yang Gongren.

This timing was well chosen, very good, Yang Gongren did not dare to "decide" with it, and the result of the infighting must be the fall of the Eastern Capital, so he could only compromise, and the result of the compromise was that Fan Zigai snatched power back, but left the responsibility to Yang Gongren. Yang Gongren was "pitted" by a fierce and unruly politician, but he couldn't help it, his character is like this, gentle and benevolent, not ruthless, this is his fatal point.

Now the situation in Shangshudu Province is that King Yue is a puppet, Yang Gongren and Fan Zigai go their own way, and a group of bigwigs are watching coldly, each with their own thoughts. When Dongdu needed their concerted efforts the most, they were in a mess and scattered.

Wei Yunqi's words are obviously instigation, lest the world be chaotic. The imperial city fell, the eastern capital fell, Fan Zigai certainly had to take responsibility, but it was Yang Gongren who cut off his head. Fan Zigai is sticking to his duty, but Yang Gongren did what he shouldn't have done, and of course Yang Gongren is unforgivable. The meaning of Wei Yunqi's words is very straightforward, you Fan Zigai is insidious and cunning, nominally to stick to the Eastern Capital, but in fact to put Yang Gongren to death. Killing people is not enough, Yang Gongren has already compromised and conceded to you, but you don't give up, you have to cut off Yang Gongren's head, this is too much.

Fan Zigai raised his eyebrows coldly, glared angrily and asked, "How do you think that the imperial city will definitely fall to the enemy?" Do you have a secret that we don't know? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked sideways. Fan Zigai was too strong, and he pointed his sword at Wei Yunqi, and he didn't hesitate to tear his face. Since you believe that the Imperial City is going to fall to the enemy, then the fall of the Imperial City must have something to do with you. This method of "presumption of guilt" is too powerful, especially in political games, sometimes "trumped-up" is a crime that leads to death.

"So-and-so doesn't have any secrets that you don't know." Wei Yunqi's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze was gloomy, and he sneered, "I only know, Han Shige from Yiquekou, Gu Jue from Luokoucang, Pei Shuang from Heishiguan, Yanshi Duwei Laiyuan, and Wu Benlang general Zhou Zhong, surrendered without a fight one by one; A certain also knew that Henan Ling Daxi was defeated in Hanwang Temple with good intentions and fled alone; I even knew that Henan Zanwu Pei Hongce was defeated by Bai Sima Ban, and he also fled alone. ”

"So, I want to ask, since Han Shige, Gu Jue, Pei Shuang, Lai Yuan, Zhou Zhong and others have all defected to the enemy, how many people in the eastern capital plan to surrender? I also want to ask, since Da Xi's 5,000 men and horses and Pei Hongce's tens of thousands of troops were all crushed in the battle and the whole army was annihilated, are the other armies in the eastern capital equally vulnerable? If the people in the Eastern Capital surrender one after another, if the troops in the Eastern Capital are all vulnerable, will you still be able to hold on to the Eastern Capital? ”

Fan Zigai's face was red, and he was speechless.

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