Chapter 985 Edict

On February 20, in Gaoyang Palace, Hebei, the emperor was there.

Good news followed. Yang Yichen, the general of the right Yiwei guard who rushed to Guanzhong to quell the rebellion, reported that he had killed the thief commander Xiang Haiming in Fufeng County and exterminated the main force of the rebels under his command.

Wang Shichong, the king of Jiangdu, who had been ordered to rush to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, reported that he had killed the thief marshals Liu Yuanjin and Zhu Xie in Wu County, Wu County, and killed more than 30,000 traitors in Jiangnan.

Pei Shiju played in a hurry again, the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate has been built, and the Andong Deputy Metropolitan Protector Li Pingyuan and the Anton Deputy Protector Li Hun have led the army north to Chifeng on the 15th of this month to assemble the Andong Han army, and it is expected to start eastward at the end of this month and kill Goguryeo.

The king of Qi reported that he had led his army to Jicheng in Zhuo County, and was replenishing the military supplies, and he could rush to Liaodong day and night as long as the Holy Lord gave an order.

Honghua stayed behind, Tang Guogong Li Yuan reported that the Northwest Longxi Army had firmly held the Xichuan defense line and would choose the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive to the West Sea; The main force of the Northwest Hexi Army has entered Yiwu County, and when the Western Turks attack the southern foot of Dajin Mountain, they will give tacit cooperation; On the one hand, it formed a containment of the Zhuya Banner in the southwest of the desert to effectively respond to the attack of the Hexi Army and the Western Turks on Dajin Mountain, and on the other hand, it also formed a containment of the Zhuya Banner in the south of the Monan to help the northern Xinjiang hold the defense line of the Great Wall, so as to ensure the safety of the northern Xinjiang during the Third Eastern Crusade.

The political situation in Liangjing is becoming more and more stable, and the chaotic situation in Liangjing and the surrounding counties of Gyeonggi is rapidly recovering, and with the victory of the Holy Lord and the central government in opening up Andong, the authoritarian power has been restored and strengthened, and the deteriorating domestic situation has been effectively controlled.

At this point, the increasingly fierce crisis between the two capitals was temporarily contained, the Jiangnan rebellion that was gradually getting out of control was also put down, and the crisis in Western Xinjiang began to shift from defense to offensive after the New Year, and more importantly, Anton has been officially included in the territory of Middle-earth, Anton's army is heading towards the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, and the sinister situation of internal and external troubles has been effectively alleviated, and the current Middle-earth is barely equipped with the basic conditions for the Third Eastern Crusade.

Therefore, the Holy Lord had a very strong attitude in the deliberations of the Central Committee, demanding that the Central Committee must pass the decision of the Third Crusade.

In fact, his patience had reached its limit, and from the third day of the first month of this month, he began to convene the central ministers to discuss the decision of the Third Crusade, but the opposition was too great to reach the decision. Seventeen days have passed in the blink of an eye, and the domestic situation is improving, and under such favorable circumstances, the central authorities should have discussed the results, but the reasons for opposition still exist, and the opponents are still opposed, and if the Holy Lord and the reformers do not use extraordinary means, it may be difficult to achieve their wishes in the short term.

On the night of February 20, the unbearable Holy Lord finally exploded, and used extraordinary means, relying on the powerful power of the imperial power, to force the opponents to shut their mouths, and forced the center to reach the decision of the Third Crusade.

The Holy Lord immediately issued an edict, and the Central Authority, the Central Governments, and the Twelve Guards immediately carried out the decision of the Third Eastern Crusade, and made every effort to carry out the preparatory work for the Eastern Crusade, while the Imperial Palace immediately prepared for the Imperial Expedition.

At the same time, the edict ordered the Anton Metropolitan Protector to protect the government, and ordered the deputy Metropolitan Protector Li Pingyuan and the deputy Metropolitan Protector Li Hun to immediately lead 100,000 Anton troops to Huaiyuan Town, Liaodong, day and night, to report to the Eastern Expedition Command, if there is any delay, the military law will be engaged.

On the 21st of February, the Holy Lord continued to issue the edict.

According to the edict, Duan Dayin, who stayed in Zhuo County, made great contributions in the suppression, opening up of Xinjiang and fighting rebellion, and worshiped General Zuo Yiwei and led Zhuo County to stay behind.

According to the edict, General Wu Benlang and Zhuo County's deputy left-behind Yin Shishi have made great achievements in the suppression, opening up of Xinjiang and rebellion, and have been added to the rank of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor from the third grade.

According to the edict, Guo Xuan, the general of Gubeikou Town and the Taishou of Anle County, was promoted to Zhuojun because of his achievements in the suppression, opening up of Xinjiang and fighting rebellion.

Tongshou is the deputy of the county Taishou, last year's ad hoc official position, the cause is the deterioration of the domestic situation, local rebellions, and many county guards are led by the center, the high-level of the guard, the daily work of the county is represented by the county, but the county has no decision-making power, resulting in many local officials are not effective in fighting chaos, so under the Taishou to add a post of Tongshou, that is, the deputy Taishou, when the Taishou is not available, he can take the Taishou power on behalf of the Taishou, exercise decision-making power, which is conducive to the local government to fight the rebellion. Zhuo County is a superior county, and the superior county is too upright and upright, but because of the Eastern Expedition, Zhuo County has set up a special left-behind mansion, in charge of Youyan military and political affairs, and acts on behalf of Zhuo County.

According to the edict, Murong Zhengze was promoted to the general of Gubeikou Town and the Taishou of Anle County because of his contributions in the suppression of the army, the opening of the territory and the rebellion.

The edict issued that General Zuo Xiaowei and Dong Chun, the Taishou of Yanmen County, and Pan Wenchang, the general of the Right Tunwei and the inspector of Taiyuan Tongshou, rushed to Liaodong to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade.

The edict stated that General Zuo Wuwei and Cui Hongsheng, the chief inspector of Shanggu County, paid homage to General Zuo Wuwei because of his contributions in the suppression of the army, the opening of Xinjiang and the rebellion, and rushed to Liaodong to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade.

According to the edict, Xue Shixiong, the general of the Left Imperial Guard, because of his meritorious contributions in patrolling the border and opening up the territory, paid homage to the General of the Left Imperial Guard and the Taishou of Yanjun, and together with Li Jing, the general of the Right Imperial Guard, he commanded the various units of the expeditionary force stationed in the towns of western and eastern Liaoning, and immediately prepared for the third eastern crusade on the front line of Liaoshui.

In the edict, Yu Wenshu, the general of the left Yiwei, and Guo Ronghuo, the general of the right Houwei, rushed to Liaodong and served as the chief and deputy commanders of the Third Eastern Expeditionary Army respectively, and took charge of the command of the Eastern Expedition battlefield.

The edict issued that the general of the right imperial guard and the chief of the naval division came to protect the children and traveled south to Donglai day and night, together with Zhou Fashang, the deputy chief of the naval division, and Cui Junsu, the chief of the naval division, immediately prepared for the expedition across the sea.

Edict, Henan Yin, Qi King Yang Xuan, because of his great contributions in patrolling the border, opening up the territory and fighting the rebellion, the official worshiped the internal history order, and at the same time continued to lead Henan Yin. Because he led the army to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, during the Eastern Crusade, he served as the ambassador of Liaodong, acting as the supervisor of the army, and together with Yu Wenshu, the general of Zuo Yiwei, and Guo Rong, the general of the right Houwei, they were in charge of confidential information and made decisions together.

In this series of edicts, there are those who openly discuss meritorious deeds, such as Yang Xuan, Duan Da, Cui Hongsheng, Xue Shixiong, Yin Shishi, Guo Xuan and Murong Zhengze, and other civil and military officials, and there are also those who were ordered to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, such as Yuwenshu, Laihu'er, Guo Rong, Cui Hongsheng, Pan Wenchang, Dong Chun and other generals and generals of the Wei Mansion, but the most striking of them is the re-recognition and entrustment of the Holy Lord and the Central Authority to Yang Yong, the King of Qi, and does this mean that the father and son are reconciled, and the Holy Lord forgave the King of Qi, Let the King of Qi return to the position of the first person to inherit the imperial lineage?

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On February 25, outside Jicheng, the capital of Zhuo County, King Qi camped.

After the king of Qi received the edict of the Holy Lord, he was very happy, thinking that his father had forgiven him, although there were still all kinds of uncertainties, and it was impossible to return to the position of the first person to inherit the imperial line in the short term, but the reconciliation of father and son was obviously a good start, and then it was the test period, and the third Eastern Crusade was precisely the best test of the Holy Lord for himself, as long as he fought this battle and completed the final victory of the Eastern Crusade, he would inevitably be able to reverse his fate and move towards a better and better future.

Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng were worried, sad, and even desperate, but in the face of King Qi, who was immersed in excitement, excitement and longing, they were not good at "pouring cold water", nor were they good at openly sowing discord, so they could only sigh with smiling faces.

Li Zixiong and Li Hun have written several times, and Li Baiyao's father and son's representative, Li Fengyun, have also had many secret conversations with them. Sanli's attitude towards King Qi is completely different, Li Fengyun is resolutely giving up, not wanting to be affected by King Qi; Li Zixiong has a hint of illusion, after all, the Holy Lord is such a son-in-law, the tiger poison does not eat children, who dares to say that the father and son will not shake hands and make peace? Li Hun is advancing by retreating, and the banner of King Qi cannot be given up no matter what, but now the situation does not allow it, and the Holy Lord and the reformers have already aimed the spearhead at the "wings" of King Qi, so they can only temporarily avoid the edge, cooperate with Li Fengyun first, and use Anton's strength to overcome the crisis.

Now that Li Baiyao's father and son have left the customs and gone to Andong Dadu to take office, San Li will also lead an expedition to Goguryeo, and the king of Qi will also rush to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, at this moment Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng must immediately make a decision, whether to give up the king of Qi, or advance and retreat with Li Hun, or like Li Zixiong, if you leave the king of Qi and wait and see?

Just as the two of them bowed their heads and pondered, King Qi spoke, "Under the current situation, when will the Eastern Expeditionary Army cross Liaoshui at the earliest?" ”

Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

The Holy Lord did not issue an edict until February 20 to start the Third Eastern Crusade, which was three or four months less preparation time than the previous two Eastern Crusades, although because Anton's 100,000 troops joined the Eastern Crusade battlefield, the Holy Lord and the Central Hub did not need to transfer troops from all over the country to the north to assemble, and in addition, there was still a large surplus of grain and grass collected by the first two Eastern Crusades, which were hoarded in Zhuo County, Liaoxi and Liaodong Towns, which could fully guarantee the needs of the early stage of the Eastern Crusade, and the army and people who had not returned from the expedition for three years had also been preparing on the west bank of Liaoshui, etc., All of this can help to greatly reduce the preparation time for the Third Crusade, so under normal circumstances, the Third Crusade should be able to start in late March or early April.

However, there were too many uncertainties in the Third Crusade, such as the soldiers and men of the expedition who had not returned for three years, and their morale was low; For example, the two capitals have broken up, and the political crisis in the two capitals will only intensify, not ease; For example, the eastern crusades year after year have exhausted the national strength, taxes and forced labor have been rising, and the people on both sides of the river can hardly afford it, and they have long been full of complaints, and rebellions have broken out in Hebei, Henan, Qilu, Jianghuai, Jiangnan and other places, and the situation has become worse and worse, and the more the local government suppresses it, the more violent the tide of rebellion becomes; And the biggest uncertainty is Anton, because the Holy Lord and the center failed to control Anton's military power, and the unruly Li Fengyun is actually a runaway tiger, this tiger with an army of 100,000 rushed into Liaodong and rushed to Goguryeo, just like a torrent bursting the embankment, anything can happen.

Therefore, Wei Fusi replied to the King of Qi, "When the army of the Eastern Expedition crossed the river, it was the moment when Anton's army arrived in Liaodong. ”

King Qi suddenly frowned, and asked without thinking, "Today's Goguryeo, in name only, still has the power to resist?" ”

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