On June 13, King Yang Nan of Qi led his army to Junyi City, and 20,000 troops to suppress the rebellion set up camps on both sides of Tongji Canal.

The commander of Xingyang, Cui Baode, Wu Ben Lang General Fei Yao and Junyi local officials went to the military camp to pay homage to the King of Qi.

King Qi is twenty-seven years old this year. He is tall and strong, handsome, talented, good at riding and shooting, civil and military, calm and moderate. He is at the age of being in his prime and grandeur. However, since the death of his brother, Prince Yang Zhao, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes. He was pushed into the vortex of a political storm, struggling on the storm, fighting for survival at all times. He went from a carefree Prince Xiaoyao to a bloodthirsty beast, and all those who endanger his life have become enemies, and his biggest enemy is his biological father.

If his father granted Yang Nan the status of the Tu crown prince in the middle according to the normal inheritance system after the death of Prince Yuande, then Yang Nan might embark on a different path of life, but such assumptions are meaningless. Today, the father-son family relationship has been completely destroyed by cruel political struggles, and all that is left is suspicion and hatred. In the eyes of the emperor, this son is very ambitious, has ambition but has no ability to realize his ambitions. He is not enough to do anything, and he cannot make trouble. He cannot put a mud on the wall and is a piece of shit. In the eyes of his son, his father is cruel, ruthless, bloody and cruel, and kills people like slaughtering a dog. As long as he does not listen to him, he cannot satisfy his wishes. That is the enemy, his blood relatives, brothers and friends, as long as he is an enemy, he must be killed. If he doesn't kill today, he will still be killed tomorrow.

Since I am your enemy, since you want to kill me, why can't I resist? Since they are all dead anyway, since they will die sooner or later, why can't I fight back and fight to the death?

Under the heavy pressure of life and death, under the torture of bloody struggle, under the siege of open and hidden political enemies, the King of Qi became cold and withdrawn, and his scheming became deeper and more scheming. He even used many negative behaviors such as arrogance, extravagance and decadence to protect himself, deceive and paralyze his opponents. However, in the game between the top power leaders, this "hard plan" has no effect. Not only does it not have the purpose of protecting himself, but it gives the enemy the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Last year's "deviant" case was a typical example of shooting himself in the foot and humiliating himself. However, compared with that, if the King of Qi was full of fighting spirit and showed his all-out attitude to fight for the crown prince when the Eastern Expedition was about to begin, his fate would inevitably be even worse. He would inevitably be surrounded and killed by his biological father and a group of political enemies of all sizes, and used thunder to knock out the dust.

However, the tiger is not at home and the monkey is dominant. This time, the King of Qi Yang Nan finally had a chance to show his ambitions. He got his wish and brought 20,000 troops out of the capital and could do whatever he wanted. But at this moment, looking back at the case of King Qi's "destroyment" and the hidden mystery cannot help but make people think a lot. Perhaps, the case of "destroyment" is just the King of Qi's "retreat to advance" strategy, which is a seamless trick of bitter meat. If there is no such trick, will the King of Qi still have the chance to lead his army out of the capital today? Is there still a chance to do what he has always wanted to do?

Among those who speculate on King Yang Nan of Qi with this malicious intention, there is King Yang Qing of Xun. In order to express his anger, Yang Qing was deliberately deceived by the political forces led by King Qi and Wei. When King Qi passed through Guancheng, the capital of Xingyang, he took a boat to avoid him when he was inspecting the disaster in the river area. King Xun Yang Qing even suspected that the white-haired thief who suddenly appeared in the White Horse Prison fell from the sky and suddenly appeared in the White Horse Prison was a chess piece set up by King Qi and Wei for today's layout. The reason is very simple. Now King Qi has brought 20,000 troops out of Beijing to suppress the rebellion. The white-haired thief not only stopped and retreated early without seeing the opportunity.

Li instead summoned troops to Tongjiqu and acted as a decisive battle. This was simply incredible. The strength of the two sides was too great. For the white-haired thief, the decisive battle was purely a death-successful contribution to King Yang Nan of Qi. So if there is no relationship between the two, who believes it? Anyway, King Yang Qing of Xun did not believe it. He inferred from this that the situation in Henan would become more and more chaotic, and Tongjiqu would be interrupted at any time. Dongdu faced a huge political crisis and would break out at any time. Therefore, before the situation was clear, he had the idea of ​​being a "head-reducing turtle" and avoiding for a while.

King Qi comforted the local officials and encouraged them, hoping that they would work together with him. This attitude is very low-key, but it did not win the response of local officials. After all, his identity is too special. The crown prince, who was originally sure, is now far away. What the officials saw from him is not a golden future, but a risk of death. Therefore, although the "ship" of King Qi looks magnificent, it is really not solid, and no one dares to go up, worried that a storm would blow it over.

The King of Qi left behind the Xingyang Duke Cui Baode and Wu Ben Lang General Fei Yao. On the one hand, he was asking about the situation on the front line of Tongjiqu, and on the other hand, he sat down to talk about the conditions and strived to win their support. He took a step back and said that even if he could not get their support, both sides should not turn against each other because of conflicts of interest. The constraints were acceptable, and he could not bear it if he had to take action behind his back.

Cui Baode came from the most wealthy family in Shandong. Fei Yao was a nobleman in Guanlong's surname. Behind the King of Qi Yang Nan was the local nobleman in Guanlong, led by the Wei family. No one was a "traveler" and each had his own interests. However, the situation has developed to the present, the political purpose of King of Qi Yang Nan's out of Beijing to suppress the rebellion is about to emerge. This political purpose is not in line with the interests of the noble group of Guanlong's surname. However, Shandong people are happy to see it and even want to add fuel to the fire, so that this rare opportunity will hurt the people of Guanlong's people. Therefore, Cui Baode and Fei Yao's attitude towards King of Qi's rebellion is very different.

Fei Yao had a smile on his face and a respectful expression, but he sneered in his heart. You deceived Anchang Duke (Yuan Wendu) in the battle of Jishui. This time, in order to win military funds to suppress the rebellion, he publicly slapped Anchang Duke in the face in Dongdu. Such an arrogant and domineering act, how could Anchang Duke swallow his anger? Fei Yao used the military's position as an excuse to clearly reply to the King of Qi, stationed in all the Tianqiu Pass defense areas in Xingyang, firmly obeyed the will of the Holy Lord, and insisted on the guards to ensure the safety of the Eastern Capital and the Capital. The implication is that suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the thieves is not within the scope of the power of our garrison army in the capital, and I will not give you any support.

Compared to Fei Yao's tough attitude, Cui Baode was much more knowledgeable. Although Cui Baode, the commander of Xingyang, was mainly to guard the capital, as the military commander who guarded Xingyang, he naturally had to protect the safety of Tongji Canal. Therefore, he actively supported the rebellion of King Qi and promised to provide assistance within his power within his power.

What King Yang Nan of Qi wanted was this promise. He had an army of 20,000 and the support of the military capital of the Dongdu, so he didn't care whether Cui Baode would give him substantial help. He just needed Cui Baode not to attack him behind his back.

The current situation in Tongji Canal is full of mystery, and the biggest mystery is why the white-haired thief and his rebel alliance do not evacuate on their own initiative? Even if the white-haired thief has other plans, what about the other thief generals? Why would the other thief generals stay at the risk of being wiped out? If there is no enough interest to impress the thief generals, these people would never stay with the government army in a very disparity in strength and defeat but not win. Therefore, the only reasonable explanation is that the white-haired thief not only promised the thief generals that they would definitely defeat the thief generals, but also gave a reason enough to convince them.

What is the reason for the white-haired thief to defeat the official army? This is worth thinking about. Therefore, whether it is King Yang Nan of Qi, or the Censor Wei Yunqi of the Shushi, and the rich elites who assisted the King of Qi in secret, they racked their brains to deduce it in every possible way. There was only one conclusion that was that there must be a powerful political enemy who was powerful at the critical moment of the decisive battle. This powerful political enemy was either the Zheng family of Xingyang and the local forces in Henan with it as the core, or the Yingru aristocratic group that was lying on the side and staring at it, or the two joined forces.

The key to winning on the battlefield is not the number of troops or the quality of the strategy, but depends on political factors outside the battlefield. King Yang Nan of Qi left Beijing to suppress the rebellion itself was a means to achieve his political purpose. In fact, this was a political event, so King Yang Nan of Qi did not think of fighting the white-haired thieves on the battlefield of Tongjiqu.

What are the benefits of the decisive battles for him? What are the benefits? If the battle is determined, the thief is gone and the quellation is over, what reason does he have to stay in Tongji Canal and stay in Henan to develop his own strength? Also, if more people kill, blood flows into a river, the political enemy will attack him without benevolence and righteousness. Henan and even Shandong people will hate him to the core. In this way, not only will he be ineffective, but he will be guilty, his reputation will be ruined, and people will offend him, which is not cost-effective. In addition, there is more important, because the thieves in Henan are rampant, he has the reason to go out to Beijing to suppress the rebellion, and there is an excuse to attack local forces in Henan, and to use the life and death of Henan people to force Shandong people to make compromises. If the battle is over, he will kill all the treacherous robbers. Not only will all these carefully planned strategies be ruined, but his "conspiracy" is also exposed, which is equivalent to giving the political enemy a knife to kill him.

So now the white-haired thieves gathered all the troops to open the Jiqu, which hit the vital point of King Yang Nan of Qi, and made him in a dilemma. The arrow was on the string, and it would not work. But after it was launched, it failed to hit the target and failed to achieve his goal. Isn’t it in vain?

"Why don't the white-haired thief retreat?"

At the late night of the military discussion, King Yang Nan of Qi finally couldn't help but ask this question that was puzzled but very low-level. If he and the 20,000 army had just left the capital, and the white-haired thief did this could be explained as a bluff, and he made a big profit on the Tongji Canal before leaving, then now he and the 20,000 army have arrived in Junyi and will fight out of the Jingji Pass tomorrow to prevent him from entering the battlefield. He collided head-on and fought head-on with him. The white-haired thief was still fearless and swearing to retreat, which would be inexplicable.
Chapter completed!