This time, the main battlefield was Liangjun, so Li Fengyun naturally had to solve the problem of Prime Minister Han.

In history, the Prime Minister of Korea responded positively after Yang Xuangan launched a mutiny and summoned 100,000 troops on both sides of Tongji Canal to kill the Eastern Capital through Yuzhou. However, Yang Xuangan was defeated too quickly and was defeated before the Prime Minister of Korea entered the Eastern Capital. Next, the Prime Minister of Korea was surrounded by the government army, outnumbered and wiped out the entire army near Xiangcheng.

If Li Fengyun wants to achieve his goal on the battlefield of Dongdu, it depends on many conditions. Taking over Dongdu is an important condition, and increasing Yang Xuangan's strength is also an important condition. Strength is the foundation. Without strength, you cannot defeat Dongdu and cannot fight against the Holy Lord. However, Li Fengyun has his own plans. He did not intend to sacrifice himself to fulfill Yang Xuangan and be buried with Yang Xuangan, so he was determined to change the fate of the Prime Minister of Korea. If the Prime Minister of Korea raises the flag in advance and works with the alliance army to enter Dongdu, then Yang Xuangan can get the strong help of the Prime Minister of Korea, and his strength will have a qualitative leap in the short term, which is obviously conducive to Yang Xuangan's acquisition of Dongdu and persisting on the battlefield of Dongdu for a longer time.

Li Fengyun had no confidence in changing history, but he had confidence in changing the fate of the Prime Minister of Korea. He had previously changed the fate of King Yang Nan of Qi and Duke Huangtai Cui Hongsheng of Huangtai. With these two successful precedents, he was confident. He concluded that after Yang Xuangan's situation in Dongdu was deliberately changed by himself, he would have quickly adjusted his mutiny strategy, including asking the Prime Minister of Korea to raise the flag in advance on the front line of Tongji Canal to avoid missing opportunities.

Li Mi also had the same idea. The Korean Prime Minister must move in advance, otherwise it would be abolished. When the Dongdu army and the Alliance Rebel Army fought fiercely on the battlefield of Tongji Canal, the two sides of the Tongji Canal would inevitably fall into chaos. The consequences can be imagined. Therefore, the Korean Prime Minister had no choice but to raise the flag in advance. Although this would be a waste of money, Li Fengyun swept across the Tongji Canal without any effort, and made a lot of money. But there was no way. This cheap could only be given to Li Fengyun. Otherwise, Yang Xuangan would suffer too much. Not only did he work hard for years to become in vain, but he would also implicate this mutiny. After all, losing the armed force of the Korean Prime Minister would be equivalent to losing the direct support of Song and Henan. This would be a big blow to Yang Xuangan.

Li Mi took the initiative to reveal the secrets of the Korean Prime Minister to Li Fengyun and the important role of the Korean Prime Minister in this mutiny, and then made suggestions to ask the Korean Prime Minister to raise the flag immediately. Li Fengyun cooperated with him to not only give the Korean Prime Minister enough time to gather troops, but also give the Korean Prime Minister a short time to grow. Otherwise, a group of mobs would be meaningless.

Just as Li Fengyun was about to "sleep", Li Mi gave him a "pillow", which made Li Fengyun feel excited. With Li Mi's push, he would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort. It was a foregone conclusion that the Korean Prime Minister raised the flag in advance. This matter will benefit the alliance and the future development of crossing the river and north. The only thing that needs to be careful is Li Mi, and don't be plotted against by him because of his complacency.

At the same time, at the source of the Bian River, the eastern important town of Tianqianguan in the capital, and the city of Junyi in Xingyang County, was very tense. Teams of fully armed soldiers of the Weifu were gathering on both sides of the channel outside the city, showing signs of going south to fight.

In the Duwei Mansion, Xingyang Prefect Yang Qing, the Wu Ben Lang General Fei Yao and Xingyang Duwei Cui Baode were grim and were arguing about whether to go south to Liang County to suppress the thieves.

King Yang Qing of Xun was very determined. Before the order from the Eastern Capital was issued, the guards and garrisons could not leave the pass, and could not go south to Liang County to suppress the bandits. They should ensure the safety of Xingyang and ensure the safety of the capital. He was the prefect of Xingyang. If Xingyang was invaded by the thieves, it would inevitably endanger the safety of the capital and even the Dongdu. In this way, his responsibility would be great. Therefore, from the consideration of his own interests, Yang Qing naturally had to make decisions about the military.

Wang Yang Qing of Xun has always been cautious and afraid that the leaves of the tree will break their heads when walking. Besides, he is the chief executive of the local government, and according to the law, he is not qualified to be involved in military affairs. However, this time, Yang Qing was abnormal. Not only did he arrive at the front line of the guard defense as soon as possible after the outbreak of the Tongji Canal crisis, but he also took the initiative to be involved in military affairs and prevented the Guardian army from going south to suppress the bandits. This problem is serious, and there are obviously deeper reasons behind it.

Fei Yao was ordered to take charge of Jun Yi and was fully responsible for the safety of Tongji Canal. He had a great responsibility. If the interruption of Tongji Canal endangered the Second Eastern Expedition, he would lose his head. Therefore, even if King Yang Qing was respectful of his identity, he would not care about it at this moment. He would not protect his life. He would not care about his royal relatives and would not give anyone any face. He would firmly lead the Guan Guardian Army to fight south to suppress the thieves.

"The white-haired thief is here, and Tongji Canal is in danger of interruption. How can I ignore it and ignore it?"

Fei Yao was passionate and questioned Yang Qing without mercy.

Yang Qing was very embarrassed, very upset, and the atmosphere was very stiff.

Cui Baode had to mediate. Cui Baode was the commander of Xingyang. Although his main responsibility was to guard the capital, if the Tongji Canal was interrupted, he could not escape from the army. Therefore, he supported Fei Yao to go south to Liang County to suppress the thieves. However, the white-haired thieves are not as good as before and have good strength. They were one-on-three on the battlefield of Qi County. Although they were defeated, such a fierce thief was obviously difficult to win by relying solely on the guard and guard army. More importantly, once Fei Yao was defeated, the guard will be dangerous. Therefore, Cui Baode had to remind Fei Yao, "If you want to ensure the safety of Tongji Canal, you must completely defeat the white-haired thief with lightning speed in the shortest time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable." The implication is that you are absolutely sure to decide in one battle, and destroy the white-haired thief at one go?

Fei Yao was speechless. He had only three twelve regiments of Yingyang Mansion, and 2,400 guards, and how many white-haired thieves were there? It is roughly estimated that at least 20,000 people could fight. In the early spring, Zhang Xutuo, the county magistrate of Qi County, was defeated by the white-haired thieves in the battle of Zhongchuan River. It is said that if it weren't for someone among the thieves' commanders who were slanderous and sluggish in order to preserve their strength, and they would have been passive and lazy in order to preserve their strength, Zhang Xutuo would have been very likely to be wiped out. If the white-haired thieves really had such strong strength, wouldn't Fei Yao go away and fall into the tiger's mouth and defeated himself?

"A certain person agrees with King Xun's opinion. If the white-haired thief wants to plunder more materials on the Tongji Canal, he cannot interrupt the Tongji Canal. He must keep the Tongji Canal unobstructed, otherwise he will get nothing." Cui Baode continued, "Of course, the white-haired thief must be killed. This disaster must be eliminated. But under the current situation, relying solely on our strength alone is far from enough. We can only completely destroy it with absolute advantages."

Fei Yao knew very well that Cui Baode had actually expressed his attitude. Although he supported sending troops to suppress the thieves, he did not agree to attack now. Now is not the best time to suppress the thieves. Only when the reinforcements from the Dongdu come and the Guards have an absolute advantage in their military strength can there be a certain possibility of a battle and completely destroy the white-haired thieves.

Fei Yao hesitated and was in a dilemma, which was related to his wealth and life. He couldn't afford to bet.

"At present, Tongji Canal is still open, and ships from the south of the Yangtze River are still coming in a steady stream. This is a fact. Although the bandits plundered the canals, it can be inferred from the accounts of the boatmen and sailors who escaped, the bandits did not kill them all, and they still had some room for vacancies. The purpose is self-evident."

Cui Baode looked at Wang Yangqing, who looked slightly calmer, and then at the hesitant Fei Yao. After pondering for a while, he whispered, "Since Tongji Canal is still open, the counties and counties in the Qunqu are not falling one after another. It is enough to prove that the Tongji Canal crisis is not serious now, and the thief in Liang County is still within controllable range..."

When Fei Yao heard this, Cui Baode's meaning was very obvious, that is, to deceive the superiors and deliberately cover up the facts to deceive the Dongdu and the Holy Lord, and to the subordinates passively and lazy to fight with the subordinates in order to form a certain degree of "tactic understanding" with the white-haired thief. In fact, it is just to copy the old ways to solve the Tongji Canal crisis last year. But the problem is, is the essence of this Tongji Canal crisis the same as last year's Tongji Canal crisis? Is its purpose the same? If the essence and purpose are different, the same method obviously cannot solve the different crisis. Besides, if the white-haired thief becomes angry, or his thief coaches do not obey his orders and act arbitrarily, and cut off the Tongji Canal, wouldn't the situation be out of control?

"The white-haired thief robbed Tongji Canal again, and the Tongji Canal crisis broke out again. This is an unquestionable fact." Fei Yao said, "The Holy Lord has long anticipated and prepared for this. The Holy Lord had issued an edict before leaving Dongdu. As long as Tongji Canal is in urgent need of emergency, the Dongdu army will quickly support it. Now we have called the police in Dongdu, and the Dongdu army will soon support it. Since that is the case, what are we still worried about?"

"Aren't you worried?" Cui Baode asked meaningfully, "Who is the one who decides now in Dongdu? He will make a judgment on whether the situation in Tongji Canal has broken out and is out of control? If he is skeptical of our report and is willing to use this crisis to attack opponents in the court, will he still send troops to rescue? Will he rescue in time? If he sends troops to rescue in time, how many reinforcements will be sent? If the number of reinforcements is limited and cannot change our current passive situation on the battlefield of Tongji Canal, then what should we do? If something happens, Tongji Canal is interrupted. Who is the responsibility? Is it ours or Dongdu?"

Fei Yao's face looked a little ugly. No matter how you hear this, it is not interesting. It means to provoke right and wrong, but Fei Yao is powerless to refute it. This is indeed the case. Compared with last year's political situation in Dongdu today, the contradictions and conflicts are more intense, almost despairing.

Last year, the ministers left behind were mainly responsible for stabilizing the capital and coordinating food and grass. The decision-making power was always controlled by the Holy Lord and the Central Commander far away on the battlefield in Liaodong. This year, the prince, the emperor's grandson, the king of Yue, Yang Tong, who had part of the decision-making power, but Yang Tong was young and did not change his affairs, so this part of the decision-making power was actually controlled by the ministers who assisted the King of Yue, that is, the minister of the Dongdu, Fan Zigai, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Fan Zigai is from Jianghuai, belonging to the Jiangzuo noble group. He started step by step with grassroots officials. He served as chief executives in many places. After being noticed by the Holy Lord, he became a rising star. Therefore, he was promoted by the Holy Lord. He was absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord and a firm position. Today, he can be said to be a temporary power and has a strong power in Dongdu. However, his family is not high, his qualifications and reputation are insufficient, and he lacks connections in Dongdu. In addition, the authority of the Holy Lord and the Reformers has dropped sharply, and he is increasingly passive in politics. Fan Zigai, who is in a difficult situation and is highly constrained. He cannot get out of the Shangshu Station and cannot command the Central Government Office. The military ignores him even more. From this, it can be foreseeable that the hope of resolving the Tongjiqu crisis is purely a dream.
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