In the late May, the political situation in Dongdu fell into a state of contradiction and anxiety.

The contradiction is because the forces in the Eastern Capital have different concerns and interpretations of the complex situation in China and Turkey. Some believe that resolving the Longxi crisis is the most urgent task, some believe that suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the thieves is imminent, and some insist on focusing on the main energy on the transportation artery of the north and south to ensure the victory of the Second Eastern Expedition. Everyone has a different opinion and cannot argue, which leads to the inability to unify opinions and cannot make decisions. They can only watch the situation in various places continue to deteriorate but are at a loss. This makes King Yang Tong of Yue,

Fan Zigai, the left-behind ministers in the Dongdu and many left-behind ministers in the central government, were anxious and anxious. They could only report to the Holy Lord who was far away in Liaodong day after day, and even several times a day, but the hope of the Holy Lord's decision was just to deceive himself. The current situation is changing rapidly, and even Dongdu is overwhelmed, overwhelmed, and poor at dealing with it, let alone the Holy Lord who is thousands of miles away. Therefore, the more diligent the Dongdu report, the more it shows the inaction and irresponsibility of the powerful people in the Dongdu, which is of no use.

At this moment, after the Liang County leader Han Prime Minister confused Yuzhou, he suddenly crossed the defense line of the capital's natural barrier like crazy, and began to attack Yiquekou, threatening the Dongdu, which gave the capital an unprecedented shock.

The rebels were so rampant that they attacked Dongdu. What is so great? This was simply an insult to Dongdu, an insult to the Twelve Guards, and an insult to the powerful and powerful in the Middle-earth world. So the dispute in the court suddenly stopped. What are the disputes at this moment? The rebels all rushed to the southern gate of Dongdu, and the priorities were obvious at a glance. Is there still a need to fight? So the opinions were unified and the decision was made. I immediately mobilized a large army to go south to suppress the rebels and chop off the head of the Prime Minister of Korea to serve as a warning to You.

Having a decision does not mean that the problem is solved. On the contrary, the problem is more complicated.

The military believes that the responsibility of the Dongdu garrison army is to protect the Holy Lord, protect the Dongdu and protect the Jingdu. Therefore, the Dongdu garrison army cannot leave the Jingdu, cannot cross the natural barrier defense line, and it is even more impossible to stay away from its own defense zone for a long time to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits on both sides of the Tongji Canal. The Right Guard General Li Hun, who stayed in the Dongdu and Zheng Yuanshou, who stayed in the Dongdu, replied to the King of Yue Yang Tong and the Dongdu left behind Fan Zigai. The military immediately mobilized troops to reinforce Yiquekou to ensure the safety of the Jingdu and the Dongdu, but refused to go to the Tongji Canal to suppress the rebellion and suppress the bandits on both sides of the Tongji Canal. In other words, the military is not optimistic about the development of the situation, does not agree with the decisions made by the King of Yue and the left-behind palace, and has its own views on the current situation. They believe that passive defense is enough to ensure the safety of the Jingdu and oppose attack instead of defense.

The military has the responsibilities and positions of the military, and it is natural that they adhere to principles and cannot blame them. Therefore, King Yang Tong of Yue and Fan Zigai, who is in charge of Dongdu, immediately met with Pei Hongce, the Zanfu of Henan County.

The Holy Lord moved the capital to Luoyang and changed Luoyang to the Eastern Capital. The Henan County where Luoyang is located became the capital of the capital. The north of Henan County is Dahe, Xingyang County to the east, Xiangcheng County to the south, and Hongnong County to the west. These three counties are the outer periphery of the capital. Among them, Xingyang has always been a must-fight for military strategists, and its location is the most important, and it is within the Tianqiu Pass of the Capital. Therefore, in name, Xingyang County is also an important town in the capital. Its position is generally held by the prince, and it depends on the political situation of the Eastern Capital, either a virtual leader or a real position. However, the prefect of the capital in the true sense is definitely a virtual position, an official position symbolizing power and honor. In the past, the crown prince Yuande was led by the crown prince Xu. After the death of the crown prince, the king of Qi Yang Nanxu, who was closest to the crown prince. Since it was a virtual leader, there was no real power, and the person who held the real power was the deputy chief of the administrative officer of Henan County, a county's praise for his duties.

There are garrison troops in the capital of the capital, and of course the Chief Executive of the capital of the capital did not have the right to command military command. However, during the expedition, during the Holy Lord, considering the safety of the Dongdu and the Jingji River, and considering the special circumstances, not only should the local armed forces of the Gyeonggi Township Tuanzong, but also the local young and strong soldiers were urgently recruited. Therefore, the Holy Lord specially granted the Henan County Zanwu Pei Hongce the temporary power of command military command, allowing him to mobilize all the manpower, material resources and financial resources of the Jingji River in times of crisis to ensure that the east is not lost.

Pei Hongce comes from Hedong. Hedong and the Dongdu, Xijing is across the river. It has outstanding people and rich families, including the Pei family, Liu family and Xue family. Because of the complex relationships such as region, history, interests, etc., Hedong has close ties with the Guanlong area with Chang'an as the core and the Heluo area with Luoyang as the core. However, since the rise of Guanlong and the three-legged tripod period of Zhongtu, the emerging aristocratic group that rose with military merits began to launch a powerful challenge to the two old aristocratic groups of Han Lu, led by the five wealthy families in Shandong and the eight nobles of Xianbei. In the fierce conflict, the Guanlong people, Hedong people, and Heluo people in the emerging aristocratic group naturally became a group. However, with Zhongtu, the ones

The political pattern changed. In order to safeguard vested interests, the emerging aristocratic group joined forces with the old aristocratic group to obstruct the unified reform. However, the trend of history is unstoppable, and centralization will surely destroy the privileges of the aristocratic family. All knowledgeable people are eager to reform and support the Holy Lord to speed up the pace of reform. Therefore, both the emerging aristocratic group and the old aristocratic group are trapped in division and struggle. Under this political background, the Guanlong people, Hedong people, and Heluo people inevitably go to opposition, and the Hedong people are more politically focused on reform, among which the Hedong Pei family has become a strong supporter of the Saint Lord's radical reform, making the Hedong people an important force in the reform force.

During the expedition of the Holy Lord, of course, he had to arrange his confidants to stay in the Eastern Capital and the Capital, Fan Zigai defended the inside and Pei Hongce was foolproof. In fact, this was true. In the unfavorable situation where King Yue and Fan Zigai could not convince and dispatch the military, the only thing that could be expected for some military actions was Pei Hongce.

Pei Hongce agreed immediately and immediately summoned the county bureaucrats to urgently deploy the recruitment of local armed forces in the township, clan and clan groups and recruit a large number of young and strong troops to form an army. The deadline he gave was that within five days, an army of 10,000 people must be established.

With Pei Hongce's order, all counties and towns in the capital immediately became busy. Fully armed local troops rushed to the assembly site, and the atmosphere in the eastern capital suddenly became tense.

Fan Zigai breathed a little relieved. Although the military did not cooperate, Pei Hongce still took the overall situation into consideration and formed an army of 10,000 people within five days, which gave Yue Wang Yang Tong and the left-behind mansion a great confidence. With such an army, they would not be hindered by the military in the current crisis. However, the situation changed too quickly, so fast that Fan Zigai was dizzy and almost suffocated.

Xingyang, Dongjun and Jiyin reported one after another that the situation in Henan has suddenly deteriorated recently. Not only were Fengqiu, Kuangcheng, Jiyang and other cities north of the Ji River besieged by rebels, but even Baima City, the capital of the Eastern Capital, was surrounded by rebels. Opposite to Baima City is Liyangcang and Yongji Canal. If the rebels take the opportunity to cross the river and swarm north, it will inevitably endanger the major artery of transportation between the north and the south. It can be seen that the current situation is extremely critical. For this reason, they beg the Dongdu to send troops quickly to kill the rebels as quickly as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Fan Zigai was confused. He didn't know what the real purpose of the bandit commander Li Fengyun's troubled Henan soldiers were facing the river? Should he cross the river north and attack Li Yangcang, or should he cooperate with the bandit commander Han Xiangguo in the direction of Yuzhou to attack the west?

While the rebellious alliance of the thief leader Li Fengyun plundered Tongji Canal, perhaps because he was afraid of sending troops from the Dongdu, or because he was worried about the fishing and hurting himself, he never cut off the Tongji Canal. However, there were too many traitors and countless refugees were carried. The limited plunder of Tongji Canal would definitely not solve the food shortage crisis, so it was reasonable for them to target Li Yangcang. However, at this moment, the thief leader Han Xiangguo had already hit the southern gate of the Dongdu, and the two rebels attacked the east and west, forming a clamp-shaped offensive against the Jingji Valley. This situation

Li Fengyun suddenly went north with his main force and approached the river and entered Hebei, threatening Li Yangcang and Yongji Canal, which was difficult to understand. Could it be that he wanted to attract the attention of the Dongdu and use the thief commander Han to break through Yiquekou? But with the strength of the thief commander Han, how could he take the initiative to provoke Dongdu and seek death? Could it be that he was attacking Dongdu in the west? The thief commander Han, who was ignorant of his life and death, threatened Dongdu in order to attract the attention of the Dongdu and help the thief commander Li Fengyun crossed the river and attack Li Yangcang in the north?

The more Fan Zigai thought about it, the more he felt that the thief might be "speaking west to attack the east". He was about to write to Li Yang to warn Yang Xuangan, but unexpectedly, Yang Xuangan's letter of request for help arrived first.

Yang Xuangan wrote to Fan Zigai, considering that the current situation on both sides of Tongji Canal is getting worse and the thieves are becoming more and more rampant, and the thief leader Li Fengyun is very likely to cross the Hebei North to attack Liyangcang, so he plans to recruit local armed forces in Ji County and its surrounding counties to strengthen the defensive power of Liyangcang and Yongji Canal. Of course, it would be even better if King Yang Tong of Yue and Fan Zigai could convince the military and send a garrison of thousands of people to reinforce Liyang.

Fan Zigai smiled bitterly and speechlessly. Yang Xuannang was false to ask for help, and soliciting opinions was false. With his power and prestige, it was just a matter of one sentence to recruit local armed forces in Jijun and its surrounding counties. The reason for telling Dongdu was, one was out of etiquette, and the other was to warn Dongdu not to let the thieves cross the river. If the Yongji Canal was interrupted and the Eastern Expedition failed, the responsibility would be great and he would lose his head.

Fan Zigai immediately rushed to the Yue Palace and reported the latest situation to King Yang Tong of Yue and the Prince's Chief Cui Jie to discuss countermeasures.

Fan Zigai was furious and begged the King of Yue to come forward and put pressure on the military and Xingyang.

Now Wu Ben Lang General Fei Yao is in Junyi City, Xingyang Duwei Cui Baode is also in Junyi City, and Xingyang Prefect Yang Qing also brought an army of more than 3,000 people composed of local village sects and clans. In other words, at present, at the junction of Xingyang, Liang County and Dong County, there are at least tens of thousands of official troops deployed at the junction of Xingyang, Liang County and Dong County. However, what is infuriating is that both the military and local governments have been stationed in a state of silence, allowing the thieves to plunder Tongji Canal, let the thieves cause trouble to disrupt Henan, and let the thieves attack Baima City, the capital of Dong County. This is unbearable. If Yang Qing, Fei Yao and Cui Baode continue to do this, let the thieves commander Li Fengyun cross the river and kill into Liyang, cut off the Yongji Canal, resulting in the failure of the Eastern Expedition, the matter will be serious. Although the three of them will lose their heads, the three of us will be done.
Chapter completed!