The Xianren Palace was less than 60 miles from Yique, and the nearest defense line between the two sides was even less than 40 miles. With Li Hun's order, the Guardian Army attacked the entire line, and the Alliance Army contracted the entire line. Finally, the two sides fought fiercely at Yiquekou and Luti Mountain. However, the Guardian Army attacked the tough, and the Alliance Army defended the dangerous place, occupying favorable terrain, which to a certain extent made up for the lack of combat effectiveness. In addition, there was still continuous support on the east bank of the Yishui River, and the two sides fought equally.

Just as the Right Guard General Li Hun led his army to attack Yique and the war on the southern front of the capital was fully unfolded, Wu Benlang General Fei Yao led his army to march rapidly on the road leading to Hulao Pass. The two good news made Dong feel a little relieved, but soon, Fan Zigai and Cui Zi were worried by the bad news that followed.

The counties in Henan continued to ask for help. Baima City, the capital of Dongjun, was shaky and in danger under the siege of the rebels. Liyang, which was separated by a river, was also frequently in emergency. Although the troops of Jijun and its surrounding counties were rushing to Liyang for support, the army of white-haired thieves was on the other side of the river, close to each other. What's more serious is that the army of white-haired thieves began to cross the river after collecting a certain number of boats. Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites in Liyang, warned the Dongdu that once the rebels threatened the safety of Liyang Cang and Yongji Canal, and even caused the food channels to be interrupted, the consequences would be unimaginable. For this reason, he suggested that Dongdu urge the Xingyang Zhuyingyang to immediately enter the Henan counties to suppress the thieves, and asked the Heyang Duwei Mansion to immediately send troops to garrison the safety of the upstream of Yongji Canal to alleviate the heavy pressure of Liyang Town and Quarter.

Faced with Yang Xuangan's anger and the terrible consequences that might be brought about if the canal is interrupted, Fan Zigai and Cui Zi had to pay attention to it and had to find a way to solve it. However, Fei Yao had already led his army to leave Xingyang, and the power of the Xingyang garrison was insufficient. King Yang Qing of Xun and the commander of Xingyang Cui Baode had to guard the natural chasing line to ensure the safety of the capital, and to guard the Tongji Canal to ensure the smooth flow of channels. It was already difficult to continue and it was impossible to enter Henan to suppress the thieves, so he could only hope for the commander of the Heyang garrison.

For this reason, Fan Zigai made suggestions to Cui Zi, and put pressure on the Heyang Duwei King Yang Hao in the name of King Yue, forcing King Yang Hao of Qin to immediately lead his army to the Yongji Canal garrison. King Yang Hao of Qin has a respectable status and his every move has attracted much attention. When today's storm is approaching, King Yang Hao of Qin is actually not easy to act rashly, so as not to cause unpredictable trouble to him. However, Fan Zigai was stubborn and insisted on calling the power of the Heyang Duwei Mansion to help Li Yang Xuangan garrison the waterway of the Yongji Canal upstream, which forced Cui Zigai to maliciously speculate on Fan Zigai's intentions.

Fan Zigai really doesn't know Li Yang's secret? Cui Chuzhi had doubts before, and even suspected that all this came from the plan of the Holy Lord. Otherwise, it would be really hard to say why the Holy Lord put Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites who had a politically conservative stance, in Li Yang, in charge of the Eastern Expedition of Food and Grain. Isn't this purely an attractive crime? Logically speaking, Li Yang is located in the center of the northern and southern arteries, and the importance is self-evident. If someone is really sent to supervise food and grass in Li Yang, there are many people who can choose and trust, and it is not the turn of Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites. Unless the Holy Lord is blinded by Yang Xuangan's "loyalty", the problem is that with the wisdom of the Holy Lord, he will make such a low-level mistake at this critical moment? At this critical moment, the Holy Lord must use someone he absolutely trusts in an important position, but Yang Xuangan is definitely not one of them. In this case, why should the Holy Lord still entrust him with important responsibilities?

If you think about it carefully, Cui Chuzhi's analysis still makes sense. With the character of the Saint Lord, it is indeed possible to design a plan to win both Chinese and foreign battlefields. The premise is that he must be unstoppable on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. He must fight to Pyongyang after the rainy season in Liaodong, that is, in July, and conquer Pyongyang with a destruction. In this way, even if Yang Xuangan raises troops to rebel around July, even if there are many political forces in the two capitals supporting Yang Xuangan, the Saint Lord has enough time and space to "flash and move". When he leads hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the expedition forces to seize the power of the Eastern Expedition and attack Dongdu from both water and land, then Dongdu will definitely be vulnerable in the face of absolute strength.

However, how is the current situation of the Eastern Expedition? As far as Cui Ze knows, the Holy Lord learned the lessons of the defeat in the first Eastern Expedition | made improvements based on the legacy of Duan Wenzhen. On April 27, after the Expeditionary Army crossed the Liao River, the troops were divided into three groups, one by Yuwen Shu, the General of the Left Guard, as the commander, and Yang Yichen, the Taipuqing, as the deputy commander, led the elite expedition to select the light chariots, traveled thousands of miles, and killed Pyongyang. One by the Wuben Lang General Wang Rengong, led the side troops north to Fuyu Road, and attacked Wuliluo, the second important town set up in the Liaoshui line from the direction of the Xiaoliao River, to restrain the defensive forces deployed by the Goguryeo people in Fuyu Road, and supported Yuwen Shu and Yang Yichen to cross the Yalu River in the east; the third route was led by the Saint Lord himself, and was commanded by Li Jing, the general of the Right Wuguard, to launch an attack on Liaodong City, the largest western city of the Goguryeo people.

The Liaodong city of Goguryeo was indestructible. Last year, it was defeated by the Liaodong city. If Duan Wenzhen adopted the legacy of the Eastern Expedition last year, it concentrated its superior forces to kill Pyongyang and did not attack Liaodong and Wuguzi Towns, it would be possible to catch the Goguryeo people off guard. Perhaps they would win the Eastern Expedition, but there was no "if" in the world and time would not flow backwards. Liaodong City became the "nightmare" of the Holy Lord. The Second Eastern Expedition, crossed the Liaoshui River twice, and fought to the Liaodong city twice. The Holy Lord was determined to destroy his "nightmare". So he used an elite army to expedition to Pyongyang, restrained the enemy troops of Fuyudao with a partial army, and then gathered all his military forces and personally commanded it to launch a storm-like attack on Liaodong city. He would not give up until he took the Liaodong city.

A month has passed, and so far, Cui Zi has not received any good news from the Holy Lord to capture Liaodong City. Instead, the commander of the partial division, Wang Rengong, won many battles in the Xiaoliao River, and successfully trapped the Goguryeo people's troops deployed in Fuyu Road in Wulilu City. Yuwen Shu and Yang Yichen have also led their troops to surround Wugu City, the important town on the west bank of Yalu River, and successfully crossed the river. They have built a floating bridge on the Yalu River, and are ready to cross the river. They are waiting for the Holy Lord to conquer Liaodong City, move the troops to Wugu, and expand the grain route to the west bank of Yalu River to ensure the supply of food and grass on the expedition to Pyongyang, and ensure that the expeditionary force can always get strong support from the base camp during the attack on Pyongyang, so as not to repeat the mistake of the expeditionary army being alone and isolated and helpless last year.

According to the central secret obtained by Cui Jie, the Holy Lord gave him half a month to attack Liaodong City this time, but the facts were cruel. The Holy Lord was hit ruthlessly again, and the loss of face was secondary. The important established attack process was delayed. Yuwen Shu and Yang Yichen had to stop the expedition by the Yalu Water.

If the Holy Lord had a plan to fight on both China and foreign sides and win both battlefields, then the Eastern Expedition was setbacked and would affect his plan. Next, Yang Xuangan raised his troops in advance and launched a mutiny in June, which would catch him off guard. In this way, his plan to kill two birds with one stone failed. In reality, the Holy Lord had to make a choice whether to continue the Eastern Expedition or return to Beijing to quell the rebellion. The result is obvious that the Holy Lord had to give up the Eastern Expedition and return to Beijing to quell the rebellion, and had to face the increasingly worse domestic political situation and increasingly bad relations between the North and the South.

From Fan Zigai's standpoint, he certainly did not want to see the failure of the Second Eastern Expedition, so he had to do his best to help the Holy Lord achieve a strategy of killing two birds with one stone. In other words, he had to try every means to delay Li Yang's time to raise troops. In the current situation, he was confident to defend Dongdu. With this confidence, he could control the situation in Dongdu and limit Xijing's "boost" to this crisis to a controllable range. What he had to do next is to strengthen the defense of Dahe natural danger to increase the difficulty of Yang Xuangan's attack on Dongdu, forcing Yang Xuangan to delay the time of raising troops. The only force he could use in front of him was the Heyang Duwei Mansion of King Yang Hao of Qin. As long as King Yang Hao of Qin held Zhu Yingyang of Henoi and local armed forces in his hands, he would inevitably be able to pose a serious threat to Yang Xuangan of Li Yang.

Cui Zi suddenly realized that Fan Zigai's strategy of "staying with the Eastern Capital" had changed. It was no longer passive defense, but active defense. It was to use various complex relationships to throw all the power that could be used to the defense line of the Gyeonggi, such as using the rebels of the Korean Prime Minister to push the Right Guard General Li Hun to the southern line of the Gyeonggi; using the fierce conflict between the military and political circles to push Pei Hongce, Henan to the eastern line of the Gyeonggi; using the conflict between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people to force the Cui family to hand over the Yue Palace in exchange for the support of the Xianbei people; now using the threat of Li Yang to coerce Cui family to push the Qin King Yang Hao to the forefront of this crisis.

Fan Zigai's "active defense" looks very good, fully reflecting his political wisdom and political means of leveraging power, but he overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent. He is using his opponent, but isn't his opponent using him? Just wait for the situation to change suddenly, "active defense" may evolve into a complete defeat, and then it will be too much regret. However, in order to control the situation in Dongdu, Cui Zi must maintain cooperation with Fan Zigai at present, otherwise the snipe and clam fight will benefit. Once Yuan Wendu and the eight nobles control the situation in Dongdu, the risk will be great, and no one can guarantee that the Xianbei people will not turn against the battlefield at a critical moment.

After careful consideration, Cui Jie made a decisive decision.

Cui Zhe made a detailed analysis of the current political situation in Dongdu to King Yang Tong of Yue. All major forces are "expressing their magical powers". Even the Yue Palace is "three-legged" and he has lost control of the Yue Palace and the situation in Dongdu. Therefore, King Yang Tong of Yue must strengthen his own strength and must unite the royal family to maintain his supreme status and absolute power in Dongdu. Otherwise, if the situation cannot be controlled, the Dongdu will be in danger of destruction.

King Yang Tong of Yue accepted Cui Jie's suggestion, "Which royal family is alone asking for help?"

Cui Jie recommended two royal ministers, both of whom were the emperor's uncles of King Yang Tong of Yue, one was the Minister of Personnel, Yang Gongren of Guanguo; the other was the Heyang Duke Yang Hao of Qin.

Yang Gongren is the son of King Yang Xiong of Guan. Because his father died of illness, "Ding You" was at home. He was filial to his father and could not come back during the mourning period according to laws and etiquette. Of course, if the sage lord issued an order to regain his feelings, it would be a different matter. In addition, he had to stand up and even sacrifice his life for justice in times of crisis. This is the foundation of his life and life, and it is impossible to blame. At this time, the Dongdu was in crisis and the country was in trouble. As a royal prince and a minister of the royal family, he hid at home and ignored him in the name of Ding You, and ignored him. That would be wrong. Therefore, as long as King Yang Tong of Yue came to invite him, Yang Gongren, who is the backbone of the royal family and is well-known in both the military and political circles, must stand up and have no choice but to be responsible.

As for King Yang Hao of Qin, because of his overly sensitive identity, he was imprisoned in disguise for many years and had no achievements in both military and political circles. He could not compare with Yang Gongren in terms of merit or prestige. At the critical moment, he could not give any help to King Yang Tong of Yue. Therefore, Cui Zi's strong recommendation at this moment was that "the drunken man's intention was not to drink."

Although King Yang Tong of Yue was young, he grew up in the ban after all. He was influenced by the eyes and was a political game. With his understanding of the royal family, he immediately understood Cui Zi's intention. In name, Cui Zi asked King Yue to join forces with the royal family to protect himself, but in fact, it was to protect King Yang Hao of Qin and protect his Cui family's political interests.

King Yang Tong of Yue could understand Cui Zi's good intentions, and he also sympathized with his uncle Yang Hao's tragic experience. Yang Hao's parents died when he was young, and grew up in prison. He was walking on thin ice and was like an abyss, always struggling to survive. This is not a glorious prince. He is simply a prisoner among prisoners. Life is worse than death. But even so, many people are determined to use him, trying to squeeze his last drop of blood and step on his body to seize the best interests.

"Fan Liushou asked to transfer the Heyang Duwei Mansion to garrison Yongjiqu." King Yang Tong of Yue kindly reminded Cui Jie, "Who will take over the Heyang Duwei Mansion to come to Beijing?"

Cui Xie bowed deeply and was grateful to King Yang Tong of Yue. Yang Tong not only agreed to invite King Yang Hao of Qin to protect him, but also allowed Cui to continue to control the Heyang Duwei Mansion. This kind of kindness was a big deal for Cui.

"General Wu Ben, Duke Li Gongting of Gaodu County."

After pondering for a moment, King Yang Tong of Yue accepted Cui's "reward" and smiled slightly, "good"
Chapter completed!