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Chapter 431 Yang Gongren's goal

The power structure of Dongdu has changed again. Although King Yang Tong of Yue nominally monopolized military and political power, in fact, the royal family controlled Dongdu, and the royal family regarded Duke Yang Gongren as the one who held the bull. Therefore, the most authoritative person in Dongdu is Yang Gongren.

This dazzling power teleportation scared Fan Zigai. The power of the left-behind mansion was squeezed to the extreme. Fan Zigai basically lost control of the situation in the Dongdu, which shows the severity of the current crisis. Fan Zigai no longer dared to deliberately conceal the true face of the Dongdu situation from the Holy Lord because of his own selfishness. He wrote a memorial overnight and reported it to the Holy Lord urgently. After explaining the recent changes in the Dongdu situation in the Dongdu in detail and targeted, he clearly told the Holy Lord that the first thing that happened after Guan Guo Duke Yang Gongren was to seize the military power of the Wei Mansion with a flash of lightning. In addition, King Yang Tong of Yue obeyed his words, so Yang Gongren is now the most authoritative in the Dongdu, which can be said to be a word that is unstoppable.

Fan Zigai's memorial did not mean "reproaching", and was purely a shirk responsibility. Compared with Yang Gongren, Fan Zigai had no advantage. In order to monopolize the power, Yang Gongren always put the interests of the royal family at the highest position and put the advantages of the royal family to the extreme. Fan Zigai had no power to fight back at all, but Fan Zigai was also smart. He did not want to be the "scapegoat" of Dongdu's crisis, so he went on and on, and Yu Qian directly "standed" to the Holy Lord. It was not that I didn't want to control the highest power of Dongdu, but that I couldn't control it at all. It was not that I didn't have enough ability to do things, but that I could not beat Yang Gongren's personal strength.

After Yang Gongren took control of military power, his defensive thinking was completely different from the passive defense of the commanders of the Guards such as Li Hun and Zheng Yuanshou, and the passive persistence of central officials such as Cui Jie, Fan Zigai, and Yuan Wendu. His defensive goals were very clear. He was neither Han Xiangguo, a thief commander south of the capital, nor Yang Xuangan of Li Yang who had the possibility of rebellion, but Yang You, the King of Dai in Xijing and Yang Nan of Qilu in the direction of Qilu.

Yang Gongren was determined to stop the outbreak of the Imperial Unification War at any cost. Dongdu could have a crisis, a military coup, but the Dongdu crisis should never be allowed to transform the military coup into an imperial unification war. The rebels with evil intentions would never be allowed to step on the bodies of the royal family to gain personal gain, and the noble officials who opposed the reform would not be allowed to destroy or even destroy the great cause of unification in Middle-earth. To put it more seriously, Yang Gongren would rather make the Dongdu turn into a ruin than the royal family to suffer a slight harm. As long as the royal family is intact and united, the foundation of the country will not be shaken, the kingdom will not decline, the unification of the country will not fall, then the crisis can be overcome, the Dongdu can be rebuilt, and all difficulties will be solved.

Yang Gongren stood on the commanding heights of morality. Political forces of all sizes in the East Capital were unable to compete with him. If they were to compete, they would inevitably be harboring evil intentions, rebellion, and enemy of the royal family. They would inevitably be ruthlessly killed by the Holy Lord after the crisis. So everyone "supremembered" one after another. Whether it was supporters or opponents, whether it was open-minded or conspiring rebels, they all acted extremely obedient at this moment. I would do whatever you called me, and I would never bargain or disobey.

Yang Gongren asked the right-hand general Zheng Yuanshou and Baigu Duwei Mansion to immediately gather all the troops east of Tongguan and west of Hangu Pass to station heavily in Tongguan. Without the order of King Yang Tong of Yue, any soldiers and soldiers in Xijing and Guanlong areas could not enter the capital, and those who violated the crime would be killed without mercy.

He also asked the general Zhou Zhong, Wu Benlang, to do his best to garrison Hangu Pass, and then take into account the security of the Dongdu. If Hangu Pass falls, Zhou Zhong will be engaged in military law. On the contrary, if Dongdu is shaky, Zhou Zhong will turn a blind eye.

He also asked King Xun Yang Qing and the commander of Xingyang Cui Baode to concentrate all troops in Xingyang and defend Junyi City. Without the order of King Yue Yang Tong, no one outside the capital could cross the defense line of the natural barriers.

He also ordered Luokou Gu Jue, Heishi Gu General Pei Shuang, and Yanshi Duwei Lai Yuan to immediately draw the main force into Hulao Pass to strengthen Hulao's defensive power.

Yang Gongren ordered Hulao defender Liu Changgong. Once the defense line of heaven is lost, Hulao Pass must take on the important task of preventing the enemy from entering the Eastern Capital. If Hulao is lost, Liu Changgong will be engaged in military law. On the contrary, no matter how dangerous the Eastern Capital is in, Liu Changgong can ignore it.

He also ordered Pei Hongce, the official of Henan Zan, to immediately draw troops from the local army in Henan to Luokou, Heishi and Yanshi passes to make up for the defensive forces of these three passes.

He also ordered the Huben Lang General Li Gongting to draw some elite troops from the army stationed in the Yamato Valley on the eastern front of the Shandong Province of Mangshan and to drive to the Shouyang Mountain and Cenyuanqiu line downstream of the Luoshui River, so that when Luokou, Heishi and Yanshi were attacked, they would provide support to the three passes from the flank direction. At the same time, Li Gongting was ordered to immediately send Deli's subordinates to command the army of the Heyang Duwei Mansion, and quickly advance east along the Yongji Canal to the east to the Lin Customs Clearance. No matter what the situation occurs, they must guard the Lin Customs Clearance to ensure the safety of the northern part of the capital.

He also asked General Li Hun, the Right Guard, to temporarily hold on to Xianren Palace to ensure the safety of the Luoshui defense line. After the adjustment of troops is completed and the new Jingji defense deployment is completed, he will provide strong support.

Yang Gongren issued a series of orders, striving to complete the new defense of the Gyeonggi in the shortest time, so as to achieve his goal of blocking the King of Dai Yang You and King of Qi Yang Nan from entering Beijing. However, his "slightness" of the thief leader Han Prime Minister and his "ignorance" of possible rebellions or even military coups within the Dongdu have given those with ulterior motives and given great convenience to conspiring rebels.

That night, General Li Hun of the Right Guard first received a secret letter from King Qi, and then received an order from King Yang Tong of Yue and a confidential document sent by the Wei Mansion to adjust the defense strategy and military deployment of the Jingjin capital. After careful consideration, Li Hun made a quick decision and urgently made an appointment with Li Min.

Li Min came and went in a hurry and soon appeared in Li Fengyun's handsome tent again.

As Li Min told the story, Li Fengyun's face became more and more serious. He had a strong ominous premonition that this trip to Dongdu might fail, and his previous ideas were very likely to fail. What's more serious is that if his strategy of using the Dongdu mutiny to make profits failed, and he became deeply trapped in the battlefield of Dongdu and was difficult to escape, then the result would be terrible and it was possible that the entire army would be wiped out.

The history in my memory is indeed different from the history of the real world. Especially in details, sometimes it cannot be said to be "in and out", but two unexpected things. In addition, the history of the Holy Lord was deliberately concealed by later dynasties, maliciously slandered or even blatantly tampered with black and white. Many historical truths have long been completely eliminated, but I copied this not-completely real history into the entire real world, and of course there will be self-destruction mistakes in decision-making.

He had never expected that Duke Guan Guo Yang Gongren would stand up in the crisis of Dongdu, nor did he expect that the royal family would have such great authority to easily control the military and political power of Dongdu. What he did not expect was that Yang Gongren would seize the key points of the Dongdu crisis and let the fatal blows, and would not give the powerful conservative forces in Zhongtu and the radical opposition who conspired with Yang Xuangan to overthrow the reform by force, and to use any opportunity to destroy the Holy Lord and the royal family and shake the foundation of the country.

The Dai King was not allowed to leave Xijing, nor was Qi King allowed to return to Dongdu. The Dongdu crisis was only the King of Yue Yang Tong. No matter how bad the Dongdu crisis worsened, it could not evolve into a war of imperial unity with brothers and feet fighting each other. Without the imperial unity war, the Dongdu crisis would not be complicated. It was just a simple violent battle between the Saint Lord and the rebels. In this way, the plan of those with ulterior motives was lost, and they could not provoke internal struggles of the royal family, and they could not benefit. In the end, they could only choose to support the Saint Lord who had absolute advantage and help the Saint Lord beat the mutiny dogs. In other words, deduced from the current situation, history or on the inherent trajectory, Dong would not fall, and this military coup failed only two months later.

Seeing Li Fengyun's mood bleak, Li Min knew it well. He was also shocked by the changes in the political situation of the Dongdu and was helpless. "Guan Gong (Yang Gongren)'s move is very clever. It can be foreseen that once Yue Gong (Yang Xuangan) enters the capital and approaches the Dongdu city, Guan Gong will definitely hold on to help. As long as he is in the Dongdu and Dongdu is in his hands, he will take the initiative, while Yue Gong is in a passive position."

Li Fengyun nodded slightly and asked with a frown, "Yang Gongren does not allow King Dai to leave Xijing, nor does he allow King Qi to return to Dongdu. So who will rescue Dongdu? Is he sure that the Holy Lord will stop the Eastern Expedition and return to quell the rebellion after learning that Yang Xuangan launched a mutiny?"

Li Min shook his head and sighed, "The defense of the East Capital is so strong, and it is sufficient for sufficient troops and food, so it can be held for two or three years. So in a certain opinion, Guan Gong does not need reinforcements at all, nor does the Holy Lord need to stop the Eastern Expedition and return to quell the rebellion. He only needs a great victory in the Eastern Expedition. As long as the news of the Eastern Expedition reaches the Eastern Expedition, the overall situation can be determined. At that time, even if Yue Gong has swept across the Central Plains, it will be meaningless."

Li Fengyun nodded repeatedly, thought for a moment and said, "The goal of the King of Qi is neither the imperial government nor the Dongdu, so he will definitely not enter the Dongdu battlefield, but what about Xijing? Yang Gongren started from the position of the royal family. He would rather the Dongdu become a ruin than the internal strife of the royal family to shake the foundation of the country's destiny. However, Xijing must start from the overall interests of the Guanlong people. If they allow the Dongdu to become a ruin, how can they escape the pursuit of the Holy Lord at the moment of liquidation in the future? Therefore, from the position of Xijing, they must enter the Dongdu battlefield, and must transform the Dongdu crisis into the imperial government war. They must force the Holy Lord to give up the Eastern Expedition and return to quell the rebellion. Otherwise, Xijing will be fish on the chopping board, and they can only let the Holy Lord who returns from the victory of the Eastern Expedition slaughter the will. Their fate will not be better than Yang Xuangan and those mutinians. The reform forces in the court will seize this opportunity and wipe out the conservative forces that hinder the reform."

Li Min thought for a long time and sighed again, "One of the important reasons why Duke Yue abandoned King Qi and liked King Dai, and was determined and confident to launch this mutiny is that the two major forces of reform and conservative have reached a state of undying death. If Duke Yue falls, the conservative forces will be severely damaged, and the conservative forces in Xijing are unable to support them. How can they survive alone?"

Li Fengyun seemed to have some understanding.

The reformists wanted to destroy the conservatives, and the victory of the Eastern Expedition was an important bargaining chip, so they devoted their efforts to the Eastern Expedition. To destroy the reform, the conservatives must first destroy the Eastern Expedition. For this reason, Yang Xuangan used violent means, while another conservative force, Xijing, tried to use Yang Xuangan to provoke the "snipe and clam fight", and then "fisherman gained profits" and win the best interests at the minimum cost.

When two tigers fight, one will be injured, and the one who wins is also bloody. The third tiger standing next to watch the fun is naturally the Ying family. Xijing's strategy looks quite clever, but you are smart and they are not stupid. It is still unknown who will win.

Seeing Li Fengyun's eyes slowly showing their spirits, Li Min couldn't help asking, "Where is the plan?"

"Watch the changes."
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