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Chapter 442 The tacit understanding of Duke Yu

On the fourth day of the sixth month, late at night, Li Min secretly visited the General of the Right Guard and Duke Li Hun.

The news brought by Li Min finally lets Li Hun down, Yang Xuangan Li Yang raised his troops and was coming to the east. The previous prediction became a reality, and the next was a thrilling battle. As for whether the final outcome was the same as Li Fengyun's prediction, Li Hun still had a certain skepticism.

Although Yang Xuangan's time to raise troops was not good, and the expeditionary army had not yet reached Pyongyang, the Holy Lord could return to the capital to quell the rebellion in the shortest time, if Xijing formed an alliance with Yang Xuangan, and used the Democratic King as the banner to fight against the Holy Lord based on Guanlong, the civil war broke out, and the Shandong people and Jiangzuo people took the opportunity to attack the Holy Lord from three sides with Guanlong, then the great cause of unification may indeed collapse. The new pattern of Sino-Turkish struggle for hegemony still has good long-term benefits for the wealthy families. Compared with the devastating blow to the interests of the aristocratic families by the centralized system, the wealthy families would rather Sino-Turkish fall into war and division than fall into the dust of history.

However, this idea is only hidden deep in Li Hun's heart. From the overall interests of the aristocratic families, reforms must be destroyed at any cost, so they must overthrow the Holy Lord and the Reformers, or directly overthrow the Yang family's destiny, even if the great cause of unification collapses, it is not hesitant to do so. However, from Li Hun's personal position and the family interests of the Chengji Li family in Longxi, because they are firmly tied to the fate of the King of Qi, they will all prosper and prosper together. Although they hope to overthrow the Holy Lord and the Reformers, if this political fruit falls into the hands of others, the King of Qi will definitely die as well as them. It is better not to overthrow the Holy Lord and the Reformers. After all, the King of Qi still has time to survive and has the opportunity to "turn over" and reverse their destiny.

Of course, Yang Xuangan may also form an alliance with the King of Qi, but the premise of this possibility is that Yang Xuangan and Xijing have completely fallen out. In this way, Xijing will support the Holy Lord and the Reformers. The strength of the opposing sides is too great, and the King of Qi will surely die. Yang Xuangan will inevitably be destroyed. Li Hun and his family are really unlucky. They have made burial objects in vain and cannot find a place to shout for justice.

Therefore, based on the interests of Li Hun and his family, we must cooperate with Li Fengyun and implement the strategy of going north. In order to do so, we must gain broad space and sufficient time for the implementation of this strategy on the battlefield of Dongdu. The solution is also very simple. On the one hand, we must try our best to destroy the possibility of alliance between Xijing and Yang Xuangan, and on the other hand, we can help Yang Xuangan conquer Dongdu, so that he has the conditions to persist tenaciously for a longer period of time under the attack of Xijing and the Holy Lord.

Li Hun made a decisive and resolute choice, first "stab" secretly and help Li Fengyun take down Dongdu before talking about it.

"Since the situation suddenly changes, what do you think of gray hair?" Li Hun asked bluntly.

"He gave a suggestion to the Duke," said Li Min. "Before Duke Yue (Yang Xuangan) surrounded the Dongdu, it is best for Duke to withdraw from the city, so as not to fall into a passive and be restrained everywhere, and may even ruin his life."

Li Hun nodded slightly and agreed with what Li Min said that even without Li Fengyun's warning, he would not withdraw back to the city and help a group of people who were eyeing him and killing him at any time to defend Dongdu.

"It is about life and death. Everyone will be crazy, and after the madness, Dongdu will inevitably lose control." Li Min said with a warning, "Duke Xin (Zheng Yuanshou) left the capital in a hurry, which may have escaped in helplessness."

"Mr. Xin escaped, but Dongdu was in conflict, and the situation was messy." Li Hun laughed silently, shook his head, and showed contempt. "Mr. Guan (Yang Gongren) was framed by Duke Xin, and was furious and killed the people of Jiangzuo. Fan Zigai was isolated and helpless, so he could only hope that Pei Hongce would help him. But Pei Hongce was arrogant and could not bear a small official in Jianghuai plot against him? He always planned to plot against others and took advantage of others. Now Fan Zigai had to sacrifice his interests in order to protect himself. This was a very shameful and humiliating. Pei Hongce got angry in the hall and turned against Fan Zigai. Dongdu was a mess. If this continues, how could he not lose it?

"The east cannot be lost." Li Min immediately warned, "If the east is lost, the Yuegong will take the lead. Who can guarantee that Xijing will not change its course and form an alliance with the Yuegong? Once China and Turkey fall into a protracted civil war, even if the country's destiny collapses, and the heroes will compete for it, the situation between China and the foreign countries will inevitably deteriorate rapidly, and the Civil War will surely break out. At that time, what can a dispersed Zhongtu block the Northern Capitol at the foot of the Great Wall?"

Li Hun agreed with Li Min's analysis. Although there was a sense of alarmist statement, the possibility existed. After all, the tragedy of the Five Barbarians invading China four hundred years ago is still vivid in my mind. We must be aware of the past and learn from the past. However, if Yang Xuangan cannot take over Dongdu, he will not be passive, but will die. He will definitely become a dog that everyone calls for. How long can he last after being surrounded and killed on all sides? Yang Xuangan was instantly defeated, and it is extremely difficult to implement the strategy of King Qi going north to survive.

Li Hun thoughtfully and asked, "Bai Hair is not sure about capturing Dongdu? Or is he not willing to conquer Dongdu at all?"

"The public has the confidence to capture the Eastern Capital?" Li Min asked back.

Li Hun thought for a while and said, "The main force of a certain person is here. The troops of Shen Gong are all in Tongguan and Wushan. Dugu Sheng's imperial guards are all in the imperial city and the palace city. The mob led by Pei Hongce does not need to be considered. If they are allowed to defend the city, the city will be thrown faster. Therefore, with Guan Gong's caution, Pei Hongce's army will not enter the city. Only Li Gongting, Fei Yao and Zhou Zhong are qualified to garrison the city. However, Li Gongting wants to divide his troops to guard Dahe and Mangshan, and also provide support to Yanshi, which is difficult to allocate troops to distribute troops. Zhou Zhong is from Jiangzuo, and only Fan Zi is the leader of the horse. Guan Gong does not trust him, so how can he be entrusted with important tasks? Therefore, he concluded that he would assume the responsibility of defending the Eastern Capital.

The person who is responsible for the heavy responsibility must be Fei Yao. This can be seen from Fei Yao's hastily evacuated from Yique battlefield and returning to Dongdu, but Zhou Zhong was assigned by Guan Gong to guard Luokou. If the only army that defended Dongdu in the end was Fei Yao, and Yue Gong's internal forces deployed in the city could play a role, then it would be easy to take down the outside of Dongdu. However, in this way, Guan Gong had to concentrate all his limited army in the imperial city and palace city. With Li Gongting's support outside the city, it would be difficult for Yue Gong to take down the imperial city and palace city in one go. Once the battle situation was in a stalemate, all the troops to suppress the rebels entered the battlefield in Dongdu one after another, Yue Gong would have to attack and defence, and the situation would be very unfavorable to him."

Li Min smiled and nodded, "Since the public is full of confidence in taking over the outer capital of Dongdu, that's enough."

"The white-haired target is the outer capital of Dongdu?" Li Hun frowned slightly, "If you want Yue Gong to persist in the battlefield of Dongdu for a longer time, it is far from enough to just take down the outer capital."

"Yes, the key is here." Li Min smiled, "If the Duke did not have the confidence to capture the entire Dongdu, where would the Duke Yue have the confidence? Since the Duke believed that the situation could not be reversed by just capturing the outer capital of the Dongdu, why did Duke Yue fall to death?"

Li Hun's expression suddenly condensed, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind. He immediately realized, "Xiang Zhuang dances with his sword, his intention is Pei Gong."

"My Duke's Movement is not in Dongdu." Li Min sighed, "If we are all attracted by the storm of Dongdu and even lost in it, we will inevitably be hit by Yue Gong's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and in the end they all become Yue Gong's bait, and were plotted by Yue Gong, and worked hard to make wedding clothes for Yue Gong."

Li Hun fell into deep thought and repeatedly deduced it. In the end, he had to admire Yang Xuangan's strategy. Although this person had never led a soldier or experienced the tempering of a bloody battlefield, he followed his father when he was young. In addition, he had good talent, and he did have outstanding strategies. However, everyone saw Yang Xuangan's achievements in politics. No one would have thought that a person who had never led a soldier to fight could also plan and win thousands of miles away. It was precisely because everyone underestimated Yang Xuangan's ability and ignored Yang Xuangan's military talent. In addition, Yang Xuangan has been setting up a maze, so everyone would inevitably fall into a trap and would inevitably fall into a trap. Originally, this trap was used to bury Yang Xuangan, but in the end he dug his own grave.

While Li Hun admired Yang Xuangan's strategy, he also admired Li Fengyun's wisdom. Although occupying Guanlong is indeed Yang Xuangan's best choice, many people will think of it, the most important thing about whether this mutiny can succeed is Xijing's attitude. Xijing did not form an alliance with Yang Xuangan, but did not turn against Yang Xuangan, and always left a way out for himself. As long as the development of the situation is becoming more and more beneficial to Yang Xuangan, Xijing's final choice can be imagined, and Yang Xuangan deliberately showed his enemies.

Weak丨There are many fogs outside their real goals, giving Xijing full confidence to seize the results of this mutiny. In this situation, everyone has the intention of waiting and watching, they all want to use the mutiny to make profits, and they all want to squeeze out all Yang Xuangan. So they selectively ignore the possibility that Yang Xuangan still has the opportunity to dominate Guanlong. As a result, everyone is lost in the fog set up by Yang Xuangan. So far, only white-haired Li Fengyun has seen through the fog and discovered the truth.

"As you said, it is enough for Yue Gong to take over the outer capital of Dongdu." Li Hun sighed, "It is enough to attract the Xijing army to the Dongdu battlefield, it is enough to lure the tiger out of the mountain, and it is enough to enter Xijing unimpededly and occupy Guanlong." He suddenly asked, "When will the white hair make this deduction? Who knows this deduction? Does the King of Qi know?"

Li Min knew it very well. Li Hun was worried that the people around King Qi would disclose the secrets. If such a secret was leaked, Xijing would prepare in advance, which would be bad news for Yang Xuangan, King Qi, and Li Fengyun.

"There are only you and me except him." Li Min said, "Pushan Gong (Li Mi) also knows nothing, but according to his speculation, since Pushan Gong has made attacks on Dongdu as a strategy for his subordinates to Yuegong, then when Yuegong enters the battlefield of Dongdu, Pushan Gong will definitely try every means to persuade Yuegong to enter westward. In other words, the same path will lead to the same end. In the end, the strategies of Yuegong and Pushan Gong are still the same. For this reason, we must be careful about Pushan Gong so as not to be plotted by him."

Li Hun sneered and looked down on Li Mi, "Since the target of the white hair is the outer capital of Dongdu, I will help him with his arm and cut Fan Zigai's thighs first, making him feel in pain and making Dongdu even more chaotic."

"Good" Li Min stroked her beard and smiled, and praised Li Hun's "tactic understanding".

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