Why do the brothers fight to the death with their heads? Everyone is aristocrat, all wealthy families, and have good futures. Why do they still take risks and gamble? Fighting for power and profit is the main purpose, but it does not represent everything. Many times, like-mindedness is very important. Only with the same political philosophy can one have the motivation to form alliances and cooperate. Some people are involuntarily kidnapped by the overall interests of the group and have to do it. However, since they are "doing it", they must strive for victory and seize the greatest interests. The supreme imperial power can bring the supreme imperial power. If you want to win the imperial power, you must win the imperial power. If you want to win the imperial power, the best way is to usurp the throne and become independent.

The current royal family comes from the Hongnong Yang family, which is a branch of the Hongnong Yang family. The Yang Xuangan family is also a branch of the Hongnong Yang family. Therefore, Yang Xuangan has a unique advantage in "independentness", which is countless times more successful than the usurpation of the throne by a nobleman of a different surname. Therefore, on this night, most members of the Mutiny Alliance clearly demanded that Yang Xuangan be "independent". This matter cannot be delayed anymore. If it is delayed, it will inevitably affect the support of the Heluo Noble Group for Yang Xuangan. The support of the Heluo Noble Group for Yang Xuangan directly determines the success or failure of the Dongdu War and the success or failure of this military coup.

Since Yang Xuangan entered the capital, Li Zixiong, who was far away in Liyang, has sent a letter twice, urging him to "reliance" immediately, begging him to firmly abandon all his concerns and not to miss the opportunity. Now there is no way back. If the mutiny fails, whether it is "reliance" or not, the result will be the same. If this is the case, why not "reliance"? Why not use the advantages brought by "reliance" to enhance one's own strength and increase the chance of winning the mutiny? It is a very simple truth to choose the two evils as the lesser ones.

However, different people often have different interpretations of the same thing from different positions, and they also have completely different understandings of the "light" of the two evils. Li Mi firmly opposed "independence", not because he did not support Yang Xuangan usurp the throne, but because he believed that the time for "independence" was not that he had not come. "independence" at the wrong time would not only not help the success of the mutiny, but would accelerate the failure of the mutiny.

Yang Xuangan's attitude also does not mention "independence" for the time being. "independence" early will make the situation clear and make himself the target of public criticism. Once there are too many opponents and flock to it, they will definitely fail.

He and Li Mi agreed that the "Imperial Order" was the best bait. Before this bait was eaten by a "big fish", some political forces would rush up and spare no effort to compete, some political forces would wander near the bait and be ready to move. Some political forces did not intend to intervene in the bait, but they were very concerned about the ownership of the bait. Once the bait was eaten by a "big fish" connected to their own interests, they had to make a choice. In this way, a chaotic situation of "school fish grabbing the bait", which would definitely be conducive to the success of the mutiny.

Since Yang Xuangan did not oppose "independence" and was just not "independence" for the time being, everyone did not continue to persuade them to advance, so they focused on the war in Dongdu.

What is the goal of the Eastern Capital War? Is it the capture of the Eastern Capital, sweeping the capital, and growing up in the Central Plains?

From a military perspective, this goal is not realistic. Now the Holy Lord is under the city of Liaodong. The main force of the Expeditionary Force has not crossed the Yalu River, and the Donglai Navy has not crossed the sea for an expedition. Even if the Grand Canal is interrupted and the Expeditionary Force lacks food and supplies, it is not enough to delay the pace of stopping the Expeditionary Force's return. Whether Yang Xuangan conquered the Dongdu or occupied the Central Plains, it would take time, but the Holy Lord and the Expeditionary Force would not give him enough time no matter what.

If we look at it from a political perspective, the possibility of achieving this goal still exists, but it requires a crucial premise, that is, the imperial regime must not only have an ownership, but also the Guanlong local aristocratic group must control the ownership of the imperial regime. In this way, the Guanlong local aristocratic group and the Heluo noble group can form an alliance, and the two largest conservative forces in the Guanlong ruling group can unite together, and with the strong strength of Guanlong as a backing, they can join forces to fight against the Holy Lord and the Reformers.

The strong strength of the Guanlong local aristocratic group lies in its unique geographical advantage in Guanlong area. The Heluo noble group suffers as a loss. In the Central Plains, it is a place of four battles and there is no danger to defend. Therefore, if Yang Xuangan wants to achieve his political goals, he must win the support of the Guanlong local aristocratic group. Even if he makes wedding clothes for the Guanlong local aristocratic group, he must be willing to do so. Otherwise, he will be surrounded by politically and militaryally, and the possibility of breaking out of the siege is too small.

However, if Yang Xuangan wants to "reliance", the Heluo noble group is unwilling to share the huge benefits brought by the success of the military coup with the Guanlong local aristocratic group. From the perspective of the known Xijing, the Guanlong local aristocratic group has greater ambitions. They not only want to seize the benefits of the imperial throne, but also use this mutiny to destroy the Dongdu and regain the benefits of the capital. They are also unwilling to share this huge benefit with the Heluo people.

Both sides have clear goals and are doing their best, while Yang Xuangan and the Heluo people are obviously in a passive position. If the Guanlong people's plan succeeds and the Dongdu is destroyed, the Heluo noble group will suffer a heavy blow. Although they may not disappear, Yang Xuangan and the political forces led by him, that is, the core force of the Heluo noble group, will definitely disappear. Therefore, for Yang Xuangan and his allies, the goal of the Dongdu war is definitely not to capture the Dongdu, nor to fight four times based on the Central Plains. Of course, it is even more impossible to stand by and make wedding clothes for the Guanlong people in vain.

"The goal of the Dongdu War is to lure the Xijing garrison and Tongguan defenders to the Dongdu battlefield, thus causing the weak force of Guanzhong and the emptiness of Tongguan, and then creating favorable conditions for us to break through Tongguan, capture Xijing, and sweep Guanzhong."

After Yang Xuangan arrived at the Eastern Capital, he finally came up with a real attack strategy.

The Dongdu is indeed a dead place, but it is precisely because of the dead place that his bait can work and have the opportunity to die. After that, as long as the tiger is successfully transferred from the mountain, he will seize the opportunity, then escape from the shell, break into Guanzhong, and capture Xijing. He will take the initiative, and the local wealthy families in Guanlong fell into a passive position. The battlefield has shifted from the Dongdu to Xijing, from the Central Plains to Guanlong, and the entire political and military situation has undergone subversive changes.

From the standpoint of the Holy Lord and the Reformers, of course he would like to see conservative forces kill each other, fight against the snipe and clam, fishermen gain profits, Guanlong local aristocratic group and Heluo aristocratic group both suffer losses, and the Holy Lord and the Reformers make great profits. This is a good thing that the pie fell from the sky. The Holy Lord probably woke up in his dreams. At that time, not to mention that the political failure caused by the failure of the Second Eastern Expedition has been ignored, and even the greatest force that hinders reform no longer exists. The Holy Lord can stalk on the road of reform.

Therefore, at that moment, the local aristocratic group of Guanlong must compromise with Yang Xuangan and join forces with the Heluo people to fight against the Holy Lord and the Reformers. Otherwise, Yang Xuangan would certainly be destroyed, but the local aristocratic group of Guanlong would also suffer heavy damage, from prosperity to decline, and unable to recover.

Yang Xuangan explained his strategies and specific implementation steps in detail.

Yang Xuanting, Wang Zhongbo, Hu Shidan, Li Mi and others listened carefully, and each one had different moods. One, Yang Xuangan's strategy was beyond their expectations, and the other was that it was very difficult to implement. Not only should we firmly seize the fleeting opportunity, but we also had to rely on the "tactic understanding" cooperation of many opponents. Only if there was a problem at any key link, it would be possible that the whole game would be lost.

Li Mi was in a complicated mood. At the beginning, he offered Yang Xuangan three strategies, middle and lower. The best strategy was to go north and directly attack Zhuo County, attack Linyu Pass, and block the Holy Lord and the Expeditionary Army in Liaodong. In fact, it was pure nonsense. First of all, not to mention whether Yang Xuangan's strength could leap forward thousands of miles and conquer Linyu Pass with the strength of Yang Xuangan, even if it was successful, with the strong strength of the Holy Lord and more than 200,000 Expeditionary Army, as well as the front and back attacks of the Donglai Navy from the sea, could he block the Holy Lord in Liaodong? Besides, when Yang Xuangan leap forward thousands of miles, did the Holy Lord and the Expeditionary Army know nothing and continue to attack Goguryeo.

?It is impossible. The Holy Lord will send an expeditionary horse army to return to Linyu Pass as quickly as possible, defending the "throat" connecting Youzhou and Liaodong, and ensuring the safety of the expeditionary army's passage to Youzhou. Duan Da and Chen Len, left behind in Zhuo County, will also fight to the death to block the Holy Lord, giving him enough time to return to Zhuo County. Therefore, the real purpose of Li Mixian's superior strategy is to test whether Yang Xuangan has major arrangements in the palace and the expeditionary army, and whether mutiny is launched at the same time at home and abroad. If mutiny breaks out at the same time at home and abroad, the chances of domestic mutiny will be greatly increased.

Li Mi’s true intention was to attack Guanzhong, but the difficulty of attacking Guanzhong was obvious. Secondly, politics was the key. If he did not get the support of the local nobles in Guanlong, Guanzhong would not be able to enter at all, so he had a bad plan to attack Dongdu. The purpose of attacking Dongdu was to win enough "capital" in politics to bargain with Xijing. Whether the mutiny could succeed in the end depends on whether the two conservative forces could form an alliance and cooperate.

But Li Mi's "strategy" is still small. Yang Xuangan stands high and looks far, and the pattern is much larger. He accurately analyzed and deduced the profit-making goal of Guanlong's local aristocratic group. Guanlong's local aristocrats wanted to kill Yang Xuangan, so how could the two sides compromise? How could they have the possibility of alliances and cooperation? So Yang Xuangan had to design a life of death.

Yang Xuangan has always concealed it, of course, for the sake of keeping it a secret. When he solicited Li Mi's opinions, he also had the intention of temptation, but Li Mi's strategy was obviously slightly inferior, so although Yang Xuangan had given him a heavy responsibility, he had no intention of staying by his side.

Li Mi felt frustrated and even a little depressed. Fortunately, what frustrated him was Yang Xuangan, so he would not lose confidence in his wisdom.

"Ming Gong, since that's the case, is it necessary for us to capture the Eastern Capital?" Wang Zhongbo asked.

Yang Xuangan smiled with a beard, "The lives of the soldiers are very precious, how can they make unnecessary sacrifices?"

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