June 13th, Xijing.

The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wei Jin, Duke of Wuyang, arrived in Xijing. The person who went to Bashang to greet him was his nephew, Wei Yuanzhao, Duke of Henan, who was now the Chengmen Lang in Menxia Province.

After a little greeting from uncle and nephew, Wei Jin asked anxiously, "What's the situation in Dongdu?"

"Latest news: Yang Xuangan has captured Luokou and Heishi on the 10th day of the first lunar month." Wei Yuanzhao was concise and went straight to the key. Xijing was more than 800 miles away from the eastern capital. The developed station system of Zhongtu can ensure that the news of the two capitals will be delivered to each other within two days.

Wei Jin frowned slightly and asked again, "Does the Dongdu ask Xijing to send troops to support?"

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Yang Tong, the King of Yue, was persuaded to go to Xijing as a special envoy, with the purpose of "seeking assistance" rather than "sending troops to support". "Seeking assistance" and "sending troops to support" are two different things. "Seeking assistance" is seeking political support, a compromise on interests between major political groups of the two Beijings, and doing their best to control the storm within a certain range. "Sending troops to support" is the ultimate political means. It not only involves greater and more core interests, but also leads to the storm's out of control. The consequences of this out of control are unpredictable, so the East is not forced to ask Xijing for "sending troops to support" until the moment of life and death.

Wei Yuanzhao shook her head, "So far, Dongdu has not made this request."

Wei Jin nodded gently and continued to ask, "Is there any news about the King of Qi?"

"Pengcheng is left behind, and the Zuo Xiaogu General Shunzheng Dong Chungong has led his army to Tongji Canal and stationed troops in Fengqiu and Jiyang line on the north bank of the Ji River." Wei Yuanzhao smiled and said with a smile, "Since Shunzheng Gong has arrived, will the King of Qi be far away?"

Wei Jin thought about it and asked for a moment, "Is there any news about Li Yang?"

"To this day, no news of the Guards attacking Li Yang has been received. However, what we are concerned about is that Li Zixiong is guarding Li Yang. Li Zixiong volunteers Ying to stay at Li Yang." Wei Yuanzhao said this. "Li Zixiong volunteers Ying to stay at Li Yang to clearly convey two messages. One of them must be related to the King of Qi. The King of Qi has the influence of Li Zixiong, and the King of Qi will inevitably be more cautious in entering Beijing. The second is necessarily related to the white-haired thief. According to Wei Fusi, the white-haired thief, Li Zixiong and the King of Qi have reached an agreement to go north to develop in Qi County. Now the white-haired thief is in the white horse, and Li Zixiong is in Li Yang separated by a river. The joint efforts of the two sides will inevitably further affect the decision of the King of Qi. In this case, if Yang Xuangan fails to quickly capture the Dongdu and reverse the bad situation, the King of Qi will most likely stop going to Beijing and give up the battle for the emperor."

Wei Jin was surprised. Before he left Dongdu, he knew that Li Zixiong had fled to Li Yang, but there was no evidence that Li Zixiong would stay in Li Yang. Once Li Zixiong stayed in Li Yang and was on his own, with his personal prestige and outstanding strategy, he would inevitably bring a series of variables to the storm. However, Li Zixiong was still secondary, and the important thing was the white-haired thief. Although Wei had never "ignored" the white-haired thief from beginning to end, the key and important role that the white-haired thief might play in this storm still surprised Wei.

Wei Jin said after a little thought, "With the current strength of the white-haired thief, you will not overestimate yourself to rush into this storm and fall into the danger of annihilation of the entire army. Therefore, the white-haired thief's target should be Li Yangcang. As long as he robs Li Yangcang, neither Li Zixiong nor the King of Qi will be able to stop him from going north to fight.

Wei Yuanzhao shook his hand repeatedly and said to Wei Jin with a serious expression, "According to the latest news from Wei Fusi, Anping Duke Li Baiyao accepted the invitation from the King of Qi and has arrived at the King of Qi to give advice for the King of Qi."

Wei Jin was surprised. Although Li Baiyao suffered from constraining and attacks, he was bleak in his career and had no hope of progress in the scholars. He seemed to be unfamous and had poor strength. However, the political legacy left by a large number of old ministers from Gao Qi, led by his father Li Delin, was too huge. Its power was too amazing. If the consequences broke out, the rebellion of King Yang Liang of Han is a clear example. The trauma it caused to Middle Earth has not healed yet. Li Baiyao was able to effectively use this political legacy and put it at the right time.

One of the few people who completely detonated its huge power, so the two generations of emperors, the Holy Lord, and the major political groups of the two capitals never underestimated Li Baiyao. The people of Guanlong even attacked him in groups, trying every means to demote him to the distant wilderness of the southern border and keep him away from Shandong. However, as the resistance to reform became increasingly greater, the reformists needed the support of the Shandong aristocratic group. The Holy Lord issued an edict to dismiss Li Baiyao from his official position, which finally broke away from the "cage" and returned to Shandong from southern border.

However, the people of Guanlong were always highly vigilant about Li Baiyao, a potential "confidential trouble". The "long sword" was always hanging above Li Baiyao's head, forcing Li Baiyao to take a twelve-point mental effort to deal with it carefully. However, today Li Baiyao actually risked his death and died, and arrived at the side of the King of Qi to assist the King of Qi. What this means is self-evident.

Why did Li Baiyao launch a fierce counterattack? Why did Li Baiyao choose King Qi? If Shandong people support King Qi, then King Qi is very likely to repeat the mistakes of King Yang Liang of Han. However, the strength of King Qi today is incomparable to the strength of King Yang of Han ten years ago. It is different from the strength of King Yang of Han ten years ago. Therefore, Li Baiyao would not be stupid enough to instigate King Qi to rebel and to kill each other. Therefore, Li Baiyao has only one possibility to assist King Qi today, which is to use this storm to gain enough benefits for King Qi and then help King Qi grow and grow. Only in this way can the King of Qi win the world in the future.

If Li Baiyao and the Shandong people chose King Qi and looked at the future, then the King Qi's choice in this storm would be completely different. Even if the King Qi was greedy for the imperial throne and tried to enter the Dongdu, Li Baiyao and the Shandong people would not give him this opportunity. In this way, the Guanlong people's goals may be lost. If the Guanlong people want to achieve their established goals, they must quickly adjust their established strategies to ensure that they can gain the maximum benefits they need from this storm.

"Do you have any countermeasures?" Wei Jin asked.

Wei Yuanzhao frowned, pondered for a moment, and said slowly, "Before we come up with a countermeasure, we must know why Li Baiyao chose King Qi? Is Li Baiyao's sudden move his personal impulse? Or is it the plan of Shandong people?"

"Wai Fusi can have an analysis?" Wei Jin asked.

"Wei Fusi believes that the key is the white-haired thief. The identity of the white-haired thief may be more complicated than we think." Wei Yuanzhao said Wei Fusi's inference.

Assuming that there is a huge force behind the white-haired thieves, the long-term goal of this force is the prosperity of China-Turkey under the unified situation, and the short-term goal is to establish a stable national defense and diplomatic strategy with active defense as the core. Then they need reforms, but they do not need radical reforms that seriously endanger the cause of unification and the security of China-Turkey. So the white-haired thieves appeared. And everything that happened around the white-haired thieves is not difficult to find that starting from the King of Qi's "escape" from the Dongdu, all signs can indicate that this is a carefully deployed "country", and this "country" also has long-term goals. The short-term goal is to do its best to expose all hidden dangers that may affect domestic stability and eliminate them, including the King of Qi, Yang Xuangan, and the rebels spread all over the north and south of the rivers. The long-term goal is to establish a solid north-south relationship with the war between the north and the south.

Of course, this inference is a bit incredible and too far-fetched, but many of the coincidences are indeed unreasonable. For example, the white-haired thief plunders to plunder Tongjiqu just helped the King of Qi "escape" Dongdu. If the white-haired thief was a normal "thief", would he plunder Tongjiqu regardless of his life? For example, the white-haired thief convinced Li Zixiong and the King of Qi, and the three parties reached a secret agreement. If the white-haired thief was just a thief who killed people and robbed people, what would he use to convince Li Zixiong and the King of Qi? The strategy of going north to develop by the white-haired thief seemed very reasonable, but if the white-haired thief thought about it carefully, if the white-haired thief was just a thief who killed people and robbed people, what would he use to convince Li Zixiong and the King of Qi? The strategy of going north to develop seemed very reasonable, but if the white-haired thief thought about it carefully, if the white-haired thief took out, it would make sense.

The thief is just an ordinary leader of the rebel army. He will have the courage and courage to go all the way to the northern border? The same is true for Li Zixiong and King Qi. If the white-haired thief did not show any weight and did not show any absolute strength to impress them, they would seek to go north to develop? So if you want to explain these things reasonably, you must first assume that the white-haired thief is an extraordinary person, with a strong strength behind him, and what he carried out is a plan that is both a top and bottom, collusion between inside and outside, and complements each other. Otherwise, you can only say that they are "coincidence", miraculous coincidence

"In fact, we all thought of one person." Wei Yuancheng said, "This person is too powerful. Behind him are Shandong people and Long people, they can also use the power of Jiangzuo people. Both generations of emperors trust and rely on him. Every time a storm comes, he can be safe. Even if the storm is big, even if he is deeply trapped in the center of the storm, he cannot shake him at all. He always stands high at the top and stands tall. Only he can set up such a wonderful situation, and only his subordinates can have rare strangers like white-haired thieves."

Wei Jin focused and pondered for a long time without saying a word.

He knew that Wei Yuanzhao was talking about Pei Shiju. If Pei Shiju, a Shandong native, Li Baiyao and the white-haired thief, everything could be reasonably explained, from the concept of governing the country, the political stance, to the exquisite planning, and all kinds of coincidences could be converged together to weave into a huge net.

"Li Baiyao can survive in southern Xinjiang, return to Shandong safely, and reenter the official career because of that person." Wei Jin said slowly while thinking, "If that person asks Li Baiyao to assist the King of Qi and asks Li Baiyao to help the King of Qi go north to guard the border, so as to get rid of the terrible danger of life and death, ease the fierce battle between imperial rule, and at the same time strengthen the strength of the northern border town and make achievements in the war between the north and the south, it would be a wonderful step."

Speaking of this, Wei Jin looked up at Wei Yuancheng, "If the King of Qi is not likely to enter Beijing and this crisis is controlled within the scope of mutiny, then we must change the established strategy and enter the Dongdu as quickly as possible. While destroying Yang Xuangan, we will not give the King of Qi any chance to make profits."

Wei Yuancheng nodded, "Since King Qi has fallen, he cannot give him a chance to stand up, especially the Shandong people who can take advantage of it, so as not to repeat the same mistakes."

The Holy Lord relied on the absolute support of the Jiangzuo people to seize the imperial throne. As a result, the Jiangzuo people took away a large piece of the "cake" and the Guanlong people "losed heavily". If the King of Qi also seized the imperial throne with the support of the Shandong people in the future, wouldn't the great cause of unification established by the Guanlong people and the fruitful fruits obtained from it be stolen by the Shandong people? It is unbearable. The Guanlong people will never make the same mistake again.
Chapter completed!