Faced with the current complex situation and Fan Zigai's anger, the young King of Yue Yang Tong wisely maintained silence, only Cui Zi was following the lead.

Cui Jie's heartbeat was a little fast and his emotions were a little excited. The storm was finally coming. He was "lucky" standing on the cusp of the storm. Facing the earth-shaking storm and the terrifying disaster of life and death, can he persevere until the end?

"If the white-haired thief crosses the Hebei North and attacks Liyangcang, how likely is it to win?" Cui Zi asked quietly.

Of course Fan Zigai knew the answer. The Holy Lord asked Yang Xuangan to take charge of Li Yang to supervise the transportation of food and grass. On the surface, it was a heavy responsibility and trust in him, but in fact he dug a pit and hung a sharp sword on Yang Xuangan's forehead. Only the supply of food and grass was a problem. Yang Xuangan was the first to ask for it. This was the "prelude" to "take" Yang Xuangan, and to force Yang Xuangan and the conservative forces led by him to do their best to support the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, the white-haired thieves were in trouble in Henan and the soldiers were facing the river. The most nervous one should be Yang Xuangan. Judging from the local armed forces of Yang Xuangan's urgent recruitment of Ji County and its surrounding counties, the fact is indeed the case. In order to prevent the white-haired thieves from crossing the river, Yang Xuangan was going to fight to the death.

"Since the river is insurmountable for the white-haired thief, why do he still have to go north? Are you really trying to attack the west?" Fan Zigai stroked his long beard and frowned, "The Prime Minister Han has just rebelled and has limited strength, so it is impossible to break through Yiquekou."

"What if he breaks through?" Cui Jie asked back.

Fan Zigai wanted to sneer, but suddenly a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he immediately thought of something and became cautious.

If the Korean Prime Minister breaks through Yiquekou, only a hundred miles away from the Eastern Capital, and arrives overnight, the consequences will be serious once the troops arrive at the Dongdu City. Although the military will bear the main responsibility for this, it will be an unavoidable disaster for King Yue, his own Dongdu, and Pei Hongce, the official position of Henan County, will definitely lose the imperial power, and his career and his career will end. What's more terrifying is that if the second Eastern Expedition fails, the blow to the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will be a huge blow, which is unbearable, and the political losses are immeasurable.

Fan Zigai's thoughts were wide open. He thought of the King of Qi who was drooling at the imperial throne, the Guanlong people who sharpened their swords in Xijing, and the conservative forces who wanted to destroy the unified reform. Suddenly, his mind was trembling, and cold sweat came out of his body. Conspiracy, this was a conspiracy, a conspiracy to destroy the Eastern Expedition and counter-attack the reform.

"The sound of the east hits the west, it is indeed the sound of the east hits the west." Fan Zigai's voice trembled. If Cui Zi had not reminded him, if he was deceived, he would focus on the direction of the river. If he blindly believed in the military and thought that the defense of the garrison army would be as solid as a rock, then the trouble would be great, and he might not know how to die.

Cui Zi sighed secretly, there was no way, the situation was too complicated, there were too many opponents, and the future variables were even more unpredictable, and the strength of King Yue and himself was too weak. As for Fan Zigai, there were too few allies and too few resources available for utilization, which was equivalent to fighting alone and basically unable to rely on it, so he could only protect himself, and could only concentrate his limited power in Dongdu and strive to protect the east.

"Don't focus on the rebels, nor do you pay too much attention to the situation outside the Gyeonggi. The so-called clamp-shaped offensive is just a fog deliberately created by some people with ulterior motives. The purpose is to confuse the public, deliberately deceive and paralyze us, and let us make wrong judgments about the situation so that they can carry out ulterior motives."

Cui Zi glanced at Fan Zigai who was a little restless and warned seriously, "For us, the most important task is to defend the Dongdu. If the Dongdu falls, not to mention that the second Eastern Expedition will definitely be defeated. Even the Holy Lord is homeless. The situation is terrible. On the contrary, as long as we defend the Dongdu and defend the root, no matter how bad the situation is, the Holy Lord can reverse the world."

Fan Zigai understood and nodded repeatedly. He keenly noticed something from Cui Zi's words. Cui Zi must have known something, otherwise he would not be able to maintain such a clear mind in the current complex situation, and it would be even more impossible for him to keep a clear mind in the current complex situation. What is Dongdu? Even if there are some rebels outside the capital, it will not affect the security of Dongdu at all. Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if he, the prime minister of the dynasty, remained at Dongdu, it would not have the crazy and incredible idea of ​​falling into Dongdu. Fan Zigai made a decision without hesitation. Before he saw the truth hidden behind the current situation, do not make a decision without authorization and listen to Cui Zi's opinions humbly, and only King Yang Tong of Yue followed the leader.

"Where will the plan come out?" Fan Zigai took the initiative to ask for advice to explore the reality and reality.

"Respond to all changes with the unchanging." Cui Zhi said calmly, "The people who are responsible for garrisoning the Eastern Capital are Gong (Li Hun) and Gong Xin (Zheng Yuanshou). Since the Holy Lord has entrusted them with important tasks, of course they trust them. And the people trusted by the Holy Lord, how can we doubt their loyalty?"

The implication is that we should not involve military affairs, but recently Fan Zigai has been blinded by the deteriorating situation and has been involved in military affairs, which has made the conflicts between the military and political chiefs increasingly greater, which is obviously not conducive to the cooperation between the two sides in critical situations.

Fan Zigai disagreed, "We must be prepared and come up with a counterattack."

Cui Ze spread his hands and sighed helplessly, "What else can we do besides strengthening Dongdu's defense? But Dongdu's defense is the military's business and we cannot do it."

"Pei Zanwu is forming an army." Fan Zigai reminded.

Cui Xie's face was as deep as water and he didn't say a word.

Fan Zigai looked at Cui Zi's solemn expression and hesitated for a moment. A hint of anger, a hint of sadness, and a hint of murderous aura flashed through his eyes. If Pei Hongce was not trustworthy, how much could Li Hun and Zheng Yuanshou trust? If the situation deteriorated to such a degree, wouldn't Dongdu just wait for death?

In the late May, Li Yang and Yang Xuangan received a secret letter from the palace, and the content of the secret letter gave Yang Xuangan a blow.

Hu Sizheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, who was far away on the battlefield in Liaodong, secretly reported to Yang Xuangan. The Holy Lord issued an edict, ordering the navy chief to come to Hu'er to arrest Li Zixiong, and escort him to the palace for trial. He also ordered the guards of the Wei Shaoqing Li Yuan to rush to the northwest day and night to arrest Yuan Hongsi. Li Yuan temporarily led Honghua to remain in charge, in charge of the military affairs of the thirteen counties of Longyou, and was the supreme commander of the Northwest Army, and was fully responsible for handling the northwest crisis.

What these two edicts mean is self-evident. The secret of the mutiny was exposed, but the Eastern Expedition had begun. The Holy Lord was unwilling to give up halfway and returned without success. So he was lucky and secretly took down Li Zixiong and Yuan Hongsi, first solved the two enemies with military power, and then followed the clues and "tie" other opponents one by one. If you are lucky, you might be able to successfully eradicate this group of political enemies while winning the victory of the Eastern Expedition. Of course, if you are not lucky, it would be too bad. But the Holy Lord was very confident. He had considered civil strife before the Second Eastern Expedition, and had a premonition that any political enemies might take risks and gave him a fatal blow at the critical moment, so he took precautions. For example, the prince and the prime minister stayed in the two capitals, which was one of the preventive measures. He firmly believed that he had the ability to sweep away all the ghosts and monsters.

Yang Xuangan urgently summoned Hu Shirian, Wang Zhongbo, Zhao Huaiyi, and his younger brother Yang Xuanting who had just arrived secretly from Xijing. Yang Jishan discussed the matter. He raised his troops in advance and launched a mutiny immediately. The target of the attack was Dongdu. Only by taking down Dongdu, capturing the capital, and defending the danger can we find a glimmer of vitality in the desperate situation.

At this time, they thought of Li Fengyun and Li Fengyun's warning. Li Fengyun had previously used the secret envoy Li Min to speculate that the mutiny might have to be launched in advance due to the deterioration of the situation. They faced the warning and made careful preparations. As a result, Li Fengyun's prediction was really effective. It was because they prepared in advance that they remained in a state of shock and responded calmly, so as not to panic and mess up the rules.

Now Li Fengyun and Han Prime Minister and Li Mi have led their troops to Yishui, crossed the defense line of Jingji, attacking Yiquekou, shocking the entire Jingji, basically completing the task of attracting and restraining the garrison army of Dongdu, creating a good opportunity for Li Yang to raise troops in advance and raid the Dongdu. At the same time, the alliance army left on the eastern front of Tongjiqu also tacitly cooperated with Li Fengyun to attack Jingji with his east and west, forming a clamp-shaped offensive against Jingjiqu, which also successfully attracted the attention of Dongdu and had the effect of "concealing the enemy". At the same time, some alliance troops entered Henan to attack cities and villages, and even surrounded Baima City, the capital of Dongjun. The troops were facing the river and seemed to cross the river north, posing a threat to the security of Li Yangcang and Yongjiqu. Yang Xuangan's real intention of the alliance's move was clear, which was actually Li Fengyun used force to force him to provide food support to the alliance army.

Yang Xuangan was very unhappy before. He didn't like being coerced. Although this move could help him to recruit troops legitimately and help him cover up the active mutiny preparations, it was too bad to be threatened and controlled by others and lose the initiative, so he ignored it and ignored it. However, at this moment he could not ignore it. He had to "low down" to Li Fengyun and provide food support to the alliance army in exchange for Li Fengyun's cooperation, and use Li Fengyun's power to strive to conquer Dongdu in the shortest time.

Yang Xuangan made a decision and ordered Yang Jishan to cross the river to the White Horse battlefield immediately to contact the alliance army. The condition for food support he gave was that the alliance army on the eastern front of Tongji Canal must accept his command after he raised his troops, and while cutting off the Tongji Canal, it launched an attack on Xingyang to restrain the official army in Xingyang.

Yang Jishan quickly crossed the river and left without returning for a day. Yang Xuan felt anxious and worried that his business would be in trouble, but at this moment, an accident happened.
Chapter completed!