"Can you recommend that Yue Gong set up a stubborn and attack Wei Wensheng unexpectedly?"

"We thought about this strategy, but gave up." Li Mi explained, "Wei Wensheng is an old army in a hundred battles. Although he has no outstanding achievements, he has never lost. Even in the Eastern Expedition last year, he returned to his entire army, which shows how steady his troops are. A cautious and careful commander cannot enter the treacherous and dangerous place. Once our plan fails and alerts the enemy, Wei Wensheng may withdraw from Tongguan to defend, or take a detour along the river, first go to Heyang to meet the Shangshu Province, and then break into the battlefield of Dongdu. However, no matter which result, it will delay our decisive battle with him and delay our pace of going west to Guanzhong. So we gave up, Yu Qian showed the enemy to be weak, lured the enemy into deep, and earned his contributions in one battle."

Li Fengyun nodded repeatedly, "You are still thinking carefully, but I'm just wishful thinking."

That morning, Li Fengyun rushed his army across the ecliptic channel and led the Fengyun army into the Pierce of Sun Square. Using Yang Xuangan's banner, he pretended to be the main force of Yang Xuangan and attacked the East Sun Gate.

At the same time, Yang Jishan led his army across the Lishui River and attacked Li Hun's troops in three directions. The two sides fought fiercely for one day. Li Hun was outnumbered. First, he retreated to the Lishui River and retreated to Longguanmen in the north of the palace city. Then he gave up the outer fortress of Luocang and Jinyong City and retreated to Hui'anmen. In this way, Huiluocang and Jinyong City were surrounded by the rebels, and the garrisons of the Eastern Capital also retreated to the city. The imperial city north of the Eastern Capital Luoshui River, Gongcheng and Beiguo were all surrounded.

That afternoon, on the northern foot of Mangshan Mountain, Wang Zhongbo, with the support of Li Mi, captured Linpingting, captured Jingu, and approached the river. Wu Benlang General Li Gongting was isolated and had no help, and had to retreat to Dengjin and prepare to evacuate at any time.

On June 20th, Heyang, Shangshu Province, and Gao Xiaoji, the Minister of Personnel, and other central ministers, learned that the Dongdu was besieged and lost contact with King Yang Tong of Yue, officially performed the power of the central government, presided over the daily work of the central government, and maintained the normal operation of the central government.

That night, Shangshu Province had a fierce dispute over many issues that need to be resolved. The most critical question was whether to provide support to Li Gongting, so that Li Gongting could firmly defend Jinkou and defend the passage into the battlefield of Dongdu.

Wei Weiqing Zhang Quan analyzed from a military perspective that Li Gongting must stick to the south bank of the Great River, regain the Jingu, defend Deng Jin and Mengjin, and ensure that all reinforcements have a channel to enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital. For this reason, Li Gongting must do his best to provide support.

The Weiwei Qing Zhang Quan came from the Zhang family of Qinghe family. He was an old army of the Wei Mansion and an old minister of three dynasties. During the Holy Lord's expedition, he also served as the commander of the Wei Mansion to fight against Heyou. Last year, he stayed in the Eastern Capital because of his physical discomfort. This year, because he opposed the Second Eastern Expedition immediately, he disagrees with the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, so he stayed in the Eastern Capital again.

"Yesterday, the right guard general Zheng Yuanshou was defeated at Hangu Pass. Today, the right guard general Li Hun had to abandon the periphery under Yang Xuangan's fierce attack and retreated across the line. The imperial city on the north bank of Luoshui, the palace city and Beiguo were surrounded by rebel groups." Zhang Quan, who had white hair and beards, stood in front of a huge map to analyze the current situation in the Eastern Capital for the provincial officials. "The war situation in the Eastern Capital took a sharp turn and deteriorated very quickly, but some people believed that because the central government had evacuated and Nanguo had abandoned the defense, Li Hun, the right guard general, was forced to retreat across the line, which led to the garrison force that defended the imperial city reached about 15,000. In addition, the King of Yue and Fan Liushou, Guanguo vowed to live and die together with the Eastern Capital, which inspired morale. The Eastern Capital defense was thus consolidated and strengthened. If nothing unexpected happens, the Eastern Capital could completely stand until the return of the Holy Lord."

"On June 17th, Tonggui Duke (Wei Wensheng) led the Xijing army to advance eastward. If there is no obstacle on the way, you should enter Tongguan today, arrive in Hongnong tomorrow, and arrive in Shaanxi City the next day." Zhang Quan speculated, "After Yang Xuangan defeated Zheng Yuanshou yesterday, he would definitely take advantage of the situation to chase and kill. According to Wu, Mian Zhi was in danger to block the reinforcements of Xijing, so that Yang Xuangan would win more time to attack Dongdu. Tonggui Duke was blocked by Wu and Mian, and would definitely change to the water route, go down the river, and land from Mengjin and Dengjin to kill to Dongdu. You can imagine that if we give up Mengjin and Dengjin now, then after Tonggui Duke comes to support, we will attack Jinkou in the first battle. Yang Xuangan occupied the favorable terrain. Even if Tonggui Duke captured Jinkou, the losses would be heavy, and he would inevitably lose the strength to fight Yang Xuangan."

Wei Yunqi immediately raised questions, "There are only 25,000 reinforcements in Xijing, and there are only more than 3,000 people in the capital, and the total number is less than 30,000. Do you have the strength to fight Yang Xuangan? Once the Tonggui Duke is blocked by Wu, will he be anxious about the Dongdu's urgent need and immediately change to the waterway? Gaodu Duke (Li Gongting) fought for several days and suffered a great loss. There are less than 2,000 troops under the tent. Can he defend Dengjin and Mengjin? If the province refuses to evacuate Gaodu, the entire army of Gaodu Duke will be wiped out on the south bank of the river. Will it further deteriorate the war situation in the Dongdu and put the province in the dilemma of no soldiers available?"

Zhang Quan looked grim, frowned, and pondered without saying a word. He believed that Wei Wensheng, the Tongzhi Duke, was anxious to rush to Dongdu, otherwise Wei Wensheng would not risk the world's worst, offend the saint lord and the royal family, ignore the "unspoken rules" of the aristocratic class, and start a massacre in Xijing, cutting off more than 100 heads in one breath. This shows how great the resistance to rush to Dongdu. It is precisely because of the great resistance that the major political forces in Xijing, especially the local nobles in Guanlong, deliberately set up many obstacles. Even if the reinforcements in Xijing set out, they may not be able to travel a hundred miles a day. Even if the reinforcements in Xijing approached Dongdu, they may not be able to fight to the death with Yang Xuangan.

"At present, it is not only Xijing, the army supporting Dongdu. Even if Gaodu Duke was wiped out on the south bank of the river, even if the Duke of the same route failed to arrive at the battlefield of Dongdu as scheduled, the province would not be in a dilemma of no soldiers available." Zhang Quan looked at Wei Yunqi and retorted firmly, "According to the Hebei ambassador to arrest Cui Hongsheng, on June 14, he had led his army to approach Liyang; according to Duan Da, the remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, the deputy remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, Chen Ling, the general of Wu Ben, led his army south to suppress the rebellion in the early morning of the 9th day of the 19th day of the 19th day of Pengcheng, he should also approach Liyang.

General Dong Chun of the Guard reported that he had led his army to attack Baima. At this moment, he should have reached the foot of Baima City, which was only a river separated from Liyang. According to the report of King Qi, he had led his army into Puyang in Dongjun, and attacked the white-haired thieves who besieged Baima City from east to west. At this moment, he should have also killed the foot of Baima City. According to the report of the navy general, Zhou Fashang, deputy chief of the navy general, had led 15,000 warships to assist Dongdu in the late night of the ninth day of the sixth month. At this moment, they were riding the wind and waves on the river, and they were getting closer and closer to Dongdu."

"After receiving the order from the Eastern Capital, local counties also actively supported it. According to Shangdang and Changping, the two counties in Changping, the southeastern Jin, Yingyang, the Yingyang in southeastern Jin, was traveling south day and night. Among them, Changping Yingyang, which is only a mountain from Henoi, has crossed the Taihang Mountains and is about to arrive at the Heyang Xingying Camp; according to Linfen, Jiang County, and Hedong County, the three counties in southwest Jin, Yingyang in southwest Jin, is also quickly heading south to support the Eastern Capital. Among them, Yingyang in Hedong has crossed the river and entered Tongguan. If nothing unexpected happens, they have joined the same guild guild. According to the reports of Xiangguo, Wu'an, Wei County, and Wuyang in Hebei, they have urgently summoned the local township tuanzong regiments to rush to Liyang to quell the rebellion. At this moment, these troops should have or are meeting with Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei for arrest."

Speaking of this, Zhang Quan raised his hand and slapped hard on the map a few times, shouting loudly, "What we lack at present is not the army, but time. We must hold Yang Xuangan, restrain Yang Xuangan, consume Yang Xuangan, and win enough time for reinforcements to enter Dongdu before Yang Xuangan captures Dongdu."

Gao Xiaoji, Yuan Wendu, Cui Junchuo and other provincial ministers nodded frequently, agreeing with Zhang Quan's analysis and deduction, and tending to do their best to support Li Gongting, defend Deng Jin and Meng Jin, forcing Yang Xuangan to concentrate all his strength to attack Dongdu.

Wei Yunqi sneered and questioned Zhang Quan again, "Li Yang is still in the hands of Yang Xuangan. If Li Yang does not go down, the Yongji Canal will not be opened. What's more serious is that according to the report of King Yang Qing of Xun, Yang Xuangan's army has captured Hulao, surrounded Xingyang, and cut off the Tongji Canal. In other words, the Grand Canals in the north and south have been cut off. Even if we recover Li Yang and open the Yongji Canal, we cannot provide the expeditionary army with a steady supply of food and supplies. We cannot guarantee that they will return to Dongdu in the shortest time. We still need to open the Tongji Canal. After we recover Li Yang, we will also reinforce Xingyang. The army that conquered Li Yang will have to switch to Xingyang. Therefore, a certain person believes that the province will not have enough troops to invest in the Dongdu battlefield before the Grand Canal is restored to the smooth flow of the Grand Canal."

"For the province, restoring the smooth flow of the Grand Canal is the top priority at present and is the top priority. We must open the Grand Canal in the shortest time to provide food, grass and supplies to the Expeditionary Force. Only when the Expeditionary Force is safe and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are safe, can the Central Turkish garrison be guaranteed. In comparison, the security of the Eastern Capital is secondary. The central government has been transferred. The current Eastern Capital is just a city. So even if it is lost and turned into ruins, as long as hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Expeditionary Force return safely, as long as the northern border garrison is solid and the country's destiny is stable, this loss is irrelevant. In the future, we can rebuild the Eastern Capital and make up for today's losses."

"In addition, there is another huge hidden danger that cannot be ignored, that is, King Qi." Wei Yunqi asked, "Who dares to let King Qi enter the capital to quell the rebellion? If King Qi enters the capital and plans to seize the imperial unity under the temptation of Yang Xuangan, this storm will evolve into a war of imperial unity, who can bear this responsibility? The King of Qi is now on the white horse and will soon cross the river and enter Liyang, which will form a response with Yang Xuangan. Once all reinforcements enter the Dongdu and gather in the Dongdu, the King of Qi stabs us hard in the back. What are the consequences? Who can bear this consequence?"
Chapter completed!