The biggest problem for both sides is the lack of trust.

Jialan's origin is a secret. Jialan's official position is just a middle-level and lower-level officer from the fifth rank. If he did not have the two "backers" of Pei Shiju and Xue Shixiong, he would have no weight. And because of the "backers" behind him, he belonged to the radical forces headed by the Pei family in Hedong and the Hedong family as the main force, and the Guanlong noble group firmly supported the reform of the present.

The radical forces in the Guanlong aristocratic group fought fiercely with the conservative forces. In order to defeat each other in the power struggle, both sides searched for allies from the Guanlong group, from Shandong and Jiangzuo aristocratic groups. During the period when Galan went to Hebei, they were always looking for allies, and the means were to take advantage of the common interests of a certain period and stage, but the most fatal thing was that they lacked trust and the promises of both sides seemed very fragile. [..com]

Why did Jialan agree with the strategy proposed by the Hebei people, which was almost absurd to him? Helping the Hebei rebel army plunder Li Yangcang and helping the Hebei rebel army grow is completely inconsistent with his position and interests, and it is far beyond his tolerance line. There is only one explanation, to use the trick, take the opportunity to eliminate the Hebei rebel army, and eliminate all the "dark transactions" between himself and the Hebei rebel army that may endanger the future.

Why did Hebei people propose this incredible strategy to Galan? Do they think that with the hundreds of thousands of hungry people they hold hostage, they can force Galan to bow their heads? Force Galan to betray the empire with them? Hebei people are extremely intelligent and will not seek death, so there is only one explanation, which is to use the arrogance of Galan and the Northwest people, on the one hand, they plunder Li Yangcang to strengthen themselves, and on the other hand, they trap the Northwest people to death, intensify the battle between radicals and conservatives in the imperial court, and then give the Hebei rebel army time and opportunity to develop.

Around an absurd strategy, the opposing sides had their own thoughts and used their own magical plans, and they had reached an unbelievable agreement.

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Before dawn, Liu Heita left the camp and led a team of guards to gallop on horseback, galloping along Hanling Mountain.

Cao Dan also left the camp and headed towards the Qinghe along Baigou.

After dawn, Jialan took the Longwei Tong to quickly cross the river and enter Anyang City.

In the morning, Wu Ben Lang General Wang Zhongbo arrived in Anyang with eight regiments of Yingyang Mansion and Yingyang Mansion of Liyang Mansion, a total of 1,200 soldiers from the Wei County Government, and sent someone to report to the Wei County Government, demanding that food, grass, labor and other related assistance.

Dugu Zhen refused sternly and angrily scolded the messenger.

Although Hebei's water and land transportation were attacked by Taihang thieves in Wei County and cut off, the time was still short. Wei County was trying its best to kill the thieves to open up the land route. The rebels who threatened Yongjiqu were defeated under the joint attack of the imperial guards Long Weitong and Wuyang County. They had recovered smoothly yesterday. In other words, the troops that guarded Liyang at present did not need to come to Wei County to suppress the thieves.

Dugu Zhen was not only the prefect of Wei County, but also a respected royal relative. He was responsible for ensuring smooth water and land transportation in the territory. If he wanted to use the Li Yang garrison army to stabilize the situation in the territory, he would be dereliction of duty, guilt, and to lose his official position and dismissal. His face would be gone, and his reputation would be lost for the rest of his life.

"I didn't ask for help from Li Yang, nor did I ask for help from Dongdu. Who sent you here? What did you do in Wei County?"

Dugu Zhen was very angry. It was said that this matter was a small matter, that he sent troops without authorization and resigned from his post without authorization, and that it was a big matter, that he would be suspected of rebellion. Yang Xuangan, who ordered the dispatch of troops and Wang Zhongbo, who led the troops, both were guilty of committing a great rebellion.

Dugu Zhen ordered the messenger to send out the message on behalf of the people, asking Wang Zhongbo to leave Wei County immediately, otherwise he would submit a report to the emperor and the palace and harshly impeach him.

Wang Zhongbo was secretly surprised and ordered the army to go northwest and stationed at the foot of Lingbao Mountain. At the same time, he urgently reported to Li Yang and asked the great scholar Li Xuandao to rush to Anyang City to inquire about military information.

Wang Zhongbo would not leave. He had to take Anyang and Yecheng and control Wei County, because this place was a major city in Hebei and has always been a place that military strategists must fight for.

Geographically, this place is located on Taihang in the west, Pingyuan in the east, Youyan in the north, and Dahe in the south, which is an excellent place to attack and retreat and defend. From the current situation, if the mutiny fails, you can retreat from Taihang here, then move to Taiyuan, and use the north and Jinzhong as the foundation to plan great cause of kings and dominates. There are countless heroes in the past dynasties who have risen in the dynasty, and there are countless Jin people. If the mutiny is blocked and a stalemate is formed with the eastern capital, you can use this place to consolidate Hebei, develop Shandong, and compete for the world. There are also many people in history who use this as the foundation to compete for the world. On the contrary, once you lose control of this place, you will lose the opportunity to retreat to Taiyuan and lose the opportunity to occupy Hebei, and you can only fight in the Central Plains. The Central Plains is a place of four battles, with no danger to defend, and the prospects are very bleak.

In addition, the water and land passages from south to north pass here, and after taking Wei County, it cut off the major artery of transportation between the north and the south. The emperor and the expeditionary army lost the supplementary food, grass and supplies, and were in danger. When they arrived in Hebei as quickly as possible, they would inevitably be blocked. The longer the obstacle was, the more conducive it would be to mutiny. Once Yang Xuangan took over the Dongdu, the whole country was shocked and the situation was one-sided, then the emperor and the central government would inevitably lose control of the empire, and Yang Xuangan would eventually achieve the goal of changing the imperial regime or even changing the world.

In short, whether it can capture Wei County, control the important water and land routes in Hebei, whether it can use this place to cut off the food and grass of the Expeditionary Force, and intercept the Expeditionary Force here has become one of the decisive factors for the success of this mutiny.

The emperor and his confidants knew this clearly. Compared with Liyang, Wei County is more important. As long as Wei County is firmly controlled, it can pose a fatal threat to Liyang and ensure the smooth flow of water and land routes in Hebei. Therefore, the prefect of Wei County was Dugu Zhen, an imperial relative of the empire, and the uncle of the current state.

Yang Xuangan's primary responsibility was of course to take over Dongdu, but whether he could control Wei County was directly related to whether he could take over Dongdu, whether he could leave him a way out for a comeback or to survive. Therefore, he had to take over Wei County before the mutiny. He was also very clear about this, so he tried his best to plan, so Taihang thieves came out in full swing, swept Wei County, cut off the important water and land routes, forcing Dugu Zhen to ask for help from him, and then he could send troops to control Wei County easily.

However, at the critical moment, Yuanbaozang was swaying. Dugu Zhen used the power of the Li clan of Longxi to establish an alliance with the Li clan of Zhaojun. What was even more fatal was that the people in the northwestern world "defeated" the Taihang thieves with the power of the Hebei rebel army, which led to continuous changes in Yang Xuangan's plan. The plan to take down Weijun, which was sure to win, was hindered just now.

Wang Zhongbo was anxious, but Li Xuandao was also anxious? He crossed the Huanshui as quickly as possible, rushed to Yecheng, and visited Li Shousu.

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The areas of Yecheng and Anyang were the first capitals of the Shang Dynasty. The three families divided Jin, and the Wei Wenhou established the capital in Ye. After that, Cao Wei, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Former Yan, Eastern Wei, and Northern Qi successively established the capital in Ye. At this point, Yecheng was huge in scale, which was comparable to Chang'an at that time. In the minds of Shandong people, it became the core of Middle-earth and a symbol of advanced culture.

On the Northern Weekend, the late emperor served as the prime minister to assist in the administration. The chief of Xiangzhou Yuchi Jiong and the chief of Yunzhou Sima Yingnan, and the chief of Yizhou Wang Qian raised an army to rebel. Yuchi Jiong was defeated and died. The late emperor ordered the burning of Yecheng, completely destroying the "spiritual" symbol of Shandong people. Since then, Anyang City has replaced some of the status and functions of Yecheng, but Hebei people cannot forget Yecheng and rebuilt the city on the original site. However, history has turned a page, and Yecheng has become a memory and eternal pain of Shandong people. Today's Yecheng is no longer as great as it was back then.

After Li Xuandao talked to Li Shousu, his mood became as good as Yecheng today, full of heart-wrenching pain and deep shame.

The people of Hebei betrayed the original agreement, and the Li family of Zhaojun betrayed the original promise. The reason is that the sudden appearance of the people of the northwest changed the situation in Hebei. The news from the Li family of Longxi was even more terrifying. The emperor and Pei Shiju had already planned everything, and the evidence was that a Tulunchuan garrison soldiers from the wilderness of the northwest was Jialan.

Yang Xuangan will undoubtedly be defeated, and Hebei people will certainly not be buried with him, so the situation was overturned.

"If you don't want to implicate your family or King Qi, then leave Liyang and return to Zhao County to rest for a while." Li Shousu advised, "Of course, you can stay here too." Then Li Shousu talked about Liu Xuan, Wei Deshen, Wei Zheng, Fu Yi, Gai Wenyi, and Xue Deyin who quietly returned from the northwest, a large group of great scholars in Wenhan and Hebei celebrities, all here, all concentrated under the banner of Dugu Zhen, preparing for a massive "hunting" operation.

Li Xuandao had no choice but to stay.

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Just as Wang Zhongbo was waiting for Li Xuandao in Lingbao Mountain, Wei Zheng, Su Yong, Su Dingfang and his son rushed to Anyang City with three or four hundred towns.

Almost at the same time, when Chai Shao brought the five or six hundred towns gathered in Yecheng to Anyang City overnight, the Taihang thieves stationed in Hanling Mountain evacuated and headed towards the vast mountains along the banks of the Zhangshui River.

The water and land were unobstructed, and Li Yang's army had no reason to enter Wei County.

It was also late that night that Yang Xuangan's secret letter was delivered to Wang Zhongbo.

Pushan Duke Li Mi and Xiuwu Duke Yang Xuanting arrived in Liyang. The two main planners of the mutiny arrived in time, greatly accelerating the progress of the mutiny.

Li Mi offered three strategies. The best strategy was to go north to attack Jiyan, blocking the emperor and the expeditionary army from Liaodong, capturing the thieves first, and taking the king forever. The middle strategy was to attack Guanxi, seize Chang'an, and use Guanlong as the foundation to fight the world, and make progress slowly. The worst strategy was to attack Dongdu and fight against the Central Plains with Heluo as the foundation. This strategy was to bet more than reason than reason. Difficulties and opportunities coexist, and one step was heaven and hell.

Yang Xuangan opposed going north and attacking Jiyan, not only traveling thousands of miles apart, but also suffered from the attacks of the expeditionary army and the eastern capital's remaining troops from north to south. In addition, the people of Hebei were eyeing each other, sharpening their swords and surging their swords, and going north was full of dangers. This strategy was not advisable.

The middle strategy and the worst strategy can actually be combined into one. First attack the Dongdu, and then attract the army in Guanxi. If the situation is not good, the indirect way will go straight to Guanxi, and this will be foolproof.

Li Mi insisted on going north. Once the situation was not good, he would quickly cross the Taihang Mountains and enter Taiyuan, and fought in Dai and Jin. Dai and Jin had a good geographical location and a high-level view, which could pose a threat to Guanxi, Central Plains and Hebei. Those who fought for the world in the past dynasties were the most successful, with the rise of the world by Dai and Jin. The most convincing example in modern times was the Liuzhen Uprising, and Wuchuan in Daibei rose from Dai and Jin, and they directly determined the fate of Middle-earth for a hundred years.

At this moment, neither Yang Xuangan nor Li Mi placed their hopes of success on Yuan Hongsi in the west and Li Zixiong in the east. Because the east and west teams were too far away from the Central Plains, various changes might occur in the middle, so they could only be regarded as the main force of the mutiny. Li Yang was the main force of the mutiny.

Li Yang has limited troops. Whether he can take the east is not up to the army, but to the internal support, but can the internal support successfully open the city gate? Based on various unfavorable factors, Li Mi's plan to go north is indeed the best, which can ensure that the planners of mutiny always take the initiative to control the development of the situation.

Yang Xuangan was undecided to make this move and sought Wang Zhongbo's opinions. Wang Zhongbo joined the army as a young man, and was a veteran of the battlefield for a long time, and had rich experience in fighting. He was consistent with Li Mi's strategy. He did not believe in the people in Dongdu, nor did he believe in Shandong people. At that time, Yuchi Jiong had considerable strength and the possibility of successful rebellion was very high. Moreover, there were support from Bashu and Jingxiang. However, it was precisely because of the betrayal of the Guanlong nobles and the betrayal of Shandong people that Yuchi Jiong was defeated and hundreds of thousands of troops fell apart within two months.

Rebellion requires not only strength but also correct strategies, but also firmly control one's own destiny and never let others get stuck in their throats.

Wang Zhongbo urgently wrote to Yang Xuangan, and tried his best to go north, and was willing to take the responsibility of a pioneer, take down Wei County, and take the first step towards north.

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