Before Yang Xuangan raised the flag, Jialan was already impatient. Under his urging, Wang An led his army to surround Neihuangcheng and threatened the Baigou Waterway. Liu Heita and Cao Dan actively cooperated and led their troops to appear south of Tangyin. The two armies supported each other and made a sound.

At the same time, Yang Gongqing's Taihang Rebel Army went down the Qi River and quickly approached the Acropolis, the capital of Ji County, posed a threat to Li Yang. Hao Xiaode's Pingyuan Rebel Army, Zhang Jin's Qinghe Rebel Army, Gao Kaidao and Sun Xuanya's Douzigang Rebel Army, quickly moved south from Bowang Mountain and directly threatened Li Yang.

Yang Gongqing, Hao Xiaode and Zhang Jincheng and other rebel leaders did not accept Jia Lan's suggestion and could not wait to approach Li Yang, which led to Jia Lan's plan to surround Wang Zhongbo north of Baigou.

There is the Yu River in the north and the Tang River in the south. When you go to Liyang, you have to cross Baigou. As long as you force Wang Zhongbo to leave Yuli City, the people in the northwest and the Hebei rebels will find an opportunity to encircle and annihilate. Unfortunately, the people in Hebei do not believe in Jialan, and are worried that they will fall into the trap of the imperial guards and the guards, so they go against the rules. The east and west routes cooperate with each other and threaten Liyang with great fanfare. In this way, Wang Zhongbo either sticks to Yuli City and forms a force of attack with Liyang from the north or evacuate quickly and defends Liyang and Liyang Cang.

But in the eyes of bureaucrats and powerful people, they all see hungry people, ragged and dying hungry people, overwhelming.

Because hundreds of thousands of hungry people in Hebei followed the imperial guards, and the news of opening warehouses and releasing grain from Liyang, the army of hungry people quickly entered Ji County. Many brave people even crossed the Huo River and Tang River, and headed south in groups, resulting in the hungry people spreading rapidly in the entire Tangyin territory like millions of ants rushing out of their nests. There was no obvious difference between the rebels and the hungry people in appearance, and in addition, the rebels consciously dressed up as cover for the hungry people, so the actions of the rebels from both the east and west were not noticed by Li Yang.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Zhongbo was determined to defend Wuli City and block the Imperial Guards from the border of Jijun. At the same time, he gave the hungry people to the south the country with the greatest convenience, allowing them to quickly pour into Liyang, thus creating opportunities for Yang Xuangan to reverse the situation.

The situation changed like this. Galan's plan failed. Because Wang Zhongbo insisted on resigning, the Dragon Guard of the Imperial Guard did not dare to risk going deeper, so as to avoid being attacked by the rebels. Therefore, the two changed from confrontation to stalemate, while the Hebei rebels and hungry people took advantage of this rare unimpeded opportunity to meet quickly and approach Liyang quickly.

Galan was very angry and helpless, and was even more worried about the future of hungry people.

In his heart, the lives of the Northwest brothers are more important than everything else. He will not attack the strong city of Wuli City in order to control the situation, and sacrifice the lives of the Northwest brothers to save the crisis or change the fate of the empire. Controlling the situation and changing history is actually an unrealistic delusion. Yang Xuangan, Dugu Zhen, Shandong Cui Family, and Li Family two major families have outstanding strength. They can turn their hands into clouds and rain, but Jia Lan and the three hundred cavalry of the Dragon Guards led by him are insignificant. Just like the comparison between an ants and a swan, there is a huge difference between heaven and earth.

Before, Galan was held hostage by the hungry people in Hebei, but in turn he used this to coerce the Hebei rebel army, and all parties used it to use each other. Each of them gained their own benefits, cooperated tacitly, and complemented each other. The situation has developed to this day. Although Galan tried his best to try to stop the rebellious rebels of Shandong rebels and Li Yang, the hungry people in Hebei are a "double-edged sword". It can bring the people of Northwest and the Hebei rebel army together, and can also push Yang Xuangan and the Hebei rebel army to the same front.

The situation is developing rapidly in the direction that Galan doesn't want to see. At some point, he even suspected that he had been used by ulterior motives outside Ande City in Pingyuan County, and he was always played with by powerful families such as Yang Xuangan, You Yuan and Liu Xuan, and became their "tool" to set off a storm.

The current situation is that if Yang Xuangan opened the warehouse and released grain. If the hungry people in Hebei were eating from Liyangcang, if the Hebei rebels successfully got the money, food and weapons they needed from Liyangcang, if the Hebei people were pulled into the roaring storm by Yang Xuangan and became Yang Xuangan's accomplices without knowing it, then Jia Lan had enough reason to affirm that he and the imperial guards Long Guard were used by their opponents, became "accomplices" of the rebels, and became the aiding the evildoers who promoted the storm. What is particularly shameful and indignant is that the people in the northwest actually arrogantly believed that the situation was always controlled by themselves.

Galan thought about countermeasures. The situation was not out of control, but that he had no strength or ability to control the situation. The most urgent task was to save himself or ensure his survival. Don’t "struggle" for a long time, and even gained fame under the construction of China-Guanyuan. At the most glorious moment of life, he was suddenly swallowed by Guanlong and Shandong’s powerful people. Being a short-lived hero can still masturbate, but he is afraid that he will be framed by others when he dies, and he will bear his eternal bad reputation.

At this time, Li Mi appeared again in the imperial guards' camp.

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Li Mi traveled day and night, and visited Li Shousu, Li Xuandao and Master Li in Yecheng, and visited Dugu Zhen and Yuanbaozang in Anyang. Because the hungry people in Hebei entered Wei County from Wuyang County, and the retreat of Taihang thieves was a contribution from the Wuyang people. In addition, the situation gradually became clear. As one of the important members of the great powers of Guanlong and one of the important officials of Guanlong who were guarding Hebei, Yuanbaozang urgently rushed to Anyang to visit Dugu Zhen for advice and countermeasures.

The Li family of Zhaojun made a very cautious statement about Yang Xuangan's decision. Being cautious is the necessary reserve, the key is to have an acknowledgement attitude. As long as you agree and accept it, the matter will be half successful.

Yuan Baozang fought side by side with Li Mi's father Li Kuan, and his love was deep, so he was always close to Li Mi. Yuan Baozang was initially surprised by the appearance of Li Mi because the Li family was one of the great families among the Guanlong nobles and a royal relative. Li Changya and Li Dan were important officials who stayed in Xijing. Most of the other children of the Li family also held important positions in the central and major counties. They were powerful and were not inferior to Dugu in terms of strength, but could be completely compared with the Yuan family. Such a powerful family that can basically control the situation in Xijing at present. If they join forces with Yang Xuangan to betray the current emperor and echo the east and west, the political situation of the empire will inevitably undergo a overturning change, and the possibility of the emperor turning the situation into victory is greatly reduced.

Did Li participate in the coup? Li Changya's wife is the emperor's sister Princess Xiangguo. The princess Xiangguo was "killing" her brothers and sisters because the emperor "killed" her brothers and sisters during the fight for the imperial rule and after she succeeded to the throne, which led to the tension between the brothers and sisters. It is rumored that although the brothers and sisters did not rebel, they were basically strangers and did not interact with each other. In addition, Li Bi's second son Li Hui married Yuwen Tai's eldest daughter Princess Yi'an. This house was therefore inherited. As Yang usurped the Yuwen family's national destiny, the Li family's legitimate heir was implicated and suppressed. Li Mi's grandfather Li Yao was originally Li Bi's eldest son, and although this house lost the right to inherit. However, under the "special" care of Yuwen, he enjoyed all his favors. However, this house was caught in the battle for the imperial rule in the new dynasty and was hit hard as a "**".

Based on the above points, Yuan Baozang has reason to believe that Li may have participated in this mutiny, and during the conversation with Li Mi, Li Mi also gave this hint in vain. After careful consideration, Yuan Baozang still insisted on his position, which was to watch coldly. Although Wuyang County is adjacent to Ji County and Guixiangcheng is only more than 300 miles away from Li Yang. It must be swept by the storm, but the situation is too complicated. The two sides of the game are intertwined. The victory or defeat actually does not depend on the strength but on the size of the compromise. Under the current circumstances, there is a risk of death and death in any decision. For Yuan Baozang, who is not at the top decision-making level, whether in the family or in the officialdom, his only choice is to "respond to changes in all changes."

This is a lesson from the past. The same example is that before the late emperor received Zen, Yuchi Jiong, Sima Xiaonan and Wang Qian raised troops at the same time, and the momentum was huge. As a result, they were completely defeated within two months. The reason was that they were not strong enough. They had too little compromise with the aristocratic groups. Because they were defeated too quickly, many nobles had not made a choice. The storm ended, and they benefited from it.

The "subtle" change in Yuanbaozang's attitude gave Li Mi confidence.

The most difficult thing about this trip is to convince Dugu Zhen. Even if Dugu Zhen cannot convince Yang Xuangan to join forces, at least Dugu Zhen will have "subtle" changes in psychology like Yuan Treasure, and maintain "neutrality" for a longer time in decision-making. In fact, it is to "respond to all changes with the same constant" so as to give Yang Xuangan greater space and time to play on the two battlefields of Dongdu and Xijing, and win more support from the aristocratic groups with the greatest compromise.

After Dugu Zhen learned about Yang Xuangan's decision and listened to Yang Xuangan's reasons for choosing the imperial regime, his sadness eased. However, this decision actually greatly increased the difficulty of Yang Xuangan's capture of the Eastern Capital, and cast a thick haze on the future of mutiny.

Dugu Zhen still said the same thing, "The people in the northwest are a problem, and the people in the northwest will be solved as soon as possible."

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The Northwest people are definitely a problem.

The emperor and Pei Shiju asked the people from the northwest to Liyang. The purpose was very obvious, to stop and delay the storm as much as possible, but this goal was obviously too high and the people from the northwest could not do it. The most realistic goal was to do everything possible to "struggle" in the storm after the storm was launched, and then prevent and delay more noble forces from being swept into the storm, setting more obstacles for Yang Xuangan to capture the Dongdu, and at the same time, it also gave the emperor and Pei Shiju back to fight the rebellion to win more time and initiative.

After raising the flag, Yang Xuangan crossed Henan and attacked the Dongdu. As the place where the flag was raised, Li Yang, as a key town that maintained close ties with the powerful and wealthy families in Hebei, and as an important symbolic place for compromising interests with the Shandong aristocratic group, it must be defended. If he was attacked violently by the people of the northwestern world in this way, and even conquered Li Yang with the help of some rebel leaders who only care about their own narrow self-interest, it would inevitably have immeasurable and even fatal harm to the overall situation.

Li Mi therefore entered the Imperial Guard again. On behalf of Yang Xuangan, he invited Jia Lan and the Imperial Guard to rush to Liyang immediately. One was the Censor You Yuan and the Inspection Mission in Liyang, and the Imperial Guard was responsible for escorting the guards; the other was the Taihang thief who had just defeated the Weifu army in Lingquan Mountain, but at this moment, the hungry people in Hebei rushed to Liyang Cang to eat like a tide. Although Yang Xuangan had publicly promised to open the warehouse and release grain, which could alleviate the tension to a certain extent, it was an indisputable fact that the situation in Liyang is full of crisis. More importantly, it was Jia Lan who raised his arms outside Ande City in Pingyuan County that the hungry people in Hebei followed him to Liyang Cang to eat. Now all the hungry people in Hebei have gone to Liyang. You, the famous "initiator

"How can you not go? If you don't go, Yang Xuangan used this reason to delay the opening of the warehouse and release grain, causing more hungry people to starve to death, and making hundreds of thousands of hungry people angry, wouldn't you be ruined? Also, the situation in Liyang is tense, the safety of You Yuanhe's inspection delegation is crucial, and the safety of Liyang's warehouse is more important. As for the safety of the Yongji Canal waterway, it is more important. However, you and the powerful imperial guard Longwei turned a blind eye and stood by. Where is your loyalty to the empire and the emperor? Third, the tribute missions of the Western Tu countries are about to arrive in Liyang, and the primary mission of the imperial guard Longwei this time is to protect the tribute missions of the Western Tu to go north to Liaodong and go to the palace to meet the emperor. May I ask, if you don't protect them, who will protect them?

If Li Mi doesn't take action, he will be killed with one blow. At this moment, even Li Yang is in the dragon pond and tiger den, Jialan and the Northwest people have to go. The Northwest people suddenly fell completely into a passive state and could only struggle helplessly in the storm.

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Chapter completed!