Late at night on September 24, General Shang, Zuo Guanglu Dafu, and Duke Xing of Qin Yang Yichen received an urgent case from Northeastern Ambassador Xue Shixiong.

Xue Shixiong made a brief analysis and deduction when the Beilu army suddenly stopped attacking the Bailang Pass and Shenwuchuan, and quickly retreated to the Huanghuadui and Jinshatan. According to the General of the Right Wuwei Guard and Duke of Huaguo Li Jing, the Beilu may have found a subway from the upstream of the Sanggan Water to Wuzhou Pass. This subway may not have been completely destroyed when the Dai Beijun retreated hastily, and then gave the Beilu a way to escape from death. Based on this, the commanders of the Northeast Army's army have jointly submitted a report to the emperor and the center, asking the emperor and the center to pay close attention to the development of the battle situation and make timely adjustments to offensive and defensive strategies.

As the highest military and political commander of the Northeast Road, Xue Shixiong was directly responsible to the emperor and the center. In fact, there was no need to inform Yang Yichen of the analysis and deduction of the battle situation of the Northeast Road commander of the war situation. However, when the battle situation was developing to the most critical moment, Xue Shixiong did this, which must have a profound meaning.

After reading Xue Shixiong's letter, Yang Yichen fully agreed with the commanders of the Northeastern Dao's inference on the current situation.

Yang Yichen was the commander of the Daibei Army. The Yuchi family and its family and subordinates were always the core force of the Daibei Army. The two emperors of the empire regarded the Yuchi family as their responsibilities and were extremely favored. This is why the late emperor transferred Yang Yichen out of the Daibei from the perspective of national security to curb the influence of the Yuchi family in Daibei. However, due to the need for the northern border garrison, both emperors never idle or abandoned Yang Yichen, but asked him to continue to guard the border and entrusted important tasks. As one of the famous commanders of the empire's border garrison, Yang Yichen was not only familiar with the military and political affairs of the border, but also knew the Daibei military.

After the Beilu stopped attacking Shenwuchuan, he had already had a premonition that the situation was about to change drastically, but he was considering that his situation was difficult. It was not convenient to inquire about military information from other battlefield commanders to avoid losing their population and causing trouble. However, Xue Shixiong took the initiative to send a message in a blink of an eye.

Yang Yichen was one of the strong opponents of the emperor and the central government's strategy of immediately implementing the decisive battle between the north and the south after the eastern expedition. The reason for opposition was not because of political conservatism, but purely from a military perspective. After the imperial army passed through the western expedition and the eastern expedition, it was inappropriate to carry out a massive decisive battle between the north and the south. To take a step back, even if the northern army took advantage of the imperial army's exhaustion and invasion on a large scale, the empire had no need to exhaust national strength and fight against it head-on decisive battle with it. With many natural advantages and effective means such as the Great Wall, mountains, rivers, dangerous passes, climate, and clear walls. Although this passive defense strategy will inevitably cause a political blow to the authority of the emperor and the central government, it is correct in military terms. It is conducive to recovering the huge damage caused to the empire by the previous two expeditions as soon as possible.

Is it important for the emperor and the central government to "face" or the long-term stability of the empire, or the peaceful reunification of the Central Earth? Which is more important and which is more important is obvious at a glance. But the emperor and the central government are like lions who have lost their rationality, only flaunting their majestic body and strong power, and ignore their bloody wounds at all. For the so-called dignity of the king, they even dare to burn together with the enemy.

After Yang Yichen arrived at the decisive battle, he was very uneasy about the consequences of both defeats and even burning the decisive battle. What is the significance of such a decisive battle? Even if he was victorious in military terms, he was a complete failure in politics. Did the emperor and the central government be blinded by blood and killing, and could not distinguish the priorities of the matter?

Finally, at the critical moment when both sides were in trouble, and they were about to be in danger of burning both jade and stone, the situation changed. Did the Beilu really find the way to break through as Li Jing speculated? Yang Yichen has lived in Daibei for a long time and is very familiar with that path. He also knows that the Daibei Army will definitely destroy it when it retreats, but the degree of the destruction is unclear. Perhaps the destruction is not serious, which can give the Beilu a chance to escape.

Assuming that this speculation is correct, Shibi Khan and the main force of the Northern Lu are evacuating rapidly from that interstitial road, then the decisive battle has actually ended. Since the decisive battle has ended, what is the purpose of Xue Shixiong's "provocation" at this moment?

Yang Yichen immediately thought of Galan.

The core figure of this decisive battle was Galan. It was precisely because Galan faithfully implemented the north-south decisive battle strategy of the emperor and the center that the emperor and the center successfully achieved the decisive battle with great risks. In addition to the outstanding achievements established by Galan in the third Eastern Expedition, the youngest general of the empire became the thunder "battle sword" that the emperor and the center most trusted and valued.

The decisive battle is over, how will the emperor and the center use this invincible "battle knife"?

Now that external troubles are temporarily settled, the national defense and diplomatic strategy formulated by the emperor and the central government has been basically realized, and the next step is to safeguard the national defense and diplomatic strategies. The political aspects are to continue to promote the reform of the centralized system and militarily to suppress rebellion. Whether their success depends on whether the contradiction between the reformists and the conservatives within the imperial aristocratic ruling class can be eased. If this fundamental contradiction cannot be eased, the relationship between the central government and the local government will become worse and worse and more confrontation. The consequence of this is that the central government's decree cannot be released from the Eastern Capital, but local forces quickly grow larger and pose a threat to the central government, which in turn endangers the stability of the empire's destiny and the great cause of peaceful reunification of Central China.

The victory of the decisive battle between the north and the south will restore the authority of the emperor and the central government, which will inevitably lead to the emperor and the center controlled by the reformists who will not give up political reforms, nor will it compromise with the conservative aristocracy. It can be foreseen that the fundamental contradictions in the country will become more and more intense, and the struggle between the central and local governments will become more and more out of control. Once the imperial army loses local support, it can be imagined that it will be very difficult to suppress the rebellion and the situation will worsen. The imperial army's retreat in the battlefield of suppressing rebellion will inevitably affect the authority of the emperor and the central government. The emperor and the central government have lost authority and lost control of the local government, so what political reforms are discussed? On the contrary, even the early reform achievements, including the late emperor period, will be ruined in an instant.

Therefore, it is not difficult to speculate that the emperor and the central government use Galan, the "battle knife".

As the highest military and political commander of Northeast Road, Xue Shixiong faced a serious crisis after the decisive battle. Due to the heavy losses of the five main legions, he had to try every means to keep Galan.

After the decisive battle, Jialan had become a new generation of tripod pillars in the imperial military, and in the eyes of the desert captains, he had become an insurmountable Great Wall in Middle-earth. It can be said that as long as Jialan guards the border of the Central Earth, the desert captains and even the Far East captains will not dare to invade Middle-earth for a long time in the future.

After the decisive battle, Xue Shixiong, Li Jing and Yang Gongren were absolutely impossible to leave. Without enough garrison troops, the empire could only rely on the reputation of these generals to intimidate the northern enemy. Similarly, in Daibei, Wang Rengong could not leave. However, the Daibei Army and even the Taiyuan garrison troops suffered heavy losses in this decisive battle. Especially the Daibei Army, because Wang Rengong and Wang Zhibian always commanded the Daibei Army to rush to the front in order to make the merits and make the money. The losses were extremely shocking and basically all of them were considered to be completely lost. If there was no garrison troops in Daibei, what would it mean for the Empire and Middle Earth? Therefore, from Xue Shixiong's standpoint, even if Galan could not be left in the Northeast Road, he would have to stay in Daibei, so that the entire Great Northern Army could win a period of precious time to recuperate and recover.

If you want to keep Galan in Daibei, Yang Yichen's recommendation is very important. As a leader of the Daibei aristocratic group, Yang Yichen is very powerful in Daibei. He recommended Galan to guard Daibei. The emperor and the central government had to carefully consider the placement of Galan.

Yang Yichen smiled bitterly. From the perspective of the northern border town garrison, Xue Shixiong's idea is not wrong. After all, it is for the safety of the empire and the Middle Earth. People need to make full use of their talents and people. But from the fierce conflict between the reformists and the conservatives in the Eastern Capital, Xue Shixiong's idea is very wrong. Conservative forces definitely do not want to see the demon Jialan on the battlefield of suppressing rebellion in the country. In order to deal with the conservative forces in the court, the emperor and the central government must put Jialan on the battlefield of suppressing rebellion, or even directly put them in the capital of the capital, Henan, where they are responsible for the security of the capital, and bloody suppression of the rebellion in all directions. Yang Yichen can recommend Jialan to guard the land of Daibei, but the result is that Jialan will inevitably leave the northern border.

Yang Yichen replied to Xue Shixiong and expressed his gratitude. The political situation in the Eastern Capital after the decisive battle was repeatedly mentioned between the lines. In his opinion, the possibility of Galan staying in the northern border was slim. The emperor and the central government would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to send Galan back to the battlefield of suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the rebellion, and even entrust him to be responsible for the important task of being responsible for the security of the capital.

Xue Shixiong received a reply from Yang Yichen and immediately invited Yang Gongren. The two of them looked at each other without saying a word, and they thought of the suggestion that during the Third Eastern Expedition, Galan proposed to the two of them that they should develop their strength based on the Northeast Road in order to turn the tide when the Empire was in danger. Judging from the current domestic and international situation, the possibility of the Empire in danger is getting greater and greater. The victory of the Third Eastern Expedition and the victory of the North-South Decisive Battle Decisive Battle Destiny largely depends on the loyalty of the Northeast Army to the emperor and the center. However, after the decisive battle, these troops loyal to the emperor and the center were few and no longer able to give strong support to the emperor and the center. However, in this decisive battle, the two capital guards and the Yingyangs in various places had very limited support to the emperor and the center. This exposed the fierce conflicts within the Eastern Capital, and also showed that the authority of the emperor and the center was rapidly declining.

Political reform requires the support of the army and the support of the army. This is an unquestionable thing. However, the emperor and the center are losing the support of the army. It is not difficult to infer that the empire is gradually collapsing.

On September 25, the left and right Yiwei, Xiaoguo Army, Daibei Army, Taiyuan Army, and Dongdu reinforcements continued to attack the Northern Territory fifty miles south of Jinshatan.

Mohedushe Asuna Duo, commanding the army to fight to the death.

On the same day, on the battlefield of Jinsha Beach, Yang Yichen directed the reinforcements of Xijing to attack the northern barbarians.

The interest rate department of Shilifakangshao blocked the interest rate, and the two sides fought fiercely.

On the same day, on the battlefield of Huanghuadui, Yang Gongren commanded a unit of the Liaodong Army, Li Jing commanded the Beiping Army, and also launched an attack on the Northern Territory.

On the same day, the Goose Feather's mouth was at a critical moment and the Goose Feather's water line was on the verge of blood. The soldiers on both sides were still fighting bloody battles.

On the same day, Shibi Khan led the officials of the account, tens of thousands of main tents, to Wuzhou from the subway. In order to withdraw all the troops in the shortest time and to increase the retreat speed, they had to discard all baggage, cattle, sheep and other livestock, and even had to abandon a large number of war horses.

In the early morning of September 26, Mo Heduo commanded his army to retreat thirty miles, close to Jinsha Beach.

Early this morning, under the emperor's personal supervision, the imperial army chased after him and continued to fight.

In the early morning of the same day, the Beilu army on the Huanghuadui battlefield retreated into the Jinsha Beach.

Yang Gongren and Li Jing rushed to pursue and met with Yang Yichen at Jinsha Beach.

On the morning of September 26, the three men commanded the army and launched a fierce attack on the Beilu who were defending the Golden Sand Beach.

On this day, the imperial soldiers on the battlefield knew that the decisive battle was coming to an end, but most of the soldiers did not expect that the decisive battle would end with the escape of the northern barbarians. Although they created history and established a great record, the regret of failing was difficult to relieve.

In the early morning of September 27, Shiliver set up Ashinaduli to evacuate Gemaokou and quickly headed north to Yunneicheng.

On September 27, Mohedu set up Asuna Duo to retreat into the Golden Beach, and reunited with Kangshaoli, and two troops defended the retreat passage to the death.

The imperial emperor led his troops to enter the Jinsha Beach and joined forces with Yang Yichen's Xijing reinforcements, Li Jing's Beiping army and Yang Gongren's army. More than 100,000 troops launched a tide-like attack on the Northern Territory. For a moment, the earth shook and the wind and clouds changed color.

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