On March 21, the rebel army and the official army continued to fight fiercely on the front line of Kuangshan, but the battlefield had extended to Licheng. Dong Chun commanded Zhu Yingyang from Xuzhou to launch an attack on the south gate of Licheng.

Dong Chun sent an envoy to Pengcheng and ordered the officials of the Weifu Office to urgently allocate troops and food to support the battlefield in Qi County. He also urgently wrote to Pengcheng County Chief Cui Deben, Xia Pi and Donghai County Chief Executives, asking them to do their best to provide support.

Xuzhou has a large population and a wealthy economy. Although some counties were plundered by the Alliance army and Zhu Yingyang in Xuzhou was defeated by Li Fengyun, it could not shake the root cause. After Dong Chun took office, he was ordered to recruit soldiers and rebuilt Zhu Yingyang in a short time. However, under the instruction of King Yang Nan of Qi, Dong Chun recruited as many as 20,000 soldiers. In addition to making up for Zhu Yingyang's shortage, the rest of them were concentrated in Pengcheng as local village groups to train in case of emergency, and the result was now in handy.

At present, the King of Qi Yang Nan has an army of 20,000, Li Min, the prefect of Lu County, has nearly 5,000 troops, and Dong Chun brings 3,000 guards. In terms of numbers alone, the official army is at a disadvantage. In addition, Zhang Xutuo is missing and the navy has not arrived ashore. It is obvious that the King of Qi's strength alone cannot regain Licheng, so it is reasonable for Dong Chun to rush to dispatch troops from Xuzhou to aid. Dong Chun is also very decisive and dispatches 12,000 troops from Xuzhou at one time. The purpose is not only to increase the strength of the King of Qi, but also to use this opportunity in front of him to practice the newly recruited recruits who had just been recruited.

Dong Chun wanted to train troops, and Li Fengyun also wanted to train troops. Now the battles against the government troops on the battlefield in Licheng are all the troops of various heroes. Not only the heroes in the alliance took action, but the heroes in Hebei also took turns to attack. There is no way, Li Fengyun is too strong, he was defeated by Licheng, and the people of Hebei have to rely on his help. Who dares to openly confront Li Fengyun? Li Fengyun divided his direct troops into two, and some organized tens of thousands of civilians to move Licheng, while some were deployed in the rear of the battlefield. Not only did they shoulder the responsibility of preparing for the army, but they supported the army on the front line at any time, but also assumed the heavy responsibility of supervising the army. As long as there are passive and lazy wars or retreats in the face of the battle, they will be severely punished and killed without mercy.

Li Fengyun's bloody methods greatly shocked the heroes. Even if they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to confront Li Fengyun head-on. At this moment, it was a critical moment of life and death, and they had to fight bravely at all costs. At this moment, they did not work hard and took advantage of the situation. They were simply seeking death, and they ignored the survival of the rebels. Li Fengyun occupied the righteousness and stood above the justice. No one could find a reason to oppose them by killing people. He died in vain. Therefore, the heroes could only keep their dissatisfaction in their hearts and commanded their soldiers to fight bloody battles to block the official army.

On this day, Li Zixiong summoned Yang Qian.

Li Zixiong and King Guande Yang Xiong were ministers in the same palace. They had different political views and were divided into different political groups. Although they could not be considered to be political enemies to the death, they could not be said to have a good relationship. So when Li Min reported that the grandson of King Guande Yang Xiong, the son of Duke Yang Gongren of Guanguo, served as Sima in Yingyang Mansion in Licheng and took the initiative to ask for a meeting, Li Zixiong immediately guessed the purpose of Yang Qian's request for a meeting. But he was a little surprised. Such a wealthy prince was surrendered to Sima in a small Yingyang Mansion? What is the secret here? Li Zixiong was quite confused. He happened to be busy with official duties, so he did not agree immediately.

Today, Yang Qian asked for a meeting again. Li Zixiong considered that his family background was prominent and the situation in Qi County became clearer, so he summoned him.

Li Zixiong did not know Yang Qian, but Li Min knew him. After his introduction, Li Zixiong was still polite and invited him to take the seat. Li Zixiong's "politeness" was not for Yang Qian, but for the wealthy Yang family behind Yang Qian. As the royal clan, Yang Qian's identity was very noble and he had his own pride, but he did not dare to be rude in the face of such a famous powerful and powerful person as Li Zixiong, and he acted gentle and humble.

In order to resolve the doubts in his heart, Li Zixiong asked directly, why did you serve as Sima in Yingyang Mansion in Licheng? Whose arrangements?

Before Ding You, Yang Qian's father Yang Gongren was the Minister of Personnel and the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Personnel. He was in charge of the appointment, assessment, promotion and transfer of officials across the country. He can imagine how powerful his power is. It is normal to arrange his son to work in the Central Government Office. Besides, as Yang Qian, even if he does not serve in the Central Government Office, he can still be an officer in the core unit of the Imperial Guards, and get close to the Holy Lord and the Central Government. There is no need to place his local Yingyang Mansion for training.

Yang Qian unintentionally concealed it and told Li Zixiong bluntly that he was an alien in the family and did not support radical reform ideas. It was very different from his grandfather Guande's political views, and it was also very different from his father Guande's ruling philosophy. The result was obvious that such an alien who would cause trouble would certainly not tolerate the family. His grandfather Guande did not like him, and his father Yang Gongren did not pave the way for his career, but arranged him to be a low-level officer in Yingyang Mansion in Licheng, expelled him from the Dongdu and forced him to correct his mistakes. But Yang Qian was very persistent and stubborn, and would rather be "exiled" by the family than change his political philosophy.

Li Zixiong suddenly realized that this kind of thing is very common in wealthy families. Due to different political views, father and son are robbed and brothers are scrambling, and even exterminated clans. In order to avoid Yang Qian's "inflict trouble", King Guande Yang Xiong and his son Yang Gongren drove him out of the Eastern Capital and imprisoned him in the middle and lower class of the army, not giving him the chance to cause trouble. This is not only a protection for the family, but also a personal protection for him.

However, Yang Qian's explanation made Li Zixiong's inspiration flash, and suddenly had the idea of ​​pulling Yang Qian onto his "ship" and then holding Yang Gongren and the wealthy Yang family hostage.

Seeing that Li Zixiong was in a good mood, Yang Qian immediately expressed his purpose of asking for advice and begged Li Zixiong to pardon Jia Wuben's guilt. After all, there were too many thieves and too strong. Jia Wuben had already tried his best, and he could not resist the attack of the thieves at all. Therefore, Jia Wuben's guilt of losing Licheng should not be borne by Jia Wuben alone, and should not be all over the head of Jia Wuben.

Li Zixiong waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "You are too worried, and you have no idea of ​​pursuing Jia Duwei. During the Licheng Battle, Jia Duwei and his soldiers in the village have made contributions and should be rewarded."

Yang Qian was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He didn't expect Li Zixiong to be so easy to speak and give face so much. He was happy and couldn't help but make another request, "I heard that County Chief Zhang was fighting fiercely with the thieves of Qi and Lu east of Changbai Mountain. The war was very tense. Wei Duwei Jia intended to go to support him. I wonder if Ming Gong could..."

Li Zixiong smiled with his beard, "Duwei Jia contacted Zhang Juncheng?"

Yang Qian hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the truth. After all, Li Zixiong gave him enough face. If he continued to hide, he would be a little disrespectful, so he gave a detailed explanation of Zhang Xutuo's decision to escape from Qi County and go to East Shandong to suppress the thieves.

This time, the navy betrayed Zhang Xutuo and forced Zhang Xutuo to fight against the King of Qi, and deliberately put Zhang Xutuo in death. How could this be support? This is to kill people with a knife. Zhang Xutuo faced the complex situation in Qi County, and only thirty-six strategies were the best. No matter how he stayed, he would die. If he escaped, there would be a glimmer of hope. So Zhang Xutuo fled. However, the number of food and grass weapons that Zhang Xutuo brought when he went to Zhang Qiu to suppress the thieves was limited. When he went to Dong Lu, Zhang Xutuo could only use war to support the war and dared not expect the support of the navy. Jia Wu originally wanted to support Zhang Xutuo, but in fact he wanted to bring some food and grass weapons to Zhang Xutuo to solve Zhang Xutuo's urgent need. However, now that Licheng is lost, if Jia Wutuo wanted to obtain food and grass weapons, he had to ask for help from Li Zixiong.

"Has Prince Zhang escaped?" Li Zixiong frowned and his tone was very unkind.

"Ming Gong, the thieves of Changbai Mountain and Beihai are fleeing towards Shandong. At this moment, it is the best opportunity to take advantage of the situation to chase and kill them and wipe them out in one fell swoop. On the contrary, if the rebels are allowed to flee into Shandong and disrupt Shandong, it will inevitably threaten the navy's expedition across the sea." Yang Qian hurriedly defended, "Although the thieves are rampant on the battlefield of Licheng, the King of Qi is strong, and the main force of the navy is also above the river. The two armies join forces and attack from north to south will definitely cause severe damage to the rebels. Ming Gong should be very clear that Zhang Junzhu's strength is not strong, and even if he stays on the battlefield of Licheng, his role is very limited. For some well-known reasons, he will not only hinder the King of Qi from suppressing the bandits, but will further deteriorate the situation in Qi County, which is obviously disliked by the King of Qi."

Li Zixiong looked at Yang Qian meaningfully, and a knowing smile gradually appeared on his face, "Well, as you wish."

Yang Qian was so happy that he bowed to thank him again.

"Emperor Jia Du can leave, and he can also allocate a batch of food and grass weapons to him, but you can't leave." Li Zixiong pointed at Yang Qian and said, "Your identity has been exposed. If you continue to stay with Zhang Juncheng, it will inevitably cause great trouble to Zhang Juncheng and will not be able to provide him with any substantial help. On the contrary, if you stay with the King of Qi and keep in touch with Zhang Xutuo, you can provide him with support."

Yang Qian agreed without hesitation, "I would like to stay by Ming Gong's side and charge for Ming Gong."

Yang Qian had obviously considered this issue. It was indeed inappropriate to stay with Zhang Xutuo after his identity was exposed, but he did not want to stay with the King of Qi. With his identity, of course, he knew that the King of Qi was essentially a deposed prince and had lost the possibility of fighting for the imperial rule. No matter how "struggle" today, the King of Qi could not escape the fate of failure.

Li Zixiong laughed and asked, "Are you pessimistic about the future of King Qi?"

Yang Qian smiled but said nothing, but his smile was bitter. It was obvious that he had no hope for his uncle.

"I think that the future of King Qi is far less pessimistic than you imagined." Li Zixiong smiled, "If you persist for a few months and stay with King Qi, you may see some changes that you can't imagine at all, and these changes will have a positive impact on the future of King Qi."

Yang Qian was confused. He heard something unusual from Li Zixiong's words, and these things made him feel chilled and even made him feel a little ominous. Could it be that the rumors in Dongdu are true?
Chapter completed!