After repeated weighing the pros and cons, the King of Qi still controlled his desire to "boil". After all, Li Baiyao's attitude is very important. Even if he cannot represent the Hebei aristocratic group, it can at least represent the heroic hopes of some Hebei families headed by the Li family of Zhao County. You Yuan's death is a fact that cannot be ignored. It is not important who killed You Yuan. What is important is that You Yuan died in Li Yang. This not only put Yang Xuangan on a heavy "black blame", but also gave Hebei and even Shandong people a bloody warning to not intervene in the internal disputes between the Guanlong people, otherwise the consequences will be borne by oneself. In this situation, Shandong people of course watch the tiger's fight, or even put in the wrong, and there is no reason to "go shirtless" to take a risk.

In this way, the Holy Lord had the support of two major political groups, Jiangzuo and Shandong, and some Guanlong people supported him, which did have an overwhelming advantage. However, the second Eastern Expedition failed, and the Holy Lord suffered another heavy blow in politics and military, which forced him to make greater compromises and concessions to the conservative forces, so that he could win more support from the Guanlong people. The final result was as Li Baiyao said, the day when the Holy Lord returned to the Eastern Capital was the moment of Yang Xuangan's defeat, and this time would not exceed three months at most.

King Qi accepted Li Baiyao's opinion and temporarily cut off the idea of ​​entering Dongdu as quickly as possible, but did not cut off the ambition of joining forces to seize the imperial throne. He decided to follow the booking strategy and go to Tongji Canal first, and set up troops outside the defense line of the heavenly chasm. He was prepared to enter Beijing at any time under the banner of suppressing Yang Xuangan's rebellion. At the same time, he patiently observed the changes in the situation in Dongdu. Once Yang Xuangan captured Dongdu and was determined to join forces with him, and Xijing was also determined to support him, he would decisively enter Beijing and take the courage to go to the death.

In his opinion, although the Holy Lord did have an absolute advantage, after joining forces with Yang Xuangan and Xijing, he relied on Guanlong's geographical advantages, he would not have a chance to win. He seeks wealth and honor in danger. Since the Guanlong people rely on their own strength to finally unify Middle-earth, who dares to say that they cannot create miracles. He defeated the alliance between Shandong people and Jiangzuo people with one against two, and with his own powerful strength? The reason why Yuchi Jiong and Wang Qian and Sima Yingnan failed instantly was because they did not have the strength of a leader at all, and the reason why King Yang Liang of Han failed in a flash was because he did not have the qualifications to inherit the imperial throne, but he was different. He was the only legal heir of the imperial throne in Zhongtu today. Everyone knows that as long as he ascended the high ground, who dared to say that he was not a crowd of responders? The King of Qi was still full of confidence in himself.

On the morning of the seventh day of the sixth month, the King of Qi ordered Li Shanheng, the general of Wu Ben Lang, who led his army to enter Jibei County, to immediately advance westward along the Jishui River, and meet with General Dong Chun of the Zuo Xiaogu, and to hold troops at Junyi's city. He also urgently wrote to General Dong Chun of the Zuo Xiaogu, telling Yang Xuangan about raising troops in Liyang, and asking him to deal with it on the occasion after he arrived at Tongji Canal. He must be careful and not be confused by the chaos in the Dongdu, nor do he cross the defense line without authorization.

On the same day, the King of Qi urgently wrote to the general manager of the Donglai Naval Division to protect the other party, Zhou Fashang, deputy general manager, and Cui Junsu, who also told him that Yang Xuanyan had gone south to attack Dongdu after launching a mutiny in Liyang. Then he bluntly stated that he wanted to lead his army westward to Henan. Once the situation in the Dongdu was critical, he would go to Beijing to quell the rebellion.

The King of Qi hurriedly left Qilu, and the situation in Qilu area will inevitably undergo major changes. This change is obviously not conducive to the stability of the regional situation. Although the white-haired thieves were defeated and went to Mengshan, and Wang Bo and other thieves fled with the white-haired thieves, there were still too many rebels in Qilu, one after another, and repeated suppression of unfairness was a little difficult to sustain by Zhang Xutuo. However, the Donglai Navy is about to be on the expedition and is doing its best to cross the sea, so it is not enough to care about these matters. At most, Zhang Xutuo will provide some assistance to food, grass and weapons.

However, the meaning of the letter from King Qi is definitely not about the future situation in the Qilu area, but about the intention of testing the Holy Lord's determination on the Second Eastern Expedition. Before launching the Second Eastern Expedition, the Holy Lord must have formulated a plan to respond urgently after the domestic situation deteriorates and the Grand Canal is cut off. As absolute confidants of the Holy Lord, Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang must know these plans and even participate in the drafting. If the navy decides to give up the expedition across the sea and go to Beijing to quell the rebellion, it proves that the Holy Lord has not

He had the determination to carry out the Second Eastern Expedition to the end. Once the domestic situation deteriorated, he would quickly give up the Eastern Expedition and return to China to deal with the crisis. This could be inferred that Yang Xuangan's chances of victory were too slim. King Qi would have to consider whether to completely stop going to Beijing. On the contrary, if the navy ignored the crisis in the East Capital and insisted on crossing the sea to the expedition, it would be enough to prove that the Holy Lord was determined to carry out the Second Eastern Expedition to the end. This could be inferred that the Holy Lord would not return to the East Capital at least in winter, which would give Yang Xuangan enough time to attack the East Capital, so everything would be possible.

On the afternoon of the seventh day of the lunar month, King Qi left Licheng, followed the south bank of the Ji River, rode a horse and whipped it, and ran away with lightning.

On the seventh day of the lunar month, Hanoi County was cleared before customs clearance.

Under Yang Xuanting's fierce attack, Tang Wei was unable to support it, and the customs clearance was in danger. Yanjin Pass, more than 20 miles away, had fallen, and Jinkou was controlled by Yang Xuanting's army.

At the critical moment, Wuyalang General Gao Pi led his army to arrive, and the battle situation immediately reversed. Hearing that Yang Xuangan, the Minister of Rites and Li Zixiong, the Left Guard General, raised troops to rebel, Gao Pi was very shocked. While urgently reporting to the Dongdu, he urgently reported to Li Gongting and requesting support.

On the same day, the fleet led by Yang Xuangan crossed Yanjinjinkou and sailed to the eastern capital through the wind and waves.

On the same day, Cui Hongsheng led his army across the Zhangshui River, entered the Pingyuan County, arrived at the Yongji Canal, and marched rapidly along the spacious Canal Dike Avenue.

On the same day, Dong Chun, the general of the Zuo Xiaogu, arrived at Jiyin City, the capital of Jiyin County, and visited Wei Baoluan, the prefect of Jiyin, and sought food and supplies to supplement military supplies in the name of suppressing the rebellion. Then he learned the latest news about the Dongdu. Among them, Guanguo Duke Yang Gongren was very surprised by his return and controlling the military power of the Dongdu. There were also the latest trends of the white-haired thieves in Henan. In recent days, all the rebels who had plundered on the Tongji Canal have crossed the Ji River to the north. There are more things to speculate here. What interested Dong Chun was that something happened in Liyang. Dugu Yanshou, the prefect of Dongfu, had called the police to Wei Baoluan.

Wei Baoluan spoke very tightly and talked in general, and he would never say anything that should not be said, but Dong Chun knew very well that Li Fengyun had predicted correctly, and Yang Xuangan did launch a mutiny in advance, and it was also right to persuade the King of Qi to advance westward to the Central Plains early. This would definitely deter the Dongdu and give the King of Qi the advantage of profits in the future chaos.

Dong Chun ordered Zhu Yingyang to advance along the north bank of the Ji River, turn north to enter Dongjun in the old Yellow River road, and conduct troops on Kuangcheng and Fengqiu to encircle and suppress white-haired thieves. Don't rush to go north to rescue the Baima siege.

Dong Chun also wrote to Xingyang Prefect Yang Qingwang, and Xingyang Chief Commander Cui Baode, who was in charge of Junyi City, and told him that he led his army westward to pursue and suppress the white-haired thieves, begging Xingyang to support and cooperate. This is purely because there is no silver here. You, a left-behind Pengcheng, "do not do your job properly." You do not do your job well, but you extend your hand to Henan to suppress the thieves on behalf of the Henan people. This is not just a violation of laws and regulations, but a suspicion of rebellion. What are you thinking? Of course, in a special period, extraordinary things are done. The white-haired thieves plunder Tongji Canal and disrupt Henan. As the Xuzhou army with a deep hatred of the white-haired thieves, you can indeed cross the border and pursue and revenge. But, is your Dong Chun really avenges the thieves?

On the same day, at the Yique battlefield in the capital, Wu Ben Lang General Fei Yao suddenly led his army to the Eastern Capital City. Henan Lingda Xi Shanyi also turned around and led his army to the eastern front of the capital. Wu Ben Lang General Zhou Zhong also took great strides and retreated to Luoshui, and then headed straight to Yanshi along the Luoshui.

Li Hun was the last one to receive the order and immediately cursed. Although he knew the reason why Dongdu suddenly changed his plan, he was the front line commander of Yique battlefield. Dongdu deliberately evacuated other friendly forces without him, and then told him that the plan had changed. This was an insult to him personally. It was intolerable.

Li Hun ordered Zhu Yingyang to attack Yiquekou. Both sides fought fiercely. Li Fengyun learned that other officials on the flanks of the battlefield had retreated, so he immediately ordered Lu Mingxing and Guo Ming to lead the army to kill Luoshui and capture Ganluo City. He also ordered Zhen Baoche and Xiahou Zhe to attack the flanks of Xianren Palace to force Li Hun to retreat.

In the afternoon, Li Hun retreated to Xianren Palace. Li Mi, Li Fengyun, and Han Xiangguo led all the main forces to push up the entire line and attacked Xianren Palace fiercely.

Li Hun asked for help from the Dongdu and told King Yang Tong that Xianren Palace could not be defended. If he continued to defend, the Luoshui defense line, which had no soldiers to defend, would be broken through by the rebels. By then, Xianren Palace would become a "turtle in the jar" and the rebels would also kill the city of Dongdu.

At midnight, King Yang Tong of Yue ordered Li Hun to give up Xianren Palace, cross the Luoshui overnight, retreated to the line of Baiting and Kuai Township, and defended the Luoshui defense line to the death.

In the early morning of the eighth day of the sixth month, Li Hun evacuated Xianren Palace and crossed the Luo River.

On the same day, Dongdu received reports from Xingyang County Government, Hanoi County Government and Linqing Customs Clearance again. There was already a clear evidence that the rebel commander who attacked Linqing Customs Clearance was Yang Xuanting, and Yanjin Pass and Yanjin Ferry had been captured by him. In addition, the information about Dongdu and Li Yang had been cut off for many days, and contact with Ji County Government was also cut off for many days. Yongji Canal was cut off for many days. All signs prove that Yang Xuangan was indeed raising an army to rebel.

King Yang Tong of Yue ordered the arrest of all relatives, friends, disciples and officials who were known to rebel in Dongdu, "I would rather arrest one person by mistake than let one go." For the sake of the safety of Dongdu, extraordinary means can only be used in extraordinary times.

He also ordered that the Holy Lord be reported urgently, but considering that Yang Xuangan's army was blocked under the customs clearance, the scope of the mutiny was limited to Liyang and its surrounding areas, and had not directly endangered the security of the Dongdu, so the content of the report was still controlled, and the thief general Han Prime Minister was also underestimated.

He also ordered to quickly call the police to Xijing, asking King Dai Yangyou to immediately arrest his relatives and friends who were known to be rebellious in Xijing to ensure the safety of Xijing.

On the eighth day of June, Duan Da, the remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, received a call from Cui Hongsheng. Duan Da was very decisive and immediately ordered his deputy, Zuo Guanglu Doctor and Wu Benlang General Chen Ling to mobilize the army overnight to quickly rescue the Dongdu.

In the early morning of the ninth day of the lunar month, Chen Ling led an army of 10,000 to march south day and night.

On the same day, the general manager of the Donglai Naval Division, Lai Hu'er, received a letter from King Yang Nan of Qi, and was extremely shocked.
Chapter completed!