Lai Hu'er quickly calmed down and considered countermeasures.

Although Yang Xuangan suddenly rebelled, the Eastern Capital crisis broke out suddenly, and the Grand Canal was cut off, resulting in the Second Eastern Expedition being in danger, this was still expected by the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and emergency measures had been drawn up. Of course, this was the worst situation, the situation that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee were least willing to see, and the emergency measures were only to rescue the emergency, and not to treat the root cause. If you want to solve the fundamental problem and resolve this crisis, you still need to come up with effective countermeasures based on the development of the situation. In other words, the Second Eastern Expedition must be suspended, and the Holy Lord and the Expedition Force must return to the Eastern Capital. You must first settle the internal situation and solve the internal crisis first before you can concentrate on external efforts.

But the real problem is that Liyang was lost, the Yongji Canal was interrupted, the transportation artery of the north and south was broken, and the materials from the south could no longer be transported to the northern border. The materials hoarded in the northern border were limited, which could not guarantee the huge demand for the northern border towns and battlefields of the eastern border. As one of the supreme commanders of the Wei Prefecture, Lai Huer still knew some of the amount of material reserves in the northern border. Under normal circumstances, it could last for about three months, and during the war, it could last for about two months.

The Grand Canal was cut off on the third day of June, and the news of Yang Xuangan's rebellion could not be delivered to the Holy Lord until at least mid-June. However, how Dongdu said it when he was reporting directly affected the Holy Lord and the Central Committee's assessment and judgment of this crisis. If Dongdu was blindly confident and felt good, or avoided the important things out of narrow selfish interests, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee made a wrong assessment and judgment on this crisis and failed to stop the Eastern Expedition as soon as possible. Once the withdrawal time was delayed until the end of June or early July,

Then the materials stockpiled in the northern border, including Zhuo County, Beiping, Linyu Palace in western Liaoning, Wanghaidun and Huaiyuan Town in Liaodong, were not replenished for almost one month after the Grand Canal was cut off, and it was impossible to support the supplies needed for hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops and military and civilians to travel long distances to the Dongdu. In other words, the Holy Lord could only return to Dongdu with the palace and the imperial guards, and the troops that resolved the Dongdu crisis could only be transferred in China.

However, the current army recruitment in China is very limited, and the Northwest Army will definitely not be able to move. Even if it is called, it will take a few months, and the number of people is limited. The power of the garrison in the northern border is very thin. Except for Zhuo County, it can also call out some troops, there is no military force in other places. The army in Jiangdu has to guard Jiangzuo and undertake the important task of garrisoning the southeastern border, and cannot be transferred unless it has to. In this way, except for the two capital garrisons who were directly involved in this storm, the only army that can be called is the Donglai Navy Division.

However, the current task of the Donglai Navy is to cross the sea for a long expedition. The navy soldiers must concentrate on preparing to cross the sea without distraction. Unless they receive the order of the Holy Lord to interrupt the Eastern Expedition, they will not be disturbed by the Dongdu crisis, and they cannot postpone or even give up crossing the sea in order to support the Dongdu.

After repeated analysis and deduction, the decision made was to do whatever it was to recover Liyang and open up the Grand Canal under Yang Xuangan's siege. As long as the resources from the south were continuously sent to the northern border, the Holy Lord and the Central Government could firmly grasp the initiative and have more choices. They could carry out the Eastern Expedition to the end, or return to the Dongdu to quell the rebellion. Of course, more importantly, it could ensure the security of the northern border garrison. As long as the border defenses that are thousands of miles long in the northern border are as solid as rocks, as long as the north and the south always maintain peace, the Holy Lord and the Central Government would not be attacked from both sides, and the Guards would not fight on both sides, and they could concentrate on solving Yang Xuangan's military coup and the Dongdu crisis caused by this.

Lai Hu'er invited Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu to discuss countermeasures.

Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu were both shocked. Unexpectedly, the situation in Dongdu suddenly deteriorated to such an extent. This basically declared that the second Eastern Expedition had failed and ended. After the new national defense and diplomatic strategy suffered this severe defeat, it was basically "miscarriage". What's more serious is that Dongdu was severely damaged and the major forces were reshuffled. In the future, the political situation in Zhongtu will surely usher in a period of severe turmoil. Reform will inevitably stagnate or even regress. But this is not the most serious. The most serious is that after the Holy Lord and the Central Committee were hit hard again, their authority was reduced to the lowest point. Not to mention controlling the major forces in the court, even the government was difficult to control, and the "building" with unstable foundations will inevitably collapse. The aristocratic families "come to the stage" and feast for the redistribution of power and wealth.

The interests of the Jiangzuo people are closely linked to the interests of the Holy Lord. When the Holy Lord declines, the vested interests of the Jiangzuo people cannot be preserved. Therefore, in terms of the position of Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, they have no choice but to do their best to support the Holy Lord, even if they are crushed to pieces.

However, Zhou Fashang's countermeasures were completely opposite to Lai Huer's decision.

Zhou Fashang had great confidence in the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. He believed that since the Holy Lord and the Central Committee dared to launch the second Eastern Expedition immediately after the defeat in the First Eastern Expedition, if they were in extreme political and military disadvantages, they would definitely consider it carefully. Extreme and bad situations such as military coups and the interruption of the Grand Canal must be under their considerations. They must have formulated emergency measures and made careful arrangements. Therefore, Zhou Fashang still has reason to believe that Yang Xuangan would be devastating in the shortest time, and the storm would be calmed in the shortest time, and the Holy Lord would still win the victory of the Second Eastern Expedition.

Zhou Fashang insisted on the Eastern Expedition, crossing the sea, and strictly abide by military discipline. Although this attitude is conservative and unrestrained, military discipline is like this. Soldiers must obey orders. If the commanders are as sinister and cunning, shameless and arbitrary as politicians, then can the army still become the "Great Wall" that protects the kingdom?

Lai Hu'er looked at Zhou Fashang coldly, with a speechless depressing expression. Zhou Fashang is not a pure soldier. He has been a military chief in many barren areas in border counties for decades. His political experience is even richer than Lai Hu'er. But because of this, his "old-handsome" at this moment is enough to show that he has a pessimistic view of the future situation. At the critical moment, he can only protect himself with wise and obedient duties to the greatest extent to protect his own interests.

Lai Hu'er could not find any reason to convince Zhou Fashang. Li Zixiong escaped under his "intentional arrangement". As a result, Li Zixiong fled to Liyang and rebelled. When he was held accountable in the future, Lai Hu'er would not take responsibility alone. The three highest officials of the Navy were responsible. Now Lai Hu'er is going to violate the law and ignore the Eastern Expedition and lead the army to Dongdu to quell the rebellion. This matter will be even more responsible in the future and will be cut off. Therefore, Zhou Fashang will not bury Lai Hu'er with him no matter what.

Lai Hu'er could only ask Cui Junsu's opinion. If Cui Junsu firmly objected, it would be difficult for him to do it. But he knew that Cui Junsu would definitely not object and would definitely come up with a countermeasure that all three could accept. There was no other reason. Yang Xuangan killed You Yuan.

This matter is full of mystery. Everyone knows that Yang Xuangan is absolutely impossible to kill You Yuan. So who killed You Yuan? It must be Yang Xuangan's opponent. Who is Yang Xuangan's opponent? The people of Guanlong and Shandong are hostile to each other, and the conservatives and reforms are hostile to each other. Therefore, from the standpoint of Xijing, whether its purpose is to destroy the Dongdu or rebuild the imperial throne, it requires Yang Xuangan to be strong enough. The best way to make Yang Xuangan strong enough is to pull the Shandong people into the "trap", so Xijing has no reason to kill You Yuan.

The next person who may kill You Yuan is the Shandong people, or Hebei people. The reason is that Yang Xuangan's mutiny is the best opportunity for Shandong people to attack Guanlong people. If Yang Xuangan is destroyed, it will severely damage Guanlong Group. Therefore, in order to escape the opponent's "trap", Shandong people had no choice but to cut off their arms and kill You Yuan. At the same time, they used a wealthy family's head to warn all Shandong nobles, draw a clear line with Yang Xuangan, and send them a clear signal to launch a retaliatory counterattack to the Guanlong people.

Of course, it is not ruled out that there are other suspects who "sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight" by killing You Yuan, but this is not important. What is important is that Shandong people are now on the side of the Holy Lord, so Lai Bu'er firmly believes that Cui Junsu and Qinghe Cui's position must be to quell the rebellion.

Currently, the only army in Hebei who has the ability to suppress the rebellion is Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei, but Cui Hongsheng is not strong enough. It is not that he does not have the strength to capture Liyang and reopen the Grand Canal, but that the King of Qi joined the storm. No matter what the purpose of the King of Qi is, the King of Qi will not rush into the Eastern Capital rashly before the situation in the early stage of the storm is unclear. He will be active in the periphery of the capital in the name of chasing and suppressing white-haired thieves, and Liyang is definitely his main target. Once he gets Liyang and controls the Grand Canal, he will have enough "bargaining chips" to deal with the major forces to make huge profits.

With Cui Junsu's wisdom, of course he knew the importance of Li Yang. Therefore, whether from the position of the Cui clan of Qinghe and the Hebei people, or from the interests of the Holy Lord and the country's fortune, he must help Cui Hongsheng to take Li Yang as quickly as possible and open up the Grand Canal. He must never let any of Yang Xuangan and King Qi control Li Yang, because that means that the Grand Canal will be cut off indefinitely, and what is endangered is not only the Second Eastern Expedition, but also the defense of the entire northern border. Once the Great Wall defense line is ineffective, will the Civil War be far away?

Sure enough, Cui Junsu came up with a balanced approach.

Ten thousand troops were drawn from the navy and rushed to Liyang to quell the rebellion, but there was a requirement that without the Holy Lord's edict, the battlefield of the Dongdu was never entered. The East was the core of the storm. Once the navy was involved, the three navy commanders were dragged into the roaring political vortex, and the consequences were unimaginable. The main force of the navy continued to prepare for the expedition across the sea. If the Dongdu crisis continued to worsen and the Grand Canal could not be opened for a long time, the second eastern expedition could no longer be continued. Even if the decree of the Holy Lord, the navy's crossing time must be delayed to avoid causing unpredictable disasters to the navy. The navy's command headquarters urgently sent envoys to the palace and personally presented and explained the decision to the Holy Lord on behalf of the three navy commanders. Regardless of whether the Holy Lord agreed or not, the strength of the navy was weakened by this decision. The Holy Lord and the central government must adjust the strategy of attacking Pyongyang in time to avoid unnecessary mistakes during the attack.

This strategy meets the requirement of Lai Hu'er. It is indeed unrealistic to call the entire navy to suppress the rebellion, but not to suppress the rebellion, or to retake Liyang and open up the Grand Canal, it will have a great impact on the future situation in Middle Earth and cannot be ignored or ignored.

This strategy also met Zhou Fashang's requirements. The navy insisted on crossing the sea for a long expedition. At the same time, although the navy went to quell the rebellion, it kept a safe distance from the Dongdu Storm, so that it could ensure that it was not caught in.

"Who will suppress the rebellion?" Lai Hu'er asked.

It is definitely impossible to go to Hu'er. Crossing the sea expedition is the top priority of the navy. How could he, the supreme commander of the navy, leave without authorization?

Cui Junsu could not go either. The navy was a navy from Jiangzuo people. The soldiers of Jiangzuo did not trust Cui Junsu, and Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang did not dare to entrust the lives of ten thousand Jiangzuo people to a Hebei person.

Only Zhou Fashang left. Zhou Fashang was not only the deputy commander of the navy, but also the right guard office responsible for the important garrison in Qilu. According to the military promotion method (wartime system), the local military chief had the responsibility of serving the king and guarding the capital. Now there was a rebellion in the east, and he led his army to rescue the capital, which was reasonable and legal. In addition, this spring, Zhou Fashang participated in the Qi County quelling the rebellion and had some "intersection" with the King of Qi, and had some understanding of it, which was also beneficial to his war in Liyang.

"What do you think?" Lai Hu'er asked with a kind look.
Chapter completed!