Li Hun did not directly answer, "How is the battle on the Eastern Front today?"

"Pei Hongce's entire army was wiped out and fled back alone." Yang Gongren said angrily, "Yang Xuangan is only ten miles away from Shangchun Gate."

Li Hun's expression became grim. Tomorrow, Yang Xuangan will arrive at Shangchun Gate, and his main force will directly kill the imperial city along the Tongji Canal, which will form a joint attack with the rebels on the Western Front, and the defensive situation of the Guards takes a sharp turn.

"Someone keeps their promises." Li Hun said confidently, "Someone must guard the western front of the imperial city, and never let a bandit soldier approach the gate of the Sun, nor do they let a bandit soldier cross the ecliptic bridge."

Yang Gongren's heart suddenly sank. In the current situation of war, Li Hun said this, which means that he would concentrate all his strength to defend the imperial city. In other words, he would give up Nanguo. Although Nanguo had Fei Yao's army, the key problem now is that if Li Hun gave up the protection of Nanguo and transferred all the troops guarding Yuebei to the north bank of the ecliptic channel and the west line of the imperial city, it would be equivalent to giving Yuebei to the rebels. The rebels could kill the southern bank of the ecliptic channel directly along Yuebei, and cut off the connection between Nanguo and the imperial city. Fei Yao was trapped in Nanguo and could not provide strong support to the imperial city. He could only watch Yang Xuangan's army attack the imperial city from east to west. Once the imperial city was lost, what's the point of defending Nanguo even if he was trapped?

Yang Gongren knew the reason why Li Hun had preserved his strength in the past two days. Since the rebels captured Yiquekou, Li Hun has been deliberately preserving his strength and deliberately exaggerating the strength of the rebels, thus finding sufficient reasons for him to retreat step by step, but no one can say that he deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates without any evidence. He has been fighting this battle. He said that the rebels are powerful and powerful, enough to compete with the garrison. Who can provide evidence to prove that he is wrong? Since the rebels are strong, it is normal for the garrison to retreat step by step in the past two days. This time, Li Hun even brought out factual evidence, bloody corpses, ironclad evidence, can you say that he has nothing to say?

As the battle situation developed to this point, Li Hun also faced a "hard choice". If he continued to divide his troops to guard the western front of the imperial city, he would not be able to defend the western front of the imperial city, and he would not be able to fulfill his promise to the King of Yue. Once the western front of the imperial city was lost, the rebels of the Han prime minister attacked the Western Sun Gate. Yang Xuangan attacked the Eastern Sun Gate on the other side, and the imperial city would be in danger. Therefore, Li Hun had only one choice, concentrating his troops to guard the western front of the imperial city. So the problem arose again. If Li Hun had all his strength to guard the western front of the imperial city, he would not have enough troops to protect Nan Guo and had to give up the protection of Nan Guo. Fei Yao was trapped in Nan Guo. It was not scary that Fei Yao was trapped, but what was scary was that Fei Yao could not support the imperial city. He and more than 4,000 garrisons actually became "spectators" in the battle to defend the Eastern Capital, which would definitely not work.

The problem then moved Yang Gongren. For him, is it the next step to ensure the safety of the imperial city? Or to take into account both the imperial city and Nanguo? The key is still Li Hun, and Li Hun's choice in the future situation is crucial.

If the King of Qi arrived at the battlefield of the Eastern Capital and formed an alliance with Yang Xuangan, Li Hun would definitely turn against the enemy at the end. With his turn against the enemy, the fall of the imperial city would be inevitable. Even if Yang Gongren had the ability to do everything, he would not be able to defend the imperial city unless he was decisive in killing and resolutely gave up Nan Guo in advance, and transferred Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrison troops into the imperial city in advance, and then relying on the strength of the imperial city and the advantage of defensive forces, he stubbornly stood firm until the return of the Holy Lord and the Expeditionary Army.

Yang Gongren's face became more and more gloomy and his eyes became more and more sharp, but Li Hun ignored it and was not afraid. Why did he preserve his strength? Why would he force Yang Gongren to give up Nanguo than fight to the death for King Yue? There was no way, the Li family of Longxi had no choice but to share the good and bad fortune with the King of Qi. If the King of Qi wanted to go to the Dongdu to compete for the imperial unity, he would have to stay with him to the end. If he had no strength at that time, what would he use to deal with the ever-changing and turbulent situation in the Dongdu? What would he use to help the King of Qi fight for the imperial unity?

Yang Gongren inspected the battlefield a little, comforted the soldiers of the Wei Mansion, and hurried back to the imperial city and summoned the left-behind bosses to discuss urgently.

Fan Zigai, the left-behind Dongdu, was the first to reject Yang Gongren's proposal. Give up Nanguo? It is absolutely not possible. Dongdu is a whole. If you want to defend, you must defend everything. Incoming land will fight for it. Otherwise, even if you lose a city gate of an outer capital, it will be a great humiliation of the capital. To put it bluntly, he cannot bear this responsibility. Puppets can be done, and the blame can be taken, but there is a bottom line. You must defend Dongdu. As long as you guard Dongdu, he is willing to pay any price. After all, the final contribution can be compensated.

On the contrary, he was finished, completely finished, and no one could atone for his crimes. Of course, in case of forced silence, for example, Nan Guo and Bei Guo both captured Yang Xuangan and could only defend the imperial city, so he gritted his teeth and admitted it. But the key problem is that the Han Prime Minister has not yet broken through the Jicuichichi defense line, and Yang Xuangan has not yet arrived at the Chunmen, so Yang Gongren was eager to give up Nan Guo voluntarily. This is not OK, this is too ridiculous and completely unacceptable.

Cui Jie, the chief of the Prince of Yue, stood firmly on Yang Gongren's side and clearly supported Yang Gongren's proposal. The reason is very simple, is Yang Gongren able to fight, or is you, Fan Zigai, able to fight? Undoubtedly, Yang Gongren is better at military affairs. Since Yang Gongren can fight, then his analysis of the current situation in the Eastern Capital is credible. Once Yang Xuangan and Han Xiangguo attack the imperial city from east to west, the eclipse bridge on the eclipse channel will be broken. In the section of the eclipse bridge, the connection between the imperial city and Nanguo was cut off, and Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrison soldiers played a very limited role in the defense of the Eastern Capital.

Cui Zigai asked Fan Zigai, "Since you have rejected Guan Gong's decision and refused to transfer Fei Yao and more than 4,000 soldiers into the imperial city, do you dare to use the head of your neck to ensure that the imperial city can be defended? If you cannot guarantee that the imperial city cannot be defended, and if you lose it, are you willing to bear all your guilt?"

Of course, Fan Zigai cannot guarantee it, and will not bear the blame for his own efforts. Although he is not afraid to take responsibility personally, the problem is that he does not represent personal interests on the battlefield of Dongdu, but the interests of the Holy Lord and the Central and the entire reformists. If he bears the blame for the fall of Dongdu alone, it will inevitably cause a fatal blow to the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central, and bring immeasurable huge losses to the entire reformists. At that time, even if he cuts down one thousand and ten thousand heads, what's the point of

Fan Zigai argued with reason. Now the zodiac channel is still in the hands of the garrison, the zodiac bridge is still solid, the imperial city and Nanguo are still in close contact, Fei Yao and more than 4,000 garrison soldiers can still support the imperial city at any time, why should we give up Nanguo in this case? Before the enemy reached the position, we gave up the position first. What is this? What is this? What is the strategy in which military book is this? In addition, Fan Zigai has already asked for help from the Xijing left-behind mansion on behalf of the Dongdu Left-behind mansion. It is estimated that Xijing will stay in the Xijing soon, Wei Wensheng, the Minister of Justice, will send troops to the Dongdu. In this case, it will be even more unreasonable to give up Nanguo. Fan Zigai firmly believes that as long as the reinforcements in Xijing arrive, the situation on the battlefield of the Dongdu will inevitably reverse.

At this time, Wei Yunqi, the Censor of the Secretariat, spoke, pointing directly at Fan Zigai, "What if the imperial city has fallen into the enemy before the Xijing army arrives?"

Fan Zigai got angry as soon as he heard this. The driving force behind this crisis was the local nobles of Guanlong, led by Wei. The situation in Dongdu deteriorated so quickly, which was directly related to the deliberately created by the local nobles of Guanlong, expanding and intensifying internal conflicts and conflicts in Dongdu. If Dongdu worked together, how could the capital be in danger of falling? Now Wei Yunqi is going to "provoke trouble" again and provoke a conflict between Yang Gongren and Fan Zigai again.

Previously, Fan Zigai insisted on seeking help from Xijing despite Yang Gongren's stop, and the conflict between the two had intensified. Today, Fan Zigai once again opposed Yang Gongren's proposal, which was too much. After Yang Gongren's comeback, not only did he fail to realize the original intention of effectively gathering the major forces in the Dongdu, but was instead jointly set up by a group of bigwigs on the "fire" in the fierce game. Although he did not become the target of public criticism, at least he was in the Dongdu crisis.

The scapegoat was a scapegoat, but King Yang Tong of Yue and Fan Zigai were stolen by Yang Gongren because of their power, so they naturally passed the responsibility to Yang Gongren. According to the principle, Yang Gongren should be able to control the overall situation, and it can be regarded as a condensation of major forces in the Eastern Capital. Unexpectedly, Fan Zigai became angry at the critical moment and showed extraordinary "combat power". When the rebels were approaching the enemy at the city, they suddenly drew their swords to "fight to the death" with Yang Gongren.

The time was chosen well, very good. Yang Gongren dared not "fight" with him. The result of the internal strife was definitely the fall of Dongdu, so he had to compromise. The result of the compromise was that Fan Zigai robbed the power back, but left the responsibility to Yang Gongren. Yang Gongren was "scaught" by a fierce and lifeless politician who did not abide by the rules, but he had no choice. This is his personality, gentle, kind and righteous, not ruthless, which is his fatal key.

The situation in Shangshu Province is that King Yue is a puppet, Yang Gongren and Fan Zigai do their own things and compete with each other. A group of bigwigs watched coldly and had their own thoughts. When Dongdu needed them to work together the most, they were in chaos and a mess.

Wei Yunqi's words are obviously instigating, fearing that the world will not be in chaos. The imperial city fell and the Dongdu fell. Fan Zigai certainly had to take responsibility, but Yang Gongren was the one who beheaded. Fan Zigai was sticking to his duty, but Yang Gongren did what he shouldn't have done. Of course, Yang Gongren was unforgivable to hold him accountable. Wei Yunqi's words meant very bluntly. You, Fan Zigai, was insidious and cunning, in name, to defend Dongdu, but in fact, you wanted to kill Yang Gongren. Killing people was just a head-on, and Yang Gongren had already compromised and made concessions to you, but you refused to forgive and insisted on chopping Yang Gongren's head. This is too much.

Fan Zigai looked coldly and glared at him, questioning, "Why do you think the imperial city will definitely fall into an opponent? Have you mastered the secrets we don't know?"

As soon as you say this, everyone looked at you. Fan Zigai was too fierce, pointing his sword at Wei Yunqi, and he would tear his face apart. Since you believe that the imperial city was going to fall into an enemy, the fall of the imperial city must have something to do with you. This method of "presumed guilt" is too powerful, especially in political games, sometimes "false" is a crime of death.

"I don't know any secrets you don't know." Wei Yunqi narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes were drowned, and he sneered, "I only know that Han Shiyan from Yiquekou, Gu Jue from Luokoucang, Pei Shuang from Heishi Pass, Laiyuan from Yanshi Duwei, and Zhou Zhong, surrendered without fighting; I also know that Henan Lingda Xi Shanyi was defeated by Hanwang Temple and fled alone; I also know that Henan Zanwu Pei Hongce was defeated by Bai Simaban, and also fled alone."

"So, I want to ask, since Han Shiyan, Gu Jue, Pei Shuang, Lai Yuan, Zhou Zhong and others have all rebelled and surrendered to the enemy, how many people are still in the Dongdu City who intend to surrender? I also want to ask, since Da Xi's 5,000 troops and Pei Hongce's tens of thousands of troops were defeated in the battle and were wiped out, will the other troops in the Dongdu City be equally vulnerable? If the people in the Dongdu City surrender one after another, if the troops in the Dongdu City are all vulnerable, can you still defend the Dongdu?"

Fan Zigai's face was red and his ears were speechless.
Chapter completed!