Even if I was immersed in farming in a corner of peace, I never relaxed my attention to the Second Northern Expedition of the Nation and Dynasty, and carried out targeted paper and sand table deductions, and formulated various plans day after day to train my various auxiliary systems and personal teams, including counselors and staff.

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Compared with the perfection of internal monitoring and counter-espionage methods, Huaidong Town is somewhat powerless in the field of external intelligence collection, especially intelligence spying against the Northern Dynasties, or it can be said that it has always been in a situation where it cannot be effectively used.

On the one hand, it is impossible to establish a stable channel and local network system, because long-term intelligence work and personnel development also require a sufficient population base and people's livelihood and economic activities as a daily cover. And this official people's livelihood withered in the Northern Dynasty is precisely the condition that is lacking.

On the other hand, it is caused by war and famine, and it is quite difficult to send safe and fast information to the reality of thousands of miles without hearing people and leaving white bones in the wilderness.

Not to mention the channels and possibilities for the planted hands to penetrate deeply and successfully lurk in a certain position.

As for recruiting rebels from above, I'm sorry, at least Huaidong, which I rule, has neither this identity and qualifications, nor does it have enough status and conditions to use as a means to win over the enemy.

There are only a few short-term armed espionage campaigns targeting specific targets, and a small number of returnee profiles recruited from the refugees, so the level and value of the information that can be provided to us on a daily basis can be described as rather lackluster.

Although what has been gained is quite limited, I am not as optimistic about the ongoing war in the west as those in the rear.

At this age, the possibility of defeating or overthrowing a regime that once occupied half of the world through one or more major victories is already extremely unlikely.

Just like my Huaidong Army, although the superior military strength of the North Korea on the opposite side most of the time attaches importance to being able to gain the upper hand or achieve a superior victory, it does not mean that our army has the ability to re-enter the capital and even conquer the strength of Luodu.

Although the Northern Dynasties lost a large number of territories and lost divisions, they always held a number of strategic points and key points.

And if these key points cannot be uprooted, the Northern Dynasty, which seems to have only one breath left, will always be a crippled but not dead, and will never be able to be replenished with more soldiers, materials and financial resources from the equally broken roads north of the Yellow River and even to the west.

This could easily turn into a protracted war of national strength and resource attrition. Especially after the Northern Dynasties had just recovered from life and death a few years ago, they naturally attached great importance to and learned from experience.

And with my understanding of the Liang army, I really can't be optimistic.

At least in the previous Northern Expedition, after losing a large number of elite and experienced veterans, whether it is the newly recruited men and horses of the Eight Dao Provinces in the Lingnei, or the garrison troops transferred back from overseas, although their numbers are numerous, they lack the decisive attack power of the past palace army or the Shenji army, which can be decisive.

It's easy to be dragged into the long tug-of-war and confrontational rhythm of heaps and fights; And then, once the war dragged on into winter, most of the victories and gains they had achieved before would have little meaning in the face of the freezing cold.

Therefore, I can think of the safest way, that is, to advance step by step, to consolidate and digest state by prefecture and county, through the appointment of officials and immigrants and other means; The traces and remnants of the rule left by the Northern Dynasty were basically eliminated; In this way, the wings and screens on the periphery can be cut off little by little, and it will probably take three or five years to gradually flatten or trap the resistance and efforts of the Luodu side.

Then, despite avoiding and preventing the possibility that those in power in Luodu would take the risk of fleeing to Hebei or Hedong, and continue to resist stubbornly.

But this premise is that the girder has the foundation to continue to support it, and the top decision-makers also have enough patience and vision.

However, I did not wait for the Jiangning side to come to the Jiangning side for a long time, and the opinions and qualitative statements on the handling of the shipwreck incident of the Wind Viewing Group were waiting for another thing sent in the name of the base camp.

Brought by a gray-haired lieutenant envoy, Kang Lu, a rather severe admonition and punishment opinion.

"Gu Shao Yingjun's life, the system said: Si Huaidong is the same as the director of the six states to calm the country...... The chaos is eternal, and the Yadao is missing,...... Regardless of the personal provocation of the soldiers...... It's a question, Anderson is a ......"

The other party stood in front of me and read it aloud, kneeling down to listen to the restrained left and right, but they were already showing some nervousness or surprise, and the expression of loss came.

However, it was not severe enough to strictly admonish me for all kinds of illegal wrongdoings of sending troops to interfere in the affairs of foreign vassals without any reason under the guise of public welfare and selfishness, and thus decided to seize General Pinghai, impose a fine of three years, reduce the knighthood, and remove the title.

He also ordered the Huaidong army and horses to immediately withdraw from Andong and return to the town without a slight delay, and the rest of the matter was subject to the punishment of the imperial court and was not allowed to make arbitrary claims. But it was a man of weight who, in the court to the south, denounced my deeds in the land of Anton.

Of course, despite this, this is not too much of a problem, compared to the land of Huaidong, which is close to the water, the imperial court thousands of miles away is beyond the reach of the whip after all, and it is difficult to achieve effective monitoring and control.

And I have already withdrawn my troops from the land of Andong, if the imperial court really wants to pursue it, I will not give an order to let those people and horses stationed in the five states of western Liaoning and the three states of the peninsula change their banners and vests on the spot, and continue to stay in the name of the old department of the Luo princes.

At the beginning, the old Luo Sijin of the family took in some of Luo's subordinates, which was prepared for this day; Although the imperial court can restrain my Huaidong Town, can it still actually control the heads of the foreign vassal princes far away in the northeast?

At least these vested territories anyway, don't want to make me spit out again.

However, the real disposition is yet to come. According to the order of the base camp and the Privy Council, Wang Guiqian's army, which was subordinate to the three armies of Huaidong, will be divided separately from the jurisdiction of Huaidong Town;

The two full-fledged military orders of Weining Zhenxiong, which were divided from the Huainan camp, formed a new army called "Henan Farewell", waiting for the opportunity to march into Henan as a response to the Northern Expedition of the National Dynasty.

Even if it is about to get out of my grasp from now on, together with the transportation and control of the corresponding military salaries and materials, it will naturally be justifiably removed from my Huaidong quota.

And from the actual control of Huaidong, the Sizhou Suzhou along the Huai was carved out as a grain platform for the rear of this army and horses to be stationed and eaten. It is equivalent to reinserting a wedge between Huaidong Town and Huainan Xingying.

The reason from the base camp is also very justifiable, once the Northern Expedition of the Nation is successful, Huaidong will not have more heavy troops stationed, similarly, Huaidong should try its best to prepare, cooperate with the follow-up troops of the Nation to the north, and for the remnants of the Northern Dynasty in the vast area north of the Yellow River, the pursuit of the north and the thunder sweep of the hole cleanup.

And the Huaidong generals headed by me can also contribute to the great cause of the Northern Expedition and their identity, so they can successfully return to the court and enjoy the various gifts of the shade in front of the emperor.

Of course, this may still be a kind of salary draw, or maybe in the eyes of those big people, as long as Huaidong's power is weakened, just like I want to make extraneous branches like Anton, I will have more than enough power to do it.

And unless I am determined to openly break with the Southern Dynasty and stand on my own, otherwise, there is really no way to resist changing this decision and result that the supply supply in the rear has been controlled by others for a long time, and the Huainan camp is on the side.

Am I going to create an excuse for an external threat, to take advantage of the threat of an enemy to keep this force? Or create an accident to drag this out, and then spend a lot of effort in the DPRK to continue the operation...... For a moment, my mind flashed through the countless pros and cons and trade-offs, which became a kind of hesitation and silence on the outside.

Then the noise and buzzing from left to right became a little harsh, and all kinds of eyes were cast in front of me.

"Subordinate ......"

It wasn't until I thought about it and took the initiative to take this thing that the tense face of the Kang Zhong envoy who was Xuan was relieved and he sighed heavily.

"Before the miscellaneous family came, the prison country also had a special explanation,"

"For the envoy is still valued and cherished......"

"I just hope that the system will not be a little ...... And the ...... who mistook his future"

And after stuffing a few large-denomination flying coins issued by Huiyuan, and setting up a small banquet to accompany him, Kang Zhong's face became more and more lively, and he was even more aware of everything.

For example, at the beginning of this incident, the representatives of several Andong princes who were vassals of the Luo clan went directly to Jiangning to complain and cry, but it was the high-level of the Donghai branch who provided them with help and channels to evade Huaidong's monitoring and interception...... And so on and so forth, true and false drunken words.

As a result, I also connected some clues in my heart, for example, the Boluo Society, which saw the beginning and the end of the dragon, actually colluded and joined forces with the East China Sea Branch. There is also the role and position of the Tokai branch in the civil strife of the Andong princes.

What I can do on the bright side is the last round of personnel adjustments that are left on an emergency basis, and completely sort out and redeploy the main components of the former army, so as to preserve some things as much as possible......

As the saying goes, I can evacuate most of the population of Suzhou and Sizhou along the Huai, but the ongoing land reclamation and construction projects in Suzhou and Sizhou have also been abandoned halfway.

And after the sudden loss of nearly one-third of the main battle establishment, Huaidong Town's garrison and military strength in all aspects will become tense, after all, Huaidong's territory and business are now a little bigger.

I had to urgently mobilize and recruit more troops, cancel all leave and recall some of the retired veterans to fill and maintain the need for defense readiness.

Despite this, in friendship and substantive support; In the end, I still assigned another subordinate to Wang Gui's department, and put together five battalions of about 6,000 people; Except for the headquarters of the two battalions of the former army, the others were all drawn from the garrison camp; Equipped with a full complement of firearms and a number of base ammunition, it is only slightly behind in terms of equipment, which can be regarded as a certain sense of benevolence and righteousness.

At the same time, the commander Wang Gui also visited me that night, and expressed to me a certain attitude of sincerity and loyalty in a rather agitated manner, apparently he was not optimistic about the prospects and results of this new sequence, or simply left a way out in case of contingencies.

This decision and result can be said to be a strong shock that reverberates in the aftermath of Huaidong; Hidden in the daily routine of prosperity and development, a certain sense of precarious crisis and worry about the future has once again come to the fore with the dark tide.