When Li Zixiong and Li Hun heard that King Qi led his army north and was about to arrive in Buyeo, they were surprised and gloomy and extremely disappointed.

If the King of Qi can wake up, re-erect the banner, and resolve to confront the Holy Lord to the end, then under the bad background of the imminent outbreak of the Civil War and the rapid decline in the domestic political situation, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee have no choice but to compromise and make concessions, and win the cooperation of the King of Qi by conceding political interests, so that the situation will be favorable to the King of Qi. In the future, the Civil War was won, and the Holy Lord was scarred, exhausted, and eager to recover, and he couldn't care about fighting the King of Qi in the short term, and at that time, the King of Qi was able to cut off the hegemony even if he couldn't compete with the Holy Lord with his accumulated merits; On the contrary, if the Civil War is lost, the authority of the Holy Lord is lost, embattled, and the people rebel and leave, and they are in a state of collapse, such a God-given opportunity, as long as the King of Qi firmly grasps it, he will be able to rise against the trend and become the hope of Middle-earth.

It's just that the wishes are good, and the reality is very unforgiving.

King Qi is cowardly by nature, and indecisive in looking forward and backward, he does not dare and does not want to betray the Holy Lord, and always has illusions about the Holy Lord, so the King of Qi went north to Fuyu, definitely not to wake up, let alone unite everyone to fight against the Holy Lord, on the contrary, he wants to use the power of Anton to ensure the victory of the Third Eastern Crusade and ensure that he will make meritorious deeds again, so as to prove himself to the Holy Lord and win the trust of the Holy Lord.

However, the consequences of this move were very serious, and even if the King of Qi finally achieved his goal and the Third Eastern Crusade was victorious, he still had to establish meritorious deeds, but it was still difficult to win the trust of the Holy Lord. At the same time, he has made others miserable, and his actions will not only exacerbate the Holy Lord's distrust of Anton, intensify the contradictions between the Holy Lord and Anton, but even provoke a struggle between the Holy Lord and Pei Shiju, lead to a new round of political storm, make the power of the top level more divisive, and make the Holy Lord and the center's attempts to unite internally and externally before the Civil War come to naught.

However, this move is in line with the consistent style of King Qi, for the sake of personal interests and disregard for the interests of the country and others, as a result, harm others and harm themselves and the country, they have nothing to gain or even huge losses, and they also hurt others, and finally damage the interests of the country, such as his "immorality" behavior, which seems to be a personal moral problem, but in fact, from the country to himself, as well as all stakeholders, have paid a heavy price for this.

King Qi should have learned a lesson, grew rapidly in the midst of setbacks, and matured politically, but what he has done today shows that he not only did not learn the lessons of the past, but instead intensified and went further and further down the wrong path.

"This is not King Qi's idea." Li Fengyun looked at Li Hun with a cold gaze, "This must be Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng's idea, in order to save themselves, they actually stabbed me in the back and trapped me in a predicament, which is unbearable." ”

As soon as Li Zixiong and Li Hun heard it, they knew that Li Fengyun suspected that they had something to do with this matter, and if they didn't explain it clearly, there would inevitably be a gap between the three of them, which would directly affect the cooperation on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition and even in the future.

"It was our negligence." Li Zixiong stroked his beard and sighed, "We should think that the Holy Lord's edict to the King of Qi to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade is nothing more than to seek an opportunity to deprive the King of Qi of his military power, so that although the King of Qi has no worries about his life, Wei Fusi, Li Shanheng and others will not be able to escape their doom." At the moment of life and death, they were dying and struggling, and they did everything they could, and the result was that it affected us. ”

"One hundred secrets." Li Hun also shook his head and sighed, "We still seriously underestimated the Holy Lord, in order to eradicate the opponent, he couldn't wait, and even wanted to solve the problem before the start of the Eastern Crusade, but the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, Wei Fusi, Li Shanheng, and a large group of civil and military officials loyal to the King of Qi fled from Huaiyuan before the Holy Lord killed him. ”

Then Li Hun met Li Fengyun's gaze and said calmly, "The matter has come to this point, the King of Qi is about to arrive, complaining and resentment is useless, we must think of a countermeasure." ”

"Countermeasure? The kings of Qi are here, what other countermeasures are there? Li Fengyun sneered and asked sharply at Li Hun, "Can you still refuse King Qi thousands of miles away?" Can you still turn against him and fight against him? ”

Li Fengyun was furious, although he forcibly endured it and did not act hysterically, but Li Zixiong and Li Hun both saw the burning anger from his questioning.

Li Hun smiled bitterly, stretched out his hands at Li Fengyun, and looked helpless, "This knife has been inserted, it has become a fait accompli, now we can neither refuse the king of Qi thousands of miles away, let alone turn against him, even if we are unwilling, we have to force a happy face and a snake, otherwise things will only get worse and worse, and even go out of control, bringing a fatal blow to Anton." ”

Li Zixiong also shook his hand at Li Fengyun, signaling him not to get excited and calm down as soon as possible.

"At this point, the loss is inevitable, and the only way to reduce it is to find a way to reduce it." Li Zixiong said, "The top priority at the moment is to conquer Pyongyang at any cost, destroy Goguryeo, and win the victory of the Third Eastern Crusade, which is the premise of our derogation, and without this premise, we don't want to say that the loss is derogated, and even a safe return to Andong is probably an extravagant hope." ”

Li Fengyun nodded, "Ming Gong is right, the matter has come to this point, there is no way back, you can only move forward bravely." Yesterday, the news came from Daga Duluo and Yelu Tieli from the Hachuan River, which gave us some preliminary understanding of the military situation on both sides of the Hachuan River. Originally, he planned to wait for a few more days, and wait for Dahe Duluo and Yelu Tieli to find out the military situation of Su Mo Jin in more detail, and then launch an attack, but now that the situation has changed, he can't wait any longer, and without further ado, he will lead the army out tomorrow and kill Haochuan. ”

Li Hun smiled bitterly again, and stopped talking. Li Fengyun is still angry, he has no intention of seeking countermeasures, he just wants to avoid King Qi, and he walks away, out of sight, not upset, you can do whatever you like, anyway, Anton's knife is solid, this grudge is settled, and it is difficult to resolve.

Li Zixiong was calm and said unhurriedly, "Leave tomorrow?" It's okay, Buyeo is only more than 400 miles away from Huichuan, our side is full of troops, and it is impossible for Huichuan to be ignorant, once you are on guard, it will be difficult to sneak attack. It's just that you're gone, how will King Qi deal with it here? You have to give us an account, and you can't just leave without it. If you are left to our disposal, do you feel at ease? If the King of Qi is coerced by us and openly confronts the Holy Lord, the consequences will definitely be more serious than you think. ”

Li Fengyun groaned slightly, and turned his eyes to look at Li Hun, "What do you suggest?" ”

Among the three, only Li Hun is a staunch supporter of King Qi, and the interests of the two sides are linked, tightly "tied" together, and both loss and prosperity are lost, so the arrival of King Qi and the re-cooperation between King Qi and all parties should be what Li Hun is willing to see.

Li Hun hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "If King Qi wants to cooperate with you again, will you accept it?" ”

Li Fengyun replied without hesitation, "The Great War between the North and the South is imminent, and Middle-earth cannot lose this battle, so the bottom line is that anyone who may endanger the victory of the Great War between the North and the South cannot accept it." ”

Li Fengyun refused, he would not cooperate with the King of Qi again, and he would not anger the Holy Lord and the Central Center because of this, and plunge the high-level power in Middle-earth into more serious divisions and struggles.

Li Hun thought for a moment and asked, "But last winter, especially before the Flying Fox army withdrew into Anzhou, why did you still try to maintain the cooperation between the two sides?" ”

"It's very simple, one is that the King of Qi needs to contain the Holy Lord, restrain the Zhuojun Garrison, and give the Flying Fox Garrison a precious respite; The second is to hope that the king of Qi can form a tripartite echo with Anzhou and the flying fox inside and outside the Great Wall, and then coerce Youyan and threaten the holy lord, forcing the holy lord and the center to compromise and make concessions, and then end the eastern crusade, return to the eastern capital, and stabilize the country, so that the Middle earth can concentrate on the preliminary preparations for the great war between the north and the south, and at the same time, the king of Qi and we can also grow rapidly, once the middle earth wins the great war between the north and the south, the king of Qi will be able to take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the eastern capital to recuperate, according to the northern Xinjiang and hegemony, to lay a solid foundation for the seizure of the imperial unity. ”

When Li Fengyun said this, his eyes gradually became cold, and his tone became colder, "However, at the critical moment, the King of Qi treacherously stood on the side of the Holy Lord, forcing the Flying Fox to retreat into Anzhou, forcing me Anton to bow his head to the Holy Lord and the center to send his hands to the martial arts of opening the frontier, knowing that the East was going to kill us, and had to jump into the trap and travel thousands of miles to expedition to Goguryeo, fighting to the death." ”

"A betrayer, a betrayer who put us to death, you let X continue to cooperate with him, and continue to entrust the lives of X and more than 200,000 horses to him, what do you want to do? What is your purpose? Do you want the King of Qi to step on the bones of my more than 200,000 Anton and walk back to the Eastern Capital? ”

Li Hun was speechless.

Li Zixiong once again waved his hand at Li Fengyun, signaling him to calm down, now is not the time to argue, but to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible, and blaming each other will not help solve the problem.

"The situation has reached this point, and there is no possibility of cooperation between the two sides." Li Zixiong looked at Li Hun and said solemnly, "Although you have your position and your goals, King Qi and Anton have parted ways, especially before the end of the Southern War, Anton will never be able to support King Qi, there is no doubt about this, so please keep your promise, and don't ignore Anton for your own selfish interests like Wei Fusi and Li Shanheng, and put the country in danger." ”

Before Li Hun could speak, Li Fengyun spoke coldly again, "The faster the war between the north and the south comes, the more powerful the Holy Lord's means against Xijing will be, otherwise it will be impossible for the two capitals to put aside the contradictions and unite with the outside world, and the Li clan of Longxi Chengji happens to be the best target, slaughtering your Longxi Chengji Li clan, which can not only effectively hit the warriors of Longxi, but also hit Xijing hard, and can also sweep away the power of the King of Qi, so that it can not only eliminate the domestic disaster to the greatest extent, but also centralize power in the central government faster, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone." Therefore, I told you that before the start of the Great War between the North and the South, you and the Li clan of Chengji in Longxi must be cautious, and never give the Holy Lord a chance to slaughter, otherwise there will be a disaster of death and annihilation. ”

In the face of Li Fengyun's threat, Li Hun was full of anger, his face was extremely ugly, but he had no choice, people had to bow their heads under the eaves, he and Longxi Chengji Li are now a thorn in the eye of the Holy Lord, and they are in danger, and Anton is his refuge, and the Great War between the North and the South is the life-saving straw of Longxi Chengji Li, if he insists on going his own way at this moment, he continues to pull King Qi to rush left and right in the whirlpool of the imperial struggle, seriously damaging Anton's interests, and putting Pei Shiju and Li Fengyun to death, the result can be imagined.

"Okay, that's all that is said, Gong Yu will no longer have illusions." Li Zixiong hurriedly played a round game, and while reaching out to pat Li Hun on the back, he said to Li Fengyun, "How to deal with King Qi, you take a countermeasure." ”

"The only way to do this is to compromise with the Holy Lord." Li Fengyun pointed at Li Hun and said indignantly, "You and I jointly played the Holy Lord and promised him that the day the Eastern Crusade ended would be when the King of Qi returned to the Eastern Capital. In addition, I urgently reported to the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate and asked Pei Dadu Protector to also make a promise to the Holy Lord that the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate and the Anton Army take it as their responsibility to protect the family and the country, and will never do anything detrimental to the country and the Holy Lord. ”

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