Li Fengyun came up with a specific plan to attack north.

The alliance continued to go north from Fenglong Mountain, and after arriving at Xianyu City, the capital of Boling County, the troops were divided into three roads: left, center, and right.

The army on the left road went north from Xianyu City, advanced along the river, attacked Changshan Pass through Tang County, garrisoned Changshan Pass with heavy troops, and then crossed the Taihang Mountain with the main force, captured Lingqiu with thunder, and captured the flying fox. Then the troops divided into two routes, all the way north through the Flying Fox to capture Ulcheng, and along the Qiyi River all the way to the Sanggan River; All the way to the south through Puyin, captured Puyin Pass, killed Yicheng, the capital of Shanggu County, and supported the army in the middle road.

The army in the middle road directly killed Shanggu County, and set up a formation on the front line of Yishui and Juma River to block the Weifu army that went south from the direction of Zhuojun to rescue Gaoyang. Once the blockade is completed, you can go north along Yishui under the response of the army on the left, cross the Taihang Mountain through Puyin, and join the main force in Feihu.

The army on the right marched east from Xianyu City, killed Gaoyang Town in Hejian County, captured Gaoyang as quickly as possible, plundered grain, and then withdrew to Boling County, went north along the river, often crossed Taihang through the mountain pass, and joined the main force in Feihu.

The heroes thought that Li Fengyun would attack Gaoyang first, and then go north to the Flying Fox, but they didn't expect that Li Fengyun was as imposing as a tiger, and he would actually divide his troops into three ways under the "nose" of the Holy Lord, and attack Gaoyang and the Flying Fox in the north at the same time, which was too bold and reckless.

Chen Rui waited until Li Fengyun finished speaking, and then took the lead in questioning, but in order to maintain Li Fengyun's authority, his words were very subtle, "Ming Gong, according to the exact news, the Holy Lord should arrive in Zhuo County at the end of this month, maybe it is close to Linshuo Palace at this moment. Does Ming Gong have a response to this? ”

The implication is that Li Fengyun's strategy is too big, and that although his own blocking army has seized the advantages of Yishui and Juma River, in the case of the division of troops into three routes, the blocking force is very limited, and it should not be able to resist the attack of the Weifu army.

Li Fengyun smiled calmly, shook his hand, and signaled Chen Rui to be calm and not to be impatient.

"I also got a definite news that on June 26, Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department who temporarily led the military department's Shangshu, defected to Goguryeo."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, everyone didn't expect that the core members of the center were traitors, and they were also the supreme military commander of Shangshutai, and the powerful minister who held the core secrets of the supreme command of the Eastern Expedition, such an important person actually communicated with foreign countries, and actually betrayed Middle-earth and betrayed the kingdom, this is incredible, how is this possible?

Li Zixiong was also extremely shocked. Li Zixiong and Yang Xuangan, Hu Sizheng, Yuan Hongsi and others are all radical conservatives, are the core members of the mutiny alliance, although the mutiny was finally launched by Yang Xuangan, but the other core members are shouldering the same mission, all plotting mutiny within their respective spheres of power, for example, Li Zixiong conspired to seize the military power of the water division to launch a mutiny, Yuan Hongsi conspired to take the Northwest Army south to capture Xijing, so it is conceivable that Hu Sizheng, who is the squire of the military department, of course, has some deployment within the palace, And there should also be a certain number of members of the mutiny alliance in the expeditionary force, so that when Yang Xuangan launched a mutiny in Liyang, whether it was a member of the mutiny alliance who obtained the secret in advance or got the news afterwards, and even most of the radical conservatives, they would actively give Yang Xuangan all-round cooperation, and ensure the success of the mutiny as much as possible or rely on this mutiny to achieve the many political goals of his faction as much as possible.

However, Li Zixiong thought that Hu Sizheng would do his best to cooperate with Yang Xuangan's mutiny, but he did not expect that Hu Sizheng would defect to Goguryeo after the conspiracy of the military department was exposed, which was too strict.

Hu Sizheng did not defect, he was caught and beheaded by the Holy Lord, at most it was a rebellion, and it was also an internal contradiction, and he was spurned by political enemies, but he defected, and he defected to Goguryeo, which confirmed the crime of treason, that is, a traitor who has been stinking for 10,000 years, and will be spurned by the entire Middle Earth.

What is even stricter is that considering the fiasco of the First Eastern Crusade, in which nearly 200,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and an unbelievable defeat, now the truth has finally been revealed, all because Hu Sizheng, a traitor, betrayed the top military secrets and led the way, then the Supreme Command of the Eastern Crusade has become the "culprit", and the center has also become a big "joke", and the central authority will inevitably suffer an unprecedented blow because of this.

The Holy Lord is not appointing people properly, and he does not know people, so it is difficult to escape the blame. After the fiasco of the Eastern Expedition, he took the opportunity to "eliminate" a large number of military "dissidents" and made countless enemies, but now Hu Sizheng's defection gave him a resounding slap in the face, beating him dizzy, with a blue nose and swollen face. The defeat of the Eastern Crusade was his own fault, and his most trusted military minister, Hu Sizheng, turned out to be a traitor to the country (and all the military "dissidents" he took the opportunity to "eradicate" were wronged. Such a strict political crisis can be described as a degrading blow to the authority of the Holy Lord, and the divine imperial power will inevitably suffer a heavy blow as a result.

This is the reason why the news of the defection of Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department, was tightly sealed. This was a catastrophe, a terrible and irreparable political disaster for the Holy Lord, the Central Command, the Eastern Crusade Command, and even the entire reformers, and the consequences of which were incalculable.

Li Zixiong was secretly frightened. Hu Sizheng is too "crazy", the means are too ruthless, he fights all his body, and dares to pull the emperor off the horse, this move is purely a backlash on the verge of death, and he will also pull the back of the holy lord and reformers when he is dying. He is worthless in being tied up, he died in vain, and he can't help Yang Xuangan, let alone the success of this mutiny, the people who deserve to die are still dead due to him, it is better to take risks, fight to the death, and use his treason to create a disaster for the Holy Lord and the center in politics, and fall into the predicament of the Holy Lord and the center being attacked and embattled. Once the turmoil in the country is accelerated because of this, the political situation in Liangjing is accelerated and split, the conservatives take advantage of the situation to defeat the reformers, Yang Xuangan's mutiny is successful, and the emperor changes the master on the throne, then Hu Sizheng can "transform" and become the hero who destroyed the faint monarch, and he can reverse black and white, from a traitor who has been stinking for thousands of years to a great hero who has been remembered for thousands of years.

Li Fengyun's gaze slowly swept over everyone's faces, his eyes were very calm, and he had expected that he would create a stunned face with a single sentence.

"The defection of the military squire Hu Sizheng to Goguryeo, the impact is bad, and it will cause a series of crises, even if the Holy Lord and the palace try their best to blockade it, but the Goguryeo people just let go of this excellent opportunity to fight back, and it will definitely be widely publicized, and it will soon spread throughout Liaodong and northern Xinjiang, and then it will be used by some ill-intentioned people, and the speed and scope of the spread will be greatly accelerated, and the two capitals and even the entire Middle Earth will also be impacted by this bad news, and the negative impact caused by it is incalculable."

After a little analysis, Li Fengyun said, "It is said that after the Holy Lord learned of Hu Sizheng's defection, he was shocked and angry, and took the palace across the Liaoshui overnight and galloped back to China. Two days later, on June 28, the expeditionary force began to withdraw one after another, but the evacuation edict issued by the Holy Lord was that the expeditionary force withdrew to the two towns of Huaiyuan and Tongding, and did not order them to withdraw to Guannei, or even to Liaoxi. ”

Li Fengyun paused for a moment, looked at the heroes in the room, and asked, "Why did the Holy Lord withdraw from Liaoshui before the expeditionary force?" When the situation in the country is deteriorating and the crisis in the eastern capital is about to get out of control at any time, why did the Holy Lord order the expeditionary force to be stationed in the border towns instead of withdrawing to the country to quell the rebellion? ”

The heroes were thoughtful, but no one answered.

Li Fengyun asked himself, "It's very simple, there must be more than one rebellion in the palace, and there must be rebellion within the expeditionary force, although the Holy Lord has the ability to ensure the safety of the palace, but there is no guarantee that the expeditionary force will not have internal strife, once there is an expeditionary general who rebels, the consequences will be unimaginable." Also, Linyu Pass is the throat road connecting Youzhou and Liaoxi, once someone rebels in Zhuo County, there are rebellious comrades in Beiping, and Linyu Pass falls into the hands of thieves, then the Holy Lord and the palace will inevitably be trapped outside the pass, and the consequences are also unimaginable. ”

The heroes nodded frequently, agreeing with Li Fengyun's analysis.

"After the Holy Lord and the Xinggong return safely to the country and temporarily stay in the Linshuo Palace of Zhuo County, will the expeditionary force be safe? Will the rebellion hidden within the expeditionary force be caught? ”

"The answer is no." Li Fengyun continued, "The stability of the expeditionary force is very important, it is directly related to whether the Holy Lord and the center can firmly control the expeditionary force, and whether the Holy Lord and the center can control the expeditionary force is directly related to whether the Holy Lord and the center have the absolute strength to stabilize the domestic situation and whether they have the ability to ensure the security of northern Xinjiang. ”

"Without an army, without strength, the Holy Lord and the Center will be defeated. Therefore, the inference is that no matter how the situation in the Eastern Capital changes, the Holy Lord and the Central Hub will not leave Zhuo County for the time being. ”

"If the situation in the Eastern Capital has been reversed, of course the Holy Lord and the Central Committee must wait and see what happens, after all, after the counterinsurgency, it is necessary to liquidate the government, to deal with a series of crises brought about by the defeat of the Second Eastern Crusade, to try to save the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central to strengthen the ruling position, to formulate a national defense strategy for next year according to the latest development of North-South relations, and so on, and the formulation of these strategies will take time, especially with strong strength as the backing. At present, the greatest strength that the Holy Lord and the Central Center can rely on is the expeditionary force, so they must wait until the expeditionary force is completely stabilized before returning to the Eastern Capital, but this will also take time. On the other hand, if the situation in the Eastern Capital deteriorates day by day, and the domestic political situation is in danger of collapse, the Holy Lord and the Central Hub will not leave Zhuo County, because they must wait for the expeditionary force to return to Guannai, and they must go south with the expeditionary force to quell the rebellion, which will also take time. ”

"How can we ensure the stability of the expeditionary force? First of all, it is necessary to ensure military needs, to ensure the weight of grain and grass, and to ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal; Second, it is necessary to ensure the safety of traffic inside and outside the Guan, and ensure that the expeditionary force can return to the Guannai at any time; for this reason, it is necessary to eliminate the rebellion of the three counties of Zhuo County, Yuyang, and Beiping in the Guannei in the shortest possible time, and to eliminate the rebellion in the border areas outside the Guan, such as Liaoxi and Liaodong; Thirdly, it is necessary to eliminate the rebellion within the expeditionary force and eradicate all possible hidden dangers. But it takes a lot of time to do that. ”

"To sum up, the conclusion is that although the Holy Lord and the center will not leave Zhuojun for the time being, their main energy will be on the stability of the expeditionary force and the security of the northern frontier. In addition, the Zhuojun Zhenshu force has been strictly insufficient since the deputy Chen Ling led 10,000 troops south to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion, and the Holy Lord and the center hastily withdrew to the country with limited troops, at most to ensure the safety of the palace, so it is calculated, as long as we don't waste too much time on the Gaoyang battlefield, the support attitude of the Zhuojun side will not be too resolute, and the rescue force will not be too much. ”

Li Fengyun's analysis and deduction finally won the support of the heroes for the plan of "dividing troops to attack Gaoyang and Flying Fox", so everyone's discussion immediately turned to specific operational deployments, who would lead the army on the left? Who leads the army on the right? Who's going to attack Gaoyang?

The danger of attacking Gaoyang can be imagined, and some Haoshuai couldn't help but ask, "Ming Gong, do we have to fight Gaoyang?" ”

"Be sure to fight." Li Fengyun said without thinking, "There are still two months of winter, and the winter in the north is very long, and the food we are currently stockpiling is simply not enough for us to survive the winter." ”

"Didn't Ming Gong say that the Flying Fox has a basin, and Ulcheng has a plain, and there is a lot of arable land? In this case, if we lay down Flying Fox and Ulcheng, won't we have food? ”

Li Fengyun shook his head, "The locals themselves can't eat enough, and they all have to rely on government relief to get by, where is the food for us?" ”

Someone was surprised, "Ming Gong, didn't you say that the arable land there is enough to feed us?" How can we survive if the locals themselves don't have enough to eat? ”

"Those locals are mainly descendants of various species of Hulu, mainly animal husbandry, although the government also allocated land, and some Han people taught them the art of farming, but they were stubborn and conservative, and it was difficult to accept, and a lot of land was abandoned and turned into pastures for grazing." Li Fengyun patiently explained, "These locals are not the Xianbei people after Sinicization, but various tribes that have migrated from outside the Saiwai in recent decades. ”

"About 90 years ago, the Wei state of the Tuoba clan broke out in the Great Uprising of the Six Towns of Northern Xinjiang, which ended in failure and caused heavy losses to the population of Northern Xinjiang. In order to prevent the six towns from rioting again, a large number of people from northern Xinjiang were relocated to the wealthy Hebei region, and northern Xinjiang was suddenly empty, so various tribes outside the Saiwai took the opportunity to settle in the south. After that, the Tuoba Wei State was divided into the Eastern and Western Wei, and then the Eastern and Western Wei were replaced by the Gao Qi State and the Yuwen Zhou State, and then the Qi State was annexed by the Zhou State, and the Yellow River Valley was unified again. With the rapid change of dynasties, the northern Xinjiang is also changing rapidly, and the residents of the northern Xinjiang are also rapidly changing their complex racial identities in the continuous southward movement. ”

"Now the Hulu in northern Xinjiang all call themselves Han people, but in fact there are very few real Han people, and the descendants of Xianbei after sinicization have become the main group of Han people in northern Xinjiang, followed by the other races that have been sent south to belong to the Middle Earth for more than a hundred years, including the desert tribes and the northeast tribes, although they also call themselves Han people, but the real Han people and the Han people in northern Xinjiang (Xianbei descendants) never recognize their 'Han people' identity, or regard them as Hulu, and despise, oppress and insult them, And this is precisely the reason why the contradictions and conflicts between the Han and the Chinese in northern Xinjiang are continuous. ”

When Li Fengyun said this, his expression was very strict, and his tone was also very solemn, "The reason why I said this is to warn everyone that when we arrive at the Flying Fox and enter the mountains, we must live in harmony with the residents of the mountains, do not wantonly bully, let alone burn, kill and plunder." We must know that whether the alliance is based in the mountains or crisscrosses northern Xinjiang, it needs the support of the people of northern Xinjiang, whether they are Han people, Sinicized Xianbei people, or Hulu people, they are all Han people who were born and raised in Middle Earth, and they are all our brothers and sisters. ”

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