On the tenth day of February, Cui Yu and Cui Jiu secretly visited Li Fengyun.

With the withdrawal of the Flying Fox garrison from the Guanwai, Cui Hongsheng's personal crisis has also been lifted, but new problems have followed, and now Anton's interests are on the table, and all forces are salivating, rushing forward, how to let the Boling Cui family, Zhaojun Li family, Fanyang Lu family and other wealthy families in northern Hebei Youyan snatch more benefits from it, it has become a top priority, and Cui Hongsheng, as the head of the Boling Cui family, should rush to the front and do his best.

At this time, Li Fengyun conveyed a message to him through Cui Yu, hoping that he could participate in the Third Crusade, and the two sides would cooperate again to seek common interests.

Cui Hongsheng had no intention of participating in the Third Crusade. The situation is clear, the center has not yet made a decision on the Third Eastern Crusade, and even if this decision is made in the future, it has missed the best opportunity, and it is impossible to conquer Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo, and the best result is to force Goguryeo to surrender on his knees. This is meaningless to Middle-earth, it is not of much value militarily and politically, and it cannot help the Holy Lord and the Central Center to recover the face lost due to the repeated defeats of the Eastern Crusade, but it is better than nothing, so Cui Hongsheng does not want to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, and does not want to risk his political life meaninglessly.

However, Li Fengyun was very optimistic about the Third Eastern Crusade, and even made a bold prediction that Goguryeo would surely perish, and the Third Eastern Crusade would definitely end in the complete destruction of Goguryeo. This piqued Choi's interest. Li Fengyun is a person who creates miracles, just look at Anton's move, you can see that Li Fengyun is not only bold and strategic, but also amazingly lucky, and luck is just part of strength.

Cui Hongsheng's heart was moved, and what made him heartbroken was not that he could avenge the defeat of Sasu heartily, nor because of the political benefits brought by the destruction of Goguryeo, but Li Fengyun's pessimistic prediction of the Great War between the North and the South.

Li Fengyun predicted that the Great War between the North and the South would not only break out next year, but would also be a two-way Turkic attack on the Middle Turks. If this prediction becomes a reality, the odds of winning in Middle-earth are not great, and what is more serious is that Hebei and even the whole of Shandong have already paid a heavy price because of the three-year Eastern Crusade, and if the Civil War breaks out again next year, Shandong will make matters worse, and there will be no respite at all, and the result can be imagined, the unbearable Shandong people are very likely to set off a tide of rebellion, and Shandong will be surrounded by smoke and smoke under the attack of internal and external enemies, and the lives will be ruined, which will be immeasurable for the interests of the wealthy families in Shandong.

In both public and private, the Boling Cui clan both needed the victory of the Great Northern War, and the stability and unification of Middle Earth, so Cui Hongsheng weighed it again and again, resolutely played the Holy Lord, and took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, determined to do his best to win the trust of the Holy Lord before the outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South, seize the military power at any cost, and prepare for the Great War next year.

Cui Hongsheng took the initiative to ask for help, and was willing to move forward for the Eastern Expedition and support the Holy Lord with practical actions.

This move has a great impact, especially for the position and attitude of Hebei and Youyan wealthy families, which will play a positive role in guiding and promoting. The Holy Lord was very happy with this, and immediately agreed, and ordered Cui Hongsheng, the general of the Left Wuwei, to immediately rush to the base camp of Liaodong, and make preparations for the Third Eastern Crusade together with Li Jing, the general of the Right Wuwei, and Xue Shixiong, the general of the Left Imperial Guard.

Li Fengyun achieved his goal as he wished, and the next step was the in-depth cooperation between the two sides, and the success of the cooperation was directly related to the outcome of the battle.

Li Fengyun no longer concealed it, and truthfully informed the Choi family of his plan to attack Pyongyang by taking the middle road.

Cui Yu and Cui Jiu were very surprised, this strategy of attacking the enemy was completely beyond their expectations.

Previously, Li Fengyun persuaded Cui Hongsheng to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade because he would lead an army of 100,000 Han captives to attack Goguryeo, and act as an attack to clear all obstacles in the way of Cui Hongsheng's advance. For this reason, Cui Hongsheng basically believes that because Cui Yu and Cui Jiu went to the Chifeng General Camp to see Li Fengyun's true strength with their own eyes, and there are tens of thousands of horses on the Flying Fox side, so Li Fengyun does have the ability to gather 100,000 troops, but the key is that Li Fengyun must keep his promises, be willing to go on an expedition, and be willing to take an expedition of 100,000 troops to Goguryeo.

Now the expeditionary force in the base camp of Liaodong is only more than 100,000 people, plus the personal guard of the king of Qi and the Praetorian Guard of the Holy Lord, the total strength is only more than 150,000 people.

But how is this possible? Anton doesn't want it? Just rely on Pei Shiju to sing the empty city plan alone? Or did Li Fengyun deliberately avoid the enemy's edge, give Anton away, and run to the ruins of Goguryeo to claim the king?

"It's a good plan." The twelfth lady of the Cui family, Dai, frowned, pondered for a long time, and asked, "Since you are rushing to attack by taking the intermediary, you will inevitably hide your tracks, and the army must be few and fine, otherwise don't say that you will hide your traces, and even the grain and grass will not be solved." Since the army is small but fine, may I ask, how many troops do you lead on an expedition? Or an expedition of 100,000 troops to Goguryeo? ”

"Of course." Li Fengyun said without thinking, "Without an army of 100,000, how can Pyongyang City be emptied?" ”

"How dare you lie?" Cui Yu shouted, "You led an army of 100,000 to expedition to Goguryeo, who will suppress Andong?" Anton doesn't want it? ”

"Anton is as steady as Mount Tai." Li Fengyun said, "Wenxi Gong stayed in Anton, who would dare to brush his tiger beard?" In addition, there are tens of thousands of troops who have just come out of the Flying Fox, they are stationed in the flat pine forest and the pine mountain line, to the west can block the Turks in the southeast of the moraine, and to the north can take into account the Donghu species, foolproof. In addition, in this expedition, a certain will also bring the Turkic control strings of Buli and Ashina Duer, and some of the Xi, Khitan and Xia tribes will control the strings, so as to minimize the internal risks that may threaten Anton's stability. ”

The Flying Fox army that has just come out of the customs does not participate in the Eastern Crusade and wants to stay in Anton? Cui Yu and Cui Jiusi looked at each other, and a shadow swept in their eyes.

Cui Yu's face suddenly turned cold, and he shouted sharply, "Bai, if the Flying Fox army stays in Andong, where did you get the 100,000 troops to expedition to Goguryeo?" ”

"How could so-and-so lie to you?" Li Fengyun refuted without hesitation, "The First Crusade of Middle-earth, known as a million-strong army, how can it be fake? ”

Cui Yu and Cui Jiu were furious. was negligent, or deceived Li Fengyun, 100,000 troops and 100,000 elite soldiers are fundamentally two different things, but the two sides did not make it clear at the beginning, but now they insist on their own words, but it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong.

Cui Yu laughed angrily and asked, "Then can you tell your son that when your 100,000 troops arrived at the city of Pyongyang, not only was the food and grass exhausted, but the soldiers were even more tired, how to attack the city?" How many more days can you attack? ”

Li Fengyun smiled, shook his hand, and said in a good manner, "This is a secret, and I can't disclose it." ”

Cui Yu was extremely angry, and just wanted to open his mouth to scream angrily, but was blocked by Li Fengyun's outstretched hand, "One thing you said is very right, after a long journey, the 100,000 army of a certain is exhausted, and the grain and grass may also be cut off, if there is no means of victory, attacking Pyongyang is purely looking for death, so please believe that so, although a certain is bold and dangerous, but will not ignore the life and death of 100,000 brothers, a certain is still somewhat sure, take a step back and say, even if a certain can not conquer Pyongyang in one go, it will also be defeated with Pyongyang, which is enough to pave the way for Huang Taigong to win the first victory in the Eastern Expedition." ”

Li Fengyun's words were sincere, and Cui Yu also calmed down, and it was true after thinking about it carefully. Li Fengyun always breaks the kettle and fights against the water, puts it to death and then lives, it seems that he is fighting to the death, and if he does not succeed, he will become benevolent, but in fact, if he seriously scrutinizes the key to it, he can still show some fighters hidden behind the desperate situation, but these fighters are difficult for most people to even appear, let alone seize, and Li Fengyun's advantage is that he can not only keenly show the fighters, but also capture the fleeting fighters in time, this is talent, unparalleled talent, not to accept it.

Cui Yu wants to make a decision, but this decision is related to the vital interests of his father Cui Hongsheng, and it is also related to the future of the Boling Cui family, so he must be cautious.

Cui Jiu saw that Cui Yu was silent in thought, so he asked Li Fengyun, "When do you plan to go on the expedition?" Do you wait until the central center makes a decision and the Holy Lord issues the edict? ”

Li Fengyun shook his head and solemnly replied, "Within ten days, a certain general will go north to Chifeng and lead an expedition. If everything goes well, at the end of April, that is, more than two months later, a certain general will be killed under the city of Pyongyang and hit Goguryeo by surprise. ”

Cui Yu was taken aback and blurted out, "So fast? Don't wait for the Holy Lord's edict? ”

Cui Jiu was stunned. Li Fengyun's wolf is too terrifying, and it is estimated that he has long been eyeing the dying Goguryeo. Regardless of whether there is an edict from the Holy Lord or not, Li Fengyun's goal this year is Goguryeo, and he must use Goguryeo to feed himself, so that Li Fengyun must have already made a layout and has a chance of winning, and as long as the Cui family cooperates tacitly this time, he should be able to return home on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition.

"The end of April?" Cui Jiu hesitated a little and said, "The center has not made a decision so far, so before the end of April, it may be difficult for the Eastern Expeditionary Army to cross the Liaoshui." ”

"It's a bit difficult." Li Fengyun said, "Although Anton joined the Third Eastern Crusade with an army of 100,000 and effectively helped the Holy Lord and the Central Crusade solve the problem of insufficient troops in the Eastern Crusade, and there is no longer any need to recruit troops from the country, but the mobilization and transportation of grain and grass still takes time. ”

Cui Jiu immediately asked, "What is the plan?" ”

"As far as the current situation is concerned, although the Holy Lord wants to destroy Goguryeo and wash away the shame of the past, the reality does not allow it, so the goal of the Third Eastern Crusade is estimated to be to force Goguryeo to surrender by force, so that he can barely save a little face, and will not let the Holy Lord return to the Eastern Capital in disgrace. By extension, the Third Crusade will be subject to all kinds of interference and constraints, both at the central level and within the military, and there are very few people who really want to fight bravely to kill the enemy and destroy Goguryeo......

Cui Jiu comprehended.

Cui Yu asked, "My family is the first to cross the river, isn't there a danger of going deep alone?" ”

Li Fengyun glanced at her and said with a smile, "It's not your family who is alone, it's so-and-so." ”

＝