Nayan Suwei originally opposed the king of Qi going north to the border, because the reality of the situation no longer allowed it? If there is another accident in Xinjiang, it is not allowed to further deteriorate the relationship between the north and the south, and the king of Qi is ostensibly more beneficial than disadvantageous, but the premise is that the king of Qi must listen to the words of the holy lord, and those who support the king of Qi must also put the interests of the middle earth and the country first, and take into account the overall situation, and cannot deliberately destroy the relationship between the north and the south because of their own selfishness, and fall into the northern Xinjiang in danger, but whether it is the king of Qi or those who support the king of Qi, the holy lord and the center have no way to control them, so the risk of the king of Qi is too great, once the harm outweighs the good, causing huge consequences, it is irreparable.

However, Pei Shiju's position suddenly "loosened" and caught Su Wei off guard. Su Wei can't blame Pei Shiju, let alone accuse him of treachery, because Pei Shiju is willing to bear all the consequences at the expense of his own interests in order to reverse the crisis. Su Wei lacked an important "ally" and couldn't stop the decision-making of the Holy Lord and the center, so he could only retreat to the next best thing, not oppose, but also not support, and wait and see what happens.

Pei Shiju was willing to bear the consequences, and Su Wei remained silent, so that the Holy Lord and the core of the center quickly reached an agreement on the matter of King Qi's border attack, and the next decision depends on the timing, to choose an appropriate time, the political situation in the two capitals must be stable, and the situation in the north must be tense, and the opportunity of the white-haired thieves to trouble Yanbei must be used to create a situation of internal and external difficulties, so that the king of Qi will not give a strong stimulus to the north to suppress the thieves, and will not let the north make a wrong interpretation, and will not deal a heavy blow to the already deteriorating north-south relations. When the Third Eastern Crusade becomes a reality, it is logical to grant the King of Qi the important task of defending the border, and because of the buffer for a period of time, the Northern Captives are more able to accept this fact, coupled with Pei Shiju's cooperation in the direction of the Western Territory, the Desert Tent is forced by the heavy pressure of the east and west fronts, and will compromise and tolerate for the time being, and they also need to maintain a stable north-south relationship to win the time to counterattack, so as to minimize the negative impact of the King of Qi going north to the border.

The purpose of the King of Qi has been achieved, his political life has been continued, and there is still much to be done in the future, but the Holy Lord and the Central Committee must nip this "can" in the bud, and never allow this potential hidden danger to be transformed into facts, and the most effective way is to limit the strength of the King of Qi, use the power of the central government and the wealth of the Eastern Capital, tie the "hands and feet" of the King of Qi, and not give him the opportunity to develop and grow. It's just that King Qi has already had a countermeasure, and he has long expected that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will use all fair and high-sounding means to restrict him, so he presupposes the white-haired thief, a lawless chess piece, to raise his own respect.

And this is one of the reasons why it is impossible for the Holy Lord and the Center to appease the white-haired thief, and it is also the reason why the Holy Lord and the Center believe that Pei Shiju's plan to appease will not succeed. But Pei Shiju "found another way" and came up with a new idea, that is, to control the white-haired thief.

Since the white-haired thief has a "black hand" behind him, why can't I replace it? Since King Qi can form an alliance with the white-haired thief, why can't I cooperate with him?

This thought made the eyes of the Holy Lord and the central ministers suddenly light up. Everyone has **, all have selfishness, as long as the conditions are right, selfish desires may not be able to defeat ideals. The "black hand" can give the benefits to the white-haired thief, and the holy lord and the center can give it, while the "black hand" can't give the benefits to the white-haired thief, the holy lord and the center can still give it, so as long as you change your thinking and change your approach, the holy lord and the center will have a huge incomparable advantage in solving the problem of the white-haired thief.

Forced by the current predicament, the Holy Lord quickly made a decision and authorized Pei Shiju to operate specifically. However, the Holy Lord and the Center have their own principles, the bottom line cannot be crossed, the Holy Lord and the Center will not compromise with the traitors, and the Central Government must not damage its authority, so the Holy Lord has drawn the bottom line, and there is a limit to the power granted to Pei Shiju to act cheaply, in other words, the Holy Lord and the Center will not take out "real money" to buy the white-haired thief, and Pei Shiju can only "empty gloves and white wolves".

Pei Shiju's purpose has been achieved, he needs the Holy Lord and the Center to clearly know that he is going to do an unbelievable impossible thing, what he needs is the "authorization" of the Holy Lord and the Center, under the protection of this "authorization", he can do whatever he wants, and he can do everything he wants.

If Pei Shiju doesn't do it, it's normal, it's just a shame to laugh and make people laugh, on the contrary, it's not just wisdom, it's a secret, a secret that is enough to make the Holy Lord and the center very interested.

In fact, it was precisely because of the existence of this secret that Feng Deyi couldn't sleep at night and made Pei Shiju worried, so Pei Shiju decisively adjusted his strategy to "appease him" to ensure his control of the situation.

If the white-haired thief is not that person, the success or failure of the appeasement plan will not have much impact on Pei Shiju, on the contrary, if the white-haired thief is that person, this secret will be exposed sooner or later, and sooner or later he will be "caught" by political enemies to cause fatal damage to Pei Shiju, so that the appeasement plan will become a life-saving strategy, and more importantly, Pei Shiju does need such a force to help him save the crisis. As long as he saves the crisis and turns the tide on the verge of collapse, even if this secret is exposed, because the final result is conducive to Middle-earth and Guozuo, and is beneficial to the Holy Lord and the center, Pei Shiju can escape the blow of his political enemies "unscathed".

On the eighth night of the first month of August, the Holy Lord ordered the King of Qi to do his best to defeat the traitors in Gaoyang, and then rushed to the battlefield of Shanggu, where he would join Duan Da, who stayed behind in Zhuo County, and Wu Benlang, who was left behind in Zhuo County, and Wu Benlang of the Xiaoguo Army, to kill the Yin Shishi to kill the white-haired thieves.

He also ordered the military governors of Daibei and Taiyuan to immediately transfer men and horses into Yanbei, and together with the Yanbei town army, encircled and suppressed the traitors, and quickly stabilized the situation in Yanbei.

He also ordered Duan Da and the Yin Shishi to do their best to kill the white-haired thieves and allow them to act cheaply, so as to stabilize the situation in Shanggu as soon as possible.

He also ordered Feng Deyi to briefly inform the central government of the latest decision, ordering him to stay in Shanggu temporarily, perform the responsibility of supervising the army as the central envoy, and fully urge the Weifu army to suppress the thieves.

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On the ninth day of August, on the banks of the Yishui River, the alliance camp.

Li Fengyun successively received letters from Hao Xiaode and Li Baiyao. Hao Xiaode had safely evacuated Gaoyang, but the King of Qi was anxious, hoping that Li Fengyun would take advantage of the alliance's gains in the Shanggu battlefield and make an attack posture towards Zhuojun to threaten the Holy Lord and the Imperial Palace.

Yuan An was the first to object. According to the predetermined plan, when Hao Xiaode led the right army to withdraw from Gaoyang, the middle army responsible for blocking the attack will withdraw from Shanggu, although now the alliance army has achieved a certain advantage in the Shanggu battlefield, but this advantage is too small, and it is very short-lived, Zhuojun reinforcements can not be stuck in the Juma River, just wait for the Holy Lord to urge the edict, Duan Da will definitely attack at any cost, so the alliance army will not want to retreat.

"King Qi only cares about himself, and he doesn't care about our life or death at all." Yuan An said angrily, "In fact, he should know very well that it is too difficult for him to go north to the border, and the problem cannot be solved by threats alone, and the best way is to follow us into Yanbei in the name of suppressing thieves." Fait accompli first, and then go for a glimmer of opportunity, instead of repeatedly threatening and angering the Holy Lord. ”

Li Fengyun frowned slightly, and took the initiative to ask Li Zixiong's opinion, "What does Jianchang Gong think?" ”

"Do not provoke the Holy Lord." Li Zixiong vetoed, "If we quietly enter Yanbei, we will not fall into the embattled predicament early, and it is precisely because we have to cooperate with King Qi that we have exposed ourselves in advance and fallen into great passivity." ”

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, "It's come to this, is it too late to be a low-key person?" ”

"Of course it's time." Li Zixiong said, "There should be news from Duan Da's side soon, so a certain suggestion is not to withdraw in a hurry first, and stay in Shanggu for a while, maybe there will be good news." ”

Li Fengyun bowed slightly, "Since you are not in a hurry to retreat, let's be more high-profile and put on the offensive to let King Qi come faster." ”

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On the ninth day of August, on the north bank of the Juma River, the camp of the Weifu Army.

Duan Da, who was left behind in Zhuo County, received the edict of the Holy Lord, and when he saw that the Holy Lord allowed him to act cheaply, he immediately let go of his apprehension, knowing that the Holy Lord had agreed to him to contact Li Zixiong secretly, but how to operate it and what the bottom line was, Duan Da had no way of being sure, so he hurriedly visited Feng Deyi.

Feng Deyi also received the edict, but the content of his edict was rich, including the content of yesterday's central decision, the news of Yang Xuangan's defeat, and the order asking him to temporarily stay in Shanggu to supervise and suppress the thieves. Taken together, there are many hidden things in this. The end of the crisis in the Eastern Capital was enough to help the Holy Lord and the Central Center quickly stabilize the political situation in the two capitals and create the most basic conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade. Since there is a possibility that the Eastern Crusade will continue, then the advantages of the King of Qi going north to the border outweigh the disadvantages, and judging from the Holy Lord's edict that the King of Qi immediately rush to Shanggu to suppress the thieves, the Holy Lord and the center should have reached an agreement on the matter of the King of Qi's border attack. In order to reduce these effects, it was necessary to create tension in the northern frontier, so the white-haired thieves became the source of the trouble and became the target of attack.

So when Duan Da came to "ask for help", Feng Deyi clearly told him that your plan to kill people with a knife can be implemented.

"I have to warn you." Feng Deyi saw Duan Da's confident expression, and immediately admonished, "The commander of this army is a white-haired thief, not Li Zixiong, and it is not appropriate for you to target Li Zixiong." ”

Duan Da nodded again and again, but still disagreed.

"Han Shige is Yang Xuangan's brother, not Li Zixiong's protégé." Feng Deyi was worried that Duan Da would be self-defeating and shoot himself in the foot, so he had to make it clearer, "Zhou Zhong, Lai Yuan, and Yu Rou are all from Jiangzuo, and it is impossible for them to become Li Zixiong's loyal subordinates. As for those thieves, whether they are Qilu thieves or Hebei thieves, it is impossible to trust Li Zixiong, let alone betray the white-haired thieves. ”

With such an analysis, Li Zixiong is alone, not to mention fighting against the white-haired thief, and even with the noble children who joined the rebels, he can't form a group.

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