On the sixth day of the second lunar month, Pei Shiju and Li Hun met with the Turkic mission.

Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun has made many envoys to Middle Earth, and has the most contact with Pei Shiju, is very familiar, calls each other an old friend, and has several relationships with Li Hun, knowing that he is from the Li family of Chengji in Longxi, with a noble identity and prominent power, and does not dare to slack off.

After the meeting between the two parties, the atmosphere was very tense.

Ashina Yishun took the lead, and it was a reproach to split his head and cover his face, regardless of the fact that 3721 first charged Zhongtu with a lot of crimes, and then demanded that Anton's be returned immediately, otherwise the soldiers would meet each other.

Pei Shiju ignored it and looked back on the past first.

When the Turkic Khanate was divided, the Qimin Khan single-handedly ran thousands of miles to Middle-earth to ask for help, and Middle-earth helped each other, gave money and food to send troops, and worked tirelessly to help the Qimin Khan turn the tide, and then the Qimin Khan swore on behalf of the Turkic Khanate that he would always submit to Middle-earth, be loyal to Middle-earth, and live in peace for generations.

What does it mean to surrender to Middle-earth? That is, the Turkic Khanate was a vassal state of Middle-earth. What is a vassal state? What obligations should a vassal state have to the overlord? Have you all forgotten? Now that the Qimin Khan is dead, and the wings of the Turkic Khanate are stiff, is it about to be treacherous and turn its face into an enemy?

Next, we will talk about the historical relationship between Middle-earth and Anzhou. Anzhou is the birthplace of the Xianbei people, after the Xianbei people entered the Central Plains, Anzhou is also an inseparable part of the Middle Earth, but when the Central Plains was in turmoil, the Xi people took the opportunity to go south to invade Anzhou, and now the Middle Earth is unified and strong, and then take Anzhou back from the hands of the robbers, what's wrong?

Finally, let's talk about the cause and effect of the incident. Two years ago, the white wolf of the Songdesert horse thief was jointly encircled and suppressed by the Turkic and Xi forces, and died in Middle-earth, so he colluded with the middle-earth thief Kou Xin, and was in cahoots with Yang Xuangan's traitorous party, causing chaos in the north and south of the river. In August last year, under the encirclement and suppression of the Zhongtu Guardhouse army, the white wolf led the remnants to escape from the fortress in panic, broke through the resistance of the Turkic army in the southeast of the moraine with a thunderous momentum, entered Anzhou, defeated the Xi tribes, and captured Anzhou in one fell swoop. Later, in order to win the protection of Middle-earth, the White Wolf and Ashina Tar gave Anton to Middle-earth, what reason did Middle-earth have to refuse? Of course, it was laughing, so there was a matter of Dongdu including Anton into the territory.

Pei Shiju refuted them one by one, and in turn scolded the Turkic Khanate for being a bloody dog, and the ungrateful white-eyed wolf dared to go to the head of the suzerain, looking for death?

The two sides insist on their own words, you come and go, and there is a tendency to fight if you don't agree with each other.

The tougher Pei Shiju's attitude was, the more panicked Ashina Yishun became, and he had no choice but to hold on, and he couldn't compromise at this time, and once he compromised, he would be "defeated like a mountain", and there was nothing to talk about.

After Yang Shanjing secretly visited Li Fengyun last night, he came back and told Ashina Yishun that Anton might be a "serial pit".

Li Fengyun said that he was about to lead an expedition to Goguryeo, and by extension, the Eastern Capital would soon launch the Third Eastern Crusade with great fanfare, but there was no need for the Eastern Capital to launch the Third Eastern Crusade, so it was impossible not to speculate on the intentions of the Eastern Capital with the greatest malice. What was the purpose of the Third Crusade in the Eastern Capital? Is it that the east is attacking the west, and on the surface, the Andong army is on an expedition to Goguryeo, but secretly the elite army is deployed on the front line of the Great Wall, and when the two Turkic tribes in the east and west are fighting fiercely in Dajin Mountain, they suddenly hit the killer in the back of the desert and deal a fatal blow to the desert? If this assumption is true, the tooth tent must adjust its strategy in time, and the desert must be prepared for the immediate outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Taking a step back, even if this assumption is not true, the tooth tent must be fully prepared, and it cannot be taken for granted that Middle-earth will not attack the desert immediately.

It is a fact that Pei Shiju traveled westward, and it is also a fact that the Emperor of Middle-earth stayed in northern Xinjiang and did not return to the eastern capital for a long time. Since the emperor of Middle-earth does not return to the eastern capital, it is impossible to move the second westward expedition, and it is impossible to fight with the Western Turks, so the purpose of Pei Shiju's westward journey is also about to come out, and it is very likely that the Western Turks will join forces to attack the desert, and it just so happens that the Western Turks want to contain and weaken the desert, and the Middle Turks want to expand their territory, and the two sides take what they need, of course, they hit it off. From this point of view, the Emperor of Middle-earth was stranded in the northern frontier, and his intention was obvious, that is, to choose an appropriate time to personally command the Middle-earth army to conquer the desert in the north.

From this, it can be inferred that the Tooth Tent must deploy heavy troops in the south of the moraine to fully defend Middle-earth, so that the desert not only cannot fight with the Western Turks, but must meet the interests of the Western Turks, persuade the Western Turks to change course, and the two sides join forces to resist Middle-earth.

It takes time to report this matter to the tooth tent, and it also takes time for the tooth tent to change its strategy, so Ashina Yishun made up his mind to be tough to the end, drag it out to the end, and threaten Anton with heavy troops to attract the attention of the Eastern Capital, forcing the Eastern Capital to increase its support for Anton, and to strengthen the Changcheng garrison on the front line of Youyan, which will inevitably affect the military deployment of the Eastern Capital and delay the pace of the Middle-earth army attacking northward.

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On the seventh day of the second month, in Gaoyang Palace, Hebei, the emperor was there.

Pei Shiju recital.

In view of the fact that the center has not yet formed the decision of the Third Eastern Crusade, then even if the Third Eastern Crusade is completed, there will not be enough time to attack the city and seize the land, and the desire to conquer Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo is still difficult to realize, and it is estimated that the best result is to force Goguryeo to surrender, but after three years of the Eastern Crusade, the labor force mobilized the people, the troops were lost, the national strength was exhausted, and only one "surrender" result was far from making up for the huge price paid by Middle-earth, let alone saving the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government that had been severely damaged by the Eastern Crusade.

Only by destroying Goguryeo, destroying Goguryeo, and incorporating it into the territory of Middle-earth, can we achieve the expected goals of the Eastern Crusade, save the Holy Lord and the authority of the central government, and pay tribute to the heroic souls of the fallen soldiers.

To this end, Li Pingyuan made a promise that he would lead an expedition of 100,000 troops to Goguryeo, and at the end of this month, he would begin to advance eastward, aiming directly at the city of Pyongyang, and destroying Goguryeo at all costs.

In order to fulfill his promise, Li Pingyuan demanded that after the expeditionary force crossed the Liaoshui, it only needed to stick to the west bank of the Yalu River, so that it could not only contain the Goguryeo army, but also cut off the retreat of Andong's soldiers. If it conquers Pyongyang, everyone will be happy, and if it loses both sides with Pyongyang, Pyongyang will not be able to support it, and the expeditionary army will roar and be able to defeat it with one blow, so as to ensure the realization of the goal of destroying Goguryeo.

At the same time, Anton's army was completely lost, and the calamities such as the White Thief and Li Zixiong were completely eradicated, and what the Holy Lord was worried about was that the King of Qi and Anton's army would join on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, causing the danger of the Eastern Expedition being out of control, no longer existed.

The Holy Lord was pleased. Pei Shiju did not disappoint him, and really controlled the overall situation of Anton, once again controlled Li Pingyuan, and drove Andong's army to enter the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition smoothly, thus clearing the last obstacle for him to persuade the center to pass the decision of the Third Eastern Crusade, and what especially satisfied him was that Pei Shiju did not know how to persuade Li Pingyuan to conquer Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo at all costs. Whether this goal can be achieved or not is not said for the time being, at least one thing is certain, Anton's army will be completely lost in this crusade, so it not only eradicates Anton's disaster, but also solves the crisis of King Qi, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, killing two birds with one stone.

Yu Wenshu questioned, does Anton have an army of 100,000? Is it a false report of the number of people, deliberately deceiving the Holy Lord, so as to obtain more aid from within the Great Wall? If Andong did have an army of 100,000 and all the 100,000 troops went on an expedition to Goguryeo, what would Andong do? Just rely on Pei Shiju to sing the empty city plan alone? Isn't that a joke? Besides, if the white thief had an army of 100,000 in his hands and his strength was so strong, would he still obey Pei Shiju's words? Even if he obeyed Pei Shiju's words and was willing to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, would he attack Goguryeo at any cost? Will it burn with the jade of Pyongyang? What is he trying to do? He has wiped out his army, what will he do in the future?

The Holy Lord said nothing, and Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Lai Hu'er, Zhao Cai and other important ministers were also silent.

There are too many doubts to withstand scrutiny, but the key problem is that this is Pei Shiju's recital, this is Pei Shiju's guarantee with his political life, you can doubt the white thief, but you can't doubt Pei Shiju. Could it be that Pei Shiju wants to rebel, to stand on his own, and to turn against the Holy Lord and the center? It's even more unlikely.

After a long time, Zhao spoke, "The 100,000 army is not credible, this must be a false report, but the expedition is still credible, and the attack on Pyongyang is also credible." There is a detail in this, I don't know if the Holy Lords and the princes have ever paid attention to it. According to Wen Xigong, the Anton army will march eastward at the end of this month, that is, regardless of whether the center has made the decision to make the third eastward crusade, and whether the Great Wall has sent the grain and grass required for the expedition of 100,000 troops to Andong, the Anton army will start the eastward crusade. And more importantly, Wen Xigong did not say that the Anton army would rush to Huaiyuan Town, Liaodong, to join our Eastern Expeditionary Army, why is this? Is this an inadvertent omission, or is there a hint of it? ”

Huaiyuan Town is the place of the Eastern Crusade, since the Anton Army participated in the Third Eastern Crusade, it will inevitably rush to Huaiyuan Town to meet the Eastern Expedition army, this is an undoubted thing, Pei Shiju can not be negligent and omitted, he must inform the Holy Lord and the center, and ask them to entrust the Eastern Expedition base camp in Huaiyuan Town, to give the Anton Army the necessary care, and not to deliberately intensify the contradiction to avoid fierce conflicts, but there is no mention in the chapter, why?

Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er, and Zhao Cai were all battle-hardened commanders of the Wei Mansion, and once they noticed this detail, they immediately thought of a possibility.

"Divide the troops and march eastward." After a moment's hesitation, Laihu'er said, "The Andong army wants to take the middle road and kill Pyongyang directly." ”

"Good calculation." Yu Wenshu sneered, "We attacked and contained the Goguryeo people head-on, but the Andong army took the middle way to sneak attack Pyongyang, once the sneak attack was successful, Pyongyang would be Anton's bag." ”

Yu Shiji smiled, "The expedition of 100,000 troops to Goguryeo really contains mysteries and fog." ”

Xiao Yu frowned, and said worriedly, "The plan is a good plan, but it is suspected of talking on paper." ”

Zhao Cai shook his hand, "Anton is the best example. Wen Xigong has outstanding strategy, if he doesn't make a move, he will be destroyed. ”

The Holy Lord smiled and waved his hand, "I only look at the result, as long as the result is satisfactory and the goal is achieved, what about recognizing Anton's 100,000 army?" ”

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