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Zhou Fashang's face turned cold, "In the eyes of Duke Rong, the lives of the 60,000 soldiers of the Water Master are as insignificant as grass mustard ants?" The first battle of Pyongyang was related to the success or failure of the Eastern Crusade and the rise and fall of Middle Earth. ”

Laihu'er's eyes were murderous, and he was categorical, "A certain intention has been decided and cannot be changed." ”

Zhou Fashang suddenly became angry and murderous, "If Ronggong insists on going his own way and defeats Pyongyang, resulting in the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, can you bear the consequences caused by this?" ”

Lai Hu'er was not afraid, and was about to suppress Zhou Fashang, but Cui Junsu stood up and waved his hand at the two of them, "Rong Gong, Qiao Gong, don't be angry, let alone be rash." At critical moments, there must not be the slightest mistake in decision-making, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. In the opinion of a certain person, the reason why the Holy Lord has this secret edict must be forced to be helpless, otherwise there will be no way for the sailor to take a risk. ”

Cui Junsu pointed to the secret edict spread on the desk, his brows furrowed, and his face was full of worry, "The edict of the Holy Lord cannot be disobeyed, but as Gong Qiao said, the battle cannot be fought like this, and the lives of the soldiers cannot be disregarded and let them die in vain just because they want to obey the edict of the Holy Lord." The two of them should calmly think about countermeasures to see if they can find a safe strategy that not disobeys the edict of the Holy Lord, but also preserves the strength of the sailors to the greatest extent, and at the same time takes into account the overall situation of the Eastern Crusade. ”

After coming to Hu'er to groan a little, he bowed slightly and accepted Cui Junsu's suggestion.

In terms of the overall situation, he had to make concessions to Zhou Fashang, and if he insisted on going his own way and opposing Zhou Fashang, Pyongyang would have no chance of winning the battle at all.

As a wealthy Jianghuai family, the Lai clan was trying to survive in the cracks during the three-legged establishment of Middle Earth, and whoever occupied the Jianghuai clan served to whom, so the Lai clan did not really belong to the Jiangzuo aristocratic group. The Guanlong people unified the Great River Valley and occupied the northern territory of Middle Earth, so the Lai clan served Guanlong and helped the Guanlong people pacify Jiangzuo. During the period when the Holy Lord was in charge of Jiangzuo, he took Yangzhou as his governing place, and with the help of the strength of the Jianghuai people, he not only stabilized and prospered Jiangzuo, but also strengthened his own strength, and the strength of the Holy Lord came from the new Jiangzuo aristocratic group with him as the core and the Jianghuai nobles and Jiangzuo nobles as the main forces.

As a wealthy Jianghuai family, Lai Hu'er occupies an important position in the new Jiangzuo aristocratic group, while Zhou Fashang, as an old minister of Jiangzuo, is the pillar of the old Jiangzuo aristocratic group dominated by overseas Chinese nobles who came from the south and local nobles in Jiangnan. It can be seen from this that in the new Jiangzuo aristocratic group, there are contradictions and conflicts between the Jianghuai people and the Jiangzuo people, and Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang represent different aristocratic groups with different interests and demands.

The Zhongtu Water Division was expanded on the basis of the Jiangzuo Water Division, and the Jianghuai people only occupied a small part of the Water Division. During the Holy Lord's crusade to the East, the reason why Shi Zhou Fashang was in charge of the daily affairs of the sailor was because of this. Zhou Fashang's prestige in the water division is very high, and the Jiangzuo people in the water division all respect Zhou Fashang, and there is considerable resistance to Laihu'er, for no other reason, when Jiangzuo was pacified, Laihu'er charged ahead, and later when Jiangzuo's rebellion was pacified, Laihu'er was a bloody killing, and most of Laihu'er's exploits were based on the white bones of Jiangzuo people.

Now Laihu'er must obey the edict of the Holy Lord, and attack Pyongyang City with the meager strength of the Sailor, which is just a decision and a sentence for him, but for the 60,000 soldiers of the Sailor, it is blood and lives that are paid, and their death is an unbearable burden for the Jiangzuo people, and it is a huge loss to the interests of the Jiangzuo political group in the military, so it is impossible for Zhou Fa to support Laihu'er's decision, even if Laihu'er does obey the edict of the Holy Lord, but this edict ignores military common sense and ignores the reality of the battlefield. Ignoring the lives of the sailors and soldiers, and ignoring the interests of the Jiangzuo people, how could the Jiangzuo people be willing to obediently obey? This is not a loss of money to make money, but a loss of money, and to bear the responsibility of the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, Jiangzuo people can't find a place to cry.

Lai Hu'er is the highest decision-maker of the water division, he has already made a decision, to follow the edict of the Holy Lord to attack Pyongyang, and the commander of the naval division, Shi Cui Junsu, also supported him, making it clear that the edict of the Holy Lord cannot be disobeyed, so the biggest obstacle to the implementation of this decision is Zhou Fashang, therefore, the so-called search for a safe strategy put forward by Cui Junsu is to imply that Zhou Fashang can make concessions to him in terms of specific attack strategies, and he can first come up with a plan to attack Pyongyang, take care of his interests first, and then the three of them will discuss it.

Zhou Fashang was not polite, he used strong means to force Lai'er to make concessions, and this was the purpose.

In this battle, Pyongyang will definitely not be able to be won by relying on the strength of the water division alone, only by joining forces with the 6th Route Army, there is a glimmer of hope for the water 6 flanking side, but according to the edict of the Holy Lord, the water division must attack first, otherwise it will not be able to explain to the Holy Lord and the center, however, once the water division fails to attack and suffers heavy losses, then it will lose the basic conditions for the implementation of the water 6 flanking strategy.

In other words, if the Eastern Crusade fails this year, it is the sailor who bears the main responsibility, and the three of Lai Hu'er, Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu will be unlucky, and they will lose their heads at worst, and they will be removed from the people. And the three of them can't put the responsibility on the Holy Lord and the center, let alone tell the Holy Lord about the secret edict. Why did the Holy Lord issue a secret edict? It is to prevent problems before they happen, that is, to ask the sailor to take the initiative to take the responsibility for failure. You must know that once the Holy Lord's secret edict is revealed to the world, the responsibility for the failure of the Eastern Crusade lies with the Holy Lord and the center, and the Holy Lord and the center will definitely not be able to bear the series of political consequences brought about by it, so this responsibility must be borne by the three people who come to protect the children. Of course, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will not treat them badly, and sooner or later they will be rewarded handsomely.

At this time, Zhou Fashang had to ask, why did the Holy Lord and the Central Center change their attack decision and let the sailors rush to attack Pyongyang and take a risk? Undoubtedly, the Holy Lord and the Center have lost hope in the 6th Route Army, and do not expect them to take Pyongyang at any cost, and the reason must be that the contradictions between the Holy Lord, the Center and the military have intensified.

Why did the contradictions intensify to such an extent? Just look at the consequences of the Eastern Expedition strategy, the Holy Lord and the political bigwigs ignored the opinions of the military and had to negotiate with the Goguryeo in order to resolve the crisis in the Far East by diplomatic means, and as a result, three months later, the expeditionary force was still under the city of Liaodong. This proves that the Eastern Crusade strategy of the Holy Lord and the Central Authority is wrong, but in order to save the situation, they forcibly implemented Duan Wenzhen's last policy despite the opposition of the military, which is actually a foreseeable greater mistake to make up for the small mistakes made before, and the consequences of this will inevitably be borne by the military. In this way, the responsibility for the defeat of the Eastern Crusade lies with the Holy Lord and the Center, and they will inevitably face an unprecedented crisis in the political situation, and the defeat in the political situation will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the Holy Lord and the Center, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Zhou Fashang's questioning made Lai Hu'er and Cui Junsu "sober" a little, and it was this "soberness" that made the two of them palpitated.

Obviously, this is a political means of the Holy Lord and the center, a preventive measure on the political basis.

In the first battle of Pyongyang, if the naval division joins forces with the 6th Route Army according to the predetermined plan, the possibility of capturing Pyongyang is very small, because the Holy Lord and the center have no way to provide a steady stream of food and grass weapons to the hundreds of thousands of troops on the Pyongyang front.

As soon as the 6th Route Army withdrew, it also meant that this year's Eastern Crusade had failed, and the responsibility for the defeat was the Holy Lord and the center. In the face of this deduction, which is most likely to become a fact, the Holy Lord and the Central Center have to use political means to prevent accidents, and the way is to sacrifice the Water Division, let the Water Division rush to attack Pyongyang, and make a dangerous fight, if the Water Division creates a miracle, the credit belongs to the Holy Lord and the Center, on the contrary, if the Water Division fails, the strategy of the Water 6 pincer attack cannot be implemented, and the 6th Route Army has to retreat, which also cleverly conceals the fact that the Holy Lord and the Central Army are simply unable to provide a steady stream of food and grass weapons to the 6th Route Army, and the cover up of this fact, In this way, the responsibility for the defeat of the Eastern Crusade is not the Holy Lord and the Center's, but the Water Master's, and the sacrifice of Zhou Fashang and Cui Junsu, and their sacrifices have effectively helped the Holy Lord and the Central Center alleviate the severe impact of the political crisis caused by the defeat of the Eastern Crusade.

Laihu'er's heart set off earth-shattering waves. Although he had made countless guesses as early as when he received the secret edict of the Holy Lord, and also guessed that the water master and himself might be victims of the government, he always held a trace of luck and always looked forward to the appearance of a miracle. However, today Zhou Fashang gave him a head start.

If Laihu'er wants to succeed by chance, if he wants to create a miracle, he must first win Zhou Fashang's absolute support, but Zhou Fashang's eyes are like torches, and he can see through the political conspiracy hidden behind this secret edict at a glance. The commander of the water division is to protect the child, and the highest decision-maker of the water division is also to protect the child, correspondingly, he also bears the greatest responsibility, so Zhou Fashang is very wise, the sky is falling and there is a tall man on top, you want the water master to bury you for you, there is no door

Laihu'er looked at the drizzle and faint mist on the sea, and his heart was like heavy lead. He has no choice, no way out, he can only sacrifice his life for the Holy Lord to ensure the future of the Lai clan and the glory and wealth of future generations.

Zhou Fashang made clear what was hidden behind the secret edict, and its meaning was obvious, the matter had come to this point, and he would definitely be a victim of politics, but there were two consequences of being a victim of politics, one was to die and the clan was destroyed, and no benefit was obtained, and the other was to make a profit from it, and to make a profit from it, one must have a condition, and his own strength must be excellent. You don't have the strength, but you have grabbed the handle of the Holy Lord and the center, if you don't die, who will die?

As soon as the news of the naval division's attack on Pyongyang broke, the aristocratic bureaucrats immediately knew about it. As a military boss and a well-known general, it is impossible for Laihu'er to disobey the edict of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee and make political mistakes in such an important war, nor can he violate military common sense and only use the power of the Navy Division to attack Pyongyang, let alone ignore the great cause of the Eastern Expedition because of his own selfish interests, and ignore the political interests of the aristocratic group and the life and death of the Lai clan, so there is only one reasonable explanation for Laihu'er to attack Pyongyang, he was forced, and only the Holy Lord and the Central Committee can force him to do this. Therefore he is a victim of politics.

In this case, there must be a large number of political forces in the eastern capital who pounced on them like vicious wolves, "beating the water dogs", and wanted to put Hu'er, Zhou Fashang and Cui Jun to death, and to severely damage the political forces to which these three people belonged. At that time, it was better to ask for others than for yourself, the Holy Lord and the center were not reliable at all, only to save themselves, and to save themselves, they must have enough chips, have enough strength, and be fully prepared, otherwise they will be eaten by a group of evil wolves.

At this point, Zhou Fashang's intention is about to come out. The naval division can fight Pyongyang, but it must fight Pyongyang within the scope of its ability, that is, a diversionary attack, forcing Pyongyang to draw the main force from the frontal battlefield back to defend the acropolis, so that the advance of the 6th Route Army will be faster, and only when the 6th Route Army advances to the city of Pyongyang, the two sides can join forces to attack. This strategy did not violate the secret edict of the Holy Lord, nor did it destroy the strategy of the water 6 to flank Pyongyang, and more importantly, it preserved the strength of the water division.

Cui Junsu secretly smiled bitterly when he heard it. Zhou Fa is still suspicious, and he wants to frame him to protect his son. This strategy ensured the interests of Zhou Fashang, but it pushed Laihu'er into a desperate situation.

The intention of this secret edict was to come to Hu'er and the water master to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the Eastern Crusade for the Holy Lord and the center, and to be their political victims, but according to Zhou Fashang's strategy, Laihu'er was in disobedience, Pyongyang City was attacked, but in fact, the attack plan of the water 6 attack was not changed, and the responsibility for the defeat of the Eastern Crusade was still the Holy Lord and the center, and what was especially strict was that Laihu'er took this opportunity to seize the handle of the Holy Lord and the center. Just imagine, if the situation of the Eastern Crusade evolves to this point, how will the Holy Lord and the Central Center treat Laihu'er? If you come to protect your child and blackmail your benefactor, you will definitely die.

Cui Junsu thought that in order to protect his own interests, Laihu'er had to fight and bargain, but to his surprise, Laihu'er agreed after thinking about it for a while.

If something goes wrong, it is a demon, Cui Junsu and Zhou Fashang looked at each other, and a trace of uneasiness flashed in their eyes. As for how to attack and how much force to attack, it depends on the specific situation on the battlefield, and now it is in vain, if the Goguryeo people do their best to block the water division, even if Laihu'er invests all his forces to fight, he will not want to get closer to Pyongyang, and at that moment, even if he wants to be a victim of the Holy Lord and the center.

The Middle-earth Naval Division broke through the waves and soon met the Goguryeo Naval Division, and the two sides engaged in battle in the offshore waters. A few hours later, the Goguryeo naval division retreated from the fishing water and made an all-out effort to defend Pyongyang.

The Middle Earth Naval Division followed in pursuit, but about sixty miles from Pyongyang, the iron cable crossed the river, and the waterway was cut off.

Lai Hu'er ordered, the warship set up a battle formation, and Zhou Fashang was in command, and he and Cui Junsu led 40,000 elite guards to ascend 6 and attack Pyongyang.

Goguryeo King Gao Yuan led his army to meet the battle, and the battle array of the Goguryeo people stretched for dozens of miles, and it was roughly estimated that there were at least 100,000 people.

The two sides faced each other, and the elites of each faction fought. Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jian personally went into battle. Laihu'er's son Laiquan also fought bloodily on the front line. Just when the two sides were inseparable, Wu Benlang suddenly led Fei Qingnu to lead a hundred elite cavalry out of the flank, giving the Goguryeo people a fatal blow, and Gao Jian was killed on the spot. The Goguryeo people were frustrated, and they were defeated and left, and countless people were discarded.

Laihu'er did not hesitate and ordered to follow and kill.

Cui Junsu hurriedly persuaded him. The Goguryeo people were defeated by a small setback, and they were still wolves running away, and there were countless abandoned things, which was obviously a plan to lure the enemy. Taking a step back, even if it is not a deception to lure the enemy, but with the hundreds of thousands of troops of Goguryeo, as well as the tall and strong city of Pyongyang, how can the 40,000 naval divisions attack the city? The sailor Yan zhòng lacked siege equipment, even if the Goguryeo people let the sailors attack, the soldiers were at a loss, and they couldn't even climb the city wall

Lai Hu'er only said one sentence, "If you are in a certain position and you are the commander of the water division, what will you do."

Cui Junsu was speechless. The war is ruthless, but the government is even more ruthless, since ancient times, how many invincible generals on the battlefield have died in the political arena without the power to fight back. Lai Hu'er is a general, but he is also a politician, from the position of a general, of course he does not want to see his subordinates meaninglessly die on the battlefield, and he does not want his reputation to go down the drain, but from the position of a politician, he can only be hard-hearted, let his subordinates be the victims of politics, and let himself step on the white bones for personal gain, otherwise, it is him, his family, and the political group he belongs to. Even if Lai Hu'er enjoys a good reputation in the political arena of Middle-earth and in the Middle-earth Guard, at this moment, he is a selfish, despicable, shameless, and ruthless politician.

When Zhou Fashang heard the news, he was furious, and sent his cronies one after another, holding his own handwritten letters, to advise Laihu'er not to go his own way, and not to go all the way to the dark. People are doing it, the sky is watching, you for your own selfish interests, disregarding the lives of 40,000 soldiers, you will be punished by God, one day, you and your clan, as well as our commanders of the water division, will pay the price of death and annihilation.

Laihu'er was sad and angry, looking up to the sky and roaring. He begged for God's favor, prayed for a miracle, prayed for victory, he hated his shamelessness, he hated his cowardice, but he was afraid, he was helpless, he betrayed his morality and conscience in cowardice.

Lai Hu'er was worried that Zhou Fashang would catch up and stop him by force, so he asked Cui Junsu to return to the fleet and try to drag Zhou Fashang. Come to Hu'er and swear that as long as you give a certain amount of time, a certain will definitely be able to create a zào miracle.