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Chapter 296: Duan Da's dilemma

Duan Da, the general of Zuo Yiwei, has been very depressed and depressed recently, not because the bad weather has hindered the suppression of thieves, but because the actions of the Hebei people to hinder and fight the chaos are getting bigger and bigger, and some people are even unscrupulous, and there is a tendency to openly tear their faces, which makes Duan Da, who has a tough attitude, realize that the crisis of Yongji Canal has not only not eased, but has become more and more strict.

The Holy Lord sent him to Hebei to suppress the thieves not to deteriorate, but to stabilize the Yongji Canal to ensure the unimpeded flow of the Yongji Canal. However, judging from the current situation in Hebei, Duan Da did not implement the intention of the Holy Lord well, and he confused the ends and means, so that he was getting farther and farther away from the goal, and if he did not remedy it in time, it would inevitably affect the smooth progress of the Second Eastern Crusade.

Duan Da tried to "communicate" with the Hebei people, but with the Qinghe Cui clan, the nobles on both sides of the Yongji Canal did not bird him, the Hexi upstart who rose with military merits, and many celebrities regarded him as a barbarian, and tried his best to despise it, and his words were even more mean and vicious, and the result can be imagined, the two sides should not say "communication", and there were few opportunities to sit together, even if they sat together, they were unhappy and broke up.

Duan Da was in a dilemma. continued to suppress the thieves, the thieves fled, and the Hebei thieves did not give him a chance to besiege and kill at all; Continuing to fight local forces in the name of suppressing thieves directly angered the Hebei aristocratic group, and the angry Hebei nobles tore their faces, and with the help of the sharp knife of "Hebei thieves", they further worsened the situation, and directly pushed Duan Da to the edge of the cliff with the body that others knew and governed them.

What about Duan Da? Martial arts are not good, and literary ones are not good, Hebei people don't eat soft and hard, Duan Da can only watch the situation deteriorate day by day, helpless.

Just when Duan Da sighed and frowned, Wu Benlang hurried Zhao Shizhu over and reported a bad news to Duan Dayu, and the Linqing thief King An was advancing along the south bank of the Yongji Canal towards Qinghe City.

Duan Da's first thought was that this was a "trap" for Hebei people.

Among the thieves in Hebei, the king of the Linqing thieves is just an inconspicuous "small role", and he generally mixes behind the Qinghe thief Zhang Jincheng, and is Zhang Jincheng's little follower. Now Zhang Jin said that he had hid by the river, but let Wang An, who had been hiding before, jump out and take the initiative to provoke the officials and soldiers, which was obviously a bait and a trick for Hebei thieves to lure the enemy. It's just that what makes Duan Da strange is that it's snowing, it's in the middle of winter, and the New Year is coming soon, do the Hebei thieves still have to concentrate their main forces and fight a tough battle with the officials and soldiers? Where did the Hebei thief get the confidence and courage? Or, what are the "black hands" behind the Hebei thieves going to play with in order to launch a fierce counterattack against the political opponents of the Eastern Capital?

Duan Da thought for a long time and couldn't find an answer, so he looked up at Zhao Shizhu and asked, "Have the scouts ever found out how many thieves have come from Linqing?" ”

Zhao Shizhu is also an upstart in Hexi, in the prime of life, it is the age of ambition in the career, and last year's Eastern Expedition is a golden opportunity, but unfortunately, fate is obedient, he not only did not make an inch, but also almost died under the city of Liaodong, fortunately, he did not participate in the expedition to Pyongyang due to injury, otherwise even if he did not die in Sasu, it would be difficult to escape the disaster of prison, and it was a blessing in disguise.

Zhao Shizhu stood in front of the map with his arms crossed, pouting his lips disdainfully, "Scout report, Linqing thieves have coerced tens of thousands of civilians, and hundreds of carts full of goods are coming in a hurry, and they seem to have a lot of momentum, and they seem to have the potential to attack Qinghe." Zhao Shizhu turned his head to look at Duan Da and sneered, "Attack Qinghe? The thief of Linqing is not able to measure himself to such a point? ”

Duan Da nodded sympathetically, "Why did the Linqing thief kill himself? Who forced Wang An to throw himself into the net? What is the purpose? ”

Zhao Shizhu sneered, shook his head, and didn't have the idea of deep thought, since he came to send him to death, then help send him a ride, why think so much? The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, with the elite division of 3,000 Youzhou, are you still afraid of this rabble in Hebei? Come as much as you want, kill as much as you want.

"What's new in Dongdu?" Zhao Shizhu changed the subject, "Have the Holy Lord and the Central Crusade decided to launch the Second Eastern Crusade?" ”

For Zhao Shizhu, a relatively pure soldier, the Second Eastern Crusade was very important, not only to wash away the shame of the past and rebuild the lofty prestige of the Weifu Army, but also to expand the territory and make meritorious contributions. Although this year's Eastern Crusade failed and the Goguryeo people won, but Goguryeo is a small country, and a year's war is enough to completely destroy its national strength, and Goguryeo has no ability to continue to compete with Middle-earth and continue to carry on the war, so the Second Eastern Crusade is absolutely devastating and unstoppable for the Middle-earth army, so don't say that Zhao Shizhu and these commanders of the Weifu actively ask for the Second Crusade, and the Holy Lord and the center are also in a hurry. The failure of the First Eastern Crusade can only be said to be a "miracle", but miracles cannot be repeated again and again, so the victory of the Second Eastern Crusade is ironclad, and of course there are countless people who rush to it.

Duan Da frowned, and sighed worriedly, "It's difficult that when the Holy Lord decided to go to the East, there was a lot of opposition in the court, but now that the Eastern Crusade has been defeated, the truth has been realized, and people have been given a handle, there are more opponents, and they are more justifiable, and what is even stricter is that so many commanders of the Wei Mansion were suddenly imprisoned for their crimes, which not only dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the army, affected the morale of the army, confused the army, and further worsened the relationship between the Holy Lord and the Wei Mansion, so the contradictions between the two sides have become deeper, and there is no possibility of alleviating at all, In this bad situation, the Second Crusade is not worth looking forward to. ”

Zhao Shizhu turned around slowly, looked at Duan Da with deep meaning, and stopped talking, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally swallowed back the words on his lips.

Duan Da's meaning was very clear, he was not optimistic about the Second Eastern Crusade, whether it was the fierce game around this decision in the Eastern Capital, or the second expedition of the Weifu Army to Goguryeo, he was not optimistic. Zhao Shizhu had the heart to refute it, but suddenly thought of the unfairness of the Holy Lord's rewards and punishments. The Holy Lord rewarded Laihu'er and the sailors under his command, but severely punished Zhongwen and the 6-way expeditionary force under his command, and the result was disastrous, especially Yu Zhongwen's death of grief and indignation, and the impact on the inside and outside of the government and the opposition was too severe, and the consequences of the disaster were exacerbated.

Why did the Holy Lord reward the children and the sailors? Why reverse black and white and blatantly portray the fiasco of the sailors in Pyongyang as a tragic victory? Why should we ignore the facts and turn our guilt into success? Could it be that the government and the opposition are all blind? Could it be that neither inside nor outside the Wei Mansion knows the truth about Pyongyang's defeat?

Zhao Shizhu was puzzled. Even if Laihu'er attacked Pyongyang alone under the secret edict of the Holy Lord, even if Laihu'er and the sailor were absolutely loyal to the Holy Lord, even if Lai'er put his loyalty to the Holy Lord above the interests of the country, the army, and his personal interests, even if the Holy Lord wanted to protect Laihu'er and maintain his loyalty to himself, there was no need to do it on the surface, do it so clumsily, and do it angrily, right? With the wisdom of the Holy Lord, with the skillful political skills of the Holy Lord, why did he make such a stupid move? Why do you have to do things that harm others and yourself, the country and the army, and have no benefit at all? Even if everyone in the world knows that the Holy Lord is cheating, this "fake" must be done to maintain justice and the dignity of the law, and to maintain the moral church in everyone's mind, so that even if there is damage, the damage can be minimized. Such a simple and simple truth, something that drooping children know, why doesn't the Holy Lord know?

Zhao Shizhu wants to know the answer, he and Duan Da went out of Hexi together, and they have a good relationship, and Duan Da is a close confidant of the Holy Lord, and he should know some secrets of the Holy Lord, but this matter is too sensitive, whether it is those who know the answer or those who don't know the answer, they all avoid talking about it, they are all secretive, and they all deliberately stay away.

In fact, the answer is very simple, the military opposition slapped the Holy Lord with the defeat of the Eastern Crusade, beat him to the point that his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and his authority was lost, how could the Holy Lord endure this breath? So he slapped back hard, causing the military opposition to fall to the ground with a bang, with all the dead and wounded, and the total annihilation of the military opposition was tantamount to giving the Holy Lord the opportunity to completely control the government and the military.

Concentrating military power is the goal of the Holy Lord, and the defeat of the Eastern Crusade not only gave the Holy Lord the opportunity to concentrate military power, but also gave him a reason to centralize military power. This is a process of cannibalism, and the price is the death of 200,000 expeditionary soldiers, so this answer is very cruel, bloody, and shocking, and Zhao Shizhu can't accept it, and he doesn't want to accept it. The Holy Lord is greedy, cruel, despicable, and shameless, how can the military opposition not be like this? The Holy Lord ignores the facts, disregards the law, rewards and punishments are unfair, wantonly tramples on fairness and justice, and mercilessly destroys the bottom line of law, morality and conscience.

The laborer governs the people, the laborer governs the people, this is the eternal natural rule, and the maintenance of this rule is morality, that is, the law, whether it is the laborer or the laborer, must abide by the morality, abide by the law, once they abandon the morality, above the law, arbitrarily act, then the rule is lost, the laborer can not govern people, the laborer is not willing to be governed, so the world will be in chaos.

Is the increasingly fierce chaos in the north and south of the river today the prelude to the chaos in the world? Is it a sign of the collapse of the country? Zhao Shizhu didn't dare to think about it, the more he thought about it, the stronger the ominous thoughts in his heart became, so he changed the topic again, "How to kill the Linqing thief?" ”

"Wait and see." Duan Dawu sighed, "The goal of our rebellion this time is not to kill people, nor to kill innocents indiscriminately, but Yongji Canal, but the people of Hebei have no intention of compromising so far, and things are becoming more and more difficult to do."

"Don't kill?" Zhao Shizhu sneered, "If you don't kill a river of blood, how can the people of Hebei be willing to compromise?" ”

Duan Da shook his hand and motioned for him to be calm, "Let's see the situation and make a decision." ”

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