The Honghua Left-behind Mansion can be commanded nearby is the Northwest Lingshuo Legion.

The main garrison of the Lingshuo Legion is the line of Helan Mountain in Lingwu County, while the garrison of Shuofang County is relatively small. The supreme commander of the Lingshuo Legion is Feng Xiaoci, the deputy left-behind guard of Honghua and the general of the right Xiaowei.

Now the situation in Honghua is unclear, I don't know whether the left-behind Yuan Hongsi has been dismissed and arrested, and I don't know whether Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, has successfully taken over the left-behind mansion, but from Xijing's secretiveness about the Honghua situation, it can be seen that Xijing has actually controlled the Honghua situation, and the only person who has the ability to help Xijing control the overall situation of Honghua is Feng Xiaoci, the real power faction in the Northwest Army.

The reason why Xijing is so secretive is nothing more than to blackmail the eastern capital by force, and the eastern capital is indeed jealous, in the face of the thick "bargaining chips" in Xijing's hands, the northwest crisis and the control of the Northwest Army, it is inevitable that they will be flustered and feel tricky.

Pei Shiju directly targeted Xijing's "chips" and made a fatal move. There are three crises in the northwest, Pei Shiju first solved the Turks in Huining, Hexi, and directly moved the Turks in Huining to Loufu, which was clean and neat, and did not give Xijing a chance to "make trouble" from it at all; As long as the negotiations are successful and the Western Turks achieve their goal, they will inevitably temporarily suspend their support for the Tuyuhun people and stop encroaching on the countries of the Western Regions, so that the Hexi crisis will be resolved, the Longxi crisis can also be effectively alleviated, and the Huining crisis will disappear even more, and the political "bargaining chips" of Xijing to blackmail the eastern capital will be reduced by half.

Of course, if Pei Shiju wants to maintain the interests of Middle-earth to the greatest extent in the negotiations with the Western Turks, he must show the strength of Middle-earth, and the most effective way is to lead troops to reinforce Hexi and exert military pressure. Where does the army come from? Just transfer from the Lingshuo Legion. The Holy Lord directly ordered the deployment of troops to support Hexi, and Pei Shiju, the central minister, personally commanded it.

Pei Shiju followed the holy order and took away 10,000 troops from the Lingshuo Legion, as the supreme commander of the Lingshuo Legion, Feng Xiaoci, couldn't figure out the deep meaning contained in it? If the Holy Lord did not trust Feng Xiaoci and doubted his loyalty, how long could Feng Xiaoci's political life last? And Li Yuan, the new Honghua left-behind Tang Guogong, shoulders the heavy trust of the Holy Lord, and holds the military power of the thirteen counties of Longyou, can he continue to cooperate with Xijing to be an "ostrich" at the critical moment when the crisis in the northwest is becoming increasingly serious? If he continues to inact, or even willingly risk dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty? Dangerous, openly challenging the authority of the Holy Lord and the center, can his career last? Feng Xiaoci and Li Yuan were both severely warned by the Holy Lord and were in danger, and at this moment, in order to protect them and take care of the overall interests of Guan Long, Xijing could only reluctantly give up this important "bargaining chip".

In this way, Xijing's two major political "bargaining chips" to blackmail the eastern capital were all lost, and Xijing fell into a disadvantage in the political struggle between the two capitals, and in desperation, it had only two choices, either to compromise and make concessions to the eastern capital, and to resolutely support the holy lord and the center in exchange for the temporary stability of the political situation in the two capitals, or to deliberately create new political "bargaining chips", stubbornly resist, and "fight to the end" with the eastern capital.

But now the Holy Lord doesn't need to think too far, he has Pei Shiju's "stroke of genius", which can not only quickly alleviate the crisis in the northwest, but also easily defuse the fierce "offensive" in Xijing, and then as long as the situation in Xijiang is stable and the political situation in the two capitals is stable, the Holy Lord and the center can focus on the Third Eastern Crusade.

And this is exactly what the Holy Lord expects, and it is where the "key" of the Holy Lord lies. Pei Shiju quietly and quietly grasped the "mind" of the Holy Lord, scratched the "itch" of the Holy Lord, and now as long as he asks for it, the Holy Lord will be satisfied.

"As Aiqing wishes." The Holy Lord was in a good mood, and a smile of relief appeared on his gloomy face, and then he asked with concern, "Since the trip to the Western Regions is so important, it may be difficult for 10,000 troops to reinforce Hexi to give the Western Turks a real deterrent, does Aiqing consider bringing more soldiers and horses?" ”

"Holy Wisdom." Pei Shiju bowed down and thanked him, "Behind Achailu (Tuyuhun) are the Western Turks, so if you want to solve the crisis in Longxi, the key is not in Longxi, but in the Western Regions." In negotiations with the Western Turks, we will inevitably win a compromise with the Western Turks if we show enough sincerity in exchange. Achailu lost strong support and could only retreat to the West Sea, and was powerless to threaten the security of Longxi in the short term, so the crisis in Longxi could be solved. Therefore, the minister implored the saint and ordered Liu Wujian, the general of the right tun guard, to be the commander of the reinforcements, and to lead the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and the Lingshuo guards to go to Hexi with the minister. ”

Seeing that Pei Shiju was confident, the Holy Lord was full of confidence in this trip, and he looked determined to win, he couldn't help but be puzzled, and after a little hesitation, he couldn't help but ask, "In Aiqing's opinion, what is enough sincerity?" Is it possible to rely on sincerity alone? Take the compromise of the Western Turks? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister said that for a long time to come, the first target of the Western Turks would be the Persians, not Middle-earth." Pei Shiju patiently explained, "For me in Middle-earth, for a long time in the future, the primary target is the northern desert captives, not the Western Turks. But for the desert captives, the Western Turks were their primary target, because the desert captives wanted to establish a unified Great Turkic Khanate. ”

"It is not difficult to see from this that among the three powerful forces east of the Green Mountains, the Middle Earth and the Western Turks have a common enemy, which is the basis for the alliance between the two sides, and secondly, because of the existence of this common enemy, both sides are greatly constrained, and neither is able to dominate the Western Regions, let alone conquer each other, and the vast Western Regions has become a buffer zone between the two sides, and the possibility of direct conflict between the two sides is greatly reduced, which is more conducive to the alliance between the two sides."

As soon as the Holy Lord heard this, he understood, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

Pei Shiju's so-called sincerity is actually a sentence, joining forces with the Western Turks to flank the desert and take the east. The Turks drove out of the Western Regions and drove back to the desert, taking the Dajin Mountain (Altai Mountains) as the boundary, forming a situation of confrontation between the three powers.

In this way, Middle-earth was able to divide the Western Regions equally with the Western Turks, continue to expand its sphere of influence to the Western Regions, and successfully build an active defensive posture in the Western Frontier, while the Western Turks used the three-power confrontation to ensure the stability of the Western Regions and ensure the security east of the Green Ridge, and then it could do its best to fight the Persians west of the Green Ridge.

This matter was raised as early as two years ago, when the Western Turks sent the Eastern Capital to form an alliance, but at that time, China Turkey wanted to launch an Eastern Crusade to fight Goguryeo to conquer the Far Eastern captives, so it was necessary to consolidate and strengthen the relations between the North and the South, and deepen the alliance with the desert tent, so China Turkey refused, and made some humiliating measures to the Western Turkic envoys, in order to "appease" the serious dissatisfaction and solemn protest of the Northern Desert captives against the alliance with the Western Turks in China and Turkey.

Now the situation is different, the situation in the West and the North has deteriorated, and neither the Western Turks can offend nor the East. The Turks, but they can't be offended, the situation will deteriorate faster, and the consequences will be more serious, so Pei Shiju made a decisive decision to join forces with the Western Turks to attack the desert and the north, simply offending the east. The Turks came in exchange for stability in the western frontier.

Under the current situation in the north, offend the east. The consequences of the Turks were twofold, one was pessimistic, the desert captives were completely enraged, and the Civil War broke out quickly; One is optimistic, in the face of a strong alliance between Middle-earth and the Western Turks, the Northern Desert Captives quickly fell into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, so they had to swallow their anger and recharge their energy and wait for the opportunity, so that the tense relations between the North and the South were eased, and the Civil War was delayed.

Pei Shiju is obviously optimistic, he is not afraid of tearing his face with the desert Beiyu at all, on the contrary, he is turning against each other at the moment, which is beneficial to the reversal of the crisis in Middle-earth.

Although Middle-earth suffered repeated defeats on the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, losing troops and losing heavy losses, in the Western Regions battlefield, once Middle-earth joined forces with the Western Turkic army to attack the East. The Turks, who fled after a great defeat, must have been captured in the north of the desert, so in the east. The Turks had to fight on two fronts, and if they invaded the northern frontier of Middle-earth, the Western Turks and the Middle-earth army would inevitably cross the Dajin Mountain and attack Mobei. So if nothing else, at that moment, the desert north captives are unwilling to break with Middle-earth, instead of drawing their swords in anger, fighting two at a time, and asking for their own hardships, it is better to compromise for the time being, continue to maintain the three-strong confrontation and mutual containment, at least they can make great development and practice their "internal strength", so as not to be bloodied and defeated by the enemy.

This strategy is quite similar to the "encirclement of Wei and rescue Zhao", which can not only save the crisis in the northwest and stabilize the situation in the western Xinjiang, but also ease the relations between the north and the south and stabilize the situation in the northern Xinjiang, so if successful, it will be very beneficial to the Middle Earth, enough to free up the Holy Lord and the center to get rid of the anxious diplomatic dilemma, and can free up their hands to stabilize the domestic situation, and even successfully complete the Third Eastern Crusade.

The Holy Lord pondered it repeatedly, weighed it carefully, analyzed and deduced it in detail, and finally approved Pei Shiju's strategy.

However, the Holy Lord has one of the greatest worries, that is, the hearts of those who are not of my race will be different, and the Western Turks can take advantage of them, but they cannot be trusted.

Although the Turkic people are divided into two parts, the east and the west, they are a family of the same blood and origin after all. From an ethnic point of view, the Turks and the Han Chinese are natural enemies, so if the Eastern and Western Turks join forces to "calculate" Middle-earth at a critical moment, Middle-earth will inevitably suffer a heavy blow.

The Holy Lord raised his own question, "For the two Turks, Middle-earth is the strongest, and Middle-earth is their common enemy, so if there is a God-given opportunity to strike at Middle-earth and weaken Middle-earth, will they join forces to attack?" ”

"Of course they will join forces." Pei Shiju said without hesitation, "For the Western Turks, the situation they are most willing to see is that the two tigers of Middle Earth and the Great Desert are competing, and it would be better if both sides were defeated, which would be beneficial to them to stabilize the situation east of the Green Ridge, so if the Northern Desert captives want to launch a great war between the North and the South, and seek the help of the Western Turks for this, the Western Turks will definitely actively support it." ”

The Holy Lord was silent, his face a little ugly.

"It is precisely because of this that we have to actively ally with the Western Turks to contain and combat the ambitions of the desert captives in order to gain more time to stabilize the situation in the country. As long as the national strength is restored, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, and we do not wait for the desert to go south, we will go north to conquer and kill him, so as to prevent future troubles. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Holy Lord Long Yan was happy. Be optimistic about the future, only optimistic can you have confidence, in order to be proactive, if everything is pessimistic, sluggish, or even self-defeating, then what is the future?

"If the western side can achieve satisfactory results, the northern Xinjiang side may be able to continue the eastward crusade." The Holy Lord wasted no time in proposing his own ideas.

At this point, Pei Shiju must express his stance on the Third Eastern Crusade, and he can no longer be vague, "Please be relieved by the Holy Lord, this time to go to the Western Regions, the ministers should do their best, and they will live up to the trust of the Holy Lord." ”

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