On the afternoon of July 24, the Allied army surrounded Xianyu City, the capital of Boling County.

At dusk, the alliance army conquered Leyang City, and then crossed the river from Leyang Jinkou.

The first to cross the river to the north was the 23rd Army of the Alliance led by Li Min and Niu Jinda, followed by the troops led by Han Shige and Zhou Zhong, and then the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Armies of the Alliance led by Guo Ming. Before midnight, Li Zixiong, Chen Rui, and Han Yao led the Alliance's Grand Governor's Mansion, the baggage battalion, and the civilians accompanying the army, under the protection of the Xiao cavalry, and also began to cross the river to the north.

Li Fengyun personally rushed to the Hushui River to bid farewell to Li Zixiong. Li Zixiong's northward trip to the Flying Fox this time directly determines whether the alliance can win the victory in this transfer battle and whether it can implement the first step of the "northward plan", so although Li Fengyun did not give special instructions in front of the old general, the meaning of please is overflowing.

Li Zixiong stood on the river embankment, looking at the lights on both sides of the bank like a brilliant galaxy, and sighed with emotion, "The old man has not seen such a familiar scene for a long time. ”

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, "Next year, when the alliance army crosses the Great Wall, the Duke of Jianchang will definitely be able to kill the captives and drink blood, and show his strength again." ”

Li Zixiong stroked his beard and smiled, "You have such confidence? ”

"Time is running out." Li Fengyun sighed, "Yang Xuangan's collapse was too fast, not only did not help the improvement of the situation at home and abroad, but aggravated internal and external troubles, and the results can be imagined." It is foreseeable that when the two capitals fight each other and the political situation is turbulent, the deterioration of relations between the north and the south will inevitably intensify. ”

Li Zixiong realized that Li Fengyun had something to say. The division of troops on the three roads is imminent, he wants to go north to Flying Fox, Zhen Baoche wants to go to the Juma River to block the enemy, and Li Fengyun goes to Gaoyang to grab grain.

"Yanbei is in chaos, which is indeed an opportunity for the foreign captives to take advantage of the fire to rob, and it is very unfavorable for the Northern Xinjiang Suppression." Li Zixiong said tentatively, "Even if you kill out of the Great Wall and put on a posture that you don't share with the North, it will be difficult to win the trust of the Holy Lord and the Center, this is an undoubted thing, unless you have a way to make the Holy Lord and the Center absolutely trust you, otherwise after you kill the Great Wall, it is very likely that you will fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on your back and being killed by the North and the South." ”

Li Fengyun secretly smiled bitterly. The reason why Li Zixiong was willing to cooperate with him was that he had a misunderstanding of his identity, thinking that he had the support of a huge force behind him, otherwise with Li Zixiong's identity, he would not pay attention to a thief like him at all, so when Li Fengyun came up with a "plan to go north", Li Zixiong naturally thought that it was related to the force behind him, so he saw a glimmer of life from it, which led to the current cooperation. In fact, Li Fengyun benefited from Li Zixiong's active and active cooperation to win the watch, acquiescence and connivance of a large number of wealthy nobles in all aspects, and this was actually a kind of disguised support.

However, what the truth is, Li Fengyun himself knows very well. Now that he is weak, the misunderstanding of others helps him to be strong, and he is happy to see it, but when he is strong and dominates the world, it doesn't matter what the truth is, it doesn't matter.

Li Fengyun urgently needs to become strong in the shortest possible time, but the current shape is too severe, two years later, the Great War between the North and the South will break out, and the Northern Captives will invade south, Li Fengyun and his alliance will bear the brunt, so if he wants to survive in the Great War of the North and South and lay a solid foundation for dominating the Northern Xinjiang in the future, he must be strong to a certain extent within two years, otherwise there will be the disaster of the annihilation of the whole army.

How can you become strong in two years? Northern Xinjiang is the border, the biggest enemy is the northern captive, as long as the northern captives are strong, the border needs a more powerful garrison force, and in fact, now the northern Xinjiang garrison force is not enough, the emergence of the alliance force is very conducive to the security of the northern frontier, but the premise is that the holy lord and the center must recognize and accept this force, otherwise the two tigers will compete and the northern captives will be cheapened in vain.

How do you get the Lord and the Center to recognize and accept this power? It is nothing more than two ways, one is to be appeased, and the other is to have a tacit understanding with each other.

For the Holy Lord and the center, the solution once and for all is to recruit peace, turn the rebel force into a suppression force, and get a lot of good things in one fell swoop, but for Li Fengyun and the alliance, this is a bad thing, they can't control their own destiny, the Holy Lord will cut off their heads, they can only let them be slaughtered, and the center wants to deprive them of their military power, and they can only give them away.

If the two sides have a tacit understanding with each other, under the premise of joining forces to fight against the northern captives, the border county government, the border army and the alliance can "live in peace", so as to avoid the snipe and clam fighting each other, so that the northern captives can "benefit from the fisherman". However, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will not "bow their heads" to a group of traitors, and if there are many traitors in the northern Xinjiang and they are repeatedly suppressed, not only will Yan zhòng endanger the security of the town, but also Yan zhòng will damage the face of the central government and the Wei Fu.

For Li Fengyun, of course, he has to choose "mutual tacit understanding", which is very beneficial to the development and growth of the alliance. In the history in his memory, next year will be the Third Eastern Crusade, and the year after next will be the Great War between the North and the South, that is to say, in the next two years, the Northern Xinjiang garrison force will not only not be effectively replenished, but will be in dire straits, this is his opportunity.

As long as he makes a situation in Yanbei that he does not share with the Beiyu, the Holy Lord and the Center will definitely try to use the power of the alliance to fight against the Beiyu, and the way cannot be Zhao'an and tacit understanding, but because of the special relationship between the Alliance and the King of Qi, the Zhao'an Alliance is essentially to expand the strength of the King of Qi, so if nothing else, the Holy Lord and the Center will not issue an order to recruit An, but will only carry out the plan of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, driving the "little tiger" of the alliance to fight and kill a large group of evil wolves outside the Saiwai, so that the Holy Lord and the Center can profit from it.

However, for the establishment of this "tacit understanding", first of all, it is necessary to win the tacit consent of the highest level, and the Holy Lord and the Center must correctly understand the severity of the crisis between the North and the South, and must realize that the Great War between the North and the South is on the verge of breaking out.

How can this idea of the Alliance be transmitted to the Holy Lord and the Central? Li Fengyun thought of Li Zixiong.

As one of the veteran meritorious ministers of Middle Earth, Li Zixiong has contacts with many senior members of the center, including the core members of the highest decision-making level of the center. Although Li Zixiong is now a wanted criminal in the Holy Lord's edict, he used to be in the center, a high position of power, and has considerable prestige in both military and political circles. It doesn't matter if the person falls, the reputation is still there, the meritorious service is still there, Li Zixiong played the Son of Heaven as a prisoner, and no one dared to intercept this concert.

But Li Zixiong will not be at the mercy of Li Fengyun, let alone Chen Tianzi will bring humiliation on himself, after all, there is a lack of trust between him and Li Fengyun, and he does not have the strength to fight against Li Fengyun in the alliance, and more importantly, he does not have the slightest sense of belonging to the alliance, the alliance is just a small haven for him, and he will leave when the wind is calm, in this case, why should he work hard for the alliance?

So Li Fengyun gave Li Zixiong's army at the Fenglongshan meeting, gave him Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and other wealthy nobles and tens of thousands of troops, and also gave him the Lu County army to which Niu Jinda belonged. In the blink of an eye, Li Zixiong has changed from a lonely refugee to a handsome man with more than 14,000 soldiers, and his strength has chased Li Fengyun.

Once Li Zixiong has the right to speak within the alliance, then he can naturally compete with Li Fengyun, but Li Fengyun doesn't care, and he is not worried about Li Zixiong's usurpation of power and seizure of power. The reason is very simple, Li Zixiong is a veteran meritorious minister of Middle Earth after all, he has been famous all his life, and when he is old, he will be stinky for 10,000 years with the name of a traitor, and he will harm his descendants, as long as he is given a chance, he will reverse the situation, and he will let himself die innocently, so as not to shame his ancestors and humiliate his descendants. Therefore, such a "sad" old man, as long as you sincerely help him realize his last wish, he will be honest and repay you a hundredfold and a thousandfold.

Next, Li Fengyun made another unexpected decision, he handed over the important task of going north to the Flying Fox to open up a foothold for the alliance. This is absolute trust in Li Zixiong, of course Li Zixiong was moved, but Li Zixiong also knew that Li Fengyun's move was essentially to tie him firmly to the alliance, so that he would have a sense of belonging to the alliance, and once he had a sense of belonging, he would have to seek benefits for the alliance.

Li Zixiong was a little puzzled by this. If you look at it from the standpoint of the gang behind Li Fengyun, when the First Eastern Crusade was defeated, the Second Eastern Crusade began hastily, the relations between the North and the South deteriorated rapidly, and the Northern Xinjiang was full of crises, pulling the two forces of the King of Qi and the alliance to the northern Xinjiang would indeed help improve the plight of the Zhenshu, but what was the ultimate fate of the King of Qi and the alliance? Everything begins well and ends well, and when there is a beginning, there must always be an end, are the kings of Qi and the alliance victims of the Great War of the North and the South, or will they decide the future fate of Middle-earth?

In Li Zixiong's opinion, the former is more likely, so Li Zixiong just wants to die vigorously, whether it is against the king of Qi or the alliance, he does not have any hope, but Li Fengyun's "abnormal behavior" in Fenglong Mountain made Li Zixiong suddenly have an inexplicable throbbing, since he has an army in his hand, he should be able to do more than die on the battlefield.

Li Zixiong's ambition resurged, he had the idea of seriously cooperating with Li Fengyun, but the force behind Li Fengyun was too strong, he was very jealous, and it happened that Li Fengyun always maintained a certain sense of mystery, which seemed to be secretive and suspicious, so Li Zixiong had to be cautious and cautious, and had to find out the details of Li Fengyun first.

Now that he has the opportunity to "find out", Li Zixiong will not shy away from it and directly test it, but Li Fengyun can only answer positively, "I don't hide it, I think that in the future, in northern Xinjiang, Zhao'an will not be able to exert our maximum strength, nor will it allow us to control the situation between the north and the south with ease." ”

Li Zixiong immediately heard something unusual, "Is this your personal idea, or does it come from ......?"

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, and said with a pun, "From the standpoint of the main battle faction of the Weifu, it is natural to recruit peace to ensure the stability of the situation in northern Xinjiang, and from the position of the central lord and faction, the sudden appearance of a rebel force in northern Xinjiang is not necessarily a bad thing, only for my use, I can use a knife to kill people, so as to win in the chaos." ”

Li Zixiong's eyes lit up, and his thoughts suddenly opened, "Good plan!" ”

"Now there is a thorny problem, although a certain person has put the knife of alliance on the desk of the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord may not dare to use it." Li Fengyun said, "A certain person is dead, his identity is no longer available, and he cannot gain the trust of the Holy Lord and the center. ”

Li Zi is ambitious and understands. Li Fengyun's methods are too powerful, his scheming is deep, and he has no last resort, and he is very human. After pondering for a long time, Li Zixiong said slowly, "After taking down the flying fox, I will give you an answer." ”

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