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On the night of the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Fengyun received an urgent mail from Li Zixiong with 100,000 yuan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

General Youxiaowei, Deputy Lieutenant of Anton, and Duke of Yunguo Li Hun arrived at Gubeikou on 28 November and immediately summoned Yang Gongdao to take the initiative to enter Anzhou for negotiations. After receiving the news, Li Zixiong summoned the principal officials of the Great Governor's Office to discuss the matter, and finally reached an agreement, made a positive response to the appeasement of Middle Earth, allowed Li Hun to enter Anzhou, and gave a grand welcome.

Li Fengyun was surprised and surprised. It was only last night that he saw the news of Li Hun being appointed as the deputy lieutenant of Andong from Li Zixiong's letter, but only one day later, Li Zixiong told him that Li Hun had arrived at Gubeikou and took the initiative to ask to enter Anzhou for negotiations. This change was too big, which was beyond Li Fengyun's expectations, disrupting Li Fengyun's plan and catching Li Fengyun off guard.

Yuan An was also surprised, and after reading the urgent letter, he looked at Li Fengyun with a gloomy face, and sighed, "Jianchang Gong is coercing the alliance to threaten Ming Gong!" After the news spread, Anzhou cheered up and down, and the momentum of the return was unstoppable. ”

Li Fengyun pondered and didn't say a word.

"This return negotiation is very bad for us." The more Yuan An thought about it, the more depressed he became, and said indignantly, "According to the policy of Ming Gong, if we can bring in the Turks in the desert and let them compete with Middle-earth, forming a situation of competition between sandpipers and mussels, we will be able to profit and maximize the benefits, but now Jianchang Gong is drawing salary, and Li Hun is grandly welcomed, and the return negotiations have begun, but the desert tent knows little or nothing about the situation in Anzhou and Northeast China, and even if it is known in the future, it will be too late to appease it with all its might, so that Middle-earth is a dominant family and firmly grasps the initiative in negotiations. We have the tacit cooperation of Jianchang Gong and others internally, and the results can be imagined. ”

Li Fengyun shook his hand, signaled Yuan An to be calm and not be impatient, and gave him a quiet thought.

Yuan An closed his mouth and racked his brains to find a way, but he was helpless. The good situation has been "stirred up" by Li Zixiong, and the soldiers of the alliance have gone through hardships, and finally won a little foothold, and in the blink of an eye, they were "cheaply sold", but most people can't see the truth, and they will soon cheer for the return to Middle-earth, completely unaware that they have shed blood and sweat but made wedding dresses for others in vain.

Seeing that Li Fengyun was silent for a long time, Yuan An couldn't hold back, but still broke the silence, and asked anxiously, "Ming Gong, is there a countermeasure?" From a certain point of view, it is better for you to return to Anzhou day and night to preside over the overall situation, Jianchang Gong and we are not all the way, he will not hesitate to betray the interests of the alliance for his own selfish interests, and will never sacrifice himself for the sake of the alliance. ”

Li Fengyun shook his head, "Don't underestimate Gong Jianchang, let alone insult his wisdom. Who is he? The patriarch of the Three Dynasties, ranked in the center, looked at the changing king flag at the head of Chang'an City again and again, what has not happened? Who can bargain from him? Of course, it is true that he will not sacrifice himself for the benefit of the alliance, but you must know that the personal self-interest he demands, how can the Holy Lord and the Center easily satisfy him? ”

Yuan An nodded and accepted, "It's just that he is now negotiating on behalf of the alliance, and he is coercing the entire alliance to coerce Ming Gong to make concessions, and Ming Gong has to make concessions under the general trend of returning, in this unfavorable situation, if the Holy Lord and the Central Center see the situation very clearly, and know that this negotiation must be resolved quickly, and Anzhou and the Northeast must be taken before the intervention of the Great Desert Turks, then the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are forced by time constraints, and it is very likely that they will compromise with him and meet his requirements." ”

Li Fengyun still shook his head, "I said that the core contradiction of the political crisis in the two capitals is the struggle between reform and conservatism, and with the outbreak of Yang Xuangan's mutiny, reformers and conservatives have completely torn their faces and fought hard, and they have entered the cage of endless death." Li Zixiong is not only a conservative, but also a fellow party of Yang Xuangan, in addition, he is also a supporter of King Qi, and he can be regarded as the sworn enemy of the Holy Lord and the reformers, so it is not difficult to deduce that even if the Holy Lord and the Central Center make compromises in order to take Anzhou and the Northeast, they will not compromise with Li Zixiong. ”

Yuan An Huoran thought of something, and his mind flashed and he had an epiphany, "What does Ming Gong mean that under duress, the Holy Lord and the Central Authority would rather give in to the alliance commanders led by Ming Gong than compromise with the Duke of Jianchang?" ”

"Of course, what is Li Zixiong's identity? Compromising with Li Zixiong, the Holy Lord and the reformers must pay a huge price, it will lead to a series of consequences that are unfavorable to the reformers, and it will bring unpredictable damage to the political situation in Liangjing. ”

Yuan An thought about it carefully, this is indeed the truth. Li Zixiong, Han Shige and others are all Yang Xuangan's comrades, and they all want to overthrow the holy lord by force to overthrow the reformers, the two sides are mortal enemies, if the holy lord and the reformers compromise, knock out their teeth and swallow blood, the political consequences are too serious, and it just so happens that now they have a second choice, there are white-haired thieves and grassroots traitors, so the Anton Governor's Mansion and Li Pingyuan, the first Anton Governor, "came out", which just shows that the Holy Lord and the center are using this to send a compromise signal to the white-haired thieves and grassroots traitors.

"In this way, Ming Gong should return to Anzhou and personally preside over this return negotiation to ensure that the interests of the alliance are maximized." Yuan An said, "It is very inappropriate for the Ming Duke to entrust this negotiation to the Jianchang Gong, one is that the Jianchang Gong should take into account his personal interests, and the other is that the Jianchang Gong is from the Bohai House of the Li family in Longxi, and Li Hun is the head of the Li family Chengji House in Longxi, they are all a family, and they must take care of the interests of their own clan first, they are all supporters of the King of Qi, and the King of Qi share the glory and disgrace, and will definitely use this negotiation to seek benefits for the King of Qi, so how to protect the interests of the alliance? ”

Li Fengyun thought for a moment and said, "A certain stranded in the Northeast can effectively deter the Donghu species, and a certain control of the Donghu species can not only form a deterrent to Anzhou, but also form a threat to the Great Wall, which is obviously conducive to negotiations." In addition, once the negotiations reach an impasse and the two sides continue to confront each other, they can also gain enough room for maneuver for the alliance. ”

Yuan An was helpless, and immediately said, "Duke Ming, a certain insists that it is very inappropriate for Duke Jianchang to preside over this return negotiation, and he must be restrained to prevent him from unscrupulously endangering the interests of the alliance. ”

"As I said just now, the negotiations in charge of Jianchang Gong will definitely have no results, and the longer the negotiations, the more beneficial it will be for us, as long as the desert Turks intervene, the situation will be reversed, and we will be able to seize the lead in the negotiations again." When Li came here, he glanced at Yuan An and teased, "Are you also in a hurry to return, and you want to volunteer and take the initiative to ask Ying to return to Anzhou?" ”

Yuan An's old face turned red, and he said embarrassedly, "Ming Gong misunderstood. It means that since the game has been announced clearly, it should be used, and Ashina Huanghuer or Ashina Hanhai should be asked to rush to Anzhou to negotiate on behalf of Bushina Hanhai. ”

"Good!" Li Fengyun agreed, "You and Ashina Hanhai will immediately return to Anzhou and participate in negotiations on behalf of a certain and Ashina Duer." ”

Yuan An's face was overjoyed, "Ming Gong, what are the conditions for returning?" ”

Li Fengyun groaned for a while, waved his hand and said to Yuan An, "This is a big matter, let's go and visit the twelve ladies of the Cui family again, if we can get the help of the Cui family, and the Cui family can accurately seize this opportunity, it will get twice the result with half the effort." ”

That night, Li Fengyun and Cui Yu reached a series of agreements, then returned to the camp and wrote to Li Zixiong in person.

A certain has returned to the Chifeng General Camp and dispatched in the center, but considering that there are still many variables in the situation in the Northeast, there is a danger of "turning the tables" if he is not careful, and it is difficult to return to Anzhou in the short term or even before the end of the year, so all the negotiations with the Great Wall are entrusted to Ming Gong, and Ming Gong has full authority to deal with them in accordance with the established principles.

Han Shige temporarily sat in Changhan City, fully supervised the reconstruction of the Khitan tribes, and was responsible for appeasing the four divisions of Kirqin, Xitu, Guo Erluo, and Weng north of the weak Luoshui.

Ah Hui Zheng has led the Ah Hui tribesmen to Wudan City, and in the next few months, the tribal families will settle on both sides of the Shaolang River. Feng Hong, Li Yi's Anzhou Military Peace Department and the Mukun Department led by the Su Branch temporarily stayed in Wudan City to help the Ahui Department stabilize as soon as possible.

After Buli set Ashina and Mi Yong to return to the Songmoya Banner, they will lead the army to Heihe and Wolf River to appease the tribes of the Xia tribe, if it succeeds, Ashina and Mi Yong will lead the chiefs of the Xia tribe to the south of the weak Luoshui together in more than a month, and even at the end of the first month of next year, to sign a covenant.

To sum up, the development of the situation in the northeast for a period of time in the future is relatively optimistic, if the four Khitan tribes and the Xia tribes north of the weak Luoshui are annexed one after another, and the Liaodong Zhenjun army sees that the overall situation has been decided, the opportunity has been lost, so they know the difficulties and retreat, then the expected goal of the northern expedition will be achieved, the alliance will completely control the northeast, and the alliance will have a certain initiative in the negotiations with the Middle Earth and the desert. On the contrary, the situation in the northeast is relatively severe, and the alliance is relatively passive in foreign negotiations, and it is difficult to obtain the greatest benefits, and when the alliance army concentrates its forces to repel the Liaodong Zhenshu army, forms the greatest deterrent to the Donghu tribes, and sweeps both sides of the weak Luoshui River, the best opportunity has been missed, which is very unfavorable to the subsequent development of the alliance.

This is an important reason why Li Fengyun continues to conquer the northeast, but as far as the results achieved so far are concerned, if the alliance is properly planned and advances and retreats in a proper way, it can also take advantage of various unfavorable factors in the Great Wall to take advantage of the fire and forcibly seize satisfactory benefits from the "tiger's mouth".

Li Fengyun came up with a plan, a negotiation plan that could bring greater benefits and good prospects to the alliance.

The core of this negotiation is to include Anzhou and Northeast China in the territory of Middle-earth, and to give the Holy Lord and the center the martial arts to expand the territory, so what is the asking price of the alliance?

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