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November 14, Upper Valley County, Yishui City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the middle of the night, General Zuo Wuwei and the inspector of the school Cui Hongsheng of Shanggu returned to the capital of Shanggu County from Gubeikou day and night, and before he had time to catch his breath, he was shocked by a series of news.

The first news is that Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Xiaowei who was ordered to rush to Hebei to suppress the thieves, was killed by the Hebei thief Zhang Jincheng on the ninth day of the first month of this month.

At first hearing this news, Cui Hongsheng felt suffocated.

A commander of the Weifu of Guanlong, a senior military general trusted by the Holy Lord, a "defeated" Honghua left behind Yuan Honghei, controlled the Northwest Army at a critical moment, stabilized the military of the thirteen counties of Longyou, ensured the safety of Guanzhong and Xijing, and made great contributions to the deputy marshal of the Northwest Army in quelling Yang Xuangan's rebellion, but he "lost his front hoof", and just entered Hebei to suppress thieves, he was killed by thieves, and became the highest-ranking general who died on the battlefield of suppressing thieves in China since the founding of the country. It has seriously damaged the authority of the Holy Lord, the Central Committee, and the Wei Mansion, and is a great shame.

The impact of this incident is too bad, its severity is second only to the Jiangnan thief Liu Yuanjin is said to be the emperor, the Holy Lord, the central government, the Weifu and the Guanlong political group will definitely take revenge, and the Shandong political group will bear the brunt, especially the wealthy families in Hebei and the local forces in Hebei, will become the focus of "revenge", and a group of relevant aristocratic bureaucrats have to sacrifice their lives for Feng Xiaoci's funeral.

It doesn't matter how this battle was fought or how Feng Xiaoci was defeated, the important thing is that he died at the hands of Hebei thieves, and Hebei thief Zhang Jin said that he had such strength? How did Zhang Jin's strength develop? Could it be that just by using Zhang Jin's claim that he took advantage of Yang Xuangan's rebellion this summer to break through Liyang Cang, loot a large amount of money and grain, and increase his strength, he could give a reasonable explanation to the Holy Lord, the Central Committee, and the Wei Mansion?

Once there is an unacceptable consequence, the victim will always use the greatest malice to speculate on the reasons behind the consequences, blame them on known and potential enemies, and then use all means to retaliate, vent their anger, and reckless the consequences. The same is true of the Holy Lord, the Central Committee, and the Guardian House, where conspiracy theories are rampant in anger, and even if there is truth, it will be burned with anger.

An unwarranted disaster fell from the sky, and Cui Hongsheng also had to pay the price for Feng Xiaoci's death.

Before being transferred to Shanggu Taishou, he served as the ambassador of Hebei to arrest and was responsible for fighting chaos and suppressing thieves, although there were certain results, such as Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya and other Hebei thieves were beaten to the head of the rat, and the wolf ran and fled suddenly, ensuring the safety of Yongji Canal, but it was not completed, the thief Zhang Jincheng, Wang Deren, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Ge Qian, Gao Kaidao, etc. were still burning and killing on both sides of the Yongji Canal, and the white-haired thieves who troubled Henan and Qilu crossed the river in the north, fought thousands of miles, passed through the entire Hebei, and entered Yanbei, left a mess full of holes for his successor, so even if Cui Hongsheng had the credit for quelling Yang Xuangan's rebellion, he could not compensate for the huge mistakes caused by Feng Xiaoci's death in battle and the disaster caused by the Flying Fox rebels.

Cui Hongsheng is in a serious crisis, and the only way to redeem himself is to solve the scourge of the Flying Fox rebels in the shortest possible time.

The second news frightened Choi Hong-sung.

There are rumors from the palace that the white-haired thief is the secret knife, and who is the secret knife?

The secrets that were hidden in the deep back then were soon revealed to the world under the deliberate "push" of some well-intentioned people, so the Yuwen brothers Litong foreign countries caused the Yulin storm, Gao Gong, He Ruobi and a large number of meritorious veterans died tragically in this storm due to trumped-up charges, and a large number of upstarts such as the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu wantonly slaughtered dissidents in order to control the government, and under the unfavorable situation that the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government has declined sharply, and they have been unable to suppress the core contradictions such as reform and conservatism, Shandong and Guanlong, they have been wantonly exaggerated and exaggerated into evil deeds by political opponents. And it quickly spread at the top of the central level.

The situation deteriorated suddenly, and the past broke out violently, such as the former crown prince Yang Yong, the king of Qin Yang Jun, the king of Han Yang Liang, and all those who fell on the bloody road of the battle for the imperial throne, were all taken out to prove the bad deeds and evil deeds of the Holy Lord.

I believe that it will not be long before the magnates of the two capitals will be known, and the New Year is approaching, the envoys from all over the country and the tributary envoys of the various domains will gather, once it spreads, it will quickly spread to the local counties and the four seas, and the bad influence caused by this rumor will be rapidly amplified, and the seriousness of the consequences can be imagined.

It was dark, the earth was shaking, and a great storm was howling from the depths of darkness, and if it was not stopped in time, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The third news finally made Cui Hongsheng breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the last part of the edict urged him to solve the scourge of the Flying Fox rebels as soon as possible, the main content was the corresponding countermeasures taken by the central government against the worsening domestic and foreign crises, the most important of which was to establish the Anton Governor's Mansion and appoint Li Pingyuan as the first Anton Governor, with full responsibility for the northeast.

Who is Li Pingyuan? Li Pingyuan is the secret sword, the son of Li Delin, the Duke of Anping, the protégé of Gao Gong of Bohai, the disciple of Pei Shiju, the Duke of Wenxi, and the subordinate of Sun Sheng, the prince of Qi, joined the army when he was young, fought in the desert, and fought for thousands of miles in the process of protecting the Khan of Qimin to enter the court in the south, and became famous in the first battle.

After the victory of the Western Expedition, the secret soldier knife was ordered to go to the Far East wilderness to carry out the important task of passing through the Northeast, and now the situation in the Northeast has changed greatly, this task has entered a critical period, once successful, the Northeast is in the bag. In order to give it full support, the central center decided to set up the Anton Governor's Office to take charge of the military and political affairs of the Northeast, allow it to act cheaply, take the Northeast at all costs, and complete the martial arts of opening up the territory and expanding the territory.

"Good plan!" After Cui Hongsheng read it carefully, he couldn't help but praise the case, "This plan is very wonderful, it can be described as a stroke of genius." ”

In desperation, the Turks simply made the plan clear, disclosed the true identity of the secret sword, recognized his achievements, and entrusted him with the important task of granting him the position of Anton Commander, with full responsibility for the northeast, so that he could kill multiple birds with one stone, not only easily destroyed the Turks' divisive plan, but also conveyed a compromise signal to the many forces behind the secret sword, and at the same time ******** Pei Shiju, and effectively united the reformers, alleviating tensions within the reformists and with their political allies; In addition, by taking advantage of this incident, China and Turkey expressed a strong stance on north-south relations, and openly told the Turks that China and Turkey were bound to win the northeast by establishing the Anton Prefecture. To a certain extent, internal unity and external toughness will help to contain the decline of the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government, and help to slow down the political crisis in the two capitals and the deterioration of the domestic situation, which will give the Holy Lord and the reformers valuable buffer time. If the Holy Lord and the Central Authority can achieve the expected goal within this buffer time, win the martial arts of the Northeast of Xinjiang, and win the final victory of the Eastern Crusade, they will be able to reverse the crisis, resolve the bad influence caused by the political and military defeat in the early stage, and restore, consolidate, and strengthen the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

"My lord, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, who would have thought that the Turks would help us this time." Cui Yu, the twelfth lady of the Cui family, stood behind Cui Hongsheng, and while obediently massaging his father's back, he said with a smile, "If there is no Turkic divisive plan, this time the adults will not be able to escape the disaster, and it will be a fluke!" ”

Cui Hongsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. Cui Jiu and Cui Xiaoren, who were sitting at the bottom, also looked at each other and smiled bitterly, worried. In fact, Cui Hongsheng only got out of the crisis temporarily, if he failed to completely solve the scourge of the Flying Fox rebels before the end of the year, then the trouble would be big, the punishment for the two crimes would be more serious, compared to the fact that it was not as good as being affected by Feng Xiaoci's death now, at most it would be a resignation, and there would be no worries about his life.

As one of the relevant forces behind the secret sword, the Boling Cui clan and the Zhaojun Li clan were forced to re-use the sword because the Holy Lord and his cronies such as Yuwenshu and others around them were forced to re-use the sword, and made a gesture of compromise and concession to them, so as not to use various opportunities to contain and attack them in the short term, but how long this "harmonious" situation can last does not depend on the degree of compromise between the two sides, but completely depends on the choice of Anzhou. If Anzhou refuses to accept this "disguised" appeasement of the Holy Lord and the center, refuses to withdraw the Flying Fox rebels into Anzhou, ******** dominates the northeast, and openly "argues" with Middle-earth, the development of the situation will run counter to expectations, and the Holy Lord and the center will fail to "lure" and the goal will fail, and of course they will begin to "coerce" and try their best to crack down.

At that time, the comeback of the knife had been widely informed, and everyone knew that the Holy Lord had courage, Yuwen Shu had a stomach, regardless of previous suspicions, meritocracy, the Holy Lord and the center had successfully destroyed the Turkic people's discordant plan, and the mission of the knife's comeback had been completed, so the "harmony" between the Holy Lord and the relevant forces behind the knife no longer existed, and the one who should be hit was still to be hit, so once the situation deteriorated in the future, Cui Hongsheng would be in danger.

For the Cui family, the current crisis is the Flying Fox Rebels, as long as the Flying Fox Rebels are sent out of the customs, everything will be fine.

"Ming Gong, this trip to Gubeikou can meet expectations?" Although Cui Xiaoren knew that Cui Hongsheng was tired and needed to rest, he was anxious and couldn't help but ask.

Cui Yu and Cui Jiu were also extremely concerned, staring at Cui Hongsheng with their eyes, looking forward to it very much.

From the very beginning, Li Fengyun refused to allow the Flying Fox rebels to leave the customs for various reasons, but Cui Yu and others believed that as long as Li Fengyun did not gain a foothold in Anzhou and needed strong support from within the Great Wall, the possibility of the Flying Fox rebels leaving the customs was very small. However, recently received news that Li Fengyun defeated the Turkic army in the southeast of the moraine, and the Turks could no longer pose a threat to Anzhou in the short term, Li Fengyun completely took Anzhou, and the next step was to consolidate the results of the battle in order to deal with the Turkic counterattack after the beginning of spring next year, so if nothing else, the obstacle to the Flying Fox rebels out of the pass has disappeared.

In addition, more importantly, the Cui family has a cooperative relationship with Li Fengyun. The four important figures of the Cui family all knew that the white-haired thief was a knife and Li Pingyuan, and they also knew the true intention of Li Fengyun to fight in the early days, and Cui Yu and Cui Jiu were even more bold to support them, in order to seek benefits in the future. Now that Li Fengyun has created another miracle, it is natural that he wants to repay the Cui family, instead of treacherously and putting the Cui family in danger, so the Cui family still has a certain optimism about this matter.

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