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On the fourteenth day of the first month, Han Shige led the army to withdraw to the Chifeng General Camp. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the beginning of this month, Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, received the edict of the Holy Lord to withdraw the army, and Han Shige also told him that Anton had been attached to Middle-earth a year ago, everyone is brothers, everything is easy to discuss, although there is no evidence to prove that what Han Shige said is true and credible, but Xue Shixiong's grain and grass have been cut off, and he has been barely living on Han Shige's relief for a period of time, so he has no choice, and evacuates quickly, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, as long as the army is brought back safely, he is not guilty.

As soon as Xue Shixiong withdrew, Han Shige also quickly retreated. The confrontation between the two armies, tens of thousands of horses, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is too great, not to mention that the Khitan chieftains such as Dahe Duluo and Yelu Tieli can't afford it, even Han Shige himself feels a lot of pressure.

Before Han Shige returned to the Chifeng General Camp, he received an urgent letter from Li Fengyun, Pei Shiju came, he wanted to rush back to Anzhou to negotiate in person, and asked Han Shige to temporarily sit in the Northeast and lead the overall situation in the Northeast.

Han Shige was anxious, the outcome of this negotiation was directly related to his vital interests, he couldn't wait to fly back to Fangcheng with his wings to participate in it personally, how could he have the heart to stay in the wild land where birds don't and entangle with a group of Donghu species?

Han Shige immediately decided to return to Fangcheng, on the grounds that the leopard cavalry had been fighting for a long time, the soldiers were tired, and they urgently needed to rest, he directly wrote to Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong that he wanted to return to Anzhou, and at the same time asked Murong Zhili, Hu Luba, Guo Ming, Xu Shisan, Lu Xingxing, Xiahou Zhe, Hu Yanjian, Mi Yong, Jingjiang Liujinfei, Shan Songzi and other commanders of the alliance Mabu Army to fly to the general camp to discuss the affairs of the northeast.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Fengyun received a letter from the southeast Yaqi of the moraine.

The most important message is not that the situation in the Northeast has been completely subverted, nor that China has pocketed Anzhou and the Northeast in the name of appeasement, but that Pei Shiju is very likely to be the first military and political head of the Andong region, which is the biggest threat to the desert.

Based on this, Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun, Qi Ji She, Ashina Du, and others judged that the drastic changes in Anzhou and Northeast China that began in August last year were indeed planned, manipulated, and carried out by the Middle Earth, and their purpose was to use Anton as a bait to lure the middle of the desert and then provoke the north and the south. After all, there is a Western Turk eyeing behind the desert, so before the deadly threat of the Western Turks is solved, the desert can only swallow its anger, and would rather abandon Anton and cut off an arm, rather than rush to launch the Civil War and fall into the predicament of suffering from the enemy in the belly.

However, the desert swallows its anger, compromises and retreats, knocks out teeth and swallows blood, which does not mean that Middle-earth will stop in moderation, no longer press step by step, and no longer continue to cause trouble and provoke, so blindly retreating, crying and protesting, and even being a turtle with a shrunken head is definitely not good, what should be tough must be tough, what should be counterattacked must be counterattacked, what should be fought for must be fought for, and when it is time to bluff, it must be opened and danced and roared a few times with great fanfare.

In fact, the Ya Tent also made the worst estimate of the situation in Andong, before the departure of Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun, Tong Lifa Yang Shanjing, and Tuoban Anlu Khan of the Tuan Army, Shibi Khan and the core of the Tooth Tent Center also made it clear that the goal of their trip was to do their best to maintain relations between the north and the south, and to buy at least one year of war preparation time for the desert, even if they paid a heavy price, they could accept it, and they could abandon Anzhou as a last resort. But the development of the situation far exceeded the imagination of the tooth tent, not only Anzhou was lost, but also the northeast, the Song desert tooth banner defected, and the Donghu tribes also betrayed, and more seriously, the Middle Earth grabbed Anton "legally" at an unbelievable speed, and appointed Pei Shiju, who was a great threat to the desert, as the military and political chief of Anton, the situation was completely one-sided, and in this passive and bad situation, if the desert wanted to maintain the relationship between the north and the south, it must give up Anzhou and the northeast, and the price was very heavy.

This decision was very important, affecting the fate of the Turkic Khanate, and it was beyond the power of the inspection group composed of Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun, Tong Lifa Yang Shanjing and Tuoban Anlu Khan, so the three of them jointly set up Ashina to report 100,000 urgently, and at the same time made a decision, actively defended, put pressure on Anton, coerced and enticed, and took the initiative to negotiate while pressing the border with large troops, and tried to reduce their own losses while continuing to deteriorate the situation in Anton.

On behalf of Shibi Khan and Yashu, Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun sent a strong protest to the Emperor of Shutu on the issue of the ownership of Anzhou and Northeast China, holding that the forcible occupation of the territory of the Turkic Khanate by Middle-earth not only violated the agreement between the north and the south, but also was a kind of bandit behavior of bullying the weak, which the Turkic Khanate could not accept, let alone give up Anzhou and the Northeast, and was forced to defend its rights and interests by force.

Ashina issued a warning to Li Fengyun, asking him to withdraw from the northeast immediately, send Ashina's head, and release all the controls of the Songmo Yaqi, otherwise the Ya Tent would gather heavy troops and launch a fierce attack on Anzhou.

This letter revealed a message to Li Fengyun, that is, the Turks intended to compromise and could give up Anzhou, and Li Fengyun could recognize Li Fengyun's actual possession of Anzhou, but Li Fengyun had to withdraw from the northeast. You can't have both fish and bear's paws, you can't be too greedy, just stop in moderation, don't make the fish die and the jade burn, which is not good for everyone.

Li Fengyun disagreed. A few years ago in the Chifeng General Camp, Li Fengyun had already reached some kind of limited tacit understanding with Yang Shanjing. Yang Shanjing is not only the spokesperson of Princess Kehe Dunyicheng in the desert, but also an important member of the conservative forces of the tooth tent, coupled with his special feelings for Middle-earth, as well as the grievances and grievances between him and Li Fengyun, his promise still has a certain credibility.

Of course, in the context of the inevitable civil war, the conservative forces of the Tooth Tent headed by Princess Koga Dun Yoshicheng must make a political compromise, and must support the main battle faction of the Tooth Tent headed by Shibi Khan to actively prepare for the war, otherwise after the outbreak of the war, the conservative forces of the Tooth Tent will have to pay a huge price for their stubborn adherence to the "Lord Peace", and more seriously, once the war is defeated, it will be a loss, and the main battle faction of the Tooth Tent will certainly suffer heavy losses, and even have to hand over the ruling power. But in the face of a scarred and dying Turkic Khanate, how can the Tooth Tent Lords and factions turn the tide and save the desert from danger?

Therefore, in the coming year, both the north and the south have a strong will to maintain peace, although there may be serious conflicts in the local area, such as Anton, but there is the active mediation of the tooth tent lord and faction, and the southeast Yaqi of the Yaqi is in urgent need of preserving strength, in addition, Pei Shiju and other high-ranking and powerful Middle-earth magnates personally sit in Anton, even if an armed conflict breaks out, it is to increase each other's voice at the negotiating table, and it will not evolve into a decisive battle between the north and the south.

Li Fengyun laughed, waved his pen, and replied triumphantly, Pei Shiju had arrived.

The implication is that you don't threaten me, and don't negotiate with me, you go directly to Pei Shiju, and now the supreme commander of Anton is Pei Shiju.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Cui Yu, Cui Jiu, Liu Shanbo, Lu Junxian, Li Sixing and more than a dozen sons of wealthy families from northern Hebei and Youyan came together, nominally to meet Pei Shiju, but in fact to negotiate with Li Fengyun on behalf of their respective families, asking him to fulfill his original promise and let everyone share the fruits of Anton's war.

The son of the family, represented by Li Sixing, first visited Li Fengyun as a temptation. Pei Shiju came too quickly, so that the negotiation quickly entered the stage of interest division, which caught the wealthy families of northern Hebei and Youyan off guard, and they had to follow Pei Shiju to Anzhou in a hurry, trying to influence the outcome of the negotiation, so as to get an extra piece of the feast of interest sharing.

Li Sixing saw Li Fengyun, and after a little greeting, he solemnly informed, "There are people from the clan." ”

Li Fengyun understood as soon as he heard it, and at present, the Li clan of Zhaojun couldn't sit still, and sent the respected elders of the clan to Anzhou in a hurry, trying to use their own strength to grab Anton's benefits to the greatest extent.

Li Fengyun was expressionless and didn't say a word.

Li Sixing raised his eyebrows, secretly happy. Sure enough, Li Fengyun was under unprecedented pressure, and he had to carefully consider his identity, and he had to choose between Li Fengyun and Li Pingyuan.

Li Sixing waited for a while, and saw that Li Fengyun was silent, so he took the initiative to say, "It's Li Xiaoduan from the East Ancestral House." ”

Li Fengyun's face finally changed.

Zhao County Li's six major housing system, the East Ancestral House, the South Ancestral House, the West Ancestral House, the Liaodong Room, the Jiangxia House and the Hanzhong House, the rest are the last branches of the side line, the Middle East Ancestral House is the most prosperous, the contemporary head of the family is the East Ancestral House, Li Xiaoduan is the cousin of the head of the family, followed by the West Ancestral House, there are Wu Benlang will Li Gongting, Li Gongyan in the right Shilang, and again it is the Liaodong House, Li Bi, one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, is from this room, and Li Bi's great-grandson has Li Mi, one of the masterminds of Yang Xuangan's mutiny. Hanzhong Fang was glorious in the Li Delin period, but now the sun has set.

Li Xiaoduan has a prominent reputation in Shandong Confucianism, but his career is not good, this is the result of political struggle and centralized reform, as long as the Guanlong aristocratic group controls the government, the Shandong aristocratic group will never come out, so Li Xiaoduan was angry, went home to teach and educate people to do learning.

After a little hesitation, Li Fengyun asked, "What is the purpose of his old man coming all the way to Anzhou?" ”

It's not knowingly, it's cynicism.

Li Sixing smiled faintly. This kind of behavior of swarming up when there are good things and falling into the well when there are bad things is common in wealthy families, but when Li Pingyuan "offended" the first emperor and Li Baiyao "offended" the holy lord, Hanzhong Fang was hit hard and "defeated" politically, but the entire Li family of Zhao County was implicated, and even the Liaodong Fang, which belonged to the Guanlong aristocratic group, was not spared. Of course, from the perspective of the centralized environment, the decline of the gate lord clan is inevitable, and the decline of the Li clan of Zhaojun cannot be attributed to Hanzhongfang, but once an excuse is needed, Hanzhongfang is "the target of the public", so as far as the current situation is concerned, the Li clan of Zhaojun used the power of Li Fengyun to seize the benefits of Anton and asked Hanzhongfang to "compensate" the entire family, which is also justified.

"Don't be angry." Li Sixing said, "You switched to Youyan, the family still helped a lot, took a considerable risk, and there was still hard work without merit." ”

Li Fengyun's face was a little ugly.

"Your strength is great, and everyone is watching, and some secrets can't be hidden." Li Sixing continued, "In recent years, Shandong has been burdened by the Eastern Expedition, suffered from the blows of the Guanlong people, and suffered heavy losses, and the Shandong people have also been defeated in the court, so once your secret is revealed, once it is deliberately used by the Holy Lord and the Guanlong people, its lethality can be imagined, and the first to bear the brunt is the Li clan of Zhaojun." You can ignore the risk of such annihilation, you can turn a deaf ear, but the Zhaojun Li clan cannot turn a blind eye and be indifferent. ”

Li Sixing glanced at Li Fengyun meaningfully and asked, "Do you understand?" ”

Li Fengyun thought for a moment and nodded, "You lead the way, and I go to meet the clan elder." ”

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