The situation has changed, it is difficult to go south to Huaiyuan, and Anton's army is in a dilemma.

Li Fengyun remained silent.

In fact, he received the same message from the messenger sent by Cui Yu. Cui Yu followed Cui Hongsheng's side, arrived in Huaiyuan Town at the beginning of this month, and after learning about the position and attitude of the Eastern Expedition Headquarters towards Anton's army, he sent messengers to Fuyu City to wait for Li Fengyun's arrival, so as to deliver this important message as soon as possible.

This is exactly what Li Fengyun meant. Previously, he had tested the views and suggestions of the generals and chieftains of various ministries on the Eastern Crusade in Chifeng and Chelianchuan, because the Eastern Capital took Anton's participation in the Third Eastern Crusade as a precondition for appeasement, and openly expressed the purpose of using the Eastern Crusade battlefield to contain and weaken Anton, so the generals and chieftains of the various ministries were on high alert, and at the same time felt heavy pressure, not only to attack the city and plunder the villages, but also to guard against the black hands behind their own people, which was difficult.

However, Anton's army could not help but go to Huaiyuan Town. If the Holy Lord's army does not go to Huaiyuan Town, it is equivalent to openly resisting the decree and openly confronting the Holy Lord, and what is more serious is that the serious shortage of food, grass and weapons is the fatal point of Anton's army, with these two points, Anton's army has to compromise, otherwise the consequences are too serious for Anton to bear.

Now it's okay, Huaiyuan's side is not welcome at all, and even through Xue Wanche's mouth, he proposed a two-way strategy to Anton's army, that is to say, you don't come to Huaiyuan to meet, we will fight our own and rely on our own ability. This problem is serious, even if Anton's army is unmoved in this situation and resolutely follows the holy decree and rushes to Huaiyuan Town, the future is very pessimistic.

However, this helped Li Fengyun and gave Li Fengyun the best excuse to adjust the strategy of the Eastern Crusade in time.

In the evening of the same day, Li Fengyun urgently summoned the generals and chieftains of the horse army to discuss countermeasures in view of the new situation.

Li Fengyun first explained the new situation he had learned, and then expressed his attitude, since people do not welcome us, there is no need for us to be cheeky and have to go to Huaiyuan Town, and besides, it is actually more beneficial to Anton to go in parallel and fight each other, which not only avoids the risk of internal strife, but also creates better conditions for our own side to plunder Goguryeo.

Gao Hu, Erzhu Tianxiao, Chi Xiaodou Tieyi, Di Luo Bachao, Ashde Yu Qi and other five generals of the Thunder Army and Dragoon Army had a clear position, resolutely supported Li Fengyun, and followed Li Fengyun to express their attitude.

The chiefs were divided and hesitated.

Ashina Err took the lead in questioning, "If you don't go to Huaiyuan Town, you are resisting the decree, and the consequences of resisting the decree are serious, how to solve it?" If you don't go to Huaiyuan Town, you won't get a steady stream of grain and grass, how can we solve the grain and grass crisis? The two roads went hand in hand, the Eastern Expeditionary forces were scattered, and even if we went deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo with our own strength, and even killed the Yalu Water, if we wanted to capture Pyongyang, it was obviously not enough, so we were in a dilemma, and the result of the brave attack at any cost must be to fight with Goguryeo and lose both, and finally cheapen the Weifu Expeditionary Force, on the contrary, if we disobey the Yang and Yin, delay and perfunctory, the Eastern Expedition is very likely to return in vain, and the result is a loss, and the Eastern Capital Labor Division has not achieved an inch, And we failed to achieve the expected goal, and it was Goguryeo who had the last laugh. ”

Oga Tara immediately expressed his position, and his thoughts were basically the same as those of Ashinatar. Of course, if they can destroy Goguryeo and plunder rich materials, the tribes can not only recover their vitality, but also develop and grow, so they are most concerned about the weight of grain and grass. Now Huaiyuan's side is not welcome, and they deliberately use grain and grass to curb and weaken Anton, and cut them off from hitchhiking to pick up cheap "roads", so they have no choice but to retreat and target Goguryeo. For the Khitans, whether they could destroy Goguryeo was secondary, and the important thing was to do their best to capture Goguryeo, so how to attack Andong's army and how to win the maximum benefit at the minimum cost became the focus of discussion.

Some other tribal chieftains also expressed similar thoughts to Ashina and Ogara.

Li Fengyun smiled, the overall situation had been decided, and with the powerful "help" of the Huaiyuan Expeditionary Command, he achieved the goal of attacking Pyongyang alone without much effort.

Li Fengyun pointed at Ashinaluer, "Your three questions can actually be summed up as one question, whether we can capture Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo." ”

?“ If we don't go to Huaiyuan, it is to resist the decree, no matter how good the reason is, we can't escape this responsibility, and judging from the current situation, the Holy Lord's edict to rush to Huaiyuan is obviously a trap, because under the deliberate obstruction and restraint of Huaiyuan's side, even if we arrive in Huaiyuan through hardships, we will definitely be hit by a series of blows in the open and in the dark. ”

"We fell into the trap of Huaiyuan and were powerless to resist, and the final result can be imagined, in this case, why do we still jump into this trap and let it be slaughtered? We don't go far away, we don't jump into the trap, although we are charged with resisting the will, but we have the initiative, we can attack and retreat, and our own interests can be maximized. In the future, once we capture Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo, and win the greatest benefits of the Eastern Crusade, we will be the final victors, and there will be no more traps and no culpability. ”

"So, do we have the strength to capture Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo?"

"The answer is clear, with Andong's own strength, not to mention the destruction of Goguryeo, it will be difficult to even capture Pyongyang."

Li Fengyun looked at everyone and smiled incomprehensibly, "Of course, miracles exist, and it is also possible to defeat the strong with the weak and the more with less, the key is whether we can seize the fleeting front-line fighter." ”

The generals and chieftains in the tent looked at each other and were speechless. If others said this, everyone would have scoffed at it, and even attacked it, but Li, everyone would not dare to refute it. Li Fengyun's achievements are there, and the miracle is in front of him, and the fighter that everyone can't see and can't grasp doesn't mean that Li Fengyun can't see or grasp it.

"Where's the plane?" Ashina Jar took the lead in breaking the silence in the tent and said solemnly, "If you want to capture Pyongyang, you must have three basic conditions, several times the enemy's strength, strong combat effectiveness and a steady stream of grain and grass weapons, but we don't have any of these three basic conditions, unless you copy Anton's successful example to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, but the Middle-earth Expeditionary Force has been overwhelmed by a large number of troops, and Goguryeo is waiting for a strict battle, where is the enemy unprepared to attack the enemy?" ”

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, confident, "If there is no opportunity, we will create an opportunity." ”

Then he stood up, walked to the map hanging on one side, and opened the black blank covering the map, revealing a military topographical map of Liaodong.

There are two bold red lines on the map. A red line starts from Huaiyuan Town on the west bank of Liaoshui, then crosses Liaoshui, goes to Liaodong City and Wugu City on the east bank, and then crosses Yalu Water and Sashui to Pyongyang. This was clearly the line of attack of the main army of the Eastern Crusade.

Another red line runs from Buyeo Fortress along the northern foothills of Aoyama in northwestern Goguryeo, which is adjacent to the Limo part of the Ya tribe. Then the red line crosses the Hafa River, which is the territory of the Hui tribe of the Ya tribe. The red line then enters the northeastern part of Goguryeo, which is the southwestern foot of Tutai Mountain (Changbai Mountain), from where it crosses the boiling water and arrives at the domestic city on the west bank of the Yalu River. After that, cross Yalu water, cross Sasa, and go to Pyongyang.

This is clearly the line of attack of Anton's army.

Seeing this, everyone understood, and the mood suddenly rose, and immediately discussed in twos and threes, and the atmosphere in the tent was very warm, but soon, various problems followed.

The main force of the expeditionary force in the direction of Huaiyuan will inevitably attract all the attention of Goguryeo, and the Andong army will advance by the intermediate road, although the distance is long and the road is difficult and dangerous, but as long as there is no accident, it will inevitably have the effect of "taking the enemy by surprise and attacking the enemy unprepared", if you are lucky, the Andong army may be able to hit Pyongyang by surprise, and the Goguryeo people were caught off guard, panicked, and once they made a mistake in the hurry, it was difficult to escape the doom of destruction.

However, the plan is a good plan, but there is a fatal point in this. Buyeo City is about 1,500 miles away from Pyongyang, because of the road, all the way to the mountains and bad waters, the speed of the march is bound to be slow, optimistic estimate that it will take about a month to complete this road, so in such a long time, how to solve the problem of the army's food and grass? What is even more serious is that because the lone army is deeply penetrated, once the attack under the city of Pyongyang is blocked and falls into a protracted and vicious battle, how can the food and grass weapons be maintained?

Ashina Duer therefore questioned Li Fengyun, "You won't swear to us that Pyongyang is an empty city to you, and you can go down with one blow, right?" ”

"Of course not." Li Fengyun said with a smile, "There are two ways to solve the shortage of grain and grass. ”

Li Fengyun raised his hand and pointed to the Haofa River on the map, "The Hui tribe of the Yan tribe lives on both sides of this big river. Although it is subordinate to Goguryeo, it is also a close ally with the Far Eastern Turbulent tribes, and the reason why the Far Eastern Turbulent tribes maintain a brotherly relationship with Goguryeo and always support and fight side by side during Goguryeo's foreign conquests is directly related to the fact that the Hui Tribes have a greater voice in the alliance of the Sta tribes. ”

Li Fengyun spread his five fingers and slapped the map hard, "So, let's eat it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals and chieftains in the tent immediately understood, especially the Khitans, who were even more disdainful.

Previously, the Khitans and the Tatar people were the little brothers of Goguryeo, and the three parties formed an alliance to seek hegemony in the Far East, and during the reign of Goguryeo King Gotang and Gao Yuan, the three parties joined forces to invade Liaoxi several times, which is the reason why Middle-earth made up its mind to expedition to Goguryeo. In the large-scale eastward crusade of Middle-earth, Goguryeo had no choice but to fight against the water, and the Khitan and the Yan were also cold and had to support it, which is also one of the reasons why Goguryeo was able to stubbornly persist in the war year after year.

Now that the Khitan has been conquered by Middle-earth, it is the turn of the Ya tribe next. Li Fengyun's intention was obvious, his expeditionary army did not pass through the Hafa River, but swept across the Hakufa River, and ate the Huibai tribe and the belt bones in one bite, so that it could not only solve the problem of food and grass shortage, but also annihilate the vassals of Goguryeo, and also deter the Far Eastern Jin tribes.

Then Li Fengyun pointed to the Yalu water on the map.

"General Zuo Wuwei and Huangtai Gong Cui Hongsheng are the commanders of this Eastern Crusade." Li Fengyun looked at the generals and smiled meaningfully, "If General Cui surrounds the Black Bone City before our troops come to Pyongyang City, Chen soldiers Yalu Shui, make a posture of attacking Pyongyang, and attract the Goguryeo army in the direction of Pyongyang to the Yalu Water line, then ......"

Li Fengyun wanted to speak and stopped, but the generals and chieftains in the tent were brightened and suddenly realized.

If Andong's army cannot take Pyongyang City in one go, then immediately turn the horse's head and kill Yalu Shui, and fight back and forth with Choi Hongsheng's Xuan Feng Army, first annihilating the Goguryeo army on the front line of Yalu Shui, and then you can get reinforcements, but also get food and grass weapons, and then you will win Pyongyang.

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