On March 25, Li Fengyun led his army to Fuyu City.

Buyeo City is the northwest border town of Goguryeo, bordering the Jin Dynasty in the east, the Khitan in the west, and the Murowei in the north, and its military value is far less than that of Liaodong and Xincheng, which are adjacent to Middle Earth.

During the Eastern Crusade of Middle-earth, Fuyu City was too far away from the main battlefield, and Middle-earth had no intention of attacking, until Anton's drastic changes, Xue Shixiong was ordered to enter the Northeast in the name of patrolling the border and arresting Kou, and Fuyu City entered the sight of Middle-earth, so it went down with a drum and became the grain and grass transit place for Xue Shixiong's troops to enter the Northeast.

Anton's overall situation landed, and Xue Shixiong withdrew from the northeast, leaving an army to suppress Fuyucheng. Soon the Liaodong base camp received the edict of the Holy Lord, the third crusade officially began, and the Anton army wanted to participate in the crusade, and Fuyu City became the transit point for the Anton army to rush to Huaiyuan Town, and its importance was highlighted, so Li Jing and Xue Shixiong immediately made a decision to order the Hu Benlang of Zhenshu Xincheng to transport grain and grass to Fuyu City to ensure that the Anton army arrived in Huaiyuan unimpeded.

Huaiyuan Town is a new city more than 400 miles to the north, and Fuyu City is more than 500 miles north of the new city, so Huaiyuan transports military supplies to the new city, and the new city provides grain and grass to Fuyu, and manpower, material resources and time can be greatly saved. It's just that the more grain and grass hoarded in Buyeo, the greater the danger, after all, Buyeo City is surrounded by Donghu species, and there are many horse thieves and robbers, and its defensive strength is relatively weak.

The defender of Buyeo City is called Xue Wanche, the son of Xue Shixiong, the general of Eagle Yanglang, who led five infantry regiments and a horse regiment to suppress this border city. This place is poor and remote, deserted, and the soldiers stay in this barren land where birds don't, and they are depressed, and if they are garrisoned for many years, they will definitely despair.

Fortunately, the time of "Dancing with Wolves" was not long, and Xue Shixiong wrote to his son to tell him that the Third Eastern Crusade had begun, and Anton's army was going to enter the Eastern Crusade battlefield through Buyeo, which was the best opportunity for them to leave the wilderness. As for the garrison of Fuyu City, you can find ways to push it to Anton, and Anton must have the idea of expanding his power to Liaodong with the help of this crusade, and he should covet Fuyu City, and he should not be able to ask for the garrison of Fuyu, so as long as Xue Wanche uses some brains and uses some means, he will be able to get his wish.

Xue Wanche comprehended, looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally received an urgent report from the scouts a few days ago, saying that Anton's army had begun to cross the river and would soon arrive in Buyeo City.

The commander of Anton who led the army to the east this time was from the deputy capital of Anton who was the third grade, and the general of Weifu was of the same rank, with 100,000 troops under his command, and Weifu Yingyanglang would be the commander of the five grades and 1,200 guards, not only the official rank was several levels worse, but the strength was not comparable, unless Xue Wanche didn't want to live, he didn't dare to sit in the city and wait for the deputy capital of Anton to come and see him.

In addition, there is more important, who is Li Pingyuan? The Holy Lord hand-picked, the center rewarded, from the fourth rank of Anton Lieutenant to the third grade of Anton Deputy Metropolitan Protector, but in just a few months, if it is not a sound, it is a blockbuster, its rise is like lightning in the air, so fast that people are dizzy.

Although Xue Wanche learned about Li Pingyuan's deep background from his father's letters, and even saw his father vaguely mention the Yulin storm, but back then, the secret was directly related to the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu, and even if this kind of "slap in the face" is now deliberately made public and disseminated by those with ill intentions, those who know it are limited to high-level people, after all, once this matter spreads, it will inevitably damage the authority of the Holy Lord and the power of Yuwenshu. Therefore, they are all secretive, lest they offend the Holy Lord and Yuwenshu, and the more Xue Shixiong speaks vaguely, the more mysterious Li Pingyuan becomes, and the more Xue Wanche is curious about Li Pingyuan and the secrets behind it.

Curiosity kills people, and so is Xue Wanche, eager to see Li Pingyuan and his person, and to spy on Li Pingyuan's secrets, and even a little impatient.

However, Xue Wanche still thinks very highly of himself, he is a five-rank eagle general, a guard general of the Buyeo border city, even if he is from the Xue family, a wealthy family in Hedong, and the father of the general of the official residence of the Weifu, it is difficult to easily meet the deputy capital protector of Anton from the third grade and the supreme commander of the Anton Expeditionary Force.

Li Fengyun and more than 20,000 knights rushed to the outside of Fuyu City, set up a camp, and rested for a night, and then summoned Xue Wanche, but Li Fengyun did not come forward, and it was Pei Shuang who came forward to receive Xue Wanche.

Pei Shuang is the son of Pei Yun, the imperial historian. Pei Yun is the old minister of Jiangzuo, but also from the Hedong wealthy Pei family, after the unification of the Middle Earth, the Pei family scattered all over the country have returned to the hall, the Hedong Pei family has grown rapidly, the tide is rising, and the branches of the Pei family are also sesame flowers. Today, there are two Hedong Pei nobles at the core decision-making level of the center, Pei Shiju, the squire of the Yellow Gate, and Pei Yun, the imperial historian, which shows the great power of the Pei family in Hedong.

The three wealthy families in Hedong, the Liu family, the Pei family and the Xue family, have a common interest base, and cooperation is greater than conflict, so Li Fengyun asked Pei Shuang to come forward to receive Xue Wanche, precisely to take advantage of this.

Pei Yun is an old minister of Jiangzuo and a civil official, and Xue Shixiong is a Guanlong nobleman with a strong root and a military general, the two sides have no friendship, and even no intersection, and their next generation is the same, Pei Shuang is an official in the capital, Xue Wanche followed his father to conquer the border fortress, the two also have no friendship, but they know each other, and there is the basis of common interests in Hedong, and they will be close when they sit together and talk, and they can find common ground.

Xue Wanche asked first, "How many people are coming from Anton?" ”

Pei Shuang said, "More than 200,000, 100,000 troops, more than 100,000 soldiers and craftsmen, etc. ”

Xue Wanche was dumbfounded, incredulous, how could this be? Where did Anton get his army of 100,000? Could it be that the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate forcibly recruited all the controls of the various tribes of Donghu and brought in all those who could ride horses and shoot arrows?

Pei Shuang laughed and shook his hand disappreciatively, "Wait and see, soon you will have to believe it." Then he changed his tone and asked, "How much grain and grass is there in Buyeo?" ”

Xue Wanche smiled bitterly, "You only have two ways, either you go south to Huaiyuan day and night, where the grain and grass are piled up, enough for the needs of the 200,000 army, or you quickly kill and kill on both sides of the Yalu River to burn and plunder, and feed the war with war, there is no other way." ”

Pei Shuang smiled and asked, "This is thousands of miles away, if there is no food and grass support, how can the 200,000 army travel long distances?" ”

"That's not a problem." Xue Wanche's eyes showed sympathy, "This is your problem. ”

"How is this our problem?" Pei Shuang said angrily, "We are ordered to go east and come all the way, you should always let us eat and drink enough, right?" ”

"Of course, it is the duty of certain to provide you with food and grass." Xue Wanche said, "However, Huaiyuan gave such a little grain and grass, which is only enough for tens of thousands of troops to go south to Xincheng, and then be replenished when they arrive in Xincheng, so that you can reach Huaiyuan smoothly, however, now you tell that you have more than 200,000 horses, this is of course your problem." ”

Seeing that Pei Shuang was about to refute, Xue Wanche immediately rushed to say, "Excuse me, Anton dispatched more than 200,000 horses to participate in the Eastern Crusade, does the Holy Lord know?" Has Huaiyuan prepared enough food and grass for you? ”

Pei Shuang was speechless.

Xue Wanche saw that Pei Shuang was "speechless", and immediately "pursued after the victory", pointing directly to the point, "If the Holy Lord doesn't know, and Huaiyuan doesn't know, then, when this matter reaches Huaiyuan, does Huaiyuan still welcome your more than 200,000 horses?" If they don't welcome it, come up with a two-pronged strategy and ask you to attack Pyongyang directly from the Buyeo direction, what will you do? Do you still want to resist the decree or the order, insist on rushing to Huaiyuan, and bear all the responsibility arising therefrom, and even the guilt of the defeat of the Eastern Crusade? ”

Pei Shuang was stunned. Although he had anticipated that the crusade might be difficult, he still seriously underestimated the severity of the situation, especially the fierce contradictions within the Wei Mansion, and it was these ubiquitous contradictions that ruined the first two crusades, and even led to the death of more than 200,000 soldiers on the battlefield. Now these contradictions have not only not eased, but have become more intense, which can be clearly seen from Xue Wanche's "outspokenness", the expeditionary force on Huaiyuan's side not only did not welcome Anton's army, did not want Anton's army to rob them of their Eastern Crusade credit, but also deliberately obstructed and sabotaged Anton's army to rush to the battlefield of the Eastern Crusade, and even threatened Anton, wanting Anton to bear the responsibility for the defeat of the Third Eastern Crusade. This problem is serious, this is no longer a question of whether Andong's army can go south to Huaiyuan and whether it can get the support of Huaiyuan's grain and grass, but whether the Third Eastern Crusade can destroy Goguryeo as expected and achieve the final victory of the Eastern Crusade.

Pei Shuang's expression was cold, he looked at Xue Wanche who was expressionless, and asked unhurriedly, "Is this your one-sided remark, or is it the gossip from Huaiyuan?" ”

Xue Wanche thought for a moment and replied, "Perhaps, the truth is your imagination." ”

"Got it." Pei Shiju nodded, "However, the fact in front of us is that if there is no food and grass, we are hungry and unable to trek, and we have to stagnate in Buyeo, which will inevitably affect the Eastern Crusade." ”

Xue Wanche glanced at him, not knowing if Pei Shuang's comprehension was limited or deliberately pretending to be confused, so he said unceremoniously, "If you are hungry, kill the horse." ”

There are more than 20,000 horsemen in the Anton horse army, although most of them are controlled by the Donghu tribes, but even so, the strength of the Anton horse army is also very strong. Xue Wanche witnessed it with his own eyes, and the shock in his heart can be imagined, so the more he believes that the approach of the Liaodong base camp is correct, Anton's army is very dangerous, and the variables are too great, not only will it take away the credit of the Eastern Expedition, but it is more likely to cause unpredictable harm to the Eastern Expedition, so in order to prevent it from happening, it is better to try to prevent Anton's army from going south to Huaiyuan, so Xue Wanche gritted his teeth and simply "tore his face".

"If you are hungry, you will kill the horse" sounds like an angry sentence, but in fact, it is to tell the Anton army that you are not welcome in the Liaodong base camp, and you will take the credit for the Eastern Expedition, so you should go to Pyongyang alone.

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