Chapter 247: The mouth is like a river
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As the heat faded away, the atmosphere of the alliance became more and more tense, and the officials of the headquarters and the commanders of the armies knew that a great war was coming, and the officers and soldiers at the rank and file also sensed the strangeness of the battle situation.
The anxiety of the soldiers affected the psychology of the commanders of the armies, and they all spoke of Li Fengyun, some of them offered plans to retreat in advance, and some of them were unprepared to attack the enemy.
Li Fengyun seemed calm, but in fact he was worried. He is not afraid of the King of Qi, with the help of Li Mi and the forces behind him, he is sure to defeat the King of Qi, although the alliance has to pay a heavy price for this, but this price is completely worth it, the alliance can only grow quickly after the tempering of war, and the alliance can only be condensed into a solid group after experiencing life and death tests. However, the growth of the alliance cannot change the trajectory of history, at least at this stage, Li Fengyun does not see the possibility of the alliance to change history, but he is eager to change history, this is his sacred ideal, even if there is a glimmer of hope, he does not want to miss it, and at this stage, King Qi is the only glimmer of hope he can see to change history, so he prays that Wei Fusi can appear again, which can bring him a glimmer of hope to realize his dream.
In his anticipation, Wei Fusi appeared again.
The second secret conversation between the two began with a discussion of Duan Wenzhen's strategy, and then deduced the possible changes in the situation of the Eastern Expeditionary Expedition after the expeditionary force rushed thousands of miles to Pyongyang.
Li Fengyun concluded that Pyongyang would lose the first battle. If the sailors who came to Hu'er failed to attack Pyongyang in advance, and the strategy of guiding the 6 pincers failed, the battle could be a big defeat; If the 6th Route Army of the Expeditionary Force carelessly underestimates the enemy and fails to protect its retreat, it is in danger of annihilation.
Wei Fusi was originally optimistic about the first battle in Pyongyang. Even if the expeditionary force fails to conquer Pyongyang, the safe evacuation is not a problem, but it is already a military defeat for the Holy Lord and the center, and the military defeat is accompanied by a political defeat, and the political defeat will definitely force the Holy Lord and the center to make compromises on many domestic political disputes, so it is very beneficial for the king of Qi to support the army in the name of rebellion and thieves.
The King of Qi's move was justified, even if the Holy Lord and the Central Authority were a hundred opponents in their hearts, it was a pity that the whip was beyond the reach of the whip and could not take care of it, and if they wanted to win the victory of the Eastern Crusade, they really needed the stability of the domestic situation, so they really couldn't find a reason to attack and contain the King of Qi. However, there is a heavy dà risk here. If the king of Qi has not yet been unfolded, but the Eastern Expedition is victoriously over, and the Holy Lord returns triumphantly with the expeditionary army, the disasters of the King of Qi will follow.
This is the reason why King Qi, Wei Fusi and others hesitated, and it is also the reason why Wei Fusi first discussed the situation of the Eastern Expedition with Li Fengyun after seeing Li Fengyun again
Wei Fuji got his wish, and he heard an astonishing deduction that the Holy Lord, under pressure from all sides, may have pinned his hopes for conquering Pyongyang on the sailors of Laihu'er, and secretly ordered Lai'er to attack the enemy unprepared, taking advantage of the Goguryeo army's efforts to block the 6-way expeditionary force of Middle-earth, and conquer Pyongyang with the force of thunder.
The veracity of this deduction is very great. Why did the Holy Lord and the Central Pivot ignore the military's opposition and forcibly order the expeditionary force to implement Duan Wenzhen's last policy? Didn't the Lord and the Center know that carrying out the wrong attack strategy at the wrong time would pose a mortal danger to the army? If the Holy Lord and the Central Pivot used the 6-Way Army as bait to attract and contain the main army of Goguryeo on the frontal battlefield, and the Saishi of Raehu'er was the main force attacking Pyongyang, and the surprise troops were outstanding and won by surprise, then it can be reasonable to explain why the Holy Lord and the Central Pivot forcibly implemented Duan Wenzhen's strategy at this moment, which is actually a plan to deceive and paralyze the enemy, and at the same time, surprise the enemy and deal a fatal blow to the enemy.
However, there are traitors at the highest level of the center, and once this strategy of the Holy Lord and the center to attack the enemy spreads to Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people will be on guard, and the "strange soldier" of Laihu'er will not only lose its effect, but may also fall into the trap of the Goguryeo people.
Wei Fusi's confidence was shaken. Although Li Fengyun's speculation on the First Battle of Pyongyang is based on extreme pessimism, as long as the expeditionary force occupies the initiative in a certain key link and has luck, then the outcome will be completely different, at least it can be retreated, after all, the strength of the expeditionary force is there, but Wei Fusi has a deep understanding of the cruel power game of the high-level in the Eastern Capital, and he is also clear about the deep contradictions and fierce conflicts within the palace and the Wei Mansion, and it is these contradictions and conflicts that lead to the bane of defeat in Pyongyang before the first battle has been fought, and there are many banes, any of which will explode in battle, then the expeditionary force will definitely be defeated.
"If you lose, what will happen?" Wei Fusi's wise eyes showed a look of confusion, as if he was asking himself, and he seemed to ask Li Fengyun. He wanted to see the future clearly, but the future was shrouded in fog and loomed, giving him endless reverie and at the same time, he also trembled, and had a sense of fear as if he was walking on thin ice as if he were on the edge of an abyss.
"The Eastern Crusade must continue, and the Eastern Crusade cannot be abandoned halfway." Li Fengyun said, "The Holy Lord will become more and more courageous, and if the battle is defeated, the Second Crusade will begin soon." ”
Last time, Wei Fusi had heard about the Second Eastern Crusade from Li Fengyun's mouth, but he didn't care, there was no evidence to prove that the secrets provided by Li Fengyun were true and credible, and he himself was still relatively optimistic about the Eastern Crusade, and this time he heard Li Fengyun's prediction that there would be a Second Eastern Crusade, he not only listened to it, but also took it to heart, and took it as a basis for his own deduction of the future situation, and he was sure that Li Fengyun's statement was not untargeted, and it was very likely to come from the central core layer. That is to say, the Holy Lord and the members of the core level of the center are very aware of the difficulty of this crusade, and they are confident and confident, but there are accidents in everything, so they are also mentally prepared for defeat and come up with a rescue strategy, that is, to carry out the second crusade.
"The Second Crusade should be overwhelming." Wei Fusi followed Li Fengyun's train of thought and tried his best to find the direction of the future in the fog of fate. Even if the Goguryeo people unite and fight to the death, even if the city of Pyongyang is tall and strong and unbreakable, but the treasury is empty and there is no money, food and weapons, this war will not be able to continue.
However, Li Fengyun's words made Wei Fusi shocked and dumbfounded.
"The defeat of the Eastern Crusade will have an immeasurable impact on the political situation in the Eastern Capital, and with the sharp decline of the authority of the Holy Lord and the central government, and with the Holy Lord's determination to carry out the Second Eastern Crusade and have to compromise and forbear, then it is foreseeable that the opposition forces will inevitably seize this golden opportunity to overthrow the Holy Lord by force and change the imperial system, and violently destroy the reform and reconstruction of the central government, and the civil war will inevitably explode, and the Second Eastern Crusade will have to be stopped halfway through, and the success will fall short."
It is an open secret that the conservative forces in the court are dissatisfied with the Holy Lord and oppose the reforms. In the Yulin Incident in the third year of the Great Cause, the leaders of the conservative forces, Gao Ying, Yu Wenbi and He Ruobi, were killed by the Holy Lord, and countless people were affected, and the contradictions between the reformers and the conservatives were made public, although the conservative forces were hit hard and had to compromise with the Holy Lord and the reformers, but with the acceleration of the reform process, the degree of centralization of power became faster and faster, and the vested interests of the aristocratic class, especially the wealthy families, suffered more and more losses, and the contradictions between the two sides became more and more intense.
As far as Wei Fusi knew, the radical conservative forces in the Eastern Capital took a risk and conspired to overthrow the Holy Lord and destroy the reform, although this was just a groundless rumor, but there was no wind and no waves, and today Li Fengyun made a similar prediction unbelievably, which immediately made Wei Fusi's heart beat and frightened. If the radical conservative forces want to mutiny, it is indeed the best time to take advantage of the fact that the main forces of the Holy Lord, the Central Hub, and the Weifu Army are all on the battlefield in Liaodong during the Eastern Crusade, and the Eastern Capital is empty. It's just that in this way, if the Holy Lord has the last laugh, the conservative forces in the court will definitely be hit hard, and it will be the second blow suffered by the Guanlong aristocratic group after the rebellion of King Yang Liang of the Han Dynasty. The foundation of today's Guozuo is Guanlong, it is the Guanlong aristocratic group, the Holy Lord has slaughtered the Guanlong people again and again, how can the foundation of Guozuo be strong?
"In the eyes of many people in the Eastern Capital, King Qi's decision to go out of Beijing to fight the rebellion during the Holy Lord's Eastern Crusade was definitely a self-defeating mistake." Li Fengyun continued, "A certain westward march into the Central Plains to plunder the Tongji Canal, threatening the eastern capital, and affecting the Eastern Expedition, although it gave the King of Qi a reason to go out of Beijing to fight the rebellion, but the King of Qi could completely refuse to go out of Beijing. Of course, the King of Qi is in a dilemma, if he refuses to go out of the Beijing Rebellion, he will be seized by the political enemies and hated by the Holy Lord, but once he goes out of the Beijing Rebellion, he will also be seized by the political enemies and feared by the Holy Lord, however, in the end, you and the King of Qi still chose to go out of the Beijing Rebellion, for no other reason, you are lucky. Since the eastern capital of the turtle is in danger, the future is bleak, and even the life is in danger, it is better to go out of Jingbo, with meritorious service, strength, and freedom, if you have no choice but to repeat the mistakes of Yang Liang, the king of the Han Dynasty. ”
"Why are you so lucky? It is because the radical forces in the Eastern Capital conspired to overthrow the Holy Lord and destroy the reform. As long as the Holy Lord and the reformers hold the Heavenly Constitution, the King of Qi will never come out, so you will find another way, take risks, go out of Beijing to exhibit, and send yourself to the point of no return against the Holy Lord. Once the two sides join forces, their strength increases greatly, and then they pull in the Shandong people who are always trying to make a comeback, and then cut off the Tongji Canal to deal a fatal blow to the Eastern Expedition, then you can indeed re-take the road of Yang Liang, the king of Han, and fight the Holy Lord by force. ”
Li Fengyun looked at Wei Fusi and paused for a moment, but Wei Fusi did not speak, his expression was stern, and he listened attentively.
However, in someone's view, the defeat of Yang Liang, the king of Han, was a bloody lesson丨 Using cannibalism between royal families cannot fundamentally solve the core contradiction of today's Middle Earth, and if you want to completely solve this contradiction, you can only change the world. Therefore, it is certain to tell you that the radical forces in the Eastern Capital who conspired to overthrow the Holy Lord and destroy the reform had the ultimate goal of usurping the country, not changing the imperial system, so the King of Qi was their target, and they would kill the King of Qi at any cost. After killing the first heir of the imperial system, the political situation in the eastern capital was in chaos, and the road to usurpation of the conspirators was much smoother. ”
Wei Fusi understood. Li Fengyun said it very tactfully, but the meaning was very clear. If the king of Qi cooperates with him, he can take advantage of the opportunity of the radical forces in the eastern capital to raise troops to usurp the country, save the country from the king of Qin, establish meritorious deeds, and win the trust of the holy lord, although this still cannot help the king of Qi to impact the position of the prince, but it can alleviate the contradiction between father and son. On the contrary, if the king of Qi cooperated with the radical forces of the Eastern Capital and provoked a civil war with them against the Holy Lord, then the righteousness and reputation would be gone, and more importantly, the radical forces of the Eastern Capital only used him to usurp the country, instead of helping him win the imperial rule, so the final fate of the King of Qi was very tragic, and he would die regardless of victory or defeat.