For Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, in order to repay the trust and grace of the Holy Lord, it is a matter of course? Do your best to kill Yang Xuangan, and strive to stabilize the situation in the two capitals in the shortest possible time, but the situation in the two capitals is too complicated, and it seems one-sided to consider the overall situation only from the position of Jiang Zuoren, what is the idea and purpose of the Holy Lord, and what kind of position Yu Wenshu holds, the two of them are not clear, so they must be cautious in everything and think twice before acting, so as not to do bad things with good intentions.

Judging from Yuwenshu's performance on the Shangshudu Provincial Agenda, he made a great compromise to Xijing in order to quell the storm as quickly as possible, which also means that for a period of time in the future, the reform will stagnate, and the conservative forces will win more say at the highest decision-making level.

This was beyond the expectations of Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang, they thought that in the case that the sailors had rushed to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital and basically controlled the situation in the Eastern Capital, Yuwenshu's attitude towards Xijing should be very tough, and the concessions made to the conservative forces in the political situation should also be very limited, which made them surprised but also more confused, in the end, there were unfavorable variables in the situation in Guanlong, such as Yuan Hongsi raised troops to rebel in response to Yang Xuangan, or someone in Guanzhong raised troops to respond to Yang Xuangan, The Daozhì Xijing side grasped more initiative, and then forced Yuwen Shu to sacrifice the interests of the government in exchange for the stability of the political situation in the two capitals, or there were unfavorable variables in the general trend of China and foreign countries, such as the desert northern captives plundered the Great Wall in solidarity with Goguryeo, for example, the Far Eastern captives formed an alliance to betray Middle Earth, and the relations between the north and the south took a sharp turn for the worse, and then forced the holy lord and the central center to have to sacrifice the fruits of reform in exchange for the unity of the court and the outside world.

The two were full of doubts, but they couldn't get an answer from Yuwenshu in their eagerness. Yu Wenshu is one of the core members of the highest decision-making level of the center, and Lai Hu'er is a military minister in the center, and Zhou Fashang is only one of the senior commanders in the Wei Mansion. Now that the situation is extremely tense and it is also a sensitive period in politics, everyone is very cautious, even if there are special circumstances, they would rather exchange letters than sit together and give authority to others.

The result was once again beyond the expectations of Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang, and Yu Wenshu actually rushed to the sailor camp in the early hours of the morning to visit the two.

Yuwen recounted two things, first, before he left the palace, the Holy Lord proposed to launch the Third Crusade; Second, from the standpoint of the Wei government, as far as the current situation in China and foreign countries is concerned, whether the conditions are in place to launch the Third Eastern Crusade, and if so, when is appropriate.

The first thing Yuwen said actually answered the doubts in the hearts of Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang. The reason why Yuwenshu made compromises and concessions to Xijing was because the Holy Lord and the Central Center fell into an unprecedented political crisis after the defeat of the two Eastern Crusades and Yang Xuangan's rebellion.

The superimposed effect of these two crises is too powerful, and the severe zhòng has dealt a blow to the authority of the Holy Lord, shaken the ruling position of the reformers, and the reform has lost the impetus to continue to move forward, and the reform will inevitably stagnate or even irrepressibly begin to regress. In such a situation, instead of fighting against the conservative forces and further aggravating the crisis, it is better to make compromises with the conservative forces in order to ease the contradictions between the two sides, alleviate the current crisis, and then give the Holy Lord and the reformers time to reverse the crisis.

How can the current crisis be reversed? This is the second thing that Yuwenshu said, launching the Third Crusade. To quickly resolve the national defense and diplomatic crises to alleviate or save the domestic political crisis, and to make up for the great losses of the Holy Lord and the reformers in politics with the results of the Third Eastern Crusade.

Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang were overjoyed, they were planning to launch the Third Eastern Crusade, so they actively quelled the rebellion and did their best to create the conditions for the Third Eastern Crusade, but they didn't expect the Holy Lord to think of a joint with them. But obviously, the resistance of the center is too great, and the domestic situation is very bad, this can only be an assumption, but the Holy Lord deliberately said this idea before Yuwenshu rushed to the Eastern Capital to quell the rebellion, which shows that the Holy Lord has a strong desire to turn this idea into reality, so he pinned his hopes on Yuwenshu.

This is the reason why Yuwen Shu descended to "visit" to protect his children and Zhou Fashang. If he wants to kill Yang Xuangan quickly, he needs the full support of Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang, and now the sailor is the absolute main force in the eastern capital to quell the rebellion; And if he wants to create better conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade, he must win the support of the Wei Mansion, and the most likely support in the Wei Mansion is the Jiang Zuo commanders who are loyal to the Holy Lord, among which Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang are the "leaders" of the Jiang Zuo commanders, as long as the two of them are convinced, then Yu Wenshu will win the Wei? The resistance to support will be greatly reduced.

Yuwenshu told him frankly, and Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang were also frank, they resolutely supported the Holy Lord to launch the Third Crusade, and were willing to charge for the Third Crusade.

"But ......," said Laihu'er Zhengse, "whether or not the Third Crusade can be launched depends not only on whether the domestic conditions are met, but also on whether the Saiwai Beiyu will deliberately obstruct it." We can try our best to prevent the appearance of the second Yang Xuangan, but we can't ensure that the desert northern captives will not go south to Koubian at a critical moment, once the Great Wall is in an emergency, the third crusade will fall short again, so the consequences are unimaginable, and the war between the north and the south is very likely to break out. The northern captives are large, recuperating, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of control strings are whistling down, and we have been crusading eastward for three consecutive years, the soldiers are tired, and the national strength is exhausted, even if we hold the first line of the Great Wall at any cost, the price paid is probably very heavy, and what is even more terrible is that once the Great Wall is lost and Daibei falls, the situation of the Holy Lord and the center may be even more difficult. ”

"That's what I'm worried about." Yu Wenshu's expression was heavy, and he sighed in a low voice, "The central resistance is large, and it is also due to this consideration, the risk is too great. As far as the current situation at home and abroad is concerned, it is really difficult to meet the conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade. ”

"Xu Gong, as far as the current situation at home and abroad is concerned, if we don't take advantage of the hot iron, don't immediately launch the Third Eastern Crusade to destroy Goguryeo, and don't give the Far Eastern captives a strong deterrent, it will be tantamount to giving the Far Eastern captives to the desert northern captives, and once the sphere of influence of the desert northern captives is expanded to the Far East and a pincer encirclement is formed on our entire northern border, then the security of our northern Xinjiang will be difficult to guarantee, and the Great War between the North and the South will also break out, but it will only be sooner or later." Zhou Fashang immediately put forward a different view, "A certain insisted that the Third Eastern Crusade to destroy Goguryeo, conquer the Far Eastern captives, and curb the expansion of the desert northern captives to demonstrate the strong military force and strong national strength of our Middle Earth will definitely be able to effectively deter the northern captives, ease the tension between the north and the south, and delay the outbreak of the great war between the north and the south." ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fashang was a little excited, waved his hand and said, "We must launch the Third Eastern Crusade, which is the only way to reverse the crisis." If there are no conditions, we create zào conditions, and if the conditions are not available, we do our best to meet all the conditions. ”

Yuwen Shu is a mixed bag, happy that Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang have a radical stance and resolutely support the launch of the Third Eastern Crusade, while the worry is that Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang also see that they do not have the conditions to launch the Third Eastern Crusade.

Yu Wenshu pondered for a while and asked, "Does Qiao Gong have a specific plan?" ”

Zhou Fashang glanced at Hu'er, and his eyes showed an inquiring look. Lai Hu'er bowed slightly, indicating that the opportunity is rare, and when it is time to speak, he must speak, and do not hesitate to miss the opportunity.

Zhou Fashang Fusu said, "From the perspective of active defense, in order to ensure the tranquility of Middle-earth, it is necessary to minimize the threat of the desert north captives to Middle-earth, for this reason, the Great War between the North and the South must be fought, the Northern Expedition must be carried out, and the Middle Earth must be dealt a severe blow before the desert north captives become stronger." In the past, the Western Expedition eliminated Tuyuhun and expanded its territory to the hinterland of the Western Regions, precisely to minimize the threat of the Western Territories captives to our Middle Earth. In the past two years, the eastward expedition to Goguryeo and the expansion of the territory to the Far East were precisely to curb the development of the northern captives of the desert, and when the time was right, they went north to conquer, crossed the Yin Mountains, swept the southern part of the moraine, drove all the northern captives of the desert to the depths of the northern moraine, and completely eradicated their threat to our Middle Earth. ”

Zhou Fashang said this very implicitly, but Yuwenshu understood it as soon as he heard it. Since the accession to the throne of the Holy Lord, the radical reformers have occupied the center, and the national defense strategy has immediately changed from passive defense to active defense, and active defense means conquest, merit, glory and wealth for the Weifu, so it immediately won the support of a large number of Weifu commanders, including Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang.

In the eyes of these aggressive commanders of the Wei Dynasty, the elimination of Tuyuhun and Goguryeo, and the expansion of the territory to the Western Regions and the Far East are just a small "prelude", and their "**" is a large-scale northern expedition, which is to conquer the desert and the north, and the "ultimate goal" is to carry out a westward expedition of thousands of miles, expand the territory to the west of the Green Mountains, build a meritorious cause for thousands of years, and establish a world-famous martial arts that far surpasses that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Starting from this "grand blueprint", the defeat of the two Eastern Crusades was just a small setback on the road to building a meritorious cause for all generations for the ambitious, not worth mentioning, and there was nothing to worry about, so the Holy Lord became more and more courageous, and immediately proposed the construction of the Third Eastern Crusade, while Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang resolutely supported the Holy Lord, without hesitation, and even did not hesitate to take risks.

Lai Hu'er has made it very clear just now that the biggest obstacle to the Third Eastern Crusade is the desert northern captivity, and although Zhou Fashang answered very implicitly, what is the core of the active defense strategy? It was an attack, so Zhou Fashang's strategy was very simple, take the initiative to attack, take the initiative to attack the northern captives, and completely stifle the possibility of the northern captives obstructing the Third Eastern Crusade.

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