Everyone changed color, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Wang Bo and others were even more furious, and they wanted to scold back when they opened their mouths, but Han Shige's next sentence gave them a "stuffy stick".

"In the wilderness of Anton, if there is no support from the Great Wall, what will you eat and drink? Ru Mao drinks blood? Han Shige asked sharply, "Without the support of the Great Wall, we would not be able to defeat Anton, without Anton, we would not have the strength to win the appeasement of the Eastern Capital, and without the appeasement of the Eastern Capital, without our commitment to participate in the Third Eastern Crusade, you people can get out of the customs safely?" Can you sit here and cross the river and tear down the bridge, go back on your word, and deceive the Eastern Capital in ignorance and fearlessness? Dongdu is at your mercy? Holy Lord, Pei Shiju, etc., a large group of people in the center are all blind with wine bags and rice bags? Knowing that you are treacherous and plotting against you, they still sent truckloads of grain, grass and baggage to Anzhou? Be your big dream of the Spring and Autumn Festival, as long as the aid in the Great Wall is cut off, as long as the Eastern Capital abandons us, there will be countless chords whistling from the desert, and the Donghu species will also turn against each other, and then what will you fight against? What to hold on to Anton? ”

The atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became tense. Han Shige was still unrelieved of his hatred and wanted to continue scolding, but Li Min stood up decisively, pulled him back, prevented him from "stimulating" the alliance commander too much, and prevented him from saying things that he shouldn't say when he was out of control, after all, now Li Fengyun has not expressed his position, once Li Fengyun also has this attitude, the two sides will openly oppose each other, and things will be in trouble.

Li Fengyun still didn't speak, but Li Fengyun didn't stop Han Shige's "scolding", but made Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Wang Bo and others realize that their judgment of the current internal situation of the alliance was biased or even wrong, and their "positive" performance on the Eastern Crusade, as well as suggestions for the future direction of the alliance, were likely to have played a counterproductive role, so they were also cautious, neither "fiercely" refuting Han Shige, nor continuing to promote their own positions.

There was a dead silence in the lobby, and everyone looked at Li Fengyun, waiting for Li Fengyun to make a statement.

"So-and-so said a lot yesterday, but you obviously didn't listen." Li Fengyun's voice was very low, and it was difficult to guess his true emotions, "You need strength to do everything, especially self-reliance." Back then, there were five chaotic and many countries, including the short-lived Feng Yan Kingdom, where is it now? Today, if you look at Tuyuhun and Goguryeo, they suddenly perished, and the countries of the Western Regions, why did the wind blow on both sides? These are all bloody examples. If you have no strength, you are the food in the mouth and belly of the strong, and you are the fish on the chopping board, at the mercy of the strong. ”

Li Fengyun's gaze slowly swept over the faces of Hao Xiaode and the others, "Your suggestion is very good, but I want to ask, after the end of the Great War of the North, if Middle-earth quickly recovers its national strength, and the desert quickly heals its wounds, the north and the south are eyeing us at the same time, attacking from two sides, we are attacked on the back of the enemy, and fighting on two fronts, what is the final result?" We can try to be quick for a while, take advantage of the fire to rob, fall into the well, and even put a knife in the back, but we are already a thorn in the side of the desert, if we turn against Middle-earth again, is there any point in this separation and self-reliance? ”

"Why did we risk the annihilation of our entire army in the first place? Why fight with the determination to never return? It is because we have no strength, in order to survive, we have no other way but to put it to death and live again, fighting to the death. ”

Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Wang Bo and others looked at each other, with different expressions, and did not agree with Li Fengyun's statement, and Liu Heimin couldn't hold back and questioned loudly, "It is precisely because of our lack of strength that we must take survival as the first priority, so we participated in the Third Crusade with a small number of men and horses, and defended Anton with the main army." In the current situation of internal and external troubles, the Eastern Capital should make every effort to stabilize the domestic situation and prepare for the Civil War, and should not have launched the Third Eastern Crusade at all. ”

Wang Bo also had the same opinion, "Since the destruction of Goguryeo will not help Middle-earth defeat the Turks and win the Great War between the North and the South, why does the Holy Lord still have to work hard to mobilize the people, waste the people and lose money to continue the eastward crusade?" Why do we still want to expend our limited strength on the wrong strategy of the Eastern Capital and make unnecessary sacrifices? ”

Li Fengyun sighed slightly, and had no intention of arguing, "In this Eastern Crusade, we also need the army to stay in Anton. Since you are unanimous and do not want to go on an expedition to Goguryeo, how about staying in Andong together? ”

Li Fengyun officially expressed his position, and the result was very happy, and the tense atmosphere in the lobby immediately eased.

Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Wang Bo and other heroes who had just arrived in Anzhou raised objections precisely because they wanted to preserve their strength, and Li Fengyun's statement was exactly what he wanted, and Li Zixiong, Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others were going to actively expedition to Goguryeo, and Li Fengyun's statement also happened to meet their wishes, so they each got their own benefits, and everyone was happy.

Hao Xiaode, Wang Bo and Huo Xiaohan immediately expressed their positions on behalf of their respective camps, followed Li Fengyun's orders, and accepted Li Fengyun's arrangement.

Li Fengyun turned his eyes to Chen Rui, Han Yao and other major officials of the Great Governor's Office, "Those of you who are willing to stay in Andong will stay, and the rest will go on an expedition to Goguryeo with a certain one." ”

No one has expressed their position, and it is estimated that it will take time to weigh it again.

After a pause, Li Fengyun looked at the people in the hall and said calmly, "Whether you go on an expedition or stay behind, you can choose, and you will bear the consequences." However, a certain ugly saying said in the front, the last time you went out to fight, it was a certain arrangement for you to stay in the flying fox, so no matter how much you pay, you must be safely evacuated to Anzhou and share the results of Andong with you, but this expedition, it is you yourself who asked to stay in Andong, so when the expeditionary force returns victoriously, you will not be able to share the results of the expedition. ”

There was silence.

Li Fengyun stood up, "Give you a day to think about it, tomorrow night, we will plan the troops to participate in the expedition, and order them to rush to Chifeng to assemble." ”

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On the fifth day of the second lunar month, the Turkic envoys arrived in Fangcheng.

After Li Fengyun's reply was delivered to the southeast Yaqi, Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun, Qi Ji set Ashina Du, Tong Li Yang Shanjing and others felt very tricky, everyone thought that Middle-earth would take Anton as quickly as possible, but they didn't expect it to be so fast, and they didn't expect Pei Shiju to go to Anzhou in person, and Pei Shiju's personal trip to Anzhou represented that Middle-earth had torn off the veil of hypocrisy and openly and unscrupulously snatched Anton.

The desert lost its first opportunity, and fell into passivity, which could only knock out teeth and swallow blood. Under the current situation, it is impossible to recapture Anton from the hands of China, even if the Civil War is launched in advance, because the desert has not yet completed the preparations for war, and a hasty civil war will only push itself into the abyss, which can be described as a loss of ground.

Just when Ashina Yishun and others were at a loss, Shibi Khan and the Tooth Tent issued the latest instructions, considering that the Middle Earth in the east was pressing step by step, and the Western Turks in the west were pressing the border, and the desert was suffering from the enemy, and they were unable to counterattack Andong at all, so they could only accept the fact that Anton had fallen, but they could not show weakness to Middle-earth, could not fuel the arrogance of Middle-earth, and could not let Middle-earth further expand its offensive in the direction of Modong. Military threats, diplomatic negotiations, bribery, division and even assassination of all forces within Anton, and the chieftains of Donghu such as Ashina and Ah Huizheng and Dahe Duluo are also trying to win over and rebel against them, and they must coerce and lure the secret soldiers and others, and can even openly promise that as long as he separates himself and stands on his own, Shibi Khan will form an alliance and cooperate with him, and the desert will give him the greatest support, so as to separate his relationship with the Eastern Capital, etc., in a word, let Anton become the "burden" of Middle-earth, Let the offensive of Middle-earth in the eastern direction of the desert come to a standstill, and make it difficult for the conspiracy of Middle-earth and the Western Turks to attack the desert from the east and west, so as to win enough countermeasures and more room for maneuver for the desert.

With the supreme decision of Shibi Khan and the tooth tent, Ashina Yishun, Ashina and Yang Shanjing and others have the direction to solve the crisis, so after many discussions, Ashina Yishun resolutely decided to go to Anzhou to negotiate in person and personally "fight head-on" with Pei Shiju. Yang Shanjing then wrote to Li Fengyun urgently, asking Li Fengyun to open the "convenient door" and allow the Turkic mission to enter Anzhou, and at the same time flew to the flat pine forest with Ashina Yishun, Ashina Yelan, Shi Alimen, Ashinazharan and other members of the mission.

Zhong Xin, the head of the alliance who garrisoned the pine forest in Pingdi, had already received Li Fengyun's order that the Turks would definitely come to Anzhou to negotiate, so as long as there was a Turkic envoy knocking on the pass, he would immediately escort him to Fangcheng, so when Zhong Xin saw Yang Shanjing reappear on the bank of the Taoshui River, without saying a word, he switched and let him go, and sent a team of people to escort him throughout the process.

The Turkic mission galloped and arrived in Fangcheng smoothly, but the scene in front of them gave them a slap in the face, leaving them stunned, frightened, and cold.

What do they see? Outside the city of Fangcheng, on both sides of the Suotou water, the voices of the people are boiling, the flags are flying, the drums and trumpets are noisy, and the company camp for more than ten miles is even more magnificent, and the momentum is like a rainbow.

Pei Shiju came, and the Middle-earth army in the Great Wall also came, vast, roughly estimated to have at least 100,000 men and horses, this is too terrible, what is the purpose of the Eastern Capital, it is self-evident, the Civil War may explode in the next moment.

When he arrived at the city, Yang Shanjing saw a familiar face, and it was Li Fengyun's confidant Yuan An who came to receive the mission, which made his nervous mood slightly relieved, and at the same time, he became more and more confused about the true situation of the current situation in Andong. Now is Anton Pei Shiju in charge or Li Fengyun in his word? In terms of Yuan An's status and status, Anton should still have the final say in receiving the Turkic mission, but the more than 100,000 horses outside the city obviously just came out of the customs, what is going on?

The two sides met, exchanged pleasantries, and then rushed to the pavilion under the guidance of Yuan An.

Yang Shanjing and Yuan An walked side by side, and after a few words of gossip, he couldn't hold back and said in a low voice, "I want to see him." ”

Yuan An glanced at Yang Shanjing and said with a smile, "The chief manager has already made arrangements, please don't be impatient." ”

Yang Shanjing was anxious, and his strong sense of crisis made him flustered, and he couldn't take much care of it in his eagerness, so he bowed to Yuan An, "Please ask Yuan Sima to give me a respect, I want to see him immediately." ”

Yuan An pondered for a moment, then nodded, and said with a pun, "After sending you to the pavilion, I will rush to the Grand Governor's Mansion to tell Ming Gong." ”

Yang Shanjing comprehended, stopped the horse, and waited until Da Luo Ben Ashina Yi came on horseback, so he stepped forward to discuss.

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