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Li Zixiong was pleasantly surprised when he received the good news from Maogouchuan, and then carefully read the details of the first battle of Maogouchuan, and couldn't help but sigh that Li Fengyun's luck was too good.

Although there is a gap in strength between the two sides in this battle, the alliance side does not have an absolute advantage. The soldiers of the alliance fought continuously, exhausted, and the situation in Anzhou was still in chaos, the Xi tribes and local forces had their own thoughts and were ready to move, and the Turks strengthened their offensive in the direction of the flat pine forest, and the ghost side was frequently anxious, and more seriously, the weather was getting colder and colder, and the heavy snow was falling at any time, these unfavorable factors added heavy pressure to the alliance, but gave the Xi people a chance to turn defeat into victory. Of course, if the Xi people want to seize this opportunity, the premise is that Ah Huizheng must have a clear understanding and correct judgment of the situation in Anzhou, and must not make mistakes in decision-making, while preserving their own strength, they should try their best to contain the main army of the alliance, stalemate against each other, delay time, resolutely not fight a decisive battle, and wait patiently for the opportunity of the counteroffensive, just waiting for the Turks to attack on a large scale, and the alliance army will fall into the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, and the Xi people will have the possibility of reversing the crisis.

However, Li Fengyun deceived and used various means to convey the false news that the Turks were besieging Fangcheng, and the main army of the alliance also made a false impression that it was difficult to support the retreat of Fangcheng.

Li Fengyun won not because of his high strategy, but because the opponent was too poor, and the mistakes that Ah Hui was making were too low-level. Ah Hui was too impulsive and eager to defeat his opponent, but he made a mistake in his busy life, and was fatally killed by his opponent with one blow. So in Li Zixiong's view, Li Fengyun won the victory of Maogou River in luck, and luck is part of strength, and countless heroes have emerged in history, but how many have written history? Which successful person who can write history is unlucky? If Li Fengyun's good luck continues, he has won many battles in the expedition outside the Sai Fortress, and successfully achieves the ultimate goal of this expedition, then the alliance and the forces related to the alliance are all the winners of the benefits, and Li Zixiong, as a member of the alliance, is of course happy to see it come to fruition.

Now the battle of Maogouchuan completely changed the situation in Anzhou, and the alliance of the Xi Ahui clan, the largest force in Anzhou, collapsed, and the Fengyun alliance that came from the Great Wall captured Anzhou with a devastating momentum and controlled Anzhou.

As Li Zixiong expected, after Li Fengyun reported the victory, he analyzed and deduced a series of changes in the situation between the north and the south, and then came up with a decision, first to establish a new alliance of the Xi people as soon as possible, and use the strength of the Xi people to strengthen the strength of the alliance, and then go north to weaken Luoshui, take advantage of the ice of the river, and the horse army is like a good opportunity to walk on the ground, sweep the Donghu species, and destroy the powerful other parts of the Turks before the Turks attack on a large scale, cut off the Turkic arm, and make full preparations for confronting the Turks next year.

Li Fengyun thought of it, and Li Zixiong also thought of it, but Li Fengyun's northward movement was too fast, and he couldn't hide his ears quickly, and the battle of Maogouchuan here had just ended, and tens of thousands of troops over there rumbled and began to march north. If everything goes well, the next thing will be one battle after another, and there will be no stopping at all, and everywhere the soldiers go, wolf smoke will rise everywhere, and corpses will be everywhere, and the only thing that can stop Li Fengyun's progress is grain and grass weapons, once the supply of grain and grass weapons is not available, Li Fengyun will be unable to continue, and the attack target will not be completed, and the situation next year will be difficult.

Therefore, the purpose of Li Fengyun's letter is very clear, and Li Zixiong needs to try his best, use all means, and strive for more support in the Great Wall at any cost, and support him to complete the second phase of the operation out of the fortress, only in this way can the alliance resist the attack of the Turks next year and hold on to the results of the war, and only by holding on to the results of the war can the alliance make contributions in the upcoming outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South, otherwise everything is empty talk, and all the expected goals are out of reach.

Li Zixiong couldn't help but want to curse. Now he really feels Li Fengyun's madness, this kind of madness is not at all imaginable by ordinary people, so he thinks of the Yulin storm of that year, Gao Gong, He Ruobi and a large number of meritorious ministers died in that storm, and the conservative forces in the court were hit by an unprecedented blow, and the key figure is Li Fengyun, it is Li Fengyun who uncovered the Yuwen brothers' communication with foreign countries, secretly sold heavy weapons to the Turks on the desert, and shot the "first arrow" to the radical reformers with the holy lord as the leader, causing the situation to get out of control and the storm to rise suddenlyThe decline of King Qi, Yang Xuangan's mutiny, and Li Zixiong's catastrophe were actually caused by the aftermath of this storm, and their roots were still in the struggle between reform and conservatism, and the fierce confrontation between centralized power and scholar politics.

Li Fengyun suddenly proposed to fight Anzhou in Shanggu before, which already made Li Zixiong feel that he was crazy, but there was still a way to retreat, he couldn't break through the resistance of the Turks, and he could retreat to Huaihuang, so he wouldn't be wiped out, so Li Zixiong could still accept it and give support, but this time it was different, this time the army of 10,000 people went north to weak Luoshui, and it was winter, the problem was the supply and transportation of grain, grass and weapons, and this could not be solved at all, even if the Holy Lord and the center gave support, The Zhuojun Left-behind Mansion also organized people to send grain, grass and weapons to Gubeikou, but what should I do next?

From Gubeikou to Songshan Pass about 800 li, Anzhou can organize manual transportation, but out of Songshan and then to the first line of weak Luoshui, the distance is far and near, including about 400 miles to Changle City, an important town in the upper reaches of the weak Luoshui controlled by the Xi people, and about 800 miles to Longshan City, which is controlled by the Khitans, and if you go east to chase and kill the Khitans to Wucheng, an important town in the upper reaches of the weak Luoshui, the distance is as much as more than 1,500 miles. Heavy snow and severe cold, such a long distance, long journey, not to mention the transportation of grain and grass, even driving horses and marching is difficult, unless the battle is fed, burning, killing and plundering all the way, but the Khitan and the Xia people see that the soldiers are pressing, they are invincible, they must be strong and clear, lure the enemy deep, the result can be imagined, Li Fengyun finally returned in vain, and he may suffer heavy losses if he is not careful.

Li Zixiong frowned tightly and fell into deep thought.

After reading the letter, Yang Gongdao also shook his head again and again, in disbelief, "There are still more than two months left until the end of the year, and Li Fengyun wants to sweep both sides of the weak Luoshui in such a short period of time, severely damage the Khitan and Xia tribes, and defeat the Turkic Buli Sheh Ashina Duer, how is this possible?" ”

Li Zixiong glanced at him and said quietly, "Two months ago, Li, he was going to fight in the fortress and recover Anzhou, did you have the same idea at that time?" Think he's talking nonsense? ”

Yang Gongdao was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Perhaps, with the lesson of the last time, I should believe him, but ......" Yang Gongdao patted the letter on his hand, "This is winter, the snow has fallen, although the rivers are frozen, but the more difficult the road is, the more difficult it is to attack the city, even if Li Fengyun only takes the horse army to go on the expedition, all the way to the battle to feed the war, to minimize the dependence on the grain and grass in the rear, and can not sweep the two banks of the weak Luoshui in more than two months, this is simply impossible." Li Fengyun is a human being, not a god, and it is simply impossible for him to perform miracles under such extremely difficult conditions. ”

Li Zixiong stood up, walked to the map and pondered, and after a while, he suddenly turned to look at Yang Gongdao, and said solemnly, "I believe in him, I believe that he can create another miracle." ”

Yang Gongdao laughed, not believing it, but he didn't scoff either, "I know that the crisis faced by the alliance is very serious, and I can understand Li Fengyun's urgency at the moment, and I also want to sweep across both sides of the weak Luoshui in the shortest possible time, and seize the advantage before the Turks attack, but the reality is very cruel, we can use too little time, and the weather is too bad, the enemy is too far away from us, and the transportation of grain, grass and weapons is too difficult, in fact, we have no conditions for expeditionary operations." ”

Li Zixiong shook his hand, "The unfavorable conditions you mentioned are all from our standpoint, but if you stand from the standpoint of Beiyu Donghu, these unfavorable conditions are secondary, the important thing is survival, it is food, so every winter the rivers are frozen, especially in the winter of the year of famine, because of the serious shortage of food, Beiyu Donghu has gone south to invade, and even killed the Great Wall at any cost, and went deep into the border of our Middle Earth to plunder. Now we are also facing the dilemma of survival in Anzhou, in order to survive, we must overcome all difficulties, we must be like Beiyu Donghu, even if the snow is heavy and the water is dripping into ice, we must fight bloodily. ”

Yang Gongdao wanted to refute, but what Li Zixiong said was the truth, this is a barren land outside the plug, this is a struggle for the right to survive with Beiyu Donghu, and the result of your emphasis on difficulties and fear without fighting is death, so only by swearing to the death can you survive in a desperate situation.

"What is our advantage in this battle?" Yang Gongdao asked.

"Before, the Khitans and the Xi people fought for more than two months, and both sides were defeated, not only the loss of soldiers and generals, but also the consumption of money, food and weapons was too great. In addition, the Khitan people have formed an alliance with Goguryeo and have always received the support of Goguryeo, but now Goguryeo is in danger and cannot protect itself, so it is no longer time to take care of the Khitan, so it is the best time to go north to fight the Khitan at this moment. Li Zixiong stroked his beard and smiled, "Ah Huizheng also saw this, so he fought the Khitan at any cost. ”

Yang Gongdao nodded and asked, "If Li Fengyun succeeds in defeating the Khitans, will the Khitans, like the Xi people, form an alliance and cooperate with us under the coercion of powerful force and use it for my use?" ”

Li Zixiong shook his head, "After the Xi people went south to Anzhou, they were attacked on all sides and trapped in a corner, and the room for maneuver was very small. But the Khitan people are different, after the Khitan people went south, they captured a large area of land of the Xi people, from the flat pine forest to the Liaoshui, more than 1,500 miles from east to west, and hundreds of miles deep from north to south, and with the Qi people, Goguryeo, Ya, Muwei and other Far Eastern captives are allies, they can attack and retreat, and the room for maneuver is very large, so the Khitans face our attack, in order to avoid the edge, they must retreat, lure the enemy deep, use the vast land and bad weather to drag us to death, and wait patiently for the opportunity to counterattack. ”

"I remember that the Khitans are not only at odds with our Middle Earth, but also two-faced with the Turks." Yang Gongdao said, "When the Khitan invaded Liaoxi, Wei Yunqi was ordered to level the border and borrowed 20,000 Turkic soldiers from the south of the city, which caught the Khitans by surprise and dealt a heavy blow to the Khitans, so we went north to fight the Khitans, and the Turks should not send troops to rescue, but wait patiently to be a yellow bird, and the Khitans should not wait for the opportunity to counterattack." ”

"The situation is different, whether it is the situation in the north and the south or the situation in the Far East, it is changing rapidly, so the countermeasures of the forces of all sides are also different." Li Zixiong said, "With the decline of Goguryeo and the approach of the Great War between the North and the South, all the Donghu races have to stand in line, considering that the influence of the Turks on the Donghu races is far greater than that of Middle-earth, and the Middle Earth has been on expeditions for many years, and after fighting Goguryeo, they have to fight with the Turks, and they urgently need to rest, and it is difficult to use troops in Donghu in the short term, so even the Khitan at both ends of the rat has to bow down to the Turks at this moment." As for the Turks, they will certainly not give up their interests in the northeast, and the Donghu tribes, as its powerful subordinates, are also an important force in the Great War of the North and the South, and the Turks are bound to protect and support them, so if nothing else, the Turks will send troops to the northeast by the beginning of spring next year at the latest. We fought on two fronts, and the enemy was attacked on our backs, which was naturally the best opportunity for the Khitans to counterattack. ”

Yang Gongdao's expression was solemn, "In this case, how can Li Fengyun defeat the Khitan in a short period of time?" Unable to defeat the Khitan, and having to fight with the Bulishean Ashina and the Xia tribe on the north bank of the weak Luoshui, wouldn't Li Fengyun suffer from the enemy on his back? Once caught in the predicament of being attacked by the enemy, will this expedition not be in vain? ”

Li Zixiong stroked his beard and smiled, "You are right to think so, if the Turks, Khitans and Xia people all think so, Li Fengyun will win this battle." ”

Yang Gongdao was surprised and puzzled, "Why did Ming Gong say this?" ”

"Heaven must not be divulged." Li Zixiong smiled and did not answer, "Li Fengyun fights a war, plans and then acts, is not sure, he will never be in danger, and once the army is in danger, it proves that he has the certainty of victory, so I believe in him." ”

Yang Gongdao will be suspicious, but he has no intention of asking, military affairs are not his specialty, Li Zixiong's words are not credible, and most importantly, if the Great Wall does not support it, deny it, and do not give the support of grain, grass and weapons, Li Fengyun will not be able to go north on an expedition.

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