On July 12, Cui Junsu returned to the water division and reported the trip in detail to protect his son.

For Laihu'er and the sailor, the current situation in the eastern capital is secondary, mainly the situation in Liyang, it is the sailor who must ensure that the situation in Liyang is under control, and the threat of the king of Qi to the situation in the eastern capital must be minimized, and then the sailor can concentrate his strength, have no distractions, and do his best to rescue the eastern capital, otherwise the sailor will always be in danger of being in danger of the enemy, and the sailor will always be restrained by the king of Qi, which is very unfavorable to encircling and suppressing Yang Xuangan to quell the rebellion.

But the identity of the King of Qi is too special, and the interests involved are too complicated, especially the "family affairs" of the Holy Lord, no one wants to "meddle in the matter", so Lai Hu'er feels "tricky" and has no way to start, so there is Cui Junsu's "Liyang Trip", trying to explore the "bottom line" of the King of Qi through Cui Junsu, a relative of the imperial family, and using the sailor as the "backing" to put heavy pressure on the King of Qi to force the King of Qi to make a compromise.

King Qi did compromise, but this compromise was too strong, far beyond Laihu'er's expectations, making him unbelievable.

The king of Qi decided that in order to ensure the smooth flow of the Yongji Canal, he would lead his army out of Liyang tomorrow and kill the thieves along the banks of the Yongji Canal. The sailor will be stationed in Liyang tomorrow, take over the Liyang warehouse, completely control the situation in Liyang, and completely control the Grand Canal. That is to say, the King of Qi not only gave up the control of the Grand Canal to Laihu'er, but also handed over the initiative of the situation in the eastern capital to Laihu'er, and this initiative was not easy to come by, and the King of Qi worked hard and even risked the risk of turning against the Holy Lord to grab it, but the King of Qi generously sent it away, "went out of the house", and stayed away from this storm without hesitation.

Lai Hu'er shook his head and sighed, "I owe King Qi a favor, a great favor." ”

Lai Hu'er "got it for nothing", and then if he quickly killed Yang Xuangan and quickly pacified the storm in the eastern capital, he and the sailors and soldiers will definitely make outstanding achievements, and this also indirectly helped the Holy Lord save part of his authority, after all, last year it was the Holy Lord who insisted on his own opinions, overrode public opinion, and rewarded the defeated Lai Hu'er and the sailor soldiers in Pyongyang, and the Lai Hu'er and the sailor soldiers used iron-clad facts to prove how great and wise the Holy Lord's decision last year was.

Of course, there can be no love for no reason in the world, and there can be no hate for no reason, and it is impossible for King Qi to give Lai Hu'er a great credit for no reason, in a sense, especially from the position of Lai Hu'er, King Qi's "great favor" is actually a trap, the problem is that King Qi digs this trap well, digs it well, even if Lai Hu'er sees it, he doesn't want to jump, but he is forced to do so, and he can only jump down unwillingly. With this jump, there was an entanglement of interests between him and King Qi, and it was an exchange of interests that everyone could see on the table.

As soon as the sailor came, King Qi "left", leaving the "mess" of Liyang alone, what should I do if I came to protect my son? He can't just watch the Grand Canal break down again, can he? He can only take this "mess". But as soon as he took it, he "couldn't speak". How do you explain this? You can't say that King Qi was scared, he left Liyang and ran away, and the sailor picked up a big bargain without much effort, right? Even if you say that, you have to believe it, right? In short, the more you depict it, the darker it gets, the smartest way to protect your child is to keep your mouth shut and carry this matter down. There is an exchange of interests between me and the King of Qi, but if I don't exchange interests, I will not be able to take Liyang at the lowest cost, and I will not be able to easily "drive away" the King of Qi. I do "owe" King Qi a favor because of this, but I have a clear conscience, I can only choose this way at a critical moment, I can't fight with King Qi, and I can't further worsen the situation in the Eastern Capital, right?

However, the "favor" is to be returned, and the exchange of interests is also exchanged, and the King of Qi has given the greatest benefit to Laihu'er, so what benefits will Laihu'er give to King Qi?

As soon as I thought of this, I had a "splitting headache" when I came to protect my child. The King of Qi wants to go north to the border, and his true purpose can be seen by everyone, because Yang Liang, the king of Han, is a lesson from the past, who dares to guarantee that the king of Qi is not the second Han king Yang Liang? Won't it repeat the mistakes of Yang Liang, the king of Han? At present, the relationship between the north and the south is deteriorating, the war between the north and the south is imminent, and strengthening the northern Xinjiang garrison force is a top priority.

However, the idea is good, the fact is cruel, the current domestic and foreign situation is very unfavorable to the northern Xinjiang town, whoever goes to sit in the northern Xinjiang, who is sitting on the "crater", doomed to a tragic fate.

Middle-earth launched a continuous expedition to the west and the east, which was a barbaric expansion of Middle-earth, threatening the survival of the northern captives, and the existential crisis of Yan zhòng forced the northern captives to put aside their contradictions and temporarily work together to fight against Middle-earth. How could the Turks in the desert let go of such an opportunity?

The Turks in the desert once established a huge khanate from the Aral Sea in the west to Heishui in the east, but soon divided into two khanates, east and west, with Jinshan (Altai) as the boundary, and the tooth tents of the two khanates were all about unification, but after the unification of the Middle Earth, they would not be unified in any case, and it was better to stand on three feet than two tigers to fight. Against this background, the northern desert on the east. If the Turkic Khanate wants to complete the great cause of unification, the first thing to deal with is Middle-earth, and the opportunity to contain, attack, weaken and even severely damage Middle-earth is at hand.

At home, the reform intensified the contradiction, and the defeat of the Eastern Crusade caused the Holy Lord and the reformers to suffer a heavy setback, and the political advantage was lost, so this contradiction broke out, and the conservatives launched a fierce counterattack, and Yang Xuangan's mutiny was a bloody battle between the conservatives and the reformers. Now, even if Yang Xuangan is killed, the storm is calmed, and the domestic conservatives are hit hard, the contradictions will not be eased, on the contrary, the contradictions will be more intense, and the power contained in them will be even more destructive. The crushing defeat of Middle-earth in the two battlefields at home and abroad is equivalent to "self-abandonment of martial arts", the army has suffered heavy losses, the political situation is basically out of control, the financial resources are exhausted, and they urgently need to recuperate, but the war between the north and the south is about to break out, at this moment I know that the northern Xinjiang garrison needs to be strengthened, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the manpower, material and financial resources can not keep up, and what is especially strict is that the conservative forces have a growing hatred for reform, once the country is in danger, the conservatives stab the reformers in the back and destroy the Great Wall, then the country is in danger of collapse.

In this critical situation, the choice between the Holy Lord and the center dominated by the reform forces is self-evident, even if the northern Xinjiang is held and the national security is carried out, even if the northern war is carried out, it will not exhaust its national strength, but will do its best to protect the whole country, and on this basis, block the northern captives, clear the wilderness, fight a protracted war, and fight a war of attrition, and once the northern captives are blocked, they cannot loot enough materials to hold on, and eventually they will have to withdraw their troops because of financial unsustainability. In this way, although Middle-earth was defeated in the Civil War, the wolf was unbearable, but it won space and time strategically, which is still beneficial to the future of Middle-earth, but the Holy Lord and the Center cannot bear the responsibility of defeat, and cannot suffer another political and military double blow after the failure of the Eastern Crusade, and must find a "scapegoat", and the King of Qi took the initiative to ask to go north to the border, which is equivalent to giving the Holy Lord and the Center a best and most perfect "scapegoat".

Therefore, Cui Junsu was sad for the king of Qi, and he was speechless when he came to protect his children. Is this because King Qi is too ambitious, arrogant, and stupid, or is King Qi completely desperate and bent on death? If the King of Qi exchanged his great achievements in quelling the rebellion for Laihu'er's support for his northward march, in order to give the Lai clan more and better glory and wealth, in exchange for a chance to die with dignity and dignity, it would be a great sorrow for the King of Qi, and it would also be an unbearable burden for Laihu'er.

Cui Junsu shook his head and sighed when he saw Lai Hu'er, knowing that it was difficult for him to make a decision, so he reminded, "Early tomorrow morning, King Qi will leave Liyang." ”

The King of Qi did not get any promise from Yuwenshu, which may have been an important reason why the King of Qi had to leave Liyang decisively before the sailor arrived in Liyang.

King Qi must have been worried that the Holy Lord would arrest him, and that Laihu'er would have a secret edict from the Holy Lord to arrest him, but he had a trace of luck and a glimmer of hope, so he sent a "favor to the water" and "sent" Liyang to Laihu'er, which was actually a "temptation" to Laihu'er.

If the Holy Lord issued an edict to arrest the King of Qi, Lai Hu'er heard that the King of Qi was leaving Liyang, and he would inevitably accelerate his advance, and the King of Qi would evacuate overnight; If the Holy Lord was arrested on the condition that the King of Qi refused to hand over the control of the Grand Canal, then now that the King of Qi had taken the initiative to hand over Liyang, Lai Hu'er would not arrest him anymore, but Lai Hu'er would not meet with him, because he was "finished", and Lai Hu'er would only cause unnecessary trouble to himself; If the Holy Lord did not issue an edict to arrest King Qi at all, then the King of Qi "sent" Liyang to Laihu'er, which is equivalent to digging a trap for Laihu'er and setting up a "set", and Laihu'er owes King Qi a lot of favors, so he has to go to Liyang to "thank" King Qi, this trap has to jump if it doesn't jump, as for whether to meet the conditions of exchange of interests of King Qi, that's another matter, in fact, Laihu'er doesn't need to make any commitments, just be vague and perfunctory.

The Nursery Committee refused to give up, and hesitated.

"Rong Gong, this is not a chance for King Qi to survive." Cui Junsu said with a pun, "If there is a third crusade, the northern captives? Once the northern frontier cannot hold on, the Third Eastern Crusade will fall short and return in vain, and the northern captives will find out our reality and the war between the north and the south will break out soon. On the contrary, if the northern Xinjiang holds on, we destroy Goguryeo, stabilize the situation in the Far East, and return triumphantly in the Third Eastern Crusade, the Northern Prisoners will also misjudge our hypocrisy, so that the relationship between the North and the South may be reversed, and the outbreak of the Great War may be delayed. ”

The implication is that the king of Qi will also make contributions, and he will be able to gain a foothold in northern Xinjiang, and his political life will not be without worries in the short term.

Laihu'er pondered for a long time and questioned, "What if there is no Third Crusade?" ”

"Why are 100,000 sailors in a hurry to support the Eastern Capital? It is to kill Yang Xuangan in the shortest possible time, put down the rebellion, and create conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade. Cui Junsu's expression was solemn and his tone was firm, "We must launch the Third Eastern Crusade, and we must delay the outbreak of the Civil War, which is related to the future of the country, the great cause of reunification, and the thousands of innocent lives in Middle-earth." We have no choice, our support for the king of Qi to go north to the border is also to create conditions for launching the third eastern crusade, for this reason, even if we sacrifice the king of Qi, we will not hesitate. ”

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