The main executors of the Western Land Strategy are the Northwesterners, and the most important force is the West? military, so the biggest beneficiary of the benefits of the western soil is, of course, the northwest, that is, the Guanlong region, and more specifically, the Guanlong aristocratic group, and the Guanlong aristocratic group is a conservative force with Xijing as the "base camp" for the eastern capital.

In today's fierce struggle between reform and conservatism, the more successful the Xitu Economic Strategy is, the more resources will be needed to consolidate and increase the results of the Economic Strategy, and this is actually the support for Xijing. The more resources Xijing occupies and the more national strength it expends, the stronger the conservative forces will be, and the greater the resistance to reform, which is undesirable for the reformers and unacceptable to the Eastern Capital.

As a result, the Holy Lord and the Central Hub had to go all out to pass through the northern desert, and the east had to contain and weaken the desert and the northern captives, and the Eastern Crusade broke out, and all the resources of Middle-earth were concentrated in the northern frontier, and it was necessary to exhaust the national strength to attack a Goguryeo, and the fact hidden behind the Eastern Crusade was that the Western Soil Economic Strategy had stopped, and the central government's support for the northwest had dropped sharply, and the eastern part had to "quietly" contain and weaken the conservative forces with Xijing as the "base camp".

This will inevitably lead to a result, the western frontier turned into a passive defense, and the northwest captives took advantage of the situation to rise up and actively counterattack, so the results of the western soil strategy were gradually lost, and the Guanlong people suffered heavy pressure for this, and Xijing had to "bow down" to the eastern capital in order to seek resource support. At the same time, the Holy Lord and the Central Crusade had achieved a great victory in the Eastern Crusade, and their authority had increased greatly, and they immediately began to plan the Northern Expedition and carry out the Great War between the North and the South, which also needed to concentrate resources on the northern frontier. In this situation, Xijing had to compromise and retreat step by step, while Dongdu seized the "soft underbelly" of Xijing, pinched the "neck" of the Guanlong people, and finally contained and weakened the conservative forces.

However, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, no one expected that the Eastern Crusade would be defeated, and the Holy Lord and the center would shoot themselves in the foot.

The turning point is here, the reformists will not admit defeat, they attribute the cause of defeat to the conspiracy of the conservatives; Nor can they admit defeat, and military defeat means political defeat; They also do not dare to admit defeat, and once the conservative forces make a comeback and take control of the government, the reform will inevitably stagnate or even regress, and they will surely become the victims of the failure of the reform.

So they decided to launch a second crusade and put on a posture of never dying. And for the conservatives, this move is not that the reformers will not die to Goguryeo, but that they will not die to them. Now that we have reached this point, there is no point in compromising and conceding. It's all going to die, can you compromise and give in, and he can still spare your life? Let's break the net.

As a result, this year's situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. The Eastern Capital Mutiny, the Northwest Crisis, and the defeat of the Second Eastern Crusade began to deteriorate at an unprecedented rate.

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"Aiqing, there is no news from Honghua so far." Seeing Pei Shiju's grim expression, the Holy Lord was silent in thought, and took the initiative to speak, "It's intriguing." ”

This is indeed intriguing. Tang Guogong Li Yuan rushed to Honghua with an edict as early as May, and now more than two months have passed, and there is no news, why? What the hell is going on over there in Honghua? Could it be that Yuan Hongji raised troops to rebel and arrested Li Yuan? However, in the Xijing report, there is no mention of Yuan Hongsi and Honghua staying in the mansion, which is enough to show that there is no rebellion on the Honghua side and everything is fine. So there is only one possibility, Yuan Hongsi has lost his military power, Li Yuan has not been able to control the military power, the Northwest Lingshuo Army is controlled by Xijing, and the actual control of the military power is Honghua Deputy Guard, Deputy Commander of the Northwest Army, and Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Xiaowei.

This is a reasonable explanation. For Xijing, the threat of the Honghua Lingshuo Legion to Xijing is far greater than that of Yang Xuangan, who is far east of Tongguan, so before Yang Xuangan's troops are in Tongguan and actually threatens the safety of Xijing, Xijing must firmly control the Lingshuo Legion, so as not to be attacked by the rebels on both sides and fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on the back of the abdomen.

But how to seize military power so as not to give people authority and put it into practice? After all, military power is too sensitive, and public seizure is tantamount to rebellion, and if there is no safe and proper strategy, you must not play with fire**. So after the start of the Second Eastern Crusade, Xijing suddenly attacked Yuan Hongji and attacked it in groups. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone, which can not only force the Holy Lord to make concessions to Xijing in the selection of the commander of the Northwest Army, but also force Yuan Hongsi to mess up, and Yuan Hongsi will definitely show "flaws" when he is flustered, which gives Xijing the opportunity to "make a move" and seize military power in a justifiable manner.

As for Li Yuan, he is a native of Guanlong, although he belongs to the Wuchuan aristocratic group headed by the Dugu clan, but the Wuchuan aristocratic group? He is a part of the Guanlong aristocratic group, but his political position is relatively neutral, so when it comes to the overall interests of Guanlong, how Li Yuan chooses is unknown.

The Holy Lord said "intriguing", in fact, he had already guessed the result, which made him very anxious, worried that the negotiations between Yuwenshu and Xijing would break down, and Xijing would let Yang Xuangan enter the Guanzhong in a fit of anger, and even form an alliance with Yang Xuangan to cooperate, then the domestic situation would inevitably get out of control and the storm would become more and more intense.

The time when Xijing's report was sent should be after receiving the news that the rebels had withdrawn from the Eastern Capital, and the next thing was that the two capitals would work together to encircle and suppress Yang Xuangan, so Xijing's meaning is obvious, I have fulfilled my promise to contribute, but I don't believe in Yuwenshu's promise, I need the personal commitment of the Holy Lord, otherwise there is no guarantee that the center will do its best to save the northwest crisis, and will continue to provide much-needed "resources" to Xijiang.

After all, the situation between China and foreign countries has developed to this point, and the room for maneuver between the Holy Lord and the center is already very small, and political compromise is inevitable.

However, the Holy Lord not only urgently summoned Pei Shiju, but also Honghua with one mouth, which was obviously a threat to Xijing, and instead of compromising with Xijing, he had the posture of fighting with Xijing.

Pei Shiju couldn't help but speak, but he didn't want to speak. Telling the truth will inevitably anger the Holy Lord, and telling lies will inevitably further worsen the situation, which makes him unable to make a decision, and he is in a dilemma.

Pei Shiju supported the Eastern Crusade, but opposed the Eastern Crusade with all its national strength; Pei Shiju also supported the Northern Expedition, but felt that the time was not right and needed to wait patiently. He insisted that the Northern Expedition was in the west, so it was necessary to maintain and increase support for the Western Expedition, but the situation went against his wishes, and the situation developed contrary to his wishes.

Pei Shiju has been in charge of foreign affairs since the time of the first emperor, and has a reasonable understanding of the western soil and the desert. As early as the beginning of the Holy Lord's accession to the throne, when he presented the strategic plan of the Western Soil Scripture, he analyzed and deduced the situation west of the Green Ridge to the Holy Lord in detail.

To the west of the Green Mountains, the Persians and the Great Qin (Byzantine Empire) were rivals for generations, and the two sides fought for more than 300 years. More than a decade ago, the Persians once again launched a war, and the army of the Persian Emperor Kusru was invincible and invincible. The Great Qin people were in internal and external troubles, so Heraclius rose up and ascended to the throne, and the first thing he did to turn the tide was to ask the Western Turks for help.

What linked the Western Turks with the Persians and the Great Qin people was the "Silk Road".

On the one hand, the Persians needed huge military resources to maintain the war, so they were eyeing the benefits of the Silk Road, and at the same time, in order to continue to fight the Great Qin people, they also needed to cut off the Silk Road to Middle-earth, so the Persians naturally "eyed" the Silk Road.

The benefits of the Silk Road were too important for the survival and development of the Western Turkic Khanate, and the ambition of the Persians on the Silk Road not only seriously damaged the interests of the Western Turks, but also directly endangered the survival of the Western Turks.

In Pei Shiju's Western Land Strategy, an alliance with the Khan is the core link.

In order to survive, he had to unite with the Great Qin to defeat the Persians, so the strategy of the Khan was to unite with the Great Qin in the west, Tiele and the Western Regions in the east, and to form an alliance with Middle Earth to flank the ****** Khanate, and try to stabilize the situation in the east and west of the Green Ridge.

At that time, the "boss" of the Western Turkic Khanate was the Ni Turk Luo Khan, who made enemies on all sides and used military force to make the Western Turkic Khanate precarious. It happened that Middle-earth was about to expand its sphere of influence to the Western Regions, and Luo Khan was the biggest obstacle in the mud, so Pei Shiju and Shekui Khan hit it off and successfully "overthrow" Luo Khan in the mud. Next, Middle-earth expanded its territory in the Western Regions and successfully destroyed Tuyuhun, while the Khan of Shekui restabilized the tooth tent, annexed Tiele, and shared the Western Regions with Middle-earth, and the two sides took what they needed and cooperated happily.

In terms of the situation of the Western Turkic Khanate west of the Green Ridge and the strategy of shooting the Khan, the Western Turks needed to ally themselves with Middle-earth even more, because their greatest enemy east of the Green Ridge was the East. Turkic. The immediate priority of the Western Turks is to survive, while the East. The Turks regard themselves as orthodox, and they want to conquer the Western Turks at all times and establish a unified Great Turkic Khanate, so the Western Turks are helpless, unless it completely defeats the Persians, it will fight on two fronts, and can only pull the Middle Turks together to fight against the East. Turkic.

This is good news for Middle-earth, as long as the Western Turks are firmly aligned, they can not only attack the northern captives of the desert from the east and west, but also consolidate and strengthen the advantages of the Western Territory, and stabilize the situation of suppression in the western Xinjiang.

The opportunity for the Northern Expedition mentioned by Pei Shiju is like this. Before attacking the Persians, the Khan of Shoku was sure to settle the east. The Turkic threat, for this reason, it is inevitable to unite with Middle-earth to attack the desert, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Middle-earth, as long as it is grasped, it will not be possible to rebuild the great cause of Han Wu.

However, the vast world west of the Green Ridge is too far away and too strange for Middle Earth, especially for the civil and military officials of the Eastern Capital.

They did not believe in the promise of the Western Turks, did not believe in the sincerity of the Khan, and did not believe that the Western Turks would join forces with Middle-earth to flank the northern captives of the desert.

Now what do you want Pei Shiju to say? Pei Shiju wants to say that it is a sentence, form an alliance with the Western Turks, otherwise the crisis in the northwest will not only not be alleviated, but will become more and more serious.

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