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Twelve? Seventeen, Northeast, Chifeng General Camp. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

On a day of wind and snow, Murong Zhili galloped back from Wudan City and reported to Li Fengyun in detail the specific process of the migration of the Xi Ahui tribe to both sides of the Shaolang River.

The Khitan Yao Yuan tribe has been destroyed, its nobles and young people have died, and the wealth of the old and weak, women and children, and livestock has also been divided among the victors, among which the Ahui tribe has obtained the biggest "fruit" under the protection of Li Fengyun, that is, a radius of hundreds of miles of land centered on the Shaolang River. This is the birthplace of the Xi people, and the Ahui Department was able to return to its homeland after the defeat of Anzhou, and it was a great luck in misfortune to make a comeback in the future. It is precisely because of this that close cooperation with the alliance has become the consensus of the Donghu tribes, and has become an irreversible trend in the northeast, so if nothing else, good news will soon come from the north of the weak Luoshui, and the tribes of the Xia tribe will definitely fall after hearing the wind in order to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

After the tempering of the war, Murong Zhili grew rapidly, full of self-confidence and high spirits, and the rich heritage of the wealthy family was fully displayed, but Murong Zhili did not get carried away, and still remained calm and cautious, which can be seen from his pessimistic view of Anton's future situation.

"Our victory outside the fortress will cause a high level of vigilance inside the Great Wall and will seriously threaten the security of the desert." Murong Zhili finally said, "It is foreseeable that after the beginning of spring next year, we will inevitably fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on our backs, once the aid in the Great Wall is reduced or even interrupted, and the Turks on the desert are overwhelmed by large troops, we are in danger of survival, so we must take precautions and prepare early." ”

Li Fengyun comprehended, and shook his head again and again, "The goal of a certain remains the same, we must return to Middle-earth, return to our own home, in order to win the best opportunity to develop and grow, and the Turks are a foreign race, not my race, their hearts must be different, committed to the foreign race, and the company of the jackal, will eventually be devoured by the foreign race, so a certain must take the alliance home, just ......" Li Fengyun shook his head and sighed, "A certain person is taking a road of no return, even if a certain person takes Anzhou and the Northeast to present Middle-earth, he will not win the trust of the Holy Lord and the Eastern Capital, It's either a rabbit dead and a dog is cooking or settling accounts after the autumn, so he has no choice but to do everything he can to preserve the alliance and protect himself. ”

"What about the future?" Murong Zhili asked bluntly, "Even if Ming Gong takes the road of no return, he must have a future and hope, otherwise how can he win the trust of others?" And what do you do to unite the alliance with the outside world? ”

Li Fengyun smiled and nodded, "As long as there is a future, no matter how far and bumpy the road is, it will eventually reach the end, and where is the future of the alliance?" Right in Middle-earth, right in our own home. ”

Murong Zhili hesitated for a moment and sighed, "Ming Gong said that Ming Gong's goal is the unification of Middle Earth and the long-term peace and stability of Middle Earth, but what Ming Gong is doing today is contrary to his own goal. ”

"Before the truth is revealed, the fog covers the facts, and it is difficult to see the truth until the day the clouds open and the fog disperses." Li Fengyun shook his hand and said solemnly, "What I did today is to do my best to protect the great unification of Middle Earth, as long as Middle Earth does not move towards division and does not fall into war, the people of Li can live and work in peace and contentment, and the country can be peaceful and stable for a long time." ”

"What Ming Gong did was seen with his own eyes, but he did not see the situation developing in a good direction, on the contrary, as Ming Gong's victories outside the Saiwai became bigger and bigger, the distance between Ming Gong and Middle-earth seemed to be getting farther and farther away." Murong Zhili was unceremonious and bluntly admonished.

Li Fengyun smiled, did not speak, reached out and picked up a volume of documents from the desk and handed it to Murong Zhili.

Murong Zhili opened it and saw that it was an urgent letter written by Li Zixiong. On the tenth day of the first month of this month, Yu Wenshu, Duan Da and Cui Hongsheng jointly patrolled the border Gubeikou, and their intentions were very obvious, and Li Hun was extremely passive under this sudden change, and had to reach a compromise with Li Zixiong.

Murong Zhili was taken aback, "The saint took the initiative to use Yuwen Shu? ”

Li Fengyun nodded, "So so-and-so said, when the clouds open and the fog disperses, the truth will be revealed." ”

Murong Zhili asked in surprise, "Ming Gong is determined to return to Middle-earth?" ”

"Although the road back is bumpy and difficult, Middle-earth has opened its doors, and of course I will take the alliance home."

Murong Zhili bowed, "I was really blinded by the fog, congratulations to Ming Gong." ”

Li Fengyun shook his hand again and again, "Don't be in a hurry to congratulate, a certain said, the road to return is bumpy, if we want to return to our own home, we have to walk a long and difficult road, and if we can protect the unity of Middle Earth, if we can live to reunite with our families, then it can be regarded as a real victory, but ......" Li Fengyun's expression was grim, his eyes showed emotion, "I am worried that we will not be able to complete this road of return, we will not be able to reach the end, and we will not be able to win the final victory." ”

Murong Zhili laughed, "Duke Ming is too worried, with the strength of my Middle Earth, who in the world can be the enemy?" ”

On December 18, in Gubeikou Border City, the two sides started the third day of negotiations as scheduled.

Outside the tent, the snow was falling, the cold wind was howling, and the tent was arguing fiercely, and the atmosphere was tense.

The key to the amendment is to make every effort to maintain the centralization of power or to vigorously maintain the direct leadership of the Eastern Capital over Anton, and the method is to maintain the proposal put forward by the Anzhou side to set up four local autonomous prefectures in the Andong region: Anju, Songshan, Raole, and Songmo, but to set up the Andong Prefecture on top of these four local autonomous prefectures, and the Andong Prefecture will directly lead the four local autonomous prefectures.

The Andong Protectorate is directly under the central government, absolutely obeys the orders of the Holy Lord and the center, assumes the responsibility of defending the border of Andong in Middle-earth, protecting the people of Andong in Middle-earth, and overseeing the military administration of Anton, so as to ensure that the Metropolitan Protectorate performs the mission of defending the country on behalf of the central government.

The Middle-Turkish side once again compromised, and it was a compromise in principle, to re-implement the three-level administrative division in the border areas of Andong, that is, the three levels of the prefecture, the local self-government, and the county or tribe, that is, the central government no longer directly led the four local self-governments in Andong, but authorized the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate to take charge of the military administration of Anton. In a sense, this can be understood as Middle-earth allowing Anton to have some autonomy, mainly administrative autonomy, but all military power is vested in the Metropolitan Protectorate, which is exercised by the Metropolitan Protectorate on behalf of the central government.

The goal of Anju is to have full autonomy, and one of the three major powers of the military, government, and finance cannot be missing.

As a result, Anzhou launched a full-scale "attack" on the "Andong Metropolitan Protectorate", and Li Zixiong put forward three requirements to Duan Da: first, the highest military governor and main officials of the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate must be appointed by his own side; second, the Anton garrison must be jointly formed by the existing armies with the surnames of Anton and Han; Third, the main military and political officials of the four local autonomous prefectures of Andong must be appointed by the two surnames of Anton Han and Yu, and the local garrison army must also be led by the autonomous prefecture.

These three have to be added together, in fact, Anton is a monolith, the Great Wall can neither pour water, nor pierce the needle, even if a few people are stuffed in, they will be isolated and eaten in the air and wait for death, and finally Anton is nominally subject to the central government, but in fact it is divided into feudal towns, but everyone tacitly ignores and turns a blind eye.

Of course, the Middle-earth side would not agree, and Duan Da, Cui Hongsheng, Li Hun and others argued with reason, and their rhetoric was fierce.

Duan Da was furious, and in a fit of rage, he threatened, "Whether Anton's military and political affairs can be carried out smoothly and whether the expected goals can be achieved are the key to money and food, if there is no money and food, Anton will not talk about development, and even survival is a luxury." ”

Anton's autonomy and military and political power are important, but what directly threatens Anton's life and death is money and food. Anton's financial endowment is very tight, with Anton's own financial resources, not to mention the enveloping and soothing the Donghu species, it is difficult to even feed the tens of thousands of troops of the alliance, so the premise of Anton's autonomy is that it must win the support of the central government, and this is precisely where Anton's "weakness" lies.

Li Zixiong was also angry, pointed at Duan Da's nose and threatened, "Don't think that Anton's life and death have been controlled by you, a solemn warning to you that it is impossible for people to maintain their sanity when they are cornered, especially the Donghu species, once they lose confidence in Middle Earth, they will definitely turn away, and all the previous achievements and the huge benefits brought by them will be lost." Look at the Western Regions, look at the Western Xinjiang, what are the results of the Western Expedition? What is the root cause of failure? Was it the Northwest Army's passive slackness, or did the Western Territories lose confidence in Middle-earth? If you start with money and food, it is equivalent to drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle, and you will definitely end your life. You are not afraid of losing both sides and burning jade, so what is the old man afraid of? ”

Li Zixiong's tough attitude made Duan Da and the others tremble, and they all thought of the news that Li Hun brought back from Anzhou before, and the Turkic peace envoy arrived in Anzhou, and this may be the reason why Li Zixiong has no fear.

Cui Hongsheng hesitated for a moment, and took the initiative to probe, "Defection? Donghu species? You have something to say, is there a change in the situation in the Northeast? ”

"It's not a secret, I did receive the latest news from Chifeng yesterday." Li Zixiong said frankly, "Chifeng said that the tooth tent is here, and the level is very high, and he has considerable decision-making power in Anton's affairs. ”

"Can you tell us more?" Cui Hongsheng asked.

Li Zixiong glanced at Duan Da contemptuously and sneered, "It's okay to tell you, Chifeng said that there are three people who have come to the tooth tent, Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun, Tong Lifa Yang Shanjing, and Dagan Anlu Khan, and Yang Shanjing has already gone to Chifeng in person." ”

Duan Da and the others looked at each other with grim expressions.

Li Zixiong said that the three of them are all well-known magnates in the tooth tent, Duan Da, Cui Hongsheng, and Li Hun all know it, and Guo Xuan and Murong Zhengze, who were born in wealthy families, are no strangers, among them, the status of Da Luo Ben Ashina Yishun in the tooth tent is equivalent to Yang Xiong, the king of Guande in Middle Earth, and is a member of the core decision-making level of the tooth tent, and Yang Shanjing is the spokesperson of Princess Kehe Dunyicheng in the tooth tent, and he is in a high position, so these two tooth tent magnates alone are enough to decide Anton's fate. In this way, things will be troublesome, if the desert gives rich conditions, and the Middle-earth side is harsh and stingy, the result will be unpredictable.

At this moment, Li Zixiong's voice came into their ears again, "Chifeng also said that your Liaodong army has entered Chelianchuan in the lower reaches of the weak Luoshui, and our army is under the command of Han Shige and Dahe Duluo. You have been fighting on an expedition, thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to sustain food and grass, but we are fighting on our own soil, with strong morale and sufficient food, plus our troops are several times larger than yours, so the victory and defeat have been decided before we have even fought. ”

Speaking of this, Li Zixiong sneered with compassion, "I have to remind you that if the two sides fight in Chelianchuan and you lose, then even if this negotiation can continue, you have missed the best opportunity, and you will have to pay several times the price now." ”

Duan Da and the others all changed color, and their eyes were angry.

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