Pei Shiju's westward march and the king of Qi's northward march were all conducive to the Holy Lord and the central center creating the best conditions for continuing the Eastern Crusade "externally", while on the "inside", as long as the commanders of the Wei Mansion, such as Yuwenshu, Lai Hu'er, Zhou Fashang, and Qu Tutong, surrounded and suppressed Yang Xuangan as quickly as possible and quickly stabilized the political situation in the Eastern Capital, the Holy Lord and the Central Center would have the basic conditions for launching the Third Eastern Crusade.

Once the Third Eastern Crusade was victorious, the three-year foreign war "ended" perfectly, and China and Turkey, with its strong national strength and indomitable spirit, finally conquered the Far Eastern captives and monopolized the interests of the Far East, which will certainly have a positive and positive impact on the relations between the North and the South, and the measures of China and the Western Turks to form an alliance and cooperate to contain and flank the northern captives in the desert will inevitably have a negative impact on the east. The Turks posed a serious threat, so the situation reversed, and the desert captives had to compromise and make concessions under the dilemma of being attacked on their flanks and fighting on two fronts, and the tension between the north and the south was bound to ease, and the outbreak of the great war between the north and the south was bound to be delayed because of this.

Therefore, Feng Deyi's analysis and deduction of future trends are more optimistic, and Pei Shiju's pessimism is not impressed. Strength is everything, as long as the Holy Lord and the Center win the final victory of the Eastern Crusade and occupy a certain advantage in the confrontation between the north and the south, then the future of Middle-earth should be very optimistic.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the situation will become worse and worse in the future, after all, there is no absolute, the Third Eastern Crusade may also fail, the Great War between the North and the South may also break out in advance, the two capitals may also completely break up and "fight", and Guozuo may also fall into the danger of collapse, but Feng Deyi has to consciously "ignore" these possible unfavorable factors under the weight of his own crisis, and is unwilling to comprehensively assess and consider how to maintain the interests of China and Guozuo to the greatest extent based on the worst situation. For the interests of the family and the aristocratic group to which he belongs, Feng Deyi must "force" himself to change his judgment of the future trend, "demand" himself to be confident in the future of Middle-earth, "demand" himself to maintain a high degree of consistency with the radical position of the Holy Lord and the center, and do his best to push the wheel of history on the trajectory expected by the highest decision-making level, without allowing it to deviate in the slightest, only in this way can he have the best of both worlds, and can not only maintain the interests of himself, his family and the aristocratic group to which he belongs, but also protect the interests of Middle-earth and the country.

Feng Deyi knew that his sudden change of stance would inevitably affect the political "wind direction" of the center and would have an impact on the "peace faction" of the center such as Su Wei and Pei Shiju, but Pei Shiju accepted his "request for help" and told him the strategy of going west, further clarifying the future trend.

Pei Shiju clearly told him that as a native of Shandong, Feng Deyi had no choice. The internal political situation of the two capitals in China and Turkey has changed from confrontation to rupture, and the external situation in China and Turkey has changed from three strong forces to two tigers and one wolf, and the contradictions between China and foreign countries have intensified. The opponent of the people of Inner Shandong is the Guanlong people, so Feng Deyi can only resolutely support the Holy Lord to fight against Xijing, which is getting farther and farther away, while the enemy of the people of Outer Shandong is the Great Desert Northern Captives, so Feng Deyi can only work together with the Holy Lord and do his best to prevent the invasion of the Great Desert Northern Captives from the south.

Feng Deyi quickly made a decision to support the launch of the Third Crusade, and in the following months actively created favorable conditions to promote the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to make a decision on the Third Crusade at the end of this year or early next year.

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On the third day of August, in the early morning, Duan Da, who was left behind in Zhuo County, received an urgent report from Hou Mo Chen Wei, the general of Yingyanglang, and was taken aback, so he urgently summoned the officials of the left-behind government to discuss countermeasures overnight.

Hou Mo Chen Wei urgently reported that there were tens of thousands of rebel Chen soldiers waiting on the south bank of the Juma River, and there were only more than 1,000 people under him. After many investigations, it was finally confirmed that this was a rebel army from the south of the Great River, mainly Qilu thieves, and its thieves were notorious white-haired thieves.

In addition, the scouts also found a large number of rebels on both sides of the Yishui River, Yicheng, the capital of Shanggu, has been surrounded by rebels, the Wuhui City in the upper reaches of Yishui has fallen, the Puyin Pass of Taihang Mountain has also been lost, and the Louting Pass north of the Pass has also fallen. Puyin is an important passage across the north and south foothills of Taihang Mountain, the severance of this passage means that the shortest distance between Dai, Yan, Hebei and Youyou is "paralyzed", and the safety of the Flying Fox and Lingqiu Road in the north of it has also lost its guarantee, which will inevitably have a certain degree of impact on the safety of the northern Xinjiang town.

The rebels threaten the security of the northern Xinjiang garrison, and the rebels are completely different from the rebels causing trouble in Hebei. As far as the center is concerned, the rebels are in trouble in Hebei, which is an internal affair, and it is enough to send troops to encircle and suppress it, but the rebels are in trouble in northern Xinjiang, which will inevitably affect the border towns and wars, and affect the relations between the north and the south.

For Hou Mo Chen Wei's urgent report, Duan Da is convinced, and the other officials in the Left-behind Mansion are the same, the reason is very simple, these messages must come from Fanyang Lu and other wealthy families, with Hou Mo Chen Wei's small Eagle Yang Lang will not be able to find out these news no matter what, and the reason why the Lu family and other wealthy families have not released the news until this moment must have some kind of "tacit understanding" with the Hebei wealthy families to achieve the purpose they need.

The left-behind government quickly made a decision, and immediately mobilized the army to go south to suppress the thieves, first killed the traitors in Shanggu County, relieved the siege of Yicheng, and recaptured the Taihang key passes such as Puyin, Louting and Wuhui, and ensured the safety of important passages such as Lingqiu Road, Flying Fox, and Puyin, and ensured that the white-haired thieves would not cross the Taihang Mountain and flee to Daiyan, which would then affect the northern Xinjiang towns.

But the question is, how many troops can the Left-behind Mansion send?

Zhuojun is bounded by Taihang Mountain, the north is Yan, the south is secluded, each has a town army, of which the Yanbei town army not only undertakes the important task of defending the desert north captives in the north direction, but also defends the northeast captives such as Xi, Xia, Khitan and other people in the southeast Yanshan line, so the Yanbei town garrison army must not be transferred, and although the number of the town garrison army on the Youzhou side is more, but the capital Jicheng is the northern terminus of the Grand Canal, is an important hoarding place for strategic materials, and its garrison force must be guaranteed. Wu Benlang has taken Chen Ling with 10,000 troops to the south to aid the eastern capital, and the remaining troops are not much, and now the holy lord and the palace are temporarily living in Linshuo Palace, and the left-behind mansion should naturally strengthen protection, so calculated, the left-behind mansion basically can't draw troops to the south to suppress the thieves.

What to do? Of course, I turned to the Holy Lord and the Center for help. Now there are more than 5,000 Praetorian Guards from the Inner Mansion (Three Servants and Five Mansions) around the Holy Lord, more than 10,000 guards and battalions from the Outer Mansion who are subordinate to the left and right Yiwei, and the 10,000 Xiaoguo troops who have just been recruited this year and are not in the establishment of the Twelve Guards, and who are directly under the orders of the Holy Lord and the center.

Duan Da "targeted" the Xiaoguo Army. If the Holy Lord and the Central Authority can see the true intentions of the white-haired thieves to plague Hebei and threaten the northern frontier, then the outcome will be difficult to predict, but no matter what the result is, there is no need for the Zhuojun Left-behind Mansion to take matters into its own hands to suppress the thieves, so as not to be impulsive and reckless, so at present? The situation of the "overstretched" situation of the Shoufu in terms of troops is "the best", if nothing else, the Holy Lord will definitely call the Xiaoguo Army, so that Duan Da will escape the "cusp", and will not be sacrificed in vain in the fierce confrontation between the Holy Lord and the King of Qi, the father and son.

Duan Da was anxious and anxious, but as a local governor, it was very unlikely that he would want to play the Holy Lord in person, so he could only submit the recital in accordance with the legal procedures and wait patiently for the Holy Lord's edict or the Holy Lord's summons. However, the current situation is very grim, the Juma River is only about three hundred miles away from Jicheng, if the white-haired thief is hot-headed and ignores life and death, and leads the rebels to kill the Linshuo Palace in a swarm, then the matter will be out of control, and even his head can't be saved in the end, after all, it is not uncommon for the Holy Lord to kill a few officials in a fit of anger to vent his anger.

Duan Da didn't have the patience and no time to wait, so he once again secretly reported to Feng Deyi through private channels overnight, asking for Feng Deyi's help. Feng Deyi agreed before, and helped him deliver the recital of Gaoyang's sudden attack by the rebels to the Holy Lord as quickly as possible, but two days passed, and there was no news from the palace, which made Duan Da both depressed and angry.

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On the third day of the eighth month, before dawn, Feng Deyi had just slept for less than an hour when he was woken up by his close attendants in his sleep.

Feng Deyi opened Duan Da's secret report with sleepy eyes and ignorance, only glanced at it, and then jumped up from the couch, completely sleepy, and looked quite nervous. He never expected the situation to change so quickly, could his inference be wrong? Could it be that the King of Qi didn't plan to go north to the border at all? Could it be that the king of Qi has lost his mind, and wants to make a desperate bet, and wants the father and son to turn against each other? Or, is it still the white-haired thief or others who have ill intentions and dug a big pit for King Qi at the critical moment, to attack Linshuo Palace, to borrow a knife to kill people, and to force the Holy Lord to kill King Qi?

Feng Deyi was a little "confused", and after washing up in a hurry, he directly found Yu Shiji, the waiter of the inner history.

Yu Shiji is busy with government affairs, has a lot of opportunities, and has very little sleep time, so he gets up before dawn to review the recitals. Seeing Feng Deyi coming in a hurry, with a serious expression and a nervous expression, Yu Shiji suddenly realized that something had happened. Feng Deyi's seniority in the center is very old, he has seen too many winds and waves, he has always been calm in trouble, and Taishan collapsed in front of him without changing his color, it is rare to see him so nervous.

"Jing Gong, what's the urgency? Over there in the Eastern Capital? After Yu Shiji asked Feng Deyi to sit down, he immediately asked.

"There's nothing going on in the eastern capital, it's Shanggu who has an accident." Feng Deyi asked eagerly, "Huijigong, have you ever presented the chapter that was left behind in the early period to the Holy Lord?" ”

Yu Shiji's eyes showed a look of surprise. Something happened to Ueya? What can happen to Ueya?

"It has been presented to the Holy Lord." Yu Shiji frowned and said, "But the Holy Lord has reviewed too many movements, and it may not have been approved yet. Jinggong, what happened to Shanggu? ”

"The white-haired thieves arrived in Shanggu, and tens of thousands of rebels surrounded Yicheng, captured Puyin, and marched as far as Zhuojun."

"White-haired thief?" Yu Shiji was surprised, "Where did the news come from?" ”

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