Prediction is prediction after all, it is just a trend of development, not a fact, except for Li Fengyun, who really feel that the mountains and rains are coming, the crisis is everywhere, and the sky is falling apart is still a very small minority, and most people still hold the attitude of believing and skeptical and waiting to see what happens.

For hundreds of years, the general trend between China and foreign countries has always been tense, and the wolf smoke of the Great War between the North and the South has never stopped, and the invasion of the North by China and Earth is also accustomed to it, so in the next few years, whether the North invades or not, as long as it does not touch the vital interests, most people are still "insensitive", but fortunately, Bo Ling Cui has a unique vision, they see not only a South and South War, but the adverse impact of the war year after year on the domestic political situation. The core contradiction of today's domestic political situation is the contradiction between reform and conservatism, once the reform suffers a heavy setback because of the defeat of the war, the reformists and conservatives fight, the domestic political situation may collapse, and the collapse of the domestic political situation may lead to the collapse of the great cause of reunification, and the Middle Earth once again fell into the abyss of division and war, which has a great impact on the wealthy families, and is related to the survival of ah, so of course the Bolingcui clan must take precautions and take precautions as early as possible to prevent accidents.

The worse Li Fengyun's prediction of the future situation is, the more important it is for a big family like the Boling Cui clan, and the more careful it is to guard against it. In comparison, ordinary nobles (Hanmen) and commoners have very little benefit from the great cause of reunification, and they are very "numb" to the adverse changes in the situation at home and abroad, of course, they do not have the ability and strength to prevent in advance, the flood is coming, they have nowhere to escape, they can only wait for death, unlike the big tycoons, who prepared boats and boats early to escape. This is the difference between being at the high end of the "food chain" and being at the lower end of the "food chain".

In the face of the impending flood, the most powerful Holy Lord and the Central Hub did their best to dredge the river, the weaker King Qi and Li Fengyun joined forces to strengthen the embankment in the local area, and the weaker Boling Cui clan built ships to prepare for escape, as for the general public, whether they were sober or ignorant, they could only wait for death. How great the ability, how great the responsibility, the grasshopper can shake the tree, but there is no point. Li Fengyun is shaking the tree now, and the Boling Cui clan will not do such a meaningless thing, and the Boling Cui clan must do everything possible to pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages.

Therefore, what Cui Yu and Cui Jiu are most concerned about is how the alliance will gain a foothold in Hebei, how it will develop, and how much impact the alliance's foothold and development will have on the vital interests of Boling Cui Qiu. According to Li Fengyun's prediction, even if the Third Eastern Crusade is a fact, it may not be able to achieve the expected results, and once the Third Eastern Crusade falls short again, the Great War between the North and the South will inevitably break out rapidly. In this way, in the worst-case scenario, the Civil War will start in two years, which is bad news for the alliance and is purely self-defeating. What about the Alliance? Of course, it is necessary to speed up the speed of development, and the first premise of speeding up the speed of development is to ensure that they have sufficient food, first solve the stomach problem, and then go to grab the territory, so that it is simple and clear, the alliance army will soon attack the city and pull out the village, burn and kill, and plunder, and the northern counties and counties of Hebei will repeat the mistakes of southwest Lu, and the corpses will be scattered all over the field in the raging war, and even thousands of miles of red land.

This must be a situation that the wealthy families in northern Hebei such as the Boling Cui family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Fanyang Lu family and the Zhongshan Liu family do not want to see, so after Cui Yu heard Li Fengyun's bad prediction for the future, he immediately went straight to the point, bluntly said, and elaborated on the situation that the wealthy family wanted to see, which boiled down to one sentence, the existing stable situation cannot be destroyed. The implication is that you can't burn, kill, and plunder in the four counties of Zhaojun, Hengshan, Boling, and Shanggu in northern Hebei.

That's what a strong man is all about. The alliance was originally a rebel army, that is, the rogues, they killed from southwest Lu to the Central Plains, and from the Central Plains to the north of Hebei, the purpose is to survive, now you don't let them burn, kill and plunder, how can they survive? It is really unreliable to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, although the Taihang Mountain is large, but it cannot support 200,000 soldiers and civilians, there is no doubt about this.

"This is the bottom line, there is no room for compromise." Cui Yu was resolute, "In the Great War of the North, the Great Wall is the first line of defense, Taihang is the second line of defense, if the Beiyu breaks through Taihang, then Hebei will be poisoned, so for us, the northern part of Hebei must not be chaotic, only in this way can we ensure that the water and land transportation connecting the north and the south is unimpeded, in order to ensure that Hebei holds the Taihang barrier, to ensure that Youyan blocks the Far Eastern captives, and to ensure that the Weifu can concentrate the main force to fight fiercely with the Beiyu in Daibei, so as to minimize the losses caused by the invasion of the Beiyu to Middle-earth, The largest Cheng dù helped the Northern Xinjiang Zhenshu Army defeat the Northern Prisoners. ”

Li Fengyun was speechless and could not find any reason to refute it.

Cui Yu is telling the truth. What was the most important thing about the Civil War? If the Beiyu invade from the Hexi Corridor in the northwest, from the Daibei in the direction of due north of Xinjiang, and from the Yanshan line in the northeast, the three routes invade southward, then the Middle Earth is in danger. Of course, this is theoretical, and the Northern Captives are not monolithic, many times it is a two-way invasion, one main attack, and one other containment, but the threat is still very great, so Middle-earth has to find ways to divide the Northern Captives. After the Holy Lord ascended the throne, the western expedition destroyed Tuyuhun and the eastern expedition attacked Goguryeo, which was to defeat the "right-hand man" of the desert and the northern captives in terms of national defense strategy, so as to completely eradicate the threat of the three-way invasion of the northern captives. Now, because of the repeated defeats of the Eastern Crusade, this plan has been blocked, and because the survival of the desert is threatened by Yan, the northern captives of the desert are even more ready to move, intending to take advantage of the current favorable opportunity to inflict heavy damage on Middle-earth, and then destroy Middle-earth's new national defense strategy.

If the Great War breaks out quickly, first of all, the Northwest Army in Middle-earth will not be able to move, because Tuyuhun is carrying out a counteroffensive to restore the country, and the Turks settled in Huining, Hexi, are clamoring to return to the West, and the situation in the northwest is very bad; Secondly, the Liaodong garrison could not move, because even if the Third Eastern Crusade destroyed Goguryeo, Middle-earth would need time to occupy the peninsula and stabilize the Far East. In this way, there is only the Northern Xinjiang Zhenshu Army, mainly the Daibei Army and the Youyan Army, Daibei is the main battlefield, of course, the Daibei Army is all put into the battlefield, and Youyan undertakes the important task of blocking the Northeast captives, supporting Liaodong and Gongwei Hebei, so although Youyan belongs to the containment battlefield, the strength to support the main battlefield is limited, but its position is extremely important, once Youyan falls, Hebei will fall into the hands of the enemy, and the main battlefield of Daibei will be attacked by the enemy immediately, and it will collapse, and the Great War between the North and the South will be defeated.

In the same way, if Hebei is the rear of Youyan, then Taiyuan is the rear of Daibei. When the Great War of the North and South was about to break out, Hebei, especially the northern part of Hebei, could not be chaotic, so Taiyuan could not be chaotic, so that the living space of the alliance was very small, leaving the two border areas of Daibei and Yan, which were not only extremely barren, but also faced the threat of northern captives at all times.

Cui Jiu saw Li Fengyun's grim expression, worried that he would make some impulsive move in anger, so he cautiously reminded, "As far as I know, the Li clan of Zhaojun is afraid that the situation will get out of control, and intends to let the alliance go west to Taiyuan for development. ”

Li Fengyun glanced at him, his eyes showing disdain. This is a typical "dead friend does not die poor", everyone? Sweeping the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles of his house, the Li family of Zhaojun and the Cui family of Boling are too unkind, and they do not hesitate to tear their faces with the Wang family of Taiyuan for their own interests.

Li Fengyun fell into deep thought. Cui Yu and Cui Jiu waited patiently, after all, the alliance had 200,000 soldiers and civilians to eat and survive, and before the King of Qi did not go north to fight the border, Li Fengyun could only fight alone in the northern Xinjiang, Zhao County Li Clan and Boling Cui Clan out of uncertain future and self-interest considerations, the help that could be given to him before the outbreak of the Northern and Southern War was too little, so Li Fengyun was under too much pressure, Cui Yu and Cui Jiu even had a sense of despair, think about it from another perspective, if they are in Li Fengyun's position, what should they do now? How can we establish ourselves and grow?

Soon Li Fengyun made a decision, he spoke, "The alliance needs food, before the territory is laid, the alliance needs a large amount of food to sustain the battle of tens of thousands of troops in the next two months, and then there is winter, and the alliance's demand for food will be even greater." Li Fengyun looked at Cui Yu and Cui Jiu, and said solemnly, "So before the end of July, a certain must fight a battle in Hebei, must capture a city, and must grab enough food." This is the bottom line of a certain one, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

Cui Yu's face suddenly turned ugly, and Li Fengyun's toughness and threats made her feel humiliated and very angry.

"Only one battle?" Cui Jiu questioned.

"A certain person keeps his promise, only fights one battle, only captures one city, grabs food and leaves."

"Which city?" Cui Jiu asked.

"Gao Yang."

Cui Jiu's eyes widened in disbelief, and Cui Yu covered his mouth in surprise, feeling that Li Fengyun was a madman, an idiot who didn't know whether to live or die.

Gaoyang is an important town in the north of Hebei, located in Hejian County on the bank of the Hutuo River, the scenery is beautiful, and the Hutuo River is connected with the Yongji Canal, the traffic is convenient, so the Holy Lord has built Gaoyang Palace here, as a resting place on the way to the north, and at the same time can take into account the Dai, Yan, You, Hebei, remote command. Since it is the location of the palace, the status of Gaoyang Town is of course soaring, not only with heavy troops, but also as a place for grain and grass hoarding in northern Hebei counties. During the Eastern Crusade, the grain and grass levied by the northern counties of Hebei were transported to Zhuo County by Gaoyang Tongguò by land and water.

At present, the northern counties of Hebei are harvesting summer grain, and after the harvest, it will be sent to Gaoyang and quickly transported to Zhuo County. Yang Xuangan's rebellion has been cut off for more than a month, and it has seriously endangered the safety of the Eastern Expedition and the needs of the Northern Xinjiang Suppression.

Li Fengyun is eyeing this batch of grain, and wants to take the alliance army to attack Gaoyang and grab the grain, this timing is indeed very good, but Gaoyang Town has heavy troops, and Gaoyang is less than four hundred miles away from Jicheng, the capital of Zhuo County, and the reinforcements are roaring, and the attack is too difficult, and what is even stricter is that even if the alliance captures Gaoyang, but there is so much grain, how can the alliance move away? Where to move? Can you escape the pursuit of the Weifu army?

Cui Yu sneered, "Do you know that the Holy Lord is returning day and night, and will soon arrive at the Linshuo Palace of Zhuo County." ”

Li Fengyun nodded.

"You hit Gao Yang at this time, do you know the consequences?"

Li Fengyun smiled and nodded, "Only by hitting Gao Yang at this time and angering the Holy Lord can we help King Qi." ”

Cui Yu was extremely angry, "You are not helping King Qi, you are going to kill King Qi." ”

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