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Maogou Chuan, the armies of the Great Alliance and the Xi tribe followed Li Fengyun's order and rushed to Fangcheng to reorganize the army in turn.

After the meeting between Ah Hui Zheng and Li Fengyun, the two sides reached a series of agreements that the Grand Alliance could help the Ah Hui Department move north to the Shaolang River, but in this process, the Ah Hui Department must follow the orders of the Grand Alliance, and the two sides must maintain close cooperation, otherwise the Grand Alliance will not be able to fulfill its promises.

The New Xi Alliance welcomed this agreement, including the Insulting King Department did not criticize this agreement because of their extreme resentment of Ah Huizheng and the Ah Hui Ministry, but when consulting with Li Fengyun, Yuan An and other high-level officials of the Fengyun Alliance on this matter, the Humiliated King Ministry put forward its own "bottom line", since Ah Hui Zheng and Ah Hui decided that their four tribes were "betrayers", refused to join the New Xi Alliance, and were unwilling to work with them, these "betrayers", to seize new opportunities to create a new future for the Xi people under the new situation, Then, for a long time to come, the decision-making level of the Grand Alliance, headed by Li Fengyun, cannot unilaterally admit the Ahui Department as a new member of the Grand Alliance because of the needs of a special interest without the unanimous consent of the four tribes of the New Xi Alliance.

To put it bluntly, the New Xi Alliance is worried that the Middle Earth people will deliberately support Ah Hui Zheng and Ah Hui Ministry, and when the time is right, the Ah Hui Ministry will be included in the big alliance, so that the Ah Hui Department and the New Xi Alliance will fight against each other. This is also to use razing to defeat raze, but to take advantage of the internal contradictions of the Xi nationality to provoke confrontation and fighting between the tribes of the Xi nationality, so that without much effort, the purpose of splitting, weakening and controlling the Xi nationality for a long time can be achieved.

In fact, the reason why Li Fengyun reached an agreement with the Ah Hui Department to help the Ah Hui Department migrate to the Shaolang River was, on the one hand, of course, he had the purpose of using the Ah Hui Department to charge into battle, and on the other hand, he did have ill intentions, and he had the intention of supporting the Ah Hui Ministry, splitting the Xi people, containing and weakening the Xi people, and firmly controlling the Xi people for his own use. Conquering the raze with razing is the basic strategy of Middle-earth's foreign affairs, Li Fengyun has a deep memory, skillful use, easy to use, effortless, but the foreign race is not an idiot, too many losses, too many lessons, the slightest clue, they will be seen immediately.

But the problem is that the matter has come to this point, and the New Xi Alliance has missed the best opportunity to kill Ah Hui Zheng and divide the Ah Hui Department because it does not want to kill each other on the wall of brothers, and as a result, it has given the Middle-earth people an opportunity to split, weaken and control the Xi people, and now it is too late to regret it.

Fortunately, the prospects for the future are good, as long as Middle-earth fulfills its promise, while recovering Anzhou, all the Xi people living in Anzhou will be accepted, then the new Xi alliance will take advantage of it, after all, with the backer of Middle-earth, even if you can't worry about food and clothing, at least in the event of a famine or war, there is a place to rely on, so as not to fall into a desperate situation or even extinction. Of course, from a historical point of view, all the southbound ethnic groups, whether they have integrated into Middle-earth or still live in the frontier, have completely solved the problem of survival, and most of them have become an inseparable part of Middle-earth, sharing glory and disgrace, life and death with Middle-earth, and this is the beautiful future they yearn for and pursue in the eyes of foreigners.

Li Fengyun has promised that Middle-earth will accept all members of the New Xi Alliance, but Li Fengyun is humble and his words do not count, unless the emperor of Middle-earth opens Chrysostom and makes a holy decree, the Xi people's dream can come true.

China naturally rejects foreigners, and has always been cautious in accepting foreigners. Historically, the five chaotic Chinese tribes were forcibly killed into the Central Plains, and the reason why the Xianbei tribes were able to successfully attack and integrate into the Middle Earth was to dominate the north of the Yellow River by force, forcing the Middle Earth to passively accept this fact. Of course, there are precedents for Middle-earth to accept foreigners, such as the decline of the Xiongnu, and Middle-earth accepted them, but in most cases, Middle-earth gave shelter at most, which has too many lessons from the past, such as the Khitan Dahe clan, who was unwilling to submit to the Turks at the beginning, was beaten to nowhere to hide, and finally turned to Middle-earth, and Middle-earth reluctantly gave shelter to it, but as soon as the situation in the northeast changed, Middle-earth immediately expelled the Dahe clan. The reasons for this are complex, but the core reason is that the long-established concept of "those who are not of my race, their hearts must be different" is naturally rejected by the long-established concept of foreign races.

Li Fengyun made a compromise with the New Xi Alliance and accepted the conditions of the New Xi Alliance, and the Fengyun Alliance would never unilaterally form an alliance with the Arab Hui Ministry, let alone accept the Arab Hui Ministry as a new member of the Grand Alliance without authorization.

Not aligned, but can cooperate, this is Li Fengyun's condition, and this condition can be accepted by the new Xi alliance, since they are all Xi brothers, can not kill each other, then can not watch the Ah Hui tribe being swallowed alive by the Xia and Khitan people, of course to unanimously fight the enemy, once the A Hui tribe in the Shaolang River to gain a foothold, there will be an additional barrier in the north of Anzhou, which is beneficial to the new Xi alliance, of course the tribes are happy to see it.

On October 15, Ah Hui Zheng kept his agreement, followed Li Fengyun's order, and rushed to Fangcheng under the supervision of the Thunder Army, where he met with Ah Hui and his clansmen, who had been captured and imprisoned by the alliance army, and then with the material support of the Grand Alliance, they carried out the preliminary preparations for moving north to the Shaolang River.

On the same day, on both sides of the Wulie River, Lu Xingxing, Guo Ming, Jingjiang Liujinfei, Erzhu Tianxiao and other governors were also ordered to lead the army to Fangcheng to join the main force of the Grand Alliance.

Han Shige also received a letter from Li Fengyun. Li Fengyun did not give any orders in the letter, but recounted the course of the first battle of Maogou River, the process of the establishment of a new alliance by the Xi tribes, and the fact that the strength of the Great Alliance expanded rapidly after the establishment of the Great Alliance, and the expansion of strength made the Great Alliance have the conditions to go north as quickly as possible in the shortest possible time. Before the Turks could take advantage of the sudden change in the situation in the northeast and not have time to make an effective response, the grand alliance swept across both sides of the weak Luoshui, inflicted heavy losses on the Donghu species, struck at the powerful other parts of the Turks, cut off one of the Turks' arms, and seized the opportunity in the confrontation between the north and the south. In this way, when the third eastern crusade is launched in the spring of next year, the Great Wall may reduce or even interrupt the support for Anzhou, but at the same time, it is urgently needed for Anzhou to effectively contain the Turks and ensure the security of northern Xinjiang, the grand alliance can take advantage of the favorable opportunity created by this winter to start a fierce battle with the Turks, and then achieve the goal in the Great Wall, solve the worries for the Third Eastern Crusade, and ensure the complete victory of the Third Eastern Crusade.

After reading this letter, Han Shige fell into deep thought, and it was difficult to choose.

Now Li Fengyun does not have the qualifications to order him, in fact, since Li Zixiong, Yang Gongdao and a large number of powerful people in the Eastern Capital joined the alliance, they have formed their own faction in the alliance, the so-called elite faction, and Li Zixiong is the supreme commander of the elite faction. In order to win cooperation, Li Fengyun acquiesced to the independence of the elite faction, Li Zixiong has great power, not only has the highest decision-making power of the alliance, but even under the authorization of Li Fengyun, he can also command the grassroots generals of the alliance, but Li Zixiong is old and refined, very restrained, only seeking cooperation, not seeking power, not only recognizing the status of the supreme commander of the alliance and tacit cooperation, but also giving enough respect to the grassroots generals of the alliance to ensure that the two major factions of the alliance maintain close cooperation.

It is precisely because of the tacit cooperation of Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong, the old and the young, that the alliance has created a miracle and achieved fruitful results, and the alliance elite has also established meritorious deeds and created conditions for winning the pardon of the eastern capital, but now the alliance has not stabilized Anzhou, has not yet gained a foothold in Anzhou, it is difficult to show up in the short term, and it is not possible to resist the full counterattack of the Turks, so this result is not enough, and the merits are also seriously insufficient, the battle still has to be fought, and the alliance must be more united, only unity can show strength, and can win the battle and make meritorious deeds. in order to win greater benefits, and only by winning greater benefits can the needs of the various factions of the alliance be satisfied.

In fact, now the division of labor between Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong is becoming more and more clear, and the top management of the alliance sees it in their eyes and tacitly understands it. Li Fengyun was the main conquest, charging on the battlefield, relatively simple, while Li Zixiong was in charge, fully responsible for the exchanges with the Great Wall, between the Holy Lord and the center, the local military and political officials of Youyan, the King of Qi, and Youyan and the wealthy families of northern Hebei, striving for the maximum interests of the alliance, working hard and dedicatingly, but no one could do this except Li Zixiong. As for the Grand Governor's Mansion, it is only the highest decision-making body of the alliance in name, and what it actually exercises is only the military, political and financial power of the alliance, not to say that Li Zixiong turned a blind eye, even Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others were disdainful, not that that piece was Li Fengyun's "self-reserved land" and should not interfere, but that there was no oil and water at all and no interests, and the Grand Governor's Office could not command the powerful faction, but it had to provide money, food, and weapons for the Leopard Cavalry and the Feather Cavalry Army. As long as the magnates have an army, strength, and meritorious service, and then ******** plan how to return to the Eastern Capital safely, how can they really carry out the rebellious cause to the end?

Han Shige actively made meritorious contributions, before he hurriedly crossed the river north to enter the Wulieshui battlefield, just to grab credit. Li Fengyun saw it in his eyes, so he wrote this letter, bluntly telling him that the big alliance was about to go north to both sides of the weak Luoshui, and because of the addition of tens of thousands of elite controllers of the new alliance of the Xi people, the strength of the big alliance skyrocketed, and the victory was in hand. Although Li is very subtle, there is a temptation between the words, will you come? The credit for killing the enemy is at your fingertips.

The more Han Shige thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

Li Zixiong is old, and he is not determined to kill prisoners, it is impossible to expect him to go to the battlefield to fight, so that Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others follow him, listen to his command, at most, they will stay in Anzhou, garrison the city, maintain law and order, it is difficult to make meritorious contributions, and they are not meritorious, what will they exchange for the court's pardon in the future and return to the Eastern Capital?

So the problem arises, Li Zixiong will not stop them from going to the battlefield, but when they go to the battlefield, they must listen to Li Fengyun's orders. Of course, their status is still very high, after the high-ranking family and the famous general, it is only that Li Fengyun's status is higher than them. Li Fengyun is from the Hanzhong House of the Li family in Zhao County, and is the son of Li Delin, the famous minister of Anping, a famous minister in Middle Earth, which is no longer a secret at the top of the alliance, everyone knows it, but it is just a secret. But this is not more important, more importantly, Li Fengyun stands behind a high-powered center to dominate Pei Shiju, and Li Fengyun's purpose is to implement Pei Shiju's strategy, that is to say, Li Fengyun succeeds, Pei Shiju's strategy is also successful, and Pei Shiju's strategy is actually the central decision-making, and in the future, all participants will have great merit, so Li Fengyun is very critical, it is best not to offend, and it is best to cooperate with him to obey his words, so as not to succeed enough and lose more than he will be humiliated.

Han Shige weighed it again and again, and decided to rush to Fangcheng with the large army in the name of rest and recuperation, and at the same time urgently wrote to Li Zixiong to ask for Li Zixiong's opinion.

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