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After a day of fierce fighting, the coalition army, under the strong offensive of the Turks, had to withdraw from the Taoshui defense line in the unfavorable situation of having no reinforcements behind.

The Turkic soldiers cheered, and the armies of all the tribes were like rainbows, and they crossed the peach water one after another, striding towards the ghost side.

However, there was a debate at the top of the Tooth Banner, and the focus of the debate was what the sudden appearance of the hoplites who appeared on the battlefield today meant. What is the significance of its unbelievable appearance in today's unimportant and uncritical battle?

If this hoplite came from the Middle-earth Beijing Division, then its sudden appearance today is tantamount to clearly telling the Turks that the Middle-earth rebel army attacking Anzhou is actually the Middle-earth Guardhouse Army, a fierce "evil wolf", just wearing a "sheepskin" to deceive the Turks, and in order to help this "evil wolf" complete the mission of leaving the fortress, the Middle-earth officials will definitely give all-round support, from the army to the material, everything is endless. From this, the confidential information obtained by Ashina Simo and Shi Shu Huxi in the Middle-earth Palace, as well as the conclusion that "there will be no troops to support Anzhou within the Great Wall", are wrong, and they are deliberately misled by the Middle-earth people.

From this point of view, today's battle is just a case of proof. The Middle-earth people deployed heavy troops on the east bank of Taoshui, well-equipped, high morale, and the soldiers in the battle were even more fearless of death and fought for their lives, if it were not for the resolute attitude of Ashina, the goal was clear, and the strength was ******** to preserve, only to cross Taoshui at the lowest cost, and did not allow the various departments to control the strings in order to defeat the opponent at any cost, and finally outflanked the two wings with the numerical advantage of the horse army, and forced the Middle-earth people to retreat and retreat with the danger of annihilation of the whole army, and achieved the goal of winning the expected results at the minimum cost. Then today's battle is very likely to be a lose-lose situation, although the Middle-earthers suffered heavy casualties, and the Turks are also bloody and scarred.

It is not difficult to see from this that the Middle-earth army with "hoplites" on the east bank of Taoshui is the elite division of the Middle-earth Guardhouse Army, which is to defeat both the Turks and delay or even prevent the Turks from entering Anzhou. Now the Turks have crossed Taoshui at a small price, and this Middle-earth army with "hoplites" will also withdraw to the ghost side, their losses are not large, their strength is well preserved, and they hold on to the city, swearing to fight to the death, enough to block the Turkic army under the ghost city, so that the battle situation will deviate from the expectations of the tooth banner.

Ashina wanted to kill the ghost side with lightning speed, a drum down, a battle was decided, trapped in the plight of the Middle Earth army in the belly and back of the enemy, and quickly reversed the crisis in Anzhou, but now it seems that wishful thinking, the Turkic army will be blocked under the ghost city, and the consequences of a long delay are very serious, once the Middle-earth official sees that the situation in Anzhou is critical, send troops to support, a group of "evil wolves" in "sheep's clothing" roar north, a large number of Middle-earth guards enter the ghost battlefield under the banner of the Middle-earth rebels, The Turks were not only in a dilemma on the battlefield of the Ghost Side, but even in the entire northeastern battlefield, and the army was defeated like a mountain, and they could only watch as the Middle-earth people swept through the Donghu tribes, severely striking at and weakening the powerful other forces of the Turks, and taking the lead in the overall situation of the north-south confrontation to establish superiority.

Ashina was so aggressive and anxious, further afraid of falling into the trap of the Middle-earthers, a mistake into a thousand years of hatred, a step back and afraid of a mistake in judgment, missing the fighter, and laughing generously.

"Your fears are true, but because of that, we have no choice but to move forward." Daganshi Alimen was determined, not swayed by the changes in front of him, and tried his best to persuade him. Now the deputy governor of the tooth banner also protects Ashina Yelan and leads the army to block the threat from the middle earth on the west bank of the lightning river, Tutun Ashid Mohuang stays behind to guard the lightning yuan and sits in the tooth banner, and he assists Ashina to lead the army to attack Anzhou, and he and Ashina are together among the four people in the core decision-making level of the tooth banner, so he must persuade Ashina to implement the established decision, which is directly related to the vested interests of the Turks and cannot be lost.

"If our judgment is right, the people of Middle-earth are hiding from the sky and the sea, stealing the beams and changing the pillars behind the murder plan with knives, and they are determined to take the Northeast, then this battle is obviously not good for us, and it is impossible for the people of Middle-earth to let us take away Anzhou, and they will definitely come out with all their might, and even turn against each other if necessary, so it is not difficult to foresee that there will be a bloody battle under the ghost city."

Shi Alimen paused, and saw Ashina's frowning and his face was ugly, so he continued, "From the standpoint of the Tooth Banner, it is really unwise to fight with the Middle-earth people in this unfavorable situation, and the slightest carelessness may lead to a great war between the North and the South, and the Khan and the Tooth Tent have already confessed, and they can compromise and tolerate the Middle-earth people as a last resort, but this compromise and forbearance has a premise, that is, it cannot affect or even damage the fundamental interests of the Great Khanate, and the Great Khanate cannot be allowed to fall into greater passivity before the outbreak of the Great War." ”

"The purpose of the Middle-earth people to fight Anzhou is to take the Northeast, and the purpose of taking the Northeast is to seize the opportunity in the confrontation between the North and the South, so that my Great Khanate will fall into passivity before the outbreak of the Great North-South War, so from the position of the Great Khanate, we will definitely send troops to Anzhou, and we will fight with the Middle-earth people in a bloody battle under the ghost city."

Ashina knew Shi Alimen's position and knew that he intended to threaten himself with the interests of the Great Khanate, so he immediately couldn't hold it back, and opened his mouth to refute it, but Shi Alimen was quick and shook his hand again and again, signaling Ashina to be calm and not impatient, and let him finish his words first.

"If Middle-earth is determined to take the northeast, and the army continues to move north, of course, it can't be stopped by the power of the tooth banner alone, and the crux of the problem is here."

Shi Alimen stroked his long beard and said with a meaningful smile, "If the Tooth Banner retreats without a fight, let the Middle Earth people occupy the northeast, and let the fundamental interests of the Great Khanate be seriously damaged, the responsibility is the tooth banner, the khan and the tooth tent are bound to order the tooth banner to attack with all their might, and recapture the northeast at any cost, so the tooth banner is not only passive, but also has the disaster of destruction, which is not good for people, oneself and the Great Khanate." On the contrary, if the Tooth Banner fought bloodily and tried his best to prevent the Middle-earth people from attacking the Northeast, but because the strength of the Middle-earth people was too strong, and the strength of the Tooth Banner was not good, and the defeat was the inevitable result, then the Khan and the Tooth Tent would not only not punish the Tooth Banner, but would use this as an excuse to send a large number of reinforcements into the Northeast, so that the Tooth Banner would be meritorious, the Northeast could be preserved, and the fundamental interests of the Great Khanate would be safeguarded, which would be beneficial to both the people and the Great Khanate. ”

Ashina sneered secretly, this Shi Alimen is really sharp-tongued, and the dead can tell him to live. To put it bluntly, it is to instigate Ashina to fight to the death with the Middle-earthers, and then the Khan and the Tooth Tent do have an excuse to send troops to reinforce the Northeast, and the Turks may indeed defeat the Middle-earth people to protect the Northeast, but the key problem is that the southeast Tooth Banner has suffered heavy losses, Ashina's strength has plummeted, and the political interests of the Tooth Tent conservative peace faction have also been damaged, and this is the real purpose of Shi Alimen, the radical main battle faction of the Tooth Tent, Spare no effort to crack down on political opponents.

However, the future situation is very unoptimistic, and Ashina must make a choice. As Shi Alimen said, if Middle-earth is determined to take the Northeast, the Northeast is lost, the fundamental interests of the Great Khanate are damaged, the Tooth Banner is a heavy responsibility, Ashina is inexorably responsible, and the political interests of the Tooth Tent conservative lords and factions are still difficult to preserve. It is not good for others, for oneself, and for the Great Khanate.

So, is Middle-earth determined to take the Northeast? After the end of the expedition to Goguryeo, did Middle-earth aim at the northeast? Thinking of the tens of thousands of rebels in Middle-earth who went out to attack Anzhou, the first choice of the future prince of Middle-earth, the king of Qi patrolled the border and Huaihuang, and the hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops in Middle-earth were stranded in Liaodong, Middle-earth has actually formed a pincer attack on the northeast from three directions, and today there are "hoplites" in Middle-earth on the Taoshui battlefield, which very clearly proves that the so-called Middle-earth rebels may actually be the elite of the Weifu army, so it is self-evident what the purpose of Middle-earth painstakingly concealing the sky and crossing the sea and stealing beams and changing pillars is self-evident, that is, to deceive and paralyze the Turks, Hit the Turks by surprise, so as to quickly take the northeast.

Since Middle-earth is determined to take the Northeast, and attacking Anzhou is only its first step, then there is no choice for Ashina and the Northeastern-Earth Banner, and the battle of the ghost side must be fought, even if the ghost side is a trap, even if the people of Middle-earth are waiting for him with their bloody mouths open, he will rush forward, and he will not hesitate to lose both. As long as he proves that the Middle-earthites are too strong for the Tooth Banner to resist, he can shirk his responsibility as much as possible, and at the same time drag more people, including the Khan and the Tooth Tent, to share the responsibility.

It's not that I don't fight, it's that I can't fight, if my whole army is wiped out, the loss will be even greater, the northeast will be lost in an instant, and you won't even have time to support me, so I still have to save part of my strength to contain the people of Middle-earth, and at the same time you will support me, so that if the northeast is still lost in the future, the fundamental interests of the Great Khanate will still be damaged, and the responsibility will be borne by everyone. On the contrary, if you don't support me, you make it clear that you want to put all the responsibility for the loss of the Northeast on me, then I'm sorry, my brother has nothing to do, what about fratricide?

"It's not a good fight." Ashina sighed, "If Middle-earth becomes angry, turns its face into hatred, and armies from all walks of life gather, the Great War between the North and the South will explode in advance." ”

Shi Alimen thought for a moment and shook his head, "Middle Earth has just ended the expedition, the country has just broken out of rebellion, and the West Turkey side has fallen into a deep crisis, and internal and external troubles have exploded together, and it is absolutely impossible to prepare for the Great War between the North and the South, on the contrary, Middle Earth should be more eager to win the preparation time for the war than us, so this is the rush to use troops in the Northeast, trying to use the Northeast crisis to contain and weaken us, so as to delay the outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South." ”

Ashina smacked his chin slightly, deep in thought. How will this battle be fought? How can it be just right? The battle situation is changing rapidly, and the slightest carelessness will lead to a catastrophe, so we must be fully prepared and do not rush forward.

Shi Alimen was worried, but it was not easy to persuade again, everything that should be said was said, and a little more careful thinking was exposed.

At this moment, there was an urgent report from the subordinates, and the latest secret report came from the ghost side, the main force of the Xi tribe led by the Middle Earth army and A Huizheng was fighting fiercely on the front line of Wulieshui, and there was no time to separate, and there was no response to the ghost side's request for help so far, forcing Wang Yun to urgently transfer troops from Songshan Pass to help.

Shi Alimen was very cautious, carefully inquired about the source of this secret report, and after confirming that it was true and reliable, he smiled and said to Ashina, who was also happy, "Ah Hui is unwilling to fail, and it is reasonable to fight back, and his containment on the front line of Wulieshui has bought us enough time to attack the ghost side." ”

Ashina smiled and nodded, "By surrounding the ghost side, you can seize the opportunity and wait for work, so you can advance and retreat without worry." Pass the order down, go east tomorrow, and go straight to the ghost side. ”

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