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On the night of 30 November, Li Zixiong convened the principal military and political officials of the Great Governor's Office to discuss in detail the matter of Li Hun, deputy governor of the Andong Governor's Office, going to Anzhou for negotiations. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is a major event, which has a bearing on the life and death of the alliance and the future destiny of Anzhou and Northeast China.

The focus of the discussion was, whether to agree with Li Hun to negotiate in Anzhou? Is this the best time to start formal negotiations with Middle-earth? If most of the officials in the meeting agree that now is not the best opportunity for negotiation, is it necessary to engage at the official level now? If necessary, the benefits to the alliance outweigh the disadvantages, and Li Hun is agreed to enter Anzhou, so how will Anzhou receive it? Was it a secret contact on a limited scale, or was it a grand welcome at the official level?

Now that the Northern Expedition has won a great victory, the situation seems to be very good, but this is the appearance, in fact, the victory of the Northern Expedition does not mean the end of the Northern Expedition, and greater difficulties are coming one after another. It's easy to defeat an enemy, it's hard to conquer an enemy, and it's even harder to turn an enemy into a friend and make it work for me.

The northeast is vast, the Khitan and the Xia tribes are scattered between the black mountains and white waters on both sides of the weak Luo River, once they are outnumbered, they will inevitably hide in the deep mountains and old forests and resist stubbornly, Li Fengyun will not be able to attack the enemy if he wants to attack the enemy unprepared, and destroy them by force. A quick battle can no longer be done, and a long battle is indecisive and cannot be delayed, so Li Fengyun can only use the strategy of appeasement, and if coercion does not work, he will be tempted, and this not only takes time, but also needs the support of grain and grass, but what the alliance lacks now is time, and as for the grain and grass baggage, it is even more restricted by the Great Wall, so the results of the discussion are self-evident.

First of all, the alliance needs the support of a steady stream of grain and grass in the Great Wall in order to complete the final victory of the Northern Expedition, and secondly, in terms of the current results, it can already attract Middle-earth, and the Turks on the desert will definitely fight back fiercely after the beginning of spring, and the alliance urgently needs to win greater and more resolute support in Middle-earth, even if it is a fox and a fake tiger, it can also form a certain deterrent to the Turks on the desert, and can effectively increase the confidence of Anzhou and the Northeast, and these are obviously conducive to the alliance to deal with the life and death crisis that will come after the beginning of spring next year. Therefore, the alliance must take advantage of the current results and favorable situation to actively enter the arms of Middle-earth, and the sooner it defects, the better it will be for Anzhou and Northeast China.

The Grand Governor's Office finally made a decision to allow Li Hun, the deputy governor of Anqiu, to enter Anzhou and give a grand welcome.

On the first day of December, in the early morning, Li Zixiong informed Li Fengyun in detail of Li Hun's request to enter Anzhou and the decision of the Grand Governor's Office to respond positively.

Today, he deliberately guided the principal military and political officials of the Great Governor's Office to make a decision to welcome Li Hun and quietly spread the stance of positive return, and obviously had the intention of coercing the top level of the alliance to put pressure on Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun's attitude on the matter of return is still very clear, he must return to Middle-earth, but Anzhou is now weak, in order to maximize the benefits, it is necessary to bring in the Turks, in order to get more benefits from Middle-earth, so it is not difficult to foresee, as long as the Turks do not jump into this trap, Li Fengyun will inevitably be ambiguous in the attitude of return, in order to tempt Middle-earth to make greater compromises and concessions, so in the matter of Li Hun entering Anzhou, if nothing else, Li Fengyun will definitely refuse, even if he agrees under pressure, it is a small range of secret contact, It will not be a grand welcome, putting on a face of eagerness to return, and putting itself in the predicament of passive slaughter.

But Li Zixiong is very anxious, he is old, time is short, he will leave when he says go, returning to Middle-earth is his last wish, he doesn't want to leave this world with regrets, and more importantly, he does not approve of Li Fengyun's approach of "taking chestnuts from the fire".

Seeking skin with the tiger also depends on the object, Middle-earth and the desert are both strong, you are a weak person who does not measure his own strength, trying to make profits from the struggle between the two strong people, this is not a risky fight, but a dead end, and in the end it is very likely to provoke the two strong and be destroyed by the two strong together, so Li Zixiong from the safety and security consideration, intends to cook the raw rice first, first turn the return to Middle-earth into an established fact, and let the return to Middle-earth become a consensus from top to bottom of the alliance, so that future negotiations are not conducive to the alliance, It is not conducive to Li Fengyun and other grassroots heroes and Donghu species, but the benefits obtained should be able to meet the needs of Li Zixiong and other fallen nobles, and this is fine.

On the third day of December, on the night, Li Fengyun led the Sky Wolf Cavalry, the Thunder First Army, the Song Desert Turkic Control String, and the Xi Clan's Humiliation King Control String, and arrived at the Chifeng General Camp.

There are still a lot of aftermath matters in the Khitan tribes and Changhan City, which are very cumbersome and complicated and take time, but Li Fengyun has no intention of paying attention to it, and he doesn't want to interfere, so he handed it over to the Khitan chieftains such as Dahe Duluo.

The core of the subjugation is alien autonomy, all tribes have full autonomy, and after the alliance conquers them, if they want to win their long-term loyalty, there is only one way, that is, they always have absolute strength, if the strength is not enough, or even decline, the result can be imagined.

The alliance army withdrew from the Hongshui River one after another, and Li Fengyun also hurried back to the Chifeng headquarters with the first batch of victorious divisions.

Sima Yuan'an, who was sitting in the main camp, was very happy to see Li Fengyun returning, and the two exchanged pleasantries, and Li Fengyun asked eagerly, "What's going on in Anzhou?" ”

"I just received an urgent letter from Li Zixiong, the Duke of Jianchang, and the latest news came from the Great Wall, the Holy Lord issued an edict appointing Li Hun, the general of the Right Xiaowei and the Duke of Yuguo, as the deputy lieutenant of Anton." When Yuan An said this, the smile on his face gradually faded, and his eyes showed a solemn expression, "Ming Gong, this is not a good thing for us. There are fierce tigers outside, there are evil wolves inside, the situation is sinister, and if you are not careful, the bamboo basket will be empty, and you will make wedding clothes for others in vain. ”

Li Fengyun was surprised, this appointment was completely unexpected. In his opinion, in order to ensure the capture of Anzhou and the Northeast, the Holy Lord must have arranged his cronies in the crucial position of Deputy Lieutenant Anton. If something goes wrong, it is a demon, and there must be a mystery here.

Yuan An obviously also thought about it, and his words were full of puns, pointing the finger at King Qi, Li Hun and Li Zixiong. Indeed, in the case of returning to Middle-earth as the general trend, the trajectory of the future situation is actually clearly visible, and the king of Qi, Li Hun and Li Zixiong are bound to join forces to seize the fruits of the alliance's victory, which means that before the Northern Expedition is over, Li Fengyun's control of the situation has begun to decline.

"I didn't think much of Ming Gong forcing Ashina to raise troops to rebel before, but now it seems that Ming Gong is still a chess player, forcibly pulling the Turks into the alliance, which can effectively counter those shameless people who unscrupulously plundered the interests of the alliance." Yuan An frowned slightly, and said worriedly, "However, what should come will come eventually, how do we deal with it?" Did Ming Gong immediately return to Anzhou to preside over the overall situation? ”

"In the short term, I can't return to Anju at all." Li Fengyun shook his head, "The Northern Expedition has not yet ended, there are still four tribes in the Khitan that have not surrendered, and there are immeasurable variables in the tribes of the Xia tribe far away on the north bank of the weak Luoshui, and the other is the Liaodong Zhenshu Army, they should have cooperated with us to attack the Donghu Tribes, and they were our reinforcements, but who would have thought that the Northern Expedition would be able to complete its work in one battle, and we solved the Turks in one battle, and the result was overwhelming, and the blockers were invincible." In this way, the Liaodong Zhenshu army is not our reinforcements, in the face of huge interests, if they can not withstand the temptation, turn their faces into enemies, become our real enemy, use force to coerce us to hand over the fruits of victory, and even directly attack us, then the situation in the northeast will inevitably take a sharp turn for the worse, the slightest carelessness may evolve into a disaster, once the two sides fight, we defeated the Liaodong Zhenshu army, and the Middle Earth completely turned against each other, the road to return was cut off, the result can be imagined. ”

Yuan An was slightly stunned, but immediately came to his senses and realized that he was too optimistic about the situation in the Northeast.

Li Fengyun's worries are not unreasonable, he knows the border army too well, and he is also well aware of the mentality of the high-level of the Wei Mansion. The border army is a special group, for a long time in the barren land of the frontier, perennial and the northern captives, horse thieves and robbers to deal with, the living environment is very bad, and gradually it is contaminated with some vices, barbarism, greed, murder, lawlessness, for the sake of interests to do everything, and conquer the Donghu species, encircle and suppress the rebel thieves, open up the territory, what kind of merit is for them? With such a huge benefit in front of us, how can we turn a blind eye and be indifferent? As for the high-level officials of the Wei Mansion, especially those high-ranking officers such as generals and generals, they regard meritorious service as their lives, and all meritorious deeds must be won, and meritorious service is profit, that is, glory and wealth, that is, to increase officials and become knights, and that they are to shade the descendants of the government.

When Li Fengyun heard that the Holy Lord and the Central Commander had made a decision and ordered the Liaodong Zhenshu Army to take the initiative to intervene in the Northeast Battlefield, he had already thought of this, and he estimated that the Liaodong Zhenshu Army was very likely to be a "yellow bird", that is to say, whether it was the Holy Lord, the Central Hub, or the military high-level, they actually had ill intentions and other plans. At that time, Li Fengyun wanted to encourage morale and increase the confidence of the alliance soldiers in the northern expedition, of course, he would not say anything. When the Northern Expedition unexpectedly won a decisive victory and the situation in the northeast developed in favor of the alliance, the Liaodong Zhenjun army entered the northeast battlefield, which was a crisis for the alliance.

After Li Fengyun took Dahe Duluo and split up the ambush department, he quickly withdrew to the Chifeng General Battalion, precisely because he wanted the army to seize the time to rest and recuperate, and to wait for work, and once the crisis broke out, he would launch an attack with the momentum of thunder, and he must firmly control the initiative in the northeast battlefield. And the knife rack Ashinadur's neck forced him to rebel and forcibly pulled the Turks into the alliance, one of the important roles is also this, if forced to do so, the alliance army and the Liaodong garrison army fought, and it was the Turks who charged, and when negotiating with Middle Earth, they could also put the responsibility on the Turks, so as to ensure that the road to return would not be cut off.

Yuan An sighed, "If Duke Ming doesn't return for a long time, won't Duke Jianchang have the right to monopolize and do whatever he wants?" ”

Li Fengyun smiled, "Now, what really determines the fate of Anzhou and Northeast China is not our original team that fought against the Fortress, but the tens of thousands of Turkic, Xi, Khitan and Xia tribes. ”

The drum doesn't need to be beaten, Yuan An can see it through, but he is still anxious, "There are still more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians on the Flying Fox side, if all of them are withdrawn into Anzhou, the situation will inevitably deteriorate, and the situation may get out of control." ”

Li Fengyun nodded and said flatly, "Today, there are many forces under the big alliance, the contradictions are complex, and conflicts are everywhere, which is our weakness. It is also reasonable for our opponents to see our weaknesses and carry out divisive tactics to provoke internal struggles within us. The appointment of Li Hun as the deputy governor of the Andong Governor's Mansion is to provoke a struggle between King Qi, Li Hun, Li Zixiong and a certain person, and driving the Flying Fox to retreat into Anzhou can quickly intensify the contradictions within the Grand Alliance. In this way, the opponent easily defeated us with no effort. ”

"What's going to happen?" Yuan An asked.

"Interests." Li Fengyun said with a smile, "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." The reason why everyone forms alliances and cooperates is because it is profitable, so the countermeasures are very simple, as long as everyone sees the realistic and promising interests, the contradictions and conflicts will naturally decrease, and the alliance and cooperation can continue to be maintained. ”

"What's in it?" Yuan An asked.

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, unfathomable.

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