Yuan An started from the main force of the alliance crossing the Tongji Canal into Yuzhou, to the battlefield of the eastern capital to meet Yang Xuangan, and then the battle of Michi fell short, and then Li Fengyun decisively withdrew from the battlefield of the eastern capital, wrapped in the forty-seven bureaucrats and nobles captured by Yang Xuangan, and fought their way out of the encirclement from the direction of Xingyang Jindi Pass, and crossed the river to the north with the "tacit understanding" of the king of Qi.

There are two important points in this narrative, one is that the failure of the Michi War directly led Yang Xuangan to the west to enter the pass, and the mutiny was irretrievably led to a situation of rapid defeat, and the alliance tried to use Yang Xuangan's long-term insistence in Guanzhong to win enough time for its own foothold in the north to develop The plan completely failed, that is to say, the alliance now has very little time to "foothold" in the north, and the situation is very dangerous, and the slightest carelessness will lead to the danger of the entire army; The second is that when Li Fengyun crossed the river to the north, he persuaded the king of Qi to take the initiative to give up Liyang, and actively went north to suppress the thieves on the grounds of ensuring the safety of the Yongji Canal, and stayed away from the storm in the eastern capital before Yang Xuangan was defeated, so as to win a first-line opportunity for his own survival, which shows that the situation of the king of Qi is also very dangerous, and Yang Xuangan's rapid defeat made him completely passive in politics, and only when the holy lord and the center calmed down the storm in the eastern capital, his political life is estimated to be terminated.

After Yuan An finished speaking, the room was silent, there was a dead silence, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Li Fengyun participated in Yang Xuangan's mutiny, and took more than 30,000 soldiers to risk the annihilation of the entire army into the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, just to help Yang Xuangan enter the Guanzhong, just to let Yang Xuangan hold on for a longer time to drag the Weifu Army, in order to win more time for the alliance to gain a foothold in the north, however, this plan ultimately failed, although Li Fengyun made some gains on the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and even brought back more than 10,000 elite soldiers, but this gain is really not worth mentioning compared to the survival difficulties brought by Yang Xuangan's rapid defeat to the alliance.

What's even stricter is that the King of Qi's plan to "blackmail" the Holy Lord with the help of this mutiny also failed, and now the King of Qi is not to say that he is going north to the border, and even the life of the government is difficult to preserve.

The importance of King Qi to the alliance can be imagined. It is precisely because of the existence of the king of Qi that the alliance has a plan of "going north for development", and it is precisely because of this plan that the alliance decided to give up Mengshan, go north to fight, and survive in danger. If the King of Qi's political life ends and is killed or imprisoned by the Holy Lord, the prospects of the alliance will be very bleak, and the "glory dream" of the heroes will be hopeless, and the opportunity for the "rebirth" of Li Zixiong's father and son and the forty-seven nobles will be gone.

"Three days ago, I received a message, a message from Liyang." Li Fengyun's voice suddenly sounded, breaking the silence in the room.

Everyone looked up at Li Fengyun in unison, expecting to hear a piece of good news related to King Qi.

"The Donglai Water Division has all rushed to the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, Yang Xuangan has lost the last chance to enter the Guanzhong, he will soon be defeated, and the optimistic estimate is that it will be supported until the beginning of next month at most, because the Holy Lord and the Central Hub should arrive at the Linshuo Palace in Zhuo County at the end of this month, if the battle situation in the Eastern Capital is delayed, how can the important ministers and commanders of the Wei Mansion in the two capitals explain to the Holy Lord?" Li Fengyun looked at everyone and said calmly, "Yang Xuan is defeated, the storm in the eastern capital has subsided, and we have just moved to the north, and we have not had time to take a breath, and we have not even found a foothold, and we have been completely exposed, what should we do?" ”

"We have exposed that the alliance killed from Qilu to the Central Plains, and then from the Central Plains to Hebei, not only did it not lose, but it became stronger, how can this be explained?"

At this moment, the King of Qi took the initiative to ask to go north to the border. We killed the north with the front foot, and the queen of Qi followed with the hind foot, like a shadow, how can this be explained? ”

"In the eyes of those who have a heart, there is obviously a tacit understanding between the King of Qi and us, and there is a conspiracy to dominate the northern frontier, and this conspiracy is unbearable for the Holy Lord and the center, and it will inevitably strengthen their determination to eradicate the King of Qi and kill the alliance.

As soon as Li Fengyun's words came out, everyone immediately heard the deep meaning. Li Fengyun must have made a decision, but it is too difficult to implement this decision, and he needs sufficient reasons to convince everyone.

Sure enough, Li Fengyun's next sentence was full of mystery.

"We have to prove in the shortest possible time that the league is quite strong. This strength far surpasses that of King Qi, so that King Qi is not able to kill us at all, but this is not enough, this can only give King Qi a reason to explain, but it cannot attract enough attention from the Holy Lord and the center. We urgently need to attract the attention of the Holy Lord and the center, only in this way can we have the value of survival, can we become the knife they borrow the knife to kill, and only in this way can we survive, can we stand on development, and can we have the hope of realizing our dreams. ”

Everyone was full of doubts about these words, and they couldn't understand them in the clouds, only Li Zixiong realized something, his eyes showed surprise, and he asked eagerly, "Who is the person who borrowed a knife to kill people?" ”

When Liu Heimin heard Li Zixiong's words, he suddenly woke up, and immediately thought that the earliest strategy for the alliance to gain a foothold in the north was from Li Fengyun's hand, so it was obvious that Li Fengyun had already had a "person" to kill in the north, so the goal of the analysis was clear.

Liu Heimin is a ****, what he does is illegal, and he makes huge profits by selling illicit salt, but who is the illicit salt sold to? Salt is a monopoly of the government, Liu Heimin can't always carry the burden, shout in the alleys, and sell it in the countryside and villages, right? Moreover, the number of illegal salt sold for many years is very large, and the sales channel is a problem, and safety is a big problem, so Liu Heimin must have a safe and fixed sales channel. Therefore, Liu Heimin knows very well where the illicit salt he sells ends up flowing, that is, outside the plug.

"Does Ming Gong want to attack the city with great fanfare? Ming Gong tried every means to hide his traces before, but now he is doing the opposite, why? Liu Heimin cautiously probed, "Why did Ming Gong make diametrically opposed decisions?" ”

Li Fengyun glanced at him and asked quietly, "Before you raised the banner of righteousness, you made a living selling illicit salt, so who did you sell illicit salt to?" ”

Liu Heimin immediately confirmed his guess, and then thought of the deterioration of relations between the North and the South, and the imminent war between the North and the South, and Li Fengyun's purpose was about to come out. Once the Holy Lord and the Center have the intention to use Li Fengyun's "knife" to cut off the smuggling between the north and the south, the alliance can indeed win a chance to survive, but the interests involved in the smuggling between the north and the south are too great, and if the Holy Lord and the center personally poke open this "hornet's nest", the political resistance they encounter will inevitably be great, and it may lead to a series of bad political consequences, so it is reasonable to "kill people with a knife", but Li Fengyun's "knife" is still a chance to survive under the bite of countless wasps?

Liu Heimin had a pessimistic attitude, and his feelings were suddenly a little low, Ming Gong, it is a huge hornet's nest, once it is opened, we will be attacked on all sides, and we are in danger of annihilation. ”

As soon as Liu Heimin's words fell, Hao Xiaode and other Hebei heroes suddenly realized, and then other heroes also probably guessed some, and Han Shige, Zhou Zhong and others had fought on the border and out of the fortress, and they knew more or less about the smuggling between the north and the south, and immediately understood Li Fengyun's intentions.

Li Fengyun sneered, "Could it be that in your eyes, private interests are far greater than the interests of the country and the interests of Middle Earth?" The outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South is imminent, and at this moment, you can't tell which is more important than self-interest and national interest? ”

Liu Heimin was indifferent. Everyone will say that it is just a matter of life and death, how many people can sacrifice their lives for righteousness and become benevolent?

Li Sixing and Li Meng looked at each other, this is a prelude to tearing their faces, what does Li Fengyun want to do? He thinks he's a god and can do anything? This is not a hot-headed and capable business, if the smuggling between the north and the south is easy to solve, will the Holy Lord and the center tolerate it until now? Borrowing a knife to kill people is even more of a joke, even if the Holy Lord and the Central Center borrowed Li Fengyun's "knife", does Li Fengyun have the strength to kill "people"? Will it be possible to cut off north-south smuggling? The interests and influence of smuggling between the north and the south are so great, and the forces involved in all aspects are so great, how can they be solved with a sharp "knife"?

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became "lively", and the alliance officials, heroes, and nobles whispered one after another, and discussions broke out.

Li Fengyun stood up, stretched out his hand to press falsely, and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "Since you have all guessed, let's talk about it specifically." Then Li Fengyun gave a specific explanation of the "foothold" strategy of "attacking Gaoyang Town and killing Yanbei directly", and made a detailed analysis and deduction of the causes and consequences of the implementation of this strategy.

The purpose of attacking Gaoyang Town was not only to loot grain, but also to show the strength of the alliance, on the one hand, to give the King of Qi a reason to repeatedly suppress grievances, and on the other hand, to attract the attention of the Holy Lord and the center.

The purpose of directly killing Yanbei is to lay a foothold, but Yanbei is the "hardest hit area" of smuggling between the north and the south, and it has opened a huge "hornet's nest" hidden behind the relations between the north and the south.

After this "hornet's nest" is opened, first of all, the balance between the forces of all parties in Yanbei will be broken, and the north will fall into chaos, and the chaos in Yanbei will directly affect the security of the garrison of the Great Wall of Yanbei and the important towns outside the Saiwai, and Yan zhòng will endanger the security of northern Xinjiang; Secondly, the "chain of interests" of smuggling between the north and the south has been interrupted, and this "chain of interests" has wealthy families, warriors in northern Xinjiang, local officials, Weifu army, northern desert captives, northeastern captives, guild gangs, merchants, thieves, etc., the consequences can be imagined, the alliance has knocked out the "rice bowl" of these forces, of course, these forces want to find the alliance desperately, the two sides fight, blood flowed like a river, the result is either the alliance is destroyed, or both sides are defeated, the jade is burned, and the holy lord and the center are cheapened in vain.

"It's the only way." Li Fengyun finally said, "Only in the Great War of the North and the South, we and the Holy Lord have common interests, so our final way out is in the Great War of the North and the South, and if the Great War is won, we have the hope of 'rebirth'." For this reason, from this moment on, all our decisions are based on the basis of creating a chance to win the Great War at any cost. ”

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