Chapter 789: It's Too Early to Say
On the 23rd of September, the Holy Lord went south and returned to the capital. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info【Latest chapter reading】
In the past month or so, the Holy Lord personally sat in the northern Xinjiang, quickly stabilized the situation in the northern Xinjiang, and also won enough time for the Liangjing to quell the rebellion and deal with the aftermath, but to the disappointment of the Holy Lord, to this day, the left Yiwei general Yu Wenshu, the right Yiwei general Lai Hu'er, the eastern capital to stay in Fan Zigai, and the Xijing to stay in the guard Wensheng tried all means, but also failed to achieve a political compromise in the two capitals, and the political situation in the two capitals was not stabilized because of the counterinsurgency, but became more and more chaotic, and the political struggle became more and more intense. Xijing wanted to regain the status of Jingshi and take this opportunity to contain and crack down on the reform forces, and although the eastern capital was severely damaged in Yang Xuangan's rebellion and its authority plummeted, it swore to defend the status of Jingshi to the death, not giving an inch, and the contradictions between the two sides were sharp, and there was no room for compromise at all.
In desperation, Yu Wenshu, Lai Hu'er, Fan Zigai and Wei Wensheng jointly signed a concert, asking the Holy Lord to return to the Eastern Capital as soon as possible, and use the supreme authority of the emperor to restore and consolidate the status of the Eastern Capital as the capital division, and then suppress Xijing politically and stabilize the political situation in the two capitals by strong means.
The Holy Lord is also at a loss. The root cause of the current political crisis in the two capitals is the dispute between reform and conservatism, the Holy Lord must maintain and consolidate the achievements of reform, and in order to redistribute power and wealth, it is necessary to firmly control the supreme decision-making power, it is necessary to suppress the conservatives, and it is necessary to win a greater political and military advantage, but now the Holy Lord has suffered an unprecedented heavy blow politically and militarily precisely because of the defeat of the Eastern Crusade for two consecutive years, and the result is the current bad situation, and the political opponents have fallen into the well and launched a crazy counterattack. The rebellions on both sides of the river are just the beginning, Yang Xuangan's betrayal is a fatal blow, and now the two capitals are "fighting", getting farther and farther away, and the day of turning against each other is getting closer and closer, and the situation is very critical.
How to reverse the situation? The key is not political compromise, which will not actually solve the fundamental problem, but will only make the contradictions and conflicts more and more intense. In the view of the Holy Lord, the key to resolving this political crisis lies in winning the final victory of the Eastern Crusade, gaining political and military superiority, and then taking advantage of the prestige of the victory of the Eastern Crusade to give the counterattacking conservatives a "head-on blow", using tough means to contain the conservatives, and regaining the temporary stability of the political situation in the two capitals.
What's next? Then it would be up to the Civil War. We must first secure the internal affairs of the two capitals with the final victory of the Eastern Crusade, and then make concerted efforts to win the Civil War and win the absolute political and military superiority, so as to thoroughly resolve the "internal and external troubles" that seriously threaten the survival of the country and the great cause of reunification.
Therefore, now the Holy Lord's energy is focused on the Third Eastern Crusade, and he knows that even if he returns to the Eastern Capital, even if he uses the opportunity to liquidate Yang Xuangan's party and kills him, he will still not be able to solve the political crisis in the two capitals, but will make the struggle between the two capitals white-hot and make the crisis in the two capitals more serious.
In fact, it is true, it is better for the Holy Lord not to go back, and it can also deter the two capitals, and with the help of this deterrence, the struggle between the two capitals can be controlled within a range acceptable to both sides. When he was in the Eastern Capital, these people had backers, were unscrupulous, and were unscrupulous, on the contrary, these people would have to be restrained, and they would be too arrogant once they were plotted by their opponents. Therefore, if the Holy Lord does not return, the reformers will inevitably restrain themselves in the time of political reckoning, which is equivalent to the Holy Lord taking the initiative to compromise for the conservatives. Since the Holy Lord took the initiative to compromise and compromise in exchange for a controllable crisis, conservatives were naturally willing, as long as they controlled the liquidation to a minimum and their own interests could be safeguarded to the greatest extent.
Therefore, the Holy Lord did not actively return to the Eastern Capital, but the situation was stronger than the people, and when the situation in the northern Xinjiang had gradually stabilized, he did not issue an order to end the Eastern Crusade, did not withdraw the expeditionary army and craftsmen and craftsmen in Liaodong, nor returned to Beijing to stabilize the political situation in the two capitals and consolidate the authority of the central government, that is inaction, and it will definitely be attacked by political opponents, once the rumors spread, the consequences will be serious, not only will the prestige of the Holy Lord himself decline, but also affect the central authority, and even arouse public anger. In particular, there were too many conscripts in the north and south of the Great River during the two Eastern Crusades, and no one could be seen coming back since they went to Liaodong, and the people were already complaining, and if this sentiment on the verge of getting out of control was deliberately exploited by the conspirators, and the scale and scope of the rebellion expanded again, the domestic situation was very likely to accelerate to the point of getting out of control. The Holy Lord was forced by reality to pack his bags and embark on the road back to Beijing.
That night, the holy lord's car stopped in Liangxiang, Zhuo County. At this moment, the recital sent by King Qi from Huaihuang arrived, and at the same time, there was also the recital of Zhuojun's deputy left-behind Yin Shishi.
Yu Shiji, the servant of the inner history, was the first to see these two pieces, and after reading them, his expression was suddenly solemn, and he pondered for a long time, and then hurriedly met the Holy Lord.
When the Holy Lord heard that it was King Qi who was in a hurry, he immediately summoned Yu Shiji. After reading the recital, the Holy Lord also looked solemn and fell into deep thought.
Previously, there was an urgent report from the Yin Shishi, saying that the king of Qi had gone out of the fortress without authorization on the grounds of suppressing thieves, and confronted the Turks in the Lightning River, and the tension between the two sides was about to break out, and the situation between the north and the south was in danger of collapsing at any time. At that time, the Holy Lord was furious, but it was already a fait accompli, and he could only try to save it, and the Holy Lord also wanted to know if the Turks would dare to turn against each other and whether they would take the lead in launching a civil war, and the King of Qi could just achieve the purpose of temptation, so he let it go, and asked Duan Da and the Yin Shishi to take precautions to prevent accidents and ensure the safety of the Great Wall.
After that, the Yin Shishi also had a hurry, but the development of the situation was basically similar to the speculation of the Holy Lord, whether it was the King of Qi or Qi Jishe, they could not afford the serious consequences of the rupture of the relationship between the north and the south, and both sides maintained great restraint, but in this way, the white-haired thief and Li Zixiong were cheaper, and they actually led the team into the lightning plain, and then the king of Qi came forward to clean up the mess, and the Turks knocked out their teeth and swallowed blood, and had to accept the result of heavy losses.
But the Holy Lord was wrong. The King of Qi told the Holy Lord in the recital that Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief led their troops out of the encirclement of the Turks, rushed into the flat pine forest, and launched an attack on Anzhou.
This news was proved by the Yin Shi Shi who was delivered to the palace at the same time.
In a hurry, the Yin Shishi told the Holy Lord that the King of Qi had returned to Huaihuang in the middle of the night of September 20, and that he had arrived at Huaihuang at the same time as two envoys from the Desert Tent, Jia Bitler Ashina Simo and Ji Lifa Shi Shu Huxi.
In addition, according to Wu Benlang, who went out from the king of Qi to suppress the thief, Zhao Shizhu and Huaihuang Zhenjiang, and Wu Yalang broke the Liuhan Maha report, Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief took advantage of the pursuit of the king of Qi and the prevention of the Turks against the king of Qi, and successfully fought a bloody way out of the encirclement and interception of two powerful opponents, entered the flat pine forest, and went straight to Anzhou. The two of them later analyzed and deduced that the reason why Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief took the initiative to fight in the fortress was that their target was Anzhou, and they had been eyeing Anzhou from the beginning, and everything they had done before was an illusion, they deliberately used the power of the official, with the help of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf and borrowing a knife to kill people, successfully deceived all the opponents, and then killed them with one blow
The Holy Lord was surprised, he didn't expect such an unbelievable change in the situation in Northern Xinjiang.
It doesn't matter what Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief will do, the important thing is that they may capture Anzhou, and once Anzhou falls into the hands of Middle-earth, it will first change Middle-earth's disadvantage in the confrontation between the north and the south, which will help Middle-earth seize the opportunity in the upcoming civil war and win more chances.
Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves risked the annihilation of the entire army and attacked Anzhou at all costs, and their goal was certainly not to lay down a small piece of territory, but to use Anzhou as a fulcrum to pry up the great changes in the situation between the entire north and south, and then to make huge profits from this change. So, what benefits do they need? Will Dongdu be able to grant these benefits?
The Holy Lord disagreed. A group of rebellious people, whether they are noble or lowly, what they seek is nothing more than glory and wealth, which can be paid by the little Lidong, of course, the premise is that they want to take Anzhou, to defeat the Xi people, to defeat the Turks, to prove that they and Anzhou have a lot of value, otherwise everything is not to be discussed.
So, can this group of rebels take Anzhou? The Holy Lord thinks that he can look forward to it, although he doesn't believe in the white-haired thief, and even ignores the white-haired thief directly, but he believes in the ability of Li Zixiong, Han Shige and Zhou Zhong, and he even believes that this strategy comes from Li Zixiong, and the "luxury lineup" of a founding father and the son of two famous generals is too powerful, and it is really luxurious to fight a Donghu miscellaneous captive, and at this moment, King Xi Ahui is taking the five armies of the Xi clan on an expedition to the Khitan, the country is empty, the fighter plane is very good, and there is at least half of the chance of winning.
What does half the odds mean? Considering that the Turks would not give up the Xi and Anzhou, considering that the Ashina and Buli Ash Nalu were under the coercion of Shibi Khan, they were bound to do their best to recapture Anzhou, and considering that the three northeastern clans of Xi, Xi and Khitan might join hands to form an alliance to resist the enemy in order to deal with the common enemy Middle-earth, Li Zixiong even if he was invincible and powerful in the early stage, and took Anzhou in one go, but if he wanted to keep the results in the later stage, it was very difficult, and it was even possible that the whole army would be wiped out.
That is to say, Li Zixiong only has the strength to fight, and after the first war, his manpower, material and financial resources are exhausted, and he can only wait for death, his only hope is that Zhuojun Left-behind Mansion will be supported by Zhuojun Left-behind Mansion under the instruction of Dongdu, Li Zixiong will be able to support it, and he will be able to consolidate the results of the battle in continuous battles, and he will be able to firmly control Anzhou.
This was the real purpose of King Qi's rush recital, but King Qi was obviously worried that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee were seriously suspicious of his motives, so this recital was written very carefully, and the words were carefully considered, and there was no place to say it literally.
Yin Shishi presented in detail the analysis and speculation of Zhao Shizhu and Poliu Han Maha on the battle out of the fortress, which shows that he is optimistic and supportive of the recovery of Anzhou, but his expression is also very subtle, what he can do is to contain the Turks in the southeast of Yanbei, and this requires the tacit cooperation of the king of Qi, without the "great god" of the king of Qi, relying on him to stay behind and thousands of troops in Zhuojun can not contain the Turks at all.
The Holy Lord thought for a long time, looked up at Yu Shiji, and asked, "What does Aiqing think of this?" ”
"Holy Lord, this opportunity is rare." Yu Shiji said calmly, "It's just that before the results come out, it's too early to say." ”
This is actually a supportive attitude, after all, once this matter is successful, the interests of Middle-earth are too great, and it is impossible to give up, but now that the results have not come out, it is useless to say anything.
The Holy Lord bowed his head slightly, and was silent.
Yu Shiji knew what the Holy Lord was thinking, and immediately said, "Holy Lord, since Shanggu was poisoned by traitors, the people's hearts have been in turmoil, the situation is unstable, and it is urgent to be appeased.......
"Good!" The Holy Lord didn't wait for Yu Shiji to finish speaking, and agreed.
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