July 13, Zhao County, Hebei Province, Fenglong Mountain.

The coalition army has all arrived at Fenglong Mountain, it is overcrowded, and the people's hearts are also panicked, and where to go is the answer that everyone desperately wants to know. Is Fenglong Mountain the final destination of the northbound war? If Fenglong Mountain is the new foothold of the alliance, the next step is to attack the city and conquer everywhere, and seize a piece of territory before the encirclement and suppression of the Weifu army, then where is the direction of attack? Which city was the first battle?

At the same time, the towns around Fenglong Mountain have been sounding the siren, in the face of the sudden appearance of the "behemoth" of the alliance, in the face of the imminent roaring "storm", the people of Hebei panicked, frightened. The small towns closed their doors and rushed to the county government for help, and the county government rushed to the county government for help, but the county government had not had time to react, and it was not yet known how the shape would develop.

In the afternoon of this day, the high-level leaders of the alliance gathered in Fenglong Temple to continue to discuss the strategy of "foothold".

As a matter of fact, four opinions have been formed within the alliance, some people insist on waiting for Li Fengyun's return, some people stand by coldly and wait for changes, some people plan to leave the alliance and leave, and some people actively demand that Taiyuan be attacked.

It is obviously not good for the alliance to drag on like this, and the Li clan of Zhaojun is worried that the heroes will get out of control and cause trouble in Hebei, so on the one hand, they strongly support the alliance to send troops to Taiyuan and lead the disaster to the east, and on the other hand, they actively help Li Mengwei and Li Sixing to influence and even control the alliance's decision-making.

The weight of the Zhaojun Li family in the minds of the handsome is obvious, Li Mengwei and Li Sixing, as the "spokespersons" of the Zhaojun Li family, naturally won the respect of the heroes, and easily won over and persuaded the Hebei heroes, and the Qilu heroes are "newcomers", in order to survive, of course, they dare not risk offending the super giants to go against the wishes of the Zhaojun Li family, so it is certain that they will soon make the "right" choice. Under such circumstances, Li Zixiong and some high-level members of the alliance who were loyal to Li Fengyun were a little unable to "resist" and were struggling.

Although Li Zixiong is highly respected, his identity as a Guan Longren has never been able to win the trust of the heroes, while Chen Rui, Han Yao, Yutai Wuyang, Xiao Yi, Han Shou and others lack prestige and strength, and they can neither replace Li Fengyun to control the heroes, nor can they resist the "temptation" of interests from the super giants.

Li Mengwei and Li Sixing's lobbying of the heroes quickly played a role, and the alliance's decision-making was immediately influenced by the Li clan of Zhaojun, and the opinion of attacking Taiyuan gradually gained the upper hand.

Li Zixiong fought the basis of reason, did not back down, did not compromise, and relied on his prestige, military achievements, and decades of military experience to resolutely oppose the attack on Taiyuan, and even came to the conclusion that attacking Taiyuan would be tantamount to self-destruction. Li Zixiong is a famous general in Middle-earth, with outstanding achievements, his military experience is unparalleled, and the alliance commanders are beyond their reach, and Li Mengwei and Li Sixing, the two young people, have not experienced the bloody storm at all, have no right to speak in military affairs, and there is no point in talking about soldiers on paper, so in the face of Li Zixiong, who they can only look up and "look up", the two have no way and are at a loss.

Li Zixiong "confronted" most of the high-level members of the alliance alone, and the pressure was huge and he couldn't hold out for too long, so Chen Rui, Han Yao and others were worried and anxious.

At the critical moment, the secret letter sent by Li Baiyao from Liyang was transmitted to the Li family of Zhao County at high speed through the post station, and then the Li family of Zhao County was quickly delivered to Fenglong Mountain.

Li Baiyao's secret letter code was written, and this set of code words was only known to a few people such as Li Fengyun and Chen Rui, and the Li family of Zhaojun couldn't read it, and the heroes were also black-eyed. Chen Rui read out this secret letter in front of the high-level of the alliance: On the ninth night of the first month of July, Li Fengyun led the army to safely withdraw to the Baima and Weinan lines in Dongjun, and began to cross the river to the north overnight.

Suddenly, Fenglong Temple thundered with joy, and Han Shou, Wang Bo and other heroes were even more excited, raising their arms and shouting.

Li Fengyun created another miracle, he not only successfully withdrew from the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, but also successfully crossed the river to the north, he fulfilled his promise to the alliance and returned safely.

The military meeting was immediately suspended, and all the alliance commanders returned to their stations in high spirits to convey this exciting good news to the soldiers.

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July 14, Handan, Hebei Province.

The twelve ladies of the Cui family hunted in the mountains and stayed overnight at the tomb of King Zhao.

In the middle of the night, the alliance army marched rapidly in the hazy moonlight, and strode north through the tomb of King Zhao northwest of Handan.

Cui Yu also learned the specific time when Li Fengyun went north after receiving the news from Li Baiyao, so he sent Cui Jiu to get in touch with Li Fengyun first and make an appointment to meet at the tomb of King Zhao. After the meeting, Cui Yu first asked about the situation in the eastern capital and asked how likely it was for Yang Xuangan to enter Guanzhong.

Li Fengyun did not hide it, briefly recounted the whole process of his trip to the Eastern Capital, and finally said with great disappointment, "Yang Xuangan's rapid defeat will definitely affect the future development of the alliance. Although he tried his best, he fell short and ultimately failed to achieve the expected goal. ”

Cui Yu and Cui Jiu admired Li Fengyun's ability to retreat with all his divisions in the complicated situation of the Eastern Capital, and they did not pay attention to whether Li Fengyun achieved his expected goals, they were most concerned about the defeat of Yang Xuangan and the political liquidation after the end of the mutiny, which was directly related to the future interests of the Boling Cui clan and the power and wealth that the Shandong people could control in the new political structure.

"The war in the Eastern Capital is a foregone conclusion?" Cui Yu asked excitedly without hiding his excitement.

"Laihu'er has arrived, and Yang Xuangan still hasn't been able to break through Tongguan, so the war in the eastern capital is a foregone conclusion." Li Fengyun shook his head and sighed, "If nothing else, Laihu'er will soon be able to relieve the siege of the Eastern Capital, and Yang Xuangan can support it for about half a month at most." ”

"Does King Qi continue to stay in Liyang, and is he still working with Laihu'er to rescue the Eastern Capital?" Cui Yu asked again.

"The king of Qi is about to leave Liyang and go north along the Yongji Canal to fight the thieves." Li Fengyun replied.

Cui Yu was surprised, Cui Jiu was also puzzled, the two looked at each other, and asked in unison, "What's the solution?" ”

Li Fengyun made an analysis and deduction of the current difficult situation of King Qi, and finally concluded that if King Qi continued to stay in Liyang, he would have a dead end, on the contrary, he should get out decisively, stay away from the storm, and firmly grasp the initiative in his hand, so that it would be possible to achieve the goal of going north to suppress the army.

"In this way, won't King Qi get nothing?" Cui Yu was a little incredulous.

Cui Jiu also felt sorry for King Qi, "Who would have thought that Laihu'er would come so quickly and Yang Xuan would be defeated so quickly?" King Qi was caught off guard and lost everything, not only did he fail to take the opportunity to blackmail the Holy Lord, but he was seized by the Holy Lord and brought disaster upon himself. ”

"If the King of Qi is in prison, won't it be difficult for the alliance to develop north?" Cui Yu looked at Li Fengyun and said worriedly.

"Although the King of Qi is facing a crisis? But there is still a way out, and there is no cause for concern. Li Fengyun shook his hand and said, "As long as Yang Xuangan is quickly defeated and the situation in the eastern capital is quickly stabilized, the Holy Lord and the center will definitely plan the Third Eastern Crusade, and if you want to launch the Third Eastern Crusade, the security of the northern Xinjiang, especially the security of Daibei, is very important, so as not to fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy during the Eastern Crusade, so it is necessary to strengthen the strength of the Daibei Zhenshu, but it is difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, and the Holy Lord and the center have no troops to reinforce Daibei in the short term. The king of Qi was used to fight for the north to ensure that the Third Eastern Crusade could be carried out smoothly. ”

"Is there really a Third Crusade?" Cui Yu asked in surprise.

"In this case, the Holy Lord and the Central Center will continue to launch the Eastern Crusade?" Cui Jiu felt ridiculous and incredible, what was the point of being so reckless?

"There is indeed a Third Crusade." Li Fengyun said solemnly, "The Third Eastern Crusade is necessary and necessary, and if the Third Eastern Crusade can achieve the desired goal, completely destroy Goguryeo, and completely control the Far Eastern captives, it will indeed help Middle-earth to concentrate all its forces against the desert Northern Captives after the outbreak of the Great Northern War." ”

Li Fengyun immediately made a detailed analysis and deduction to Cui Yu and Cui Jiu about the development and changes in the general trend of China and foreign countries after the defeat of the two Eastern Crusades and the violent political turmoil in the Eastern Capital, as well as the inference that a major war between the North and the South would inevitably break out in the near future after these changes further deteriorated the relations between the North and the South.

In fact, the prediction of the Great War of the North and South had already been told by Li Fengyun as early as last year, but at that time, the First Eastern Crusade had not yet ended, and the Second Eastern Crusade had not yet been shadowed. However, it is different now, now many of Li Fengyun's predictions have come true one by one, and the Great War between the North and the South has been vaguely visible, so Cui Yu and Cui Jiu listened to Li Fengyun's analysis and deduction again, and they felt completely different, very nervous, and even a little suffocated, after all, the battlefield of the Great War between the North and the South was close to Hebei, and the impact on Hebei was too great.

"If there is no Third Eastern Crusade, it is equivalent to the first two Eastern Crusades in vain, which is equivalent to giving the benefits obtained by the first two Eastern Crusades to the Great Desert Beiyu, who controlled the Far Eastern captives and won the benefits of the Far East without much effort, and what is even stricter is that the Great Desert Beiyu saw that Middle Earth was in trouble, and they would inevitably fall into the ground, take advantage of the fire to rob, and unite the Far Eastern captives to invade the south on a large scale."

"If there is a third crusade, you can't repeat the mistakes of the past, you can't give up halfway again. If it falls short again, externally, it will give the benefits of the Far East to the desert to the north, and the invasion of the desert will be faster, while internally, the national strength will be depleted again, and the martial arts will be abolished, and it will be difficult to effectively resist after the invasion of the north, and it is very likely to be defeated by the north and suffer heavy losses, so that the situation will be worse and the defeat will be complete. ”

"If the Third Eastern Crusade completely destroys Goguryeo and conquers the Far Eastern captives, it is equivalent to cutting off one of the arms of the desert northern captives, so that Middle-earth will win some advantages in the Great War of the North and South, and these advantages will inevitably effectively help Middle-earth to resist the Northern Captives after the outbreak of the Great War, and may even help Middle-earth defeat the Northern Captives, so as to win enough time for Middle-earth to restore its national strength."

Cui Yu and Cui Jiu nodded frequently, fully agreeing with Li Fengyun's analysis, and then Cui Yu asked an important question, "If the King of Qi achieves the goal of going north to the border, and you also lead the alliance army to enter the front line of the Great Wall, you work together to ensure the safety of northern Xinjiang, but the Third Eastern Crusade still failed to achieve the expected goal and failed to completely destroy Goguryeo, what is the result?" ”

Li Fengyun shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The results have proved the weakness of Middle-earth, the Great War between the North and the South will break out quickly, and the scale of the invasion of the Northern Captives will be unprecedented, and Middle-earth will fall into the abyss of collapse." ”

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