"The Third Eastern Expedition?" Yuwen Shu pretended to be surprised and looked at the King of Qi and asked, "Does the King think that the victory of the Third Eastern Expedition can reverse the crisis?"

The King of Qi immediately asked, "Why did the Holy Lord launch the second Eastern Expedition? When the late emperor went east to go to Goguryeo, the navy overturned the sea and failed. Then the Eastern Expedition was forced to give up. However, after the defeat of the first Eastern Expedition, the Holy Lord immediately launched the second Eastern Expedition regardless of the serious losses. Why? Obviously, the Holy Lord has a clear goal. Now that the Second Eastern Expedition has failed, the Holy Lord's goal has not been achieved, but if this goal is very urgent and necessary for the Holy Lord, it can reverse the crisis, then it is natural to launch the third Eastern Expedition."

Yuwen Shu didn't speak, thinking about it. He was "touched" by the remarks of King Qi.

Recently, he has been thinking about strategies to turn the tide, and the "third Eastern Expedition" proposed by the Holy Lord is one of them. The purpose of the first Eastern Expedition is very clear, to deter the Northern Secretariat militarily, to stabilize the relationship between the North and the South, delay the outbreak of the Civil War, and to win more time for the establishment of the centralized system; to increase authoritarianism in politics, strengthen the control of the reform parties over the government, to accelerate the advancement of the reform process, and to accelerate the establishment and improvement of the centralized system.

However, the first Eastern Expedition was defeated, and the goal was not achieved, which led to the deterioration of the situation between China and foreign countries, which in turn forced the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to do their best to achieve the goal, so the second Eastern Expedition was made. The second Eastern Expedition had to be suspended due to the deterioration of the domestic situation in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and the goal was still not achieved. However, this time the Holy Lord and the Central Committee could use the rebellion of the radical conservatives in the country to hit the conservative forces in the court with a heavy blow to weaken the opponent's strength and help the reformists firmly control the government. Although the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee did not increase but decreased, as long as the reformists controlled the government, it could be considered as achieving the expected political goals.

In this way, there is one of the most urgent goals left, which is to stabilize the relationship between the north and the south. With the continuous expeditions of the Central and Turkish army, the northern enemy in the desert has been on the verge of collapse, and it is difficult to "repair" by simply using diplomatic means. The failure of the Eastern Expedition for two consecutive years has made the war between the North and the South. Against this background, if China and Turkish want to delay the outbreak of the North and the South, it must win a major military victory, and immediately launch the third Eastern Expedition to completely destroy Goguryeo to demonstrate the strong national strength of China and the only means.

On the contrary, if Zhongtu stops the eastern expedition, stops fighting, and admits his military failure, political internal and external difficulties, and unbearable national strength, the result can be imagined. This is equivalent to telling the northern desert to the northern desert, I can do it anymore, I will fight the middle, you can come and fight me. The northern enemy will inevitably invade the south, test first, and ignite the war on the front line of the Great Wall. Once the Central Army is unable to resist and retreat step by step, completely exposing its "weakness". Next, it must face the tide-like attack of the northern enemy, and the war between the north and the south will break out.

In other words, the development of the Chinese and foreign trends to this point is not whether the Holy Lord and the Central Government will launch the third Eastern Expedition, but that the Third Eastern Expedition must be launched. Otherwise, the Civil War will come faster, and there will be less room for maneuver to the Holy Lord and the Central Government, and will become more and more passive in politics, resulting in the interruption of reform or even regression.

When the King of Qi saw Yuwen Shu silent, he knew that he had hit his "pivot", so he "takes the opportunity to pursue". "Yang Xuangan rebelled and the domestic situation is turbulent. This news will soon reach the desert tent. The Northern Barbarians will be ready to move. If nothing unexpected happens, the situation on the front line of the Great Wall will inevitably be tense next spring. The Northern Barbarians will inevitably inquire about the realities of the Middle Earth with frequent small-scale invasions. In this case, if we give up the Eastern Expedition, all the expedition forces will withdraw back to the country, and let the humble Goguryeo beat us to a bruised and swollen face and scarred. As a result, it will inevitably encourage the Northern Barbarians' arrogance. The Northern Barbarians' invasion will become increasingly large and will continue to break our bottom line until they finally show their ferocious faces, cross the Great Wall, and break into the Middle Earth, completely destroy the relationship between the North and the South."

Yuwen Shu had no expression on her face and focused on listening.

King Qi paused for a moment, and saw that Yuwen Shu was still silent, so he had to continue talking, "Maybe in the eyes of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, after the relationship between the North and the South is broken, a large-scale war may not break out immediately. The two sides may repeatedly fight on the front line of the Great Wall. It is possible that the stalemate will still win enough breathing time, but in the eyes of Gu, the Beilu should learn from the painful lessons of the past. They have just recuperated for more than ten years and have just recovered their vitality and rise again. Their alliance is still very fragile, and the internal conflicts within the tooth tent are also very fierce. If Middle Earth is given time to breathe,

Let Zhongtu calmly implement many strategies such as far-reaching and near attacks, and use barbarians to control barbarians, and they may repeat the failure. Therefore, as long as the Northern Barbarians are still a little smart, they will inevitably take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give all their strength to a heavy blow to Zhongtu. Taking advantage of your illness and killing you, taking advantage of the severe injury of Zhongtu, it will severely damage Zhongtu and delay the attack on the desert and conquering the north, so as to give the Northern Barbarians enough time to develop. When the Northern Barbarians become strong and can compete with Zhongtu head-on, even if Zhongtu is strong at that time, it will probably be difficult to rebuild the great cause of Wu of Han."

Yuwen Shu used his hand to put his forehead and let out a sad sigh.

The analysis of King Qi is very reasonable, but what made Yuwen Shu angry was that how could the situation develop to such a dangerous level? The reason why the Holy Lord wanted to change the national defense and diplomatic strategy and change passive defense to active defense was to consolidate and increase the border defense capabilities on the basis of strengthening national strength, win long-term stability and peace for Sino-Turkey, and win a favorable environment for smooth progress of reform, and strive to establish a centralized system in the shortest time to consolidate the cornerstone of unity.

Fast the development of national strength and ensure the great cause of unification passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, the Western Expedition was to eliminate Tuyuhun, to deter the Western Regions countries and the Western Turks, and the Eastern Expedition was to eliminate Goguryeo, to deter the enemy in the Far East and the Northern Desert. This was to kill the chicken and warn the monkeys, but in order to increase the deterrence effect, they used the "Nuo Knife" to kill the chicken. As a result, the Western Expedition was smooth, but the Eastern Expedition encountered a severe defeat. The "Nuo Knife" did not cut off the chicken's head, but chopped off its own hands, and a mistake turned into eternal regret.

History judges heroes by success or failure. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how benevolent and righteous you are, no matter how grand and beautiful your ideals are, you will have nothing if you lose. This is the case with Qin Shihuang and Xiang Yu. Today's Holy Lord is also facing this bad situation. Once he is defeated and the country collapses, he will be the second Qin Shihuang, who has been infamous for thousands of years. Fortunately, the Holy Lord still has time and the possibility of turning the tide. What Yuwen Shu has to do now is to help the Holy Lord reverse the crisis at all costs.

"The third Eastern Expedition requires sufficient conditions to launch." Yuwen Shu finally responded to the "lobbying" of King Qi. "The third Eastern Expedition is a life-saving straw. If it is broken, it will not be saved. Therefore, as long as any conditions are not met, there will be no third Eastern Expedition."

The King of Qi was overjoyed. Yuwen Shu's words were equivalent to admitting that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee had the idea of ​​launching the third Eastern Expedition. Yuwen Shu's implicit recognition was actually a compromise with the King of Qi, which gave the King of Qi hope for success.

"Gu Hui will do his best to surround Yang Xuangan." The King of Qi promised without hesitation, "Gu Jiang fought bravely at all costs, striving to kill the rebels under Tongguan within one month."

The sooner Yang Xuangan was destroyed, the sooner the storm in the Eastern Capital subsided, the more conducive it would be to launch the third Eastern Expedition. The promise of the King of Qi was very important to Yuwen Shu. Without the help of the King of Qi, killing Yang Xuangan would not only be difficult, but also took a long time, and the consequences were unpredictable. However, this promise would not satisfy Yuwen Shu at all.

"The situation in the northern border, especially in the northern border, is far worse than the king imagined." Yuwen Shu sighed, "Before leaving, the Holy Lord hinted that if the situation in the northern border continues to deteriorate, he will postpone his return to the Eastern Capital and personally sit in the northern border until winter comes." Yuwen Shu glanced at the King of Qi with great meaning, "If we launch the third Eastern Expedition next spring, the northern enemy on the desert will most likely invade the Great Wall from the Yinshan line and put us in the dilemma of fighting on both sides, so as to prevent us from winning the victory of the Third Eastern Expedition. If the situation really develops like this, who can guarantee that the third Eastern Expedition will be able to return with triumphant success?"

A trace of sinisterness flashed through the King of Qi's eyes. Yuwen Shu "gets ahead" and needs more promises from King of Qi, but King of Qi can promise to surround and kill Yang Xuangan, but cannot promise to stick to the Great Wall defense line. This is obviously a trap, which is equivalent to telling King of Qi that if the third Eastern Expedition fails, the responsibility is your King of Qi, and you King of Qi will be completely finished.

However, the King of Qi was unable to get rid of the tiger. He just said passionately, "He wants to guard the northern border, go north to kill the enemy, and defend the country, how can he rely on his own words?"

The King of Qi thought of Li Fengyun. Wei Fusi hurried to Liyang to persuade the King of Qi and firmly decided to go north. One of the reasons was that Li Fengyun predicted that the Saint would mainly launch the third Eastern Expedition. Both the King of Qi and Wei Fusi accepted this prediction. As long as Yang Xuangan could not enter Guanzhong, it would inevitably be destroyed quickly. Yang Xuangan's premature destruction would inevitably create conditions for the Saint Lord to have the third Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo. The Saint Lord concentrated his strength to carry out the third Eastern Expedition. The Northern Frontier Defense, especially Dai, was bound to be weak on the Yan line, and the Northern Barbarians would definitely take the opportunity to attack the border.

The Central Turkish army was restrained and Goguryeo helped through the difficulties. The Holy Lord used the "Null Knife" to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, but the "Chicken" did not kill it, but cut off his hand. The "Monkey" had to take advantage of the situation and take advantage of the situation. At this time, the King of Qi proposed to go north to guard the border. The timing was indeed good? The Holy Lord and the Central Master did need this force to strengthen the defense of Yan's line. There was only a key issue. What was the result of the third Eastern Expedition? If it failed, the King of Qi would definitely be one of the scapegoats and could not even escape.

Li Fengyun's prediction was that the Northern Gate would definitely attack the border and invade Dai. The Yan line would definitely affect the third Eastern Expedition, so although the third Eastern Expedition would not fail, it would not have much result.

The King of Qi gritted his teeth and took a risk, and took the initiative. "If you go north to guard the border, you will defend the enemy outside the Great Wall and serve the country with death."

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