Yuwen Shu remained silent.

From a military perspective, fighting on both fronts of H is a taboo. When the third Eastern Expedition and the Northern Frontier War broke out at the same time, how likely is China-Turkey to win? This is also a political adventure and a gambling. Once you lose, you may even lose both fronts, and the consequences are very serious. Therefore, Yuwen Shu's attitude is conservative, and he opposes fighting on both fronts.

At present, in the comparison of strength between the north and the south, the Zhongtu has obvious advantages, and the northern desert is at a disadvantage. Although Zhongtu is worried and difficult for external reasons, the desert is also full of contradictions. In addition, the northern desert has strong trade demand for Zhongtu. Therefore, it is certain that the northern desert has no intention of rebelling against Zhongtu at all, and they dare not start a war and fight.

Based on this, Yuwen Shu determined that even though the northern desert captives had been coveting the Far East for a long time and even planned to seize food from the tiger's mouth, considering the actual situation and the actual interests, the northern captives were obviously lacking in confidence and were scattered. On the surface, they were actually intimidation and blackmail, and used the deterioration of the relationship between the north and the south to force Sino-Turkish compromise and concessions to obtain more benefits from Sino-Turkish to accelerate their own development and growth.

In other words, the relationship between the north and the south seems to be tense, and the dark clouds of war seem to cover the inside and outside the Great Wall. However, in Yuwenshu's view, the asymmetry in the strength of the north and the south determines that the relationship between the north and the south will not be broken in the short term. Unless there are natural disasters and man-made disasters in the desert, or a serious crisis breaks out within the den, the northern barbarians have to take risks due to survival considerations, otherwise diplomatic and trade means can definitely maintain the stability of the north and the south and ensure the security of the northern border.

Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang were both war factions in the Weifu Palace and had a strong desire to fight against the outside world. Their radical stance was directly related to the urgent need of the Jiangzuo political group to which they belonged to consolidate and increase their current political discourse power with their merits.

Yuwen Shu remained highly alert to them, not only because of the conflicts in political interests, political ideas and national defense strategies, but also because of the inherent contradictions and hatred between the two major political groups Guanlong and Jiangzuo.

Yuwen Shu would not trust them. Even if they maintain cooperation, it is still based on interests. Once the common interests are gone, the cooperation between the two parties will no longer exist.

Therefore, Yuwen Shu had more thoughts on their suggestions to find out whether the "thing" hidden behind these suggestions poses a ill-intention.

So Yuwen Shu thought of King Qi.

This spring, King Qi suppressed the rebellion in Qilu, and joined forces with Zhou Fashang to suppress the bandits. The two sides cooperated. Afterwards, Yang Xuangan's mutiny, King Qi rushed to support very quickly, and Zhou Fashang's support speed was also Fengchi Dianzhi. There must be some unknown secret here. King Qi and Zhou Fashang met with Yu Liyang and summoned five reinforcements to draw up a plan to rescue the Eastern Capital. This plan directly affected the development of the situation in the Eastern Capital, but also directly left the province. Since then, the province has basically lost control of the situation in the Eastern Capital.

, And this makes people doubt that there is a special relationship between King Qi and Zhou Fashang. After all, King Qi is a political "scoundrel". Normally, Zhou Fashang avoids it and is afraid that he will not dare to cooperate with him publicly? Then Lai Hu'er brought the navy to the mighty. The King of Qi then left Li Yang, not only handed over Li Yang to Lai Hu'er, but also handed over the control of the Grand Canal to Lai Hu'er. Why is this? Is it because King Qi is afraid of Lai Hu'er, or is it because the two have reached an exchange of interests?

Yuwen Shu had a speculation. The King of Qi knew that even participated in Yang Xuangan's mutiny, but for various complex reasons, the King of Qi planned to betray Yang Xuangan to win the support of the Jiangzuo people, use the support of the Jiangzuo people to regain the trust of the Holy Lord, and openly inherit the imperial throne. After Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang learned about Yang Xuangan's mutiny conspiracy through the secret channel of the King of Qi, perhaps because of insufficient evidence, they could not report it, but more likely that in order to take advantage of this rare opportunity to deal with the Guanlong people, they took the opportunity to establish merits for the Jiangzuo people to suppress the rebellion to gain more political benefits, so they deliberately concealed it.

If the truth is true, then there will be a reasonable explanation for what happened later. This is the reason why Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang actively supported the Holy Lord to launch the third Eastern Expedition, and it is also the reason why they even did not hesitate to fight on both sides for the victory of the Third Eastern Expedition. They proposed the real purpose of fighting on both sides, not to actively attack the northern desert during the Third Eastern Expedition, but to use this radical main battle strategy to force conservative stances in the center to make concessions. If the conservatives want to maintain the normalization of the north-south relationship with diplomatic and trade means, they must use the King of Qi to guard the northern border in exchange for the support of the main war party.

Yuwen Shu had a "problem" in her heart.

The large number of military and political ministers, led by the Saint Lord and represented by Zhou Fashang, who firmly supported the national policy of "actively defending" the national policy, did not temporarily give up the grand ideal of expanding territory and building a nationwide achievement due to the failure of the two Eastern Expeditions. In their eyes, the internal and external difficulties caused by the failure of the two Eastern Expeditions and the crisis of internal and external difficulties caused by the Yang Xuangan mutiny was just a small setback on the road to realizing the grand ideal, and this setback could not hinder their pace of expanding territory, extinguish the burning passion in their hearts, and shake their extremely firm beliefs.

As Zhou Fashang said, if there is no condition, then create conditions.

Now we must first kill Yang Xuangan as quickly as possible to stabilize the situation in the two capitals. Then we will clear Yang Xuangan and his accomplices, as well as known or potential radical conservative members, and at the same time reach a political compromise with the conservative forces in Xijing. While stabilizing the political situation, we will force them to support the Holy Lord to launch the third Eastern Expedition.

Once the third eastern expedition reached a consensus at the highest decision-making level in the center, then the situation will be stabilized internally, and externally, the crisis in the Western Xinjiang will be quickly handled, the restoration of Tuyuhun, the return of the Turks in Hexi, the betrayal of the countries in the Western Regions, and the change of commanders of the Northwest Army. In addition, a series of diplomatic measures will be carried out to coerce and induce the northern enemy in the desert, and try every means to ease the relationship between the north and the south, and ensure that there is no war in the northern Xinjiang during the third eastern expedition.

In this way, there is no way to speculate whether the King of Qi will go north to guard the border, whether the Holy Lord and the Central Government are forced to "open the net" to him due to the severe situation, because so far, no one knows whether there will be a third Eastern Expedition or when the Third Eastern Expedition will be launched. Taking a step back, even if everything is ready, even if the Third Eastern Expedition will be launched next spring, whether the King of Qi can guard the northern border depends not only on the attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central Government, but also on the latest state of the situation in the northern border and the relationship between the north and the south before the Eastern Expedition. Once the King of Qi guards the border is actually not conducive to the development of the situation and the progress of the Eastern Expedition, he will not be able to go north to guard the border.

Following Zhou Fashang's words, Yuwen made in-depth discussions on the "active defense" strategy and resolving the current conflicts and conflicts between the crisis in the West and North Xinjiang, and then stood up to say goodbye.

He sent Yuwen Shu away, came to Hu'er and Zhou Fashang to be in a heavy mood and looked at each other speechlessly.

It’s not because Yuwen Shu never mentioned the King of Qi from beginning to end, and did not make any comments or promises about the King of Qi going north to guard the border, but because Yuwen Shu’s last words were full of profound meaning.

The King of Qi itself is a "difficulty", and it is even more "out of reach" to guard the border north. Yuwen Shu couldn't say anything substantial even if he wanted to say it. For Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, they had already "helped" the King of Qi. As for whether the King of Qi could get what he wanted, they were powerless, and Yuwen Shu was powerless, and even the Holy Lord might not be able to "help" him. After all, the influence of the King of Qi's border guard is too great. If the harm outweighs the benefits, of course, it cannot be done.

Yuwen Shu's last words did not mean that he opposed the "active defense" strategy. It was just that due to the current difficulties at home and abroad, he had to "adjust" or even "modify" this strategy. The reason was that the time for the reunification of China and Turkey was still short, and China and Turkey's national strength was not enough to support the full implementation of the "active defense" strategy.

So what message did Yuwen Shu want to convey? Is it that he wanted to postpone the third Eastern Expedition, or would it imply that if the third Eastern Expedition was launched in a hastily, it would be a repeat of the mistakes of Tuyuhun, and in the end it would be that he could not defend the results of the war because of insufficient national strength?

If the victory of the Eastern Expedition cannot be defended, Goguryeo will quickly restore the country with the support of the northern desert, and the enemy in the Far East will turn to the northern desert, and then Central Earth will face huge threats from both east and north directions on the front line of the Great Wall.

This is equivalent to doing "useless work", and the previous efforts were in vain. Since this is the case, it is better to use diplomatic means to restore the actual control of Middle-earth over Goguryeo and even the Far East. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although Middle-earth defeated the battlefield, it destroyed Goguryeo's national strength, and Goguryeo was no longer able to fight again.

The Goguryeo people won dignity with victory, but they destroyed their dream of a Far East overlord. Therefore, from the standpoint of Goguryeo and the Far East, they were more willing to use this victory to exchange for their own survival. As long as Middle Earth promised to give up the murder of force, they were willing to surrender and respect Middle Earth for generations.

It is easy to enjoy the shade by leaning against a big tree. In comparison, between Middle Earth and the northern desert, Goguryeo and the Far East are of course more willing to surrender Middle Earth. After all, Middle Earth represents advanced, civilized and prosperous, and can give them better protection.

It is obvious that using "diplomacy means" to achieve the actual control of China-Turkey over Goguryeo and even the Far East, the minimum price in exchange for maximum interests, and changing "active defense" to "passive defense" must have a considerable "voice" in the highest decision-making level of the central government, and even Yuwen Shu is its supporter. It is only Yuwen Shu who represents the Weifu Mansion and the military's interests. Without extensive consultation with the opinions of the commanders of the Weifu Mansion, he could not "speak out" without authorization, so there was a visit tonight and a frank talk.

"We must use the blood and life of the Goguryeo people to cleanse the great humiliation of the Wei Mansion and pay tribute to the 200,000 soldiers who died in the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition." Zhou Fashang couldn't help but said sternly, "We must give the Holy Lord the greatest support and help the Holy Lord quickly launch the third Eastern Expedition."

"Wolves will eat people after all, and kindness and food cannot turn them into loyal hawks." Lai Huer sneered, "If you are not my race, your heart will be different. Only by killing all the northern barbarians can you ensure peace in the Middle Earth."

Zhou Fashang nodded and showed his murderous intent. "Some people always hold unrealistic fantasies about their enemies, so we must do something to make some people wake up and give up their fantasies."

"Good!" Lai Hu'er did not hesitate and firmly supported it.

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