Duan Da’s repaid worries but not good news not only did not arouse the holy Lord’s disgust, but instead made the holy Lord very comforted.

In times of crisis, telling the truth is true loyalty to the monarch. Only those who speak frankly can have high hopes and entrust important tasks, while those who speak cleverly can only mislead the king and the country, and harm endlessly.

The Holy Lord pondered for a long time and said slowly, "If there is a crisis, you must solve it. Can you have a solution?"

"There is priority for matters. If you avoid the most important things, it will be useless. Only by facing difficulties and avoiding the most important things can you turn the tide."

Duan Da believes that the first thing to solve is the Dongdu crisis. Only when the Dongdu crisis is resolved and the political situation of the Dongdu capital is stable can the central government free up its hands to resolve other crises. The solution to other crises can be carried out simultaneously, suppressing rebellions and suppressing bandits in various parts of the country to ensure the unobstructed flow of the Grand Canal; passive defense in the northwest, and do all its best to block the counterattack of the Tuyuhun people in the Longxi direction, and block the invasion of the Western Turks and the Western Regions countries in the Hexi direction; and in the northern border, an active defense strategy was implemented, launching the third eastern expedition, completely destroying Goguryeo, completely conquering the enemy in the Far East, using powerful force to deter the northern desert, delay the deterioration of the relationship between the north and the south, and delay the outbreak of the war between the north and the south.

When Yuwen Shu passed by Zhuo County, he specifically revealed that the Holy Lord had the intention to continue the Eastern Expedition, which actually implied Duan Da to firmly support the Holy Lord. Duan Da was a firm warring faction in the Wei Mansion. In his opinion, the two failures in the Eastern Expedition actually accelerated the deterioration of the relationship between the North and the South. This was indeed a good opportunity for the ambitious Northern Legion. Therefore, from the perspective of national defense security, the third Eastern Expedition was necessary and could play a role in multiple kills with one stone. Therefore, Duan Da took advantage of the opportunity of the Holy Lord summoning him alone and clearly expressed his support for launching the Third Eastern Expedition.

The Holy Lord looked gloomy and frowned. After thinking for a while, he said, "The Beilu can also speculate on the strategies we can think of, and make corresponding countermeasures to prevent us from winning the final victory of the Eastern Expedition."

Duan Da understood the gods. The Holy Lord was determined to launch the third Eastern Expedition, but he was worried that the Northern Territory would deliberately obstruct and stab the knife in the back of the Middle Earth, which would be troublesome.

Once the third Eastern Expedition fails to achieve the expected goals, the situation in the north and south will be very unfavorable to China-Turkish wars, and the wars in the north and south may break out at any time. What is serious is that due to the three consecutive years of Eastern Expeditions, China-Turkish national strength was too exhausted and its vitality was severely damaged. Once China-Turkish wars were defeated in the north and south, the situation would be severe. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee lost consecutively in foreign wars, which would be fatal to the central authority. Their ruling status would be shaky and in danger, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Duan Da hesitated and said nothing. As for the current situation in the north and south, as far as the current domestic situation and the current situation of the northern border towns and garrisons are concerned, they do not have the conditions to launch the third eastern expedition. Although theoretically speaking, the lean camel is larger than a horse, Zhongtu is still able to launch the third eastern expedition, which has the ability to destroy Goguryeo and conquer the Far East's enemy, but he does not have the ability to fight on both sides. While attacking the Far East, he also fights with the northern expeditions of the desert.

"Perhaps, we can use other methods to delay the Northern Territory, such as the plan of divisiveness." Duan Da carefully offered advice, "There are many factions in the Desert Treasure and many conflicts. There are constant conflicts between the Turks, Tiele, Xueyantuo and other tribes. As long as we find opportunities and seize opportunities, we can still be successful."

The Holy Lord shook his head, "At present, no good opportunity to be exploited. More than ten years ago, the Northern Barbarians had already fallen into our trap, and the tribes killed each other and their teeth fell apart. The army of the past and the future affairs, now the Northern Barbarians must be careful to prevent, and the possibility of repeating the same mistake is slim."

Duan Da hesitated for a moment and said, "Assassinate, bribe, use a small group of people to go deep into the frontier to burn, kill and loot, and do everything possible to disrupt the situation in the desert, making the Northern Barbarians busy and in a hurry and unable to take care of themselves."

The Holy Lord looked at him disdainfully and scoffed. These methods were too clumsy and had very limited effects, which would not have any impact on the overall situation. Duan Da was obviously unable to use any despicable tricks, which also showed that the current northern border towns were very passive, and he was helpless in the face of the northern captains who were eyeing one side.

"It is best to defeat the enemy without fighting." The Holy Lord's tone was a little unrestrained, "Someone once suggested to me to meet the requirements of the Northern Barbarians for the North and South Huiyi, and exchange the benefits required by the Northern Barbarians to exchange the time we need. This is also a soldier to defeat the enemy without fighting."

"This is a strategy of selling the country." Duan Da shouted angrily without hesitation, "Feeding tigers with his body and raising tigers is a disaster. In the future, he will definitely cause his own disaster and seek death (."

The Holy Lord pondered and sighed for a long time, "If you want to win the final victory of the Eastern Expedition, you must strengthen the strength of the northern border town to reverse the unfavorable situation in the confrontation between the north and the south, so the most urgent task is to find a proper solution."

Duan Da sighed helplessly, "Your Majesty, you may not have a good solution in the short term."

"If you can't find a countermeasure, the Northern Territory will become more and more rampant, and the situation in the Northern Territory will become more and more serious. Once some tribes deliberately go south to attack the border and provoke the enemy under the instructor of the Turks to find out the reality of our northern border, the relationship between the North and the South may deteriorate or even break down, and the situation in the Northern Territory will be in danger of losing control." The Holy Lord said this and looked at Duan Da and said in an unquestionable tone, "I will stay here to deter the Northern Territory to ensure the stability of the situation in the Northern Territory until a proper solution is found."

Duan Da was surprised and blurted out, "Your Majesty, the first thing to solve at the moment is the Dongdu crisis."

What I mean is that your Majesty, you must return to Dongdu as quickly as possible, first resolve the Dongdu crisis, stabilize the political situation of Dongdu, and then consider the third Eastern Expedition, so that you can strengthen the garrison force in the northern border and reverse the unfavorable situation in the northern border, otherwise everything will be empty talk.

The Holy Lord had no expression on his face and did not say a word.

Duan Da saw the resentment, unwillingness and persistence in the eyes of the Holy Lord. In his thoughts, he could vaguely guess the reason why the Holy Lord was very "willful" in Zhuo County.

The key to resolving the Dongdu crisis is not to quell Yang Xuangan's rebellion, but to reforms that must compromise and concessions to conservatives. Yang Xuangan's mutiny represents the opposition and counterattack of the powerful conservative forces in China and Turkey. The conservatives and reformists finally broke up and fought. In this case, in order to quell the civil strife, ease the contradictions, and stabilize the political situation, reforms must compromise and concessions to conservatives. The reforms must pay a considerable price for this. Not only should they conquer political interests, but they should also suspend the pace of reforms. Reforms will inevitably stagnate or even regress.

This is something that the Holy Lord cannot accept, but in the face of cruel reality, he must accept it even if he does not accept it. Even if there are a hundred people in Dongdu are unwilling to compromise, he cannot compromise to Xijing at this moment. However, no matter whether it is the dignity of the emperor or the pride of the reformers, he does not allow him to go back. He handed his "face" to the political enemies and let them make a "crackling" sound, making his nose and face swollen and blood shine. So the Holy Lord weighed the pros and cons, and decided to stay in Zhuo County, let the central ministers go back to negotiate with the "Xijing". He put on a "desperate" attitude. In a forced manner, he led the expeditionary army back to Dongdu. Even if both sides were injured and were burned, he would use absolute force to "take the blame" the conservatives without leaving any one.

Duan Da figured it out, so he stopped persuading him.

Since you have to stay, then take a gamble on luck. If you are lucky, Yuwen Shu and Lai Huer will kill Yang Xuangan in the shortest time with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. You will win the bet. Because the reformists have the initiative, they still have certain advantages in the negotiations between the two capitals. The compromise will not be too strong, and the concessions will not be terrible. On the contrary, if Yang Xuangan enters Guanzhong and the storm cannot be calmed down, you will lose, and you will lose a lot, and the initiative will basically be in the hands of "Xijing". The reformists are stuck in their necks and have to be slaughtered. It is conceivable how great their compromises and concessions are.

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On July 28th, Han Shiye led his army to Feihu, easily deceived Feihu City and easily captured the city.

That night, the general manager Guo Ming led the first and second army to cross Feihu City, rushed to Taihang Mountain overnight, and headed straight for Puyin Xing.

On the same day, the general manager Zhen Baoche, Lu Mingxing, Wang Bo and Huo Xiaohan led his troops to Jumahe. Then he divided his troops into two groups, setting up formations on both sides of the Jumahe River, preparing to block the Wei army coming from Zhuojun. The general manager Wang Bo led him to rush to Yishui and headed north along the Yishui River. Taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, he killed Puyin Xing, and took down the army's retreat with a thunderclap.

On July 29th, Li Zixiong, Chen Rui and Han Yao led the General Administration of the Alliance to settle in Feihu.

On the same day, Han Shiyan led his army northward, passed Feihu Xing, and killed Weicheng directly. On the same night, Zhou Zhong and Laiyuan led their army to follow up, and also went northward through Feihu Xing, killing the Qiyishui line directly.

On the same day, Duan Da, the remaining guard in Zhuo County, received a warning from Gaoyang. Xu Hua, the Gaoyang Palace Supervisor, reported that a rebel of tens of thousands of people suddenly came from the direction of Boling and surrounded Gaoyang. Gaoyang's garrison was weak and an empty city could not be resisted. If there was no news within six hours, Gaoyang would fall.

Duan Da initially suspected that Xu Hua lied about military affairs because he had suppressed thieves in Hebei and had some understanding of the thieves in Hebei. He had not heard of tens of thousands of rebels. In addition, this spring, the Hebei ambassador Cui Hongsheng conducted a "sweeping" on both sides of the Yongji Canal. Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita, Liu Badao, Sun Xuanya and other thieves in Hebei were in a difficult situation and had to cross Henan to advance to Qi County. As a result, they were surrounded and blocked by King Qi, Zhou Fashang and Zhang Xutuo, and lost consecutive battles. Later, they disappeared and probably fled to the mountains. So with such calculations, Xu Hua must be lied about military affairs. Even if there were rebels attacking Gaoyang, at most, they would not threaten the safety of Gaoyang Palace.

Duan Da disagreed, but considering that the Holy Lord was in Linshuo Palace, being cautious was the best. Although he did not report, he was still patiently waiting for Gao Yang's follow-up news.

Six hours later, in the early morning of July 30, Duan Da did not receive Xu Hua's letter. After dawn, he still did not receive any follow-up news from Gao Yang. At this moment, Duan Da finally realized that something was wrong. Xu Hua could not joke about his official hat. There was something wrong with Gao Yang in the future.

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Chapter completed!