August 11, late at night, Alliance Camp.

After Li Feng turned back to the camp, he went directly to Li Zixiong's military tent and closed the door and discussed secretly.

Li Zixiong knew that Pei Shiju was going to cross the giant horse today, and he also knew that Li Fengyun was going to secretly pay homage to Pei Shiju. The result of their meeting largely determined the future of the alliance and affected the fate of the senior executives of the alliance. Therefore, Li Zixiong was deeply worried and confused.

Li Fengyun's face was gloomy and depressed. Li Zixiong knew at a glance that the meeting result was not ideal, with little results, and many goals were achieved.

In Li Zixiong's expectation, he knew Pei Shiju very well. It was a "iron rooster" who was not good at eating soft and hard. With the current precarious situation of the alliance, let alone where he got any benefits, it would be good if he could not eat it completely. Li Fengyun's ambitions and desires have expanded, and he has long had the intention of getting rid of Pei Shiju. Therefore, the two sides must have a conflict. Pei Shiju sensed the danger and would definitely take advantage of the opportunity in front of him to completely kill Li Fengyun's wings before he grew hard.

"What's the result?" Li Zixiong asked.

Li Fengyun shook his head, his face was complicated, disappointed, depressed, angry, and mixed feelings.

Li Zixiong sighed, "It is naturally the target of public criticism, but if you are too cautious and cautious, it is difficult to give the King of Qi a real help." The implication is that you went north this time and attacked three routes to show all the strength of the alliance. The result is conceivable that the alliance will of course be surrounded by the Guardian army, and you will also become the target of public criticism. Under the "focus on everyone", Pei Shiju, who is hidden behind you, will inevitably be worried about "exposed". At this time, it is easy to say to him. On the contrary, Pei Shiju can only lose Zhu Baoshuai in order to protect himself and kill him. An uncontrollable tiger is a nightmare existence for anyone.

Li Fengyun shook his head again and said coldly, "When will we wait until we don't show our strength? Now, internal and external troubles break out together, which is the best time to threaten the Eastern Capital with the crisis in the north and south. In order to reverse the predicament, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee must choose between internal and external troubles. Due to the severity and urgency of external troubles, their only choice is to give priority to solving external troubles. In this way, the Eastern Expedition will inevitably be carried out to the end so as to seize the initiative in the Civil War. This is the only opportunity for us to exchange for the greatest living space at the minimum price. Can you find a better opportunity besides this?"

Li Zixiong looked at the young man who was holding back his anger with concern, feeling that he was very similar to the trapped beast locked in a cage, and both were on the verge of losing control. Li Zixiong thought for a moment and comforted him, "I don't know why you are so sure that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will launch the third Eastern Expedition next spring, but as far as the current situation in China and abroad is concerned, I still can't see that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee may launch the third Eastern Expedition. After all, after Yang Xuangan's defeat, the political situation between the two capitals will usher in a climax of struggle. Xijing is in a difficult situation, only

There is little room for passive defense and compromise and tolerance. It is impossible to expect Dongdu to give up the opportunity to beat Xijing and actively compromise with Xijing when he is in the right position. Therefore, if the political situation between the two capitals wants to stabilize quickly in the next few months, the possibility is slim. Take a step back, even if Dongdu actively compromises with Xijing in order to create the conditions for the third Eastern Expedition, who can guarantee that during the third Eastern Expedition, there will be no second Yang Xuangan, and there will be no mutiny?"

Li Fengyun looked at the gray-bearded old man in front of him, and felt that like Pei Shiju, he was as old as he was, the more experienced he was, and his courage became smaller and smaller. He had a serious lack of adventurous spirit and was too conservative in his style and did not dare to take risks at critical moments. In comparison, the Holy Lord and the main combat faction in the center were enterprising and dared to attack. In fact, with strong strength as a guarantee, he should be enterprising politically, and he should be decisive in military affairs. He should show his strong muscles and unyielding will at critical moments, hinder and curb his opponents, give his opponents a strong deterrent, and make the opponents realize that the cost of frontal combat is too great, and then force the opponents to compromise and make the opponents.

Of course, as far as the current situation of Middle Earth is concerned, continuing to "show off muscles" may give the opponent a sense of bluffing. But the key issue is that since the unification of Middle Earth, China has indeed become stronger and its national strength has developed rapidly. As long as there is no internal problem, external forces cannot defeat it. This is also a fact. Therefore, even if the opponent believes that Middle Earth is bluffing, he dare not easily launch an attack on Middle Earth.

"The internal problems of China-Turkish are indeed more serious than we imagined. Yang Xuangan's mutiny has made the contradiction hidden under the political situation of the two capitals open. The two capitals have become a foregone conclusion, which has led to the political situation of China-Turkishness going to be divided and turbulent." Li Fengyun pointed to Li Zixiong, "And this is the reason why you are willing to join the alliance and cooperate with a certain kind of cooperation, because you see an opportunity that exists in the future. This opportunity is a huge political crisis for the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. In order to save this crisis, they can only hope for external wars, try to transfer domestic contradictions with external wars, consolidate and strengthen central authority with the victory of external wars, and then use this authority to curb and attack domestic opponents, end the separatist and turbulent political situation, and successfully resolve this political crisis that may lead to the collapse of the country."

"This is why someone believed that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee launched the third Eastern Expedition next spring." Li Fengyun said seriously, "I have explained it many times before, but in this matter, many people in the alliance have a conservative position, all of whom believe that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will give up the Eastern Expedition and turn to passive defense in national defense and diplomatic strategies. In the future, Middle-earth will lie on firewood and taste gall, rest and restore national strength, and then make a comeback and fight abroad. However, you all consciously ignore one key, that is, the Holy Lord and the Reformers will pay the price of reform stagnation, regression or even failure, and this price will inevitably lead to the reformers losing their ruling power and withdrawing from the court completely. Is this possible? The Holy Lord will give up reform? Will the Reformers give up the ruling power?"

Li Zixiong disagreed and questioned, "Does Wen Xigong (Pei Shiju) also change his conservative position? Under the current situation in China and abroad, it is obvious that Wen Xigong's opinion is crucial to launch the third Eastern Expedition."

"Mr. Wen Xi has changed his position and actively supported the Holy Lord to launch the third Eastern Expedition." Li Fengyun said calmly.

Li Zixiong was surprised, "What certificates are there?"

Li Fengyun immediately expressed two proposals from Pei Shiju at the core decision-making level of the central on the eighth day of the eighth month. One was to recommend the King of Qi to go north to guard the border, and the other was to have the conditions to pacify the rebel army.

On the surface, these two proposals are intended to resolve the crisis of the northern border town garrison, but connecting them with Pei Shiju's plan to move westward is essentially to stabilize the situation in the west and northward borders. Whether it is these two proposals or the plan to move westward, the main consideration is the interests of conservatives, so they will inevitably face huge obstacles in the center. Now that Pei Shiju has begun to move westward, and the two proposals have also begun to be implemented, this is enough to prove that Pei Shiju has made a huge political compromise, and the biggest political compromise is undoubtedly to support the Holy Lord in launching the third Eastern Expedition. What he is doing now is to create conditions for launching the third Eastern Expedition.

When Li Zixiong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt relieved in his heart. A joy couldn't help but surge into his heart, just like seeing a ray of light in the darkness, just like grabbing a life-saving straw in the stormy waves, and a problem that worries him the most finally had hope of solving it.

For him, it was not important for the Civil War, the Third Eastern Expedition, and the King of Qi went north to guard the border. What was important was to return to the ranks of nobles and become a superior again, seeking a good future for future generations, relatives, friends, and disciples. Therefore, making achievements was only a means to achieve this goal, and the court recruitment was also one of the means. Compared with the latter, the price that the latter had to pay was smaller, which was what Li Zixiong had always expected. Now he had hoped that he had chosen Li Fengyun was correct, and he indeed found a glimmer of hope from Pei Shiju.

"Whoever has the conditions to be plead?" Li Zixiong asked, "What are the conditions?"

"Unconditional surrender." Li Fengyun sneered, "Take the army and tie it up and let it be slaughtered."

Li Zixiong smiled, smiling meaningfully, "This is exactly your mission, have you forgotten?"

Li Fengyun sneered, "If you knew who someone was, you should know that someone had died long ago. He did not die under the enemy's sword, but under the secret arrow of his own people. You should also be very clear about this. Since you know your past and present life and know that someone is deeply hated by blood, why do you wishfully think that someone will be loyal to him, will charge for him and sacrifice your life to die?"

Li Zixiong nodded slightly, as if he agreed with what Li Fengyun said, but what he said was exactly the opposite, "Because you are the son of Duke Anping (Li Delin), and because you are the favorite disciple of Duke Wenxi."

Li Fengyun was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and said word by word, "I refused."

Li Zixiong nodded without thinking, "You have ambitions, you want to fly freely, you can understand."

Li Fengyun glanced at him and asked in a pun, "Do you really understand?"

"Tell me what you think." Li Zixiong said, "You are not qualified to refuse Wen Xigong, and you dare not refuse Wen Xigong in person. So the truth is that you came up with a new strategy, released a bait, and dug a trap in secret, but Wen Xigong discovered your bait and rejected your strategy, and you dug your own grave."

Li Fengyun looked admiring and spoke to the wise man. As expected, "Passive defense cannot solve the dilemma in northern Xinjiang. Only by taking the initiative and attacking instead of defense can we effectively alleviate the crisis in the north and south, and help Wenxigong achieve the results of the westward journey and effectively alleviate the crisis in western Xinjiang."

Li Zixiong was a little surprised and felt that Li Fengyun's words were abrupt, completely unexpected, and completely in line with the interests of the alliance. He had never heard Li Fengyun reveal anything before. Today, Li Fengyun went out to secretly pay homage to Pei Shiju. After returning, he had such a saying "shocking world", which was a big mystery. Li Fengyun is the commander of the alliance, and he thought about it from the alliance's standpoint and seeks the interests of the alliance. This sentence is obviously from Pei Shiju's standpoint and seeks the great interests of the entire Middle-earth. Therefore, this sentence does not come from Li Fengyun at all, but from Pei Shiju.

"Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf, the disaster will lead the water to the east." Li Zixiong shook his head and sighed bitterly, "You can't use it for yourself. Once the tail is big and it will become a big problem, of course you can only drive out of the country, and you will be eliminated." He looked at Li Fengyun and said helplessly, "It seems that the Holy Lord has reached an agreement. Duan Da attacked from the front and Wen Xigong put pressure on the side. If we are in the same heart and loyal to Middle Earth, we will of course go out to the frontier, kill the enemy for Middle Earth, and protect the Great Wall for the Holy Lord and the Central Centre. In this way, they can kill more birds with one stone and win more than one stone.

Easing the dilemma in the northern border can also ease the relationship between the north and the south, and chasing the situation outside the border, curbing and weakening the threat from the enemy outside the border to Central China. If the enemy kills us, they will just use the knife to kill people and eliminate the major troubles. On the contrary, if we persist, they can still use the knife to kill people and use our power to restrain and attack the enemy outside the border. In short, when we go out of the border, we will benefit them without any harm, and we can only kill a bloody road in the siege of the wolf pack, and life and death will be based on fate. It's a good plan, a good plan!"

Li Fengyun looked solemn and said nothing.

Li Zixiong paused for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said, "Since this plan was spoken by Mr. Wen Xi, it must be very different from Duan Da's. Otherwise, we had just rejected Duan Da's proposal solemnly, but today we had to beg Duan Da to cooperate with him humbly. Wouldn't we slap ourselves in the face?"

Li Fengyun nodded slightly, "It's really different."

Li Zixiong suddenly became interested, "Where is the difference? Where is Wen Xigong's goal?"

"Mr. Wenxi's goal is to gain a foothold in Songmo, cross the two sides of the Ruoluo River, sweep across the Xi, Wu and Khitan tribes, and firmly insert a mortise between the desert, the northeastern border and the Far East. In this way, it can be connected with the northeastern border. To the west, it can suppress the northern border of the desert, and to the east, it can curb the northern border of the Far East, and to reverse the passive situation of our Middle-earth Middle Earth in the defense of the northern border."

Li Zixiong suddenly realized and suddenly became excited, "If we succeed, we can not only recover the lost territory of Anzhou, but also expand the territory on the north bank of the Ruoluo River, and build great merits. Then, we can exchange these great merits for fame and fortune, which can not only benefit our descendants, but also be famous for our eternity."

Li Fengyun had a expressionless face and a cold expression.

Li Zixiong immediately calmed down and carefully considered the negative impact of this plan. Obviously, if Li Fengyun betrayed Zhongtu and dominated the other side, all the benefits of this plan would be lost, and Zhongtu was left with a strong confidant. Therefore, in comparison, it would be better to maintain the status quo. Zhongtu was better to deal with the three ordinary foreign tribes of Xi, Wu and Khitan in the northeast direction, which was much easier than to deal with a "behemoth".

Pei Shiju did indeed have any plans. He first used "unconditional surrender" to test Li Fengyun's loyalty, but Li Fengyun refused and exposed all his ambitions. Then Pei Shiju threw out the bait to "dominate the outside world" to tempt Li Fengyun out of the frontier. As long as Li Fengyun went out of the frontier and jumped into the trap, it was completely foreseeable that under the siege of the three tribes of Central Earth, the northern desert, the Xi, the Wu and the Khitan tribes, the defeat was only a matter of time. In this way, Pei Shi would easily eliminate the major troubles without spending one soldier and one soldier, chasing the situation outside the frontier, and achieving the purpose of easing the dilemma of the northern border town and the tension between the north and the south.

"If this plan is to be successful, we must get support from food and grass weapons, otherwise the entire army will be wiped out." Li Zixiong tentatively.

Li Fengyun shook his head, "No support."

Li Zixiong smiled bitterly, "Did you agree?"

Li Fengyun continued to shake his head, "I refused."

Li Zixiong sighed to the sky, "Since you refuse, there is no way out, you can only survive in death. The soldiers are very fast. Take advantage of the Northern Barbarians and take advantage of the winter, and fight for the Songmo first and find a place to stand. Otherwise, we will be trapped by the flying fox and have the vitality to be exhausted."

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