November 12th, Hebei? Gaoyang Palace.

The bad news suddenly spread. Feng Xiaoci, the General of the Right Guard who was ordered to go to Hebei to suppress the bandits, was unfortunately killed in a fierce battle with Zhang Jincheng, a thief of Qinghe.

This is the highest-level general on the battlefield of the thief suppression since the rebellion in the Great Henan and the North and South China last year. The Wei Mansion was shocked and the East was shocked, and the Holy Lord and the Central Committee were greatly shocked.

Before we knew it, the scale of the rebellion was getting bigger and bigger, and the strength of the rebels became stronger and stronger. Before, the Jiangnan thief Liu Yuanjin was appointed as the emperor by occupying Wujun. Now, the Hebei thief Zhang Jin said that he actually killed a senior general of the Wei Mansion in a head-on battle. This had a great impact on the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, making them realize that the domestic situation was deteriorating at an accelerated pace, which was obviously directly related to the increasing political crisis between the two capitals.

The essence of the political conflict between the two capitals is the fierce collision of the two political concepts of reform and conservatism, and a life-and-death game between the new centralized system and the corrupt aristocratic system. Yang Xuangan's mutiny was the general outbreak of this contradiction, and the direct consequence of this mutiny was to provoke a "war" between the two opposing political groups. The two sides had no room for compromise and concessions. They were pointed at the forefront of the wheat, and they were not alive.

The center once again heard a strong voice, begging the Holy Lord to return to Beijing quickly to preside over the overall situation, actively deal with the crisis between the two capitals, and stabilize the domestic situation as quickly as possible. If nothing unexpected happens, after the powerful and nobles of the two capitals will also report to ask the Holy Lord to return to Beijing quickly.

The domestic and international situation has developed to this point. Resolving political crises and stabilizing the domestic situation has actually become the top priority. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee are not suitable to stay away from the capital and continue to "run around" outside. They cannot continue to focus their main energy on external conquests. In terms of national defense strategy, the active defense of attack instead of defense should be decisively adjusted to passive defense to defend the Great Wall. We must first settle the internal situation when fighting foreign countries. This is an eternal truth.

However, both the Holy Lord and the reformists at the core level were very clear that in the past two years, they had encountered unprecedented political and military failures. The only way to return to Beijing and resolve the political crisis between the two capitals is to admit defeat to the conservatives. In other words, although the Yang Xuangan mutiny failed in military terms, the conservatives won the final victory in politics. What will happen next can be predicted completely. First, the reformists will be kicked out of the central government, the conservative forces will control the government, and the reform will be stopped or even abandoned. Then, the King of Qi, Yang Ming, will win the imperial rule and enter the Eastern Palace. As for the Holy Lord, they will be undermined. Once the time is right, they will have to leave the stage of history.

Therefore, continuing to fight the Eastern Expedition and winning the third Eastern Expedition has become the safest and most effective political means for the Holy Lord and the Reformers to "relieve on the front line". Initiating the Civil War, winning the victory of this war, building extraordinary martial arts, and becoming the safest and most effective political "weapon" for the Holy Lord and the Reformers to reverse the crisis, control the government, and carry out centralized reform to the end.

War is the continuation of politics and the ultimate means of politics. For today's Holy Lords and Reformers, it is also a political gamble. Since you cannot bow your head, give up reform, and are unwilling to admit defeat, then take out your political "ultimate weapon" and fight to the death.

Therefore, the Holy Lord has a firm attitude and refuses to return to Beijing. Therefore, the central reformists have a firm position and firmly support the Holy Lord, share honor and disgrace with the Holy Lord, share life and death with the reform, and rather die than surrender.

The larger the scale of the war, the longer the time, the importance of the Twelve Guards and the army will rise sharply. It can be foreseen that as the political crisis between the two capitals becomes increasingly fierce, and as the Civil War approaches, the status and power of military generals will expand sharply. Once the military power is out of control, local separatism will inevitably occur, and division and war will follow one after another.

However, compared with the failure of centralized reform, compared with the loss of ideals, power, interests and life, the Holy Lord and the reformists have no longer taken into account the serious consequences of losing control of military power. For them, the most urgent task is to firmly control the government, win military victory, and build great martial arts on the battlefield of external conquests.

Under the current situation, the Holy Lord and the Reformers urgently need martial arts and victory. They are urgently needed to ease the political crisis of the two capitals that are rushing rapidly on the road out of control. However, the far water cannot quench the near thirst. The third Eastern Expedition has not been made yet. The victory of the Eastern Expedition is far away. The Civil War has not even seen a shadow. Only a little drum sound is faintly heard. Therefore, the recovery of Anzhou will become the only victory that can be produced at present. If the Northern Expedition is weak Luoshui to achieve the expected goal, the Donghu surrenders all kinds of people, and the entire Northeast China will be in the pursuit of the weak Luoshui in the northern Expedition.

Taking it, this is to expand territory, this is military victory, this is a great martial arts, which will effectively help the Holy Lord and the Reformers quickly reverse their political unfavorable situation. More importantly, this result will greatly increase the chances of victory in the Civil War. Once Sino-Turkish wins the Civil War, defeat the Turks in the desert, seal the wolf and expand the territory, the Holy Lord and the Reformers will completely defeat the conservatives, completely resolve the political crisis between the two capitals, and will be on the road of centralized reform.

However, who would have thought that Anzhou's regaining, an unexpected victory, would now become the only emergency means that the Holy Lord and the Reformers could use to alleviate the political crisis. Not long ago, when the Holy Lord made the decision to support the rebels going out to attack Anzhou, many people were negative. Now it seems that the Holy Lord is still the foresight.

However, if you want to turn this victory into the victory of the Holy Lord and the Reformers, if you want to turn the credit for the revenge of Anzhou into the credit for the Holy Lord and the Reformers, the first priority is to recruit appeasements, which is to meet the requirements of the rebels from the Fortress. This involves two important issues. First, the leader of the rebels from the Fortress is Li Zixiong, a conservative, Yang Xuangan's party, one of the main planners of the Dongdu mutiny, and also a supporter of the King of Qi. Once the Holy Lord and the Reformers compromise, whether it is Li Zixiong or the King of Qi, they will

A lion's big mouth will cause a series of unpredictable political consequences; secondly, the successful recruitment and the formation of Anzhou into the Central Earth territory is equivalent to grab food from the mouths of the Turks and openly turning against the Turks. The war between the North and the South is likely to break out in advance, and Middle Earth is not yet the best war preparations. Once the Turks are anxious and fight, the Great Wall will be in danger, and the outcome of the war will be unpredictable. The general trend of the world may be out of control, and the consequences will be even more serious, and it will even endanger the security of the country's destiny and shake the great cause of unification.

For this reason, the Holy Lord urgently summoned Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, the Minister of War Zhao Cai, the General of the Left Guard Yu Wen Shu and the General of the Right Guard, and the General of the Five Heroes discussed it together.

In recent times, the Central Committee and the Military Administration have made a series of personnel adjustments, among which Zhao Cai officially served as the Minister of War and no longer served as the General. Although the Holy Lord was not satisfied with this candidate, it was imminent whether it was the Eastern Expedition or the North-South War. If the Minister of War, who is in charge of military administration, continues to be vacant, it will inevitably have a significant impact. In desperation, the Holy Lord could only settle for the second best.

In addition, there is another important adjustment by the military, that is, Guo Rong, the left-behind in Taiyuan, no longer served as the commander of the Northern Army, but Zhang Jin, the general of the Right Imperial Guard, was appointed as the commander of the Northern Army, responsible for the commander of the Northern Army, and Zhang Jin was promoted to the General of the Left Guard. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee sent two generals of the Guard Office to guard the Northern Frontier with the Descendant of the Jin area as the core. This intention was too obvious, that is, to strengthen the Great Wall of the Great Wall, strengthen the defense force of the Northern Frontier, and prepare for the Civil War that could break out at any time.

After the five important officials paid homage to the Holy Lord, the Holy Lord first expressed his position. Before the end of the year, the reunion must be successful.

Before the end of the year, all the dynasties from various counties to Beijing and the vassal envoys from the vassals to Beijing arrived in Kyoto. At this time, the central government announced the recovery of Anzhou, which would achieve the best publicity effect and restore and consolidate the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to the greatest extent. Of course, if Anzhou successfully conquers the north and takes over the Northeast, it would be a great martial arts to expand its territory, and the publicity effect would be better, which would help the Holy Lord and the reformists to reverse the passive political situation, so as to effectively alleviate the political crisis between the two capitals and effectively curb the deterioration of the domestic situation.

The Holy Lord expressed his opinion, what Yu Shiji, Xiao Yu, Zhao Cai, Yu Wen Shu and Lai Hu Nuan want to discuss is how to solve two important problems caused by the recruitment.

After the successful reunification, Anzhou or the entire northeastern territory is the territory of Central China. Will the Turks turn against each other in anger? Will they fight back fiercely and trigger a war between the North and the South?

After analysis and deduction, the five important civil and military officials concluded that the possibility of an immediate outbreak of the North and South War was not high, because the position of the Western Turks was a crucial factor. In a three-legged situation, the premise for any two sides to break out in a war requires the support of a third party. Whoever the third party supports, the chances of winning are relatively high. The Western Turks are now unclear, so Zhongtu dare not launch a war between the North and the South to avoid being attacked from both sides. Similarly, the Turks in the desert were the same. Without the support of the Western Turks, they would not dare to provoke a war between the North and the South. Once they were attacked from both sides, they would undoubtedly be defeated.

Of course, not daring to provoke a war between the north and the south does not mean that the Turks in the desert will swallow their anger and let Middle-earth defeat other troops and occupy its territory. They will definitely fight back, such as maintaining offensives in military affairs, enlisting politically, and exercising diplomatic divisions and divisions. Perhaps they can defeat others without fighting and achieve the same goal.

"Anzhou and even the Northeast were not captured by our Central Turkish Rebels, but by the Central Turkish Rebels. This is the key." Yu Shiji concluded at last, "The Central Turkish Rebels are our enemies and the enemies of the Turks, so we can recruit and the Turks can turn enemies into friends, it depends on who has better conditions and who can take the lead. Everyone depends on their ability."

The Holy Lord understood the God and smiled and nodded.

"But..." Yu Shiji's words suddenly changed, "I am not optimistic about recruiting Anzhou, and even believe that the Turks have a greater grasp of alliance with them."

The Holy Lord smiled suddenly, "Why did you say this?"

"I have heard some rumors recently." Yu Shiji hesitated for a moment, looked at Yu Wenshu with a blank expression, and continued, "or rather, it's a rumor."

The Holy Lord's face gradually darkened, his brows frowned slightly, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed through his eyes. In front of the emperor, the Central Master actually believed in rumors and spread rumors, which was outrageous.

"Rumor is that the white-haired thief is a secret soldier in the Middle Earth, and a capable general of Wenxi Gong (Pei Shiju)."

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked. Even the Holy Lord was "cloudy and turned into cloudy", with a look of gloomy face. At such an important moment, he was still "fighting in the nest" and pointed his finger at Pei Shiju, which was too ignorant.
Chapter completed!