On November 30th, Li Zixiong summoned the main military and political officials of the General Administration Office to discuss in detail the matter of Li Hun, deputy commander of the Andong Duwei Office, to negotiate in Anzhou.

This is a major event, which is related to the life and death of the alliance and the future destiny of Anzhou and Northeast China. The senior leaders of the alliance must unify their understanding and work together, and do not allow any neglect or slackness.

The focus of the discussion is whether to agree to Li Hun’s negotiations in Anzhou? Is it the best opportunity to conduct formal negotiations with China-Turkey? If most of the officials at the meeting determined that it is not the best negotiation opportunity now, is it necessary to contact at the official level now? If it is necessary, the benefits to the alliance outweigh the disadvantages, and agree to Li Hun’s entry into Anzhou, how can Anzhou receive it? Is it a secret contact within a limited range or a grand welcome at the official level?

Now the victory of the Northern Expedition is very good, but this is an appearance. In fact, the victory of the Northern Expedition does not mean the end of the victory of the Northern Expedition. Greater difficulties are coming one after another. It is easy to defeat the enemy, but it is difficult to conquer the enemy, and turning the enemy into friends and making the opponent use it for me is even more difficult.

The northeast is vast, and the Khitan and the tribes of the Cun tribe are scattered between the black and white waters on both sides of the Ruoluo River. Once outnumbered, they will inevitably hide in the deep mountains and forests to resist stubbornly. Li Fengyun will think of the enemy as he is unpredictable and will destroy them with force. It is impossible to fight quickly and decide quickly. If he is not determined for a long time, he will not be able to delay it. Therefore, Li Fengyun can only adopt a strategy of urgency and inducement if he is not forced. This not only requires time, but also requires the support of food and supplies. But what the alliance lacks now is time. As for food and supplies, it is even more restricted in the Great Wall. Therefore, the results of the discussion are self-evident.

First of all, the alliance needs the support of continuous food and supplies in the Great Wall to complete the final victory of the Northern Expedition. Secondly, as far as the current results are concerned, it can attract Middle-earth. After the spring, the Turks in the desert will definitely fight back fiercely. The alliance urgently needs to win bigger and more resolute support from Middle-earth. Even if the fox is a virgin, it can form a certain deterrence against the Turks in the desert and effectively increase the confidence of Anzhou and Northeast. These are obviously conducive to the alliance's response to the life and death crisis that roars after the spring of next year. Therefore, the alliance must take advantage of the current results and favorable situation and actively invest in Middle-earth. The earlier it seeks, the more beneficial it will be to Anzhou and Northeast.

The General Administration finally made a decision and agreed to Li Hun, deputy commander of Anqiu, to enter Anzhou and welcome it grandly.

On the first day of December, in the early morning, Li Zixiong told Li Hun's decision to enter Anzhou and the General Administration to actively respond to Li Fengyun in detail.

Today, he deliberately guided the main military and political officials of the General Administration to make a decision to welcome Li Hunzhi, and quietly spread the position of positive return. It was obvious that he had the intention of urging the top leaders of the alliance to put pressure on Li Fengyun. Although he had concealed it from most people, it was impossible to conceal Li Fengyun. In order to avoid conflicts and conflicts, he decided to make it open and make it clear.

Li Fengyun's attitude towards returning is still very clear, and he will definitely return to Middle-earth. However, Anzhou is now weak. In order to maximize its interests, the Turks must be brought in so as to obtain more benefits from Middle-earth. It is not difficult to foresee that as long as the Turks do not jump into this trap, Li Fengyun will inevitably be ambiguous in his attitude towards returning, and tempting Middle-earth to make greater compromises and concessions. Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens when Li Hun enters Anzhou, Li Fengyun will definitely refuse. Even if he agrees under pressure, he will have a secret contact on a small scale and will not welcome him grandly. He puts on a face of eager return and puts himself in the dilemma of being slaughtered by passively.

But Li Zixiong was very anxious. He was old and had little time to go, so he left. Returning to Middle Earth was his last wish. He didn't want to leave this world with regrets. More importantly, he did not agree with Li Fengyun's approach of "taking the chestnut from the fire".

When striving for tigers, you also have to look at the target. Middle Earth and Da Desert are both strong people. You are a weak person who overestimates yourself and tries to get along with each other and make profits from the struggle between the two strong people. This is not a risky attempt, but a self-destruction. In the end, it is very likely to anger the two strong people and be destroyed by the two strong people. Therefore, Li Zixiong is considering safety and stability. He plans to cook the raw rice first, and turn the return to Middle Earth into a certain fact, so the return to Middle Earth becomes a consensus among the whole alliance. Although the future negotiations are not conducive to the alliance, nor are they conducive to grassroots heroes such as Li Fengyun and Donghu, the benefits they gain should be able to meet the needs of the incoming nobles such as Li Zixiong. That's all.

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On the third day of the twelfth month, at night, Li Fengyun led the Tianlang Cavalry, the First Thunder Army, the Songmo Turks controlled Xian, and the Xi tribe of the Xihewang tribe controlled Xian, and Fengchen arrived at the Chifeng camp in a row.

Where are the Khitan tribes and Changshen City? There are still a lot of aftermath, which are very complicated and require time. However, Li Fengyun has no intention of paying attention and does not want to intervene. He has all given it to Khitan chiefs such as Dahe Duluo.

The core of using barbarians to control barbarians is alien autonomy. Various tribes have all their autonomy. After the alliance conquered them, if they want to win their long-term loyalty, there is only one way, that is, they always have absolute strength. If their strength is not enough, or even declines, the result can be imagined.

The alliance army successively evacuated Hongshui River, and Li Fengyun also quickly returned to Chifeng Camp with the first victorious army.

Sima Yuan'an, who was in charge of the main camp, was very happy to see Li Fengyun return. After greetings, Li Fengyun asked anxiously, "What's wrong with Anzhou?"

"I just received an urgent letter from Duke Jianchang (Li Zixiong) and the latest news came from the Great Wall. The Holy Lord ordered the appointment of General of the Right Guard, and Duke Li Hun of the Duke of Hui and Li Hun as Deputy Commander of Andong." Yuan An said this, his smile gradually faded and his eyes showed a solemn look. "Duke Ming, this is not a good thing for us. There are tigers outside and wolves inside. The situation is dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be useless to get a bamboo basket and make wedding clothes for others in vain."

Li Fengyun was surprised that this appointment was completely beyond his expectations. In his opinion, in order to ensure that Anzhou and Northeast were taken over, the Holy Lord must arrange his confidants in the crucial position of Deputy Commander Anton. However, the Holy Lord had entrusted such an important task to his political opponents by abnormal behavior. Why is this? If something goes wrong, it is a monster, and there must be a mystery here.

Yuan An obviously also thought about it, with a pun, pointing directly at King Qi, Li Hun and Li Zixiong. This is true. When returning to Central Earth is the general trend, the development trajectory of the future situation is actually clearly visible. King Qi, Li Hun and Li Zixiong are bound to join forces to seize the fruits of the victory of the alliance, which means that before the Northern Expedition is over, Li Fengyun's control over the situation began to decline.

"I didn't agree with the fact that Ming Gong forced Ashinaduer to rebel. Now it seems that Ming Gong is still the first-year high and forced the Turks into the alliance, which can effectively counter those shameless people's unscrupulous plunder of the interests of the alliance." Yuan An frowned slightly and said worriedly, "However, what should come will come eventually. How can we deal with it? Will Ming Gong return to Anzhou immediately to preside over the overall situation?"

"In the short term, I will not be able to return to Anzhou at all." Li Fengyun shook his head, "The northern expedition has not yet ended, and there are still four tribes of the Khitan that have not surrendered, and the tribes of the Wu tribes far away on the north bank of the Ruoluo River also have immeasurable variables. In addition, the Liaodong Town and Guard Army, they should have cooperated with us to attack the Donghu species and were our reinforcements, but who would have thought that the Northern expedition could achieve its contribution in one battle and we solved the Turks in one battle, and the result was unstoppable and the ones who blocked it. In this way, Liao

The Dongzhen Governor's army is no longer our reinforcements. In the face of huge interests, if they cannot withstand temptation, turn against each other, become our real enemy, use force to threaten us to hand over the fruits of victory, or even launch direct attacks on us, the situation in the Northeast will inevitably take a sharp turn, and if you are not careful, it may turn into a disaster. Once both sides fight, we will defeat the Liaodong Governor's army, completely rebel with Zhongtu, and cut off the road to return. The terrible result can be imagined."

Yuan An was stunned for a moment, and then woke up and realized that he was too optimistic about the situation in the Northeast.

Li Fengyun's worries are not unreasonable. He knows the border army very well and knows the mentality of the senior management of the Weifu. The border army is a special group, which has been garrisoning the barren land on the border for a long time. He has been dealing with various northern barbarians, horse thieves, thieves and thieves for many years. His living environment is very bad. He gradually becomes infected with some bad habits, such as barbarism, greed, bloodthirsty, and lawlessness. He uses everything to do for his own benefit, conquering the Donghu people, encircling and suppressing rebel thieves, and expanding territory. This is for them.

What kind of merit is it? Such huge benefits are right in front of you, how can you ignore them and remain indifferent? As for the senior officials of the Weifu Palace, especially those generals and senior officers such as Lang, they regard merit as their life. All merits must be seized. Merits are interests, wealth, promotion, and prosperity, and the benefits are to benefit the descendants. You can imagine how great the temptation is. It is not difficult to imagine what kind of mentality the officers of the Weifu Palace face the huge benefits that are within their fingertips and what decisions they will make.

When Li Fengyun heard that the Saint Lord and the Central Command made a decision and ordered the Liaodong Town Guard Army to actively intervene in the Northeast battlefield, he thought of this. He estimated that the Liaodong Town Guard Army would be very likely to be a "yellow bird". In other words, whether it was the Saint Lord, the Central Command or the top military leaders, they actually had ulterior motives and had other plans. At that time, Li Fengyun wanted to encourage morale to increase the confidence of the soldiers in the Northern Command, of course he would not say it out. When the Northern Command unexpectedly achieved a decisive victory and the situation in the Northeast developed in a direction conducive to the Alliance, the Liaodong Town Guard Army entered the Northeast battlefield, which was a crisis for the Alliance.

After Li Fengyun took down Dahe Duluo and split the Fu tribe, he quickly withdrew to the Chifeng general camp. He wanted the army to hurry up and rest and wait for work. Once the crisis broke out, he would launch an attack with thunder and must firmly control the initiative of the Northeast battlefield. And with a knife, Ashinaduer forced him to rebel on his neck and forced the Turks into the alliance. One of the important roles was also the same. If he had no choice, the alliance army fought with the Liaodong Town Guard Army, and the Turks were also the ones who charged in the battle. When negotiating with Zhongtu, he could also push the responsibility to the Turks, so as to ensure that the road to return would not be cut off.

Yuan An sighed, "If Duke Ming has not returned for a long time, would Duke Jianchang not take over the power and do whatever he wants?"

Li Fengyun smiled, "Now, what really determines the fate of Anzhou and Northeast China is no longer the original team that went out to fight, but the four divisions of the Turks, Xi tribes, Khitans and the Jun tribes, and if Middle-earth cannot meet all the conditions of the Turks and the Donghu tribes, Anzhou and Northeast China will not be included in the Middle-earth territory."

The drums don’t need to be hit hard, Yuan An can see through it at a glance, but he is still anxious, "There are more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians on Feihu. If all retreat to Anzhou, the situation will inevitably deteriorate and the situation may be out of control."

Li Fengyun nodded and said calmly, "Today, the Grand Alliance has many forces, conflicts are complex, and conflicts are everywhere. This is our weakness. It is reasonable for the opponent to see our weakness, implement a divisive plan, and provoke internal struggles. Appointing Li Hun as the deputy chief of the Andong Duwei Mansion is to provoke the struggle between King Qi, Li Hun, Li Zixiong and a certain person, and driving the remaining army of Feihu to withdraw into Anzhou can quickly intensify the conflicts within the major alliance. As long as internal strife and brothers fight each other, this loose alliance connected by interests will inevitably collapse. In this way, the opponent will easily defeat us without any effort."

"Where will the plan come out?" Yuan An asked.

"Purchase." Li Fengyun smiled, "The world is bustling with people for profit, and the world is bustling with people for profit. The reason why everyone forms alliances and cooperation is profitable, so the countermeasures are very simple. As long as everyone sees the realistic and promising interests, conflicts will naturally be reduced, and alliances and cooperation can continue to be maintained."

"Where is the benefit?" Yuan An asked afterwards.

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, unpredictable and profound.

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Chapter completed!