On the 14th day of the first lunar month, Han Shiye led his army to withdraw to Chifeng camp.

At the beginning of this month, General Xue Shixiong, the left guard general, received the withdrawal order from the Holy Lord, and Han Shixiong also told him that Anton had joined Zhongtu before the New Year. Everyone was brothers. Everything was easy to discuss. Although there was no evidence to prove that what Han Shixiong said was true and credible, Xue Shixiong's food and grass had been cut off. Recently, he had been relying on Han Shixiong's relief to survive, so he had no choice and evacuated quickly, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. As long as he brought the army back safely, he would not be responsible.

As soon as Xue Shixiong retreated, Han Shiye quickly retreated. The two armies confronted each other, with tens of thousands of troops, and the food and grass consumed too much every day. Not to mention that the Khitan chiefs such as Dahe Duluo and Yelu Tielli could not afford it, even Han Shiye himself felt heavy pressure.

Before Han Shiye returned to Chifeng camp, he received a urgent letter from Li Fengyun. Pei Shiju came and he wanted to rush back to Anzhou to negotiate in person, asking Han Shiye to temporarily take charge of the Northeast and lead the overall situation of the Northeast.

Han Shiye was anxious and uneasy. The result of this negotiation was directly related to his personal interests. He wanted to fly back to Fangcheng to participate in it personally. How could he have the intention to stay in the wilderness where birds do not shit and entangle with a group of Donghu?

Han Shiyan immediately decided to return to Fangcheng. He directly wrote to Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong on the grounds that the Leopard Cavalry had been fighting for a long time outside and the soldiers were exhausted and needed rest. He asked Murong Zhili, Hu Luba, Guo Ming, Xu Shisan, Lu Mingxing, Xiahou Zhe, Hu Yanjian, Mi Yong, Jing Jiang Liujin Fei, Shan Songzi and other alliance cavalry generals to fly to the battalion to discuss the matter of garrisoning the northeast.

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Fengyun received a letter from Chijishai Ashinaduna from the southeastern Yaqi.

Yang Shanjing had returned to the southeastern Yaqi before the New Year and revealed all the gains from his trip to Anzhou. The most important message was not the complete subversion of the situation in Northeast China, nor was it that Zhongtu took Anzhou and Northeast under the name of pacification, but that Pei Shiju was very likely to serve as the first military and political leader in the Andong region, which was the biggest threat to the desert.

Based on this, Daluo Ashina Yishun, Chijishi Ashina Duna and others judged that the drastic changes in the Northeast from Anzhou started last August, were indeed planned, manipulated and implemented by Zhongtu. The purpose was to use Anton as bait to lure the desert into a trap, and then provoke the north and south? War. Once the desert was trapped and fell into this trap, the Civil War broke out in full swing, the situation would be extremely unfavorable to the desert. After all, there was a Western Turkic behind the desert, so before the fatal threat of the Western Turkic, the Desert could only swallow its anger and would rather give up Anton and cut off one's own arm than start the Civil War rush to get into the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.

However, the desert swallows his anger, compromises and gives in, and swallows the teeth and blood. It does not mean that the Middle Earth will stop at the right time, and no longer presses step by step, and no longer continues to cause trouble and provoke. Therefore, it is definitely not possible to give in, cry and protest, or even be a turtle with its head. It is still tough to be tough, and it is still counterattacking. It is still necessary to fight back. It is still necessary to fight for what it should be fought for. When it should be bluffed, it has to be yelled and shouted a few times with great fanfare.

In fact, the tent also made the worst estimate of the situation in Andong. Before Daluobu Ashina Yishun, Shilifa Yang Shanjing, and Tuojie army Dagan Andukhan left Wanshanhai, Shibi Khan and the core of the tent also clarified their goal of this trip, that is, to do their best to maintain the relationship between the north and the south, and to gain at least one year of war preparation time for the desert. For this reason, even if it pays a major price, it can be accepted. It is necessary to give up Anzhou as long as it has to. But the situation has developed a long time.

Far beyond the imagination of the dental tent, not only Anzhou was lost, but also Northeast China, Songmo Yaqi turned against it, and the Donghu people also betrayed it. What's more serious is that Zhongtu "legitimately" robbed Anton at an incredible speed and appointed Pei Shiju, who was extremely threatening to the desert, as the military and political chief of Andong. The situation was completely one-sided. In this passive and harsh situation, if the desert wants to maintain the relationship between the north and the south, it must give up Anzhou and the Northeast, which is a very heavy price.

This decision is of great importance and affects the fate of the Turkic Khanate. It has exceeded the power of the inspection team composed of Daluobin Ashina Yishun, Shilifa Yang Shanjing and Tuojie army Dagan Andu Khan. Therefore, the three of them joined forces with Chiji to set up Ashina Duna and report to the tent. At the same time, they made a decision to actively defend, put pressure on Anton, and threaten and tempt him. While the troops were in the face of the brink of the brink, they took the initiative to negotiate, and continued to deteriorate the situation in Anton while trying their best to reduce their own losses.

Daluobin Ashina Yishun, representing Shibi Khan and Yazhang, wrote a letter to the Emperor Zhongtu, proposing strong protests to Zhongtu on the issue of the ownership of Anzhou and Northeast China, believing that Zhongtu forcibly occupying the territory of "Jie Khanate", not only violated the agreement between the North and the South, but also a robbery act of bullying the weak. The Turkic Khanate could not accept it, and would not give up Anzhou and Northeast China. With no choice, the Turkic Khanate would defend its rights and interests by force.

Chi Jishi Ashinadula warned Li Fengyun, asking him to withdraw from the Northeast immediately, send Ashinadula's head, and release all the control strings of the Leimo Ya Banner, otherwise the tooth tent would gather heavy troops and launch a fierce attack on Anzhou.

This letter revealed a message to Li Fengyun, that is, the Turks plan to compromise and give up Anzhou, and can admit Li Fengyun's actual possession of Anzhou, but Li Fengyun must withdraw from the Northeast. You cannot have both fish and bear's paws. You cannot be too greedy in life, just stop at the right time. Don't let the fish die and burn both jade and stones, which will not benefit everyone.

Li Fengyun disagreed. Before the New Year, Li Fengyun had already achieved some limited tacit understanding with Yang Shanjing. In the desert, Yang Shanjing was not only the spokesperson for Princess Kehe Dunyicheng, but also an important member of the conservative forces in Yazan. In addition to his special feelings for Middle Earth and the grievances between him and Li Fengyun, his promises are still credible.

Of course, in the context of the inevitable Civil War, the conservative forces of the tooth tent led by Princess Kehe Dun Yicheng must make political compromises and must support the active preparations for war by Shibi Khan. Otherwise, after the war breaks out, the conservative forces of the tooth tent will pay a huge price for their stubborn adherence to "harmony". What's more serious is that once the war is defeated, it will be a loss. Although the tooth tent tent tent was severely damaged and even had to hand over the ruling power, the tooth tent tent and the dying Turkic Khanate faced a scarred and dying Turkic Khanate, how could the tent tent turn the tide and save the desert from danger?

Therefore, in the next year, both the north and the south will have a strong desire to maintain peace. Although there may be serious conflicts in some parts, such as Andong, there are active mediation from the tent owner and faction. Chijishi Ashinaduna of the southeastern Yaqi Banner urgently needs to preserve its strength. In addition, the powerful Central Turkish powerful people like Pei Shiju are personally in charge of Andong. Even if an armed conflict breaks out, it will increase each other's voice at the negotiating table, and will not evolve into a decisive battle between the north and the south.

Li Fengyun laughed, waved his pen, and made a proud reply, Pei Shiju had arrived.

The implication is that you don’t threaten me or negotiate with me. You just look for Pei Shiju. Now Anton’s supreme commander is Pei Shiju.

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, more than a dozen wealthy families from Hebei, including Cui Yu, Cui Jiu, Liu Shanbo, Lu Junxian, Li Sixing, etc., came together to visit Pei Shiju. In fact, they were negotiating with Li Fengyun on behalf of their respective families, asking him to fulfill his original promise and let everyone share the results of Anton.

The son of the aristocratic family, represented Li Si's behavior, visited Li Fengyun first to test. Pei Shiju came too quickly, which quickly entered the stage of interest division, which caught the wealthy families of Youyan in northern Hebei off guard and had no choice but to follow Pei Shiju and rushed to Anzhou, trying every means to affect the negotiation results so as to get a more pie in the feast of sharing interests.

When Li Sixing saw Li Fengyun, after a little greeting, he solemnly told him, "A person from the clan has come."

Li Fengyun understood as soon as he heard that the wealth was at present, and the Li family of Zhao County could not sit still. He sent a respected elder of the clan Reed to Anzhou to try to use his own strength to maximize the profits of Anton.

Li Fengyun had no expression on his face and said nothing.

Li Sixing raised his eyebrows and was secretly happy. Sure enough, Li Fengyun had to bear unprecedented pressure and carefully consider his identity. He had to choose between Li Fengyun and Li Pingyuan. He could no longer be as willful as before. Every time he spoke, he would be "Li Fengyun" and reject the Li family of Zhao County thousands of miles away.

Li Sixing waited for a while, and saw Li Fengyun not speaking for a long time, so he took the initiative to say, "It's Li Xiaoduan from Dongzufang."

Li Fengyun's face finally changed.

The six major families of Li family in Zhao County are: East ancestral house, South ancestral house, West ancestral house, Liaodong ancestral house, Jiangxia ancestral house and Hanzhong ancestral house. The rest are all side branches, among which East ancestral house is the most prosperous. The contemporary head of the family is the person from the East ancestral house, and Li Xiaoduan is the cousin of the head of the family, followed by West ancestral house, with the Wu Ben Lang General Li Gongting and the Right Sect Li Gongyan, and the Liaodong ancestral house again. Li Bi, one of the eight pillar states of the Western Wei Dynasty, came from this house, and among Li Bi's great-grandsons, Li Mi, one of the masterminds of Yang Xuangan's mutiny. Hanzhong ancestral house was once glorious during the Li Delin period, but now it is sunset.

Li Xiaoduan was famous among the scholars in Shandong, but his career was not good. This was the result of political struggle and centralized reform. As long as the Guanlong noble group controls the government, the Shandong noble group will never have a chance to make a comeback. So Li Xiaoduan was so angry that he went home to teach and educate people and do academic research.

After hesitating for a little, Li Fengyun asked, "Where is his purpose when he has traveled thousands of miles to Anzhou?"

This is not a question knowingly, but a sarcasm.

Li Sixing smiled faintly. This kind of behavior of rushing to the top and taking advantage of bad things is common in wealthy families. However, when Li Pingyuan "offended" the late emperor, Li Baiyao "offended" the holy master, Hanzhongfang suffered a heavy blow, and was "defeated" in politics, but even the entire Zhaojun Li family was implicated, and even the Liaodong house, which belongs to the Guanlong noble group, was difficult to escape. Of course, from the perspective of the centralized environment, the decline of the aristocratic families is inevitable. The decline of the Li family of Zhaojun cannot be blamed on Hanzhongfang. However, once an excuse is needed, Hanzhongfang is the "target of public criticism". Therefore, in terms of the current situation, the Li family of Zhaojun used the power of Li Fengyun to seize the benefits of Andong and asked Hanzhongfang to "compensate" the entire family, which was also righteous.

"Don't be angry." Li Sixing said, "You turned to Youyan, and the family still helped a lot and took considerable risks. If you don't have any credit, you will still have hard work."

Li Fengyun's face looked a little ugly.

"You are so powerful that you are paying attention to, and some secrets cannot be hidden." Li Sixing continued, "Shandong has been burdened by the Eastern Expedition in recent years, and has suffered heavy blows from the Guanlong people. The Shandong people have also retreated step by step in the court. Therefore, once your secret is made public, once it is deliberately used by the Saint Lord and the Guanlong people, the great lethality can be imagined. The first person to be affected is the Li family of Zhao County. You can ignore the risk of such a family destruction, but the Li family of Zhao County cannot ignore it and remain indifferent."

Li Sixing looked at Li Fengyun meaningfully and asked, "Do you understand?"

Li Fengyun thought for a moment and nodded, "You lead the way, I'll go to see the clan elder."
Chapter completed!