On March 25, the Shangshu Ling, the prosecutor of Henan Yin and the Liaodong ambassador to comfort him, and the Qi King Yang Ming led his army to Huaiyuan Town.

Five generals, Yuwen Shu, Guo Rong, Li Jing, Xue Shixiong and Cui Hongsheng, went out to welcome each other.

According to the decree of the Holy Lord, the official position of the King of Qi in the Eastern Expedition Command was the Liaodong ambassador. He actually assumed the responsibility of military supervision, participated in confidentiality and participated in decision-making. In addition, the King of Qi also had the right to command the military and had the power to command the battlefield. In this way, without the Holy Lord personally, the distribution of power in the Eastern Expedition Command was complicated, which made Yu Wen Shu and Guo Rong, the chief and deputy commanders of the Expedition Force, very troubled.

The King of Qi is noble and is the only legitimate prince of the Holy Lord. Although he has not been able to take up the position of crown prince so far, only the power leaders know the inside story of the dispute over the imperial rule. In the eyes of most people, the King of Qi is the crown prince, the future emperor of Zhongtu. Besides, he has been promoted to the Inner Historian Order for his contribution to the opening of the border and Andong, and entered the central core level. It is obvious that the Holy Lord is deliberately cultivating it. The message conveyed to the outside world is that the Holy Lord is paving the way for him to enter the East Palace, just when the time is ripe, he will surely soar into the sky, below one person and above ten thousand people.

The same is true for the King of Qi. He wanted to enter the Eastern Palace and become the king of Middle Earth. For this reason, he wanted to win the trust and respect of his father, but the freezing of three feet is not a day. If he wanted to resolve the conflicts and conflicts between father and son, it not only took time, but also needed facts to prove his infinite loyalty to the country and his father. The success of Kaijiang Andong guided him a path, that is, to make achievements on the battlefield, sacrifice his life for the country, and solve his father's problems. Therefore, winning the third Eastern Expedition became the peak that the King of Qi must conquer, and he could only succeed and not fail.

King Qi came with great ambition, but he did not blindly be arrogant and did not dare to forget himself. The major political setbacks and the "left and right clashes" in the past few years have made him suffer and grew up quickly in all aspects. This shows his political maturity from his decisive abandonment of joining the Feihu Rebels to seize control of Yanbei.

From the standpoint of King Qi, if he cooperated with Li Fengyun and Feihu rebels in Anzhou, and formed a three-way response inside and outside the Great Wall, in order to coerce the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to make compromises and concessions, and openly embark on the road of confrontation with the Holy Lord, the actual benefit is not himself, but the group of ulterior motives who hold his banner to do evil things, his future is still uncertain, and even more pessimistic. Li Fengyun's "painting cake" is likely to be a poison, which not only cannot "suffocate hunger", but will kill him. In this case, why do you still have to harm the great fortune of the country and even endanger the great cause of unification to benefit those with ulterior motives?

The same thing has different positions, different views, opinions and trade-offs of interests. What Li Fengyun, Li Zixiong and Li Hun want to seek and believe that profitable is not necessarily what the King of Qi needs, but is beneficial to the King of Qi, so the countermeasures taken by the two on the same matter are completely different.

The same is true for the Eastern Expedition. It seems that everyone has the same interests and must win the victory of the Eastern Expedition. However, the King of Qi seeks to destroy Goguryeo, which is the achievement of expanding territory and its own interests. For this, it is at all costs. Of course, the interests of others are sacrificed. Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong seek to win the greatest victory at the minimum price. Whether Goguryeo is destroyed does not matter. What is important is to ensure that the Far East hegemony obtained in the three-year Eastern Expedition is the benefit of the country. Therefore, this battle is enough to force Goguryeo to surrender, and there is no need to fight at all.

The blood was bleak, the soldiers were damaged, after all, the third Eastern Expedition was a political need, and it was unsuccessful. The upcoming Civil War was a military necessity and a battle to devote all its national strength. For this reason, the existing strength of the Weifu Mansion must be preserved to the greatest extent; as for Li Jing, Xue Shixiong and Cui Hongsheng, as the commander of the Weifu Mansion and the nobles, they must have both the military and the family interests, so their position is conservative, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. It is best to be able to destroy Goguryeo. If the conditions are not met, then settle for the second best and be undefeated.

It is precisely because all parties have different positions and interest demands for the Eastern Expedition that the senior leaders of the commander-in-chief once again had fierce debates on the attack strategies.

After carefully listening to the preparations for the Eastern Expedition and the initial attack strategies formulated by the Commander, King Qi immediately raised questions, "Where is the Anton Army? Where is Li Pingyuan? Why is there no Anton Army in your attack deployment?"

Yuwen Shu, Guo Rong had a expressionless face. Li Jing and Xue Shixiong had a grim expression and a sharp look. Cui Hongsheng's eyes were wandering, not knowing what to think.

The King of Qi knew the true identity of the white-haired thief. It was because of this that he was persuaded by Li Zixiong and Wei Fusi to cooperate with secretly. As a result, he received the rich rewards he needed in a short time. However, this reward was not in line with Li Fengyun's interests and went against Li Fengyun's expectations. So the two "divorce". Li Fengyun did not want to be dragged down by King Qi, and the King of Qi did not want to be deceived by Li Fengyun. The secret cooperation between the two was immediately terminated.

However, the Holy Lord did not know that the two had "parted ways", and even if they knew, they did not believe it. In order to prevent problems, they naturally had to try every means to attack the two. This was one of the important reasons why the Holy Lord ordered the King of Qi and Li Pingyuan to participate in the third Eastern Expedition.

Of course, King Qi knew this clearly. His countermeasures were very simple. He acted as the vanguard to attack Li Pingyuan. As long as he severely damaged or even eliminated Li Pingyuan, he not only helped the Holy Lord eliminate hidden dangers, but also proved his loyalty to the Holy Lord, which was a killing of two birds with one stone.

However, the facts in front of him told him that his wish might be disappointed. The Eastern Expedition Command was unwilling to accept the Anton army at all, and even did not consider the Anton army in the attack deployment. What does this mean? It means that the Anton army may not come to Huaiyuan Town.

Who is Li Pingyuan? He turned his hands into clouds and turned his hands into rain. Even if such a person jumped into the trap of the Eastern Expedition battlefield, he would leave a way out. Now the Eastern Expedition Command has publicly stated that he does not welcome the Anton army, and even sets obstacles in many aspects such as food, supplies, etc. This just gives Li Pingyuan the excuse that he will not miss it? What's more serious is that if the third Eastern Expedition is affected by the Anton army's delay, wouldn't the Commander shoot itself in the foot and cause trouble?

The King of Qi looked at Yuwen Shu and waited for the answer of the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army.

Yuwen Shu didn't answer, although he was the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army, and the King of Qi was just a Liaodong comfort envoy who performed military supervision duties and was at the bottom of the Eastern Expedition Command, but the King of Qi was too noble. In addition, the King of Qi is now the nominal inner-sermon and one of the most powerful priests in the center. His identity and official title were higher than that of Yuwen Shu, so Yuwen Shu had no choice but to offer the King of Qi. Power can be refused, but he will never give anyone a handle in terms of etiquette and law.

"King, until today, we have no news about the Anton Army." Yuwen Shu replied calmly, "We don't know where the Anton Army is now? We don't know where Li Pingyuan is now? We also know when they will arrive in Huaiyuan Town, but we are in full swing to prepare for the attack. We cannot make any mistakes before the attack. For this reason, we must not put the uncertain variable of the Anton Army into the attack deployment, so as not to delay the opportunity to fight and delay major events."

The King of Qi sneered inwardly and continued to ask, "I want to know when do you plan to cross the river to attack?"

"If everything goes well, in mid-April, the army will be able to cross the river eastward." Yuwen Shu glanced at King Qi, paused for a moment, and added, "From time calculation, the Holy Lord should have arrived in Peiping. In another half a month, the Holy Lord will be able to reach Huaiyuan. Once the Holy Lord arrives, he can launch an attack."

The King of Qi was a little surprised. He could cross the river and attack in mid-April, and there must be a mystery. According to his estimate, even if the third Eastern Expedition did not require recruiting Zhu Yingyang from all over the country, he would not rush to transport food, grass and supplies from Jiangnan. The soldiers of the expedition had been raising their energy in Liaodong for a long time, which could greatly save the preliminary preparation time. However, such a large-scale foreign war had too much preparation work, and any negligence in any aspect might lead to fatal consequences. Therefore, two months from the issuance of the Holy Lord to the army crossing the river and attack, unless the goal of the Third Eastern Expedition was not to destroy Goguryeo, but to put on a huge offensive to coerce Goguryeo surrender. It would be okay to be so hasty, and it would be a bluff, not to fight with one boat to the end.

But this is obviously not the result expected by the Holy Lord and the Central.

The main saints disagree with the opposition. The central government mobilized many troops and finally launched the third Eastern Expedition, but it was just a letter of surrender. If Goguryeo did not destroy Goguryeo, the three-year Eastern Expedition was successfully concluded, the territory was not expanded, and the losses lost were not made up, how could the Holy Lord and the Central Government explain to the people of the world? Goguryeo's surrender book could not cover up the truth about the failure of Middle Earth. The Holy Lord and the Central Government would definitely lose their authority, and eventually smash their own pot, cut off their own path, and lose all their defeat. Such a miserable ending was not something the Holy Lord and the Central Government were willing to accept?

However, the core contradiction between reform and conservatism has led to the breaking of the two capitals, and this breaking has had a huge impact and is rapidly destroying the great cause of Sino-Turkey unification, among which the Wei Dynasty was deeply affected.

The military was originally full of factions, and now it was even more disarray. It was reflected in the third Eastern Expedition, which was to not seek merit, but to seek nothing wrong. The military commanders were not willing to be the sword of the Holy Lord to attack Anton's army, so as to avoid a head-on conflict with the political forces headed by Pei Shiju, and were unwilling to let the Anton army steal the merits of the destruction of Goguryeo and slap the Wei Mansion in the face. However, relying solely on the expeditionary army of the Wei Mansion, there was no confidence in destroying Goguryeo. If you were not careful, you might have no results or even defeated the war. So they were passive and conservative, advance by water and land, attacked three ways, and set up a huge formation to force Goguryeo to surrender. In this way, the Wei Mansion was barely protected. As for the interests of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, they would ignore it.

Similarly, this is not in the interests of King Qi. King Qi wanted to use the third Eastern Expedition to expand territory and create a bright future with his many achievements. How could the military bosses destroy their hopes?

"I still want to know, if there was no Anton's 100,000 army, and relying solely on the existing expeditionary forces, could you conquer Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo?" King Qi spoke out bluntly and asked sternly.

Yuwen Shu's expression was cold and he didn't say a word. Guo Rong, Li Jing, Xue Shixiong, and Cui Hongsheng also had a cold expression and remained silent.

"Don't answer, can you understand that you are not sure of conquering Pyongyang and destroying Goguryeo?"

The five generals of the Guards still didn't say anything.

"Since you have no chance of winning, why do you still have to attack hastily? Why don't you wait for the arrival of Anton's army?"

Yuwen Shu hesitated a little and said in a pun, "King, as soon as the Holy Lord arrives, the attack will begin, otherwise the Wei Mansion will bear the responsibility for delay."

"As far as I know, Li Pingyuan led his army to leave Anzhou on February 15th and began to advance eastward to Liaodong. If everything goes well, in early April and mid-April, the Anton army will arrive in Huaiyuan and will not delay the attack time."

"King, what if Li Pingyuan is not going well? What if Andong's army cannot arrive in Huaiyuan in time?" Yuwen Shu asked back.

The King of Qi pondered for a moment and said resolutely, "I will send an envoy north immediately to urge Li Pingyuan to rush forward, and be sure to arrive in Huaiyuan in mid-April."
Chapter completed!