On April 15th, Guo Rong, the General of the Right Guard, and Xue Shixiong, the General of the Left Guard, led the main army across the Liaoshui River, and arrived at the city of Liaodong at dusk that day, and successfully met with Cui Hongsheng, the General of the Left Guard.

Cui Hongsheng first introduced the military situation of Liaodong City to Guo Rong and Xue Shixiong in detail, and then volunteered to Guo Rongying, asking tomorrow to lead the front-superior army to continue to advance eastward, quickly cross thousands of mountains, and kill Wugucheng, an important town on the west bank of Yalu River, and face Yalu River as quickly as possible, posing a serious threat to Pyongyang.

Cui Hongsheng actively attacked and tried his best to seize the initiative on the battlefield. Both the country and the people were beneficial. Guo Rong and Xue Shixiong were of course happy to see it and supported it with all their strength. However, what Cui Hongsheng was most concerned about was obviously not the rapid horse-rat-rafting and dialing on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, but what kind of rough interference will the Holy Lord and the Central Government of Linyu Palace exerted on the already-started Eastern Expedition. Therefore, Cui Hongsheng expressed his position clearly and won the strong support of Guo Rong and Xue Shixiong, and then asked bluntly, "Can the Holy Lord have the latest edict? What extraordinary news can be heard from the palace?"

Guo Rong and Xue Shi were ambitious to understand. They looked at each other, and a trace of gloom flashed across their eyes.

"There are no orders from the Holy Lord in the past few days, nor any news from the palace." Guo Rong shook his hand and said worriedly, "It is abnormal that makes people feel restless and very worried."

Xue Shixiong hesitated for a moment and said in a pun, "There is no news, it is actually news. It represents a certain attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central."

Guo Rong remained silent. Cui Hongsheng also did not speak.

The Holy Lord and the Central Committee have a clear attitude and must seize the military power. However, the failure of the first two Eastern Expeditions severely damaged their authority. Now they are no longer able to grasp military power, and they are not very useful in speaking. For example, the King of Qi is arbitrary act, the Andong army is slandering, the commander of the Eastern Expedition changes his plan, etc., they all openly or obscurely challenge the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. As a result, the contradictions become more and more acute and the situation becomes more chaotic. In this unfavorable situation, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee can no longer find an effective countermeasure. They can only express their anger and helplessness with silence, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack opportunity to appear.

This is obviously not a good thing. All forces fighting bloody battles on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition will inevitably bear heavy pressure, which will inevitably affect the progress of the Eastern Expedition and even the results of the Eastern Expedition.

When Xue Shixiong saw Guo Rong, Cui Hongsheng said no, so he continued, "We cannot ignore the attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. We must pay attention to it and take corresponding measures, otherwise the consequences may be far more serious than we imagined."

When Cui Hongsheng heard this, his expression became more solemn and his eyes were hesitant.

Xue Shixiong's words were directed at Cui Hongsheng, and he warned Cui Hongsheng not to charge in the battle regardless of his own mind. The first consideration of the third Eastern Expedition was not military victory, but to ensure that political interests were not lost. Now the conflict between the Holy Lord and the Central Military is getting bigger and bigger, and the conflict is becoming increasingly fierce. It is conceivable that the reason for their sudden silence is that they are suddenly silent. Therefore, in terms of ensuring the political interests of the Holy Lord and the Central Military, the three parties should stand together and work together to form an end, and not be openly opposed like now.

What is the plan? Xue Shixiong raised a question but did not give an answer. However, everyone understands it. Even if Xue Shixiong doesn't say it, Cui Hongsheng could think of it. In fact, the countermeasures are very simple. It is impossible to compromise with the Saint Lord and the Central Army. The commander finds a reason and asks the Saint Lord to quickly arrive at the Liaodong battlefield to lead the battle, and just like the previous two Eastern Expeditions, they handed over the battlefield command.

The military was unwilling and unwilling to give up, but the Holy Lord and the Central Committee used silence to threaten political interests, which led to the military's passiveness and had to carefully weigh the trade-offs, so it was difficult to make a choice.

Cui Hongsheng thought for a long time and turned his eyes to Guo Rong.

Xue Shixiong represents the military position and safeguards the interests of the military. Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong are both close ministers of the Holy Lord and represent the interests of the Holy Lord in the Wei Mansion, so the attitudes of Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong are the most important.

Although Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong reached a tacit understanding with Cui Hongsheng on the attack strategy, they were close ministers of the Holy Lord. They had to consider the interests of the Holy Lord in everything and could not deviate from the Holy Lord's position and attitude. Therefore, they had restraints and their thoughts and actions were relatively conservative. Now that the army has set out, the Holy Lord and the Central Master have unexpectedly remained silent. The first thing they were carrying the burden and under pressure was Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong.

Guo Rong looked at Cui Hongsheng, hesitated for a little, and said cautiously, "Our offensive must be fierce, but we cannot go deep alone, as the risk is too great."

Guo Rong's attitude is conservative. From a military perspective, he hopes that the Holy Lord will not be in charge of the army, the commander can command calmly, and the army can directly kill Pyongyang, but from a political perspective, he has to urge the Holy Lord to rush to Liaodong to take charge of the overall situation. In this way, the commander will hesitate in the attack strategy and look back and forth, and will stop Cui Hongsheng from rushing to the east to cross Yalu River, so as not to deviate from the Holy Lord's wishes and cause irreversible consequences.

To put it bluntly, it means that you don’t want to take responsibility. If the Holy Lord gives up the imperial command, the Commander-in-Chief will naturally bear all the responsibility. On the contrary, if the Holy Lord definitely comes to the imperial commander-in-Chief, and the Commander-in-Chief takes over the initiative before he comes, and takes the initiative without authorization. Everyone will be happy when he fights well. If the Commander-in-Chief is not allowed to come, nor when he will come. This makes the Commander-in-Chief very "discomfortable". He can only take the minority of the two evils and stop at the right time. While waiting for the Holy Lord to personally fight, he will attack conservatively to ensure that the situation is within a controllable range and do not dig "pits" for the Holy Lord.

Cui Hongsheng understood as soon as he heard this, and immediately said, "A rushing forward does not mean that the army can go deep into the deep. Whether the army can cross the Yalu River to the east and when it will cross the Yalu River to the east depends on the advancement of water and land. If the Andong Army and the Navy fail to form effective support on the two wings of our army, our army will not have the conditions to cross the Yalu River to the east."

Cui Hongsheng and Li Fengyun's secret agreement was that he would first hit Yalu River to create conditions for Li Fengyun to attack Pyongyang, so he would never be able to cross Yalu River to the east, and he would not be able to go deep into the army alone to make a dangerous move. However, this is a secret, and he could not say publicly that he could only move forward and rush in to hide his true purpose. So the impression that the four generals, including Yuwen Shu, Guo Rong, Li Jing and Xue Shixiong, was that Cui Hongsheng wanted to use the Eastern Expedition to make contributions and sacrifice his strength, and decided to attack Pyongyang at any cost, and use his crazy adventure to coerce the commander's full support, and then promote the development of the entire battle situation in a direction that is beneficial to Middle-earth.

Now Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong are conservative in their attitudes, and the commander is looking forward and careless. Guo Rong even clearly implies that Cui Hongsheng cannot go deep alone. In fact, he just wants him to cross the Yalu River to the east. Cui Hongsheng's goal is Yalu River, so he is so eager that he just goes with the flow and agrees.

Xue Shixiong sighed secretly, with a hint of helplessness on his cold face, and his eyes became even more gloomy.

Originally, the King of Qi and Anton's army could not count on it. If they could not cause trouble, they would burn incense. The navy was too restricted. Whether it could provide strong cooperation with the land army depends largely on luck. However, the navy's luck was obviously not good and the beginning was unfavorable. Zhou Fashang died before he went to the expedition, and the navy's morale was severely damaged before he went to the sea, so he did not dare to rely too much. In this way, whether he could conquer Pyongyang would be able to rely on himself. However, judging from the current situation, the commander was greatly constrained and the army could not implement the established decisions. If this dilemma cannot be reversed quickly, the result of the third Eastern Expedition would not be optimistic.

On April 16th, Cui Hongsheng led his army eastward and headed straight for Yalushui.

At the same time, in Fuyu City, the deputy guru of Andong Li Hun, Li Zixiong, Chen Rui, Han Yao, Guo Ming, Lv Mingxing, Xu Shisan, Han Shiye, Zhou Zhong and other senior military and political leaders gathered in the general's tent to discuss the plan of advancing eastward to Huifachuan.

They had just received a letter from Li Fengyun. The horse army selected for the selection of the army had swept across the banks of Huifachuan and destroyed the Huiba tribes. With strong force, the troops of the Marine tribes led by Sumo tribes had to bow their heads and make alliances. Next, Li Fengyun wanted to continue to advance eastward and wanted Fengchi to kill Yalushui directly, so he ordered Li Zixiong to immediately lead the main force of the infantry army to rush to Huifachuan day and night without any delay.

There is no problem with this. Li Fengyun was leading the way forward and they followed up. This was a decided decision. However, now that the King of Qi came uninvited, the situation became complicated and the problem arose. What should King of Qi do? Should King of Qi follow the main force of the infantry army to enter Huifachuan eastward, or stay in Fuyu City, and act with the rear legion led by Li Hun, which was mainly composed of supplies and the young and strong men of the Han army?

The answer is self-evident. Apart from the Holy Lord, no one can command or command the King of Qi. If advice is effective, the King of Qi will not travel thousands of miles to Fuyu. Therefore, as long as the main force of the Andong Infantry Army advances eastward to Huifachuan, the King of Qi will definitely lead his army to accompany him.

There is no problem with this. The King of Qi is the Liaodong comforting envoy and has the power to supervise the army. Of course, he has to travel with the Anton Expeditionary Force. However, now Anton's emerging power is affiliated with the political group with Pei Shiju as the core. This political group not only does not support the King of Qi, but also has to draw a clear line with the King of Qi. So the question arises. The King of Qi and the Anton Expeditionary Force are together. Should the King of Qi pull Anton on his ship, or does Anton have other plans to use the King of Qi as the banner?

Li Fengyun's attitude is Anton's attitude, and Li Fengyun's attitude is clear that Anton cannot be kidnapped by the King of Qi. Even though the alliance has secretly cooperated with the King of Qi in the past, the alliance is an alliance and Anton is Anton. Today, Anton has many forces, and the alliance is just one of the many forces in Anton. The alliance cannot represent Anton, and the alliance cannot harm Anton's interests. Therefore, Chen Rui, Han Yao, Guo Ming, Lu Mingxing, Xu Shisan and other Li Fengyun's direct generals publicly stated that they must try every means to prevent the King of Qi and the main forces of the infantry from going to Huifachuan together.

Faced with resistance, Li Hun told him bluntly that as far as the King of Qi came to Fuyu to join the Anton army, it was a fait accompli. No matter what position Anton took, it could not change the negative judgment formed by the Holy Lord and the Central Committee on this matter. Even if the Holy Lord and the Central Committee knew that Anton was an innocent victim, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee would not reverse their attitude towards Anton. On the contrary, they would only take advantage of the situation and use this as an excuse to further curb and crack down on and weaken Anton.

"Only cooperation can win, victory can achieve success, and merit is strength, and only strength can determine everything." Li Hun finally warned, "Conquering Pyongyang and destroying Goguryeo is our goal and the best opportunity for us to accelerate development. In order to seize this opportunity, we must do and cannot do. The masters know clearly. Do they need to elaborate on it one by one?"

Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong and others, who had an ambiguous attitude, heard Li Hun's warning, immediately made a decision, faced the power of the King of Qi, put their own position, and put everything they should not think or do in order to win the third Eastern Expedition, put all the things they should not think or do, and worked together with the King of Qi, worked together and tried their best to advance eastward to fight.

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