According to Li Fengyun's attack strategy, the main force of the alliance attracted and restrained almost all the troops of the five Xi tribes on the battlefield of the ghost side. The pressure they were under and the price they paid was high. It is precisely because of this that the army of Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan and Zhou Zhong's selection army could kill Gubeikou Great Wall at the fastest speed. Then the problem arose. The purpose of killing Gubeikou at the fastest speed was to win the support of food and grass weapons from Youzhou. In other words, the life and death of the alliance army was equal to being controlled by the powerful and wealthy people such as Li Zixiong. Although the two sides were consistent in the core interest of regaining Anzhou, from the standpoint of most generals in the alliance, they did not trust Li Zixiong and other wealthy people, which is the contradiction.

When Li Fengyun made this decision, he should try to avoid conflicts rather than deliberately intensify conflicts. However, the capture of Anzhou and the recovery of Anzhou are two different concepts. The capture of Anzhou does not mean permanent occupation. The recovery of Anzhou is permanent occupation. The basis of permanent occupation is sufficient manpower, material and financial resources. The alliance has 40,000 to 50,000 troops, and there is enough manpower, but the material and financial resources are extremely lacking. Youyan's support must be based on the support of Youyan, and Youyan's support comes from the permission of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. So who is more acceptable to the Holy Lord and the Central Committee with a humble rebel headed by Li Fengyun and the noble rebel headed by Li Zixiong? Who has rich connections and uses these valuable resources to help the Alliance permanently occupy Anzhou and help the Alliance grow and grow?

This is the crux of the problem. Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong, Lai Yuan, Yang Gongdao and other powerful people knew the purpose of Li Fengyun's decision. They value long-term interests as Li Fengyun. If Anzhou can occupy it for a long time, not only Zhongtu, but also the alliance, but also themselves, they are willing to work hard with Li Fengyun for this reason. However, the humble generals in the alliance are limited by their own vision and pattern, and it is difficult to see far, and they focus more on the gains and losses in front of them. The two sides think differently, which leads to conflict.

The atmosphere in the tent fell into dullness and resentment because of Li Fengyun's decision. Fortunately, Li Fengyun's prestige was high, and opponents did not dare to question it in person, and Li Zixiong and others were not willing to explain. The innate sense of superiority made them unable to identify with these lowly people from the bandits. Since it is only a matter of time before they part ways, why compromise and accommodate now?

Li Fengyun must have an explanation, but he is not easy to say too straightforward. If it is too straightforward, it will inevitably hurt the fragile self-esteem of those who are humble from birth. Therefore, Li Fengyun is very tactful. He first explained the essential difference between the capture of Anzhou and the recovery of Anzhou. He once again emphasized that what the alliance needs next is not only a steady stream of food and grass weapons, but also manpower, material and financial support, especially China and Turkey needs all-round support from political, economic and military aspects.

The reason why the Xi tribe was able to station in Anzhou for more than 20 years and struggle to survive in the cracks of the great powers is precisely because the great powers have fierce interest games in this area. Although the Xi tribe's own strength is very limited, the general environment caused by the game between the great powers, that is, the delicate balance between the north and the south of the north and the south, has allowed the Xi tribe to win certain convenient conditions in politics, economy and military terms. This is the basis for the survival of the Xi tribe.

However, this balance will soon be broken by the alliance. The powerful powers who were fighting fiercely around Anzhou will soon react. The Turks and the Donghu captives such as the Khitan, Goguryeo, Marcelona, ​​Shiwei, etc. will inevitably join forces to attack and suppress the aggressive offensive of Zhongtu, trying to defeat the alliance in the shortest time, help the Xi tribe regain Anzhou and restore the previous regional balance. However, Zhongtu will not miss a great opportunity. They will inevitably use the power of the alliance to regain Anzhou, break the former regional balance, weaken the Turks' influence on the Northeast and even the Far East, and then use the decline of Goguryeo, the Far Eastern hegemon, to rebuild a new regional balance dominated by Zhongtu that is conducive to the interests of Zhongtu.

If the Holy Lord and the Central Master want to achieve this goal, they must support the rebellious force of the Alliance, give all-round political, economic and military support, and ensure that the Alliance can help Middle-earth occupy Anzhou forever. However, Li Fengyun and his rebels from the bandits obviously do not have the qualifications to support them in the eyes of the Holy Lord and the Central Master, and the powerful people such as Li Zixiong are different. They will definitely be supported by the Holy Lord and the Central Master. There is no doubt about this. Therefore, if the Alliance wants to grow and grow, it must win the cooperation of the powerful people such as Li Zixiong and get their help.

"When the situation is not clear, even if the wealthy families in northern Jilin and Youyan keep their promises, considering the potential crises brought by various variables, their support must be limited. At most, some combat preparation materials mainly based on food can only be rescued, not saved lives, and cannot solve the fundamental problem. When the situation becomes clear, our needs have also changed. Not only do we need food, silk and other materials, but also a large number of weapons, military cooperation, and long-term all-round support, which is far beyond the ability of the wealthy families. So who has the ability to provide us with all-round support? The King of Qi is too busy to take care of himself, and it is definitely not possible. Only Youyan officials, the only one who is left-behind by Zhuo County, and the left-behind by Zhuo County, must not dare to make arbitrary claims. He must report to the Holy Lord and the Central and request permission from the Holy Lord and the Central."

When Li Fengyun said this, his eyes swept across the faces of the generals one by one. The indignant generals had already understood Li Fengyun's decision and calmed down. This time, the selection army went south to Gubeikou Great Wall. The task seemed to be simple, which was to obtain support from food and grass weapons from Youzhou. Before Li Fengyun went out of the frontier, he had reached an agreement with the Hebei and Youyan wealthy families, which was completely guaranteed. However, after hearing Li Fengyun's explanation, he thought carefully that the mission of this trip was not simple, but very difficult, and even far exceeded the bloody battle of the main force of the alliance on the battlefield of the ghost side.

Without diamonds and not taking on porcelain work, who can achieve destiny among the generals? Who can get the trust of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee and win their all-round support? It doesn’t matter how you think about it, so in fact it was not Li Fengyun who handed over the future of the alliance to the powerful and other powerful peoples such as Li Zixiong, but the fate of the alliance was originally controlled by the powerful and other powerful peoples such as Li Zixiong. It was just that the situation had not yet developed to this point before, and everyone could not see it.

This is Li Fengyun's cleverness. As early as when Yang Xuangan's mutiny, he tried every means to "kidnap" a large number of powerful people who were "pulled into the water" by Yang Xuangan to the alliance's ship. Although both sides were thinking of using each other at that time, the alliance actually took a big advantage. It was only this big advantage that it was not until today that it was truly recognized by both sides. What is particularly amazing is that when the situation developed to this point, the two sides were actually a whole, without distinguishing each other.

All prosper and all prosper and lose. No one has a way out. Even if the powerful and powerful people such as Li Zixiong knew that they were used by the alliance and allowed the grassroots generals of the alliance to take advantage of the advantages, they had to do their best to win the support of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. Even if the grassroots generals of the alliance knew that the credit for regaining Anzhou was given to the powerful and other powerful people such as Li Zixiong. After suffering a great loss, they had to use all their strength to fight bloody battles, and at any cost, they had to defeat the five Xi tribes, take Anzhou back, and occupy it firmly, otherwise everything would be a cloud.

Li Fengyun said this to this point, and it was indeed very thorough for the grassroots generals of the alliance. The pros and cons were analyzed clearly, but for the powerful and powerful people such as Li Zixiong, it was a disguised coercion in a sense. I gave you all the credit for regaining Anzhou, so that you can use this credit to get pardoned by the Holy Lord, return to the ranks of nobles, and regain power and wealth. Then you must do everything possible to use all resources to win the support of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee for you. And the support of the official Middle-earth government will eventually make you get what you want, and the real benefit is to use the official support to develop and grow the alliance. Everyone benefits each other, why not do it?

Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Yang Gongdao, Zhou Zhong, Lai Yuan and other powerful people looked at each other, but they didn't say anything, their eyes were gloomy, not because Li Fengyun was taking advantage of it, but because the task was too arduous and the possibility of success was not high. Although Li Fengyun's analysis was reasonable, the recovery of Anzhou was profitable for Zhongtu, and the Holy Lord and the Central Committee were indeed necessary to support it, but this matter was very involved and the conflict of interest was too complicated. Especially the variable of the King of Qi was too great. As long as anything was related to the dispute between the imperial regime, the right and wrong of black and white could be reversed. In bad circumstances, political opponents would rather damage Zhongtu and the interests of the country in order to win, and they would completely lose their minds and could not speculate based on common sense.

Therefore, Li Zixiong and others remained silent in the face of Li Fengyun's "coercion", refused to respond and refused to make any promises. The implication is that we will do our best to do this. As for whether it can succeed, it is a different matter. After all, this requirement is too high and far beyond our ability. Don't say that we are now accomplices of Yang Xuangan and are rebellious that everyone can punish. Even if we are still in our original position, we will not be able to help you achieve this goal.

Li Fengyun did not make any progress step by step. This matter is indeed too difficult, but planning is up to others and success is up to heaven. As long as Li Zixiong and others are willing to work hard for this.

In order to strengthen the confidence of Li Zixiong and others, Li Fengyun still analyzed and speculated the development trend of the future situation, and this is actually a re-prompt. Li Fengyun publicly predicted more than once that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee will definitely launch the third Eastern Expedition next spring, and the North-South War will definitely break out in two years. At present, the deterioration of the entire North-South situation is irreversible, and the deterioration speed is getting faster and faster. The Holy Lord and the Central Committee should be the clearest point, and this is also the internal and external troubles of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

In the harsh political environment, the reason for the decision to launch the Third Eastern Expedition is that this decision seems to most people to be incredible, crazy and almost unreasonable. However, if it is put into the big game of the Battle of the North and South in two years, then the third Eastern Expedition is necessary and a helpless move that has to be done. Of course, if the situation did not deteriorate to such an extent, there would not be a third or even a second Eastern Expedition.

For Central Turks, the primary prerequisite for the war between the North and the South was to avoid being attacked by the Northern Territory. Therefore, Central Turks had to accept the fact that the Western Regions were betrayed by the countries of the Western Regions, restored the country, and lost all the benefits of the Western Territory. They made compromises to the Western Turks in exchange for the Western Turks' alliance. At the same time, they used force to coerce the Eastern Husbands, led by Goguryeo, and surrendered to Central Turks, and remain neutral when Central Turks fought fiercely with the desert. In this way, Central Turks resolved the threats from both the east and the west, and could concentrate all their strength in the northern border and fight to the death with the Turks on the desert.

The purpose of the third Eastern Expedition is to achieve the strategic goals that the Eastern Expedition must be achieved, rather than giving up halfway.

Starting from this strategic goal, the alliance recovered Anzhou and used Anzhou as a base to sweep across the two sides of the Ruoluo River, severely damaged the three northeastern tribes such as Xi, Jun, and Khitan, and launched the third eastern expedition with the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. It is a perfect match and has the same effect. In theory, it will definitely be supported by the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

Seeing that Li Fengyun was full of confidence and worried that he would make a wrong judgment because of his excessive confidence, Li Zixiong had to warn him, "If the Holy Lord is determined to launch the third Eastern Expedition, the resistance of the Dongdu will be very great. In this case, our surprise troops will stand out, recapture Anzhou, chaotic the situation in the Northeast, and achieve part of the purpose of the Third Eastern Expedition. It will inevitably become an important reason for the Dongdu to stop the Third Eastern Expedition. This may backfire. Not only will we not get the support of the Holy Lord, but we may become the target of the attack."

"I said that the significance of regaining Anzhou must be placed in the big game of the battle between the North and South." Li Fengyun shook his hand and disagreed with Li Zixiong's statement. "In addition, from the perspective of the battle between the North and South, the Holy Lord and the Central Government must take the interests of Middle Earth and the country first, and they will never dare to have any selfish intentions, because the Holy Lord and the Central Government cannot afford to lose in this battle. Once they lose, the first thing they lose is centralized reform, and secondly, the national government may lose. Therefore, there is no doubt that even if the Holy Lord and the Central Government are unwilling to be reluctant, they will still provide support from the overall situation as appropriate, and at least they will not let us lose. After all, our existence is nailed into the Northeast like a tenon, which is quite beneficial to the overall situation."

Li Zixiong no longer insisted, he had already said what he should say, and the next step was to do his best to do his best. Li Fengyun was very lucky, and a miracle might happen.

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