Feng Deyi wrote to Duan Da, and the Holy Lord asked him to go south to Gaoyang immediately (which means that in order to actively create favorable conditions for continuing the eastern expedition, the Holy Lord's attitude towards the King of Qi is changing. It is not only possible that the King of Qi will go north to guard the border, but also that the King of Qi may go north very quickly. For this reason, Feng Deyi warned Duan Da that he must rush to Gaoyang to help the King of Qi quickly solve the danger of Gaoyang. Never help the Lord's "hind legs" at this critical moment.

Duan Da is "a big deal". The situation is developing too fast, so it is difficult for him to make a decision and fall into a dilemma of retreating.

Duan Da weighed the pros and cons, but still couldn't make up his mind, so he told Yin Shishi Master the content of the secret letter. Of course, he deliberately concealed the origin of the news. The cooperation between him and Feng Deyi was short-lived and secret. Both sides only took their needs, but both were important figures in the opposing political group. Once this matter was exposed, it would be of no benefit to both sides.

"The letter said that today the Holy Lord and the central officials should discuss the consolidation and strengthening of the northern border towns. The most important one is personnel adjustment." Yin Shishi Master glanced at Duan Da who was worried and frowning, and asked with a pun, "Brother, King Jing (Feng Deyi) went south to Gaoyang under the order, probably after the central decision was made?"

Duan Da nodded, "It is obvious that the so-called personnel adjustment is actually to determine the whereabouts of King Qi. Therefore, if Duke Jing wants to go south to Gaoyang, he must wait until the center makes a decision."

"Can the center make a decision today?" Master Yin Shi continued to ask.

Duan Da shook his head. It would definitely be difficult for the central government to make a decision today. Although the current tense relationship between the north and the south is more important than its negative impact, since there is a negative impact, the northern desert may make a wrong interpretation of this. The relationship between the north and the south may further deteriorate, then the central government will not oppose it. After all, everyone knows that the Holy Lord suddenly changed his attitude towards the King of Qi and put the King of Qi in the northern border. The real purpose of the realization of the Third Eastern Expedition is to create conditions for launching the third Eastern Expedition. Therefore, as long as the current domestic and foreign political environment is not significantly conducive to the "improvement" of the central government, the Holy Lord and the Warring faction will not find a reason to convince the Lord and the War faction, and the Central Government will naturally not be able to quickly reach an agreement on the King of Qi going north to guard the border.

The Yinshi Master’s intention is clear at a glance. Since the future is uncertain, we should insist on the established decisions and keep our troops still, and wait and see if they change.

Yinshi Division is the commander of the Xiaoguo Army, and the Xiaoguo Army is the guard of the Saint Lord, so Yinshi Division naturally puts the safety of the Saint Lord and the Palace first, but Duan Da is different. Duan Da is the local commander of the border and undertakes the important task of garrisoning the border. As for the current severe situation of garrisoning in the border, Duan Da hopes that the King of Qi can go north to guard the border and rely on his powerful deterrent to alleviate the heavy pressure of garrisoning in the border. Therefore, after receiving the "hint" from Feng Deyi, Duan Da had the will and motivation to quickly rush to support Gao Yang. However, his army was limited in number, and he led his army south to Gaoyang alone and did not have the confidence to win.

Master Yinshi saw through Duan Da’s thoughts. Duan Da was too cautious and seeking stability everywhere, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. As a result, he was indecisive and swaying in decision-making. This made Master Yinshi very helpless. So before Duan Da spoke, he said decisively, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. The situation will inevitably change tomorrow. No matter whether these changes come from Linshuo Palace or Shanggu, we have enough time to weigh the gains and losses and then make the correct decision."

There was nothing to say all night. On the morning of the fifth day of August, the scout urgently reported Duan Da and Yinshi Division that the rebels gathered in large numbers on the west bank of Laishui and had surrounded Laishui City and made an attacking position. In this way, the rebels took advantage of the terrain advantages of Laishui and Jumahe to form a pincer attack on Zhuo County reinforcements in the west and south directions. At this moment, the Zhuo County reinforcements were in a passive position. Even if they were determined to go south to Gaoyang, they lost the best opportunity to attack.

After repeated discussions with Yinshi Division, Duan Da decided to divide his troops into two groups, one was led by Yinshi Division, defending the line of Zeban Small Town and Zhuocheng, and confronting the rebels on the west bank of Laishui; the other was led by Duan Da, and went south to Anding Post to meet Hou Mo Chenwei to form an offensive against the rebels on the south bank of Juma River. At the same time, closely monitored the three directions of Linshuo Palace, Dafangshan and Gaoyang. As long as there was an "abnormal" change in any of these three directions, the reinforcements responded quickly and implemented correct countermeasures to maximize their interests while ensuring their own safety.

At noon, Yinshi Division led five regiments to Qigoujinkou, across the Laishui River, and facing Laishui City on the other side. The rebels on the other side set up battle formations along the river embankment, stretching for several miles, with flags flying, drums and horns noisy, and were like rainbows. They were not the rumored mob at all.

Yin Shishi was secretly surprised and immediately ordered that all his subordinate Xiaoguo be transferred to Qigou to resolutely block the rebels' crossing the river. Even if this was the rebel's suspicious plan, the purpose was to restrain his army, and he would rather get into the trap than dare to look down on him. After all, as long as the rebels crossed the river and captured the small city of Zeban, their army would be surrounded by the rebels. Although they would not be wiped out, the losses would definitely be great. Whether they retreated or "entangled" the rebels, they would actually be unable to rescue Gao Yang in time, so the problem would be serious.

Yinshi Division urgently reported Duan Da, asking him to be cautious and not to rush across the river to prevent accidents. The most urgent task is to find out the virtual and real of the rebels in the shortest time. How many troops are there in the white-haired thieves and how strong is. This is very important, and it is directly related to the offensive and defensive decisions of one's side. After all, keeping the troops is only a short-term behavior, and watching the changes also depends on how the situation changes. Once the situation has not changed for a long time, can we continue to "silence"? Keep keeping the troops still?

At noon, Duan Da led his army to Anding Post, and then he kept working without stopping. Accompanied by Yingyanglang General Hou Mo Chenwei, he rushed to the Juma River to personally investigate the military situation on the front line.

What he saw in front of him made Duan Da feel very heavy. Hou Mo and Chen Wei did not lie about military information. The number of rebels was large and the neat military appearance was far beyond his expectations. From this we can see that Lu Junxian and other Youyan nobles did not exaggerate in this matter. The white-haired thieves' army did reach a certain scale, and their strength was indeed underestimated.

The Holy Lord, the Central Centre and even the Left-Defense of Zhuo County seriously underestimated the opponent, underestimated the huge ambitions of the political forces headed by King Qi, and even underestimated the huge role that King Qi could play in the northern border garrison and the Civil War.

Now the "truth is revealed". The white-haired thief attacked Gao Yang at the same time, rushed into Yanbei and blocked the Zhuo County army in Shanggu to show his powerful strength. He showed off his thick "muscles" in an almost exaggerated way of attacking three routes. The reason why he chose to expose his entire strength at this moment was to help the King of Qi go north to guard the border.

Duan Da had to admire the layouter for being too powerful. He not only knew the current situation in China and abroad, but also knew the psychology of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee's eagerness to reverse the political situation. He also had a clear view of the different interests and the fierce game caused by various forces in the country. So who is this person? He should be one of the highest level of the central government, because without the support of a large amount of confidential information, it would be impossible to set up such a delicate layout; he should also be the main war faction in the high-level of the central government, because he "pushed" the King of Qi to the northern border. Although it helped to maintain the current relationship between the north and the south, it also expressed the "strongness" of Zhongtu, bullying the weak and aggressive attitude at a glance. This is equivalent to publicly warning the Northern Gate that the North and the South will fight sooner or later, and you will fight if you want to fight; in addition, it should be the people of Guanlong, because he spared no effort to support the King of Qi.

Duan Da "cluttered" the highest level of the central center and found nothing. He is still far from the highest level of the central center. This speculation is meaningless. For him, he is just following the trend and rushing the saint master and the central center to "lighten the muscles". Although in his opinion, the saint thief suddenly "lighten the muscles" is more harmful than good, and it is likely to be a "overwhelming" to help the King of Qi, he has no way to guess how the saint master and the central officials play at the highest decision-making level and what the result of the game is.

However, before reporting to the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, Duan Da must find out how much water the "muscles" that the white-haired thief "brightens" are, and how strong the real strength of the white-haired thief is. Otherwise, lying about military information and being punished and dismissed is a minor matter, and misleading the Holy Lord and the Central Committee to make wrong decisions is a major matter.

Just as the letter from Yinshi Master has arrived, Yinshi Master also told him to find out his opponent and know himself and others to be able to win a hundred battles.

How can we understand the reality of the opponent in the shortest time? Duan Da can only turn to Youyan people. As long as the Youyan people are willing to help, this is the fastest and safest shortcut.

Duan Da invited Lu Junxian to come in and spoke out straight to the point. After a little consideration, Lu Junxian agreed. In fact, he was also confused by the changes in the situation in front of him. He wanted to know the "fiction and reality" of the white-haired thief. The stronger the white-haired thief, the greater the impact on Yanbei and the entire northern border, and the more it will endanger the vested interests of the Youyan wealthy family. Therefore, some of the interests of the Lu family in Fanyang and the Zhuo County left-behind the palace are consistent, and the two sides need to cooperate closely.

Lu Junxian immediately sent someone to cross the river south, but this time Lu Junxian made two preparations to ensure that there was no mistake.

On the one hand, Lu Junxian quickly contacted the Cui family of Boling and Liu family of Zhongshan to see if he could find more secrets, but he did not have hope. After all, Hebei people have their own? The benefits are that it is impossible to share confidential information with the Youyan people. Besides, if Hebei people deliberately "retained one move" and deliberately deceived Lu, it would be useless to "seek help" again; in addition, there is more important thing, considering the factors of King Qi and Guanlong people, Hebei people may not know much about the white-haired thieves, and they were even deceived, so Lu Junxian resolutely made a decision and directly sent someone to contact the white-haired thieves.

Since there has been a conflict of interest between the two sides and it is already facing confrontation, of course it is necessary to establish a connection to see if we can find opportunities for cooperation in the conflict to seek common interests. The northern border area is special and the environment is dangerous. Facing the northern barbarians who are eyeing the desert and the dark clouds of war shrouded on the Great Wall, the benefits brought by the cooperation between the two sides must be better than the two sides' defeat. This is a fact.

For this reason, Lu Junxian "please" Shanggu Haoxiong Song King Kong, and tried every means to immediately meet the white-haired thief and convey the "good intention" of the Youyan wealthy family to him.

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