September 27th, Anzhou, Baitan City.
Li Zixiong and Han Shiyan led their troops north on September 25th. Considering the worst possible outcome in the Anzhou situation, that is, the main force of the alliance was defeated by Guifang under the left and right attacks of the Xi army and the Turkic people in the southeast of the southeast of the Li Zixiong, even if Li Zixiong attacked the Xi Palace as fast as possible, he would not be able to provide effective support to Li Fengyun. It would be better to take advantage of Zhou Zhong's capture of Baitan City, which had already restrained the Xi Palace, and first swept the southwest of Anzhou, and first took down all the cities and forts between Baoqiu Shui and Dayao Shui. In this way, Li Fengyun could still have a rear support after retreating. The alliance would gain something during this expedition to Anzhou. If the Great Wall was provided, the Alliance could continue to launch an attack after a breather to expand the results.
Based on this consideration, Li Zixiong and Han Shiyan commanded the Leopard Cavalry and the Thunder Army to attack the cities and capture the villages, and they were all invincible. The opponents were outnumbered. In addition, Anzhou belonged to Middle-earth, and the local Han people always thought they were Middle-earth people and wanted to return to Middle-earth at all times. Seeing the Middle-earth army coming, they offered the city to surrender. Although some Xi tribe defenders resisted and held the city, they were either attacked by Middle-earth army or attacked by the powerful people in the city, which could not stop the progress of the Middle-earth army.
The Leopard Cavalry and Thunder Army blockers were invincible and took down all the cities and forts between Baoqiu Shui and Dayao Shui within two days, and then met with Zhou Zhong and Lai Yuan in Baitan City.
Then Li Zixiong was in the middle of Baitan City, and Mi Yong and several great axes led the horse army to go up along the Dayao River to encircle the Xi army in the direction of Yaoyang. Zhou Zhong and Laiyuan led the army to cross the Dayao River, and met with Shan Songzi, who had been active on both sides of the Rushui River, swept the city and fortress between Dayao River and Rushui, and went north to threaten the Xi Palace. Han Shiyan, Jingjiang Liujinfei, and Erzhu Tianxiao led the horse army to go down along the Rushui River and began to attack the killing of Hetao between the Rushui River and the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, and sent scouts to conduct investigations on the north bank of the Rushui River and the southeastern foot of Mayu Mountain to prevent the Xi army from crossing the Rushui River and threatening the flanks of the Alliance army.
Around noon on September 27, just as Li Zixiong was commanding the three armies to launch an attack, a sudden victory came, the Xi Palace had been defeated, the alliance had won the initiative on the battlefield in Anzhou, and victory was just around the corner.
Li Fengyun's confidants rushed over day and night, bringing Li Fengyun's personal letters, detailing the fact that the King of the King of the Divine King took the initiative to form an alliance, offered the Guifang and Songshan Pass, and led the troops to attack the King of the Xi Palace, and opened the city gate. The King of the Xi Palace collapsed immediately, and the alliance army easily captured all the city. Next, Li Fengyun led his army to Wulishui and fought a decisive battle with the main army of the Xi tribe. Li Fengyun was full of confidence in this decisive battle. The surrender of the King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the Divine King of the will bring a strong impact to the five tribes of the Xi tribe. The Xi tribe alliance led by the Ahui clan will surely collapse, and there is no suspense in the alliance's victory in this decisive battle.
However, the victory of this decisive battle only means that the alliance has captured Anzhou, which is still quite far from the alliance's foothold in Anzhou and stabilizing Anzhou. When winter comes, the Turks and Donghu will attack Anzhou under the pretext of supporting the Xi tribe. The situation in Anzhou is becoming more and more dangerous, and the situation of the war may be reversed at any time. For this reason, Li Fengyun made suggestions to Li Zixiong to take advantage of the favorable opportunity to sweep the southwest of Anzhou. The alliance first sets a foundation south of Rushui, and at the same time takes advantage of the favorable condition of capturing Anzhou, and does its best to win the support of the official China-Turkey government.
Li Zixiong was very surprised and very excited. Miracle, Li Fengyun really created another miracle. Anzhou was recovered in such an incredible way. The situation changed dramatically in a short period of time. The King of the King of the Xi tribe, one of the five tribes of the Xi tribe, surrendered at a critical moment, and gave a fatal blow to the Xi tribe Ahui clan alliance. This was incredible.
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But these secrets are not important now, and Li Zixiong has no intention of pursuing them. The secret army controlled by Pei Shiju and the secret soldiers and brothers of Li Fengyun are both forces to create miracles. Just know the power of this force. The result is very beneficial to the alliance, and it is even more beneficial to Li Zixiong and other powerful people who are trying to exchange merit for pardon. Basically, one foot has been returned to Dongdu, just half a step away, so we must do our best to ensure the fruitful results and ensure the regaining of Anzhou.
Li Zixiong immediately ordered the soldiers of the army to encourage morale. At the same time, he ordered Shan Songzi, who was fighting on both sides of the Rushui River, to immediately contact the General Administration of the Alliance of Fangcheng and establish a safe passage between Bai Tan and Fangcheng. He also ordered Han Shiyan, Jing Jiang Liujinfei and Erzhu Tianxiao to attack and kill Hetao, and immediately sent scouts to cross the Rushui River to contact Li Fengyun, who was fighting on Wulishui River and the main army of the alliance, and to enter the decisive battlefield at any time.
Li Zixiong hurriedly wrote to Li Fengyun, telling him in detail about the process of the Southern Front Enlisted Army capturing Baitan City and Panlong Fort, the results of his negotiations with the wealthy families in the Great Wall, the content of the negotiations with the Chinese and Turkish officials just sent by Yang Gongdao, as well as the combat plan of the Southern Front Enlisted Army sweeping southwest Anzhou.
The key point is the attitude of the Sino-Turkish officials towards the alliance's attack on Anzhou. According to the letters written by Duan Da to Guo Xuan, the general and the prefect of Anle County of Gubeikou Town, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee attached great importance to this matter, clearly required the remaining government of Zhuo County to support it, and clearly required the Youyan officials to find ways to help the alliance take Anzhou. If Anzhou cannot take it, the alliance must persist outside the Great Wall for a longer period of time to achieve the goal of attacking the Donghu species and restraining and weakening the Turks.
The position of the Holy Lord and the Central Master is basically consistent with what Li Fengyun predicted before, and his attitude was firmer even exceeded that of Li Fengyun's prediction. This is a good thing for the alliance. There should be no problem with the support of food and grass weapons, and it is even more beneficial to the powerful and powerful people such as Li Zixiong. As long as the requirements of the Holy Lord and the Central Master are met, it is only a trivial matter to exchange for pardon for merit. However, the official support is conditional. Guo Xuan, who represents the official negotiation, proposed a series of conditions. The first condition is to require the alliance to withdraw all the troops left in Feihu to Anzhou, and the official guarantees the absolute safety of the Feihu rebels during the retreat, and to ensure the safe repatriation of the elderly, weak, women and children to their hometowns. Another condition is that the official will not publicly support the alliance, and all aid is sent to Anzhou by merchants controlled by wealthy families, and Gubeikou Great Wall has always been closely closed to the alliance. In other words, the alliance has no way out.
The first condition is definitely unacceptable. Without the threat from the Feihu Legion to the Central Turkish officials, and without the north-south echo of the two armies of the Great Wall, the alliance was passive and could only be slaughtered by the Central Turkish officials. The results of Anzhou were lost, and the dream of pardoning by the powerful and other powerful people was in danger, so this condition could never be agreed.
Another condition proves that the Chinese and Turkish officials have ulterior motives. The Chinese and Turkish officials must use food and grass weapons to block the alliance's neck, manipulate the life and death of the alliance, and control the situation inside and outside the Great Wall. This is exactly what the alliance resolutely avoids. What the alliance needs is cooperation, seeking interests for itself and China-Turkey, and taking their own benefits, rather than being humble as the sword of the court and being controlled by the court.
Li Zixiong was worried that the negotiations would break down, so he warned Li Fengyun that it was better to seek others than to seek others. Self-reliance is important. The situation is dangerous in the future. The alliance should take advantage of the opportunity to plunder in large quantities and be prepared to survive by fighting. In addition, it is necessary to remind the Feihu Legion that it must cooperate closely with the King of Qi. If it is forced, cooperate with the King of Qi and join forces to take Yanbei to ensure its own safety first.
Li Zixiong hurriedly wrote Yang Gongdao of Panlong Castle and told him the good news of the alliance's capture of the Xi Palace. This result was very conducive to the alliance's gaining more advantages in the negotiations. At the same time, Li Zixiong asked Yang Gongdao to immediately tell the wealthy families such as the Cui family of Boling and Lu family of Fanyang, and through them, he informed the King of Qi who was far away in Huaihuang, so that all forces could make great profits from this result, and the alliance continued to win more support and cooperation from these forces by consolidating and expanding this result.
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On September 27th, late at night, Zhuo County left the palace.
Duan Da was very frightened when he received the order of the Holy Lord. Although he understood the importance of regaining Anzhou to Central China and supported the Holy Lord's firm attitude towards regaining Anzhou, he still underestimated the difficult situation faced by the Holy Lord in the political crisis of the two capitals. It is precisely because of this unsolvable internal worry that the Holy Lord needs to win the Civil War, establish supreme authority with extraordinary martial arts, suppress core contradictions with supreme authority, and then promote centralized reform to advance.
This cannot be blamed for Duan Da. Status determines his vision. Duan Da was the commander of the Imperial Guard before, but now he is a chief official in charge of the border. He is neither a central minister nor a member of the core decision-making level. He has contacted fewer core secrets and naturally cannot see the overall situation and guess the intention of the Holy Lord. Many times he can only consider the problem from his own height. From his position, stabilizing Youyan and ensuring border security is the first priority. Recovering Anzhou is also a service for this purpose. Therefore, he certainly used support as a threat to force Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief to immediately withdraw all the Feihu rebels. The interests of the northern border are the interests of Zhongtu, and the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are of course supported.
Fortunately, the Holy Lord trusted Duan Da very much and did not scold him. Instead, he was polite and said that he was in power. Just do your own thing well. Don’t bother with everything, do your own thing, and don’t interfere with the power of subordinates too much. In fact, the Holy Lord has just committed the same problem. He is also inquiring about everything, doing everything himself, and even directly interfering in local military and political affairs. This made Duan Da feel frightened and at a loss.
What to do next? Should the Feihu Rebels encircle and suppress the enemy? On the one hand, the Holy Lord asked the left-behind office to do his best to support Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves to recover Anzhou, and on the other hand, he dispatched troops to encircle and suppress the Feihu Rebels. Isn’t this a contradiction? If Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves threaten the revenge of Anzhou, they coerced the left-behind office to disagree with the Feihu Rebels, which led to the situation in Youyan that is always turbulent, would Duan Da and the left-behind office not bear the responsibility?
Just as Wu Benlang General Zhao Shizhu came back, Duan Da immediately asked him to discuss countermeasures. Zhao Shizhu arrived in Jicheng the day before yesterday, but because the Holy Lord had an imperial edict, Duan Da asked him to find ways to keep Ashinasmo and Shishu Huxi, so Zhao Shizhu had to deal with the two Turkic envoys for difficulty.
Zhao Shizhu complained about Duan Da's recommendation of Yin Shishi Master as the deputy left-behind. Duan Da reached a tacit understanding with Li Zixiong in private, and he entrusted the King of Qi to attack the thieves without reporting. He was also very resentful, so there was a gap between the two. Fortunately, the personal relationship was very close, and the current situation was beneficial to both, and neither of them lost any benefits, so the conflict was very small, and cooperation was far greater than conflict.
Zhao Shizhu heard the news of the fall of Panlong Fort when he returned to the left-behind mansion. This surprised him and felt incredible. The attack speed of Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves was too fast. Even if King Xi was leading the army of the five Xi tribes to attack the Khitans on the front line of Hechenshui, the country was empty, but it was not as empty as there was no soldiers to defend. Li Zixiong and the white-haired thieves were allowed to attack the city and camp, and with a destruction, he rushed to An in one breath from the flat pine forest in the northwest of Anzhou.
Panlong Castle in the southwest of the state. The attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central Master surprised him even more. King Qi’s prediction was completely correct, and his “adventure” was also completely correct. Now he has already obtained a “pie” from the credit for regaining Anzhou. Next, as long as he executes the commands of the Holy Lord and the Central Master without fail, and helps Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief to recover Anzhou, he will be able to get even more credit. Therefore, Zhao Shizhu couldn’t sit still and actively asked to rush to Gubeikou to take charge of command.
Duan Da came to him, with the main purpose of asking him to stay in Gubeikou. Although the Holy Lord had handed over the important task of supporting Li Zixiong to Murong Zhengze, the Holy Lord's actual intention was to use this method to indirectly undermine the left-behind office and directly command support matters to prevent local officials from causing serious consequences due to misunderstanding of the central decision-making, so as to ensure that the central goal can be successfully achieved. However, this is an illegal and unconventional means, and a series of troubles will occur in actual operations and lead to a series of evil consequences.
Murong Zhengze has a low position and a low power. He has no ability to execute the orders of the Holy Lord. As for food and grass weapons, Gubeikou has very few reserves, and they all have to be raised by the left-behind mansion. How can Murong Zhengze command the left-behind mansion? He can only report to the Holy Lord, and then the Holy Lord orders the left-behind mansion. As a result, time is delayed. The fighter opportunity is fleeting. Once there is a problem, the Holy Lord will not bear the responsibility. The responsibilities are all below. Although Murong Zhengze cannot escape, Duan Da cannot escape. Therefore, even for the sake of the official hat, Duan Da will send an individual representative to the left-behind mansion to sit in Gubeikou, cooperate closely to give whatever he wants to, and ensure that Murong Zhengze completes the tasks assigned by the Holy Lord. The matter is completed successfully, everyone has made contributions and everyone is happy. Why not do it?
Duan Da's other purpose is to solve the problem of the Feihu Rebels. This problem must be solved by the left-behind mansion. There is no room for compromise. Otherwise, the responsibility will be the left-behind mansion. Once the Holy Lord and the Central Committee punish them, Duan Da, Yinshi Master, and Zhao Shizhu will all bear the responsibility, and there is no reason to defend themselves.
"You tell Li Zixiong and the white-haired thief that they give them two choices, either immediately withdraw the Feihu Rebels into Anzhou, or let the Feihu Rebels be wiped out." Duan Da said seriously, "If they choose the former, they will still keep their promises and firmly support them in regaining Anzhou, but this matter has no necessary connection with the encirclement and suppression of Feihu Rebels. They are two completely different things, and they will do both."
Zhao Shizhu agreed immediately.
Chapter completed!