On the 30th day of the first lunar month, Li Fengyun was preparing to rush to the Sotou Riverside with the senior leaders of the alliance to welcome more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to the north, but at this moment, Pei Xuanji came in a hurry, Pei Shiju summoned him and the Holy Lord came to an imperial edict.

Li Fengyun rushed to the inn to pay homage to Pei Shiju. Pei Shiju did not hesitate and took out the Holy Lord's edict and let Li Fengyun see it himself.

The Holy Lord accepted Pei Shiju's suggestion and agreed that Li Pingyuan would be the supreme commander of Andong's army. However, the Holy Lord warned Pei Shiju that because the Holy Lord and the Central Command had made a decision and ordered the King of Qi to lead the army to participate in the third Eastern Expedition, if there were unpredictable changes related to the King of Qi, the white-haired thief, etc. on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, Andong would bear all the responsibility.

Li Fengyun sighed secretly, and his heart that had been hanging high was finally relieved.

So far, Li Fengyun's goal has been achieved. He tried his best to try his best to finally get the military power of Andong as he wished. However, this was conditional, and the condition was Pei Shiju's political life. If Li Pingyuan and Andong's army had any illegal measures that endangered the interests of the Holy Lord, the Central and even the Central Turkish forces, Pei Shiju and his subordinate forces would definitely pay a huge, immeasurable, or even the entire army would be wiped out.

Why did Pei Shiju accept Li Fengyun's coercion to make such sacrifice?

Li Fengyun could see at a glance that Pei Shiju did not let go of his past grudges for his personal feelings, nor did he make up for the mistakes of abandoning Li Pingyuan back then, but to win the Civil War. As long as Zhongtu defends the Great Wall defense line under the current dilemma, or even defeats the invasion of the Turks, he can ensure that Zhongtu’s interests are not lost, protect the great cause of unification of Zhongtu and protect millions of Zhongtu civilians from being damaged. In this way, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee can reverse the crisis and turn the tide. Pei Shiju can personally protect vested interests.

Of course, as for the life and death of Li Pingyuan and Andong's army, it is not Pei Shiju's consideration. What is the purpose of Zhongtu recruiting Andong? Why is the Holy Lord and the Central Master compromising to the rebels out of the Frontier? Why is Pei Shiju bowing his head to Li Pingyuan? Isn't it just to eat and squeeze out all this emerging force? So if Li Pingyuan and Andong's army die in the battlefield of the North-South War, it will be a place to die, and it will be beneficial to everyone. On the contrary, in the future, the birds will be kept hidden and the rabbits will be cooked. The accounts must be settled after the autumn. Not only will the Holy Lord and the Central Master have to settle, but Pei Shiju also needs to settle the matter, otherwise how can we destroy the "political noose" that is tied around his neck?

Pei Xuanji saw Li Fengyun's expressionless face and was indifferent. The expected Li Fengyun was ecstatic, kowtowed and bowed, and burst into gratitude. None of the scenes of master and disciple Yanhe appeared, which surprised him very much, angry, and felt incredible. Li Fengyun didn't even have the word "Thank you" for such a huge sacrifice. This was outrageous!

"This still can't satisfy your desires?" Pei Xuanji smiled coldly without any concealment, "Do you still want to be the king of Songde?"

Li Fengyun looked at him coldly, ignored him, and bowed to Pei Shiju, who was sitting high above the seat, and said calmly, "I will fulfill my promise, and I hope Ming Gong can keep his promise."

"Ready the promise?" Pei Xuanji pointed at Li Fengyun and asked sternly, "What promise can you fulfill? Do you know what promise you will fulfill in the future?"

Li Fengyun looked at Pei Shiju. Pei Shiju looked indifferent and said nothing.

Li Fengyun turned his head and looked at Pei Xuanji and said word by word, "I have never betrayed Middle Earth. Even if I was abandoned by Middle Earth, I have no regrets and I will repay you to death."

"You haven't betrayed Middle-earth?" Pei Xuanji laughed in anger, "What is your identity now? You are a white-haired thief, the number one rebel in Middle-earth. Do you dare to say that you haven't betrayed Middle-earth?"

"I have never betrayed Middle-earth." Li Fengyun ignored Pei Xuanji, but looked at Pei Shiju again, stared at Pei Shiju's eyes, and said solemnly, "I used to be loyal to Middle-earth, now I am loyal to Middle-earth, and will also be loyal to Middle-earth in the future."

Pei Xuanji was furious and was about to scold him, but when he saw Pei Shiju nodding slightly, he actually responded to Li Fengyun's words. He was stunned and hurriedly closed his mouth again.

Pei Shiju pondered for a moment and asked, "If you call you to fight in the east, will you do your best?"

Li Fengyun bowed and replied, "As long as Ming Gong is in charge of Andong himself, he will do his best."

"Take all your strength?" Pei Shiju was questioning.

Li Fengyun smiled slightly, "A hundred thousand troops are expeditioning Goguryeo."

"A hundred thousand army?" Xuan Ji was surprised and didn't believe it at all, "Do you dare to make a promise?"

Pei Shiju shook his hand at Pei Xuanji and signaled him to be calm. "I can guarantee Anton's safety, but I must also guarantee the victory of the North-South War, so you give me a reason."

Obviously, Pei Shiju did not agree with Anton's 100,000 troops expedition to Goguryeo, but Li Fengyun could not speak nonsense, and there must be a mystery in it.

Li Fengyun asked without hesitation, "My Lord, should the third Eastern Expedition be launched to destroy Goguryeo or force Goguryeo to surrender with force?"

Pei Shiju suddenly realized it, and Pei Xuanji also suddenly realized it.

In order to avenge the shame, to regain the face, and to save authority, the Holy Lord certainly wants to destroy Goguryeo. However, what the Holy Lord wants can definitely get?

The central government has not yet made the decision to make the third Eastern Expedition, and there are many obstacles. Why? Of course, the Holy Lord can also "single the one-man show", but there is no support from the central government, from the Central Government, the Twelve Guards to the local government, and the Yingyang Mansion. If everyone tacitly disobeyed, obstructed and restrained, or even put a knife behind the back, the third Eastern Expedition would definitely end in failure. At that time, the Holy Lord would shoot himself in the foot and cause trouble.

Therefore, the third Eastern Expedition must make a central decision, and the opponents in the Central Expedition will not "fight to the end" with the Holy Lord, and will make concessions sooner or later. However, as long as it is delayed until March, even if the third Eastern Expedition is made, it will be difficult to implement. The reason is very simple and it is too late. Whether it is the military, the recruitment of civilians, or the transportation of food and weapons, it will take time. When everything is ready, the best attack time will be missed. As long as the Expedition Force fails to cross the Yalu Water before the rainy season arrives, it will be impossible to have enough time to attack Pyongyang. As long as the Goguryeo people persist until winter and until heavy snow comes, they will laugh to the end again, and the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Expedition will suffer heavy damage again.

It is the end of the first lunar month, and the central government has not yet made a decision on the third Eastern Expedition, but the situation is clear. The result of the third Eastern Expedition is already very unoptimistic. Next, either the Holy Lord accepts the facts and decisively give up the third Eastern Expedition, or prepares for failure and takes a risk. Of course, there is also a third option, which is to settle for the second best and insist on the third Eastern Expedition, but to change the purpose of the Eastern Expedition, that is, to find a step for Middle Earth and Goguryeo to shake hands and make peace. Goguryeo takes the initiative to seek peace and continue to surrender to Middle Earth, while Middle Earth swallows its anger and humiliates Goguryeo's "surrender". From the perspective of the Holy Lord, getting this result is better than nothing, which is better than returning to East with a shame of the failure of the Eastern Expedition.

Now Li Fengyun told Pei Shiju that he wanted to expedition to Goguryeo with a 100,000 army, and to destroy Goguryeo, that would not only do his best, but save the authority of the Holy Lord and the Central Government at all costs. This political interest would be great. Once it became a fact, Anton's army destroyed Goguryeo with its own strength. Not only did the Holy Lord and the Central Government's reformists make great profits, but Li Pingyuan and Anton also make great profits. More importantly, this matter will effectively improve the distrust relationship between the Holy Lord, the Central Government's reformists and Li Pingyuan, which obviously helped Middle-earth increase more chances of victory in the Civil War.

"Serious." Pei Shiju smiled slightly on his face, "What do you have to ask for?"

"If Ming Gong becomes the Great Protector of Andong, please give Ming Gong the greatest trust, and he will live up to Ming Gong's expectations and sacrifice his life for Middle Earth."

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On the first day of the second month, Han Yao, Li Min, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita, Sun Xuanya and other alliance leaders led more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians to Fangcheng to celebrate.

At the same time, Zhen Baoche, Dan Tai Wuyang, Huo Xiaohan, Han Shou and others led the guard army across Gubeikou and successfully entered Anzhou.

At this point, the remaining soldiers and civilians of Feihu left the frontier safely and completed the northward turnover without any danger. They successfully met with the main army of alliances that fought in advance, and the alliance's strength reached a higher level.

That night, the senior executives of the alliance gathered at the General Administration for military discussion.

Chen Rui specifically described the difficulties and difficulties of the Feihu Left Residing Army over the past six months. Yuan An introduced in detail the process of the alliance's main force going to the fortress, while Yang Gongdao gave a detailed presentation of the entire process of the return negotiations.

Then, Li Fengyun used Andong as the fulcrum and confrontation between the north and the south as the main line to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current general trend of the world. On this basis, he deduced the future development trend and made bold predictions. The Civil War is very likely to break out in the spring and summer next year, so the alliance seems to have grown and developed, and has a foothold, but in fact the survival crisis it faces has not only not slowed down, but has become more serious.

In the past, whether in Qilu or Youyan, whether in Mengshan or Feihu, there was only one enemy in the alliance. Now, the government has gone out and occupied Anton. It seems that it can fly high in the sky and fly freely. But when you look around, the environment is even worse and there are more enemies. Not only the governments in the Great Wall, but also the Turks in the desert, and even the Donghu people who have already bowed their heads, as well as Goguryeo, Mohe and other enemies in the Far East are potential or open enemies, and they are attacked from all sides.

What to do? Still the same thing, strength determines everything. The alliance's strength is still too weak. You must seize the opportunity and try your best to speed up your own development. Otherwise, once the Civil War breaks out, the weak alliance will be swept away by a huge storm.

"This is the fundamental reason why we accept the conditions for Dongdu and participate in the third Eastern Expedition." Li Fengyun waved his hand and said solemnly, "Only by conquering Pyongyang and destroying Goguryeo can we maximize our strength in the shortest time."

Kill Goguryeo, ransack Goguryeo, and use Goguryeo to fatten Andong. This is Li Fengyun's wishful thinking.
Chapter completed!