"Prepare for the future?"

After Liu Xuan fell into a long silence in the tent, he suddenly opened his mouth to break the silence, and a deep feeling of anxiety appeared in his low and old tone.

The empire is in danger of collapse? Indeed, as far as the current political situation is concerned, there are fierce political clashes between different factions, military defeats of foreign conquests, and domestic rebellions are occurring. Middle-earth suddenly falls into the most chaotic and dangerous moment since the establishment of the empire. At this time, if an unforeseen natural disaster occurs and leads to an irresistible **, then the empire is in danger of collapse, but the reality is that since the empire is unified, the empire has been in the late emperor and a group of wise ministers.

Under the rule of the powerful generals, it ushered in more than 20 years of great development. The empire has accumulated huge strength in the environment of rest and recuperation. Even after ascending the throne today, building construction and military force have not hurt the empire's vitality. The empire is still strong, the unity of Middle-earth is still firm, and the general public is even more strongly sticking to the ideal of peace and the desire for prosperity. The empire is far from reaching the desperate situation of collapse, and at least there is no sign of defeat now and in the next few years.

However, it is right to prepare for the future, and this strategy is particularly important for Hebei people.

Once the emperor completely ended the Eastern Expedition and the Central Committee turned all his energy to internal affairs and domestic stability, then suppressing the rebellion and suppressing the rebellion became the primary task, and the rebels in various parts of China and Turkey became the target of suppression. With the strength of the imperial team and the strong national strength, it was just a slight effort to kill those rebels that were not yet popular. By then, local aristocratic groups will inevitably abandon the "rebels" who have no value without hesitation from their own interests. Not only will they not support them, but they will become the "vanguards" of the rebels who have not yet been suppressed.

What should we do if the Hebei rebel army survive? What should we do if those innocent people who follow the rebel army just to eat a bite of food?

This time, with the support of all forces, the Hebei rebel army first defeated Feng Xiaoci, the first commander-in-chief of the rebellion, and then forced Jia Lan, the second commander-in-chief of the rebellion, to compromise, and finally survived the crisis without any danger. So, when the Eastern Expedition was over, the new commander-in-chief of the rebellion arrived in Hebei, what should the Hebei people do?

"Master, two gentlemen, please believe in my loyalty to Middle Earth and my favor to the people of Middle Earth." Jialan pressed his hand on his chest and said seriously, "Since entering Middle Earth, he has fought in Hebei twice. He has never intended to hurt innocent people. Today, he swore with his life that his proposal would never hurt Hebei's rebel army. If he had a different intention, heaven and earth would be destroyed."

The acquisition of trust is not based on swearing or past history, but rather on the fact that it is necessary to show solid sincerity and strategies that can win the other party’s trust. Liu Xuan, Kong Yingda and others exchanged glances. Then nodded slightly, waiting for Galan to come up with a specific solution.

"After the end of the Eastern Expedition, who will take charge of Hebei's suppression of the rebellion and how the strategy for suppressing the rebellion is directly related to the survival of the Hebei rebel army." Jia Lan continued, "With the record of Hebei in the two battles, his background and relationship with Shandong people, the strength of the Long Wei army led by him, and his position in the center and his deep feelings for Shandong, I am very sure that after the end of the Eastern Expedition, I will continue to take charge of Hebei's suppression of the rebellion."

If Galan was in charge of the Hebei rebellion after the Eastern Expedition, even if the political development was extremely unfavorable to the Hebei rebel army, Galan could use the power and force in his hands to minimize the harm to Hebei's innocent people, and even with the help of the Shandong noble group, each can make his own profits and win the best situation where all parties can make profits.

This is a prospect for the future prospects. To achieve this, we must first ensure that Galan can complete the emperor's edict to expand the Longwei Mansion and obtain a record that will satisfy the emperor and the center in the third Eastern Expedition.

Everyone pondered, and after a long time, Kong Yingda sighed in a low voice, "If things did not develop as the general wished..."

"I can give my future and life to Hebei people." Jialan said flatly without thinking.

Liu Xuan raised his white eyebrows slightly, his eyes showing a look of surprise. Kong Yingda, Gavinda and Xue Deyin also looked at Galan in surprise, surprised by his decisive attitude.

"The new mansion built is certainly led by Liu Heita, Pingyuan."

As soon as Jia Lan said this, even Liu Xuan was moved by it.

The commander of the new army is Jialan, with the left and right Dragon Guard Mansions. According to Jialan's meaning, if the left Dragon Guard is Jialan's Northwest Army, then the Right Dragon Guard is Liu Heita's Hebei Army. In this way, as long as the Hebei people are a little dissatisfied with Jialan, they can raise troops to "rebel". The consequence of the Hebei people's "rebellion" is that Jialan and his Dragon Guard Army are all finished. This is a strategy to fall into a desperate situation and put them to death.

Galan fruit is very human, too "crazy", and can come up with such incredible solutions. Putting aside many of the "difficulties" in operation, even if this idea is already very crazy. Giving one's life to others and being a rebel requires not only courage, but also many things that are unimaginable. As for Galan's current identity and status, the interests involved are very complex, and it affects his whole body. He is a big bet.

What did he bet on? Bet on his predictions for the future? Bet on the empire collapsed in the near future? Bet on him to use this plan to win the trust and support of Hebei people, and thus create his own imperial hegemony?

Liu Xuan couldn't imagine that there were such incredible people and incredible things in the world. He knew many heroes, powerful people, famous people in his life, but this was the first time he encountered crazy people like Galan. However, thinking of Galan's secret soldier, thinking of him rolling on the tip of a knife since he was a teenager, it was reasonable to have such a crazy mind.

He is not crazy, who is crazy? Kong Yingda, Gavinda and Xue Deyin slowly recovered from the shock and reluctantly accepted Galan's idea.

For Hebei people, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. At least, Galan helped the Hebei people build a powerful armed force. This armed force is very close to the emperor and the center, and can even launch a mutiny against the emperor and the center. Of course, the premise is that the Dragon Guard Army needs to win the trust of the emperor and the center. At present, the Long Guard Army does not have such conditions, but the existence of such an army will inevitably affect the development of the situation in Shandong in the future, and this development will definitely be beneficial to the Shandong people. Even from this point of view, Galan's proposal is full of temptations that are difficult to refuse.

Jialan did not give Liu Xuan and others more time to weigh the gains and losses. He bowed deeply to Kong Yingda, "I beg for Mr. to help, and Mr. If Mr. agree, I ordered several brothers to rush to Douzigang quickly. Among them, I can authorize the Mr. to consider the relevant conditions at my discretion. If I can agree, I will agree."

Kong Yingda did not refuse, and agreed and went south overnight.

In the tenth year of Daye (614 AD), on the first lunar month.

The New Year of the Dragon Guard Army was very hard, and the soldiers did not feel any joyful atmosphere of the New Year except for getting a considerable reward. They ran around the banks of Yongji Canal, patrolling day and night to ensure that the waterway could transport food and supplies to the north after the waterway was frozen.

Jialan lived a harder life. Except for occasionally receiving Su Hexiang's letters, he felt a hint of warmth and sweetness, and the rest of the time was exhausted to deal with all aspects of relationships. However, the emperor, palace and the nominal Hebei ambassador Yang Gongren was not considerate at all, and he issued various tasks one after another and applied pressure one after another.

The greatest pressure is to form a new army. Because the emperor and the palace are doing their best to launch the third Eastern Expedition, the emperor needs an army, and more troops that can be controlled by him. The second pressure is that Galan wants to persuade the officers of the Longwei Mansion to accept his military expansion strategy, and this strategy is directly related to the interests of the officers. This is a matter of both loss and prosperity, and it must win everyone's support. Otherwise, as long as one person opposes, the entire strategy will be in danger of leaking the secret. Once the secret is leaked, it will not only deceive the emperor, but also be suspected of treason and tyrants the monarch, and everyone will lose their heads.

Fortunately, Feng Xiaoci was killed. Once Feng Xiaoci died, the Feng army officers lost their backing and had to turn to Galan. The third Eastern Expedition was about to be imminent. This Eastern Expedition was sure to win. It was a rare opportunity to make achievements. How could they miss it? Besides, the third Eastern Expedition ended, and it was an undecided thing to go where the Longwei Army would go. After all, like the Xiaoguo Army, they were temporarily formed. In fact, they were built for the Eastern Expedition and would be disbanded at any time. If they were disbanded, everyone would go their separate ways. People from the northwest returned to the northwest and people from Hebei returned to Hebei, so they would have no relationship with each other.

Internal affairs are resolved, external affairs are settled.

Liu Heita and Kong Yingda secretly rushed to Longwei Camp, representing Gaojipo, Douzigang and Pingyuan County, the rebels and Jialan negotiated with each other. The focus of the negotiation was not on the Eastern Expedition, but on the suppression of the rebellion after the Eastern Expedition, that is, how did the Hebei rebels survive after the Eastern Expedition?

Galan cannot be a "charlatan". After the Eastern Expedition, hundreds of thousands of imperial expedition forces returned. Not to mention the Hebei Rebel Army, the rebels from all over China and Turkey will collapse in the face of absolute strength. Yang Xuangan's failure is a bloody example, so no matter how Galan encourages the spring tongue to predict that the empire is about to collapse, no one believes it.

In fact, this is true. The main reason why the empire collapsed rapidly in the next few years was political failure, that is, the failure of the reform line adhered to by the emperor and the central government. After the fierce "collision", centralized politics and aristocratic politics were burned and the great cause of unification of Middle-earth collapsed.

Therefore, Galan can only be in vain and try to meet the conditions of the "rebel army".

As long as you, Liu Heita, with twelve regiments of 2,500 people, build the Right Dragon Guard Mansion, and follow me to the battlefield in Liaodong, that's fine. What else do you say, do what you do. When the Eastern Expedition is over, I will never go back to Hebei. What should I do when I come back? The situation has changed. The emperor and the central government have devoted their main energy to quelling the rebellion. I can no longer use deceptive means to suppress the rebellion like in the past, and I will not be able to kill the Hebei rebels. Instead of killing each other with brothers, it is better to stay in the northern border to resist the Northern Barbarians. You, Liu Heita and the soldiers of the rebels are both Middle-earth people, and are passionate men of the Han family. When you see the invading Northern Barbarians, you will not turn around and run away? As long as your blood is pouring out, your blood is rushing, and you will swing your sword and chop the Northern Barbarians, then all my problems will be solved.

As for the Hebei rebel army, they will survive tenaciously in the future. After the emperor and the central government fell into political failure, lost authority, and quickly lost control of the local area, local forces took the opportunity to grow. On the one hand, they unscrupulously dug out the "corners" of the empire, and on the other hand, they raised the enemy's own self-respecting, deliberately condoned the rebel army to worsen the situation and endanger the national destiny. As a result, more and more rebel army, and their strength became stronger and stronger, which eventually led to the collapse of the empire. Therefore, in the next few years, the Hebei rebel army stubbornly persisted in a harsh living environment and became one of the most powerful forces that dominate the fate of Middle-earth.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, Galan reported to the emperor and the palace. The new army was formed smoothly and training was about to start, and requested the allocation of various military supplies such as money, food, weapons, etc.

The emperor's report was approved.
Chapter completed!