On the 25th of March, Wei Fusi secretly visited Cui Hongsheng.

Originally, Wei Fusi suggested that the King of Qi visit Cui Hongsheng himself, but this idea was really dirty, so the King of Qi refused. It would be fine if you deliberately disgusted Cui Hongsheng, why bother me to touch someone’s cold butt and make it boring? Once Cui Hongsheng misunderstood and thought he was deliberately harming him and stayed in the door, wouldn’t he be a laughing stock?

So the king and his ministers divided the troops. The King of Qi went to visit Yuwen Shu and Guo Rong, and explained in detail to the commander's headquarters the reasons for going north to meet Li Pingyuan, and strive for the consent of the commander's headquarters to win the authority of the commander's headquarters, and first take the initiative from the legal ceremony. Wei Fusi secretly visited Cui Hongsheng, doing his best to win the cooperation of Cui Hongsheng and increase the chance of winning the destruction of Goguryeo.

When Cui Hongsheng heard that Wei Fusi was visiting, he immediately had various speculations. At the same time, he was worried and hesitant. After weighing the pros and cons, he still didn't want to open the door and accept guests, so as not to be plotted by the King of Qi and cause trouble.

When Cui Xiaoren saw Cui Hongsheng gloomy and silent, he understood it and bowed and said, "Ming Gong, I'm going to find a reason to refuse."

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw Cui Yu walk in. Cui Yu disguised himself as a man, wearing a well-tailored yellow military uniform, showing his heroic spirit in his slenderness. Cui Yu shook his hand at Cui Xiaoren first, signaled him to wait for a moment, then walked to Cui Hongsheng and whispered, "Sir, I just got the news. King Qi visited Mr. Xu (Yuwen Shu) and Mr. Pu Cheng (Guo Rong) overnight to discuss confidentiality, but Mr. Dangyang (Wei Fusi) quietly rushed to Mr. Gong, which shows that there must be a mystery."

Cui Hongsheng stroked his long beard with his hand, pondered for a while, and asked, "What's the secret?"

Cui Yu hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "Li Pingyuan."

"You mean that the King of Qi sent Wei Fusi to the north and urged Li Pingyuan to go south quickly?" Cui Hongsheng shook his head, "We can't help with this matter. Let's take a step back and say that even if we can help, we can't help, so as not to get angry."

"Sir, I suddenly have a guess."

Cui Yu's words made Cui Hongsheng puzzled, "What are you guessing?"

"Bai Hai'er told the Er that his strategy for the Eastern Expedition was told by Pei Shiju. In other words, in Huaiyuan Town, those who know that Li Pingyuan takes the interlude to attack Pyongyang are Xu Guo? Yuwen Shu, there is an adult, and other people such as Pucheng Duke Guo Guo, Hua Guo Duke Li Jing and Wuyin Duke Xue Shixiong are not aware of it. Judging from what King Qi did today, he also knew nothing, which is worth pondering." Cui Yu frowned and said in confusion, "The King of Qi cooperated closely with Bai Hai and participated in the third Eastern Expedition. It should be tacit cooperation, but today the King of Qi tried his best to ask Li Pingyuan to go south to Huaiyuan to meet, which is obviously unreasonable."

Cui Hongsheng had a serious expression and said nothing.

"Green hair may have to cross the river and destroy the bridge." Cui Xiaoren, who was standing next to Cui Hongsheng, spoke, "Green hair has taken Andong, and Li Pingyuan has also successfully returned. At this moment, the King of Qi is no longer useful. If the two sides continue to cooperate, Li Pingyuan will cause trouble and will be attacked by the Holy Lord and Pei Shiju. Therefore, the White Hair will definitely remove the donkey and kill the donkey, and cross the river and destroy the bridge. The reason why the Holy Lord ordered the King of Qi to participate in the third Eastern Expedition was definitely one of the important reasons. As long as the White Hair promised no longer support the King of Qi and no longer helped the King of Qi to separatist rule, then the King of Qi will definitely be weak in the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and in the end he could only tie the enemy up under the pressure of the Holy Lord."

Cui Hongsheng looked at Cui Yu, then turned to see Cui Xiaoren, and asked, "If your guess is correct, why did Wei Fusi come to visit tonight?"

"If the King of Qi wants to survive well, he must seize the imperial rule, and there is no second choice." Cui Xiaoren continued without thinking, "There are too many bloody examples of the past, so the King of Qi has been abnormal in the past two years. Not only did he take advantage of the opportunity of the Holy Lord's personal expedition to escape from the Eastern Capital, but also when Yang Xuangan's mutiny and the Eastern Capital was in chaos, the Holy Lord caught him off guard, he cooperated with Bai Hai, one by one, and went north to the Great Wall, trying to separatist vassal states. In this way, even if he could not seize the imperial rule, he could still establish himself in the northern border and dominate the territory."

"However, the situation has changed now. The white-haired is powerful and can be used to destroy bridges across the river. However, the King of Qi cannot be without the support of the white-haired. Therefore, from the perspective of the King of Qi, if the eastern expedition implements the decision of the three routes to attack together, Li Pingyuan and Andong's army will no longer go south and no longer give strong support to the King of Qi. The King of Qi will be passive and will only wait for the Holy Lord to arrive, he will be finished."

"The King of Qi is absolutely impossible to tie his hands. Since he has been openly confronted with the Holy Lord, he can only go black one way. As for the current situation, King of Qi has only one countermeasure. Hold on to the white hair tightly. Even if the white hair is determined to beat off his ship, he must firmly drag the white hair down and pull the white hair up to death. In this way, the white hair will be passive. He was not trusted by the Holy Lord and the Central Master, and now he has violated his promise. Not only will he continue to support the King of Qi, join forces with the King of Qi to attack Goguryeo, but he also openly fights against the Holy Lord and the Central Master, and openly deceive the Holy Lord and the Central Master. The result can be imagined."

The more Cui Yu heard it, the more frightened he became, with a pretty face covered with clouds.

Cui Hongsheng was calm and experienced many political storms. He became accustomed to this kind of intrigue and death struggle.

Cui did not know whether Bai Hai betrayed the King of Qi, but one thing Cui was very sure of, that is, Bai Hai raised the flag and rebellion, he had been out of control since the rebellion. Even if Pei Shiju could still influence him, how big the impact was depends on whether the interests of both sides were consistent. For example, in the war between the north and the south, and the goals of both sides were consistent, Pei Shiju had a great impact on Bai Hai. On the contrary, in the war of imperial unity, the demands of both sides were very different, so Pei Shiju could not convince Bai Hai.

"Sir, since Mr. Dangyang is here, you should meet him." Cui Yu advised carefully.

Cui Xiaoren hesitated for a moment and advised, "Ming Gong, it's better to meet him or touch him."

Cui Hongsheng pondered for a little, nodded, "Good! Please invite Mr. Dangyang to the side tent."

Not long after, Cui Xiaoren invited Wei Fusi to the side account. Although Cui Hongsheng looked calm, he was not enthusiastic and even a little cold. He seemed to be dissatisfied with Wei Fusi's approach of hiding his head and his ulterior motives.

After a few greetings, Cui Hongsheng stopped talking and waited coldly.

Wei Fusi was tactful and spoke out bluntly, and directly revealed a major secret. The King of Qi had just made a decision and decided to personally lead his army to Fuyu. One was to inspect the frontier and comfort Liaodong. The other was to urge Li Pingyuan to go south quickly.

Cui Hongsheng looked surprised, then turned his head and exchanged glances with Cui Xiaoren who was standing beside him. Cui Xiaoren was also surprised. The facts were obviously very different from his speculation. He guessed the result correctly, but the reason for this result was not right.

Under the current situation, King Qi is indeed worthless to white hair, but this does not mean that white hair will betray the King of Qi, because even if white hair betrays or even betrays the King of Qi, he will not win the trust of the Saint Lord and the Central. On the contrary, the conflict between him and the Saint Lord and the Central may become more intense. Therefore, considering that the two evils are less powerful, it is better to cooperate with the King of Qi to the end and use the King of Qi as the banner to fight the Holy Lord to the end. Perhaps white hair can gain greater benefits from it.

From the perspective of King Qi, King Qi does need the support of white hair and needs to maintain cooperation with white hair. The two sides happen to have a common interest basis on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. White hair needs to destroy Goguryeo to strengthen itself. King Qi needs to expand its territory to consolidate and strengthen its political status. In this way, the two sides hit it off and of course they must cooperate more closely. So they use the Holy Lord to rush to attack King Qi, curb Andong's psychology, and jointly plan, and finally both enter the Eastern Expedition battlefield, cooperate openly, and openly "challenge" the Holy Lord and the Central.

If this is the case, Cui will be in trouble. If Cui continues to implement the agreement with Baihai and gives strong support and tacit cooperation at the critical moment when Baihai attacks Pyongyang, it is equivalent to supporting the King of Qi. If he helps the King of Qi, he will inevitably offend the Holy Lord and the Reformers in the end, and the consequences will be very serious.

A thought flashed through Cui Hongsheng and Cui Xiaoren's mind at the same time, that Cui might have been deceived by white hair.

Wei Fusi sat upright and looked at Cui Hongsheng and Cui Xiaoren leisurely, as if observing their surprise reaction to this sudden and important news, with even a hint of pride in his eyes.

A little later, Cui Hongsheng said slowly, "The war is imminent, and the king suddenly decided to go north to patrol the border to comfort him. The time was too hasty. If an accident happened, it was delayed and the war was delayed. The Holy Lord was furious, which would be detrimental to the king."

Wei Fusi smiled, "The King is the Liaodong comfort envoy. Although he is responsible for the military supervision, his main task is to patrol the border to ensure the stability of Liaodong during the Eastern Expedition. Therefore, this northward patrol and comfort is the duty of the king, and he must do his best. Coincidentally, Andong's army happened to be on the way south of Huaiyuan again. The king will definitely meet them when he goes north, and he can just exercise the responsibility of the military supervision and urge Andong's army to go south to Huaiyuan quickly. This can kill two birds with one stone, wouldn't it be just right?"

Cui Hongsheng looked grim and frowned.

Wei Fusi continued, "Of course, accidents may happen at any time. The king is also prepared for both. Whether it is the rebellion of various tribes during the patrol north, or the Anton army delayed its trip south due to various unpredictable reasons, the king will overcome all difficulties with the Deputy Guardian of Andong Li Pingyuan, and launch an attack on Goguryeo in mid-April and kill Pyongyang."

As soon as this statement was made, Cui Hongsheng and Cui Xiaoren both knew Wei Fusi’s purpose.

Cui Hongsheng is the commander of the Eastern Expedition Army. Whether he can reach Yalu River within the scheduled time and whether he can effectively restrain the Goguryeo army in the direction of Pyongyang City is directly related to whether the Andong army can "take the enemy unexpectedly and attack the enemy in an unprepared manner", and catch Pyongyang off guard.

This is exactly the secret agreement between Cui and Baihai. Now the King of Qi is here to put public pressure on Cui again, which is a problem. Although this cannot prove that Baihai deliberately deceives Cui, as far as the facts are concerned, once the King of Qi openly cooperates with Baihai, it will inevitably cause major harm to Cui's interests, which Cui cannot accept.

The following conversation is meaningless, and both sides are perfunctory. Wei Fusi's words contain mystery, Cui Hongsheng and Wushe are both talking about their own words.

As soon as Wei Fusi left the side tent, Cui Yu appeared in front of Cui Hongsheng and said angrily, "Immediately go north and question the white-haired thief in person."

Cui Hongsheng pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you believe him?"

"I believe him." Cui Yu said without hesitation, "It is related to the success or failure of the Eastern Expedition, and the survival of Anton. He will never be able to deceive me."

"Good!" Cui Hongsheng said decisively, "Let's head north early tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!