September 24th, early morning, Gubeikou.

The twelve ladies of the Cui family showed up. The messenger from Panlong Fort stood behind Cui Yu, while the bureaucrats of the two governments, including Guo Xuan, Zou Sheng, Quan Gong, etc., were on the left, and the children of wealthy families such as Cui Jiu, Lu Junxian, and Liu Shanbo were on the right. The atmosphere was very tense, which made Murong Zhengze feel heavy pressure.

Cui Yu "showed himself", bullying others with power, arrogance and domineering, and suppressing the government and county government, openly interfering in the military affairs of the two governments, seriously violating the laws and being unable to discipline. However, the chief of the two governments Guo Xuan ignored him and publicly indulged him. The deputy general Murong Zhengze alone could not stop Cui Yu's arrogance and arrogance. So an incredible scene appeared. The rich family headed by Cui Yu and the key defenders headed by Murong Zhengze were confronted head by Murong Zhengze. Guo Xuanze, the chief of the two governments, stood aside and watched coldly, and did not help each other.

Murong Zheng weighed the pros and cons and had to give in. The matter was too big and out of control. Even if he was not wrong, he offended too many wealthy families, especially the 12th Lady of the Cui family who was very favored by the Holy Lord and the Queen, and became the target of public criticism. Even if the Holy Lord and the Central Master were determined to protect him, both sides would be defeated, which would have harmed him and the Murong family. More importantly, since the 12th Lady of the Cui family had all appeared publicly, it shows that the mystery behind this matter is full of interests and involves all aspects of interests. The complexity is far beyond his imagination. Once his persistence is correct in the law, the consequences are contrary to others' wishes, harming the interests of some powerful and powerful forces, or failing to make Middle-earth profits, it will be counterproductive, not only ineffective but also ineffective.

Faced with Cui Yu's aggressiveness, Murong Zhengze responded silently.

Cui Yu saw that Murong Zhengze no longer insisted on his own opinion under his own threats and his arrogant attitude was restrained. Then he turned around and looked at Li Mengchang and said coldly, "Tell Guo Envoy and Deputy Murong to the original state of everything you know."

Cui Yu did not introduce Li Mengchang's identity. Cui Jiu had also bullied people on the city wall and forcibly "snatched" Li Mengchang away from the garrison. This made Li Mengchang realize that the conflict between the wealthy and the official was serious and the matter was a bit difficult to deal with. After all, before the situation in Anzhou became clear, the wealthy and the family had to reserve a way out for their own interests, and the official would not take risks at all. The officials in the border town would not take risks at all with their own career and life. So Li Mengchang immediately made a decision, and some key points should be revealed, and some important details should be exaggerated, so that both the wealthy and the official should see that the situation in Anzhou is beneficial to their own side, otherwise the closing would be difficult to open.

Li Mengchang started from the alliance army leaving Feihu and heading north to the frontier. The key point here is the tacit understanding between Duan Da and Li Zixiong in Zhuo County. Without this tacit understanding, the alliance army could not go out of the frontier, nor could it go out of the frontier smoothly. The tacit understanding between Duan Da and Li Zixiong is enough to illustrate the attitude of the Saint Lord and the Central Master. The purpose of driving tigers and wolfs seems to kill people with a knife, but in fact there is a secret mystery, and the mysterious mystery is to recover Anzhou. In other words, the recovery of Anzhou should be the position of the Saint Lord and the Central Master, but it is hidden under the murder of the sword of the rebels. If it succeeds, it is to recover Anzhou with the sword of the rebels. If it fails, it will kill two birds with the sword of the enemy outside the frontier. This plan will kill two birds with one stone. No matter what the result is, it will be beneficial to Central Earth.

As soon as this "opening remark" came out, the officials of the two prefectures looked at each other with a shocked look. Murong Zhengze was also secretly surprised and believed most of them. This plan was each necessary and each benefited. The only winner was the Saint Lord and the Central Master. For the rebels, they were all dead. Instead of being killed by the Guards in China, it would be better to go out to the frontier and gamble, and then make a profit if they win. With such a plan, Duan Da, the remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, had no right to decide. Only when the Saint Lord and the Central Master made a promise, the rebels would go out to the frontier and fight to the death. Therefore, the bureaucrats of the two prefectures took preconceived ideas and immediately inferred the truth they recognized and believed from the key points revealed by Li Mengchang.

Then Li Mengchang detailed the process of the alliance breaking through the Turkic people's blockade on both sides of the Lightning River and successfully breaking into the flat pine forest. The key point here is the tacit understanding between the King of Qi and Li Zixiong. Without this tacit understanding, without the King of Qi going out to suppress the thieves without his authorization and trying his best to restrain the main force of the Turkic people, the alliance army would not be able to break through the Turkic people's blockade. The tacit understanding between the King of Qi and Li Zixiong can better illustrate the attitude of the Holy Lord and the Central.

The King of Qi has set its political sunset. This time he went north to the border patrol to actually expel him from the political center rather than re-engage. This is the consensus of the official China-Turkish government. If it is re-engagement, as the first heir, the future crown prince of Zhongtu, he will naturally sit in the capital during the expedition of the Holy Lord, rather than patrol to the border in disguise, and carry out disguised political exile. Since the King of Qi is in danger, he must be walking on thin ice and trembling every step, and it is impossible to go out of the frontier without authorization to seek death. However, when he went out of the frontier without authorization, the only explanation was that he acted under the order. The Holy Lord and the Central Government asked him to help the rebels break through the interception of the Turks and entered Anzhou. There is no doubt about this.

Li Mengchang's account of the battle situation in Anzhou was exaggerated. He said that the main army of the alliance had captured Guifang and Songshan Pass, blocking King Xi Huizheng and the five armies of the Xi tribe north of Songshan. At the same time, the alliance's partial army blocked the Turks at the Taoshui line in the flat pine forest. Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, and Zhou Zhong led the front-superior army to pass through the pass and kill the generals, and they were unstoppable. First, they broke through the blockade of King Xi's mansion, then crossed the Suotou Water, Rushui and Dayao Water, and conquered Baitan City in one go, then crossed the Baoqiu Water and killed Panlong Fort.

The key point here is that the alliance army captured the important pass of Songshan, blocking the Xiwang Ahuizheng and the five Xi tribes' army north of Songshan. Next, the Xi expedition army was attacked by the Sino-Turkey Alliance army in front and the Khitans attacked them. In desperation, they could only follow the Tuohechen River and retreat from the eastern foot of Mayu Mountain to Anzhou. In this way, the retreat of the Xi army became a disaster. The Khitans would definitely pursue the enemy if they were exhausted, panic, and the morale of the army was chaotic, and the food and grass were not maintained. Even if they retreated after hardships, their strength would be greatly reduced and they could not defeat the alliance army that was waiting for their labor.

In other words, the situation in Anzhou has actually become clear, and the Alliance army has an absolute advantage. Even if the Gubeikou closed doors do not open, the materials supported by the wealthy families cannot reach Anzhou. The Alliance army can cope with the capture of the battlefield for a period of time only. During this period, if the Alliance army completely defeated King Xi Huizheng and the five Xi tribes of the Xi tribe and occupied Anzhou, the situation was completely clear, then the effect of opening Gubeikou closed doors will be completely different. Before, it was a timely help, and then it was at most icing on the cake. The icing on the cake will inevitably trap Middle-earth in a passive manner, making it difficult for Middle-earth to maximize its own interests.

When Li Mengchang was telling the battle situation in Anzhou, Guo Xuan, Murong Zhengze, Zou Sheng, Quan Gong and other officials walked to the map one after another to make a specific assessment of the battle situation in Anzhou. When it comes to war, Murong Zhengze is of course an expert, so Guo Xuan and others wisely waited for him to make the final judgment.

Just as Li Mengchang finished speaking, Murong Zhengze asked, "How many troops did you have before you go to the frontier?"

"Fifty thousand." Li Mengchang said without hesitation. This number cannot be too exaggerated, because when Li Fengyun and Cui agreed to support food and grass, the number reported by the army was 50,000. Cui raised food and grass supplies based on this number. If it was too exaggerated, Cui would inevitably have doubts about the battle situation in Anzhou that Li Mengchang said.

"How many horse troops are there?" Murong Zhengze asked. This is the key. When fighting outside the Great Wall, the horse army is the key to victory. Without the horse army, the "shortcomings" of the alliance army are too obvious and they cannot persist.

As soon as this statement was made, Cui Yu, Cui Jiu, Lu Junxian, Liu Shanbo, Li Sixing, Guo Xuan, Zou Sheng, Quan Gong and others all focused on Li Mengchang's face. Li Fengyun did not have the Ma Jun, and Cui Yu, Cui Jiu and other wealthy families knew that this was one of the important reasons why they were full of doubts about the plan to recover Anzhou.

"We only had six hundred cavalry before we left the frontier." Li Mengchang said calmly, "After we left the frontier, we first ambushed the horse thief coalition in the southeast of the rica in Goutoupo, capturing more than a thousand cavalry; when we arrived at the Lightning Origin, we robbed and killed the Turks' prison camp and obtained more than a thousand cavalry; when we arrived at the flat pine forest, nearly two thousand forest horse thieves took the initiative to surrender; a few days ago, we met with the horse thief coalition in the Bashang Plateau at the Modouling on the north bank of Rushui, and obtained more than a thousand cavalry; when we arrived at Baoqiu River the day before yesterday, there were more than two hundred cavalry Yanshan bandits who came to surrender. In this way, we have about seven thousand cavalry so far, most of which are horse thieves and thieves and bandits with certain combat power. As long as we do not fight head-on with the main force of the five Xi tribes, our horse army is enough to deal with the current war."

Before Li Mengchang finished speaking, Cui Yu, Cui Jiu and others showed surprise. Li Fengyun was indeed a miracle-creating person. Any difficulties seemed to be an insurmountable hurdle in front of him. However, Murong Zhengze, Zou Sheng, Quan Gong and other old soldiers in the border town showed contempt and did not believe what Li Mengchang said at all.

"The forest horse thieves take the initiative to surrender? The horse thieves on the dam plateau meet you?" Murong Zhengze sneered, "Do you know who their leader is? Do you know how much effort the Xi tribe has put into killing them? Why can you conquer these thieves?"

Li Meng smiled a little, as if he had expected that the old army in the border town would not believe this incredible thing, "Do you know the white wolf?"

"White Wolf?" Murong Zhengze sneered, "Of course I know that Songmo's number one thief was killed and robbed, and he was full of evil. Two years ago, he was surrounded by the enemy from the frontier, but he was still killed by him. However, good and evil will be rewarded, and in the end it fell into our hands and could not escape death."

Li Mengchang smiled and his eyes slowly flicked from Murong Zhengze, Zou Sheng and Quan Gong's faces, and asked coldly, "So, you all have the share in the battle to encircle and suppress the white wolf back then?"

Murong Zheng disdained it. Zou Sheng and Quan Gong noticed the abnormality in Li Mengchang's words. The two looked at each other, and then Zou Sheng took the initiative to say, "The eastward expedition was about to be imminent, and the left-behind mansion was ordered to kill the border thieves. The Turks and Donghu were going to encircle and suppress the Songmo thieves, so the two sides agreed to suppress them together, and the primary target was Bailang. After the white wolf broke out of the encirclement of the enemy outside the frontier, he went straight to Yanshan. Of course we had to stop it. Murong Deputy Town took action himself and severely injured Bailang, but he was still escaped and headed straight to Liaoxi. Finally, he heard that he fell into a trap set by Luo Yi, a general under General Li, and was captured and beheaded."

Cui Yu, Cui Jiu and others looked at Li Mengchang in confusion, wondering why he suddenly mentioned an unrelated thief outside the border. The tough life of this horse thief outside the border described by Murong Zhengze and Zou Sheng is also quite attractive and makes people interested.

"We all know that Bailang is the man. Murong Deputy Town not only knows him, but also fights him." Quan Gong also looked at Li Mengchang in confusion and asked, "What does it have to do with what you suddenly mentioned about this thief?"

Under the attention of everyone, Li Mengchang said expressionlessly, "The white-haired thief is a white wolf, and the white wolf is a white-haired thief."

There was a silence in the hall, and everyone was shocked. Even Cui Yu and Cui Jiu were shocked. Since Baima met Li Fengyun, although they had inquired about his origin and knew that he was a thief in Liaodong, they later learned that his true identity was a secret soldier under Pei Shiju's account, so they no longer paid attention to his experience of the thief. However, they never expected that even if Li Fengyun was a thief, he could still be prosperous and notorious, so they were surrounded and suppressed by the enemy outside the frontier.

Murong Zhengze looked dull and shook his head and smiled bitterly after a long time, "So that's it. I know I can't kill him. Now Ah Hui is in trouble. The Xi tribe is in danger. The Khitans and the Jun people are in danger. And Bulishi Ashinaduer's good days are probably over."

Li Meng once showed a sarcastic look on his face and joked, "With Murong's understanding of Bailang, can he subdue the forest horse thieves? Will the horse thieves on the dam plateau bow down to the flag? With his reputation in Songmo, can he pull up a horse army of more than 7,000 cavalry in a short time?"

Murong Zhengze ignored Li Mengchang's ridicule and asked seriously, "Tell me, who is the final decision-maker?"

This sentence is very mysterious. The supreme commander of the alliance army must be Bailang. Li Zixiong joined the alliance for a short time and could not grasp the alliance's military power. The alliance cooperation between the two sides is just mutual use. As for the matter of going out to the frontier, Bailang should be the dominant one. He must make a comeback to take revenge. Anzhou is naturally his important goal. Then the question arises. If Li Zixiong gets Duan Da's hint and uses Bailang to recover Anzhou and then use Anzhou in exchange for credit, he can surrender to Bailang in the early stage, but in the later stage, especially after the recovery of Anzhou, he must have the highest decision-making power of the alliance and must control Bailang. Otherwise, who can guarantee that Bailang will surrender to Zhongtu and hand over Anzhou to Zhongtu?

In other words, if the final decision-maker of the alliance is Bailang, and Bailang and Middle-earth have deep hatred and are not trustworthy at all, the closing cannot be opened. On the contrary, if the final decision-maker of the alliance is Li Zixiong, the closing will have the possibility of opening.

Li Mengchang's sarcasm on his face became even stronger, "You shouldn't ask someone about this question, and you can't know that the only one who knows about it is Li Zixiong except Bailang."

Murong Zhengze hit a "soft nail" and was very angry. Li Meng saw through his tricks at first sight, but he was not fooled at all, and he also dug a trap for him. If you ask, ask Li Zixiong, but if you want to see Li Zixiong, you must open and close the door. Li Zixiong is also a famous figure after all. He cannot be pulled up to the city wall with a hanging basket. He can't afford to lose his face. Besides, if you go back on your word and catch him, wouldn't he cry without tears? But as soon as the door is closed and when Li Zixiong is met, the nature changes. Murong Zhengze will "join the crowd" with the children of wealthy families, and will share the difficulties and share the blessings.

After a wave of failure, another wave of rises. Without mentioning the white wolf, Li Mengchang could not prove the authenticity of what he said. When mentioning the white wolf, Murong Zhengze found a reason not to open and close the door.

Cui Yu couldn't bear it anymore and said angrily, "Murong Deputy Town, I will tell you another thing. Do you know why the white wolf can't be killed?"

Murong Zhengze glanced at Cui Yu and looked at him disdainfully.

"The true identity of Bailang is a secret soldier, and there are secret soldiers among the leaders of the horse thieves outside the frontier." Cui Yu laughed in anger, "So many secret soldiers are concentrated in Songmo, it is obvious what the person behind them is going to do. That person wants to play a big game, and this is the real reason why you can't kill Bailang."

Murong Zhengze was moved suddenly, and the old man he respected very much, the old man who had served as a minister in the same palace as his grandfather and father in the Gaoqi Dynasty in Shandong.

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Chapter completed!