September 24th, before dawn, Panlong Castle.

Under the anxious waiting of Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Yang Gongdao and others, Li Mengchang finally returned slowly.

"This trip is not going well?" Li Zixiong felt depressed and angry when he saw Li Mengchang's expression, and he suddenly felt unknown and asked anxiously.

Li Mengchang nodded and immediately told the trip in detail. Because the deputy town of Gubeikou, Murong Zhengze, was upright and upheld the principles and refused to open the door, the simple matter was seriously complicated, and eventually forced the Twelve Lady of the Cui family to reveal Li Fengyun's true identity and move out Pei Shiju. This made Murong Zhengze give in and make some adjustments. As long as everything in Panlong Fort is normal and will not affect the safety of Gubeikou Great Wall, then the door will be opened and closed with restrictions to ensure the normal progress of the border market recovery.

In other words, Murong Zhengze's compatibility was limited to Huiyi in the border city. Gubeikou would not have any contact with Panlong Fort, and the Great Wall Guards would not have any connection with the alliance army led by Er Li. In this way, Murong Zhengze adhered to his principles and ensured the vital interests of the two border town prefectures and the town guards. No matter how violent the storm and rain in Anzhou were, it would not have any impact on their interests.

At the same time, in northern Hebei, led by Cui, the wealthy families of Youyan can also transfer food, grass and supplies to Li Fengyun through the Gubeikou Pass according to the agreement with Li Fengyun, under the guise of the North and South Huiyi. This not only achieves the established goal, but also ensures its own safety and guarantees its own retreat. Once Li Fengyun fails, it will be difficult to implicate them.

This plan is a success, and Murong Zheng managed to minimize the risks as he wished, which was in line with the interests of all parties. Although the wealthy families of Youyan, led by Guo Xuan, and the wealthy families of Hebei, led by Cui, could not maximize the future interests, they minimized the immediate risks and accepted them. They were all happy, but for Li Fengyun and the alliance, the price was too high.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Twelve Lady of the Cui family, Li Zixiong and others, exposing Li Fengyun's true identity at this moment and pushing Pei Shiju behind the scenes to the front desk will further help win the support of the Zhuo County left-behind the palace and the support of the Saint Lord and the Central Committee. However, this move obviously violated Li Fengyun's original intention and touched Li Fengyun's bottom line.

Li Fengyun was always unwilling to reveal his true identity. His enemies were not only the enemy outside the frontier, but also the high-level central leadership of the Eastern Capital. When his strength was not strong enough, he could not fight against his enemies, nor could he guarantee the safety of himself and the alliance. Another important reason was that it would inevitably implicate Pei Shiju, who would suffer unintentional disasters.

Once the Holy Lord and the senior central leadership determined that the plan to recover Anzhou was made by Pei Shiju, Pei Shiju's guilt would be great. The national defense and diplomatic strategy were directly related to the survival of the country and the rise and fall of the Middle Land. Pei Shiju made a decision without authorization in such a big matter, unable to discipline and act arbitrarily, and there was no Saint Lord and the Central Committee in his eyes. As you can imagine, you will inevitably be suspicious of the Holy Lord and attacked by political enemies. If Pei Shiju falls, Li Fengyun and Lian

The alliance not only loses the "protective umbrella" and has a worrying prospect. The central decision-making level will also fall into an unfavorable situation in the upcoming North-South War because of the loss of Pei Shiju, the core minister in charge of Sino-Turkish national defense and diplomatic strategies. What is more serious is that Pei Shiju's "counterattack" will inevitably be fierce, the power struggle of the high-level central leadership will become fierce again, the deterioration of the domestic political situation will suddenly accelerate, and China-Turkish self-destruction of the Great Wall will surely be defeated in the Civil War.

All Li Fengyun's efforts were to win the Civil War. If things go against others' wishes and backfire, they would make Middle-earth defeat faster and more thoroughly in the Civil War. For him, no one can redeem his sins.

This is Li Fengyun's bottom line, but he was willing to do so. Since he deliberately used Pei Shiju, Pei Xuanji and his son to hold their tiger skins as a banner, and pretended to be a tiger's power. He first deceived King Qi and Li Zixiong to help him implement the plan to recover Anzhou, and later deceived Cui, Lu and other Hebei, and Youyan wealthy families to help him provide food and grass support in the process of regaining Anzhou, he would inevitably bear the risk of lies being exposed. This risk includes two: one is that he and the alliance army lost support from Zhongtu, trapped Anzhou, struggled to survive, and the second is that it implicated Pei Shiju's downfall, adding a "fire" to the chaotic political situation in Zhongtu, making Zhongtu inevitably defeated the Civil War.

Li Mengchang knew Li Fengyun's bottom line, so when the twelve ladies of the Cui family faced the stubborn Murong Zhengze, they exposed Li Fengyun's true identity in anger and moved out of Pei Shiju's "mountain", Li Mengchang knew that something bad was wrong and lost control. Once the situation deviated from the predetermined track, the first one to be hit was Li Fengyun, the alliance army and the Li family of Zhaojun, and then it was Pei Shi and the King of Qi. In the end, the entire Shandong wealthy family may "lose troops and lose their generals" in the political storm that followed.

Although Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, and Yang Gongdao did not know Li Fengyun's bottom line, they guessed that after Li Fengyun's strength increased, his ambition also flourished. Li Fengyun was running wildly on the road of "out of control". Pei Shiju was observing the situation. Of course, he could see that Li Fengyun had actually escaped from his control. So before traveling west, he used Li Fengyun's ambition to implement the plan to regain Anzhou. If he failed, he would use a knife to kill people and use the Northern Barbarians to kill Li Fengyun. If he succeeded, he would trap Li Fengyun in Anzhou. Faced with the influx of the Northern Barbarians, Li Fengyun could not resist even if he had three heads and six arms. In the end, he could only surrender to Middle-earth and exchange Anzhou for his survival. In other words, Pei Shiju had already

A trap was set up for Li Fengyun, and he had to jump if he didn't jump. As long as Li Fengyun jumped out of the trap and took Anzhou, Pei Shiju would be very safe. Li Fengyun and Anzhou were actually Pei Shiju's "life-saving talisman". Whoever wants to move Pei Shiju, even the Holy Lord, should first look at Li Fengyun and Anzhou to avoid shooting himself in the foot and destroying the Great Wall. On the contrary, Pei Shiju could control Anzhou by controlling Li Fengyun and control the entire northern Xinjiang situation by controlling Anzhou. In this way, Pei Shiju "tied" Li Fengyun to his ship again, and both sides could only work together. So in their eyes, Li Fengyun's bottom line should be to recover Anzhou to ensure that he could survive after jumping into Pei Shiju's trap.

Therefore, after Li Mengchang "successfully" resolved the food and grass crisis, he should be very happy rather than worried, but Li Mengchang's behavior was abnormal.

"What are you worried about?" Li Zixiong said, "Wenxi Duke (Pei Shiju) is on his way west. Even if Guo Xuan secretly reports to the Holy Lord and exposes the truth, it will not endanger Wenxi Duke in the short term. Besides, the Cui family talks about himself, and there is no evidence, she herself cannot prove that the white-haired thief is a white wolf, and the white wolf is a secret soldier under the Wenxi Duke's account. Where do other people get the evidence? So I can tell you with certainty that before there is no definite evidence, whether it is Guo Xuan or Murong Zhengze, with their current identity and status, they dare not rashly submit an impeachment of a central commander with the one-sided remarks of the Cui family. That is a taboo in the officialdom and the way to die."

The implication is that Pei Shiju will be fine. Li Fengyun and the alliance army will definitely win the support of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, but it only needs to meet some necessary conditions and take a certain amount of time.

"I told a lie in Gubeikou." Li Mengchang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "When I saw that the situation was wrong, I didn't dare to tell the truth, so I exaggerated the situation in Anzhou, causing them to misunderstand that the overall situation was decided and they were sure to win. So the Cui family decisively came forward to put pressure on himself, and eventually forced Murong Zhengze to compromise and make concessions."

Li Zixiong and Han Shiyan looked at each other, but they didn't say anything. The key is to take Anzhou, and the prerequisite for taking Anzhou is to defeat the five armies of Ah Hui and the Xi tribe. Now, the life is calculated. The five armies of Ah Hui and the Xi tribe should have returned to Songshan. Li Fengyun is about to fight fiercely with the Xi tribe at Guifang City. Success or failure will be made in this battle.

Li Mengchang was worried about defeat, but in fact, even if he was defeated, it would be a disaster for the league. Although Li Zixiong went south smoothly with the front-selling army, he had already won Baitan City and Panlong Fortress, and was backed by Gubeikou, which was considered worry-free to advance and retreat, but the problem was that if the recovery of Anzhou became an unreachable thing, the league could only trap a corner of the southwest of Anzhou, and could still be worry-free to advance and retreat? It could also win the support of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and win the support of the wealthy families of Hebei and Youyan? It was obviously impossible, so it was unrealistic to place all hope on Li Fengyun, and it was trying to achieve his contributions in one battle.

The strength of the Xi tribe cannot be underestimated. The alliance army was at a disadvantage in the head-on decisive battle because of the lack of elite horse army forces. Even if it wins, it would be a tragic victory. The two sides confront each other in a stalemate, and the Turks who were eyeing each other immediately became "fishermen". Anzhou finally gave the Turks a bargain. This is the most realistic result. Considering this result, if the Li Fengyun Alliance wants to achieve the goal of regaining Anzhou, Li Zixiong must do his best to mobilize all resources and try every means to convince the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, so that the Holy Lord and the Central Committee must correctly realize that if the Turks get Anzhou, it will bring immeasurable losses of profit to Zhongtu. Therefore, even in order to prevent the Turks from "fishermen to gain benefits", the Holy Lord and the Central Committee must put aside all disputes and support the Li Fengyun Alliance first, and ensure that Zhongtu will not fall into an irreversible passive due to the drastic changes in the Anzhou situation.

To put it bluntly, the reason why Li Mengchang was really worried was that Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan and others were unwilling to fulfill their promises and did their best. They just wanted to get something for nothing, but they didn't want to pay the price they deserved.

In fact, in northern Hebei, led by Cui, the support of the food and supplies of the Youyan wealthy families was also achieved by Li Fengyun in every way, and had nothing to do with the powerful and wealthy families such as Li Zixiong and Han Shiyan. Now that Li Fengyun has done everything he can do, it is Li Zixiong and other powerful families who "show off their skills". If the resources they used play a role, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are determined to support the use of the Li Fengyun Alliance to win Anzhou and ensure the interests of Zhongtu, then not only will the Li Fengyun Alliance be strongly supported, but Pei Shiju, Qi King and all the wealthy families involved in this matter can make great profits from it, and the development of the entire situation will not deviate from the predetermined track. On the contrary, one loss will be a heavy loss in all aspects.

Li Mengchang deliberately exaggerated the alliance's advantages in the battlefield in Anzhou, on the one hand, it was indeed a forced one, but on the other hand, it deliberately reminded Li Zixiong, Han Shiye and other powerful people that it was unrealistic to expect Li Fengyun to win the battle under Guifang City. It was better to honestly focus on the Holy Lord and the Central side to win their support, which was the foundation for the alliance's victory.

There is no need to hit the drum heavily, and smart people can speak clearly. Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Yang Gongdao and other powerful people did have the intention to get a bargain before. After all, with their current rebellious status, if they want to use resources, they will definitely be the most precious and reliable resources, which will bring a series of uncertain risks. If you lose your wife and your army, it is not worth it. Now seeing that Gubeikou’s official position is firm and will not give in on the issue of principle, and the aid that the wealthy families can provide is a drop in the bucket, which will inevitably seriously affect the alliance’s operations. So several people discussed it and made up their minds to use the precious resources on their hands, striving to make decisions conducive to the alliance in the shortest time.

"You go to Gubeikou again." Li Zixiong said to Li Mengchang, "Tell the people there that this morning, I went to the border city with Xinyi Gong (Han Shiyan) and Pyeongchang Gong (Yang Gongdao) to discuss important matters."

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