(The previous chapter should be Chapter 70, this chapter is Chapter 871.)

It is obvious that with Anzhou winning streaks and growing rapidly, and as Anzhou gained its own advantages in the confrontation between the north and the south, Anzhou's value became increasingly greater and more powerful. On the road to out of control, Anzhou was also far ahead of the world.

How could such a bad situation occur? Why didn’t I think of this serious problem before making the decision to support the Northern Expedition of Ruoluo Shui in Anzhou? Was it because I was careless or was deceived by some illusions?

If you think about it carefully, it was nothing more than self-righteousness, thinking that he had "stuck" the throat of Anzhou, thinking that Li Zixiong and other rebels wanted to exchange Anzhou for pardon, and thought that Anzhou's survival was inseparable from Middle Earth, and all kinds of things were taken for granted. Today, Cui Hongsheng reported that the actual control of Anzhou was still the white-haired thief, and the white-haired thief was strong, and even defeated more than 30,000 Turkic troops. So the question arises, who can control the white-haired thief? When Duan Da used a knife to kill people, drove the white-haired thief out of the frontier to attack the Turks, killing two birds with one stone. As a result, the white-haired thief took the plan and recovered Anzhou. It can be seen that this person is very cunning, ambitious, and uncontrollable at all.

The premise of using a knife to kill someone is that the knife is controllable and you can control the knife yourself. Otherwise, it is to shoot yourself in the foot and cause trouble.

Now this knife is still controllable, Anzhou still needs support from the Great Wall, and the white-haired thieves have to use the support from the Great Wall to develop and grow. However, once Anzhou achieves a great victory in the northern expedition, defeats the Donghu people and controls the Northeast, and can sell it for a good price. The knife will lose control, and the killing plan will fail with the knife. Instead, the opponent will use the other person's plan to cure the person and lose it. Therefore, in order to prevent problems, it is necessary to stop implementing the killing plan to use the knife as soon as possible, and kill the foreseeable danger in the bud.

So, how to stop implementing the murder strategy of borrowing knives?

There are only two ways at present. One is to go back on your word and cut off the support for Anzhou, forcing Anzhou to give up the northern expedition and can only stay in a corner. The center completely gave up the intention of using the chaos in the Northeast to crack down on and weaken the Turks and delay the Civil War. All kinds of benefits are not needed. However, in this way, the crisis has not been resolved, but it has become serious. Anzhou is desperate. In anger, he simply defected to the desert and helped the Turks to attack Middle-earth. The situation will inevitably take a sharp turn and be extremely unfavorable to Middle-earth.

Another way is to compromise and accept the conditions for returning Anzhou and meet the political demands of Anzhou. The benefits that should be needed are still necessary. However, if the open inclusion of Anzhou and even the Northeast into the territory of Zhongtu, directly harming the vital interests of the desert is equivalent to directly breaking up with the Turks. The war between the North and South is very likely to break out in advance, and Zhongtu is not ready for a war between the North and South. The Saint Lord and the Reformers are even doing their best to launch the third Eastern Expedition. Hundreds of thousands of expedition troops are still in the border of Liaodong. Pei Shiju has not returned to the west, and he does not know whether the alliance with the Western Turks is completed. In this unfavorable situation, if the war between the North and South suddenly breaks out, Zhongtu has little chance of winning. But now the Saint Lord and the Reformers are in a political dilemma and cannot afford to lose at all. Therefore, Zhongtu does not have the conditions to fight the North and South in the short term, so it cannot break up with the Turks immediately, and it will not be able to accept the requirements for returning Anzhou.

So it is neither right to advance nor retreat, and advance and retreat are in danger.

The Holy Lord thought for a long time and consulted the opinions of three important military officials, Yu Wen Shu, General of the Left Guard, Lai Huer and General of the Right Guard, Zhao Cai, General of the Right Guard, "How likely is the Luluo River in Anzhou to fight north?"

In fact, this issue was long before the center made the decision to support Anzhou's northern expedition to Ruoluo River, many generals of the Weifu Prefecture had already made analysis and deduction. However, because they did not know that the Turkic army in the southeast of the river suddenly entered Anzhou, the conclusion was not optimistic at that time. Considering that Anzhou might be in danger of being attacked from both sides, the chances of victory were not great, or the results were limited, the Liaodong Town Garage Army made a decision to openly intervene in the Northeast battlefield and cooperate, striving to achieve the expected goal of controlling the Northeast.

Now Anzhou has won a great victory in Guifang and defeated the Turkic army in the southeast of the river. In the short term, it is no longer in danger of being attacked from both sides. It can concentrate its efforts to fight the north of the Wuluo River. In addition, with the cooperation of the Liaodong garrison army, the chance of victory is of course very high. Therefore, Yuwen Shu, Lai Hu'er and Zhao Cai's answer to the Holy Lord is that it is more optimistic.

The Holy Lord thought for a moment and asked again, "If the northern expedition of Anzhou achieved the expected results, what will the Turks react? Will they do their best to defeat Anzhou and regain the Northeast?"

Yuwen Shu and came to Hu'er, Zhao Cai immediately analyzed and deduced the Holy Lord, and finally concluded that it was unlikely that the Turks would do their best to regain the Northeast.

At present, Zhongtu is suffering from internal and external troubles, and there are rebellions at home. The Western Xinjiang crisis is serious. In addition, the two-year Eastern Expedition has achieved the goal of severely damaging Goguryeo, but the national strength is consumed a lot and there is no condition to actively launch a war between the North and the South in the short term. Therefore, from the standpoint of the Turks, Zhongtu used the knife to kill people in the northeast and used the power of the Middle-Turkish rebels to attack and weaken the Turks. The real purpose should be to delay the outbreak of the Civil War.

Since the Holy Lord ascended the throne, he has launched a Western Expedition and an Eastern Expedition, successfully severely damaged the enemy on both wings of the desert. He must next fight the Northern Expedition, launch the Civil War, and fight against the Turks. However, the Central and Turkish army fell on the battlefield of Goguryeo and fell to a blue face. It took time to recover, which was delayed.

Although the north and south confront each other, it is a fact that the south is strong and the north is weak. Now Sino-Turkish war is about to launch the Civil War. The Turks respond passively, of course they have to prepare for the war with all their might. How could they not see that the battlefield in the Northeast is a trap? How could they fall into the trap foolishly and waste their limited power? Therefore, the Turkish countermeasures may be a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, they strengthen the military force in the southeast of the Thunder, consolidate the defense on the flanks of the desert, and even send troops to Anzhou to face the confrontation head-on, forming a military threat. On the other hand, they win over and buy Anzhou, and even take a divisive plan, and do their best to reduce the harm caused to the fall of the Northeast to the desert. In this way, the tent can focus on war preparations, and never let the fall of the Northeast affect or even destroy their own war preparations, and never let the conspiracy of the Middle-Turkish conspiracy succeed.

The first countermeasure is to make a tough counterattack against Anzhou and put heavy pressure on Anzhou from a military perspective. The second countermeasure is to find every means to find the flaws of Anzhou, strive to win the greatest interests at the minimum cost, and destroy Middle-earth conspiracy. The two complement each other and complement each other. The result can be imagined. Once Middle-earth and Anzhou become enemies, the flaws will appear, giving the Turks a chance to break the situation. As long as Anzhou falls to the desert, Middle-earth will be passive, shooting itself in the foot, making the desert cheaper, and eventually losing the Civil War.

Therefore, if Anzhou wins the victory of the Northern Expedition of Ruoluo River, its strength will increase greatly and it will quickly lose control, the Zhongtu killing strategy will not be implemented, and it can only compromise with Anzhou to meet the requirements of Anzhou's return. However, the consequences of accepting Anzhou are very serious. The Civil War is very likely to break out in advance, and Zhongtu is not ready for war. Once the two sides fight, Zhongtu may lose.

So the Holy Lord and the Central Master were in a dilemma, and they were in a dead end.

Yu Shiji immediately suggested that this proposal be put on hold for the time being. After all, Anzhou has many difficulties in expeditions to the north of Anzhou. Even if it is undefeated, it may not be able to achieve the expected results. Because if the Donghu people fled and refused to fight, and delayed in every possible way, Anzhou would not be able to kill Donghu's living forces and could not achieve the expected goals. Then after the beginning of spring, once the Turkic army in the desert came, Anzhou would be in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides and being attacked from both sides, and it would have to rely on the support from the Great Wall to persevere. In this way, Anzhou would be firmly controlled by the center and there would be no danger of losing control. The killing strategy could be implemented with a knife, and this proposal would no longer exist.

Yu Shiji believed that the most urgent task was to expel the Feihu Rebels from the Pass as soon as possible, and put pressure on the King of Qi to cut off the secret support of the Feihu Rebels, and then help Cui Hongsheng to successfully implement the post-disaster plan so as to achieve the goal of not being bloody and solving the Feihu Rebels once and for all.

The Holy Lord accepted Yu Shiji's advice.

The situation in Anzhou and even Northeast China has undergone drastic changes, and is ever-changing and unpredictable, giving people a sense of overwhelming, dazzling, and strangeness. It is difficult to make accurate analysis and deductions through limited information, and it is even more impossible to accurately capture its forward trajectory. Therefore, the center is very passive. At present, it can only take one step at a time, take it a step forward, take it for granted, or blindly arrange it in advance to obtain the benefits you need. In fact, it is impossible, but it is possible to backfire.

The Holy Lord immediately made a decision and ordered the Left Wu Guard General Cui Hongsheng to agree with his suggestion and order Gubeikou to maintain negotiations with Anzhou and try to delay. At the same time, he allowed Cui Hongsheng to return to Shanggu as soon as possible, and use all kinds of means to expel the Feihu rebels from the customs before the end of the year.

He also ordered Duan Da, the remaining subordinate of Zhuo County, to cooperate with Cui Hongsheng to solve the disaster of Feihu.

He also personally summoned General Zuo Xiaowei and prosecuted Dong Chun, the prefect of Yanmen County, to inform Dong Chun of the latest situation in Anzhou, the requirements for the return of Anzhou, the center's concerns about Anzhou's loss of control, etc., and then ask Dong Chun for his opinions.

Dong Chun knew very well that the intention of the Holy Lord Drunken Old Man was not to drink. What he wanted was not to ask for countermeasures against Anzhou, but to take this opportunity to put pressure on the King of Qi. Although due to the current tensions in the north and the south, as well as the political needs of the Saint Lord and the reformists for the third Eastern Expedition, the Central Committee could only compromise with the King of Qi's "self-exile", but this compromise was limited and was based on the premise of not harming or endangering the fundamental interests of Zhongtu. Now, because the Jiangnan thief Liu Yuanjin separatisted the emperor, the demons of Zhongtu split were released, resulting in a great increase in the risk of Qi's independence. Therefore, the Feihu Rebels naturally became the "thorn in the side" of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee, and they would swear to remove them.

Dong Chun had no choice. Whether from the perspective of the interests of Central China, the safety of northern borders or the war between the north and the south, the Feihu rebels must leave the customs. The decisions of the Holy Lord and the Central Government were very correct, but the implementation of this strategy was very difficult, and the biggest obstacle came from the King of Qi. Therefore, Dong Chun did not hesitate and volunteered to go to Huaihuang day and night to persuade the King of Qi to firmly implement the decisions of the Holy Lord and the Central Government.

The Holy Lord praised it very much and immediately encouraged him.

When Dong Chun saw that the Holy Lord was in a good mood, he decisively asked a question, "Sage, will Anzhou return be put on the central agenda?"

This is very important. If the Holy Lord and the Central Government attach importance to the return of Anzhou, and even risk turning against the desert and incorporating Anzhou into the Middle Earth territory, the future development of the situation will be beneficial to the King of Qi. On the contrary, if the Holy Lord and the Central Government ignore Anzhou's requirements, kill people with a knife, and after use, they will kill rabbits and dogs, and cut off the King of Qi's path to expand his own strength with the help of Anzhou, then the King of Qi will definitely try his best to prevent the Feihu rebels from leaving the customs, and the situation will be complicated.

The Holy Lord frowned slightly, looked worried, hesitated for a moment, and said slowly, "There is no arrangement yet, but if the northern expedition is victorious, Anzhou sweeps the northeast, and an emerging force rises rapidly outside the Great Wall, then the return will inevitably be put on the agenda, and the war between the north and the south will also break out."

Dong Chun understood the truth and immediately expressed his opinion that when he went to the border county, he would kill the enemy in blood and swear to serve the country to the death.
Chapter completed!