In the early morning of the 14th day of the first lunar month, when Li Zixiong was anxiously waiting for the results of the negotiation between Li Fengyun and Pei Shiju in the General Administration, Li Hun also paid close attention in the inn, and his mood was much more anxious than Li Zixiong.

Li Hun knew very well that Andong would never give up his autonomy. This was related to the life and death of the rebel forces headed by Li Fengyun and Li Zixiong. However, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee wanted to take Anton and were unwilling to raise a tiger to be a problem, so the conflict between the two sides was irreconcilable.

When Pei Shiju faced this dilemma, the only way was to "sacrifice" his political interests to win political compromise between both sides. However, he had a bottom line and could not sacrifice his political "life". Therefore, he could not get on Li Fengyun's "pirate ship", be "kidnapped" by Li Fengyun, nor could he jump into the trap of the Saint Lord and the Reformers. He had been born on behalf of the Saint Lord and the Central Committee, so it is not difficult to deduce the final result. Pei Shiju's countermeasures would definitely push Li Pingyuan to the "front" and "bind" Li Pingyuan with great righteousness, recognize it with the Saint Lord and the Central Committee, and accept the military power of Li Pingyuan to achieve the actual occupation of Anton by China.

Before, Anton did not mention Li Pingyuan at all and did not make any compromises in autonomy. However, due to the critical situation and the alliance was in a difficult situation, Li Fengyun still left an retreat for Anton and tried every means to "pull" Pei Shiju into the political quagmire full of crisis. In a desperate situation, he used Pei Shiju's power to win Anton a buffer time so that Anton could adjust the negotiation strategy according to the sharp changes in the situation and strive to maximize the interests. However, Pei Shiju had a high position and was in power to solve the problem. How could he use Li Fengyun to use it to serve as a shield for Anton? Therefore, Li Fengyun's plan was doomed to fail. In this way, the development of the situation was very unfavorable for King Qi and Li Hun.

The four political forces of Qi, Li Hun, Li Zixiong and Li Fengyun formed an alliance and cooperated. The distinctive characteristics of the two are one light and one dark, one li and one outside, and the inside and the outside are in harmony and support each other. Therefore, Li Fengyun and the rebel army he led are indispensable. Without this link, Qi and Li Hun were isolated and had to fight alone. As a result, they would be passively beaten and would be swallowed by the Holy Lord and the Reformers with their belts.

Among the political forces led by King Qi and Li Hun, King Qi faced a "flag". The real core figures were Li Hun, Wei Fusi, Li Zixiong, Dong Chun and other Guanlong powerful people. They were the Guanlong military merits and aristocratic group headed by Li clan Xichengji. Behind this political force is the powerful conservative force of Xijing.

Now Xijing and Dong have turned against each other and fought hard. Under this bad political background, the Holy Lord and the Reformers must crack down on or even eliminate the political forces headed by the King of Qi, kill the powerful and nobles of Guanlong in the name of the "Imperial Unification War", and severely damaged the Guanlong military merits and aristocratic group headed by the Li family in Longxi, giving a heavy blow to the conservative forces of Xijing.

Li Hun smelled the strong smell of blood and saw the shadow of death quickly approaching the Li family of Chengji, Longxi.

The Li family in Chengji, Longxi, had an edict issued by the late emperor to avoid death, but the object was Li Hun's father Li Mu, and Li Mu's inheritance bloodline. The "elasticity" of the inheritance bloodline was greater. For example, Li Hun was Li Mu's tenth son, and there was no possibility of inheritance, but with the help of the Holy Lord and Yuwen Shu, he seized the right to inheritance from the Chang's Changsun. Now Li Hun and the Holy Lord, Yuwen Shu, are getting farther and farther away, and go against the way. Once the Holy Lord wants to attack the Chengji Li family in Longxi, the main target of killing Li is Li Hun, and of course he will not recognize his already illegal inheritance rights.

Li Hun was anxious about this. Although he had already predicted it before, and had already prepared for the future and took the initiative, he was now tied to the "ship" of King Qi and was "trapped" in Andong. He was out of reach from the "base camp" of Longxi. He was bullied by dogs. His room for maneuver was too small and his effective means were too little. He could only rely on King Qi or rely on Andong. However, the help of these two could be too little, which made him helpless. In addition, he could only have a little luck with Li Fengyun.

Just when he was anxious and frightened, Li Zixiong's confidant brought a message and asked him to go to the mansion overnight to have a secret conversation.

Li Hun finally saw Li Fengyun's "true body". This summer, Dongdu mutiny, he and Li Fengyun started to face each other head-on from Yiquedao, and established a tacit understanding under Li Min's needle thread. However, until Li Fengyun broke through the outer capital of the Dongdu and ransacked, the golden cicada escaped and left. Neither of them had ever met on the battlefield. They could only be regarded as having heard of his name for a long time and no one had seen him.

The two have known each other for a long time, and now they have their own goals. They are very polite and show great affection. After a greeting, Li Fengyunˊ specially expressed his gratitude for the tacit cooperation on the battlefield in the Dongdu, and quietly brought the relationship between the two sides closer.

However, the closer Li Fengyun showed, the stronger Li Hun's ominous feeling, so he stopped begging and went straight to the point, "What will be the result of the negotiation tonight?"

Li Fengyun did not hide it, and spoke out in a straightforward manner, with three clean and neat words, "Li Pingyuan."

Li Hun's expression was solemn, his eyes were cold, and he didn't say a word.

As expected, Pei Shiju was here to solve the problem, and it was impossible for Anton to control the initiative and delay time. Therefore, the development of the situation would inevitably turn sharply with what he expected. Fortunately, Li Fengyun was still righteous, and Li Zixiong also took into account the overall situation of the Li family in Longxi. At the critical moment, he did not betray himself or put down the wrong things, but immediately told himself that everyone would sit together to discuss countermeasures.

"Mr. Zhuang, with Pei Shiju's courage and fierceness, since he took action, Anton will definitely be unable to resist it, and he is bound by himself and helpless. Once the fact is true, he will be coerced by him and will be entangled by various forces. In the end, he will be unable to help himself." Li Fengyun sighed, "This matter has been out of control, Pei Shiju has seized the initiative, we are deeply in a passive position and can only try our best to defend, Xu Tu's plan."

"Xu Tu's plan?" Li Hun sneered, "Unless there is no third Eastern Expedition, Andong's army will be in a siege on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition. Once the entire army is wiped out, where will you come from? You are bound by yourself? You are not trying to tie yourself up, but are deliberately doing it, deliberately pulling Pei Shiju into Andong. Otherwise, how can you fight against the threat of Middle Earth when you are not stable? And how can you deal with the counterattack of the Turks? You can only rely on Pei Shiju's power in Middle Earth and his deterrent power to the Northern Territory to effectively resist the huge threat from both the north and the south, and then hide under Pei Shiju's wings to win precious breathing time. Is that right?"

Li Fengyun had no expression on his face and did not explain.

Li Zixiong wanted to speak but stopped, but seeing that Li Hun was on the verge of losing his composure due to anger and spoke fiercely, he had to shake his hand at him, signaling him to calm down and not be impatient. After all, Li Fengyun has not betrayed him yet, and is still trying to find a way to seek countermeasures. It will be no good for everyone to turn against each other with anger.

Li Hun took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and continued, "In the Yulin storm, Li Pingyuan directly forced Yuwen Shu and his son to a desperate situation with the fact that he was familiar with foreign countries. A large number of political enemies flocked to death, trying to kill Yuwen Shu in a series of ways, forcing the Holy Lord to fight back, and reverse right and wrong, killing a large number of meritorious ministers, so he barely saved them. However, Yu Wenhua and Yuwen Zhi, Yu Wen Zhi, his brothers, and many of Yu Wen Shu's disciples and old friends cut off their careers, and the Holy Lord paid the price of serious damage to his authority. The struggle between the two capitals has become increasingly fierce since then, and the storms have followed one after another.

As for the current crisis, the political situation is getting worse and worse. Today's dilemma in the Eastern Capital is actually directly related to the Yulin storm that year, so the hatred between the Holy Lord, Yuwen Shu and Li Pingyuan is very deep and cannot be resolved. Although the current crisis forces the Holy Lord and Yuwen Shu to compromise with Anton, if they want them to officially recognize and accept Li Pingyuan and make the illusion of turning swords into jade and silk, not only Pei Shiju has to compromise with them, but Shandong wealthy families led by the Boling Cui family and the Li family of Zhaojun also have to make concessions. As for Li Pingyuan, they have to pay a lot of money, and what the price is self-evident."

Speaking of this, Li Hun looked cold and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. "You said you were helpless and could not help. What explanation should you explain? Do you want to break your promise and betray your faith? When you wanted to go north to develop, you had to use the power of King Qi and us to fight thousands of miles. Now that you have succeeded, you will immediately turn your back on your word and become enemies?"

Li Fengyun shook his hand, "Don't be excited, Mr. Hui and Mr. Jianchang invited you to meet overnight, just to work together to discuss a countermeasure. However, Mr. Qi must tell you that if you want to achieve your goals, you must trust each other, especially keep your promises, and not go back on your word. This time we have achieved major results, not only did we not get corresponding benefits, but we are in trouble and lose our initiative. The reason is that King Qi has gone back on his word and has not fulfilled his promise."

Li frowned and remained silent. Li Zixiong told him about this matter that before Li Fengyun went out of the frontier, if the army went out of the frontier, the King of Qi and the Feihu Left Army should cooperate with each other and seize control of Yanbei, and form a three-way response in and outside the Great Wall, it would inevitably force the Saint Lord and the Central Army to compromise, thereby defrauding the best interests. In this way, the initial goal of northward development could be achieved, that is, the King of Qi and the two Lis could both establish themselves in the northern border, and after the return of Anzhou, they would work together to develop and grow rapidly. However, at the critical moment, the King of Qi retreated and not only refused to cooperate with the Feihu Left Army, but also helped the Saint Lord and the Central Army to force the Feihu Left Army to leave the passive immediately. As a result, the situation was one-sided. Although the King of Qi had nothing, he was also deeply in a passive position to affect Anton.

Li Hun looked up at Li Zixiong and sighed, "Have you decided?"

Li Zixiong nodded, "It is easy to give up King Qi, but King Qi and us have long been a whole. It is too difficult to give up King Qi and protect ourselves."

Li Hun deeply felt the same, "We are all on the boat of King Qi. If we give our all to support King Qi and hold up the big banner of King Qi, we will still have the power to fight. On the contrary, if we still get off the boat of King Qi, we will lose the big banner and fight alone, and we will definitely lose."

"I have a way," said Li Fengyun, "but the premise is that Mr. Hui, Mr. Dangyang (Wei Fusi), Mr. Wencheng (Li Shanheng), Mr. Shunzheng (Dong Chun), you must reach an agreement."

Li Hun seemed to have some understanding, "Eastern Expedition?"

Li Fengyun smiled, "Will the King of Qi go east to go without returning?"
Chapter completed!