On April 25, Cui Hong, the general of Zuo Wuwei, ascended to Yalu Water.

Drinking horses and duck green, full of pride, the soldiers are gearing up, and the momentum is like a rainbow, but Cui Hongsheng is very calm, he looks up at the blue sky, and then looks at the other side of the Jinkou, and then looks back at the flying flags and the guards full of fighting spirit behind him, and can't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Forced by the pressure of all parties and the practical predicament, he had to stop at Yalu Water, but he fulfilled his promise to Li Fengyun, and the next thing is to see whether Anton's army can get his wish to kill under the city of Pyongyang, and whether he can cross Yalu Water eastward, whether he can make meritorious contributions in the Third Eastern Crusade, and whether he can win huge benefits for the wealthy families of Northern Hebei and Youyan led by the Boling Cui clan as expected, we can only hope that Li Fengyun will also fulfill his promise.

Cui Hongsheng listened to the sound of the surging river and smelled the faint fragrance in the air, and couldn't help but think of his daughter. Where are the Twelve Ladies now? Is it to hide in Buyeo City, or to attack the Obscure River with Li Fengyun? Or is it now that the city has been captured, the Yalu River has been crossed, and it is heading for Pyongyang?

Cui Hongsheng couldn't help but laugh. His daughter is as unruly as a wild horse, lawless, and reckless, if nothing else, she will definitely follow Li Fengyun to charge around now, and Li Fengyun is also a terrible "ruthless man" that even he is afraid of, so these two people work together, even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers on the way to the expedition, Anton's army will not stop attacking, but even so, Anton's army is now at most killed under the domestic city, and it is impossible to cross the Yalu water. It seems that he is anxious, and he still has a strong desire for meritorious deeds and achievements, and he even hopes that Li Fengyun has attacked the city and plundered the land on the east bank of the Yalu River at this moment.

Wu Benlang, who was standing beside Cui Hongsheng, happened to see Cui Hongsheng stroking his hair and smiled, knowing that he was in a good mood, after a little hesitation, he asked tentatively, "Ming Gong, the soldiers are fast, since the morale of the soldiers is high, and the Goguryeo people are frightened, why don't you cross the river immediately and pursue the victory?" ”

Luo Yi's ancestral home is Jingxiang, and his ancestors served under Dugu Xin's account during the three-legged establishment of Middle Earth, and fought side by side with Dugu Xin's henchman Yang Zhong, and Dugu Xin is the founder of the Wuchuan political group in this dynasty, and Yang Zhong is the father of the first emperor, so Luo Yi's father Luo Rong is not only an important member of the Wuchuan family, but also a brother and sister with the first emperor. The first emperor founded the country, Luo Rong supported the meritorious service, the official worshiped the general of the prison gate, and lived in the guard and ban all the year round, which shows the trust and reliance of the first emperor on him, but in the battle for the emperor, Luo Rong stood on the wrong team, although he died early and was not deeply involved, but after all, it still affected his son Luo Yi and affected Luo Yi's career. Fortunately, Luo Yi is brave, he will charge into battle every time there is a battle, and he has made many military exploits, coupled with his deep connections in the Wuchuan department, he is now a four-rank Wu Benlang general, and he is among the senior officers of the Wei Mansion.

Luo Yi's combat courage stems from his resolute and bold character, and the resolute and bold Luo Yi is arrogant and arrogant in daily life, such a general who can fight but is not good to restrain is of course not liked by Shangguan, so Li Jing, the general of the right Wuwei from Longxi, rejected him, and Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard from Hedong, also hated him.

Cui Hongsheng doesn't like Luo Yi even more, not because of the gap in their identities and status, nor because they belong to different political camps, but purely from a military point of view, any military commander doesn't like to have a general who doesn't listen to the command and acts boldly and recklessly, which contains too many hidden dangers and risks, especially Cui Hongsheng has other plans, and he needs absolute authority to control the situation, and he needs the generals under his account to obey his words, but Luo Yi is obviously an uncertain variable. And once this variable erupts, it is very likely that the situation will get out of control and directly push Cui Hongsheng into the abyss.

Luo Yi's temptation made Cui Hongsheng suddenly alert, he smiled slightly, shook his head without hesitation and said, "Whether to cross the Yalu Water or not, the decision is not up to a certain one." ”

Speaking of this, he glanced at Luo Yi and solemnly admonished, "You know very well the importance of Yalu Water to the entire battle situation, so whether to cross Yalu Water or not, in fact, Duke Xu and Pucheng Gong have no right to make decisions, they can only play the Holy Lord and the Center, and wait for the decision of the Holy Lord and the Center." ”

Luo Yi saw Cui Hongsheng solemnly admonishing himself, and his eyes immediately showed disdain, and he said disapprerovingly, "If you don't accept the order of the monarch outside, if you ask for instructions on everything, how to seize the fleeting fighter?" If you can't catch the fighters, you will miss the fighters, so Sashui will be defeated, and 200,000 soldiers will be buried in other places. The more Luo Yi spoke, the more excited he became, his voice gradually became excited, and finally his voice was fierce, "Such an unforgettable, painful lesson made of white bones, why doesn't Wei Fu know to learn?" Why can't we reflect? No corrections? ”

In the face of Luo Yi's fierce questioning, Cui Hongsheng's good mood disappeared in an instant, he was shocked and angry, and the sense of ominousness arose spontaneously.

Although Cui Hongsheng worked with Luo Yi for the first time, he has been known for Luo Yi's violent temperament for a long time, and in dealing with such a rebellious person, it is definitely not possible to blindly retreat and tolerate, and it is not possible to stand up to each other.

Cui Hongsheng suppressed the anger in his heart, looked up at the sky, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

In fact, like Luo Yi, he was very resistant to and disgusted with the centralization of power, especially the excessive concentration of military power, which was a clear example. In the course of the Eastern Crusade, the Holy Lord and the Central Committee did everything in detail, and interfered in all decisions, big and small, and as a result, they delayed the fighters again and again, and even issued erroneous and even ridiculous orders, and the price paid by the expeditionary force was the death of 200,000 soldiers.

"This is not the fault of the Wei Fu, and it is not what the Wei Fu can do." Cui Hongsheng said in a low tone, "So far, the Holy Lord and the Central Center have made it clear that they want to drive the expedition in person, although the Holy Driver has not yet arrived in Liaodong, and the Imperial Palace is still stranded in Beiping, but our autonomy is very limited, and our time to implement the established decisions is also very limited, and if we want to achieve a goal that will not touch the bottom line of the Holy Lord and the Central Center in a limited power and time, it is Yalu Water." ”

Cui Hongsheng raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at the surging river, and repeated in a pathetic tone, "Yalu water is definitely not the bottom line of the Wei Mansion, but perhaps, it is the bottom line of the Holy Lord and the center. ”

After a pause, Cui Hongsheng turned his eyes to look at Luo Yi, who had a cold expression and a cold look, "Do you know what this means?" ”

"Negotiate peace, admit defeat, leave behind 200,000 heroic souls, and return to the Eastern Capital with a shame that cannot be washed away." Luo Yi sneered and scolded disdainfully, "Cowardly and fearful of war, shameless." Then he changed the conversation and asked, "Just now Ming Gong said that Yalu Water is definitely not the bottom line of the Wei Mansion, so can it be understood that we will definitely cross the Yalu Water, but we need to wait for an appropriate time?" ”

Cui Hongsheng hesitated slightly, hesitated slightly, stroked his long hair with his right hand a few times, and finally nodded, "There is indeed this possibility, but if we want to turn this possibility into reality, we need not only timing, but also practical action, otherwise in terms of the current situation, we have no absolute superiority in troops, and the expedition to Pyongyang has no guarantee of food and grass, and if we want to ensure that the third eastern crusade wins a certain result, we can only stop at Yalu Water." ”

When Luo Yi heard this, he had already guessed in a flash, and asked without thinking, "The so-called timing of Ming Gong refers to the fact that Anton's army is facing Yalu Water and forming a left-right attack with my main army?" ”

Cui Hongsheng bowed slightly, "At the end of last year, you once accompanied Wuyin Gong (Xue Shixiong) to the north to tour the far east, captured Fuyu City, and went deep into the lower reaches of the weak Luoshui, confronted the Donghu people for more than a month, and had some understanding of Anton, so I want to ask you, in your opinion, how likely is it that Anton's army will come to Yalu Water?" ”

Luo Yi scoffed and mocked unceremoniously, "Ming Gong actually expects a group of traitors who do all kinds of evil and a group of blood-drinking barbarians to cooperate with us tacitly and join forces to attack Pyongyang? How is this possible? May I ask Ming Gong, what benefits did we give them? How many cattle, horses, alpacas, grain, grass, and weapons were given to them? Or do we promise that after the capture of Pyongyang, half of the spoils will be given to them? ”

Cui Hongsheng's face was expressionless and he didn't say a word.

Luo Yi sneered repeatedly, "If you want the horses to run, and if you want the horses not to eat grass, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" The Andong army rushed all the way to Buyeo City, we didn't give food, grass and weapons, and we wanted to borrow knives to kill people, and use the hands of the Goguryeo people to fight and weaken them, you are all idiots when you are a group of traitors and barbarians? ”

Cui Hongsheng shook his horsewhip at Luo Yi to prevent him from speaking unscrupulously and openly.

"If this timing is just our luxury and is not possible, then it is even less likely that we will cross the Yalu water and attack Pyongyang." Cui Hongsheng sighed, "Even if you have the heart of death, you want to fight to the death, but in the predicament of no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, do you dare to cross the river?" Can you dare to attack Pyongyang alone? ”

Luo Yi is domineering and arrogant, but it does not mean that he is impulsive and brainless, under the current situation, of course, he does not dare to go deep into his own death alone, but if he can persuade Cui Hongsheng to cross the river with the Xuanfeng army to fight, take the lives of more than 20,000 soldiers and the success or failure of the Third Eastern Crusade to blackmail the command, forcing Yuwenshu and Guo Rong to order the main army to follow up, and have to do their best to transport grain, grass and baggage to support the front line, then with the huge time advantage obtained by their own side at this moment, there is considerable hope to capture Pyongyang and destroy Goguryeo, Wash away the shame before the snow, so Luo Yi faced Cui Hongsheng's questioning and made a decision to cross the river alone. He first led the army to the east bank of the Yalu River, and the situation was lonely, and then he threatened Cui Hongsheng with the lives of himself and thousands of soldiers, forcing Cui Hongsheng to cross the river and march east with the main force of the Xuanfeng Army, and then promote the entire battle situation to develop in the direction he envisioned.

"Of course X dared to cross the river, and of course he dared to attack Pyongyang alone." Luo Yi waved the horsewhip vigorously, his momentum was like a tiger, "Goguryeo is already dying, and Pyongyang is even more powerful, vulnerable to a single blow, as long as you take 5,000 soldiers to cross the river and march eastward, you can be like a bamboo, and the blocker is invincible." ”

"Ming Gong, if you have the courage to cross the river, do you have the courage to give an order?"

Cui Hongsheng's anger surged, and he couldn't help but want to speak, but at this moment, a horse galloped over, and one of them shouted loudly, "Ming Gong, it's not good to ...... big thing."

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