September fifteenth, flat pine forest.

Li Fengyun led the elected army, the Leima Army and the horse thieves from the flat pine forest to successfully cross the river and safely enter the flat pine forest. At this point, the alliance army finally crossed the Lightning River without any danger, broke through the Turks' blockade, stepped into the territory of the Xi people, and began the battle to regain Anzhou.

That night, the generals of the alliance's army gathered in Wangyuequan to discuss strategies to recover Anzhou. Because the battle in the previous stage was successful, the victory in the next stage was in sight, which made everyone very optimistic about the future and future interests seemed to be within reach. Therefore, the generals were in high spirits. Whether they were venerables from wealthy families or humble bandits, they temporarily forgot the disparity in their identities, ignored the distance between classes, put aside opposition and contradictions, and sat together with laughter and joy, and the atmosphere was very warm.

This out-of-bounds battle was unstoppable, which was beyond everyone's expectations. Even Li Fengyun himself did not expect it would be so smooth. He was prepared for a fierce battle, and even prepared to lose half of his troops, but the result was a miracle. He personally believed that this was God's favor. Although he reserved a lot of "backhands" and all of them took effect, this was not a key factor. The key was that the King of Qi was decisive in killing and showed extraordinary courage. He led his army out of the frontier at the cost of provoking the Civil War and sacrificing political life, effectively restraining the Turks. Otherwise, there would be no such miracle.

Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong, Yang Gongdao, Lai Yuan and other powerful people could also see clearly this. This alliance army was able to cross the Lightning River successfully, and the first stage of Li Fengyun's eastward plan could be successfully completed. The one who made great contributions was the King of Qi. Without the tacit cooperation of the King of Qi, such a result could not be achieved. However, for the generals of the alliance who had a humble background and a low vision, this was Li Fengyun's miracle. This was all thanks to Li Fengyun's strategy. They could not see the role played by the King of Qi in it.

At this moment, Li Fengyun was very concerned about King Qi and the news on the Yaqi side. Seeing Zhong Xin, the general manager of the First Army of the Alliance, and Hu Luba, the leader of the horse thief, walked into the commander's tent with a smile, he immediately stood up and waved his hand, and asked anxiously, "Is there any movement on the Turkic people?"

After the Alliance army entered the flat pine forest, the Lightning River became the first barrier for the Alliance army to block the Turks from advancing eastward and chasing them, and preventing the Turks from advancing eastward to Anzhou to support the Xi people. For this reason, Li Fengyun deployed the Alliance First Army and Huluba's teams on the east bank of the Lightning River to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defense.

Zhong Xin bowed and replied, "Ming Gong, the Turks came again around noon today, but did not cross the river to attack."

Li Fengyun turned his eyes to Huluba, "Is there any news on the Stars?" Huluba and his horse thief brothers were active on the Lightning Plain, with many channels of news. At present, if the alliance wants to know the latest trends of the Turks on both sides of the Lightning River, it can only be through him.

Huluba shook his head, "The latest news I got in the afternoon is that so far, no other army has come to support the tooth flag, so the existing number of string controls is controlled by the tooth flag. In addition, they were ambushed twice by our army yesterday afternoon and beheaded by our army for more than 1,200 levels. They suffered heavy losses and their morale was sluggish. There is no possibility of crossing the river and chasing them in the short term."

Li Fengyun frowned slightly. Hu Luba misunderstood what he meant. He was concerned about whether the King of Qi on the Star Plain evacuation, rather than whether the Turks crossed the river to chase him. He hesitated for a little, Li Fengyun asked, "In this way, you don't have the latest news on the Star Plain?"

Huluba shook his head and disagreed. The alliance army had entered the flat pine forest and had already entered the Xi people's territory from the Turks' noses. Xingxingyuan had long been left behind. The situation on Xingxingyuan could no longer affect the alliance's attack on Anzhou, so there was no need to worry about it.

Li Zixiong sat next to Li Fengyun. He saw Huluba for the first time. He was surprised by Huluba's majestic body and brave and domineering aura. He admired this sharp man from the Xianbei family. At the same time, he also had a guess about the news brought by Huluba. Li Zixiong gently patted Li Fengyun and said, "The King of Qi should not have retreated in advance. He may still be on the star field to help us restrain the Turks."

Li Fengyun nodded slightly, agreeing with Li Zixiong's speculation, "From time calculation, if the King of Qi received our secret letter, he should have withdrawn from Huaihuang yesterday, and then the Turks on the starry sky quickly supported the Yaqi. Today, he should have arrived at the Yaqi. Even if it is slow, it will only delay for too long. After all, our intention to enter Anzhou east has been exposed. The Turks must be blocked and will not ignore it and let us attack Anzhou."

Li Zixiong nodded, "Follow the Yaqi and seize every time to strengthen the pine forest defense. From Yaqi to the Xiwang Mansion, there is only the flat pine forest road. If we control the flat pine forest, it is equivalent to controlling the throats of the southeastern Ji and Xi land. The Turks cannot come, so they can only sigh and say nothing."

Huluba looked at Li Zixiong, who was white in his hair and beard and had an extraordinary temperament, and realized that the old general should be a powerful and powerful person with a prominent status. But how could such a big man appear in the rebel army? Li Fengyun did not say that he had direct cooperation with the Chinese and Turkish officials before? Just as he was suspicious, he saw Li Zixiong pointing at him, smiled at him, and asked Li Fengyun, "Is this your brother?"

"This is one of my brothers." Li Fengyun smiled, "My brothers outside the border are coming one after another. Today there are several people here. I will introduce them to Mr. Jianchang immediately."

Li Fengyun raised his hands and pressed them a few times. The happy generals immediately stopped talking and the tent quickly became quiet.

Li Fengyun pulled Hu Luba to his side, and pointed to Mi Yong, Hu Yanjian, Jing Jiang Liujin Fei, Erzhu Tianxiao, Ashide Yuqi, Gao Hu, Diluo Paocuo, Chi Xiaodou Tieyi and others, signaling them to stand beside him, first introduce Li Zixiong, Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong, Lu Mingxing, Guo Mingming and other alliance generals in detail, and then introduce them to the alliance generals, which is considered to know each other.

The Thunder Army has always been built by Li Fengyun himself. No one in the alliance can get involved. He doesn't know how to help, nor does he have the ability or energy to help. The situation was too dangerous before, and the Turkic swords were hanging on his head, and he couldn't even care about life and death. How could he still pay attention to the construction of the horse army? Therefore, most of the alliance's generals knew very little about the Thunder Army, and even did not know the first batch of Thunder Army commanders such as Hu Yanjian, Jing Jiang Liujin Fei, let alone know new faces such as Ashide and Yu Qi and Mi Yong.

The importance of fighting the horse army outside the frontier can be imagined. In the future, everyone will eat in the same pot, share the joys and sorrows, live and die together, and of course they must have a good relationship. However, the inherent barriers between the Han people still exist. Although the surnames of the Han people have been in the sinicization of the Han people for more than a hundred years, it is too short for more than a hundred years in the long river of history. Even though the Han people in the Middle Earth have recognized and accepted the surnames of the Lu that went south in the past, they still hostile and despise the various northern barbarians outside the Great Wall. The surnames of the Han people who have already become sinicized have regarded themselves as the surnames of the Han people in the Middle Earth, and they are also hostile and despise the various northern barbarians outside the Great Wall.

Therefore, when Li Fengyun introduced them, the generals of the alliance were very enthusiastic and attached great importance to it, but they did not have a sense of identity in their hearts, and they even despise and disdained them. After all, the horse thieves and bandits are already very humble, and they are still horse thieves and bandits with the surname Gu, so they have no status. Now the alliance needs the horse army, and they need them to charge and have common interests. The generals of the alliance can still accept them, but they have no trust, and they will not entrust their backs to them. And this is a hidden danger. In a dangerous environment, this hidden danger will be fatal if it breaks out.

Li Fengyun has seen this hidden danger, but there is no way to solve it. He can only hope to fight side by side on the battlefield and share life and death. Only trust established with blood and life is the longest and most solid trust. Now he can only rely on his own prestige, the important role of the horse army in the alliance, and the indispensable nature of the generals of the outer border in seeking future benefits, and give the humble army commanders of the Lu family who have won a relatively good living environment.

For this reason, Li Fengyun treated everyone equally. Whether it was the life-and-death brothers such as Mi Yong, Hu Yanjian, or strangers like Ashide and Yu Qi, they all regarded them as brothers, and gave them the greatest trust, entrusted them with important tasks, gathered them all around them, hugged them together, and then formed a new force in the alliance to gain the greatest share in the distribution of future interests, without being cooked by rabbits and bullied and sacrificed.

On the contrary, this grand introduction was a shocking and a strong impact for the horse generals who had just joined the alliance.

Li Zixiong is a meritorious veteran and powerful man of Zhongtu. Yang Gongdao is the most prominent legitimate son of the royal family. Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong and Laiyuan are all descendants of meritorious and famous generals of Zhongtu. With these powerful men and women, the alliance has great strength and great future interests. The truth is revealed. The alliance is nominally the Middle-Turkish rebels, and these generals of the Alliance are nominally the Middle-Turkish rebels. In fact, this army is the sword that Zhongtu cuts towards the northern barbarians outside the Great Wall. In the future, as long as the purpose of killing and hurting the Northern Barbarians in the future, they can establish merits and use these merits to exchange for glory and wealth. Who can refuse the temptation of glory and wealth? Those with noble status cannot do it, and those with humble status cannot do it.

Of course, the four former secret soldiers of the Middle Earth, Mi Yong, Hu Yanjian, Hu Luba, and Jing Jiang Liujinfei, did not agree with the existence of Li Zixiong and others because they knew the inside story. The key reason why the alliance has grown rapidly now is that it has become a tool for different people to seek different interests. Li Zixiong and other powerful people need to return to the aristocratic class, Lu Mingxing, Guo Ming and others need to leap the dragon gate, while Mi Yong and others are trying to avenge revenge. However, when Li Fengyun returned to the outside world with such strong strength, their revenge is no longer simply killing a few people to vent their anger, but having a bigger goal.

After the introduction, we got to the point. Yuan An and Xiao Yi lifted the black cloth covering the huge map, and "Anzhou" appeared in front of the generals.

Li Fengyun walked to the map, raised his hand and pointed at "Anzhou", "We are so close to the target."

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Chapter completed!