When Feng Deyi left, he was worried and uneasy, not knowing what the result would be after he "violated" the "bottom line" of the Holy Lord.

Although he never mentioned the word "King of Qi" from beginning to end, and used "personnel adjustment" to cover up his true purpose of supporting King Qi to go north to the border, the Holy Lord knew it and asked him to go to Gaoyang, did he agree or oppose? Or is it a warning, a warning to yourself that you are "responsible"? If the Holy Lord does not express his position, then the discussion at the core level of the center tomorrow will be very important, once his own proposal is vetoed, his own crisis will be aggravated, and the political "life" of King Qi will come to an end.

Feng Deyi couldn't sleep all night in the palace, and in Gaoyang, hundreds of miles away, Li Fengyun was also tossing and turning.

Today, Li Fengyun received two urgent reports. One is from Li Zixiong, Chen Rui and Han Yao, and the other is from Zhen Baoche and Lu Xingxing.

Li Zixiong reported victory on July 29, the left army of the alliance successfully captured Lingqiu and Flying Fox, Han Shige and Zhou Zhong have led the army to kill the first line of Qiyishui, the second phase of the alliance planning for several months to go north is basically completed, so far it can be regarded as laying a "foothold" of the place, as for whether it can hold this territory, whether it can lay a foundation in Yanbei, that is the third stage of the matter, the alliance not only has to make greater efforts for this, but also depends on the changes in the general trend at home and abroad, internal factors are important, external factors are indispensable.

Zhen Baoche reported urgently on the first day of August that reinforcements from Zhuo County had appeared and reached the north bank of the Juma River, but the troops were weak, about 2,000 men and horses, so they did not dare to cross the river to attack, but only sent scouts to investigate. According to Li Fengyun's instructions, the alliance side "took the initiative" to leak some secrets in order to show the "strong" strength of the alliance army, and if nothing else, a large number of troops would come south in the direction of Zhuojun in two or three days. Zhen Baoche consulted Li Fengyun for this, how many days will it take for the grain on Gaoyang's side to be transported, and it is best to give him a specific time, so that he can make reasonable offensive and defensive arrangements on the front line of the Juma River to reduce the losses in the blocking battle.

Everything went unexpectedly smoothly, and the alliance had a head start on all three battlefields. Now the alliance has grabbed a foothold in Yanbei, and has grabbed a lot of food in Gaoyang, and it was originally estimated that there was a fierce battle on the blocking battlefield, but now it is "calm", the main forces of the alliance are gathered, but the enemy side is nowhere to be found, which gives the alliance team a chance to retreat.

Zhen Baoche's letter, in fact, has only one real intention, to ask Li Fengyun whether he will "accept it when he sees it", taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's main force has not yet arrived, he will retreat first and retreat, and the whole division will retreat.

Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Sun Xuanya, Li Deyi and other Hebei heroes also have this opinion. Gaoyang fought a "relaxed" battle, the heroes made a lot of money, the money and food were enough, and the "strong men" were also enough. Of course, these strong men cannot expand the army for the time being, but the problem is that since these strong men transport grain and grass to the alliance army, whether they are forced or active, they are all charged with "banditry", and in the future, the government will investigate it, that is, thieves, and they will be killed, so as long as the alliance has a little propaganda and then uses some tough means, these Hebei strong men must be the people of the alliance, and they will definitely obey the orders of Hebei heroes. The strength of the heroes has doubled in just a few days, and they are full of joy, of course, they will "accept it when they see it", and they will "retreat and leave".

Li Fengyun disagreed, because he had several purposes for attacking Gaoyang, and the most important of them had not yet been achieved.

Hao Xiaode is usually very steady, but he can't hold his breath at the moment, and questioned, "Ming Gong, Gaoyang's grain and grass have been robbed by us, and Gaoyang Palace was almost captured by us, this slap in the face of the Holy Lord is also hot, doesn't this prove our strength?" If we are strong enough, we can give King Qi a reason to get away with his crimes, so that he will not be recognized by the Holy Lord as a nourishing man because of repeated injustices. At present, with our strength, it is commendable to do this step. ”

Liu Heimin's words were even sharper, "What Ming Gong is worried about is nothing more than that we will involve the wealthy families." In the past, Ming Gong insisted on killing Yanbei, which had already damaged their interests, and now he stabbed them in the back, and he would definitely turn against them. In this case, we must leave Hebei earlier, so as not to become mortal enemies with them. ”

Yuan An immediately asked, "The situation has developed to this point, do you think we can still walk away?" If we fail to achieve the predetermined goal, fail to help the King of Qi go north to the border, and the Hebei giants completely break with us, can we still gain a foothold in Yanbei? Do you overestimate your own strength, or do you think too naïve of your opponents? ”

Li Fengyun immediately stopped the quarrel. The problem is not on the yang side, but on the upper valley side.

In fact, Gaoyang's grain and grass are a lot heavier, and there are very few strong men, only thousands, even if you add the alliance soldiers, the transportation force is far from enough, so the scope of catching strong men has expanded to a hundred miles away in the past few days. According to Li Fengyun's estimate, if you want to empty all the grain and grass baggage in Gaoyang, with the current transportation force, half a month will not be enough.

I thought that the speed of the rush to help on the Zhuojun side was extremely fast, and the blocking on the side of the Juma River in Shanggu was very difficult, so Gaoyang's side "took it when it was good", ran when it was grabbed, and grabbed as much as it wanted, but this was not the case, the speed of the rush to help on the Zhuojun side was extremely slow, which directly affected the entire battle situation, because the progress of Yanbei was too fast, Han Shige and Zhou Zhong should have killed the first line of Sangganshui, which seriously endangered the stability of Yanbei and even the safety of Yanbei Town, which will inevitably trap the dilemma of Zhuojun staying behind in the belly and back of the enemy, and it is difficult to take care of the beginning and the end. As far as the existing garrison strength of Zhuo County is concerned, it is simply impossible to fight on the two fronts of suppression and suppression, so there must be some emphasis, and the focus must be on suppression, so the number of troops invested in suppressing chaos is limited. The limited forces are thrown in the two directions of Yanbei and Shanggu, which is very thin and difficult to pose a threat to the alliance army.

Li Fengyun's courage suddenly became bigger, "appetite is open", he wants to plunder Gaoyang's grain and grass, and at the same time, the longer the alliance conquest of Hebei, the greater the impact on the situation in the north and south of Taihang Mountain, plus he is sure that Yang Xuangan has been defeated, this news will soon reach the ears of the Holy Lord and the center, and directly affect the future decision-making of the center, the third eastern crusade will inevitably be put on the agenda, all these influences are superimposed, Li Fengyun will definitely be conducive to the alliance to base himself in Yanbei, and it is conducive to the king of Qi to go north to the border, It is even conducive to changing the negative attitude of Hebei giants, and instead actively cooperating with the alliance.

But Zhen Baoche Lu star Guo Ming and Wang Bo and other heroes on the Shanggu side couldn't think of so much, their mentality has changed, now Yanbei has entered, there is a foothold, and the grain on the Gaoyang side has also been grabbed, everything is going well, and the time taken is greatly reduced than expected, in this case, their blocking time in the direction of the Juma River should also be reduced to avoid unnecessary losses.

It stands to reason that this should indeed be the case, the goal of this attack has basically been achieved, the left and right armies of the alliance have achieved fruitful results, why should the main force of the alliance set up a position to block the front line of the Juma River still have a fierce battle with the Weifu army? Why do you need to lose your troops and consume yourself?

Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin and other Hebei heroes saw Zhen Baoche's letter and knew Zhen Baoche's intentions. Since the heroes of the middle road army have already had the intention of evacuating in advance, even if Li Fengyun asks them to continue to block, Zhen Baoche and the others may not follow the order. Therefore, although Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin and other Hebei heroes also want to loot Gaoyang's grain and grass, but the heroes on the upper valley are really not trustworthy.

Li Fengyun pointed at Hao Xiaode and Liu Heimin, and said with a serious expression, "Yuan Sima's words are not wrong, whether the King of Qi can go north to the border is directly related to whether we can gain a foothold in Yanbei, but the importance of the King of Qi going north to the border is far more than that. I have told you a long time ago, and I have said more than once, that if you want to reverse your identity and change your fate, this time going north is the best opportunity. The Great War between the North and the South will break out soon, and if the King of Qi shoulders the heavy responsibility of suppressing the northern frontier, then with the current predicament of the Northern Frontier, the King of Qi must unite all the forces that can be united to get through the difficulties. That is to say, at that moment, it is not that we need the protection of the King of Qi, but that the King of Qi needs our support, so that our identity will inevitably be reversed, and if we make meritorious contributions in the Great War of the North, we will also be able to be promoted to the rank of lord and shade our descendants. ”

Hao Xiaode and Liu Heimin were silent. At the beginning, the reason why they were moved by Li Fengyun and actively supported the development plan of going north was because Li Fengyun painted such a "big cake" for them, and later every time they were "shaken", Li Fengyun gave them "a cake to satisfy their hunger", and now this "big cake" seems to be a little close to them, how can they not be tempted? But compared with the actual interests, the unattainable future interests are better to put aside for the time being, after all, the life is gone, the strength is gone, and there is nothing.

"So-and-so personally rushed to the Juma River."

As soon as Li Fengyun said this, everyone was shocked, especially the "old" people of the alliance such as Yuan An and Xu Shisan. There is no problem with Li Fengyun personally rushing to the Juma River, since the army on the Juma River is unstable, it is very appropriate for Li Fengyun to personally rush over and command, but who will be in charge of Gaoyang? Hao Xiaode always had the idea of breaking away from the alliance, and Liu Heimin always put the interests of the Hebei wealthy family first, and they were at odds with Sun Xuanya, Li Deyi and other heroes of Douzigang, and no one was convinced, which aggravated the internal contradictions and conflicts.

Just when everyone was worried and uneasy, Li Fengyun smiled at Hao Xiaode and bowed, "Gaoyang Battlefield, I will entrust it to you." ”

Hao Xiaode hurriedly returned the salute and agreed. At this moment, he can't afford to think about it again.

"The moment King Qi appeared in Gaoyang, that is, when you evacuated Gaoyang." Li Fengyun instructed, "If King Qi is not here, you will not withdraw." ”

Hao Xiaode bowed and promised.

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