Chapter 197: Such a tacit understanding

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The Southwest Lu Rebel Army launched a full-line attack on the front line of Tongji Canal, and the offensive was like a tide.

The officers and soldiers guarding the front line of the Tongji Canal were still actively killing at first, but they were first shocked by the overwhelming crowd and panicked, and then they were trapped in the plan of the Hundred Regiments Battle of the Righteous Army, and they were tired of running for their lives.

The importance of the Tongji Canal waterway is self-evident, as long as it is interrupted, the first eastern capital will be in a hurry, and it is inevitable that the troops will come to the rescue, and then up to Xingyang and down to Liang County, all the front-line military and political officials of the Tongji Canal must be held responsible, and none of them can run away. Now the east is not in a hurry, and the military and political chiefs of Xingyang and Liang counties are not in a hurry, so the other relevant personnel are even less anxious, anyway, there is a tall man on top of the sky falling, who is afraid of whom?

Strange things were born. Although the momentum of the rebels' plundering was extremely fierce, and all the troops were plundering on the waterways of the Tongji Canal, which was hundreds of miles long, they were very restrained, whether it was a shipload of supplies or a fleet of materials, only half of them were plundered, and no people were robbed, and none of the boatmen, sailors, merchants, and servants on the ship were robbed, and their lives were not harmed.

Of course, there are also greedy people who do not obey the order, killing people and selling goods, but the commanders of all regiments have been persuaded by Li Fengyun that it is wrong to "fish with all their might", and if they want to develop and grow, they must ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, so Li Fengyun's orders are strictly enforced, and those who violate the order will not be killed. The bloody heads frightened the soldiers of the rebels, and as a result, more and more people obeyed the rules and disciplines, and fewer and fewer dared to act recklessly.

Every time an official ship carrying supplies enters an important town, it must undergo official inspections, and those who are short of pounds and pounds must be held accountable, and those who delay their journey must also be held accountable. This management method effectively ensures the safety and degree of transportation materials. However, after the looting of the rebels, the official ship arrived in Junyi, and it could not withstand inspection. According to the regulations, the ships and the people on board were to be detained, so that all ships were to be detained in Junyi, and the waterway of the Tongji Canal was interrupted.

Xingyang Governor Cui Baode and Wu Benlang General Fei Yao immediately realized the purpose of the righteous army to plunder half of the boat, that is, to ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, as long as the Tongji Canal is always unblocked, the righteous army can continue to plunder, and to ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, it is the duty of the garrison officers and soldiers, as long as the Tongji Canal is unimpeded, as long as the supplies are still flowing north, the pressure on the garrison officers and troops is of course small, so it gives the Eastern Capital enough time to respond.

Cui Baode and Fei Yao both breathed a sigh of relief. This plundering method of the rebels made the disagreement between the two no longer exist, and the same was true for the Liang county, the pressure they were under was greatly reduced, and there was no need to desperately ask for help

The top priority at the moment is to inform the Eastern Capital, and ask the Eastern Capital to give a policy change, pardon the responsibility of those hijacked official ships, and let them continue to go north, after all, this is a special circumstance, an unpredictable change, and is not subject to accountability. If Dongdu refuses to be flexible, unwilling to use the power granted by the emperor to dispose of the situation, unwilling to take responsibility, and has to investigate the responsibility of the hijacked official ship, then the Tongji Canal will inevitably be cut off, and no one can afford the consequences brought about by the cut-off.

The central officials who stayed in the eastern capital were decisively flexible after discussion. Maintaining the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal is the first priority, followed by the rebellion, so the Eastern Capital urged Wu Benlang to send Fei Yao and Xingyang Governor Cui Baode out of the customs immediately to suppress the thieves.

Fei Yao and Cui Baode prevaricated the Eastern Capital for various reasons, prevaricated in every possible way, and disobeyed the order to suppress the thieves in the Eastern Capital. Now it is not only the traitors who have plundered the Tongji Canal, but also hundreds of thousands or even millions of Henan victims, and these victims are all held hostage by traitors, how to suppress them? Do you want to kill the victims together? If you want to suppress the thieves, you must first save the victims, and to save the victims, the first eastern capital must order the opening of warehouses to release grain, disaster relief and rescue people.

However, the local government insisted that the situation was not severe and the number of victims was very limited, and that the shape was optimistic. Although the shape of the shì at the moment has been extremely bad, the local government is still trying its best to hide the truth, and the Eastern Capital is also trying its best to help the local government to conceal the truth, for no other reason, the Eastern Crusade cannot afford to be lost, and the emperor will not allow the Eastern Crusade to fail, and anyone who hinders the Eastern Crusade is the emperor's enemy, and they must be grounded.

The local government and the eastern capital understood this very thoroughly. If the disaster is reported truthfully, then the emperor will flaunt benevolence and righteousness, disaster relief is better than war, and the Eastern Crusade will naturally be abandoned halfway. The emperor will not bear this responsibility, nor will the central ministers, and the last bearers are the ministers and local officials who remain in the eastern capital. On the contrary, if you don't report it, desperately conceal it, and get rid of all the troubles that lead to it, then even if the final consequences are very strict, you still let the emperor know, but the Eastern Crusade is victorious, and the emperor and the center have martial arts, will the emperor and the center still pursue it? Of course, the big things are small, and the small things are small. One qiē is all for the Eastern Crusade, everyone is for the Eastern Crusade, all for the face of the emperor and the center, anyway, the dead are grass mustard ants, and it does not affect the overall situation, nor does it affect the stability of the country, of course, it will not be done, otherwise it will chill the hearts of the officials, who will work for the emperor and the center in the future?

Of course, this is the appearance, but the truth is that the conservative forces in the court tried to disrupt the domestic situation at all costs in order to hinder the reform, to resist the military victory of the emperor and the reformers with political defeats. And the more chaotic the country, the more severe the crisis, the greater the blow to the emperor and the center, the victory of the Eastern Crusade will not only not bring glory to the emperor and the center, on the contrary, it will be pointed out by thousands of people, it is a reckless army, is the creator of the domestic crisis, so the emperor and the center will inevitably fall into the political quagmire and difficult to extricate themselves. At that time, not to mention continuing the reform, just to stabilize the domestic situation and calm the domestic crisis, the emperor and the reformers will have to pay a heavy price, and the reform will inevitably be reversed because of this.

As a matter of fact, the local government, the Eastern Capital, and the military are now deliberately confusing the domestic situation and pushing the domestic crisis step by step to the critical point of explosion.

At the same time, in the scorching heat, the death caused by hunger, the epidemic caused by death, and the crisis caused by the burning fire of war are pushing the rebel alliance into a desperate situation step by step.

Li Fengyun's rescue strategy was to lead the victims to Yingru, such as Yingchuan, Huaiyang, and Runan, which were not affected by the disaster and were rich and prosperous, but there were five waterways in front of the victims, and only by opening up these five waterways could the righteous army build a way for the victims to survive.

In the handsome tent, Li Fengyun and Han Jinluo and other heroes, as well as Yuan An, Xiao Yi and many other staff, gathered in front of the huge map and argued fiercely.

Between Chenliu and Xiangyi, the four waterways of Bianshui, Suishui, Tongji Canal and Lianshui are very close to each other, adding up to less than 40 li, and more than 60 li, but the distance from Caishui is different. It is only a few dozen miles from Chenliu to Caishui in a straight line, and it is more than 200 miles from Xiangyi to Caishui in a straight line.

How to choose? Quite simply, whichever route is most conducive to the survival of the victims of the disaster, choose whichever path is chosen.

If you choose according to this principle, you must go out from Xiangyi, pass through Yuancheng and Fule, cross Caishui, and then arrive at Fugou City, the junction of Yingchuan and Huaiyang counties, and the whole journey is about 300 li.

The reason why the destination is Fugou is because it is less than 200 miles from Fugou to the north through the avenue to Yingchuan City, Yingchuan Prefecture, and then it extends in all directions. Similarly, less than two hundred miles south from Fugou is Wanqiu City in Huaiyang Prefecture, and then it extends in all directions. The Yingru region, which consists of Yingchuan, Huaiyang and Runan counties, used to be called Yuzhou, with a large population and a rich economy. After the victims of Henan entered, even if they could not receive relief from the local government, most of them could survive by begging along the road.

It's just that in this way, the righteous army must send an army to fight all the way to Fugou City, and help the victims open the passage into Yuzhou before the officials of Yingchuan and Huaiyang counties have not figured out the situation, and before the Yingyang mansions of the two counties have not responded, on the contrary, if the victims themselves are allowed to advance slowly, Cai Shui will be an insurmountable obstacle first, and secondly, the intention of the righteous army to introduce the Henan disaster victims into Yuzhou will be exposed, and once the officials and armies of Yingchuan and Huaiyang have built a solid defense along the line of Cai Shui, That's the end of the disaster

Most of the commanders opposed this route, and none of them were willing to lead the army to open up a way for the victims to survive.

As far as the current shape is concerned, every day and every hour is very precious to the righteous army, no one knows when the reinforcements from the eastern capital will arrive, nor do they know when the official army of Xingyang will leave the customs, and it is impossible to predict whether the army of Xuzhou and the army of Yuzhou will enter the battlefield of Tongji Canal, so the time for looting is very limited. Besides, now the elite army of the alliance is in the hands of Li Fengyun, not to mention that the combat effectiveness of the marshal army has not yet been formed, and even the minimum weapons are not equipped, it is impossible to fight, and because of this, the marshal needs the protection of the main army of the alliance, and the main army of the alliance is only so much, if a part of the army is withdrawn to open up a way of survival for the victims, then the combat effectiveness of the righteous army on the front line of Tongji Canal will inevitably decline, which threatens the security of the entire rebel alliance.

Most of them crossed Caishui from the direction of Chenliu, and then entered Yingchuan through Kaifeng and Weishi. This route is only a few dozen miles, the righteous army can retreat after opening up, it is very convenient, but it is very inconvenient for the victims, there is only one road to enter Yingchuan, if the Yingchuan official army is fully blocked, the victims are difficult to enter, in addition, this route is close to the Gyeonggi Trench Pass, and the Gyeonggi army guarding the pass can give support to Yingchuan at any time, and it is easy to hinder the victims from going south.

Just when the generals were arguing, the patrol guard reported that there was a person who claimed to be the king of Jiyang Bodang who asked to see him outside the gate.

Li Fengyun was troubled, and waved his hand when he heard the words, "You guys, go to Yuanmen to greet the old man." ”