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In the big tent, Zhang Xutuo's face was ugly.

Qin Qiong, Zhang Yuanbei, Wu Heimin, and Jia Yanfu stood opposite Zhang Xutuo, their expressions were complicated, some were ashamed, some were angry, and some were a little heavy.

In this battle, although the two sides only used a few dozen cavalry, but the impact on the two armies was very great, one side was the commander personally went into battle to fight, and the other side also sent three generals, as a result, the Qi army was killed and nine wounded, while the other side was not injured and calmly retreated. Zhang Xutuo admitted that the white thief was too strong and had the upper hand in the hand-to-hand encounter, but the strength of the cavalry on both sides should be about the same, and his own side should have the ability to kill and injure some of the opponent's cavalry in the confrontation, but the fact made him unacceptable, the opponent's cavalry was intact, which showed that the opponent's cavalry was higher than his own cavalry in terms of personal force and battle array application.

What is the origin of the white thief? What was the experience? Zhang Xutuo finally saw the mystery of the white thief with his own eyes, and this kind of personal witness did not make him know his opponent better, on the contrary, the uneasiness in his heart increased, this thief will not really become the strongest opponent in the Qilu Rebellion battlefield, right?

"How is Master Luo's injury?" Zhang Xutuo's "dark" face finally eased and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay to have a small injury to your flesh." Qin Qiong replied.

Zhang Xutuo frowned slightly, "He is young, arrogant, and arrogant, and boasts of being strong by force, but he was defeated by the white thief in a few months, and suffered a heavy setback. You have to be reassuring and not careless. ”

Qin Qiong bowed down and agreed.

"It's not for nothing." Zhang Xutuo continued, "Now we finally know his name, his name is Li Fengyun. Whether the name is true or not, it allows us to give an account to the east. If we can't even figure out the name of the thief after fighting for so many days, won't it make people laugh? Today, the thief armies of Juping, Yangguan, and Liangfu were dispatched at the same time, putting on a posture of taking the initiative to seek battle, which is enough for us to deduce a lot of things from it, and it can also let us understand the white thief. The thief army is under the attack of us and the Lu army, why don't they retreat to Mengshan? Since the thief army wants to stick to the front line of Yangguan, why did they take the initiative to attack? Obviously, this white thief Li Fengyun is very aware of the situation in Qilu, he knows that we are in a predicament, and he knows that we dare not attack with all our might, so as long as he drags us in Lu County, he can make the situation in Qi County deteriorate rapidly, and then force us to withdraw from Lu County. ”

Zhang Xutuo's face showed a look of indignation, "There is an invisible black hand behind the white thief, and this black hand controls him and provides him with convenience, so the situation in Qilu will become worse and worse." ”

"Ming Gong, inferring from this, isn't the white thief just in Ming Gong's plan?" Wu Heimin sneered, "As long as Ming Gong withdraws his troops, the traitors will definitely fall into the trap, so they can be annihilated in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Xutuo groaned a little and said slowly, "Don't be careless. Dong Chun of Zuo Xiaowei Mansion is a famous general of Wei Mansion, and Liang Dezhong is also a brave person, but they were all planted in the hands of the white thief, which can be inferred from the treachery of the white thief. ”

"Ming Gong is worried that the 'black hand' is everywhere?" Qin Qiong asked.

Zhang Xutuo did not speak, his eyes showing a melancholy look. He is not worried that the "black hand" is everywhere, but he is very sure that the "black hand" is everywhere.

Why did Zuo Yiwei's general Yu Wenshu escort the white thief from Liaodong to the Eastern Capital? When the white thief arrived in Baima, there was an accident in Baima, and a major case broke out, and then disasters on both sides of the Tongji Canal were repeated, which not only made the Shandong people anxious, but finally even Dong Chun, a famous general of the Weifu, the backbone of the local forces in Longxi who held a conservative position, also fell headlong. From this analysis, the appearance of the white thief is by no means accidental, there must be a manipulator behind it, and the purpose of this person is not only to hinder the Eastern Crusade, nor is it just to target the reform forces in the court, there may be other deeper and more hidden purposes. It can be deduced from this that today Qilu is already the gladiatorial arena of various political forces in the eastern capital, and the white thief is a gladiator of a certain political force, and he was unconsciously forcibly pushed into the gladiatorial arena, and he also became a gladiator with death and life.

Zhang Xutuo's silence made Qin Qiong and the others feel inexplicably under pressure. If the black hand behind the white thief is really everywhere, then Zhang Sutuo's plan to suppress the thief may be revealed. How can the thieves fight a battle when they know everything about their actions, but they don't know anything about the thieves?

"Ming Gong, victory or defeat on the battlefield ultimately depends on strength." Jia Yanfu said cautiously, "With the courage of the Ming Gong and the strength of the Qi army, it is easy to kill the thieves in the northwest of Lu, even if it is temporarily difficult, but a few months later, the good news of the Eastern Expedition will come, and the shape will inevitably change, just wait for the return of the expeditionary force, and all the traitors will be wiped out overnight." ”

Zhang Xutuo's face was bitter and he shook his head slightly. Jia Yanfu's words are not wrong, the future situation in Middle-earth and even in the Qilu region is tied to the Eastern Crusade, and the great victory of the Eastern Crusade will inevitably reverse the bad situation today, otherwise, the situation will be difficult to predict. Once the Eastern Crusade is defeated, the authority of the emperor and the central government will inevitably be severely damaged, the reform will be unsustainable or even regressive, and the political storm will become more and more intense, and the intensity and density of the political storm will directly affect the situation in Middle-earth and even Qilu. Today, there are many rebellions in the north and south of the Great River, although it is directly expressed as the Shandong people opposing the Eastern Crusade, but in essence, it is the conservative aristocratic forces of Middle Earth who joined forces to oppose the radical reform of the central government, and the emperor and the reform forces that support him are sandwiched up and down.

The general public of Middle-earth firmly believed that the Eastern Crusade would be won, and Zhang Xutuo had full confidence in the emperor and the Weifu army before, but after winter, the situation in the north and south of the river deteriorated sharply, and the tide of rebellion was surging, gradually forming a roaring maelstrom, and Zhang Xutuo was at the center of this whirlpool, experiencing the danger of annihilation. Although he still has confidence in the rebellion, his confidence in the Eastern Crusade is being swallowed up little by little by the roaring whirlpool.

Zhang Xutuo had no intention of revealing the secrets in his heart, and he didn't want to shake the confidence of his subordinates, so after a little muttering, he said, "Time is very tight for us, first of all, we must ensure that the sailors cross the sea expedition as scheduled, and secondly, we must complete the important task of fighting the chaos and suppressing the thieves before the end of the Eastern Expedition and the return of the expeditionary force, only in this way can we get meritorious service." Today, the white thief came up with a strategy to stick to the confrontation with our army, although it was in the arms of our people, but considering that the trust between XX and Duan Envoy Jun was very limited, in order to avoid misunderstanding between the two sides, I still needed to explain to Duan Envoy Jun, and he immediately ordered his troops to withdraw from Bian Cheng and Surabaya, and at the same time show that the enemy is weak, create the illusion that the Qi and Lu armies are full of contradictions, so that when our army pretends to withdraw from Lu County, we can induce the rebels to attack Bianqiu quickly, so that we can kill the thieves in Northwest Lu in the shortest possible time. ”

Qin Qiong and the others comprehended, but Duan Wencao may not be able to comprehend.

Zhang Xutuo's strategy to suppress thieves takes into account Qi and Lu counties, and it is very difficult to crack down on traitors in northwest and northeast Lu at the same time, and it is very difficult to eat a fat man in one bite, and from Zhang Xutuo's own position, the interests of Qi County are of course supreme, so Duan Wencao has no reason to believe that Zhang Xutuo will do his best to help him kill the thieves in northwest Lu, so he will inevitably use the strong force of Zhang Xutuo and the Qi army, and take advantage of the opportunity of the thieves in northwest Lu to form an alliance with Mengshan, and try to fight in one battle to reverse the crisis in Lu County in one fell swoop. In this case, it would be a bit wishful thinking to let Duan Wencao follow Zhang Xutuo's strategy to kill the thieves in Northwest Lu.

Duan Wencao hesitated, and never ordered Niu Jinda, who was attacking Bian Cheng, to take the initiative to withdraw to Qufu. His reply to Zhang Xutuo was that after the Qi army pretended to evacuate Lu County, would it be more appropriate to order the Lu army to withdraw to Bianqiu?

Zhang Xutuo explained again, the Qi army and the traitors are in a stalemate, never take the initiative to attack, put on a posture of preserving their strength and preparing to withdraw to Qi County at any time, then the Lu army will inevitably respond, and the Lu army will withdraw to Flawed Hill and also make a posture of preserving strength, which is equivalent to exposing the "contradictions" and "conflicts" between the two sides, which is just enough for the rebels to make a wrong judgment based on this, believing that the Qi army has really evacuated Lu County, and the Lu army is really not strong, so that they will go south to attack Bianqiu after the Qi army "withdraws". Zhang Xutuo believed that although the strength of the rebels was not enough to attack Fudacheng, they were forced to attack the towns around Jianqiu due to lack of food and hunger, so it was completely feasible for the Lu army to preserve its strength and hold on to the palace to show the enemy's weakness and lure the enemy to attack.

Just when the two exchanged letters frequently, the rebel armies on the front line of Juping, Yangguan and Liang's father were also frequently dispatched, doing their best to provoke, and seemed to induce the Qi army to start a siege battle. The Qi army held the camp tightly and prepared for it. At this time, Chen Rui told Li Fengyun that the Lu army attacked Bian Cheng, and the Weishan Pass was in danger, and begged Li Fengyun to rescue him.

Li Fengyun immediately ordered that the four regiments of Lü Xingxing, Guo Ming, Hai Dongqing, and Nan Yutang should go south, cross Surabaya at night, attack Surabaya City, besiege Wei to save Zhao, and force the Lu army attacking Bian Cheng to retreat in a hurry.

Just when Lu Xingxing and others led the army to cross Surabaya at night, Duan Wencao was in the mansion to give a banquet to Xiao Hao, the commander of the 2,000 township regiments supported by Pengcheng.

Since Peng Cheng wants to support Lu County, of course, he will transfer troops from the area closest to Lu County, so the army that went north to support Lu County this time mainly came from the township regiments and clan regiments in Lanling and its surrounding areas, and the township regiment of the Lanling Xiao clan was the strongest, and Xiao Hao, who came from the Lanling Xiao clan, naturally became the commander of this army.

The Xiao family is a first-class wealthy family of the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, with a long history, and it is also a royal family of the Southern Dynasty, with a very prominent status and power. Today's queen is from the Lanling Xiao family, and among the close ministers around today, there are as many as a few Xiao family's children. As a relative of the emperor of this dynasty, the Xiao family is no less powerful than those wealthy families in Shandong and Guanlong.

As the main hall of the wealthy family of Jiangzuo Xiao, the Lanling Xiao clan is the foundation of the Xiao clan in the world, even if there are no outstanding sons who are in the center or are generals, but under the protection of many powerful side branches and in-law families and affiliated nobles, its influence is also very amazing.

The Beihai Duan clan is a second-rate aristocracy, and the Cui family, the Xiao family and other big families are too different, coupled with a series of complex factors such as history and region, there is no subordinate relationship with each other, but at the moment of Duan Wencao's crisis, Cui Deben resolutely stepped out to support, in fact, it reflects the resolute maintenance of the overall interests of the Shandong nobles, and the Boling Cui clan and the Lanling Xiao clan joined hands to attack, and the Shandong people and Jiangzuo people went out together, which was enough to make the Qilu nobles with the Duan family stand more firmly on the opposite side of the Guanlong people.

At the banquet, Xiao Hao, who had a low rank but a high aristocratic rank, sat on the seat, while Duan Wencao, who had a high official rank but a low aristocratic rank, sat on one side with a smile on his face, and did not have any dissatisfaction, on the contrary, there was a bit of flattery.

There is no way, the shape is not tolerated, Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is dead, the Dingzhu of the Beihai Duan clan and even the Qilu aristocratic group has fallen, coupled with the rebellions in the Qilu region, the traitors have been repeatedly suppressed, and the Beihai Duan clan and the Qilu aristocratic group are in crisis. If you want to reverse the situation, you can only rely on the support of external forces, and the external force is the Shandong aristocratic group. The Boling Cui clan is the core force of the Shandong aristocratic group, and it is a matter of course for Cui Deben to support Duan Wencao, but the Lanling Xiao clan belongs to the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, and the Xiao clan, as the core force of the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, suddenly sent an army to support the Qilu aristocracy, and the deep meaning behind it cannot but make people think about it.

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