Chapter 304: Cui Hongsheng's Worries

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On the second day of the first lunar month, the Holy Lord issued an edict to conquer Goguryeo for the second time, and requisitioned and dispatched Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Jianghuai Zhuyingyang to gather in Zhuojun, and requisitioned part of the Jiangzuo Naval Division to assemble in Donglai.

On the same day, the Holy Lord decreed that Duan Da, the general of Zuo Yiwei, was appointed as the Taishou of Zhuo County, responsible for the preparatory work of the Second Eastern Crusade.

On the same day, the Holy Lord issued an edict to revise the military system to supplement the military system with the conscription system, and ordered the Governor's Mansion, Yingyang Mansion, and the county government offices in Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Jiangzuo to immediately recruit the brave and send them to Zhuojun to form the Xiaoguo Army as the general reserve of the expeditionary force. Duan Da, the general of Zuo Yiwei, temporarily served as the acting supreme commander of the Xiaoguo Army, responsible for the formation of the Xiaoguo Army.

On the same day, the Holy Lord ordered the Liaodong base camp to stay behind and defend the commander of the Youwuwei general, Li Jing, to repair and expand the ancient city of Liaodong as a place to hoard grain and grass for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, so that military supplies could be transported to the front line in a shorter distance and in a shorter time during the Second Eastern Crusade.

From the date of the edict, from the eastern capital to the local counties, the Eastern Expedition was once again set off, and Middle-earth once again devoted all its national strength to conquer Goguryeo.

On the first month, Handan, Hebei.

Cui Hongsheng, the ambassador of Hebei and the general of Zuo Wuwei, arrived in Handan, built a base camp for the arrest, and according to the edict of the Holy Lord, recruited the people as soldiers, and recruited the armed men and civilians of the sects and townships of Hebei counties to form a large army to fight the rebellion, and at the same time collected grain, grass and other materials from the local counties and counties to prepare for the rebellion.

Cui Hongsheng's mission was to stabilize Hebei and ensure the smooth flow of the Yongji Canal, but the Eastern Capital only gave him two months, and he had to recruit his own army and prepare his own grain and grass, which was simply an impossible task.

Before Duan Da was in Hebei to fight the chaos, he wanted the army to have an army, and he wanted grain and grass to have grain and grass, and the eastern capital could be said to be fully supportive, but now it is Cui Hongsheng's turn to fight the chaos, but he wants nothing, there is no army, there is no grain and grass, and the eastern capital is resigned, the army has gone to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and the grain and grass are also given to the Eastern Expedition army, and there is no way to support it. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, Cui Hongsheng is empty-handed, what kind of chaos can he take? What's even worse is that because the Holy Lord will form a Xiaoguo Army and recruit and transfer the local clans, township regiments and civilians in Hebei to the nearest place, even if Cui Hongsheng has the holy decree of "recruiting people as soldiers", it is difficult to form a rebel army in a short period of time.

Cui Hongsheng was furious, which made his condition recur and he lay down again. Cui Hongsheng was already sick before he was imprisoned, and after being imprisoned, his condition gradually worsened due to conditions, and he was dying

Representatives of many wealthy families in Hebei have already gathered in Handan, and they met with Cui Hongsheng at the first time, and everyone sat together to discuss the chaos in detail.

In fact, the rebellion in Hebei is very simple, as long as the wealthy families actively cooperate with Cui Hongsheng, the righteous armies of all walks of life in Hebei will inevitably "die down" and flee when they hear the wind, which is also the reason why the Holy Lord and the East do not give Cui Hongsheng the army and do not give Cui Hongsheng grain and grass, because the fact is that as long as Cui Hongsheng goes to Hebei, Hebei will be calm, this is originally a political game, rebellion and crisis are just game tools, there is no need to worry.

But the people of Hebei can't leave a handle for the Holy Lord and the Eastern Capital, "do enough to do the show", so this rebel army must be formed, and the grain and grass required for this rebellion must also be raised, but where do the people come from? Where do you get the grass from? You can't go around grabbing strong men like traitors, burning, killing and plundering, right? However, considering that political opponents are all around, the formation of this army is very sensitive, and there must not be too many people, too many people will cause trouble, and too much grain and grass cannot be hoarded, and too much will be criticized.

In addition, there is another important question, since "the drama must be done enough", the thieves on both sides of the Yongji Canal must be killed, so how to kill them? At present, whether it is the general trend of Middle Earth or the political situation in the eastern capital, it is not good for the people of Shandong, so the Hebei righteous army must be retained.

Just when everyone expressed their opinions and argued, and Cui Hongsheng couldn't make a decision for a long time, the twelve ladies of the Cui family, Li Baiyao, and Cui Jiu also arrived in Handan.

Cui Hongsheng was a little anxious, and immediately asked after seeing Cui Yu, "What is the result?" ”

Cui Yu shook his head, turned his gaze to Li Baiyao, and motioned for Li Baiyao to tell the specific story of Guan Tao's secret meeting with Li Fengyun.

"He refused?" Cui Hongsheng was slightly surprised.

"Ming Gong, he insisted on his inference, he said that the eastern capital would definitely explode into a mutiny, but it was not the king of Qi who mutinied, but someone else, and he doubted......" Cui Jiu hesitated, and stopped talking.

"What does he suspect?" Cui Hongsheng asked.

"He suspects that not only did someone on our side know who was going to commit the mutiny, but that someone planned and participated in it."

Cui Hongsheng's face changed, his eyes were cold, he thought for a long time, shook his head, and sighed, "In fact, it doesn't matter who moves the mutiny, the important thing is that the King of Qi will definitely be involved in this mutiny, and once the King of Qi becomes the banner of this mutiny, then even if this mutiny ends in failure, we Shandong people will be affected and suffer heavy losses, so if you want to reverse the situation, the only way to destroy the King of Qi is to destroy the King of Qi in the shortest possible time." Why can't he deduce such a simple thing? ”

Cui Yudai frowned lightly and whispered, "My lord, there is a feeling that the situation in Qilu may change drastically in the near future. ”

Cui Hongsheng frowned slightly, "Since he rejected us, of course he has to do the opposite and take the initiative to help King Qi control Qilu, and once the situation in Qilu changes drastically, it will inevitably affect Hebei and Yongji Canal." Cui Hongsheng's eyes once again showed a cold color, "He is threatening us, forcing us to adapt to the changes in the shape of both sides of the river, and let the Hebei rebels cross the river and go south to join forces with them." ”

"My lord, what is his purpose? Do you want to use King Qi to dominate Qilu, or do you want to help King Qi spread out so as to leave a way out for himself? Cui Yu asked suspiciously, "Could it be that in his deduction, King Qi will still win the imperial throne in the end?" ”

"They're taking advantage of each other." Cui Hongsheng sneered, "Their deduction for the future is based on the failure of the Second Eastern Crusade, and the reason why the Second Eastern Crusade failed was because of the mutiny in the Eastern Capital, but so far, do we have any evidence that some people in the Eastern Capital will mutiny?" Those who have the ability to mutiny, strength, prestige, and wisdom are indispensable, such a person, there are only a few people in the eastern capital, and the king of Qi is undoubtedly on the list, if Li Fengyun and his alliance army help out, coupled with the positive response of the Guanlong people in Xijing, then the eastern capital will be attacked by the enemy and will inevitably fall. ”

"Adults insist on their own inferences?" Cui Yuqing is very complicated, from her standpoint, she believes in Li Fengyun's inference more, because the failure of the Eastern Crusade is a vivid example, who would have thought that the Eastern Crusade would fail in the first place? It's the same this time, if Li Fengyun's prediction is correct and Cui Hongsheng's judgment is wrong, then Cui will not only miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to exhibit, but also be very likely to be involved in the storm and be injured again, and bury all the hard-won political achievements in the early stage.

"Can you give some evidence to the contrary?" Cui Hongsheng asked, "In a certain opinion, either the king of Qi mutinied, or the eastern capital was safe and sound, and if the king of Qi mutinied, he must have played a key role in it." Why did he rebel? What was the purpose of his rebellion? Who dares to say that his prediction of the situation this year is not a trap set for us? ”

Cui Yuchui was silent. Li Baiyao and Cui Jiusi looked at each other, and the situation was equally complicated, if Li Fengyun's prediction was accurate again, then Cui Hongsheng's decision would make Hebei people miss a good opportunity to make profits.

"Ming Gong, this matter is serious, should we be cautious?" Li Baiyao said cautiously, "The time for Ming Gong to fight the rebellion in Hebei is only two months at most, and two months later, it is unknown whether Ming Gong will go north with the Holy Lord to fight the East or continue to stay in Hebei to fight the rebellion, but according to Ming Gong's outstanding achievements in the Battle of Pyongyang, the Holy Lord of the Eastern Crusade must be important to Ming Gong, so ......"

Li Baiyao's words were not said later, the meaning is very straightforward, after you leave, the Hebei wealthy family has no "leading brother" for the time being, although it will not be their own battle, but each has a small abacus is certain, at that time the shape is very delicate, once the rebel army in the north and south of the river are involved in this storm, the interests of the Shandong people will inevitably be damaged, and the power and status of the Shandong wealthy family will inevitably be violently impacted, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although the existing evidence cannot prove that Li Fengyun is from the Li family of Zhao County, there are more and more clues of some secret connection between the two, so Cui Hongsheng has to take into account the interests of the Li family of Zhao County, and cannot be stubborn and arbitrary in decision-making.

Cui Hongsheng pondered for a long time and looked at Cui Yu.

Cui Yu comprehended, "My lord, I want to go south to Pengcheng and go to the Xiao clan in Lanling." ”

Choi Hongsheng was noncommittal.

"Regarding the mutiny, he must have evidence, if he can get evidence......" Cui Yu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Will the adults change their decision?" ”

Cui Hongsheng nodded, "There is no doubt that XX has only been in Hebei for two months, so if you get the evidence, XX will warn the people of Hebei to protect themselves in the next few months, watch from the sidelines, and ignore it and don't participate." The fact is very simple, if the king of Qi mutinies, there is still a possibility of success, but if someone else mutinies, the hope of success is very small, on the contrary, the civil war will definitely break out. And the civil war will not end in a short time, if the Holy Lord wants to end the civil war, he must rely on us Shandongese, and he must make greater concessions to us, Shandong, and it will be beneficial to us in this way. ”

"What if his condition is still to attack Qi County in three ways?" Cui Yu asked.

Cui Hongsheng shook his head and sighed, "Spring is coming, the river is about to thaw, the best fighter has been missed, if he insists on attacking Qi County, it will inevitably attract the Donglai Water Division, it is foreseeable that it will definitely be a bitter battle, and the Hebei people may not be able to retreat with the whole division." ”

Cui Yu laughed, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be easy for adults to complete the Hebei rebellion?" ”

Cui Hongsheng was silent, his face was expressionless, and an ominous thought suddenly welled up in his heart, if the Hebei Righteous Army was heavily damaged in Qi County, Li Fengyun would be difficult to gain a foothold in Mengshan, and he would inevitably give up Mengshan and cross the river to the north, and Li Fengyun's northward movement would inevitably set off stormy waves in Hebei and even at the foot of Taihang Mountain. Is this a blessing or a curse for Hebei?