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Before Wang An attacked Houcheng, he accepted Li Fengyun's construction, sent envoys to Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng for help, and told the truth that Li Fengyun crossed the river to the north and made an appointment with him to attack Houcheng, and asked the two handsome cameras to give support

Li Fengyun came to Hebei and came to Yongji Canal, which is a mixed news for the Hebei heroes, the good news is that they can use Li Fengyun's strength to resist the official army and pass on the crisis, and the worry is that after the situation changes, if Li Fengyun has the upper hand, the eastern capital will inevitably increase troops, which is very unfavorable to the Hebei righteous army, on the contrary, if Li Fengyun is defeated, he will transfer more troops from the south of the river in a fit of anger, ignite the raging war on both sides of the Yongji Canal, and involve all the righteous armies in Hebei into the battlefield, then Hebei will definitely be full of smoke and life, It's a nightmare.

Therefore, it is certain that after Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Zhang Jincheng and Zhang Jinshu brothers heard the news, they must approach Houcheng as quickly as possible, watch the fire from the other side, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, just wait for Li Fengyun and Duan Da to lose both, they will take advantage of the fire to rob, kill two birds with one stone, and solve all problems in one battle.

The two strongest rebel armies of Qinghe attacked from the north and south banks of Yongji Canal, Duan Da fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his back, would he still storm Houcheng? The answer is self-evident, unless Duan Da loses his mind, it is absolutely impossible to fight to the death with Li Fengyun in the bad situation of no reinforcements from inside and outside the food and grass.

However, the change in the situation was not what Li Fengyun expected, Duan Dabiao was too cautious, and he was so cautious that he was almost timid. Duan Da had too many worries before, and did not support Houcheng at the first time, giving Li Fengyun enough time to attack the city, but now Duan Da is still hesitant, and the army stopped at a place thirty miles away from Houcheng and hesitated, as a result, the righteous soldiers in Houcheng got enough time to rest, and Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng, who rushed from the north and south directions of Yongji Canal, gained enough time to march.

The soldiers under Duan Da's account also talked a lot about his boss's "fear and no war", many people despised Duan Da, and some people even called him "Duan Da" in private, thinking that he was like an old grandmother looking forward and backward, cowardly as a mouse, but Duan Da took a firm position, and never fought before he figured out the purpose of the traitor, before he fully understood the opponent, and without the absolute certainty of victory, he would never fight, and as for the siege battle of losing troops and generals, he was even more resolute not to fight.

Fighting thieves is actually equivalent to "welfare" for the officials and soldiers, killing thieves is secondary, and the important thing is to use the killing of thieves as an excuse to wantonly plunder the wealth of local nobles and wealthy people. If the officials and soldiers say that you are a thief, then you are a thief, and all those who are related to the thief, or who may be related, or who are directly framed by Yu Bian as related, are the targets of the officials and the army. Therefore, so far, the affairs of the officials and the army against the chaos and the suppression of thieves have remained at the level of murder and plunder, and have not been raised to the height of the survival of the country. It is precisely because of this that Duan Da's "cowardice" is equivalent to cutting off the financial routes of the soldiers under his command, harming the interests of the soldiers, and naturally attracting abuse and resentment from the soldiers.

Similarly, the soldiers of the Righteous Army who were waiting in Houcheng saw that the officials and soldiers were delayed in attacking the city, of course, they also understood it as cowardice, and also used abuse and ridicule of Duan Da to relieve their nervousness, and what is especially surprising is that the soldiers of the Righteous Army also called Duan Da "Duan Ma", such a tacit understanding is a must, and the name of "Duan Ma" gradually spread.

Grandma Duan was not shocked by the honor and disgrace, and was unmoved, and even more sneered at the naïve behavior of the soldiers on both sides of the enemy and us to humiliate him by calling him "Grandma Duan".

The alliance soldiers were new to the alliance, and they didn't know how powerful Duan Da was, thinking that Duan Da was timid and not fighting thirty miles away, which was understandable, but Wang An had experienced it himself, and he knew how powerful Duan Da was, so he deliberately found Li Fengyun and warned him.

If Duan Da deliberately used Houcheng's grain and grass as bait to set a trap on the battlefield of Houcheng, then his move at this moment was to deliberately wait for the righteous army from all walks of life in Hebei to gather, and then finish the battle.

To put it bluntly, Wang An does not have an intuitive understanding of Li Fengyun's strength, so far it is still hearsay, and most of the hearsay is exaggerated, and the water is too large, although he has seen with his own eyes that the soldiers of the alliance are fully armed and have high morale, but having weapons and morale does not mean that they have the combat effectiveness to compete with the officers and soldiers. There are many conditions that determine the size of combat effectiveness, among which the personal qualities of officers and soldiers are very important, and a group of thieves who kill people and goods with a large group of farmers, even if they have weapons and morale, they have no combat effectiveness, so Wang An has a preconceived idea and pushes people by himself, Yan zhòng doubts the combat effectiveness of the alliance army, even if the alliance has captured Houcheng now, he still does not believe that Li Fengyun has the strong strength to defeat Duan Da.

Li Fengyun disagreed with Wang An's admonition, and did not have the mind to explain, but considering that Wang An was the first partner after he entered the Hebei battlefield, and this person had ideas, courage, and decisiveness, if he could win him over, it might be helpful for him to dominate Hebei in the future, so he took the trouble to analyze and deduce the situation in Hebei to Wang An in detail from the political level.

If purely from a military point of view, Wang An's admonition is very reasonable, with the strength of Duan Da and three thousand Youzhou guards, it is enough to have a life-and-death decisive battle with the righteous troops from all walks of life in Hebei gathered in Houcheng, if nothing else, his chances of victory are very high, of course, the price he pays for this is also very large.

However, if analyzed from the political level, Duan Da's move is obviously a compromise message to the Hebei aristocratic group headed by the Qinghe Cui clan.

The situation in Hebei has come to this point directly related to the manipulation and fueling of the Hebei aristocratic clique. The purpose of the Hebei aristocratic group was to coerce the eastern capital with the security of Hebei's stable dìng and Yongji canals, and to seek political interests.

What interests do the people of Hebei urgently need to seek at present? In the face of the "strong counteroffensive" of the conservative forces in the Eastern Capital, they retreated step by step, and if they wanted to reverse the situation by the fastest and sharpest means, they must immediately launch the Second Eastern Crusade, and they must compromise with the conservative forces in the Eastern Capital, but the compromise is principled and has a bottom line. In order to adhere to the principle of compromise and the bottom line, the Holy Lord and the reformers must unite as much as possible, and the Shandong and Jiangzuo people, who had a fierce struggle against the Guanlong people, became the targets of the Holy Lord and the reformers.

The Shandong people and the Jiangzuo people did not all support the reform, not all of them were reformers, and even had a sharp conflict of interest with the Holy Lord and the reformers, but in order to contend with the Guanlong people in politics, they could only use the power of the Holy Lord and the reformers to form a three-legged situation with the Guanlong people, and to achieve this goal, they could only support the Holy Lord and the reformers in exchange for political interests. Every political struggle and every political storm in the eastern capital is an opportunity for the people of Shandong and Jiangzuo to seek political interests and accumulate political strength, and it is also an opportunity for them to realize the three-legged political structure step by step.

"Do you know why the situation in Hebei is getting more and more severe with the chaos of Duan Da? Duan Da sang a triumphant song on the battlefield of the rebellion, but the safety of Yongji Canal is becoming less and less guaranteed, why is this? The Second Eastern Crusade is imminent, after the beginning of spring, the army and materials must rush north, the importance of Yongji Canal can be imagined, and at this moment Duan Da's time to deal with the crisis is getting less and less, if he continues to confront the Hebei people, he will not be able to complete the trust of the Holy Lord and the center, and he will not be able to ensure that the Second Eastern Crusade will start as scheduled, so he must change his course, must adjust his strategy, must compromise and make concessions to the Hebei people, and use his own compromise and concessions to help the Hebei people achieve their political goals. As long as the Hebei people seek the political interests they need in the eastern capital, then the Yongji Canal will be safe, the Yongji Canal crisis will be resolved, and for Duan Da, his task of fighting Hebei this time will be completed. ”

When Li Fengyun said this, he looked at Wang An, who was suddenly surprised, and asked with a smile, "Do you know now why you dare to fight Hou Cheng?" ”

Wang An has been attracted by Li Fengyun's analysis and deduction, and admires his profound knowledge, unique perspective and unique point of view, and at a certain moment he even has a sense of respect for Li Fengyun, and at the same time leads to a series of questions, how can such a person be a thief who was born in the market and kills people and goods?

Seeing Wang An's frequent nods, Li Fengyun continued, "The reason why XX dared to fight Houcheng was that XX decided that Duan Da and the Hebei people had reached a stalemate, and with the Second Eastern Crusade about to begin, the resolution of the Yongji Canal crisis was imminent, and Duan Da would definitely have to compromise, and the only way to compromise was to immediately defeat the Qinghe River to exacerbate the deterioration of the Yongji Canal crisis." ”

"The more severe the crisis of Yongji Canal, the more it threatens the Second Eastern Crusade, and the more Duan Da's ability and means to deal with the crisis are insufficient, so he can only hand over the problem and let the Holy Lord and Dongdu deal with the crisis of Yongji Canal."

"That's what the people of Hebei are aiming for. Duan Da is just a troublemaker in their eyes, insignificant, but Duan Da does not have such an awareness, he thinks he has the ability to deal with the Hebei people, but he falls into an embarrassing situation, if he does not rein in the precipice, he will be in danger, fortunately, Duan Da is not a lot of years old and not in vain, he still sees his position clearly at the critical moment, and decisively decides to defeat Qinghe, and never wade this troubled water again. ”

Wang An was a little incomprehensible and asked, "Duan Da is defeated and lost, shouldn't he be punished by the Holy Lord."

Li Fengyun shook his head, "Duan Da is defeated, and there is a lot of knowledge inside. ”

This "defeat" depends on how to "lose". Duan Da is a close confidant of the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord sent Duan Da to rebel in Hebei, and its purpose is definitely not to use force to suppress the Hebei people, because in the political struggle in the eastern capital, the Holy Lord needs the support of the Shandong people, and the strength of the support is directly related to the political interests of the Shandong people conceded by the Holy Lord, but the Holy Lord cannot completely satisfy the Shandong people, and the two sides must bargain, so Duan Da's rebellion must have a "degree" and be appropriate, not only to put heavy pressure on the Hebei people, but also not to provoke the Hebei people, It is necessary to help the Holy Lord to grasp the initiative in bargaining, but not to help the Holy Lord fall into passivity, one can imagine how difficult Duan Da is.

Wang An thought for a long time and still didn't come up with an answer, I don't know how Duan Da was defeated, left without a fight, or left in defeat? But one thing is certain, if the truth of the situation in Hebei is exactly the same as Li Fengyun's deduction, then the battle of Houcheng is not dangerous, and his big gamble this time is right, and he has made a lot of money, and the prospects for development are very good.

However, is it really that rosy? Will a golden toad really fall from the sky?

Only two days later, Zhang Jincheng's army appeared on the south bank of the Yongji Canal, less than fifty miles from Houcheng. Almost at the same time, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande led Gao Jibo's army to appear on the north bank of Zhangshui, about sixty miles away from Houcheng.

After Li Fengyun received the news, he immediately sent a messenger to ask Zhang Jincheng to cross the Yongji Canal immediately, and asked Gao Shida to cross Zhangshui in the south on the condition that the four armies would equally share the money and grain in Houcheng, and he and Wang An would lead the main force out of the city and attack Duan Da from the front.

The atmosphere on the battlefield of Houcheng suddenly became tense, Zhu Yingyang jointly asked for battle, and Wu Benlang also consulted Duan Da with Zhao Shizhu, whether to break each one, or retreat to Qinghe?

Duan Da was silent for a long time, and said four words, "Wait and see." ”

Zhao Shizhu can understand, but Zhu Ying Yang "blew up", the traitors were all killed outside the camp, and they all rode to Zhu Ying Yang's head, Duan Ma didn't even fight, she was still enduring it, what are you forbearing? There are no reinforcements outside the food and grass inside and outside, if you want to fight, you will fight, if you don't fight, you will withdraw, stay in this icy and snowy wasteland, and be a target for traitors?

On the third day, Dou Jiande led his army across the frozen Zhangshui River and advanced twenty miles towards Houcheng.

At the same time, Zhang Jincheng led his army across the Yongji Canal and advanced twenty miles to Houcheng.

Li Fengyun dispatched, the alliance army poured out, the soldiers were still in rags, holding high the banner of the Linqing Righteous Army, and marched ten miles towards the official army camp with great momentum.

The officers and soldiers were excited, full of fighting spirit, the guards were angry, they didn't fight the traitor, but the traitor took the initiative to kill the door, deceiving people too much, fighting, this battle must be fought, and the blood will flow.

From morning to afternoon, from dawn to dusk, Zhu Yingyang asked for battle again and again, but Duan Da ignored it and hid in the sleeping tent to warm up and sleep.

In the evening of the same day, news came from Qinghe City that the Qinghe County Government had withdrawn all the civilians outside the city into the city and closed the city gates on the grounds that the traitors were overwhelming and the garrison in the city was insufficient. The traitors will not retreat, and the gates of the city will not be opened.

Duan Da and Zhao Shizhu looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Qinghe people finally showed their "true colors", which forced Duan Da to get out of Qinghe immediately.

Qinghe City closed the city gate, and Duan Da's last grain and grass support was cut off, and without food and grass, what could Duan Da do to fight the traitor to the death? But the reason of the Qinghe county government is very sufficient, the grain reserves of Qinghe City are very limited, after tens of thousands of ordinary people outside the city withdraw into the city, the county government wants to ensure their food and clothing, of course, it will not be able to support Duan Da, and Hou Cheng is in front of Duan Da, as long as Duan Da defeats the traitors and recaptures Hou Cheng, there will be grain and grass, and all problems will be solved.

Don't say that Duan Da won't fight at this moment, even Zhao Shizhu, who was still ready to move, didn't dare to fight, this is obviously a trap, a murder pit dug by Hebei people, no matter how powerful Duan Da is, and no matter how fierce the three thousand Youzhou guards are, they are all a "worm" that can be slaughtered by others.

Without hesitation, Duan Da ordered to evacuate overnight, evacuate to the north, cross Zhangshui, and withdraw to Changle City, the governor of Xindu County, more than two hundred miles away.

Duan Da 100,000 rushed to report to the eastern capital, the thieves in Hebei were too strong, the chaos was unfavorable, and the crisis in Yongji Canal was becoming more and more serious, and he asked for support.

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