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On the night of the 16th, the Queshan battlefield, which had been fighting fiercely for a day, fell silent.

The officers and troops retreated fifteen miles back and set up camp, while the Hebei rebels rushed to Li Fengyun on the south bank for help. According to the agreement, under the cover of night, Li Fengyun transported grain, grass, weapons and soldiers of the 18 regiments of the hussar army to the opposite bank to ensure that the Hebei rebels could hold out in Queshan for a longer time.

That night, Zhang Xutuo and his generals gathered in the tent to discuss the battle situation, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

The scouts scattered in all directions reported one after another, and the first news made everyone's hearts heavy. After the white thieves completed the encirclement of Licheng, they began to support the Hebei thieves, not only with grain and grass weapons, but also with the army, which made the official army encircle and annihilate the Hebei thieves, seize Queshan, and then form an internal and external echo with the Licheng defenders.

The second news still comes from the battlefield of Licheng, there are more rebels from the south of Licheng, and now Licheng has been surrounded by rebels, and the connection between the defenders in the city and the outside of the city has been completely cut off.

Obviously, the Zhongchuan Water Battlefield has changed, and the white thief has ordered his army to evacuate Zhongchuan Water in order to attract Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to Licheng City, that is to say, Yang Lan, the king of Qi, will soon come to Licheng, this news is very bad for Zhang Xutuo, so bad that he is helpless, and the only thing that can be hoped for is the sailor who is swimming on the big river.

The third news is from the front line of the big river, from the direction of Zhu'a. Based on the analysis and inference of the news reported by a number of scouts, the sailor gave the Hebei thief who tried to cross the river from the direction of Zhu'a to break through today's head-on attack, and the Hebei thief was defeated and fled along the north bank of Luoshui, but the sailor did not follow and kill, and did not even chase out of the Zhu'a territory, which further confirmed that the sailor was unwilling to clash head-on with Yang Lansheng, the king of Qi, and was unwilling to share the responsibility of Zhang Xutuo for losing Qilu's control of zhì, so Zhang Xutuo had to fight alone.

The fourth news came from Zhangqiu and Linji, the thieves of Changbai Mountain were besieging Zhangqiu, and the Beihai Pirate Army had also surrounded Linji, and the two county towns were in danger.

As news from all sides arrives, the controversy becomes more and more intense.

Some people believe that Yang Lan, the king of Qi, is coming, and wants to fight fiercely with the white thieves under the city of Licheng, Licheng is not in danger of falling for the time being, but the main army is in danger of running out of food, so the top priority is to get a batch of food, for which to build a "back horse gun", overnight to attack Linji and Zhangqiu, and fight Qilu anti-thieves by surprise, so that it can not only solve the urgent need of lack of food, but also gallop to the aid of the two cities, and also suppress the thieves to make meritorious contributions, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

But some people think that this plan is not appropriate, the main army rushed to Linji and Zhangqiu, which is equivalent to ignoring the safety of Licheng, is putting the cart before the horse, the correct countermeasure should be to divide the troops into two ways, all the way to continue to stay in the Queshan battlefield, to support Licheng, all the way to cross the Luoshui River overnight into the city, and then take advantage of the Hebei thieves' defeat at the time of low morale and panic, to give it a fatal blow, annihilating the Hebei thieves, so that it can easily build the work of suppressing the thieves, and can also seize the booty to supplement their own food shortage.

There are also people who insist on continuing to attack Queshan because they can't see the political game hidden behind the battle situation in Qi County, and use a frontal attack to contain the anti-thieves.

Zhang Xutuo listened with his ears and never said a word. Qin Qiong and other generals knew that Zhang Xutuo was in a difficult situation at the moment, whether it was Yang Lan, the king of Qi, or the Jiangzuo people in the water division, they all regarded Zhang Xutuo as a "fish belly" and wantonly bullied, and the white thief who saw this qiē was even more daring, trying to fish in troubled waters and robbing with fire, but Zhang Xutuo fell into a "dead end". Now the battle situation in Qi County is like a fishing net, and Zhang Xutuo is the fish in the fishing net, no matter how hard he struggles, he will not escape the disaster of destruction. The generals can only express their opinions and analyze the interests clearly, and in the end Zhang Xutuo has to make up his mind, but Zhang Xutuo seems to have lost his sense of proportion, lost his fighting spirit, hesitated and couldn't make a decision.

Zhang Yuanbei, as the son of Zhang Xutuo and the "young master" of this army, had to remind his father at the critical moment, "It is a matter of life and death, and it should be decided, otherwise it will be chaotic." ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed, looked up at Qin Qiong, and asked, "What are Qin Bingsi's plans?" ”

Qin Qiong knew what Zhang Xutuo meant, and he also sighed, bowed down and said, "They are all Qilu people, born and raised here, and in the end, as long as they can bring their township brothers home safely, they can be regarded as worthy of their fathers and fellow villagers, as for personal honor and disgrace, it is really insignificant and insignificant." ”

The generals in the tent looked at each other, and they all heard the meaning behind this sentence, no matter what decision Zhang Xutuo made, the most important thing was that his own strength must be preserved. No matter how the situation in Qilu changes today, it is difficult to change the chaotic facts, the Qilu thieves cannot be pacified instantly, and the king of Qi Yang Lan cannot always control Qilu, and the more chaotic the situation, the more beneficial it is actually to Zhang Xutuo, the local military and political chief, because no one dares to take over this mess, no one dares to wade this pool of troubled waters, so as long as Zhang Xutuo firmly controls the army in his hand, as long as he has good strength, then even if he is reduced to a "chess piece" in the political game, it is also a "chess piece" that should not be underestimated. It will inevitably be valued by the Holy Lord, the Eastern Capital, the King of Qi, the Water Master and other forces, which is enough, and it is enough to maintain vested interests.

Qin Qiong said it implicitly, but Zhang Xutuo understood it, Zanshan nodded, and asked again, "If the situation continues to deteriorate, Qin Bingsi's wish may be difficult to come true." ”

"In fact, the situation has been getting worse." Qin Qiong said bluntly, "Although Ming Gong is working hard, doing his best, and doing his best, he has not seen any signs of improvement so far, so I feel that it is necessary to reflect on whether our strategy of rebellion is wrong, or some other reason has tied our hands and feet, at the very least, we must figure out, why the anti-thieves have repeatedly suppressed injustice?" Why are there more and more anti-thieves? If we can't find the reason for this, no matter how hard we try, no matter how many killings we make, we will not be able to reverse the situation.

Zhang Xutuo thought for a moment and asked, "Has Qin Bingsi ever reflected?" Have you ever found the reason why the thieves are getting more and more? ”

Qin Qiong shook her head with a wry smile and refused to answer. He did reflect on and explore the reasons why thieves were becoming more and more rampant, which involved not only the complicated political struggle in the eastern capital, but also the innate hatred of the Guanlong people and the Shandong people. Although natural disasters objectively exist, they are the real cause of the spread of disasters, and as long as they are not eliminated, disasters will not stop. And ** exploded due to political struggles, and intensified due to contradictions and conflicts, with Qin Qiong's humble position and weak strength, there was no solution at all. Zhang Xutuo is the same, although his status is higher than Qin Qiong's and his strength is greater than Qin Qiong's, he is still an ant-like being, still a drop in the ocean, vulnerable in the face of stormy waves.

Because of this, Qin Qiong faced today's predicament and faced Zhang Xutuo, who was still fighting, he could only remind Zhang Xutuo that after all, this army was composed of natives of Qilu, and Zhang Xutuo and other senior officials of the county government were all from Guanlong, which in itself was a contradiction in fact. In other words, Zhang Xutuo's control over this army is limited, when the situation deteriorates to a certain point, this army falls into the predicament of defeat because of Zhang Xutuo, Zhang Xutuo will inevitably lose control of this army, this is an obvious crisis, today's cooperation between the two sides is based on profitability, once it is unprofitable, can the two sides continue to cooperate? Will the Qilu people be willing to fight for Zhang Xutuo? Don't even think about it, even if Qin Qiong himself is willing to continue to fight to repay Zhang Xutuo's kindness, his subordinates, his Qilu brothers, will never be unconditionally loyal to a Guanlong person.

"What countermeasures does the Qin Bing Division have to break this crisis?"

Qin Qiong was reluctant to answer, but Zhang Xutuo pressed step by step. At this moment, as Qin Qiong said, Zhang Xutuo is in a deep predicament, and it is not only the Holy Lord and Dongdu who pushed him into the predicament, but also the King of Qi Yang Lan and the Donglai Water Division, there are all kinds of thieves, and his army, once this army turns its back on Zhang Xutuo at a critical moment, Zhang Xutuo will be completely finished, and he will not even have the opportunity to struggle, so Zhang Xutuo can only have the capital to fight if he tightly binds his own interests with the interests of this army.

Qin Qiong was silent. Zhang Xutuo's eyes were blazing and aggressive. The generals' eyes drifted back and forth on the faces of the two, but more often they stayed on Qin Qiong, for no other reason, it was Qin Qiong who represented their interests at this moment, not Zhang Xutuo, a native of Guanlong.

"The top priority is to preserve our strength." Qin Qiong finally spoke, "The battle of Zhongchuan Water has proved that the strength of the white thief is enough to fight with us, and the King of Qi Yang Lan is ill-intentioned and not trustworthy at all, and the Donglai Sailor is insidious and cunning, left and right, and the two are not guilty, if the Ming Duke continues to trap Qi County, he will inevitably clash head-on with the King of Qi Yang Lansheng, and as a result, he will be killed by the sword and defeated by the white thief, so the countermeasure is that the Ming Duke must turn defense into offense, immediately jump out of the trap, and turn from passive to active, so he will form a full momentum with the King of Qi and the Sailor to reverse the current crisis in one fell swoop. ”

Zhang Xutuo's expression changed slightly, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly had an epiphany, and his eyes couldn't help but show a look of surprise, and he suddenly had a new understanding of Qin Qiong's intelligence.

The generals in the tent also fell into deep thought, some had already understood and thought, while others were puzzled and anxious.

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