Chapter 126: Hold on to it

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The four commanders hurriedly returned to their respective camps, summoned their subordinates to report on the affairs of the alliance, and discussed the specific details.

But before they arrived at their tents, the soldiers in the battalion flocked out, and a group of big and small leaders kept asking questions, all of which were about the same topic, and it was rumored that the white marshal of Mengshan had made a promise to send all the families and clansmen of the rebel army and the farmers and civilians who came with them to Mengshan, to a safe place, and to ensure that they had no worries about their lives. Is this true or false? Did Bai Shuai make such a promise?

The four heroes immediately realized that they had fallen into a trap and could no longer get up.

Li Fengyun was really powerful, and even sent people to spread rumors and incite the soldiers of the righteous army and their relatives and clansmen, but as a result, the shape was one-sided, and there was no room for redemption.

For ordinary soldiers, what are they desperate for? It's nothing more than letting yourself live, letting your relatives live. Now the officers and soldiers are killing from all directions, the righteous army is in danger, in order to survive, they have to stay away from their homes to find a way to live, at this moment of crisis, Bai Shuai reached out to help, opened the road to Mengshan for them, and gave them a way to live. Just imagine, at this moment, which rebel soldier would give up the opportunity to let his relatives and clansmen live? Even if there is even a glimmer of hope, they will never give up.

The four marshals had no choice but to comply with the shape and clearly reply to their subordinates, Bai Shuai made such a promise, all the families of the soldiers of the rebel army, as well as those innocent civilians who came over, all the old and weak, women and children, all sent to Mengshan.

The soldiers of the rebel army cheered and their morale was unprecedentedly high, and the prestige of Bai Shuai in their hearts also surpassed that of all the heroes overnight. This is the real boss, strength determines a qiē, only by following the strong boss, the hope of survival is greater.

Zhang Xutuo commanded the Qi army to advance rapidly.

Li Fengyun abandoned Wenyang and commanded the rebels to retreat to Juping, Yangguan and Liangfucheng.

Chen Rui urgently reported that the Lu army had captured Surabaya City and was advancing rapidly towards Bian City, and asked Li Fengyun to consider whether to transfer troops back to help.

Li Fengyun replied that the Lu army did not dare to attack Bian Cheng, because once the Lu army was blocked under Bian Cheng, the main force of the righteous army could kill the banks of the Surabaya River overnight and surround the Lu army on the front line of Bian Cheng. The purpose of the Lu army to attack Surabaya and threaten Mengshan was only to cooperate with Zhang Xutuo's attack on the Wenshui front line, and make a posture of encircling the rebel army north of Surabaya, so as to force the rebel army to withdraw to Mengshan.

Li Fengyun told Chen Rui that the Righteous Army of the Fifth Route in Northwest Shandong had completed the alliance. According to the agreement of the alliance, about 40,000 or 50,000 relatives of the soldiers of the Jibei and Dongping Fourth Route Righteous Army, as well as the old and weak women and children who followed the righteous army, will be placed in Mengshan, and they are now on their way to Mengshan. Li Fengyun asked Chen Rui to do a good job of receiving and resettlement. Although Mengshan can't feed so many people, saving lives is the first thing, drought and war are pushing these innocent people to the end of the road, and at this critical moment, Mengshan must let these people live no matter what the cost. For this reason, Li Fengyun assured Chen Rui that he would definitely win this battle. Only by winning this battle can the rebels open up new territory in Lu County, occupy more land, and feed more people.

Li Fengyun also urgently wrote to Han Yao and Wang Yang in Nancheng, telling them in detail about the alliance and the latest situation in northwest Lu, asking the two to maintain a "tacit understanding" confrontation with the Pengcheng army while continuing to threaten Zou Cheng, so as to ensure the safety of the southwestern foot of Mengshan and ensure that the righteous army could harvest grain on the limited land.

In the face of Zhang Xutuo's pressing step by step, the commanders of the righteous army were panicked and had a serious disagreement with Li Fengyun on offensive and defensive strategies.

The heroes have their own private thoughts, and while they are afraid and afraid of Li Fengyun, they also have the idea of preserving their strength. Since they wanted to preserve their strength, of course, they couldn't fight with the officers and soldiers, so they unanimously demanded to withdraw to Mengshan. Li Fengyun unceremoniously warned the heroes that Mengshan could save the righteous army for a while, but he couldn't save the righteous army. Once the Eastern Expedition is victorious and the expeditionary army returns, the righteous army should not say that they are hiding in Mengshan, even if they are hiding at the ends of the earth, they will flee to death, so for the righteous army, the top priority is to take advantage of the limited time to grow rapidly, and if you want to grow stronger, the premise is that you must defeat the pursuing official army and give yourself time to get the exhibition.

There is a more serious problem that Mengshan is strict and short of food, if everyone withdraws, what will they eat and drink? The drought situation in the north and south of the river is becoming more and more severe, and the affected fields and people are also increasing, once the disaster is formed, the common people do not get relief, they will be hungry, starvation everywhere, and there are too many dead to bury in time, and the plague will be formed. Such a vicious circle, in the end, lives will be ruined, and the land will be thousands of miles away. At that time, will the rebels still be able to support themselves by plundering whom? Certainly not.

In order to prevent trouble, the rebels must prepare in advance and come up with a strategy to deal with it. And the strategy is actually very simple, it is still necessary to defeat the pursuing officer army. If you chase the officers and soldiers all day long and run around, and you don't even have time to catch your breath, then whether it is self-help or exhibition, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream. Only after defeating the officers and troops and gaining respite can we talk about self-help and exhibition, which is obvious.

The heroes weighed it again and again, and were finally persuaded by Li Fengyun, so they worked together to discuss the strategy of attacking the enemy.

Zhang Xutuo came fiercely, aggressively, and looked very powerful, but in fact he had a fatal weakness, that is, Hebei Zhuxiong and the Qizhou Righteous Army were eyeing Qi County, and would attack both sides of the Jishui River at any time.

Zhang Xutuo went to Lu County to suppress thieves, the key is to fight the battle, not to delay, once delayed, to let the righteous army in Hebei and Qizhou know that Qi County is empty, and the main force of the Qi army is far away in Lu County, and it will inevitably attack. Especially Wang Bo, who was stationed in Douzigang in Bohai, and the Changbai Mountain Righteous Army under his command, thinking day and night about returning to Qi County, suddenly a God-given opportunity, how could they give up? Once Wang Bo and the Changbai Mountain Rebels returned to Qi County, Zhang Xutuo would be in big trouble. Today's Qilu shape shì, especially Ludong and Lu northwest shape shì, is far worse than last year, if Wang Bo returns to Qi County, Zhang Xutuo wants to drive him away again, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky.

Li Fengyun deduced this situation when deducing this situation, "Lujun Duan Wencao is not weak, but the strength is limited, if the troops are divided in all directions and killed on all sides, then they will be overstretched in the use of troops, and there will be the pain of defeat again, and his brother Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the military department, has died of illness, and his help in the eastern capital is insufficient, for the sake of safety, Duan Wencao must ask for help from the stronger Qijun Zhang Xutuo and Pengcheng Cui Deben." The rebel army of Qi County is everywhere, Zhang Xutuo is worried about internal and external difficulties, and he is anxious, while Pengcheng is stable in the territory, Cui Deben is from the overall interests of the Shandong people, and should help, but the strange thing is that we did not see the Pengcheng army in Lu County, but we saw Zhang Xutuo's Qi army. ”

"Zhang Xutuo is a native of Guanlong, and he is in deep trouble, he will not hesitate to pay a price to support Duan Wencao, why?"

"We can all see the fatal injuries left by Zhang Xutuo after leaving Qi County, can't Zhang Xutuo see it? Duan Wencao can't see it? Can't see the rebels from all walks of life in northeast Lu? Since everyone can see it, it is enough to explain a problem, this is a ploy, a conspiracy. ”

Li Fengyun looked at everyone and asked, "Can you deduce Zhang Xutuo's plan?" ”

If the officers and soldiers have vital points, shortcomings, and disadvantages, the righteous army can prescribe the right medicine and attack the enemy's shortcomings with their own strengths.

The confidence of the crowd gradually increased with Li Fengyun's analysis. With confidence comes courage, and with courage comes courage to fight against strong opponents. Li Fengyun seemed to have magical power, and in a short period of time, he inspired the fighting spirit of the heroes, so that they could contain the panic and fear in their hearts, and they were determined to stick to their oath and work together to fight the enemy.

After some discussion, everyone unanimously decided that Zhang Xutuo tried to kill two birds with one stone, first swept the northwest of Lu with the main force, and forced the righteous troops from all walks of life in the northwest of Lu to the foot of Mengshan Mountain, so as to settle the battle. When he conquered the northwest of Lu, the righteous army of northeast Lu will take the opportunity to invade Qi County, Zhang Xutuo only waits for the right time, and will kill back Qi County with lightning speed and cover his ears, and deal a heavy blow to the righteous army in northeast Lu.

In view of the strategy of the official army, Li Fengyun agreed with everyone to take a defensive position on the battlefield of Lu County, and resolutely not to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Xutuo, but also not to retreat to Mengshan, but to find ways to drag Zhang Xutuo in Lu County, so that the Northeast Lu Righteous Army could kill back to Qi County and confuse the situation in Qi County to buy more time.

"We must get in touch with the rebels from all walks of life in Qizhou as soon as possible and deliver the message." Li Fengyun said, "If the rebel armies of the two places can tacitly cooperate and fight together, they will definitely be able to treat others in their own way and inflict heavy losses on Zhang Xutuo." ”

The two heroes of Jinluo and Zhen Baoche in Jibei not only know each other with the brothers Zuo Junxing and Zuo Junheng in Qizhou, but also have a lot of friendships, and have several friends with Pei Changzi and Shi Zihe, the two rebel leaders, so the two volunteered and were willing to send envoys to Qi County secretly to contact the rebels in northeast Lu.

Li Fengyun then ordered to build a defensive battle formation on the front line of Juping, Yangguan and Liangfu. The Cangtou army guarded Juping, the Jibei army guarded Yangguan, and the Dongping army guarded Liangfu, and the armies supported each other and joined forces to block Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xutuo approached quickly, and the two sides were tense, and they were at the touch of a button.

Zhang Xutuo was quite surprised by the decisive battle posture of the rebels.

Holding on means fighting, and fighting brings casualties. The rebels claimed to be tens of thousands, but in fact only a few thousand people could fight, and they were at an absolute disadvantage compared to the Qi army. Once this battle is fought, how many rebels will be left? Of course, the Qi army also had losses, and this loss was something that Zhang Xutuo was unwilling to bear. The gentleman takes care of his roots, the traitors in Qi County are more and more, the situation deteriorates, how can Zhang Xutuo pay a heavy price for Duan Wencao and Lu County when his own affairs have not been resolved? Besides, if you hurt 1,000 enemies and 800 yourself, Zhang Xutuo has not yet had a high wind and bright festival to the point of cutting meat and feeding eagles. His main thrust is to get the most out of the least cost, which requires strategy. Winning by strategy is the best way to use soldiers, and a force to reduce ten will be just an ideal state, as far as Zhang Xutuo's current strength is concerned, if he blindly acts brutally and rampage, it will definitely run counter to his wishes, and he will also fall behind in the use of soldiers, which will insult the dignity and reputation of Zhang Xutuo's old army.

Zhang Xutuo was unwilling to fight with all his might, but the rebels held on to the determination to burn the jade and stones, and both sides put on a decisive posture, which made the battle quickly stalemate.