Chapter 365: Liu Xuan's Soft and Hard Treatment

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Xu Shiyan chased after Li Baiyao's father and son overnight.

Li Fengyun said goodbye to the river, thinking that he didn't know when he would see him again, he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, and his heart couldn't help but be even heavier when he thought of the difficulties of the future. Whether history can be changed, there is still no answer, although many details have been deviated, such as the outreach of Qi Wangju, such as Cui Hongsheng's miraculous survival, such as his own rebellion and heroism, however, even if these deviations converge and produce some forces that should not be stored in this world, they still cannot change the trajectory of history. By extension, will the strategy of separating the northern frontier and hegemony and gathering the power of the north to save Middle-earth die halfway? Will it end in vain?

Li Fengyun couldn't sleep, and when he woke up, he was groggy and tired, but a good news sent by Sima Yuan'an suddenly cheered him up.

Hongru Liu Xuan's influence among the protégés and disciples is still very large, and when the Hebei heroes were helpless, they thought of him without surprise, invited him to the military meeting, and told him in detail about the desperate dilemma of the righteous army. The Hebei heroes formulated three countermeasures, one of which was to find ways to forcibly cross the river; second, burning, killing, plundering and plundering on both sides of the Jishui River to survive; Third, in exchange for an alliance and cooperation with Li Fengyun at a greater price. The first countermeasure is to find death, even if the heroes are lucky enough to escape back, but the price is the annihilation of the whole army, and it will be basically difficult for these heroes to turn over for a long time in the future; The second countermeasure also does not see the hope of success, in the past two years, both sides of the Jishui River have been continuously affected, the fields are barren and sparsely populated, otherwise there will not be many man-made rebellions, Li Fengyun will not attack Zhang Xutuo at any cost, trying to grab food from the tiger's mouth, grab a piece of land to live in, now Li Fengyun is defeated in Qi County, and in desperation, he has no choice but to turn to the Central Plains again, the risk can be imagined, and Li Fengyun does not want to stay in the place, can the Hebei Righteous Army survive? In the end, it was left to form an alliance and cooperate with Li Fengyun, but Li Fengyun was not a fool, how could he be a bodhisattva again and again?

The heroes asked Liu Xuan for advice, and pinned their hopes on Liu Xuan to point out a way out.

Liu Xuan thought for a while, and slowly spit out the fact that two hours ago, Li Baiyao of the Li clan of Zhao County and Cui Xiaoren of the Cui clan of Boling suddenly secretly visited him, and slowly spit it out, "When Bai Shuai announced in the tent that he would stop cooperation with you and part ways, Li Baiyao and Cui Xiaoren were in his side tent and listened attentively. ”

Everyone was amazed. If everyone speculated about Li Fengyun's identity before, and imagined the relationship between Li Fengyun and Hebei giants, then there would be no suspense at this moment.

Since Liu Xuan said such an important secret, it is enough to show that Li Baiyao and Cui Xiaoren secretly visited him, definitely not out of courtesy, but through Liu Xuan, to make a hint to the troubled Hebei rebels, an arrangement they wanted. Of course, whether the heroes accept their arrangement or not is none of their business, they have done their best and have repaid the "favor" they owed before.

At the beginning, the heroes crossed the river to the south, although they were indeed forced by the heavy pressure exerted by the Hebei giants, but after crossing the river, they lost consecutive battles, which was a strategic mistake of the Yuan Hao commanders, and it had nothing to do with the Hebei giants. Now that the two giants appear in Li Fengyun's main camp together, it is obviously not to save them, but to have other plans, but from the perspective of the overall interests of Hebei, the two giants cannot be abandoned, it is too chilling, so they must put pressure on Li Fengyun. And Li Fengyun is also from Hebei, so he can't take into account the interests of Hebei, but if he wants to come to the rescue again, the Hebei heroes must pay a sufficient price.

The heroes collectively lost their voices.

The last thing they want to see is that the most unacceptable situation has finally emerged. In fact, there is only one way for them to save themselves, like those Qilu heroes in the alliance, hand over the army to Li Fengyun, hand over power to Li Fengyun, and hand over their fate to Li Fengyun. Although according to the alliance covenant, the heroes not only have collective decision-making power in the alliance, but also have a certain degree of autonomy, for example, the heroes can break away from the alliance at any time and stand on their own, but in fact, these are "the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror", things that can be seen and touched. The alliance is indeed not Li Fengyun's personal alliance, but the survival standard of the heroes has remained unchanged for eternity, strength is respected, whoever is strong, who is the boss, who has the power to kill and take away, and in front of a strong boss like Li Fengyun, you are arrogant, you seek independence, and you are purely looking for death. Looking at the current situation of the alliance, Li Fengyun's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the strength of the heroes is getting weaker and weaker, which heroes dare to seek self-reliance now? It can be said that as long as any handsome man has signs of leaving the alliance, the time before his head hits the ground is numbered.

Seeing that the heroes were silent, Liu Xuan knew it and couldn't help but sigh secretly. The boss has been sitting for a long time, accustomed to calling for wind and rain to do whatever he wants, and his obsession with power is becoming more and more difficult to extricate himself, and he suddenly bows his head to be a little brother, kneels at the feet of others, and does fish and meat under other people's swords, and lets it be slaughtered, that feeling is really unbearable, but the person who knows the times is Junjie, compared to the whole army annihilating the corpse wilderness, it is a very lucky thing to have a little brother to do, and he missed the opportunity in front of him, and it is also the opportunity for the two giants to create zào in person, and there will never be another one in the future.

"When I first met Bai Shuai, I had an agreement with him." Liu Xuan spoke again, breaking the silence in the tent, "If he can save the Hebei Righteous Army, he will only be able to look forward to it for the rest of his life." ”

The heroes looked at Liu Xuan in surprise, feeling guilty and uneasy. Liu Xuanfeng is in his last years, how many years do he have to live? But for the sake of his disciples and protégés, and for the hundreds of thousands of lives of the righteous army, he not only gave up his own fame, but also gave up his dignity and freedom. According to his agreement with Li Fengyun, if Li Fengyun fulfilled his promise and saved the Hebei Righteous Army, he, a well-known Shandong Hongru, would sell the rest of his life to Li Fengyun. The master made such a sacrifice for the students, how could the protégés and disciples be embarrassed?

"If you make a decision, you will go and persuade Bai Shuai." Liu Xuan continued, "A certain and Bai Shuai will make another agreement, Bai Shuai must abide by the covenant, and when you come to Hebei in the future, any of you can leave the alliance at any time and stand on your own, Bai Shuai must not stop or get involved, otherwise, a certain will fight to the death." ”

The heroes looked at each other and were speechless. Liu Xuan is a combination of soft and hard, nominally fighting to the death for the future independence of Hebei heroes, but in fact, he is forcing Hebei heroes to make decisions immediately. The master can sacrifice his life for the sake of the students, what do you want to do as students? Do you have to be notorious for being disloyal, unfilial, unkind, and unjust?

Liu Heimin resolutely decided to join the alliance. In front of all the heroes, Liu Heimin analyzed in detail the reasons why he had to join the alliance, one is to save himself, now he can't cross the river, he can't take it on the spot, the officials and troops are still encircling and suppressing on all sides, and there are still seventy or eighty thousand old and weak women and children who need to be fed, and he can't watch them die here; Second, Li Fengyun's background, Li Fengyun's cooperative relationship with the two giants in Hebei, these are the best resources to promote the rapid growth of the Hebei Righteous Army, if you miss it, you will never meet it again; Third, what is the ultimate goal of Li Fengyun and the two giants? And where is the final way out for us, the Hebei rebels? Linking these two ultimate goals together, it is not difficult to see that they have the same end in the future, so why not take a risk now? Now betting on Li Fengyun and betting for life is far better than our own clueless random betting.

Hao Xiaode relented, Sun Xuanya also agreed, Li Deyi had no objections, as for Du Yanbing, Wang Run, and Shi Jibou) were all attached to several big and handsome, and of course they followed the trend.

Since the commanders have agreed to join the alliance, the next step is naturally to discuss how to protect their own interests to the greatest extent, in other words, how to ensure that their strength will not be weakened and the army will not be reduced. Previously, they had already inquired about a lot of internal affairs of the alliance from the alliance, such as Pei Changzi and Shi Zihe, who had just joined the alliance, and more than 20,000 horses finally fell into a team of less than 6,000 people, although Li Fengyun gave them two armies, but more than 2,000 of them were drawn from other armies of the alliance, and a certain amount of Cheng Dù affected their control of their own army. Wang Bo is the same, he has an army in name, but in fact there are seven or eight hundred soldiers from the old army of the alliance, and the combat effectiveness has increased, but the control of the army has decreased.

According to this model, the Hebei marshals should be able to lead an army, but this is far from satisfying the "appetite" of the marshals. After some discussion, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Liu Shishan, Du Yanbing, Wang Run, Sun Xuanya, Shi Jibou, Li Deyi and other eight marshals actually led two armies each, and came up with a plan for the reorganization and joining of more than 60,000 people in 16 armies.

Li Fengyun saw Liu Xuan, and after seeing this huge reorganization and joining plan, he immediately gave a reply: six armies, 24,000 soldiers.

At present, there are only more than 20,000 troops that the Hebei Righteous Army can use to fight, and the rest are useless, so this "deal" is very uneconomical for the alliance, and it is not cost-effective to get six armies, but it has to feed more than 80,000 people, no matter how it is calculated, it is a loss.

The disparity between the conditions of the two sides was too great, and it "collapsed" before formal negotiations.

The whole army plan of the alliance was carried out in accordance with the plan. The officials and commanders of the alliance all knew that after the defeat of the Battle of Qijun, the alliance army had to move to the Central Plains again to support the war, so the goal of the whole army was actually only one, to enhance combat effectiveness, so everyone was very cooperative, and the top and bottom worked together, coupled with the current critical situation, the officers and troops were eyeing the neighbors, and the alliance soldiers were anxious to leave Jibei, so that the reorganization work progressed quickly, and it was completed in one day and one night.

Just when Li Fengyun decided to evacuate Sidujin and march into Henggong, Wang Bo suddenly rushed into the main camp and asked Li Fengyun for help.