Chapter 182: Wagang's Dilemma
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Wang Yaohan, Wang Bodang's brothers, and Wang Dangren, a foreigner, all clearly supported Bing Yuanzhen and Shan Xiongxin, and immediately raised their banners to rebel and form an alliance with Li Fengyun. Although the prospects for the future are very bleak, as Shan Xiongxin said, anyway, everyone is a Henan thief recognized by the Eastern Capital, and they are the target of the Eastern Capital.
Xu Shiyun did not express his opinion from beginning to end. Lihu Xu is a giant in Henan, with a big family, and the interests of many wealthy families and local nobles are involved behind it, and as the future head of the Xu family, Xu Shiyan has to consider not personal wishes, nor family interests, but the interests of the wealthy family he is attached to, so he has no conditions to rebel now. If he rebels at any cost, the Lihu Xu clan will be the first to be wiped out, and secondly, the wealthy family that is deeply entangled with the interests of the Lihu Xu clan will be implicated, for example, the layout of the Shandong Cui clan in the north and south of the river will be affected, and this influence is very unfavorable to the overall interests of the Shandong people.
In the current situation of Middle-earth, in the current chaos in Shandong, the Lihu Xu clan must have his own coping strategy, this strategy must first ensure its own interests, and then on this basis, it is not difficult to deduce that the Lihu Xu clan wants to expand its own protection force and do its best to protect its wealth, which is the foundation of survival, there is no doubt. Lihu Xu's wealth has been preserved, which is beneficial to the people of Shandong, especially for the Wagang people with Zhai Rang, which is a strong backing.
Xu Shixi took precautions and hoarded a lot of food, but these grains could only "do good" and could not save the disaster, and the purpose of the Lihu Xu clan was only to gain fame with the help of "doing good", to attract people with fame, and then quietly expand their own guard force. Lihu Xu's family wants money and money, people and connections, so Xu Shixi belongs to a special independent force in Wagang, if you put aside his brotherly relationship with Zhai Rang, Shan Xiongxin and others, the two sides will use each other to put it bluntly. Xu Shixi used the underworld force of Wagang to "escort" the Lihu Xu clan, while Zhai Rang and other Wagang heroes used the power of the Lihu Xu clan to survive.
At this time when the situation in Henan is in a storm and the Wagang people are in a dilemma, Xu Shiyan's opinion is very critical, and it is even directly related to the survival of the Wagang people.
Li Gongyi of Yongqiu put forward the construction of "retreating to Wagang, watching the changes, and waiting for the opportunity to move".
Yongqiu is located on the bank of the Tongji Canal and is an important town in the northwest of Liang County. The Wagang people plundered the Tongji Canal, mainly on the line of Yongqiu, Chenliu and Junyi, that is, at the junction of Xingyang and Liangjun, and on the periphery of the Gyeonggi Tianqian Pass. Li Fengyun led the Southwest Lu Rebel Alliance into the Central Plains, and the ultimate goal was actually here. With the importance of the eastern capital and the strength of the Gyeonggi garrison, it is impossible for the Southwest Lu Rebel Alliance to break through the Gyeonggi Trench defense line, and the two sides will definitely have a fight here, and it is the Tongji Canal that is destroyed in the brunt.
The official army and the Southwest Lu Righteous Army fought hard, the Tongji Canal was interrupted, and it was impossible for the Wagang people to loot the canal anymore, but the Wagang people wanted to survive and grow, and this looting could not be stopped, and they would have no food or drink if they stopped, so they could only turn their target to the big river. Since the Wagang people turned the target of their raid to the big river, of course, they had to retreat to Wagang, so that they could leave the center of this earth-shattering storm set off by Li Fengyun, and they could hide on the front line of the big river to watch the excitement. And Dongjun is not only Zhai Rang's territory, but also the foundation of the Lihu Xu clan, in Henan into a raging storm everywhere full of killings, this place can give protection to the Wagang people.
Xu Shiyun, who has never said a word, spoke, he supported Li Gongyi's Jianyi, with the meager strength of the Wagang people, they couldn't withstand the wind and waves at all, whether it was openly raising the flag to rebel or forming an alliance with Li Fengyun to resist the official army, the result was very tragic. Rather than not measuring one's own strength and bringing about one's own defeat, it is better to take refuge in the river, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity.
The meaning of Xu Shiyan's words is understood by the people of Wagang. The situation in Henan is in chaos, Lihu Xu's is in danger, not only the property is damaged, but also unable to complete the transportation task of the Eastern Expedition military supplies, once Lihu Xu's is hit hard, the weak Wagang people will suffer, so Xu Shiyun hopes to get the help of the Wagang people, and hopes that the Wagang people will put all their strength on the front line of the river and take on the important task of protecting the Lihu Xu family. As long as the Lihu Xu clan has overcome the difficulties and got rid of the predicament, then when the expeditionary force returns to Henan, the situation in Henan will be one-sided, and the Wagang people will be able to take refuge in the Lihu Xu clan and escape the catastrophe of death.
However, there is one of the biggest uncertainties in this, Lihu Xu is just a businessman, and he can't withstand the wind and waves, and along with the chaos in Henan, there is also the intensification of the struggle in the eastern capital. In addition, most of the Wagang people such as Zhai Rang are from aristocratic bureaucrats, even if they are in trouble now, but the innate psychological advantage is still stubborn, and they still have a discriminatory attitude towards lowly businessmen.
Zhai Rang hesitated and made a decision. The pride of the aristocracy cannot be desecrated, and the dignity of the aristocracy cannot be humiliated, they would rather be a thief, would rather die than be sheltered by a businessman, but the reality is very cruel, as far as the current shape is concerned, the living environment of the Wagang people is indeed too bad.
Zhai Hong couldn't accept it either. Xu Shiyi and Li Gongyi's strategy is too conservative and passive, they don't want anything but their lives, since they don't want anything, what do they want to live for? People are in different positions, and their thoughts are different, Zhai went from heaven to hell overnight, and their hearts were painful and unconceivable, their greatest wish was to return to heaven, and they would not hesitate to pay a price for this.
"Before you leave Jiyang, does Wei Envoy have any entrustment?" Zhai Hong took the initiative to ask Fang Xianbo, who had been silent.
As soon as these words came out, everyone in Wagang immediately guessed Zhai Hong's thoughts, although everyone's eyes were on Fang Xianbo, but their eyes were different, obviously they had their own ideas.
From Cui's standpoint, if you want to return to the ranks of the nobility, you must find an opportunity to atone for your crimes, and there is such an opportunity in front of you, that is, to help the government defeat Li Fengyun and transform from a Henan thief to a Henan official army. But this is far from enough, in the current Zhongtu politics, the contradictions between the two major aristocratic groups of Guanlong and Shandong have been long-standing and deep-rooted, and the Guanlong aristocratic group has always had the upper hand. This time, Zhai's bad luck stems from this contradiction, so if Zhai's family wants to rise again, it is very important to stand in line with the government, and the best shortcut is to change the court and take refuge in the Guanlong family.
Guanzhong Wei's status in the Guanlong aristocratic group is respectful, and the power is huge, if the Zhai family can join Wei's sect, it is only a matter of time before it rises again. Coincidentally, the current Jiyin County Keeper Wei Baoluan is from Guanzhong Wei, he is now in a deep crisis, and his crisis has affected the overall interests of Guanzhong Wei, so at this time Wei Baoluan needs the help of Henan people very much, and if Zhai can help Wei Baoluan, it is a charcoal in the snow, if he can help Wei Baoluan defeat Li Fengyun, he will hand over the name, and the possibility of winning the acceptance of Guanzhong Weishi is greatly increased.
Fang Xianbo sighed, "The shape is so bad, what else can Wei Yuanjun entrust?" It's just that I hope that we Henan people will help him defend Jiyang and help him block Li Fengyun in Jiyin County, so as to win more time for him to turn to the Eastern Capital. ”
Wei Baoluan's wish obviously could not be realized. The political situation in the eastern capital is too complicated, even if the political forces in the eastern capital reach a consensus and decide to cut first and then play, and send troops to fight the rebellion without the emperor's consent, but that will take time, and the alliance of Li Fengyun and the Southwest Lu Rebel Army, as well as hundreds of thousands or even millions of victims, will never give the eastern capital enough time. In addition, under the circumstance that the shape of the people of Henan has become irreversible, the local forces of all sizes have no choice but to follow Li Fengyun in the end, whether they are passive or active, willing or unwilling, and finally have to follow Li Fengyun to the black. This is also the reason why Li Fengyun dragged hundreds of thousands of victims to kill Gyeonggi at any cost.
The people of Henan can't stop Li Fengyun at all, and the people of Wagang can't do it either, although Zhai Hong's wish is very good, but it is pure wishful thinking, and Zhai's idea is not accepted by most Wagang people. The reality is very cruel, hundreds of thousands or even millions of Henan victims have been "kidnapped" by Li Fengyun to the chariot of rebellion, and the local forces in Henan represent the interests of the majority of Henan people, and their survival depends on the support of the majority of Henan civilians.
The survival strategy of the Wagang people should be formulated according to the reality of Henan, whether it is to retreat to Wagang and wait for the opportunity to move, whether it is to openly raise the flag and grow stronger, they must follow the trend, if they go against the current, the consequences are unimaginable, but at this moment the Wagang people are in the torrent, unable to identify the direction, and there are many crises.
After Zhai Rang weighed it carefully, he looked up at Zhai Hong, "I am a high-ranking gate in Henan, and I respect the Zheng family of Xingyang." Now that Henan is in trouble, the Zheng family must have a countermeasure. Did my brother immediately rush to Xingyang to inquire about one or two? ”
Xingyang Zheng is one of the five wealthy families in Shandong, and most of the nobles in Henan are sheltered by this towering tree, so the interests of the Henan people are in a sense the interests of the Xingyang Zheng family, in other words, the Guanlong people's attack on the Henan aristocratic group is actually a blow to the Xingyang Zheng family. Now that the situation in Henan has deteriorated rapidly, it has seriously affected the interests of the Zheng clan in Xingyang.
Zhai Hong nodded, "I'm going to Xingyang immediately." ”
Zhai Rang's eyes turned to Wang Yaohan and Wang Bodang's brothers, "Li Fengyun's army is about to enter Liang County, and chaos in Liang County is coming. I wonder if Han Sang-kook will take the opportunity to raise the flag? ”
Wang Yaohan bowed down to receive the order, "A certain person immediately went south to Songcheng to visit Han Xiangguo." ”
Zhai Rang looked at Xu Shiyan, then at Shan Xiongxin, and said with a slight smile, "Li Fengyun is here, it is reasonable to go and pay a visit, are the two brothers willing to be with someone?" ”