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Since Dong Chun left Pengcheng, there has been a tacit "cooperation" between Liang Dezhong and Cui Deben.

In the position of the supreme military commander of Xuzhou, Liang Dezhong must be a transitional figure, which is well known, and Liang Dezhong is also self-aware, and does not pursue "promotion", but focuses on "wealth", and uses his short time as a temporary military power in Xuzhou to make a lot of money. But he is a native of Guanlong, and has an inherent contradiction with the local forces in Xuzhou, and he is in the military, and the "wealth" channel is too narrow, whether it is to fight the chaos and suppress thieves, or to ensure the safety of the north-south transportation channel, the benefits obtained from it are very limited, so if Liang Dezhong wants to achieve the goal of "making a fortune", he must win the cooperation of the local forces in Xuzhou, so he found Cui Deben.

Because of the geographical location, the Xuzhou aristocratic group has been wandering between the Shandong aristocratic group and the Jiangzuo aristocratic group, the two do not rely on each other, and the left and right are together, but because of the existence of the "behemoth" of the Lanling Xiao family, in terms of economy and culture, the Xuzhou people and the Jiangzuo people are closer, and in politics, they are closer to the Shandong people. After the Shandong people arrived in Xuzhou, it was natural for them to actively cooperate with the Xuzhou people, especially after the reunification of China and Turkey, the two sides had a common enemy, and cooperation became inevitable.

Liang Dezhong is a smart man, he cooperated with Cui Deben through guò, and skillfully realized the cooperation with the people of Xuzhou, as a result, the military and political circles in Xuzhou got along well, and the conflict of interests between the various forces was greatly eased, which was conducive to the stability of the situation in Xuzhou in a certain way, and he, a transitional figure, has stayed in the transitional position until now, and it is also directly related to the continued stability of the situation in Xuzhou.

However, the good days came to an end, and the situation in Xuzhou deteriorated suddenly, and the reason for the deterioration was not because of Li Feng's southward movement to the south, but because of the arrival of Yang Nan, the king of Qi. In fact, as early as after Yang Lan, the king of Qi, led his army to He, Si and the first line of rebellion, Xuzhou had a strong sense of crisis, and Liang Dezhong was even more eager to retreat, but in a dangerous place, he could not leave if he wanted to. Soon, the crisis came to his face, he couldn't hide, and Liang Dezhong also lost the opportunity to retreat, but he was never willing to be tied, he wanted to die and fight for the best result for himself

Obviously, as far as the current situation is concerned, if Liang Dezhong wants to get the best result for himself, he must cooperate with the people of Xuzhou, and the loss of interests of the people of Xuzhou in the current crisis is also completely predictable, and the two sides have the conditions to work together, but the question is, are the people of Xuzhou willing to cooperate with Liang Dezhong? If the people of Xuzhou choose to cooperate with Yang Lan, the king of Qi, wouldn't Liang Dezhong even have the strength to fight back?

After Liang Dezhong saw Cui Deben, he went straight to the point and directly explained his intentions, "The white thief has gone south, and the King of Qi will definitely chase and kill him, the chaos in Xuzhou has appeared, and a certain ability is limited, and it is difficult to deal with the crisis, so I came to ask for help."

Cui De had expected Liang De to come to ask for help in order to get out of the Xuzhou crisis, but he didn't expect Liang Dezhong to be so eager and couldn't wait to leave, it can be seen that he had estimated that he might fall into the front and back of the King of Qi and the Xuzhou people.

Cui Deben hesitated for a moment and asked, "The King of Qi has told the Wei Mansion that he is going south to Xuzhou to suppress the thieves?" ”

The edict of the Eastern Capital made it very clear that the officials and armies of Henan, Qilu and Xuzhou jointly encircled and suppressed the white thieves, and the military governors of the three places, Yang Lan, the king of Qi in Henan, Zhou Fashang of Qilu and Liang Dezhong of Xuzhou, each held a part of the power to fight the rebellion, and there was no subordinate relationship between them, which caused an unfavorable situation of fighting for each other, but effectively curbed the ambition of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to take advantage of the chaos to show his strength.

With the help of this edict, the Eastern Capital solemnly warned Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and also warned the military and political officials in Qilu and Xuzhou not to get too close to Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and to keep a certain distance, so as not to bring trouble to themselves

After the edict was delivered, the military and political officials in the three places were very nervous. From the standpoint of fighting chaos and suppressing thieves, the military and political officials of the three places will inevitably intersect with Qi Wangsheng, and the proportions of this "intersection" cannot be controlled, and it completely depends on the mood of the Eastern Capital. Dongdu was in a bad mood, saying that if you are close to the King of Qi, it will be over, so you have to hide, but the King of Qi has the task of suppressing the thieves, in order to complete the task, he must ask the local military and political officials for help, how can you hide? As a result, a "dead end" was formed, and in desperation, the military and political officials in the three places made a "turtle with a shrunken head" very tacitly, hiding for a while, but they really couldn't hide, so they relied on heaven to reap their luck.

The task of suppressing thieves is mainly completed by the army, so # Fang Chief Executive is easy to hide, and the officers of Weifu Yingyang Mansion can't hide, for example, now Liang Dezhong is facing such a problem, and it is difficult to suppress thieves alone, after all, Li Fengyun is not what it used to be, and the 20,000 troops of King Qi can't eat him, so Liang Dezhong's Xuzhou Zhuyingyang is even worse, under normal circumstances, at this time, he should take the initiative to contact Yang Lan, the king of Qi, and ask him to go south to help, but Liang Dezhong didn't dare to cause trouble and didn't dare to contact King Qi. However, once there was a problem in the Xuzhou rebellion, the king of Qi stood aside and watched coldly, turning a blind eye, and the king of Qi was guilty, so after Li Fengyun went to Xuzhou in Yunnan, even if Liang Dezhong did not ask the king of Qi for help, the king of Qi would take the initiative to go south.

In this way, Liang Dezhong's "disaster" came. If he cooperates closely with the King of Qi and succeeds in suppressing the thieves, the Eastern Capital will inevitably decide that he is "close" to the King of Qi, and he will be finished, on the contrary, if he and the King of Qi do not get along with each other, each fights his own battles, loses the battle, and fails in the rebellion, he will also have to bear the responsibility, and he will also have to bear the crazy revenge of the political forces to which the King of Qi belongs, and the result may be even worse.

What to do? Liang Dezhong does have an idea, he wants to take advantage of the fact that the king of Qi has not yet arrived at the battlefield, first fight with Li Fengyun, and the credit for winning the battle is his own, and if he loses, he will throw the task of fighting the rebellion in Xuzhou to the king of Qi, although he will be convicted of the disadvantage of suppressing the thief, but at least he will not be retaliated by the king of Qi, plus he has drawn a clear line with the king of Qi, the holy lord will not hit him, and the political forces to which he belongs will also try to shelter him, so that the punishment will not be too heavy, even if he can't keep his career, he will not lose his head, and at most he will be removed from the people, In this way, you can get out of the way, and with the wealth you have looted over the years, it is not a problem to go home and be a free rich man.

However, if this idea is to become a reality, Liang Dezhong must win the cooperation of Xuzhou people, if Xuzhou people "pull back legs" behind their backs, it will be troublesome, and it is possible to die without a place to be buried, for this reason, Liang Dezhong decided to cooperate frankly with Cui Deben. In addition, he has always suspected that there is an ulterior secret between Cui Deben, Duan Wencao, Lanling Xiao and Li Fengyun, otherwise, it is impossible to explain why Li Fengyun is willing to seek the near and far, and traveled thousands of miles into the Central Plains to loot the Tongji Canal, which is equivalent to helping Duan Wencao and Cui Deben stabilize the situation in southwest Lu and Xuzhou during the Eastern Expedition, and Duan Wencao and Cui Deben did not take advantage of the empty strength of the Mengshan thieves' nest to capture Mengshan and cut off Li Fengyun's back road when Li Fengyun was in trouble in the Central Plains. Liang Dezhong has no evidence, but he knows that behind Li Fengyun's rebellion and growth, there must be Shandong nobles, so he believes that as long as he expresses enough sincerity, Cui Deben will definitely be able to help him get out, and it will be good for the people of Shandong to get out, on the contrary, if he dies in Xuzhou, the benefit will be Yang Lan, the king of Qi.

Liang Dezhong took out the letter of the King of Qi and handed it to Cui Deben, "The King of Qi is heading south. ”

"So fast?" Cui Deben pretended to be surprised, in fact, he had expected it, he knew that there was a tacit understanding between Li Fengyun and King Qi, and Li Fengyun's southward journey this time must be the product of the "tacit understanding" between the two sides. King Qi's plan is very big, Liang Dezhong is just one of King Qi's many goals, and he is also the goal of King Qi. From the position of King Qi, the best way to control Xuzhou is to replace the military and political governors of Xuzhou with his people, so before leaving Xuzhou, it is indeed necessary for him to cooperate with Liang Dezhong "frankly", but this "honesty" is unilateral, and he must win Liang Dezhong's "honesty", so as to save Liang Dezhong at a critical moment. Liang Dezhong can't die, let alone die on the battlefield in Xuzhou, which is very important for Shandong people, especially Xuzhou people

"I want to set off immediately and rush to Xiapi." Liang Dezhong said, "I need your help." ”

Cui Deben frowned slightly and asked, "How many troops do you plan to take to Xiapi?" ”

"The three Yingyang Mansions in Pengcheng County, as well as the one Yingyang Mansion that has just been transferred from Xiapi County to Pengcheng, a total of four Yingyang Mansions and sixteen regiments." Liang Dezhong did not hide it and informed in detail.

Cui Deben glanced at him in surprise, "You want to pour out of the nest and transfer all the troops stationed on the front line of Feng and Pei and the front line of Chang and Tengcheng?" In this way, not only do you have to abandon the northern defense line of Pengcheng, but also set up an empty city plan in Pengcheng, doesn't this open the gate of Pengcheng and let the traitors drive in? ”

"I need your help." Liang Dezhong said solemnly, "I need you to mobilize the forces of all local township regiments to defend Pengcheng. ”

Cui Deben hesitated for a long time and asked, "If the purpose of the white thief's southward movement is to attack Pengcheng, and his main force is now ambushed at the southern foot of Mengshan Mountain, then you poured out of the nest, wouldn't you just fall for the white thief's trick."

"The King of Qi is heading south, and with the forces in his hands, he can not only defend Pengcheng, but also severely damage the thieves who go south, so even if the purpose of the white thief attacking Xiapi is to attack the east and the west, it is difficult to lure a certain person away from Pengcheng." Liang Dezhong shook his hand disapprerovingly, "At present, it is not the white thief who really threatens you and me, but in the face of the real opponent, a certain is powerless to resist, and in desperation, a certain has to rush to Xiapi to suppress the thief, and you also have to mobilize all the forces of the township group to defend Pengcheng, the purpose is to avoid confrontation with the opponent head-on." However, this is an expedient measure after all, and it is for the Eastern Capital to see, just wait for the Eastern Capital to see it, which proves the loyalty of a certain class to the Holy Lord, and a certain class can get out of the crisis in Xuzhou and retreat with his whole body. ”

Liang Dezhong's honesty made Cui Deben's sense of crisis suddenly strong. Thinking of the bleak prospects of Cui Hongsheng and the unfavorable situation of the Cui family, the cooperation between the Cui family and the Xuzhou people will become more and more difficult, and the Lanling Xiao family's deliberate delay in sharing secrets is a clear example, from which it can be seen that the Xuzhou people are adjusting their strategies, although they will not cooperate with the King of Qi, but for the sake of protecting their own interests, they will also be cautious about the cooperation with the Cui family, who are in a deep political crisis, so as not to bring unwarranted disasters to the Xuzhou people.

Cui Deben resolutely decided, reciprocated the favor, and also revealed a little secret to Liang Dezhong.

"If the white thief goes south, which is one of the layouts of the King of Qi to enter Xu, then the idea of retreating with one body may become an unrealistic extravagant hope."

Liang Dezhong's expression was sluggish, and he hesitated for a long time and said, "King Qi is fledgling, and he will not dare to break with the Eastern Capital after all, even if he wants to kill people, he can only kill people with a knife." ”

Cui Deben understood what Liang Dezhong meant, and immediately issued a warning, "Don't despise the white thief, Dong Chun's defeat is a lesson from the past." ”

Liang Dezhong secretly sneered, scoffed, and did not take Cui Deben's warning to heart, and then he discussed some specific details with Cui Deben, and then left.

After Li Fengyun commanded the main force of the alliance to capture Tancheng, he went south along the Yishui River, attacking the city all the way, and approaching Picheng.

At the same time, Meng Haigong led the three armies of the southern expedition to the middle of the road, and went south along the Shushui River in the East China Sea, also burning and killing and plundering all the way, and flew close to Shuyang City.

At the same time, Liang Dezhong led the army to advance rapidly along the Surabaya River and galloped to the aid of Xiapicheng, while Li Fengyun was faster, and the main force of the alliance surrounded Xiapicheng before the arrival of the official army, captured the Yishanjin Pass, and cut off Liang Dezhong's way into the city.

The two sides met at Yishan and immediately started a fierce battle.

Liang De captured Jinkou in order to cross the river to rescue Xiapi, while Li Fengyun had to block the official army at the foot of Yishan Mountain to buy enough time for the main force to conquer Xiapi.

Li Fengyun urgently told Meng Haigong, who was more than 200 miles away, to immediately cross the Shushui River and kill the city of Yucheng in Xiapi Prefecture to contain the officials and troops in the direction of Yu, so as to prevent the main army from falling into the predicament of being attacked on the front line of Xiapi.

Shuyang is less than 200 miles away from Suyu, Meng Haigong traveled day and night, killed the city of Suyu as fast as possible, besieged but not attacked, and plundered the surrounding area of the city.

Just as Liang Dezhong and Li Fengyun were fighting fiercely in Yishan, the king of Qi led his army to Pengcheng.

Cui Deben led the county government officials to greet him and report the military situation. King Qi inquired in detail, but Cui Deben had no intention of concealing it, so he told them one by one. During the conversation, King Qi suddenly said something, on the eighth day of October, Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry died of illness.

Yu Wenkai is since the internal history of Ling Yuanshou, Guande Wang Yang Xiong, the Ministry of War Shangshu Duan Wenzhen, Nayan Yang Da, the fifth important minister of the core decision-making level of the central deceased, if coupled with the death of the commander of the Wei Mansion in the left Tunwei general Mai Tiecan, the right Tunwei general Xin Shixiong, this year's military and political top level of Middle-earth is considered to have suffered an unprecedented heavy blow, and these military and political ministers are basically the humerus of the Holy Lord, and they are the backbone of the reformists with the Holy Lord as the core. It has had a fatal blow to the foundation of the country and the exhibition of the general trend of Middle-earth, and has an immeasurable bad impact.

Cui Deben was shocked. The central ministers and the commanders of the Weifu are all the pillars of the country, and they died one after another during the Eastern Crusade, which is not only a bad omen for the Eastern Crusade, but also a bad omen for the fate of the Guozuo, and the intensive death of these national pillars is more severe and far-reaching than the defeat of the Eastern Crusade.

When King Qi said this news at this moment, the implicit meaning was self-evident. The political situation in the Eastern Capital is in the midst of drastic changes, but one trend is clearly visible, that is, the strength of the Holy Lord and the reformers who support him is declining and irreversible.

If the Eastern Crusade is defeated, you can fight again, but people can't be resurrected after death, especially the respected magnates with the surname of Yuanshou and Yu Wenkai, the prestigious royal dignitaries like Yang Xiong and Yang Da, and the old marshals in the army like Duan Wenzhen and Mai Tiecane who have brilliant achievements and come from Shandong and Jiangzuo, have reached the pinnacle of power after many years of training and tempering.

When these people were alive, they were loyal to the Holy Lord, and all the strength they possessed was used by the Holy Lord, trying their best to maintain the authority of the Holy Lord and escort the reform, and now that they are dead, the Holy Lord has lost not only these people, but also the great strength they have.

Taking the aristocratic group surnamed Yu as an example, once Yuan Shou and Yuwen Kai die, will the Yuan family and the Yuwen family still be used by the Holy Lord? Will you still be faithful to the Lord? The internal branches of the wealthy family are flourishing, and there are many contradictions, there is a respected person as the leader, taking into account the interests of each branch and department, and there is still the possibility of forming a unity in the decision-making, but there are very few such characters in the wealthy family, once they die, it is impossible to find a replacement in the short term, so that the internal contradictions will inevitably be intense, and the problems within the family will not be solved at that time, let alone form a unified decision, and the scattered wealthy family, of course, cannot be used by the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord does not dare to believe their loyalty.

If the Holy Lord fails to find a suitable replacement loyal to him in the shortest possible time, then it is foreseeable that a part of the Guanlong nobles who originally supported his reform will quickly leave him, and the Guanlong aristocratic group is the foundation of the country, the main ruling force of Middle-earth, and it is also an important source of power to promote the reform of the great unification of Middle-earth. Even if the ill-intentioned Shandong people and the Jiangzuo people who actively supported him would devote more and greater forces to maintaining their authority in the future, this would further intensify the sharp contradiction between them and the Guanlong people, and this fundamental contradiction would surely shake the foundation of the country once it exploded.

The Holy Lord is well aware of this, so it is imperative that he find a replacement for Yuanshou and other Guanlong elders, he wants to firmly control the political legacy left by Yuanshou and others, and he wants to ensure that the part of Guanlong nobles who support the reform continues to be loyal to him and used by him, for this he needs time, and in order to win time, he must make compromises and concessions to the conservative forces in the Eastern Capital, otherwise the two sides will fight, and the conservative forces will take the opportunity to counterattack in a big way, and the Holy Lord will lose one or the other, and he will be in a hurry, Where is the time to consolidate one's political power?

But how could the conservatives miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight back? Therefore, it is completely foreseeable that the reformers will be in a predicament, will have to struggle to the death, and will have to make big gambles again and again in politics, while the conservative forces will become stronger and stronger, will set up obstacles everywhere, will dig holes everywhere, and finally force the holy lord and the reformers step by step onto the cliff.

King Qi is now in a good mood and full of expectations for the future, and he himself can't believe that he fled from the Eastern Capital regardless of the consequences of a qiē, and actually reversed his fate in one fell swoop. If he had hesitated, been afraid, and did not dare to flee from the Eastern Capital, then now he would have been stuck in the throat by the Holy Lord and become a tool for him to blackmail his opponents, but now the shape is reversed, and he is in turn blackmailing the Holy Lord, and the local nobles of Guanlong, with Wei as the leader, can use their "knife" to kill the Holy Lord.

Cui Deben was in a bad mood, and the county officials were also uneasy, so they took their leave and returned to the city.

Cui Deben politely invited the king of Qi into the city, but the king of Qi refused, the chaos was big, and there was no room for delay, and the army must rush to the battlefield as much as possible, so he asked Cui Deben to replenish the army with grain and grass.

Cui Deben promised very happily, but after returning to the city, there was no news. The next day, the king of Qi sent someone to urge, Cui Deben hummed and mumbled for a long time, and finally reluctantly gave some money, food, silk and silk, and also cried and screamed poverty with a sad face, as if he had chopped his heart.

King Qi was furious, but the timing was not right, so he could only endure it for the time being, and slowly advanced down with the army

On this day, news came from Xiapi that Liang Dezhong had won the war, captured Yishan, and recaptured Jinkou, while Li Fengyun was defeated and retreated, and the alliance army immediately withdrew from Xiapi City and rushed along the Surabaya River to Suyu in Pifu

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