Chapter 257: King Qi should keep a low profile
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"At present, the crisis of the Tongji Canal has been alleviated, Jiyin County has also been recovered, and the thieves in southwest Lu have also retreated, and our main goal of this rebellion has been completed, so we are not continuing to suppress the thieves, but to ensure the stability of the Henan region, ensure the smooth flow of the Tongji Canal, and prevent the thieves in southwest Lu from invading the Tongji Canal again." Wei Fusi said slowly.
Qi Wang Yang was stunned, don't you kill thieves? The white thief is right in front of you, why not kill it? If you don't suppress it, let the white thieves run rampant, wouldn't it just give the political enemies of the Eastern Capital an excuse to attack Lone? Isn't the secret agreement between Lone and the white thief in danger of being exposed?
Yang Lan was about to refute, but when he saw Wei Baoluan sitting next to Wei Fusi, he smiled and nodded frequently, as if he agreed with Wei Fusi's statement, and immediately became alert, swallowed back the words on his lips, held back his anger, and listened patiently.
Wei Fusi glanced at Yang Lan, stroked his beard and smiled, and continued, "A few days ago, the sailors had crossed the sea from Donglai on an expedition, and Qilu and Xuzhou Zhuyingyang were able to free up their hands and use their main forces to suppress thieves. At this time, the thieves in southwest Lu, who had plundered the Tongji Canal, withdrew to Mengshan, but now it was not what it used to be, and the strength of the white thieves increased greatly, not only posing a serious threat to Lujun and Pengcheng, but also posing a threat to the entire Qilu and Xuzhou regions, which forced Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao of Qilu, Liang Dezhong and Cui Deben of Xuzhou to encircle and suppress. However, the white thief has a good method, and it is a stroke of genius to plunder the Tongji Canal in the Central Plains before, and it is foreseeable that once Qilu and Xuzhou carry out a north-south attack on them, they will have a way out of the predicament. ”
Yang Lan understood, then he came to his senses, and secretly screamed ashamed, he really thought wrong and did wrong
Driving the white thieves out of Henan and driving them back to Mengshan is equivalent to throwing the burden of the thieves to Qilu and Xuzhou. At this moment, the Donglai Navy Division crossed the sea for an expedition, and the main task of the two places has changed, from ensuring the safety of the coastal transportation channel to fighting chaos and suppressing thieves, and the "return" of the white thieves, whose strength has increased greatly at this moment, not only makes the two terrains suddenly deteriorate, but also makes their task of suppressing thieves suddenly aggravated.
Qilu's shape is not good, especially the thieves in Luzhong and Ludong are like clouds, and they can't be suppressed, Zhang Xutuo has a headache, and he can't take care of Lu Nan at all, and Lu Nan's Duan Wencao's strength is limited, and he can't deal with the white thief with his own strength. The main task of Liang Dezhong in Xuzhou is to protect the Huai River and the canal waterway and ensure the smooth flow of the north-south transportation artery, so for him, as long as the white thief does not endanger the transportation channel, he will not invest the main force to suppress the thief, and Pengcheng County Cheng Cui Deben has to confront the white thief head-on, but he has the same limited strength as Duan Wencao. With such an analysis, things are simple, Lujun Duan Wencao and Pengcheng Cui Deben can't encircle and suppress the white thieves, but they can't let the white thieves harm Qilu and Xuzhou, so they can only ask Yang Lan, the king of Qi, for help, and Yang Lan can take advantage of this opportunity to cooperate with the Qilu people and Xuzhou people to lay the foundation for their own outreach strategy.
Yang Lan's anger gradually subsided, but he suffered setbacks in a row, his mood was very bad, and his expression was a little depressed.
Wei Baoluan glanced at him, rather disdainful.
Wei Fusi is very pleased, Yang Mo can understand a little, there is nothing to say about intelligence, what is lacking is experience, I believe that he will be able to mature soon.
"Dingtao fought well." Wei Fusi waved his hand at King Qi, signaling him not to take the momentary victory or defeat to heart, "Invincible and invincible, it can indeed prove your strength, but this is not good for you." The greater your strength, the greater the threat to others, the more enemies, the more attacks you will receive, you can't prevent it, and the dangers are lurking, so you must be obscure, to show mediocrity, to leave a handle that makes people criticize, so that people feel that you are not useful, so that you are less of a threat to others, and the fewer attacks you will receive, only in this way can you have the possibility of success. ”
Yang Mo bowed slightly and was silent.
"The consequence of being sharp is the death of the body." Wei Baoluan sneered, "Last year, you were almost torn to pieces by the group of evil wolves in the Eastern Capital, did you forget it in a blink of an eye?" Also, what is self-respect? The white thieves and the thieves of Southwest Lu are very important to us, not only now, but even more important in the future. If one day, you can control this power and win the support of the Shandong people, the day when you can win the imperial rule is not far off. ”
Wei Baoluan's tone was very bad, but Yang Lan was not angry. When some things are figured out, the mood is different.
"Truthfully report the battle of Dingtao to the Eastern Capital." Yang Lan said decisively, "Lone wants money, food, and weapons, the more the better, and warns the Eastern Capital that if it is delayed, Lone will not be able to resist the counterattack of the white thief, and Tongjiqu is very likely to fall into crisis again." ”
Wei Fusi and Wei Baoluan looked at each other and smiled, and praised Yang Lan's order. It is not easy to show mediocrity, but also to give people a handle, and to persevere in doing it.
The headquarters of the alliance was stationed outside Kangfu City on the east bank of Henggongdu.
Henggongdu is an artificial river, Jishui leads to Guò from the direction of Juyeze to the south of the artificial river, and is connected with Heshui and Surabaya. Early autumn is coming, the cool breeze is blowing, boating on the river, enjoying yourself, but there is also a special interest, but unfortunately in the era of war, human life is as cheap as a dog, in order to survive have to fight day and night, how can there be leisure and elegance wind and snow moon? Li Fengyun stood at the bow of the boat and looked at the vast twilight, took a deep breath, turned the feeling in his heart into turbidity and slowly exhaled it, and then turned around and walked into the cabin.
The commanders of the alliance in the cabin were all together, talking in low voices, and immediately quieted down when they saw Li Fengyun appear.
Before evacuating the Tongji Canal, Li Fengyun had made three deductions for the future of the alliance at the high-level military meeting of the alliance. One was the victory of the Eastern Crusade, the return of the expeditionary force, and the bloody suppression of the alliance; The second is that the Eastern Crusade continued, and the expeditionary force was stranded in Liaodong, so the alliance had to grab territory and seize the time to grow stronger; The third is the failure of the Eastern Crusade and the outbreak of the Great War between the North and the South, and the alliance with the help of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, helped Yang Lan, the king of Qi, to seize the imperial throne while building a meritorious service to resist the northern captives, thus turning around gorgeously and completing the dream of "prince and general".
Of course, the most favorable situation for the alliance is that the country is defeated and the earth collapses, and the alliance is competing for hegemony, but in terms of the current shape, this is absolutely impossible, even if it is the third deduction, it is very unreal, but there is hope, and the second deduction is very likely to become a fact, so after the alliance withdraws to southwest Lu, the current task is to grab territory. Being a rogue can only solve a temporary problem, not a long-term crisis, so after the alliance has plundered the Tongji Canal, the next step is to grab the territory.
Grabbing territory requires strength, and defending territory requires even more strength, but the growth of the alliance's strength will inevitably undermine the stability of the local situation, damage the interests of local forces, and strictly affect the political situation in the eastern capital, the central government's control over the local government and the safety of the entire country, so it is foreseeable that even if the Eastern Crusade continues to the second year, the expeditionary force will remain on the battlefield in Liaodong, and the Holy Lord, the Eastern Capital, the Weifu and the local government, the Yingyang Mansion and even the local forces will not let the alliance grow, and will definitely do their best to encircle and suppress. We must find ways to completely strangle the extremely dangerous existence of the Alliance.
The current strength of the official army far exceeds that of the alliance. Qilu has the right waiting for the guard to stay behind Zhuyingyang, and there is the Qilu local army built by Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao to recruit troops; Xuzhou has Zuo Xiaowei Mansion to stay in Zhuyingyang, and there is Cui Deben's Pengcheng local army recruited and built; Henan has the army of Yang Lan, the king of Qi; In addition, after returning from the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, regardless of whether or not there is a second expedition across the sea next year, they will join the rebellion and suppress the thieves, after all, it is the duty of the army to maintain the stability of the country and suppress the rebels and thieves.
The alliance is just surrounded by the armies of Henan, Qilu and Xuzhou, and it is difficult to defeat the encirclement and suppression of the official army by relying on the strength of the alliance alone, so the countermeasure given by Li Fengyun is to find foreign aid and unite a force that can be united.
The first foreign aid that can be allied with is the rebel army of Luzhong and Ludong, but the headache is that Meng Rang, Zuo Junheng, Zuo Junxing, Pei Changzi, Guo Fangpre and other rebel army leaders fought separately, and they were scattered, and they have not formed an alliance to form a joint force, and they have not used a fist to the outside world.
The second foreign aid that can be allied with is the Hebei Righteous Army, especially the Bohai Douzigang Righteous Army close to the big river, as well as Hao Xiaode and Liu Heimin of Pingyuan County, Zhang Jin of Qinghe County is called Zhang Jinshu Brothers, as for Gao Shida and Dou Jiande in Gaojibo, the distance is a little farther, and the far water cannot quench the thirst, but the Hebei Righteous Army is also fighting separately and scattering sand, so even if the two sides form an alliance, the support that the Hebei Righteous Army can give is extremely limited.
The alliance needs substantial support, and from the analysis of the current situation, the only ones who can really give the alliance substantive support are the Luzhong and Ludong rebels. If Meng Rang and other rebel army leaders can form an alliance and cooperate, unite with the outside world, and form a north-south echo trend with the alliance, then even if the Qilu rebel army cannot sweep the land of Qilu, at least it can resist the official army and temporarily solve the problem of survival.
How can Meng Rang, Zuo Junheng, Guo Fangzhen and other rebels form an alliance and cooperate? This requires a strong, prestigious, and righteous leader who is accepted by most of the heroes, and this person is none other than Wang Bo
Last year, Wang Bo was defeated by Zhang Xutuo, fortunately, the heavens favored him, the river was frozen, Wang Bo led the remnants to flee to Hebei, taking refuge in Douzigang, but sending people under the fence is never a long-term solution, Wang Bo Risi's dream is to kill back to Qilu again.
"As long as we help Wang Bo to return to Qi County and let Wang Bo return to Changbai Mountain again, then with Wang Bo's prestige, it is enough to unite the righteous armies in Luzhong and Ludong to resist the official army." Li Fengyun said confidently, "And if you want Wang Bo to return to Qi County, you must first defeat Zhang Xutuo, but it is very difficult to defeat Zhang Xutuo, and the safer way is to drag Zhang Xutuo on the battlefield in southwest Lu, and give Wang Bo a chance to cross the river to the south." And with the strength of the alliance, there is absolute certainty that Zhang Xutuo will be dragged in southwest Lu. ”
Li Fengyun's proposal was supported by everyone, and a decision was immediately made and implemented.
Zhen Baoche sent his powerful subordinates as messengers and immediately rushed to Douzigang, Hebei Province to find Wang Bo.
After the dissolution of the military council, Li Fengyun left Zhai Rang and Shan Xiongxin to discuss the alliance with Xu Shiyan. As the largest shipping giant in Henan, Lihu Xu will definitely be able to help the alliance, so Li Fengyun plans to ask Shan Xiongxin to personally go to Lihu and invite Xu Shiyun to the alliance. The brothers worked together to break the gold, and now that the Wagang Army has become a member of the alliance, Xu Shiyan should also enter the alliance.