Qu Tutong's goal has been achieved, so he said goodbye and left, and hurriedly went to Jicheng to visit Cui Hongsheng.

Qu Tutong believed that Chen Ling would obey the Holy Lord's edict and accept his command. The people of Jiangzuo absolutely support the Holy Lord, and what kind of effort there is in return, and the fact that the sailors were greatly rewarded for their defeat in Pyongyang last year is enough to illustrate the situation. In this storm, Zhou Fashang who was far away in Donglai and Chen Ling who was far away in Zhuo County rushed to the eastern capital to quell the rebellion as quickly as possible, and the Jiangzuo people sacrificed their lives and forgot their lives for the holy lord, on the other hand, the local nobles of Guanlong in Xijing, as well as Cui Hongsheng in Hebei, were slow to rescue, watched the fire from the other side, and had ill intentions, so Qu Tutong "cut off" the mind of the king of Qi to enter Beijing, and was sure to persuade Chen Ling Under the favorable situation, if he wanted to lead the army to Hanoi and join the province to rescue the eastern capital, he must then persuade Cui Hongsheng, Won the strong support of Hebei people and even the entire Shandong aristocratic group.

Just when Qu Tutong left Liyang and thought about how to convince Cui Hongsheng, Cui Hongsheng was listening to Cui Xiaoren's report in the tent of the big camp commander outside Jicheng.

Xu Shiyun came and asked Cui for help on behalf of Li Fengyun, hoping that Cui could give necessary, timely and effective "support" at the critical moment when the main force of the alliance withdrew from the battlefield in the eastern capital and crossed the river to the north. This is very difficult, although Lu Xingxing has captured Jindi Pass with a part of the alliance army and tore a hole in the trench defense line, and Han Xiangguo's Song Yu Yi army also "fled", which greatly reduced the "burden" of the alliance's withdrawal, but Li Fengyun's withdrawal from the Dongdu battlefield and the evacuation of the Gyeonggi area does not mean that he can cross the river and go north, which is completely different things.

"Under the current situation, the traitors on the battlefield of Xingyang have been encircled, and it is difficult to fly, even if they break through and escape, they will be targeted by everyone, and they will be wiped out in the encirclement and interception." Cui Hongsheng frowned deeply, stroked his hair and sighed, "I want to know, after the gray hair breaks through, how to escape from the encirclement and interception?" If he could not get rid of his pursuers, how could he cross the river and go north? ”

"The white hair has a plan for the golden cicada to shed its shell." Cui Xiaoren immediately told the Wagang Rebels in detail about the response strategy, "The Song Yu rebels who pinned their hopes on Han Xiangguo at the beginning, who expected that the Song Yu rebels would disperse in a hurry when they left the Jindi Pass, but fortunately, he also prepared a backhand, otherwise there would really be a disaster of ashes." ”

Cui Hongsheng thought for a moment and slowly bowed his head, "It turns out that the white hair hid himself under the banner of Han Xiangguo in order to blame others, and the golden cicada fell out of his shell at the critical moment." It's just that he calculates others, and others are also calculating him, but it's a pity that Han Xiangguo was smart but was mistaken by cleverness, and he was calculated by the white hair after all. ”

Cui Xiaoren smiled and nodded, "Han Xiangguo has become the target of everyone, he was surrounded and killed by the Weifu army on all sides, and the white hair can take the opportunity to cross the river to the north, and in front of everyone, if he wants to cross the river along the way, the only reliance is the King of Qi in Liyang." ”

Cui Hongsheng comprehended. If the king of Qi wants to "cover" Li Fengyun to cross the river, the premise is that no one "monitors" him, that is, he and Chen Ling want to find a high-sounding excuse to quickly stay away from Liyang, rush to Heyang to join the province, and attack Yang Xuangan on the battlefield in the eastern capital. However, he could rush to Heyang immediately, but Chen Ling might not be willing, taking a step back, even if Chen Ling himself was willing, Zhou Fashang might not agree. In order to avoid unilateral actions affecting Zhou Fashang's deployment and harming the interests of the Jiangzuo people, Chen Ling must consult Zhou Fashang's opinion in advance, and Zhou Fashang is the key to the development of the situation.

"At present, Yang Xuangan and Wei Wensheng are fighting fiercely in the area of Michi, the battle situation is entering a critical moment, and the white hair cannot be withdrawn for the time being. Cui Hongsheng pondered for a while, and said slowly, "If Wei Wensheng is defeated and the situation is not favorable to me, Zhou Fashang is forced to have no choice but to put aside the Tongji Canal first and unite with reinforcements from all walks of life to rescue the Eastern Capital, so that Bai Fa will win the best opportunity to evacuate the Eastern Capital and cross the river to the north." ”

Cui Xiaoren hesitated for a moment, and cautiously reminded, "Duke Ming, Yang Xuangan has a lot of ears and eyes, and the news of Qiao Gong (Zhou Fashang) rushing to help will definitely reach him quickly." Yang Xuangan saw that the reversal of the battle situation in the eastern capital was inevitable, and he would inevitably make a decision, but whether it was going south to Yuzhou or west to Guanzhong, or fighting according to the Central Plains, he had to defeat Wei Wensheng first, and only in this way could he control the initiative, so he ......"

Cui Xiaoren didn't finish speaking, "point to point", he thinks that Yang Xuangan takes into account that he has fallen into the encirclement after the arrival of the water master, and he is bound to fight quickly, and strive to defeat Wei Wensheng in the shortest possible time and break through the encirclement, so that Li Fengyun will soon even be evacuating the eastern capital, Cui Hongsheng's side can not delay, after all, the "tacit understanding" between the King of Qi and the Hebei giants is based on common interests, and the core of this common interest is Li Fengyun's plan for the future, if there is no Li Fengyun and the alliance army under his command, This qiē does not exist zài.

Cui Hongsheng frowned slightly, "The people in Xijing have too much constraint on the same track (Wei Wensheng), even if the same track has the intention of a decisive battle, but the people in Xijing may not give Yang Xuangan a chance to fight a decisive battle." ”

Cui Xiaoren thought for a while, and continued to persuade, "At present, reinforcements from all walks of life are coming from all directions to aid the Eastern Capital, but because each has its own plans, each has its own benefits, and each has its own excuses, everyone is holding back, and even watching from the sidelines, but one thing is certain, whoever is the first to kill under the Eastern Capital will be able to escape the liquidation after the storm, so the Tongliang Gong and the Xijing army have no choice, they must rush to the Eastern Capital before Zhou Fashang, and Zhou Fashang is also very good, stopping at Luokou and pointing at the Eastern Capital, forced the same track Gong and the Xijing army to have to fight to the death with Yang Xuangan. The Guanlong people killed each other, and the Jiangzuo people watched the fire from the other side, and in the end, no matter what the result of the decisive battle was, the Jiangzuo people easily controlled the overall situation. Jiang Zuoren is in control of the overall situation, which actually means that the Holy Lord is in control of the overall situation. ”

Cui Hongsheng shook his head again and again. Cui Xiaoren's analysis is very reasonable, if you talk about strategy, you can't catch up with Zhou Fashang, so instead of being led by Zhou Fashang, being restrained everywhere, looking up to people, and even panicking in the liquidation after the storm, it is better to go to the edge of the sword, the first to enter the battlefield of the Eastern Capital, and be invincible in politics first, so it is good to bite a big bite from Yang Xuangan's "fat".

Cui Hongsheng and Cui Xiaoren repeatedly deduced, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided, on the fourth day of the first month, the army marched west to Hanoi, and went straight to Linqing Pass along the Yongji Canal.

On the third day of the seventh month, under the command of Li Zixiong, Chen Rui and Han Yao, the soldiers and civilians of the alliance marched day and night, quickly entered the territory of Handan, and lurked in the mountains and forests around Fushan and Zishan.

The most dangerous and difficult part of the journey was completed without danger, and then the coalition army had "confidence" and was full of confidence. At present, the expeditionary force has not returned, far away in the battlefield of Liaodong, and the armies of all walks of life to rescue the eastern capital are gathered in the north and south of the river, and they can't care about killing them in the short term.

However, the gap between ideals and reality is always discouraging. How can the alliance survive with nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians? It is inevitable to grab a piece of land. If you blindly burn and kill and plunder, it will be exhaustive and fishing, and eventually become a street rat that everyone shouts and beats, and defeat is only a matter of time, so if the alliance wants to gain a foothold, if it wants to develop, it must win the support and cooperation of local forces, which forces the alliance to find ways to get in touch with the two super giants of Zhaojun Li and Boling Cui.

Of course, the disparity between the status of the two sides is too great, and it is impossible to get in touch without a special relationship, but if the alliance does not win the acquiescence and connivance of these two giants in the north, it is purely looking for death, after all, the power of these two giants is too strong, once they think that the alliance is in danger of their vital interests, and use a qiē political zhì resources to persuade the holy lord and the center to send heavy troops to encircle and suppress, the consequences can be imagined.

The Hebei heroes will not leave when they arrive in Handan. Further ahead is the sphere of influence of the Zhaojun Li clan and the Boling Cui clan, and the Zhaojun Li clan and the Boling Cui clan have a respected status and strength in their minds, and they can't afford to provoke them. They clearly told Li Zixiong, Chen Rui and Han Yao that without the permission of the two giants, they would not continue to go north, and they would not dare to burn, kill, and plunder on the "territory" of the two giants, but in this way, what would the alliance soldiers and civilians eat and drink? Therefore, they warned that if the alliance failed to fulfill its promise in the short term, and failed to win the tacit understanding and protection of the two giants, they would break away from the alliance and lead the army back to their hometown.

Chen Rui and Han Yao were worried and anxious, while Li Zixiong was calm and confident, and he was even more dismissive and disdainful of the threat of the Hebei heroes.

Just when the atmosphere within the high-level of the alliance was tense, Kong Yingda, a famous Confucian in Hebei, suddenly appeared, and Li Sixing of the Li family of Zhaojun appeared with him. Hao Xiaode, Liu Heimin, Sun Xuanya and other Hebei heroes can not believe Li Zixiong, but they can't believe Kong Yingda.

Kong Yingda told the handsome men that on the way north with Liu Xuan, he met a big man from the Boling Cui clan in Handan, and he had a considerable say in the Cui family. The big man made a promise, and the Bolingdri clan acquiesced in the alliance's northward development, and gave the alliance covert protection when the time came. The Boling Cui clan and the Zhao Jun Li clan are political allies with close interests, and in the matter of the alliance going north, the Boling Cui clan's decision will definitely win the support of the Zhao Jun Li clan. However, the big man of the Cui family could not represent the Li family of Zhao County, so Liu Xuan had continued to go north to visit the Li family of Zhao County.

Li Sixing was by the side of this Cui clan big man at that time, although he did not have the ability to make a promise on behalf of the Zhao Jun Li clan, but he could help the alliance enter the Zhao Jun Li clan's sphere of influence, so that the alliance could go north faster and safer.

After Li Zixiong finished speaking, in front of all the heroes, Li Zixiong questioned, "Who is in Handan?" ”

Kong Yingda hesitated, but still said the answer, "Twelve ladies." ”

Li Zixiong was slightly surprised, then looked at everyone, waved his big hand, and said in an unquestionable tone, "After dark, go north." ”

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