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Duan Wencao intended to find out the "truth", but Xiao Hao prevaricated in every way, saying that Cui Deben was the supreme administrator of Pengcheng, and he was Cui Deben's subordinate to the expedition, and Cui Deben ordered him to lead the army north to support, of course he was duty-bound, so this matter had nothing to do with the Boling Cui clan, and it had nothing to do with the Lanling Xiao clan. The government is the government, and the family is the family, don't mix it up.

Xiao Hao avoided talking about the "truth", and Duan Wencao knew it, but he was very low, and he clearly saw that since the death of his brother Duan Wenzhen, those forces from all sides who were originally quite jealous of his brother have now torn off their hypocritical masks, and they all want to take advantage of the chaos in Qilu to plunder and divide the interests of the Qilu people.

But today's Duan Wencao has no more choices, in the face of the impending crisis, he must look for allies, and there is only one criterion for judging allies, who is the opponent of the Guanlong people, who is an ally, so the Lanling Xiao clan who came to the north to support must be an ally, even if the Xiao clan has the intention of taking advantage of the fire to rob, there is no way, since people come to help, they must always make some benefits, it is reasonable.

Xiao Hao inquired about the situation in Lu County and even the entire Qilu region.

Duan Wencao did not hide it and told them one by one. The key to today's Qilu situation is to ensure that the Donglai Navy Division crosses the sea expedition as scheduled, so before the Navy Division is out, all forces in Qilu will definitely join forces to suppress the thieves, but the traitors are the opposite, they will do their best to confuse the situation in Qilu in order to hinder the expedition of the Water Division. The later the expeditionary force returns, the better the chances of the traitors surviving.

"Zhang Xutuo, the commander of Qijun County, assumed the responsibility of suppressing the chaos and thieves, and under the urging of Qiao Gong (Zhou Fashang), he came up with a plan to annihilate the enemy." Duan Wencao thought about it again and again, in order to win the trust of his allies, in order to repay Cui Deben and Xiao Hao's help, and in order to cooperate more closely in the future, he still told Zhang Xutuo's strategy.

"When will Zhang Xutuo evacuate?" Xiao Hao asked.

"I guess it's going to be soon." Duan Wencao said, "It has been a few days since he left Qi County, Zuo Junxing, Pei Changzi, and Guo Fangzhuo thieves must have gotten the news, just wait for the thieves to enter Qi County again, Qi County is in an emergency, and Zhang Xutuo will evacuate in a hurry." ”

"What if after Zhang Xutuo evacuated, the thieves of Mengshan did not attack the flawed hill? Won't this plan fail? ”

"There are a lot of thieves in Mengshan, they can't eat their stomachs, they are hungry, and if they can't fill their stomachs for a long time, they will definitely collapse." Duan Wencao sneered, "According to a certain investigation, the white thief has been tricked, he has sent people to cross Mount Tai to find Pei's eldest son and the thieves, and stick to the Yangguan line to drag the Qi army, it is not difficult to predict, once the Qi army withdraws, the white thief will inevitably rely on the advantage of the thieves' large number of troops after the alliance, and attack the flawed hill and its surrounding areas, and plunder the grain at any cost, so it will inevitably fall into the trap and escape the doom of the entire army." ”

Xiao Hao was silent for a long time, and nodded slowly, "Please give the order of the envoy, and the soldiers will only make the monarch and the horse look forward." ”

"Good!" Duan Wencao stroked his beard and smiled, "Xiao Lang is noble, and he has no teeth to forget." ”

Duan Wencao immediately consulted Xiao Hao for his opinion on whether he was willing to defend the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang.

Zou County is located in the south of Lu County, close to Pengcheng County, more than 100 miles away from the north of Pengcheng, more than 300 miles away from Lanling, if Xiao Hao guards here, not only can he get the support of Lanling's grain and grass nearby, but also can support each other with the army of Yingyang Mansion in Tengcheng, going north can help Duan Wencao attack the thieves of Mengshan, and going south can help Cui Deben to protect the safety of the border of Pengcheng, and Duan Wencao can also rest assured and bold to transfer the Lu army stationed on the front line of Zou Cheng to the Missing Hill, and then increase the chance of encircling and annihilating the traitors of Mengshan, which can be said to be more than one stone.

It's just that the current shape of Zou County is very severe, there is Meng Haigong, the thief commander of Jiyin, in the northwest, and Han Yao and Chen Bing, the thief of Mengshan, in the southeast, once the main force of the Mengshan rebels falls into the encirclement of the official army under the city of Bianqiu, Meng Haigong and Han Yao will inevitably storm the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang to threaten the Bianqiu, contain some of the officers and troops, and then help the main force of the rebels to fight out of the encirclement. If the situation really comes to this point, will Xiao Hao and his 2,000 soldiers keep their promise and stick to the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang at any cost?

In addition, there is another concern. If Zhang Xutuo's strategy succeeded, and the Qi army and the Lu army surrounded and annihilated the Mengshan rebels and won a complete victory, then the credit would be Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao, but Xiao Hao was empty-handed and worked in vain.

For this reason, Duan Wencao made a promise to Xiao Hao that as long as Xiao Hao and Pengcheng soldiers stick to the front line of Zou Cheng and Pingyang, then they will have their share of the credit for this battle, and they will never break their promise.

Xiao Hao was bold, agreed and returned to Zou Cheng overnight. His army is now in Zoushan, considering the complicated situation in Lu County, Xiao Hao did not dare to rush to the Bianqiu, so he let the army temporarily stationed in Zoushan, and he flew more than 100 miles to the Defective Hill to meet Duan Wencao, and the result was as he wished, Duan Wencao was cautious and thought about what people thought, giving Xiao Hao and Peng Chengjun an opportunity to easily get the meritorious service of suppressing thieves.

Xiao Hao returned to the barracks and wrote a secret letter to Cui Deben, telling Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao's plan to suppress the thieves in detail, thinking that the battle would be won, in order to ensure that he got the credit for suppressing the thieves, Xiao Hao built yì Cui Deben secretly assembled the main force of the Pengcheng local army in Lanling and Changxi, only after Zhang Xutuo and Duan Wencao surrounded and annihilated the main force of the Mengshan rebels, the Pengcheng local army took the opportunity to kill Mengshan, and swept away the traitors with the autumn wind sweeping away the remaining party of the traitors, so that they would be able to build outstanding military achievements.

Accompanying Xiao Hao to Lu County was also Cui Deben's cronies, and Xiao Hao's secret letter to Cui Deben was delivered by this person. Since the rampant bandits, although the post station system from Lu County to Pengcheng County has not been damaged by traitors, the security has been greatly reduced, especially between the county government and the county government office, there are often some extremely confidential documents that cannot be written in code, and it is impossible to guarantee its safety during the transmission. In desperation, the government had no choice but to send a special envoy Pegasus to pass it, although the degree was a little slower, but the possibility of leaking secrets was greatly reduced.

However, what Xiao Hao didn't expect was that Cui Deben's cronies and officials had a secret mission, and he had to pass on all kinds of confidential information from Lu County not only to Cui Deben, but also to Mengshan.

A day later, when Cui Deben of Pengcheng received a secret letter from Xiao Hao, Chen Rui in the city also received the same secret letter, and he was overjoyed that the Lu army had evacuated from Bian Cheng City.

Lu Xingxing led four regiments to suddenly appear under Surabaya City, stormed Surabaya City, and made the illusion of encircling the Lu army in Bian City. Niu Jinda was taken aback and hurriedly retreated. Niu Jinda's original intention to attack Bian Cheng was to bluff, and now that the thief army outflanked his back road, of course he didn't dare to fight, and 100,000 people hurriedly withdrew from the mountains to ensure their own safety first. However, when he withdrew to Surabaya City, Lu Xingxing had already evacuated and turned to attack the key pass of Fangshan, and he still had to surround Niu Jinda.

Niu Jinda had no choice but to abandon Surabaya City and order all township regiments to attack and advance to Fangshan Pass in order to withdraw to Qufu.

Niu Jinda's order was immediately resisted by several township leaders. Now Zhang Xutuo's Qi army and the main force of the Mengshan bandit army are facing off on the Yangguan line, while the Lu army has captured Surabaya, as long as Bian Cheng is taken, the retreat of the thieves will be blocked, and the Mengshan traitors will be surrounded north of Surabaya, although this encirclement is open because of the lofty mountains in its northeast and opened a big gap, which can not put the thief army to death, but at least it can prevent the thief army from harming the Great Plains area centered on the flawed hills, and can protect the stability of most counties and towns in Baolu County.

"The shape of Qi County is worse than that of Lu County, and it is impossible for Zhang Juncheng and his Qi army officers and soldiers to fight in Lu County for a long time." Niu Jinda couldn't divulge secrets, but he had to convince the regiment leader who opposed the withdrawal, so he was in a dilemma, so he had to coax and deceive, "The reason why Zhang Juncheng didn't go all out to attack on the front line of Yangguan was because he took into account the bad shape of Qi County. If nothing else, Zhang Juncheng will withdraw his troops in the near future. As soon as Zhang Juncheng leaves, the Mengshan thieves will definitely make a comeback, with the weak strength of our Lu army, it is possible to defend the city, but it is difficult to suppress the thieves. In this case, if the main force of our Lu army falls into the encirclement of the Mengshan bandit army on the front line of Surabaya, will Zhang Juncheng attack on the front line of Yangguan to support us? ”

Niu Jinda's expression was grim, his brows were tightly locked, and he shook his head again and again, "When my Lu army captured Surabaya City and tried its best to attack Bian City, which was very advantageous, Zhang Juncheng did not attack in the direction of Yangguan, so it can be predicted that when my Lu army was surrounded by Surabaya and the shape was very unfavorable, Zhang Juncheng would never come to the rescue." ”

"In that case, what kind of thief did Zhang Xutuo come to Lu County to suppress? What's the mess? One of the group leaders shouted angrily.

"The reason why Zhang Juncheng came to my Lu County was not to help Duan Envoyjun suppress the thieves, but because of the heavy pressure of Qiao Gong (Zhou Fashang) and the Right Houwei Mansion, he had to come and make a show. As long as the thieves in the northeast of Lu besieged Qi County from all sides, and Qi County was in danger, Zhang Juncheng had sufficient reasons to return to Qi County, and at that time, Qiao Gong and Youhou Weifu did not dare to exert heavy pressure on him, so Zhang Juncheng achieved the goal of ensuring the stability of Qi County and keeping himself alone. ”

Niu Jinda's analysis was in line with the inherent contradiction between the Shandong people and the Guanlong people, and several regiment leaders who opposed the withdrawal immediately stopped insisting.

"The envoy said that if you want to solve the crisis in Lu County, don't hope that Zhang Juncheng and his Qi army will be pinned on him, and don't expect the Guanlong people to help in times of crisis, but Cui Juncheng in Pengcheng is more worthy of our expectations."

Niu Jinda didn't want to hit the morale of the army, and he didn't want to see the regiment leaders lose confidence because of his words, so he changed the conversation and mentioned Cui Deben of Pengcheng, "As far as I know, Pengcheng's reinforcements have arrived in Zou County, although Cui Juncheng will not give everything to support my Lu County, but at least Pengcheng's army can help us contain the thief army in the direction of Lunan, so that our Lu army will not fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on its back, so that our Lu army can concentrate on dealing with the thieves in Mengshan, and the top priority of our Lu army is to preserve its strength, Don't rush into a decisive battle with the thief army. As long as the immediate difficulties are overcome, when the expeditionary force returns, the crisis can be solved. ”

The group leaders were persuaded by Niu Jinda, and immediately obeyed the order, abandoned the city of Surabaya, killed the key passes of the mountain, and resolutely withdrew to Qufu.

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