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Cui Deben drank tea, shook his fan, shook his head and opened it.

The Eastern Crusade is in full swing, and the Donglai Naval Division is about to cross the sea to fight, and the stability of Qilu and Xuzhou is the top priority.

Recently, there have been a series of communications from the eastern capital, saying that the drought situation in the north and south of the river is becoming more and more severe, and more and more fields are affected, if nothing else, a large-scale drought is inevitable, and the shape of the north and south of the river will become worse and worse, especially in Hebei, Henan and Qilu, a large number of victims will inevitably raise their banners to rebel in the case of desperation, and the rebellion in the north and south of the river may set off a **. To this end, the Eastern Capital warned the counties of Hebei, Henan, and Qilu that they must take precautions in advance, and urged the local government to increase disaster relief efforts, and also asked Xuzhou, Jiangdu, and Jiangnan counties to make every effort to help the disaster areas while ensuring the military needs of the Eastern Expedition

However, the army of nearly two million people in the Eastern Expedition was too costly, and although the local government went all out, there was still a sense of unsustainability, and the counties in the north and south of the river were in full support of the Eastern Expedition at the same time, and the continuous disasters were inflicted, which can be said to be worse, and then because of the poor relief, rebellions broke out one after another, and the shape has deteriorated day by day.

It is foreseeable that the tide of uprisings has been set off, and it is about to sweep the north and south of the river, Hebei, Henan and Qilu under the attack of natural disasters and **, and those who rise up must spring up all over the mountains and fields like mushrooms after a rain, and the Daijin, Central Plains, Xu Ru, Jianghuai and even Liangjing, Jiangnan and other places adjacent to the three places may be affected.

The world is in chaos. If the world is in turmoil, what if the Eastern Crusade is won? A military victory could not save the political defeat, and the emperor and the reformers insisted on launching this crusade to the east, which may be to shoot themselves in the foot and bring humiliation on themselves.

The shape of Xuzhou is very severe. In order to ensure the collection and supply of military supplies for the Eastern Expedition, to ensure that the transportation channels for the military supplies of the Eastern Expedition are unimpeded, to always guard against the invasion of thieves in southwest Lu to the south, to make preparations for the pacification and relief of the victims after they go south to Xuzhou, and to prevent a rebellion in Xuzhou, there are too many things to do, and if you want to do these things well and ensure the stability of Xuzhou, the military and government must work together and cooperate closely, otherwise the consequences will be worrying.

Liang De's center of gravity was irritable, the pu fan shook very hard, and his mood was very heavy.

Cui Deben's description of the shape shì is not exaggerated, in fact, the disaster situation in the north and south of the river is even more severe than Cui Deben's description. The drought has destroyed not only the summer harvest, but also the autumn harvest, which is gone and the autumn grain is gone. The local government did not open a warehouse to release grain last year, and part of the grain in the warehouse was sent to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, and the remaining part was sent to the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition because of the great drought this year. There was no food in the fields, and even if there was food, the official warehouses and the righteous warehouses would not be opened, and the victims were desperate, either starving to death, fleeing, robbing, or rebelling, but no matter how they struggled, they could not escape the pursuit of death. It was the height of summer, hunger was everywhere, the plague broke out uncontrollably, and more people died, and so the vicious circle was out of control.

Cui Deben first laid out the difficulties one by one, and then explained the intention, Lujun Duan Wencao came to ask for help again, what do you think about this?

With the foreshadowing above, the meaning behind Cui Deben's sentence is very simple, I am in Xuzhou to take care of myself, where can I still have the ability to rescue Lu County? However, before the Eastern Capital ordered, under the premise of ensuring the Eastern Crusade, Liang Dezhong, the military governor of Xuzhou, must provide military support to Qilu and cooperate with the Qilu army to suppress the thieves. In addition, Zhou Fashang, the military governor of Qilu and the general of the right guard, also sent a letter to Liang Dezhong to ask for help. Promises were made without hesitation.

The last time Duan Wencao asked for help, Cui Deben gave Liang De a heavy face and persuaded the Lanling Xiao clan to lead the army north, but this time the Mengshan thieves went down the mountain to loot, and the Lanling Xiao clan was also too busy to take care of themselves, and Cui Deben had no intention of sending troops to support Duan Wencao. This is originally a matter of your Duan Wencao, Wei Mansion, and Yingyang Mansion, you can deal with it yourself.

Liang Dezhong couldn't guess Cui Deben's true thoughts, but he didn't want to think about it, with the idea of "Mingzhe to protect himself", Liang Dezhong also began to have difficulties, the implication is that I have such a few people in my hands, and the guards of the Huai River and the canal are overstretched, where is the spare strength to go north to suppress thieves? It's better for you to take the local army formed by the township regiment, and if the weapons are not enough, I can support some.

Cui Deben refused.

People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. Just look at the situation of the continuous disasters in the north and south of the river, when the catastrophe is coming, don't count on the emperor, let alone pin your hopes on the local government, as for those used for disaster relief, the official warehouse, the righteous warehouse, now the nature has also changed, and it has become the private treasury of the emperor and local officials, so now the common people, businessmen and wealthy people, and aristocratic bureaucrats in Xuzhou are doing their best to do a good job of "self-protection", for example, the commoners are actively cultivating to increase production and save more surplus grain, and the businessmen and wealthy businessmen and aristocratic bureaucrats are trying their best to hoard more grain. But food is not enough, it is not safe, and it is necessary to guard against thieves and raids, so it is necessary to spend a lot of effort to build some defenses and make the home a strong fortress. So now the township regiment and the clan regiment are busy at home, and they don't have time to fight and suppress thieves.

Liang Dezhong knew Cui Deben's intention, he was going to roast himself on the fire.

Liang Dezhong believed in his judgment of the form, judging from the current trend of the White Thief and the Southwest Lu rebel alliance, they were definitely going to attack the Central Plains, and this sudden change must have something to do with Duan Wencao and the actions behind the Qilu nobles. The two sides have common opponents, common interests, and a basis for compromise, and once compromised, the two sides can take their own advantages and take what they need, and both sides will be happy. It's just that in this way, the Qilu shape shì has changed, from the mutual killing of the Qilu people to the confrontation between the Shandong people and the Guanlong people. The Qilu people digested the internal contradictions, the nobles and the traitors colluded, the nobles used the traitors as weapons to attack the Guanlong people, and the traitors took this opportunity to win the secret support of the nobles and seek development.

Under this kind of form, if Liang Dezhong, a Guanlong man, ran to suppress the thief, he would just fall into the treacherous tricks of the Shandong people, and he would definitely fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, and he would definitely be overturned by the white thief, repeating the mistake of Dong Chun's defeat in Xuzhou. Once Liang Dezhong was defeated, Xuzhou Zhuyingyang was attacked, when the brunt of the canal passage was not guaranteed, which will inevitably affect the progress of the Eastern Crusade, and secondly, when the White Thief and the Southwest Lu rebel alliance attacked the Central Plains, they would have to face the left and right attacks of the Gyeonggi Zhuyingyang and Xuzhou Zhuyingyang, and the road ahead was full of thorns and difficulties, but the failure of Liang Dezhong and Xuzhou Zhuyingyang made it much less difficult for the White Thieves and the Southwest Lu Rebel Alliance to attack the Central Plains.

Liang Dezhong realized that he could no longer be passive, Duan Wencao and the white thieves were "digging pits" on the front line of Hehe and Si, and Cui Deben was violent, sharp and aggressive, if he did not give a strong counterattack, it was very likely to be planted in the hands of this group of insidious and cunning Shandong people.

Liang Dezhong spread out the map, took out the secrets he had learned from military channels about the latest development of the situation in southwest Lu, and made his own analysis and inference on the abnormal move of the white thieves and the rebel alliance of southwest Lu to attack the confluence of Heshui and Sishui after defeating Duan Wencao under Ningyang City.

The target of the alliance of the White Thieves and the Southwest Lu rebels is no longer Lu County, nor the Southwest Lu region, but the Central Plains. Since the white thieves want to attack the Central Plains, they will inevitably advance along the Heshui River, and then kill them into Xingyang from Jishui, threatening the safety of Gyeonggi and Dongdu while wantonly plundering the two waterways of the Great River and the Tongji Canal. In this case, if the Great River and the Tongji Canal were to be interrupted, it would inevitably affect the Eastern Crusade, and the main responsibility would inevitably be borne by the Guanlong people who defended Gyeonggi and protected the Great River and the canal waterway.

The real goal of the alliance of the White Thieves and the rebels in Southwest Lu is actually only one, to do everything possible to hinder and sabotage the Eastern Crusade. In order to achieve this goal, their best means is to base themselves on Mengshan Mountain, attack from all sides, and confuse the situation in Qilu at the maximum, but in this way, if the Eastern Expedition appears, it is the Shandong people who bear the responsibility, so after the battle of Ningyang, Duan Wencao must have compromised with the white thief, and the two sides hit it off, so the white thief adjusted his strategy and attacked the Central Plains for thousands of miles. The expedition to the Central Plains can also achieve the goal of sabotaging the Eastern Crusade, and can ⊥ the Shandong people out of the matter, but it is too difficult. For this reason, Duan Wencao asked Cui Deben for help, and Cui Deben supported him and took the initiative to find Liang Dezhong and tempt him to kill the white thief, so as to push him into the trap, and then reduce the difficulty of the white thief attacking the Central Plains.

Although Liang Dezhong did not directly point out Cui Deben's intentions and did not directly slap Cui Deben's face, his anger and disdain were clearly expressed in his words.

Cui Deben seemed to be unconscious, and immediately argued with Liang Dezhong, trying to overturn his judgment, but the more Cui Deben argued, the more Liang Dezhong felt that he wanted to cover up, there are no three hundred taels of silver here, and there must be a conspiracy behind this.

Liang Dezhong couldn't help but rescue Fang and Heguting, it would be his dereliction of duty not to save him, but the first line of Hehe and Si was a trap for him, so he resolutely did not go, and firmly pushed the rescue mission to Cui Deben. I've already made things clear, and I almost didn't point at your nose and call you a shameless villain, so it's not interesting for you to continue arguing, just put forward the conditions.

Cui Deben finally put forward the condition, since your Wei Mansion does not go to the rescue of my Pengcheng Fang and Guting cities, you must solve it by myself Pengcheng, then okay, the affairs of Pengcheng will be handled by me, you don't want to get involved, you transfer the troops of Peicheng Yingyang Mansion and Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion, you take them to Qiaojun and Liangjun to guard Tongjiqu, don't stand on the territory of my Pengcheng to watch the excitement, don't deliberately intensify the contradictions within my Pengcheng. As soon as you leave, you will leave with all the eagles, and there will be no regular army in Pengcheng, and there will be nothing to be done in the face of the threat of the white thieves, so that the local township regiments and sect regiments will be forced to regroup according to my orders due to the current situation, so that I can lead the army north to suppress the thieves.

Cui Deben's reasons are high-sounding, but Liang Dezhong understands it. At this moment, he can't wait to leave Pengcheng, this is a place of right and wrong, and he can't stay, and for him, it doesn't matter whether Pengcheng is attacked by the rebels, the important thing is to keep the Tongji Canal and ensure the safety of the transportation channel.

Liang Dezhong promised with his mouth full of promises.