Chapter 366: The Present of Righteousness
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The Changbai Mountain handsome Zuo brothers and the Beihai marshals Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong were surrounded and intercepted by the official army, and they resolutely decided to defect to Li Fengyun at the critical moment, so they led their troops to cross Jishui, on the one hand, they temporarily got rid of the pursuit of the official army to win a chance to breathe, and on the other hand, they sent an envoy to the west to find Li Fengyun's allied army for support.
Fortunately, Li Fengyun has been putting Cao Kun's Second Army of the Alliance and Shan Xiongxin's Seventeenth Army of the Alliance in the territory of Qi County in order to prevent the official army from outflanking Sidujin from the direction of Qi County, one monitoring Licheng and the other monitoring Zhu'a, and no one from the Donglai Water Division went ashore at all, and Yang Lan, the king of Qi, "went through hardships" to capture Licheng and was recuperating, so the messenger of the Qilu Yi Army who ran west along Jishui had no danger all the way and found the alliance army very smoothly.
Wang Bo's Eighteenth Army was deployed east of Sidujin, just behind Cao Kun and Shan Xiongxin, ready to support them. When Cao Kun sent someone to send the messenger of the Qilu Righteous Army to Wang Bo's camp, Wang Bo was surprised and delighted, and the messenger hugged Wang Bo's thigh and cried loudly, crying silently.
After reading the letter for help jointly written by the Zuo brothers, Guo Fangpre, and Qin Junhong, and listening to the messenger's detailed explanation, Wang Bo immediately realized that he could not be rescued by his own strength. Now the army of the king of Qi is in Licheng, and the Donglai water division is on the waterway of the big river, Zhang Xutuo is in Beihai, this Qilu army crossed the Jishui into the Linji line, it seems to be safe, but in fact it is still surrounded by the official army, and there is no danger to defend, and there is no food to eat, hungry, as long as the three official troops work together to encircle and suppress, the whole army will be annihilated.
Wang Bo galloped to the camp and begged Li Fengyun to help.
Li Fengyun was a little surprised, he had already expected that after Zhang Xutuo entered the Beihai, the Qilu Righteous Army would definitely be killed by him. It is true in history, after the end of the Zhangqiu War, Zhang Xutuo took advantage of the victory to pursue, followed the remnants of the Changbai Mountain Righteous Army into the Beihai Sea, and began the Ludong Rebellion, the Changbai Mountain Righteous Army and the Beihai Righteous Army were destroyed by the blow, and later even the righteous army Marshal Zuo Xiaoyou Department stationed in Donglai Squatting Dog Mountain was wiped out, and Zhang Xutuo took the opportunity to collect a large number of prisoners after the Ludong Rebellion, and the strength swelled rapidly, and became the main force of the rebellion in Henan and Qilu, and won the appreciation of the Holy Lord, entrusted with a heavy task, and placed high hopes. However, the current facts have deviated from the history in Li Fengyun's memory, although the battle of Zhangqiu is still the same, the Hebei Righteous Army was still defeated by the Sailors, the Qilu Righteous Army was also defeated by Zhang Xutuo and fled, and the official army in the Beihai Rebellion is still victorious, but the defeated Qilu Righteous Army did not continue to flee eastward, nor did it try to enter Donglai County to join Zuo Xiaoyou, but killed a "back horse gun", broke through the encirclement of Zhang Xutuo, returned to Qi County, and decided to defect to the alliance in order to survive.
Li Fengyun felt quite tricky and helpless.
It stands to reason that the alliance is, of course, the more troops, the better, but in fact this is not the case at all, it takes money and food to feed the army, and it takes money and food to fight a war, and if there is no money and food, what can be used to feed the army? What to take to attack the city? Feeding war with war is only a rescue strategy, and if we want to grow stronger by relying on war to grow stronger, it is purely unrealistic and delusional. The alliance now seems to be strong, but in fact it is a tree without roots, water without a source, and its own existential crisis has never been solved, in this case, it can only do what it can, first to ensure its own "body" and maintain its combat effectiveness, only in this way can there be hope of survival, on the contrary, carrying too many "burdens", far beyond their own ability to bear, that is suicide.
Wang Bo naturally knows this fact that he raised the flag early, has great appeal, and has many people who are willing to follow him, but why can't he show it all the time? It is true that the encirclement and suppression of officials and troops on all sides is one of the reasons that hinder his exhibition, but the most fundamental reason is that there is no money and food, and there is no economic ability to support the exhibition. The same goes for other heroes, who doesn't want to show their strength? Who doesn't have ingenuity? And there is no shortage of people in the north and south of the river, especially at present, this kind of natural disasters are continuous, the common people are hungry and cold, and the day is precarious. Is it endless? If your money and food can only support a short period of time, then the severity of the problem can be imagined.
After the alliance expanded its army on a large scale in the Central Plains from the west, Li Fengyun and the marshals were fully aware of this problem, and then they categorically stopped the expansion of the army, and there has been no expansion of the army since then. As for Wang Bo's joining, on the one hand, because the alliance's money and food were more abundant after the Licheng War, and on the other hand, because the Qilu people in the alliance accounted for most of them and had a great right to speak.
Now Qilu has four marshals leading his troops to vote, and the alliance will suddenly increase the number of troops by 10,000 or 20,000, which is unbearable for both Li Fengyun and the alliance.
Wang Bo saw that Li Fengyun was silent for a long time, and his expression was even more uncertain, so he knew that Li Fengyun had no intention of taking him in. He understands Li Fengyun's difficulties, and at yesterday's military meeting, Li Fengyun announced in front of the Hebei heroes that he would suspend the cooperation between the two sides and part ways, which is enough to show that the current alliance has been in a deep predicament, otherwise Li Fengyun would definitely not be so ruthless, and he would have almost cut off his robe and torn his face with the Hebei people.
Wang Boyi gritted his teeth, picked up his clothes and knelt down, bowed heavily, and expressed his surrender to Li Fengyun. This is the only "capital" he can use to beg Li Fengyun, although this will definitely not impress Li Fengyun, but Wang Bo is in a hurry, and he really can't think of any other way.
"Ming Gong, the Qilu soldiers are in danger, please Ming Gong must help." Wang Bo gambled and swore an oath, "From now on, a certain wish to follow Ming Gong, although he will not hesitate to break his bones, if he violates this oath, the sky will thunder, and ten thousand arrows will pierce his heart and die." ”
Li Fengyun was speechless, not knowing what to say. Wang Bo was so persecuted, Li Fengyun had to be saved, as for the oath or something, Li Fengyun didn't take it seriously at all, but all the "Ming Gong" who believed in these bullshit oaths were probably dead.
Li Fengyun didn't say a word, first helped Wang Bo up, and then asked Sima Yuan'an to draw up an order, ordering Cao Kun and Shan Xiongxin to immediately lead the army to the front line of Queshan and Linji, and meet the Qilu Yi army to break through at any cost. He also ordered Lu Xingxing to immediately lead the hussars out, and together with Wang Bo's eighteenth army of the alliance, they rushed to the front line of Queshan and Linji, and gave strong support to Cao Kun and Shan Xiongxin. He also ordered Zhen Baoche to lead the Huben army, and Xiahou Zhe to lead the first army of the alliance to advance eastward along the north bank of Jishui, closely monitor the movements of the officers and troops in the direction of Zhu'a and Licheng, and resolutely block them if the officers and troops are dispatched.
Wang Bo was grateful, thanked him again, and then hurriedly said goodbye, galloped to the hussar barracks to meet the chief Lu Xingxing, and went to the front line to rescue the Qilu rebels.
Li Fengyun also ordered that Meng Haigong, the governor of the middle road, and Huo Xiaohan, the governor of the right road, each led the troops of their own mansion to immediately evacuate Sidujin and rush to Henggong.
The large-scale mobilization of the coalition troops suddenly made the atmosphere in Sifujin tense. Li Fengyun suddenly dispatched the elite army to the east into Qi County, and arranged for the main force to evacuate south, which is enough to prove that the battle situation has changed drastically, if nothing else, it should be the king of Qi Yang Lan who chased and killed from behind, and Li Fengyun had to use the elite to advance eastward to block the attack, and at the same time ordered the main army of 100,000 to evacuate Jibei urgently.
The people of Hebei are panicked, Li Fengyun is gone, what should they do?
Liu Xuan was also anxious, took the initiative to find Li Fengyun, and tried his best to persuade Li Fengyun to put the righteousness first, and not to abandon the Hebei Righteous Army, once the Hebei Righteous Army was annihilated, it would inevitably cause an irreparable blow to Li Fengyun's reputation, and it would definitely affect the future development of Li Fengyun and the alliance.
Li Fengyun compromised. Liu Xuan's advice can not be ignored, the Hebei Righteous Army can not be saved, just as the alliance must save the Qilu Righteous Army, sometimes the righteousness must be supreme, and the reputation must be cherished, although the price paid for this may be too great, but there is no way, if the alliance loses the righteousness and reputation, it is like a person who has lost his soul, and there is no longer the meaning of saving zài.
Li Fengyun gave the final answer, the current alliance is very difficult, can only give the eight marshals of Hebei each to lead an army, eight armies of 32,000 people, there is no room for discussion, please Hebei marshals must be considerate and understanding, must have the heart of the alliance in the same boat, when the shape is better, within the scope of the alliance can bear, Li Fengyun promised, allow them to expand the army, of course, they have the freedom to leave the alliance at any time, but the premise is that the interests of the alliance cannot be harmed, otherwise, the alliance will retaliate and will give a destructive blow.
In addition, Li Fengyun guò Liu Xuan, gave the marshals a promise that there was no public commitment, if the marshals could not accept the conditions of the alliance, considering the current tense situation, Li Fengyun allowed them to follow behind the alliance army and withdraw to the line of Hehe and Si, and the alliance was about to move to the Central Plains, and even Mengshan had to give up, so the alliance could completely hand over the occupied areas on the front line of Hehe and Si to the Hebei Righteous Army, and as for the survival of the Hebei Righteous Army in the future, it would depend on themselves.
Liu Xuan was very moved, Li Fengyun's measurement, courage and wisdom were beyond his imagination, which made him vaguely see a glimmer of hope in despair. Maybe God favors him, when he dies, he can have a clean reputation, so that he will not insult his ancestors when he goes to Jiuquan, but the premise is that before he dies, Li Fengyun is already the invincible overlord of the world. Liu Xuan looked up to the sky and sighed, how long will God give him life? And in this short period of time, will Li Fengyun create an unprecedented miracle?
Liu Xuan himself only saw a glimmer of unattainable hope, but what he brought to the people of Hebei was a great hope to survive.
The heroes of Hebei finally accepted the reality, after all, Li Fengyun is not a god, and the alliance is not invincible in the world, everyone is a bitter brother, fifty steps and a hundred steps, although there is a gap in strength, but the gap is not very large. Li Fengyun did not accept them, the strength of the alliance was stronger, after accepting them, the number of troops was more, and it seemed to be stronger, but in the case of a shortage of money and food, the strength did not increase but decreased, but it was difficult.
On the 8th day of the first month of April, the Hebei Righteous Army followed the main force of the alliance and went south to Lu County, and at the same time, the Qilu Righteous Army also joined the alliance army and rushed westward along the north bank of Jishui.
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