Chapter 360: Parting Ways

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Sidujin is also called Sidukou, in fact, it is a small river more than ten miles long, this small river connects the big river and Jishui together, and Jishui leads to the Huai River, and the Huai River leads to the Yangtze River, so the name is "Sidu", which means that this small river reaches four waters.

Now this small river is full of boats, and the banks of the small river are full of camps, and on the waterway of the big river beyond the mouth of Jin, there are more than 20 sailors and warships traveling back and forth. Further north, on the north bank of the Great River, is Chiping City in Qinghe County, Hebei Province, outside the city of Jinkou, there are also camps, Cui Hongsheng's Xuanfeng army has just arrived, and is ready for battle.

In less than a month, the battlefield moved from Qi County to Jibei County, from Jishui to Dahe, and the armies of both sides first fought fiercely in Zhangqiu and Linji in Qi County, and then fought in Licheng, the capital of Qi County, and now the two sides moved to Jibei, and confronted each other in Sidujin, and the scale of this battle was large, hundreds of thousands of righteous troops wanted to cross the river to the north, Hebei official army, Donglai Water Division blocked head-on, and the army of Yang Lan, the king of Qi, killed from the back of the righteous army, it is foreseeable, This will definitely be a big battle that will determine the success or failure of the Qilu rebellion.

At the moment of the war, the atmosphere is tense, and in the marshal tent of the alliance headquarters, the atmosphere is even more stagnant, almost suffocating, although it is only early summer, the temperature is not high, but many marshals are already sweating profusely.

The losses of the rebels in the Licheng War were large, and it was necessary to reorganize the army in time, but how? Is the Hebei Righteous Army integrated into the alliance, or is it a whole? This is complicated, involving all aspects, such as the distribution of interests, strength and weakness, the current situation, future strategies, etc., it is too complicated, so Li Fengyun is very decisive and directly tells the Hebei heroes, there is no time to talk nonsense, each in its own way. As for the spoils of war, the alliance takes the big head, and the Hebei Righteous Army takes the small head, and the principle is not to let the Hebei Righteous Army suffer, and absolutely guarantees that the Hebei Righteous Army has food to eat and weapons to fight, of course, if the Hebei Righteous Army is in a hurry to fight back to Hebei, the alliance can also give a certain amount of support.

It sounded like Li Fengyun kept his promise and was very righteous, and he didn't have the heart to rob and annex the Hebei righteous army by fire, but then his words were like a basin of cold water poured on the heads of the Hebei heroes, making them feel cold to the bone.

Since the reorganization of the armed forces is a matter of their own affairs, there is no need to dwell on the collective military discussions, so the topic turns to the current grave situation and the countermeasures proposed for this purpose.

Li Fengyun bluntly said that it was impossible for the alliance to carry out a river-crossing operation, and without that strength, it would not be in the interests of the alliance. I sacrificed myself to send you Hebei people home and fulfill you Hebei people, that is pure nonsense. The alliance is not my Li Fengyun's personal alliance, and the interests of the alliance are not the interests of my Li Fengyun alone, and I Li Fengyun has not cultivated to the bodhisattva realm of "sacrificing my life to feed the tiger", so the cooperation between the two sides ends here.

Why switch? Li Fengyun was very angry when he said this, at this moment he no longer needed to give face to the people of Hebei, and directly exposed the old bottom of the heroes of Hebei.

You delayed until March before crossing the river to the south, making it clear that you were here to burn, kill, plunder, or make a fortune and leave, not at all to help us kill Zhang Xutuo, let alone help us grab a piece of territory in Qilu. If you go south around the New Year and help us defeat Zhang Xutuo and grab a piece of territory, then we can sow seeds in the spring and harvest in the autumn, plus we have summer grain as a buffer, we can usher in a completely different situation as long as we hold on until September, but now we have nothing, nothing. Without territory, what do we eat and drink? Only to rob, all the way to kill, all the way to rob, where to kill and where to grab, to put it nicely, this is called a war, if it doesn't sound good, it is to wander, and what hope is there for wandering? There is no hope, he lives like a dog, he is surrounded and intercepted by the officers and soldiers, and he is not as good as a dog when he dies.

Li Fengyun roared and was murderous, not to mention that the Hebei heroes were frightened and panicked at this time, and even the alliance heroes were silent and colorless. Everyone can see that Li Fengyun's anger is erupting like a volcano, and it is better not to add fuel to the fire at this moment, so as not to anger him, and his sword will fall, and his head will be gone.

Hebei people are weak and ashamed, but what is more strict is despair, complete despair.

Li Fengyun's decision to switch to battle directly pushed them into the abyss of death. Obviously, the reason why Li Fengyun did not have the intention of annexation, and the reason why he wanted to organize his own army, was not because he promised to fight for righteousness, but because he threw off the burden, once and for all, otherwise the alliance would inevitably be dragged to death by the Hebei Righteous Army.

Licheng has indeed captured a lot, if it all belongs to the alliance, the alliance can support it for a while, but now with the nearly 100,000 horses of the Hebei Righteous Army, this capture is tantamount to a drop in the bucket. Li Fengyun had no choice but to throw off the burden first, first throw off the Hebei Righteous Army, and then take the alliance to fight, just like last year when he went to the Central Plains to loot the Tongji Canal, but the problem is that Li Fengyun has been in vain this year, not only has it not grown, but it has weakened, which is the reason why Li Fengyun is furious.

Li Fengyun turned to the war in a fit of rage, what should the people of Hebei do? The unfamiliar place is secondary, the important thing is that there are officials and soldiers in all directions, they are in the encirclement of the official army, and the grain and grass weapons are very limited, what awaits them must be death, so if they want to survive, they must firmly grasp Li Fengyun's "life-saving straw". However, Li Fengyun has already said that the cooperation has ended here, and they have parted ways, and this life-saving straw can no longer be grasped.

But everything is negotiable, and there is room for manoeuvre in this matter. If the Hebei heroes voluntarily join the alliance, voluntarily hand over the military power to Li Fengyun, and the Hebei righteous army is integrated into the alliance as a whole, and the interests of the alliance are supreme, then the alliance's strength will increase, and its strength will increase, and with the increase in strength, the alliance will increase its chances of winning the siege in the process of changing the war, and it will have the ability to loot more property, so that it can feed the entire alliance. On the contrary, if the Hebei heroes are unwilling to give up military power and still adhere to the cooperative relationship, then the goal of both sides is to seek the maximum benefit from the cooperation, and they both want to pay the least and gain the most, and the result can be imagined, so Li Fengyun is very resolute, and the cooperation between the two sides was suspended at the beginning, and the dirty thoughts of the Hebei people were eliminated.

Li Fengyun didn't give the Hebei marshals a chance to speak at all, and after roaring for a while, he decisively ended the military discussion. There is only one purpose of this military conference, to suspend cooperation, go their separate ways, and go their separate ways.

The Hebei heroes were caught off guard, they didn't expect Li Fengyun to turn his face when he said it, and he didn't even give them a chance to speak, so decisive, it made them very angry, but what about being angry? The fact is that the people of Hebei have been calculating the Qilu people from the beginning, but as a result, they have thrown stones on their feet and fallen into a desperate situation, who can they blame? Li Fengyun has already saved them, but Li Fengyun's ability is limited, he can save it for a while, but he can't save a lifetime, and the alliance is not Li Fengyun's alone, if Li Fengyun continues to help the Hebei people unprincipledly, the alliance will not only fall apart, but also the disaster of the entire army.

The Hebei marshals left the alliance camp with a heavy heart, while the alliance marshals sat together to discuss the whole army, among which Wang Bo Huoran, the first person in Qilu marshals, was sitting.

Wang Bo took the initiative to ask to join the alliance, Li Fengyun and the alliance commanders discussed, unanimously accepted Wang Bo's joining, after all, Wang Bo is the first person to raise the banner of rebellion, has a unique position in the Qilu rebel army, and most of the alliance commanders are Qilu people, and they still respect Wang Bo.

Li Fengyun and the heroes of the alliance gave Wang Bo absolute trust and entrusted him with important tasks. After Wang Bo joined the alliance, he served as the commander of the left side of the alliance, and his army was reorganized into the 18th Army of the alliance, which was subordinate to the left road governor's office. Lu Xingxing, the former head of the left road, served as the head of the hussars, and Li Fengyun no longer held the post of head of the hussars. With Wang Bo's qualifications and prestige, it is enough to serve as one of the five road governors in the alliance, and what is lacking is military command ability, but after comprehensive consideration, Li Fengyun still decided to employ people, after all, the Qilu people in the alliance still have an absolute number, and the hearts of the Qilu soldiers are stabilized, and the alliance is stabilized.

Li Fengyun did not participate in the military reorganization meeting, but only gave a principle for the reorganization of the army, and it was necessary to recover and increase combat effectiveness as quickly as possible in preparation for the upcoming change of battle. The direction of the battle is still the Central Plains, which is Tongji Canal, but the last time the officers and soldiers were caught off guard, and the results were brilliant, but this time it was different, the same mistake could not be made twice, so Li Fengyun's request was recognized by the heroes.

It's just that in accordance with this principle, more elites of the alliance are concentrated in the three armies of the Inner Government and the five armies of Li Fengyun's lineage, and the descendants of the marshals are more occupied by Li Fengyun, that is to say, the strength of the marshals is being eroded and diluted little by little, and the trend of "the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker" within the alliance is unstoppable, and with the formation of this "strong and weak" pattern, the power of the alliance is becoming more and more concentrated, and the cohesion is getting stronger and stronger. This maintained unity within the alliance in a certain way.

The heroes can't help it, they can't shake Li Fengyun's position within the alliance, and now the living environment outside the alliance is getting worse and worse, the Hebei Righteous Army and the Qilu Righteous Army have been defeated in successive battles, and now they can't even guarantee survival is a living example, so they have no idea of leaving the alliance. If you can't fight Li Fengyun and can't leave the alliance, then you have only one choice, be loyal to Li Fengyun and follow Li Fengyun honestly, maybe you can break into a new world.

After the alliance officials and the commanders of the internal and external governments drew up a plan for the reorganization of the army, Sima Yuan An reported to Li Fengyun.

Li Fengyun was in the middle of the tent, talking in a low voice with a few people in white, but the identities of these people in white must not be exposed.