Li Fengyun was about to face the biggest crisis at Mengshan. He was not placing his hope of overcoming the crisis on his soldiers, but on Xu Shiji, which gave Xu Shiji unprecedented pressure. Xu Shiji seemed to be carrying a mountain on his back and suddenly became overwhelmed. That strong sense of despair and helplessness suffocated him and could not breathe. What should I do?

Xu Shisan looked at Xu Shiji with a desperate look and couldn't help feeling sympathy. This was still the young, frivolous, unruly, and self-proclaimed romantic second generation? No, since he robbed the White Horse Prison and the Censor, his fate has undergone a complete change. He is no longer a free and happy second generation, but a poor and humble grassroots who have to struggle for life. In fact, he was already struggling in the torrent of life. He had suffered humiliation for life before, but now he is hiding his head and tail for life. In the future, how do he plan to live? Should he kill the whole world with a knife, live happily, or continue to hide in the darkness and feel sad about the pain of life?

Xu Shiji was also looking at Xu Shisan, as if he could see Li Fengyun's eyes through Xu Shisan's body and see Li Fengyun's true intentions. Suddenly, Xu Shiji suddenly realized that with Li Fengyun's unpredictable ability, how could he put the lives of thousands of rebel soldiers in his hands? This was just one of Li Fengyun's strategies. Success was awesome, but it was a failure, and it had nothing to do with the overall situation. He must have other strategies to save Mengshan.

The high trust in Li Fengyun quickly stabilized Xu Shiji's emotions and his mind became calm. He began to calm down, carefully considered the message Li Fengyun sent him, and pondered the profound meaning contained in each word.

The key to Cui is Cui.

Li Fengyun tried to use the power of Cui, and the reason why he had such a bold attempt was due to the inherent contradiction between the people of Guanlong and Shandong, and his understanding of the current Central China government. He believed that the core contradiction in today's Central China politics came from the fierce conflict between the two opposing governance concepts of reform and conservatism.

Xu Shiji gradually got the clue and found the secret that Li Fengyun hid in his message.

Mengshan is actually a dead land. The rebel army is trapped in a cage, with hunger and cold, and its own survival is a problem, let alone development and growth. After the spring, the rebel army has no food and must go down the mountain. As long as the official army waits at the foot of the mountain, it can cause severe damage to the rebel army. How to break the deadline? Obviously, it is impossible to rely on the rebel army's own capabilities, and it must rely on the help of external forces.

Li Fengyun's eyes were focused on Cui Deben, the county magistrate of Pengcheng County. Cui Deben came from Cui. If Cui's family was hindered by political reasons, because of family interests and the interests of Shandong aristocratic groups, while the top-down strategy was hindered, and when using its own power to influencing the national policy, they might think of bottom-up strategies from the current crisis of rebellion in the north and south of the Great Henan and the South, and use domestic crises to force the central government to change the national policy. In this way, in the eyes of Cui, the Mengshan rebel army was as important as the various rebel army in the north and south of the Great Henan, and even because of its unique geographical location, it could cut off the strategic natural advantages of the major artery of the north and south transport when necessary, and won the Cui's special "attention". With Cui's "attention" and Cui's "secret help", Li Fengyun and Mengshan rebel army could naturally overcome the current crisis and grow rapidly.

Xu Shiji's ideas became clearer and clearer. Li Fengyun's strategy was about to come out. The idea of ​​this strategy was incredible. It was far from being able to be drawn up by a rebel thief general. The only explanation was that Li Fengyun came from the top of the nobles and came from a wealthy family. Otherwise, he would not have been so far-sighted. He had too many clues and too complicated. Xu Shiji was worried that he would forget it, so he wrote at his desk, flying dragons and phoenixes, and wrote his own speculation on paper in the shortest time. Then he summarized and rewrited a long letter.

"Zhisanlang, I read it, listen, no matter whether you understand or not, you will talk about it after listening."

Xu Shiji ignored Xu Shisan and his two brothers, looked confused, and opened the letter and read it aloud.

"But you understand, but think I wrote something wrong? Or, are you missing something you didn't tell me?" Xu Shiji asked.

Xu Shisan immediately added and revised the many details of the rebels' transition to Qilu and advanced into Mengshan, and added Li Fengyun's deduction of the future situation after Meng Rang and Changbaishan's rebels entered Langya County. He emphasized that Li Fengyun was seriously skeptical about the conclusion that the Eastern Expedition would inevitably win.

"He suspected that the Eastern Expedition would fail?" Xu Shiji asked in surprise, "Where is the evidence? What are the evidences he has?"

Xu Shisan shook his head. He was also surprised at the time and wanted to question Li Fengyun, but he was unwilling to be troublesome and had no curiosity. After hesitating, he remained silent. What do you say, what do I listen? It has nothing to do with me anyway.

Xu Shiji fell into deep thought, then he picked up the letter and read it carefully, and then pondered again. Gradually, an incredible thought came into his mind. Could it be that in the court, some people wanted to destroy the Eastern Expedition and defeat the authority of the emperor and the central government with a great defeat to fight against the reforms carried out by the emperor and the central government? In the court, in the army, civil officials and military generals all came from a wealthy family, some were reformists and some were conservatives, fighting to the death, and fighting happily. Now that they are on the battlefield, have they given up their political views, given up their struggles, and work together to expand their territory? It is impossible. On the contrary, they will use this war to try their best to attack their opponents and kill them. The cruel political struggle is everywhere.

The more Xu Shiji thought about it, the more frightened he became. So he stopped thinking about it and wrote a letter to add content.

The brothers Xu Shisan were placed, and Xu Shiji rushed to Fang's manor to find Zhai Kuan, Zhai Rang brothers, Shan Xiongzhong, Shan Xiongxin brothers, Jia Xiong, Bing Yuanzhen, Fang Xianbo and Wang Ruxin.

The letter was read aloud by Xu Shiji, and then followed by Zhai Kuan, Zhai Rang and others.

The atmosphere in the house was very solemn, and even a little depressed for a while. From the standpoint of Wagang Zhuxiong, Xu Shiji naturally wanted to tell everyone this important thing, but from another perspective, everyone instinctively resisted the invisible pressure brought by Xu Shiji, because it was equivalent to forcing Wagang Zhuxiong to make decisions for his future destiny. Hiding was not a long-term solution after all, Wagang Zhuxiong knew this in his heart, but the Eastern Expedition would inevitably win. After the victory of the Eastern Expedition, the Eastern Expedition army would definitely sweep across the rebel army from north and south of the Great Henan with thunder, and all the criminals wanted by the imperial court could not escape the fate of being different from their heads. In other words, hiding was death, and rebellion was also death. Although it was better to die than to live, how to live to win a glimmer of life for oneself. This was always a question that Wagang Zhuxiong had been considering, but no one could find the answer.

Is the news brought by Xu Shiji today the answer? Should the monks of Wagang be like Li Fengyun, like the heroes of Qi and Lu, Wang Bo and Meng Rang, like the heroes of Hebei, Liu Badao, Gao Shida, Dou Jiande, Hao Xiaode, Liu Heita, and Zhang Jincheng, raise the banner of rebellion without hesitation, and even if they die, they will die vigorously?

"Will the Eastern Expedition be defeated? It's a fool."

Someone in the room finally spoke, his tone was mean and he sneered.

The person who speaks is Bing Yuanzhen, who is in his thirties, has a high crown and a elegant temperament, and has a famous style.

Bing Yuanzhen was from Lu, while Bing was a prominent family in Lu County. Langya County also had Bing, which was the main hall. When Bing Yuanzhen was young, he studied with Zhai Kuan and Zhai Rang brothers from Qufu and had a friendship with classmates. Later, he worked as a minor official in Zou County in the southern part of Lu County. Zou County bordered Teng County in the northern part of Pengcheng County, and was also the junction of Qilu, Xuzhou and Henan. It belonged to the three-regional area. The local forces were complex and powerful, thieves were rampant, and illegal interests were abundant. Bing Yuanzhen had no hope in his career. He then focused on making money. He found the Zhai brothers in Dongjun, and the two sides hit it off and took advantage of their position and geographical advantages to make great profits. The good times did not last long. The incident broke out and Bing Yuanzhen fled. Then, with the help of the Zhai brothers, he hid in the Xu fleet and went to Jiangzuo. Unexpectedly, the Cui brothers were in trouble. Zhai Rang was imprisoned and Zhai ran away. Bing Yuanzhen heard the news and hurried back to Dongjun for rescue. However, he did not catch up with the prison, but met Zhai Rang who had escaped on the way north.

Bing Yuanzhen's words actually represent everyone's common aspirations. Will the Eastern Expedition be defeated? How is it possible? Because everyone thinks that the Eastern Expedition will win, and they foresee that after the Eastern Expedition, the domestic situation will inevitably be unfavorable to them, so no one dares to raise the flag to rebel. Although it is also death if it does not rebel, it will die faster, and it will also cause a large number of innocent people to be buried with them. This is really not cost-effective.

"There is no need to argue about the Eastern Expedition." Zhai Rang also spoke, "Although the message from Fengyun is intended to persuade us to raise the flag to rebel, even if we rebel, for him, the far water cannot save the near fire and cannot solve the crisis in front of him. Therefore, Fengyun's real purpose is Cui. If we can persuade Cui..."

Zhai Rang hesitated for a moment, then closed his mouth and stopped talking. It sounded incredible to persuade Cui to help a group of rebels, but the reason why the Dongjun crisis was resolved was due to Cui's timely action, and the reason why Cui was able to be moved was due to Li Fengyun's plan. Even now, looking back at the White Horse crisis that was about to break out is still shocking and at a loss, but Li Fengyun could find a way to break the situation. This is really amazing. Who dares to say that the strategy Li Fengyun has shown today cannot be told to Cui?

"Dalang, do you still have any contact with Cui?" Zhai Kuan asked, "If you have any contact, you will try it according to Fengyun's strategy. We owe Fengyun's favor at the beginning, and this favor must be returned."

Xu Shiji nodded, looked at Zhai Rang and said, "If brother agrees, I will go and find Cui immediately."

Zhai Rang waved his hand vigorously, "Go quickly and do your best."

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