"Envoy Wei did find someone and asked him to send a message secretly, but Eunuch Wei had ulterior motives. Although his purpose was to defend Jiyin, Dingtao, and Chengshi, it was actually a delaying strategy. While allowing you to disrupt the two sides of the Heshui River, it continued to deteriorate the situation, and at the same time, he won sufficient excuses and time for the Dongdu to send troops to suppress the rebellion and suppress the thieves." Fang Xianbo sighed sadly, "Envoy Wei wants war, a war that can bring them benefits, and you are the tools that can bring them benefits. As for the people, in their eyes, they are just a group of insignificant grass, mustard ants, and it doesn't matter how much death is."

Fang Xianbo said this and gave a deep gift to Meng Haigong, "We are all from Jiyin, from Henan, this is our home, and everyone here is our brothers and sisters, so whether you start from righteousness or from your own interests, you should make the right choice."

Meng Haigong sneered secretly, with these words, can I persuade me to withdraw my troops? Now all the rebels from southwestern Shandong are coming and plundering on both sides of Heshui. If I retreat, what will I eat and drink, what will my army grow? If the expeditionary army returns at the end of the year and pursue me relentlessly, will you still help me? It is impossible. Since that is the case, what reason do I have to follow your persuasion to lead the army to retreat?

Meng Haigong pretended to be pondering and said for a long time, "It's time for this, and it's hard to get rid of a tiger. If you withdraw your troops and leave, it's equivalent to betraying the alliance, and there will be a disaster of destruction."

"Li Fengyun is coming with great momentum and his morale is strong. At this moment, you will inevitably be angry with him. It is really unwise." Fang Xianbo thought that Meng Haigong had been shaken and his eyes were filled with joy. He immediately said, "But you can surround but not attack, just wait for Li Fengyun to be blocked from attacking on the north bank of Jishui, and the situation will inevitably change."

"There are not only Li Fengyun on the north bank, but also Han Jinluo, Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan." Meng Haigong frowned and worried.

"Don't worry, there is Wu Hailiu on the Cheng family." Fang Xianbo smiled, "Wu Hailiu and Han Jinluo are family friends. Besides, Han Jinluo, Shuai Rentai and Huo Xiaohan have just experienced the Ningyang War and suffered a great loss and have no strength to forcibly attack the city. Wu Hailiu lobbies, and Han Jinluo will definitely take the opportunity to wait and see, so only Li Fengyun's army will remain strong and will maintain a strong attack. Although the Cangtou army is strong, if you want to capture Dingtao, you must get the cooperation of you and Han Jinluo and the north and south armies. If you and Han Jinluo do not attack and stand on the north and south sides of the Jishui River and stand by, will Li Fengyun still attack Dingtao? Do you dare to go deeper alone?"

Meng Haigong pondered and said nothing. It was obvious that when his own interests were in danger, Jiyin Haowang joined forces with the Jiyin government.

This is understandable. The Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance went westward to the Central Plains, which clearly meant burning, killing, looting, and strengthening itself by the gains of plunder. Such atrocities not only caused heavy damage to the local governments, but also severely hit the local nobles and rich people. For local nobles and rich people, this blow was not only wealth, but also the strength they rely on to compete with local governments and Guanlong people. The Guanlong people have always wanted to control this area, but in the local nobles and rich people

With the joint resistance, the local governments were constrained everywhere. Now the attack of the Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance gave the Guanlong people an excellent opportunity to attack the huge local forces in this area. It can be foreseen that if the situation continues to deteriorate, the local nobles and rich people will soon fall into the front and back attacks of the official army and the rebel army. Although it will not be destroyed, it is impossible to compete with the official army and the Guanlong people. They can only watch this fertile land in Henan fall into the bag of the Guanlong people.

Meng Haigong's home is in Zhouqiao, Jiyin, adjacent to Liangjun, and belongs to the marginal area of ​​Henan, so he is also a native of Henan and a member of the huge local forces in this area. After raising the flag in Zhouqiao last year, although he was active on both sides of the Heshui River, his main looting location was in the junction of the Central Plains and the three places of Qilu and Xuzhou. It was not that he did not want to go deep into the hinterland of Jiyin, but that his survival requires the protection of local forces in the region. If he attacked Jiyin's hinterland, he would inevitably touch the bottom line of local forces, which would cause public anger and the consequences would be unimaginable.

This time, as a member of the Southwest Shandong Rebel Alliance, he actually stood opposite to his former allies. Considering the uncertainty of the future and the help of these allies, Meng Haigong finally decided to act according to the opportunity, change his mind when the wind blows the wind, and be a fence-bearer who does not offend both sides. If both sides are beneficial to him, they will lean on which side.

Seeing Fang Xianbo away, Meng Haigong urgently wrote to Li Fengyun. At present, Jiyin Haowang was already standing on the side of the government and joined forces with the Guanlong people to fight against the rebel army. The development of the situation was very unfavorable to the rebel army. The implication was that it had shaken the strategy of expeditioning the Central Plains in the West.

Li Fengyun under Dingtao City not only received letters from Meng Haigong, but also from Han Jinluo. At this critical moment, the interests of the alliance are everyone's interests. Only when the alliance plays a roar of triumphant songs can everyone grow and grow. Therefore, the two did not hide the slightest from Li Fengyun, and informed Fang Xianbo and Wu Hailiu of the camp in detail. Both of them expressed their concerns about the Western Expedition to the Central Plains. Although their previous confidence was not gone, it was an indisputable fact.

Li Fengyun fell into deep thought.

"Ming Gong, the biggest loss in our Western Expedition to the Central Plains was the Henan people, and the Guanlong people were happy to see it. At the critical moment, the Dongdu sent troops to quell the rebellion and then fueled the fire. Then the Henan people would definitely be attacked from both sides and suffered heavy damage, and they might not recover." Yuan An sighed, "Whether the Western Expedition to the Central Plains can achieve the expected results lies in whether they can win the support of the Henan people. Judging from the current situation, we are too optimistic and are not prepared for the fierce reaction of the Henan people, so we are very passive now."

"Although it is a bit passive, it is not serious. As for the current situation, the resistance to continue moving forward is indeed great, but we are still worry-free when we retreat." Xiao Yi hesitated for a moment, and then said, "What is strange is that the disasters on the north and south sides of the Great Henan are getting worse. Although the outbreak of natural disasters is an important reason, the ineffective relief of the East and the local governments is also a crucial reason. What is the reason for the ineffective relief? Apart from the Eastern Expedition, there is no other reason? The battle between the Guanlong people and the Shandong people has always been fierce. Now the Guanlong people have finally encountered such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to beat Shandong people. How can they miss it for nothing? Such an obvious thing, Henan

People know it well, and the resentment in their hearts can be imagined, but when we give the opportunity to avenge the revenge, the Henan people were afraid and retreated, and they actually worked hand in hand with the Guanlong people and joined forces with the wolf. Don’t they know that even if we evacuate and stop attacking the Central Plains, even if the situation stabilizes, Dongdu takes relief, that little relief is just a drop in the bucket. It cannot save the lives of the victims, and it cannot make up for the losses of the Henan people. After the Henan people's strength is greatly damaged, there is no possibility of recovering their vitality in the short term. Besides, the Guanlong people cannot give them time to recover their vitality. They must rob and beat the dogs in the water."

"Xiao Lang's words are reasonable." Yuan An deeply agreed with Xiao Yi's words. "Before the emperor's eastern expedition, a large number of officials were replaced, among which the prefect of Dongjun was Dugu Cheng, the prefect of Jiyin was Wei Baoluan, and the prefect of Xingyang was Yang Qing, both of whom were from Guanlong. Such a layout must have a deep meaning."

"There is no deep meaning, it is to completely control this area and completely destroy the local forces in Henan." Xiao Yi curled his lips disdainfully, "Since the Guanlong people defeated the Shandong people and unified the Yellow River Basin, the Guanlong people have always wanted to destroy the local forces in various parts of Shandong. After unifying Zhongtu, the Guanlong people were even more interested, and even the local forces in Jiangzuo wanted to sweep them away. Unfortunately, the Shandong people and Jiangzuo people are lush and powerful, how can they be compared to a group of northwestern barbarians who eat raw meat and drink blood?"

As a wealthy family in Jiangzuo, the former royal family of the Southern Dynasty always regarded itself as the upright Middle-earth. Although the dynasty change was an unstoppable historical trend, the dignity and pride of the upright Middle-earth Middle-earth barbarians and a group of uncultured lowly nobles in the northwest were trampled under their feet. This was a trampling, an insult, and an unbearable pain for the Xiao family. Zhongtu had only been unified by the Yellow River Basin for more than 30 years, and the entire Middle-earth was unified for more than 20 years. The time was short, and the pain of the destruction of the country was still unforgettable. The dream of restoring the country was hidden deep in the hearts of Shandong people and Jiangzuo people, which was unforgettable every night.

Putting his heart in his heart, Xiao Yi believes that Henan people should hate Guanlong people like him. Even if they cannot restore their country, they will overthrow them to avenge the shame of losing their country. Especially at this moment, facing the Guanlong people's face to die and the sinister intentions of Guanlong people, how can Henan people put aside their hatred and cooperate with them? How can they walk with tigers and wolves?

"The people of Henan have other plans?" Li Fengyun thought intently, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking Xiao Yi.

"I don't know if the Henan people have other plans, but I can be sure of one thing. When the situation continues to deteriorate and the Henan people are in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides, we are the only one who is truly willing to save the Henan people." Xiao Yi smiled, "At that moment, survival is the first. No matter what Henan people have in the past, they will hold our hands tightly and fight side by side with us."

Yuan An immediately understood Xiao Yi's intention and insisted on attacking the Central Plains. Whether the Henan people were swaying from the beginning to the end was not important to the rebel army. What is important is that the Guanlong people were always the enemy of the Henan people, and the rebel army was the loyal allies that the Henan people could rely on. At the critical moment of life and death, the enemy would give the Henan people a fatal blow, and the allies would save them with justice. When will the Henan people fall into a life and death crisis? It is very simple. As long as the rebel army persists in attacking and attacking, as long as the situation in the Central Plains continues to deteriorate, the Henan people will be pushed into the abyss of death.

If you don't rebel, I will force you to rebel.

"Duke Ming made a decision?" Yuan An asked.
Chapter completed!