On the tenth day of June, Liyang.

The news that the left-handed general Dong Chun, the left guard general, led his army to hunt him down, shocked the alliance. Han Shou, the general manager of the cavalry who was besieging Baima City, Wang Bo, the general manager of the left and right, who had retreated to the front line of Dahe, were secretly frightened. Although the alliance has been creating miracles, the creators of those miracles are Li Fengyun, not them, so without Li Fengyun, they did not have the confidence to compete with Dong Chun.

Han Shou, Wang Bo and Huo Xiaohan then urgently reported to Li Yang and requested to cross the river to the north.

The situation in Li Yang is worse than they thought, not because of the greater external pressure, but because the internal disputes are too fierce.

Yang Xuangan went to attack Dongdu, but he would not give up Li Yang easily, because whether Li Yang could withstand the attack of the Guards for some time in the future was directly related to whether he could win Dongdu as he wished. Therefore, he must control the situation in Li Yang and must firmly hold Li Zixiong and the target he leveraged in his hands. It is very simple to do this, just control Li Yangcang. So before leaving Li Yangcang, Yang Xuangan handed over the important task of garrisoning Li Yangcang to Yuanwuben, the governor of Lizhou he appointed. In this way, Li Zixiong was very passive, and was stuck in his neck by Yuanwuben and was greatly restrained.

Yuan Wuben handled the Liyang issue from the standpoint of the mutiny alliance, while Li Zixiong dealt with the Liyang crisis from the standpoint and interests of the King of Qi. As for the Rebel Alliance, their goal was to seize Liyang Cang, loot Liyang Cang, and create conditions for the alliance to go north. Therefore, the three major forces in Liyang each have their own thoughts and have their own goals, distrust each other, plot against each other, and constrain each other. The situation in Liyang quickly evolved into "three heroes competing for hegemony", and Liyang Cang became the "focus" of the three major forces.

Yuanwu originally wanted to use Li Yangcang to threaten Li Zixiong and the Rebel Alliance, while Li Zixiong wanted to use Li Yangcang to maintain his supreme power and control of the situation in Li Yang. The goal of the Rebel Alliance was very clear and he would take down Li Yangcang at any cost.

Hao Xiaode and Liu Heita and other Hebei heroes were very cautious when crossing the river, and were afraid of being harmed by Li Yang's design. But soon they discovered that on the Li Yang battlefield, the alliance was a powerful faction and a decisive force, which directly determined Li Yang's life and death. In this favorable situation, the alliance was actually controlled by others, and looked at people's faces everywhere. For money and food, they had to whisper to Li Zixiong and Yuan Wuben and compromise. It was simply outrageous? I was bleeding.

Sweat, it’s fine if you sit and enjoy the fruits of victory, but you also use food and grass weapons to stuck my neck. It’s unbearable to control my life and death. Hao Xiaode and Liu Heita and other heroes from Hebei immediately “take the initiative”, and Chen Rui and Han Yao were not polite, and publicly coerced Li Zixiong to cooperate with integrity. Since you want to exchange food for the force of the alliance, you must at least be able to control Li Yangcang, otherwise what will you use to ensure the alliance’s huge demand for food?

Li Zixiong was in a disadvantage and was very embarrassed. He didn't expect that Yang Xuangan would stab him in the back before leaving Li Yang, but Yang Xuangan's actions were beyond reproach. Li Zixiong could not swear that he was absolutely loyal to Yang Xuangan, and he would not be able to pat his chest to ensure that he stayed at Li Yang wholeheartedly for Yang Xuangan. He and Yang Xuangan are just political allies and have no affiliation. Moreover, he did have ulterior motives and had other plans. He wanted to use Yang Xuangan and this mutiny to make profits for the King of Qi and himself. Therefore, Yang Xuangan's control of Li Yangcang to control him and the rebel alliance is completely the right strategy. Since Li Zixiong will stab Yang Xuangan in the back sooner or later, why can't Yang Xuangan stab Li Zixiong first?

Li Zixiong had no choice but to take down Li Yang Cang and solve Yuanwuben. However, when Yuanwuben was ordered, he knew that his situation in Li Yang was extremely dangerous and he would die for a lifetime. If he was not careful, he would fall to the ground. So he shrank his head and became a turtle, hiding in Li Yang Cang, but he would not go out. If Li Zixiong tried his best to do everything he could and did all means, he would not be fooled or go out.

Li Zixiong was helpless and felt very difficult. The alliance was forced to put pressure on Li Zixiong due to the crisis of the situation. Even though Li Zixiong assured the alliance that Dong Chun would never attack the alliance army and the King of Qi would never kill Li Fengyun's troops, but the alliance did not believe it at all. Destiny must be in his own hands, but now the alliance's "neck" is stuck in Yuanwuben, and the guards who rescued the Dongdu are coming from all directions. The alliance is attacked from all sides, so what should we control our destiny? If the alliance cannot even control its own destiny, then is there still hope of survival on the battlefield of Liyang?

Hao Xiaode and Liu Heita quickly came up with countermeasures and sent their confidants to Qinghe to contact Zhang Jin, the leader of the Qinghe Rebel Army, to try to join forces with Zhang Jin, both inside and outside to capture Li Yang Cang before the Guard Army besieged Li Yang.

Chen Rui and Han Yao did not believe in Li Zixiong at first. Now seeing that Li Zixiong cannot control the situation in Li Yang at all, their trust in him has dropped to the lowest point. If both sides were not actively implementing Li Fengyun's northward development strategy, Li Fengyun had formulated several important principles for the battle situation in Li Yang, including insisting on cooperation with Li Zixiong, and they even wanted to "turn against" Li Zixiong directly. It is precisely because of this that they did not tell Li Zixiong about this plan.

However, just as the alliance actively planned to seize Li Yangcang, the situation in Henan suddenly changed. Han Shou, Wang Bo and Huo Xiaohan were in a hurry and anxious, clearly expressed their willingness to cross the Hebei.

This is absolutely not allowed. All the Alliance troops cross the river and enter the Liyang battlefield will definitely change the situation in Liyang and the position and situation of the Alliance in this storm. Once Dongdu believes that the Alliance joins Yang Xuangan's mutiny, it will definitely become the target of comprehensive pursuit. This will not only destroy the Alliance's profit-making strategy in this storm, but also trap the King of Qi in a defeated place. Li Fengyun's northward development plan was declared failure before it began.

Chen Rui quickly crossed the river to the White Horse battlefield, analyzed the current situation in detail to Han Shou, Wang Bo, Huo Xiaohan and other heroes, explained the importance of continuing to fight in southern Dahe, and tried his best to prevent them from crossing the river to the north. However, Chen Rui was not Li Fengyun, Huo Xiaohan, Shuai Rentai and other heroes were not Li Fengyun's confidants. As for Wang Bo, Zuo brothers, Guo Fangyu and Qin Junhong and other Qilu heroes, there was no sense of belonging to the alliance. If they were not desperate, they would not have come to this point. Therefore, even though Li Fengyun had already explained the relevant matters clearly before leaving, today Chen Rui used the things that had happened and proved that Li Fengyun's predictions were accurate to further elaborate on the feasibility of the alliance's profit-making strategy in the Liyang battle situation, but it was still difficult to dissuade these heroes from crossing the river to the north.

In fact, Chen Rui knew very well that no matter how beautiful he boasted about the future or how perfect his strategy was, it was an illusory "bubble" that could not solve the fundamental problems of these heroes. The fundamental problem was money and grain, Liyang Cang, which was a substantial interest, visible and tangible benefit. People from Hebei crossed the river, went to Liyang, and divided the money and grain in Liyang Cang, but the people of Qilu stayed south of the river to fight hard. Of course, they were unbalanced in their hearts, and of course they also wanted to get a share of the pie. As for the major plans to go north to develop, what is using mutiny to make profits, etc., they were all empty, invisible, and uncertain things, compared with real money, silver, grain, silk, etc., they were too disparate.

"Who is Li Zixiong? He can't command the Yuanwuben?" Huo Xiaohan was a little confused. He couldn't understand why Yang Xuangan stabbed Li Zixiong mercilessly at the beginning of the rebellion. Even if they don't trust each other and want to kill each other, it would be a little too early. Isn't this seeking death?

Chen Rui did not understand this question. Although it is reasonable to say that if we distrust each other, we will be prepared for each other and try every means to restrain each other, it will not help defend Li Yang. The earlier Li Yang falls, the more unfavorable it is for Yang Xuangan to attack Dongdu. In this case, why would Yang Xuangan still be distracted? If Yang Xuangan fails to capture Dongdu and is trapped under Dongdu City, what should he do? Will he fly with wings? Even if he flies out of the siege of the Guards, where can he go?

"That's the truth." Chen Rui sighed, "So we have no way out. We must take Liyang Cang as fast as possible. We must take Liyang Cang before the Guardian Army reaches Liyang. Otherwise, the situation will be extremely unfavorable to us. If we have no choice, we may even cross the river and return."

"Zhang Jin said he has this strength?" Wang Bo questioned, "If Zhang Jin said he had the strength to attack Li Yangcang, would he wait until now?"

"Zhang Jin said that he does not have this strength," Chen Rui said, "but we have this strength. However, if we attack Li Yangcang directly, it is equivalent to publicly breaking up with Li Zixiong and turning against each other, then wouldn't we give Li Yang to the Guards next? Li Yang is lost, can we still defend Li Yangcang? This is not the most serious. The most serious thing is that we break up with Li Zixiong is equivalent to breaking up with King Qi. Then we will be fiercely attacked by Dong Chun on the battlefield in Henan, so the alliance fell into a dilemma of fighting on both sides of the river. By then we will be in danger and will be wiped out by the entire army."

Han Shou nodded slightly and asked, "Just like the Grand Chief Manager is on the battlefield in Dongdu?"

Li Fengyun fought against the banner of the Korean Prime Minister on the battlefield of Dongdu, and on the battlefield of Liyang, the Alliance army fought against the banner of Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong. When Zhang Jin said he had attacked Li Yang Cang, the Alliance army changed, and under the banner of Zhang Jin, pretended to be Zhang Jin, so Li Zixiong turned a blind eye and was happy to see it. After Yuan Wuben was defeated, the Alliance army changed again, and under the banner of Li Zixiong, fought a battle with Zhang Jin, so Zhang Jin said he was defeated and "returned with a full load". Li Zixiong controlled the situation in Li Yang without any effort. Of course, the premise was that Li Zixiong must fully meet the needs of the alliance, and both sides took their own profits and were happy.

Chen Rui nodded repeatedly, "So you must stick to the battlefield in Henan and insist on confronting the King of Qi head-on. Only in this way can you confuse the public and hide the world, and completely separate the relationship between the alliance and this storm, and pave the way for the alliance to go north."

"What if the King of Qi attacks us?" Guo Fangyu pointed directly at the critical point, "What if Zhang Xutuo also comes and join forces with the King of Qi to attack us? What should we do?
Chapter completed!