Chapter 51 The Crazy Coachman
When Fei Huai led his army back to Yongcheng, Li Fengyun was taking the rebel army into Pengcheng County.
At noon, the rebels rested in a secluded field.
In a very nervous situation, the soldiers did not close their eyes for two days and two nights, and ran for more than 100 miles and fought three battles. Fortunately, they won three battles and won countless cases, which seriously stimulated the thieves who were full and hungry and hungry as if they were chased and killed by rats across the street, all of them were extremely excited and burst out their potential to the greatest extent. However, people's energy and physical fitness were limited after all. At this moment, the soldiers of the Rebel Army urgently needed to sleep to recover their physical strength.
However, nearly a thousand bureaucrats, surrendered soldiers, boatmen, water merchants, and servants who came to the scene needed to monitor to prevent escape. The soldiers did not dare to close their eyes at all, so they could only take a moment of rest, but this could not solve the fundamental problem.
Chen Rui, Lu Mingxing and others then took the initiative to ask Li Fengyun for advice.
Li Fengyun disagreed, "If you want to make a person lose the power of resistance, the easiest and effective way is to make him exhausted all day long, and only think about two things every day: eating and sleeping."
Chen Rui and others suddenly realized. A few days ago, Li Fengyun trained all the thieves on the mountain every day, and the result was that. Not to mention the power of resistance, even the idea of resistance was gone. At that time, Lu Mingxing's subordinates were still thinking about taking revenge. After practicing for Li Fengyun for a few days, they just wanted to eat and sleep. The idea of taking revenge had already been thrown out of the sky.
"Man dies for money, birds die for food, and poor and tired people's greatest wish in their lives is to eat and wear warmth, which is very easy to satisfy." Li Fengyun continued, "This time we plundered a lot. In addition to rewarding the soldiers, the rest will be distributed all of them, and those who see them will have a share."
"Who are we robbed the rich and helped the poor? Isn't it these poor people? This will stabilize people's hearts. Once the people's hearts are stable, we can form them into a regiment and expand the scale of the rebel army. If the rebel army is stronger, they can win greater victories and win more spoils. The more spoils, the more soldiers will earn, which will further inspire morale. In this virtuous cycle, the problems of survival and development of the rebel army will be well solved."
What was originally very complicated and difficult, but to say this to Li Fengyun is simple and clear. This made everyone even more admired. In just a few days, the rebel army was in full swing, while the situation in Xuyu was surging. The initiator was the white-haired and gray-haired person in front of him. It was impossible not to admire him. He was too powerful, but just two days ago, this was still an unimaginable thing.
"The people in Mangdang Mountain also need to be dealt with urgently." Li Fengyun said, "There will be a crisis when hundreds of people suddenly flock into Zhang Fei Village. If this crisis is not resolved in time, it will definitely affect the development of the rebel army."
Chen Rui was a little surprised and asked, "Didn't you say you would plunder the heavy troops with Han Yao? If you return to Mangdang Mountain and make a big distance with Han Yao, wouldn't it be detrimental to us to plunder the heavy troops?"
"The reason why I made an appointment with Han Yao to rob the heavy troops was because I was worried that he would leave us alone and rob the enemy alone." Li Fengyun sneered, "If Han Yao had swallowed those heavy troops alone, how could we develop? Wouldn't he be suppressed by him?"
Everyone looked at each other and was secretly shocked. The handsome white-haired handsome man was scheming and his methods were even more ruthless.
Chen Rui thought for a while and raised objections, "The pursuers come in the tail. If we turn to Mangdang Mountain, although it attracts the pursuers away, it will help Han Yao raise the flag and rebel, but it will not help us loot heavy troops."
"The pursuers will not come for the time being." Li Fengyun shook his hand, "Although Fei Huai was eager to chase after him, Xia Ting and Yongcheng fell one after another, and Yingyang Mansion lost another regiment. The successive blows would inevitably overestimate our strength and dare not pursue him rashly. Besides, after we entered Pengcheng County, we left the town and garrison area of Yingyang Mansion in Yongcheng. Without the consent of the Zuo Xiaowei Mansion in Pengcheng, Fei Huai would seriously violate the order and rebellion, so he would definitely not dare to cross the border and chase him in the short term. Instead, while urgently reporting to Zuo Xiaowei Mansion, he would concentrate his efforts to clear the canal waterway first. The eastern expedition is imminent, ensuring the smoothness of the canal is far more important than killing us. There is no doubt about this."
Li Fengyun's analysis and inference are reasonable and irrefutable.
Chen Rui and others were very happy. Thank God, they finally could take a breath. No wonder Li Fengyun hurriedly led his army into Pengcheng County. It turned out that he had already made up his mind and had thought about everything behind him.
"Then when will we return to Mangdang Mountain from Pengcheng County?" Chen Rui asked again.
"Our current task is to attract the Yingyang Mansion army of Qiao County, so the large army cannot return to Mangdang Mountain, but find a place to rest and expand the army on the spot. We do not hide our tracks, and sway in this area will inevitably anger Fei Huai. Our purpose is to lure Fei Huai across the border to pursue it so that the army of Yingyang Mansion of Qiao County will be transferred from both sides of Tongji Canal."
"Once Fei Huai crosses the border and chases us, we will immediately go north and lead his nose towards Mangdang Mountain."
Li Fengyun pointed at Chen Rui, "You immediately take Brother Aihuo back to Mangdang Mountain day and night from the small road, and divide all the property that should be divided on the mountain."
Chen Rui looked surprised, as if he was reluctant.
Without waiting for him to speak, Li Fengyun said sternly, "Those who plan big things should not be conservative, nor should they be stingy. They want horses to run and horses to not eat grass. How can such a cheap thing be in the world?"
"After you return to the village, you will immediately divide all the spoils paid by Xia Ting. If you see them, you will share them. One is to buy and comfort people's hearts, and the other is to unconsciously pull these people onto our ship. You must know that anyone who receives our gifts will be punished as accomplice. If our heads cannot be saved, they will not want to save their lives. Since everyone is on the same boat, they are brothers. Of course, they must share difficulties, share blessings, share honor and disgrace, and share life and death."
Chen Rui secretly complained that you were ashamed, and you were vicious, using money to seduce people and deceive people to rebel. No wonder you were confident in expanding the rebel army. It turned out that the foreshadowing was buried here. With your plan, the rebel army attacked cities and camps, burned, killed, and plundered, and then divided all the seized gains. Benevolence and righteousness and reputation, but countless civilians fell into your "trap" and eventually had to embark on the road of rebellion. You are cruel enough, you are cruel enough, and you can't admire it.
Chen Rui was convinced and bowed to accept the order without any objection.
"After the people's hearts are stable, they will immediately reorganize and build a group on the spot with the young and strong people. The rest are chores, serving the rebels, eating, living, advancing and retreating with the rebels, and treating them equally in order to retain them and make them loyal to the rebels. The survival and development of the rebels must be inseparable from the support of a large number of loyal people. If you want to get it, you must give it first. If you want to gain something, you must make efforts. This principle is simple and simple, and there is no need to repeat it."
Chen Rui fully accepted Li Fengyun's statement and expressed his firm compliance with Li Fengyun's orders and would never give any discounts during the execution.
"Live coach, when do you think you will go north and meet someone?"
Li Fengyun fell into deep thought, with a solemn expression, as if he wanted to make some major decisions.
Although everyone was confused, they already trusted Li Fengyun very much. The decision he made was definitely beneficial to the rebel army, so they waited quietly without anyone disturbing him.
After a long time, Li Fengyun said solemnly, "After the sir returned to the mountain to stabilize the hearts of the people, he asked everyone on the mountain to pack up their luggage, pick up some essential items and take them with him, and then completely withdraw from Mangdang Mountain."
Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
To completely withdraw? Chen Rui couldn't believe it, "You want us to give up Mangdang Mountain? Give up Zhang Feizhai? Didn't you say that the rebel army should use Mangdang Mountain as the base to seek survival and development?"
Li Fengyun pondered for a moment, and said in a low tone, "After we plunder heavy troops, the court will issue an order to encircle and suppress the troops. Mangdang Mountain is only a few dozen miles in radius, and the mountain is neither high nor steep, so it is difficult to deal with the officers and soldiers for a long time. Once the Yingyang Mansion army in Henan, Qi, Lu, Xuyu and other places gathered from all directions and tens of thousands of troops surrounded Mangdang Mountain, we will be unable to fly and will be defeated in an instant."
"But you didn't say that before." Han Shou was born and raised in Mangdang Mountain. He didn't want to leave home. When he heard Li Fengyun's defense, he couldn't help but question angrily, "You are lying to us, you have been lying to us."
Li Fengyun asked without hesitation, "At that time, someone went up the mountain alone, and was alone, sitting on the top spot with a long sword in his hand. If you don't lie to you, how can you win your support? Without your support, how can you win three battles and three victories now? But after three battles and three victories, are we strong? Can we fight Yingyang Mansion? No, the fact is the opposite. We have become the target of public criticism, we have become the target of Yingyang Mansion. We were chased by Yingyang Mansion and hid everywhere. Otherwise, why would we sit here and discuss the evacuation of Mangdang Mountain now?"
"We are expanding our army, and we will have heavy troops soon. Our strength will skyrocket. We will soon be able to fight Yingyang Mansion. There is no need for us to evacuate Mangdang Mountain." Han Shou muster up the courage and argued according to reason. "Yes, we have become the target of Yingyang Mansion's pursuit, and the court will also issue an order to kill. No matter where we are, we will be surrounded and suppressed by Yingyang Mansion. Since this is the case, we need Mangdang Mountain even more. With the advantage of Mangdang Mountain, we can still support and deal with Yingyang Mansion. On the contrary, if we do not have any advantage, we will inevitably be defeated."
Li Fengyun sneered, "Mangdang Mountain is a dead land. If you trap Mangdang Mountain and others, you will definitely die. If you jump out of this dead land, the sea will be wide and the fish will leap, and the sky will be high and the birds will fly. We can go wherever we want. We can attack cities and villages, we can support wars, we can continue to grow, grind, and grow in battle. We always control the initiative, we always dominate our own destiny, we can do whatever we want, and dominate the world."
"Which is better than these two strategies? Is it better to be trapped in death or to be in the world? Is it better to let a group of honest boatmen, sailors and farmers who can't even shoot arrows and take heavy troops to die, or should they train them, train them, and use battles to temper them into loyal and powerful soldiers of all wars?"
Han Shou was speechless. He admitted that Li Fengyun was right, but he didn't know the future, and he didn't know how big Middle Earth was. He was like a frog in the well, only seeing a sky with a size of his palm. For this reason, he feared the unknown future and the world outside the well, and he did not want to leave his home at the bottom of the well.
Everyone was silent and thought about it.
In the past two days, Li Fengyun controlled the development of the situation, controlled the decisions of the rebel army, and controlled the minds of the leaders of the rebel army. Everyone followed Li Fengyun, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not keep up with Li Fengyun. This made everyone feel that the distance between him and Li Fengyun was getting bigger and bigger. Li Fengyun was like a crazy coachman, driving the rebel army's chariot and running wildly. After fighting Xia Ting to attack Yongcheng, after fighting Yongcheng, he went to plunder heavy troops. Before the heavy troops were robbed, he was going to evacuate from Mangdang Mountain and fight in all directions. Where did he want to bring the rebel army? What is his real purpose for rebellion? What is his grand ambitions and great wishes for the future?
"Live coach, where are you going to take us?" Xu Shisan, who has always been silent, asked everyone a common voice at a critical moment, where are you going to take us?
Li Fengyun unintentionally concealed it, spread out the map and pointed to one of them.
Everyone looked at it and suddenly realized that it was like that.
"Do you need someone to explain the reason?" Li Fengyun asked.
Everyone shook their heads and had no objection.
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Chapter completed!