Yuan An started from the main force of the alliance who crossed Tongji Canal to enter Yuzhou, and then met Yang Xuangan in the battlefield of Dongdu. Then the battle of Mianchi failed. Then Li Fengyun decisively evacuated the battlefield of Dongdu, carrying the forty-seven bureaucratic nobles captured by Yang Xuangan, broke through the siege from the direction of Jindi Pass in Xingyang, and crossed the river to the north with the "tactic understanding" of the King of Qi.

There are two key points in this passage. One is that the failure of the Mianchi war directly led to Yang Xuangan's entry into Guanzhong and was blocked, which led to the mutiny irrescuely heading towards a rapid defeat, which led to the alliance's plan to use Yang Xuangan's long-term persistence in Guanzhong to win enough time to develop in the north. In other words, the alliance now has very little time to "stay in" the north, and its situation is very dangerous. If it is not careful, the entire army will be wiped out.

The second is that when Li Fengyun crossed the river and headed north, he persuaded the King of Qi to voluntarily give up Li Yang and actively go north to suppress the bandits on the grounds of ensuring the safety of Yongji Canal. He stayed away from the Dongdu Storm before Yang Xuangan was defeated in order to gain a first-line opportunity for his own survival. This shows that the King of Qi's situation is also very dangerous. Yang Xuangan's rapid defeat made him completely passive in politics. He just waited for the Holy Lord and the Central to calm the Dongdu Storm, and his political life was probably about to end.

After Yuan An finished speaking, the room was silent, dead silent, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Li Fengyun participated in Yang Xuangan's mutiny and led more than 30,000 soldiers to enter the Dongdu battlefield at the risk of being wiped out, just to help Yang Xuangan enter Guanzhong, just to make Yang Xuangan persist for a longer time to delay the Guards' army, so as to gain more time for the alliance to establish a foothold in the north. However, this plan failed in the end. Although Li Fengyun made some achievements in the Dongdu battlefield and even brought back more than 10,000 elite soldiers, this gain was really not worth mentioning compared to the survival difficulties brought to the alliance by Yang Xuangan's rapid defeat.

What's more serious is that the King of Qi's plan to "blacklist" the Holy Lord with the help of this mutiny also failed. Now, the King of Qi will not only go north to guard the border, but even his political life will be difficult to preserve.

The importance of the King of Qi to the alliance can be imagined. It is precisely because of the King of Qi that the Alliance has a plan to "go north to develop". It is also because of this plan that the Alliance decided to give up Mengshan, go north to fight, and survive in a dangerous situation. The King of Qi and the Alliance have formed a community of interests, prospering and losing both prospering and losing both. If the King of Qi's political life ends and is killed or imprisoned by the Holy Lord, the prospects of the alliance will be very bleak, and the "dream of glory" of the rich and handsome men will be hopeless, and the opportunity for "rebirth" between Li Zixiong and his son and forty-seven nobles will be gone.

"Three days ago, I received a message from Li Yang." Li Fengyun's voice suddenly sounded, breaking the silence in the house.

Everyone looked up at Li Fengyun, looking forward to hearing good news related to King Qi.

"The Donglai Navy all arrived at the battlefield of Dongdu. Yang Xuangan has lost the last chance to enter Guanzhong. He will soon be defeated. The optimistic estimate is that it will be to support it until the beginning of next month, because the Holy Lord and the Central Government should arrive at Linshuo Palace in Zhuo County at the end of this month. If the battle situation in the Dongdu has not progressed for a long time, how will the left-behind officials and the commanders of the Guards of the two capitals explain to the Holy Lord?" Li Fengyun looked at everyone and said calmly, "Yang Xuangan was defeated, and the Dongdu storm subsided. We have just turned to the north and have not even found a place to stand. We have been completely exposed. What should we do?"

"We have been exposed. The alliance has fought from Qilu to Central Plains and from Central Plains to Hebei. Not only has there been no losses, but it has become strong and strong. How does this explain?"

"At this moment, the King of Qi took the initiative to go north to guard the border. When we fought to the north, the King of Qi followed, and followed like a shadow. How can this be explained?"

"In the eyes of those who are interested, there is obviously a tacit understanding between the King of Qi and us, and there is a conspiracy to dominate the northern border. This conspiracy is unbearable for the Holy Lord and the Central Committee. It will inevitably strengthen their determination to eradicate the King of Qi and kill the alliance. For this reason, we must give the King of Qi an explanation. Only in this way can we save the King of Qi from danger and win ourselves a foothold."

As soon as Li Fengyun said this, everyone immediately heard the profound meaning. Li Fengyun must have made a decision, but the execution of this decision is too difficult, and he needs sufficient reasons to convince everyone.

Sure enough, Li Fengyun's next sentence was full of mystery.

"We must prove that the alliance has considerable strength in the shortest time. This strength is far beyond the King of Qi, which makes the King of Qi unable to kill us at all, but this is not enough. This can only give King of Qi a reason to explain, but it cannot attract the attention of the Holy Lord and the Central. We urgently need to attract the attention of the Holy Lord and the Central. Only in this way can we have the value of existence and become the swords for them to kill with a knife. Only in this way can we survive, develop, and have the hope of realizing the dream."

Everyone was full of doubts about this, and they couldn't understand it in the clouds. Only Li Zixiong seemed to have some understanding, his eyes were surprised, and he asked anxiously, "Who is the one who killed someone with a knife?"

When Liu Heita heard Li Zixiong's words, he suddenly realized something and immediately thought that the earliest plan to make a foothold in the north was Li Fengyun. It was obvious that Li Fengyun had already had the "people" to kill in the north, and the goal of this analysis would be clear.

Liu Heita was doing illegal activities and made huge profits by selling private salt, but who did private salt to sell? Salt is a monopoly sale in the government. Liu Heita could not carry a burden, shout in the alleys, and sell it in rural villages, right? Moreover, the number of private salt has been sold over the years, and the sales are very large. Sales are a problem, and safety is even more important. Therefore, Liu Heita must have a safe and fixed sales channel. Therefore, Liu Heita is very clear about where the private salt he sells eventually flows, that is, outside the border.

"Don't Ming Gong want to attack the city and capture the village with great fanfare? Before, Ming Gong tried every means to hide his traces, but now he does the opposite. Why?" Liu Heita carefully tentatively, "Why did the Ming Gong make a completely opposite decision?"

Li Fengyun glanced at him and asked quietly, "You made a living by selling private salt before raising the banner of righteousness. So who did you sell your private salt to?"

Liu Heita immediately affirmed his speculation, and thought about the deterioration of the relationship between the north and the south, and the war between the north and the south is imminent, Li Fengyun's purpose is about to emerge. Once the Holy Lord and the Central Committee are willing to use Li Fengyun's "knife" to cut off the smuggling of the north and the south, the alliance can indeed win a chance of survival, but the benefits involved in the smuggling of the north and the south are too great. If the Holy Lord and the Central Committee personally stab open this "hornet's nest", the political resistance they encounter will inevitably be great, which may cause a series of bad political consequences. Therefore, it is reasonable to "kill people with a knife", but does Li Fengyun's "killing" still have a chance to survive under the bites of countless hornets?

Liu Heita was pessimistic and his emotions suddenly became a little low. Ming Gong, that was a huge hornet's nest. Once it was opened, we would be attacked from all sides and would be in danger of destruction."

As soon as Liu Heita finished speaking, Hao Xiaode and other heroes in Hebei suddenly realized, and then the other heroes also guessed something. Han Shiyan, Zhou Zhong and others had fought with the frontiers in guarding the border, and they had more or less knowledge about the smuggling in the north and south, and immediately understood Li Fengyun's intention.

Li Fengyun sneered, "Does personal interests be far greater than the interests of the country and China-Turkey? The war between the north and the south is about to break out. At this moment, you can't tell which is more important, self-interest or national interests?"

Liu Heita was indifferent to it. Everyone would say that the great truth was just a juncture of life and death, how many people could sacrifice their lives for righteousness and achieve righteousness?

Li Sixing and Li Mengchang were disgraced. This is a prelude to breaking up the face. What exactly did Li Fengyun want to do? He thought he was a god and could do everything. This is not something that was so hot. If smuggling from north to south is easy to solve, the Holy Lord and the Central Master will tolerate it until now? It is even more a joke to kill people with a knife. Even if the Holy Lord and the Central Master borrowed Li Fengyun's "knife", does Li Fengyun have the strength to kill "people"? Can he cut off smuggling from north to south? The benefits, influence and so many forces involved in all aspects can be solved by a sharp "knife"?

The atmosphere in the house suddenly became "lively", and the alliance officials, the rich and nobles whispered and talked everywhere.

Li Fengyun stood up, reached out to press his hand, and signaled everyone to calm down, "Since you have all guessed it, let me talk about it in detail." Then Li Fengyun gave a detailed explanation of the "founding" strategy of "attacking Gaoyang Town and killing Yanbei directly", and made a detailed analysis and deduction of the causes and consequences of implementing this strategy.

The purpose of attacking Gaoyang Town is not only to plunder food, but also to show the strength of the alliance. On the one hand, it gives the King of Qi a reason to repeatedly suppress the injustice, but on the other hand, it is to attract the attention of the Holy Lord and the Central Committee.

The purpose of killing Yanbei directly was to gain a foothold, but Yanbei was a "severely affected area" of smuggling from north to south, and opened up a huge "horse nest" hidden behind the relationship between north and south.

After this "horse nest" was opened, first of all the balance between the forces in Yanbei region was broken, and the north would fall into chaos, and the chaos in Yanbei would directly affect the security of the garrison in the Great Wall of Yanbei and the important towns outside the frontier, seriously endangering the security of the northern border; secondly, the "interest chain" of smuggling from the north and south was interrupted. This "interest chain" includes wealthy families, military men from the northern border, local governments, guards, northern desert barbarians, northeastern barbarians, guild gangs, merchants, thieves, etc. The consequences can be imagined. The alliance destroyed the "rice bowls" of these forces. Of course, these forces had to fight desperately. Both sides fought and blood flowed into a river. As a result, either the alliance was destroyed, or both sides were both injured and both sides were burned, and the Holy Lord and the Central were spared.

"This is the only way." Li Fengyun finally said, "Only in the war between the north and the south, we have common interests and the Holy Lord, so our ultimate way out is in the war between the north and the south. If the war between the north and the south is won, we have the hope of 'rebirth'. For this reason, from this moment on, all our decisions are based on one foundation, that is, to create opportunities to win the war between the north and the south at all costs."

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Chapter completed!