Late at night, Wei Yunyue took back Longcheng without bloodshed, but he burned all the letters he replied to. It would be better not to keep such "proof of guilt". As for the letter he wrote to the other party, one was not his handwriting, and the other was not his talisman seal, so he could refuse to admit his account.

The rebels were still crossing the river late at night, and torches on both sides were as bright as daytime. Pengcheng saw it as if they were gone. Cui Deben received a report from his subordinates and guessed that a big man in the Guardian was going to take advantage of Dong Chun, so he simply stopped showing his head. In fact, it was not his turn to take care of the military affairs, so why bother meddling with the rat?

Dong Jun repeatedly asked Wei Yunyue, and Wei Yunyue said one thing, "I am a little official, but I don't want to be a man, what can I do?"

Dong Jun was so angry that he was furious that he was helpless. You, the chief, dare not stand up and hide in the city and don’t come out. Of course, you can be a subordinate, and you can’t miss you? It was not until midnight that Wei Yunyue said something more, and he had already entered Longcheng and the other party crossed the river and left.

After crossing the river, the rebels did not dare to delay and headed north overnight.

Pengcheng was originally the biggest obstacle to the rebels' advance eastward. Li Fengyun even made the worst preparation for more than half of the losses, but unexpectedly rushed over without any danger. This kind of luck was not something that happened every day. Li Fengyun knew, and the soldiers of the rebels knew that all of them ran forward regardless of their fatigue. Going forward further, there was only the last obstacle, Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion.

From Pengcheng to Qilu is a spacious avenue, and there are stations on both sides of the avenue every thirty miles. Li Fengyun ordered that the posts be cut off, and every time he arrived at an inn, he would kidnap people and snatch horses away, and tried every means to prevent Pengcheng from passing the orders to Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion. Of course, the premise is that what Wei Yunyue said is true, otherwise it would be a different matter.

After the sudden army crossed the river and left without stopping, some people were happy and some were worried, but soon a thunderous news made Peng frightened. He was so happy that he was lost. He was worried that he now even wanted to commit suicide.

Dong Chun rushed to Pengcheng, and the rebels escaped from the encirclement, attacked Yongcheng twice, and fled to Pengcheng County. It was very likely that they would flee eastward to Qilu and flee into Mengshan. If the rebels were allowed to escape through Pengcheng, the military and political officials of Pengcheng would inevitably be unable to escape the crime of dereliction of duty, and Dong Chun was even more guilty. Therefore, Dong Chun ordered the county government and the guards must work together to intercept the rebels in Pengcheng County at any cost, and do not let them escape into Lu County. Lu County belongs to the Qilu area and is not in Dong Chun's garrison. Once the rebels escaped into Lu County, even if they were close, Dong Chun would have no choice. He and his army could not cross the boundary without authorization, otherwise they would be rebellious.

Considering that the traitors robbed the heavy fleet, not only had light and heavy weapons, but also had armored military uniforms. One of the traitors attacked Yongcheng for the second time. One of the traitors wore Yingyang military uniforms. The county magistrate of Qiao County had a misunderstanding because of this reason, so he wrote to Dong Chun and scolded him. Otherwise, Dong Chun would still be in the Feishui and Yingshui area, looking for the traitors like ants on a hot pan. Since the county magistrate of Qiao County was misunderstood because of this, Pengcheng might also have a misunderstanding and let the traitor go, so Dong Chun issued a special warning.

However, the rebels advanced eastward faster than Dong Chun's order transmission speed. Pengcheng did misunderstand because the rebels were wearing eagle-soldier uniforms and holding sharp weapons. But who would have thought that Dong Chun, a veteran of war, would have fallen into a big way in the domestic counter-rebellion battlefield and was fooled by a group of unknown local thieves? If you could think of it, you could be more careful and be vigilant, and maybe you could find the enemy.

In fact, what really caused this evil result was the fierce conflict within Pengcheng that Dong Chun was worried about. This contradiction not only made Pengcheng let the robbers go, but also after the truth was revealed, Pengcheng County Magistrate Cui Deben and Peicheng Yingyanglang General Wei Yunyue took the attitude of not cooperating with the Wei Mansion without exception. The reason is very simple. The Wei Mansion bears the greatest responsibility in this matter. If the Wei Mansion remedy in time, and the sheep will be repaired, and the rebels will be encircled and annihilated at the last moment. If the Wei Mansion has the opportunity to atone for his merits, he will definitely try his best to shirk responsibility and drag Cui Deben and Wei Yunyue into the water. On the contrary, let the robbers go and put the Wei Mansion to death, so that Dong Chun and Dong Jun's uncle and nephew have no chance to resist. Cui Deben and Wei Yunyue can take the opportunity to take the opportunity to add insults, beat the dogs in the water, and put all the blame on the Wei Mansion to relieve their crimes of dereliction of duty.

The rebel army rushed north along the avenue and ran day and night towards Lu County. The Japanese army passed Yongxing County, leaving only more than a hundred miles away from Lu County.

The General Dong Chun of the Zuo Xiaogu and Liang Dezhong of the Wu Benlang also rushed north quickly and traveled day and night. On that day, they crossed the Tongji Que and Sui River, which was more than 150 miles away from Pengcheng.

On that night, Dong Chun received a secret message from Dong Jun in Fuli County. What Dong Chun didn't want to see the most was inevitable. The county magistrate of Qiao County regarded the traitor as Yingyang Guard, and the Pengcheng Guard Mansion and the county government also regarded the traitor as Yingyang Guard. As a result, the traitor played a sing of triumphant songs, crossed Pengcheng without any danger, and fled.

From time to time, neither side was delayed for a moment and marched day and night. The distance between them was always three or four hundred miles. In other words, unless Dong Chun and Liang De were flying in the sky with their wings, they would not be able to catch up with the traitors no matter what. As for the Yingyang Mansion of Tengcheng, or Fanxian, Xuexian, Changlu and other places on the northeastern border of Pengcheng, it is estimated that after the traitors deliberately destroyed the post stations along the way, they completely cut off their connection with Pengcheng. They did not know that the army they saw in Yingyang uniforms were traitors from Qiao County. If the traitors knew that they were sure of victory and took the opportunity to burn, kill and plunder, then these border counties and towns were very likely to be severely damaged.

Dong Chun was angry and helpless, and finally turned into a sigh of sadness. This was an incredible thing. Don’t say that he didn’t believe it himself, nor did his political enemies, and Dongdu and the emperor would not believe it. They would think that this was Dong Chun’s intentional act, with some ulterior political purpose. Perhaps Dong Chun thought that this was his shame, a great humiliation, and after paying a heavy price, he still let the traitors escape. However, once the truth was placed in a specific context and was related to complex politics and interests, the truth would have countless interpretations, and each interpretation was getting further and further away from the true truth.

The current background is the Eastern Expedition, and war is just an extension of politics and a means to solve political problems. Therefore, tracing the origin, the current political core of this dynasty is reform, and it is difficult to reform from the politics of "arist families" to the political "centralization" of politics.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Middle-earth has fallen into a long-term division, and the aristocratic politics has risen in Middle-earth and lasted for more than 400 years. Now that Middle-earth is unified, two generations of emperors and reformists have been doing their best to rebuild the centralized system, but the resistance encountered is unimaginable, because this is directly related to the possession of power and wealth by the aristocratic families. If the power and wealth of Middle-earth are concentrated in the emperor and the central government, what should the aristocratic families do? The late emperor reformed with moderate means, and repeated over and over again, with limited results. After inheriting the throne, he was determined to reform and used radical means to accelerate the pace of reform. As a result, various contradictions intensified in an all-round way, and the conflict between the reformists and the conservatives became increasingly fierce.

If the emperor and the reformists want to advance reform and complete the reform, they must first have a stable domestic and international environment. The domestic unity will be unified, and the people will live and work in peace and well. There are great threats from the Northern Barbarians, especially the Turks, abroad, so wars must be launched to curb and alleviate the threat from the Northern Barbarians to Central China. For this reason, the emperor began to prepare for war, such as repairing the Great Wall to strengthen defenses, and building canals to ensure transportation from the north and south. Then the emperor launched a western expedition, destroying Tuyuhun and stabilizing the western frontier. Now he will launch an eastern expedition, destroying Goguryeo to stabilize the situation in the Far East. The situation in the Western and Far East is stable, so he can concentrate his efforts to deal with the northern barbarians in the desert and completely kill the threat of the Eastern and Central China.

The loss of national strength and the harm of the general public can be imagined. When the national strength is exhausted, the general public is scarred, so how can the aristocratic clans survive? Therefore, the conservative forces in the court firmly oppose the emperor and the reformists launching one war after another. The sudden loss of the right to inherit the imperial regime was caused by the political battle between the reformists and the conservatives.

Against this political background, rebellions broke out in Xuyu area, and the rebels repeatedly cut off the canal waterway. However, Dong Chun was unable to suppress the rebellion. Not only did he fail to suppress the rebellion, but he let the rebels escape to Qilu. What is the reason behind it is clear at a glance. You Dong Chun are the conservatives in the court, and you oppose the Eastern Expedition, so even if you rebel, you protect the rebels and try to prevent the emperor and the central government from carrying out the Eastern Expedition.

Dong Chun was angry that the methods used by the political enemies were too despicable and could be said to be useless to do anything, which made people unable to guard against them. Dong Chun felt helpless that in order to ensure that the Eastern Expedition began as scheduled and ensure that the domestic political situation was stable during the Eastern Expedition, the political enemies in the court were to drive themselves out of Xuzhou and the army at all costs, and to deprive themselves of military power. Dong Chun sighed sadly that the opponent's plan succeeded, and they successfully drove themselves out of Xuzhou and deprived themselves of military power. It is not difficult to think of the strength of the opponent. The Eastern Expedition was actually unstoppable, and Middle-earth would pay an unimaginable huge price for this.

Everything was a foregone conclusion, and Dong Chun also lost the motivation to suppress the thieves. What made him deeply shameful was that he had been in a military life and fell into a big flaw when he was about to come, but he didn't even know who his opponent was.

You must find the thief leader and know who the thief leader is.

When Dong Chun returned to Pengcheng, he reported to the Dongdu and urgently wrote to the county magistrate of Lu County, briefly recounting the process of a group of Xuzhou thieves entering Lu County. This group of thieves were cunning and cruel, and would have a significant impact on the situation in Lu County and even Qilu. For this reason, Dong Chun warned the county magistrate of Lu County that in order to prevent problems before they could happen, it would be better to kill the thieves as soon as possible. Once they were allowed to escape to Mengshan to form a climate, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Because the rebel army cut off the post station transmission, Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion failed to receive the order from Pengcheng Weifu, and always stayed in his camp, and knew nothing about the rebel army that was heading north to flee from Pengcheng County. The rebel army was worried about being blocked by Tengcheng Yingyang Mansion. The soldiers and the elderly, weak and weak women and children who followed the army ran for more than 400 miles in three days, almost sleepless, and were exhausted and had no combat power at all. So after finding a suitable guide, Li Fengyun led his army to leave the road, avoiding the key pass of Tengcheng, and passing through the path, from Gushan, Taoshan, and Hexiang, crossing mountains and ridges, and successfully entering Gucheng in Lu County.

Li Fengyun ordered to find a secluded place, set up camp and rest for a day. He also sent scouts to inquire about military information in Zoushan County, Lu County, Tengcheng County, Pengcheng County, and Fan County.

Soon, a team of scouts who went to Zoushan to inquire about military affairs brought back a group of shepherds. The group of shepherds immediately attracted Li Fengyun's attention. He ordered Xu Shisan to bring the group of shepherds to the tent immediately and he wanted to interrogate them himself.

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