Today, in Qilu, all forces gathered together, and it is indeed complicated.

The General of the Right Guard Lai Huer was not only the chief supervisor of the navy, but also the chief of the Donglai Prefect. He was a nobleman of Jianghuai. Zhou Fashang was a nobleman of Jiangzuo, deputy commander of the navy, and the general of the right guard of the procuratorate. Duan Wencao was a local nobleman of Qilu, Shandong, and the prefect of Lu County. Zhang Xutuo was a nobleman of Guanlong and the prefect of Qijun County. Dou Xian, the prefect of Langya County, was also a nobleman of Guanlong, but he was a nobleman of Guanlong. So many forces fought for power and profit in Qilu, and the regional situation was originally unstable, like the undercurrent of lake water, which seemed calm, but in fact it was full of dangers. At this time, two rebels suddenly rose, like a huge rock smashing into the lake, and various contradictions broke out.

Qi County is the first county in Qilu area and has a significant weight in Qilu area. When Zhang Xutuo took office, the prefect of Qi County was in poor health and was approved by the emperor to go back to Dongdu to recuperate. So Zhang Xutuo, the county magistrate, became the actual administrative chief of the first county in Qilu. However, Zhang Xutuo was not enough to compete with other forces in terms of origin, status, and power. However, the stability of Qi County was directly related to the stability of Qilu area. For this reason, Zhang Xutuo had to use all his skills to ensure the stability of Qi County. To achieve this goal, Zhang Xutuo must cleverly deal with the forces of all parties, strive to win more allies, rather than make enemies from all sides.

If Qilu wants to achieve results in the suppression of thieves, the primary condition for Zhang Xutuo is to win the support of the local nobles of Qilu. Therefore, unless it is forced, Zhang Xutuo will never turn against Duan Wencao, and that is purely seeking death.

Zhang Xutuo affirmed Qin Qiong's analysis, so Qin Qiong no longer hesitated and revealed the countermeasures.

"Myong-Ming took the initiative to move south, led his army to defend Juping, Liangfu's line, firmly blocked Wang Bo, and Meng Rang's way to Mengshan. With the help of Ming Duke, Duan could concentrate all his strength to kill Xuzhou thieves in Sishui. In this way, even if Duan-Ming Duan did not thank Duke Ming for his help, he would not resent him to the predicament of being attacked by the enemy from both sides."

Yang Qian, who had been silent, listened carefully to Qin Qiong's statement while carefully checking the map. According to Qin Qiong's plan, Zhang Xutuo led his army south to Juping and Liangfu's line, which was equivalent to giving up a road to return to Qi County for Wang Bo and Meng Rang. All Zhang Xutuo's early efforts were in vain. However, Yang Qian immediately understood and couldn't help but praise him in a low voice, "Retreat as advance, good, good plan!"

Zhang Xutuo smiled and said nothing.

Qin Qiong continued, "Ming Gong led his army south and gave up a way to return to Qi County to Wang Bo and Meng Rang. Winter has arrived. The bandits of Changbai Mountain who were short of clothes and food were cut off. The only way to cross Mount Tai again to fight back to Qi County." Qin Qiong pointed to Mount Tai on the map, "We ambush the southern foot of Mount Tai. When the bandits pass by, they will definitely be able to severely damage the bandits."

Qin Qiong moved his fingers and turned to Qi County on the map. "If the bandits were defeated, they would flee in a hurry. We then chased and forced them to flee north. The rivers would freeze around mid-November. If our attacks went smoothly, we would be able to drive Wang Bo and Meng to the thieves out of Qi County and into Hebei."

"Good!" Zhang Xutuo smiled and said, "The Qin Army is good at making plans, so he acts according to the plan. He urgently ordered the envoy of Duan, and immediately led his army to Juyang and Liangfu's line to resolutely block the bandit army from south to Mengshan."

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Duan Wencao was very surprised.

When did Zhang Xutuo change his temperament? If he had such a kind heart, how could he drive the thieves in Qizhou into Lu County? This is a weasel who wishes the chicken a New Year, which is famous and conspiracy.

However, the situation no longer allows Duan Wencao to hesitate. No matter what Zhang Xutuo's purpose is, since he took the initiative to go south to Juping and Liangfu's front line to replace Zhu Yingyang of Lu County to block the Qizhou thieves, he must fulfill his promise. In other words, with nearly 10,000 local rural soldiers under his tent, he can completely stop the Qizhou thieves from going south to Mengshan. If Zhang Xutuo goes back on his word and makes conspiracy, not only does not stop the Qizhou thieves, but instead put the Qizhou thieves into Mengshan. Duan Wencao has sufficient reason to impeach him, and to blame Zhang Xutuo for the continued deterioration of the situation in Qilu to Zhang Xutuo, and torture Zhang Xutuo to death.

In fact, Duan Wencao was not afraid of Zhang Xutuo's conspiracy, because he had secretly sent envoys to warn Wang Bo and Meng Rang not to go south to Mengshan and kill back to Qi County immediately. The Qi people killed Qi people, which could only make the enemies happy and the enemies who loved each other, and let the people of Guanlong and Jiangzuo laugh at it. Don't cause trouble for me, you should cause trouble for Guanlong and Jiangzuo people, so that I can "care" you through other ways. This is beneficial to each other and also to our Qi people.

In Duan Wencao's opinion, he had already done his best, and Wang Bo and Meng Rang had not yet formed a climate. They must get secret support from the nobles of Qi and Lu during the process of growing up, otherwise they will definitely lose. Therefore, Duan Wencao is very confident that Wang Bo and Meng Rang will definitely find ways to fight back to Qi County.

If Wang Bo and Meng Rang want to kill back to Qi County, Zhang Xutuo is a roadblock, and Duan Wencao also came up with an idea for this. I will lead the army directly to retreat to the Sishui line, so that Wang Bo and Meng Rang will move south to Meng Mountain. If Zhang Xutuo ignores it and allows Wang Bo and Meng Rang to go south to Meng Mountain, then I will not be polite. You are unkind and I am unrighteous. Since everyone has broken up, you have to put me in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. I am sorry, you are the public enemy of my nobles of Qilu. I will try my best to "overturn" you to the ground in the shortest time and let you get out of Qilu. Not to mention the career of the government, even your head will be difficult to save. On the contrary, if you compromise, under my urging and threatening, you will be divided into Juping and Liang's father's line to block the thieves in Qizhou, which will give Wang Bo and Meng Rang the opportunity to kill back to Qi County.

However, Duan Wencao had just sent a threat signal to Zhang Xutuo, and Zhang Xutuo compromised and even cooperated very much. He was willing to lead all the main forces to Juping and Liangfu to intercept the thief army, and put on the charitable face of Mr. Dongguo. This made Duan Wencao uneasy. What was this guy doing? Did he change his course and change his mind, and didn't want to make things difficult for me, and he had to give up a way and let Wang Bo and Meng Rang lead the army back to Qi County?

Duan Wencao was a little annoyed and was so overwhelmed by Zhang Xutuo's capricious behavior. At this time, Qufu was in a hurry again, and Xiaqiu also asked for help frequently. Duan Wencao did not dare to delay. Since Zhang Xutuo said that he would lead his army south immediately, his army had left Bocheng and could retreat to Sishui by himself. Duan Wencao then ordered Zhu Yingyang to leave a brigade to guard Juping, and one brigade to stay in Liangfu, and the other four regiments' forces quickly retreated to Sishui.

Overnight, Duan Wencao and Zhu Yingyang from Lu County retreated through Sishui and arrived in Qufu.

Also overnight, Zhang Xutuo led the Qi County army to Juping.

Almost at the same time, Lu Mingxing, who was plundering in Qufu, received a scout news that an Yingyang Mansion army was crossing the Sishui River. It was obvious that it was Juping, and the official troops on the Liangfu line came back. Lu Mingxing did not hesitate and immediately ordered to retreat quickly and retreat across Fangshan.

Guo Ming was on the Mount. Xiaqiu had different opinions on whether to cross the Mount to attack Qufu, but Li Fengyun's warning took effect. If he wanted to win, he had to unite with sincerity and learn to tolerate and compromise. So the two of them made a step back. Lu Mingxing led his army to attack over the Mount, while Guo Ming led his army to guard Sishui City and the main pass of the Mount. Once the official army came from Juping and Liang's father came back, Lu Mingxing retreated, and Guo Ming responded in the Mount. In this way, he would be worried about advance and retreat without any mistakes.

After Lu Mingxing withdrew from Fangshan, he had another dispute with Guo Ming.

Lu Mingxing had to rely on the dangers of Sishui and Fangshan to intercept the pursuit of the official army. Fangshan is more than a hundred miles away from Peiwei Mountain. If the rebel army can defend Fangshan and occupy Sishui County, it would be equivalent to winning more than a hundred miles of buffer zone for Mengshan. The benefits for the rebel army to base in Mengshan and take root in Mengshan are obvious. For the Lu County official army, it must regain Sishui County. Even if the thieves cannot be suppressed, the thieves must be driven into Mengshan to ensure the safety of Lu County. This is their bottom line. Therefore, the Lu County official army must attack Fangshan and will definitely be attracted by the rebel army to be on the front line of Sishui. This will give Changbai Mountain a greater opportunity and more time to break through the siege and go south.

Guo Ming believed that Lu Mingxing was blindly blinded by victory, blindly confident and optimistic. It was simply unrealistic to defend the Mount Defense, Sishui County with the strength of two regiments, and fight against the Yingyang Mansion army several times his own. It was tantamount to a moth throwing into a fire and causing self-destruction.

"The white-haired handsome man did not ask us to stick to Sishui." Guo Ming had no choice but to take out Li Fengyun to suppress the arrogant Lu Mingxing. "The dispute between you and me is meaningless. It is better to report the white-haired handsome man immediately and ask the white-haired handsome man to decide."

Lu Mingxing was still clear-headed. He also knew that the government army was strong and the rebels could not stop the attack of the government army with the strength of the two regiments. If he wanted to defend Fangshan, he would have to provide strong support from Li Fengyun. So he did not hesitate and immediately sent someone to Biancheng to ask Li Fengyun for instructions.

Li Fengyun quickly replied, evacuating Fangshan and abandoning Sishui City, and explained the decision.

The rebel army traveled a long distance into Mengshan, and was invincible. It was not because of its own strength, but because of its unpredictable attacks and unprepared attacks, and caught the official army off guard. Next, the rebel soldiers needed to rest, while the official army needed to stabilize the situation in Qilu to ensure that the eastern expedition was on schedule, so the official army would encircle Mengshan. It happened that winter had arrived, and when the heavy snow was heavy, Mengshan was basically isolated from the outside world, which was conducive to the rest of the rebel army, but was not conducive to the encirclement and suppression of the official army. It can be foreseen that the Lu County official army would have to take back Sishui before the heavy snow came to ensure the safety of Qufu, Xiaqiu and other places.

The starting point of Lu Mingxing's strategy of sticking to the Si Shui strategy is good, but this strategy does not take into account the current difficulties of the rebel army and the series of internal and external crises that he had just entered Mengshan. Li Fengyun once again issued a warning in his letter that there are gains and losses, and that everything must be made to make choices and make choices appropriately, and that you will surely achieve great achievements.

Lu Mingxing was quite dissatisfied and believed that Li Fengyun was too cautious, but he could not find a reason to stick to his own opinions. In anger, he burned Sishui City, and then with Guo Ming to withdraw Bian City.

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