After dark, the battle ended.

Duan Wencao led his army to break through and flee. When he came, four regiments were fierce, and nearly half of them were lost when he fled, like a dog that was strayed from a family.

There were many innocent civilians killed and injured. Because of the steep terrain, the civilians could not escape from the battlefield quickly. The result can be imagined. However, the official army died, only dozens of people. This was mainly because the mountain road was too narrow and neither side could devote all their strength to fight. However, for this reason, it was very difficult for the official army to retreat under the front and back of the rebel army, resulting in more than 200 injured people. As a result, they were inconvenient to move and were all captured.

According to the opinions of several rebel leaders including Xu Shisan and Yue Gao, who participated in the war, they wanted to wipe out the official army at all costs, but Li Fengyun firmly opposed it. Killing one thousand enemies and losing 800 on their own is not possible. This kind of loss-making business cannot be done, especially at the moment when the rebel army is still in the early stage of growth. Although victory is urgently needed to boost morale, it must not be at the cost of hurting its own vitality.

Another more important reason is that the prefect of Lu County was Duan Wencao, and Duan Wencao's brother was Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War of the current dynasty. Against the backdrop of the emperor and the central government doing their best to carry out the Eastern Expedition, Duan Wencao, who was originally the Huben Lang of the Weifu, was placed in Lu County as the prefect, obviously had the purpose of stabilizing the situation in Qilu. Since Duan Wencao's purpose in coming to Qilu was to stabilize the situation, if this righteous army wiped out the Lu County official army, wouldn't it be that Duan would let Duan

Wen Cao is too difficult to do? Duan Wen Cao is trying his best to suppress the thieves. His brother Duan Wenzhen will definitely help. Once the center orders to dispatch troops from the Donglai Navy or from Jianghuai to siege the rebels from all directions, with the current strength of the rebels, wouldn’t the entire army be wiped out? The "big who stands out" cannot be done. Too strong limelight will lead to disaster. At present, the rebels must be low-key and practice "internal skills". Only by improving their strength can they draw their swords and reveal their sharpness, otherwise they will seek death.

Late at night, Li Fengyun invited Lu Mingxing.

"The official army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. Will Duan Wencao stick to Sishui City next?"

When Lu Mingxing heard this, he understood that Bai Hai Shuai was very interested in the suggestion that he built a buffer zone of more than 100 miles centered on Sishui City. Now is the best time to implement this strategy.

Today, the white-haired coach gave Duan Wencao a head-on blow, which made Duan Wencao confused and beat him to his senselessness and didn't know what to do. Continue to suppress the thieves, but his army was not enough. If he didn't suppress the thieves, he could not explain to the superiors and subordinates. Therefore, in the future, Duan Wencao would have to rely on the existing power in his hands to passively defend. At least he would not let the rebels plunder Qufu again and threaten Xiaqiu, the capital. This gave the rebels the opportunity to take advantage of the victory to pursue Sishui City again, and establish a buffer zone in the area from Fangshan to Peiwei Mountain for more than 100 miles.

"After the official army was defeated, morale was sluggish and morale was dispersed. If our army chased and killed, we would be able to drive him out of Sishui." Lu Mingxing said excitedly, "General, I am willing to lead a regiment to chase and seize Sishui City."

Li Fengyun laughed and pointed at him and teased, "Do you regret burning Sishui City with fire now? Tomorrow you will arrive in Sishui City and you will not even have a place to settle down. The soldiers will definitely scold you behind your back."

Lu Mingxing was embarrassed and looked embarrassed when he touched his short beard.

"The civilians suffered heavy casualties in this battle, and you are the one who brought them the disaster." Li Fengyun continued, "How do you bring these people back? But they all hate you and hate them. This is very unfavorable for you to stick to Sishui City. Can you resolve this hatred?"

Lu Mingxing vaguely guessed Li Fengyun's intention and felt secretly happy, but he didn't dare to show it on his face. He still looked bitter and revenge. Listening respectfully, he knew that Li Fengyun would definitely tell him the answer.

After a moment of pause, Li Fengyun continued to say, "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Pros and disadvantages are complementary and can be transformed into each other. The key is your wisdom. As long as you have wisdom, you can even say the black ones to white ones and the white ones to black ones. You snatched Si Shui, but did not steal people. The reason why these civilians came to Biancheng was just to help you transport things. When you arrived at the land, you let people go, you keep your promises, and you didn't kill people. The one who killed people was the official army, the Weifu Yingyang, which is obvious to all, so their enemy is not you, but the official army." Li Fengyun smiled and said, "It is not a difficult thing to reverse black and white, and it is also easy to win people's hearts. The key is how to use your intelligence and talent."

Lu Mingxing said repeatedly, but he swears in his heart, "A thief, I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people. It is rare in the world to be able to achieve shamelessness in this state."

"Tell me, how do you plan to win people's hearts?" Li Fengyun asked.

"I am the one who releases people, and the one who kills people is the thief. It is obvious to all. It is enough to promote it everywhere, but selling words is useless. For poor people, what they want is benefits. As long as you give him grain and silk and give him real benefits, he will say hello, and he will work hard for you." Lu Mingxing said bluntly, "The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid with a spring, which is well known, but the one who can really do is poor people. As for those bureaucrats and nobles who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, they are all men and thieves and prostitutes. Although they look glamorous, they are full of shit in their stomachs."

Li Fengyun laughed. Lu Mingxing is worthy of being a thief in the Jianghuai River. He seems to be reckless and violent, but in fact he is very scheming. Since the conflict broke out between the two people in Mangdang Mountain, Lu Mingxing has been low-key and tolerant, obeying Li Fengyun's words, and only Li Fengyun is following his lead, acting obediently and loyal. As a result, his reputation in the rebel army did not decline, but rose instead. In the eyes of the Mangdang Mountain brothers, this guy who was beaten by Li Fengyun to kneel down and begging for mercy and lost all his face was completely convinced by Li Fengyun.

The grudges at the beginning actually brought the relationship between the two closer. The initial humiliation that Lu Mingxing was now turned into his capital for showing off. In the eyes of the brothers who later joined the rebel army, Lu Mingxing was Li Fengyun's absolute confidant. Since everyone is following Li Fengyun, Lu Mingxing will naturally be respected by everyone as his confidant. Li Fengyun also valued Lu Mingxing. It is important to be able to bend and stretch and adapt flexibly, but if you want to achieve great things, you still need to be scheming, especially a tolerant personality.

Lu Mingxing was in pain in his words, but in fact he was asking Li Fengyun that I would stick to Sishui and establish a buffer belt for Mengshan. You always have to support me, give me money, food, and a certain degree of autonomy, right?

"As you wish." Li Fengyun waved his hand and agreed.

Lu Mingxing was overjoyed. He had guessed just now that Li Fengyun wanted to put himself in Sishui. In a sense, he was the first general of the rebel army to open a government office in the outside town. As the commander of the garrison, his power was imaginable, which proved that he had won Li Fengyun's trust.

"You go to the town to guard Sishui. From tomorrow on, you will be the military and political commander of Sishui County. The military and political affairs of Sishui will be handled with all your power." Li Fengyun said, "Money, grain and weapons can support you partly, but the army cannot give you too much. Of course, if you have the ability to support more troops, you can expand the army, the more the better."

Lu Mingxing was happy and said loudly, then hesitated and stopped talking.

Li Fengyun seemed to see through his thoughts and smiled, "I can only give you two regiments. Even if I can't defend Sishui City, I won't blame you. After all, the strength of ours and the government army is too great. Although Duan Wencao had just suffered a defeat, this battle could not move his roots and hurt the vitality of the government army. Sishui is adjacent to Qufu and is very close to Xiaqiu, the capital of Lu County. The threat you posed to Duan Wencao will definitely make him feel like a stunning moment. He will make a comeback soon. Do your best, and you can defend as long as you can. If you really can't defend, please withdraw."

Lu Mingxing immediately expressed his determination, and then carefully put forward his request, "General, can you ask Guo Ming to join forces with someone to settle Sishui?"

Li Fengyun was a little surprised, and then looked happy. Unexpectedly, Lu Mingxing was so polite that he could not only tolerate others, but also face his own shortcomings. For this reason, he did not hesitate to work with those with different personalities and disagreements, with the purpose of using the other party's strengths to make up for his own shortcomings. This boy is extraordinary and he will surely achieve success in the future.

Li Fengyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you going to invite me yourself or will someone give the order?"

Lu Mingxing understood it. He went to ask for it himself to win Guo Ming's trust and understanding, and it would be convenient to work together in the future. On the contrary, Li Fengyun ordered that the two of them always had estrangements and conflicts, and there would definitely be trouble in the future.

"I went to invite you in person."

Lu Mingxing was decisive and immediately stood up to say goodbye.

Li Fengyun waved at him and said with a smile, "If you can chase it overnight, you will definitely be able to beat the dog in the water."

"If the dog is anxious, he will jump over the wall, let alone the human being?"

Lu Mingxing laughed, gave a deep gift, and turned around and left.

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Duan Wencao was chased and beaten behind him. You can imagine how it feels, but there is no way. He was defeated like a mountain. He could only run wildly like a broken dog and escape to Qufu in one breath.

It was not a big deal that Sishui City was captured and Sishui County was captured by thieves. It was a mountainous area, barren and desolate, and sparsely populated. As long as Duan Wencao deployed his army on the front line of defense and blocked the thieves in Sishui County, he could win the stability of Qufu and Xiaqiu, so that he could still conceal the superiors and comfort the subordinates.

Now that the thieves have failed to be suppressed, they are defeated by the thieves, and have lost nearly three brigades of Yingyangwei. This matter has become a big deal. First, Zhou Fa, who is in charge of the right guard's mansion, will not let Duan Wencao go easily. This battle was not fought by him, but he has to bear the responsibility of losing troops and generals. How could he give up? Secondly, Dongdu has to find Duan Wencao's troubles. The emperor and the central government have high hopes for him, but the result is that things go against others' wishes. Not only is the Lu County and even the Qilu area not stable, but the situation is becoming more and more chaotic.

When Duan Wencao arrived in Qufu, the first thing he did was to order to imitate Zhang Xutuo of Qi County and immediately recruit all the Zongtuan Townships of Lu County to form local troops, striving to attack the Mengshan rebels in the shortest time. Then he rushed to Pengcheng 100,000 yuan to discuss cooperation with Pengcheng County Chief Cui Deben to suppress the thieves. Finally, he urgently wrote to Dongdu and asked his brother Duan Wenzhen for help. He needed money, food, weapons, and quickly strengthened the local armed forces of Lu County. Otherwise, once the Mengshan rebels became a climate, the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this moment, Duan Wencao, who suffered a heavy blow, went from one extreme to another. He despised the traitor before, but now he was gritting his teeth and trying to kill all the traitors.

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