After Li Fengyun returned to Nancheng, he summoned Han Yao, Chen Rui and Yuan An to officially announce the secret cooperation with Cui.

Han, Chen and Yuan were both surprised and happy. What was surprising was that Li Fengyun did not know what method he used to secretly cooperate with the Cui family, the Cui family, the number one wealthy family in Shandong. It is simply incredible to cooperate with the Cui family. How many forces can win the cooperation of the Cui family today? It is unknown whether Li Fengyun found the Cui family or the Cui family came to him on his own initiative, but one thing is certain that Li Fengyun's identity is extraordinary. Otherwise, the Cui family would not be able to pay attention to a traitor, let alone talk about cooperation. Happy that they followed the right person and went the right path. Perhaps one day, with the help of Cui family, they could enter the aristocratic class again, live a noble life again, and have a better future.

For their personal goals, they have higher expectations for Li Fengyun, trust Li Fengyun more, and are willing to serve him.

Li Fengyun asked the three to swear to keep this secret strictly, especially in the current situation, if the rebel army wants to grow rapidly, it will definitely be inseparable from external assistance, so this secret cannot be disclosed no matter what.

After discussing, the four people decided to use Chen Rui as the secret envoy, disguised the merchant and rushed to Pengcheng. It would be best to discuss specific cooperation with Cui Deben before the Twelve Lady left Pengcheng.

Li Fengyun specifically mentioned the transmission of information. Mastering the confidential information of the Eastern Capital and the local government is particularly critical to the survival and development of the Rebel Army, which is exactly what Cui has. If the two sides can establish cooperation on this basis, it will not only ensure the confidentiality of cooperation, but also ensure the long-term nature of cooperation. As for the assistance of food and weapons and other materials, or the "tactic cooperation" cooperation on the battlefield, Li Fengyun believes that the risks are too great, especially for Cui, even if they are not discovered, they will leave a handle for attack or slander for opponents. Therefore, Li Fengyun told Chen Rui that his destiny must be controlled by himself, and the development and growth of the Rebel Army must depend on himself. Cui is a giant and cannot be matched. The Rebel Army can only rely on its power, and must not rely on it. Once a dependence is formed, it will be close to the days of being swallowed.

After seeing Chen Rui off, Li Fengyun sat alone on the top of the mountain, calmed himself down under the whistling wind of the Wusha Mountains, sorted out his ideas again, and decided to adjust the attack deployment.

According to the latest information provided by Cui Jiu, Liang Dezhong of the Zuoxiaowei Prefecture of Xuzhou was deployed all the main forces of Xuzhou Zhuyingyang on both sides of the canal waterway to ensure the safe northward war materials. Zhou Fashang, the right guard of Qilu, had the main purpose of "protecting the eastward expedition". For this reason, he deployed all the main forces of the Qilu Zhuyingyang Prefecture of Qilu on the coastal transportation channels, and the focus of his garrison was Langya County.

According to this information, Li Fengyun confirmed that his previous idea was correct, and he should not attack Langya County or destroy the Eastern Expedition. In this way, it would not harm the vital interests of Zhou Fashang and Liang Dezhong, and they would not mobilize the Yingyang Prefecture army to encircle Mengshan, which gave the rebel army a chance to grow and grow.

However, the disasters in the north and north of Henan this year will increase, the affected areas will expand, and the number of people affected will increase. In addition, the unscrupulous burning, killing, looting and natural disasters will inevitably lead to a disaster. In this unfavorable context, if the Mengshan rebel army expands blindly, it will inevitably bring unbearable weight to itself.

Li Fengyun decided to change his strategy. This year, the first task of the rebel army is to consolidate the foundation of Mengshan and expand it to a limited extent based on this. Secondly, it is to develop steadily towards Lu County. The purpose is to attack instead of defense, block the encirclement and suppression of the official army, ensure that the rebel army has a foothold in Mengshan and lay a solid foundation.

Li Fengyun immediately made arrangements based on this. The main force of the rebel army was divided into two, divided into two armies. The Southern Army was divided into four regiments, with Han Yao and Wang Yang as the commander-in-chief, and with Nancheng as the stronghold, they launched an attack on the southern part of Lu County, the northern part of Pengcheng County and the eastern part of Jiyin County. The purpose of the attack was to gradually expand the territory while restraining the official army and ensure that the civilians on the occupied land were farming with peace of mind, so as to provide food to the rebel army.

Li Fengyun’s request was not to attack the city blindly, nor to compete for the gains and losses of a city and a place, and to maintain a high degree of "tactic understanding" with the government and the government army. If you live your stable life in the city and around the city, I will live my poor life in the village. Everyone will not interfere with each other. If you don’t hit me, I won’t hit you. If you hit me, I will definitely hit you, and you will also attack the city and pull the village and cut off your head.

Li Fengyun personally led eight regiments of the Northern Army and attacked the Great Plain area centered on Xiaqiu, the capital of Lu County, along the Sishui direction, using attack instead of defense and fighting instead of training to ensure the safety of Mengshan.

In addition, two regiments of troops guard the key pass of Nanwucheng to block the attack from Langya County. One regiment of troops guard the Zhuanyu City to ensure the safety of the base camp. One regiment of troops guard the key pass of Biancheng to resolutely prevent the official army from stepping into Mengshan.

After the Nancheng military agreement was over, Li Fengyun led the main force to return to Zhuanyu quickly. The soldiers only had a day off and stored the proceeds from the plunder from Lanling, Tan County and Liangcheng into the warehouse. Under the command of Li Fengyun, they went down to Mengshan, crossed the Sishui River, and killed Liangfucheng directly.

Liangfu City is located in the southwest of Mount Kolai and was built in the early years of this dynasty. Last winter, Liangfu City was attacked by the Mengshan rebel army and burned into ruins by Li Fengyun. It was difficult to rebuild in the short term, so it was moved to the ancient Liangfu City, located in the southeast of Mount Kolai. The county seat of the Northern Wei Dynasty was this ancient Liangfu City, which was also the target of the rebel army's attack.

Since the city was destroyed last time, the bureaucrats and civilians in Liangfu City were silent and sent people to guard against the Mengshan rebels day and night to prevent the Mengshan rebels from attacking again. As a result, the Mengshan rebels really came. Liangfu was like a frightened bird, scattered in a hurry and did not resist at all.

The Mengshan rebel army directly killed Wenshui with lightning speed and divided into two at Dawenkou. One crossed the river and attacked Jupingcheng, restraining the defenders in the city, while the other went up the river and attacked Yangguan with the main lineup.

There was a brigade of Yingyang Guard stationed in Yangguan, and a regiment of Yingyang Guards in Juping. They all participated in the battle to attack Biancheng last winter. The battle made them lose confidence and dared not be arrogant anymore. They were very afraid of Mengshan bandits. Suddenly seeing Mengshan bandits appearing under the city, the official army was very surprised. While reporting to Xiaqiu, the capital, and asking for help from the prefect Duan Wencao, they urgently summoned officials and civilians in the city to guard against the death.

The Mengshan Rebel Army's combat effectiveness has been significantly improved from winter training to spring, and Li Fengyun has focused on siege and siege. Not only did the military supervising the army to practice siege skills, but also created a large number of siege equipment, with sufficient preparations.

There were too few defenders in Yangguan, and the officials and people in the city were frightened and caught off guard. Unprepared, they had no way to resist the fierce attacks of the five regiments of Mengshan Rebels.

Li Fengyun led the way and attacked continuously with the elite Fengyun team. Just half an hour later, Li Fengyun successfully killed the city wall and gave the official army a fatal blow. Then the rebel soldiers rushed into the city like a tide and captured Yang Pass.

The main force of the rebel army kept running, crossing the river quickly, and then attacking Juping.

The Juping defender had only one regiment, while the Rebel Army had eight regiments of troops, well-equipped and highly motivated. The strength of the two sides was too great, so there was no hope of persistence.

Hearing that Liang's father and Yangguan had fallen one after another, the infantry captain in the city realized that Juping was in danger, but he did not dare to abandon the city, so he reported Duan Wencao again and asked Duan Wencao to support him quickly. Now the local army in Lu County has been formed, and Duan Wencao has five or six thousand troops. Although his combat effectiveness cannot be compared with Yingyang Mansion, he is equipped with excellent weapons and after nearly three months of intensive training, there is no problem in fighting the thief. Therefore, the infantry captain puts his hopes on Duan Wencao and is determined to stand firm and wait for assistance.

Supervisor Li Fengyun attacked wildly.

From the captured Ying Yangwei, who was captured by Yangguan, learned that Juping only had one regiment of garrison troops, and of course the rebel army had to take down the city with absolute superior force.

Just as Li Fengyun attacked Liangfu in the northern part of Lu County and Juping, Han Yao was also attacking Zoucheng in the southern part of Lu County.

Duan Wencao received requests from both places and was in a dilemma.

Duan Wencao is in a state of turmoil, exhausted, and in dire straits.

Last year, Lu County was attacked by the thieves of Qizhou and Xuzhou. The situation was bad, and the situation this year was even worse. As soon as spring was approaching, the thieves of spring had not yet smelled, they received urgent reports from surrounding counties. The thieves of Qizhou rekindled and came again. The victims of Jibei County rose up, and the fishermen in Dongping County also rebelled. The commander Meng Haigong of Jiyin County raised troops to rebel, and the momentum was very strong. Qi County, Jibei, Dongping and Jiyin all bordered Lu County. The situation in these places took a sharp turn and rebelled one after another, which would inevitably affect the security of Lu County. Once the rebels entered Lu County, they formed a force of east-west attack with the Xuzhou thieves occupying Mengshan. This shows how serious the crisis in Lu County was.

Lu County was in danger, and Duan Wencao's career was shaky.

His elder brother Duan Wenzhen, the Minister of War, died of illness during the Eastern Expedition, which caused a major blow to Duan Wencao. Duan Wenzhen's death not only meant that the Duan family's power had sharply shrunk, but also affected the future of the entire Qilu noble group.

Duan Wenzhen is a big banner of the Qilu noble group. With this big banner, cohesion is there, but now that the big banner has fallen, no one can replace Duan Wenzhen to become the "flag" of the Qilu nobles again. Therefore, the cohesion of the Qilu people will decline sharply, and they will divide and split in the face of various complex interests, and eventually fight on their own, and they will be dispersed and decline as a whole. Since they have declined, their political opponents will certainly take this opportunity to beat the dogs in the water. Therefore, the Qilu people will suffer a heavy blow, and the Qilu noble group will quickly lose control of the Qilu area. In this way, the Qilu area will inevitably fall into serious chaos and the situation will be out of control.

At present, the development of the situation in Qilu is in such a bad trend. Duan Wencao has to do his best to save it. The best way to save it is to raise the butcher knife and chop all the traitors to the ground.

The contradiction is here. Duan Wencao suppresses thieves, and the Qi people kill Qi people. The enemy is happy and the relatives are painful, and the price is heavy. Duan Wencao does not suppress the thieves and allows the situation to develop in the direction of collapse, which will inevitably affect the entire Qilu noble group. Of course, the Qilu people will not do it, so internal strife will break out, and there will be division and division, and the price will be even heavier.

After carefully weighing the gains and losses, Duan Wencao had to join forces with the nobles and bureaucrats in various places in Qilu to do their best to suppress the thieves, but the biggest obstacle at present is the serious shortage of troops. Most of the troops in Yingyang Mansion were transferred to the expedition, while the local village sect regiments were low in combat effectiveness, morale and morale were unstable, and they could not bear great use. A clever wife could not cook without rice. What would he use to suppress the thieves? How could he use to stabilize the situation in Qilu?

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